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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeremy Bentham	Philosopher	15-Feb-1748	6-Jun-1832	Proponent of Utilitarianism
Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich	Astronomer	18-May-1711	13-Feb-1787	Theoria philosophiae naturalis
Giovanni Domenico Cassini	Astronomer	8-Jun-1625	14-Sep-1712	Italo-French astronomer
Paul Celan	Poet	23-Nov-1920	20-Apr-1970	Todesfuge
Georges Charpak	Physicist	1-Aug-1924		Subatomic particle detectors
Roman Cieslewicz	Artist	13-Jan-1930	21-Jan-1996	Polish poster artist
Costa-Gavras	Film Director	12-Feb-1933		Z
Marie Curie	Chemist	7-Nov-1867	4-Jul-1934	Early nuclear chemist
César Franck	Composer	10-Dec-1822	8-Nov-1890	Symphonic Variations
Franz Joseph Gall	Doctor	9-Mar-1758	22-Aug-1828	Invented phrenology
Ante Gotovina	Military	12-Oct-1955		Croatian war criminal
Alejandro Jodorowsky	Film Director	7-Feb-1929		El Topo, The Holy Mountain
Milan Kundera	Author	1-Apr-1929		The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jean-Baptiste Lully	Composer	28-Nov-1632	22-Mar-1687	Founder of French opera
Maurice, comte de Saxe	Military	28-Oct-1696	30-Nov-1750	Marshal Saxe
Jules Mazarin	Religion	14-Jul-1602	9-Mar-1661	French Cardinal and Statesman
Henri Verneuil	Playwright	15-Oct-1920	11-Jan-2002	I as in Icarus
George Weah	Soccer	1-Oct-1966		Liberian footballer, candidate
Gao Xingjian	Author	4-Jan-1940		Chinese expatriate, novelist

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