While his more famous rivals focused on one or two quality horses, Lukas overwhelmed the game with quantity, setting up cookie-cutter operations in dozens of barns from coast to coast and bringing three, four and sometimes even five mounts to the Kentucky Derby.

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There were reports Prince Philip made one of his famous gaffes while in Exeter.

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While Larsen is only auctioning off his famous jersey from the fifth game of the 1956 World Series, Knight has made available over 60 items of varying significance.

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While Tate Britain is showing his most famous industrial scenes, many of the Lowry's exhibits are art school sketches, preparatory drawings or visual aid memoires he made on scraps of paper while walking the streets of Salford and Manchester.

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His six wins at the famous Monaco Grand Prix is an unparalleled feat, while his championship duels with McLaren teammate Prost were pure sporting theatre.

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The other Steve had his picture on the cover of Time while in his 20s, dated Joan Baez, owned an apartment in the famous San Remo on Central Park West in New York City, left Apple for 11 years, came back, saved Apple and died too young, at 56.

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Urlacher, who will be 35 when the season kicks off, anchored the Bears' famous Cover-2 defense for over a decade, reaching a Super Bowl in 2007 while using his rare combination of speed and size to roam the middle of the field while the Bears defensive backs took care of the outside.

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