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Best known
Frans Ackerman
Flemish politician and military leader
Charles VII of France
King of France from 1422 to 1461
Richard Wingfield
Early Tudor courtier
John Zápolya
King of Hungary from 1526 to 1540
Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra
Duke of Coimbra
Lawrence of Brindisi
Catholic priest and theologian
Frans Ackerman — Flemish politician and military leader, who died on July 22 1387.
Charles VII of France — King of France from 1422 to 1461, who died on July 22 1461.
Richard Wingfield — Early Tudor courtier, who died on July 22 1525.
John Zápolya — King of Hungary from 1526 to 1540, who died on July 22 1540.
Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra — Duke of Coimbra, who died on July 22 1550.
Lawrence of Brindisi — Catholic priest and theologian, who died on July 22 1619.
All entries
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- 1258
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John de GrahamScottish knight and soldier (died 1298) - 1362
Louis, Count of Gravina - 1376SSimon LanghamArchbishop of Canterbury from 1366 to 1368
- 1581
Richard Cox (bishop)Bishop of Ely - 1645
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of OlivaresSpanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister - 1676
Pope Clement X17th-century head of the Catholic Church - 1726HHugh DrysdaleBritish colonial governor
- 1734
Peter King, 1st Baron KingEnglish lawyer and politician - 1789
Joseph Foullon de Doué18th-century French politician - 1802
Xavier BichatFrench anatomist and pathologist - 1824
Thomas Macnamara RussellRoyal Navy Vice-Admiral (died 1824) - 1826
Giuseppe PiazziItalian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer - 1832
Napoleon IIDisputed Emperor of the French in 1815 - 1833
Joseph Forlenze - 1864
James B. McPhersonU.S. Army general in the American Civil War - 1869
John A. RoeblingGerman-American engineer - 1902
Mieczysław Halka-LedóchowskiPolish Roman Catholic cardinal-priest
- 1903
Cassius Marcellus ClayAmerican politician from Kentucky - 1904
Wilson BarrettEnglish manager, actor and playwright - 1906WWilliam Snodgrass (minister)
- 1908
Randal CremerEnglish politician - 1915
Sandford FlemingScottish-Canadian engineer and inventor - 1916
James Whitcomb RileyAmerican poet - 1918
Indra Lal RoyIndian World War I flying ace - 1920
William Kissam VanderbiltAmerican businessman and horse breeder - 1922
Jokichi TakamineJapanese chemist - 1932
J. Meade FalknerEnglish novelist and poet - 1932
Reginald FessendenCanadian-American electrical engineer and inventor
- 1932
Errico MalatestaItalian anarchist - 1932
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.American theatrical impresario - 1934
John DillingerAmerican bank robber - 1937
Ted McDonaldAustralian cricketer - 1940
George Fuller (Australian politician)Australian politician - 1940AAlbert Young (boxer)American boxer
- 1948
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William Lyon Mackenzie KingCanadian prime minister - 1958
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- 1974
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- 1979
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- 1990
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- 1998
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- 2006
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- 2007
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- 2009
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2024
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