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Born April 20, 1873 • Poland
Died August 17, 1939 (aged 66) • Warsaw • Poland
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Polish priest
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president of Poland
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Polish soldier and patriot
Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian revolutionary
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prime minister of Poland
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian revolutionary
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Hungarian political leader
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
prime minister of Israel
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
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John III Sobieski
king of Poland
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Toussaint Louverture
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