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Umberto I of Italy (1844 - 1900).
King of Italy from 1878 until his death by assassination.


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Peter Venkman     Ghostbuster

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W & X in the same post.

Wang Xizhi (303 AD - 361 AD).
Regarded as the greatest Chinese calligrapher in history.



Next is Y. Wink


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Dave Yaras     Shady mob figure surrounding JFK assassination

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Zinedine Zidane (b. 1972).
French football manager and former player. 1998 World Champion with France's soccer national team. 


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Aesop     Greek storyteller

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Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

British mathematician and mechanical engineer. Inventor of the (proto-)computer.


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Acquilla Clemons     Witnessed JD Tippit shooting, Dallas 1963

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Charles Duke Jr. (b. 1935).
American astronaut: Apollo 16.


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George Eliot............
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Buell Wesley Frazier     Lee Harvey Oswald's neighbor and coworker

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Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)

President of the Fifth French Republic 1959-1969

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Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926)
Famous Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt man.



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Icarus

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Jupiter

Supreme Roman deity, here depicted in his self-declared present-day form




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Walter Koenig     Actor known for Ensign Chekov, Navigator USS EnterpriseRelated image
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Ferenc Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) - Hungarian composer and pianist

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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Hasso von Manteuffel (1897 - 1978).
German WWII general. One of few generals without any criminal record.
Later, he was responsible for the creation of the Bundeswehr, modern army of present Germany.


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John M. Newman     Author, political historian

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Oholah and Oholibah

The two sisters from Ezekiel 23

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