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Best known
Géza I of Hungary
King of Hungary from 1074 to 1077
Emperor Antoku
Emperor of Japan from 1180 to 1185
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony (died 1217)
Isabella II of Jerusalem
Queen of Jerusalem (r. 1212–1228)
Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester
Anglo-Norman-Scottish nobleman
Sancho IV of Castile
King of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295
Géza I of Hungary — King of Hungary from 1074 to 1077, who died on April 25 1077.
Emperor Antoku — Emperor of Japan from 1180 to 1185, who died on April 25 1185.
Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia — Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony (died 1217), who died on April 25 1217.
Isabella II of Jerusalem — Queen of Jerusalem (r. 1212–1228), who died on April 25 1228.
Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester — Anglo-Norman-Scottish nobleman, who died on April 25 1264.
Sancho IV of Castile — King of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295, who died on April 25 1295.
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- 1342
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Louise LabéFrench poet (died 1566) - 1566
Diane de PoitiersFrench noblewoman and courtier - 1595
Torquato TassoItalian poet - 1605
NaresuanKing of Siam from 1590 to 1605 - 1644
Chongzhen EmperorEmperor of China from 1627 to 1644 - 1660
Henry HammondEnglish churchman - 1690
David Teniers the YoungerFlemish Baroque painter - 1744
Anders CelsiusSwedish astronomer and physicist - 1770
Jean-Antoine NolletFrench physicist - 1800
William CowperEnglish poet and hymnodist - 1840
Siméon Denis PoissonFrench mathematician and physicist - 1873
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Anna SewellEnglish novelist - 1883
Adolph StrauchPrussian American landscape architect - 1890
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Nathaniel Woodard - 1892
Henri DuveyrierFrench explorer and geographer - 1892
Karl von DitmarBaltic German geologist and explorer - 1906
John Knowles PaineAmerican composer - 1911
Emilio SalgariItalian writer - 1913
Joseph-Alfred ArchambeaultCanadian bishop - 1915
Frederick W. SewardAmerican politician - 1919
Augustus D. JuilliardAmerican philanthropist - 1921
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- 1941
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- 1961
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Carol ReedEnglish film director - 1976
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John CodyAmerican bishop and cardinal - 1983
William S. BowdernAmerican Catholic exorcist - 1988
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- 1996
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- 2002
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- 2005
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2015
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- 2015
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