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Habsburg, Otto von - (born 1912), scion of the Austrian imperial family
Page, P.K. - Canadian writer
Jami - scientist
de Beauharnais, Josephine - (1763-1814), Empress
Jansky, Karl Guthe - (USA, 1905-1950), astronomer
Buck, Pearl S. - (1892-1973), The Good Earth
Paton, Alan - (1903-1988), author
Beaufort, Margaret - (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII of England
Darby, John Nelson - (1800-1882), Irish clergyman
Mann, Thomas - (1875-1955), author
Banting, William - (1796-1878), first famous dieter
Davis, Richard Harding - (1864-1916), US novelist
Fefferman, Charles - mathematician
Bringhurst, Robert - Canadian writer
Gatling, Richard - (1818-1903), US Gatling gun inventor
Lang, Fritz - (1890-1976), German film director
Innocent XI, Pope - aka Benedetto Odescalchi, (1676-1689)
Eratosthenes - (276 BC-194 BC), euclidean geometry
Ballard, Hank - (1936-2003), musician
Kahn, Madeline - (1942-1999), actor, comedian
Nauman, Bruce - (born 1941), painter
Carpenter, Edward - (1844-1929), poet and gay rights activist
de la Mare, Walter - author, poet
Paxman, Jeremy - (born 1950), television personality, television presenter
Ramone, Dee Dee - (1952-2002), musician
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