Ayn Rand  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 42, Hits: 787]
[1905 - 1982] A Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism...
Updated On: 10/4/2009
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Jared Mason Diamond  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 325, Hits: 1788]
Jared Mason Diamond is an American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer, lecturer, and nonfiction author...
Updated On: 7/6/2008
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Ivan Petrovich Pavlov  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 489, Hits: 2156]
Pavlov contributed to many areas of physiology and neurology. Most of his work involved research in temperament, conditioning and involuntary reflex actions...
Updated On: 4/28/2008
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Galileo Galilei  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 610, Hits: 3791]
Galileo's empirical work was a significant break from the abstract Aristotelian approach of his time...
Updated On: 2/18/2008
Tags: Italian Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Scientific Revolution, Galilean Moons, Kinematics, Astronomy, Science And Technology

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Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 499, Hits: 2147]
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a revolutionary Soviet Russian film director...
Updated On: 2/6/2008
Tags: Political Cinema, Soviet Russian Film Director, Film Theorist, Pera Atasheva, Government Criticism, Use Of Montage, Crowd Movements, Soviet Film Community, Cinematic Visions, Socialist Realism, Brian De Palma, Star Wars, Roger Ebert

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Raj Kapoor  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 383, Hits: 7198]
A legendary Indian actor, director, and producer of Bollywood movies...
Updated On: 2/8/2007

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Dev Anand  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 468, Hits: 4995]
A famous Indian actor and film producer...
Sandeep Sangwan  Updated On: 2/8/2007

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Asha Bhonsle  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 453, Hits: 8709]
The famous playback singer, Asha Bhonsle has sung over 20,000 songs...
Updated On: 2/7/2007

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Sunita Williams  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 434, Hits: 2562]
From samosas to spacewalks
Updated On: 1/4/2007

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Sania Mirza  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 398, Hits: 2874]
Professional female tennis player from India.
Updated On: 12/29/2006

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