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| x Jack Abramoff |
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Feb 28, 1959 | United States of America | Lawyer |
Jack Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is a former American lobbyist, businessman and con man who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. He is currently incarcerated at the satellite prison camp adjacent to the Federal...
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| x Bob Ney |
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Jul 5, 1954 | United States of America | Politician |
Robert William "Bob" Ney (born July 5, 1954) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A Republican, Ney represented Ohio's 18th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 until November 3, 2006, when he...
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| x David Safavian |
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Aug 4, 1967 | United States of America |
David Hossein Safavian (born August 4, 1967) is a former chief of staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA) and a figure in the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal.
In 2004, he was an employee of the Office of...
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| x Kåre Kristiansen |
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Mar 11, 1920 | Norway | Politician |
Kåre Gudbrand Kristiansen (11 March 1920 – 3 December 2005) was a Norwegian politician active in the Christian People's Party. Noted as a conservative within his own party, he was known to take controversial positions at odds with the prevailing...
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| x Adam Murimuth | 1274 | England |
Adam Murimuth (circa 1274 - 1347) was an English ecclesiastic and chronicler.
He was born in 1274 or 1275 and studied civil law at the University of Oxford. Between 1312 and 1318 he practised in the papal curia at Avignon. King Edward II of England...
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| x Carlos Bernard |
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Oct 12, 1962 | United States of America | Actor |
Carlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962 in Evanston, Illinois), is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24.
Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after...
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| x Christopher Eccleston |
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Feb 16, 1964 | United Kingdom | Actor |
Christopher Eccleston (pronounced /ˈɛkəlstən/; born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2005 he became...
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| x Chenganoor Raman Pillai | Jan 16, 1886 | India |
Guru Chenganoor Raman Pillai, also spelt Chengannur Raman Pillai, (1886-1980) was a celebrated Kathakali artiste from Kerala in south India. He was known for his brilliant portrayal of the anti-heroic Kathi roles on stage, and was a palace dancer to...
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| x Francisco Pizarro |
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1475 | Conquistador |
Francisco Pizarro González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos (c. 1471 or 1476 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Extremadura,...
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| x William Hoare |
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1707 | England |
William Hoare RA (c. 1707 – 12 December 1792) was an English painter and printmaker, co-founder of the Royal Academy noted for his pastels.
Born near Eye, Suffolk, Hoare received a gentleman’s education in Faringdon. He showed a marked aptitude for...
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| x William Beresford | Apr 17, 1797 | United Kingdom | Member of Parliament |
William Beresford PC (17 April 1797 – 6 October 1883) was a British Conservative politician.
He was the only son of Marcus Beresford and his wife Frances Arabella, daughter of Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Beresford was educated at St Mary...
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| x Julia Álvarez | Mar 27, 1950 | Dominican Republic | Writer |
Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political...
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| x Craig Parnham | Jul 13, 1973 |
Craig Parnham (born July 13, 1973 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire) is an English field hockey defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain: in 2000 and 2004. Parnham, nicknamed Spud, played club hockey for Stourport and Bridgnorth,...
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| x Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
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Jul 17, 1888 | Israel | Writer |
Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון, July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon, ש"י עגנון In English,...
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| x Roland Gift |
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May 28, 1962 | England | Singer |
Roland Gift (born Roland Lee Gift, 28 May 1961, Birmingham, England) is a British singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of the rock band, Fine Young Cannibals.
Gift was born in Birmingham, but grew up in Hull, where his mother,...
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| x Martin Adams |
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Jun 4, 1956 | England |
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956 in Sutton, London) is an English international darts player.
He won the 2007 World Championship, his 14th attempt at the title. He is now also the reigning Winmau World Masters Champion. He is currently number four in...
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| x MarTay Jenkins | Feb 28, 1975 | United States of America | American football player |
MarTay Jenkins (born February 28, 1975) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League as well as the Arena Football League and Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 1999 NFL...
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| x Adam Bomb |
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1963 | United States of America | Singer |
Adam Bomb (born Adam Brenner, 1963) is a guitarist and singer who has worked with several bands.
In 1979, when Adam Bomb was 16 years old, he and Geoff Tate started a coverband called Tyrant. Later he joined the band TKO, with whom he recorded the...
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| x Charles Johnstone | 1719 |
Charles Johnstone (1719?-1800), novelist. Prevented by deafness from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, where he was proprietor of a newspaper. He wrote one successful book, Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea, a somewhat sombre...
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| x Michael Bush | Jun 16, 1984 | United States of America | American football player |
Michael Bush (born June 16, 1984, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football running back for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted in the 4th round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at the...
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| x Inge Hammarström | Jan 20, 1948 |
Inge Hammarström (born January 20, 1948 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a retired Swedish professional Hockey Left Winger who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues. He is currently a European scout...
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| x Per Eklund |
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1947 | Sweden | Racecar driver |
Per Eklund, born on June 26 1946 in Skönnerud (Koppom), Eda Municipality of Värmland in Sweden, is a Rally and Rallycross driver who lives in Arvika. His nick-name is "Pekka". In rallying he never made it to the very top but he has been very...
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| x Richard Noble |
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Mar 6, 1946 | Racecar driver |
Richard Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was the holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997, and was the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert,...
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| x Sadie Irvine | 1887 | United States of America |
Sarah Agnes Estelle (Sadie) Irvine (1887 - 1970) was an American artist and educator. Her work is associated with the Newcomb College pottery school, where she was trained and taught until her retirement in 1952.
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| x Justine Frangouli-Argyris | 1959 | Greece | Writer |
Justine Frangouli-Argyris (born 1959) is a Greek author and journalist. She was born on the Greek island of Lefkada, where she completed her primary and secondary education. A graduate of the University of Athens Law School's Political Science...
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| x Hōjō Ujikuni | 1541 |
Hōjō Ujikuni (北条氏邦) (1541-1597) was a samurai of the Sengoku period, and the third son of Hōjō Ujiyasu. Ujikuni was a high ranking commander in the invasion of Kozuke. He was also the castellan (castle lord) in command of Hachigata Castle in Musashi...
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| x Kent Baer | May 2, 1951 | United States of America | American football player |
Kent Baer (born May 2, 1951) was a football assistant coach and defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame under Tyrone Willingham. When Willingham was fired as coach on November 30, 2004, Baer was named interim head coach until Charlie...
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| x Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham |
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Jan 1, 1815 | England |
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, (1 January 1815 in Calverley Old Hall, Yorkshire – 2 February 1906 in Swinton Park, Yorkshire) was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.
Born in Calverley Old Hall...
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| x Eddie Guardado |
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Oct 2, 1970 | United States of America | Baseball player |
Edward Adrian Guardado (born October 2, 1970, in Stockton, California) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Throughout his career, Guardado had played with the Minnesota Twins (1993–2003, 2008), Seattle Mariners (2004–2006), Cincinnati...
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| x Red Hickey | Feb 14, 1917 |
Howard Wayne "Red" Hickey (February 14, 1917 — March 30, 2006) was an American football player and coach who played for two teams and served as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, where he was most famous for creating the shotgun formation in...
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| x Serhiy Kovalenko | May 10, 1984 | Soviet Union |
Serhiy Kovalenko (born 10 May 1984 in Chernihiv) is a Ukrainian football striker who is currently playing for FC Torpedo Zhodino. He has previously played for Juventus (2003-04), Lodigiani Calcio (2004), Standard Liège, KSC Lokeren and SV Roeselare....
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| x Saint Naum |
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830 C.E. | Bulgaria | Writer |
Saint Naum of Preslav (Bulgarian: Свети Наум Преславски, IPA: [sveˈti na.ˈum preˈslavski]) (or also known as Saint Naum of Ohrid) (c. 830 - December 23, 910) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and teacher. Information about his life before his...
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| x Yutaka Ishinabe | 1948 | Chef |
Yutaka Ishinabe (石鍋 裕 Ishinabe Yutaka, born 1948 in Yokohama, Japan) was the first French Chef in the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef. He appeared from the first episode in 1993, sporting a green outfit while holding a bell pepper. Over the years he...
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| x Heide Schmidt |
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Nov 27, 1948 | Politician |
Heide Schmidt (born November 27, 1948 in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany) is an Austrian politician.
A lawyer and formerly a prominent member of Jörg Haider's Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), in 1993 Schmidt was one of a group of politicians who, because of...
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| x Sigmar Polke |
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Feb 13, 1941 | Germany | Photographer |
Sigmar Polke (born February 13, 1941) is a German painter and photographer.
Polke was born in Oelsnitz in Lower Silesia. He fled with his family to Thuringia in 1945 during the Expulsion of Germans after World War II. His family escaped from the...
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| x Stu Hart | May 3, 1915 | Canada | Wrestler |
Stewart Edward "Stu" Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. Stu also founded Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, and was the father of famous...
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| x Anne Kat Hærland |
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Mar 27, 1972 |
Anne Katrine Hærland (born 27 March 1972) is a Norwegian satirical comedienne mostly known for her regular appearance on the weekly news satire show Nytt på nytt.
She made her television debut in 1996 with the show Direkte lykke, and then had two...
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| x Ulrich Plenzdorf | Oct 26, 1934 |
Ulrich Plenzdorf (October 26, 1934 – August 9, 2007) was a German author and dramatist.
Born in Berlin, Plenzdorf studied Philosophy in Leipzig, but graduated with a degree in film. He found work at DEFA.
He became famous in both East and West...
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| x Michael Vale |
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Jun 28, 1922 | United States of America | Actor |
Michael Vale (June 28, 1922 – December 24, 2005) was an American commercial actor famous for being the longtime sleepy-eyed mascot "Fred the Baker" for doughnut chain Dunkin' Donuts, with his famous catchphrase "Time to make the doughnuts." He was...
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| x Sadako Sasaki |
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Jan 7, 1943 | Japan |
Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a two year old Japanese girl who lived near Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. Subsequently, she became a victim of the...
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| x Phillip Crosby | Jul 13, 1934 | United States of America | Singer |
Phillip Lang Crosby (13 July 1934 – 13 January 2004) was an American actor and singer, who began his career singing along with his brothers and father, Bing Crosby. He was the twin brother of Dennis Crosby.
He was born in California and was educated...
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| x Antwaan Randle El |
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Aug 17, 1979 | United States of America | American football player |
Antwaan Randle El (born August 17, 1979) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted in the second round (62overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh...
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| x Bill Hayes | Jun 5, 1925 | United States of America | Singer |
Bill Hayes (born William Foster Hayes III on June 5, 1925 in Harvey, Illinois) is an American actor and singer.
Hayes was a singer on the Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca variety show Your Show of Shows in the early 1950s. During the Davy Crockett craze...
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| x Kaoru Yumi | 1950 | Japan |
Kaoru Yumi (由美かおる, Yumi Kaoru, born November 12, 1950 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
In junior high school, Kaoru joined the Nishino ballet group. She gained popularity with her appearance in the 1967 program Re Gaaruzu with Katsuko Kanai...
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| x Arshad Khan | Mar 22, 1971 | Pakistan |
Arshad Khan (Urdu: ارشد خان) (born March 22, 1971 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
Arshad was first picked to play against the West Indies during the 1997-98 season, and the...
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| x Samuel Provoost |
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1742 |
Samuel Provoost (1742 – September 6, 1815) was the third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, as well as the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 with Bishop William White. He...
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| x Curtis Stinson | Feb 15, 1983 | United States of America | Basketball player |
Curtis Stinson (born February 15, 1983 in Bronx, New York, USA) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.
He is a former Iowa State Cyclones college basketball player. In his three...
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| x Antonio Bosio | 1575 |
Antonio Bosio (c. 1575-1576 – 1629) was an Italian scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of Roma Sotterranea and first urban spelunker.
Bosio was born in Malta.
Sent as a boy to the...
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| x Héctor Enrique | Apr 26, 1962 | Argentina |
Héctor Adolfo Enrique (born 26 April, 1962 in Lanús) is a retired Argentine footballer who played for the Argentina national team in the 1986 World Cup and in Copa América 1989.
Nicknamed El Negro by fans,Enrique began his playing career in 1982...
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| x Jim Kyte | Mar 21, 1964 | Canada | Ice Hockey Player |
Jim Kyte (born March 21, 1964 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey defenceman who was renowned for his strong, reliable defensive play and complete lack of scoring prowess. He recorded a mere 66 points in 598 career...
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| x Walter Buswell | 1907 | Canada |
Walter "Walt" Buswell (November 6, 1907 in Montreal, Quebec – October 16, 1991 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec), was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal...
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| x Oswald Balzer |
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1858 | Poland | Lawyer |
Oswald Marian Balzer (1858–1933) was a Polish historian of law and statehood, one of the most renowned Polish historians of his times.
In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Lwów. Between 1895 and 1896 he also briefly served as its...
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| x Nick Anderson | Jan 20, 1968 | United States of America | Basketball player |
Nelison "Nick" Anderson (born January 20, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. He spent thirteen years in the NBA beginning in 1989, most of them with the Orlando Magic. He ended his career in 2002....
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| x Ariën Van Weesenbeek | 1980 | Musician |
Ariën van Weesenbeek (born May 17 1980) was the drummer for the Dutch death metal band God Dethroned. Ariën started as a 3 year old smashing furniture with spoons and forks before discovering his dad's drumkit. Inspired by bands like Cream, Ariën...
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| x Scott Wynd | Jan 25, 1970 | Ruckman |
Scott Wynd (born 25 January 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League, playing with Footscray Football Club (aka Western Bulldogs).
Debuting in 1988, the 201cm ruckman was the winner of the 1992...
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| x Michael Thonet | 1796 | ||||
| x John H. Quick |
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Jun 20, 1870 | United States of America |
John Henry Quick (June 20, 1870 – September 9, 1922) was a United States Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. He also won the Distinguished Service Cross and the...
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| x Joanne Wright | Oct 10, 1977 |
Joanne Nicholas (née Wright) (born 10 October 1977) is a female badminton player from the United Kingdom.
Joanne attended Churchtown Primary School, Stanley High School and King George V College ("KGV"), all in Southport, Merseyside.
Wright competed...
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| x Tomasz Józef Zamoyski | 1678 |
Tomasz Józef Zamoyski (1678–1725) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic).
Tomasz became the 5th Ordynat of Zamość estate. He was also starost of Płoskirów and Gródek and became a Royal Colonel.
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| x Gurban Gurbanov |
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Apr 13, 1972 |
Gurban Osman Gurbanov (Azerbaijani: Qurban Osman oğlu Qurbanov; Russian: Гурбан Осман оглы Гурбанов; born April 13, 1972, Zagatala) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.
He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur,...
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