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Joseph Locke
Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)

#Joseph_Locke

Benjamin Kennicott
Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)

#Benjamin_Kennicott

André Dacier
André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)

#André_Dacier

Balša II
Balša II, ruler of Zeta

#Balša_II

Edward J. King
Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)

#Edward_J._King

Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimy? (b. 1536)

#Toyotomi_Hideyoshi

Louis VII of France
Louis VII, king of France (b. 1120)

#Louis_VII_of_France

Melchior Klesl
Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)

#Melchior_Klesl

Dion Boucicault
Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)

#Dion_Boucicault

Paul Bernays
Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)

#Paul_Bernays

Marcel Reich-Ranicki
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)

#Marcel_Reich-Ranicki

Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz
Stanis?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)

#Stanis?aw_Ignacy_Witkiewicz

George MacDonald
George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)

#George_MacDonald

Grigore Tocilescu
Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)

#Grigore_Tocilescu

Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)

#Benjamin_Péret

Amanat Ali Khan
Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)

#Amanat_Ali_Khan

Haim Hefer
Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)

#Haim_Hefer

Ron Lancaster
Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)

#Ron_Lancaster

Bob Hayes
Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)

#Bob_Hayes

Andrew, Duke of Calabria
Andrew, Duke of Calabria (b. 1327)

#Andrew,_Duke_of_Calabria

Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)

#Leonhard_Euler

Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)

#Jimi_Hendrix

Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)

#Kenny_Wheeler

Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)

#Safranbolulu_Izzet_Mehmet_Pasha

Santiago Carrillo
Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)

#Santiago_Carrillo

Matthew Prior
Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)

#Matthew_Prior

Gelett Burgess
Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)

#Gelett_Burgess

Alan Watt (diplomat)
Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)

#Alan_Watt_(diplomat)

Hippolyte Fizeau
Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)

#Hippolyte_Fizeau

Veliyam Bharghavan
Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (b. 1928)

#Veliyam_Bharghavan

Marcin Wrona
Marcin Wrona, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1973)

#Marcin_Wrona

Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)

#Mauricio_Kagel

Michael Park (co-driver)
Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966)

#Michael_Park_(co-driver)

Pietro I Candiano
Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (b. 842)

#Pietro_I_Candiano

William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)

#William_Hazlitt

Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)
Constantine III, Roman usurper

#Constantine_III_(Western_Roman_Emperor)

Frances Alda
Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)

#Frances_Alda

Seán O'Casey
Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)

#Seán_O'Casey

Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)

#Franchot_Tone

Mauro Ramos
Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)

#Mauro_Ramos

August Gottlieb Spangenberg
August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)

#August_Gottlieb_Spangenberg

Adélard Godbout
Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)

#Adélard_Godbout

Fred Karno
Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)

#Fred_Karno

Robert G. Cole
Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)

#Robert_G._Cole

Therese Neumann
Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)

#Therese_Neumann

Susan La Flesche Picotte
Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree

#Susan_La_Flesche_Picotte

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)

#Charles_IV,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Mohammad Hidayatullah
Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)

#Mohammad_Hidayatullah

Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)

#Frank_Morgan

Karol Kurpi?ski
Karol Kurpi?ski, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)

#Karol_Kurpi?ski

Domitian
Domitian, Roman emperor (b. AD 51)

#Domitian

Américo Tomás
Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)

#Américo_Tomás

Ken Norton
Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943)

#Ken_Norton

John Cockcroft
John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

#John_Cockcroft

Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

#Dag_Hammarskjöld

Pyotr Stolypin
Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)

#Pyotr_Stolypin

Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)

#Jimmy_Witherspoon

Clive Bell
Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)

#Clive_Bell

Eduardo Bonvallet
Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)

#Eduardo_Bonvallet

F. H. Bradley
F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)

#F._H._Bradley

Russ Meyer
Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Russ_Meyer

Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (b. 1937)
Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
Earl Ross, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (b. 1951)
Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942)
Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935)
Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
Margita Stefanovi?, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen
Louis V, duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265)
Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne
Eric II, king of Denmark
Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (b. 920)
Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
Wenilo, Frankish archbishop