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Born March 29, 1819 • Czechoslovakia
Died March 26, 1900 (aged 80) • Cincinnati • Ohio
Founder Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion
Kaufmann Kohler
German-American rabbi and theologian
Wise, Stephen Samuel
Stephen Samuel Wise
American Zionist leader
Sally J. Priesand
American rabbi
Samuel Hirsch
American religious philosopher and rabbi
Walter Knott
American entrepreneur
Vitaly Komar
American artist
Thaddeus Fairbanks
American inventor
Charles Sumner Greene
American architect
William F. Friedman
American cryptologist
Clark Howell
American journalist
Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Maria Jolas
American editor
Natalie Maines
American musician
Cedar Walton
American musician
Mary Coyle Chase
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June Allyson
American actress
Merv Griffin
American television producer, talk-show host, and entrepreneur
Susan Rice
American public official and foreign policy analyst
Jim Bunning
United States senator and baseball player
Russell Louis Schweickart
American astronaut