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Shōkō Asahara
founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo

Didymus the Blind
4th century Alexandrian Christian theologian
Lucius Caecilius Metellus
Roman dictator in 224 BC
Clemente Domínguez y Gómez
thucist bishop, antipope and founder of the Palmarian Christian Church (1946-2005)
John Witherspoon
Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and Founding Father of the United States (1723–1794)
Jianzhen
Jianzhen (688–763), also known by his Japanese name Ganjin (), was a Tang Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempted to visit Japan some six times, arriving in the year 753 and founding Tōshōdai-ji in Nara. When he finally succeeded on his sixth attempt, he had lost his eyesight as a result of an infection acquired during his journeys, although Fukushima Giichi, a Japanese expert in the history of ophthalmology, suggested that he may have suffered from age related cataracts . Jianzhen's life story and voyage are described in
John Walker
Scottish natural historian (1731-1803)
Rosalie Rendu
Beatified French Daughter of Charity (1786-1856)
Pablo Nassarre
Spanish priest, organist and Baroque composer

John of St. Samson
Daniel of Winchester
Bishop of Winchester
Takeda Nobuchika
Japanese noble