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Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 event at the 2012 Paris Masters
Famous Birthdays on April 2
222 people
181 – 2007
April 2 has seen 222 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 181 – 2007. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1982 — David Ferrer
Spanish tennis player
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With 734 career match wins, he holds the distinction of winning the most matches on the ATP Tour without having won a major; he is widely considered one of the best players not to have won a major.
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3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013
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He was also the runner-up at the 2013 French Open, the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup, and six Masters events
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David Ferrer Ern is a Spanish former professional tennis player
Chinese emperor (died 234)
Year 181 (CLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Burrus. The denomination 181 for this year has been used since the…
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181
Frankish king (died 814)
Year 747 (DCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 747 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent…
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747
Hungarian noble (died 1504)
John Corvinus was the illegitimate son of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and his mistress, Barbara Edelpöck.
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1473
queen consort of Spain (died 1568)
Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois, was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
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1545
Dutch explorer (died 1599)
Cornelis de Houtman was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese…
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1565
Italian traveler (died 1652)
Pietro Della Valle, also written Pietro della Valle, was an Italian composer, musicologist, and author who travelled throughout Asia during the 17th century. His travels took him to the Holy Land, the Middle East,…
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1586
Franciscan abbess (died 1665)
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, OIC,, was an abbess and spiritual writer. She is best known for her extensive correspondence with King Philip IV of Spain and her reports of bilocation between Spain and New Spain. She was a…
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1602
Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1663)
Francesco Maria Grimaldi was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. He was born in Bologna to Paride Grimaldi and Anna Cattani.
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1618
German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717)
Maria Sibylla Merian was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the…
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1647
Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland, was the husband of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. He was the consort of the British monarch from Anne's accession on 8 March 1702 until his death in 1708.
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1653
Italian operatic soprano (died 1778)
Francesca Cuzzoni was an Italian operatic soprano of the Baroque era.
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1696
German poet (died 1803)
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim was a German poet, commonly associated with the Enlightenment and Rococo movements.
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1719
Italian explorer and author (died 1798)
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was an Italian adventurer and writer who was born in the Republic of Venice and travelled extensively throughout Europe. He is chiefly remembered for his autobiography, written in French and…
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1725
French lawyer and politician (died 1826)
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician, who, as the author of Physiologie du goût, became celebrated for his culinary reminiscences and reflections on the craft and science of cookery and the…
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1755
Filipino poet and author (died 1862)
Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz, commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely…
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1788
German balloonist (died 1848)
Johanne Wilhelmine Siegmundine Reichard was a German aeronaut who was the first German female balloonist.
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1788
Argentinian general and politician (died 1871)
Lucio Norberto Mansilla was an Argentine military officer, surveyor and politician who played a prominent role in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la…
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1789
Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (died 1840)
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña was a Neogranadine military and political leader who served as Vice-President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and was later elected by Congress as the President of the…
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1792
Texas state legislator (died 1861)
Samuel Bogart was an itinerant Methodist minister and militia captain from Ray County, Missouri who played a prominent role in the 1838 Missouri Mormon War before later moving to Collin County, Texas, where he became a…
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1797
German poet and academic (died 1874)
August Heinrich Hoffmann was a German poet associated with the Young Germany movement. He is best known for writing "Das Lied der Deutschen", whose third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany, and a number of…
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1798
Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1875)
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
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1805
American inventor (died 1879)
Erastus Brigham Bigelow was an American inventor of weaving machines.
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1814
English soldier and painter (died 1910)
William Holman Hunt was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolism. These features…
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1827
American engineer (died 1907)
Jacob Nash Victor, son of Henry Clay Victor and Gertrude Nash, was a civil engineer who worked as General Manager of the California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Victor…
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1835
French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882)
Léon Gambetta was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government.
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1838
French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902)
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical…
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1840
French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (died 1926)
Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. In 1870 he was also one of the…
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1841
Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (died 1857)
Dominic Savio was a 19th-century Italian teenager who was a student of John Bosco and became a Catholic saint. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy. He was…
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1842
Slovenian priest and author (died 1935)
Iván Persa was a Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer.
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1861
American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. Butler was president of Columbia University, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize,…
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1862
American baseball player and manager (died 1928)
Hugh Ambrose Jennings was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National…
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1869
Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (died 1945)
Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray was an Irish-Australian politician, who was the 29th Premier of Tasmania from 11 June to 18 December 1939. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
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1870
American businessman, founded Chrysler (died 1940)
Walter Percy Chrysler was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, automotive industry executive, and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation.
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1875
English cricketer and captain (died 1942)
William Stephens Donne was an English cricket player, and former president of the Rugby Football Union, and was a member of the cricket team that won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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1875
English poet, author, and historian (died 1958)
Sir John Collings Squire was an English writer, most notable as editor of the London Mercury, a major literary magazine in the interwar period. He antagonised several eminent authors, but attracted a coterie that was…
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1884
English cricket and music writer (died 1975)
Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBE was an English writer and critic. From an impoverished home background, and mainly self-educated, he became The Manchester Guardian's cricket correspondent in 1919 and its chief…
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1888
Scottish entertainer (died 1957)
Walter John Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director.
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1891
1891
Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (died 1958)
Tristão de Bragança Cunha, better known as T. B. Cunha, was a Goan nationalist and anti-colonial activist. Referred to as the "Father of Goan nationalism", he was the organiser of the first movement to end Portuguese…
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1891
1896
Indian poet, actor and politician (died 1990)
Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, the second woman President…
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1898
Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1942)
Roberto Arlt was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, and journalist.
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1900
Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)
Anis Fuleihan was a Cypriot-born American composer, conductor and pianist.
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1900
English footballer (died 1978)
Alfred Henry Strange was an English footballer who played most of his career as a half back with Sheffield Wednesday. He won 20 caps for England, including three as captain.
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1900
German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974)
Jan Tschichold (German pronunciation: [jan ˈtʃɪçɔlt]; born Johannes Tzschichhold;, also known as Iwan Tschichold or Ivan Tschichold, was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role…
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1902
the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (died 1994)
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an Orthodox rabbi and the Rebbe of the Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty. He is considered one of…
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1902
Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1987)
Lionel Chevrier was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.
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1903
Canadian priest and educator (died 1970)
Alphonse-Marie Parent was a Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator. He is best known for having given his name to the Parent Report on the reform of Quebec's education system.
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1906
American-Swedish discus thrower (died 1985)
Harald "Slaktarn" Andersson was a Swedish discus thrower. In 1934 he won a European title and held the world record for eight months. The same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.
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1907
American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
Lucius Benjamin Appling, nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains", was an American professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (1930–1950). He was elected to the…
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1907
American actor and dancer (died 2003)
Buddy Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer, widely known for his role as Jed Clampett in the CBS television sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) as well his title role in the television detective drama Barnaby…
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1908
Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1980)
Brigadier-General Paul Triquet was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the presence of the enemy that can be awarded to British and other Commonwealth…
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1910
Brazilian spiritual medium (died 2002)
Chico Xavier or Francisco Cândido Xavier, born Francisco de Paula Cândido, was a popular Brazilian philanthropist and spiritist medium. During a period of 60 years, he wrote over 490 books and several thousand letters…
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1910
English actor (died 2000)
Sir Alec Guinness was an English actor. In the BFI listing of the 100 most important British films of the 20th century, he was the single most noted actor, represented across nine films—six in starring roles and three…
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1914
Argentinian runner and soldier (died 1981)
Delfo Cabrera Gómez was an Argentine athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in one of the most dramatic finishes in athletics history.
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1919
Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (died 2004)
Gerald Keith Bouey was a Canadian economist who served as the fourth governor of the Bank of Canada from 1973 to 1987, succeeding Louis Rasminsky. He was succeeded by John Crow.
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1920
English animator and director (died 2013)
John Albert Stokes was a British animation director best known for his work on the 1968 Beatles film Yellow Submarine.
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1920
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
John Randolph Webb was an American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter, most famous for his role as Joe Friday in the Dragnet franchise, which he created. He was also the founder of his own production…
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1920
American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (died 2015)
John Cunningham Whitehead was an American banker and civil servant, a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, and, until his resignation in May 2006, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development…
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1922
actress (died 2021)
Gloria Eileen McEniry, known professionally as Gloria Henry, was an American actress, best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis' mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom Dennis the Menace.
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1923
Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2015)
John Aloysius Paton was a Scottish professional football player, manager, coach, scout and later a professional snooker referee. He began his career in Scotland with Celtic and played in the Football League for Chelsea,…
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1923
English mathematician, psychologist, and author (died 2016)
George Spencer-Brown was an English polymath best known as the author of the 1969 book Laws of Form, a study of mathematics and philosophy. He described himself as a "mathematician, consulting engineer, psychologist,…
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1923
Mexican baseball player (died 2004)
Roberto Francisco Ávila González, known as "Beto" in Mexico and as "Bobby" in the United States, was a Mexican professional baseball second baseman.
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1924
Scottish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
George MacDonald Fraser was a British author and screenwriter. He is best known for a series of works that featured the character Flashman. Over the course of his career he wrote eleven novels and one short-story…
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1925
German radio and television host (died 1987)
Hans Rosenthal was a German radio editor, director, and one of the most popular German radio and television hosts of the 1970s and 1980s.
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1925
Australian race car driver (died 2014)
Sir John Arthur Brabham was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970. Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1959,…
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1926
Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (died 2006)
Rudra Srichandra Rajasingham was a Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat. He was the Inspector General of Police and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia.
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1926
American boxer and soldier (died 2012)
Carmen Basilio was an American professional boxer who was a two-time Undisputed Welterweight Champion and Undisputed Middleweight champion, beating Sugar Ray Robinson for the latter title. An iron-chinned pressure…
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1927
American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (died 2014)
Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967 and as the United States secretary of…
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1927
1927
French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (died 1991)
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France,…
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1928
1929
American historian (died 2020)
Keith Arnold Hitchins was an American historian and a professor of Eastern European history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in Romania and its history.
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1931
Russian javelin thrower (died 1986)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kuznetsov was a Soviet Russian javelin thrower.
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1931
American cardinal (died 2015)
Edward Michael Egan was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1988 to 2000 and as archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.
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1932
Hungarian sociologist and author (died 2019)
György (George) Konrád was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
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1933
American mathematician and theorist (died 2007)
Paul Joseph Cohen was an American mathematician, best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal.
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1934
English wrestler and actor (died 1997)
Brian Glover was an English actor and writer. He worked as a teacher and professional wrestler before commencing an acting career which included films, many roles on British television and work on the stage. His film…
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1934
American journalist and game show host (died 2018)
Carl Ray Kasell was an American radio personality. He was a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! until his…
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1934
Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
Shaul Paul Ladany is an Israeli Holocaust survivor, racewalker and two-time Olympian. He holds the world record in the 50-mile walk (7:23:50), and the Israeli national record in the 50-kilometer walk (4:17:07). He is a…
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1936
American baseball player (died 2005)
Richard Raymond Radatz was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "The Monster", the 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 230 lb (100 kg) right-hander had a scorching but short-lived period of dominance for the…
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1937
Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army (died 2022)
John Alfred Larsson was a Swedish Salvationist, writer and composer of Christian music and hymns, who was the 17th General of The Salvation Army.
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1938
American trumpet player and composer (died 1961)
Booker Little Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with Max Roach, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy and…
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1938
1938
American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Commonly referred to as the "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul", he helped to shape the sound of Motown and soul…
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1939
American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
William Anthony Kirsopp Lake is an American diplomat and political advisor who served as the 17th United States National Security Advisor from 1993 to 1997 and as the sixth Executive Director of UNICEF from 2010 to 2017.
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1939
Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Lise Thibault DStJ is a Canadian politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1997 to 2007. She later spent six months in jail for misuse of public funds, which she was ordered to repay the…
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1939
Canadian figure skater and coach
Donald George Jackson is a Canadian retired figure skater. He is the 1962 World Champion, four-time Canadian national champion, and 1960 Olympic bronze medallist. At the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in…
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1940
English motorcycle racer (died 1981)
Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1958 to 1967, and Formula One between 1963 and 1974. Nicknamed "the Bike",…
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1940
English actress
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith is an English actress and presenter, active in film, radio, stage and television and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She…
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1940
American radio host
Barret Eugene Hansen, also known professionally as Dr. Demento, is a retired American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and unusual recordings from the dawn of the phonograph…
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1941
American country singer-songwriter
James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton is an American country music songwriter. He has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released…
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1941
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016)
Leon Russell was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm…
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1942
Indian-English actor
Roshan Seth is a British-Indian actor, writer and theatre director who has worked in the United Kingdom, United States and India. He began his acting career in the early 1960s in the UK, but left acting the following…
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1942
1943
American jazz guitarist (died 2017)
Larry Coryell was an American jazz guitarist, widely considered the "godfather of fusion". Alongside Gábor Szabó, he was a pioneer in melding jazz, country and rock music. Coryell was also a music teacher and a writer,…
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1943
Sr., Italian actor (died 2021)
Antonio Sabàto Sr. was an Italian actor, best known for his starring roles in Spaghetti Western and poliziotteschi films. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor for his performance…
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1943
American football player
William John Malinchak is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and special teams ace in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. He played college football for…
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1944
1945
1945
American actress
Linda Hunt is an American actress. She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980). Her portrayal of the male character Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) won her the Academy Award for…
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1945
American baseball player and coach
Carl Reginald Smith is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and afterwards served as a coach and front office executive. He also played in the Nippon…
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1945
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
Donald Howard Sutton was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sutton won a total of 324 games, pitched 58 shutouts…
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1945
American poet
Anne Waldman is an American poet.
Since the 1960s, Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political…
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1945
New Zealand cricketer
Richard Owen Collinge is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 35 Tests and 15 ODIs. He was a New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1971.
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1946
Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (died 2025)
Francisca Viveros Barradas, known professionally as Paquita la del Barrio, was a Mexican singer. She was a Grammy-nominated performer of rancheras, boleros and other traditional and contemporary Mexican musical genres.
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1947
Finnish writer
Tua Birgitta Forsström is a Finland-Swedish writer who writes in Swedish. She was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1998 for the poetry collection Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar. Forsström's…
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1947
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Emmylou Harris is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. She is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana genre in the 1990s.…
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1947
American author and critic
Camille Anna Paglia is an American academic, social critic and feminist. Paglia was a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1984 until the university's closure in 2024. She is…
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1947
1948
Greek singer (died 2012)
Dimitris Mitropanos was a Greek singer. He was renowned for his mastery of laïkó, a Greek music style.
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1948
American journalist and author
Daniel Okrent is an American writer and editor. He is best known for having served as the first public editor of The New York Times newspaper, inventing Rotisserie League Baseball, and for writing several history…
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1948
American author
Joan D. Vinge is an American science fiction author. She is known for her Hugo Award–winning novel The Snow Queen (1980) and its sequels, her series about a telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She…
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1948
American-English radio and television host
Paul Matthew Gambaccini is an American-British radio and television presenter and author. He is a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom, having become a British citizen in 2005.
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1949
1949
American actress
Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's police partner Phoebe O'Hara in the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop and portraying the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho. She appeared as…
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1949
American drummer
David Robinson is an American retired rock drummer. He has performed with many rock bands, including the Rising Tide, the Modern Lovers, the Pop!, DMZ and the Cars. In 2018, Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll…
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1949
American politician
Leon Acton "Lynn" Westmoreland Jr. is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 3rd congressional district from 2007 to 2017 and the 8th district from 2005 to 2007. He is a member of the…
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1950
Japanese golfer
Ayako Okamoto is a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour in the 1980s and 1990s. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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1951
Swedish cyclist
Lennart Fagerlund is a Swedish former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His sporting career began with Mariestadcyclisten.
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1952
Northern Irish lawyer and politician
James Hugh Allister is a Northern Irish unionist politician and barrister who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons for North Antrim since the 2024 general election. He founded the Traditional…
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1953
20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator (died 2019)
Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner was an American pilot and one of the first six women to earn their wings as a United States Naval Aviator in 1974. She was the first female military pilot to fly a tactical jet and the…
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1953
Moroccan Berber writer
Malika Oufkir is a Moroccan writer and former victim of enforced disappearance. She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.
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1953
American actress (died 2005)
Debralee Scott was an American actress best known for her roles on the sitcoms Welcome Back, Kotter; Angie; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; and Forever Fernwood.
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1953
American author and playwright (died 2017)
James Vance was an American comic book writer, author and playwright, best known for his work from Kitchen Sink Press and in particular the lauded Kings in Disguise.
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1953
American singer-songwriter and producer
Gregory Joel Abbott is an American singer, musician, composer and producer. Although he continues to record to date, he is best known for his singles in the mid-1980s including his platinum single, "Shake You Down",…
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1954
1954
Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
Michael Anthony Stone is a British former militant who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. He was convicted of three counts of murder committed at an IRA…
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1955
English biologist and academic
Dame Caroline Dean is a British plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre. She is focused on understanding the molecular controls used by plants to seasonally judge when to flower. She is specifically interested…
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1957
American businessman (died 2020)
Henry George Steinbrenner III was an American businessman who was a part owner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was the older brother of the team's principal owner and managing…
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1957
Italian rugby player
Stefano Bettarello is an Italian former rugby union player. He played as a fly-half for several clubs, mainly Rovigo and Benetton Treviso, winning an Italian Championship with each.
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1958
American basketball player and coach
Larry Donnell Drew is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1958
Italian runner
Gelindo Bordin is an Italian former long distance runner, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is the first Italian to have won an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the…
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1959
American director, producer, and screenwriter
David Frankel is an American filmmaker. He directed The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and its sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), Marley & Me (2008), Hope Springs (2012), Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022), and the first and…
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1959
Finnish race car driver
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen is a Finnish former rally driver. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002. He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles,…
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1959
1959
Moroccan footballer and manager
Ezzaki "Zaki" Badou is a Moroccan football coach and former goalkeeper who currently manages the Niger national team.
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1959
Jamaican-English sprinter
Linford Christie is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic…
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1960
Australian race car driver
Bradley Jones is an Australian former racing driver. Jones now acts as team co-principal with his brother Kim in the V8 Supercar racing team, Brad Jones Racing.
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1960
Canadian journalist
Pascale Nadeau is a Canadian news presenter for Télévision de Radio-Canada from Quebec. Previously a daytime presenter for the all-news network Réseau de l'information and a local presenter for CBFT in Montreal, she has…
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1960
American singer-songwriter
Buddy Jewell Jr. is an American country music singer who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene…
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1961
American actor
Christopher Peter Meloni is an American actor. He is known for portraying NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and its spin-off Organized Crime (2021–2025), for…
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1961
English singer-songwriter
Keren Jane Woodward is an English singer/songwriter and, with Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, a founding member of the girl group Bananarama. In 1986, the trio reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 with their…
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1961
French director and producer
Pierre Carles is a French documentary filmmaker. He has been compared to Michael Moore for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest.
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1962
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
William Harold Dean Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter.
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1962
American actor
Robert Clark Gregg Jr. is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He portrayed Phil Coulson in films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008 to 2024, and voiced Coulson in an animated…
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1962
English director and producer
Karl Beattie is an English television director, producer and cameraman. Beattie and wife Yvette Fielding co-own and run Antix Productions.
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1963
English engineer
Michael Robert Gascoyne is a British former Formula One designer and engineer.
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1963
American baseball player and coach
Peter Joseph Incaviglia is an American professional baseball coach and former left fielder who is currently the manager for the Cleburne Railroaders of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He played in…
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1964
American wrestler
Jonathon Tepes Sharkey is an American former professional wrestler and perennial candidate.
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1964
American victim of police brutality (died 2012)
Rodney Glen King was an African American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for…
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1965
American football player and actor
William Thomas Romanowski is an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. Nicknamed "Romo" and "RomoCop", he spent the majority of his career with the San…
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1966
English international footballer and coach
Edward Paul (Teddy) Sheringham is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career. Sheringham was part of the Manchester United team…
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1966
1967
American guitarist and songwriter
Phil Demmel is an American musician who played lead guitar in the heavy metal band Machine Head between 2002 and 2018, making him their longest running member in that position. He has also performed with other artists…
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1967
Indian actor, director, and producer
Vishal Virender Devgan ; known professionally as "Ajay Devgn", is an Indian actor, film director and producer who mainly works in Hindi films. He has appeared in over 100 films and has won numerous accolades, including…
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1969
Brazilian footballer
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, better known simply as Edmundo, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed O Animal, he was a talented yet controversial footballer and drew…
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1971
English cricketer
Jason Lewry is an English former cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Born in Worthing, he played for Sussex from the beginning of his career in 1994 until his retirement in 2009, a…
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1971
Australian tennis player and sportscaster
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM is an Australian broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During his playing career, he formed multiple Grand-Slam winning doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas…
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1971
Israeli footballer
Eyal Berkovic is an Israeli former professional association footballer, football coach, team owner and television talk show presenter.
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1972
Indian choreographer and dancer
Remo Gopi D'Souza is an Indian choreographer, film director, and producer. Over the course of his career spanning more than 25 years, D'Souza has choreographed more than 100 films. He is considered the most successful…
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1972
American sprinter and hurdler (died 2023)
Calvin Davis was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters, though his fame came from his success in the 400 meter hurdles.
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1972
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Zane Lamprey is a comedian, actor, and author. After two decades pursuing a career in entertainment in Los Angeles, Lamprey landed his breakout role hosting the cult sensation Three Sheets for the now defunct MOJO HD…
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1972
Russian footballer
Dmitry Viktorovich Lipartov is a former Russian professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1973
Puerto Rican-American actress
Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural Without…
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1973
Latvian footballer
Aleksejs Semjonovs is a retired Latvian international football midfielder, who also holds the Russian nationality. He obtained a total number of nine caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring two goals. His…
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1973
Turkish football manager and former player
Tayfun Korkut is a football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Hertha BSC. Born in Germany, he represented the Turkey national team internationally.
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1974
American basketball player (died 2015)
Nathaniel Thomas Huffman was an American professional basketball player, who played most of his career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was the 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, as well as the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague…
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1975
American basketball player
Randy Livingston is an American former professional basketball player and current coach. He played parts of eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine different teams. The national high school…
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1975
German rower
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
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1975
Canadian author and film producer
Patricia Mallette is the mother of Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber. She also managed her son's early career. Her autobiography, Nowhere but Up, was published in 2012 by Christian book publisher Revell, and was number…
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1975
Chilean and American actor
José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal is a Chilean and American actor. Known for his portrayals of parental figures, he has starred in television series and blockbuster films. His accolades include an Actor Award, in addition to…
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1975
Greek shot putter
Andreas Anastasopoulos is a Greek track and field athlete in the shot put. From October 23, 2001 to October 22, 2003 he was suspended by the IAAF.
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1976
South African golfer
Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in…
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1976
Swedish skier
Per Eilert Elofsson is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1997 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, being upgraded from…
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1977
German-Irish actor and producer
Michael Fassbender is a German-Irish actor, racing driver and producer. His accolades include a win for one Volpi Cup and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe…
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1977
Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
Hanno Pevkur is an Estonian politician who is currently the Minister of Defence. He is the former chairman of the Estonian Reform Party.
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1977
Israeli singer and songwriter
Avi Benedi is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He has released three albums: Avi Benedi & Diamond Band in 2001, We Met Late in 2012. and Loco in 2017.
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1980
Scottish journalist
Robert Adam Fleming is a Scottish journalist and presenter for BBC News. He was formerly its Chief Political correspondent, Brussels correspondent, and has previously worked for Daily Politics and Newsround. He…
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1980
Canadian director and screenwriter
Gavin Heffernan is a Canadian filmmaker, photographer, and producer. He co-wrote the psychological horror film The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) with writing partner…
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1980
American race car driver (died 2004)
Joseph Riddick "Ricky" Hendrick IV was an American stock car racing driver and partial owner at Hendrick Motorsports, a NASCAR team that his father Rick Hendrick founded. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on…
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1980
New Zealand rugby league player
Dane Wairangi Manuera Koopu is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. Koopu primarily played in the…
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1980
Mexican international footballer
Carlos Arnoldo Salcido Flores is a Mexican former professional footballer. He started his career as a centre-back and played most of it as left-back, then converted to defensive midfielder and ended it as centre-back.…
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1980
Australian cricketer
Michael John Clarke is an Australian former cricketer. He was captain of the Australian cricket team in both Test and One Day International (ODI) between 2011 and 2015, leading Australia to victory in the 2015 Cricket…
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1981
Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
Kapil Sharma is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, dubbing artist, producer, and singer who primarily works in Hindi cinema. He is best known for hosting popular stand-up comedy and talk shows such as…
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1981
Italian footballer
Marco Amelia is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and last coached Serie D amateurs Sondrio.
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1982
Ivorian footballer
Etienne Arthur Boka is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a left back for the Ivory Coast national team. At club level, he last played for Atlético de Marbella in the seventh-tier Primera Andaluza.
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1983
Ukrainian pole vaulter
Maksym Mazuryk is a Ukrainian pole vaulter. He was born in Donetsk. He is sporter of Fenerbahçe S.K. from Turkey.
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1983
Turkish basketball player
Engin Atsür is a Turkish professional basketball player for Orlandina Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), he plays the point guard position. Atsür played college basketball at the…
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1984
Hungarian diver
Nóra Barta is a Hungarian diver. She won the bronze medal in 3m Springboard event at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships and the silver in 1 m springboard event at the 2008 European Championships in Aquatics.
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1984
French footballer
Jérémy Morel is a former professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Madagascar national team.
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1984
Spanish footballer
Miguel Ángel Moyá Rumbo is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1984
Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
Thom Evans is a Scottish former international rugby union player and model. He last played on the wing
for Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic League. Evans's rugby career ended aged 24 on his tenth appearance for Scotland…
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1985
Swiss figure skater
Stéphane Lambiel is a Swiss former competitive figure skater who now works as a coach and choreographer. He is a two-time (2005–2006) World champion, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final…
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1985
Dutch footballer
Ibrahim Afellay is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He currently works for Dutch broadcaster NOS as a football pundit.
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1986
Latvian basketball player
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1986
American actor, model and producer
Drew Van Acker is an American actor, model and producer. He is known for playing Jason DiLaurentis, the older brother of Alison DiLaurentis, on Freeform's Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) and Ian Archer in Cartoon…
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1986
Paraguayan footballer
Pablo César Aguilar Benítez is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back who plays for Sportivo Luqueño.
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1987
Irish Professional Golfer, winner of the 2019 Open Championship and European Team Member for the 2021 and 2023 Ryder Cups
Shane Lowry is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. His notable victories include the Irish Open in 2009 as an amateur and the 2019 Open Championship.
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1987
Filipino actress, model and public figure
Ellen Meriam Go Adarna-Ramsay is a Filipino former actress, model, and former internet celebrity. Her family owns various hotels, condominiums and Queensland and Madonna, a chain of motels in Cebu, Manila and Davao.…
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1988
American writer, poet and shooting victim (died 2026)
Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old American woman, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, on January 7, 2026. Good was in her…
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1988
American actor
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1988
Russian gymnast
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1990
Bosnian footballer
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1990
Egyptian footballer
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1990
1991
Trinidadian javelin thrower
Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the 2012 Olympic champion and the 2025 World champion. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as…
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1993
Argentine footballer
Bruno Zuculini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Racing Club.
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1993
Cameroonian basketball player
Pascal Siakam is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A four-time NBA All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection, he won an NBA championship with…
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1994
American soccer player
Zackary Thomas Steffen is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the United States national team.
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1995
American singer-songwriter
Zachary Lane Bryan is an American country singer-songwriter from Oologah, Oklahoma. After two self-produced studio albums, DeAnn (2019) and Elisabeth (2020), he signed with Warner Records to release his third album and…
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1996
Cameroonian footballer
André Onana Onana is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United, and the Cameroon national team.
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1996
American race car driver
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1997
Dutch footballer
Abdelhak "Appie" Nouri is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He operated primarily as an attacking midfielder, but could also be deployed as a winger.
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1997
American baseball player
Michael Austin Riley is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Braves selected him in the first round, 41st overall, of the 2015 MLB draft.
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1997
Spanish footballer
Rodrigo Riquelme Reche, also known as Roro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Spain national team.
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2000
Croatian footballer
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2000
American actress
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2002
Russian tennis player
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2004
Spanish footballer
Adrián Liso Lahoz is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left winger for La Liga club Getafe, on loan from Zaragoza.
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2005
Czech tennis player
Brenda Fruhvirtová is a Czech professional tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 29 July 2024. She reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of world No. 4, achieved on 13…
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2007
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