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Christopher Columbus

(1451 - 1506), Italian explorer. He discovered the New World (America) in 1492, making landfall in the West Indies and made two more voyages in 1493 and 1498, reaching South America on the third.

Christopher Marlowe

(1564 - 93), English dramatist and poet. He wrote a number of plays including "Tamburlaine" and "Doctor Faustus".

Christopher Sydney Cockerell

[Sir], (1910 - ) English engineer. He invented the hovercraft.

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Louis Botha

(1862 - 1919), South African general and statesman. He led the Boer forces against the British during the Boer War. In 1910 he became the first prime minister of South Africa.