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Also Known As Charlotte Aldegonde Élise Marie Wilhelmine
Born January 23, 1896 • Luxembourg
Died July 9, 1985 (aged 89) • Luxembourg

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Jean-Claude Juncker
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grand duke of Luxembourg
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
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president of United States
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Josip Broz Tito
president of Yugoslavia
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Sir William Blackstone
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Karl August von Hardenberg
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Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
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Léon Gambetta
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Juan Carlos
king of Spain
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
prime minister of Canada
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, engraving by J.-A. Allais, 19th century.
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Roh Tae-Woo
president of South Korea
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Manuel Azaña
president of Spain
P. W. Botha
state president of South Africa
Juan Bosch
president of Dominican Republic
Durham, detail of an oil painting by T. Phillips (1819 replica); in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham
British statesman