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O'Carolan, Turlough - 17th century harpist and composer ("Last of the Bards")
Narrayen, Irene Jai - (born 1932), Fijian politician
Eiermann, Egon - (1904-1970), architect
Fayed, Dodi - (1955-1997), film producer
Canutt, Yakima - (1896-1986), actor, stunt man
Palin, Michael - (born 1943), British comedian, one of Monty Python team
Bakula, Scott - (born 1954), American television actor
Paxman, Jeremy - (born 1950), television personality, television presenter
Janacek, Leos - (1854-1928), Czech composer, opera composer
Afonso III of Portugal - (1210-1279), king in 1247
Alfven, Hugo - Swedish musician
Bradley, Marion Zimmer - (1930-1999), U.S. fantasy writer
Deayton, Angus - (born 1956), comic actor, television presentor
Esarhaddon - 681-669 BCE
Dante - (1265-1321), Italian poet of Divine Comedy fame
Ingersoll, Robert G. - (1833-1899), orator
Burnet, Jacob - (1770-1853), judge and U.S. Senator from Ohio
Felix I, Pope - (269-274)
Edwards, Jonathan theology - (born 1703), evangelical Christian leader
Gamow, George - (1904-1968), Ukrainian astronomer
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse - (1840-1914), archaeologist
Sayer, Lady Sylvia - (1904-2000), British conservationist
Beza, Theodore - (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva
Beard, James - (1903-1985), chef, cookbook writer
Oddsson, Davíd - (born 1948), prime minister
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