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Empedocles
Empedocles (; ; , 444–443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is known best for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements. He also proposed forces he called Love and Strife which would mix and separate the elements, respectively.
Stanisław Leszczyński
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1677–1766)
Françoise Dorléac
French actress (1942–1967)
Charles II of Navarre
King of Navarre 1349–1387 and Count of Évreux 1343–1387
Bjarni Benediktsson
Icelandic politician (1908–1970)
Markian Popov
Soviet general (1902-1969)
Monica Zetterlund
Swedish singer and actress (1937-2005)
Blot-Sweyn
200px|thumb|right|The Uppland Rune Inscription 861|Norsta Runestone (U 861) on the drive of [[Wik Castle outside Uppsala was probably made by Sweyn and his family, as it mentions two people called Sweyn and Mær (mentioned in the accusative form Møy). It is the only existing mention of a woman named Mær ("maiden") besides the mention of Sweyn's sister Mær in Hervarar saga, and it is contemporary with Sweyn.]] Blot-Sweyn () was a Swedish king c. 1080, of disputed historicity, who was said to have replaced his Christian brother-in-law Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer th
Valentin Bondarenko
Soviet cosmonaut (1937–1961)
Muath Al-Kasasbeh
Jordanian pilot was executed by IS
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
Bavarian duchess (1847-1897); victim of the Bazar de la Charité fire
Per Oscarsson
Swedish film actor, director, producer and screenwriter (1927-2010)
Bal des Ardents
masquerade ball held on 28 January 1393 in Paris
Archduchess Mathilda of Austria
Austrian archduchess (1849–1867)
Peter of Bruys
12th century heresiarch
Carlo Pietro Galimberti
Italian weightlifter (1894-1939)
Maja Lidia Kossakowska
Polish writer (1972–2022)
Habiba Msika
Tunisian singer, dancer and actress
Wiprecht of Groitzsch
Margrave of Meissen (died 1124)
Helmut Kämpfe
German Sturmbannführer, in the Waffen SS during World War II
Girija Vyas
Indian politician
Sandra Schmitt
German freestyle skier (1981-2000)
Inger Bjørnbakken
Norwegian alpine skier (1933-2021)
Hermann Sasse
Lutheran pastor, theologian, professor of theology (1895–1976)
Carlos Pedroso
Cuban fencer (1967–2024)
Emma Livry
French ballet dancer (1841-1863)
Gertraud Jesserer
Austrian film actress (1943–2021)
Claire Aho
Finnish photographer (1925–2015)
Fanny Cano
Mexican actress and producer (1944–1983)
Elena Mayorova
Soviet and Russian actress (1958-1997)
Pauline Hopkins
American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor (1859-1930)
Lesego Motsumi
Motswana politician
Ted Herold
German singer (1942–2021)
Mbomboko Fiston Ngoy
Congolese footballer (born 1977)
Andrej Lazarov
Macedonian footballer
Viacheslav Lampeev
field hockey player (1952-2003)
Gaius Calpurnius Aviola
Roman consul suffectus in 24
Eochu Airem
High King of Ireland
Walburga, Lady Paget
German diarist, writer and friend of Queen Victoria (1839-1929)
José Ortega Torres
Spanish poet
José Celso Martinez Corrêa
Brazilian writer (1937–2023)
Rudolf Värnlund
Swedish architect and writer
Corporal Jackie
Chacma baboon in the South African army during World War I
Hasret Gültekin
Turkish musician (1971–1993)
Berkin Usta
Turkish Alpine skier (2000–2025)
Aglaé de Polignac
French noble (1768-1803)
Aleksandr Markin
Soviet association football player (1949-1996)
Grigoris Afxentiou
Cypriot guerrilla fighter (1928–1957)
Ashwin Sundar
Indian racing driver
Ellen Favorin
Finnish painter (1853–1919)
Laila Shahzada
Pakistani artist (1926-1994)
Metin Altıok
Turkish poet (1941–1993)
Maria Berushko
Brazilian school teacher (1959–1986)
Nesimi Çimen
Turkish country music singer (1931–1993)
Oury Jalloh
asylum seeker in Germany, died in police custody where also a fire broke out
Armen Abaghian
Russian-Armenian nuclear scientist
Hajibey Sultanov
Azerbaijani astronomer (1921-2008)
Annie Ali Khan
Pakistani journalist and author
Ludmila Dvořáková
Czech opera singer (1923-2015)
Peter Reynolds
British actor (1926-1975)