Famous Heads With a Life of Their Own

• Cicero

  The Roman statesman who stood up to Marc Antony

• Cromwell, Oliver

  Lord Protector of England, 1653-58

• Descartes, René

  The philosopher who said "I think, therefore I am"

• John the Baptist

  The man who "prepared the way" for Jesus of Nazareth

• Medusa

  The snaky-headed monster of Greek mythology

• Raleigh, Sir Walter

  The man who (maybe) laid his cloak over a mudpuddle for the queen

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