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Ewing, Sir James Alfred - (1855-1935), Scottish physicist and engineer
Blackmun, Harry - (1908-1999), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
Blow, John - (1648-1708), composer
Nastase, Ilie - (born 1946), Romanian tennis player
Brenner, Ernst - (1856-1911), Swiss president
Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus - (1868-1931), mathematician, statistician
Boutros Ghali, Boutros - (born 1922), UN secretary general
De Leon, Carlos - world champion boxer
Vargas Llosa, Mario - (born 1936), Peruvian novelist and essayist
Burkhard, Gedeon - actor
Yale, Elihu - (1649-1721), Yale University benefactor
Beatty, John - (1828-1914), U.S. Congressman from Ohio
Campion, Thomas - (1567-1619), composer, poet
Finsen, Niels Ryberg - (1860-1904)
Daishonin, Nichiren - (1222-1282), (founder of Nichiren Buddhism)
Brooks, Terry - (born 1944), U.S. fantasy author
Fittipaldi, Emerson - Formula 1 driver
van Cleef, Lee - (1925-1989), actor
Carducci, Giosue - (1835-1907), Italian poet
Yi Jachun - (1315 - 1360),Yuan Dynasty officer
Bacon, Sir Francis - (1561-1626) British Scientific Philospher
Agasias - Greek sculptor
Brand, Dionne - Canadian writer
Machel, Samora - (1933-1986), president of Mozambique
Carpeaux, Jean Baptiste - French sculptor
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