On the continent, there was John the Redhead, known in France as Jean le Roux, duke of Brittany in 1237, who took on the clergy and was excommunicated, but managed to talk his way out of it.

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The family patriarch, a redhead like the current candidate, had pledged to become a millionaire by age 35.

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Speaking proudly as a redhead who has both suffered and celebrated being just a little different, I think the world will be less colorful and less fun if reproductive decsions are increasingly made so as to make us all be the same as everyone else.

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Spending 88 days exposed to the sun might have seemed an odd way to raise awareness for melanoma, but Ridley, a redhead who admits he burns easily, stocked up on SPF 50 sunblock and UV protective clothing, and took breaks when the sun was the strongest.

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