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Palo, Tauno - (1905-1982), Finnish actor
Borrel, Andree - (1919-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
Blyton, Enid - (1896-1968), British children's writer
Tashlin, Frank - (1913-1972), animator, director, screenwriter
Abse, Dannie - (born 1923), British poet
Barlow, John Perry - (born 1947), (of EFF fame) and Bob Weir
Oistrakh, David - (1908-1974), violinist
Ray, Man - (1890-1976), painter, photographer
Watson Watt, Robert - (1892-1973), invented radar
Larsen, Nella - (1891-1964), novelist
Paisiello, Giovanni - Italian opera composer
Ephraim the Syrian - (306-373), Christian Saint
Kafka, Franz - (1883-1924), Czech-Jewish author
Jaspers, Karl - (1883-1969), philosopher
Eyskens, Gaston - (1905-1988), Belgian politician
Banks, Iain - (born 1954), British mainstream and space opera author, aka Iain M. Banks
Yolen, Jane - the Commander Toad series, the Dragon's Blood series
Baxter, James K. - (1926-1972), poet
Rau, Johannes - (born 1931), federal president (SPD)
Bordeaux, Henri - (1870-1963), French novelist
Carter, Elliott - (born 1908), composer
Barenblatt, Grigory - mathematician
Jacq, Christian - French author
Parsons, Jack - astronaut and occultist
Santillana, Marques de - (died 1458), Spanish poet
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