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Greek favourite of Hadrian
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Gaston IV
Count of Foix, French nobleman
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Jacopo Mazzoni
Italian philosopher
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Mingyi Swa
Crown Prince of Burma
(d. 1593)
Shimazu Tadatsune
Japanese daimyō
(d. 1638)
Pierre Dupuy
French historian and scholar
(d. 1651)
Sir John Wray
2nd Baronet, English politicians and Roundheads supporter
(d. 1655)
Sigismund Francis
Archduke of Austria
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Françoise d'Aubigné
Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France
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Barbara Palmer
1st Duchess of Cleveland
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Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician
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Robert Lowth
English bishop and academic
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Robert R. Livingston
American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs
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Increase Sumner
American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 5th Governor of Massachusetts
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Georg Forster
German-Polish ethnologist and journalist
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Franz Krommer
Czech violinist and composer
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Aimé
duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence
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Andries Pretorius
Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic
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Julius Benedict
German-English conductor and composer
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Fanny Kemble
English actress, playwright, and poet
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Charles-François-Frédéric
marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French politician and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States
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Rachel Brooks Gleason
fourth woman to earn a medical degree in the United States
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James Service
Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria
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Norwegian author
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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American artist and author
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English painter and illustrator
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Charles Scott Sherrington
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William Bliss Baker
American painter
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Katherine Sleeper Walden
American environmental activist
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Slovene priest, journalist, and politician
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Charles Koechlin
French composer and educator
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Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland
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Giovanni Giorgi
Italian physicist and engineer
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Charles A. Beard
American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School
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Chaim Weizmann
Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel
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Julius Lenhart
Austrian gymnast
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Katharine Anthony
American biographer
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Jatindramohan Bagchi
Indian poet and critic
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Charles Dvorak
American pole vaulter and coach
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Daniel Mendaille
French actor
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Liviu Rebreanu
Romanian author and playwright
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Tsuguharu Foujita
Japanese–French painter and printmaker
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Masaharu Homma
Japanese general
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Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Indian activist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Konosuke Matsushita
Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic
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Katherine Milhous
American author and illustrator
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Amphilochius of Pochayiv
Ukrainian monk and saint
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Fredric Warburg
English author and publisher
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Jovette Bernier
Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host
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American sportscaster
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American actress
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Indian poet and author
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American historian and author
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Russian mathematician and theorist
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Filipino pediatrician and educator
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American actress
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American sportscaster and actor
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American actor and television host
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American actor
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Dutch footballer
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English actor
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Cal Worthington
Automobile dealer and television personality
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Dora Dougherty Strother
American pilot and academic
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Alexander Dubček
Slovak soldier and politician
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Hall Bartlett
American director, producer, and screenwriter
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Nicholas Magallanes
American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet
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J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.
American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician
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Derroll Adams
American folk singer-songwriter and musician
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John Maddox
Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist
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Marshall Thompson
American actor, director, and screenwriter
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Ernie Wise
English actor, comedian, singer, and screenwriter
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Chae Myung-shin
South Korean general
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Carlos José Castilho
Brazilian footballer and manager
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William E. Simon
American soldier and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
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Alekos Alexandrakis
Greek actor and director
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Josh Kirby
English painter and illustrator
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Alan Simpson
English screenwriter and producer
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Joe DeNardo
American meteorologist
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Dick Poole
Australian rugby league player and coac
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Rex Shelley
Singaporean engineer and author
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Benigno Aquino Jr.
Filipino journalist and politician
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Canadian journalist, author, director, and screenwrite
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Gordon S. Wood
American historian and academi
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Iraqi footballer and manager
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American mathematician and academi
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American director and producer
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French musicologist and philosopher
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American boxer
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Gail Sheehy
American journalist and author
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John Ashworth
English biologist and academi
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Apolo Nsibambi
Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda
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Dave Giusti
American baseball player and manage
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Bruce Lee
American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
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Henry Carr
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American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Dutch pianist
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American poet and criti
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Jimi Hendrix
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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American activist and politician
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Alain de Cadenet
English race car driver
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Benigno Fitial
Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Island
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Simon Townsend
Australian journalist and television hos
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Richard Codey
American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jerse
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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibout
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Neil Rosenshein
American tenor and acto
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Jim Price
American basketball player and coac
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Japanese race car drive
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English journalist and businessma
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Kathryn Bigelow
American director, producer, and screenwrite
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Gunnar Graps
Estonian singer and guitarist
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Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canad
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Indian singer-songwriter and producer
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American media executive and political figur
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Russian singer-songwriter and guitaris
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American keyboardist and composer
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Richard Stone
American composer
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Arthur Smith
English comedian, actor, and screenwrite
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Pierre Mondou
Canadian ice hockey playe
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Bill Nye
American engineer, educator, and television hos
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William Fichtner
American acto
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John McCarthy
English journalist and autho
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Sultan of Pera
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Kenny Acheson
Northern Irish race car drive
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Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist
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Caroline Kennedy
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American director, producer, and screenwrite
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American game designer and autho
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Japanese singer-songwriter, and produce
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American baseball player and manage
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Charlie Burchill
Scottish guitarist and songwrite
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Viktoria Mullova
Russian violinis
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Kevin Henkes
American author and illustrato
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American football player and coac
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Tim Pawlenty
American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Minnesot
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Michael Rispoli
American acto
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Maria Schneider
American composer and musicia
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukrain
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Gianni Vernetti
Italian lawyer and politicia
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Samantha Bond
English actres
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Steve Oedekerk
American actor, director, and screenwrite
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Charlie Benante
American drummer and songwrite
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Mike Bordin
American drumme
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Davey Boy Smith
English-Canadian wrestler
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Fisher Stevens
American actor, director, and produce
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Robin Givens
American actres
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Roberto Mancini
Italian footballer and manage
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Hisayuki Sasaki
Japanese golfer
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Danielle Ammaccapane
American golfe
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Andy Merrill
American television writer, producer and voice acto
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Al Barrow
English bass guitaris
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Michael Vartan
French-American acto
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El Chombo
Panamanian singer-songwrite
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Ruth George
English politicia
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Damian Hinds
English politicia
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Myles Kennedy
American singer-songwrite
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Elizabeth Marvel
American actres
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Kelly Loeffler
American politician and businesswoma
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Han Kang
South Korean write
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Markus Vogl
Austrian politicia
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Kirk Acevedo
American acto
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Larry Allen
American football player
(d. 2024)
Iván Rodríguez
Puerto Rican-American baseball playe
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Nick Van Exel
American basketball player and coac
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Shane Salerno
American screenwriter and produce
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Sharlto Copley
South African acto
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Samantha Harris
American model and television hos
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American wrestler and acto
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Japanese comedian, actor, sculptor, and potte
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American football player and politicia
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Twista
American rapper and produce
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Northern Irish racing cyclis
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Scottish acto
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Bad Azz
American rapper
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Rain Vessenberg
Estonian footballe
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South African-American rapper and produce
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Canadian ice hockey player and firefighte
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American basketball playe
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Hungarian tennis playe
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Jimmy Rollins
American baseball playe
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English rapper and produce
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Czech tennis playe
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American basketball playe
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Finnish footballe
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Canadian mixed martial artist
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Matthew Taylor
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David Bellion
French footballe
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Russian footballe
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Henrik Karlsson
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Donta Smith
American-Venezuelan basketball playe
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Leslie Dewan
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Japanese voice actress and singe
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American football playe
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Park Soo-jin
South Korean singe
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Alison Pill
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Indian crickete
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Italian basketball playe
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English singe
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bishop of Doornik and Noyo
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Italian sculptor and architect
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Japanese commander
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Austrian ballerina
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Indian Activist
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fils, French novelist and playwright
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American businessman, co-founded Studebaker
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Baby Face Nelson
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Croatian soldier and politician
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Arthur Honegger
French-Swiss composer and academic
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