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Honorius

Honorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.

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Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs.

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Luigi Galvani

Luigi Galvani ( gal-VAH-nee, US also gahl-; Italian:; Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity.

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (20 September 1778 – 25 January 1852) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral.

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Leo Tolstoy

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA:; 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.

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Harland Sanders

Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980), commonly known as Colonel Sanders, was an American entrepreneur and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol.

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Kurt Zadek Lewin

Kurt Zadek Lewin or Kurt Tsadek Lewin ( LOO-in, lə-VEEN; German:; 9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States.

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Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese (UK: pav-AY-zay, -⁠zee, Italian:; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.

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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (Italian:; 9 September 1918 – 29 January 2012) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1992 to 1999.

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Hans Georg Dehmelt

Hans Georg Dehmelt (German pronunciation:; 9 September 1922 – 7 March 2017) was a German and American physicist, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989, for co-developing the ion trap technique (Penning trap) with Wolfgang Paul, for which they shared one-half of the prize (the other half of the Prize in that…

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Cliff Robertson

Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Charly.

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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek ( GHY-də-shek; September 9, 1923 – December 12, 2008) was an American physician, medical researcher, and convicted child sex offender, who was the co-recipient (with Baruch S.

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Florian

Marcus Annius Florianus (died 276), also known as Florian, was briefly Roman emperor in the year 276.

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William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 onward.

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James IV of Scotland

James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

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Jules Grévy

François Judith Paul Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891), known as Jules Grévy (French:), was a French lawyer and politician who served as President of France from 1879 to 1887.

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Stéphane Mallarmé

Étienne Mallarmé (UK: MAL-ar-may, US: mal-ar-MAY; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé (French: ), was a French poet and critic.

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French:), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator.

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Hans Spemann

Hans Spemann (German:; 27 June 1869 – 9 September 1941) was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his student Hilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by various parts of the embryo, that directs the…

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Zinaida Gippius

Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Russian: Зинаида Николаевна Гиппиус, IPA:; 20 November 1869 – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker. She is considered one of the major figures in Russian symbolism.

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist, and dictator who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) and served as its paramount leader from 1949 until his death in 1976 primarily through his role as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (UK:, US: lə-KAHN; French:; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave annual seminars in Paris from 1952 to 1980 and published papers that were later collected in the book Écrits.

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Burgess Meredith

Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "one of the most accomplished actors of the century".

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Ahmad Shah Massoud

Ahmad Shah Massoud (c. 1953 – 9 September 2001) was an Afghan military leader and politician. Known as the "Lion of Panjshir", he was the foremost commander of the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to 1989.

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