Samuel Adams
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~ American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
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~ United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
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~ United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
Samuel Huntington
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~ American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796)
Samuel Pepys
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~ English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703)
Samuel Gompers
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~ United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924)
Samuel Butler
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~ English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Samuel Goldwyn
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~ United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974)
Samuel Morse
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~ United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)
Samuel Houston
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~ United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)