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• Theodore Roosevelt

  26Th U.s. President

  Wednesday, Oct 27, 1858
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  Friday, Jan 29, 1954
  

• Julius Caesar

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  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

• Pope John Paul Ii

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  Tuesday, May 18, 1920
  Saturday, Apr 02, 2005

• Billy Graham

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  Monday, Jun 07, 1943
  

• John Keats

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  Saturday, Oct 31, 1795
  Friday, Feb 23, 1821

• H. L. Mencken

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  Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
  Sunday, Jan 29, 1956

• Tyler, The Creator

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  Wednesday, Mar 06, 1991
  

• Muhammad Ali

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  Saturday, Jan 17, 1942
  Friday, Jun 03, 2016

• Epictetus

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• John C. Maxwell

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  Thursday, Feb 20, 1947
  

• Henry Ford

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  Thursday, Jul 30, 1863
  Monday, Apr 07, 1947

• Carrie Fisher

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  Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
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• Carl Sagan

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  Friday, Nov 09, 1934
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• Francis Of Assisi

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