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Famous Birthdays on August 24
204 people
1016 – 2001
August 24 has seen 204 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1016 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1899 — Albert Claude
Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
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At Rockefeller University he made his most groundbreaking achievements in cell biology
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Albert Claude was a Belgian-American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade
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In 1929 he found an opportunity to join the Rockefeller Institute in New York
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His elementary education started in a comprehensive primary school at Longlier, his birthplace
Japanese empress consort (died 1039)[citation needed]
Fujiwara no Genshi , born Princess Genshi (嫄子女王), was an empress consort (chūgū) of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan. She was the adopted daughter of Fujiwara no Yorimichi, and biological daughter of Imperial Prince Atsuyasu…
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1016
Count of Anjou (died 1151)
Geoffrey V, called the Fair, Plantagenet, and of Anjou, was the count of Anjou and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also duke of Normandy by his marriage claim and conquest, from 1144.
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1113
Alexander II (1198–1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. He was the son of William the Lion and Ermengarde de Beaumont, succeeding to the throne at the age of sixteen. He ruled for thirty-five years,…
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1198
John I was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and Juana Manuel of Castile. John ascended to the throne in 1379, and in 1383, he married Beatrice, the daughter of King Ferdinand I…
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1358
Duke of Brittany (died 1458)
Arthur III, more commonly known as Arthur de Richemont, was briefly Duke of Brittany from 1457 until his death. He is noted primarily, however, for his role as a leading military commander during the Hundred Years' War.…
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1393
English cleric (died 1500)
Thomas Rotherham, also known as Thomas (Scot) de Rotherham, was an English cleric and statesman. He served as bishop of several dioceses, most notably as Archbishop of York and, on two occasions as Lord Chancellor. He…
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1423
1498
Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (died 1558)
Elisabeth of Brandenburg was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg by marriage to Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg during the minority of her son,…
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1510
Italian painter and educator (died 1614)
Lavinia Fontana was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting. She was trained by her…
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1552
Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (died 1643)
Sophia Thott Lange, known by her maiden name, was a Danish noblewoman and horticulturalist with knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine. She worked alongside her brother Tycho Brahe in making astronomical…
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1556
1st Earl of Suffolk (died 1626)
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk,, of Audley End House in the parish of Saffron Walden in Essex, and of Suffolk House near Westminster, a member of the House of Howard, was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of…
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1561
English poet and author (died 1653)
John Taylor was an English poet who dubbed himself "The Water Poet".
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1578
English poet and cleric (died 1674)
Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time", with the first line…
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1591
English minister (died 1696)
Philip Henry was an English Nonconformist clergyman and diarist. His son Matthew Henry was a notable commentator on the Bible and also a Presbyterian minister.
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1631
Danish lawyer and politician (died 1699)
Count Peder Griffenfeld was a Danish statesman and royal favourite. He became the principal adviser to King Christian V of Denmark from 1670 and the de facto ruler of the dual kingdom of Denmark-Norway in the first half…
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1635
6th Baronet, British politician (died 1746)
Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet was a Scottish military officer and politician whose life followed an 18th-century pattern. He fought in support of the Revolution Settlement and the House of Hanover, and their opposition…
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1684
Burmese king (died 1760)
Alaungpaya was the founder and first emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this former chief of a small village in Upper Burma had unified Burma,…
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1714
Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born a Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and by marriage Hereditary Princess of Denmark and Norway.
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1758
English philanthropist and politician (died 1833)
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, and…
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1759
William I was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.
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1772
Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (died 1834)
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S- a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle- and into a region of the…
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1787
Italian geologist and scholar (died 1891)
Antonio Stoppani was an Italian Catholic priest, patriot, geologist and palaeontologist. He studied the geology of the Italian region and wrote a popular treatise, Il Bel Paese, on geology and natural history. He was…
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1824
French organist, composer, and educator (died 1924)
Clément François Théodore Dubois was a French Romantic composer, organist and pedagogue.
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1837
Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
Boyd Dunlop Morehead was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland from November 1888 to June 1890.
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1843
American lieutenant (died 1876)
James Calhoun was a soldier in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was killed along with Custer in the Battle of the…
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1845
Australian cricketer and journalist (died 1924)
Thomas Kingston Kendall was an Australian cricketer, who played in two Test matches in 1877, including the inaugural Test which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877.
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1851
English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef (died 1905)
Agnes Bertha Marshall was an English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef. An unusually prominent businesswoman for her time, Marshall was particularly known for her work on ice cream and other frozen…
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1852
Australian lawyer and politician (died 1916)
David Bowman was a Labor politician in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and Queensland Leader of the Opposition from 1908 to 1912.
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1860
American geographer and geologist (died 1956)
Mary Arizona "Zonia" Baber was an American geographer and geologist best known for developing methods for teaching geography. Her teachings emphasized experiential learning through field work and experimentation.
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1862
1863
Ferdinand I, nicknamed the Unifier, was King of Romania from 10 October 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Infanta Antónia of Portugal,. His family was…
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1865
English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (died 1956)
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the Saturday Review…
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1872
American author and playwright (died 1933)
Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China.
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1884
American baseball player (died 1974)
Harry Bartholomew Hooper was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hooper batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Hooper was born in Bell Station, California, and…
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1887
Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (died 1942)
Captain Valentine Henry Baker MC AFC, nicknamed "Bake", served in all three of the British Armed Forces during the First World War. After the war he became a civilian flight instructor, and co-founder of the…
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1888
American swimmer, actor, and surfer (died 1968)
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer, lifeguard, and popularizer of the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian…
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1890
1890
German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1978)
Haim Ernst Wertheimer was an Israeli biochemist.
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1893
American cardinal (died 1970)
Richard James Cushing was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder of new…
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1895
1897
American novelist, poet, literary critic (died 1989)
Malcolm Cowley was an American writer, editor, historian, poet, and literary critic. His best known works include his first book of poetry, Blue Juniata (1929), and his memoir, Exile's Return, written as a chronicler…
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1898
Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (died 1986)
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl.…
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1899
American actor (died 1970)
Preston Stratton Foster, was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
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1900
French historian and academic (died 1985)
Fernand Paul Achille Braudel was a French historian. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean, Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79), and the unfinished Identity of France (1970–85). He was a…
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1902
Italian-American mob boss (died 1976)
Carlo Gambino was a Sicilian crime boss who was the leader and namesake of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Following the Apalachin Meeting in 1957, and the imprisonment of Vito Genovese in 1959, Gambino took…
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1902
German businessman and politician (died 1945)
Karl August Hanke was a German Nazi official and politician who served as the fifth and final Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He also served as Gauleiter of Gau Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945 and as…
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1903
1904
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1974)
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're…
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1905
Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (died 1988)
Siaka Probyn Stevens was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens' leadership was often characterized by patrimonial rule,…
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1905
Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion (died 2012)
Bruno Giacometti was a Swiss architect and the brother of the artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti. He was among the most notable post-World War II architects in Switzerland.
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1907
Indian activist (died 1931)
Shivaram Hari Rajguru was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary and independence activist. He is best known for his involvement in the 1928 assassination of a British police officer named John P. Saunders. He was an…
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1908
South African cricketer and soldier (died 1998)
Ronald Eustace Grieveson was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1938–39. He was born and died in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School in 1922 and thereafter attended St…
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1909
American physician and mountaineer (died 2009)
Charles Snead Houston was an American physician, mountaineer, high-altitude investigator, inventor, author, film-maker, and former Peace Corps administrator. He made two important and celebrated attempts to climb the…
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1913
American singer and guitarist (died 1969)
Wynonie Harris was an American blues shouter best remembered as a singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by many music…
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1915
American psychologist and science fiction author (died 1987)
Alice Bradley Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr., was an American science fiction and fantasy author. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree Jr. was a pen name of a woman, which she used from…
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1915
Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2004)
Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP, served as its…
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1918
member of the Polish resistance in World War II (died 1943)
Tosia Altman was a courier and smuggler for Hashomer Hatzair and the Jewish Combat Organization (ŻOB) during the German occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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1919
American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (died 2004)
J. Gordon Edwards was an American entomologist and proponent of the use and safety of the pesticide DDT. He was professor of entomology at San Jose State University for 40 years, and namesake to the university's…
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1919
Mexican wrestler (died 2004)
Enrique Juan Yañez González , best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was a Mexican professional wrestler. He was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of professional wrestling in…
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1919
Danish composer and pianist (died 2000)
Niels Viggo Bentzon was a Danish composer and pianist.
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1919
Canadian painter and academic (died 2013)
David Alexander Colville was a Canadian painter and printmaker.
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1920
English ornithologist and conservationist (died 2009)
Eric Arthur Simms, DFC was an English ornithologist, naturalist, writer, sound recordist, broadcaster and conservationist, as well as a decorated wartime Bomber Command pilot/ bomb-aimer.
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1921
Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (died 1987)
René Lévesque was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation to seek, through a referendum, a mandate…
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1922
American historian, author, and activist (died 2010)
Howard Zinn was an American historian and a veteran of World War II. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more…
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1922
American psychologist and academic (died 2012)
Arthur Robert Jensen was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics and differential…
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1923
English singer and conductor (died 1990)
Alyn Ainsworth was a British musician, singer and conductor of light entertainment music.
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1924
American pianist (died 2008)
Louis Milton Teicher was an American piano player, half of the piano duo Ferrante & Teicher.
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1924
American painter and academic (died 2009)
Nancy Spero was an American visual artist known for her political and feminist paintings and hand pulled prints.
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1926
Indian actress and producer (died 2014)
Anjali Devi was an Indian actress, model and producer in Telugu and Tamil films. She was well known for her role as the Devi Sita in Lava Kusa as well as for the title roles in movies like Chenchu Lakshmi, Suvarna…
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1927
Australian author and playwright (died 2022)
David Neil Ireland was an Australian novelist.
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1927
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
Harry Max Markowitz was an American economist who received the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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1927
American author and educator (died 2020)
Betty Dodson was an American sex educator. An artist by training, she exhibited erotic art in New York City, before pioneering the pro-sex feminist movement. Dodson's workshops and manuals encourage women to masturbate,…
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1929
French jurist, politician and alpinist
Pierre Mazeaud is a French jurist, politician and alpinist.
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1929
American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 1979)
Jackie Brenston was an American singer and saxophonist who, with Ike Turner's band, recorded the first version of "Rocket 88" in 1951. It was noted in a subsequent interview that Brenston stated "I had a hit record and…
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1930
American race car driver (died 1993)
Roger McCluskey was an American IndyCar driver. He was raised in Tucson, Arizona.
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1930
American captain and religious leader (died 2017)
Robert Dean Hales was an American businessman and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 until his death. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Hales…
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1932
Australian pianist and composer (died 2009)
Richard Graham Meale, AM MBE FAHA was a highly regarded Australian composer of instrumental works and operas, and an influential music educator.
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1932
English cardinal (died 2017)
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor was a British Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 2000 to 2009. He was also president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He was made a cardinal in…
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1932
Spanish-English banker and manager (died 2014)
Rupert, Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Count of Löwenstein-Scharffeneck was a Spanish-born Bavarian aristocrat and the longtime financial manager of the rock band the Rolling Stones.
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1933
English actor (died 2016)
Kenneth George Baker was an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, Amadeus and…
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1934
English novelist and poet (died 2023)
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, known professionally by her former married name, A. S. Byatt, was an English critic, novelist, poet and short-story writer. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages.
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1936
American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (died 2010)
Kenneth Carroll Guinn was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as interim president of the University of…
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1936
American physicist and academic (died 2001)
Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker Jr. was an American solar physicist and a pioneer of EUV/XUV optics. He developed normal incidence multilayer XUV telescopes to photograph the solar corona. Two of his sounding rocket…
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1936
Nigerian businessman and politician (died 1998)
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as M. K. O. Abiola, was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher, and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire and an aristocrat of…
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1937
1937
American singer and bass player
David Freiberg is an American musician best known for contributing vocals, keyboards, electric bass, rhythm guitar, viola and percussion as a member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson…
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1938
American guitarist and composer
Mason Douglas Williams is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers…
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1938
British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute
Duncan Madsen Pirie is a British researcher and author. He is a co-founder and current president of the Adam Smith Institute, a UK neoliberal think tank which has been in operation since 1977.
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1940
Canadian educator and politician (died 2014)
Francine Lalonde was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist.
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1940
English rugby player
Keith Frederick Savage is a former England international rugby union player.
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1940
English academic, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
Alan Madoc Roberts is an English academic serving as Emeritus professor of Zoology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol.
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1941
American captain and politician (died 2021)
Joseph Maxwell Cleland was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous…
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1942
American pop-soul singer (died 1988)
Jimmy Soul was an American vocalist. He is best remembered for his 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy."
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1942
American mathematician
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. She is a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid…
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1942
German actor (died 2025)
Hans Peter Korff was a German actor in theatre, film and television. He worked at notable German theatres and became popular in TV series such as Diese Drombuschs.
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1942
American rock guitarist (died 1989)
John Cipollina was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. After leaving Quicksilver he formed the band Copperhead,…
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1943
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1996)
William Alfred Goldsworthy was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for three teams in the National Hockey League for 14 seasons between 1964 and 1978, mostly with the Minnesota North Stars. He…
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1944
American engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)
Gregory Bruce Jarvis was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft.
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1944
Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2020)
Rocky Johnson was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Television Champion. He won the WWF Tag Team…
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1944
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Ronee Sue Blakley is an American actress, singer-songwriter, composer, producer and director.
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1945
Scottish saxophonist (died 2019)
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan was a Scottish tenor saxophonist, and founding member of Average White Band.
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1945
English rock singer-songwriter and musician (died 2020)
Kenneth William David Hensley was an English musician, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s.
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1945
American gay liberation activist and drag queen (died 1992)
Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBTQ and transgender rights movements due…
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1945
American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded WWE
Vincent Kennedy McMahon is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his later-estranged wife Linda, is co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest professional…
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1945
American actress and producer
Anne Archer is an American actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature-film debut The Honkers (1972). She had supporting roles in Cancel My Reservation (1972),…
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1947
Brazilian author and songwriter
Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist is an international best-seller.
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1947
Belgian cyclist and coach
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nicknamed "The Gypsy" because he was born…
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1947
American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
Joseph Anthony Manchin III is an American politician and businessman from West Virginia. Manchin served from 2001 to 2005 as the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia, from 2005 to 2010 as the 34th governor of West…
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1947
Russian admiral
Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin is a retired Russian admiral of the fleet who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 2005 to 2007. He was previously the Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief…
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1947
South Korean commander and pilot
Kim Sung-il (Korean: 김성일) is a former Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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1948
French pianist, composer, and producer
Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music,…
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1948
Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.
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1948
Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Rhodesian-Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh.…
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1948
American composer and educator (died 2014)
Stephen Paulus was an American Grammy Award winning composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His style is essentially tonal, and melodic and romantic by nature.
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1949
American actor and director
Joe Regalbuto is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Frank Fontana on the CBS television sitcom Murphy Brown, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1989.
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1949
American southern rock singer-songwriter and musician (died 2005)
Danny Joe Brown was an American singer. He was the lead singer of the Southern rock group Molly Hatchet and was co-writer of the band's biggest hits from the late 1970s.
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1951
American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel…
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1951
American author and academic (died 2013)
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language.…
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1951
Dutch author, director, and painter
Marion Bloem is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed book Geen gewoon Indisch meisje and director of the 2008 feature film Ver van familie.
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1952
Jamaican dub poet
Linton Kwesi Johnson CD, also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics…
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1952
Scottish golfer and sportscaster
Samuel Robert Torrance is a Scottish former professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a…
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1953
Canadian ice hockey player
Roland Alain Daigle is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played six seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from 1974–75 to 1979–80.
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1954
Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
Heini Otto is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is currently working as a technical coach at Ajax.
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1954
American actor
Kevin Dunn is an American actor who has appeared in supporting roles in numerous films and television series since the 1980s.
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1955
American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas
Michael Dale Huckabee is an American politician, diplomat, and Baptist minister serving as the 29th United States ambassador to Israel since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 44th governor of…
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1955
American boxer
Gerald Arthur Cooney is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990. He challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987. He is widely regarded as one of the hardest punchers in…
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1956
American singer-songwriter and dancer
Jeffrey Glen Daniel is an American dancer, singer, songwriter, and choreographer, and a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria, he is best known as a judge on the first three seasons of Nigerian…
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1957
English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
Sir Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, actor, presenter, mental health activist, and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before…
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1957
American actor and producer
Steven Robert Guttenberg is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for playing Carey Mahoney in the Police Academy films from 1984 to 1987. He also acted in Three Men and a Baby…
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1958
American baseball player and coach
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001).…
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1960
English actor
Jared Francis Harris is a British actor. The son of the actor Richard Harris, he went on to study drama at Duke University and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He has received various accolades including a…
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1961
American television host
Craig Lawrence Kilborn is an American television host, actor, comedian, and sports commentator. Kilborn began a career in sports broadcasting in the late 1980s, leading to an anchoring position at ESPN's SportsCenter…
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1962
Dutch educator and politician
Emile Gerardus Maria Roemer is a Dutch politician serving as King's Commissioner of Limburg since December 2021. A member of the Socialist Party (SP), he was its leader and parliamentary leader in the House of…
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1962
1963
Japanese director, screenwriter and video game designer
Hideo Kojima is a Japanese video game designer, writer, director, producer, and internet personality. He is best known for the Metal Gear franchise, which remains his most famous and acclaimed work, as well as Death…
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1963
Nigerian footballer (died 2025)
Peter Rufai was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Having begun his career with Stationery Stores, he competed professionally abroad in Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain in a…
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1963
French racing driver
Éric Bernard is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1989 and 1994.
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1964
American video game designer, programmer, producer and business executive
Mark Evan Cerny is an American video game designer, programmer, producer and media proprietor.
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1964
Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov is a retired Kyrgyz cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice and has…
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1964
American actress and producer
Marlee Matlin is an American actress. Deaf since she was 18 months old, Matlin is known for her portrayals of deaf women, and for her activism on behalf of deaf individuals in Hollywood and other industries. Her…
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1965
American basketball player and sportscaster
Reginald Wayne Miller is an American former professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Indiana Pacers. Widely recognized as one of the…
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1965
Sri Lankan-Canadian cricketer
Brian Rajadurai is a Canadian and Sri Lankan cricket player. He started his career playing first-class cricket in his native Sri Lanka and emigrated to Canada. He has represented Canada in the 1997 ICC Trophy and the…
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1965
English footballer
Michael Lauriston Thomas is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1986 to 2001.
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1967
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Joseph Jean Luc Benoît Brunet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 27th overall, of the 1986 NHL entry draft. Brunet has also played for the…
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1968
Japanese-American wrestler and sportscaster
Shoichi "Sho" Funaki is a Japanese professional wrestling manager, color commentator and retired professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he works as a Japanese-language play-by-play commentator and an occasional…
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1968
Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Andreas Rudolf Kisser is a Brazilian musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, Schizophrenia. Additionally,…
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1968
American baseball player and sportscaster
Timothy James Salmon, nicknamed "King Fish", is an American former professional baseball player and current sportcaster. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1992 to 2006 with the California /…
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1968
Dutch cyclist
Jans Koerts is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1992 until 2007. He won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España.
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1969
1970
American journalist
David Michael Gregory is an American television personality and the former host of NBC News' Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press. Gregory has served as a CNN political analyst since 2016.
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1970
Turkish footballer and manager
Tugay Kerimoğlu, known in England as just Tugay, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played most notably for Galatasaray, followed by Rangers and Blackburn Rovers. After…
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1970
Canadian skier and radio host
Jean-Luc Brassard is a Canadian freestyle skier who won the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Brassard has been credited with popularizing the wearing of bright knee pads to show off absorption and leg position…
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1972
American director and screenwriter
Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and Golden Globe.…
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1972
American politician
Todd Christopher Young is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Indiana, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Young previously served as the…
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1972
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Andrew D. Brunette is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). As a player, Brunette played over 1,100 career…
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1973
American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
David Khari Webber Chappelle is an American stand-up comedian, actor and former sketch comedian. He debuted his half-hour TV special in 1998 and his hour-long TV special in 2000. He co-created and starred in the sketch…
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1973
English actor
James D'Arcy is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his portrayals of Howard Stark's butler, Edwin Jarvis, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Agent Carter (2015–16) and the…
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1973
Dutch swimmer
Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former competitive swimmer. She is a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record-holder in multiple swimming events.
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1973
American actor
Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo, is an American actor, writer, painter and musician, known for his role as Detective Danny Messer in CSI: NY.
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1973
American actress
Jennifer Anne Lien is an American former actress known for playing Kes on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
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1974
1975
Surinamese-Dutch footballer
Mark Lyndon Patrick de Vries is a Dutch football coach and former player. During his playing career he played in Holland, England and Scotland and has since coached in the Faroe Islands and Hungary. After Cambuur, he…
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1975
English rower and academic
Simon John Dennis MBE is a British rower and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He started rowing at St Paul's School, London, coached by Michael Streat and his first international…
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1976
Australian actor, writer, director, and producer
Alex O'Loughlin is an Australian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020). He had starring roles in the films Oyster Farmer…
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1976
Brazilian footballer
Denílson de Oliveira, known simply as Denílson or sometimes Denílson Show, is a Brazilian football pundit and former professional player who played as a winger.
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1977
German footballer (died 2009)
Robert Enke was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1977
1977
American author and vlogger
John Michael Green is an American author and YouTuber. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including The Fault in Our Stars (2012), which is one of the best-selling books of all time. Green's…
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1977
Austrian footballer
Jürgen Macho is an Austrian football coach and former goalkeeper who is goalkeeper coach of Rapid Wien. During his playing career, he kept goal at several clubs across Austria, England, Germany and Greece.
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Terrence Morris is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played over 1,100 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes, Boston Bruins…
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1978
Estonian author and poet
Vahur Afanasjev was an Estonian novelist, poet, musician and film director best known for his novel Serafima and Bogdan a story following the lives in a village of Russian Orthodox Old Believers on the shore of the lake…
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1979
Dutch footballer
Orlando Engelaar is a former Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder. Known for his imposing physical presence and passing range, he represented the Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2008.
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1979
American basketball player
Michael Wesley Redd is an American former professional basketball player. Standing 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall and weighing 215 pounds (98 kg), he played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA),…
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1979
American actor, model, and author
Chad Michael Murray is an American actor, writer, and model. He starred as Lucas Scott in The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill and had recurring roles as Tristin DuGray on Gilmore Girls (2000–01), Charlie Todd on…
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1981
Portuguese footballer
José Bosingwa da Silva is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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1982
Swedish footballer
Kim Mikael Källström is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was noted for his play-making ability and free-kick taking.
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1982
American baseball player
Brett Michael Gardner is an American former professional baseball outfielder who spent his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees.
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1983
1983
Australian journalist and sportscaster
Erin Molan is an Australian television presenter who worked on Sky News Australia, a past radio presenter on 2Day FM and a former columnist for Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
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1984
Dominican-American basketball player
Charlie Alexander Villanueva Mejia is a Dominican-American former professional basketball player who played for the Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball…
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1984
1984
Nigerian footballer
Joseph Eneojo Akpala is a Nigerian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a forward. Since 2022, he is the current assistant coach of Club Brugge. Akpala has been assistant coach at Kortrijk,…
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1986
American football player, rapper, and actor
Arian Isa Foster is an American former football player who is a musical artist under the name Bobby Feeno. He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for seven and a half seasons.
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1986
Slovenian ice hockey player
Anže Kopitar is a Slovenian former professional ice hockey player. Kopitar played as a centre and spent his entire 20-season NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 11th overall…
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1987
English actor
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and his…
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1988
1988
1988
Japanese footballer
Maya Yoshida is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
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1988
1989
Argentinian actress and singer
Rocío Igarzábal, also known as Rochi Igarzábal, is an Argentine actress and singer.
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1989
Argentinian actor and singer
Juan Pedro "Peter" Lanzani is an Argentine actor and singer and former child model. He is best known for his role on the Cris Morena television series Casi Ángeles playing Thiago Bedoya Agüero, and as a member of the…
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1990
Puerto Rican baseball player
Enrique José Hernández González Jr., nicknamed Kike, is a Puerto Rican professional baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston…
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1991
1991
1992
Belgian tennis player
Maryna Volodymyrivna Zanevska is a Ukrainian-born Belgian former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved on 23 May 2022, and a WTA doubles ranking of 86, reached on 16…
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1993
American basketball player
Kelsey Christine Plum is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Phantom of Unrivaled. Nicknamed "Plum Dawg", she is a…
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1994
American basketball player
Noah Vonleh is an American professional basketball player who last played for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers.
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1995
member of the British royal family
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1995
British-Norwegian DJ and record producer
Alan Olav Walker is a Norwegian DJ and record producer. His songs "Faded", "Sing Me to Sleep", "Alone", "All Falls Down", "Ignite", and "Darkside" have each been multi-platinum-certified and reached number 1 on the…
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1997
White House Press Secretary
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1997
American model and social media personality
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1998
American actor
Griffin Alexander Gluck is an American actor. Gluck began his career as a child actor in comedy films such as Just Go with It (2011) and Why Him? (2016). He had his first leading role as a comatose teenager in the drama…
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2000
2001
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