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Frances Farmer
Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)

#Frances_Farmer

Lolita Lebrón
Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)

#Lolita_Lebrón

Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)

#Francis_Gary_Powers

Ildebrando Antoniutti
Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)

#Ildebrando_Antoniutti

Edmund C. Tarbell
Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)

#Edmund_C._Tarbell

Louis VI of France
Louis VI, king of France (b. 1081)

#Louis_VI_of_France

Patrick Depailler
Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)

#Patrick_Depailler

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)

#Bal_Gangadhar_Tilak

Jan Roar Leikvoll
Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974)

#Jan_Roar_Leikvoll

Tadeusz Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

#Tadeusz_Reichstein

Lady Diana Beauclerk
Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)

#Lady_Diana_Beauclerk

Constant Nieuwenhuys
Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)

#Constant_Nieuwenhuys

Lorenzo Valla
Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (b. 1406)

#Lorenzo_Valla

Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)

#Manuel_L._Quezon

John Ross (Cherokee chief)
John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)

#John_Ross_(Cherokee_chief)

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)

#Magnus_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

Richard Dry
Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)

#Richard_Dry

Cilla Black
Cilla Black, English singer and actress (b. 1943)

#Cilla_Black

Charles Whitman
Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)

#Charles_Whitman

Valyantsin Byalkevich
Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)

#Valyantsin_Byalkevich

Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)

#Sir_Robert_Pigot,_2nd_Baronet

Eric Tindill
Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)

#Eric_Tindill

Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)

#Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain

Guy Thys
Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)

#Guy_Thys

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)

#Giovanni_da_Pian_del_Carpine

Eusebius of Vercelli
Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)

#Eusebius_of_Vercelli

Strother Martin
Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)

#Strother_Martin

Gian Francesco Malipiero
Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)

#Gian_Francesco_Malipiero

Simon Grynaeus
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)

#Simon_Grynaeus

John Riley Banister
John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)

#John_Riley_Banister

John Amis
John Amis, English journalist and critic (b. 1922)

#John_Amis

Mark Antony
Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)

#Mark_Antony

Jean Behra
Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)

#Jean_Behra

Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)

#Lucille_Teasdale-Corti

Æthelwold of Winchester
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester

#Æthelwold_of_Winchester

Jacques Clément
Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)

#Jacques_Clément

Peter Faber
Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)

#Peter_Faber

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)

#Calamity_Jane

Justin I
Justin I, Byzantine emperor (b. 450)

#Justin_I

Syd Gregory
Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)

#Syd_Gregory

Tommy Makem
Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1932)

#Tommy_Makem

Adhemar of Le Puy
Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate

#Adhemar_of_Le_Puy

Fahd of Saudi Arabia
Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)

#Fahd_of_Saudi_Arabia

Charles T. Payne
Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925)

#Charles_T._Payne

Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)

#Corazon_Aquino

Peter Julian Eymard
Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)

#Peter_Julian_Eymard

Bob Frankford
Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)

#Bob_Frankford

Jind Kaur
Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)

#Jind_Kaur

Queen Anne of Romania
Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)

#Queen_Anne_of_Romania

Bernard d'Espagnat
Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)

#Bernard_d'Espagnat

Richard Kuhn
Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)

#Richard_Kuhn

Otto Heinrich Warburg
Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

#Otto_Heinrich_Warburg

Gail Kobe
Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1932)

#Gail_Kobe

François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)

#François-Paul_Brueys_d'Aigalliers

John Walker (lexicographer)
John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)

#John_Walker_(lexicographer)

Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)

#Walter_Ulbricht

Donát Bánki
Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)

#Donát_Bánki

Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)

#Harkishan_Singh_Surjeet

William Joseph Behr
William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

#William_Joseph_Behr

Edwin Austin Abbey
Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)

#Edwin_Austin_Abbey

Cosimo de' Medici
Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1386)

#Cosimo_de'_Medici

Eva Bartok
Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)

#Eva_Bartok

Wilford White
Wilford White, American football player (b. 1928)

#Wilford_White

Giovanni Santi
Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (b. c. 1435)

#Giovanni_Santi

Vsevolod II of Kiev
Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince

#Vsevolod_II_of_Kiev

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)

#Edmund_of_Langley,_1st_Duke_of_York

Shimazu Tadahisa
Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)

#Shimazu_Tadahisa

Yakov Kulnev
Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)

#Yakov_Kulnev

Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)
Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1968)
Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955)
Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (b. 1942)
Babe Martin, American baseball player (b. 1920)
Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)
Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (b. 1932)
Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)
Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)
Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)
John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)
Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)
Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)
Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (b. 879)
Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (b. 902)
Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (b. 859)
Thachulf, duke of Thuringia