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1967
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1692
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1707
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1778
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1783
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1729
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1799
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1734
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1815
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1801
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1790
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1842
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1795
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1860
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1810
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1850
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1820
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1887
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1891
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1824
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1881
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1834
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1890
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1844
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1921
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1848
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1896
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1865
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President of Brazil
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1942
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1875
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General Motors
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1966
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1879
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1966
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1883
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1939
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1884
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Corrado Gini
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1965
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1887
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Thoralf Skolem
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1963
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1888
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Zack Wheat
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1972
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Ernst Niekisch
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1967
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1890
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Herbert Marshall
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1966
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1891
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Pär Lagerkvist
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Nobel laureate
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1974
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1893
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Ulysses S. Grant IV
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1977
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1895
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Billy Smith
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1956
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1896
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Felix Martin Julius Steiner
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German
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Heer
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Waffen-SS
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1966
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1898
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Scott O'Dell
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1989
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1900
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1946
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1908
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John Bardeen
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Nobel laureate
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1991
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Hélène Boucher
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1934
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1910
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Margaret Wise Brown
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1952
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Hugh Casson
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1999
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Scatman Crothers
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1986
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Artie Shaw
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2004
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1912
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Jean Françaix
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1997
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Betty Astell
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2005
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John Payne
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1989
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1913
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Ruth Fernandez
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Puerto Rico
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1917
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Edward Norton Lorenz
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2008
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1918
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1997
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Betty Garrett
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1920
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1993
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James Blish
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1975
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2008
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1923
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Alicia de Larrocha
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1923
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Walter Wolfrum
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1925
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Joshua Lederberg
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Nobel laureate
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2008
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1928
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Jeannie Carson
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Rosemary Clooney
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2002
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Nigel Davenport
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Pauline Julien
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1998
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1929
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Ulla Jacobsson
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1982
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1931
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1933
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Joan Collins
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1934
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Robert Moog
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2005
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1936
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Ingeborg Hallstein
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Charles Kimbrough
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1938
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Peter Preston
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1939
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Reinhard Hauff
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Michel Colombier
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2004
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Gabriel Liiceanu
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1943
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1944
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1945
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Padmarajan
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1991
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1946
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Frederik de Groot
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H. Paul Shuch
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SETI
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1947
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Bernard Comrie
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Ann Hui
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1995
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1948
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Reggie Cleveland
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1951
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Anatoly Karpov
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1952
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Anne-Marie David
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1955
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Luka Bloom
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1956
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Ursula Plassnik
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Mark Shaw
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Buck Showalter
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1957
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Mark Arnold
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Jimmy McShane
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Baltimora
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1995
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1958
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Mitch Albom
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Drew Carey
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François Feldman
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1961
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Karen Duffy
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1962
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Imran Anwar
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1963
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Wally Dallenbach Jr.
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Gregg "Opie" Hughes
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Opie and Anthony
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Ruth Metzler-Arnold
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1965
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Tom Tykwer
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Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo
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Real Madrid
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1966
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Graeme Hick
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Gary Roberts
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ice hockey
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1967
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Anna Ibrisagic
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Phil Selway
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Radiohead
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1968
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Guinevere Turner
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1970
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Yigal Amir
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Yitzhak Rabin
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Nanette Burstein
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Bryan Herta
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Blake Schwendiman
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1971
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Laurel Holloman
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1972
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Rubens Barrichello
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1974
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Ken Jennings
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Matt Hindle
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Jewel
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Mónica Naranjo
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Charlie Yeung
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1975
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Kim Sung-soo
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1976
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Kelly Monaco
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Ricardinho
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1977
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Ilia Kulik
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1978
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Mike González
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Carolyn Moos
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Scott Raynor
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Brian Campbell
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Kirk Saarloos
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Rasual Butler
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1980
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Lane Garrison
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1981
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Gwenno Saunders
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1982
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Cyrill Gloor
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Malene Mortensen
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Tristan Prettyman
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1983
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Cristiano Bilanzola
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Heidi Range
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Alex Shelley
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1984
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Adam Wylie
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1985
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Ross Wallace
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1986
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Ruben Zadkovich
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1988
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Morgan Pressel
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1125
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Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
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1081
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1304
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Jehan de Lescurel
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1498
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Girolamo Savonarola
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1452
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1523
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Ashikaga Yoshitane
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1466
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1524
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Ismail I
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Shah of Persia
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1487
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1662
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John Gauden
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1605
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1670
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Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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1610
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1691
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Adrien Auzout
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1622
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1701
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Captain Kidd
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1645
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1752
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William Bradford
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1663
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1754
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John Wood, the Elder
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1704
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1783
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James Otis
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1725
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1786
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Móric Beňovský
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1746
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1813
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Geraud Duroc
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1772
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1825
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Gugsa of Yejju
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1841
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Franz Xaver von Baader
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1765
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1846
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Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki
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1778
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1855
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Charles Robert Malden
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1797
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1857
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Augustin Louis Cauchy
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1789
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1868
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Kit Carson
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1809
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1886
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Leopold von Ranke
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1795
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1893
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Anton von Schmerling
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1805
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1895
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Franz Ernst Neumann
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1798
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1906
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Henrik Ibsen
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1828
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1908
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François Coppée
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1842
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1920
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Svetozar Boroević
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1856
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1934
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Clyde Barrow
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1909
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Bonnie Parker
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1910
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1937
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John D. Rockefeller
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1839
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1945
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Heinrich Himmler
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1900
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1965
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Earl Webb
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1897
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1966
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Demchugdongrub
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1902
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1967
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Lionel Groulx
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1878
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1975
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Moms Mabley
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1894
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1981
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Gene Green
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1933
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Rayner Heppenstall
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1911
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George Jessel
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1898
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David Lewis
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1909
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1986
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Sterling Hayden
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1916
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1989
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Georgy Tovstonogov
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1915
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1991
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Wilhelm Kempff
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1895
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1992
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Giovanni Falcone
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1939
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1994
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Ray Candy
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1951
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Joe Pass
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1929
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1996
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Patrick Cargill
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1918
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1996
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Rob Hall
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1941
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1996
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Scott Fischer
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1955
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1999
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Owen Hart
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1965
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2002
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Sam Snead
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1912
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2003
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Jean Yanne
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1933
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2004
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Ramon Margalef
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1919
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2006
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Clifford Antone
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1949
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Lloyd Bentsen
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1921
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Frits Bernard
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1920
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Kazimierz Górski
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1921
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2008
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David Mitton
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1939
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Bahá'í Faith
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Báb
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World Turtle Day
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Aaron the Illustrious
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