Famous Birthdays on August 5

Q: Who was born on August 5?

Famous people born on August 5 include: Tullia, Ladislaus IV of Hungary (died 1290), Edmund of Woodstock, Guillaume Du Fay, Alexander Jagiellon.

Q: What is Takakeishō Mitsunobu known for?

Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler

235 people 79 BC – 2008

August 5 has seen 235 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 79 BC – 2008. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 5 — Wikipedia

1996 — Takakeishō Mitsunobu

Japanese sumo wrestler

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He won his first championship in the top division in November 2018, four years after his debut

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Takakeishō wrestled for Tokiwayama stable, and his highest rank was ōzeki, which he first reached in May 2019

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He won his second championship in November 2020, his third one in January 2023, and his fourth one in September 2023

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He made his professional debut in September 2014, and reached the highest makuuchi division in January 2017 after 14 tournaments

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He withdrew from the September 2024 tournament after a series of losses, and subsequently announced his retirement

Tullia

Roman daughter of Cicero (died 45 BC)

Tullia, sometimes referred to affectionately as Tulliola, was the first child and only daughter of Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero, by his first marriage to Terentia. She was the sister of Marcus…

-79

Ladislaus IV of Hungary (died 1290)

Ladislaus IV, also known as Ladislaus the Cuman, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of a chieftain from the pagan Cumans who had settled in Hungary. At the age of…

1262

Edmund of Woodstock

1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1330)

Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, whose seat was Arundel Castle in Sussex, was the sixth and youngest son of King Edward I of England, and the second son of his second wife Margaret of France, and was a younger…

1301

Guillaume Du Fay

Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (died 1474)

Guillaume Du Fay was a composer and music theorist of early Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered the leading European composer of his time, his music was widely performed…

1397

Alexander Jagiellon

Polish king (died 1506)

Alexander Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1492 and King of Poland from 1501 until his death in 1506. He was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon and a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Alexander was…

1461

Joseph Justus Scaliger

French philologist and historian (died 1609)

Joseph Justus Scaliger was a Franco-Italian Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and…

1540

Antonio Barberini

Italian cardinal (died 1671)

Antonio Barberini was an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts and a prominent member of the House of Barberini. As one of the cardinal-nephews of Pope Urban VIII and a…

1607

Antonio Cesti

Italian organist and composer (died 1669)

Antonio Cesti, known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer (tenor) and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".

1623

Richard Ottley

English politician (died 1670)

Sir Richard Ottley was an English Royalist politician and soldier who served as a youth in the English Civil War in Shropshire. After the Restoration he played a prominent part in the repression of Parliamentarians and…

1626

James Anderson

Scottish lawyer and historian (died 1728)

James Anderson, Scottish antiquary and historian, was born in Edinburgh. His father was Patrick Anderson of Walston, a church minister, who was for some time imprisoned on the Bass Rock on the Firth of Forth in…

1662

Vitus Bering

Danish-born Russian explorer (died 1741)

Vitus Jonassen Bering, also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish-born Russian cartographer, explorer, and officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, the First Kamchatka…

1681

Leonardo Leo

Italian composer (died 1744)

Leonardo Leo, more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer.

1694

Thomas Lynch Jr.

American commander and politician (died 1779)

Thomas Lynch Jr. was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina and a Founding Father of the United States. His father Thomas Lynch was a member of the Continental…

1749

Friedrich August Kummer

German cellist and composer (died 1879)

Friedrich August Kummer, born in Meiningen, the Holy Roman Empire, was a cellist, pedagogue, and composer.

1797

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1829)

Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields. His most famous single result is the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general…

1802

Ambroise Thomas

French composer (died 1896)

Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas was a French composer and teacher, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868).

1811

Ivar Aasen

Norwegian poet and linguist (died 1896)

Ivar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet. He is best known for having assembled one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Nynorsk, from various…

1813

Edward John Eyre

English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (died 1901)

Edward John Eyre was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand's New Munster province, and Governor of Jamaica.

1815

Deodoro da Fonseca

Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (died 1892)

Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the head of provisional government and the first president of Brazil. He was born in Alagoas in a military family, followed a…

1827

Louise of the Netherlands (died 1871)

Louise of the Netherlands, also called Lovisa, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 July 1859 until her death in 1871 as the wife of King Charles XV & IV.

1828

Carola of Vasa (died 1907)

Carola of Vasa, was by birth a titular princess of Sweden and styled Princess of Vasa as member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, and by marriage the last Queen of Saxony.

1833

James Scott Skinner

Scottish violinist and composer (died 1927)

James Scott Skinner was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music, and was known as "the Strathspey King".

1843

Ilya Repin

Russian painter and sculptor (died 1930)

Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russia in the 19th century. His major works include Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873), Religious Procession in…

1844

Guy de Maupassant

French short story writer, novelist, and poet (died 1893)

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and social forces…

1850

Louis Wain

English artist (died 1939)

Louis William Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens.

1860

Joseph Merrick

English man with severe deformities (died 1890)

Joseph Carey Merrick was an English man known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "The Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, in…

1862

Carl Harries

German chemist and academic (died 1923)

Carl Dietrich Harries was a German chemist born in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Prussia. He received his doctorate in 1892. In 1900, he married Hertha von Siemens, daughter of the electrical genius Werner von Siemens, and…

1866

Harry Trott

Australian cricketer (died 1917)

George Henry Stevens Trott was an Australian cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898. Although Trott was a versatile batsman, spin bowler and outstanding fielder, "it is as a captain…

1866

Oskar Merikanto

Finnish pianist and composer (died 1924)

Oskar Merikanto was a Finnish composer, music critic, pianist, and organist.

1868

Oswaldo Cruz

Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (died 1917)

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.

1872

Wesley Clair Mitchell

American economist and academic (died 1948)

Wesley Clair Mitchell was an American economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the National Bureau of Economic Research in its first decades.

1874

Horace Rawlins

English golfer (died 1935)

Horace Thomas Rawlins was an English professional golfer who won the first U.S. Open Championship at Newport Country Club in October 1895.

1874

Mary Ritter Beard

American historian and activist (died 1958)

Mary Ritter Beard was an American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive Era reformer, Beard was active in both…

1876

Tom Thomson

Canadian painter (died 1917)

Thomas John Thomson was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career, he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels and approximately 50 larger works on canvas. His works…

1877

Gertrude Rush

American lawyer and jurist (died 1962)

Gertrude Elzora Durden Rush was the first African-American female lawyer in Iowa, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1918. She helped found the National Bar Association in 1925.

1880

Ruth Sawyer

American author and educator (died 1970)

Ruth Sawyer was an American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is best known as the author of Roller Skates, which won the 1937 Newbery Medal. She received the Children's…

1880

Anne Acheson

Irish sculptor (died 1962)

Anne Crawford Acheson was a British-Irish sculptor. She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs. Acheson exhibited at the Royal Academy and internationally. She was awarded the CBE in 1919.…

1882

Reginald Owen

English-American actor and singer (died 1972)

John Reginald Owen was a British actor, known for his many roles in British and American films and television programmes.

1887

Conrad Aiken

American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (died 1973)

Conrad Potter Aiken was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short stories,…

1889

Naum Gabo

Russian-American sculptor (died 1977)

Naum Gabo was a Russian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist. He was a key figure in the Russian avant-garde and the subsequent development of 20th-century sculpture.

1890

Erich Kleiber

Austrian conductor and director (died 1956)

Erich Kleiber was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the Western classics and as an advocate of Neue Musik.

1890

Roberta Dodd Crawford

American soprano and educator (died 1954)

Roberta Dodd Crawford was an African-American lyric soprano and voice instructor who performed throughout the United States and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Roberta was born in Bonham, Texas before studying singing in…

1897

Aksel Larsen

Danish lawyer and politician (died 1972)

Aksel Larsen was a Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and chairman and founder of the Socialist People's Party. He is remembered today for his long service in the Communist Party…

1897

Rudolf Schottlaender

German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (died 1988)

Rudolf Schottlaender was a German philosopher, classical philologist, translator and political publicist of Jewish descent.

1900

Claude Autant-Lara

French director, screenwriter, and politician (died 2000)

Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois realism, anti-clericalism and sexual…

1901

Kenneth V. Thimann

English-American botanist and microbiologist (died 1997)

Kenneth Vivian Thimann was an English-American plant physiologist and microbiologist known for his studies of plant hormones, which were widely influential in agriculture and horticulture. He isolated and determined the…

1904

Wassily Leontief

German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)

Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief was a Soviet-American economist known for his research on input–output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors.

1905

Joan Hickson

English actress (died 1998)

Joan Bogle Butler, known professionally as Joan Hickson, was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple. She also…

1906

John Huston

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1987)

John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous…

1906

Harold Holt

Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)

Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia…

1908

Jose Garcia Villa

Filipino short story writer and poet (died 1997)

José García Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in…

1908

Bruno Coquatrix

French songwriter and manager (died 1979)

Bruno Coquatrix was a French record producer, the owner and manager of Olympia in Paris from 1954 until his death in 1979.

1910

Herminio Masantonio

Argentinian footballer (died 1956)

Herminio Masantonio was an Argentine football centre-forward. He played most of his career for Huracán and represented Argentina at international level.

1910

Robert Taylor

American actor and singer (died 1969)

Robert Taylor was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era.

1911

Abbé Pierre

French priest and humanitarian (died 2007)

Abbé Pierre was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement. In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, with the goal of helping poor and…

1912

Parley Baer

American actor (died 2002)

Parley Edward Baer was an American actor in radio and later in television and film. Despite dozens of appearances in television series and theatrical films, he remains best known as the original "Chester" in the radio…

1914

Peter Viereck

American poet and academic (died 2006)

Peter Robert Edwin Viereck was an American writer, poet, and professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1949 for Terror and Decorum, a collection of poetry. In 1955 he was a…

1916

Tom Drake

American actor and singer (died 1982)

Tom Drake was an American actor. Drake made films starting in 1940 and continuing until the mid-1970s, and also made TV acting appearances.

1918

Betty Oliphant

English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School (died 2004)

Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.

1918

Rosalind Hicks

British literary guardian and the only child of author, Agatha Christie (died 2004)

Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks was the only child of author Agatha Christie.

1919

George Tooker

American painter and academic (died 2011)

George Clair Tooker, Jr. was an American figurative painter. His works are associated with magic realism, social realism, photorealism, and surrealism. His subjects are depicted naturally as in a photograph, but the…

1920

Terry Becker

American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

Terry Becker was an American film and television actor, director and producer.

1921

L. Tom Perry

American businessman and religious leader (died 2015)

Lowell Tom Perry was an American businessman and religious leader who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1974 until his death.

1922

Frank Stranahan

American golfer (died 2013)

Frank Richard Stranahan was an American sportsman. He had significant success in both amateur and professional golf. He was ranked number one in his weight class in powerlifting, from 1945 to 1954, and he became known…

1922

Devan Nair

Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (died 2005)

Chengara Veetil Devan Nair was a Singaporean union leader and politician who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resignation in 1985.

1923

Betsy Jolas

French composer

Elizabeth MacDonald Jolas is a French and American composer.

1926

Jeri Southern

American jazz singer and pianist (died 1991)

Jeri Southern was an American jazz singer and pianist.

1926

Don Matheson

American soldier, police officer, and actor (died 2014)

Don Matheson was an American soldier and policeman who later became a television actor, perhaps best known for his continuing role in Irwin Allen's series Land of the Giants.

1929

John H. Moore II

American lawyer and judge (died 2013)

John Henry Moore II was an American lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

1929

Neil Armstrong

American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon (died 2012)

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and…

1930

Damita Jo DeBlanc

American comedian, actress, and singer (died 1998)

Damita Jo DeBlanc, known professionally as Damita Jo, was an American singer and comedian. Her second marriage was to her manager James "Biddy" Wood in 1961.

1930

Richie Ginther

American race car driver (died 1989)

Paul Richard "Richie" Ginther was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1967. He recorded the first Formula One win for both Honda and Goodyear at the Mexican Grand Prix in 1965.

1930

Michal Kováč

Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (died 2016)

Michal Kováč was the first president of Slovakia, having served from 1993 through 1998.

1930

Tom Hafey

Australian footballer and coach (died 2014)

Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He then became one of the VFL's longest-serving and most successful…

1931

Tera de Marez Oyens

Dutch pianist and composer (died 1996)

Tera de Marez Oyens was a Dutch composer.

1932

Vladimir Fedoseyev

Russian conductor

Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev is a Soviet and Russian conductor, bayanist, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1980). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1989) and the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1970). Full…

1932

Karl Johan Åström

Swedish engineer and theorist

Karl Johan Åström is a Swedish control theorist, who has made contributions to the fields of control theory and control engineering, computer control and adaptive control. In 1965, he described a general framework of…

1934

Wendell Berry

American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist

Wendell Erdman Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays…

1934

Gay Byrne

Irish radio and television host (died 2019)

Gabriel Mary Byrne was an Irish presenter and host of radio and television. His most notable role was as the first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999. The Late Late Show is the…

1934

Michael Ballhaus

German director and cinematographer (died 2017)

Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. was a German cinematographer.

1935

Peter Inge

Baron Inge, English field marshal (died 2022)

Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge was a senior British Army officer. He was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1992 to 1994 and then served as Chief of the Defence…

1935

Roy Benavidez

American soldier, Medal of Honor Winner (died 1998)

Master Sergeant Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez was a United States Army soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat near Lộc Ninh, South Vietnam on May 2, 1968, while serving as a member of…

1935

Nikolai Baturin

Estonian author and playwright (died 2019)

Nikolai Baturin was an Estonian award-winning novelist and playwright.

1936

John Saxon

American actor (died 2020)

John Saxon was an American actor and martial artist who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Westerns and horror films, often playing police…

1936

Herb Brooks

American ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)

Herbert Paul Brooks was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. At the Games, Brooks' American team…

1937

Brian G. Marsden

English-American astronomer and academic (died 2010)

Brian Geoffrey Marsden was a British astronomer and the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.

1937

Roger Clark

English race car driver (died 1998)

Roger Albert Clark, MBE was a British rally driver during the 1960s and '70s, and the first competitor from his country to win a World Rally Championship (WRC) event when he triumphed at the 1976 RAC Rally.

1939

Carmen Salinas

Mexican actress and politician (died 2021)

Carmen Salinas Lozano was a Mexican actress, impressionist, comedian, politician, and theatre entrepreneur. She was associated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during her later career as a politician.

1939

Bobby Braddock

American country music songwriter, musician, and producer

Robert Valentine Braddock is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during…

1940

Roman Gabriel

American football player, coach, and actor (died 2024)

Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning first-team All-American honors twice.…

1940

Rick Huxley

English bass player (died 2013)

The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their…

1940

Bob Clark

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)

Benjamin Robert Clark was an American film director and screenwriter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was responsible for some of the most successful films in Canadian film history such as Black Christmas (1974), Murder by…

1941

Leonid Kizim

Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2010)

Leonid Denisovich Kizim was a Soviet cosmonaut.

1941

Airto Moreira

Brazilian-American drummer and composer

Airto Guimorvan Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer, composer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a…

1941

Joe Boyd

American record producer, founded Hannibal Records

Joe Boyd is an American record producer and writer. He formerly owned Hannibal Records. Boyd has worked with Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band,…

1942

Nelson Briles

American baseball player (died 2005)

Nelson Kelley Briles was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A hard thrower whose best pitch was a slider, he exhibited excellent control. Briles batted and threw right-handed. He was a starting pitcher on World…

1943

Sammi Smith

American country music singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Jewel Fay "Sammi" Smith was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1971 crossover hit "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson. She became one of…

1943

Christopher Gunning

English composer (died 2023)

Christopher Gunning was an English composer of concert works and music for films and television.

1944

Loni Anderson

American actress (died 2025)

Loni Kaye Anderson was an American actress. She is best known for playing receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and…

1945

Bruce Coslet

American football player and coach

Bruce Noel Coslet is an American former professional football player and coach. A tight end, he played for the University of the Pacific and in 1969 debuted with the American Football League (AFL)'s Cincinnati Bengals.…

1946

Shirley Ann Jackson

American physicist

Shirley Ann Jackson, is an African American physicist and the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

1946

Rick van der Linden

Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (died 2006)

Rick van der Linden was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but he played in several other bands including most notably Trace, as well as solo. Van der Linden was…

1946

Bob McCarthy

Australian rugby league player and coach

Robert John McCarthy MBE is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national…

1946

Erika Slezak

American actress

Erika Alma Slezak is an American actress, best known for her role as Victoria "Viki" Lord on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1971 through the television finale in 2012 and again in the online…

1946

Xavier Trias

Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona

Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera is a Catalan politician, member of Together for Catalonia and was Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. Among other responsibilities to the Government of Catalonia, he was…

1946

Angry Anderson

Australian singer and actor

Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson is an Australian rock singer, songwriter, television personality and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and the longest-tenured remaining member of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo…

1947

Bernie Carbo

American baseball player

Bernardo Carbo is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career with the Cincinnati Reds, and went on to play with…

1947

France A. Córdova

American astrophysicist and academic

France Anne-Dominic Córdova is an American astrophysicist. She served as the 11th president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012 and as the 14th director of the National Science Foundation from 2014 to 2020. She…

1947

Rick Derringer

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)

Richard Dean Zehringer, known professionally as Rick Derringer, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He gained success in the 1960s with his band, the McCoys. Their debut single, "Hang On Sloopy", became a…

1947

Greg Leskiw

Canadian guitarist and songwriter

Gregory Leskiw is a Canadian guitarist and vocalist best known for playing rhythm guitar and singing background vocals on recordings and in concert with the Guess Who from 1970 to 1972.

1947

Ray Clemence

English footballer and manager (died 2020)

Raymond Neal Clemence was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is one of the few players to have made over 1,000 career appearances.

1948

Barbara Flynn

English actress

Barbara Joy Flynn is an English actress. She first came to prominence playing Freda Ashton in the ITV drama series A Family at War (1970–1972). She went on to play the milk woman in the BBC comedy Open All Hours…

1948

David Hungate

American bass guitarist, producer, and arranger

William David Hungate is an American retired bassist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his…

1948

Shin Takamatsu

Japanese architect and academic

Shin Takamatsu is a renowned Japanese architect. After obtaining his PhD from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University in 1980, he held various academic positions: lecturer at Osaka University of Arts in…

1948

Luiz Gushiken

Brazilian trade union leader and politician (died 2013)

Luiz Gushiken was a Brazilian union leader and politician. He was formerly the head of the social communication office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, a position which carried a ministerial rank. He was a…

1950

Mahendra Karma

Indian lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Mahendra Karma was an Indian political leader belonging to Indian National Congress from Chhattisgarh. He was the leader of the opposition in the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha from 2004 to 2008. In 2005, he played a top…

1950

Samantha Sang

Australian pop singer

Cheryl Lau Sang, known professionally as Samantha Sang, is an Australian singer. She had an earlier career as a teenage singer under the stage name Cheryl Gray, before adopting the stage name she is more widely known as…

1951

Tamás Faragó

Hungarian water polo player

Tamás Faragó is a former Hungarian water polo player. He competed in all major international tournaments between 1970 and 1980 and won three medals at the Summer Olympics and five at the world and European…

1952

John Jarratt

Australian actor and producer

John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including Picnic at…

1952

Louis Walsh

Irish talent manager

Michael Louis Vincent Walsh is an Irish music manager and television personality. He has managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone, Jedward and Westlife, four of Ireland's most successful pop acts in the 1990s and 2000s. He has…

1952

Rick Mahler

American baseball player and coach (died 2005)

Richard Keith Mahler was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds (1989–1990) and Montreal Expos (1991). His brother Mickey was a major league pitcher as…

1953

Eddie Ojeda

American guitarist and songwriter

Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda is an American musician best known as a guitarist of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He was a member of the band's classic lineup.

1955

Christopher Chessun

English Anglican bishop

Christopher Thomas James Chessun is a British Anglican bishop. He became Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England in 2011.

1956

Jerry Ciccoritti

Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian director.

1956

Maureen McCormick

American actress

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1956

Larry Corowa

Australian rugby league player

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1957

David Gill

English businessman

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1957

Ulla Salzgeber

German equestrian

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1958

Pete Burns

English singer-songwriter (died 2016)

Peter Jozzeppi Burns was an English singer, songwriter and television personality.

1959

Pat Smear

American guitarist and songwriter

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1959

David Baldacci

American lawyer and author

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1960

Janet McTeer

English actress

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1961

Athula Samarasekera

Sri Lankan cricketer and coach

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1961

Mark O'Connor

American violinist/fiddler and composer

Mark O'Connor is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association…

1961

Tim Wilson

American comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (died 2014)

Timothy Collins Wilson was an American comedian and country music artist, whose act combined stand-up comedy and original songs.

1961

Patrick Ewing

Jamaican-American basketball player and coach

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1962

Otis Thorpe

American basketball player

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1962

Steve Lee

Swiss singer-songwriter (died 2010)

Steve Lee was a Swiss musician, best known as the vocalist of the band Gotthard.

1963

Ingmar De Vos

Belgian sports administrator

Ingmar De Vos is a Belgian professional sports manager serving as the thirteenth and current President of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). He is also a member of the International Olympic…

1963

Mark Strong

English actor

Mark Strong is an English actor. He is an Olivier Award and a BAFTA TV Award winner, and has received nominations for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

1963

Rory Morrison

English journalist (died 2013)

Rory David Morrison was a newsreader and continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4.

1964

Adam Yauch

American rapper and director (died 2012)

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1964

Jeff Coffin

American saxophonist and composer

Jeff Stanley Coffin is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008,…

1965

Motoi Sakuraba

Japanese keyboard player and composer

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1965

James Gunn

American filmmaker

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1966

Jennifer Finch

American singer, bass player, and photographer

Jennifer Finch is an American musician, designer, and photographer most notable for being the primary bass player of the punk rock band L7. Active in L7 from 1986 to 1996, Finch also wrote music and performed with her…

1966

Jonathan Silverman

American actor and producer

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1966

Matthew Caws

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Matthew Rorison Caws is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Nada Surf. Caws is also a member of the indie rock duo Minor Alps,…

1967

Vladyslav Gorai

Ukrainian tenor

Vladyslav Vikentiiovych Gorai or Horay was a Ukrainian operatic tenor. Based at the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre, he appeared internationally. He portrayed the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto and Rodolfo in Puccini's La…

1967

Terri Clark

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut…

1968

Funkmaster Flex

American DJ, radio and television host, rapper, and record producer

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1968

Kendo Kashin

Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

Tokimitsu Ishizawa, better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a two time IWGP Junior…

1968

Marine Le Pen

French lawyer and politician

Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen is a French lawyer and politician. She served as the president of the far-right National Rally party (RN) from 2011 to 2021, and ran for the French presidency in the 2012, 2017 and…

1968

Oleh Luzhnyi

Ukrainian footballer and manager

Oleh Romanovych Luzhnyi is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

1968

Colin McRae

Scottish race car driver (died 2007)

Colin Steele McRae was a British rally driver. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title.

1968

John Olerud

American baseball player

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1968

Jackie Doyle-Price

English politician

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1969

Vasbert Drakes

Barbadian cricketer

Vasbert Conniel Drakes is a former West Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman.

1969

Venkatesh Prasad

Indian cricketer and coach

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1969

Rob Scott

Australian rower

Robert Geoffrey Scott is an Australian businessman and former national champion and national representative rower. Since 2017 he has been Managing Director and Chief Executive of Wesfarmers, the Perth-headquartered…

1969

Valdis Dombrovskis

Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia

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1971

Ikuto Hidaka

Japanese wrestler

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1972

Aaqib Javed

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Aaqib Javed is a Pakistani former international cricketer and the current head coach of Pakistani cricket team in all formats. He is also a member of the Men's National Selection Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board.…

1972

Darren Shahlavi

English-American actor and martial artist (died 2015)

Darren Majian Shahlavi was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman.

1972

Jon Sleightholme

English rugby player

Jonathan Mark Sleightholme is a former rugby union player who played on the wing for Grimsby, Hull Ionians Wakefield, Bath, Northampton Saints, Yorkshire, England Sevens and England.

1972

Theodore Whitmore

Jamaican footballer and manager

Theodore Eccleston Whitmore, OD, is a Jamaican former professional footballer. He is the former head coach of Jamaica national team.

1972

Christian Olde Wolbers

Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

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1972

Paul Carige

Australian rugby league player

Paul Carige is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the Illawarra Steelers, Parramatta Eels, and the Salford City Reds. He mostly played at centre, but occasionally he…

1973

Justin Marshall

New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

Justin Warren Marshall is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played 81 games for the New Zealand All Blacks between 1995 and 2005.

1973

Alvin Ceccoli

Australian footballer

Alvin Ceccoli is an Australian footballer who played for three A-League clubs and was capped internationally for Australia.

1974

Kajol

Indian film actress

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1974

Olle Kullinger

Swedish footballer

Olle Kullinger is a Swedish retired footballer.

1974

Antoine Sibierski

French footballer

Antoine Sibierski is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career at hometown club Lille OSC, going on to play for AJ Auxerre, Nantes, with whom he won the Coupe de France…

1974

Dan Hipgrave

English guitarist and journalist

Daniel Hipgrave is an English musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of the post-Britpop/alternative rock band Toploader.

1975

Josep Jufré

Spanish cyclist

Josep Jufré Pou is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2011. He turned professional with Recer–Boavista in 1999, and finished his career with Astana in 2011.

1975

Eicca Toppinen

Finnish cellist and composer

Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen is a Finnish cellist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica.

1975

Jeff Friesen

Canadian ice hockey player

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1976

Marians Pahars

Latvian footballer and manager

Marians Pahars is a Latvian professional football manager and a former player.

1976

Remi Sølvberg

Norwegian politician

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1976

Eugen Trică

Romanian footballer and manager

Eugen Trică is a Romanian professional manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.

1976

Eric Hinske

American baseball player and coach

Eric Scott Hinske is an American professional baseball coach and former outfielder and first baseman. Hinske played in the major leagues from 2002 to 2013 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays,…

1977

Mark Mulder

American baseball player and sportscaster

Mark Alan Mulder is an American former professional baseball player. A left-handed starting pitcher, Mulder pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. He is a two-time…

1977

Michael Walsh

English footballer

Michael Shane Walsh is an English former footballer who spent twelve years as a professional in the Football League. A defender, he made a total of 319 appearances in league and cup competitions.

1977

Cosmin Bărcăuan

Romanian footballer and manager

Cosmin Bărcăuan is a Romanian former football player and current coach.

1978

Kim Gevaert

Belgian sprinter

Kim Gevaert is a former sprinter and Olympic champion from Belgium.

1978

Harel Levy

Israeli tennis player

Harel Levy is a retired Israeli professional tennis player, and the current captain of Israel's Davis Cup team. He reached the final of the 2000 Toronto Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No.…

1978

David Healy

Irish footballer

David Jonathan Healy is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer who is in charge at NIFL Premiership club Linfield. A striker during his playing career, he is the men's all-time leading…

1979

Wayne Bridge

English footballer

Wayne Michael Bridge is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.

1980

Salvador Cabañas

Paraguayan footballer

Salvador Cabañas Ortega is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker internationally for the senior Paraguay national team, and earlier for the national U17 and U20 teams.

1980

Jason Culina

Australian footballer

Jason Culina is an Australian soccer coach and former player. He played in two FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup tournaments for the Australia national team. At club level, Culina had a nine-year spell in the…

1980

Jesse Williams

American actor, director, producer, and political activist

Jesse Wesley Williams is an American actor, director, producer, and activist best known as Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy. He has also appeared in films such as The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and The Butler (2013).…

1980

David Clarke

English ice hockey player

David Clarke is a retired British ice hockey player and a former member of the British national ice hockey team squad.

1981

Carl Crawford

American baseball player

Carl Demonte Crawford, nicknamed "the Perfect Storm", is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers. He…

1981

Maik Franz

German footballer

Maik Franz is a German former footballer.

1981

Erik Guay

Canadian skier

Erik Guay is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Racing out of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Guay won the World Cup season title in super-G in 2010 and was the world champion in downhill in 2011, as well as in the…

1981

Travie McCoy

American rapper, singer, and songwriter

Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, which he formed in 1997 with his classmate Matt McGinley, after…

1981

Anna Rawson

Australian golfer

Anna Rawson is an Australian model and former professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.

1981

Rachel Scott

American murder victim, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (died 1999)

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1981

Jamie Houston

English-German rugby player

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1982

Lolo Jones

American hurdler

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1982

Michele Pazienza

Italian footballer

Michele Pazienza is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

1982

Jeff Robson

Australian rugby league player

Jeff Robson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Parramatta Eels. He played primarily as a halfback.

1982

Pete Sell

American mixed martial artist

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1982

Steve Matai

New Zealand rugby league player

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1984

Laurent Ciman

Belgian footballer

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1985

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian footballer

Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger.

1985

Gil Vermouth

Israeli footballer

Gil Vermouth is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

1985

Erkan Zengin

Swedish footballer

Erkan Zengin is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger. Born in Turkey, he played for the Sweden national team.

1985

Paula Creamer

American golfer

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1986

Kathrin Zettel

Austrian skier

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1986

Orce Gjorgjievski

Macedonian politician

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1987

Michael Jamieson

Scottish-English swimmer

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1988

Federica Pellegrini

Italian swimmer

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1988

Ryan Bertrand

English footballer

Ryan Dominic Bertrand is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

1989

Mathieu Manset

French footballer

Mathieu Manset is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for 18 clubs in 8 countries during his career.

1989

Esteban Gutiérrez

Mexican race car driver

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1991

Wi Ha-joon

South Korean actor

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1991

Konrad Hurrell

Tongan rugby league player

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1991

Daniëlle van de Donk

Dutch footballer

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1991

Andreas Weimann

Austrian footballer

Andreas Weimann is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien, on loan from Derby County. He also plays for the Austria national team.

1991

Natalia García

Spanish rhythmic gymnast

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1994

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

Danish footballer

Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains both Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Denmark national team.

1995

Cho Seung-youn

South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper

Cho Seung-youn, known professionally as Woodz (우즈), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. He rose to fame as the main rapper of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Uniq, formed by Yuehua…

1996

Jack Cogger

Australian rugby league player

Jack Cogger is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback or five-eighth for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League.

1997

Olivia Holt

American actress and singer

Olivia Hastings Holt is an American actress, executive producer and singer-songwriter. She starred in the Disney XD series Kickin' It, Disney Channel Original Movie Girl vs. Monster, and the Disney Channel Original…

1997

Wang Yibo

Chinese dancer, singer and actor

Wang Yibo is a Chinese actor, dancer, singer, professional road motorcycle racer and racing driver. He debuted as a member of South Korean-Chinese boyband Uniq in 2014. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in…

1997

Yungblud

English musician and actor

Dominic Richard Harrison, known professionally as Yungblud, is an English musician and actor. In 2018, he released his debut EP Yungblud, followed by his first full-length album 21st Century Liability. In 2019, he…

1997

Adam Doueihi

Australian-Lebanese rugby league player

Adam Doueihi is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a utility for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

1998

Kim Si-hyeon

South Korean singer

Kim Si-hyeon, known mononymously as Sihyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is the leader and vocalist of girl group Everglow, formed by Yuehua Entertainment.

1999

Tom Gilbert

Australian rugby league player

Tom Gilbert is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a second-row, lock or prop forward for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the North Qld…

2000

Anthony Edwards

American basketball player

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2001

Toni Shaw

British Paralympic swimmer

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2003

Gavi

Spanish footballer

Pablo Martín Páez Gavira, known as Gavi, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.

2004

Hudson Meek

American actor (died 2024)

Hudson Joseph Meek was an American child actor, known for his role as young Baby in the 2017 film Baby Driver.

2008

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Known forHe made his professional debut in September 2014, and reached the highest makuuchi division in January 2017 after 14 tournaments

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