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Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone is an American hurdler and sprinter who holds the world record for the 400 meters hurdles and the American record for the flat 400 meters
Famous Birthdays on August 7
208 people
317 – 2000
August 7 has seen 208 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 317 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1999 — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
American hurdler and sprinter
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She won gold in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and 2025 World Athletics Championships
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She set a world record time in the 400 m hurdles of 50.37 seconds at the 2024 Summer Olympics on August 8, 2024, breaking the world record she previously set of 50.65 seconds
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She set a championship record in the flat 400 of 47.78 at the 2025 World Championships, making her the second fastest woman in history over that distance
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She won a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships
Roman emperor (died 361)
Constantius II was Roman emperor from 337 to 361. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders against the Sasanian Empire and Germanic peoples, while internally the Roman Empire went through repeated civil wars, court…
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317
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan was the eighth and youngest daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile and was born in Rhuddlan Castle in Denbighshire. Of all of her siblings, she was closest to her younger brother…
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1282
Spanish soldier and poet (died 1595)
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanians (Mapuche), and there he began the epic poem La Araucana, considered one of the…
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1533
Hungarian aristocrat and purported serial killer (died 1614)
Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the powerful House of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary. Báthory and four of her servants were accused of…
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1560
English viol player and composer (died 1627)
Thomas Lupo was an English composer and viol player of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Along with Orlando Gibbons, John Coprario, and Alfonso Ferrabosco, he was one of the principal developers of the repertory…
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1571
English explorer and cartographer (died 1649)
Sir Robert Dudley was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the…
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1574
Swedish poet and linguist (died 1672)
Georg Stiernhielm was a Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. He has been called "the father of the Swedish skald art".
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1598
Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder (died 1664)
William Frederick, was Count of Nassau-Dietz, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.
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1613
Mughal emperor of India (died 1748)
Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah was the thirteenth Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the Sayyid Brothers of Barha, he ascended the…
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1702
American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1790)
James Bowdoin II was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts who was active during the American Revolution and the following decade. He initially gained fame and influence as a wealthy merchant. He served in…
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1726
American general (died 1786)
Major General Nathanael Greene was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as one of George Washington's most…
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1742
Princess of Orange (died 1820)
Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia was the consort of William V of Orange and the de facto leader of the dynastic party and counter-revolution in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Prince Augustus William of Prussia…
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1751
German geographer and academic (died 1859)
Carl Ritter was a German geographer. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, he is considered one of the founders of modern geography, as they established it as an independent scientific discipline. From 1825 until his…
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1779
Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (died 1889)
Karl August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist, who wrote as A. Oksanen, was a Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic. He is best remembered as the sharpest critic of writer Aleksis…
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1826
French geologist and author (died 1911)
Auguste Michel-Lévy was a French geologist. He was born in Paris.
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1844
French painter (died 1939)
Henri Eugène Augustin Le Sidaner was an intimist painter known for his paintings of domestic interiors and quiet street scenes. His style contained elements of impressionism with the influences of Édouard Manet, Monet…
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1862
Victoria of Baden was Queen of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until her death in 1930 as the wife of King Gustaf V. She was politically active in a conservative fashion during the development of democracy and known to be…
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1862
Danish-German painter and illustrator (died 1956)
Emil Nolde was a German painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color.…
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1867
Russian-German economist and statistician (died 1931)
Ladislaus Josephovich Bortkiewicz was a Russian economist and statistician of Polish ancestry. He wrote a book showing how the Poisson distribution, a discrete probability distribution, can be useful in applied…
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1868
English actor (died 1941)
Huntley Wright was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for creating roles in many important Edwardian musical comedies.
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1868
American mathematician (died 1959)
Mary Frances Winston Newson was an American mathematician. She became the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from a European university, namely the University of Göttingen in Germany. She was also the…
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1869
1876
South African cricketer (died 1931)
Johannes Jacobus "Kodgee" Kotze, or Kotzé was a cricketer from Cape Colony who played in three Test matches for South Africa from 1902 to 1907. He was considered one of the fastest bowlers of his time. He toured England…
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1879
American actress and singer (died 1970)
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in…
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1884
Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1940)
Nikolai Voldemar Triik was an Estonian Modernist painter, graphic artist, printmaker and professor. His work displays elements of Symbolism and Expressionism.
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1884
German author and playwright (died 1970)
Anna Elisabet Weirauch was a German author. Weirauch was an important figure for lesbians in Germany in the early 1900s, as well as for lesbians in the 1970s-1980s following an English translation. Her most well-known…
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1887
American author and activist (died 1964)
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was an American labor leader and feminist. In the early years of her activist career, she was an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. During World War I she founded the Workers…
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1890
American actress and singer (died 1981)
Ann Harding was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. Harding was a regular on Broadway and on tour in the 1920s. In the 1930s, Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the…
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1901
Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (died 1972)
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge…
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1903
American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late…
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1904
Belarusian-American soldier and painter (died 1980)
Albert Kotin was a Russian-born American abstract expressionist painter. He belonged to the early generation of New York School artists whose innovations by the 1950s had gained recognition across the Atlantic,…
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1907
Hungarian lawyer and politician (died 1979)
István Bibó was a Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist.
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1911
American director and screenwriter (died 1979)
Nicholas Ray was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Described by the Harvard Film Archive as "Hollywood's last romantic" and "one of postwar American cinema's supremely gifted and ultimately tragic…
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1911
American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (died 2008)
Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love was an American puppet maker, puppeteer, costume designer, and actor in children's television and on Broadway. He was best known as a designer and builder with the Muppets, in particular…
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1916
Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)
Cornelis "Kees" Buddingh' was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator. Amongst others he translated A Clockwork Orange and the complete works of William Shakespeare into Dutch. His son Wiebe Buddingh‘ later became the…
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1918
American sociologist and author (died 2007)
Gordon Zahn was an American sociologist, pacifist, professor, and author.
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1918
French guitarist (died 2014)
Ricardo Baliardo, better known as Manitas de Plata, was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France.
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1921
Czech-American composer and conductor (died 2016)
Karel Husa was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to the United…
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1921
American songwriter (died 2003)
Felice Bryant and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team. They are best known for songs such as "Rocky Top", "We Could", "Love Hurts", and numerous hits by…
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1925
American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (died 2015)
Stan Freberg was an American voice actor, satirist, singer, radio personality, and advertising creative director.
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1926
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana (died 2021)
Edwin Washington Edwards was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms. A member of…
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1927
American author and academic (died 2020)
Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980)…
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1928
English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021)
Harold Owen Luder was a British architect who designed a number of notable and sometimes controversial buildings in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, many in an uncompromising brutalist design, and many now…
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1928
Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI),…
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1928
American baseball player (died 2020)
Don James Larsen was an American professional baseball pitcher. During a 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams: the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles, New…
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1929
Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (died 2013)
Togrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov was one of the prominent modern Azerbaijani artists, laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and the Azerbaijan SSR, the People's Artist of the USSR and Azerbaijan, and a personal…
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1930
Estonian composer and educator (died 2017)
Veljo Tormis was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from his…
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1930
Ethiopian runner (died 1973)
Shambel Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome…
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1932
English actor (died 2011)
Edward Cedric Hardwicke was an English actor who had a career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in Colditz (1972–73), and Dr. Watson in Granada Television's Sherlock Holmes…
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1932
Dutch painter and illustrator (died 1995)
Rien Poortvliet was a Dutch artist and illustrator.
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1932
American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2005)
Maurice F. Rabb Jr. was an American ophthalmologist. He is widely known for his pioneering work in cornea and retinal vascular diseases.
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1932
South African footballer and manager
Edwin Ronald Firmani is a former professional football player and manager. A former forward, he spent most of his playing career in Italy and England. He managed 13 different clubs over 29 years, mostly in the United…
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1933
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom was an American political scientist and political economist whose work was associated with New Institutional Economics and the resurgence of political economy. In 2009, she was awarded the…
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1933
American journalist and author (died 2017)
Jerry Eugene Pournelle was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early…
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1933
Filipino politician and diplomat
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary, finance secretary, foreign affairs secretary, and budget secretary. His…
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1933
Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
Sándor Simó was a Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 25 films and directed a further seven. His 1969 film Those Who Wear Glasses won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film…
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1934
1935
American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, known earlier in his career simply as Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute, and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality;…
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1935
Hungarian table tennis player and coach (died 2011)
Zoltán Berczik was a Hungarian table tennis player. In the late fifties he was ranked among the best European table tennis players and won, with his athletic play, the first two titles at the Table Tennis European…
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1937
English cricketer and coach (died 2012)
Donald Wilson was an English cricketer, who played in six Test matches for England from 1964 to 1971. His first-class cricket career, which lasted from 1957 to 1974, was spent with Yorkshire County Cricket Club and he…
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1937
Italian automotive designer
Giorgetto Giugiaro is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. He…
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1938
French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "The Plumber", as well as "The…
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1940
German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)
Uwe Nettelbeck was a German record producer, journalist and film critic. He was best known as the creator and producer of the German krautrock band Faust and changed the face of German rock music in the early 1970s. He…
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1940
Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English publisher and politician (died 2016)
Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting,, was a British Labour Party politician. Evans' father was the writer George Ewart Evans.
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1941
American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016.…
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1942
Argentinian boxer and actor (died 1995)
Carlos Roque Monzón, nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for seven years, and successfully defended his title 14 times against 11…
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1942
Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicália, which encompassed…
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1942
English biochemist and academic
Sir Richard Brook Sykes is a British microbiologist, the chair of the Royal Institution, the UK Stem Cell Foundation, and the trustees at King Edward VII's Hospital, and chancellor of Brunel University. As of June 2021,…
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1942
American singer (died 2021)
Billy Joe Thomas was an American singer widely known for his country, contemporary Christian, and pop hits of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
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1942
Egyptian religious leader
Mohammed Badie is the eighth Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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1943
Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
Lana Eleanor Cantrell AM is an Australian-American singer and entertainment lawyer. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in the Grammy Awards of 1968.
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1943
French director and screenwriter (died 2010)
Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.
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1943
American actor
John Glover is an American actor, known for a range of quirky and villainous roles in films and television, such as Lionel Luthor in Smallville, Dr. Jason Woodrue in Batman & Robin and the voice of Riddler in the DC…
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1944
American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2026)
Robert Swan Mueller III was an American lawyer who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013.
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1944
Scottish actor and director (died 2014)
George Ian Kenneth Ireland was a Scottish actor and theatre director. Ireland was best known to television viewers for his role in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV in the 1980s, and for playing Donald Stewart in Benidorm…
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1945
1945
Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
Franciscus Henricus Antheunis, professionally known as Franciscus Henri, is a musician and children's entertainer. He has dual Dutch and Australian nationality. In 1970 he gained national prominence when he competed in…
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1947
Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru, known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian singer.
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1947
American businessman and author
Martin E. Appel is an American public relations and sports management executive, television executive producer, baseball historian and author.
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1948
Australian cricketer and coach
Gregory Stephen Chappell is a former cricketer who represented Australia at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the…
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1948
Lebanese journalist and politician
Walid Kamal Jumblatt is a Lebanese politician, who was the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party from 1977 until 2023. A Druze and former militia commander, Jumblatt led the Lebanese National Resistance Front,…
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1949
South African-English journalist and politician
Matthew Francis Parris is a British political writer, broadcaster, and former politician. He served as Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1979 to 1986. Ideologically a liberal conservative, he was a member of…
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1949
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rodney Crowell is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album Diamonds & Dirt. He…
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1950
American politician and diplomat, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Alan Lee Keyes is an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987. A member of the Republican…
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1950
Sri Lankan educator and politician
Singaravelu Thandayuthapani is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, civil servant, politician and provincial minister.
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1950
American actress and producer
Caroline Sidney Aaron is an American actress. She has appeared in multiple Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, and Woody Allen films and is also known for her role in the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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1952
Irish golfer
Eamonn Christopher Darcy is an Irish professional golfer. He won four times on the European Tour and played in the Ryder Cup four times.
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1952
1952
English comedian, actor, and author
Alexei David Sayle is an English actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. He was voted the…
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1952
American journalist and author
Anne Fadiman is an American essayist and reporter. Her interests include literary journalism, essays, memoir, and autobiography. She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize…
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1953
Russian footballer, manager and politician
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev is a Russian politician, football manager and former footballer of Ossetian descent. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo…
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1954
Israeli spy
Jonathan Jay Pollard is an American-born Israeli spy and former intelligence analyst who was jailed for spying for Israel.
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1954
1954
American actor, comedian and voice actor
Wayne Elliot Knight is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001).…
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1955
American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Seattle
Gregory James Nickels is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington, as of 2025 he is the last Seattle mayor who has served more than one term in office. He took office on January 1,…
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1955
Russian author and playwright
Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin is a postmodern Russian writer of novels, short stories, and plays.
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1955
Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (died 2012)
Daire Brehan was an Irish actress, broadcaster and barrister who presented a variety of BBC Radio programmes during the 1990s including Language Live, for BBC Radio 5, You and Yours, The Afternoon Shift (1995–98) and…
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1957
Russian gymnast and colonel
Alexander Nikolaevich Dityatin was a Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic champion and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most…
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1957
Canadian-American jockey
Russell Avery Baze is a retired Canadian-American horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame and the…
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1958
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Dickinson has performed in the band across two stints, from 1981 to 1993 and from 1999 to the present…
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1958
Cuban-American runner and coach
Alberto Salazar is an American former track coach and long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, living in Connecticut and then in Wayland, Massachusetts,…
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1958
Belgian orientalist and author
Koenraad Elst is a Belgian author, known primarily for his adherence to the Hindutva ideology and support of the Out of India theory, which is regarded as pseudohistorical by mainstream scholarship. Scholars accuse him…
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1959
1959
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer, director and musician. He received his breakthrough with the role of Fox Mulder in The X-Files franchise earning a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two…
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1960
English actor and singer
Brian Paul Conley is an English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Conley has been the host of The Brian Conley Show, as well as presenting the Royal Variety Performance on eight occasions. In his…
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1961
Russian gymnast
Yelena Viktorovna Davydova is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual all-around champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.…
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1961
English jockey and trainer (died 2016)
Walter Robert John Swinburn was a flat racing jockey and trainer who competed in Great Britain and internationally.
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1961
Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor.
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1961
American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
Alison Brown is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck, for her unique style…
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1962
1963
American journalist and author
Nicholas John Gillespie is an American libertarian journalist who was editor-in-chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2008 and editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV from 2008 to 2017. Gillespie joined Reason's…
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1963
American pianist and educator
Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher.
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1963
English-Australian journalist and author
John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.
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1964
1964
Scottish jockey
Peter Niven is a retired British jump jockey in National Hunt racing. In May 2001 he became the first Scotsman and sixth jockey to ride over 1,000 winners, eventually retiring in September that year with 1002 winners.…
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1964
1965
Canadian figure skater
Elizabeth Ann Manley, CM is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1988 Olympic silver medallist, the 1988 World silver medallist and a three-time Canadian national champion.
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1965
Scottish laicised priest and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (died 2011)
John David Cairns was a Scottish politician who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2005 to 2008. A member of Scottish Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde, formerly Greenock and…
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1966
British actress
Shobna Gulati is an English actor and presenter. Gulati is known for playing Anita in dinnerladies and Sunita Alahan in the soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2013. They also played Mari Hoff in the 2006 UK Tour…
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1966
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Martha Kristin Hersh is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter known for her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave. She has released eleven solo albums. Her guitar work and composition…
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1966
American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
Jimmy Donal Wales is an American internet entrepreneur and former financial trader. He is best known for co-founding Wikipedia, a nonprofit free encyclopedia, and Fandom, a for-profit wiki hosting service. He has also…
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1966
American baseball player
Jason Alan Grimsley is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for seven teams during a 15-year career. He was a member of both the 1999 and 2000 World Series champion New York Yankees.
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1967
Italian-American director and screenwriter
Francesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna is an Italian-American screenwriter and film director.
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1968
Australian surfer and coach
Trevor Ronald Hendy, AM is a former Australian professional surf lifesaver.
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1968
Australian actress and author
Sophie Lee is an Australian film, stage and television actress and author.
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1968
1969
Scottish footballer and manager
Paul Lambert is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.
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1969
Israeli writer and LGBT activist
Dana G. Peleg is an Israeli writer, poet, journalist, translator and editor. She is an activist for women's and LGBT rights. She wrote the first regular column in the Israeli press on the subject of lesbian, bisexual…
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1969
American swimmer (died 2006)
Eric John Namesnik, nicknamed "Snik," was an American competition swimmer who competed for the University of Michigan and a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the men's 400-meter Individual Medley.
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1970
England cricketer and sportscaster
Dominic Gerald Cork is a former English county and international cricketer. Cork was an all-rounder who batted at lower-order batsman and bowled right-arm fast-medium, and was renowned for his swing and seam control.…
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1971
American actress and singer
Rachel York is an American actress and singer. Known for stage roles, including award-winning performances in Camelot, Hello, Dolly!, Into the Woods, and Anything Goes, her screen roles include a portrayal of Lucille…
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1971
Filipino boxer and promoter
Geronimo "Gerry" J. Peñalosa is a Filipino boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2010. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-flyweight…
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1972
Russian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut.
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1973
Vietnamese-American baseball player
Daniel Peter Graves is a Vietnamese-born American former professional baseball player and current baseball analyst. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from 1996 to 2006, most prominently…
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1973
English-Australian footballer, coach, and manager
Kevin Vincent Muscat is an English-born Australian professional soccer manager and former player who played as a defender. He represented the Australia national team at international level, earning 46 caps between 1994…
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1973
American actor
Chico Benymon is an American actor, singer, musician, and fashion designer best known for his role as Andre "Spencer" Williams on the UPN comedy Half & Half. He also starred in the Nickelodeon TV series The Haunted…
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1974
American actor
Michael Corbett Shannon is an American actor. Known for his forceful and intense style of acting, he has twice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Revolutionary Road (2008) and…
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1974
Turkish singer-songwriter
Koray Candemir is a Turkish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He used to be the lead singer of the Turkish rock band Kargo. Towards the end of 2008, Koray Candemir and Serkan Celikoz decided to end their…
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1975
Australian cricketer
Gerard John Denton is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania. The right-arm fast-medium bowler began his first-class cricket for Tasmania, despite having been born in Queensland. He switched…
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1975
Australian model and actress
Megan Kate Gale is an Australian model and actress. Born in Parmelia, Western Australia, Gale won a modelling contest when she was 18 in her home town. In 1999 she was cast in a series of commercials for Vodafone Italy.…
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1975
1975
American journalist and politician, 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Rebecca Ann Kleefisch is an American politician and former television reporter who served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to the position…
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1975
Colombian baseball player
Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo, nicknamed "the Barranquilla Baby", is a Colombian former professional baseball shortstop. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals,…
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1975
South African actress
Charlize Theron is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100…
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1975
Greek footballer and manager
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
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1976
American football player
Edward Shane Lechler is an American former professional football player who played as a punter for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and was selected…
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1976
English fashion designer
Charlotte Julia Ronson is an English fashion designer, based in Los Angeles, US.
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1977
English singer-songwriter and DJ
Samantha Judith Ronson is an English DJ, singer, and songwriter.
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1977
Australian rugby league player
Justin 'Brash' Brooker is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs Magpies, the Bradford Bulls, the…
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1977
French director, producer, and screenwriter
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja, is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film Haute Tension. He has also…
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1978
American singer-songwriter
James Vincent Shanahan, known professionally as Jamey Jasta, is an American vocalist, record producer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of metalcore band Hatebreed. He also fronts the sludge metal band…
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1978
English-Barbadian footballer
Mark Jason McCammon is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in England, he represented the Barbados national team at international level.
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1978
American actor
Cirroc Lofton is an American actor and podcaster who started his career at the age of nine with many minor roles. He got his start in the 1989 child education program Econ and Me, which teaches children economics. He is…
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1978
American actor, director, and screenwriter
Eric Johann Johnson is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Flash Gordon on the eponymous 2007–2008 television series, Whitney Fordman on the superhero series Smallville, Detective Luke Callaghan on the police…
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1979
Spanish footballer
Miguel Ángel Llera Garzón is a Spanish football manager and former professional player who played as a centre back. He was most recently first-team coach at Bristol Rovers.
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1979
Austrian anthropologist and author
Birgit Zotz is an Austrian writer, cultural anthropologist and an expert on the subject of hospitality management studies.
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1979
German footballer
Carsten Busch is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1980
1980
Brazilian footballer
Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz, better known as just Tácio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as defensive midfielder. In 1997, he was part of the Brazilian team that won the 1997 South American…
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1980
Japanese footballer
Seiichiro Maki is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team.
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1980
American soccer player
David Testo is an American retired soccer player who, after his playing career ended in 2011, became the first male American professional player of that sport to come out as gay. Testo played professionally from 2003 to…
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1981
1981
Argentine actress and singer
Ángeles Constanza Balbiani Morea better known as Angie Balbiani is an Argentine actress, model, television presenter and journalist.
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1982
Australian actress
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1982
Argentine rugby player
Juan Martín Hernández is an Argentine retired rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team The Pumas. He played for the club Toulon in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought him…
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1982
American football player (died 2007)
Marquise Hill was an American professional football defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Patriots in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft. He played…
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1982
Greek basketball player
Vassilis Spanoulis, also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis, or Kill Bill is a Greek former professional basketball player who is currently the head coach of the senior men's Greek national team. He was the head coach of…
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1982
1982
Mexican singer-songwriter and actor
José Christian Chávez Garza is a Mexican singer and actor. He is best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde, as well as for being a member of the spin-off pop group RBD.
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1983
Turkish singer-songwriter
Sırrı Murat Dalkılıç is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter, music producer, film and animation producer, director and actor.
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1983
1983
Ukrainian cyclist
Andriy Askoldovych Hrivko is a Ukrainian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018. Since retiring from racing, Hrivko currently serves as the president of the Ukrainian Cycling Federation.
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1983
English cricketer and journalist
Mark Lewis Pettini is an English former cricketer who played domestically for Essex and Leicestershire. He was a right-handed batsman and very occasional wicket-keeper and right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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1983
Greek basketball player
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1984
Pakistani model and actress
Tooba Siddiqui is a Pakistani actress and model. Siddiqui started her career by starring in a music video "My Love" for pop singer Yasir Akhtar. She began modeling for the Pakistani fashion industry in the early 2000s.…
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1984
South Korean poet and author (died 2003)
Yun Hyon-seok was a South Korean LGBT poet, writer, and activist. He wrote under the pen names Yuk Wu-dang and Seolheon, and was also known by his nickname Midong or Donghwa.
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1984
German swimmer
Paul Biedermann is a German retired competitive swimmer, a 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He holds the long course world record in the 200 meters freestyle, and formerly held world records in…
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1986
Slovenian footballer
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1986
Mexican model and actress
Altaír Jarabo García is a Mexican actress and fashion model. She is best known for her antagonistic roles in Mexican telenovelas including Inocente de ti, Al diablo con los guapos, En nombre del amor, Abismo de pasión,…
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1986
Mexican boxer
Juan Pedro de la Rosa is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the brother of welterweight boxer James de la Rosa.
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1986
Canadian ice hockey player
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1987
Sierra Leonean footballer
Mustapha Sima Michael Dumbuya is a Sierra Leonean former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1987
American baseball player
Ryan Cole Lavarnway is an American-Israeli former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates,…
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1987
German footballer
Rouven Kai Sattelmaier is a German former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper.
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Jonathan Bernier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft by the Los…
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1988
Senegalese footballer
Mohamed Aly Coulibaly is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a winger or forward.
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1988
American blogger
Melody Oliveria, also known by their handle bowiechick, is an American video blog contributor, most popularly to YouTube. They were listed as a notable contributor to YouTube in 2006.
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1988
Dutch footballer
Erik Pieters is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back and centre-back and is currently a free agent.
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1988
American football player
Christopher Michael Wells, known as Chris Wells or Beanie Wells, is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played…
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1988
American basketball player
DeMar Darnell DeRozan is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected ninth overall…
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1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Jake Allen is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 34th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the…
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1990
English singer-songwriter
Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of rock band You Me at Six.
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1990
Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2016)
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1991
American baseball player
Michael Nelson Trout is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is an 11-time All-Star, three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP),…
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1991
Dutch footballer
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1991
English cyclist
Adam Richard Yates is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG. Yates placed third overall at the 2023 Tour de France. In 2016 he became the first British…
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1992
English cyclist
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1992
Dutch footballer
Wout François Maria Weghorst is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Netherlands national team.
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1992
1993
Polish sprinter
Karol Zalewski is a Polish athlete who specialises in the sprinting events. He reached the semifinals of the 2013 World Championships in the 200 metres. He is also the 2013 European U23 champion over that distance.
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1993
Spanish footballer
Daniel Ceballos Fernández is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spain national team.
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1996
Polish footballer
Matthew Stuart Cash is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Aston Villa. Born in England, he represents the Poland national team.
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1997
American football player
Kyler Cole Murray is an American professional football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Texas A&M Aggies, Murray played for…
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1997
1998
Peruvian windsurfer
María Belén Bazo Germán is a Peruvian windsurfer who previously competed in the RS:X class and now competes in the iQFoil class.
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1998
American football player
Jalen Alexander Hurts is an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He began his college football career with the Alabama Crimson Tide, leading the…
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1998
English footballer
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2000
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