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Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790Electricity, bifocals, and the American public sphere.
United States·Physics · Literature · Engineering
Alexander Hamilton
1755 – 1804Designed American public credit, the national bank and industrial policy.
United States·Politics · Economics
Simón Bolívar
1783 – 1830Led six nations to independence and drafted their founding constitutions.
Venezuela·Politics