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Gunther of Bamberg
German nobleman and prelate
Qiu Chuji
Taoist master
Thoros III
King of Armenia from 1293 to 1296
Bridget of Sweden
Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
14th-century English nobleman
Louis de Brézé
French noble (c.1460–1531)
Gunther of Bamberg — German nobleman and prelate, who died on July 23 1065.
Qiu Chuji — Taoist master, who died on July 23 1227.
Thoros III — King of Armenia from 1293 to 1296, who died on July 23 1298.
Bridget of Sweden — Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373), who died on July 23 1373.
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester — 14th-century English nobleman, who died on July 23 1403.
Louis de Brézé — French noble (c.1460–1531), who died on July 23 1531.
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- 1536
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Götz von BerlichingenGerman feudal knight - 1584
John Day (printer)English Protestant printer (c. 1522–1584) - 1596
Henry Carey, 1st Baron HunsdonEnglish peer and courtier - 1645
Michael of RussiaTsar of Russia from 1613 to 1645 - 1692
Gilles MénageFrench scholar - 1727
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount HarcourtBritish politician - 1757
Domenico ScarlattiItalian composer - 1773
George Edwards (naturalist)English naturalist and ornithologist - 1781JJohn Joachim ZublyAmerican politician
- 1793
Roger ShermanAmerican lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father - 1833AAnselmo de la Cruz y BahamondeChilean political figure
- 1853
Andries PretoriusSouth African politician - 1875
Isaac SingerAmerican inventor and businessman - 1878
Carl von RokitanskyAustrian pathologist and philosopher - 1885
Ulysses S. GrantCivil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877 - 1904
John Douglas (Queensland politician)Australian politician - 1909
Frederick HolderAustralian politician - 1916
William RamsayScottish chemist - 1919
Spyridon LambrosGreek historian and politician - 1920
Conrad KohrsAmerican politician - 1924FFrank Frost AbbottAmerican classical philologist
- 1926
Viktor VasnetsovRussian painter - 1927
Reginald DyerBritish Indian Army officer - 1930
Glenn CurtissAmerican aviator and industrialist - 1932
Tenby DaviesWelsh athlete - 1936
Anna AbrikosovaRussian Catholic religious sister and translator - 1941
George Lyman KittredgeAmerican scholar, literary critic, and folklorist - 1941
José Quiñones GonzalesPeruvian military aviator - 1942
Adam CzerniakówPolish politician - 1942
Andy DucatEnglish cricketer - 1948
D. W. GriffithAmerican filmmaker - 1950
Shigenori TōgōJapanese politician, war criminal - 1951
Robert J. FlahertyAmerican documentary filmmaker - 1951
Philippe PétainLeader of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944 - 1954
Herman GromanAmerican sprinter - 1955
Cordell HullAmerican politician and diplomat - 1957BBob ShiringAmerican football player
- 1966
Montgomery CliftAmerican actor - 1968
Henry Hallett DaleEnglish pharmacologist and physiologist - 1970
Eino TainioFinnish politician - 1971
Van HeflinAmerican actor - 1972
Esther ApplinAmerican petroleum geologist - 1973
Eddie RickenbackerAmerican World War I aviator - 1978
Kamil TolonTurkish industrialist - 1979
Joseph KesselFrench writer - 1980
Sarto FournierCanadian politician - 1980
Keith GodchauxAmerican musician and songwriter - 1980
Mollie SteimerUkrainian anarchist activist - 1982
Vic MorrowAmerican actor - 1983
Georges AuricFrench composer - 1985
Johnny WardleEnglish cricketer - 1989
Donald BarthelmeAmerican writer and professor - 1990
Kenjiro TakayanagiJapanese pioneer in the development of television - 1996
Jean Muir (actress)American stage and film actress - 1997
Chūhei NambuJapanese long and triple jumper - 1999
Hassan II of MoroccoKing of Morocco from 1961 to 1999 - 2001
Eudora WeltyAmerican writer and photographer - 2002
Leo McKernAustralian actor - 2002
William Luther PierceAmerican neo-Nazi - 2002
Chaim PotokAmerican author and rabbi - 2002
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- 2004
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- 2007
Mohammad Zahir ShahKing of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973 - 2008
Kurt FurglerSwiss politician - 2009
E. Lynn HarrisAmerican novelist - 2010
Daniel SchorrAmerican journalist - 2011
Amy WinehouseBritish singer-songwriter - 2012
Margaret MahyNew Zealand children's writer - 2012
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- 2013
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- 2013
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- 2013
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- 2015
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William Wakefield BaumAmerican Catholic prelate - 2017
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