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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#9	—	Roald Amundsen	Norway	Historical Figures	85.5	15.1
#22	—	Bhumibol Adulyadej	United States	Historical Figures	79.5	25.0
#24	—	Harald V of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	79.5	30.3
#25	1	Henry VIII of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	79.2	9.5
#38	—	Mehmed the Conqueror	Turkey	Historical Figures	76.4	15.5
#41	14	Queen Sonja of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	75.0	25.0
#46	2	Richard I of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	74.3	28.5
#52	1	Edward VII	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	73.7	10.5
#53	new	Olav V of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	74.8	25.0
#54	2	Alexander I of Russia	—	Historical Figures	73.6	15.3
#56	21	Margrethe II of Denmark	—	Historical Figures	73.4	23.7
#63	1	Alexander II of Russia	—	Historical Figures	72.2	15.5
#67	—	Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden	Sweden	Historical Figures	71.9	36.7
#73	—	Abdul Hamid II	Turkey	Historical Figures	71.2	17.7
#75	14	Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	72.2	25.0
#78	1	Empress Dowager Cixi	China	Historical Figures	70.7	18.9
#79	1	Alexander III of Russia	—	Historical Figures	70.4	15.6
#83	—	James VI and I	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	70.2	18.5
#85	146	Princess Märtha Louise of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	71.2	25.0
#86	1	Leopold II of Belgium	—	Historical Figures	70.0	27.4
#92	1	Paul I of Russia	—	Historical Figures	69.6	15.4
#93	1	Anne, Queen of Great Britain	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	69.6	12.2
#105	new	Haakon VII of Norway	Norway	Historical Figures	69.5	25.0
#109	—	William III of England	Netherlands	Historical Figures	68.2	15.0
#110	—	Albert II, Prince of Monaco	—	Historical Figures	68.2	15.0
#114	2	William Wallace	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	68.0	16.2
#115	2	Richard III of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	67.9	8.1
#117	1	Edward I of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	67.7	15.3
#118	1	Anne, Princess Royal	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	67.7	31.6
#119	1	Henry VII of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	67.7	20.6
#120	1	Catherine de' Medici	France	Historical Figures	67.5	15.0
#123	8	Tokugawa Ieyasu	Japan	Historical Figures	67.3	16.3
#126	3	Faisal of Saudi Arabia	—	Historical Figures	67.1	10.0
#127	3	Peter III of Russia	Germany	Historical Figures	67.1	17.7
#128	3	Henry II of England	France	Historical Figures	67.0	9.5
#134	4	Edward III of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	66.6	9.3
#139	3	Theodoric the Great	—	Historical Figures	66.2	15.0
#140	3	Queen Máxima of the Netherlands	Argentina	Historical Figures	66.2	17.8
#143	2	Romulus Augustulus	—	Historical Figures	66.1	15.9
#144	2	Pepin the Short	—	Historical Figures	66.0	15.5
#149	2	Robert Falcon Scott	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	65.7	14.7
#150	2	Louis XII of France	France	Historical Figures	65.7	15.0
#151	2	Pyrrhus of Epirus	—	Historical Figures	65.7	16.7
#152	2	Pedro I of Brazil	Portugal	Historical Figures	65.6	16.7
#153	2	Victor Emmanuel II of Italy	Italy	Historical Figures	65.6	15.7
#154	2	Prince George of Wales	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	65.6	4.9
#158	2	Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	65.4	10.4
#159	2	Reinhold Messner	Italy	Historical Figures	65.4	10.6
#160	2	Ptolemy I Soter	—	Historical Figures	65.3	15.1
#161	2	Abbas the Great	—	Historical Figures	65.3	12.5
#163	1	Ferdinand Foch	France	Historical Figures	65.2	15.6
#164	1	Pedro II of Brazil	Brazil	Historical Figures	65.2	23.1
#166	5	Catherine I of Russia	—	Historical Figures	65.2	17.3
#167	2	Cnut the Great	—	Historical Figures	65.2	22.6
#168	2	Vitus Bering	—	Historical Figures	65.2	19.1
#169	new	Princess Märtha of Sweden	Sweden	Historical Figures	65.6	25.0
#170	new	Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark	—	Historical Figures	65.1	20.2
#171	4	Charles VI of France	France	Historical Figures	65.0	13.8
#172	4	Pedro Álvares Cabral	Portugal	Historical Figures	65.0	15.0
#173	4	Mary II of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	65.0	15.7
#176	3	Leopold I of Belgium	Germany	Historical Figures	64.9	15.0
#178	new	Charles XIV John of Sweden	France	Historical Figures	64.9	18.9
#188	4	Edward II of England	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.6	16.3
#193	4	Henry III of France	France	Historical Figures	64.5	19.2
#194	4	Prince Edward, Duke of Kent	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.5	34.6
#196	4	Sargon of Akkad	—	Historical Figures	64.5	15.3
#198	4	Charles VII of France	France	Historical Figures	64.4	15.0
#200	3	Maud of Wales	United Kingdom	Historical Figures	64.4	25.0