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Best known
Totila
King of the Ostrogoths from 541 to 552
Alfonso VI of León and Castile
Iberian King (c. 1040 – 1109)
Hōjō Yoshitoki
2nd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate
Chagatai Khan
Second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (c. 1184 – 1242)
Baybars
Sultan of Egypt and Syria from 1260 to 1277
María de Molina
Queen of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295
Totila — King of the Ostrogoths from 541 to 552, who died on July 1 552.
Alfonso VI of León and Castile — Iberian King (c. 1040 – 1109), who died on July 1 1109.
Hōjō Yoshitoki — 2nd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, who died on July 1 1224.
Chagatai Khan — Second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (c. 1184 – 1242), who died on July 1 1242.
Baybars — Sultan of Egypt and Syria from 1260 to 1277, who died on July 1 1277.
María de Molina — Queen of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295, who died on July 1 1321.
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- 1950
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- 1968
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- 1983
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- 1995
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