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One of those singles, "Foolish Beat", made Gibson the youngest female artist to write, produce, and perform a Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
Famous Birthdays on August 31
255 people
12 – 2004
August 31 has seen 255 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 12 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1970 — Debbie Gibson
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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She released her debut album Out of the Blue (1987) at age 16, writing and largely producing the material
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Her double-platinum second album Electric Youth (1989) gave Gibson another U.S
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Gibson is the sole songwriter on all of her singles to reach the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100
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She was recognized by ASCAP as Songwriter of the Year, along with Bruce Springsteen, in 1989.
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161
Korean ruler (died 1046)
Jeongjong, personal name Wang Hyŏng, was the 10th king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty. He was the second son of King Hyeonjong, and the younger brother of King Deokjong. At the age of four in 1022, he was made Naesaryeong, a…
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1018
Chinese emperor (died 1208)
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, personal name Madage, sinicized name Wanyan Jing, was the sixth emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He reigned from 20 January 1189 to 29 December 1208.
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1168
Italian princess (died 1576)
Princess Isabella Romola de' Medici, Duchess of Bracciano was a Tuscan noblewoman and the daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleanor of Toledo. Beautiful, intelligent, witty and refined,…
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1542
1569
Italian nobleman (died 1708)
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga was the only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua and Montferrat, and the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga.
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1652
French physicist and instrument maker (died 1705)
Guillaume Amontons was a French scientific instrument inventor and physicist. He was one of the pioneers in studying the problem of friction, which is the resistance to motion when bodies make contact. He is also known…
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1663
2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1775)
George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol was an English diplomat and politician who was the eldest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, by his marriage with Mary Hervey.
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1721
French composer and educator (died 1816)
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini was a French composer of German birth during the classical period. He is best known today for the vocal romance "Plaisir d'amour," on which the 1961 Elvis…
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1741
French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (died 1820)
Jean-Étienne Despréaux was a French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright.
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1748
Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798)
Henry Joy McCracken was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798. Convinced that the cause of representative government in Ireland could not be advanced…
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1767
English poet and author (died 1836)
Agnes Bulmer was an English poet. Her work Messiah's Kingdom is thought to be the longest epic poem ever written by a woman, and took over nine years to complete.
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1775
Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (died 1867)
Ramón Castilla y Marquesado was a Peruvian caudillo who served twice as President of Peru, first in 1845–1851, and then in 1855–1862. He also led a Military junta in 1844, and was interim president for a couple of days…
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1797
English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (died 1854)
Stephen Geary was a British architect, inventor, entrepreneur, and, from 1850, Temperance activist.
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1797
Ottoman general (died 1834)
Husein Gradaščević (Husein-kapetan), also known as Zmaj od Bosne, was an Ottoman Bosnian military commander who led an uprising against the Tanzimat, a system of political reforms with aim to modernise the Ottoman…
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1802
French poet and critic (died 1872)
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.
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1811
German physician and physicist (died 1894)
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The Helmholtz Association, the largest…
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1821
American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1907)
Galusha Aaron Grow was the 24th speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congressional elections, he switched to the newly organized Republican…
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1823
Italian composer and educator (died 1886)
Amilcare Ponchielli was an Italian opera composer, best known for his opera La Gioconda. He was married to the soprano Teresina Brambilla.
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1834
American journalist, publisher, and activist (died 1924)
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was a publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, abolitionist, and editor of the Woman's Era, the first national newspaper published by and for African American women.
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1842
German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1919)
Georg Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Hertling, from 1914 Count von Hertling, was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party. He was foreign minister and minister president of Bavaria, then imperial chancellor of the…
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1843
Italian physician and educator (died 1952)
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys…
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1870
American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas (died 1944)
James Edward Ferguson Jr., known as Pa Ferguson, was an American Democratic politician and the 26th governor of Texas, in office from 1915 to 1917. He was indicted and impeached during his second term, removed from…
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1871
Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (died 1959)
Rosa Emilia Lemberg was a Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor. She was the first African-born person in Finland to officially receive Finnish citizenship. She was also a significant…
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1875
American sprinter and lawyer (died 1933)
Frank Washington Jarvis was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion, and a triple jumper.
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1878
Austrian-American composer and author (died 1964)
Alma Mahler-Werfel was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. Musically active from her early years, she was the composer of nearly fifty songs for voice and piano, and works in other genres as well. 17…
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1879
1879
queen of the Netherlands (died 1962)
Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch…
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1880
Belgian-American historian of science (died 1956)
George Alfred Leon Sarton was a Belgian-American chemist and historian. He is considered the founder of the discipline of the history of science as an independent field of study. His most influential works were the…
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1884
American author and playwright (died 1940)
Edwin DuBose Heyward was an American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. He and his wife Dorothy, a playwright, adapted it as a 1927 play of the same name. The couple worked with composer George Gershwin to…
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1885
1890
Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (died 1964)
Juho Vihtori Nätti, known as "Nätti-Jussi" was a Finnish forest laborer. The stories told by Nätti made him a legendary figure, particularly in Lapland. Nätti was born to a six-member family in Karstula, Central…
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1890
French harp player (died 1988)
Lily Laskine was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century who was born and died in Paris. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse…
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1893
Australian soldier and author (died 1982)
Albert Barnett Facey, publishing as A. B. Facey, was an Australian writer and World War I veteran, whose main work was his autobiography, A Fortunate Life, now considered a classic of Australian literature. As of 2020,…
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1894
English Air Marshal (died 1979)
Air Marshal Sir Brian Edmund Baker was an officer of the Royal Air Force who served in both World Wars. He was a flying ace in World War I credited, in conjunction with his gunners, with twelve victories, comprising one…
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1896
Canadian priest and author (died 1982)
Félix-Antoine Savard, was a Canadian priest, academic, poet, novelist and folklorist.
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1896
American actor (died 1975)
Fredric March was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated stars of the 1930s and 1940s. As a performer he was known for his versatility. He received numerous accolades including two Academy…
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1897
Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (died 1943)
Gino Lucetti was an Italian anarchist and anti-fascist who attempted to assassinate the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926.
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1900
Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1977)
Géza Révész was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1957 and 1960. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Second World War he fought in the Red Army. From 1960 to…
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1902
American radio and television host (died 1983)
Arthur Morton Godfrey was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer. At the peak of his success, in the early to mid-1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, at…
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1903
French musicologist and philosopher (died 1985)
Vladimir Jankélévitch was a French philosopher and musicologist.
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1903
American physicist and academic (died 2004)
Robert Fox Bacher was an American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project. Born in Loudonville, Ohio, Bacher obtained his undergraduate degree and doctorate from the University of Michigan,…
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1905
American actor and educator (died 1997)
Sanford Meisner was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his…
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1905
1907
American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
Augustus Freeman Hawkins was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991. Over the course of his…
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1907
Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino politician and military officer who was the seventh president of the Philippines, serving from 1953 until his death in 1957. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay…
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1907
American journalist (died 1992)
William Shawn was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987.
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1907
Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
Altiero Spinelli was an Italian politician, political theorist and European federalist, referred to as one of the founding fathers of the European Union. A communist and militant anti-fascist in his youth, Spinelli…
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1907
American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1981)
William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer of Armenian descent. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The…
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1908
Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (died 2008)
Ferenc Fejtő, also known as François Fejtő, was a Hungarian-born French journalist and political scientist specializing in Eastern Europe.
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1909
Dutch journalist and politician (died 1998)
Edward Brongersma was a Dutch politician and doctor of law. For a number of years he was a member of the Dutch Senate for the Labour Party, and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was primarily known for…
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1911
Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (died 1970)
Arsenio Rodríguez was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles. In the 1940s and 1950s Rodríguez…
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1911
American photographer and cinematographer (died 2009)
Helen Levitt was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as "the most celebrated and least known…
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1913
English physicist and astronomer (died 2012)
Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell was an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.
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1913
American actor (died 1984)
John Richard Basehart was an American actor. Known for his "deep, resonant baritone voice and craggy good looks," he was active in film, theatre and television from 1947 until 1983. He won two National Board of Review…
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1914
American basketball player and coach (died 2008)
Peter Francis Newell was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University, and the University of…
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1915
American baseball player and coach (died 2011)
Daniel Webster Litwhiler was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1940 to 1951 for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies,…
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1916
American journalist and author (died 2010)
Daniel Louis Schorr was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his television…
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1916
American geologist and politician (died 2017)
John Schiller Wold was an American business executive, philanthropist, World War II veteran, and Republican politician from Wyoming. He served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to…
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1916
American songwriter and composer (died 1986)
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage…
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1918
Indian poet and author (died 2005)
Amrita Pritam was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of work comprised over…
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1919
American judge and politician (died 2014)
Otis Grey Pike was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, from 1961 to 1979.
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1921
Welsh author and academic (died 1988)
Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the…
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1921
American physician and politician (died 2012)
John A. Davidson was an American politician and practicing chiroprater.
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1924
American actor and singer (died 2003)
Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and comic actor. Known for his raunchy material, heavy appearance and thick New York City accent, his notable roles include Marcellus Washburn in The Music Man (1962), Benjy…
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1924
Austrian-English director and producer (died 2015)
Herbert Wise was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director.
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1924
American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)
Theodore Robert Blakey was an American historian, businessman, and activist. He was instrumental in the civil rights movement in South Dakota and was leader of the committee that helped the state ratify the…
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1925
English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)
Edward James Moran Campbell, was a Canadian physician. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Medicine at McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences from 1968 to 1975. He was also the inventor of the Venturi mask.
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1925
French actor and director (died 2003)
Maurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as "realist", though many film critics acknowledge it does not…
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1925
American actor (died 2002)
James Harrison Coburn III was an American actor who featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
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1928
1928
American pianist (died 2010)
Dudley "Big Tiny" Little, Jr. was an American musician who appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1959. His primary instrument was the piano.
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1930
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
Joseph Arthur Jean Béliveau was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of…
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1931
Norwegian singer and actor (died 1981)
Rolf Just Nilsen was a Norwegian singer, impressionist and actor. He was particularly known for his imitations of famous comedians at the time. He worked for the theatres Studioteatret, Chat Noir, Edderkoppen Theatre,…
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1931
American actor (died 2004)
Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than thirty films and in many television shows, including a stint opposite Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger.
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1931
Canadian journalist (died 2020)
Allan Fotheringham was a Canadian newspaper and magazine journalist. He styled himself Dr. Foth and "the Great Gatheringfroth". He was described as "never at a loss for words".
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1932
English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (died 1994)
Roy Castle was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. An accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could also play many other instruments. In a career as a versatile performer on…
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1932
American activist and author (died 1998)
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an African American writer and political activist, fashion designer, convicted rapist and an early leader of the Black Panther Party serving as Minister of Information, and while in exile,…
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1935
English painter
Bryan Organ is a British artist considered one of the leading and most innovative English portrait painters of the 20th century. His paintings have included portraits of prominent public figures and of members of the…
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1935
American baseball player and manager (died 2019)
Frank Robinson, nicknamed "the Judge", was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams over 21 seasons: the Cincinnati Reds (1956–1965), Baltimore…
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1935
Russian journalist and author (died 2014)
Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov was a Russian novelist, notable for his fantasy novel Danilov, the Violist.
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1936
American actor (died 2020)
Warren Berlinger was an American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials.
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1937
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Robert Lee Parker was an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 1961 song "Watch Your Step", a single for the V-Tone record label which reached the Billboard Hot 100; the song…
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1937
English journalist and politician
Martin Bell, is a British UNICEF Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in…
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1938
American drummer and songwriter (died 2022)
Jerry Ivan Allison was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer and only constant member of the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. He had…
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1939
American guitarist, pianist, and composer (died 1986)
Robbie Basho was an American acoustic guitarist, pianist and singer.
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1940
American saxophonist and bass player (died 2015)
Wilton Lewis Felder was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as the Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits "I Want You Back"…
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1940
American actor, director, and producer
Lawrence Alan Hankin is an American character actor. He has had major film roles as Charley Butts in Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Ace in Running Scared (1986), and Carl Alphonse in Billy Madison (1995). He had smaller…
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1940
English-American actor and screenwriter (died 2010)
Roger Newman was a British born-American soap opera actor and writer. He was born in London, and died in New York City.
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1940
Australian actor
John Hadley Thompson, AM is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including…
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1940
Jr., American businessman
William Orville DeWitt Jr. is an American businessman who is currently the principal owner, managing partner and chairman of the St. Louis Cardinals, a professional baseball franchise which competes in Major League…
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1941
Portuguese-French composer and educator (died 2012)
Emmanuel Nunes was a Portuguese composer who lived and worked in Paris from 1964.
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1941
1942
Russian general
Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov is a Russian military and public official. He is a former President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems and a retired colonel general.
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1943
English illustrator and publisher
William Roger Dean is an English artist, designer, and publisher. He began painting posters and album covers for musicians in the late 1960s, most notably the English rock bands Yes and Asia.
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1944
English journalist
Dame Elizabeth Anne Lucy Forgan, known as Liz Forgan, is an English journalist, and radio and television executive.
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1944
English historian and academic
Christine Elizabeth King, CBE, FRHistS, DL is a British historian and university administrator. She was Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Staffordshire University from 1995 to 2011.
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1944
Guyanese cricketer
Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd is a Guyanese-British former cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time, Lloyd captained the West Indies between 1974 and…
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1944
Northern Irish singer-songwriter
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish musician, singer, and songwriter whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching…
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1945
Israeli-American violinist and conductor
Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009…
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1945
1945
Scottish social worker and politician
Margaret Ann Coffey is a British former politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport from 1992 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, she defected to form Change UK.
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1946
American conspiracy theorist and author
Jerome Robert Corsi is an American conspiracy theorist and author. His two New York Times best-selling books, Unfit for Command (2004) and The Obama Nation (2008), attacked Democratic presidential candidates and have…
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1946
American football player and coach
Thomas Richard Coughlin is an American former football coach and executive of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach for the New York Giants from 2004 to 2015. He led the Giants to victory in Super…
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1946
Italian businessman
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is an Italian businessman and motorsport executive who is best known as the former chairman of Ferrari, Fiat S.p.A., Confindustria and Alitalia.
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1947
Japanese author and illustrator
Yumiko Ōshima is a Japanese manga artist and is associated with the Year 24 group that heavily influenced the development of shōjo manga in the 1970s.
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1947
Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Thailand in 2008. He is a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by the…
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1947
Austrian race car driver and journalist (died 1982)
Harald Ertl was an Austrian racing driver and motorsport journalist. He was born in Zell am See and attended the same school as Grand Prix drivers Jochen Rindt, Helmut Marko and Niki Lauda.
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1948
American screenwriter and producer
Lowell Ganz is an American writer and producer. He is the long-time writing partner of Babaloo Mandel and has written for television, film, and theatre.
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1948
English director, producer, and screenwriter
Ken McMullen is a film director, artist and since 2012 Anniversary Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, London. McMullen's films are grounded in philosophy, history, psychoanalysis and literature.…
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1948
German footballer and manager
Holger Osieck is a German football manager who last managed the Australia national team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J. League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions…
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1948
German guitarist and songwriter
Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and songwriter, best known as the founder and leader of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm and lead guitarist, primary songwriter and the sole constant member of the…
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1948
American actor and producer
Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began appearing in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). Gere came to prominence with…
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1949
American actor
Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American actor. Henderson trained at Juilliard School for acting and later became a resident member of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis from 1976 to 1981. He came to prominence as a…
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1949
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Hugh David Politzer is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and Frank Wilczek "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".
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1949
American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
Richard James Roberts is an American country rock and soft rock singer-songwriter who recorded with many influential artists over several genres. He is best known as a founding member and lead singer of Firefall from…
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1949
Filipino politician (died 2025)
Eduardo Nonato "Edno" Noriel Joson was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served in the Philippine legislature as assemblyman from Nueva Ecija (1984–1986) and representative of the province's first district.
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1950
New Zealand rugby player
Grant Bernard Batty was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. A diminutive but effective wing for the All Blacks, Batty played domestically for Wellington and Bay of Plenty. A crowd favourite, he was usually the…
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1951
American viola player and educator
Kim Kashkashian is an American violist. She has spent her career in the U.S. and Europe and collaborated with many major contemporary composers. In 2013 she won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. She…
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1952
German politician
Herbert Reul is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Internal Affairs in the government of successive Ministers-President Armin Laschet (2017–2021) and…
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1952
American attorney and author
Marcia Rachel Clark is an American prosecutor, author, television correspondent, and television producer. She was the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case.
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1953
Argentinian race car driver
Miguel Ángel Guerra is a former racing driver from Argentina. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981. He qualified for only one of these, the 1981 San Marino Grand Prix, in which his…
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1953
1953
Russian astronaut and engineer
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov is a former cosmonaut and commander of the International Space Station. He has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station, and was one of the top 10…
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1953
Norwegian langeleik player (died 2024)
Elisabeth Kværne was a Norwegian musician. She played the langeleik, a string instrument similar to the Appalachian dulcimer. She won the 1985 Spellemannprisen in the category folk music and old dance for På langeleik.…
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1953
American actress and screenwriter
Julie Ann Brown is an American actress, comedian, musician, writer, and director.
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1954
Polish-American actor
Aleksander Krupa, often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish-American actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in Eraser, Blue Streak, Home Alone 3 as Peter…
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1955
Scottish lawyer and academic
Dame Julie Katharine Maxton is a British-New Zealand barrister, legal scholar, and academic administrator. Since 2011, she has been executive director of the Royal Society.
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1955
American hurdler
Edwin Corley Moses is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in the event four…
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1955
English saxophonist and bass player
Anthony "Anto" Thistlethwaite is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the folk rock group, The Waterboys and later as a long-standing member of Irish rock band The Saw Doctors.
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1955
1955
Slovak painter and illustrator
Mária Balážová is a contemporary Slovak artist. Her practise as an artist is usually associated with new geometry, post-geometry and postmodern.
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1956
Swedish ice hockey player
Kent Åke Nilsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Winnipeg Jets, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta and Calgary Flames,…
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1956
Japanese singer, actor, and director
Masashi Tashiro is a Japanese former television performer and a founding member of the band Rats & Star. Tashiro was a tenor singer with the band and, later, a TV entertainer in Japan. He directed a film after the…
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1956
Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
Tsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), she intermittently served as…
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1956
Irish footballer and sportscaster
Colm O'Rourke is a Gaelic football manager, former player, retired secondary school principal, sports broadcaster and columnist. His league and championship career at senior level with the Meath county team spanned…
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1957
American drummer
Regina Ann Schock is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer for the rock band the Go-Go's. She joined the group in 1979 and remained a member during its most active years in the early 1980s.…
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1957
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Glenn Martin Tilbrook is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead singer and guitarist of the English new wave band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid-1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the…
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1957
Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
Serge Blanco is a former rugby union rugby player who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally…
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1958
English bishop
Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell is a Church of England bishop. Since 9 July 2020, he has been the Archbishop of York and Primate of England; the second-most senior bishop of the church and the most senior in northern England.…
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1958
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Ralph Krueger is a Canadian-born German professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the former head coach of the Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL), and former chairman of…
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1959
American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Jessica Sibley Upshaw was an American politician and lawyer.
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1959
Romanian long jumper
Valeria "Valy" Ionescu is a retired long jumper from Romania. She won the European title in 1982 and an Olympic silver medal in 1984. Ionescu spent her entire career with the club Rapid Bucuresti, and later worked there…
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1960
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
Christopher Becker Whitley was an American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Whitley's sound was drawn from the traditions of blues, jazz and rock and he recorded songs by artists from many genres. During his…
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1960
Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (died 2024)
Hassan Nasrallah was a Lebanese Shia cleric, a militant, and politician who served as the third secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militia, from 1992 until his assassination in 2024.
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1960
New Zealand rugby player
Kieran James Crowley is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, who is the former head coach of Italy. He has also coached the New Zealand Under-19s in the 2007 World Championships as well as coaching…
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1961
1961
American voice actor
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor. Much of his work has consisted of vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as Adventure Time, American Dad!, Avatar: The Last…
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1962
1963
Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Rituparno Ghosh was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his second…
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1963
Dutch footballer and manager
Jan Jacobus "Sonny" Silooy is a Dutch former professional footballer and football manager. He is currently the assistant coach with AFC Ajax. His last managing post was for the under-19 team for United Arab Emirates…
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1963
American poet and critic
Raymond P. Hammond is an American poet, critic and editor of the New York Quarterly magazine since assuming control after the death of William Packard in 2002.
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1964
Hungarian gymnast and politician
Zsolt Borkai is a Hungarian Olympic gymnast champion and politician, who served as the mayor of Győr from 1 October 2006 to 8 November 2019. He was President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) between 20 November…
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1965
English soprano and actress
Susan Gritton is an English operatic soprano. She was the 1994 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award and has sung leading roles in a wide-ranging repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Britten, Janáček and Strauss.
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1965
Bulgarian footballer and manager
Lyuboslav Mladenov Penev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player.
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1966
American drummer
Eugene Victor Hoglan II is an American drummer, best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Dark Angel, and formerly Testament. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including use of abstract…
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1967
Norwegian skier
Anita Moen, sometimes credited as Anita Moen-Guidon, is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won five medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers and two bronzes.
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1967
Nauruan politician (died 2016)
Valdon Kape Dowiyogo was a political figure and cabinet minister from the Pacific nation of the Republic of Nauru.
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1968
Japanese baseball player
Hideo Nomo is a Japanese former baseball pitcher who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country, where he played with the Kintetsu…
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1968
American tennis player (died 2019)
Jolene Watanabe was an American international tennis player. She competed in the Australian Open 6 times, from 1994 to 2000. Jolene also competed in the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open making the second round in…
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1968
French skier
Nathalie Bouvier is a retired French alpine skier. She won a controversial World Cup victory in 1989, in Giant Slalom.
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1969
Australian actor and physician
Jonathan LaPaglia is an Australian actor and television personality. He hosted Network 10's revival of Australian Survivor from 2016 to 2025. As an actor, LaPaglia is known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the…
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1969
American musician
Jeff Russo is an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and music producer, and one of the two founding members of the rock band Tonic. He is also a founding member of the Americana band Low Stars.
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1969
Indian cricketer and referee
Javagal Srinath is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers and is the only Indian fast bowler till date to have taken more than 300 wickets in One…
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1969
Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
Nikola Gruevski is a former Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation in 2016, in accordance with the internationally mediated Pržino Agreement due to the Macedonian…
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1970
English politician
Gregory Thomas Mulholland is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the MP for Leeds North West.
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1970
Rania Al Abdullah is Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II.
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1970
Dutch-German footballer and manager
Arie van Lent is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a forward. He was most recently the manager of SpVgg Unterhaching.
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1970
1970
British TV presenter
Kirstie Mary Allsopp is a British television presenter, best known as co-presenter of Channel 4 property shows including Location, Location, Location, Love It or List It UK, Relocation, Relocation and Location Revisited.
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1971
Irish golfer
Pádraig Peter Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA…
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1971
Belgian-Russian violinist
Vadim Viktorovich Repin is a Russian and Belgian violinist who lives in Vienna.
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1971
American comedian and actor
Christopher Tucker is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He made his debut in 1992 as a stand-up performer on the HBO comedy series Def Comedy Jam, where he frequently appeared on the show during the 1990s. He…
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1971
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Scott Niedermayer is a Canadian former ice hockey player and current special assignment coach of the Anaheim Ducks. A defenceman, he played 18 seasons and over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New…
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1973
Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player
Andrei Medvedev is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a…
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1974
New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
Craig Derek Cumming is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He played 11 Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national team. He played domestic cricket with Canterbury and Otago.
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1975
American ice hockey player and coach
John Gillies Mark Grahame is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes. He won the Stanley Cup…
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1975
Mexican-American actor and musician
Sara Elena Ramírez Vargas is an American actor, singer and activist. Born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Ramírez moved from Mexico to the United States at eight years old, eventually graduating with a fine arts degree from the…
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1975
French singer-songwriter and pianist
Vincent Delerm is a French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer. He is the son of the writer Philippe Delerm and illustrator Martine Delerm.
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1976
American actress and singer
Sharisse Jackson is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Niecy Jackson on the UPN sitcom Moesha (1996–2001). She was crowned the winner of MTV reality show Celebrity Rap Superstar in 2007.
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1976
Brazilian footballer and manager
José Vítor Roque Júnior, more commonly known as Roque Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and former player who played as a defender.
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1976
Czech ice hockey player
Radek Martínek is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1976
American wrestler and singer
Jeffrey Nero Hardy is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former four-time TNA World Tag Team Champion. He also appears on partner promotion WWE on its…
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1977
1977
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Craig Robert Nicholls is an Australian musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Australian alternative rock band The Vines, of which he is the sole continuous member.
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1977
1977
French footballer
Philippe Charles Lucien Christanval is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. During his career, he played for Monaco, Barcelona, Marseille and Fulham and earned six full international caps…
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1978
Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
Ido Pariente is an Israeli mixed martial arts fighter and trainer. His nickname is "The Hebrew Hammer". He is one of Israel's top fighters.
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1978
Venezuelan model
Jennifer Ramírez Rivero was a Venezuelan model and owner of the clothing and accessories brands Mac River and Jen River. She was murdered in 2018 in Cúcuta, Colombia.
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1978
Australian rugby league player
Craig Stapleton is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. Stapleton formerly played for St. George and St. George…
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1978
Latvian basketball player
Sandis Valters is a retired professional basketball shooting guard, who last played for BK Ventspils. He is member of Latvia national basketball team. His father is a former Soviet basketball star, Valdis Valters, and…
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1978
Norwegian pianist and composer
Morten Qvenild is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer.
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1978
American baseball player
Clayton Allen Hensley is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, and San Francisco Giants.
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1979
Canadian swimmer
Mark Johnston is a former freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia in 2000 and Athens, Greece in 2004. Johnston's consecutive 10-year run on the Canadian…
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1979
Puerto Rican-American actress
Yara Martínez is an American television actress, born in Puerto Rico, who is best known for her roles as Kelly in Hollywood Heights, as Dr. Luisa Alver on The CW series Jane the Virgin, and as Bull's wife Isabella on…
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1979
Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Simon Alexander Neil is a Scottish musician, and lead vocalist and guitarist for rock band Biffy Clyro.
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1979
Indian Tamil singer-songwriter and producer
Yuvan Shankar Raja, is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his…
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1979
Dominican baseball player
Ramón David Santiago Sanchez is a Dominican-American former professional baseball infielder and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers from 2002 to 2003, and 2006 to 2013, the Seattle…
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1979
American wrestler
Mickie Laree James is an American professional wrestler and country singer. She is signed to WWE, as an ambassador. She is also signed to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) as Creative Director, Head of Female Talent and…
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1979
American broadcaster and former rapper
Joseph Anthony Budden II is an American broadcaster and former rapper. He first gained recognition with his 2003 single "Pump It Up", which peaked in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded the release of his…
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1980
Omani race car driver
Ahmad Al Harthy is an Omani racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGT3 Class in the No. 46 BMW M4 GT3 for BMW M Team WRT alongside nine-time MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi…
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1981
Welsh rugby player
Dwayne John Peel is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He was the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team with 76 caps, until his record was surpassed by Mike Phillips on 16 March 2013.
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1981
American ice hockey player
Stephen Saviano is a former American professional ice hockey left winger. He last played for the Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2.
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1981
American swimmer
Ian Lowell Crocker is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly and the 100-meter…
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1982
American basketball player
Christopher Nicholas Duhon is an American former professional basketball player. Duhon was a point guard for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004. He then played for the Chicago Bulls, New York…
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1982
Belgian sprinter
Lien Huyghebaert is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.
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1982
Zambian footballer
Christopher Katongo is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he amassed over 100 caps between 2003 and 2016 for the Zambia national team. He is an Africa Cup of…
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1982
American baseball player
Joshua J. Kroeger is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004. Listed at 6'3" [1.90 m], 220 pounds [104 k], Kroeger batted and…
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1982
Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
Oleksiy Pavlovych "Alexei" Mikhnov is a Ukrainian-Russian former professional ice hockey left winger.
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1982
Spanish footballer
José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1982
1982
American journalist and author
Gwendolyn Willow Wilson is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist. Her work is most often categorized as magical realism.
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1982
1983
Serbian footballer
Milan Biševac is a Serbian former footballer who played as centre-back. In international competition, he has played for the Serbia national team.
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1983
American football player
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…
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1983
Danish cyclist
Matti Breschel is a Danish retired professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2005 and 2019 for the Rabobank, Tinkoff–Saxo, Astana and EF Education First teams.
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1984
American ice hockey player
Ryan James Kesler is an American former professional ice hockey player. A center, Kesler spent the first 10 years of his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks; in 2014 he was traded to the…
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1984
American skier
Theodore Sharp Ligety is a retired American alpine ski racer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics. Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the…
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1984
South African golfer
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf Invitational Series and has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won one…
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1984
1985
Australian footballer
Andrew Foster is an Australian rules footballer, who was rookie listed by the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was taken with Fremantle's second round pick in the 2007 Rookie Draft.
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1985
Turkish singer
Fatih Karaca, better known by his stage name Mabel Matiz, is a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter.
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1985
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known as MbS, is the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He is the heir apparent to the Saudi throne, the seventh son of…
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1985
American actor
Ryan Jonathan Kelley is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Mean Creek, Prayers for Bobby, as Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm, and as Deputy Jordan Parrish on Teen Wolf.
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1986
American actor (died 2024)
John William Wactor III was an American actor known for playing Brando Corbin on the series General Hospital and Johnny on the NBC series Siberia. He also had roles in the series Army Wives and the films USS…
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1986
American ice hockey player
Blake James Wheeler is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets, and New York Rangers. He was drafted by the…
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1986
Spanish footballer
Javier 'Xavi' Fernández Annunziata is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
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1987
Greek footballer
Petros Kravaritis is a Greek goalkeeper. He currently plays for Fostiras.
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1987
Czech ice hockey player
Ondřej Pavelec is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender. Drafted in the second round, 41st overall, by the Atlanta Thrashers in 2005, he stayed with the team as they became the Winnipeg Jets in 2011, and…
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1987
American baseball player
Matthew James Adams is an American former professional baseball first baseman. Nicknamed "Big City" for his imposing size and ability to regularly hit long home runs, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Adams in the 23rd…
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1988
Australian rugby league player
Trent Hodkinson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback in the NRL.
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1988
Colombian footballer
David Ospina Ramírez is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional, which he captains, and the Colombia national team.
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1988
1988
American football player
Dezmon Jerrod Briscoe is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft.…
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1989
1990
Portuguese race car driver
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa is a Portuguese racing driver who competes in Formula E for Jaguar and in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine. Félix da Costa won the 2019–20 Formula E…
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1991
Portuguese footballer
Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares, known simply as Cédric, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo.
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1991
British actress
Holly Earl is an English actress. She started her career as a child actor, in the television series Touching Evil (1997–1998), and may be best known for her recurring role in the first three seasons of Cuckoo…
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1992
Australian rugby league player
Tyler Randell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker.
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1992
Icelandic politician
Ragna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the Reykjavík South constituency since November 2024.
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1992
Argentine footballer
Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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1992
Spanish football player
Pablo Marí Villar is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal.
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1993
Russian football player
Ilnur Tufikovich Alshin is a Russian professional football player who plays as a winger for Fakel Voronezh.
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1993
Russian water polo player
Anna Olegovna Karnaukh is a Russian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Russia women's national water polo team in the women's event.
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1993
Scottish footballer
Alexander David Harris is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Berwick Rangers.
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1994
1994
American soccer player
Brittany Lynne Mahomes is an American sports team co-owner and former soccer player who played as a forward. She is a founding co-owner of the Kansas City Current, a team in the American professional top-division…
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1995
American basketball player
Jalen Marquis Brunson is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of former NBA guard Rick Brunson, he was drafted with the 33rd overall…
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1996
American actress
Jaylen Barron is an American actress, known for her roles as Dominique Winslow in the Showtime series Shameless and Zoe Phillips in the Netflix drama series Free Rein. In 2021, she began starring in the Starz series…
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1997
American rapper
Devante Milan McCreary, known professionally as BossMan Dlow, is an American rapper. He started rapping while serving time in county jail in 2019 and soon became popular in the Florida rap scene. After releasing the…
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1998
American football player
Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner is an American professional football cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was selected fourth…
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2000
American tennis player
Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3, achieved in January 2026. Anisimova is a two-time major finalist, at the 2025 Wimbledon…
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2001
South Korean singer and model
Jang Won-young, also known mononymously as Wonyoung, is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Ive under Starship Entertainment and former member of project girl group Iz*One, having…
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2004
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