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St. Nicholas
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St. Nicholas
Saint / 280 - 343
St. Nicholas was a Christian bishop who provided for the poor and sick, and is the basis for the popular character of Santa Claus.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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- Famous Pisceans
- Famous Prime Ministers
- Famous People Born in 1954
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Prime Minister / 1954 -
Recep Tayyip Erdogan became prime minister of Turkey in 2003, and is best known for his vision of Turkey's economic interdependence in the Arab world.
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Pervez Musharraf
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- Famous Leos
- Famous Military Leaders
Pervez Musharraf
General, World Leader / 1943 -
Pervez Musharraf went from military leader to president of Pakistan after a bloodless coup in 1998. -
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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- Famous Pisceans
- Famous People Born in 1881
- Famous Turkish People
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
World Leader / 1881 - 1938
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was a revolutionary who helped establish the Republic of Turkey. He was Turkey's first president, and his reforms modernized the country.
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Hrant Dink
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- Famous Virgoans
- Famous Activists
- Famous People Who Were Assassinated
Hrant Dink
Activist, Journalist / 1954 - 2007
Hrant Dink founded the Turkish-Armenian paper Agos and was murdered in 2007 after writing about the Armenian massacre, which authorities deny ever happened.
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Mithridates VI
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- Famous Kings
- Famous Military Leaders
- Famous Generals
Mithridates VI
General, King / 134 - 63
Mithridates VI (Eupator) was the king of Pontus (in modern-day Turkey) during the 1st and 2nd century BC and an enemy of Rome during the Mithridatic Wars.
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