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670:(1729–1803), Prussian banker and philanthropist
1131:(born 1942), Dutch football player and manager
808:(1781–1839), American politician from Maryland
712:(1927–2010), Israeli scholar and civil servant
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850:(1780–1827), American lawyer and politician
766:(1841–1917), German scholar of Judaic texts
568:(1872–1941), American physician and coroner
562:(1915–2005), Polish-born Chinese journalist
484:, Emperor of Ethiopia in the 6th century CE
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760:(1912–1982), American sculptor and painter
1125:(1604–1657), Portuguese rabbi and scholar
994:(1872–1926), Belarusian-American humorist
814:(born c.1983), Mexican convicted murderer
778:(1773–1832), European ḥazzan and composer
754:(born 1937), former Chief Rabbi of Israel
410:, whence came the name of the modern-day
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454:(1858-1925), British scholar and author
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1050:(1905-1981), an American psychologist
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538:(born 1988), New Zealand rugby player
448:(born 2002), American football player
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580:(born 1989), Australian rugby player
496:(born 1987), Spanish football player
434:Israel (Bishop of Caucasian Albania)
367:and beyond, as well as in Christian
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574:(born 1949), Israeli archaeologist
544:(1698–1760), Jewish mystical rabbi
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904:(born 1943), New York politician
748:, American football running back
526:, American-born Israeli comedian
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886:(1907–1985), British occultist
838:(1658–1711), Armenian diplomat
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698:Yisrael Mendel Kaplan
692:Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
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626:Israel the Grammarian
566:Israel Lewis Feinberg
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890:Israel B. Richardson
728:Israel Jacob Kligler
592:, Mexican footballer
365:Second Temple period
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992:Israel Joseph Zevin
974:Yisroel Dovid Weiss
830:Yisroel Ber Odesser
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622:, Indian footballer
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746:Israel "Izzy" Lang
686:Yisrael Meir Kagan
572:Israel Finkelstein
542:Israel ben Eliezer
349:𓇌𓊃𓏤𓏤𓂋𓇋𓄿𓂋𓏤
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734:Israel of Krems
680:Israel Jacobson
656:Israel Houghton
638:Israel Halperin
614:Israel Gollancz
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