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Joshua Scott "JC" Chasez is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer
Famous Birthdays on August 8
261 people
422 – 2005
August 8 has seen 261 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 422 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1976 — JC Chasez
American singer and dancer
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He started his career as a singer, actor, and dancer on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club before rising to prominence as a member of the boy band NSYNC in the late 90s and early 2000s
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Chasez released his debut single "Blowin' Me Up " in 2002, following NSYNC's decision to go on a hiatus earlier that year
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The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time
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Schizophrenic, his debut solo album, was released in 2004
422
Emperor Horikawa was the 73rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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1079
founder of the Dominicans (died 1221)
Saint Dominic, also known as Dominic de Guzmán, was a Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists, and he and his order are…
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1170
1306
Italian alchemist (died 1582)
Matteo Tafuri was an Italian philosopher, astrologer and physician, who was famed for his divination, but also was reputed to be a magician who practised demonic arts.
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1492
French-German scholar and author (died 1561)
Conrad Lycosthenes, born Conrad Wolffhart, was an Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist. Deacon of Saint Leonard in Basel, professor of grammar and dialectics, Lycosthenes had a passion for the study of nature and…
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1518
3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (died 1605)
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, 13th Baron de Clifford, 13th Lord of Skipton, was an English peer, naval commander, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was notable at court for his jousting, at the…
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1558
2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675)
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland. Born in Kent, England in 1605, he inherited the proprietorship of overseas colonies in Avalon…
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1605
German poet and composer (died 1697)
Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck, née Countess of Erbach-Erbach, was a German noblewoman, poet and composer.
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1640
German-English painter (died 1723)
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet was a German-born British painter. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British…
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1646
1673
French composer (died 1762)
Laurent Belissen was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Aix-en-Provence and may have been among the last students of Guillaume Poitevin, then maître de musique at the choir school of the Aix Cathedral.
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1693
Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746)
Francis Hutcheson was an Irish philosopher of Scottish descent widely regarded as one of the key figures of the early Scottish Enlightenment. He served as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and…
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1694
Swedish nobleman and military leader (died 1778)
Baron Johan Augustin Mannerheim was a Swedish nobleman, the Artillery Colonel and the Gothenburg Commandant. He was a great-great-grandfather of Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim, the Marshal of Finland.
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1706
German-Italian monk and violinist (died 1779)
Hermann Anton Gelinek was a German monk and musician.
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1709
Swedish general and politician (died 1796)
Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin was a Swedish politician and demagogue.
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1720
Spanish botanist (died 1816)
Hipólito Ruiz López, or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the reign of Carlos III, three major…
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1754
1758
Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (died 1838)
Ferenc Kölcsey was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the politics involving the Austrian Empire. He wrote Himnusz, the national…
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1790
1807
American suffragette and judge (died 1902)
Esther Hobart Morris was an American judge who was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States. She began her tenure as justice in South Pass City, Wyoming, on February 14, 1870, serving a term of nearly…
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1814
Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (died 1894)
George Stoneman Jr. was an American military officer and politician who served as the 15th governor of California from 1883 to 1887.
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1822
American general (died 1925)
Nelson Appleton Miles was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War (1861–1865), the last stages of the American Indian Wars (1840–1890), and the Spanish–American War (1898). From 1895 to 1903,…
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1839
Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
Sir George Turner was an Australian politician. He served two terms as Premier of Victoria, holding office from 1894 to 1899 and 1900 to 1901 as a liberal. After Federation he was invited by Edmund Barton to join the…
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1851
English journalist and author (died 1934)
Sir Thomas Anstey Guthrie was an English writer, most noted for his comic novel Vice Versa about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities. His reputation was confirmed by The Tinted Venus and many…
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1856
French pianist and composer (died 1944)
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer.
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1857
American painter (died 1930)
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris was an American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist.
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1863
American explorer (died 1955)
Matthew Alexander Henson was an African-American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. He is best…
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1866
1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (died 1948)
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield,, born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from…
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1874
Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955)
Artur da Silva Bernardes was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th president of Brazil from 1922 to 1926. Bernades' presidency was marked by the crisis of the First Brazilian Republic and the almost…
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1875
Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (died 1929)
Varghese Payyappilly was an Indian Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.
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1876
1879
Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and…
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1879
Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)
Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Australia from 7 to 26 April 1939, in a caretaker capacity following the death of Joseph Lyons. He was…
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1880
German field marshal (died 1954)
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Born into the Prussian noble family von Kleist, Kleist entered the Prussian Army in 1900 and commanded a cavalry…
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1881
Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1965)
Ladislas Starevich was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film The Beautiful Leukanida (1912). He also used dead insects and other animals as protagonists of his…
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1882
American poet and educator (died 1933)
Sara Trevor Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Filsinger after her 1914 marriage. In 1918, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1917 poetry collection Love Songs.
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1884
1889
Australian cricketer (died 1977)
John Ryder was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia.
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1889
German violinist and composer (died 1952)
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.
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1891
American author and academic (died 1953)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American writer who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling—about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn—won a Pulitzer Prize…
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1896
French chef (died 1965)
Marguerite Valentine Bise was a French chef and restaurateur at her restaurant Auberge du Père Bise in Talloires, Haute-Savoie, France. In 1951, she became the third woman to win three Michelin stars.
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1898
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the Manhattan Project, as…
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1901
English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory,…
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1902
Italian racing driver (died 1948)
Achille Varzi was an Italian racing driver. He is remembered as the winner of the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix, as well as the winner of the first Formula One Grand Prix at the 1946 Turin Grand Prix, and as the chief rival of…
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1904
French composer (died 1974)
André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet drew on his interest in acoustics and atonality, as well as both ancient and modern musical influences,…
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1905
American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2003)
Bennett Lester Carter was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career in the…
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1907
lifelong militant and editor (died 1970)
Jimmy Steele was an Irish republican militant. He was one of the most prominent Irish Republican Army (IRA) men in Belfast after the Irish Civil War who held practically every senior position in the Northern Command of…
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1907
American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1990)
Arthur Joseph Goldberg was an American politician and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. secretary of labor, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States ambassador to the…
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1908
10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1977)
Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham was the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand and an English cricketer from the Lyttelton family.
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1909
Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (died 1987)
John Brophy Renshaw was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965. He was the first New South Wales Premier born in the 20th century.
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1909
1909
Welsh-English footballer and manager (died 1989)
James Patrick Murphy was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed. Murphy is most famous for being an influential…
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1910
American actress (died 1999)
Sylvia Sidney was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best…
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1910
American actress (died 2002)
Rosetta LeNoire was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was known to contemporary audiences for her work in television. She had regular roles on such series as Gimme a Break! and Amen ; she is…
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1911
American runner and coach (died 1981)
James F. "Jumbo" Elliott was an American track and field coach, often considered to be one of the greatest of all time. His achievements include producing five Olympic gold medal winners between 1956 and 1968.
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1915
Italian actor and producer (died 2010)
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis was an Italian film producer and businessman who held both Italian and American citizenship. Following a brief acting career in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he moved into film…
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1919
English animator and producer (died 2013)
John David Wilson was an English artist, animator and producer. He owned his own production studio, Fine Arts Films.
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1919
Italian songwriter and producer (died 2006)
Leo Matteo Chiosso was an Italian lyricist mostly known for his work with Fred Buscaglione. They formed a songwriting duo who produced about forty songs and created Buscaglione's public persona, a humorous tough guy…
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1920
American jump blues singer (died 1997)
James Witherspoon was an American jump blues and jazz singer.
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1920
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
William Milton Asher was an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.
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1921
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1991)
Michael Webb Pierce was an American country music vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number-one hits than any other country and western performer during…
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1921
American swimmer and actress (died 2013)
Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics…
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1921
American actor (died 1999)
Rory Calhoun was an American film and television actor. He starred in numerous Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s and appeared in supporting roles in films such as How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Motel Hell (1980).
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1922
Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (died 1985)
Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion…
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1922
American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)
Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian. She was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. She wrote extensively on intellectual history, with a focus on…
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1922
Hungarian illustrator (died 1988)
Károly Reich was a Hungarian artist best known for his illustrations in children's books and for his distinctive draughtsmanship. His work was widely popular among Hungarian children throughout his 40-year career,…
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1922
Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003)
Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author who served as the president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996. He later served as the first chairman…
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1925
Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014)
Datuk Abdul Aziz bin Sattar was a Malaysian actor, singer, comedian, and director who is mostly known for his roles in the black and white Malay films of the 1950s and 1960s.
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1925
American actor and producer (died 2017)
Richard Norman Anderson was an American film and television actor. One of his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The…
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1926
American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
John Ellis Temple was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1952 to 1964, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, where he was the…
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1927
Polish-American author (died 2002)
Maia Teresa Wojciechowska was a Polish-American writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. Her first book and two books for adults were published under her married name Maia Rodman.
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1927
Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (died 2020)
Donald Vernon Burrows was an Australian jazz and swing musician who played clarinet, saxophone and flute.
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1928
Russian linguist and activist (died 2004)
Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz was a dissident in the Soviet Union.
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1929
Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia (died 2018)
Luis Arturo García Meza Tejada was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations and leader of a violent coup. A native…
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1929
English criminal (died 2013)
Ronald Arthur Biggs was a British criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 years, and for…
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1929
Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Terence Joseph Nation was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in British television science fiction, he created the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who, as well as the series Survivors and…
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1930
American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
Jerry Tarkanian was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, leading them…
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1930
English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
Sir Roger Penrose is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and philosopher of science. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, an emeritus fellow of Wadham College,…
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1931
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Lonnie Melvin Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, with a long…
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1932
1933
Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Sarat Pujari was an Indian actor, director and producer in Odia film industry (Ollywood). He was originally from Jhaduapada, Sambalpur.
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1934
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Donald Paul Bellisario is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983), Airwolf (1984–1987), Quantum…
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1935
1935
American baseball player and manager (died 2023)
Frank Oliver Howard, nicknamed "Hondo", "the Washington Monument" and "the Capital Punisher", was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his career…
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1936
Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022)
Jan Michał Pieńkowski was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He is best known for illustrating the Meg and Mog picture book series. He also did…
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1936
American actor and director
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Among…
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1937
American horse breeder (died 2016)
Sheila Varian was an American breeder of Arabian horses who lived and worked at the Varian Arabians Ranch near Arroyo Grande, California. She grew up with a strong interest in horses, and was mentored in horsemanship by…
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1937
Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1987)
Cornelis Vreeswijk was a Dutch singer-songwriter and poet who lived and worked primarily in Sweden.
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1937
English chemist and academic (died 2020)
Sir Jack Edward Baldwin was a British chemist. He was a Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (1978–2005) and head of the organic chemistry at Oxford.
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1938
Canadian composer and educator (died 2010)
Jacques Joseph Robert Hétu was a prominent Canadian composer and music educator. Hétu is the most frequently performed of Canadian classical composers, both within Canada and internationally.
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1938
American actress and businesswoman
Connie Stevens is an American actress and traditional pop singer. Born in Brooklyn to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until the age of 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri. In…
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1938
Czech actress and ballerina (died 2023)
Jana Andrsová was a Czech ballerina and actress. In 1957 she graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Prague and began to work with the Vitus Nejedly Army Art Ensemble.
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1939
Romanian long jumper
Viorica Viscopoleanu is a retired Romanian long jumper. She competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1968, setting a new world record. At the European championships she won a silver medal…
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1939
American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
Alexander Fletcher Watson is an American retired ambassador and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Peru from 1986 to 1989.
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1939
Indian cricketer (died 2007)
Dilip Narayan Sardesai was an Indian international cricketer. He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as one of India's best…
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1940
American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
Dennis Anthony Tito is an American engineer and entrepreneur. During mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a…
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1940
American diplomat and politician, 45th Governor of Michigan
James Johnston Blanchard is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, Blanchard previously served in the United…
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1942
Scottish educator and politician
Dennis Andrew Canavan is a Scottish politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Falkirk West from 1974 to 2000, first as a member of the Labour Party, and then as an independent. He then served as an independent…
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1942
English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)
John Frederick "Johnny" Gustafson was an English bass guitar player and singer, who had a lengthy recording and live performance career. During his career, he was a member of the bands The Big Three, The Merseybeats,…
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1942
Estonian pianist and musicologist (died 2015)
Vardo Rumessen was an Estonian pianist, musicologist and politician for the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica. He is best known for his work with Eduard Tubin's music. He was born in Pärnu. In his performances abroad,…
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1942
American film actor (died 1988)
John Curtis Holmes, better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd, was an American pornographic film actor. Holmes ranks among the most famous and prolific adult film performers, with documented credits for at least 573…
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1944
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
Michael Jay Johnson was an American pop, country, and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best remembered for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". He charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and nine…
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1944
English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (died 2015)
John Renbourn was an English guitarist and songwriter. He was best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before,…
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1944
English journalist and author
Simon Taylor is a motor sports journalist who writes for several publications. Taylor is a writer, historian, radio and TV commentator and a keen loyal supporter of historic racing. He is editor-at-large of Classic &…
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1944
American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Wiltz Joseph Bethancourt III was an American folk musician.
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1946
Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
Kenneth Wayne Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman and author. He played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1971 to 1979, winning the…
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1947
American actor, director, and producer
Larry Wilcox is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer Jon Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC.
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1947
Russian engineer and astronaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to…
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1948
American philosopher
Margaret Urban Walker is an American philosopher and the Donald J. Schuenke Chair Emerita in Philosophy at Marquette University. Before her appointment at Marquette, she was the Lincoln Professor of Ethics at Arizona…
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1948
British broadcaster (died 2024)
Wincey Willis was a British television and radio broadcaster who achieved national fame in the 1980s. She was perhaps best known for being part of the line up at TV-am, the UK's first national operator of a commercial…
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1948
American actress (died 2013)
Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham was an American actress. She had most of her career as a child actress in television series. She is best known for her performance in the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare as a Child",.…
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1949
American actor
Keith Ian Carradine is an American actor. In film, he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's Nashville, E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby, and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's Choose Me. On television,…
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1949
Colombian racing driver (died 2009)
Ricardo Londoño Bridge was a racing driver from Colombia. He had an unremarkable international career apart from his one attempt at Formula One in the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix with Ensign. Londoño was the first racing…
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1949
American drummer and producer
Willie Clarence Hall is an American drummer best known for his work with Isaac Hayes and as a member of the Blues Brothers band.
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1950
Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
Ken Kutaragi is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman, currently president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. Formerly the chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), the video game division of…
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1950
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Martin Brest is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. After his feature debut, Going in Style (1979), he directed the action comedies Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Midnight Run (1988), which were…
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1951
Australian cricketer (died 2022)
Phillip Henry Carlson was an Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1979.
He was an all-rounder who played for Queensland between 1969–70 and 1980–81. He played his…
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1951
Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat was an Egyptian politician, engineer, and professor who served as the 5th president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013, when General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removed him from office in a coup…
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1951
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer…
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1951
American journalist and author (died 1994)
Randy Shilts was an American journalist and author. After studying journalism at the University of Oregon, Shilts began working as a reporter for both The Advocate and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as for San…
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1951
Dutch footballer and manager
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal is a Dutch former football player and manager who currently serves as an advisor for Eredivisie club Ajax. At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ, Bayern Munich…
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1951
1952
Norwegian author
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He…
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1952
Canadian baseball player and manager
Robert Douglas Melvin is a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB) who previously served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers (1995–2001) and Milwaukee Brewers (2002–2015). He is currently…
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1952
American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
Robin Ophelia Quivers is an American radio personality best known for being the long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show.
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1952
Indian cricketer
Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Karnataka and played one One Day International for India against New Zealand in 1976.
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1952
English racing driver
Nigel Ernest James Mansell is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15…
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1953
1953
English bishop
Nicholas Roderick Holtam is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He served as Bishop of Salisbury from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.
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1954
1955
Austrian footballer and manager
Herbert Prohaska is an Austrian former professional footballer. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska works as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). His…
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1955
1955
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christopher John Foreman, nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English musician, songwriter, and composer. In a career spanning more than 45 years, Foreman came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the English…
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1956
1956
Argentinian actress
Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin, known professionally as Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress. She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. She is known for being an "Almodóvar girl" and the "muse" of…
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1956
American keyboard player
Dennis Arnold Drew is the keyboardist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He has been with the band since its inception in 1981 and is one of three founding members along with Steve Gustafson and John…
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1957
American journalist
Deborah Anne Norville is an American television journalist and businesswoman. Norville is a former anchor of Inside Edition, a syndicated television news magazine, a position she held from March 6, 1995 to May 21, 2025.…
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1958
Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
Caroline Ansink is a Dutch musician, music educator and composer.
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1959
Turkish journalist and politician
Mustafa Ali Balbay is a journalist, writer and former Turkish MP. As the main political correspondent in Ankara for the left-wing Kemalist daily newspaper Cumhuriyet, he wrote a regular column called Gözlem which he…
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1960
German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
Dr. Ulrich Maly is a German politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany who served as Mayor of Nuremberg from 2002 till 2020.
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1960
1961
American bass player and producer
Daniel House is an American business owner and former musician. He was a co-founder and bass player for Skin Yard, a grunge band that was active from 1985 to 1992, and was president and owner of C/Z Records, a…
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1961
1961
American football player and coach
Bruce Rankin Matthews is an American former professional football guard, center, offensive tackle, and long snapper who played 19 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He spent his entire career playing for the…
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1961
American glam rock drummer
Richard Allan Ream, known professionally as Rikki Rockett, is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Poison. The band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the…
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1961
American musician, singer and actor
Mohandas Dewese, better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Considered one of the forerunners of the New Jack Swing sound in hip hop, he gained fame in the 1980s as a…
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1962
South Korean director and screenwriter
Hur Jin-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
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1963
American baseball player and manager
Ronald Joseph Karkovice is an American former professional baseball catcher.
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1963
Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2024)
Emiko Shinohara , known professionally as Emi Shinohara , was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor…
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1963
Japanese voice actress and singer
Rika Fukami is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Born in Kyoto Prefecture and raised in Chichibu, Saitama, she was originally a competitor at the NHK Cup National High School Broadcasting Contest while studying at…
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1963
1963
Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
Stephen Walkom currently serves as vice president and director of officiating for the National Hockey League (NHL). This is his second stint in that position, having previously served from 2005 to 2009. From 1990 to…
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1963
Prime Minister of Italy
Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
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1964
American ice hockey player and coach
Scott Alan Sandelin is an American former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey team. In 2011, he became the first coach in Bulldog history to…
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1964
English cricketer
Jonathan Paul Taylor is an English former cricketer, who played in two Test matches and one One Day International for England in 1993 and 1994.
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1964
English cricketer, manager, and journalist
Angus Robert Charles Fraser is an English cricket administrator and former player. Fraser played in forty-six Test matches and forty-two One Day Internationals for England, and played for Middlesex in his first-class…
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1965
Australian talk show host
Katherine Langbroek is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter.
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1965
English boxer
Christopher Livingstone Eubank is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995, and is…
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1966
American baseball player and coach
John Raymond Hudek is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from 1994 until 1999, for five different teams. He appeared in a total of 194 major league…
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1966
American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
Marcelo Balboa is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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1967
Japanese theater and film actress
Yūki Amami is a Japanese actress and former leading otokoyaku of Takarazuka Revue..
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1967
Scottish soprano
Yvie Burnett, is a Scottish mezzo-soprano and vocal coach, best known for her work with Simon Cowell on television shows The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, The Big Reunion, The Voice UK and BBC's Let It Shine.
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1968
Honduran journalist (died 2013)
Aldo Calderón van Dyke was a Honduran journalist that worked for Canal 11, La Prensa, and El Tiempo. He committed suicide and died on 14 August 2013 at around ten at night in a Honduran Social Security Institute…
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1968
Indian cricketer and coach
Abey Kuruvilla is an Indian former cricketer and general manager of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He played as a bowler in mid-1990s for Indian cricket team. He was a selector of BCCI.
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1968
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Hugh Thomas Diaz Morgan is an American musician and DJ best known as the former frontman of rock/hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals. Morgan performs both vocals and guitar and combines rock, hip hop, jazz, reggae, and…
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1968
Estonian chess player
Monika Tsõganova is an Estonian chess Woman International Master (1991).
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1969
1969
American football player and journalist
Trev Kendall Alberts is an American sports administrator and former professional football linebacker who is the athletic director at Texas A&M University. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for…
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1970
English chemist and academic
Benjamin Guy Davis is a British chemist who is Professor of Chemical biology in the Department of Pharmacology and a member of the Faculty in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of…
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1970
Spanish footballer and manager
José Francisco Molina Jiménez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently manager of the Honduras national team.
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1970
South African rugby player and coach (died 2019)
Chester Mornay Williams was a South African rugby union player. He played as a winger for the South Africa national rugby union team (Springboks) from 1993 to 2000, most notably for the team that won the 1995 Rugby…
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1970
Dutch baseball player
Randolph Benito "Johnny" Balentina is a Curaçaoan former baseball player. He was a catcher in three consecutive Summer Olympics for the Netherlands, starting in 1996 in Atlanta. Twice, the Dutch team finished in sixth…
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1971
Canadian actress and producer
Joely Collins is a Canadian-born film and television producer, writer and actress. She is the daughter of Andrea Bertorelli and English musician Phil Collins.
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1972
Italian rugby player and coach
Andrea De Rossi is an Italian former rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as number eight.
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1972
Belgian cyclist
Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. He is team director of UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Jayco.
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1972
1972
1972
1973
Estonian footballer and manager
Gert Olesk is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He played the position of defender.
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1973
American singer-songwriter and producer
Scott Anthony Stapp is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Creed. He has also fronted Art of Anarchy and has released four solo albums.
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1973
American singer-songwriter
Mark Wills is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Records between 1996 and 2003, he released five studio albums for the label – Mark Wills, Wish You Were Here, Permanently, Loving Every Minute, and And…
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1973
German mathematician
Ilka Agricola is a German mathematician specialising in differential geometry and its applications in mathematical physics. She is the dean of mathematics and computer science at the University of Marburg, where she has…
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1973
Canadian-American mathematician and academic
Manjul Bhargava is a Canadian-American mathematician. He is the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, the Stieltjes Professor of Number Theory at Leiden University, and also…
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1974
Canadian wrestler and manager
Scott Francis D'Amore is a Canadian professional wrestling manager, promoter, booker and retired professional wrestler, best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he served as the president…
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1974
English singer-songwriter
Brian Lee Harvey is an English singer from London. He was the lead vocalist of the pop boy band East 17. The later incarnation of the band, E-17, had two top 20 singles on the UK singles chart between 1998 and 1999,…
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1974
Guernseyan racing driver
Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE is a British racing driver from Guernsey. In 2019 he raced for Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and Cyan Racing Lynk & Co in the FIA World Touring Car Cup,…
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1974
1975
American singer and actor
Andrew John Lachey is an American singer and actor. He is known as a member of 98 Degrees, the winner of the second season of Dancing with the Stars, and the younger brother of Nick Lachey.
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1976
American actress
Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins is an American actress. She is known for playing Valerie Birkhead on Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–99) and Emily in The Odd Couple (2015–17). She has also starred in films such as Bring…
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1977
American sergeant (died 2013)
Darren Manzella was a United States Army Sergeant, Army medic and gay activist from Portland, New York, who was discharged under the Don't ask, don't tell policy. Manzella served in Iraq and Kuwait, and was stationed in…
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Rocky Lee Thompson is a Canadian former ice hockey right wing, who currently serves as the head coach of the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey League. He was most recently an assistant coach with the…
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1977
French cyclist
Nicolas Vogondy is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013.
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1977
Pakistani cricketer
Mohammad Wasim is a Punjabi Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer who played for both the Pakistan and Dutch cricket teams. He played in 18 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals from 1996 to 2000 for the Pakistan…
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1977
Irish footballer and coach
Alan Paul Maybury is an Irish professional football manager and former player.
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1978
French footballer
Louis Laurent Saha is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. Saha was capped 20 times for the France national team and scored four goals. Louis Saha was initially a student of the…
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1978
1978
1979
American basketball player
Rashard Quovon Lewis is an American former professional basketball player, currently serving as player development coach for the San Antonio Spurs. Lewis entered the NBA directly from Alief Elsik High School. He rose to…
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1979
Northern Irish racing driver
Richard William Lyons is a British motor racing driver that competed in the Japanese Super GT series.
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1979
American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Shayna Andrea Baszler is an American professional wrestler and a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She performs on the independent circuit. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she became a two-time…
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1980
American baseball pitcher and executive
Craig Andrew Breslow is an American baseball executive and former professional baseball pitcher. He is currently the Chief Baseball Officer of the Boston Red Sox. Breslow pitched for 12 seasons in Major League Baseball…
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1980
American baseball player
Joseph "Jack" Buren Cassel II is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros. He retired from professional baseball in 2010…
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1980
Mexican singer-songwriter
Denisse Guerrero Flores is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the electropop band Belanova.
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1980
1980
Dutch baseball player
Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Netherlands national team in many tournaments. He played in Minor League Baseball for seven seasons and briefly…
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1980
American soccer player
Patrick John Noonan is an American soccer coach and former player. He is the head coach of FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer.
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1980
American actor, director, and producer
Michael Lorenzo Urie is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC comedy drama television series Ugly Betty and Brian on the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, a role for which he won a…
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1980
Australian singer-songwriter
Vanessa Joy Amorosi is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist. She has sold at least two million units in albums or singles worldwide.
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1981
Swiss tennis player
Roger Federer is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and…
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1981
American actress and producer
Meagan Monique Good Majors is a Guinean American actress and model. She first gained critical attention for her role in the film Eve's Bayou (1997) prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin…
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1981
Israeli singer-songwriter
Harel Skaat sometimes known by the mononym Harel is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Milim".
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1981
English canoe racer
David Florence is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. He is the 2013 and 2015 world champion in individual single canoe (C1) and 2013 champion in double canoe…
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1982
American baseball player
Curtis Ross Ohlendorf is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers,…
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1982
English actor and producer
Guy Burnet is a British actor who has worked across film, television, and theatre, including a notable supporting role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
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1983
Australian rugby league player
Villiami Sione "Willie" Tonga, also known by the nickname of ”Willie", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League. An Australia…
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1983
Scottish footballer
Kirk John Broadfoot is a Scottish footballer who last played as a defender for Scottish League One club Kelty Hearts.
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1984
Hungarian racing driver
Norbert Michelisz is a Hungarian auto racing driver. He was the 2019 winner of the World Touring Car Cup and winner of the TCR World Tour in 2023 and 2024.
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1984
American football player
Martrez Milner is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in…
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1984
English rugby player
Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven Flood is an English rugby union coach and former player. He is currently kicking and skills coach at Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby. During his playing career his position was fly…
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1985
Dutch footballer
Ryan Koolwijk is a professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of the Suriname national team and the ADO Den Haag under-19 team.
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1985
1985
American football player
Brett Ratliff is an American former professional football quarterback. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Butte College and Utah. He was also a member of…
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1985
Polish track and field athlete
Anita Włodarczyk is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion, and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is…
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1985
Ukrainian tennis player
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko is a tennis player from Ukraine. Her career-high rankings are world No. 29 in singles and No. 9 in doubles. She was the doubles champion at the 2008 Australian Open, partnering her sister…
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1986
Dominican-American actress and singer
Jackie Cruz is a Dominican–American actress, singer and former model. She is known for her role as Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
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1986
American football player
Pierre Andre Garçon is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football at Norwich University and Mount Union…
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1986
American football player
Chris Pressley is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He went undrafted in the 2009 NFL draft after playing college football for five years with the…
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1986
French actor
Pierre Boulanger is a French actor. He is known for the 2003 film Monsieur Ibrahim, where he played a young Jewish boy, Moises "Momo" Schmidt and for 2008 film Nos 18 ans where he played Richard. The young actor was…
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1987
Scottish actress
Katie Leung is a Scottish actress. She began her career playing Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series One Child (2014) and Annika (2021–2023), the ITV…
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1987
German tennis player
Tatjana Maria is a German professional tennis player. In July 2025, she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 36 at 37 years and 11 months old. In June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
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1987
British royal
Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. Born fifth in the line…
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1988
Italian basketball player
Danilo Gallinari is an Italian former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After spending his first four years as a professional in his native Italy,…
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1988
Indian baseball player and wrestler
Rinku Singh Rajput is an Indian former professional wrestler and former professional baseball player. As a professional wrestler, he is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring names Rinku and…
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1988
American actress and singer
Laura Slade Wiggins is an American actress and singer. She had her breakthrough role on the Showtime television series Shameless (2011-2013), where she played Karen Jackson, a self-destructive teenager. While Wiggins…
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1988
American actor and author
Ken Baumann is a former American actor, writer, publisher, and book designer. He is known for playing Ben Boykewich on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. He is the author of numerous novels, nonfiction stories,…
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1989
American baseball player
Anthony Vincent Rizzo is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, primarily for the Chicago Cubs and was pivotal in the team's 2016 World Series…
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1989
English-Scottish swimmer
Hannah Louise Miley is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in the Individual Medley. Miley trained when she was younger at Inverurie Swimming Centre. She has represented Great Britain at three Olympic…
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1989
Indian actress
Prajakta Mali is an Indian actress, producer, and poet who primarily works in Marathi films and television.
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1989
Czech footballer
Vladimír Darida is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Czech First League club Hradec Králové and for the Czech Republic national team.
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1990
American race car driver
Parker Lindsley Kligerman is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, color commentator for NASCAR on The CW, studio talent for NASCAR on TNT Sports, and pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC. He competes…
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1990
Polish actress and singer
Aleksandra Szwed is a Polish television, film, and voice actress. She is also a television presenter, singer, model, fashion designer, and master of ceremonies.
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1990
New Zealand cricket captain
Kane Stuart Williamson is a New Zealand international cricketer and a former captain of the New Zealand national team. On 27 February 2023, Williamson became the all-time leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test…
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1990
Cuban baseball player
Yandy Díaz Fernández is a Cuban-born professional baseball first baseman, third baseman and designated hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cleveland…
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1991
Portuguese footballer
Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães.
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1991
Australian rugby league player
Tyrone Peachey is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.
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1991
Cameroonian footballer
Joël André Matip Job is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
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1991
Swiss footballer
Josip Drmić is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1992
American actor
Casey Morton Cott is an American actor, known for his role as Kevin Keller on The CW series Riverdale.
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1992
Norwegian politician
Emilie Enger Mehl is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She served as minister of justice from 2021 to 2025 and member of parliament for Hedmark from 2017 to 2025.
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1993
American basketball player
Cameron Payne is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Murray State and was selected 14th…
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1994
1995
American basketball player
A'ja Riyadh Wilson is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson is regarded by many as the best female basketball player of her…
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1996
Egyptian footballer
Karim Walid Sayed Saleh Hassan commonly known as Nedvěd is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al Ahly and the Egypt U-20. He is a product of Al Ahly youth academy. He got his nickname in the…
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1997
Thai taekwondo athlete
Panipak Wongpattanakit is a retired Thai taekwondo athlete. A two-time Olympic champion, she is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49 kg.
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1997
American boxer
Ryan Garcia is an American professional boxer. He is the current World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion. He previously held the WBC interim lightweight title in 2021.
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1998
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician. He gained a following in 2013 when he posted song covers on the video-sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist…
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1998
1999
Canadian tennis player
Félix Auger-Aliassime is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 5 in singles, attained in November 2025, and No. 60 in doubles,…
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2000
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