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During her three years with Oregon, Sabally contributed to the Ducks winning three regular-season and two tournament Pac-12 championships, and reaching their first-ever NCAA tournament Final Four in 2019
Famous Birthdays on April 25
217 people
1214 – 2000
April 25 has seen 217 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1214 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1998 — Satou Sabally
German-American basketball player
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Sabally spent five seasons with the Wings, winning the WNBA Most Improved Player Award and earning an All-WNBA First Team nomination in 2023, and becoming a two-time All-Star
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She started playing as an amateur in the German second division, and later in the 1
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Retaining her NCAA eligibility, she moved to the US in 2017 and played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks
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After her junior season, she entered the 2020 WNBA draft and was selected second overall by the Dallas Wings
Louis IX, also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VIII, he was…
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1214
Conrad, a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the only son of Emperor Frederick II from his second marriage with Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem. He inherited the title of King of Jerusalem upon the death of his…
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1228
Edward II, also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of…
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1284
1st Earl of March, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1330)
Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March, was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the…
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1287
German theologian and academic (died 1574)
Georg Major was a Lutheran theologian of the Protestant Reformation.
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1502
Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)
Franciscus Patricius was a philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice. A native of Cres, he was a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism.
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1529
English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1658)
Oliver Cromwell was an English statesman, farmer and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior…
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1599
1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (died 1679)
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, 25 April 1621 to 16 October 1679, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. A younger son of the Earl of Cork, the largest landowner in Munster, like many Irish Protestants he supported…
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1621
German organist and composer (died 1727)
Johann Heinrich Buttstett was a German Baroque organist and composer. Although he was Johann Pachelbel's most important pupil and one of the last major exponents of the south German organ tradition, Buttstett is best…
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1666
3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1753)
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington was a British architect and politician often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork, Burlington never…
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1694
Scottish astronomer and author (died 1776)
James Ferguson was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer.
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1710
Italian composer (died 1797)
Giovanni Marco Rutini was an Italian composer. He is most known for his sonatas which influenced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn.
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1723
1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)
Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ships, including the fourth-rate Maidstone,…
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1725
French general (died 1847)
Nicolas Charles Oudinot, duc de Reggio, was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is known to have been wounded 34 times in battle, being hit by artillery shells, sabres, and at…
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1767
Norwegian philologist and academic (died 1850)
Georg Sverdrup was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll Manor in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and was also responsible for the…
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1770
Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (died 1857)
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh was the eleventh child and fourth daughter of King George III and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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1776
Princess Alice was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of…
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1843
German mathematician and academic (died 1925)
Felix Christian Klein was a German mathematician, mathematics educator and historian of mathematics, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and the associations between geometry…
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1849
German composer and educator (died 1927)
Luise Adolpha Le Beau was a German composer of classical music. She studied with noted musicians Clara Schumann and Franz Lachner, but her primary instructor was Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Like many other 19th century…
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1850
Spanish author, critic, and academic (died 1901)
Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist and journalist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism…
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1851
American engineer and inventor (died 1940)
Charles Sumner Tainter was an American scientific instrument maker, engineer and inventor, best known for his collaborations with Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell, Alexander's father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard, and…
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1854
1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1933)
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the First World War.
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1862
American pilot and engineer (died 1910)
John Bevins Moisant was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, flight instructor, businessman, and revolutionary. He was the first pilot to conduct passenger flights over a city (Paris), as well as across the…
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1868
French-English sailor (died 1926)
Lorne Campbell Currie was a British sailor who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With crew John Gretton, Linton Hope and Algernon Maudslay. Currie, as helmsman, took first place in…
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1871
English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (died 1956)
Charles Burgess Fry was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could be autocratic,…
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1872
English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)
Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for his psychological horror short fiction,…
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1873
American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)
Howard Roger Garis was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books were illustrated by Lansing Campbell.…
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1873
Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess, was an Italian radio-frequency engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system. This led to his being…
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1874
English-Canadian race walker (died 1937)
Ernest James Webb was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 10-mile walk and competed for Great Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London and the 1912 Summer Olympics in Sweden.
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1874
Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (died 1958)
Jacob Nicol, was a Canadian lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. He became Senator under Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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1876
American gymnast and triathlete (died 1946)
William G. Merz was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Overland, Missouri.
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1878
Scottish golfer (died 1976)
Frederick Robertson McLeod was a Scottish-born golfer who played primarily in the United States. He had a distinguished career in the United States, which included a victory in the 1908 U.S. Open.
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1882
Beninese lawyer and critic (died 1936)
Kojo Tovalou Houénou was a prominent African critic of the French colonial empire in Africa. Born in Porto-Novo to a wealthy father and a mother who belonged to the royal family of the Kingdom of Dahomey, he was sent to…
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1887
American author (died 1980)
Maud Hart Lovelace was an American writer best known for the Betsy-Tacy series.
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1892
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977)
Fred Girard Haney was an American third baseman, manager, coach and executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a manager, he won two pennants and a world championship with the Milwaukee Braves. He later served as the…
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1896
1897
English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1996)
Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, was a prominent British civil servant, diplomat and politician who served as the acting secretary-general of the United Nations between 1945 and 1946.
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1900
Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli was an Austrian–Swiss theoretical physicist and a pioneer of quantum mechanics. In 1945, after having been nominated by Albert Einstein, Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery…
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1900
German psychiatrist and academic (died 1964)
Werner Heyde was a German psychiatrist. He was one of the main organizers of Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program.
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1902
American actress (died 1984)
Mary Miles Minter was an American actress, and one of the leading ladies who established the early Hollywood star system. She appeared in 53 silent films from 1912 to 1923.
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1902
Russian mathematician and academic (died 1987)
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory. He also gave fundamental contributions to the mathematics of topology, intuitionistic…
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1903
New Zealand rugby player and referee (died 1986)
George Nēpia was a New Zealand Māori rugby union and rugby league player. He is remembered as an exceptional full-back and one of the most famous Māori rugby players. He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of…
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1905
member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)
Joel Brand was a member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee, an underground Zionist group in Budapest, Hungary, that smuggled Jews out of German-occupied Europe to the relative safety of Hungary, during the…
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1906
American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1997)
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court…
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1906
American journalist (died 1965)
Edward Roscoe Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.
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1908
American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (died 1985)
William Leonard Pereira was an American architect from Chicago, Illinois, who was noted for his futuristic designs of landmark buildings such as the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. He worked out of Los Angeles…
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1909
New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (died 1976)
Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiarangi Awatere was a scholar, decorated military leader, Māori welfare officer, writer, linguist, and local politician. He served in the Māori Battalion from 1940 to 1945, commanding C…
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1910
Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2014)
Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos, nicknamed "Connie", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Washington Senators.
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1911
American gymnast (died 1997)
George Helm Roth was an American gymnast and Olympic champion who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a gold medal in…
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1911
American saxophonist (died 1965)
Eugene Earl Bostic was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he pioneered.…
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1912
Greek captain (died 1944)
Nikolaos Roussen was a Greek naval officer who distinguished himself during World War II. He served in the two most successful Greek submarines of the war as executive officer and captain. He died during the suppression…
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1913
American author and academic (died 1948)
Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr. was an American writer known for his novel Raintree County (1948). The novel became a bestseller and has been praised by readers and critics alike. Some have considered it a "Great American…
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1914
American journalist and author (died 1978)
Mortimer Weisinger was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books. He also co-created such features as Aquaman,…
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1915
American golfer (died 1994)
Carl Jerome Barber was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He had seven wins on tour, including a major title, the PGA Championship in 1961.
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1916
American singer (died 1996)
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction,…
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1917
French racing driver (died 2003)
Jean Lucas was a French racing driver. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 11 September 1955. Lucas was then manager of the Gordini team, and when regular driver Robert Manzon was unable…
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1917
South African-born English actor and singer (died 2005)
Graham Payn was a South African-born actor and singer, also known for being the life partner of the playwright Noël Coward. Beginning as a boy soprano, Payn later made a career as a singer and actor in the works of…
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1918
French-American astronomer and academic (died 1995)
Gérard Henri de Vaucouleurs was a French astronomer best known for his studies of galaxies.
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1918
Swedish-American soprano and actress (died 2006)
Ibolyka Astrid Maria Varnay was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano of Hungarian descent. She spent most of her career in the United States and Germany. She was one of the leading Wagnerian heroic sopranos of her…
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1918
1919
Dutch painter and sculptor (died 2006)
Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde…
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1921
English astronomer and academic (died 2025)
Sir Francis Graham-Smith was a British astronomer. He was the 13th Astronomer Royal from 1982 to 1990 and was knighted in 1986.
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1923
Canadian ballerina (died 2006)
Melissa Hayden was a Canadian ballerina at the New York City Ballet.
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1923
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1992)
Albert King was an American guitarist and singer, who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists ever. He is perhaps best known for his popular and influential album Born Under a Bad…
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1923
Swedish race walker (died 2009)
Bror Ingemar Ture Johansson was a Swedish race walker who won a silver medal in the 10 km at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was also an accomplished speed skater.
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1924
Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (died 2005)
Franco Mannino was an Italian film composer, pianist, opera director, playwright and novelist.
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1924
Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (died 2013)
Paulo Emilio Vanzolini was a Brazilian scientist and music composer. He was best known for his samba compositions, including the famous "Ronda", "Volta por Cima", and "Boca da Noite", and for his scientific works in…
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1924
Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman
Anthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher, Baron Christopher of Leckhampton, is a British businessman, trade unionist, tax official, and Labour life peer. As of 2025, he is the oldest serving British parliamentarian and the…
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1925
German comedian and journalist (died 1986)
Sammy Drechsel, born Karl-Heinz Kamke, was a German political comedian, journalist and sports reporter. In 1956, together with Dieter Hildebrandt, he founded the Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft, one of Germany's…
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1925
Canadian academic and politician (died 2018)
Louis O'Neill was a Canadian university professor, writer, priest and politician. O'Neill was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976–1981 and held two cabinet posts.
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1925
American author and illustrator (died 2001)
John Thomas Alexis Craig, was an American comic book artist notable for his work with the EC Comics line of the 1950s. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Jay Taycee and F. C. Aljohn.
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1926
Austrian politician (died 2008)
Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner was an Austrian politician for the SPÖ.
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1926
Argentine actress (died 2013)
Patricia Castell, born Ovidia Amanda Paramidani Padín, was an Argentine actress, appearing on radio, television and in films. Born in Avellaneda in 1926, her career began in the 1940s and lasted for more than fifty…
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1926
Spanish author (died 2009)
María del Socorro Tellado López, known as Corín Tellado, was a Spanish writer of romantic novels and photonovels that were best-sellers in several Spanish-language countries. She published more than 4,000 titles and…
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1927
French author and illustrator (died 2020)
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo, better known as Albert Uderzo, was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the Astérix series in collaboration with René Goscinny. He…
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1927
American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 2011)
Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer.
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1928
New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (died 2019)
Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett was a New Zealand track-and-field athlete who was the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and to hold the world record in the women's long jump. Williams was named…
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1929
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards for Bob & Carol…
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1930
English admiral and surgeon (died 2012)
Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Godfrey James Milton-Thompson was a senior Royal Navy officer. From 1988 to 1990, he was Surgeon-General, senior medical officer of the British Armed Forces.
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1930
German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Hamburg (died 2013)
Peter Schulz was a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and First Mayor of Hamburg.
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1930
Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1980)
Felix Alexandrovich Berezin was a Soviet Russian mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to the theory of supersymmetry and supermanifolds as well as to the path integral formulation of quantum field…
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1931
English painter and author (died 2017)
Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA was a British artist and one of the world's most outspoken conservationists.
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1931
Russian astrophysicist (died 2019)
Nikolai Semyonovich Kardashev was a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist best known for the Kardashev scale, which measures a civilization's status in technological evolution based on the amount of energy it is capable of…
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1932
African-American basketball player and minister (died 2015)
Meadowlark Lemon was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He was a 2003 inductee into the…
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1932
Romanian discus thrower and politician (died 1998)
Lia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. She was the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972).
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1932
American songwriter and producer (died 2011)
Leiber and Stoller were an American songwriting and record-production duo, consisting of lyricist Jerome Leiber and composer Michael Stoller. As well as many R&B and pop hits, they wrote numerous standards for Broadway.
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1933
American baseball player (died 1992)
Joyce Ricketts was a right fielder who played from 1953 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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1933
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Peter James McParland was a Northern Irish footballer who played as an outside left. He was the last surviving member of the Aston Villa team which won the 1957 FA Cup, in which game he scored twice. McParland was the…
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1934
American pole vaulter (died 1960)
Robert Allen Gutowski was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the Pole Vault where he won the silver…
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1935
Dutch footballer (died 2018)
Reinier Kreijermaat was a Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder in the 1960s.
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1935
Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (died 2000)
Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in 1975. A member of the National Party of Suriname, he served from 24 December…
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1936
American aerodynamicist and engineer (died 2012)
Roger Mark Boisjoly was an American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist. He is best known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger months before the…
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1938
Dutch painter and graphic designer
Ton Schulten was a Dutch painter who mainly painted landscapes using bright blocks of colour.
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1938
Italian footballer and manager (died 2021)
Tarcisio Burgnich was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a defender.
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1939
English academic and diplomat
Sir Michael John Llewellyn-Smith is a retired British diplomat and academic. He served as Ambassador to Poland from 1991 to 1996 and Ambassador to Greece from 1996 to 1999. He is visiting professor at the Centre for…
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1939
Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic (died 2026)
Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, was a British economic historian, author and crossbench life peer in the House of Lords. He is best known for his award-winning three-volume biography of John Maynard…
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1939
English academic and British diplomat
Dame Veronica Evelyn Sutherland, DBE, CMG is a former British career diplomat who served in the Diplomatic Service of the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1999, including a stint as Ambassador to Ireland. After…
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1939
1940
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)
Bertrand Tavernier was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer.
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1941
Australian librarian (died 2024)
Dorothy Shea was an Australian librarian who was the Librarian of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1988 to 2016, president of the Australian Law Librarians' Association (ALLA) from 2004 to 2005, and the editor of the…
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1941
1942
English singer-songwriter and actor
Anthony Fitzgerald, known professionally as Tony Christie, is an English musician and singer. He found prominence in the early 1970s with successful singles including "Las Vegas", "I Did What I Did for Maria" and…
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1943
English dancer (died 2023)
Leonard Gordon Goodman was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the British television programme Strictly Come Dancing – in which…
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1944
German singer-songwriter
Michael Volker Kogel, also known as Mike Kennedy and Mike Keller, is a German-born Spanish singer. He was the lead singer for Los Bravos.
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1944
English economist and academic
Sir Stephen John Nickell, is a British economist and former warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, noted for his work in labour economics with Richard Layard and Richard Jackman. Nickell and Layard hypothesised that the…
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1944
English geneticist and cancer researcher
Sir Bruce Anthony John Ponder FMedSci FAACR FRS FRCP is an English geneticist and cancer researcher. He is Emeritus Professor of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and former director of the Cancer Research UK…
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1944
1945
American theorist and author
Richard Charles Hoagland is an American author, former science advisor for CBS News and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon, and on Mars and other related topics.…
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1945
Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!…
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1945
American actress
Talia Rose Shire is an American actress and member of the Coppola family. She is best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrian Pennino Balboa in the Rocky series. For her work in The…
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1946
Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland (died 2018)
Peter Denis Sutherland was an Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017. He was known for serving in various…
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1946
Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2022)
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was a Russian right-wing populist politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death in 2022.
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1946
Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016)
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff, or Johan Cruyff, was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest players in history and as the greatest Dutch footballer ever, he won the Ballon d'Or three…
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1947
American actor
Jeffrey P. DeMunn is an American actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Frank Darabont, having appeared in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), The Majestic (2001), and The Mist…
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1947
Canadian singer and drug dealer (died 2020)
Catherine Evelyn Smith, also known as Silverbag, was a Canadian backup singer, groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary. Smith served 15 months in the California Institution for Women for injecting actor John Belushi…
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1947
English cricketer and sportscaster
Michael Walter William Selvey is an English former Test and county cricketer, and now a cricket writer and commentator.
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1948
Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China
You Si-kun, also romanized Yu Shyi-kun, is a Taiwanese politician. He was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and is known to be a strong advocate of Taiwan independence. He led the…
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1948
Argentinian footballer and race car driver
Vicente Alberto Pernía, known as El Tano, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender. He then went on to a second career as a car racing driver.
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1949
French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist…
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1949
English poet, journalist and literary critic
James Martin Fenton is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry.
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1949
Northern Irish lawyer and judge
Sir Donnell Justin Patrick Deeny, KC, SC, styled as the Rt Hon Sir Donnell Deeny, is a mediator and arbitrator (ACIArb) and a former member of the Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland.
Sir Donnell is also member of the…
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1950
English drummer
Stephen Arthur Anthony Ferrone is an English drummer. He was a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and was part of the "classic lineup" of…
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1950
German politician (died 2016)
Peter Hintze was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1990 until his death in 2016.
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1950
Ukrainian high jumper
Valentyna Kozyr is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
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1950
Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade
Sir Ian McCartney is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 1987 to 2010. McCartney served in Tony Blair's Cabinet from 2003 until 2007, when Gordon Brown became…
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1951
Norwegian pianist and composer
Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz".
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1952
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak MP is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame…
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1952
French footballer and coach
Jacques Jean Claude Santini is a French former professional footballer and manager. He played for Saint-Étienne during the 1970s, and reached the European Cup final with them in 1976. He has coached the France national…
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1952
American animator, producer, and screenwriter
Ronald Francis Clements is an American animator and filmmaker. He often collaborates with fellow director John Musker and is best known for writing and directing the Disney animated films The Great Mouse Detective…
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1953
Australian cricketer
Gary John Cosier is a former Australian international cricketer who played in 18 Test matches and nine One Day Internationals between 1975 and 1979. Cosier's star shone very briefly following a sensational debut, when…
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1953
English economist, author, and academic
Anthony James Venables, CBE,, is a British economist and the BP Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford.
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1953
English author
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known…
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1954
American football player and sportscaster
Randall Laureat Cross is an American football analyst and former player. He played as a guard and center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was inducted into the…
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1954
Irish educator and politician
Róisín Shortall is an Irish former Social Democrats politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 1992 to 2024. She was previously founding joint leader of the Social Democrats…
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1954
Argentinian footballer and coach
Américo Rubén "El Tolo" Gallego is an Argentine football coach and former player. As a midfielder, he played 73 times for the Argentina national team during his playing career.
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1955
Iranian actor and singer
Parviz Parastui is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor–making him the only actor to have four wins in that category–four Hafez Awards, two Iran Cinema…
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1955
1955
French actress, director, and screenwriter
Dominique Blanc is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films May Fools (1990), Indochine (1992), La Reine Margot (1994), Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998), and The Other One (2008). In a career…
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1956
Nigerian professor, media scholar
Abdalla Uba Adamu is a Nigerian academic, educator, publisher, filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, media scholar and former vice-chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria. He hold double professorships in Science…
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1956
Dutch cyclist and manager
Theo de Rooij is a retired Dutch former bicycle racer and former manager of the Rabobank cycling team - a position from which he resigned after the 2007 Tour de France. De Rooij was a professional rider from 1980 to…
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1957
American politician
Mike DeVault is an American politician who served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 74th district. He owns two businesses. He resigned from the West Virginia House in January 2026.
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1958
1958
British journalist
Michael V. E. "Misha" Glenny is an English journalist and broadcaster, specialising in southeast Europe, global organised crime, and cybersecurity. He has been Rector of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna since…
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1958
English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia
Paul Damian Madden is a retired British diplomat, who was High Commissioner to Singapore and to Australia, and Ambassador to Japan between 2017 and 2021.
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1959
Canadian actor and director
Daniel Joshua Kash is a Canadian actor and film director. He is known for his appearances in films such as Aliens, The Hunt for the BTK Killer, and The Path to 9/11, and in television series such as Law & Order, Orphan…
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1959
American baseball player (died 2016)
Keith Anthony Phillips was an American professional baseball utility player who had an 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career from 1982 to 1999. He played regularly at second base, but also had significant time as a…
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1959
American singer (died 2002)
Paul Nicholas Baloff was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist of the thrash metal band Exodus. He was fired from Exodus shortly after the release of the band's 1985 debut album Bonded by Blood,…
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1960
English journalist
Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston alongside Guardian Newspaper Political Editor…
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1960
Indian-American journalist and author
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza is an Indian-born American right-wing political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author, and filmmaker. He has made several films and written over a dozen books, several of them New York Times…
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1961
Slovenian ski jumper
Miran Tepeš is a Slovenian former ski jumper and current ski jumping official who competed for Yugoslavia and Slovenia from 1979 to 1992. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter…
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1961
Dutch footballer and manager
Foeke Booy is a Dutch former professional footballer player and manager who is the head of scouting for Eerste Divisie club Almere City. A forward during a sixteen-year playing career in the Netherlands and Belgium, he…
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1962
1963
Scottish footballer and manager
David William Moyes is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Premier League club Everton. He was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers Association Manager of the Year. He is…
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1963
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Wassif is a British musician, guitarist, and singer songwriter.
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1963
American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer
Henry Albert Azaria is an American actor and producer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book…
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1964
1964
American bass player and songwriter
Eric Adam Avery is an American musician. He is best known as the founding bass guitarist and co-songwriter of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he has recorded two studio albums. From 2005 to 2022,…
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1965
American basketball player and coach
Mark Craig Bryant is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the New York Knicks. As a player, he played collegiately at Seton Hall University from 1984 to…
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1965
American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2014)
John Paul Henson was an American puppeteer. He was best known for his association with the Muppets.
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1965
Argentinian-Italian rugby player
Diego Dominguez is a former rugby union fly-half. After playing a couple of matches for Argentina, he spent the vast majority of his career with the Italy national rugby union team, winning 74 caps for the latter.
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1966
Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician
Femke Halsema is a Dutch politician and filmmaker serving as Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018. She is the first woman to hold the position on a non-interim basis. She was previously a member of the House of Representatives…
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1966
American baseball player and coach
Darren Lee Holmes is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Holmes played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1990 to 2003 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees,…
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1966
American swimmer
Angelina Myers Martino, now known as Angel Sims, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Over her career, she won three Olympic gold medals and three…
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1967
German footballer
Thomas Strunz is a German former professional footballer who played mostly as a defensive midfielder.
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1968
1969
Dutch director and screenwriter
Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in…
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1969
1969
American football player and sportscaster
Darren Raye Woodson is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) from 1992 to 2003. He played college football…
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1969
American actress and producer
Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
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1969
1970
Spanish dancer
Sara Pereyra Baras is a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer born in San Fernando (Cádiz) who has established her own dance company.
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1971
Spanish triple jumper
María Carlota Castrejana Fernández is a female triple jumper from Spain. Her personal best jump is 14.60 metres, achieved at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería. This is the current national record.
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1973
German tennis player
Barbara Rittner is a German former professional tennis player. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team.
Her career-high singles ranking was No. 24 in the world, achieved on 1 February 1993.
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1973
American baseball player and coach
Jacque Dewayne Jones is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and Florida Marlins. He also coached for the Washington Nationals.
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1975
Brazilian footballer
Gilberto da Silva Melo, more commonly known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played at left-back for the majority of his career. Gilberto's brothers Nenei and Nélio are also former…
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1976
American basketball player
Timothy Theodore Duncan is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big…
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1976
South African rugby player
Breyton Paulse is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Africa, scoring 26 tries.
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1976
German tennis player and coach
Rainer Schüttler is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in doubles…
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1976
Cypriot singer-songwriter
Constantinos Christophorou is a Greek Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) and "Ela Ela " (2005) and as part of the boy band formation One with…
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1977
American actress and producer
Marguerite Moreau is an American actress. She is known for her role as Jesse Reeves in the fantasy horror film Queen of the Damned, Katie in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer, and her role as Connie in The Mighty Ducks…
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1977
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Matthew Joseph West is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More", "You Are Everything", and "The Motions". He was nominated for five Dove…
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1977
English swimmer
Matthew "Matt" Benedict Walker MBE is a British swimmer who has participated in four Paralympic Games, winning eleven medals. He competes in the S7, SM7 (medley) and SB7 (breaststroke) classifications.
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1978
Australian actor and television host
Daniel MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait in The Bill, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's Strike Back, Whit Carmichael…
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1980
Spanish cyclist
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad.…
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1980
Brazilian racing driver
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for TMG and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Riley. Massa competed in Formula One from 2002 to 2017, and was runner-up in the…
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1981
English sprinter
John McFall is a British Paralympic sprinter, a surgeon, and the first disabled astronaut.
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1981
Swedish skier
Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. This included winning…
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1981
English cricketer
Mudhsuden Singh "Monty" Panesar is a former English international cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test cricket debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and One Day International debut for England in 2007.…
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1982
Australian rugby league player
Johnathan Dean Thurston is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All…
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1983
American football player
DeAngelo Chondon Williams is an American professional wrestler and former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Memphis Tigers, earning…
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1983
Dutch racing driver
Giedo Gijsbertus Gerrit van der Garde is a Dutch former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One in 2013, and the FIA World Endurance Championship between 2016 and 2023. In sportscar racing, Van der…
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1985
Russian ice hockey player
Alexei Vyacheslavovich Emelin is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Dubai Red Stars of the Emirates Ice Hockey League. He was selected in the third round, 84th overall, by the Montreal…
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1986
American triathlete
Gwen Rosemary Jorgensen is an American distance runner and professional triathlete. She was the champion of the 2014 and 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series. She was named USA Triathlon's 2013 and 2014 Olympic/ITU Female…
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1986
German heptathlete
Claudia Salman-Rath is a German athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.
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1986
Togolese footballer
Abdoul-Razak "Razak" Boukari is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
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1987
1987
English actor
Jonathan Stuart Bailey is an English actor known for his dramatic, comedic, and musical roles on stage and screen. His accolades include a Laurence Olivier Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as a…
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1988
American actress
Sara Paxton is an American actress and singer. She began acting at an early age, appearing in minor roles in both films and television shows before rising to fame in early October 2002. She played Sarah Tobin from…
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1988
Canadian ice hockey player
James Sheppard is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Vienna Capitals of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, San…
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1988
1989
Dutch darts player
Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number four; he was ranked world number one from 2014 to 2021. Widely…
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1989
the 11th Panchen Lama
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1989
French racing driver
Jean-Éric Serge Raymond Vergne, also known by his initials JEV, is a French racing driver, who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot and in Formula E for the Citroën Formula E Team.…
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1990
Australian footballer
Taylor Walker is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted with pick 75 in the 2007 national draft and captained Adelaide…
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1990
American football player
Jordan Lynn-Baxter Poyer is an American professional football safety. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers, where he was a consensus All-American. Poyer was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the…
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1991
American ice dancer
Alex Hideo Shibutani is an American ice dancer. Partnered with his sister Maia Shibutani, he is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2018), a three-time World medalist, the 2016 Four Continents champion, and a two-time…
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1991
American race car driver
Alexander Michael Warren Bowman is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports and…
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1993
American baseball player
Daniel David Norris is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Guardians.
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1993
French footballer
Raphaël Xavier Varane is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1993
Jamaican hurdler
Omar McLeod is a Jamaican professional hurdler and sprinter competing in the 60 m hurdles and 110 m hurdles. In the latter event, he is the 2016 Olympic champion and 2017 World champion. He was NCAA indoor champion in…
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1994
American musician
Margaret Debay Rogers is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Easton, Maryland. She received widespread recognition after her song "Alaska" was played to artist-in-residence Pharrell Williams during a…
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1994
English singer-songwriter and musician
Samuel Thomas Fender is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in North Shields, Fender released several singles independently beginning in 2017. His sound relies primarily on his traditional…
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1994
English footballer
Lewis Renard Baker is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Stoke City.
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1995
American bowler
Patrick "Packy" Hanrahan is an American professional ten-pin bowler who joined the Professional Bowlers Association in 2018 after a collegiate career at Wichita State University. Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, he…
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1995
Australian swimmer
Mackenzie James Horton is an Australian retired freestyle swimmer. He is an Olympic gold medallist, World Championships gold medallist, and 4-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de…
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1996
Swedish footballer
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2000
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