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| − | Inspired by the [http://forum.geni.com/topic.php?id=58 famous people] thread in the forum, add your link to a profile page of celebrities here by their Nationality. To qualify as a celebrity in this list, at least the "about" and "timeline" should be publicly viewable of deceased Geni profiles and there should be an article in wikipedia about the person.
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| − | =America=
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| − | ==USA==
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| − | '''Art & Entertainment'''
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Jerry Bruckheimer|profileid=461|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1945-|description=Movie & TV Producer. Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pearl Harbor, Beverly Hills Cop, CSI, Cold Case, Amazing Race}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Julia Child|profileid=288521307580004522|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1912-2004|description=American chef, author and television personality, who introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Marilyn Monroe|profileid=6000000005395646559|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1926-1962|description=Singer-Actress and Model. Known as "The Blonde Bombshell", one of Hollywood's most popular and glamorous performers.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Shirley Temple|profileid=302591120920008237|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1928-|description=Academy Award-winning actress and tap dancer, most famous for being an iconic American child actress of the 1930s}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Tom Thumb|profileid=308256299940006456|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1838-1883|description=Midget who achieved great fame under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Mark Twain|profileid=5685192759510028033|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1835-1910|description=American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer - wrote ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Orson Welles|profileid=6000000001276046349|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1915-1985|description=Film director, writer, actor and producer; worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio. Best known for his radio adaption of H.G. Wells' novel ''The War of the Worlds'' and the RKO motion picture ''Citizen Kane.''}}
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| − | '''Business'''
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| − | *{{HOF|name=James Athearn Folger|profileid=6000000001711682971|category=Business|lifespan=1835-1889|description=Founder of Folger Coffee company}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Oliver Winchester|profileid=296171229970004855|category=Business|lifespan=1810-1880|description=Manufactured and marketed the Winchester repeating rifle}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Orville Wright|profileid=288470964800003747|category=Business|lifespan=1871-1948|description=American credited with co-inventing and building the world's first successful airplane}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Wilbur Wright|profileid=288530911320002625|category=Business|lifespan=1867-1912|description=American credited with co-inventing and building the world's first successful airplane}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Bill Gates|profileid=6000000002467188250|category=Business|lifespan=1867-1912|description=American credited with co-inventing and building the world's first successful airplane}}
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| − | '''Politics'''
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| − | *{{HOF|name=John Sanford|profileid=6000000000337350903|category=Politics|lifespan=1606-1653|description=A founder of the town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island and governor of Portsmouth and Newport}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Benedict Arnold V|profileid=6000000001691483953|category=Politics|lifespan=1741-1801|description=American Revolution general who defected from the American to the British side}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=John Alden|profileid=6000000000550097117|category=Politics|lifespan=1599-1687|description=Perhaps the first passenger of the ''Mayflower'' to set foot upon Plymouth Rock}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=William Bradford|profileid=5546668461080135814|category=Politics|lifespan=1590-1657|description=A leader of the Separatist settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=George W. Bush|profileid=6000000000516320779|category=Politics|lifespan=1946-|description=The forty-third President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Dwight D. Eisenhower|profileid=298881754660004311|category=Politics|lifespan=1890-1969|description=34th President of the United States and a five-star general in the United States Army}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=John Hancock|profileid= 297413655600007960|category=Politics|lifespan=1737-1793|description=A signatory of the Declaration of Independence}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Benjamin Franklin|profileid=6000000001706655019|category=Politics|lifespan=1706-1790|description=One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Robert Maestri|profileid=6000000000633934630|category=Politics|lifespan=1889-1974|description=Mayor of New Orleans from 1936 to 1946 and a key ally of Huey P. Long, Jr., and Earl Kemp Long.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Barack Obama|profileid=6000000001852266021|category=Politics|lifespan=1961-|description=President of the United States}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Harry S. Truman|profileid=6000000000264958780|category=Politics|lifespan=1782-1862|description=President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Martin Van Buren|profileid=6000000001591172689|category=Politics|lifespan=1782-1862|description=The Eight President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=William Williams|profileid=288329816940007116|category=Politics|lifespan=1731-1811|description=Delegate for Connecticut and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=George Washington|profileid=6000000001672658352|category=Politics|lifespan=1732-1799|description=The First President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=John Adams|profileid=6000000002897232785|category=Politics|lifespan=1735-1826|description=The Second President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Thomas Jefferson|profileid=6000000003849466047|category=Politics|lifespan=1743-1826|description=The Third President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=James Madison|profileid=4438583119100069835|category=Politics|lifespan=1751-1836|description=The Fourth President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=James Monroe|profileid=4239120304610034677|category=Politics|lifespan=1758-1831|description=The Fifth President of the United States.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Rutherford Birchard Hayes|profileid=6000000003310973105|category=Politics|lifespan=1732-1799|description= 19 President of the United States.}}
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| − | '''Sports'''
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Sam Hornish Jr|profileid=6000000003140956575|category=Sports|lifespan=1979-|description=Nascar Driver.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Dale Earnhardt|profileid=6000000002427604736|category=Sports|lifespan=1951-2001|description=Nascar Driver.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Dale Earnhardt Jr|profileid=3212116|category=Sports|lifespan=1974-|description=Nascar Driver.}}
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| − | ==Argentina==
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| − | '''Politics'''
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General José de San Martín|profileid=6000000000489696122|category=Politics & Military|description=national hero of Argentina, an 18th-century general and the main leader of the southern part of South America's struggle for independence.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Manuel Belgrano|profileid=4586591534020052317|category=Politics & Military|description=was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader, born in Buenos Aires.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Juan Gegorio de las Heras|profileid=6000000000490480971|category=Politics & Military|description=was an Argentine soldier who took part in the South American Wars of Independence and was also a governor of the province of Buenos Aires.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Martin Miguel de Güemes|profileid=6000000000490673016|category=Politics & Military|description=was a military leader and popular caudillo who defended northwestern Argentina from the Spanish during the Argentine War of Independence}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Toribio de Luzuriaga|profileid=6000000000490670200|category=Military|description= Independende Warrior}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Juan Galo Lavalle|profileid=6000000000242204623|category=Politics & Military|description=was an Argentine military figure and political figure.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=José Matías Zapiola y Lezica|profileid=6000000000490635534|category=Military|description=Independence Warrior}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Juan José Feliciano Fernández Campero y Pérez de Uriondo|profileid=4459942369660082275|category=Military|description=Independende Warrior}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Coronel Francisco Pérez de Uriondo|profileid=6000000000406892358|category=Military|description=Independence Warrior.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Coronel Pedro Nolasco Pérez de Uriondo|profileid=4632809743600020422|category=Military|description=Independence Warrior.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Teniente Coronel Manuel Pérez de Uriondo|profileid=4420350708440055709|category=Military|description=Independence Warrior}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Felipe Pereyra Lucena|profileid=4758642670000072649|category=Military|description= Independende Warrior}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Coronel Cornelio Saavedra|profileid=6000000000405873287|category=Royal & Military|description=was a military man and President of First Junta.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Gervasio Antonio de Posadas|profileid=6000000000489715755|category=Military|description=was a member of Argentina's Second triumvirate.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Carlos María de Alvear|profileid=5643519036530111839|category=Royal & Military|description=was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the River Plate.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Juan Martín de Pueyrredon |profileid=6000000000076238406|category=Military|description=was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name= Bernardino Rivadavia|profileid=6000000000121501618 |category=Politics & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Santiago Derqui|profileid=6000000000479834004|category=Politics & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Justo José de Urquiza|profileid=4932092783470105385|category=Politics & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Vicente López y Planes|profileid=6000000000476583086|category=Politics & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Bartolomé Mitre|profileid=4404388579950028916 |category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Domingo Faustino Sarmiento|profileid=6000000000176472456|category=Politics & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Nicolás Avellaneda Silva|profileid=6000000000461812191|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Julio Argentino Roca Paz|profileid=6000000000461703652|category=Military|description=Independende Warrior}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Miguel Juárez Celman|profileid=6000000000461749830|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Carlos Pellegrini Bevans|profileid=6000000000462212472|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Luis Sáenz Peña|profileid=6000000000405370305|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=José Evaristo Uriburu Arenales|profileid=6000000000461613348|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Manuel Quintana|profileid=6000000000490914389|category=Royal & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=José Figueroa Alcorta|profileid=6000000000476126011|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Roque Sáenz Peña|profileid=6000000000405245673|category=Royal & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Hipólito Yrigoyen |profileid=6000000002151253235 |category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=José Félix Uriburu|profileid=6000000000461315955|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Agustín Pedro Justo|profileid=6000000000490728693|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Ramón Castillo |profileid=6000000000489939305|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Arturo Rawson|profileid=6000000000490743647|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Manuel Quintana|profileid=6000000000490914389|category=Royal & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Juan Domingo Perón|profileid=4683802410440033113|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Eduardo Lonardi|profileid=6000000000490786623|category=Royal & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Hipólito Yrigoyen |profileid=6000000002151253235 |category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Pedro Eugenio Aramburu|profileid=6000000000491035488|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Roque Sáenz Peña|profileid=6000000000405245673|category=Royal & Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Arturo Frondizi|profileid=6000000000629748065|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Arturo Umberto Illía|profileid=6000000002156215321|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=General Alejandro Agustín Lanusse|profileid=6000000000490660550|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=María Estela "Isabelita" Martínez de Perón|profileid=6000000002303533319|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Raúl Alfonsín|profileid=6000000002151253235 |category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Adolfo Rodriguez Saá|profileid=6000000000489451438|category=Military|description=}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=José Gervasio Artigas|profileid=4131757|category=Politics|lifespan=1764-1850|description=militar, estadista y máximo prócer uruguayo ([http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gervasio_Artigas])}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Rafael Ramiro|profileid=6000000001125675061|category=Royal & Military|description=He was the senior lieutenant during the oath of the Mexican Independence in the Plan de Iguala.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|name=Vicente Fox|profileid=5213355229990023508|category=Royal & Military|description=is a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000000424624255|name=Charlemagne|category=Royal & Military|description=aka Charles the Great or Carolus Magnus; King of the Franks from 768 to his death|lifespan=747 – 814}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=315773591250001676|name=Sigmund Freud|category=Academia|lifespan=1856 – 1939|description=Psychiatrist, founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002765685522|name=Emile Zuckerkandl|category=Academia|lifespan=1922 – |description=Austrian-American biologist considered one of the founders of the field of molecular evolution.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002764344147|name=Rudolf Kolisch|category=Music|lifespan=1896 – 1978|description=Violinist.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002764344064|name=Arnold Schoenberg|category=Music|lifespan=1874 – 1951|description=Composer, developed 12-tone method of composition.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002802128151|name=Eric Zeisl|category=Music|lifespan=1905 – 1959|description=Composer.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002802124818|name=Alexander Zemlinsky|category=Music|lifespan=1871 – 1942|description=Composer.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002765600718|name=Artur Bodanzky|category=Music|lifespan=1877 – 1939|description=Conductor of Metropolitan Opera (1915-1939).}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002765609052|name=Ignác Kolisch|category=Chess|lifespan=1837 – 1889|description=Chess Master.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002765153912|name=Marcel Proust|category=Writing|lifespan=1797 – 1856|description=Author.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000000961695294|name=Moses Mendelssohn|category=Philosophy|lifespan=1729 – 1786|description=Philosopher.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000000155018032|name=Karl Marx|category=Philosophy|lifespan=1818 – 1883|description=Philosopher.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002765656236|name=Heinrich Heine|category=Writing|lifespan=1797 – 1856|description=Author and poet.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000000961695084|name=Felix Mendelssohn|category=Music|lifespan=1809 – 1847|description=Composer.}}
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000006890350416|name=Ivar Aasen|category=Linguistics|lifespan=1813 - 1896|description=Linguist, Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000006890350416|name=Ivar Aasen|category=Linguistics|lifespan=1813 - 1896|description=Linguist, Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002464362615|name=Nikolai Astrup|category=Arts|lifespan=1880 - 1928|description=Painter.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000002464362615|name=Nikolai Astrup|category=Arts|lifespan=1880 - 1928|description=Painter.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=349753054790012626|name=Petter Dass|category=Literature|lifespan=1647 - 1707|description=Poet.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=349753054790012626|name=Petter Dass|category=Literature|lifespan=1647 - 1707|description=Poet.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000001073458644|name=Henrik Ibsen|category=Literature|lifespan=1828 - 1906|description=Playwright.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000001073458644|name=Henrik Ibsen|category=Literature|lifespan=1828 - 1906|description=Playwright.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000003646036036|name=Arnulf Øverland|category=Literature|lifespan=1889 - 1968|description=Poet.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000003646036036|name=Arnulf Øverland|category=Literature|lifespan=1889 - 1968|description=Poet.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000003570951930|name=Elisabeth Andreasson|category=Music|lifespan=1958- |description=Singer.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000003570951930|name=Elisabeth Andreasson|category=Music|lifespan=1958- |description=Singer.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000005615954001|name=Åge Kvalbein|category=Music|lifespan=1947 - |description=Cellist.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000005615954001|name=Åge Kvalbein|category=Music|lifespan=1947 - |description=Cellist.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000005615637299|name=Alfred Maurstad|category=Theater|lifespan=1896 - 1967|description=Actor.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000005615637299|name=Alfred Maurstad|category=Theater|lifespan=1896 - 1967|description=Actor.}} |
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| | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000004649973334|name=Kjetil Rekdal|category=Sports|lifespan=1968 - |description=Football player.}} | | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000004649973334|name=Kjetil Rekdal|category=Sports|lifespan=1968 - |description=Football player.}} |
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=298232075060008975|name=Jane Austen|category=Art & Entertainment|lifespan=1775 - 1817|description=English novelist whose realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, burlesque and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=5597380726000028489|name=William I of England|category=Royal & Military|lifespan=1027 – 1087|description=aka William The Conqueror; Duke of Normandy from 1035 and King of England from 1066 to his death}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=6000000000893738220|name=Diana Frances Spencer|category=Royal & Military|lifespan=1961 – 1997|description=The first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.}}
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| − | *{{HOF|profileid=4171616250790061933|name=Mahatma Gandhi|category=Politics|lifespan=1869 – 1948|description=A major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.}}
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