Oliver Cromwell
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Catherine de’ Medici
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Sir Jeffrey Hudson
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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Frida Kahlo
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Madame Mao
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Frank Buckland
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King Alexander I of Greece
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8 Who Do You Think You Are?
Titus Oates
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Alessandro, Count Cagliostro
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George Psalmanazar
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Princess Caraboo
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Louis de Rougemont
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James Barry
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Ignacz Trebitsch Lincoln
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Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
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Archibald Belaney
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9 Once You’re Dead, You’re Made for Life
Emma Hamilton
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Dr. John Dee
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Jack Parsons
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Nikola Tesla
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Karl Marx
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