T. E. Lawrence16th August, British
Archaeologist
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Poet
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Physicist
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad11th November, Indian
Indian scholar
Jim Thorpe28th May, American
Athlete
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33rd Vice President of the U.S.A.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan5th September, Indian
Confident, Ambitious
Robert Moses18th December, American
Public Official
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German General
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Playwright
Dale Carnegie24th November, American
Self-Help Writer, Motivational Guru, Public
Harpo Marx23rd November, American
Comedian
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Son
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Novelist and Screenwriter
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Revolutionary
Carl Schmitt11th July, German
Jurist, Geopolitician, Political Scientist
Alexander I of Yugoslavia16th December, Yugoslav, Serbian
King
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Engineer
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Former United States Secretary of State
Nikolai Bukharin9th October, Russian
Politician
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Fernando Pessoa13th June, Portuguese
Maurice Chevalier12th September, French
Actor, Singer
Friedrich Fromm8th October, German
German Army officer
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Artist
J. B. Kripalani11th November, Indian
Politician
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Political Economist & Diplomat
Selman Waksman22nd July, Ukrainian
Discoverer of Streptomycin
Giuseppe Ungaretti8th February, Italian
Poet, Essayist
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Physicist
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Writer & Critic
Paul Bernays17th October, Swiss
Mathematician
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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras30th October, Greek
Olympic athlete
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Business person
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Chess Player
Irving Berlin11th May, American, Russian
Street artist, Composer, Pianist, Songwriter,
Huddie William Ledbetter20th January, American
Singer
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Singer
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Naval officer
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Head coach, American football player
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Film director
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aviator, rugby union player
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Friedrich Olbricht4th October, German
Military personnel, Officer
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British actress
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Writer, Novelist
August Kubizek3rd August, Austrian
Conductor, Painter, Writer
Josef Albers19th March, German, American
Painter, Artist, University teacher
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politician
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Baseball Player
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Dutch designer
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inventor, entrepreneur, engineer
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Aircraft designer
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President
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engineer, physicist, inventor
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