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363:; 1511â1581), Greek-Italian Renaissance humanist and classical scholar.
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313:(fl. 1509â1511), possibly Bosnian lutenist-composer working in Venice
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666:(1873â1937), Dutch Catholic Bishop who acted as missionary in China
483:; 1567â1617), Belgian Jesuit mathematician, physicist and architect
463:; 1555â1631), Netherlandish theologian, historian, and cartographer
696:(1934â2014), Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist
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433:; 1539â1597), Flemish-born Dutch scholar, printer and bookseller
277:; c.1290âc.1344), Italian Franciscan theologian and philosopher
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588:(1606â1681), Flemish history, landscape and portrait painter
423:; 1537â1604), Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist
690:(1931â2015), Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop and composer
569:; 1623â1698) French-born Turkologist and Ottoman historian
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529:; 1595â1675), English-born Jesuit priest and scientist
413:; 1532â1619), Brabantian Jesuit, theologian and author
559:; 1617â1677), Belgian Catholic scholastic philosopher
519:(1591â1677), Huguenot philologist and art historian
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753:(born 1965), Dutch cyclist and directeur sportif
353:; 1509â1559), French jurist and professor of law
215:may serve as the anglicization of anyone called
729:(born 1948), Dutch primatologist and ethologist
759:(born 1970), Dutch football player and manager
714:(1944â2013), Dutch writer using the pseudonym
672:(1899â1968), Dutch Minister of Social Affairs
618:(1632âaft.1704), Flemish painter and engraver
453:; 1545â1602), Huguenot scholar and theologian
267:; c.1280â1328), French scholastic philosopher
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503:; 1583â1650), Italian writer and Orientalist
247:(1181/2–1226), Saint Francis of Assisi
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784:(born 1982), Papua New Guinean rugby player
606:(c.1625â1672), Flemish painter and engraver
307:; 1494â1553), German humanist and historian
201:, the Latin form remains commonly given in
648:(1859â1937), Dutch Old Catholic Archbishop
624:(1648â1722), Dutch botanist and apothecary
612:(c.1630â1669), Dutch painter and draftsman
383:; 1518â1572), Crete-born Venetian composer
688:Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta
594:(1614â1698), Flemish alchemist and writer
549:1614â1672), Dutch physician and scientist
343:; 1507â1576), Dutch theologian and bishop
702:(born 1942), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop
684:(1926â2009), Indonesian finance minister
630:(1649âaft.1677), Flemish Baroque painter
539:; 1606â1643), Albanian bishop and author
333:; 1502â1537), Flemish Franciscan scholar
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741:(born 1955), Dutch Minister of Defence
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733:Franciscus Adrianus "Frans" van Vught
493:; 1577â1630), Dutch classical scholar
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745:Franciscus C.G.M. "Frans" Timmermans
664:Franciscus Hubertus "Frans" Schraven
735:(born 1950), Dutch social scientist
676:Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper
640:Franciscus Cornelis "Franz" Donders
642:(1818â1889), Dutch ophthalmologist
443:; 1540â1603), French mathematician
403:; 1529â1597), Venetian philosopher
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751:Franciscus A.A.J. "Frans" Maasen
739:Franciscus H.G. "Frank" de Grave
694:Franciscus Jozef "Frans" BrĂŒggen
682:Franciscus Xaverius "Frans" Seda
670:Franciscus C.M. "Frans" Wijffels
652:Franciscus G.J. "Frans" van Lith
600:(1615â1660), Dutch mathematician
592:Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont
727:Franciscus B.M. "Frans" de Waal
598:Franciscus "Frans" van Schooten
517:Franciscus Junius (the younger)
700:Franciscus J.M. "Frans" Wiertz
563:Franciscus a Mesgnien Meninski
473:; 1563â1641), Dutch theologian
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678:(1907â2003), Dutch Indologist
447:Franciscus Junius (the elder)
622:Franciscus "Frans" Kiggelaer
513:; 1590â1635), Dutch logician
257:; 1225â1293), Italian lawyer
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660:(1865â1956), Dutch painter
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658:Franciscus Hermanus Bach
604:Franciscus van der Steen
580:Franciscus van den Enden
507:Franciscus Burgersdicius
616:Franciscus de Neve (II)
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152:Saint Francis of Assisi
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397:Franciscus Patricius
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