Alain Blondy (78)
May 18th, 1945

French historian – Alain Blondy was born in Bordeaux (City and commune in Gironde, New Aquitaine, France) on May 18th, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

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Ben Feringa

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Peter Grünberg

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*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

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Heinz-Harald Frentzen

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Nathaniel Parker

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Hermann Diels

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Willy Wimmer

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Gerd Langguth

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Helmut Haussmann

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*May 18th, 1943, Tübingen

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Joe Bonsall

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Don Bachardy

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Eric Gerets

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Ron Yerxa

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Pierre Balmain

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Christine Kaufmann

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Victoria Bond

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Rodrigo Duterte

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Helen Mirren

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Bob Marley

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Manfred Clauss

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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Radovan Karadžić

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John Lithgow

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*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

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Peter Patzak

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Eric Clapton

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Linda Hunt

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Alain Juppé

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Alain Blondy