Leading Figures in History

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Zvi Elpeleg

Israeli historian (1926–2015)

b. 1897

Israeli entomologist

King of Lotharingia from 895 to 900

b. 1975

Lithuanian-American basketball player (born 1975)

Polish scientist

b. 1888

Polish mathematician

Australian bodybuilder and internet celebrity (1989–2011)