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Abdulsalami Abubakar
nigerian general and brief head of state
John, King of England
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 to 1378
Vladimir the Great
Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015
Zenobia
Empress of Palmyra in 272
George I of Great Britain
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727
Boris Godunov
Tsar of Russia from 1598 to 1605
Yongle Emperor
Emperor of China from 1402 to 1424
Charles the Simple
King of West Francia from 898 to 922
Guy of Lusignan
King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192
Ashurbanipal
Assyrian ruler
Robert Owen
Welsh social reformer (1771–1858)
Robert Schuman
Prime Minister of France from 1947 to 1948
Merneptah
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1213 to 1203 BC
Tomyris
6th-century BC queen of the Massagetae
Safiye Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ludwig II of Bavaria
King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886
Karsten Wildberger
German politician (born 1969)
Matthias Miersch
German politician (SPD)
Britta Haßelmann
German politician (born 1961)
Gerhart Baum
German politician (1932–2025)
Bernd Baumann
German politician
Stefanie Hubig
German judge and politician
Michaela Kaniber
German politician (born 1977)