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Kipketer set the world record and broke his own record two more times, all in 1997
Famous Birthdays on December 12
136 people
1526 – 2001
December 12 has seen 136 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1526 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1972 — Wilson Kipketer
Kenyan-Danish runner
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Kipketer's 800 meters world record stood for almost 13 years
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Kipketer held the short track world record in the 800 metres from 1997 until 2026.
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With a personal best of 1:41.11, Kipketer is tied with Emmanuel Wanyonyi as the second fastest of all time over the 800 meter distance, behind David Rudisha
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Though unable to compete in the 1996 Olympics near the peak of his career, he earned silver in 2000 and bronze in 2004
1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (died 1588)
Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, was a Spanish admiral and nobleman. He took part, among others, in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the sieges…
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1526
Italian pianist and composer (died 1743)
Lodovico Giustini was an Italian composer and keyboard player of the late Baroque and early Classical eras. He was the first known composer ever to write music for the piano.
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1685
1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (died 1816)
Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, Hood drove a French…
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1724
American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (died 1857)
William Learned Marcy was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as U.S. Senator, the eleventh Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of War and the twenty-first U.S. Secretary of State. In the latter…
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1786
Russian painter (died 1852)
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Romantic period, remembered among the greatest visual artists in the history of Russian art.
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1799
American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (died 1878)
Henry Wells was an American businessman important in the history of both the American Express Company and Wells Fargo & Company. Wells worked as a freight agent before joining the express business. His companies, which…
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1805
American general (died 1871)
Brigadier-General Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. The Cherokee Nation allied…
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1806
Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (died 1872)
John Sandfield Macdonald, was the joint premier of the Province of Canada from 1862 to 1864. He was also the first premier of Ontario from 1867 to 1871, one of the four founding provinces created at Confederation in…
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1812
French novelist (died 1880)
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and…
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1821
Confederate general (died 1897)
Joseph Orville "J.O." Shelby was a Confederate officer who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. After the Confederacy surrendered, Shelby tried to swear fealty to Emperor…
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1830
German journalist and historian (died 1901)
Adolf Bötticher or Adolf Boetticher was a German art historian and conservator.
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1842
American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis (died 1903)
Bruce Price was an American architect and an innovator in the Shingle Style. The stark geometry and compact massing of his cottages in Tuxedo Park, New York, influenced Modernist architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright…
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1845
Norwegian painter (died 1944)
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.
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1863
Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
Alfred Werner was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of transition metal…
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1866
American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (died 1912)
Walter Benona Sharp was an American oilman and innovator in drilling techniques.
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1870
American hurdler and runner (died 1928)
Alvin Christian "Al" Kraenzlein was an American track-and-field athlete known as "the father of the modern hurdling technique". He was the first sportsman in the history of the Olympic games to win four individual gold…
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1876
French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (died 1966)
Louise Thuliez was a French schoolteacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author.
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1881
American actor (died 1973)
Edward Goldenberg Robinson was an American actor who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age. After making his stage debut in 1913, he rose to stardom with his performance as the title character in Little Caesar…
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1893
Estonian footballer (died 1942)
Harald Kaarmann was an Estonian footballer and bandy player.
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1901
English pianist and composer (died 2015)
Richard Roy Douglas was an English composer, pianist and arranger. He worked as musical assistant to William Walton and Ralph Vaughan Williams, made well-known orchestrations of works such as Les Sylphides and Richard…
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1907
American boxer (died 1988)
Henry Jackson Jr. was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He is the only fighter to ever hold world championships in three divisions simultaneously.
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1912
English author (died 2000)
Patrick O'Brian, born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series. These sea novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centre on the…
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1914
American singer, actor, and producer (died 1998)
Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century.
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1915
American singer and pianist (died 1999)
Joe Williams was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes…
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1918
Czech race walker (died 1999)
Josef Doležal was a Czech athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk.
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1920
American game show host and producer (died 2023)
Robert William Barker was an American media personality, game show host, and animal rights advocate. He hosted CBS's The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to…
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1923
American musician, composer, and producer (died 2018)
Robert Lrod Dorough was an American bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, and composer. He became famous as the composer and performer of songs in the TV series Schoolhouse Rock!, as well as for his work with Miles…
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1923
Ethiopian pianist, composer and nun (died 2023)
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, was an Ethiopian composer, pianist, and nun. She is generally known as Emahoy, a religious honorific.
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1923
1924
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2009)
Theodore Samuel "Teeder" Kennedy was a professional ice hockey player. A centre, he spent his entire career with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1943 to 1957 and was captain for eight seasons. Along with Turk Broda, he was…
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1925
Indian cricketer (died 1985)
Dattatraya Gajanan "Dattu" Phadkar was an all-rounder who represented India in Test cricket.
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1925
Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (died 2017)
Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was a recipient of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986).
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1925
French biochemist and endocrinologist (died 2025)
Étienne-Émile Baulieu was a French biochemist and endocrinologist who was best known for his research in the field of steroid hormones and their role in reproduction and aging. He has been nicknamed the “father” of the…
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1926
American inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (died 1990)
Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He was also credited with the…
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1927
American painter and academic (died 2011)
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several…
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1928
Japanese pianist and composer
Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
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1929
American basketball player and coach
Robert Lee Pettit Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954–1965). In 1956, he became the…
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1932
German sprinter (died 2021)
Christa Stubnick was an East German sprinter who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics. She won silver medals in the 100 m and 200 m events, splitting the Australians Betty Cuthbert…
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1933
Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (died 2012)
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.
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1934
Romanian high jumper and educator (died 2016)
Iolanda Balaș was a Romanian athlete, an Olympic champion and former world record holder in the high jump. She was the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal and is considered to have been one of the greatest…
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1936
American singer, musician, and actress (died 2025)
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, known professionally as Connie Francis, was an American singer and actress. One of the top-charting female vocalists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, she amassed over 200 million…
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1937
English pianist, composer, and academic (died 2012)
Sir Philip Stevens Ledger, CBE, FRSE was an English classical musician, choirmaster and academic, best remembered as Director of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge from 1974 to 1982 and of the Royal Scottish Academy…
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1937
Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician who has served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha since 2014, representing the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar. Pawar has served three terms as…
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1940
American singer
Marie Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. She has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy…
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1940
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Robert H. "Bob" Thompson is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger based in West Virginia, whose music career has spanned for over 50 years. He is the featured house pianist for West Virginia's Public…
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1942
American musician and songwriter (died 2024)
Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts was an American rock guitarist and vocalist, best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in 1969, he was central to the group's…
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1943
Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 1999)
Grover Washington Jr. was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders and legends of the…
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1943
Icelandic politician
Gísli Sveinbjörn Einarsson is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Western constituency from September 1993 to May 2003.
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1945
American drummer, composer, and producer (died 1997)
Anthony Tillmon Williams was an American jazz drummer. Williams first gained fame as a member of Miles Davis's "Second Great Quintet", and later pioneered jazz fusion with Davis's group and his own combo, The Tony…
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1945
Brazilian racing driver
Emerson Fittipaldi is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Fittipaldi won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1972 and…
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1946
American actor (died 2025)
Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser was an American actor, screenwriter, film director and musician. A prolific character actor, he appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1967, and was once called "the…
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1947
1947
English journalist and politician
Christopher John Mullin is a British journalist, author and Labour politician.
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1947
American basketball player (died 2009)
Randolph Smith was an American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games played. From 1972 to 1982, Smith played in every regular season game, en route to a then-record of 906 straight…
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1948
English football player and coach
Colin Todd is an English football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB. As a player, he made more than 600 appearances in the Football League, playing as a defender for Sunderland,…
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1948
English actor
William Francis Nighy is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received various accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a…
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1949
Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar
Marc Ravalomanana is a Malagasy politician who served as the sixth president of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009.
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1949
English historian (died 2026)
David Samuel Harvard Abulafia was an English historian with a particular interest in Italy, Spain and the rest of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He spent most of his career at the University…
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1949
Mexican journalist
Pedro Ferriz de Con is a Mexican radio and TV news anchor. During the 1990s, he worked for the Multivision Network. In January 2000, he left MVS and went to Grupo Imagen, where he hosted the morning newscast on XEDA-FM…
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1950
German economist and academic
Heiner Flassbeck is a German economist and public intellectual. From 1998 to 1999 he was a State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Finance where he also advised former finance minister Oskar Lafontaine on a…
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1950
Indian actor
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi,…
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1950
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
William John Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 1970, Smith went through the minor leagues for two years before making his professional debut in 1972,…
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1950
American baseball player
James Gorman Thomas III is an American former professional baseball player. He played Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder and right-handed hitter. Thomas played in the American League (AL) with the Milwaukee…
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1950
Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior (died 2022)
Rehman Malik NI was a Pakistani politician, and a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officer, who later served as the federal Interior Minister from 25 March 2008 until 16 March 2013.
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1951
American gymnast
Cathleen Roxanne Rigby, known as Cathy Rigby, is an actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast. Her performance in the 1968 Summer Olympics helped to popularize the sport of gymnastics in the United States.
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1952
Australian lawyer and politician
Martin John Ferguson is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was the Member of the House of Representatives for Batman from 1996 to 2013. He served as Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for…
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1953
Mexican-American football player
José Rafael Septién Michel is a Mexican-American former placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Louisiana at…
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1953
Belgian cyclist
Eddy Schepers is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1978 to 1990 where he rode for many teams including C&A, Carrera and Fagor–MBK. He started out in the C&A cycling team of…
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1955
Australian politician
Stephen Francis Smith is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom from 2023 to 2026. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was…
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1955
Dutch cyclist
Johan van der Velde is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year.…
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1956
1957
American actress
Sheree J. Wilson is an American actress, producer, businesswoman, and model. She is best known for her roles as April Stevens Ewing on the American primetime television series Dallas (1986–1991) and as Alex…
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1958
German discus thrower
Martina Helga Hellmann is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that…
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1960
Russian race walker
Andrey Borisovich Perlov is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia.
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1961
American tennis player and sportscaster
Tracy Ann Austin Holt is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Austin won 30 WTA Tour-level singles…
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1962
Mexican-American runner
Arturo Barrios Flores is a Mexican and American long-distance runner who set the 10,000 m world record in 1989, the one hour world record in 1991, and the 20,000 m world record en route to the one hour run world record.
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1962
American football player and radio host
Michael Louis Golic Sr. is an American television host and former professional football player. He played as defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). Golic is well known for his 25-year association with…
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1962
Mexican businessman and politician (died 2012)
Eduardo Enrique Castro Luque was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). At the time of his killing, he was a deputy-elect from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, to the Congress of Sonora.
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1963
American football player and coach
Haywood Franklin Jeffires is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He was selected by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the…
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1964
1964
American funk and R&B drummer (died 2023)
David Russell Batiste Jr. was an American drummer based in New Orleans. Batiste played drums for the bands the funky Meters, Papa Grows Funk, and Vida Blue.
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1965
English rugby union player
William David Charles Carling is an English former rugby union player. He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five…
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1965
American football player
John Anthony Randle is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for eleven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and three seasons for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League…
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1967
Slovenian footballer
Sašo Udovič is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward. With the Slovenia national team, he appeared at the 2000 UEFA European Championship.
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1968
Kenyan runner
Wilfred Kirochi is a former Kenyan middle-distance runner who won a silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo in the 1500 m event. Previously Kirochi had won two World Junior Championship titles in 1986 and…
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1969
1969
German discus thrower (died 2022)
Michael Friedrich Möllenbeck was a German discus thrower.
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1969
American actress and director
Mädchen Amick is an American actress and television director. She is known for her starring role as Shelly Johnson on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)…
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1970
American actress
Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American actress and producer. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After a few more years of modeling,…
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1970
American actress
Regina Lee Hall is an American actress. She gained prominence for her portrayal of Brenda Meeks in the comedy-horror Scary Movie film series and has since built a versatile career spanning comedy and drama in both film…
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1970
1971
English footballer and coach
Nicholas Jeremy Eaden is an English football coach and former professional footballer, he is a senior professional development coach at EFL League One side Barnsley.
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1972
Australian rugby league player
Craig Field is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Field played for South Sydney, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers. His primary position was at halfback. His talent and…
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1972
Greek sprinter
Georgios Theodoridis is a Greek sprinter specializing in the 60 metres and 100 metres.
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1972
Kenyan-American runner
Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is a Kenyan-American former middle and long-distance runner.
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1974
Peruvian footballer and manager
Nolberto Albino Solano Todco is a Peruvian football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the Pakistan national team.
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1974
American actress, neuroscientist, and author
Mayim Chaya Bialik is an American actress and former game show host. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom Blossom. From 2010 to 2019, she played neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS…
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1975
Australian footballer and manager
Craig Andrew Moore is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. His 2006 FIFA World Cup profile describes him as being "tough-tackling and uncompromising but also calm and composed under…
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1975
Cuban hurdler
Yoel Hernández Reyes is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles.
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1977
American baseball player
Orlando Thill Hudson is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2012 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota…
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1977
English decathlete and bobsledder
Dean Macey is an English athlete from Canvey Island. He is best known for competing in the decathlon, which he did from 1995 to 2008, winning the Commonwealth Games decathlon, two World Championship medals, as well as…
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player
Colin White is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He previously played with the New Jersey Devils and the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1977
American baseball player
Garrett Bernard Atkins is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. Between 2003 and 2010, he played for the Colorado Rockies and Baltimore Orioles.
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1979
American football player
Nathan D. Clements is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was selected by the Buffalo…
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1979
American basketball player
John Rashall Salmons is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Miami Hurricanes.
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1979
Ethiopian runner (died 2010)
Dejene Berhanu was a male Ethiopian runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres.
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1980
Romanian footballer
Dorin Nicolae Goian is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.
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1980
American wrestler
Edward Moore, better known by his ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a one-time and the inaugural AEW Continental Champion. He also…
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1981
Spanish footballer
Pedro Ríos Maestre is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
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1981
Indian cricketer
Yuvraj Singh is an Indian former international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. An all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox, he has won 7 Player of the…
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1981
English footballer
Stephen Warnock is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
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1981
American football player and commentator
Andrew James Whitworth is an American former professional football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He spent 11 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and five with the Los Angeles…
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1981
Dominican baseball player
Ervin Ramon Santana is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals (twice), Atlanta Braves, Minnesota Twins, and Chicago…
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1982
Russian tennis player and coach
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian tennis coach and former player. At age 12, he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singles ranking is…
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1982
Finnish footballer
Roni Porokara is a Finnish entrepreneur and a former international footballer, who is currently working in a real estate business.
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1983
Danish footballer
Daniel Munthe Agger is a Danish professional football coach and former player who is the assistant manager of the Danish national football team. As a player, he played as a centre-back for Brøndby and Liverpool and…
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1984
Greek-American basketball player
Patrick Sean Calathes is a Greek-American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions. He was the 2013 Israeli…
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Andrew Joseph Ladd is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played for the Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Thrashers, Winnipeg Jets, New York Islanders and Arizona Coyotes of the National…
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1985
Rwandan footballer
Daddy Birori, also known as Etekiama Agiti Tady, is a footballer who plays as a forward for AS Vita Club. Born in Zaire, he made 18 appearances for the Rwanda national team scoring five goals.
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1986
Finnish footballer
Përparim Hetemaj is a Finnish football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Kosovo, Hetemaj arrived in Finland when he was six years old and played for HJK's youth teams;…
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1986
Slovenian long jumper
Nina Kolarič is a Slovenian long jumper. She holds both the indoor and outdoor national records with jumps of 6.67 and 6.78 metres respectively.
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1986
American football player
Terrell Ray Williams "T. J." Ward Jr. is an American former professional football safety who played for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, and was…
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1986
New Zealand rugby league player
Isaac John is a former professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership. A Cook Islands and New Zealand international representative, he played…
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1988
Israeli Olympic marathon runner
Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter is an Israeli Olympic runner. Born in Kenya, she represents Israel internationally. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At the European…
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1988
Kenyan runner
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba is a Kenyan middle-distance runner (1.84m) who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was the 2011 Diamond League series winner of that event and has a personal best of 3:29.90 minutes.
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1990
1990
Nigerian footballer
Victor Moses is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kazakhstan Premier League club Kaisar. He has also been deployed as a wing-back at times during his career.
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1990
American football player
Tyron Jerrar Smith is an American former professional football player who played offensive tackle in the National Football League for 14 seasons. He played college football for the USC Trojans where he won the Morris…
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1990
Uzbek professional boxer
Shohjahon Ergashev is an Uzbek professional boxer. He challenged for the IBF super-lightweight title in 2023.
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1991
Australian-Samoan rugby league player
Joseph Leilua is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays centre for the Wyong Roos in the Central Coast Division Rugby League.
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1991
English footballer
Zeli Ismail is a professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Cymru Premier club Connah's Quay Nomads. Born in Albania, he has represented England at both under-16 and under-17 level.
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1993
American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)
Otto Frederick Warmbier was an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion. In June 2017, he was released by North Korea in a vegetative state and died soon after his…
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1994
American actor
Lucas Hedges is an American actor. A son of filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Hedges began his acting career with a supporting role in Wes Anderson's…
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1996
1997
French footballer
Michael Akpovie Olise is a professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Born in England, he plays for the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the…
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2001
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Wilson Kipketer — Danish former middle distance runner (born 1972)
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Birth year1972
Known forWith a personal best of 1:41.11, Kipketer is tied with Emmanuel Wanyonyi as the second fastest of all time over the 800 meter distance, behind David Rudisha
Birthdays on this date136 (1526 – 2001)
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2024
Indian Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju became the undisputed World Chess Champion in a tournament held in Singapore, making him the 18th and the youngest champion in chess history. Wikipedia →
2021
Dutch Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen wins the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from the Netherlands. Wikipedia →
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The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted. Wikipedia →
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