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Asa Packer (1805-1879)
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Owen Roberts (1875-1955)
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Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981)
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Joe Black (1924-2002)
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Alan O'Day (1940-2013)
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Joe Mercer (1934-2021)
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Dixie Walker (1910-1982)
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Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007)
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Mario Benedetti (1920-2009)
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Randy Turpin (1928-1966)
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Guy Clark (1941-2016)
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Bobby Hutchins (1925-1945)
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Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925-2010)
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Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
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Pants Rowland (1879-1969)
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Jose Santos Zelaya (1853-1919)
World Leader
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Irene Gut Opdyke (1922-2003)
War Hero
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Dorothy Kamenshek (1925-2010)
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Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838)
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Sid Going (1943-2024)
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Eli Perry (1799-1881)
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Gordon Sinclair (1900-1984)
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Daniel Owino Misiani (1940-2006)
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Scott Brayton (1959-1996)
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Alexis Kirk (1936-2010)
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France Clidat (1932-2012)
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