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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jaber III al-Sabah
Royalty
29-Jun-1926 15-Jan-2006 Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
Government
6-Jul-1877 18-Feb-1949 1st President of the Second Spanish Republic
Iyad Allawi
Head of State
1945   Iraqi Prime Minister, 2004-05
Salvador Allende
Head of State
26-Jul-1908 11-Sep-1973 Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet
Jacobo Arbenz
Head of State
14-Sep-1913 27-Jan-1971 President of Guatemala, 1951-54
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Head of State
5-Jan-1928 4-Apr-1979 Head of Pakistan, hanged
Ambrose Burnside
Military
23-May-1824 13-Sep-1881 Inspiration for term sideburns
Albert "Happy" Chandler
Politician
14-Jul-1898 15-Jun-1991 Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner
Lansana Conté
Head of State
c. 1934 22-Dec-2008 President of Guinea, 1984-2008
James M. Cox
Politician
31-Mar-1870 15-Jul-1957 Newspaper magnate, twice Ohio Governor
Lee Cruce
Politician
8-Jul-1863 16-Jan-1933 Governor of Oklahoma, 1911-15
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Head of State
3-Jul-1951 4-Oct-2014 "Baby Doc" Haitian dictator
Lynn J. Frazier
Politician
21-Dec-1874 11-Jan-1947 Governor and Senator from North Dakota
Orville L. Freeman
Politician
9-May-1918 20-Feb-2003 Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61
John C. Fremont
Explorer
21-Jan-1813 13-Jul-1890 Conqueror of California
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Park Chung Hee
Head of State
30-Sep-1917 26-Oct-1979 President of South Korea, 1961-79
Emperor Hirohito
Royalty
29-Apr-1901 7-Jan-1989 Emperor of Japan 1926-89
Adolf Hitler
Head of State
20-Apr-1889 30-Apr-1945 Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45
King Hussein I
Royalty
14-Nov-1935 7-Feb-1999 King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Andrew Jackson
Head of State
15-Mar-1767 8-Jun-1845 7th US President, 1829-37
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Head of State
6-Jul-1923 25-May-2014 Final communist leader of Poland
Ayub Khan
Head of State
14-May-1907 19-Apr-1974 President of Pakistan, 1958-69
William Langer
Politician
30-Sep-1886 8-Nov-1959 Governor and Senator from North Dakota
José P. Laurel
Head of State
9-Mar-1891 6-Nov-1959 3rd President of the Philippines
Huey Long
Politician
30-Aug-1893 10-Sep-1935 Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Patrice Lumumba
Head of State
2-Jul-1925 17-Jan-1961 First Prime Minister of Congo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Head of State
5-Apr-1947   President of the Philippines, 2001-10
Francisco Madero
Head of State
30-Oct-1873 22-Feb-1913 El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13
Ferdinand Marcos
Head of State
11-Sep-1917 28-Sep-1989 Disgraced Philippine dictator
John W. Martin
Politician
21-Jun-1884 22-Feb-1958 Governor of Florida, 1925-29
Frank Merriam
Politician
22-Dec-1865 25-Apr-1955 Governor of California, 1934-39
Johnston Murray
Politician
21-Jul-1902 16-Apr-1974 Governor of Oklahoma, 1951-55
William H. Murray
Politician
21-Nov-1869 15-Oct-1956 Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-35
Tsar Nicholas II
Royalty
18-May-1868 17-Jul-1918 Last of the Russian Tsars
Álvaro Obregón
Head of State
19-Feb-1880 17-Jul-1928 President of Mexico, 1920-24
John Malcolm Patterson
Politician
27-Sep-1921   Governor of Alabama, 1959-63
Leon C. Phillips
Politician
9-Dec-1890 27-Mar-1958 Governor of Oklahoma, 1939-43
Robert E. Quinn
Politician
2-Apr-1894 19-May-1975 Governor of Rhode Island, 1937-39
Syngman Rhee
Head of State
26-Mar-1875 19-Jul-1965 First President of South Korea
Eurith D. Rivers
Politician
5-Dec-1895 11-Jun-1967 Governor of Georgia, 1937-41
Mikhail Saakashvili
Head of State
21-Dec-1967   President of Georgia, 2004-13
Eduard Shevardnadze
Head of State
25-Jan-1928 7-Jul-2014 President of Georgia, 1995-2003
Anastasio Somoza
Head of State
5-Dec-1925 17-Sep-1980 Dictator of Nicaragua
Adlai Stevenson
Politician
5-Feb-1900 14-Jul-1965 Governor of Illinois, 1949-53
Eugene Talmadge
Politician
23-Sep-1884 21-Dec-1946 Twice Governor of Georgia
Nguyen Van Thieu
Head of State
5-Apr-1923 29-Sep-2001 President of South Vietnam, 1967-75
Getúlio Vargas
Head of State
19-Apr-1882 24-Aug-1954 President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54
Jack Walton
Politician
6-Mar-1881 25-Nov-1949 Governor of Oklahoma, 1923, impeached
John Bell Williams
Politician
4-Dec-1918 25-Mar-1983 Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72
Fazlollah Zahedi
Head of State
1897 2-Sep-1963 Prime Minister of Iran, 1953-55




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