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Feb 13, 1941 | Germany |
Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer.
Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matter and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when...
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| x Frank P. Ramsey | Feb 22, 1903 | United Kingdom |
Frank Plumpton Ramsey (22 February 1903 – 19 January 1930) was a British mathematician who, in addition to mathematics, made significant and precocious contributions in philosophy and economics before his death at the age of 26. He was a close...
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| x Griff Rhys Jones |
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Nov 16, 1953 | United Kingdom |
Griffith "Griff" Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor, television presenter and personality. Jones came to national attention in the early 1980s for his work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows Not the Nine O...
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| x Robert Taylor | 1784 |
Reverend Robert Taylor (1784–1844), was an early 19th century Radical, a clergyman turned freethinker whose "Infidel home missionary tour" was a dramatic incident in Charles Darwin's education, subsequently leaving Charles Darwin with a horrifying...
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| x Manuel Alegre | May 12, 1936 | Portugal |
Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte, GCL (born Águeda, 12 May 1936), is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and a candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006. He was a presidential candidate, in the 2011...
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| x Clare Short | Feb 15, 1946 | United Kingdom |
Clare Short (born 15 February 1946) is a British politician, and a member of the Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010; for most of this period she was a Labour Party MP, but she resigned the party...
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| x Xuan Thuy |
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1912 |
Xuân Thuỷ (c. 1912 – June 20, 1985) was a North Vietnamese political figure. He was the Foreign Minister of North Vietnam from 1963 to 1965 and then chief negotiator of the North Vietnamese at the Paris Peace talks, which ended the Vietnam War in...
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| x Brigid Brophy | Jun 12, 1929 | England |
Brigid Antonia Brophy, Lady Levey (12 June 1929 – 7 August 1995) was an English writer. In the Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists since 1960, S. J. Newman described her as "one of the oddest, most brilliant, and most enduring of ...
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| x Kim Il-sung |
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Apr 15, 1912 | North Korea |
Kim Il-sung (15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the ruler of North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President...
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| x Antony Gormley |
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Aug 30, 1950 | England |
Antony Mark David Gormley OBE RA (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby...
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| x Grigori Perelman | Jun 13, 1966 | Russia |
Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman (Russian: Григо́рий Я́ковлевич Перельма́н, English pronunciation: /ˈpɛrɨlmən/ PERR-il-mən; born 13 June 1966) is a Russian mathematician who has made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology....
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| x Douglas Houghton | Aug 11, 1898 | United Kingdom |
Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby PC CH (11 August 1898 – 2 May 1996) was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century. After he retired in 1967, every Cabinet minister...
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| x Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside | Jan 3, 1932 | United Kingdom |
Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside (born 3 January 1932) is a British Labour politician, who was also Chair of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) from 1976 until it was dissolved in 1995 after the ending of apartheid in South Africa....
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| x Sam Fullbrook | 1922 | Australia |
Sam Fullbrook (1922–2004), Australian artist born in Sydney, who won the Archibald Prize in 1974 with the painting Jockey Norman Stephens. He won the Wynne Prize in 1963 with Sandhills on the Darling, and shared the Wynne Prize the following year...
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| x Ben Klassen |
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Feb 20, 1918 | United States of America |
Bernhardt (or Bernhard) "Ben" Klassen (Ukrainian: Бернар Классен; February 20, 1918(1918-02-20) (O.S. February 7, 1918) – August 6, 1993(1993-08-06)) was an American religious leader who founded the Church of the Creator with the publication of his...
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| x George Reisman |
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Jan 13, 1937 | United States of America |
George Gerald Reisman (born January 13, 1937) is an American economist and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University. He is the author of The Government Against the Economy (1979), which was praised by both F. A. Hayek and Henry...
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| x Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
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May 28, 1883 | India |
Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar (Marathi: विनायक दामोदर सावरकर pronunciation (help·info)), b. 28 May 1883 - 26 February 1966) was an Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician. He was the proponent of liberty as the ultimate ideal. Savarkar was...
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| x Linton Kwesi Johnson |
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Aug 24, 1952 | United Kingdom |
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a UK-based dub poet. He became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the...
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| x Daniele Capezzone |
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Sep 8, 1972 | Italy |
Daniele Capezzone (Rome, September 8, 1972) is a centre-right Italian politician.
He currently is the spokesman for the People of Freedom.
From July 14, 2001 to November 4, 2006, he was secretary of the Italian Radicals, a liberal, pro-market...
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| x Aaron Burr |
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Feb 6, 1756 | United States of America |
Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was the third Vice President of the United States under President Thomas Jefferson.
After serving as a Continental Army officer in the Revolutionary War, Burr became a successful lawyer and...
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| x Bill Thompson |
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Oct 6, 1960 | United Kingdom |
Bill Thompson (born 6 October 1960) is an English technology writer, best known for his weekly column in the Technology section of BBC News Online and his appearances on Click, a radio show on the BBC World Service. He is also an Honorary Senior...
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| x Tariq Ali |
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Oct 21, 1943 | Pakistan |
Tariq Ali (Punjabi, Urdu: طارق علی), (born 21 October 1943), is a British Pakistani military historian, novelist, journalist, filmmaker, public intellectual, political campaigner, activist, and commentator. He is a member of the editorial committee...
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| x Rudolf Carnap |
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May 18, 1891 | United States of America |
Rudolf Carnap (May 18, 1891 – September 14, 1970) was an influential German-born philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism....
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| x John Humphrys | Aug 17, 1943 | United Kingdom |
Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943 in Splott, Cardiff), is a British author, journalist and presenter of radio and television, who has won many national broadcasting awards. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the Nine O'Clock...
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| x Ion Iliescu | Mar 3, 1930 | Romania |
Ion Iliescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon iliˈesku]; born March 3, 1930) served as President of Romania from 1990 until 1996, and from 2000 until 2004. From 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 until his retirement in 2008, Iliescu was a Senator for the...
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| x Job Cohen |
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Oct 18, 1947 | Netherlands |
Marius Job Cohen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrijʏs ˈjɔp koˈɦɛn]; born October 18, 1947) is a Dutch social democratic politician and former legal scholar.
Cohen obtained his Master of Laws degree at the University of Groningen (1971) and his PhD at...
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| x Craig Raine | Dec 3, 1944 | England |
Craig Anthony Raine FRSL (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry. He was a former Fellow of New College, Oxford from 1991...
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| x Constance Garnett | Dec 19, 1861 |
Constance Clara Garnett (née Black) (19 December 1861, Brighton, England – 17 December 1946, The Cearne, Crockham Hill, Kent) was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature. Garnett was one of the first English translators of Leo...
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| x Zhores Ivanovich Alferov | Mar 15, 1930 | Soviet Union |
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (Russian: Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, [ʐɐˈrʲɛs ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐlˈfʲorəf]; Belarusian: Жарэс Іва́навіч Алфёраў; born March 15, 1930) is a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of...
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| x Robert Lees | Jul 10, 1912 | United States of America |
Robert Lees (July 10, 1912 – June 13, 2004) was an American television and film screenwriter. Lees was best known for writing comedy, including several Abbott and Costello films.
Born in San Francisco, California, Lees started in show business as a...
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| x Christer Fuglesang |
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Mar 18, 1957 | Sweden |
Dr. Arne Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957 in Stockholm) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 2006, at 01:47 GMT, making him the first Swedish citizen in...
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| x Gough Whitlam |
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Jul 11, 1916 | Australia |
Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam ( /ˈɡɒf ˈwɪtləm/ GOFF WIT-ləm), served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to power at the 1972 election and retained...
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| x Bernadette Devlin McAliskey |
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Apr 23, 1947 | United Kingdom |
Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 23 April 1947, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland), also known as Bernadette Devlin and Bernadette McAliskey, is a socialist republican political activist. She served as a Member of Parliament at...
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| x Emile Zuckerkandl | Jul 4, 1922 |
Émile Zuckerkandl (born July 4, 1922) is an Austrian-American biologist considered one of the initiators of molecular evolution. He is best known for introducing, with Linus Pauling, the concept of the "molecular clock", which enabled the neutral...
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| x John Huston |
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Aug 5, 1906 | United States of America |
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplay for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon ...
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| x Kathy Griffin |
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Nov 4, 1960 | United States of America |
Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, model, writer and producer. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, she moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where she studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute...
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| x Take Ionescu |
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Oct 25, 1858 | Romania |
Take or Tache Ionescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtake joˈnesku]; born Dumitru Ghiţă Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; October 25 [O.S. October 13] 1858 – June 2, 1922) was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat,...
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| x Leo Strauss |
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Sep 20, 1899 | United States of America |
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a German-American political philosopher and classicist who specialized in classical political philosophy. He was born in Germany to Jewish parents and later emigrated to the United States. He...
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| x Edi Rama |
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Jul 4, 1964 | Albania |
Edi Kristaq Rama (born Edvin Rama, on 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, painter, publicist, professor, and former athlete. Currently he is the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania, the largest opposition party in Albania.
He has served as...
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| x David Mitchell |
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Jul 14, 1974 | England |
David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb, whom he met at Cambridge University. There they were both part of the Cambridge...
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| x Sam Harris |
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1967 | United States of America |
Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American author, public intellectual, and neuroscientist, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Project Reason. He is the author of The End of Faith, which was published in 2004 and appeared on The New York Times best...
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| x Arthur Koestler | Sep 5, 1905 | Hungary |
Arthur Koestler CBE (5 September 1905, Budapest – 1 March 1983, London) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931 Koestler joined the...
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| x Murat Belge | 1943 | Turkey |
Murat Belge (born 1943 in Ankara, Turkey) is an outspoken left-liberal Turkish intellectual, academic, translator, literary critic, columnist, civil rights activist, and occasional tour guide.
Belge was a member of the organizing committee for a two...
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| x Eugene Dennis |
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Aug 10, 1905 | United States of America |
Francis Xavier Waldron (August 10, 1905 – January 31, 1961), best known by the pseudonym Eugene Dennis was an American communist politician and union organizer, best remembered as the long-time leader of the Communist Party USA and as named party in...
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| x Pierre Vidal-Naquet | Jul 23, 1930 | France |
Pierre Emmanuel Vidal-Naquet (July 23, 1930 – July 29, 2006) was a French historian who began teaching at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 1969.
Vidal-Naquet was a specialist in the study of Ancient Greece, but was also...
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| x Teller |
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Feb 14, 1948 | United States of America |
Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller; February 14, 1948) is an American magician, illusionist, comedian, writer, and the frequently silent half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. He legally changed his name from "Raymond...
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| x Ilkka Niiniluoto |
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Mar 12, 1946 |
Ilkka Maunu Olavi Niiniluoto (born March 12, 1946 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish philosopher and mathematician, serving as a professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki since 1981. He is currently on leave from his position, having...
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| x Leonard Peikoff | Oct 15, 1933 | United States of America |
Leonard S. Peikoff (born October 15, 1933) is a Canadian-American philosopher. He is an author, a leading advocate of Objectivism and the founder of the Ayn Rand Institute. A former professor of philosophy, he was designated by the philosopher Ayn...
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| x Mikhail Bakunin |
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May 30, 1814 | Russia |
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Баку́нин; IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ˌbaˈkunʲin]; 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1814 – 1 July 1876) was a well-known Russian revolutionary and philosopher, theorist of collectivist anarchism. He has also...
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| x Yuval Ne'eman | May 14, 1925 |
Yuval Ne'eman (Hebrew: יובל נאמן, 14 May 1925 – 26 April 2006), was a renowned Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician. He was a minister in the Israeli government in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Yuval Ne'eman was born in...
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| x Élisée Reclus |
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Mar 15, 1830 | France |
Élisée Reclus (March 15, 1830 – July 4, 1905), also known as Jacques Élisée Reclus, was a renowned French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes ("Universal...
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| x Mick Garris |
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Dec 4, 1951 | United States of America |
Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California.
He is best known for his adaptations of Stephen King stories, such as directing the horror film Sleepwalkers starring Madchen Amick and...
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| x Peter Kropotkin |
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Dec 9, 1842 | Russia |
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geographer, writer, and one of...
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| x Pablo Picasso |
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Oct 25, 1881 | Spain |
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo piˈkaso], 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973), was a Spanish painter,...
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| x Johann von Miquel |
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Feb 19, 1829 | Germany |
Johann von Miquel (19 February 1829 – 8 September 1901) was a German statesman.
Born at Neuenhaus, Kingdom of Hanover in 1829 as a descendant from a French family that had emigrated during the French Revolution, Miquel learnt law at the universities...
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| x Ian Dickson | Mar 28, 1963 | England |
Ian "Dicko" Dickson (born Ian Ross Perrygrove on 28 March 1963 in Birmingham, England) is an English music industry and television celebrity. He is best known as a judge on the television shows Australian Idol and The Next Great American Band....
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| x Peter Maxwell Davies |
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Sep 8, 1934 | England |
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (born 8 September 1934) is an English composer and conductor and is currently Master of the Queen's Music.
Davies was born in Salford, Lancashire, the son of Thomas and Hilda Davies. He took piano lessons and composed...
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| x Benito Mussolini |
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Jul 29, 1883 | Italy |
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Italian pronunciation: [beˈniːto musːoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943, and is credited with...
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| x George H. Smith | Feb 10, 1949 | United States of America |
George Hamilton Smith (born February 10, 1949 in Japan) is an American author, editor, educator and speaker.
Smith grew up mostly in Tucson, Arizona, and attended the University of Arizona for several years before leaving without a degree; he...
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| x Velupillai Prabhakaran | Nov 26, 1954 | Sri Lanka |
Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்,{ தமிழ் தேசிய தலைவர் },(November 26, 1954 – May 18, 2009) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization...
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