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Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega Danish West Indies baroness
Charles Piazzi Smyth Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
Konrad Duden German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
Sakamoto Ryoma Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
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Iwan Knorr German composer born in Mewe (d. 1916)
William Renshaw British tennis player (Wimbledon 1881-6 89) born in Leamington Spa England (d. 1904)
Ernest Renshaw British tennis player (Wimbledon 1888) born in Leamington England (d. 1889)
Sir Matthew Nathan British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
Henry Lytton British actor and opera singer (The Mikado) born in London England (d. 1936)
Henry Handel Richardson Australia novelist (Richard Mahoney)
Ichizo Kobayashi Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
Wilhelm Pieck co-founder German Communist Partypres (1949-60)
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge US First Lady (1923-29)
Willem Benoy Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion) born in Antwerpen Flanders Belgium (d. 1939)
Eli S Jones American evangelist (Christ of Indian road)
Arthur Mailey cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner & cartoonist)
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