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Karpov, Anatoly - (born 1951), Soviet chess champion
Taylor, Andy - guitarist, Duran Duran
Entwistle, John - (1944-2002), bass player for The Who
Bashkirtseff, Marie - (1860-1884), Ukranian painter
Caillaux, Joseph - (1863-1944), Prime Minister (June 1911 - January 1912), pacifist
Rankin, Jeannette - (1880-1973), the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives
Abbott, Lyman - (1835-1922), American divine and author
O'Brian, Patrick - (1914-2000), UK author
Carpenter, Mary Chapin - (born 1958), musician
Hadfield, Chris - (born 1959), first Canadian to walk in space
Buhl, Hermann - (1924-1957), Austrian climber - first ascent of Nanga Parbat
Adler, David - (1882-1949), architect
Laurence of Canterbury - (died 619), Archbishop of Canterbury
Buxtehude, Dietrich - (1637-1707), Danish composer
Bazalgette, Joseph William - (1819-1891)
Absalon - (c. 1128-1201), Danish archbishop
LaMotta, Jake - (born 1921), world champion boxer
Eric VII of Denmark - (1412-1442), Norwegian monarch
Farnsworth, Richard - (1920-2000), actor
Sanchez, Antonio - actor and producer, known in Puerto Rico also as El Gangster
O' Grady, Sean - (born 1959), world champion boxer
Bournonville, August - (1805-1879)
Aguilera, Christina - (born 1980), US singer
Garner, Helen - novelist
Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von - biologist and explorer, namesake of the California Poppy
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