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Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.

Maria Branyas
former world's oldest verified living person (1907–2024)
Edward Livingston
American jurist and statesman (1764-1836)
Jean Lafitte
French pirate and privateer
Marie Laveau
American Voodoo practitioner
Alice Heine
second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco (1858-1925)
Donna Brazile
American author, educator, and political activist and strategist (born 1959)
Manuel Lisa
American fur trader (1772–1820)
Blaze Starr
American burlesque entertainer, stripper, and adult model (1932–2015)
David Ferrie
Accused of involvement in JFK assassination
John Russell Young
Librarian of Congress (1840–1899)
Henriette DeLille
American nun (1813–1862)
Lulu White
brothel madam, procuress, entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Storyville period
Jean Alexandre LeMat
American gunsmith (1821–1883)
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
American socialite (1859-1915)
Alfred H. Clifford
American mathematician (1908-1992)
Mary Matalin
American political consultant
Neferteri Shepherd
African American model and actress
Alice Lee Moqué
American traveler, writer, newspaper correspondent, photographer, and suffragist
Paul Clark
American poker player (1947–2015)
Donald J. Boudreaux
libertarian economist
Isaac Cline
American meteorologist (1861–1955)
José de Villamil
Ecuadorian independence leader

Charles Homer Mouton
American politician (1823-1912)
Allan Jaffe
African-American jazz musician (1935-1987)
Jean Saint Malo
Spanish slave
Fred Luter
American Christian pastor (1956-)