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Amasis II - (570 BC-526 BC), Pharaoh
Bassey, Shirley - (born 1937), singer
Emerson, William - (14 May 1701 - 20 May 1782), mathematician
Sangharakshita - (born 1921), Founder of the Western Buddhist Order
Lawson, Nigella - (born 1960), celebrity chef, writer
Walker, Alice - (born 1944), poet, author
Lange, Hope - (born 1931), actress
Yi Jachun - (1315 - 1360),Yuan Dynasty officer
Bull, Gerald - (1928-1990), engineer
Black, Jim - musician
Ende, Michael - (1929-1995), German fantasy writer and poet
Bierce, Ambrose - (1842 - c.1914), US writer
Samuelson, Paul - (born 1915), economist
Blomstedt, Herbert - (born 1927), Swedish conductor
Alexander, William - (1726-1783) American general in the Revolutionary War
Wayans, Keenan Ivory - (born 1958), US comedian
Cartier Bresson, Henri - (born 1908), photographer
O'Connor, Sandra Day - (born 1930), US Supreme Court justice
Brandt, Karl - (1904-1948)
Warnock, Neil - (1948- ), Football (soccer) manager
Berthollet, Claude Louis - (1748-1822)
Abancourt, Charles - (1758-1792), French statesman
Jaruzelski, Wojciech - (born 1923), Polish general, communist ruler
Everhart, Angie - (born 1969), American model and actress
Eyck, Jan van - (1390-1441), Belgian painter
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