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  • Manfred Rommel (88)

    Manfred Rommel, Hon. CBE was a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union,...

  • Leonaert Bramer (420)

    Leonaert Bramer was a Dutch painter known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings...

  • George I of Greece (171)

    George I was King of Greece from 1863 until his death in 1913. Originally a Danish prince,...

  • David G. Walker (70)

    David G Walker is a British pianist, singer and composer based in London and sometime Victoria,...

  • Tevfik Fikret (149)

    Tevfik Fikret was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik, an Ottoman poet who is considered the founder...

  • Jonathan Zittrain (47)

    Jonathan L. Zittrain is an American professor of Internet law at Harvard Law School and the...

  • Nick Smith (52)

    Nicolas Rex "Nick" Smith is a New Zealand politician and a member of the Parliament of New...

  • Ruth Chatterton (124)

    Ruth Chatterton was a celebrated American actress, novelist, and early aviator.

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