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Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938)

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Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938)

Nick-named "la divine", the French player Suzanne Lenglen, the first ever female ...tennis star, won Wimbledon six times and was crowned Olympic Champion in Anvers in 1920.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

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Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

Alexandre Dumas, master of the historic novel, once said: "What is History? A ...nail on which I hang my novels". To which Michelet replied: "You have taught people more about history than all the historians put together."
Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

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Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

La Fontaine was born in Château-Thierry on 8 July 1621, entered the Oratory as ...a novice at the age of twenty and was a husband and father at twenty-six.