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Calil, Musa - (1906-1944), Tatar poet, prisoner of war
Balbo, Italo - Italian aviator
Boorman, John - (born 1933), film director
Haas, Eduard - inventor of PEZ
Burke, Edmund - (1729-1797), Irish philosopher
Gainsbourg, Serge - (1928-1991), French songwriter, musician
Bourke White, Margaret - (born 1906), US aviator
Yao Wenyuan - (born 1931)
Inness, George - (1829-1894), painter
Falconer, Lord - (born 1951), British lawyer and politician
Baden Powell, Lord Robert - (1857-1941), Scouting founder
Banks, Russell - (born 1940), author of The Sweet Hereafter
Bruce, Jack - (born 1943), musician
Biggs, Jason - (born 1978), American actor
Xuantong, Qian - (1887-1939), phonetician
Parr, Catherine - (1512-1548), widow of King Henry VIII of England
Jackson, Glenda - (born 1936), actor
Parmenides - Greek philosopher
Paez, Jorge - (born 1965), world champion boxer
Bryant, William Cullen - (1794-1878), poet
Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha - (1819-1861), Queen Victoria's husband & consort
Alenio, Giulio - (1582-1649), missionary
Janosch - (born 1931), German artist known for his books for children
Taube, Evert - Swedish musician
Ray, Satyajit - (1921-1992), film director
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