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Remigius de Fécamp
Remigius de Fécamp, English monk and bishop

#Remigius_de_Fécamp

Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr
Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest (b. 1352)

#Thomas_la_Warr,_5th_Baron_De_La_Warr

Mary of Modena
Mary of Modena (b. 1658)

#Mary_of_Modena

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)

#William_Petty,_2nd_Earl_of_Shelburne

Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen, German knight (b. 1481)

#Franz_von_Sickingen

Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)

#Warner_Baxter

Ferruccio Mazzola
Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)

#Ferruccio_Mazzola

Neville McNamara
Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923)

#Neville_McNamara

Pietro Nardini
Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)

#Pietro_Nardini

Albert Ball
Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)

#Albert_Ball

Bagrat III of Georgia
Bagrat III, 1st King of Georgia (b. 960)

#Bagrat_III_of_Georgia

Fethi Okyar
Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)

#Fethi_Okyar

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)

#Henry_Brougham,_1st_Baron_Brougham_and_Vaux

Ernst A. Lehmann
Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)

#Ernst_A._Lehmann

Peter W. Rodino
Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909)

#Peter_W._Rodino

Felix Weingartner
Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)

#Felix_Weingartner

Ladislaus III of Hungary
Ladislaus III of Hungary (b. 1201)

#Ladislaus_III_of_Hungary

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)

#Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Feodor III of Russia
Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)

#Feodor_III_of_Russia

Diego Corrales
Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)

#Diego_Corrales

William Buell Sprague
William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)

#William_Buell_Sprague

Jabez Bowen
Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)

#Jabez_Bowen

Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)

#Antonio_Salieri

Octavian Goga
Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)

#Octavian_Goga

Seve Ballesteros
Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957)

#Seve_Ballesteros

Herbert Macaulay
Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)

#Herbert_Macaulay

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

#William_Lever,_1st_Viscount_Leverhulme

Willard Boyle
Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)

#Willard_Boyle

Alluri Sitarama Raju
Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)

#Alluri_Sitarama_Raju

Big George
Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)

#Big_George

Max Wagenknecht
Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)

#Max_Wagenknecht

Otto I, Duke of Merania
Otto I, Duke of Merania (b. c. 1180)

#Otto_I,_Duke_of_Merania

H. H. Holmes
H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)

#H._H._Holmes

Frank DiPascali
Frank DiPascali, American businessman (b. 1956)

#Frank_DiPascali

C. F. W. Walther
C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)

#C._F._W._Walther

Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (b. 1958)

#Isabella_Blow

David Mellor (designer)
David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930)

#David_Mellor_(designer)

James George Frazer
James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)

#James_George_Frazer

Niccolò Piccinni
Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)

#Niccolò_Piccinni

William I of Sicily
William I of Sicily

#William_I_of_Sicily

Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)

#Caspar_David_Friedrich

Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel
Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel

#Hugh_d'Aubigny,_5th_Earl_of_Arundel

Colin Pillinger
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)

#Colin_Pillinger

John of Beverley
John of Beverley, bishop of York

#John_of_Beverley

Waldemar Milewicz
Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956)

#Waldemar_Milewicz

George Lansbury
George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)

#George_Lansbury

Agostino Roscelli
Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)

#Agostino_Roscelli

Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)

#Ray_McKinley

Bajo Pivljanin
Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)

#Bajo_Pivljanin

Alexander Loyd
Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)

#Alexander_Loyd

John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927)
George Sauer, Jr., American football player (b. 1943)
Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)
Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)
Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)
Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (b. 1912)
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)
Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
Duane Carter, American race car driver (b. 1913)
Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1471)
Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
Ibn Hisham, Egyptian Muslim historian