39.2868° N, 76.6201° W

BALTIMORE

Most Famous People Born in Baltimore, United States

Notable people
2,329
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1939
Most distinctive
Baseball 7.0×

A port city whose distinctive professions are baseball at seven times the global rate, basketball, and an unusually thick column of officers, novelists, and lawyers — the shape of a Mid-Atlantic city that has always sat at the meeting point of the Navy yard, the courts, and the literary establishment. Frank Zappa, Babe Ruth, Michael Phelps, and Edgar Allan Poe (who died here, not born) all belong to this bench, and the 19th-century tail is heavier than in most American cities its size.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Baltimore during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 245 notable births.

What Baltimore Is Known For

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Politician is Baltimore's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (255).

Baltimore over-indexes on baseball7.0× the global rate.

Baltimore under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician255
  2. Actor189
  3. Baseball186
  4. Football149
  5. Basket102
  6. Lawyer88
  7. Writer66
  8. Music54
  1. Baseball1867.0×
  2. Basket1023.5×
  3. Officer422.7×
  4. Novelist232.5×
  5. Lawyer882.2×
  6. Music541.6×
  7. Actor1891.5×
  1. Painter350.6×
  2. Football1490.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Baltimore's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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2,329 notable people

1201 POET

Baron Wormser

Born 1948

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1202 BASKET

Larry Gibson

Born 1956

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1203 MUSIC

Robert Rian Dawson

Born 1987

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1204 POLITICIAN

Larry Young (politician)

Born 1949

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1205 ACTOR

Jean Hill (actress)

1946 - 2013

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1206 FOOTBALL

Fish Smithson

Born 1994

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1207 BANDLEADER

Janet Lawson

Born 1940

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1208 EDUCATOR

Florence E. Bamberger

1882 - 1965

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1209 ATHLETIC

Harry Worthington

1891 - 1990

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1210 REPORTER

Melissa Stark

Born 1973

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1211 ACTOR

Bridgetta Tomarchio

Born 1978

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1212 PHILANTHROPIST

Josephine Louise Newcomb

1816 - 1901

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1213 ACTOR

Phil Moore (actor)

Born 1961

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1214 RABBI

Judah Nadich

1912 - 2007

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1215 BASEBALL

Greg Smith (infielder)

Born 1967

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1216 PRIEST

John J. Chanche

1795 - 1852

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1217 WRITER

pattrice jones

Born 1961

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1218 POLITICIAN

Randall Friese

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1219 FOOTBALL

Carwell Gardner

Born 1966

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1220 BASEBALL

Damon Buford

Born 1970

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1221 FENCER

Paul Friedberg

Born 1959

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1222 FOOTBALL

Andre Brown (running back)

Born 1986

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1223 SCULPTOR

Edward Berge

1876 - 1924

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1224 IMPERSONATOR

Lenny B. Robinson

1963 - 2015

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1225 BUSINESS

Hermann Oelrichs

1850 - 1906

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1226 ARCHITECT

John Appleton Wilson

1851 - 1927

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1227 BASEBALL

Bob Unglaub

1881 - 1916

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1228 BASKET

Mike King (basketball)

Born 1978

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1229 POLITICIAN

Eric Papenfuse

Born 1971

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1230 PHILANTHROPIST

David Gobel

Born 1952

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1231 JUDGE

David Wecht

Born 1962

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1232 BASKET

Chester Frazier

Born 1986

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1233 LAWYER

Morris Ames Soper

1873 - 1963

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1234 FOOTBALL

Calvin Williams

Born 1967

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1235 ACTOR

Natalie Joy Johnson

Born 1978

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1236 ARTIST

Clifford Owens

Born 1971

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1237 BASEBALL

Glenn Dishman

Born 1970

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1238 ECOLOGIST

Charles A. Munn III

Born 1954

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1239 LAWYER

Benson Everett Legg

Born 1947

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1240 ARCHITECT

Louis A. Simon

1867 - 1958

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1241 PIANIST

Jeff Cohen (compositeur)

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1242 LAWYER

Robert Dorsey Watkins

1900 - 1986

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1243 FOOTBALL

Bob Moore (American football)

Born 1949

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1244 ACTOR

Roxanna Bina

Born 1977

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1245 OFFICER

Francis Warrington Gillet

1895 - 1969

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1246 FOOTBALL

George Young (American football executive)

1930 - 2001

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1247 LACROSSE

Chip Silverman

1942 - 2008

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1248 FOOTBALL

Vincent Fuller (American football)

Born 1982

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1249 PAINTER

Lawrence Gipe

Born 1962

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1250 ACTOR

George Figgs

Born 1947

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1251 PHOTOGRAPHER

Tony Sweet

Born 1949

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1252 FOOTBALL

Joe Speca

Born 1937

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1253 SPORT

Tim Connelly

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1254 POLITICIAN

Ellen Sauerbrey

Born 1937

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1255 ACADEMIC

Gloria Ford Gilmer

-

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1256 POLITICIAN

James Brochin

Born 1964

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1257 POLITICIAN

David T. Kennedy

1934 - 2014

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1258 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Edwin Atlee Barber

1851 - 1916

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1259 EDITOR

Gary Rosenblatt

Born 1947

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1260 PHILANTHROPIST

Caroline Bamberger Fuld

1864 - 1944

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1261 HISTORIAN

Jean H. Baker

Born 1933

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1262 FOOTBALL

Al Albert (soccer)

Born 1949

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1263 FILM

Ryan Pickett (filmmaker)

Born 1979

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1264 SPORT

Ian Thomas (American football)

Born 1995

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1265 BASEBALL

Buck Herzog

1885 - 1953

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1266 POLITICIAN

Jill P. Carter

Born 1964

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1267 JOURNALIST

Jeffrey Frank

Born 1942

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1268 ARTIST

Shan Goshorn

1957 - 2018

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1269 POLITICIAN

Rollie Heath

Born 1937

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1270 BUSINESS

Kay Kamen

1893 - 1949

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1271 RACING

Daniel Herrington

Born 1986

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1272 POLITICIAN

Amara Enyia

-

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1273 SINGER

Woody Rock

Born 1976

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1274 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nick Saglimbeni

-

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1275 CLERGY

William Henry Campbell (college president)

1808 - 1890

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1276 SINGER

Neil Hagerty

Born 1965

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1277 ART HISTORIAN

Philip Ursprung

Born 1963

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1278 ENTREPRENEUR

Chuck Gallagher

Born 1927

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1279 ARTIST

Lawrence Lebduska

1894 - 1966

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1280 WRESTLER

Dave Sullivan (wrestler)

Born 1963

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1281 FOOTBALL

Bryant Johnson

Born 1981

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1282 ARCHITECT

Frederick Kees

1852 - 1927

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1283 PRELATE

Carl Bean

Born 1944

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1284 PLAYER

Reed Cordish

Born 1974

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1285 THEOLOGIAN

Paul Lehmann (Theologe)

1906 - 1994

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1286 FENCER

John Friedberg

Born 1961

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1287 LAWYER

David Williamson Carroll

1816 - 1905

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1288 LAWYER

George Levi Russell III

Born 1965

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1289 ACTOR

James Shanklin

Born 1957

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1290 DRIVER

Justin Boston

Born 1989

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1291 BASEBALL

Frank Foreman

1863 - 1957

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1292 BIOLOGIST

Myra Sklarew

Born 1934

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1293 SKATER

Ting Cui

Born 2002

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1294 POLITICIAN

Betsy Hodges

Born 1969

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1295 MEDIEVALIST

Clifford Flanigan

1941 - 1993

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1296 ARTIST

Christy Lijewski

Born 1981

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1297 FOOTBALL

Tony Pittman

Born 1971

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1298 ARTIST

Jeff Miracola

Born 1971

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1299 ACTOR

Dots Johnson

1913 - 1986

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1300 FOOTBALL

Chuck Banks

Born 1964

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1301 ARCHITECT

James Crawford Neilson

1816 - 1900

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1302 LAWYER

Richard D. Bennett

Born 1947

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1303 RADIO

Julius Westheimer

1916 - 2005

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1304 FOOTBALL

Lamar King

Born 1975

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1305 SINGER

Tracy Hamlin

Born 1966

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1306 ARTIST

Maureen Connor

Born 1947

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1307 BASEBALL

Brian Kowitz

Born 1969

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1308 PAINTER

Joan Erbe

1926 - 2014

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1309 WRITER

Hilda Lawrence

1906 - 1976

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1310 FOOTBALL

Charles Johnson (defensive tackle)

Born 1957

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1311 PRIEST

Michael William Hyle

1901 - 1967

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1312 FOOTBALL

Charles Tapper

Born 1993

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1313 MATHEMATICIAN

Teresa Cohen

1892 - 1992

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1314 DYNAMICIST

John Rettaliata

1911 - 2009

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1315 ARMY

Roger Wolcott Hall

1919 - 2008

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1316 POLITICIAN

Robert Bloxom

Born 1937

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1317 FOOTBALL

Tommy Polley

Born 1978

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1318 FOOTBALL

Neilson Poe (American football)

1876 - 1963

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1319 FOOTBALL

John Ellinger

Born 1951

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1320 POET

Jane Mead

1958 - 2019

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1321 POLITICIAN

J. B. Jennings

Born 1974

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1322 ACTOR

Willy Conley

Born 1958

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1323 SPORT

Micah Kiser

Born 1995

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1324 BASKET

Phil Booth (basketball)

Born 1995

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1325 POET

Joe Wenderoth

Born 1966

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1326 POLITICIAN

Franklin A. Alberger

1825 - 1877

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1327 ENTOMOLOGIST

Henry Fuller Howden

1925 - 2014

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1328 BASEBALL

Jack Scarbath

Born 1930

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1329 NOVELIST

Susan Glickman

Born 1953

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1330 ACTOR

Ego Nwodim

Born 1988

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1331 ACTOR

Scott Kolk

1905 - 1993

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1332 DENTIST

John Hyson

1927 - 2009

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1333 FOOTBALL

Roger Brown (defensive back)

Born 1966

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1334 FOOTBALL

Terence Garvin

Born 1991

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1335 FOOTBALL

Reggie Tongue

Born 1973

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1336 PSYCHIATRIST

Pamela Sklar

1959 - 2017

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1337 FOOTBALL

Douglas McNeil

Born 1988

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1338 SCULPTOR

Grace Turnbull

1880 - 1976

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1339 POLITICIAN

C. Anthony Muse

Born 1958

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1340 RADIO

Fred Robbins (broadcaster)

1919 - 1992

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1341 POLITICIAN

John S. Arnick

1933 - 2006

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1342 LACROSSE

Don Zimmerman (lacrosse)

Born 1953

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1343 JOCKEY

Ron Franklin (jockey)

1959 - 2018

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1344 WRESTLER

Dino Casanova

1967 - 2002

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1345 LAWYER

Alfred H. Moses

Born 1929

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1346 JOURNALIST

Sade Baderinwa

Born 1969

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1347 ACTOR

Sig Libowitz

Born 1968

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1348 SPORT

James Lauf

Born 1927

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1349 PRODUCER

Margo Lion

1944 - 2020

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1350 POLITICIAN

Eric Householder

Born 1968

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1351 BASEBALL

Brian Bark

Born 1968

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1352 SCREENWRITER

Albert J. Cohen

1903 - 1984

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1353 WRITER

William Bowen (author)

1877 - 1937

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1354 ENGINEER

Phil Karn

Born 1956

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1355 FOOTBALL

Dondre Gilliam

Born 1977

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1356 COMPOSER

Elizabeth R. Austin

Born 1938

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1357 SKATER

Shaun Rogers (figure skater)

Born 1985

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1358 FOOTBALL

Mike Stonebreaker

Born 1967

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1359 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Nathaniel Gist

1733 - 1812

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1360 POLITICIAN

Nic Kipke

Born 1979

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1361 ACTOR

Susan Walsh (actress)

1948 - 2009

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1362 ACTOR

Gary D'Addario

-

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1363 MISSING

Beverly Burns

Born 1949

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1364 POLITICIAN

Teresa Jacobs

Born 1958

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1365 PHOTOGRAPHER

Amos Badertscher

Born 1936

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1366 POLITICIAN

Harriette L. Chandler

Born 1937

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1367 HISTORIAN

Marcus Merriman

1940 - 2006

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1368 DIPLOMAT

George T. Marye Jr.

1849 - 1933

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1369 OPERA

Breanna Sinclairé

Born 1991

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1370 PSYCHOLOGIST

Albert Lefevre

1873 - 1928

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1371 POLITICIAN

Luke Clippinger

Born 1972

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1372 PRIEST

Thomas Mardaga

1913 - 1984

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1373 ACTOR

Lex Scott Davis

Born 1991

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1374 HEMATOLOGIST

C. Lockard Conley

1915 - 2010

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1375 POLITICIAN

Jon S. Cardin

Born 1970

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1376 ACTIVIST

Erricka Bridgeford

Born 1972

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1377 POLITICIAN

Pete Rawlings

1937 - 2003

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1378 POLITICIAN

Joan Carter Conway

Born 1951

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1379 DANCER

Earl Snakehips Tucker

1905 - 1937

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1380 BASEBALL

Bill Keister

1871 - 1924

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1381 WRESTLER

Bruno Sassi

Born 1970

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1382 POLITICIAN

Bonnie Cullison

Born 1954

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1383 LACROSSE

Steele Stanwick

Born 1989

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1384 CURATOR

Rebecca Alban Hoffberger

Born 1952

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1385 BASKET

Omar Strong

Born 1990

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1386 POLITICIAN

Steve Schuh

Born 1960

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1387 HISTORIAN

Lauren Benton (historian)

Born 1956

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1388 POLITICIAN

Gabrielle LeDoux

Born 1948

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1389 JUDGE

A. Cecil Snyder

1907 - 1959

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1390 LACROSSE

William Kelso Morrill

1903 - 1991

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1391 MILITAR

Geoffrey Ling

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1392 FOOTBALL

Art Poe

1879 - 1951

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1393 ARCHITECT

Edgar M. Lazarus

1868 - 1939

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1394 PRIEST

Owen Patrick Bernard Corrigan

1849 - 1929

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1395 FLAUTIST

Mark Sparks

Born 1960

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1396 POLITICIAN

John A. Olszewski Jr.

Born 1982

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1397 LAWYER

Roger W. Brown

1940 - 2009

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1398 CLARINET

Eric Hoeprich

Born 1955

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1399 MUSIC

Rob Oswald

Born 1964

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1400 MISSING

Roger Howell Jr.

1936 - 1989

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1401 FOOTBALL

Khari Lee

Born 1992

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1402 SPORT

Louis Harant

1895 - 1986

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1403 SCREENWRITER

Calvin Burke

Born 1950

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1404 POLITICIAN

Earlene Hill Hooper

Born 1938

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1405 MILITAR

Louis Wardlaw Miles

1873 - 1944

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1406 ACTOR

David Pollock (actor)

Born 1961

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1407 ACTOR

Mary Small

1922 - 2007

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1408 AUTHOR

Michael Tearson

Born 1948

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1409 ATHLETIC

Wesley Oler

1891 - 1980

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1410 HISTORIAN

Geoffrey M. Footner

1923 - 2018

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1411 POLITICIAN

Cheryl Glenn

Born 1951

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1412 LAWYER

Mary Ellen Barbera

Born 1951

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1413 POLITICIAN

Kendel Ehrlich

Born 1961

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1414 WRITER

Angelica Gibbs

1908 - 1955

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1415 BUSINESS

Adena Friedman

Born 1969

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1416 ACTOR

Irene Bentley

1870 - 1940

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1417 SPORT

Pat Peppler

1922 - 2015

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1418 SCULPTOR

Ephraim Keyser

1850 - 1937

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1419 SINGER

Sallie Blair

Born 1934

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1420 DANCER

Henri Chatin-Hofmann

1900 - 1961

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1421 LAWYER

Otto Schoenrich

1876 - 1977

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1422 ECOLOGIST

Bessie Moses

1893 - 1965

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1423 NOVELIST

Thomas Moran (author)

Born 1957

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1424 COMPOSER

Stanley Weiner

1925 - 1991

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1425 BASEBALL

Dave Johnson (1987–93 pitcher)

Born 1959

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1426 LACROSSE

Tom Scott (linebacker)

1930 - 2015

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1427 PSYCHOLOGIST

Henry C. McComas

1875 - 1958

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1428 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Silva (American football)

Born 1988

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1429 BASEBALL

Robert Armstrong (baseball)

1850 - 1917

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1430 BASEBALL

Johnny Neun

1900 - 1990

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1431 FILM

Richard Ledes

Born 1956

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1432 HISTORIAN

Alexander Brown Griswold

1907 - 1991

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1433 POLITICIAN

Susan W. Krebs

Born 1959

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1434 BOXER

Nick Kisner

Born 1991

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1435 DIPLOMAT

Christopher Van Hollen (diplomat)

1922 - 2013

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1436 WRITER

Jeff Strand

Born 1970

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1437 BASEBALL

Chick Fewster

1895 - 1945

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1438 SINGER

Joan Merrill

1918 - 1992

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1439 BASEBALL

Jim Lehew

1937 - 2016

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1440 PAINTER

Florence Riefle Bahr

1909 - 1998

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1441 MINERALOGIST

Charles L. Christ

1916 - 1980

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1442 AUTHOR

Sandra Magsamen

Born 1959

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1443 FOOTBALL

D. J. Bryant

Born 1989

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1444 BASEBALL

Chuck Porter (baseball)

Born 1955

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1445 ACTOR

Jay Landsman

-

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1446 BUSINESS

William P. Carey

1930 - 2012

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1447 POLITICIAN

Alan Sagner

1920 - 2018

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1448 CHEMIST

Michael J. Sofia

Born 1958

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1449 SINGER

Lesley Miller

Born 1943

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1450 PHYSICIAN

Annie Harvilicz

-

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1451 FOOTBALL

Brian Jozwiak

Born 1963

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1452 POLITICIAN

James N. Mathias Jr.

Born 1951

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1453 BUSINESS

John McDonnell (businessman)

Born 1938

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1454 MOTION PICTURE

Hazard E. Reeves

1906 - 1986

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1455 FENCER

Ruth White (fencer)

Born 1951

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1456 FOOTBALL

Jason Murphy

Born 1982

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1457 POLITICIAN

David Frizzell (politician)

Born 1950

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1458 BASEBALL

Butch Schmidt

1886 - 1952

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1459 POLITICIAN

Katherine A. Klausmeier

Born 1950

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1460 CITY COUNCIL

Robert W. Curran

Born 1950

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1461 OFFICER

Horatio Gates Gibson

1827 - 1924

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1462 POLITICIAN

Nathaniel T. Oaks

Born 1946

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1463 POLITICIAN

James W. Campbell

Born 1947

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1464 ACTOR

Cornelius Ambrosius Logan

1806 - 1853

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1465 ROWER

Bob Gerhardt

1903 - 1989

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1466 BASSIST

Tim Wells

Born 1951

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1467 BASEBALL

Barry Shetrone

1938 - 2001

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1468 PLAYWRIGHT

Manuel Seff

1895 - 1969

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1469 BASKET

Delano Johnson

Born 1988

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1470 PRIEST

Michael William Fisher

Born 1958

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1471 POLITICIAN

Stephen Hartgen

Born 1944

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1472 PSYCHOLOGIST

Melvin Seeman

Born 1918

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1473 POLITICIAN

Katie True

Born 1941

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1474 POLITICIAN

Alfred W. Redmer Jr.

Born 1956

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1475 FOOTBALL

Carroll Rosenbloom

1907 - 1979

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1476 SENATOR

Bryan Simonaire

Born 1963

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1477 AUTHOR

Lauren Wolk

Born 1956

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1478 GEOLOGIST

John Beaver Mertie Jr.

1888 - 1980

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1479 BASEBALL

Scott Emerson (baseball)

Born 1971

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1480 FILM

Tim Leaton

Born 1983

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1481 POLITICIAN

Joshua Levering

1845 - 1935

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1482 BASKET

Melvin Scott

Born 1982

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1483 FOOTBALL

N. D. Kalu

Born 1975

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1484 JOURNALIST

Clara Jeffery

Born 1967

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1485 FOOTBALL

Pat Healey

Born 1985

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1486 JOURNALIST

Hamid Golpira

1960 - 2015

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1487 FOOTBALL

Eric King (American football)

Born 1982

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1488 LAWYER

Laurie McKinnon

Born 1960

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1489 POLITICIAN

Eric M. Bromwell

Born 1976

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1490 BASEBALL

Boze Berger

1910 - 1992

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1491 ACTOR

Deborah Baker Jr.

Born 1982

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1492 COACH

Mike Santiago

Born 1955

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1493 AUTHOR

William A. Nitze

1876 - 1957

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1494 WRITER

Bettina Judd

-

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1495 POLITICIAN

Mary-Dulany James

Born 1960

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1496 FOOTBALL

Ryan Yarborough

Born 1971

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1497 SCREENWRITER

Crittenden Marriott

1867 - 1932

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1498 POLITICIAN

Gary Day (politician)

-

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1499 POLITICIAN

Richard Impallaria

Born 1962

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1500 ARTIST

Tiffany Holmes

Born 1964

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