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Davis holds the NBA's career playoff record for steals per game with an average of 2.28 over 50 games.
Famous Birthdays on April 13
209 people
1229 – 2002
April 13 has seen 209 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1229 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1979 — Baron Davis
American basketball player
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He was a two-time NBA All-Star, made the All-NBA Third Team in 2004, and twice led the NBA in steals
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He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets
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Baron Walter Louis Davis is an American former professional basketball player who is a television host and sports analyst
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Davis played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning All-American honors before turning professional after his sophomore year
1229
Countess of Flanders (died 1405)
Margaret III was a ruling Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last ruler of Flanders of the House of Dampierre.
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1350
French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (died 1546)
Peter Faber, SJ was a Savoyard Catholic priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier. Pope Francis announced his canonization in 2013.
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1506
Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (died 1589)
Catherine de' Medici was an Italian Florentine noblewoman of the Medici family and Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II. She was the mother of French kings Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry…
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1519
English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable; died 1606)
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father…
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1570
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King Charles IX. She served as regent in 1605, during the absence of her spouse, and in 1611, during the minority of her son, King Gustav II Adolph.
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1573
1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1641)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in Parliament and was a supporter of King Charles I. From 1632 to 1640 he…
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1593
Comte de Bussy, French author (died 1693)
Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy, commonly known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French memoirist. He was the cousin and frequent correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
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1618
Dutch botanist (died 1691)
Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein was a Dutch military officer and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company. Between 1669 and 1676 he served as a governor of Dutch Malabar at Kochi and employed…
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1636
French mystic (died 1717)
Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon was a French Christian accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing…
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1648
French tenor (died 1797)
Pierre Jélyotte was a French operatic tenor, particularly associated with works by Rameau, Lully, Campra, Mondonville and Destouches.
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1713
Irish bishop and poet (died 1811)
Thomas Percy was Bishop of Dromore, County Down, Ireland. Before being made bishop, he was chaplain to George III of the United Kingdom. Percy's greatest contribution is considered to be his Reliques of Ancient English…
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1729
Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792)
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led the Kingdom of Great Britain through…
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1732
American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (died 1791)
Isaac Low was an American merchant in New York City who served as a member of the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association. He later served as a delegate to the New York Provincial Congress.…
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1735
American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (died 1826)
Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father, second vice president, and third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He was a leading proponent…
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1743
Duke of Orléans (died 1793)
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, was a French Prince of the Blood who supported the French Revolution.
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1747
French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1830)
Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was a made a Marshal of the Empire in 1812 by Emperor Napoleon,…
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1764
English painter and educator (died 1830)
Sir Thomas Lawrence was an English painter who served as the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at the Bear…
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1769
Cornish-English engineer and explorer (died 1833)
Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He was an…
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1771
Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (died 1868)
Alexander Mitchell was an Irish engineer who from 1802 was blind. He is known as the inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse.
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1780
Prussian field marshal (died 1877)
Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel was a Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army.
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1784
American lawyer and politician (died 1873)
John Robertson was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Virginia. He was the brother of Thomas B. Robertson and Wyndham Robertson.
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1787
French physiologist and academic (died 1867)
Marie Jean Pierre Flourens, father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia.
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1794
Austrian zoologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger was an Austrian zoologist.
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1802
Italian-American engineer (died 1889)
Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was an Italian inventor and an associate of Giuseppe Garibaldi, a major political figure in the history of Italy. Meucci is best known for developing a voice-communication apparatus that…
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1808
1810
Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (died 1911)
William Alexander was an Irish cleric in the Church of Ireland.
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1824
Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (died 1868)
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ireland, and was part…
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1825
English feminist and social reformer (died 1906)
Josephine Elizabeth Butler was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women's suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the repeal…
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1828
English bishop and theologian (died 1889)
Joseph Barber Lightfoot, known as J. B. Lightfoot, was an English Anglican theologian and Bishop of Durham.
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1828
Ecuadorian author and diplomat (died 1889)
Juan María Montalvo Fiallos was an Ecuadorian essayist and novelist. His writing was strongly marked by anti-clericalism and opposition to presidents Gabriel García Moreno and Ignacio de Veintemilla. He was the…
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1832
French sculptor and academic (died 1905)
Louis-Ernest Barrias was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school. In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome.
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1841
Irish astronomer (died 1917)
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing was an Anglo-Irish mathematician and astronomer. Downing's major contribution to astronomy is in the calculation of the positions and movements of astronomical bodies, as well as being a…
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1850
American surgeon and radiologist (died 1928)
Robert Abbe was an American surgeon and pioneer radiologist in New York City. He was born in New York City and educated at the College of the City of New York and Columbia University.
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1851
Irish occultist and theosophist (died 1896)
William Quan Judge was an American mystic, esotericist, and occultist, and one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society.
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1851
American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company (died 1919)
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur, the founder of F. W. Woolworth Company, and the operator of variety stores known as "Five-and-Dimes" which featured a selection of low-priced merchandise. He…
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1852
American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia (died 1933)
Lucy Craft Laney was an American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia. She was principal for 50 years of the Haines Institute for Industrial and Normal Education.
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1854
Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director (died 1932)
Urania Charlotte Amalie Marquard Olsen was a Danish-Norwegian actress and theatre director.
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1856
1857
English-Belgian painter, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism (died 1949)
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
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1860
Swedish writer and painter (died 1931).
Lucie Lagerbielke was a Swedish author, painter and baroness who was known for her works on Western esotericism.
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1865
American criminal (died 1908)
Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, was an American cowboy, train and bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Wild Bunch" in the Old West.
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1866
Scottish international footballer and manager (died 1935)
John Cameron was a Scottish footballer and manager. He played as a forward for Queen's Park, Everton and Scotland and was noted as an effective goal-maker and goalscorer. In 1899 he became player-manager at Tottenham…
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1872
Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (died 1945)
Alexander Friedrich Ladislaus Roda Roda was an Austrian writer and satirist.
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1872
American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (died 1955)
John William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was…
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1873
American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1949)
Ray Lyman Wilbur was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and as the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior under President Herbert Hoover, also a Stanford alum.
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1875
American lawyer and painter (died 1943)
Edward Bright Bruce was the administrator of the New Deal art projects of the United States Department of the Treasury: the Public Works of Art Project (1933–1934), the Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934–1943), and…
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1879
American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (died 1940)
Oswald Bruce Cooper was an American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and teacher of these trades. He is best known as the designer and namesake of the Cooper Black typeface.
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1879
Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (died 1955)
Charles Herbert Christie and Alfred Ernest Christie were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs.
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1880
American baseball player (died 1964)
Sylveanus Augustus "Vean" Gregg was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Gregg played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Naps, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, and Washington…
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1885
Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1942)
Juhan (Johann) Kukk was an Estonian politician.
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1885
Hungarian philosopher and critic (died 1971)
György Lukács was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, literary critic, and aesthetician. He was one of the founders of Western Marxism, an interpretive tradition that departed from the Soviet Marxist…
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1885
Dutch politician (died 1961)
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 September 1940 until 25 June 1945. He oversaw the government-in-exile based in London under Queen…
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1885
Canadian physician and golfer (died 1995)
Gordon Samuel Fahrni, a recipient of the Order of Canada, was a Canadian physician and a leader in the Canadian Medical community. He served as president of the Canadian Medical Association from 1941 to 1942.
An expert…
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1887
American cryptologist and author (died 1958)
Herbert Osborn Yardley was an American cryptologist. He founded and led the cryptographic organization the Black Chamber. Under Yardley, the cryptanalysts of The American Black Chamber broke Japanese diplomatic codes…
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1889
American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (died 1949)
William Francis Murphy was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving as…
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1890
Indian director and producer (died 1960)
Ramchandra Gopal Torne, also known as Dadasaheb Torne, was an Indian director and producer, best known for making the first feature film in India, Shree Pundalik. This historic record is well established by an…
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1890
Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1921)
Maurice Vincent Buckley, was an Australian soldier serving under the pseudonym Gerald Sexton who was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War. This is the highest award for gallantry in the face of the…
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1891
Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (died 1964)
Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen was an American novelist. Working as a nurse and a librarian, she published two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, she…
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1891
German accountant and politician (died 1973)
Robert Scholl was a Württembergian politician and father of Hans and Sophie Scholl. Robert Scholl was a critic of the Nazi Party before, during and after the Nazi regime, and was twice sent to prison for his criticism…
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1891
1st Baronet, English air marshal, head of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (died 1984)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet,, commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butcher" or "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief…
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1892
Scottish engineer, invented Radar (died 1973)
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was a Scottish radio engineer and pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology.
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1892
Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1973)
Sir Arthur William Fadden was an Australian politician and accountant who served as the 13th prime minister of Australia from 29 August to 7 October 1941. He held office as the leader of the Country Party from 1940 to…
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1894
Australian labour activist (died 1973)
(Maria) May Brodney previously known as May Francis was an Australian labour activist and a founder member of the Communist Party of Australia in Melbourne.
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1894
English footballer (died 1982)
Fred Barnett was an English professional footballer who played for Hawley, Northfleet United, Tottenham Hotspur, Southend United, Watford and Dartford.
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1896
German lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)
Werner Voss was a World War I German flying ace credited with 48 aerial victories. A dyer's son from Krefeld, he was a patriotic young man while still in school. He began his military career in November 1914 as a…
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1897
American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (died 1993)
Alfred Mosher Butts was an American architect, famous for inventing the board game Scrabble in 1931.
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1899
American high jumper and decathlete (died 1975)
Harold Marion Osborn D.O. was an American track athlete. He won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon and high jump in 1924 and was the first athlete to win a gold medal in both the decathlon and an individual event.
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1899
American potter and ceramic sculptor (died 2006)
Sorcha Boru was the studio name of Claire Everett Stewart, an American potter and ceramic sculptor. Most of her works include small items such as figurines, vases, planters, and salt and pepper shakers, mostly done in…
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1900
French painter and photographer (died 1976)
Pierre Molinier was a French painter, photographer and "maker of objects". Integrated into the Surrealist movement in 1955 through André Breton, he became known for erotic imagery that merged sexuality, fetishism, and…
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1900
French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1981)
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave annual seminars in Paris from 1952 to 1980 and published papers that…
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1901
1901
French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer (died 1988)
Philippe, Baron de Rothschild was a member of the Rothschild banking family who became a Grand Prix motor racing driver, a screenwriter and playwright, a theatrical producer, a film producer, a poet, and a wine grower.
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1902
American author (died 1997)
Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she…
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1902
English businessman and philanthropist (died 1987)
Sir David Robinson was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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1904
Australian jockey (died 1964)
William Raphael "Rae" Johnstone, was an Australian flat-race jockey. After enjoying considerable success in his native country, he relocated to Europe in 1932 and spent most of the rest of his life in France. He won…
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1905
Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish playwright, poet, novelist, and literary critic. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical works feature bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life,…
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1906
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)
Lawrence "Bud" Freeman was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing tenor saxophone, but also the clarinet.
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1906
American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (died 2001)
Harold Edward Stassen was an American Republican Party politician, military officer, and attorney who was the 25th governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. He was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for…
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1907
American short story writer and novelist (died 2001)
Eudora Alice Welty was an American short-story writer, novelist, and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards,…
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1909
Croatian footballer and manager (died 1946)
Ivan "Ico" Hitrec was a Yugoslav football player.
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1911
Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1994)
Jean-Louis Lévesque, was a Canadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.
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1911
Italian conductor and composer (died 1983)
Nino Sanzogno was an Italian conductor and composer.
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1911
American high jumper and coach (died 1994)
David Donald Albritton was an American athlete, teacher, coach, and state legislator. He had a long athletic career that spanned three decades and numerous titles and was one of the first high jumpers to use the…
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1913
American lieutenant and pilot (died 2010)
Kermit Arthur Tyler was an American Air Force officer. Tyler was assigned as a pilot in the 78th Pursuit Squadron at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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1913
Turkish poet and author (died 1950)
Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli was a Turkish poet. He was one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet.
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1914
Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (died 2006)
Phyllis Cerf Wagner, also known as Phyllis Fraser, was an American socialite, writer, publisher, and actress. She was a co-founder of Beginner Books.
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1916
American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (died 2007)
Robert Orville Anderson was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist who founded Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). Anderson also supported several cultural organizations, from the Los Angeles County…
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1917
American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 2011)
William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms bookended the sole term served by Mark…
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1917
French journalist and politician (died 2007)
Roland Gaucher was the pseudonym of Roland Goguillot, a former French far-left activist turned journalist and politician. He then becomes one of the main thinkers of the French far-right, he had participated in Marcel…
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1919
American actor and singer (died 2004)
Harold Clifford Keel, professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including Show Boat (1951). He…
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1919
American activist, founded American Atheists (died 1995)
Madalyn Murray O'Hair was an American activist who supported atheism, separation of church and state, and feminism. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon…
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1919
Italian banker (died 1982)
Roberto Calvi was an Italian banker, dubbed "God's Banker" by the press because of his close business dealings with the Holy See. He was a native of Milan and was chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, which collapsed in one of…
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1920
French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2012)
Claude Cheysson was a French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of Pierre Mauroy from 1981 to 1984.
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1920
Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2017)
Liam Cosgrave was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977, Leader of Fine Gael from 1965 to 1977, Leader of the Opposition from 1965 to 1973, Minister for External Affairs from 1954 to…
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1920
American chemical engineer, Patent attorney and writer (died 2005)
Theodore Lockard Thomas was an American chemical engineer and patent attorney who wrote more than 50 science fiction short stories, published between 1952 and 1981. He also collaborated on two novels with Kate Wilhelm,…
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1920
German footballer and manager (died 1994)
Heinrich "Heinz" Baas was a German football player and manager.
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1922
English librarian and author (died 1986)
John Gerard Braine was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the angry young men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s.
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1922
Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (died 1999)
Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led…
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1922
Estonian architect (died 2002)
Valve Pormeister née Ulm was an Estonian landscape architect who became an architect. She was one of the first women to influence the development of Estonian architecture, becoming one of the country's most inventive…
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1922
1923
English sociologist and academic (died 2014)
Albert Henry 'Chelly' Halsey was a British sociologist. He was emeritus Professor of Social and Administrative Studies at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Nuffield…
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1923
American painter (died 2001)
John Thomas Biggers was an African-American muralist who came to prominence after the Harlem Renaissance and toward the end of World War II. Biggers created works critical of racial and economic injustice. He also…
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1924
American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 2016)
Jack Thomas Chick was an American cartoonist and publisher, best known for his fundamentalist Christian "Chick tracts". He expressed his perspective on a variety of issues through sequential-art morality plays.
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1924
American film director and choreographer (died 2019)
Stanley Donen was an American film director and choreographer. He received the Honorary Academy Award in 1998, and the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Four of his films have been inducted into…
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1924
Greek actress (died 1983)
Ellie Loukou, known professionally as Ellie Lambeti, was a Greek actress.
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1926
11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (died 2014)
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, was a British peer. He was the elder son of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, the Hon. Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. He was known as…
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1926
English philosopher, theologian, and author (died 2024)
Rosemary Elena Konradin Haughton was a British Catholic lay theologian, who lived in the United States over a period of thirty years.
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1927
French actor and director (died 1983)
Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director, and writer.
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1927
English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (died 1999)
Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and…
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1928
Italian racing driver and businessman (died 2012)
Count Giannino Marzotto was an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur. Marzotto served as President of the Mille Miglia Club and won the Mille Miglia race in 1950 and 1953.
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1928
American golfer (died 2019)
Marilynn Louise Smith was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won two major championships and 21 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall…
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1929
Italian soprano (died 2014)
Anita Cerquetti was an Italian dramatic soprano who had a short but meteoric career in the 1950s. Her voice was very powerful and pleasing to audiences.
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1931
French director and screenwriter (died 2001)
Robert Georgio Enrico was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961).
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1931
American race car driver and engineer (died 2018)
Daniel Sexton Gurney was an American racing driver, engineer and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1970. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of motorsport,…
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1931
1931
Chilean-American economist and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1976)
Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar was a Chilean Marxist and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A member of the Socialist Party of Chile, he fled from the military dictatorship of General Augusto…
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1932
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
John Muckler was a Canadian professional hockey coach and executive, who last served as the general manager of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Muckler had over 50 years of professional hockey…
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1934
1937
English actor
Edward Charles Morice Fox is an English actor and a member of the Fox family.
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1937
American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (died 2011)
Lanford Wilson was an American playwright. His work, as described by The New York Times, was "earthy, realist, greatly admired [and] widely performed". Wilson helped to advance the off-off-Broadway theater movement with…
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1937
German pole vaulter
Klaus Lehnertz is a retired West German pole vaulter. He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also won two medals at the European Cup in 1965-67, but placed only 13th…
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1938
Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Seamus Justin Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his best-known works is Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first major published volume. American…
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1939
American actor and singer (died 2022)
Paul Anthony Sorvino was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law.
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1939
Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French, Mauritian, and British nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for…
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1940
French composer, conductor and violinist[citation needed]
Vladimir Cosma is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States.
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1940
English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering, former president of the FIA (died 2021)
Max Rufus Mosley was a British businessman, lawyer and racing driver. He served as president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body for Formula One.
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1940
African-American biophysicist
Ruby Louise Puryear Hearn is an American biophysicist who has dedicated her career to health policy. Her work spans initiatives in maternal, infant, and child health; AIDS; substance abuse; and minority medical…
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1940
American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Michael Stuart Brown ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS is an American geneticist and Nobel laureate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph L. Goldstein in 1985 for describing the regulation of…
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1941
French author and illustrator (died 1983)
Jean-Marc Reiser was a French comics creator, notable for his black comedy and controversial contemporary satire.
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1941
American composer and conductor
William Conti is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), The Karate Kid (1984), The…
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1942
Australian rugby coach and radio host
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1943
Dutch journalist and author
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1943
Russian-American social worker and politician
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1944
1945
American singer-songwriter and founder of Little Feat
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1945
1946
American poet and academic
Rae Armantrout is an American poet generally associated with the Language poets. She has published more than two dozen books, including both poetry and prose.
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1947
Australian-English songwriter and producer
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1947
French economist and academic (died 2004)
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1947
Greek composer and politician (died 2019)
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1947
South Korean admiral
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1948
Slovenian author and playwright
Drago Jančar is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the best-known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also known for his political commentaries and civic engagement. Jančar's…
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1948
Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
Mikhail Zakharovich Shufutinsky is a Russian pop singer. He is currently the pre-eminent singer of Russian chanson music. He was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist of Russia in 2013.
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1948
1949
English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (died 2011)
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1949
American actor
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1950
Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2021)
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1950
American actor
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1950
Welsh immunologist and academic
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1951
American singer
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1951
English actor
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He is best known for playing the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (1981–1984) and…
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1951
German footballer (died 2022)
Joachim Streich was a German professional footballer who won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
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1951
American musician and bandleader
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1951
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1952
Irish jockey and trainer
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1952
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1955
current King of Buganda Kingdom
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1955
Bosnian footballer and manager
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1955
1956
French footballer and manager
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1958
American mountain climber (died 2024)
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1959
German footballer and manager
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1960
Russian chess player and author
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1963
American golfer and sportscaster
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1964
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1966
American basketball player and coach
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1967
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
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1967
American actor
Richard Bartlett Schroder is an American actor and filmmaker. As a child actor billed as Ricky Schroder he debuted in the film The Champ (1979), for which he became the youngest Golden Globe award recipient, and went on…
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1970
French swimmer
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1971
Australian painter and sculptor
Danie Mellor is an Australian artist who was the winner of 2009 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Born in Mackay, Queensland, Mellor grew up in Scotland, Australia, and South Africa before…
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1971
1971
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
American actor
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1973
1975
American actor (died 2003)
Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor. Beginning his career as a child model, Brandis moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently won television and film roles. Brandis made his acting debut in 1982 as…
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1976
American football player and coach
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1976
American actor
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1976
Estonian lawyer and politician
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1977
Spanish footballer
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1978
American actress
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1980
American basketball player
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1980
British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
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1982
American singer, songwriter, and musician
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1982
Chilean footballer
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1983
American baseball player
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1983
Danish footballer
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1984
American baseball player
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1986
Belgian politician
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1987
American actress and singer
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1988
1988
Australian rugby league player
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1989
American football player
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1991
Australian cricketer
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1992
American football player
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1993
American basketball player
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1993
1994
Serbian footballer
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1996
Colombian footballer
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1997
English footballer
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1997
Italian footballer
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1999
Hungarian footballer
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1999
Swedish ice hockey player
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2000
Uruguayan footballer
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2000
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Baron Davis — American basketball player (born 1979)
FeaturedBaron Davis
Birth year1979
Known forHe was a two-time NBA All-Star, made the All-NBA Third Team in 2004, and twice led the NBA in steals
Birthdays on this date209 (1229 – 2002)
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