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    The document provides brief biographies of important English-speaking and Spanish-speaking historical figures, including scientists, writers, athletes, musicians, and political leaders. Some of the figures profiled are Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, Neil Armstrong, Margaret Thatcher, Whitney Houston, Frida Kahlo, Gabriel García Márquez, Lionel Messi, Celia Cruz, and Simón Bolívar. For each person, it lists their full name, birth and death dates and locations, and a one or two word description of their occupation or role.

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    The document provides brief biographies of important English-speaking and Spanish-speaking historical figures, including scientists, writers, athletes, musicians, and political leaders. Some of the figures profiled are Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare, Neil Armstrong, Margaret Thatcher, Whitney Houston, Frida Kahlo, Gabriel García Márquez, Lionel Messi, Celia Cruz, and Simón Bolívar. For each person, it lists their full name, birth and death dates and locations, and a one or two word description of their occupation or role.

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    Personajes Habla Hispana Importantes

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    Important English-speaking characters:

    Isaac Newton
    Isaac Newton, in full Sir Isaac Newton, (born December 25, 1642 [January 4, 1643, New Style],
    Woolsthorpe, ​Lincolnshire​, England—died March 20 [March 31], 1727, London), English physicist
    and mathematician, who was the culminating figure of the ​Scientific Revolution​ of the 17th
    century.​Newton’s​ ​Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica​ (​Mathematical Principles of
    Natural Philosophy​, 1687) was one of the most important single works in the ​history​ of modern
    science.

    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)


    William Shakespeare byname Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon, (baptized April 26, 1564,
    Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon), ​English
    poet​, ​dramatist​, and actor often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the
    greatest dramatist of all time.

    Neil Armstrong

    Neil Armstrong, in full Neil Alden Armstrong, (born ​August​ 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, ​Ohio​, U.S.—died
    August 25, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio), U.S. ​astronaut​, the first person to set foot on the ​Moon​.
    Margaret thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher , in full Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, née Margaret
    Hilda Roberts, (born October 13, 1925, ​Grantham​, ​Lincolnshire​, England—died April 8, 2013,
    London), British ​Conservative Party​ politician and ​prime minister​ (1979–90), Europe’s first woman
    prime minister. The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms
    and, at the time of her resignation, ​Britain’s​ longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827,
    she accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism.

    Whitney Houston

    Whitney Houston​, (born ​August​ 9, 1963, ​Newark​, ​New Jersey​, U.S.—died February 11, 2012,
    Beverly Hills​, California), American singer and actress who was one of the best-selling musical
    performers of the 1980s and ’90s.
    Important Spanish-Speaking Characters:

    Frida Kahlo
    Frida Kahlo , in full Frida Kahlo de Rivera, original name Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y
    Calderón, (born July 6, 1907, ​Coyoacán​, Mexico—died July 13, 1954, Coyoacán), Mexican painter
    best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly coloured self-portraits that deal with such themes
    as identity, the ​human body​, and death.

    Gabriel García Márquez


    Gabriel García Márquez, (born March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia—died April 17, 2014, ​Mexico
    City​, Mexico), Colombian novelist and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, who was
    awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, mostly for his masterpiece ​Cien años de soledad
    (1967; ​One Hundred Years of Solitude​).
    Lionel Messi.
    Lionel Messi, in full Lionel Andrés Messi, also called Leo Messi, (born June 24, 1987, ​Rosario​,
    Argentina), Argentine-born ​football​ (soccer) player who was named Fédération Internationale de
    Football Association​ (FIFA) world player of the year five times (2009–12 and 2015).

    Celia Cruz
    Celia Cruz, in full Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, (born October 21, 1925, Havana,
    Cuba—died July 16, 2003, ​Fort Lee​, ​New Jersey​, U.S.), Cuban American singer who reigned for
    decades as the “Queen of Salsa Music,” electrifying audiences with her wide-ranging soulful voice
    and rhythmically compelling style.

    Simón Bolívar
    Simón Bolívar, byname The Liberator or Spanish El Libertador, (born July 24, 1783, Caracas,
    Venezuela​, New Granada [now in Venezuela]—died December 17, 1830, near ​Santa Marta​,
    Colombia), ​Venezuelan​ soldier and statesman who led the revolutions against Spanish rule in the
    Viceroyalty of New Granada​. He was ​president​ of ​Gran Colombia​ (1819–30) and dictator of ​Peru
    (1823–26).

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