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Also Known As Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod • Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
Born August 7, 1876 • Leeuwarden • Netherlands
Died October 15, 1917 (aged 41) • Vincennes • France
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David Lloyd George
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Georges Clemenceau.
Georges Clemenceau
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Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
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George Patton
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Herbert Hoover, 1928
Herbert Hoover
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Nicholas II
Nicholas II
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William II.
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Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
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Erich Ludendorff
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Ferdinand Foch
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John Maynard Keynes
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John J. Pershing
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