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Thaddeus Young
(Basketball player)
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2
Birth Year: 1988
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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Derrick Coleman
(Basketball player)
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2
Birth Year: 1967
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
3
Cheick Tioté
(Ivorian Professional Football Player Who Played as a Defensive Midfielder)
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Birth Year: 1986
Birthplace: Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
Died: June 5, 2017
Cheick Tioté was an Ivorian football player who represented his national football team at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. He also helped his team win the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Cheick Tioté died at the age of 30 when he succumbed to cardiac arrest during a training session in 2017.
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
(One of the Greatest Writers of Brazilian Literature)
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Birth Year: 1839
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: September 29, 1908
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis was a Brazilian novelist, playwright, poet, and short-story writer. Hailing from a family of freed slaves, he had a difficult childhood that he overcame to become a famous writer. He founded the Brazilian Academy of Letters and became the organization’s first president. He is credited with having shaped the realism movement in Brazil.
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JaMychal Green
(Basketball player)
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2
Birth Year: 1990
Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Height: 6'9" (206 cm)
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Carl Stokes
(Former Mayor of Cleveland)
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1
Birth Year: 1927
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
Died: April 3, 1996
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John Agard
(Playwright, Poet, Children's writer)
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0
Birth Year: 1949
Birthplace: Georgetown, Guyana
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Joseph Hayne Rainey
(Politician)
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0
Birth Year: 1832
Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina
Died: August 1, 1887
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Kévin Boli
(Footballer - Defender)
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0
Birth Year: 1991
Birthplace: Lens, France
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Abubaker Kaki Khamis
(Sudanese Runner)
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Birth Year: 1989
Birthplace: Muglad, Sudan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Jussie Smollett
(Actor)
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Birth Year: 1982
Birthplace: Santa Rosa, California, United States
American actor, Jussie Smollett is known for his work in television series, Empire, and science fiction film Alien: Covenant. He debuted as a child artist and worked in commercials, television shows like On Our Own and films like The Mighty Ducks before taking a break. He returned after years and proved his talent as an actor and also a singer.
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Lloyd Avery II
(Actor)
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Birth Year: 1969
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: September 4, 2005
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Wanuri Kahiu
(Film director)
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1
Birth Year: 1980
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
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Seyoum Mengesha
(Ethiopian Army Commander Who Was Killed by the Imperial Guard)
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2
Birth Year: 1887
Birthplace: Ethiopia
Died: December 15, 1960
Ethiopian army commander Seyoum Mengesha was a part of the royal family of Ethiopia. He commanded the Army of Tigray and was later suspected of supporting the rebels of the Woyane Rebellion. He was machine-gunned to death by members of the Imperial Guard after a conflict between the emperor and the Guard.
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Pete Rock
(Rapper, Music Producer)
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2
Birth Year: 1970
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
16
Gaël Kakuta
(Football Winger)
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1
Birth Year: 1991
Birthplace: Lille, France
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Jessica White
(Actor, Model)
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Birth Year: 1984
Birthplace: Buffalo
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Derrius Guice
(American football player)
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5
Birth Year: 1997
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
19
Duane Thomas
(American football player)
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1
Birth Year: 1947
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
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Jeremy Tyler
(Basketball player)
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0
Birth Year: 1991
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
21
François Moubandje
(Swiss Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Left Back)
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1
Birth Year: 1990
Birthplace: Douala, Cameroon
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Moussa Faki
(11th Prime Minister of Chad)
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0
Birth Year: 1960
Birthplace: Biltine, Chad
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Milton Barros
(Basketball player)
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0
Birth Year: 1984
Birthplace: Cacongo, Angola
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
24
Deandra Dottin
(Barbadian Cricketer and Former Track and Field Athlete)
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0
Birth Year: 1991
Birthplace: Barbados
25
Joseph Ki-Zerbo
(Historian, Writer)
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0
Birth Year: 1922
Birthplace: Toma, Burkina Faso
Died: December 4, 2006
26
Celestino Caballero
(Former Panamanian Boxer and IBF Super Bantamweight Champion)
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1
Birth Year: 1976
Birthplace: Colón, Panama
Celestino Caballero is a Panamanian retired boxer who held world titles in two weight classes. He held the IBF super bantamweight title and the unified WBA (Super) title between 2006 and 2010. Celestino Caballero also held the WBA (Regular) featherweight championship title from 2011 to 2012.
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Wambui Otieno
(Kenyan Freedom Fighter, Politician, Activist, and Writer)
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1
Birth Year: 1936
Birthplace: Kiambu County, Kenya
Died: August 30, 2011
Wambui Otieno was a Kenyan politician, activist, and writer. She is best remembered for her participation in the Mau Mau Uprising in Nairobi. She spied on the British and even procured arms for the soldiers. After Kenya's independence, Wambui Otieno went on to establish a political career.
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Karim Nizigiyimana
(Burundian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Defender)
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0
Birth Year: 1989
Birthplace: Bujumbura, Burundi
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Telmo Arcanjo
(Cape Verdean Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder or Winger)
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Birth Year: 2001
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Can Themba
(Writer)
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1
Birth Year: 1924
Birthplace: Pretoria, South Africa
Died: 1968 AD
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Ousman Marong
(Gambian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
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Birth Year: 1999
Birthplace: Kololi, The Gambia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
