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Best known
Fulrad
French religious leader
Sisenandus of Beja
Christian deacon and martyr
Irmgard of Chiemsee
Beatified German nun (c.831-866)
William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale
Scottish noble (died 1212)
Pope Innocent III
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
Emperor Go-Uda
Emperor of Japan from 1274 to 1287
Fulrad — French religious leader, who died on July 16 784.
Sisenandus of Beja — Christian deacon and martyr, who died on July 16 851.
Irmgard of Chiemsee — Beatified German nun (c.831-866), who died on July 16 866.
William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale — Scottish noble (died 1212), who died on July 16 1212.
Pope Innocent III — Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216, who died on July 16 1216.
Emperor Go-Uda — Emperor of Japan from 1274 to 1287, who died on July 16 1324.
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- 1509
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Anne AskewEnglish Protestant martyr - 1557
Anne of ClevesQueen of England in 1540 - 1576
Isabella de' MediciItalian noblewoman - 1647
MasanielloItalian fisherman and leader of the Neapolitan Revolt of 1647 - 1664
Andreas GryphiusGerman poet and dramatist - 1686
John Pearson (bishop)17th-century English theologian and scholar - 1691
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de LouvoisSecretary of State for War under Louis XIV - 1729JJohann David HeinichenGerman composer and music theorist
- 1747
Giuseppe CrespiItalian painter - 1770
Francis CotesEnglish painter - 1796
George Howard (British Army officer)British Army officer and politician - 1831
Louis Alexandre Andrault de LangeronFrench general - 1849
Sarah Allen (missionary)First missionary woman of the AME - 1868
Dmitry PisarevRussian writer and nihilist philosopher - 1879
Edward Deas ThomsonAustralian politician - 1882
Mary Todd LincolnFirst Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 - 1885
Rosalía de CastroSpanish Galician poet, writer - 1886
Ned BuntlineAmerican novelist - 1896
Edmond de GoncourtFrench writer and critic - 1915
Ellen G. WhiteAmerican author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church - 1917
Philipp ScharwenkaMusical artist - 1935
Zheng ZhengqiuChinese film producer
- 1939BBartholomeus RoodenburchDutch swimmer
- 1943
Saul Raphael LandauPolish Jewish lawyer and Zionist activist - 1949
Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet)Russian poet and playwright - 1953
Hilaire BellocFrench-English author - 1954
Herms NielGerman composer - 1960
Albert KesselringGerman military officer - 1960
John P. MarquandAmerican novelist - 1964
Rauf OrbayTurkish naval officer and diplomat - 1965
Boris ArtzybasheffRussian and American artist - 1969JJames Scott DouglasBritish racing driver and baronet
- 1981
Harry ChapinAmerican singer-songwriter and activist - 1982
C. R. SwartSouth African politician - 1985
Heinrich BöllGerman writer - 1985
Wayne KingAmerican songwriter and bandleader
- 1989
Herbert von KarajanAustrian conductor - 1990
Robert Blackburn (educationalist)Irish educationalist - 1990
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- 1991
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Buck BuchananAmerican football player - 1994
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Stephen SpenderEnglish poet and man of letters - 1996
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- 1999
John F. Kennedy Jr.American attorney and magazine publisher - 1999
Carolyn Bessette KennedyWife of John F. Kennedy Jr. - 1999
Alan MacnaughtonCanadian politician - 2001
Terry GordyAmerican professional wrestler - 2001
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John Cocke (computer scientist)American computer scientist - 2003
Celia CruzCuban singer - 2003
Carol ShieldsCanadian writer - 2004
George BusbeeAmerican politician - 2004
Charles SweeneyUnited States Air Force general - 2005
Pietro ConsagraItalian sculptor - 2005
Camillo FelgenLuxembourgish singer-songwriter - 2006
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Caterina BuenoItalian singer and folk music historian - 2008
Jo StaffordAmerican singer
- 2008
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- 2012
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- 2014MMary Ellen OtrembaAmerican politician
- 2014
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- 2015
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