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Ferdinand III of Castile - the Saint 1217-1252
Pasteur, Louis - (1822-1895), French biochemist
Ohain, Hans von - (1911-1998), co-founder of the jet engine
Abbot, Archbishop George - (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
Landon, Letitia Elizabeth - poet
Jackson, Glenda - (born 1936), actor
Belknap, Jeremy - (1744-1798), American clergyman and historian
Alger, Horatio, Jr. - (1832-1899), Unitarian minister, author
Edeby, Jesper Mattson Cruus af - (1576-1622), Swedish soldier
Vallieres, Pierre - author, political activist
Galilei, Galileo - (1564-1642), Italian astronomy pioneer
Ferguson, Sarah - (1931-2003), British aristocrat
Caracalla - (186-217), Roman emperor
Barry, Sam Justin - (1892-1950), Hall of Fame basketball coach
Abell, George Ogden - (USA, 1927-1983), astronomer
Sappho - ancient Greek poet
Deller, Alfred - (1912-1979), singer, early modern countertenor
Baker, Lavern - (born 1928), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member
Ulvaeus, Bjorn - Swedish songwiter and ex-member of ABBA
Sarazen, Gene - (1902-1999), golfer
Idol, Billy - aka William Broad, (born 1955), British-born rock musician
Alexandra of Denmark - (1844-1925), consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
MacDonald, Hugh - Canadian writer
Agricola, Mikael - (1510-1557) Finnish theologian & scholar and creator of written Finnish language
Rainier III of Monaco - (1898-1977), Monaco prince
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