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Who were famous in the 1900s?

The early 20th century (1900-1940) saw the rise of numerous prominent individuals who made significant contributions to various fields such as politics, entertainment, science, art, literature, sports, and business

Politics:

- Winston Churchill (UK)

- Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA)

- Mahatma Gandhi (India)

- Vladimir Lenin (Russia)

- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey)

Entertainment:

- Charlie Chaplin (Film)

- Mary Pickford (Film)

- Douglas Fairbanks (Film)

- Harry Houdini (Magician)

- George Gershwin (Composer)

Science

- Albert Einstein (Theoretical Physicist)

- Marie Curie (Chemist)

- Sigmund Freud (Psychoanalyst)

- Alexander Graham Bell (Inventor)

Art

- Pablo Picasso (Painter)

- Henri Matisse (Painter)

- Georgia O'Keeffe (Painter)

-Vincent Van Gogh (Painter)

- Wassily Kandinsky (Painter)

Literature:

- Ernest Hemingway (Writer)

- F. Scott Fitzgerald (Writer)

- Virginia Woolf (Writer)

- James Joyce (Writer)

- Mark Twain (Writer)

Sports:

- Babe Ruth (Baseball)

- Jack Johnson (Boxing)

- Jim Thorpe (Track and Field)

- Pele (Soccer)

- Red Grange (American Football)

Business:

-Henry Ford (Automotive)

-Andrew Carnegie (Steel)

-John D Rockefeller (Oil)

-Thomas Edison (Inventor)

-Harland Sanders (KFC Founder)

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