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Famous Birthdays on August 25
239 people
1467 – 2006
August 25 has seen 239 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1467 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1944 — Jacques Demers
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
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He led the Red Wings to the Conference Finals twice and won two division titles but was let go after the team missed the playoffs in 1990
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He was hired to coach the Montreal Canadiens in 1992 and in his first season, he led the team to the Stanley Cup Final, which they won in five games for what is currently the last victory by a Canadian team
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When the team folded in 1975, he joined the Indianapolis Racers
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After a second season saw him reach the postseason again, he left the team to coach the Cincinnati Stingers for 1977, but he did not elect to stay with the team after just one season
2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (died 1526)
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman.
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1467
1491
Italian cardinal and statesman (died 1572)
Ippolito (II) d'Este was an Italian cardinal and statesman. He was a member of the House of Este, and nephew of the other Ippolito d'Este, also a cardinal. He despoiled the then 1,400-year-old Hadrian's Villa, built by…
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1509
Russian ruler (died 1584)
Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584. Ivan's reign…
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1530
English noblewoman (died 1568)
Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey.
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1540
Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1632)
Johan Philip Lansberge was a Flemish Calvinist Minister, astronomer and Mathematician. His name is sometimes written Lansberg, and his first name is sometimes given as Philip or Johannes Philippus. He published under…
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1561
Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (died 1638)
Philipp Moritz of Hanau-Münzenberg succeeded his father as Count of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1612.
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1605
French priest (died 1709)
François de la Chaise, also known as Père Lachaise, was a French Jesuit priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of France.
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1624
American lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1724)
John Leverett was an early Anglo-American lawyer, politician, educator, and President of Harvard College.
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1662
Louis I was King of Spain from 15 January 1724 until his death in August the same year. His reign is one of the shortest in history, lasting for just over seven months.
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1707
English painter and academic (died 1806)
George Stubbs was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas…
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1724
German theologian and author (died 1792)
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, also spelled Carl Friedrich Bahrdt, was an unorthodox German Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, and polemicist. Controversial during his day, he is sometimes considered an "enfant terrible"…
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1741
German poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1803)
Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism. He was a Romantic…
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1744
Austrian organist and composer (died 1810)
Franz Teyber was an Austrian Kapellmeister, organist and composer of orchestral and chamber music. Studying under Georg Christoph Wagenseil, from 1786 he was director of the Schikaneder theatre company and from 1801 a…
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1758
French soldier and politician (died 1794)
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a…
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1767
English admiral (died 1853)
Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel was a Royal Navy officer whose distinguished service in the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 earned him rapid promotion and great acclaim both in and out…
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1776
King of Bavaria (died 1868)
Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization,…
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1786
American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (died 1876)
John Neal was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist. Considered both eccentric and influential, he delivered speeches and published essays, novels, poems, and short stories between the 1810s and…
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1793
American carpenter and piano builder (died 1876)
James Lick was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick left the majority of his estate to…
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1796
Romanian-Austrian poet and author (died 1850)
Nikolaus Lenau was the pen name of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau, a German-language Austrian poet.
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1802
Duke of Caxias (died 1880)
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military…
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1803
Russian organic chemist (died 1880)
Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin was a Russian organic chemist.
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1812
French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (died 1898)
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus was a French Catholic nun who founded the Religious of the Assumption and is a Catholic saint.
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1817
Italian pianist and composer (died 1909)
Carlo Eduardo Acton was an Italian composer and concert pianist. He is particularly remembered for his opera Una cena in convitto and for his sacred music compositions of which his Tantum ergo is the most well-known.
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1829
American short story writer and poet (died 1902)
Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career…
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1836
American businessman (died 1893)
George C. Magoun was, in the late 1880s, the Chairman of the Board of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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1840
Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid. Among his many…
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1841
King of Bavaria (died 1886)
Ludwig II, also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King, was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia and Duke in…
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1845
French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)
Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many…
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1850
American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)
James Watson Gerard III was an American lawyer, diplomat, and justice of the New York Supreme Court.
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1867
1869
Norwegian actress (died 1963)
Agnes Mowinckel was a Norwegian actress and theatre director. Born in Bergen into a distinguished family, she became Norway's first professional stage director. A pioneer in bringing painters to the theatre, she used…
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1875
American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (died 1965)
Joshua Lionel Cowen was an American inventor and cofounder of the Lionel Corporation, a manufacturer of model railroads and toy trains who gained prominence in the market before and after World War II.
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1877
English footballer and manager (died 1935)
Edward Lawson Birnie was an English professional football player and manager. He played for Sunderland Seaburn, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur In his managerial career, he took on the…
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1878
Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (died 1966)
Seán Thomas O'Kelly, originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also served as deputy prime minister of Ireland from 1932 to…
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1882
Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969)
Alexander Mair was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 5 August 1939 to 16 May 1941. Born in Melbourne, Mair worked in various businesses there before moving to Albury, New South Wales…
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1889
Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (died 1956)
David Shimoni was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.
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1891
American dentist (died 1962)
Henry Trendley Dean was the first director of the United States National Institute of Dental Research and a pioneer investigator of water fluoridation in the prevention of tooth decay.
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1893
German mathematician and academic (died 1975)
Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of p-adic numbers to local class field theory and diophantine…
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1898
English cricketer (died 1973)
Arthur Wood was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, who played as the wicket-keeper in four Tests from 1938 to 1939.
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1898
American historian and author (died 1978)
Paul Herman Buck was an American historian. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1938 and became the first Provost of Harvard University in 1945.
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1899
Scottish architect (died 1970)
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie was possibly the first woman in Scotland to practice architecture on a regular basis.
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1900
German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS was a German-British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living cells that extracts energy from food…
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1900
German-American composer and educator (died 1972)
Stefan Wolpe was a German-born American composer. He was associated with interdisciplinary modernism, with affiliations ranging from the Bauhaus, Berlin agitprop theater and the kibbutz movement to the Eighth Street…
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1902
1903
Polish nun and saint (died 1938)
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled Faustina in English, had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Catholic…
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1905
1906
Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1993)
Ethel Ruby Keeler was a Canadian and American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to…
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1909
English actor and producer (died 1971)
Michael Rennie was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film The Day the Earth…
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1909
American baseball player (died 2010)
George Cisar was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1937 season. He batted and threw right-handed.
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1910
American painter, sculptor, and poet (died 2012)
Dorothea Margaret Tanning was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by European Surrealism.
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1910
Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2013)
Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist military forces to victory in the decades long Indochina wars.…
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1911
German politician (died 1994)
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of…
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1912
American actor (died 1993)
Donald John DeFore was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965, the former of which earned him a…
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1913
American illustrator and animator (died 1973)
Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Productions, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo.…
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1913
American actor (died 2008)
Charles Van Dell Johnson was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer…
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1916
American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
Frederick Chapman Robbins was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.
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1916
Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 2000)
Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, though he and…
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1916
American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)
Melchor Gastón Ferrer was an American actor, director, and producer, active in film, theatre, and television. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with Scaramouche (1952), Lili (1953), and…
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1917
American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to…
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1918
English actor (died 1985)
Richard Marius Joseph Greene was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series The…
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1918
American bandleader and educator (died 2010)
William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to his retirement in 1998. His innovations…
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1919
American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party. Wallace is remembered for his staunch…
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1919
Dutch Olympic medalist (died 2017)
Jacob "Jaap" Rijks was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.
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1919
Canadian television personality and game show host (died 2017)
Monty Hall was a Canadian-American radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and sportscaster, Hall returned to…
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1921
Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1999)
Bryce Stuart Mackasey was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice a Member of Parliament, as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, and as ambassador to Portugal.
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1921
Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999)
Brian Moore, was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and…
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1921
Colombian-Mexican author and poet (died 2013)
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He…
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1923
Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2012)
Allyre Louis Joseph Sirois was a Canadian fransaskois judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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1923
Hungarian tennis player and coach (died 2006)
Zsuzsa Körmöczy was a Hungarian tennis player. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 33.
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1924
Australian journalist and author (died 2004)
Thea Beatrice May Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin Awards,…
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1925
German film and culture academic (died 2018)
Hilmar Hoffmann was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in…
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1925
Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2001)
Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic…
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1925
American tennis player and golfer (died 2003)
Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first Black player to win a Grand…
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1927
Australian swimmer (died 1999)
Desmond Robert Renford MBE was an Australian long-distance swimmer who swam the English Channel 19 times from 19 attempts. This was a record for successful crossings by an Australian until it was overtaken by Chloe…
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1927
American football player (died 2018)
John Albert "Kayo" Dottley was an American professional football player who was a fullback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels.
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1928
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2004)
Darrell Dean Johnson was an American professional catcher, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a manager, he led the 1975 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, and was named "Manager of…
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1928
American composer and academic (died 2022)
Karl Richard Korte was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
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1928
German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Herbert Kroemer was a German–American solid-state physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and…
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1928
Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)
Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He originated…
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1930
Hungarian economist and geographer (died 2012)
György Enyedi was an economist and geographer who has played a major role in the long-term development of regional science. Enyedi was a decisive figure in the rapid development of integrative spatial sciences, regional…
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1930
Canadian actor (died 2003)
Graham Powley Jarvis was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
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1930
English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (died 2022)
Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell was a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.
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1930
American actor and television host (died 2020)
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was an American television presenter, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business", he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on US…
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1931
Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 2005)
Anatoly Yakovlevich Kartashov was a cosmonaut in the Soviet Vostok program.
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1932
American journalist and author (died 2018)
Patrick Francis McManus was an American educator and humor writer, who primarily wrote about the outdoors. A humor columnist and editor for Outdoor Life from 1983 to 2009, and Field & Stream from 1977 to 1982, as well…
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1933
American saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
Wayne Shorter was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in the history of modern jazz. Over a career spanning more than six decades,…
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1933
American actor
Thomas Roy Skerritt is an American actor and director, who has appeared in over 170 film and television productions since 1962. The beginning of his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a…
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1933
Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2025)
Lise Bacon was a Canadian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Quebec from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she served as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of…
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1934
Filipino journalist and politician (died 2020)
Edgar "Eddie" Ubalde Ilarde was a Filipino politician, public servant, and radio and television host. On radio and television, he hosted programs such as Kahapon Lamang, Student Canteen and Darigold Jamboree.
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1934
American poet
Charles Wright is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 20th Poet…
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1935
Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (died 2009)
Giridharilal Kedia was an Indian well known social entrepreneur. He served the Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack for 12 years as the Working President and Trustee. Kedia was also the founder and chairman of Image Institute of…
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1936
Australian television host and singer (died 2019)
Jimmy Hannan was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television, he appeared regularly on variety show…
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1937
American author
Virginia Euwer Wolff is an American author of children's literature.
Her award-winning series Make Lemonade features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. There…
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1937
American actor (died 2015)
David Hoyt Canary was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama Bonanza, and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera All My Children, for which…
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1938
English journalist and author (died 2025)
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist…
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1938
English-American actor, director, and producer
John MacDonald Badham is an American film and television director, best known for directing the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Dracula (1979), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), Stakeout…
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1939
Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
Marshall Jacob Brickman was an American screenwriter and director, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen, with whom he shared the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Annie Hall. He was…
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1939
German boxer and actor (died 2004)
Norbert Grupe, better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile films of the…
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1940
Italian footballer and coach (died 2020)
Mario Corso was an Italian football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he was regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames "Mandrake" and "God's Left Foot", due…
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1941
German footballer (died 2021)
Ludwig 'Luggi' Müller was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1941
American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
John Nathan Deal is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1942
Irish poet and television presenter (died 2025)
Patrick Ingoldsby was an Irish poet and television presenter. He hosted children's television shows, wrote plays for the stage and for radio, published books of short stories and was a newspaper columnist. From the…
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1942
Canadian wrestler (died 2017)
Oreal Donald Perras was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, under which name he was billed as being from Russia and, following the dissolution of the Soviet…
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1942
Canadian historian and author
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, is a Canadian-British writer and former politician, newspaper publisher, financier, and convicted felon.
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1944
American actor
Anthony Heald is an American character actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Red Dragon (2002), and for playing vice principal Scott Guber in…
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1944
British lawyer and judge
Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore is a British lawyer and retired judge.
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1944
1945
American screenwriter and producer
Hannah Louise Shearer, also known as Hannah Shearer or Hannah L. Shearer, is a writer who was credited with writing five episodes whilst on the staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation and an episode of Star Trek: Deep…
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1945
American baseball player
Roland Glen Fingers is an American former right handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three teams between 1968 and 1985. His effectiveness helped to redefine the value of relievers within…
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1946
American poet and author
Charles Ghigna (/'gɪnˈjə/), known also as Father Goose, is an American poet and author of children's and adults' books. He has written more than 5,000 poems and 100 books.
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1946
American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
Charles Alvin Sanders was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977. Sanders was chosen for the NFL's 1970s All-Decade…
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1946
American author and illustrator
Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta, is an American comics artist and writer best known for his acclaimed 1970s adaptation of the pulp magazine hero The Shadow with writer…
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1947
British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
Keith Graham Tippetts, known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporary music,…
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1947
American singer and guitarist
Ledward Kaapana is a Hawaiian musician, best known for playing in the slack key guitar style. He also plays steel guitar, ukulele, autoharp, and bass guitar, and is a baritone and falsetto vocalist.
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1948
Greek chemist and biologist
Nicholas (Nikolaos) A. Peppas is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, chemical and polymer engineering…
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1948
British novelist (died 2023)
Sir Martin Louis Amis was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his…
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1949
Dutch banker and academic
Rijkman Willem Johan Groenink is a Dutch banker. He is best known as the CEO of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO at the time that the bank was sold to a consortium of banks. The consortium was led by the Royal Bank of Scotland,…
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1949
American actor and producer
John Smeallie Youngs, known professionally as John Savage, is an American actor. He first rose to prominence in the late 1970s for his portrayals of troubled-but-sensitive characters in films like The Deer Hunter…
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1949
Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Gene Simmons, also known by his stage persona "the Demon", is an Israeli-American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter…
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1949
American singer and songwriter (died 2009)
Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created songs rooted in traditional American musical…
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1950
American bassist, composer, and producer (died 2011)
Charles Fambrough was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia.
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1950
English heavy metal singer-songwriter
Robert John Arthur Halford is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which he joined in 1973, and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He is…
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1951
Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
William Wolf Handel is a Brazilian-born American radio host and attorney.
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1951
Turkmen footballer and manager
Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev is a Turkmen-Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer who is in charge of the Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz. In 2017 he was included among top 50 managers in the world by…
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1952
English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Geoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.
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1952
Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis, known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a…
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1952
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Declan Patrick MacManus, known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to Rolling Stone, Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical…
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1954
Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, was a Scottish politician who served as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords from 2007 until his death in 2026. He had previously served as Deputy First…
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1954
Scottish guitarist (died 2004)
John Alexander McGeoch was a Scottish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Magazine (1977–1980) and Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980–1982).
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1955
German businessman and politician
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, who is currently serving as Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization since 2021.
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1955
English songwriter and record producer
Matthew James Aitken is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as part of the 1980s/early-1990s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman.
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1956
Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
Takeshi Okada is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the owner of FC Imabari
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1956
Finnish race car driver (died 1986)
Henri Pauli Toivonen was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger brother, Harri, became a professional…
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1956
Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
Sikander Bakht is a Pakistani former international cricketer who played in 26 Test matches and 27 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan from 1976 to 1989. He was included in the team in place of Ehteshamuddin and…
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1957
English actor and director
Simon Montagu McBurney is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films The Manchurian…
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1957
American ice hockey player and coach
Frank Serratore is an American ice hockey coach, currently with the Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey team. He formerly coached professional hockey in the International Hockey League with the Minnesota Moose from 1994…
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1957
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics…
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1958
American actor
Christian Jules LeBlanc is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations and three wins for his…
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1958
American author and illustrator (died 2023)
Ian Woodward Falconer was an American author, illustrator, set designer, and costume designer. Falconer was a muse to pop artist David Hockney, with whom he collaborated on designing costumes for theatrical productions.…
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1959
American lawyer and politician
Steven A. Levy is an American politician and lawyer who served as the seventh County Executive of Suffolk County, New York, elected on November 4, 2003. Originally a fiscally conservative Democrat, Levy joined the…
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1959
Brazilian volleyball coach and player
Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube.…
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1959
American author and illustrator
Lane Smith is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He is the Kate Greenaway medalist (2017) known for his eclectic visuals and subject matter, both humorous and earnest, such as the contemplative…
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1959
American soprano and actress
Ruth Ann Swenson is an American soprano who is renowned for her coloratura roles.
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1959
American actress
Ashley Crow is an American actress. She is best known for her role of Sandra Bennet on the television show Heroes.
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1960
South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (died 2025)
David Dabede Mabuza, also known as DD Mabuza, was a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023. He was the deputy president of the African National…
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1960
Austrian footballer and manager
Georg Zellhofer is a football manager and a former player from Austria.
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1960
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
William Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Having released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, he is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs…
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1961
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
David G. Tippett is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach and player.
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1961
American actress
Ally Walker is an American actress. She made her television debut in the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara (1988) before landing the leading roles on the short-lived dramas True Blue (1989–1990), and Moon Over Miami…
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1961
English actress
Joanne Whalley is an English film and television actress. She was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer from 1988 to 1996 during her marriage to Val Kilmer.
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1961
Bangladeshi author
Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on feminism and her criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She…
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1962
American competition swimmer and Olympic champion
Theresa Andrews is an American former competitive swimmer and Olympic champion. Raised in Maryland, Andrews gained prominence as a national collegiate champion when competing for the University of Florida. In…
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1962
Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter
Vivian Patrick Campbell is a Northern Irish musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the guitarist of Dio. He has also been the guitarist of Def Leppard since 1992. Campbell has also worked with Thin Lizzy,…
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1962
German footballer
Michael Zorc is a German former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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1962
Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
Miroslav Cerar Jr. is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, leading the 12th Government. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 13th Government.…
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1963
1963
Estonian lawyer and diplomat
Tiina Intelmann is an Estonian diplomat; she was the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations in New York from 2005 to 2011 and was the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International…
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1963
1964
Russian-American mathematician and academic
Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He…
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1964
American actor
Blair Erwin Underwood is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law.
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1964
American football player
Cornelius O'Landa Bennett is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1995, Atlanta Falcons from 1996 to…
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1965
1965
Indian cricketer and coach
Sanjeev Sharma is a former Indian cricketer, entrepreneur and cricket coach who played in two Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1997. As right arm medium pace bowler, he was one of several bowlers…
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1965
American singer (died 1993)
Mia Katherine Zapata was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist for the punk rock band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was raped and murdered in Seattle in 1993…
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1965
American baseball player
Albert Jojuan Belle, until 1990 known as Joey Belle, is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1989 to 2000, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. Known for his taciturn personality and…
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1966
American actor
Robert Maschio is an American actor and real estate agent. He is known for playing Dr. Todd 'The Todd' Quinlan in the American comedy drama Scrubs.
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1966
American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, and Joe Bonamassa, among others. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X…
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1966
American hip-hop DJ
Norman Rogers, known professionally as Terminator X, is an American DJ best known for his work with hip hop group Public Enemy, which he left in 1998. He also produced two solo albums, Terminator X & The Valley of the…
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1966
English actor
Thomas Anthony Hollander is an English actor. He trained with National Youth Theatre and won the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World. He made his Broadway debut in the…
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1967
American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
Jeffrey Scot Tweedy is an American musician, author, and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco. Tweedy, originally from Belleville, Illinois, began his music career in high…
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1967
American actor
David Alan Basche is an American actor. He is best known for playing Todd Beamer in the film United 93. He has been a series regular on many TV comedies and dramas, and has also appeared in films directed by Steven…
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1968
Scottish singer-songwriter
Stuart Lee Murdoch is a Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle and Sebastian.
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1968
American singer-songwriter and producer
Michael David Cummings, better known as Spider One, is an American singer. He is the founder and only consistent member of the rock band Powerman 5000.
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1968
American chef, author, and television host
Rachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray. Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals,…
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1968
Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
Takeshi Ueda is the bassist, programmer, additional vocalist and songwriter for The Mad Capsule Markets. He is often known for his unique way of bass guitar playing, and ever changing haircuts.
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1968
Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
Olga Konkova is a Norwegian–Russian jazz pianist known from several recordings and collaboration with jazz musicians such as Adam Nussbaum, Gary Husband and Karin Krog.
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1969
Canadian actor and television personality
Cameron Arthur Mathison is a Canadian-American actor and television host. From 1997 to 2011, he played Ryan Lavery in All My Children. Since 2021, he has portrayed the role of Drew Cain on General Hospital. He has also…
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1969
Scottish golfer
Catriona Isobel Matthew is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
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1969
Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Vivek Razdan is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches and three One Day Internationals in 1989 and 1990. After his retirement, he became a Delhi-based cricket coach and commentator.
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1969
American baseball player and sportscaster
Douglas Metunwa Glanville is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers. He is also a broadcast color…
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1970
American tennis player
Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer is a retired tennis player from the United States.
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1970
American basketball player and sportscaster
Robert Keith Horry is an American sports commentator and former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles…
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1970
Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
Adrian Lam is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Leigh Leopards in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer.
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1970
Danish model and fashion model (died 2018)
Sille Kornum Lundquist was a Danish model and author. From the late 1980s until the late 1990s, she made appearances throughout the fashion world in both North America and Europe, and made appearances in both music…
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1970
American singer-songwriter
Jo Dee Marie Messina is an American country music artist. She has charted six number-one singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country…
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1970
German model and fashion designer
Claudia Maria Schiffer, Lady Drummond is a German model and actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a supermodel.
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1970
Australian rugby league player
Jason Death is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a hooker, he played for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys, New Zealand Warriors and…
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1971
Australian actor
Nathan Page is an Australian actor. He is best known for his commercial voice-over work and his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
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1971
American football player
Marvin Darnell Harrison Sr. is an American former professional football wide receiver who played his entire 13-year career for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for…
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1972
German director, producer, and screenwriter
Fatih Akin is a German and Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best…
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1973
American actor
Eric Millegan is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Zack Addy on the Fox series Bones.
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1974
Dominican baseball player
Pablo José Ozuna is a Dominican former professional baseball utility player. During his major league career, he played for the Florida Marlins, the Colorado Rockies (2003), the Chicago White Sox (2005–2008), and the Los…
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1974
1975
Australian swimmer and coach
Petria Ann Thomas, is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales, and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby, where she has a…
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1975
American basketball player and coach
Damon Darron Jones is an American former professional basketball player best known for playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2005 to 2008.
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1976
Pakistani cricketer and coach
Javed Qadeer is a former Pakistani cricketer who played one One Day International in 1995 as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Karachi.
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1976
Swedish actor
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at the age of seven but quit at thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and…
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1976
Japanese voice actress and producer
Masumi Asano is a Japanese voice actress, singer, narrator and writer who worked for Aoni Production, but now as of January, 2021, a Freelancer.
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player
Andy McDonald is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Anaheim Ducks and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL), winning the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.
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1977
American actor
Jonathan Frederick Togo is an American actor, best known for his role in CSI: Miami as Ryan Wolfe.
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1977
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Kel Johari Rice Mitchell is an American actor, comedian, rapper, singer, and TV host. He was an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That for its first five seasons (1994–1999), where he was…
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1978
German rugby player
Robert Mohr is a retired German international rugby union player, having played professionally in France for Bourgoin, La Rochelle, Niort and for the German national rugby union team. He is one of the few players in the…
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1978
English footballer
Marlon Anderson Harewood is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1979
German historian and politician (died 2015)
Philipp Mißfelder was a German politician and a member of the German Bundestag. From January through March 2014, he served in the German government as the Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of…
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1979
American basketball player
Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position…
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1979
American actress
Rachel Sarah Bilson is an American actress. Born to a California show-business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series The O.C. Bilson…
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1981
Namibian cricketer
Andries Johannes Burger, known as Jan-Berry Burger, is a Namibian former cricketer, who played for Namibia's national cricket team. He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever…
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1981
1981
South Korean footballer (died 2011)
Jung Jung-suk was a South Korean women's football player who played WK-League side Daekyo Kangaroos in South Korea.
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1982
Canadian ice hockey player
Nicholas Andrew Schultz is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Philadelphia…
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1982
English race car driver
James Stuart Rossiter is a British former professional racing driver, British motorsport executive and former team principal of Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E.
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1983
German footballer
Florian Mohr is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1984
Russian-American model and actress
Anya Monzikova is a Russian-American model and actress, best known for being a suitcase model on the American game show, Deal or No Deal (2006–2009).
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1984
American footballer
Rodney Laurence Ferguson II is an American former football running back. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at New Mexico.
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1986
1987
Serbian footballer
Velimir Jovanović is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1987
American model and actress
Blake Ellender Brown, known professionally as Blake Lively, is an American actress and entrepreneur.
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1987
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Amy Elizabeth Macdonald is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, This Is the Life, which produced the singles "Mr. Rock & Roll" and "This Is the Life"; the latter charting at number…
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1987
American baseball player
Justin Irvin Upton is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Nicknamed "J-Up", he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Los…
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1987
American baseball player
Adam Parrish Warren is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres. Before beginning his…
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1987
Australian footballer
James Peter Wesolowski is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
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1987
Brazilian-American golfer
Angela Park is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.
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1988
Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
Giga Chikadze is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chikadze formerly competed in the…
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1988
Mexican footballer
Hiram Ricardo Mier Alanís is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is an Olympic gold medalist.
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1989
Finnish actor
Jaakko Ohtonen is a Finnish actor and voiceover artist. He has been cast in the role of Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One and Part Two.
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1989
1990
Japanese singer and actress
Miyabi Natsuyaki is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a…
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1992
Swiss footballer
Ricardo Iván Rodriguez Araya is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Real Betis and Switzerland national team.
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1992
Latvian ice hockey player
Edmunds Augstkalns is a Latvian ice hockey player currently playing for the HK Rīga of the MHL.
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1994
American basketball player
Caris Coleman LeVert is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. LeVert was originally…
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1994
South Korean singer and actor
Ong Seong-wu is a South Korean singer and actor. He is known for his participation in the survival reality show Produce 101 Season 2, where he finished in fifth place, and is a former member of the show's derivative boy…
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1995
1995
American actress and singer
China Anne McClain is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then…
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1998
Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter
Nicole Denise Cucco, known professionally as Nicki Nicole, is an Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Rosario, Santa Fe, she gained popularity with her singles "Wapo Traketero", "Colocao",…
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2000
Slovak alpine ski racer
Rebeka Jančová is a Slovak alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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2003
French-Nigerien sabre fencer
Evann Jean Abba Girault is a French-Nigerien sabre fencer. He qualified to represent Niger at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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2004
Italian racing driver
Andrea Kimi Antonelli is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Antonelli has won two Formula One Grands Prix across two seasons.
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2006
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