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Famous Birthdays on August 10
265 people
941 – 2000
August 10 has seen 265 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 941 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1971 — Kevin Randleman
American mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2016)
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Randleman is the first fighter to be posthumously inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
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On May 16, 2020, the UFC announced that Randleman would be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame
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Kevin Christopher Randleman was an American mixed martial artist, amateur and professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion
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In addition to competing in the UFC, Randleman also fought for other organizations such as PRIDE, WVR, and Strikeforce
941
James II, called the Just, was the King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. He was also the King of Sicily from 1285 to 1295 and the King of Majorca from 1291 to 1298. From 1297 he was…
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1267
John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg, was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting in the Battle of…
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1296
1360
Albert II, King of the Romans, was a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife Elizabeth of Luxembourg, he also became King of Hungary, King of Croatia, King…
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1397
Duchess of Exeter, Duchess of York (died 1476)
Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, aka Anne Plantagenet, was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was thus the eldest sister of kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III…
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1439
Duchess of Savoy (died 1503)
Bona of Savoy was Duchess of Milan as the second wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–1476), Duke of Milan. Following her husband's assassination in 1476, she served as regent of Milan for her son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza,…
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1449
Marquess of Mantua (died 1519)
Francesco II Gonzaga was Marquis of Mantua from 1484 until his death. A prominent condottiero and statesman during the Italian Wars, he is best known for commanding the Italian league forces at the Battle of Fornovo in…
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1466
German lawyer and politician (died 1553)
Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck was a German statesman, one of the preeminent promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
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1489
Madeleine of Valois was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V. The marriage was arranged in accordance with the Treaty of Rouen, and they were married at…
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1520
1528
Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (died 1619)
Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg, was the third son of Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sybille of Saxe-Freiberg, daughter of Duke Henry IV the Pious of Saxony. From 1581 on he ruled Saxe-Lauenburg as duke.
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1547
German organist and composer (died 1629)
Hieronymus Praetorius the Elder was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his organ…
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1560
French mathematician and academic (died 1675)
Gilles Personne de Roberval was a French mathematician born at Roberval near Beauvais, France. His name was originally Gilles Personne or Gilles Personier, with Roberval the place of his birth.
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1602
Italian priest and missionary (died 1711)
Eusebio Francisco Kino, SJ, often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire.
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1645
Burmese king (died 1763)
Dabayin Min, commonly known as Naungdawgyi, personal name Maung Lauk (မောင်လောက်), was the second king of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), from 1760 to 1763. He was a top military commander in his father…
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1734
Russian painter and academic (died 1773)
Anton Pavlovich Losenko was a Russian neoclassical painter and academician who specialized in historical subjects and portraits. He was one of the founders of the Imperial Russian historical movement in painting.
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1737
English organist and composer (died 1802)
Samuel Arnold was an English composer and organist.
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1740
daughter of Madame de Pompadour (died 1754)
Alexandrine-Jeanne Le Normant d’Étiolles was the daughter of Madame de Pompadour, the maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She died in childhood.
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1744
fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (died 1773)
Narayanrao was the 10th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, serving from November 1772 until his assassination in August 1773. He was the third and youngest son of Balaji Baji Rao and Gopikabai, and the younger brother…
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1755
Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico (died 1831)
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña was a Mexican military officer from 1810 to 1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought against Spain during the…
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1782
German-Hungarian historian and critic (died 1875)
Ferenc Toldy was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
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1805
American ornithologist and explorer (died 1851)
John Kirk Townsend was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector.
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1809
Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861)
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as the Count of Cavour or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and noble, and a leading…
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1810
German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890)
Henri Nestlé was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company.
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1814
United States soldier and Confederate general (died 1881)
John Clifford Pemberton was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission and served as a lieutenant-general in the…
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1814
1821
English minister and reformer (died 1886)
Hugh Stowell Brown was a Manx Christian minister and renowned preacher.
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1823
Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (died 1908)
István Türr was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi. In the later years of his life became…
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1825
Slovenian lawyer and politician (died 1870)
Lovro Toman was a Slovene Romantic nationalist revolutionary activist during the Revolution of 1848, known as the person who in Ljubljana, at the Wolf Street 8, raised the Slovene tricolor for the first time in history…
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1827
Russian physicist and academic (died 1896)
Alexander Grigorievich Stoletov was a Russian physicist, founder of electrical engineering, and professor in Moscow University. He was the brother of general Nikolai Stoletov.
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1839
Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1904)
Abai Qūnanbaiūly was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam.
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1845
Irish-American painter and educator (died 1892)
William Michael Harnett was an American painter known for his trompe-l'œil still lifes of ordinary objects.
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1848
English inventor, founded British Summer Time (died 1915)
William Willett was a British builder and a promoter of British Summer Time.
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1856
Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936)
Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian music theorist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated for centuries mostly through oral traditions. During…
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1860
Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936)
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was…
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1865
German pilot and businessman (died 1954)
Hugo Eckener was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the…
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1868
English poet, playwright, and scholar (died 1943)
Robert Laurence Binyon, CH was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London and at…
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1869
Vietnamese poet and satirist (died 1907)
Trần Tế Xương also known by the pen name Tú Xương was a Vietnamese poet and satirist. His poems and literary works frequently targeted the gallicization of the Vietnamese middle classes.
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1870
American bassist (died 1972)
William Manuel "Bill" Johnson was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; he is considered the father of the "slap" style of double bass playing.
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1872
American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964)
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. Before entering politics, Hoover worked as an engineer and businessman in the mining industry. After becoming involved in…
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1874
Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania (died 1944)
Antanas Smetona was a Lithuanian intellectual, journalist, and politician. He served as the first president of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and later as the authoritarian head of state from 1926 until the Soviet…
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1874
American chess player and author (died 1944)
Frank James Marshall was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.
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1877
Polish-German physician and author (died 1957)
Bruno Alfred Döblin was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of literary…
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1878
American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1964)
Robert Lee Thornton was an American banker and politician who served as the 47th mayor of Dallas from 1953 to 1961. A child of tenant farmers, Thornton's early years were divided between school and farm labor. After…
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1880
Romanian journalist and author (died 1935)
Panait Istrati (Romanian: [panaˈit isˈtrati]; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Istrati appears to be…
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1884
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark was the fifth and youngest son and youngest child of King George I of Greece, belonging to a dynasty which mounted and lost the throne of Greece several times during his…
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1888
American game designer, created Monopoly (died 1967)
Charles Brace Darrow was an American board game designer often credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly, which was published by Parker Brothers in 1935. However, the game's origins trace back to The…
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1889
Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (died 1968)
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded two wartime Polish organizations: Front for the Rebirth of Poland and Żegota, set up to assist Polish Jews to escape the…
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1889
Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1954)
Angus Lewis Macdonald was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval…
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1890
Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980)
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian statesman, activist, and diplomat who served as the president of India from 1969 to 1974. He previously served as the vice president of India from 1967…
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1894
Australian cricketer (died 1969)
Hampden Stanley Bray Love was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match for the Australia national cricket team in 1933. He replaced Bert Oldfield as wicket-keeper for the Ashes match played at Brisbane after…
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1895
Executed Irish Republican (died 1923)
Charlie Daly, born in Castlemaine, County Kerry, was the second son of Con. W. Daly, of Knockaneacoolteen, Firies, County Kerry. He went to school, first to Ballyfinnane National School, and later to the Christian…
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1896
American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (died 1988)
John Wilmer Galbreath was an American building contractor and sportsman.
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1897
American actor and singer (died 1979)
John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He is most notable for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939…
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1897
Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1994)
Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m sprint. He served as the 11th…
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1900
Canadian-American actress (died 1983)
Edith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated women. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and…
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1902
German-English author and screenwriter (died 2000)
Curt Siodmak was a German-American novelist, screenwriter and director. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain. He was the younger…
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1902
Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius was a Swedish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex…
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1902
American author (died 1978)
Joseph Ward Moore was an American science fiction writer. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, "he contributed only infrequently to the field, [but] each of his books became something of a classic."
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1903
American journalist and author (died 1986)
Era Bell Thompson was an American writer and editor.
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1905
1907
Australian botanist, historian, and author (died 2009)
Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson, née Sandilands, was an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on botany and birds, as well…
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1908
American soccer player (died 1977)
Adelino William Gonsalves was an American soccer player, sometimes described as the "Babe Ruth of American Soccer". He spent over 25 years playing in various American professional leagues and was a member of the U.S.…
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1908
American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (died 1991)
Clarence Leonidas Fender was an American inventor and founder of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
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1909
American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (died 1992)
Richard Joseph Hughes was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. A Democrat, he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979.…
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1909
French racing driver (died 1954)
Guy Mairesse was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 September 1950. He scored no championship points.
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1910
Greek footballer (died 2011)
Leonidas Andrianopoulos was a Greek footballer who played as a forward.
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1911
English historian and author (died 1993)
Adrian Nicholas Sherwin-White, FBA was a British academic and ancient historian. He was a fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford and President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. His most…
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1911
Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001)
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, known as Jorge Amado, was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and…
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1912
American actor (died 1994)
Noah Lindsey Beery was an American actor often specializing in warm, friendly character roles similar to many portrayed by his Oscar-winning uncle, Wallace Beery. Unlike his more famous uncle, however, Beery Jr. seldom…
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1913
Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (died 1983)
Kalevi Kotkas was an Estonian-born Finnish athlete, specializing in high jump, discus throw and shot put. He became the first ever European champion in high jump, in 1934 in Turin, and competed in the 1932 and 1936…
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1913
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
Wolfgang Paul was a German physicist, who co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. He shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for…
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1913
American actor and director (died 2002)
Jeff Corey was an American actor, television director, and teacher. After being blacklisted in the 1950s, he became one of the most prominent and influential acting coaches in Hollywood, whose students included the…
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1914
Argentinian racing driver and polo player (died 1973)
Carlos Alberto Menditéguy was a racing driver and polo player from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He entered 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of nine championship points.
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1914
1914
American admiral (died 2013)
Eugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson was a United States Navy officer. He was selected for three historic command assignments. The first, in 1954, was as the first commanding officer of USS Nautilus, the world's first…
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1918
American basketball player and coach (died 1998)
William "Red" Holzman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1977, and again from…
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1920
American pop singer and composer (died 2009)
Al Alberts was an American popular singer and composer.
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1922
American football player and coach (died 2014)
Francis William Doolittle was an American football player and coach. Doolittle attended high school in Mansfield, Ohio, where he was selected as an all-state quarterback in his senior year. He enrolled at Ohio State…
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1923
American actress (died 2020)
Rhonda Fleming was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamorous actresses of her day, nicknamed the…
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1923
English cricketer and footballer (died 2015)
Frederick Ridgway was an English professional cricketer who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team on the 1951–52 tour of India. Ridgway played county cricket as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket…
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1923
1923
English author (died 2022)
Nancy Joyce Buckingham Sawyer was a British writer who co-authored over 45 gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer. She became the eighth elected Chairman (1975–1977) of the Romantic…
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1924
American actress (died 2014)[circular reference]
Martha Hyer was an American actress who played Gwen French in Some Came Running (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her autobiography, Finding My Way: A Hollywood…
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1924
French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (died 1998)
Jean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human body, modern art and postmodern art,…
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1924
English general (died 2020)
General Sir George Leslie Conroy Cooper, was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1981 to 1984.
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1925
French organist and educator (died 2013)
Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world. She taught…
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1926
American mathematician (died 1972)
Carol Karp, born Carol Ruth Vander Velde, was an American mathematician of Dutch ancestry best known for her work on infinitary logic. She also played viola in an all-women orchestra. She is the namesake of the…
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1926
American singer and guitarist (died 2005)
James Henry Martin was an American bluegrass singer and musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass".
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1927
American actor (died 1988)
Samuel Vernon Washington was an American actor who starred in film and television.
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1927
American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (died 2010)
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials, and his likeness and voice…
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1928
American singer and actor (died 2010)
Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher was an American singer and actor. Popular during the 1950s, he sold millions of records and hosted his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show. Fisher had multiple high-profile marriages, including…
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1928
1928
American-Australian actor (died 2010)
Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio was an American-Australian chiropractor, actor, boxing referee, boxing judge, and sports commentator. He was equally prominent as a character actor on film and television, and as a…
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1928
English-Italian author and academic (died 2012)
Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.
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1930
American journalist and activist (died 2008)
Dolores Alexander was a journalist and lesbian feminist best known for her work as executive director in the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1969 to 1970, as co-owner of the feminist restaurant Mother Courage…
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1931
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. was an American actor, filmmaker, educator, activist, and perennial candidate. He was best known as the star and director of the Billy Jack tetralogy of action drama films, produced between…
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1931
English composer and academic (died 2024)
Peter Alexander Goehr was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary…
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1932
Filipino cardinal
Gaudencio Borbón Rosales, also known as Lolo Dency, is a Filipino Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Manila, from 2003 to 2011. He was made a cardinal in 2006.
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1932
American poker player (died 2023)
Doyle Frank Brunson was an American poker player who played professionally for over 60 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several…
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1933
Baroness Butler-Sloss, English lawyer and judge
Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and was the highest-ranking female judge in the United Kingdom until 2004, when…
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1933
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2024)
Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. was an American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1955 to 1968, most prominently…
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1933
English engineer, founded Cosworth (died 2005)
David Keith Duckworth was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One.
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1933
Turkish wrestler and trainer (died 2019)
Tevfik Kış was a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He later won world titles in 1962 and 1963, a world…
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1934
Baron Stewartby, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces (died 2018)
Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewart, Baron Stewartby, was a British Conservative Party politician and numismatist. He was the Member of Parliament for Hitchin from February 1974 to 1983, and for North Hertfordshire from…
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1935
Dutch bishop
Adrianus Herman (Ad) van Luyn, SDB, is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Rotterdam from 1994 to 2011 and President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community from…
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1935
Danish actress
Malene Schwartz is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1955. In the TV series Matador she played the role of Maude Varnæs. She was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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1936
Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (died 2000)
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician and legal scholar, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg.
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1937
1938
English actress (died 2014)
Kate O'Mara was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974),…
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1939
American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Charles Grandison Rose III was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 7th congressional district from 1973 to 1997.
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1939
American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Robert Lee Hatfield was an American singer. He and Bill Medley performed together as the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody".
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1940
English sportscaster (died 2012)
Sidney Waddell was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the Voice of Darts due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC and Sky Sports. Due to his…
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1940
English swimmer and journalist
Anita Lonsbrough,, later known by her married name Anita Porter, is an English former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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1941
Australian painter and sculptor
Susan Dorothea White is an Australian artist and author. She is a narrative artist and her work concerns the natural world and human situation, increasingly incorporating satire and irony to convey her concern for…
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1941
American football player (died 2021)
Leslie Herbert "Speedy" Duncan was an American professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football…
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1942
American fashion designer
Betsey Johnson is an American fashion designer best known for her colorful, cute, and whimsical designs. Many of her designs are considered "over the top" and embellished. She is also known for doing a cartwheel ending…
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1942
English physicist and engineer
Sir Michael Pepper is a British physicist notable for his work in semiconductor nanostructures.
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1942
Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
Louise Forestier is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress.
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1943
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
James Arthur Griffin was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the 1970s soft rock band Bread. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1970 as co-writer of "For All We…
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1943
American trumpet player and composer
Michael Mantler is an Austrian avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer of contemporary music.
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1943
Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Shafqat Rana is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1964 to 1969.
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1943
American singer-songwriter (died 2022)
Veronica Yvette Greenfield, known professionally as Ronnie Spector, was an American singer. Regarded as the "bad girl of rock and roll", she achieved international fame for founding and fronting the girl group the…
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1943
Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ian Scott Anderson is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard,…
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1947
Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th prime minister of Malaysia since 2022. A member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Tambun since 2022.…
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1947
English rugby player and manager
John Southern Spencer is a former England international rugby union player.
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1947
1947
1948
American singer-songwriter
Patti Austin is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Austin has collaborated with the likes of James Ingram, Steely Dan and Quincy Jones. She received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of…
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1950
Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
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1951
American actor
Daniel Hugh Kelly is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the 1980s ABC TV series Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986) as the ex-con Mark "Skid" McCormick, co-starring with…
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1952
American actress
Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress. She graduated from the Juilliard School in 1977 and made her film debut in 1981 opposite Albert Finney in Wolfen. She won the New York Film Critics Circle…
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1952
German footballer
Peter Endrulat is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1954
American screenwriter, actor and comedian
Richard Overton is an American actor and screenwriter. His writing credits include Dennis Miller Live (1994–2002), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, while his acting credits include Gung Ho and Odd Jobs,…
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1954
American illustrator
Thomas Kidd is an American science fiction and fantasy illustrator who lives in New Milford, Connecticut.
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1955
1955
Filipino journalist and talk show host
Carmela "Mel" Corro Tiangco is a Filipino television newscaster and television host. She is one of the news pillars of GMA News, GMA Public Affairs and a multi-awarded news anchor.
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1955
Austrian politician
Rainer Leopold Wimmer was an Austrian trade unionist, politician and a member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Upper Austria from December 1993 to November 1994,…
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1955
Australian tennis player
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979.
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1956
Spanish footballer and manager (died 2013)
José Luis Montes Vicente was a Spanish professional football player and manager.
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1956
American wrestler
Fred Alex Ottman is an American retired professional wrestler. He worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1993 under the ring names Tugboat and Typhoon. As the former, he played a key babyface ally of…
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1956
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Charles William Ashworth, known professionally as Charlie Peacock, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and author. His albums include Love Press Ex-Curio, Arc of the Circle and No Man's Land…
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1956
Indian-English businesswoman
Perween Warsi, was the founder and Chief Executive of S&A Foods until 2015.
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1956
1957
1957
Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board
Aqeel Abbas Jafri, is a Pakistani writer, poet and architect and chief editor of Urdu Dictionary Board in Pakistan.
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1957
American boxer (died 2012)
Michael Marshall Dokes was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1997, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1982 to 1983. As an amateur he won a silver medal in the heavyweight division at the 1975…
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1958
English cricketer, coach, and manager
Clifton James Richards is an English former first-class cricketer, who played in eight Tests and 22 ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-middle order batsman, who made 133 for…
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1958
English nurse and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Rosalie Winterton, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster,, is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster Central from 1997 to 2024. She served as a Deputy Speaker in the House of…
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1958
American actress, director, and producer
Rosanna Lisa Arquette is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the television film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role…
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1959
Welsh sailor and politician
Albert Owen is a Welsh Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn from 2001 to 2019. He took the seat in the 2001 election from Plaid Cymru with a margin of exactly eight hundred votes…
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1959
English drummer
Mark Gerard Price is an English drummer known for being a member of Nik Kershaw's band, All About Eve and Del Amitri.
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1959
Canadian singer-songwriter
Florent Vollant is a Canadian singer-songwriter. An Innu from Maliotenam, Quebec, he was half of the popular folk music duo Kashtin, one of the most significant musical groups in First Nations history. He has…
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1959
Spanish actor and producer
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and…
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1960
Estonian sprinter and long jumper
Annely Ojastu is an Estonian Paralympic athlete. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's 100 m TS4 event. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m T42–46 event and…
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1960
American golfer
James Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He won 14 PGA Tour events and has won nine PGA Tour Champions events including four senior major championships: the…
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1960
Australian drummer, songwriter, and producer
Jonathan James Farriss is an Australian drummer and founding member of rock band INXS.
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1961
American author and screenwriter
Suzanne Collins is an American author and television writer who is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian fiction book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children's fantasy series The…
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1962
English singer-songwriter
Julia Fordham is an English singer. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham", as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde, before signing a recording contract of her own…
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1962
Indian lawyer and politician (died 2001)
Phoolan Devi, popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in…
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1963
Dutch footballer and coach
Anton Janssen is a Dutch former football manager and player. He is mostly known for his tenure as a player for PSV Eindhoven where he was part of their European Cup victory in 1988.
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1963
English-American journalist and author
Andrew Michael Sullivan is a British-American conservative political commentator. Sullivan is a former editor of The New Republic, and the author or editor of six books. He started a political blog, The Daily Dish, in…
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1963
Danish automotive designer and businessman
Henrik Fisker is a Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California, US. He is best known as the founder of Fisker Automotive and Fisker Inc, and as a designer of luxury cars. After working…
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1963
American singer-songwriter
Aaron Robin Hall III is an American singer and songwriter. Hall joined the R&B and new jack swing group Guy in 1988, which was formed by Teddy Riley and Timmy Gatling, who was later replaced by Hall's brother, Damion.…
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1964
Norwegian saxophonist and composer
Kåre Kolve is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), and the older brother of the vibraphonist Ivar Kolve. He is known as bandleader of his own Kåre Kolve Quartet, several album releases and the collaborations within…
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1964
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
Hiro Takahashi , born as Hiroyuki Takahashi , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer.
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1964
American actress, singer, writer, and director
Claudia Christian is an American actress, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5, as Captain Maynard on Fox's 9-1-1, and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series Blood of Zeus. She is also the…
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1965
American university leader and sport shooter
Karen Patricia "Pat" Pitney is an American university administrator, former Alaska state government official, and Olympic gold medalist. She is the president of the University of Alaska system.
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1965
American jockey and sportscaster
Michael Earl Smith is an American jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. Thoroughbred racing since the early 1990s, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2003 and has won the…
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1965
American basketball player and coach
John Levell Starks is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was undrafted in the 1988 NBA draft after attending four colleges in his…
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1965
English gardener and television host
Charlotte Elouise Dimmock is an English gardening expert and television presenter. She was a member of the team on Ground Force, a BBC gardening makeover programme, airing from 1997 to 2005.
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1966
German singer-songwriter and bass player
Hans Jürgen "Hansi" Kürsch is a German singer, best known as a member of the power metal band Blind Guardian. One of the founders of the band, he has been its lead vocalist since its creation in 1984, and also acted as…
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1966
Egyptian footballer and manager
Hossam Hassan Hassanein Hassan is an Egyptian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently the head coach of the Egypt national team. A prolific goal scorer, he is Egypt's…
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1966
Belgian footballer and sportscaster
Philippe Julien Albert is a Belgian former professional footballer and television pundit.
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1967
American boxer
Riddick Lamont Bowe is an American former professional boxer and professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing. He held the undisputed world heavyweight…
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1967
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning,…
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1967
Dutch cricketer
Reinout Scholte is a Dutch former international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, but usually occupied the position of wicket-keeper instead of bowling. He played for HBS…
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1967
American singer and producer
Michael Lamont Bivins is an American singer, rapper, manager, and producer, and a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.
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1968
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Gregory William Hawgood is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh…
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1968
Australian actress
Emily Symons is an Australian actress, active on both Australian and British television. She is known for playing Anne Costello in the short-lived soap opera Richmond Hill in 1988 and when that series ended in 1989, she…
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1969
Canadian voice actor
Brian Drummond is a Canadian voice actor. He formerly served on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. Usually working in Vancouver,…
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1969
1970
American ice hockey player and sportscaster
Bret Michael Hedican is an American former professional ice hockey player, a Stanley Cup champion, and a two-time US Olympian. A product of St. Cloud State University, Hedican played with the 1992 US Olympic Team before…
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1970
New Zealand-Australian cricketer and journalist
Brendon Paul Julian is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He played in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999. He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989. Julian was a part…
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1970
Australian footballer and coach
Stefano Mautone is an Australian association football coach with Melbourne Victory in the A-League. Mautone was initially recruited by Melbourne Victory to assume responsibility for training their goalkeepers Michael…
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1970
American baseball player and coach
Salvatore Frank Fasano is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played for nine different Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over his 11–year big league career. Upon retiring as a player, he became a…
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1971
Danish singer-songwriter
Stephan Groth is a Danish-Norwegian singer. He is the man behind Apoptygma Berzerk, an electronic body music act that plays in styles such as synthpop and futurepop.
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1971
1971
Cuban boxer
Mario César Kindelán Mesa, best known as Mario Kindelán, is a Cuban former amateur boxer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having competed in the lightweight division at the 2000 and 2004 events and defeated…
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1971
English rugby player
Paul Newlove is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
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1971
American actor
Justin Paul Theroux is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films…
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1971
1972
English rugby player and sportscaster
Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio is an English retired rugby union player. He is a former captain of England, and a 2016 inductee of the World Rugby Hall of Fame.
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1972
American model and actress
Angela Michelle Harmon is an American actress and model. After winning Seventeen's modeling contest in 1987 at age 15, Harmon signed with IMG Models and appeared on covers for magazines including Cosmopolitan and…
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1972
Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Christofer Jan Johnsson is a Swedish musician and producer. He is a founding member and the guitarist for symphonic metal band Therion and was previously a member of Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah, and Demonoid. In…
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1972
American tennis player
Lisa Raymond is an American former professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven major titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On June…
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1973
Argentinian footballer
Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine former professional footballer. Spending nearly all his career at Inter Milan, Zanetti was known for his versatility and adeptness, often playing as full-back or wing-back on both…
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1973
Saudi Arabian director and producer
Haifaa al-Mansour is a Saudi Arabian film director. She is one of the country's best-known and one of the first female Saudi filmmakers.
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1974
Costa Rican footballer and manager
Luis Antonio Marín Murillo is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back, and former captain of the Costa Rica national team. He is currently the manager of Inter FA.
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1974
American scholar and author
Rachel Simmons is an American author of the book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls published in 2002. (ISBN 0156027348)
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1974
French footballer
David Laurent Sommeil is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1974
Turkish footballer and figure skater
İlhan Mansız is a German-Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a competing figure skater. He is of Crimean Tatar descent.
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1975
1976
Scottish businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Ian Murray is a British politician who has served as Minister of State jointly in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology since September 2025, having…
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1976
Irish footballer
Daniel Joseph Griffin is a Northern Irish retired footballer. He was primarily a defender, but could also play in midfield. He is a youth coach with his first professional club, St Johnstone.
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1977
English comedian, actor, and radio host
Matthew Morgan is a British comedy writer and radio presenter. He is best known for his work with Russell Brand, with whom he shared numerous writing credits, as well as co-hosting The Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2,…
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1977
Australian footballer
Daniel Lee Allsopp is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
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1978
American basketball player
Darnell Marcus Lamar Fizer is an American former professional basketball player.
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1978
English cricketer
Christopher Mark Wells Read is an English former cricketer who was the captain of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He played for the England cricket team in 15 Tests and 36 ODIs. He was a wicket-keeper.
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1978
Sri Lankan cricketer
Kandana Arachchige Dinusha Manoj Fernando, or Dinusha Fernando, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He studied at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa.
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1979
American actress
JoAnna García Swisher is an American actress and businesswoman. She is known for her roles as Sam in Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994–96), Vicki Appleby in Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), and Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery on…
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1979
American author, screenwriter, and producer
Ted Geoghegan is an American filmmaker and publicist. He grew up in Great Falls, Montana, attending private and public schools and studying film extensively. He attended the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana…
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1979
American baseball player
Brandon James Lyon is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, and New…
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1979
French rugby player
Rémy Martin is a French former rugby union player. He played for France internationally. His usual position was at flanker.
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1979
Slovene physicist
Matjaž Perc is Professor of Physics at the University of Maribor in Slovenia, and director of the Complex Systems Center Maribor. He is member of Academia Europaea and among top 1% most cited physicists according to…
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1979
1979
English boxer, wrestler, and actor
Stuart Alexander Bennett is an English-American former professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Wade Barrett as a colour commentator on the SmackDown brand.
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1980
American actor
Aaron Staton is an American actor. He played Ken Cosgrove on the AMC series Mad Men (2007–15) and Cole Phelps in the video game L.A. Noire (2011), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Performer.
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1980
Indonesian badminton player
Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian retired badminton player who is the current Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport of Indonesia. He is a former World champion, Olympic gold medalist, two time Asian Games gold medalist, and…
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1981
Swedish footballer
John Rune Alvbåge is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Torslanda IK in 1999, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the United States,…
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1982
American baseball player
Joshua Aaron Anderson is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2009 for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals.
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1982
Brazilian actress
Julia Melim is a Brazilian TV host, actress and producer of Italian descent. She is known as the TV host and NY correspondent at Hollywood TV. Her works include the film Death of Evil directed by Damian Chapa, Sofia…
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1982
English snooker player
Shaun Peter Murphy is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long…
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1982
1983
American mixed martial artist
C. B. Dollaway is an American retired mixed martial artist who fought in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional from 2006 to 2019, he formerly fought in the UFC and was a finalist on SpikeTV's The Ultimate…
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1983
Spanish motorcycle racer
Héctor Faubel Rojí is a former professional motorcycle road racer.
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1983
Russian ice hockey player
Alexander Valerievich Perezhogin is a Kazakhstani–Russian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the first round, 25th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
Mathieu Roy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
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1983
American actor and composer
Ryan James Eggold is an American actor known for roles such as Ryan Matthews on 90210 (2008–11), Tom Keen on The Blacklist (2013–17) and its spin-off, The Blacklist: Redemption (2017), and Dr. Max Goodwin on New…
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1984
Japanese model and actor
Mocomichi Hayami is a Japanese actor, chef, TV presenter, entrepreneur, and model.
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1984
English cricketer
Jigar Kumar Hakumatrai Naik is an English cricket player. Jigar was born in Leicester and educated at Rushey Mead School and Gateway College in the city. He is, as of June 2015, playing for Leicestershire.
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1984
American football player
Matthew Phillip Prater is an American professional football placekicker. Regarded as one of the best long-distance kickers in NFL history, he held the NFL record for longest field goal from 2013 until 2021 and holds the…
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1984
1985
Irish footballer
Roy Simon O'Donovan is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for National Premier Leagues Northern NSW side Newcastle Olympic FC. He has been capped by Ireland at Under-19, Under-21 and B level.…
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1985
Mongolian sumo wrestler
Kakuryū Rikisaburō is a former professional sumo wrestler from Sükhbaatar Province, Mongolia. He was a member of the top makuuchi division from November 2006 until his retirement in March 2021, and was the 71st…
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1985
1985
Czech tennis player
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková is a Czech former professional tennis player.
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1986
Dutch singer and actor
Jimmy Johannes Bakkum is a Dutch singer, actor, stage actor and television personality. Rising to nationwide fame after becoming runner-up in the first season of Dutch singing competition series Idols, he has released…
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1987
New Zealand actor and singer
Ari Boyland is a New Zealand film, television and stage actor. As a child, he had a breakout role in the New Zealand cult hit science fiction drama series, The Tribe. He also played the role of Brodie Kemp in Shortland…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Sam William Gagner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets,…
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1989
1989
Australian actor
Brenton Thwaites is an Australian actor. Beginning his career in his home country in 2011, he had a starring role on the series Slide and later appeared on the soap opera Home and Away. Since moving to the United…
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1989
Australian rugby player
Cruze Ah-Nau is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. He plays for Zebre in the Pro 14 competition. He was a member of the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby Extended Playing Squad. Ah-Nau was previously a…
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1990
South Korean model, actress, and singer
Lee Sung-kyung is a South Korean model, actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in television series Cheese in the Trap (2016), The Doctors (2016), Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016), and the second and…
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1990
American actor
Lucas Daniel Till is an American actor. His work spans film and television, and his accolades include five Teen Choice Award nominations.
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1990
Icelandic footballer
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir is an Icelandic professional footballer who played most recently for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League and the Iceland national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich, Portland…
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1991
American-Canadian ice hockey player
Marcus Foligno is an American-Canadian professional hockey player who is a winger and alternate captain for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Moose", he was selected 104th overall by the…
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1991
Greek footballer
Nikos Korovesis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Super League 2 club Kozani.
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1991
Australian cricketer
Christopher Peter Tremain is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield.
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1991
American baseball player
Archie Newell Bradley is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels,…
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1992
American YouTuber and television host
Michelle Asha Khare is an American YouTuber, television host, stunt performer, actress and former professional cyclist. She is the co-creator and host of the YouTube reality documentary series Challenge Accepted, and…
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1992
English racing driver
Oliver Eric Rowland is a British racing driver who competes in Formula E for Nissan. Rowland won the 2024–25 Formula E World Championship with Nissan.
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1992
American basketball player
Andre Jamal Drummond is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A center, he was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 2012…
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1993
Portuguese footballer
Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City, which he captains, and the Portugal national team.
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1994
American football player
Dalvin James Cook is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning unanimous All-American honors and finishing his career as the school's all-time…
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1995
Scottish netball player
Lauren Tait is a Scottish netball player. She was selected to represent the Scotland netball team at the 2019 Netball World Cup.
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1996
American television personality and businesswoman
Kylie Kristen Jenner is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. She starred in the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021 and then the Hulu reality television…
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1997
Italian motorcycle rider
Luca Marini is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer contracted to race with Honda HRC Castrol during 2024 and 2025.
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1997
1999
Japanese racing driver
Ritomo Miyata is a Japanese racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech TGR as part of the TGR Driver Challenge Program and serves as a reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship…
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1999
Canadian ice hockey player
Nicholas Masaru James Suzuki is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 13th overall, by…
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1999
American soccer player
Sophia Olivia Wilson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
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2000
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