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9,201.Born in North Carolina in 1768, which first lady remained the belle of Washington society even after leaving the White House?
9,202.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1946, who grew up to be president of the United States?
9,203.Born in New York City in 1927, which singer spent several childhood years in Jamaica?
9,204.Born in Norway, which coach led Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football team to fame?
9,205.Born in New York City in 1894, which illustrator painted covers for The Saturday Evening Post for 47 years?
9,206.Born in New York City in 1955, which Oscar winner has played a burglar, a nun, a psychic and an intergalactic bartender?
9,207.Born in New York City in 1923, which Greek-American soprano began her career at the Athens opera?
9,208.Born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1899, which novelist died in Ketchum, Idaho, in 1961?
9,209.Born in Oklahoma in 1879, which humorist died in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska, in 1935?
9,210.Born in Omaha on May 19, 1925, which leader took the Muslim name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz?
9,211.Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1968, which major league pitcher threw two no-hitters and struck out 200 batters four times?
9,212.Born in Paris in 1840, which painter died at his home in Giverny in 1926?
9,213.Born in Philadelphia in 1901, which anthropologist graduated from Barnard and did fieldwork in Samoa?
9,214.Born in Phoenix in 1909, which senator was the Republican presidential nominee in 1964?
9,215.Born in Porbandar in 1869, which leader used fasting as protest and died in New Delhi in 1948?
9,216.Born in Portland in 1947, which high jumper won Olympic gold in 1968 with a new backward technique?
9,217.Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1954, which cartoonist created "The Simpsons"?
9,218.Born in Prague in 1883, which writer worked in insurance, died in 1924 and saw "The Trial" published in 1925?
9,219.Born in Predappio in 1883, which future Italian dictator was named after a Mexican president born in Oaxaca in 1806?
9,220.Born in Quincy and educated in Braintree, Bill Delahunt represented which state in Congress from 1997 to 2011?
9,221.Which Las Vegas entertainer is best known for the song "Danke Schoen"?
9,222.Born in Romania, which absurdist playwright wrote "The Bald Soprano" and "Rhinoceros" and died in 1994?
9,223.Born in Russian Poland in 1886, who became the first prime minister of Israel?
9,224.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804, which writer had an ancestor who was a judge at the 1692 witch trials?
9,225.Born in San Diego in 1986, which redheaded snowboarder won Olympic halfpipe gold in 2006 and 2010?
9,226.Born in Santa Ana in 1958, which actress went from supermarket checkout clerk to movie star and married TV producer David E. Kelley?
9,227.Born in Scotland in 1723, which economist wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?
9,228.Born in Scotland in 1838, which naturalist's name is on an Alaskan glacier, a California forest and a trail?
9,229.Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1963, which actor was named People's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1995 and 2000?
9,230.Gordon Banks, born in Sheffield, was England's goalkeeper in 1966 when the team won which title?
9,231.Born in Shrewsbury on February 12, 1809, Charles Darwin was sent at 16 to study medicine in which Scottish city?
9,232.Born in Siberia in 1834, which chemist formulated the periodic law and died in St. Petersburg in 1907?
9,233.Born in Siberia in 1987, which tennis star won Wimbledon at age 17 in 2004?
9,234.Born in Skien, Norway, in 1828, which playwright wrote "The Pretenders" and "Peer Gynt"?
9,235.Born in South Carolina in 1782, which congressman was known as a "War Hawk" for supporting the War of 1812?
9,236.Born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, in 1907, which biologist warned about the effects of pesticides on the environment?
9,237.Born in St. Louis in 1888, which poet became a British subject in 1927 and won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature?
9,238.Which Swedish golfer completed the LPGA career Grand Slam in 2003?
9,239.Born in Sweden in 1833, which inventor of dynamite died in San Remo, Italy, in 1896?
9,240.Born in Tarlac province in 1933, which leader's birth name was Maria Corazon Cojuangco?
9,241.Born in Tel Aviv in 1945, which violinist was awarded a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan?
9,242.Born in the 1890s, which modern dancer starred in "Xochitl", an Aztec ballet created for her?
9,243.Born in the fall of 1764, who led the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty?
9,244.Born in 1837, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the last Japanese ruler to hold which title?
9,245.Born near Vitebsk in 1887, which painter lived to the age of 97?
9,246.Born in Vienna in 1890, which director made the silent science-fiction film "Metropolis"?
9,247.Born in the Netherlands in 1904, which American Abstract Expressionist was known for huge canvases?
9,248.Born in the Netherlands, which exotic dancer was executed by France as a German spy in 1917?
9,249.Born in the West Indies in the 1750s, which financier was fatally wounded in a duel in 1804?
9,250.J. Edgar Hoover was born in 1895 in which city, where he also earned his law degrees?
9,251.Which pediatrician, born in New Haven in 1903, rowed in Yale's crew that won Olympic gold in 1924?
9,252.Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, on June 27, 1880, who lost her sight and hearing before age 2?
9,253.In 1958, which Soviet leader added the post of premier to his role as Communist Party first secretary?
9,254.Born in Ukraine in 1920, which American violin virtuoso led the 1960 fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition?
9,255.Composer Giuseppe Gazzaniga, born in Verona in 1743, wrote many opere buffe, known by what two-word English term?
9,256.Born in Vienna in 1791, which archduchess became an empress by marrying a Frenchman in 1810?
9,257.Born in Vienna in 1832, which Habsburg archduke was executed in Mexico in 1867?
9,258.Born in Vienna in 1882, which legal scholar joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1939?
9,259.Born in Virginia in 1809, which inventor built a mechanical reaper in 1831 and profited from it until his death in 1884?
9,260.Born in Virginia in 1856 and elected in 1912, who was the last Virginia-born U.S. president?
9,261.Eli Whitney, born in Westborough, Massachusetts, in 1765, graduated from which university in 1792?
9,262.Born in Wise, Virginia, which actor refused his Best Actor Oscar for "Patton", calling the ceremony a "two-hour meat parade"?
9,263.Born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia, in 1937, which playwright's original surname was Straussler?
9,264.Born into Philadelphia high society in 1929, which Oscar-winning actress became a princess in 1956?
9,265.Born in Massachusetts in 1737, which Patriot served in the state's General Court and died on October 8, 1793?
9,266.Born John Lydon, which singer fronted the Sex Pistols under a stage name?
9,267.Born Ioseb Jughashvili in Georgia, which Soviet leader died in 1953 under a different name?
9,268.Born on July 25, 1978, who was the world's first "test tube baby"?
9,269.Born July 26, 1739, which U.S. vice president died in office on April 20, 1812?
9,270.Born July 3, 1951, who became Haiti's "president for life" at age 19?
9,271.Born June 1, 1801, who led the Mormon migration to Utah in 1847?
9,272.Born June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina, which revolutionary died in Bolivia on October 9, 1967?
9,273.Born June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin, which architect developed the Prairie style?
9,274.Born days apart in 1951, which pair opened their first ice cream shop in a renovated Vermont gas station in 1978?
9,275.Born Lawrence Zeiger, which talk show host made his CNN debut in 1985?
9,276.Born Louis Eugene Walcott, which leader organized the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., in 1995?
9,277.Born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, which magazine founder also helped organize the National Women's Political Caucus?
9,278.Born Marguerite Johnson, which poet won the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1994?
9,279.Born May 29, 1736, which Virginia patriot, who died June 6, 1799, famously demanded "liberty or death"?
9,280.Born May 5, 1919, Georgios Papadopoulos became dictator of which country in 1967?
9,281.Born in 1938 to Russian immigrant parents, which child star of "Miracle on 34th Street" later starred in "West Side Story"?
9,282.Born near Ada, Oklahoma, in 1918, which evangelist was among the first to hold large-scale revivals on television?
9,283.Born near Ancona in 1870, which educator was one of Italy's first women doctors and taught children in a new way?
9,284.Born near Gzhatsk in 1934, which cosmonaut became the first human in space in 1961?
9,285.Born near Vienna in 1797, which composer of more than 600 lieder died at age 31?
9,286.Born near Warsaw, which Polish count was mortally wounded during the 1779 siege of Savannah?
9,287.Born near Waterloo, Maryland, which widow was hanged on July 7, 1865, for her role in the Lincoln assassination plot?
9,288.Born Neftalí Reyes, which Nobel-winning Chilean poet published "Elemental Odes" in 1954?
9,289.Born Niklas Koppernigk, which astronomer was a canon of Frauenburg Cathedral from 1497 until his death in 1543?
9,290.Born November 2, 1755, in Vienna, who died in Paris on October 16, 1793?
9,291.Born November 25, 1981, which twin sisters are granddaughters of one president and daughters of another?
9,292.Born in the Dominican Republic in 1968, which Chicago Cubs slugger hit 66 home runs in 1998?
9,293.Born November 27, 1957, who was given the middle name Bouvier?
9,294.Born in New York City in 1928, which filmmaker directed "2001: A Space Odyssey" and died in England in 1999?
9,295.Born October 5, 1983, which socialite was named for her great-uncle, once married to Elizabeth Taylor?
9,296.Born October 9, 1975, on his father's 35th birthday, which musician has the middle name Ono?
9,297.Born October 26, 1947, in Chicago, who was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in 2000?
9,298.Born in Liverpool on October 9, 1940, which musician was killed in New York City on December 8, 1980?
9,299.Born in Wales in 1916 to Norwegian parents, which children's author was named after a famous Norwegian polar explorer?
9,300.Born on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863, who repaired steam engines before building cars?