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Together with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, he invented the insecticide Zyklon B
Famous Birthdays on August 14
164 people
1479 – 2004
August 14 has seen 164 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1479 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1890 — Bruno Tesch
German chemist and businessman (died 1946)
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He was the owner of Tesch & Stabenow, a pest control company he co-founded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in Hamburg, Germany
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Over 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis using Zyklon B
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Bruno Emil Tesch was a German chemist and entrepreneur
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During the Holocaust, Tesch sold vast quantities of Zyklon B, utilising his pesticide as a way to commit genocide
Catherine of York was the sixth daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.
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1479
14th Earl of Oxford, English politician (died 1526)
John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford was an English peer and landowner.
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1499
Flemish painter (died 1550)
Pieter Coecke van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder was a Flemish painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries. His principal subjects were…
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1502
Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1590)
Giambattista (Gianbattista) Benedetti was an Italian mathematician from Venice who was also interested in physics, mechanics, the construction of sundials, and the science of music.
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1530
Italian writer (died 1623)
Paolo Sarpi, O.S.M. was an Italian Servite friar and Catholic priest who was a notable historian, scientist, canon lawyer, polymath and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its…
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1552
Swiss-English scholar and author (died 1671)
Meric Casaubon was an English classical scholar. He was the first to translate the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius into English. He was the son of Isaac Casaubon.
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1599
Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1723)
Cosimo III de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II.…
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1642
2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (died 1688)
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle was an English Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who sat in the House of Commons from 1667 to 1670 when he inherited his father's dukedom and sat in the House…
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1653
Frederick William I, known as the Soldier King, was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel.
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1688
French painter (died 1789)
Claude-Joseph Vernet was a French painter. His son Carle Vernet and daughter Marguerite Émilie Chalgrin were also painters.
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1714
Austrian composer and conductor (died 1793)
Leopold Hofmann was an Austrian composer of classical music.
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1738
Pope Pius VII was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. He was the leader of the Papal States from June 1800 to 17 May 1809 and again from 1814 to his death. Chiaramonti was also a…
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1742
French painter and lithographer (died 1836)
Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet, was a French painter, the youngest child of painter Claude-Joseph Vernet and the father of painter Horace Vernet.
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1758
Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851)
Hans Christian Ørsted, sometimes transliterated as Oersted, was a Danish chemist and physicist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. This phenomenon is known as Oersted's law. He also discovered…
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1777
English poet and novelist (died 1838)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and she developed the metrical romance towards the Victorian ideal…
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1802
American phrenologist and publisher (died 1901)
Charlotte Fowler Wells was an American phrenologist and publisher from New York. Along with her brothers, Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler, her sister-in-law, Lydia Folger Fowler, and her husband, Samuel…
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1814
American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1874)
Alexander Hamilton Bailey was an American politician, a United States representative and judge from New York.
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1817
German-Austrian psychologist and author (died 1902)
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).
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1840
Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1922)
Robert Comtesse was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912).
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1847
Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (died 1915)
Margaret Lindsay, Lady Huggins was an Irish-English scientific investigator and astronomer. With her husband William Huggins she was a pioneer in the field of spectroscopy and co-wrote the Atlas of Representative…
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1848
American dentist and gambler (died 1887)
John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp. Holliday is best known for his role in the events…
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1851
American author, artist, and naturalist (died 1946)
Ernest Thompson Seton was a Canadian and American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910.
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1860
American poet and author (died 1940)
Ernest Lawrence Thayer was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey", which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and "the nation’s best-known piece of…
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1863
Italian mathematician and academic (died 1952)
Guido Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. He is also renowned for his contributions to the study of statistics and probability theory.
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1865
Belgian mathematician and academic (died 1962)
Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de La Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem.
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1866
American baseball player (died 1912)
Clarence Lemuel "Cupid" Childs was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball with a 13-season career from 1888, 1890–1901, playing for the Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos and…
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1867
English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1933)
John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called The Forsyte Saga, and two later trilogies, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He was awarded…
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1867
The Guangxu Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, was the tenth and penultimate emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His…
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1871
Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (died 1957)
Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky or Dobujinsky was a Russian-Lithuanian artist noted for his cityscapes conveying the explosive growth and decay of the early 20th-century city.
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1875
Alexander I reigned as the king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Draga Mašin, were assassinated by a group of Royal Serbian Army officers, led by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijević.
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1876
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)
Francis Ford was an American film actor, writer and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. As an actor, director and producer, he was one of the first filmmakers in Hollywood.
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1881
American biologist and academic (died 1941)
Ernest Everett Just was an American biologist, academic and science writer. Just's primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms. In his work within marine…
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1883
Canadian-American physicist and academic (died 1950)
Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was a Canadian-American physicist best known for his work in mass spectrometry and his discovery in 1935 of the uranium isotope 235U. As part of his research, he investigated the isotopic…
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1886
1889
English pianist, composer, and critic (died 1988)
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was an English composer, music critic, pianist and writer. His music, written over a period of seventy years, ranges from sets of miniatures to works lasting several hours. One of the most…
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1892
Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1958)
Frank Burge was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was one of the greatest forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia, and later became one of the game's finest coaches. His club career was with Glebe…
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1894
1895
American architect (died 1984)
Amaza Lee Meredith was an American architect, educator and artist. Meredith was unable to enter the profession as an architect because of "both her race and her sex" as an African-American woman, and worked primarily as…
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1895
English fighter pilot (died 1917)
Albert Ball, was a British fighter pilot during the First World War. At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fourth-highest scorer behind Edward…
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1896
Estonian director and cinematographer (died 1980)
Theodor Luts was an Estonian film director and cinematographer, brother of classic writer Oskar Luts. Theodor Luts was the first major figure of Estonian cinematography
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1896
German journalist (died 1975)
Margret Antonie Boveri was one of the best-known German journalists and writers of the post-World War II period. She was a recipient of the German Critics' Prize and the Bundesverdienstkreuz.
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1900
Turkish astronomer and mathematician (died 2003)
Hatice Nüzhet Gökdoğan was a Turkish astronomer, mathematician and academic. After studying mathematics and astronomy in France as a young adult, Gökdoğan joined the faculty of Istanbul University in 1934 and completed…
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1910
French photographer (died 2009)
Willy Ronis was a French photographer. His best-known work shows life in post-war Paris and Provence.
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1910
French composer and producer (died 1995)
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innovative work in both the…
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1910
American physicist and academic (died 1985)
Frank Friedman Oppenheimer was an American particle physicist, cattle rancher, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
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1912
Australian director and producer (died 1991)
Hector William Crawford AO, CBE was an Australian entrepreneur, conductor and media mogul, best known for his radio and television production firms. He and his sister Dorothy Crawford founded Crawford Productions, which…
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1913
1913
American physicist, chemist, and academic (died 1995)
Herman Russell Branson was an American physicist, chemist, best known for his research on the α protein structure, and was also the president of two colleges. He received a fellowship from the Rosenwald Foundation. He…
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1914
Australian political activist and publisher (died 1998)
Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria, usually known as B. A. Santamaria or Bob Santamaria and sometimes writing under the pseudonym John Williams, was an Australian anti-communist political activist and journalist. A Roman…
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1915
American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)
Frank Cooper Craighead Jr. and John Johnson Craighead, twin brothers, were American conservationists, naturalists, and researchers who made important contributions to the studies of falconry and grizzly bear biology.…
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1916
American businessman (died 2005)
Wellington Timothy Mara was an American professional football executive. He was the co-owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1959 until his death. He was the younger son of Tim Mara,…
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1916
American actress (died 2007)
Alice Margaret Ghostley was an American actress and singer on stage, film and television. Ghostley was best known for her roles as bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–72) on Bewitched, as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on Mayberry…
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1923
Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (died 2009)
Sverre Fehn was a Norwegian architect.
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1924
1924
American critic and essayist (died 2019)
Russell Wayne Baker was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up (1983). He was a…
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1925
French author and illustrator (died 1977)
René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Asterix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spent his childhood in Argentina where he…
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1926
American singer and pianist (died 2017)
Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty", "Up, Up and Away",…
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1926
Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021)
Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away.
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1928
Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi from 1989 to 2005 (died 2021).
Giacomo Capuzzi was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi.
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1929
Nigerian boxer (died 1971)
Richard Ihetu GCOI, professionally known as Dick Tiger was a Nigerian professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight and light-heavyweight championships.
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1929
British politician and Member of Parliament (died 2016)
Arthur Charles Latham was a British Labour Party politician, who was the MP for Paddington North from 1969 to 1974, and its successor seat, Paddington, from that year until 1979.
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1930
American baseball player and manager (died 2013)
Earl Sidney Weaver was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television color commentator. Weaver played in minor league baseball as a second baseman from 1948 to 1960. In 1956, he began his managerial…
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1930
American journalist, author, and screenwriter
Frederic Michael Raphael is an American-born British novelist, biographer, journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Darling, Far from the Madding Crowd, Two for the Road, and…
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1931
American author (died 2007)
Shirley Bell Hoffman (1932–2007) was an American science fiction fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels. She wrote as Lee Hoffman.
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1932
Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Richard Robert Ernst was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate.
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1933
American football player
John Riley Brodie was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He had a second career as a Senior PGA Tour…
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1935
Dutch footballer (died 2024)
Bernardus "Bennie" Muller was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Ajax, Holland Sport, and the Netherlands national team.
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1938
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
David Van Cortlandt Crosby was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, and later…
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1941
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
Constance June Stuart, known professionally as Connie Smith, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her contralto vocals have been described by music writers as significant and influential to the women of…
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1941
Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
William Lawrence Dunn was a Canadian singer-songwriter, film director and politician. Born in Montreal, he was of mixed Mi'kmaq and Scottish/Irish background. Dunn often highlighted indigenous issues in his work.
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1942
English miner and politician (died 2024)
Ronald Campbell was a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blyth Valley from 1987 until 2019.
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1943
American jazz and rock keyboardist
Ben Hirsh Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer…
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1943
Iranian Azerbaijani artist
Sayyid Ahad Hosseini is an Iranian Azerbaijani sculptor and painter. He is sometimes regarded as a patriotic figure and national symbol of Iran.
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1944
American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter
Stephen Glenn Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. Known for his work in comedy films, television, and recording, he has received many accolades, including five Grammy Awards, a…
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1945
German director, producer, and screenwriter
Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker and photographer. Regarded as a major figure of New German Cinema and widely considered an auteur director, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Palme d'Or, a…
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1945
American actor
Antonio Fargas is an American actor known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation and comedy movies, as well as his portrayal as Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky & Hutch.
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1946
American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter
Larry Graham Jr. is an American bassist and baritone singer, with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. In 1980, he released the single "One…
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1946
American actress
Susan Saint James is an American former actress. She is most widely known for the detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).
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1946
Scottish race car driver and businessman (died 2010)
Thomas Dobbie Thomson Walkinshaw was a British racing car driver from Scotland and the founder of the racing team Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). He was also involved in professional rugby union, as owner of Gloucester…
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1946
English folk singer
Madeleine Edith Prior is an English folk rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the…
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1947
American author
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is an American writer best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and the fourth-best-selling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million…
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1947
Dutch footballer (died 2025)
Johannes Cornelis "Joop" van Daele was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender.
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1947
American wrestler
Robert Louis Backlund is an American retired amateur and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1984 and in the 1990s,…
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1949
Danish footballer
Morten Per Olsen is a Danish former football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European…
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1949
American cartoonist
Gary Larson is an American cartoonist who created The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended on January 1, 1995,…
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1950
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Robert Bruce "Slim" Dunlap was an American rock musician. He was a Minnesota-based guitarist and singer-songwriter who was best known as a member of the Replacements from 1987 to 1991, replacing original lead guitarist…
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1951
American actor
Carl Winston Lumbly is an American actor. He is best known for M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1997) and has also had television roles on Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988) and Alias (2001–2006).
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1951
American swimmer
Deborah Elizabeth Meyer, also known by her married name Deborah Meyer Weber, is an American former competition swimmer, a 1968 three-time Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in five freestyle events: 200,…
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1952
American composer and conductor (died 2015)
James Roy Horner was an American composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside…
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1953
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009)
Mark Steven Fidrych, nicknamed "the Bird", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers.
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1954
American general
Stanley Allen McChrystal is a retired United States Army general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 2003 to 2008 during which his organization was credited with the elimination of…
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1954
American actress and television personality
Jacqueline Yvonne "Jackée" Harry is an American actress, comedian, and television personality. She starred as Sandra Clark, the nemesis of Mary Jenkins, on the NBC sitcom 227 (1985–1990), and as Lisa Landry on the…
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1956
1956
American race car driver
Russell William Wallace Jr. is an American former stock car driver and racing team owner, who raced from 1980 to 2005 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 2 nicknamed “Midnight” for…
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1956
Australian lawyer and politician
Peter Howard Costello is an Australian former politician and barrister who served as the treasurer of Australia from 1996 to 2007 and the deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007. He was the member of…
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1957
American basketball player
Francis Anthony Brickowski is an American former professional basketball player, who started his career playing 3 seasons overseas before playing 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1959
American actress
Marcia Gay Harden is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards.
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1959
American basketball player and coach
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time, Johnson spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the…
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1959
English singer and actress
Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano singer and actress.
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1960
American basketball player
Frederick Clark Roberts is an American former basketball player who played power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons, a career spanning from 1983 to 1997, becoming a successful journeymen…
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1960
American actress and radio host
Susan Marie Olsen is an American actress and former radio personality. Olsen is known for her role as Cindy Brady, the youngest Brady child in the sitcom The Brady Bunch for the full run of the show, from 1969 to 1974.
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1961
American baseball player
Mark Steven Gubicza, nicknamed "Gubie", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current sportscaster. Gubicza played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals (1984–96) and Anaheim Angels…
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1962
Argentinian golfer
José Eusebio Cóceres is an Argentine professional golfer who spent many years on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.
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1963
American football player and coach
Charles Neal Anderson is an American former professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. Anderson played…
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1964
Australian footballer
Jason Hadfield Dunstall is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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1964
English golfer
Paul Andrew Broadhurst is an English professional golfer. He won six times on the European Tour and played in the 1991 Ryder Cup. A former World Top 50 player, since turning fifty he has had success in senior events,…
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1965
American model, actress, and producer
Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. She began her career as a model and beauty contestant becoming Miss Ohio USA in 1986, first runner-up in Miss USA 1986 and placing sixth in Miss World 1986. Her early film roles…
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1966
Swedish-Norwegian footballer
Karl Petter "Kalle" Løken is a Norwegian businessman and former footballer. He became the CEO of Kværner ASA in May 2018.
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1966
1968
English-American actress and producer
Catherine Lisa Bell is a British-American actress and model known for her roles as Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie in the television series JAG from 1997 to 2005, Denise Sherwood in the series Army Wives from 2007 to…
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1968
Northern Irish golfer
Darren Christopher Clarke is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. Previously he played on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He has won 21 tournaments worldwide,…
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1968
English rugby player
Jason Leonard is an English former rugby union player. He won a then-record 114 caps for England men’s rugby team during a 14-year international career.
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1968
American chemist and astronaut
Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. She was a mission specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and has participated in two long-duration missions to the…
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1969
Danish footballer
Stig Tøfting, commonly known as Tøffe, is a Danish former professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF.
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1969
American rock guitarist: 2005
Kevin Rene Cadogan is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. A founding member of the band Third Eye Blind, he performed with the band from 1993 to 2000. He co-wrote some of Third Eye…
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1970
Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Raoul Bova is an Italian actor. Bova's European film breakthrough was in the 1993 film Piccolo grande amore, and he's played romantic male leads in the following years. His American film credits include Under the Tuscan…
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1971
Italian footballer
Benito Carbone is an Italian football manager and former professional player. Since July 2025, he is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-20 side.
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1971
Finnish actor
Peter Vilhelm Franzén is a Finnish actor, author, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his role as King Harald Finehair in Vikings (2016–2020).
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1971
American baseball player
Mark David Loretta is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1995 and 2009 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Boston Red…
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1971
Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Haiti
Laurent Salvador Lamothe is a Haitian businessman, technology entrepreneur, and political figure who has served in the government of Haiti as Foreign Minister beginning in October 2011, then as Prime Minister after…
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1972
Mexican footballer
Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría is a Mexican former professional footballer who works as a commentator for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico.
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1973
Australian swimmer
Kieren John Perkins is an Australian former freestyle swimmer. He specialised in the 1500-metre freestyle and won successive Olympic gold medals in this event in the 1990s. He won his first at the 1992 Olympics which he…
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1973
American basketball player
Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkins is an American former professional basketball player who played for nine different NBA teams throughout his career.
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1974
American actor
Christopher David Gorham is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, particularly for playing Henry Grubstick on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty, Auggie Anderson on the action-drama series…
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1974
American football player
Michael George Vrabel is an American professional football coach and former linebacker who is the head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Vrabel previously played in the NFL for 14…
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1975
Italian triple jumper
Fabrizio Donato is an Italian former athlete who competed in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He is known for winning gold medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 European Indoor…
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1976
American baseball player
Juan D'Vaughn Pierre is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000–2013 for the Colorado Rockies, Florida/Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers,…
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1977
Greek footballer
Tasos Kyriakos is a former Greek footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
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1978
New Zealand rugby player
Greg Rawlinson is a New Zealand international rugby union player.
Rawlinson, who has made four appearances for the All Blacks, was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand in 2002. The second row rejected overtures…
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1978
Australian pole vaulter
Paul Burgess is an Australian pole vaulter who became the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to vault over 6 metres.
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1979
Australian politician, 47th Premier of South Australia
Peter Bryden Malinauskas is an Australian politician and trade unionist who has served as the 47th premier of South Australia since 2022. He has held office as the leader of the South Australian Labor Party and as the…
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1980
American basketball player
Earl Daniel Barron Jr. is an American professional basketball former player and coach. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis and had stints in the NBA with multiple teams.
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1981
Australian rugby league player, boxer, and sportscaster
Paul Gallen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and retired professional boxer. He played as a lock, second-row and prop forward and captained the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL to their…
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1981
American football player
Julius Andre Maurice Jones is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Jones was…
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1981
Ghanaian-American wrestler
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah is a Ghanaian-American professional wrestler. Since 2006, he has been signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston and is a member of The New Day.
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1981
American tennis player
Scott Lipsky is an American former professional tennis player and coach. As a player, Lipsky was primarily a doubles specialist.
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1981
Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (died 2014)
Elena Sergeevna Baltacha was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-term British No. 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to…
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1983
Ukrainian-American actress
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and raised in Los Angeles, she began acting with minor television roles in the early 1990s. She starred as Jackie Burkhart on That '70s…
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1983
American actor and comedian
Lamorne Morris is an American actor and comedian. He has played the roles of Winston Bishop in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), cartoonist Keef Knight in the Hulu comedy Woke (2020–2022), and State Trooper Whitley…
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1983
American television personality
Spencer William Pratt is an American reality television personality and political candidate. In 2007, he began dating Heidi Montag, a primary cast member of the reality television series The Hills, and came to…
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1983
1984
American baseball player
Clay Daniel Buchholz is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays. Buchholz…
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1984
Italian footballer
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back. Considered one of the best Italian defenders of all time, Chiellini was known for his strength, aggressiveness,…
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Joshua Daniel Gorges is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is of German ancestry; his grandparents emigrated from Germany to Canada. Gorges played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San…
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1984
English radio and television host
Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw, nicknamed "Grimmy", is an English radio DJ, television presenter and writer. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He also had his Channel 4 roles in T4 and…
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1984
Scottish tennis player
Nicola Slater is a British pickleball player and former tennis player.
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1984
Swedish tennis player
Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in November 2010. Söderling won ten singles titles on…
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1984
German footballer
Christian Gentner is a German professional football official and a former player who played as a midfielder. He works as a head of the professional player department at VfB Stuttgart. He won the Bundesliga twice, with…
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Shea Michael Weber is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally selected in the second round, 49th overall, by the Nashville Predators in…
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1985
Uruguayan footballer
Braian Damián Rodríguez Carballo, known as Braian Rodríguez, is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Juventude in Brazil.
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1986
American wrestler
John Anthony Nicholas Gargano is an American professional wrestler. He is signed in WWE, where he performs on the Smackdown brand. He is best known for his tenure in NXT, where he became the first-ever NXT Triple Crown…
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1987
Venezuelan baseball player
Senger David Peralta Guerreiro is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres.
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1987
1987
Spanish footballer
Ander Herrera Agüera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.
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1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Kyle Turris is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected third overall in the 2007 NHL entry draft by the Phoenix Coyotes. He has also played with the Ottawa Senators, Oulun Kärpät, Nashville…
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1989
German ski jumper
Richard "Richi" Freitag is a German former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2010 to 2022. He was runner-up in the overall 2017–18 Ski Jumping World Cup, and won the bronze medal at the 2018 Ski Flying…
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1991
Mexican baseball player
Giovanny Gallegos is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals. Gallegos made his MLB debut in…
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1991
1994
French tennis player
Léolia Jeanjean is a French tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 91 by the WTA, achieved on 18 August 2025. She reached her best doubles ranking of No. 162 on 18 March 2024.
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1995
Belgian tennis player
Greet Minnen is a Belgian tennis player.
Minnen has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles and No. 45 in doubles, achieved on 16 October 2023 and on 8 January 2024, respectively.
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1997
1998
Dominican baseball player
Johan Stiven Rojas is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Rojas signed with the Phillies as an international free agent in 2018.
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2000
American actress and producer
Caila Marsai Martin is an American actress and producer, best known for her role as Diane Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). In 2019, Martin had a starring role in the comedy film Little, which she also…
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2004
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Bruno Tesch — German chemist and war criminal (1890–1946)
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Birth year1890
Known forTogether with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, he invented the insecticide Zyklon B
Birthdays on this date164 (1479 – 2004)
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