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Born April 15, 1930 (age 95) • Reykjavík • Iceland
Title / Office president (1980-1996), Iceland

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Jacob J. Shubert
American theatrical manager
Poster for the stage adaptation of J.M. Barrie's The Little Minister, starring Maude Adams and presented by Charles Frohman, c. 1897.
Charles Frohman
American theatrical manager
Albee, Edward Franklin
Edward Franklin Albee
American theatrical manager
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
prime minister of Iceland
Lee Shubert
American theatrical manager
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson receiving the Louise Blouin Foundation Award, New York City, 2007.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
president of Iceland
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Scandinavian explorer
Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Sigurdsson, Jón
Jón Sigurdsson
Icelandic statesman
Sveinn Björnsson
president of Iceland
Eggert Ólafsson
Icelandic poet
Ólafur Thors
prime minister of Iceland
Marlin Perkins
American zoologist and television host
Tommy Burns
Scottish association football player and manager
Lawrence H. Summers
American economist and educator
Bob Jones, Jr.
American clergyman and educator
William Hunter Kendal
British actor and manager
Lester B. Patrick
Canadian ice-hockey player and coach
Charles William Mayo
American physician
Frank A. Patrick
Canadian ice-hockey player, coach and manager

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