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In 1968 she became an assistant professor, heading the Printmaking Department
Famous Birthdays on December 28
204 people
1461 – 2002
December 28 has seen 204 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1461 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1930 — Mariam A. Aleem
Egyptian illustrator and academic (died 2010)
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Aleem became a full professor in 1975 and led the Design Department from 1985 to 1990
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She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo in 1954 and her Master of Fine Arts in graphic printing 1957 from the University of Southern California
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Beginning in 1958, Aleem taught printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria
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Aleem was an Egyptian artist and art professor specializing in printed design
French nun (died 1503)
Louise of Savoy was a member of the French royal family, who gave up a life of privilege and comfort to become a Poor Clare nun. She was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1839.
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1461
English politician (died 1579)
Sir Nicholas Bacon was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.
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1510
German theologian (died 1578)
Martin Eisengrein was a German Catholic theologian, university professor, and polemical writer.
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1535
French author and scholar (died 1688)
Antoine Furetière was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Le Roman bourgeois, and also his famous Dictionnaire universel. The Académie Française charged him with lexicographic…
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1619
second daughter of King Charles I of England (died 1650)
Elizabeth Stuart was the second daughter of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and Henrietta Maria of France.
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1635
German organist and composer (died 1735)
Johann Krieger was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger. Born in Nuremberg, he worked at Bayreuth, Zeitz, and Greiz before settling in Zittau. He was one of the most important…
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1651
3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (died 1698)
Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC was an English politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, in which capacity he personally served as Colonel of the Suffolk Militia…
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1655
1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1716)
Lieutenant-General George FitzRoy, Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC was the third and youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine ; he was the fifth of Charles's…
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1665
Caribbean-American agriculturalist (died 1793)
Elizabeth "Eliza" Pinckney was an American farmer. Pinckney transformed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its most important cash crops. Its cultivation and processing as dye…
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1722
Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (died 1805)
Christoph Franz von Buseck was the Roman Catholic bishop of Bamberg and the last Prince-Bishop of Bamberg.
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1724
English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (died 1836)
John Molson was an English-born brewer and entrepreneur in colonial Quebec, which during his lifetime became Lower Canada. In addition to founding Molson Brewery, he is known for building the first Canadian steamship…
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1763
Swiss banker and photographer (died 1863)
Jean-Gabriel Eynard was a Swiss banker and significant benefactor of the Greek independence movement.
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1775
American novelist of "domestic fiction" (died 1867)
Catharine Maria Sedgwick was an American novelist of domestic fiction. From the 1820s to the 1850s, Sedgwick made a living writing short stories for a variety of periodicals. She became one of the most notable female…
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1789
Scottish astronomer and mathematician (died 1844)
Thomas Henderson FRSE FRS FRAS was a Scottish astronomer and mathematician noted for being the first person to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, the major component of the nearest stellar system to Earth, the…
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1798
German chemist and academic (died 1897)
Carl Remigius Fresenius, was a German chemist, known for his studies in analytical chemistry.
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1818
Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (died 1891)
Calixa Lavallée was a Canadian musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He was born in the Province of Canada. He is best known for composing the music for "O Canada", which officially became…
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1842
American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the presidency and…
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1856
Swiss/French painter (died 1925)
Félix Édouard Vallotton was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits,…
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1865
Canadian religious sister (died 1939)
Kathleen Fanny O'Melia, also known as Sister Mary of the Angels, Sister Mary Stella, and O'Melia-san, was an English-born teacher, social worker, and lay missionary for the Church of England and the Catholic Church in…
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1869
English runner (died 1949)
Charles Bennett was a British athlete, winner of the 1500 metres at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion. He was a member of Finchley Harriers which was…
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1870
English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1944)
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was an English astrophysicist and mathematician. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in…
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1882
1882
German physicist and academic (died 1946)
Werner Heinrich Gustav Kolhörster was a German physicist and a pioneer of research into cosmic rays.
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1887
German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1931)
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of cinema's most influential filmmakers for his work in the silent era.
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1888
American political scientist, historian, and academic (died 1970)
Philip Quincy Wright was an American political scientist based at the University of Chicago known for his pioneering work and expertise in international law, international relations, and security studies. He headed the…
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1890
American judge (died 1988)
Burnita Shelton Matthews was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was the first woman appointed to serve on a United States District Court.
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1894
American author and playwright (died 1981)
Carol Ryrie Brink was an American writer of over thirty juvenile and adult books. Her novel Caddie Woodlawn won the 1936 Newbery Medal and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.
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1895
Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (died 1957)
Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized both the jet stream and the…
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1898
Japanese admiral (died 1947)
Shigematsu Sakaibara was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for ordering the Wake Island…
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1898
1900
American philosopher and author (died 2001)
Mortimer Jerome Adler was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, author, and lay theologian. His philosophical work was situated within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. Adler taught at Columbia…
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1902
Chinese author and educator (died 1988)
Shen Congwen, formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was a Chinese writer who is considered one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, on par with Lu Xun. Regional culture and identity plays a much bigger role in his…
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1902
American pianist and bandleader (died 1983)
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a…
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1903
Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
John von Neumann was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer. Von Neumann had perhaps the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time, integrating pure and applied…
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1903
Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (died 2013)
Ze'ev Wolf Goldman, later known as Ze'ev Ben-Ḥayyim, was a leading Israeli linguist and a former president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.
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1907
1908
American singer (died 1972)
Wilfred Williams was an American singer. He had a successful cover recording of Fats Waller's "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" in 1957. The record sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold…
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1910
Dutch sprinter and journalist (died 2003)
Wijnand "Wil" van Beveren was a Dutch sprinter who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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1911
Canadian-American actor (died 2009)
Lou Jacobi was a Canadian character actor. Jacobi came to prominence for his role as Mr. Van Daan in the 1955 Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank which he reprised in the 1959 film version. He also acted in…
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1913
Russian author and educator (died 1974)
Bidia Dandarovich Dandaron, religious name Chitta-Vajra, was a Soviet Buryat Buddhist lama, Tibetologist, Buddhologist and translator, known for being the successor of the Balagat movement. A victim of Soviet religious…
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1914
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
Roebuck "Pops" Staples was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s", he was a songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple…
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1914
Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2010)
Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke was the first President of Trinidad and Tobago and last Governor-General. He was one of the main architects of Trinidad and Tobago's 1962 Independence constitution.
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1917
American author (died 1997)
Emily Cheney Neville was an American author. Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.
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1919
South African cricketer (died 1952)
Norman Bertram Fleetwood "Tufty" Mann was a South African cricketer who played in 19 Test matches from 1947 to 1951.
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1920
American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (died 2013)
Bruce McCarty, FAIA was an American architect, founder and senior designer at McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects of Knoxville, Tennessee. During a career that spanned more than a half-century, he designed some of the…
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1920
Honduran-American football player (died 2012)
Stephen Wood Van Buren was a Honduran-American professional football halfback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 to 1951. Regarded as a powerful and punishing runner…
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1920
American football player and coach (died 2016)
Albert Alexander "Ox" Wistert was an American professional football player who was a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played his entire nine-year NFL career for the Eagles and…
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1920
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)
Johnny Otis, born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, was an American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, and preacher. He was a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll. He…
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1921
Australian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2012)
Lionel Frost Bowen AC was an Australian politician. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1977 to 1990 and served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Australia in the Hawke government from…
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1922
1922
Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (died 2018)
Girma Wolde-Giorgis was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of…
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1924
German actress and singer (died 2002)
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was a German actress, singer, and writer. She was billed in some English-language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff.
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1925
Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (died 2005)
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.
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1925
German-English cricketer and referee (died 2016)
Donald Bryce Carr OBE was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962 and…
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1926
Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2001)
Morris "Moe" Koffman, OC was a Canadian jazz saxophonist and flautist, as well as composer and arranger. During a career spanning from the 1950s into the 2000s, Koffman was one of Canada's most prolific musicians,…
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1928
Canadian politician (died 2025)
John William Thomson was a Canadian politician who was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman by career.
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1928
English journalist and author (died 1994)
Brian Leonard Redhead was a British author, journalist and broadcaster. He was a co-presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death. He was a great lover and promoter of…
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1929
Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1970)
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, and…
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1929
Dutch astronomer (died 2022)
Maarten Schmidt was a Dutch-born American astronomer who first measured the distances of quasars. He was the first astronomer to identify a quasar, and so was pictured on the March cover of Time magazine in 1966.
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1929
French theorist and author (died 1994)
Guy-Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International. He…
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1931
American actor (died 2015)
Martin Sam Milner was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: Route 66, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and Adam-12, which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.
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1931
Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (died 2002)
Dhirajlal Hirachand "Dhirubhai" Ambani was an Indian businessman who founded Reliance Industries in 1958. Ambani took Reliance public in 1977. In 2016, he was honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan, India's…
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1932
American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
Dorsey William Burnett Jr. was an American early rockabilly singer. With his younger brother Johnny Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, he was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He is also the father of…
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1932
English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary
Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley is a British politician, author and journalist from Sheffield. A member of the Labour Party, he was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for over 32 years from 1964 to 1997, and…
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1932
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)
Henry Vernon Howell was a Canadian professional hockey player and longtime star for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played in the NHL and then the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1952…
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1932
American actress (died 2022)
Grace Dell "Nichelle" Nichols was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American actresses on American television. From 1977 to…
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1932
Argentine author and playwright (died 1990)
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author and LGBTQ activist. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintadas, and El beso de la mujer araña which…
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1932
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (died 2022)
John Young Brown Jr. was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant…
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1933
German footballer and manager (died 2000)
Rudolf "Rudi" Faßnacht was a German football manager.
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1934
English actress (died 2024)
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith was a British actress. Known for her wit in both comedic and dramatic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen for over seven decades and was one of Britain's most recognisable…
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1934
English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Alan James Coleman was an England-born Australian television series producer, screenwriter, director and former actor, active in his native United Kingdom as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
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1936
American journalist, director, and producer
Lawrence Julian Schiller is an American photojournalist, film producer, director and screenwriter.
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1936
Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2024)
Ratan Naval Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, and he held the position of interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017.…
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1937
American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (died 2008)
Richard Merrill Sudhalter was an American jazz trumpeter and writer.
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1938
American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group
Philip Frederick Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman who owns or controls companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, travel, movies, theaters, arenas…
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1939
Scottish footballer and manager
Francis McLintock is a Scottish former footballer, football manager and businessman. He also worked as a sports agent and football pundit in his later life.
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1939
American journalist and illustrator (died 2006)
Michelle Urry was the cartoon editor of Playboy magazine for over 30 years. Together with Hugh Hefner, she edited the retrospective Playboy: 50 Years The Cartoons. Among the cartoonists whose career she is credited with…
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1939
Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony is an Indian lawyer, attorney and statesman who was the longest serving Defence Minister of India from 2006 to 2014. One of the senior leaders of the Indian National Congress, he currently…
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1940
Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld, better known by his stage name Don Francisco, is a Chilean television host known for presenting several variety, talk and game shows. A popular personality on the Univision network…
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1940
Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
Intikhab Alam Khan is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 47 Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1959 to 1977. He captained Pakistan in 17 Tests between 1969 and 1975. He also…
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1941
Belgian cyclist
Roger Swerts is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. As an amateur he placed 18th in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned…
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1942
Peruvian cardinal
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne is a Peruvian Catholic who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1999 to 2019. He has been a bishop since 1988 and was made a cardinal in 2001.
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1943
Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
David Robert Peterson is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th premier of Ontario from 1985 to 1990. He was the first Liberal officeholder in 42 years, ending the so-called Tory dynasty.
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1943
Welsh politician
Dame Joan Mary Ruddock, is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham Deptford from 1987 to 2015. Ruddock was Minister of State for Energy at the Department of Energy and…
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1943
American astronomer and academic
Sandra Moore Faber is an American astrophysicist known for her research on the evolution of galaxies. She is the University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and works…
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1944
American sergeant and politician (died 2021)
John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 until his resignation in 2019 following health concerns. A member of the Republican Party, he…
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1944
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
Kary Banks Mullis was an American biochemist. In recognition of his role in the invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, he shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Michael Smith and was awarded…
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1944
English footballer
Gordon Alexander Taylor OBE is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He was chief executive of the English footballers' trades union, the Professional Footballers' Association, for over 40…
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1944
1945
English journalist, historian, and author
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist and military historian who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is…
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1945
American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas
Mickey Dale Beebe is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015. He is to date the last Democrat to hold that office.
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1946
Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (died 2009)
Pierre Falardeau was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.
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1946
American golfer (died 2018)
Hubert Myatt Green was an American professional golfer. Green won 19 PGA Tour events including two major championships: the 1977 U.S. Open and the 1985 PGA Championship. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame…
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1946
American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Timothy Peter Johnson was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States representative for…
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1946
1946
1946
Panamanian jockey
Laffit Alejandro Pincay Jr. is a retired Panamanian jockey who is known for once holding the all-time record for wins in horse racing, while still holding third place many years after his retirement. He competed…
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1946
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Edgar Holland Winter is an American multi-instrumentalist, working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their…
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1946
Dutch-Australian rock bass player (died 2024)
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs, better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, was an Australian bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of the Easybeats. Diamonde, with the group, was inducted into the…
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1947
Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2000)
Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte, Jr., sometimes known by the nickname "Chi Chi", was a Mexican professional baseball player, who spent the bulk of his Major League career with the Detroit Tigers. Known for his powerful…
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1947
American drummer
Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste, also known as Zigaboo Modeliste, is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk band the Meters. He is widely considered an innovator in the funk genre and New Orleans style…
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1948
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
William Alexander Chilton was an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock bands the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was not…
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1950
English mathematician and cryptographer
Clifford Christopher Cocks is a British mathematician and cryptographer. In the early 1970s, while working at the United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), he developed an early public-key…
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1950
German-American painter and academic
Rainer Maria Latzke is a German artist working in the field of trompe-l'œil and mural painting. He taught at the Utah State University and is founder of the Institute of Frescography. Latzke is Honorary Professor of the…
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1950
Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 2019)
Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley…
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1952
Scottish educator and politician
Bridget Theresa Prentice is a Scottish politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 1992 to 2010. She was married to the Labour MP Gordon Prentice from 1975 until their divorce in 2000. She…
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1952
French pianist
Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint and Marc Minier, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of…
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1953
Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion
Tatsumi Fujinami is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for his long tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a six-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and four-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He…
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1953
American journalist and author
Charles Patrick Pierce is an American sportswriter, political blogger, liberal pundit, author, and game show panelist.
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1953
American singer-songwriter
Martha Elaine Wash is an American singer and songwriter. Known for her distinctive and powerful voice, Wash first achieved fame as half of the Two Tons O' Fun, along with Izora Armstead, as they sang backing vocals for…
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1953
American serial killer
Tony Alvin Ables is an American serial killer convicted of multiple homicides in the Tampa Bay area. Officially convicted of two murders, he was linked through DNA evidence in 2006 to two additional cases: the 1983…
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1954
American television journalist
Gayle Patrice King is an American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News, co-hosting its flagship morning program, CBS Mornings, and before that its predecessor CBS This Morning. She is…
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1954
American actor, director, and producer
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, an Actor Award, two Golden…
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1954
English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on Whose Line Is It Anyway? as well as several projects with comedy partner Mark Arden.
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1955
Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Chinese Communist Party one-party rule in…
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1955
English violinist
Nigel Kennedy is an English musician and composer. He plays the violin, viola and piano. His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other genres.
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1956
English footballer and manager
Terry Ian Butcher is an English football manager and former player.
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1958
American golfer
Curt Allen Byrum is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is the older brother of PGA Tour golfer Tom Byrum.
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1958
Serbian volleyball trainer
Zoran Gajić is a Serbian volleyball coach and politician serving as minister of sports since 2022. As a volleyball coach, he coached Rabita Baku, and FR Yugoslavia, Iran and Russia men's national volleyball teams.
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1958
German runner and sportscaster
Hansjörg Kunze is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany as a long distance runner.
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1959
1959
Spanish singer-songwriter
Ana Torroja Fungairiño, 3rd Marchioness of Torroja is a Spanish singer and aristocrat. She was the lead singer of the pop trio Mecano, considered one of the most popular pop bands from Spain during the 1980s and 1990s.…
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1959
Canadian ice hockey player
Raymond Jean Bourque is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He holds records for most career goals, assists, and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial…
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1960
Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
John Basil Fitzgerald OAM is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.
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1960
American actor and race car driver (died 2024)
Chadwick Steven McQueen was an American actor, film producer, martial artist, and race car driver. He was the only son and last living child of actor Steve McQueen (1930–1980).
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1960
American basketball player (died 2010)
Melvin Harrison Turpin was an American professional basketball player. He played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player at the University of Kentucky, where as a…
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1960
Danish footballer and manager
Kent Nielsen is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Silkeborg. He was named coach of the year by the Danish Football Association in 2014 after winning both the…
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1961
French jazz pianist (died 1999)
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. Despite his health condition and relatively short…
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1962
Australian singer-songwriter
Gregory Stephen Perkins, better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James…
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1964
Spanish runner
María Teresa "Maite" Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Basque Spanish middle-distance runner.
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1964
Estonian skier
Allar Levandi is an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight Winter Olympic Games. He trained at Dynamo in Tallinn when Estonia was…
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1965
American illustrator
Franklin Christenson Ware is an American cartoonist known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novels Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), Building Stories (2012) and Rusty Brown (2019). His…
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1967
Japanese engineer and astronaut
Akihiko Hoshide is a Japanese engineer, JAXA astronaut, and former commander of the International Space Station. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space.
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1968
Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish and American software engineer who is the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel since 1991. He also created the distributed version control system Git.
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1969
American actress
Katherine Elaine Hendrix is an American actress and dancer. She gained recognition for appearing in a range of television films in the 1990s before her breakthrough in the comedy film The Parent Trap (1998). On…
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1970
American sprinter and football player
James Sherman Jett, is an American former professional football player and Olympic sprinter. He played football as a wide receiver for nine seasons with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders of the National Football League…
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1970
Dutch tennis player
Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April…
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1970
American baseball player
Benny Peter Agbayani, Jr. is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, and Boston Red Sox, and in Nippon Professional Baseball…
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1971
Spanish footballer and manager
Sergi Barjuán Esclusa, known simply as Sergi as a player, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back, currently a manager.
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1971
Dutch singer-songwriter
Anita Doth is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She was the singer of the duo 2 Unlimited, which she formed together with rapper Ray Slijngaard.
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1971
American basketball player
William Gates is an American former college basketball player. Gates and Arthur Agee are the two subjects of the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams.
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1971
Peruvian footballer
Roberto Carlos Palacios Mestas is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1972
Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model
Patrick Michael Rafter is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for one week in 1999, and world No. 6 in…
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1972
American football player
Adam Matthew Vinatieri is an American former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 24 seasons with the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. Vinatieri attended…
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1972
German sprinter
Holger Blume is a former German sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres.
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1973
1973
American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host
Seth Adam Meyers is an American comedian, television host, writer, actor, and producer. He has hosted Late Night with Seth Meyers, a late-night talk show on NBC since 2014. Prior to hosting Late Night, he was a cast…
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1973
Dutch speed skater
Ids Hylke Postma is a Dutch former speed skater. He is an Olympic gold medalist and former world champion.
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1973
American singer
Jocelyn Enriquez is a Filipino American dance-pop singer born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her most popular songs are "Do You Miss Me", "A Little Bit of Ecstasy", and the Stars on 54 cover of Gordon…
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1974
Canadian ice hockey player
Robert Wade Niedermayer Jr. is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 17 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, and Buffalo…
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1974
German footballer and manager
Markus Weinzierl is a German football coach, who last managed 1. FC Nürnberg.
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1974
American baseball player
Robert Victor "B. J." Ryan Jr. is an American baseball coach and former relief pitcher. He played college baseball at Louisiana, where he played for coach Tony Robichaux in 1997 and 1998. He played in Major League…
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1975
American actor and singer
Brendan Patrick Hines is an American actor. He has had a number of television roles, including as part of the main cast of Lie to Me as well as recurring roles in Scandal, Betrayal, Suits, Scorpion, Secrets and Lies,…
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1976
American actor
Joseph Michael Manganiello is an American actor. His professional film career began when he played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. His breakout role was as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in five seasons of the HBO…
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1976
Norwegian race walker
Trond Nymark is a Norwegian race walker. He was born in Bergen and represents TIF Viking.
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1976
1976
1976
Indonesian presenter and magician
Deodatus Andreas Deddy Cahyadi Sunjoyo, commonly known as Deddy Corbuzier, is an Indonesian television presenter, actor, YouTuber, and former mentalist. He is a recipient of the Merlin Award for "World's Best Mentalist"…
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1976
American sprinter
Derrick Keith Brew is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400 m.
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1977
Australian rugby league player
Shane Elford, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger and centre in the 1990s and 2000s.
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1977
American actress
Vanessa Ferlito is an American actress. She is known for playing Detective Aiden Burn in the first two seasons of the CBS crime drama CSI: NY, as well as for her recurring portrayal of Claudia Hernandez in FOX drama 24,…
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1977
Nigerian sprinter
Seun Ogunkoya is a Nigerian sprinter and two-time African Championships gold medalist over 100 metres.
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1977
Australian footballer and manager
Christopher John Coyne is an Australian former soccer player and coach who is currently head of Perth Glory Youth NPL in National Premier Leagues Western Australia (NPLWA). In a 17-year career as a player, Coyne…
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1978
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
John Roger Stephens, known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and record producer. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn…
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1978
American tennis player
James Riley Blake is an American former professional tennis player. He won 10 titles on the ATP Tour, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4. His career highlights included reaching the final of the 2006…
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1979
German singer-songwriter
Senna Gammour, also known mononymously as Senna, is a German singer, television personality and presenter. She was a member of the girl group Monrose.
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1979
1979
1979
American actor
André Holland is an American actor. He is widely known for his 2016 performance as Kevin in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight.
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1979
Swedish actress
Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series (2009): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who…
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1979
Congolese footballer
Trésor Lomana LuaLua is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the attacking coach for Spalding United.
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1980
Belarusian race walker
Ryta Turava, also known as Margarita Turova, is an athlete from Belarus, competing in race walking. She was born in Vitebsk.
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1980
Dutch footballer
Khalid Boulahrouz is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. Nicknamed "The Cannibal" for his ability to "eat up" the opposition, Boulahrouz was noted for his technical ability, tackling and…
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1981
American journalist
Elizabeth Jordan Carr is the United States' first baby born from the in-vitro fertilization procedure and the 15th in the world. The technique was conducted at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk under the…
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1981
American-British actress and fashion designer
Sienna Rose Diana Miller is an American-British actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a model, appearing in the pages of Italian Vogue and for the 2003 Pirelli Calendar. Her acting…
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1981
American ice hockey player
David Moss is an American former professional ice hockey winger who last played for the EHC Biel of the NLA. He was a last round selection of the Calgary Flames, taken 220th overall, at the 2001 NHL entry draft. Moss…
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1981
1981
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Francis Edward Turner is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's…
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1981
Finnish footballer
Mika Väyrynen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a football coach, most recently serving as the head coach of Honka in Kakkonen. After his playing career, Väyrynen has…
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1981
American football player (died 2019)
Cedric Myron Benson was an American professional football player who spent eight years as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers. He played…
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1982
American actress and model
Beau Garrett is an American actress and model. She began her career appearing in GUESS advertisements in the late 1990s after being discovered by an Elite modeling agent at age fourteen. She made her feature film debut…
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1982
Belgian decathlete
François Gourmet is a retired Belgian decathlete. His personal best score is 7974 points, achieved at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. He is a former Belgian record holder.
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1982
Canadian hockey player
Curtis Jack Glencross is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, he signed with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a free agent in 2004 and made…
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1982
German golfer
Martin Kaymer is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the LIV Golf League. A winner of two major championships, he was also the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking for eight weeks in…
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1984
American runner
Duane Renard Solomon is a retired American Olympic track athlete, primarily known for racing the 800 meters. He ran for his home country in the IAAF World Championships in 2007 and 2013 as well as in the 2012 Olympic…
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1984
English footballer
Thomas Andrew Huddlestone is an English former professional footballer and coach, who is currently a first team assistant coach at Birmingham City. He played as a defensive midfielder.
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1986
American actor and musician
Thomas Alexander Dekker is an American actor, musician, singer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as John Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Adam Conant on The Secret Circle, and Zach on…
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1987
American baseball player
Austin Scott Barnes is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played college baseball for the Arizona State…
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1989
American actress
Mackenzie Rosman is an American actress. She is known for her television role as Ruthie Camden on The WB's long-running drama series 7th Heaven.
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1989
Ethiopian runner
Ayele Abshero Biza is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who mainly competes in cross country and road races.
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1990
Spanish footballer
Marcos Alonso Mendoza is a Spanish professional footballer who plays either as a left-back or centre-back for La Liga club Celta de Vigo.
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1990
American singer
David James Archuleta is an American singer and songwriter. At the age of ten, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition, leading to other television singing appearances. When he was twelve years…
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1990
American basketball player
John Allen Henson is an American former professional basketball player who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he was a…
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1990
Dutch swimmer
Bastiaan Lijesen is a Dutch former swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished 23rd overall in the heats in the Men's 100 metre backstroke and failed to reach the semifinals.
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1990
Slovak ice hockey player
Tomáš Jurčo is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for HC Lada Togliatti of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He began playing hockey in the HC Košice before moving to North America…
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1992
English swimmer
Adam George Ramsay Peaty is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the sprint breaststroke events. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British…
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1994
American baseball player
Dylan Edward Cease is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres.
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1995
Uruguayan footballer
Paolo Mauricio Lemos Merladett is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Peñarol.
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1995
Uruguayan footballer
Nahitan Michel Nández Acosta is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah and the Uruguay national team. A versatile player, Nández can play as a central midfielder, right-back,…
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1995
French footballer
Tanguy Ndombele Alvaro is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice.
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1996
Indonesian actor and singer
Iqbaal Dhiafakhri Ramadhan is an Indonesian actor and singer. He is best known as an ex-member of the Indonesian boy band CJR (also known as Coboy Junior, and for his leading role in Dilan 1990. In 2018, he won the…
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1999
Canadian actress
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2001
British-Irish footballer
Thomas Christopher Cannon is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Sheffield United. Born in England, he represents the Republic of Ireland national team.
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2002
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