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Steve Irwin (1962-2006)
 
Australian wildlife documentary maker
 
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Col. Nathan Jessup     Fictional character form A Few Good Men

"You can't handle the truth!"

“You can’t handle the truth,” Jack Nicholson growls as Col. Jessup in “A Few Good Men.” But my narrator Charlie Mears tries to.


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Alexei Kosygin (1904 - 1980).
Soviet politician during the Cold War.



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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Austrian composer


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Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918 - 1970)
President of Egypt, 1956-1970.


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Barack Obama     44th U.S. President




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James Knox Polk (1795-1849)

11th U.S. President


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Elwood Quesada (1904 - 1993)
WWII fighter pilot and USAF general.


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Agnès Sorel (1422-1450)

Mistress to King Charles VII of France


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Thomas, the apostle.


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U Thant     Burmese diplomat, third UN Secretary-General

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Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896).
French poet. D-Day password for the attack was taken from one of his poems.




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Sigourney Weaver     Actress

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Xuxa (Maria da Graça Meneghel, b. 1963)
Brazilian TV presenter and celebrity. Also a businesswoman.




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David Yellowhorse     Master Knifemaker

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Zarathustra (whenever BC, dates uncertain, allegedly passed away at age 77)

Iranian cult founder who sprach also


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Artemis     Goddess of the Hunt, Wilderness and Virginity




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Lavrentiy Beria (1899-1953).
Soviet leader very powerful under Stalin's rule. Executed soon after Stalin's death.





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