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Henry VIII of England
(King of England (1509 - 1547))
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 28, 1491
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kent, England
Died: 1547
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Charlemagne
(Holy Roman Emperor (800-814))
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: April 2, 0747
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Aachen, Germany
Died: 0814
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Cicely Tyson
(Actress and Model Best Known for Her Films: 'Sounder' and ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 18, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
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W B Yeats
(One of the Greatest English-Language Poets of the 20th Century and 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature Winner)
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Francis Drake
(Best Known for His Circumnavigation of the World in a Single Expedition)
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Christa McAuliffe
(Former Astronaut who was chosen for the STS-51-L mission from among 11,000 applications)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 2, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1986
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
(1st Shia Imam (632-661))
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Zora Neale Hurston
(Folklorist, Anthropologist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 7, 1891
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Notasulga
Died: 1960
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Jimmy Durante
(One of America's Most Popular Personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 10, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 1980
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John Banner
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Sergeant Schultz’ in Sitcom the ‘Hogan's Heroes’)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 28, 1910
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Died: 1973
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Astrid Lindgren
(Writer)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 14, 1907
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vimmerby, Sweden
Died: 2002
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Ronald McNair
(Physicist, Astronaut)
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Hal Smith
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 24, 1916
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Petoskey, Michigan, United States
Died: 1994
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Klaus Fuchs
(Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 29, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rüsselsheim, German Empire
Died: 1988
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Judith Resnik
(Engineer)
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 5, 1949
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: 1986
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Dick Scobee
(Officer, Astronaut)
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Roza Shanina
(Sniper)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Edma, Ustyansky District, Russia
Died: 1945
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Lucien Carr
(Journalist)
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 1, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2005
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Yue Fei
(Military General Whose Expertise in Martial Arts Made Him a National Folk Hero in China)
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Red Grange
(American football halfback)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Forksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1991
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Derek Bentley
(Epileptic British Man Convicted and Hanged for the Murder of a Policeman, at the Age of 19)
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: June 30, 1933
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Southwark, London, England
Died: 1953
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Jim Capaldi
(Drummer)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Died: 2005
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Karen Lancaume
(Adult film actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 19, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: 2005
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Gregory Jarvis
(Engineer, Astronaut, Officer)
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Joe Viterelli
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 10, 1937
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 2004
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Paul Kantner
(Rock musician)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 17, 1941
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 2016
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Auguste Piccard
(Chemist)
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: January 28, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: 1963
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Elroy Hirsch
(Football Player)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 17, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 2004
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Billy Fury
(Actor, Singer, Songwriter)
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Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: April 17, 1940
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liverpool
Died: 1983
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Chris Doleman
(American football player)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 16, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Indianapolis
Died: 2020
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Jim Gray
(Computer scientist)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 12, 1944
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2012
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Carrie Buck
(Plaintiff)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 3, 1906
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Died: 1983
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Pope Paul V
(Pope)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 17, 1550
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 1621
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Johannes Hevelius
(Astronomer, Entrepreneur, Cartographer)
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Lloyd M. Bucher
(Military officer)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pocatello, Idaho, United States
Died: 2004
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Jim Morris
(Bodybuilder)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 31, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2016
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George Woodcock
(Writer, Literary critic, Poet, Historian, Biographer, Anarchist)
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Yoskar Sarante
(Singer)
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 2, 1970
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died: 2019
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Paul J. Crutzen
(Chemist)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 3, 1933
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: 2021
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Ferdinand Verbiest
(Missionary)
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Birthdate: October 9, 1623
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Pittem, Belgium
Died: 1688
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Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France
(Queen of France)
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Prudence Crandall
(Connecticut's official State Heroine)
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Helen Sawyer Hogg
(Astronomer)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 1, 1905
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1993
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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
(Bestselling Spanish Novelist Known for His Novel ‘Blood and Sand')
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Birthdate: January 29, 1867
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Valencia, Spain
Died: 1928
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Jerry Siegel
(American Comic Book Writer Known as the Co-Creator of the DC Comics Superhero 'Superman' )
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Birthdate: October 17, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland
Died: 1996
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Yitzhak Kaduri
(Rabbi)
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Bharati Mukherjee
(Indian American-Canadian Writer and Professor )
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 27, 1940
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: 2017
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Ferenc Deák
(Statesman)
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William H. Prescott
(Historian)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 4, 1796
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1859
