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| | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending | | *[[Jim Bunning]] - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher and visionary who stood against government spending |
| | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] | | *[[Winston Churchill]] - accomplished writer, then Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] |
| − | *[[Jimmie Davis]] - accomplished singer ("You Are My Sunshine") who served two non-consecutive terms as governor of [[Louisiana]]
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| | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor, and [[Founding Father]] | | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] - printer, author, postmaster, inventor, and [[Founding Father]] |
| | *[[Barry Goldwater]] - manager of family department store and an air force general before winning a stunning upset victory for the Republican nomination for president in 1964, moving the entire Party to the right. | | *[[Barry Goldwater]] - manager of family department store and an air force general before winning a stunning upset victory for the Republican nomination for president in 1964, moving the entire Party to the right. |
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| | *[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade | | *[[Ron Paul]] - physician (obstetrician), perhaps the single most influential presidential candidate in the past decade |
| | *[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]; architect of the defeat of [[communism]] | | *[[Ronald Reagan]] - actor, president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]], and spokesman for [[General Electric]]; architect of the defeat of [[communism]] |
| − | *[[Margaret Thatcher]] - food chemist then barrister specialising in taxation; the "Iron Lady" who pioneered privatisation, ended trade union control of the British economy and worked with Reagan to end the menace of communism
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| | *[[Lech Walesa]] - President of Poland 1990-95, Electrician and [[Labor union|Trade Union]] activist who became President of [[Poland]]. Solidarity strikes in 1980 led eventually to collapse of Warsaw Pact and end of communism in eastern Europe. | | *[[Lech Walesa]] - President of Poland 1990-95, Electrician and [[Labor union|Trade Union]] activist who became President of [[Poland]]. Solidarity strikes in 1980 led eventually to collapse of Warsaw Pact and end of communism in eastern Europe. |
| | *[[George Washington]] - successful military general, land surveyor, <ref>[http://www.landsurveyor.us/learn_washington.htm George Washington as a Land Surveyor]</ref> and real estate investor | | *[[George Washington]] - successful military general, land surveyor, <ref>[http://www.landsurveyor.us/learn_washington.htm George Washington as a Land Surveyor]</ref> and real estate investor |
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| | *[[Barack Obama]] - President of the US, claimed to organize church community groups, while not attending church himself; was a non-tenure-track part-time instructor in law at the [[University of Chicago]]. | | *[[Barack Obama]] - President of the US, claimed to organize church community groups, while not attending church himself; was a non-tenure-track part-time instructor in law at the [[University of Chicago]]. |
| | *[[Rick Santorum]] - former US Senator of Pennsylvania, Chairman of Senate Republican Conference, GOP Presidential primary candidate 2012, attorney | | *[[Rick Santorum]] - former US Senator of Pennsylvania, Chairman of Senate Republican Conference, GOP Presidential primary candidate 2012, attorney |
| | + | *[[Margaret Thatcher]] - food chemist then barrister specialising in taxation; the "Iron Lady" who pioneered privatisation, ended trade union control of the British economy and worked with Reagan to end the menace of communism |
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| | === Others === | | === Others === |