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Brooks, Gwendolyn - (born 1917), poet
Zamenhof, L. L. - Esperanto initiator
Birtwistle, Harrison - (born 1934), composer, opera composer
Gabrieli, Andrea - (c.1510-1586), composer
Bana, Eric - (born 1968), actor
Alcuin - (ca. 735-May 19, 804), English monk
Fitzmaurice, William Petty - (1737-1805), British statesman
van den Hoogenband, Pieter - (born 1978), swimmer
Fellini, Federico - (1920-1993), Italian film director
Patton, George - (1885-1945), US general
Van Sant, Gus - (b. 1952 ), Hollywood film director
Fatou, Pierre - mathematician
Bombardier, Joseph - snowmobile maker
Carleton, Sir Guy - (1724-1808), British general, Governor of Canada
Baskerville, John - (1706-1775), printer, typefounder
Acheson, Dean - (1893-1971), USA Secretary
Ingyo, emperor of Japan - (5th Century AD)
Booker, James - musician
James, William - (1842-1910), psychologist
Bauer, Georg - real name of Agricola (1490-1555), German scholar
Rainier III of Monaco - (1898-1977), Monaco prince
Waddey, Raymond - painter
Damien, Father - (1840-1888), (Pater Damiaan)
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom - (1894-1972), (formerly Edward VIII)
Watt, James - (1736-1819), Scottish mathematician & engineer
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