1 Karl Marx
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2 Friedrich Nietzsche
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Died: August 25, 1900
3 Wilhelm II
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4 Max Ernst
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5 Karlheinz Stockhausen
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6 Jürgen Habermas
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7 Luigi Pirandello
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Died: December 10, 1936
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9 Heinrich Heine
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10 Christian IX of Denmark
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13 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
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14 Louise Lehzen
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15 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
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17 Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
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23 Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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24 Carl Schurz
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