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For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity
Famous Birthdays on April 15
258 people
68 BC – 2001
April 15 has seen 258 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 68 BC – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1949 — Alla Pugacheva
Russian singer-songwriter and actress
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Her career began in 1965 and continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love"
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Alla Borisovna Pugacheva is a Russian singer and songwriter
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For several decades, Pugacheva was a sex symbol, a style icon, an inspiration for Soviet women and a heroine of Russian tabloids
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In the media, Pugacheva has been called "the Queen of Russian pop music"
Roman politician (died 8 BC)
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas was a friend and political advisor to Octavian. He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. In many languages, his name is an eponym…
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Duke of Lorraine (died 1329)
Frederick IV, called the Fighter, was the Duke of Lorraine from 1312 to his death in 1328.
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1282
English noble (died 1479)
Sir John Paston was the eldest son of John Paston and Margaret Mautby. He succeeded his father in 1466, and spent a considerable part of his life attempting to make good his father's claim to the lands of Margaret…
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1442
Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519)
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his…
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1452
the first Sikh guru (died 1539)
Gurū Nānak, also known as Bābā Nānak, was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
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1469
Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1626)
Pietro Antonio Cataldi was an Italian mathematician. A citizen of Bologna, he taught mathematics and astronomy and also worked on military problems. His work included the development of simple continued fractions and a…
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1552
fifth Sikh leader (died 1606)
Guru Arjan was the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as the first of the two…
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1563
French author and scholar (died 1653)
Claude Saumaise, also known by the Latin name Claudius Salmasius, was a French classical scholar.
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1588
Catholic cardinal (died 1675)
Francesco Maria Brancaccio was an Italian Catholic cardinal.
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1592
Scottish physician and geographer (died 1722)
Sir Robert Sibbald was a Scottish physician and antiquary.
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1641
Ottoman sultan (died 1691)
Suleiman II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. After being brought to the throne by an armed mutiny, Suleiman and his grand vizier Fazıl Mustafa Pasha were successfully able to turn the tide of the…
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1642
Christian V was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.
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1646
Catherine I was Empress of Russia from 8 February 1725 until her death in 1727. She was previously empress consort of Russia from 1721 to 1725 as the second wife of Peter the Great, and tsaritsa consort from 1712 to…
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1684
German violinist and composer (died 1758)
Johann Friedrich Fasch was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant.
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1688
Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783)
Leonhard Euler was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, music theorist and engineer. He founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made influential…
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1707
Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)
William Cullen was a Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist from Hamilton, Scotland, who also served as a professor at the Edinburgh Medical School. Cullen was a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment: He…
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1710
New York politician (died 1796)
William Bradford Whiting was an American politician. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Whiting moved to Canaan, New York, in 1765. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a colonel commanding the 17th Regiment…
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1731
American painter and soldier (died 1827)
Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, military officer, scientist, and naturalist.
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1741
French-Polish educator (died 1844)
Nicolas Chopin was a teacher of the French language in Partitioned Poland, and father of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.
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1771
French biologist and zoologist (died 1844)
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition". He was a colleague of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and expanded and defended Lamarck's evolutionary theories.…
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1772
German astronomer and academic (died 1864)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was a Baltic German astronomer and geodesist. He is best known for studying double stars and initiating a triangulation survey later named Struve Geodetic Arc in his honor.
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1793
mother of Alois Hitler and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler (died 1847)
Maria Anna Schicklgruber was the mother of Alois Hitler, and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler.
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1795
English captain and explorer (died 1862)
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Clark Ross was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who explored both the North and South Poles. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, John Ross, and in four…
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1800
English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (died 1892)
William Thomas Napier Champ was a soldier and politician who served as the first Premier of Tasmania from 1856 to 1857. He was born in the United Kingdom.
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1808
German linguist and mathematician (died 1877)
Hermann Günther Grassmann was a German polymath known in his day as a linguist and now also as a mathematician. He was also a physicist, general scholar, and publisher. His mathematical work was little noted until he…
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1809
Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (died 1885)
William Lodewyk Crowther FRCS was a Tasmanian politician, who was Premier of Tasmania from 20 December 1878 to 29 October 1879.
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1817
French captain (died 1863)
Jean Danjou was a decorated captain of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. He commanded the two lieutenants and 62 legionnaires who fought the Battle of Camarón during the French intervention in Mexico, in which he…
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1828
Mary Harris Thompson, American physician and surgeon (died 1895)
Mary Harris Thompson, MD, was the founder, head physician and surgeon of the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children, renamed Mary Harris Thompson Hospital after her death in 1895. She was one of the first women to…
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1829
German poet, painter, and illustrator (died 1908)
Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day.
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1832
Australian zoo owner (died 1921)
Mary Grant Roberts was an Australian zoo owner. Roberts owned Hobart Zoo from when it opened in 1895 until her death in 1921. The zoo was closed in 1937.
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1841
Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (died 1919)
Joseph Emm Seagram was a Canadian distillery founder, politician, philanthropist, and major owner of thoroughbred racehorses.
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1841
American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1916)
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English…
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1843
Greek poet and critic (died 1910)
Jean Moréas was a Greek poet, essayist, and art critic, who wrote mostly in the French language but also in Greek during his youth.
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1856
French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (died 1917)
David Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology, and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and…
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1858
Canadian-British poet and playwright (died 1929)
William Bliss Carman was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years.
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1861
Austrian-born chemist and educator (died 1914)
Ida Freund was the first woman to be a university chemistry lecturer in the United Kingdom. She is known for her influence on science teaching, particularly the teaching of women and girls. She wrote two key chemistry…
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1863
American botanist and geneticist (died 1954)
George Harrison Shull was an American plant geneticist who played a central role in the development of hybrid maize and in establishing the genetic basis of heterosis.
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1874
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
Johannes Stark was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 for his discovery of the Stark effect.
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1874
American boxer and promoter (died 1953)
James Jackson Jeffries was an American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion from 1899 until his initial retirement in 1905.
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1875
German sculptor (died 1947)
Georg Kolbe was a German sculptor. He was the leading German figure sculptor of his generation, in a vigorous, modern, simplified classical style similar to Aristide Maillol of France.
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1877
Scottish philosopher (died 1971)
Sir William David Ross, known as David Ross but usually cited as W. D. Ross, was a Scottish Aristotelian philosopher, translator, WWI veteran, civil servant, and university administrator. His best-known work is The…
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1877
Swiss author and playwright (died 1956)
Robert Walser was a German language Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler, and in various other low-paying trades. Despite marginal early success in his literary career,…
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1878
American lawyer and poet (died 1980)
Melville Henry Cane was an American poet and lawyer. He studied at Columbia University, and was the author of the influential book, Making a Poem (1953).
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1879
Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne was an Australian politician, statesman and businessman who served as the eighth prime minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929. He held office as the leader of…
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1883
Polish general (died 1947)
Tadeusz Kutrzeba was a general of the army during the Second Polish Republic. He served as a major general in the Polish Army in overall command of Army Poznań during the 1939 German Invasion of Poland.
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1885
Russian poet and critic (died 1921)
Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev Gumilev. Nikolai…
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1886
Austrian tennis player (died 1983)
Fritz Felix Pipes was an Austrian tennis player who was born in Prague. He was Jewish, and was a medical doctor. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Arthur Zborzil to win a silver medal for Austria in the…
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1887
Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (died 1953)
William Forgan Smith was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of the state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership,…
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1887
German poet and author (died 1904)
Maximilian Kronberger, known familiarly as Maximin, was a German poet and a significant figure in the literary circle of Stefan George.
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1888
American painter and educator (died 1975)
Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings…
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1889
American activist (died 1979)
Asa Philip Randolph was an American railwayman, trade unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union. In…
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1889
English businessman, invented the cat's eye (died 1976)
Percy Shaw, was an English inventor and businessman. He patented the reflective road stud or "cat's eye" in 1934, and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935.
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1890
German general and pilot (died 1975)
Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp was a German fighter pilot during World War I and World War II. A flying ace, he achieved 32 victories in World War I. In World War II, he led Jagdgeschwader 51 up to the Battle of Britain and…
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1892
Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author (died 1983)
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom and other family members to help…
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1892
Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1971)
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Soviet Union, he…
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1894
African-American singer and actress (died 1937)
Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.…
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1894
New Zealand snooker player (died 1980)
Clark McConachy, often known simply as Mac, was a New Zealand professional player of English billiards and snooker.
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1895
Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator (died 1941)
Ana Emilia Abigaíl Mejia Soliere was a feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator from the Dominican Republic. She completed her primary education at the Salome Ureña de Henríquez School for Girls and…
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1895
Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov , sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.
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1896
Guyanese-English sprinter (died 1973)
Harry Francis Vincent Edward, known as Harry Edward, was a German-British athlete in track; in 1920 he was Britain's first black Olympian and the first black person to win Olympic medals. He represented the UK and…
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1898
Spanish civil engineer (died 1967)
Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles Ing.D was a Spanish civil engineer and professor of ports at the School of Civil Engineering in Madrid. He was chairman of the Spanish delegation to the Permanent International Association of…
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1900
1901
Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986)
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian independence activist and politician who served three short terms as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.
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1901
French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1993)
René Jean Pleven was a notable political figure of the French Resistance and Fourth Republic. An early associate of Jean Monnet then member of the Free French led by Charles de Gaulle, he took a leading role in colonial…
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1901
Portuguese journalist (died 2002)
Fernando Pessa, ComIH, GOM, OBE was a Portuguese journalist and reporter. Early in 2002, Pessa was hailed as the world's oldest journalist.
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1902
English-American actor (died 1983)
Hugh Ernest Leo Williams, known professionally as John Williams, was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the…
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1903
Armenian-American painter and illustrator (died 1948)
Arshile Gorky was an Armenian-American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. He spent the last years of his life as a national of the United States. Along with Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and…
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1904
Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz for their discoveries concerning the organization and…
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1907
American songwriter and recording artist (died 1995)
George Alexander Aberle, known as eden ahbez, was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s to 1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential in the hippie movement. He was known to friends simply…
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1908
1908
American inventor and adventurer (died 2004)
Robert Edison Fulton Jr. was an American inventor and adventurer. He is known for having traveled around the world on a motorcycle in 1932–33, authored a book and made a film about his journey, and for several…
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1909
Finnish shot putter (died 1986)
Sulo Richard Bärlund was a Finnish shot putter who won a silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. At the European Championships he finished fourth in 1938 and sixth in 1946.
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1910
Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (died 1997)
Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a leading world player in the 1940s and…
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1910
American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1998)
William Grosvenor Congdon was an American painter who became notable as an artist in New York City in the 1940s, but lived most of his life in Europe.
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1912
North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 1994)
Kim Il Sung was a North Korean revolutionary, military officer, politician, and dictator who founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea, in 1948, and led the country from its…
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1912
African-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2012)
Elizabeth Catlett, born as Alice Elizabeth Catlett, also known as Elizabeth Catlett Mora was an American and Mexican sculptor and graphic artist best known for her depictions of the Black-American experience in the 20th…
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1915
American businessman (died 1982)
Alfred Schiffer Bloomingdale was an American businessman who launched the credit card business Dine and Sign, was chairman of Diners Club, and became known as "father of the credit card." He was an heir to the…
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1916
American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Helene Hanff was an American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the author of the book 84, Charing Cross Road, which became the basis for a stage play, television play, and film of the same…
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1916
American actor (died 1982)
Hans Georg Conried Jr. was an American actor and comedian. Among his numerous roles, he voiced Captain Hook and George Darling in Walt Disney's Peter Pan (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right cartoons,…
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1917
American baseball player and bomber pilot (died 1944)
Elmer John Gedeon was an American professional baseball player, appearing in several games for the Washington Senators in 1939. Gedeon and Harry O'Neill were the only two Major League Baseball players killed during…
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1917
1917
German film director, screenwriter, and actor (died 2007)
Hans Billian was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor noted for the "sex comedies" he directed in the 1970s. He was also credited as Hans Billan, Phillip Halliday, and Christian Kessler.
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1918
Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (died 1993)
Alberto Breccia was a Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. His son Enrique Breccia and daughter Patricia Breccia are also comic book artists.
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1919
English-South African physicist and academic (died 2013)
Godfrey Harry Stafford CBE, FRS, was a British physicist and directed the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories from 1969 to 1981. He went on to be a master at St Cross College, Oxford and president of the Institute of…
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1920
Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (died 2012)
Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. A distinguished…
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1920
German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (died 2015)
Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, he took his first public offices in the Protestant…
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1920
Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. From 1972 to 1987, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
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1921
American physician and endocrinologist (died 2009)
Angelo Mario DiGeorge was an American physician and pediatric endocrinologist from Philadelphia who pioneered the research on the autosomal dominant immunodeficiency now commonly referred to as DiGeorge syndrome.
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1921
Syrian-American actor (died 2013)
Michael George Ansara was a Syrian‐American actor. He was often cast in Arab and Native American roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres, including historical epics, Westerns, and science…
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1922
American martial arts practitioner (died 1982)
Donald Frederick "Donn" Draeger was an American practitioner and teacher of martial arts. He was the author of several important books on Asian martial arts, and was a pioneer of international judo in the United States…
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1922
Indian poet and songwriter (died 1999)
Hasrat Jaipuri, born Iqbal Hussain, was an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. He was also a renowned film lyricist in Hindi films, where he won the Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist twice – in 1966…
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1922
American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (died 1987)
Harold Lee Washington was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st mayor of Chicago. In April 1983, Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city's mayor at the age of 60. He served as…
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1922
English racing driver (died 1981)
Alfred Graham Whitehead was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 19 July 1952. He finished 12th, scoring no championship points. He also competed in…
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1922
1923
American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (died 2009)
Robert Boliver DePugh was an American anti-communist activist who founded the Minutemen militant anti-Communist organization in 1961.
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1923
Sri Lankan politician (died 1980)
Mylvaganam Canagaratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
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1924
Scottish comedian (died 2004)
Robert Kerr "Rikki" Fulton was a Scottish comedian and actor best remembered for writing and performing in the long-running BBC Scotland sketch show Scotch and Wry. He was also known for his appearances as one half of…
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1924
English violinist and conductor (died 2016)
Sir Neville Marriner, was an English conductor and violinist. Described as "one of the world's greatest conductors", Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another compilation ranks Marriner…
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1924
Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (died 1990)
Jurriaan Willem Schrofer was a Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, type designer, and art school educator.
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1926
American physicist and academic (died 1999)
Robert Laurence Mills was an American physicist, specializing in quantum field theory, the theory of alloys, and many-body theory.
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1927
Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2008)
Gérald A. Beaudoin was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.
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1929
English rower and businessman (died 2015)
Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, was an English businessman who served as the chairman of Cadbury and Cadbury Schweppes for 24 years. He was also a British Olympic rower. Cadbury was a pioneer in raising the…
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1929
French actor (died 2013)
Georges Descrières was a French actor. He appeared in 52 films and television shows between 1954 and 1996. He starred alongside Anna Karina in the 1962 film Sun in Your Eyes and portrayed the gentleman-burglar title…
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1930
Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an Icelandic politician and theatre director who was the fourth president of Iceland, serving from 1980 to 1996, the first woman to hold the position and the first in the world to be…
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1930
Northern Irish civil servant (died 2025)
Sir Kenneth Percy Bloomfield, KCB was a Northern Irish civil servant who was Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) and was later a member of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains.…
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1931
Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long winters in Sweden, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's work is…
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1931
1933
English-French photographer and director (died 2016)
David Hamilton was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly nude. Hamilton's images became part of an "Art or pornography?" debate.
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1933
American actress and producer (died 1995)
Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage and television. She portrayed the good witch Samantha Stephens on the popular television series Bewitched, which…
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1933
1935
French cyclist (died 2019)
Raymond Poulidor, nicknamed "Pou-Pou", was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for Mercier his entire career.
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1936
1937
American engineer and businessman, co-inventor of Gore-Tex (died 2020)
Robert W. Gore was an American engineer and scientist, inventor and businessman. Gore led his family's company, W. L. Gore & Associates, which was founded by his father Bill Gore, in developing applications of…
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1937
Italian actress (died 2025)
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale was an Italian Tunisian actress. Regarded as one of the leading figures of Italian cinema, alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she achieved international recognition…
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1938
Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (died 2016)
Prince Hso Khan Pha of Yawnghwe was a prince of Yawnghwe. He was a son of Sao Shwe Thaik, the last Saopha of Yawnghwe and Sao Nang Hearn Kham, the Mahadevi (consort). He was a consulting geologist based in Canada.
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1938
English singer-songwriter and actor
Marty Wilde is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, scoring several 1950s and 1960s hit singles including "Endless Sleep", "Sea of…
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1939
Ivorian filmmaker (died 2009)
Désiré Ecaré was an Ivorian film director. His directorial debut was the film Concerto pour un exil in 1968, followed by A Nous Deux, France (1970). He directed the seminal film Faces of Women in 1985, which went on to…
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1939
English author, playwright, and politician
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare is an English novelist and former politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after…
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1940
South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
Penelope Anne Coelen is a South African former actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1958. She was the second major international titleholder to come from Africa.
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1940
American baseball player and actor (died 2010)
William Henry Davis was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a center fielder from 1960 through 1979, most prominently as an…
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1940
Canadian economist and academic
Robert Lacroix, is a professor of economics at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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1940
American actor (died 2019)
Robert Hudson Walker Jr. was an American actor who appeared in films including Easy Rider (1969). He was a familiar presence on television in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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1940
American lawyer and politician
Howard Lawrence Berman is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th…
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1941
American bishop (died 2017)
Francis Xavier DiLorenzo was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia from 2004 until his death in 2017.
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1942
American basketball player and coach (died 2011)
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He played in college for the UCLA Bruins and was a member of their first national championship team in 1964. He also won a…
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1942
American businessman and criminal (died 2006)
Kenneth Lee Lay was an American businessman and political donor who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron's accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the…
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1942
English economist and academic
Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester, KCB is a retired British civil servant, a former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the first economic private secretary to Margaret Thatcher.
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1942
1943
American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Robert Joseph Lefkowitz is an American physician and biochemist. He is best known for his discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family of G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the…
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1943
Baroness Linklater, English politician (died 2022)
Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone was a British Liberal Democrat politician and member of the House of Lords. Her career indicated her interests in children's welfare, education and special needs,…
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1943
Jr., American soldier and pilot (died 2006)
Hugh Clowers Thompson Jr. was a United States Army officer, serving as a warrant officer in the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division. He is credited with ending the Mỹ Lai massacre of the South…
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1943
Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David William Edmunds is a Welsh retired singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having produced many hits in these genres during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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1944
Scottish journalist and author
John Nicol Fortune Lloyd is a British journalist who is currently contributing editor at the Financial Times and an Associate Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.
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1946
American politician, White House Chief of Staff
Peter Mikami Rouse is an American political consultant who served as interim White House Chief of Staff to U.S. President Barack Obama. Rouse previously spent many years on Capitol Hill, becoming known as the "101st…
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1946
American screenwriter and producer
Linda Joyce Bloodworth-Thomason is an American writer, director, and television producer. She is best known for creating, writing, and producing several television series, most successfully with the sitcoms Designing…
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1947
English businessman
Sir Martin Faulkner Broughton is a British businessman and deputy chairman of International Airlines Group. Formed in January 2011, IAG is the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. It is a Spanish…
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1947
American model and actress
Lois Cleveland Chiles is an American actress and former fashion model known for her role as Holly Goodhead in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979). Her other screen credits include The Way We Were (1973), The Great…
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1947
English civil servant and academic
Sir David Bruce Omand is a British former senior civil servant who served as the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) from 1996 to 1997.
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1947
Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
Cristina Maria Husmark Pehrsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for Social Security and as Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2006 to 2010. She is a certified nurse…
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1947
English historian, curator, and academic
Christopher Paul Hadley Brown, CBE is a British art historian and academic. He was director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England from 1998 to 2014. He is recognised as an authority on Sir Anthony van Dyck.
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1948
American composer and conductor (died 2003)
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer, arranger, conductor, songwriter, and musician. He began his work as a pop and rock music arranger, notably for Pink Floyd, and was a member of the New York Rock & Roll…
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1948
1948
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Craig Zadan was an American producer and writer. Working alone and with Neil Meron, his partner in the production company Storyline Entertainment, he produced such films as Footloose, Chicago and Hairspray.
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1949
French actress, director, and screenwriter
Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated eight times for César Awards, and won three times.
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1950
American actress
Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey, and Miss Firecracker. She is the widow of…
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1950
Czech football player
Karel Kroupa is a former Czech football player, considered as legendary player of Zbrojovka Brno.
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1950
1951
American captain and astronaut
John Lynch Phillips is a NASA astronaut. Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar,…
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1951
English journalist and producer
Stuart Colin Prebble was a British television executive who was Chairman of Storyvault Films, and was CEO of ITV, Granada Sky Broadcasting and of ITV Digital.
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1951
American engineer and astronaut
Marsha Sue Ivins is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions.
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1951
Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Kim Gyngell, sometimes also credited as Kym Gyngell, is an Australian comedian and film, television and stage actor. Gyngell won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1988 for his…
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1952
English sculptor and set designer
Brian Ian Muir is a British sculptor who most famously created Darth Vader's helmet and armour using Ralph McQuarrie's design.
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1952
Czech-American philosopher and academic
Avital Ronell is an American academic who writes about continental philosophy, literary studies, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and ethics. She is a professor in the humanities and in the departments of Germanic…
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1952
American actor, (died 2010)
William Glenn Shadix-Scott was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his roles as Otho Fenlock in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and the Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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1952
Egyptian film producer (died 1997)
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em "Dodi" Fayed was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of the businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a…
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1955
Zimbabwean politician
Joice Runaida Mujuru, also known by her nom-de-guerre Teurai Ropa Nhongo, is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 2004 to 2014. Previously, she had served as a…
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1955
American basketball player and coach
Michael Jerome Cooper, nicknamed "Coop", is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles men's basketball team. He played for the Los…
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1956
American runner and coach
Evelyn Ashford is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash, and the world record-holder in the 60-yard dash. She ran under the 11-second barrier over 30 times and was…
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1957
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Keith Edward Acton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), with the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers,…
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1958
New Zealand cricketer
John Garry Bracewell is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second…
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1958
Greek basketball player and coach
Agamemnon "Memos" Ioannou is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. At 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
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1958
English actor, author, poet, and playwright (died 2023)
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. Over his lifetime, he was awarded 20 honorary doctorates in recognition of his contributions…
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1958
Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
Fruit Chan Gor is a Hong Kong filmmaker who is best known for his style of film reflecting the everyday life of Hong Kong people. He is well known for using amateur actors in his films. He became a household name after…
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1959
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Kevin Hugh Lowe is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, former coach and former player. Lowe was the vice-chairman of Oilers Entertainment Group until his retirement on August 2, 2022, having formerly served as…
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1959
English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter
Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime…
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1959
Canadian ice hockey player
Pierre Aubry is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played five seasons in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques and Detroit Red Wings from 1980–81 to 1984–85.
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1960
Danish director and screenwriter
Susanne Bier is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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1960
Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
Pedro Delgado Robledo, also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989. He finished in the top 10 of eighteen…
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1960
English snooker player
Tony Jones is an English former professional snooker player from Nottinghamshire.
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1960
English academic and politician
William Neil Carmichael is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud from 2010 until 2017. In April 2019, he announced he had left the Conservative Party; he subsequently joined Change…
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1961
American molecular biologist
Carolyn Widney Greider is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. She is a Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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1961
American geographer and oceanographer
Dawn Jeannine Wright is an American geographer and oceanographer. She is a leading authority in the application of geographic information system (GIS) technology to the field of ocean and coastal science and played a…
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1961
Moroccan athlete and politician
Nawal El Moutawakel is a Moroccan former hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and is the first Moroccan, Arab, African, and Muslim woman to win an Olympic gold.…
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1962
1962
Nigerian-South African journalist
Alexandra Christine Crawford, is a British journalist who currently works as a Special Correspondent for Sky News based in Turkey.
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1963
Pakistani cricketer
Manzoor Elahi is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer. Considered a hard-hitting batsman and a medium-pacer bowler, Elahi appeared in six Test matches and 54 One Day Internationals for Pakistan national…
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1963
Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Manoj Prabhakar is a former Indian cricketer and coach, who recently coached Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and a lower-order batsman, and also opened the innings a few times for the…
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1963
South African rugby player
André Johan Joubert is a former South African rugby union player, widely known as "The Rolls-Royce of Fullbacks" for his pace, class, and seemingly effortless style. He was capped 34 times at fullback for the Springboks…
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1964
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lee Kernaghan OAM is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. Kernaghan has won four ARIA Awards and three APRA Awards, and has sold over two million albums, and as of 2021, has won 38 Golden…
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1964
Japanese engineer and astronaut
Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a mission specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission…
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1965
American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
Linda Perry is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer and primary songwriter and guitarist of 4 Non Blondes, including their 1993 hit "What's Up?". She has since founded…
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1965
American ice hockey player
Kevin Michael Stevens is an American former ice hockey player and current scout in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played left wing on a line with Mario Lemieux during the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup…
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1965
English singer-songwriter and actress
Samantha Karen Fox is an English pop singer and former glamour model from Wood Green in North London. She has appeared on reality television shows and has occasionally worked as a television presenter and actress.
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1966
American businessman (died 2013)
Mott Green was an American businessman and chocolatier, who founded the Grenada Chocolate Company in 1999. An edition of The Food Programme was devoted to Mott Green in June 2013.
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1966
Scottish bass player and songwriter
Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson, better known as Frankie Poullain, is a Scottish bass player, best known for playing with The Darkness. He was raised in Milnathort, then Edinburgh, Scotland.
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1967
American swimmer and journalist
Dara Grace Torres is an American former competitive swimmer, coach, and author who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States…
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1967
English rugby player and coach
Ben Clarke, is a former England back-row international rugby union player.
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1968
Moroccan-French runner
Brahim Lahlafi is a retired long-distance runner who represented Morocco during his active career. He acquired French citizenship on 6 April 2002, but represented Morocco again from 15 March 2007.
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1968
English guitarist
Edward John O'Brien is an English guitarist, songwriter, and member of the rock band Radiohead. O'Brien attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, where he formed Radiohead with schoolmates. He said his role was…
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1968
American baseball player
Jeromy Neal Burnitz is an American former professional baseball player. Burnitz was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians (1995–96), Milwaukee Brewers (1996–2001),…
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1969
Estonian pianist and conductor
Kaisa Roose was born in Tallinn, Estonia on 15 April 1969. At the age of six she began studying piano at the Tallinn School of Music.
In 1987 she was admitted to the Tallinn Conservatoire, where she studied choir…
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1969
Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach
James Dean Waite is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. He currently serves as the goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks.
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1969
American decathlete and coach
Chris Huffins is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of decathlon. He was the director and head coach of the men's and women's track and field and cross country programs at the University of…
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1970
1971
Nigerian footballer
Finidi George is a Nigerian professional football coach and former player who played as a winger. He is the current head coach of Nigerian Professional Football League club Rivers United.
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1971
American football player
Jason Heath Sehorn is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1994 to 2002 and St. Louis Rams in 2003. He played college…
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1971
South African runner
Josia Thugwane is a South African retired long-distance runner, best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Thugwane, who is of Ndebele heritage, is the first black athlete to earn…
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1971
English lawyer and politician
Karl William Turner is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010. He currently sits as an independent MP after he was suspended from the Labour Party on 31…
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1971
Italian-Canadian boxer (died 2009)
Arturo Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
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1972
American animator and voice actor
Lou Romano is an American animator and voice actor. He did design work on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, and provided the voices of Bernie Kropp in The Incredibles, Snot Rod in Cars, and Alfredo Linguini in…
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1972
South Korean actor and director
Kim Min-kyo is a South Korean actor and director. He is well known as a cast member ('crew') on the tvN entertainment show Saturday Night Live Korea.
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1974
American actor and screenwriter
Daniel Gonzalo Pino is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special…
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1974
American football player
Michael Patrick Quinn is an American former professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, and…
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1974
American actor, director, and producer
Douglas Spain is an American film and television actor, director and producer. In 1998 Spain was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Debut Performance for his role in the film Star Maps. In…
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1974
American ice hockey player
Timothy James Thomas Jr. is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who mainly played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably with the Boston Bruins.
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1974
German-American biophysicist and immunologist
Sarah Amalia Teichmann is a German scientist, the former head of cellular genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and a visiting research group leader at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). She serves as…
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1975
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Jason M. Bonsignore is an American former professional ice hockey forward and speedway promoter and racer.
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1976
Lithuanian footballer
Darius Regelskis is a Lithuanian professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and is 1.78 m tall and weighs 71 kg. Regelskis spent the prime years of his career playing for FBK Kaunas. He is a former…
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1976
Lithuanian basketball player
Kęstutis Šeštokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who plays at the power forward position. He last played for Molėtai Ežerūnas-Karys basketball team. He is the only player who has won the domestic…
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1976
English rower
Stephen David Williams is an English rower and double Olympic champion. In April and May 2011, Williams walked to the North Pole and achieved the summit of Mount Everest.
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1976
Indian sculptor
Sudarsan Pattnaik is an Indian sand artist from Puri, Odisha. In 2014, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, for his seashore sand arts.
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1977
American ice hockey player
Brian Pothier is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Pothier played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2000 until 2010.
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1977
American baseball player
Milton Obelle Bradley Jr. is an American former professional baseball player. Standing 6 feet (1.8 m) and weighing 215 pounds (98 kg), Bradley was an outfielder and a switch hitter who threw right-handed. During an…
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1978
American baseball player
Timothy Hugh Corcoran is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.…
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1978
Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito".
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1978
American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christopher Alvin Stapleton is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Nashville in 1996 to study for an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, but dropped out to pursue a…
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1978
Welsh actor and singer
Luke George Evans is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, and performed in London's West End productions of Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the 2010 remake of…
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1979
American drummer, musician, and producer
Patrick James Carney is an American musician and producer best known as the drummer of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio.
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1980
English cricketer
James Savin Foster is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. A wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001–02 and 2002–03.
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1980
Spanish basketball player
Raül López Molist is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). López is a native of Vic, Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. At a height of 6…
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1980
New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
William Marshall Mason, also nicknamed "Big Willie", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia and Tonga international and New South Wales State of Origin…
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1980
American football player
William LaQuayne Yates is an American football coach and former offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M and was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free…
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1980
Argentinian footballer
Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He has played top-flight football in Argentina, Germany, England, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay.
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1981
American baseball player
Robert Michael Aubrey is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles.
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1982
American singer-songwriter
Anthony Green is an American singer from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He is currently the lead singer of Circa Survive, the Sound of Animals Fighting, and L.S. Dunes, while also maintaining a solo career. He was previously…
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1982
Spanish footballer and manager
Albert Riera Ortega is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
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1982
Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Seth Aaron Rogen is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known primarily for his comedic leading man roles in films and on television, he has often collaborated with his writing partner, Evan Goldberg, and…
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1982
Brazilian actress
Alice Braga Moraes is a Brazilian actress and producer. She gained international recognition for her role as Anna Montez in the American science fiction film I Am Legend (2007), opposite Will Smith. Braga has since…
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1983
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Matthew Sheridan Cardle is an English singer. He was born in Southampton and grew up in Halstead, Essex. Cardle has been involved in music since his early teens and has been a member of two different bands; Darwyn and…
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1983
Brazilian footballer
Alexandro Silva de Sousa, known as Dudu Cearense or simply Dudu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.
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1983
Swedish skier (died 2014)
Andreas Fransson was a Swedish extreme skier perhaps best known for having made descents of the hitherto un-skied specific faces of mountains. Among his inaugural descents was that of the south face of Denali in Alaska…
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1983
Russian ice hockey player
Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals in the National…
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1983
Danish cyclist
Martin Pedersen is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer. He rode with Team PH in 2004, and after a great 2005 season with many wins for the small, talent producing Team GLS, he signed his first professional…
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1983
American football player
Antonio Cromartie Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was…
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1984
American ice hockey player
Cameron Wesley Janssen is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues. He was selected by the New Jersey Devils 117th…
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Daniel Joseph Paille is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He was originally drafted 20th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2002 NHL entry draft and also played in the National Hockey League with…
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Ryan Hamilton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers. He spent his last three professional seasons…
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1985
English footballer
Thomas David Heaton is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United.
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1986
French footballer
Sylvain Marveaux is a French former professional footballer. He played a variety of positions in midfield, but was mostly utilized as a right-sided midfielder or an attacking midfielder or as a forward. He is the…
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1986
Australian rugby league player
Blake Ayshford is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre in the 2000s and 2010s.
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1988
Belgian footballer
Steven Arnold Defour is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.
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1988
American baseball pitcher
Christopher Steven Tillman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2009, and played with them until 2018. He was named an All-Star…
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1988
Australian rugby league player
Darren Nicholls is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback for the Brisbane Tigers in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
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1989
English actress
Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress. In the 2010s, she was ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses by Forbes and Vanity Fair, and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by…
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1990
Japanese idol, singer, and actor
Daiki Arioka is a Japanese singer, actor, tarento, and model as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Starto Entertainment.
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1991
Spanish figure skater
Javier Fernández López is a Spanish former figure skater. He is the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World champion, a two-time World bronze medalist, a seven-time European champion (2013–2019), a two-time Grand…
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1991
Swiss footballer
Remo Marco Freuler is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team.
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1992
Swedish footballer
John Alberto Guidetti is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Rinkeby United.
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1992
Australian rules football player
Jeremy Ronald McGovern is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was a tall key-position player who spent most of his career as a defender,…
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1992
Brazilian footballer
Felipe Anderson Pereira Gomes, known as Felipe Anderson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, winger or forward for Brasileiro Série A club Palmeiras. He has previously played for…
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1993
Australian rules football player
Brodie Grundy is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was previously an All-Australian and best-and-fairest winner with Collingwood, having…
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1994
Bahamian sprinter
Shaunae Miller-Uibo, née Shaunae Miller, is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics…
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1994
Belgian footballer
Leander Dendoncker is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for La Liga club Real Oviedo.
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1995
Australian cricketer
Ashleigh Katherine Gardner is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the national women's team as an all-rounder. A right-handed batter and right-arm off spinner, Gardner also plays for New South Wales in the…
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1997
English actress
Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams is an English actress. Williams made her acting debut in 2011 as Arya Stark, a lead character in the HBO epic medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). She…
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1997
1998
Filipino rapper
Sean Patrick Ramos, known professionally as Shanti Dope, is a Filipino rapper, singer and songwriter. He is known for his songs "Nadarang", "Shantidope", "MAU", and "Amatz".
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2001
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