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Former Caudillo of Spain
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Former Emperor of Ethiopia
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American writer
Sepp Dietrich28th May, German
Military Officer
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War Criminal
Martin Niemöller14th January, German
Theologian
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Attorney
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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
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British author
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Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics
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Physicist
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Film Director
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Physicist
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Physician
Karl Herzfeld24th February, Austrian
Physicist
Ahmad Javad5th May, Azerbaijani
Poet
Oliver Hardy18th January, American
American comic
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Actor
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Writer, Autobiographer
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Military Leader
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Actor
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Writer
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American writer
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Politician, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Aerospace
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Actor, Comedian, Inventor
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Lawyer
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comedian
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Nurse
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Film producer, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter
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Writer
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Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer
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Boxer,
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Mathematician
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Putita
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Stage actor, Film actor
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