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1072:Israeli Basketball Premier League
1062:Geoff Collins (American football)
623:People named Geoffrey or Geoffroy
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1250:(1923–2022), British historian
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735:Geoffrey (Dean of Lincoln)
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1343:, American philologist
1284:Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
1272:Geoffrey Rudolph Elton
1174:Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
801:Geoffrey Lewis (actor)
753:In film and television
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1050:World's Strongest Man
807:Geoff Morrell (actor)
544:. On the other hand,
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1368:chain of toy stores.
1360:Geoffrey the Giraffe
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1097:, English footballer
1040:Geoffrey Cantin-Arku
685:Geoffrey of Monmouth
667:House of Plantagenet
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927:, American composer
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1296:Geoffrey Langlands
1229:Geoffrey Moorhouse
1217:Geoffrey Household
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1308:Geoff Lloyd
1266:Geoff Dixon
1223:Geoff Johns
1192:Geoff Diehl
1186:Geoff Davis
1168:In politics
1107:Geoff Hurst
1046:Geoff Capes
970:Geoff Stone
920:the Beatles
903:The Buggles
759:Geoff Dolan
698: 1181
659:(died 1106)
653:(died 1096)
647:(died 1060)
628:Middle Ages
291:hypocorisms
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1525:Late Latin
1455:(in Dutch)
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1436:References
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1131:Geoff Roes
1101:Geoff Hunt
1028:Geoff Boss
1016:Geoff Blum
1010:Geoff Bent
986:Waterparks
976:Geoff Tate
866:Portishead
641:(died 987)
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504:continues
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992:In sports
894:VoicePlay
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350:Latinised
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207:, German
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