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Mathematician
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President of the Republic of China
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American Hotelier and Businessman
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Artist
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Nazi War Criminal
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Last ruler of Austro-Hungarian Empire
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World war II Norwegian Politician & Military
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Military Leader
Marc Chagall6th July, Belarusian, French, Russian
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L. S. Lowry1st November, British
Artist
Joe Masseria17th January, Italian, American
Mafia Boss
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Governor of Kansas
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Inventor of Bouncing Bomb
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Latin American Composer
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Allied Commander in World War II
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Indian painter
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French Jurist
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Physicists
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Lady Edison
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Military Leader
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Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg24th October, British
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