Name three famous figures who were contemporaries of Galileo Galilei.
Three famous figures who were contemporaries of Galileo Galilei were Johann Kepler, William Shakespeare, and René Descartes.
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Name three famous figures who were contemporaries of Galileo Galilei.

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Three famous figures who were contemporaries of Galileo Galilei were Johann Kepler, William Shakespeare, and René Descartes.