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Afonso IV of Portugal - (1290-1357), king in 1325
Dana Rosemary Scallon - MEP - singer turned politician
Febvre, Lucien - historian
Butt, Isaac - Home Rule leader
James, P.D. - (born 1920), British novelist
Fischer, Edwin - (1886-1960), pianist and conductor
Baker, Richard, Sir - (1568-1644,1645)
Yashin, Lev - (1929-1990), Russian football goalkeeper
Bieler, Gustave - (1904-1944), SOE agent, WWII hero
Sauser, Frederic Louis - (1887-1961), author known as Blaise Cendrars
Elytis, Odysseas - (1911-1996)
Qian, Zhang - spent 12 years starting in 138 BC exploring much of Central Asia for Emperor Han Wu Di
Van Dyke, Dick - (born 1925), US actor, comedian
Barnes, Ross - (1850-1915), professional baseball player
O'Brien, Tim - (born 1946), American author
Gauguin, Paul - (1848-1903), French painter
Watie, Stand - (1806-1871), Confederate general, Cherokee leader
Aefric - (c. 955-1020?), the Grammarian, English abbot
Bachchan, Harivanshrai - Indian poet
Patton, George - (1885-1945), US general
Urban IV, Pope - (1261-1264)
Brown, Guillermo E. - musician
Barlow, Gary - singer-songwriter
Alda, Alan - (born 1936), US actor
Breathed, Berke - U.S. Cartoonist and creator of Bloom County
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