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1120:(born 1942), Dutch football player and manager
797:(1781–1839), American politician from Maryland
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557:(1872–1941), American physician and coroner
551:(1915–2005), Polish-born Chinese journalist
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749:(1912–1982), American sculptor and painter
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983:(1872–1926), Belarusian-American humorist
803:(born c.1983), Mexican convicted murderer
767:(1773–1832), European ḥazzan and composer
743:(born 1937), former Chief Rabbi of Israel
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443:(1858-1925), British scholar and author
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827:(1658–1711), Armenian diplomat
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681:Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
623:, 18th-century pirate
615:Israel the Grammarian
555:Israel Lewis Feinberg
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717:Israel Jacob Kligler
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354:Second Temple period
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963:Yisroel Dovid Weiss
819:Yisroel Ber Odesser
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611:, Indian footballer
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735:Israel "Izzy" Lang
675:Yisrael Meir Kagan
561:Israel Finkelstein
531:Israel ben Eliezer
338:𓇌𓊃𓏤𓏤𓂋𓇋𓄿𓂋𓏤
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741:Yisrael Meir Lau
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627:Israel Halperin
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