Leading Figures in History

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Achille Paroche

French sport shooter

AD 121

b. 121

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AD 125

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AD 32

b. 32

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AD 38

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b. 40

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AD 404

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AD 65

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AD 68

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AD 69

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AD 711

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AD 727

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AD 757

b. 757

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Ada Kok

b. 1947

Dutch swimmer (born 1947)

Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz

American Roman Catholic theologian and academic

Ada Nicodemou

b. 1977

Australian actress (born 1977)

Adachi Kagemori

Japanese warrior (died 1248)

Adah Isaacs Menken

b. 1835

American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)

Adalbero I of Metz

Bishop of Metz from 929 till 954 (died 962)

Adalbert (bishop of Passau)

Adalbert of Magdeburg

German saint, archbishop and missionary (c. 910 – 981)

Adalbert of Prague

Bohemian missionary and saint (c. 956 – 997)

Adalbert, Margrave of Austria

Margrave of Austria from 1018 to 1055