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Étienne Dolet
Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (b. 1509)

#Étienne_Dolet

Frumka P?otnicka
Frumka P?otnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)

#Frumka_P?otnicka

Ture Malmgren
Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)

#Ture_Malmgren

Lydia Yu-Jose
Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)

#Lydia_Yu-Jose

Bertil Ohlin
Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

#Bertil_Ohlin

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

#Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn

Makarios III
Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)

#Makarios_III

Françoise d'Eaubonne
Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)

#Françoise_d'Eaubonne

Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray, American actress (b. 1922)

#Coleen_Gray

Ferdinand Georg Frobenius
Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)

#Ferdinand_Georg_Frobenius

Anthonie Heinsius
Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (b. 1641)

#Anthonie_Heinsius

Edgar Johan Kuusik
Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)

#Edgar_Johan_Kuusik

Paul McCracken (economist)
Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (b. 1915)

#Paul_McCracken_(economist)

Mel Farr
Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (b. 1944)

#Mel_Farr

Colette
Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)

#Colette

Jef Murray
Jef Murray, Australian artist and author (b. 1960)

#Jef_Murray

William Lyne
William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)

#William_Lyne

Ignotus
Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)

#Ignotus

Alfred Lunt
Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892)

#Alfred_Lunt

Dorothea von Schlegel
Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)

#Dorothea_von_Schlegel

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (b. 1915)

#Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf

Edward Clancy (cardinal)
Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)

#Edward_Clancy_(cardinal)

Richard Willstätter
Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)

#Richard_Willstätter

James II of Scotland
James II, king of Scotland (b. 1430)

#James_II_of_Scotland

Eugène Sue
Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)

#Eugène_Sue

Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)

#Richard_Arkwright

Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)

#Carolyn_Jones

Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemiologist and philosopher (b. 1715)

#Étienne_Bonnot_de_Condillac

Alexander Mair
Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)

#Alexander_Mair

Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (b. 1896)

#Konstantin_Rokossovsky

Wenzel Müller
Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)

#Wenzel_Müller

John Coombs
John Coombs, English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (b. 1922)

#John_Coombs

Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)

#Flannery_O'Connor

Hilda Rix Nicholas
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)

#Hilda_Rix_Nicholas

Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen
Thietmar, margrave of Meissen

#Thietmar,_Margrave_of_Meissen

Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (b. 1918)

#Ida_Lupino

Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)

#Joseph_Conrad

Bubba Smith
Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945)

#Bubba_Smith

Francesco Ferruccio
Francesco Ferruccio, Italian captain (b. 1489)

#Francesco_Ferruccio

Robert Conquest
Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (b. 1917)

#Robert_Conquest

Christopher Anstey
Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724)

#Christopher_Anstey

Rudolf I (bishop of Würzburg)
Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg

#Rudolf_I_(bishop_of_Würzburg)

Roger Casement
Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)

#Roger_Casement

Peter Thorup
Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1948)

#Peter_Thorup

William B. Ogden
William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)

#William_B._Ogden

William Bruce (cricketer)
William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)

#William_Bruce_(cricketer)

Scaramuccia Trivulzio
Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal

#Scaramuccia_Trivulzio

Bobby Hebb
Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

#Bobby_Hebb

Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)

#Grinling_Gibbons

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (b. 1484)

#Antonio_da_Sangallo_the_Younger

At-Ta'i
At-Ta'i, Abbasid caliph (b. 932)

#At-Ta'i

Guillaume du Vair
Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (b. 1556)

#Guillaume_du_Vair

Skip Caray
Skip Caray, American sportscaster (b. 1939)

#Skip_Caray

George Inness
George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)

#George_Inness

Jørgen Garde
Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (b. 1939)

#Jørgen_Garde

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717)

#Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst

Konstantin Konik
Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)

#Konstantin_Konik

Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

#Thorstein_Veblen

Johanna Quandt
Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (b. 1926)

#Johanna_Quandt

Bernardino de Mendoza
Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (b. 1540)

#Bernardino_de_Mendoza

Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)

#Emile_Berliner

Joseph Severn
Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)

#Joseph_Severn

Gábor Klauzál
Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)

#Gábor_Klauzál

Margot Loyola
Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)

#Margot_Loyola

Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Lenny_Bruce

Stanis?aw Konarski
Stanis?aw Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)

#Stanis?aw_Konarski

Johann Matthias Gesner
Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (b. 1691)

#Johann_Matthias_Gesner

Richard Marshall (general)
Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)

#Richard_Marshall_(general)

Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (b. 1934)

#Alfred_Schnittke

Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (b. 1958)
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (b. 1916)
Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (b. 1928)
Jack Hynes, Scottish-American soccer player and manager (b. 1920)
Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
John Pritchard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)
Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
William Sleator, American author (b. 1945)
Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
John Gardner, English author (b. 1926)
Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (b. 1922)
Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
Byron Farwell, American historian and author (b. 1921)
Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (b. 1953)
Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (b. 1933)
Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (b. 1654)
Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, English nobleman
Cao, Chinese empress dowager
Egino, duke of Thuringia
Burchard, duke of Thuringia