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Born December 21, 1949 • Burkina Faso
Died October 15, 1987 (aged 37) • Ouagadougou • Burkina Faso
Title / Office president (1983-1987), Burkina Faso • prime minister (1983-1983), Burkina Faso
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré
president of Burkina Faso
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Reinhard Gehlen
German general
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
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Artemas Ward
United States general
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Richard S. Ewell
Confederate general
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Walter Campbell Short
United States Army officer
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Isaac Stevens
governor of Washington Territory, United States
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William B. Travis
United States military officer
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
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Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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James Fannin
American military figure
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Mao Zedong smiling and waving with his right hand while standing outdoors in front of large lanterns and a crowd.
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Statue of Julius Caesar in Roman military attire stands in front of a domed building in Rome, Italy, with a clear blue sky in the background.
Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae.
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine