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Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Horatio Nelson
British naval commander
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
John McCain
John McCain
United States senator
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
American political strategist, media executive, and filmmaker
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Puller, Chesty
Chesty Puller
United States Marine Corps officer
Husband Edward Kimmel
United States Navy officer
John Connally
American politician
Tim Sheehy
American politician
James Stockdale
United States admiral
Mildred Helen McAfee
American educator and military commander
Francesco Morosini
Italian military leader
Themistocles
Athenian politician and naval strategist
Jesse L. Brown
Jesse L. Brown
United States Navy officer
William Bligh
William Bligh
English admiral

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