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In his penultimate season, Taylor reached the Stanley Cup Final for the only time in his career, with Taylor recording five goals and eight total points in 22 games
Famous Birthdays on December 4
194 people
34 – 2003
December 4 has seen 194 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 34 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1955 — Dave Taylor
Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
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David Andrew Taylor is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings from 1977 to 1994
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Taylor was a star player at Clarkson University for four seasons while being drafted by both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association in 1975
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He made it to the NHL in 1977 with the Los Angeles Kings
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In the 1980s, Taylor was named to the All-Star Game four times and was a Second All-Star once while recording two 40-goal seasons
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Hasan al-Askari was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi. Hasan Al-Askari was born in Medina in 844 and brought with his…
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846
Lord of Lippe (died 1511)
Bernard VII was the ruler of the Lordship of Lippe from 1429 until his death. Because of the many bloody feuds in which he was involved, he was nicknamed "the Bellicose". As Edler Herr of Lippe for 81 years, he was the…
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1428
1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (died 1558)
Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche was an English courtier during the reign of Edward VI. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1550 and 1551 before his…
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1506
German poet and historian (died 1625)
Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet, was born at Barntrup in Westphalia.
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1555
Italian nun (died 1650)
Sister Virginia Maria, best known as the Nun of Monza, was an Italian nun who gave birth to two children fathered by a local aristocrat and had connived in the murder of another nun to cover up the affair. This took…
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1575
English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626)
Sir Samuel Argall was an English sea captain, navigator, and Deputy-Governour of Virginia, an English colony.
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1580
English-American minister and theologian (died 1652)
John Cotton was a clergyman in England and the American colonies, and was considered the preeminent minister and theologian of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied for five years at Trinity College, Cambridge, and…
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1585
French poet and critic (died 1674)
Jean Chapelain was a French poet and critic during the Grand Siècle, best known for his role as an organizer and founding member of the Académie française. Chapelain acquired considerable prestige as a literary critic,…
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1595
German composer (died 1715)
Daniel Eberlin was a German Baroque composer and Kapellmeister.
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1647
French composer and conductor (died 1744)
André Campra was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several tragédies en musique and…
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1660
French composer and educator (died 1737)
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair was a French composer of the baroque period.
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1667
English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1742)
John Aislabie, of Studley Royal, near Ripon, Yorkshire, was a British politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1721. He was of an independent mind, and did not stick regularly to the…
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1670
Italian playwright and critic (died 1786)
Gasparo, count Gozzi was a Venetian critic and dramatist.
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1713
German anatomist and botanist (died 1759)
Johann Gottfried Zinn was a German anatomist and botanist and was a member of the Berlin Academy.
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1727
French businesswoman (died 1849)
Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, known as Juliette, was a French socialite whose salon drew people from the leading literary and political circles of early 19th-century Paris. An icon of neoclassicism, Récamier…
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1777
Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1881)
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era.
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1795
French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (died 1881)
Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman who served 3 non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister of France.
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1798
Georgian poet and author (died 1845)
Prince Nikoloz Baratashvili was a Georgian poet. He was one of the first Georgians to marry modern nationalism with European Romanticism and to introduce "Europeanism" into Georgian literature. Due to his early death,…
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1817
English author and critic (died 1902)
Samuel Butler was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. Both novels have remained in print since their…
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1835
German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1914)
Franz Xavier Wernz, SJ was a German Catholic priest who served as the twenty-fifth superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1906 to 1914.
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1844
Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1922)
Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein was an Icelandic politician and poet. In 1904 he became the first Icelander to be appointed to the Danish Cabinet as the Minister for Iceland in the Cabinet of Deuntzer and was – unlike…
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1861
English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) (died 1915)
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from…
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1865
Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (died 1940)
Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle KBE, MRCS, LRCP, was an Australian radiologist and politician. He served as premier of Victoria from 1932 to 1935 and was the state leader of the Nationalist Party and United Australia Party…
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1867
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1953)
Jesse Cail Burkett, nicknamed "Crab", was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1890 to 1905 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos /…
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1868
Scottish medical doctor (died 1964)
Agnes Forbes Blackadder Savill was a Scottish medical expert and doctor, sometimes regarded as a polymath. Blackadder became the first female graduate of the University of St Andrews when she gained her M.A. degree on…
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1875
American baseball player and coach (died 1945)
Joseph Aloysius Corbett was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played in the National League. He was born in San Francisco, California.
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1875
Austrian-Swiss poet and author (died 1926)
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language.…
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1875
South African politician (died 1946)
Morris Alexander was a South African lawyer and politician who was a leading figure of Cape Town's Jewish community. He is best known for his successful campaign to have Yiddish recognized as a European language by…
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1877
Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)
Job Wilhelm Georg Erwin Erdmann von Witzleben was a German Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht and Oberbefehlshaber West, during the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf…
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1881
Australian psychologist (died 1963)
Constance Muriel Davey was an Australian psychologist who worked in the South Australian Department of Education, where she introduced the state's first special education classes.
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1882
Australian author and playwright (died 1969)
Katharine Susannah Prichard was an Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia.
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1883
Indian historian (died 1980)
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar was an Indian historian and professor widely regarded as a leading figure of the Nationalist school of Indian historiography. He principally studied the history of India.
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1884
Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (died 1943)
Maria Winifred "Winnie" Carney, was an Irish republican, a participant in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin and, as a trade union secretary, women's suffragist, and socialist party member, a lifelong social and political…
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1887
Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1975)
Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general who was
the leader of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He had led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil…
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1892
Chinese commander and politician (died 1986)
Liu Mingzhao, more commonly known as Liu Bocheng, was a Chinese military officer and Marshal of the People's Republic of China. Known as the 'half' of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern Chinese…
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1892
English poet and critic (died 1968)
Sir Herbert Edward Read, was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder…
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1893
Chinese philosopher and academic (died 1990)
Feng Youlan was a Chinese philosopher, historian, and writer who was instrumental for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy in the modern era. The name he published under in English was 'Fung Yu-lan,' as used in…
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1895
American anthropologist of Mexico (died 1958)
Robert Redfield was an American anthropologist and ethnolinguist, whose ethnographic work in Tepoztlán, Mexico, is considered a landmark of Latin American ethnography. He was associated with the University of Chicago…
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1897
German physician and politician (died 1934)
Karl-Günther Heimsoth, also known as Karl-Guenter Heimsoth, was a German physician, polygraph, and politician. Heimsoth was a member of the Nazi Party and later the Communist Party of Germany.
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1899
English footballer and manager (died 1953)
Charles William Spencer was an English football player and manager.
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1899
American author (died 1968)
Cornell George Hopley Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley.
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1903
German journalist and politician (died 1982)
Albert Norden was a German communist politician, academic and journalist who held several senior positions in the ruling Socialist Unity Party of East Germany from the 1950s until his retirement in 1981. Among his…
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1904
American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
Alfred Day Hershey was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.
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1908
American composer and conductor (died 1991)
Alex North was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He received fifteen Academy Award…
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1910
Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 2009)
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, also known as R. Venkataraman, was an Indian lawyer, independence activist and politician who served as a union minister and as the vice president of india and president of India.
Venkataraman…
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1910
American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1988)
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in…
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1912
Canadian-American director and producer (died 1978)
Mark Robson was a Canadian-American film director, producer, and editor. Robson began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor. He later began working as a director and producer. He directed 34 films during his…
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1913
Austrian painter and sculptor (died 1995)
Rudolf Hausner was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Hausner has been described as a "psychic realist" and "the first psychoanalytical painter".
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1914
French cinematographer (died 1993)
Claude Renoir was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and the nephew of director Jean Renoir.
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1914
American pianist and composer (died 1989)
Edward Heywood Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer particularly active in the 1940s and 1950s.
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1915
American journalist and author (died 1994)
Ely Jacques Kahn Jr. was an American writer with The New Yorker for five decades.
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1916
Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (died 2012)
Inder Kumar Gujral was an Indian diplomat, politician, and independence activist, who served as prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.
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1919
Portuguese painter and architect (died 2013)
Nadir Afonso, GOSE was a Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied painting in…
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1920
English actor (died 1978)
Michael Hammond Bates was a British actor, born in colonial India. He was best known for his roles as Chief Guard Barnes in A Clockwork Orange (1971), Cyril Blamire in Last of the Summer Wine (1973–1975) and Rangi Ram…
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1920
American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (died 2013)
Jeanne Sobelson Manford was an American schoolteacher and activist. She co-founded the support group organization, PFLAG, for which she was awarded the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal.
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1920
Canadian actress and singer (died 2013)
Edna Mae Durbin, known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-American lyric soprano and actress, who moved to the United States with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s.…
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1921
American lawyer and financier (died 2014)
Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for his role in the savings and loan scandal of the late…
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1923
American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2012)
Eagle Keys was an American born professional Canadian football player who played and coached in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is currently fifth all-time in regular season wins with 131 as a head coach in the…
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1923
English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
John Jeffrey Krish was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed and filmed much archive footage and in particular Our School in 1962, showing the changing ways of Britain's school and the last few years of…
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1923
American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (died 2017)
John Calvin Portman Jr. was an American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer widely known for popularizing hotels and office buildings with multi-storied interior atria. Portman also had a particularly…
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1924
Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)
Albert Bandura was a Canadian-American psychologist and professor of social science in psychology at Stanford University, who contributed to the fields of education and to the fields of psychology, and influenced the…
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1925
American actor and opera singer (died 2017)
Ned Romero was an American actor and opera singer who appeared in television and film.
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1926
Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (died 2010)
Şakir Eczacıbaşı, a second generation member of the notable Turkish Eczacıbaşı family, was a pharmacist, photographer and businessman.
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1929
Scottish actor and comedian (died 2016)
Ronald Balfour Corbett was a Scottish comedian and actor. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC Television comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies (1971–87), becoming known for his meandering chair…
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1930
1930
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025)
Alexander Peter "Fats" Delvecchio was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager who spent his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings. In a playing career that…
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1931
American radio and television host (died 2003)
Wally George was an American conservative radio and television commentator. Calling himself the "Father of Combat TV," he was a fixture on Southern California television for three decades (1975–2003), most notably as…
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1931
South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (died 2021)
Roh Tae-woo was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. In 1987, he became the first president to be directly elected under the current democratic…
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1932
German actor (died 2003)
Horst Werner Buchholz was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English-speaking…
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1933
American game show host and producer (died 2025)
Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale was an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host and television producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was known for his outgoing and jovial demeanor and his booming…
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1933
American baseball and basketball player (died 1988)
Richard James Ricketts Jr. was an American professional basketball and baseball player. Ricketts was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1955 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks out of Duquesne University. Ricketts played…
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1933
Australian film critic and author (died 2019)
William Roderick Collins was an Australian film critic and film historian, radio and television presenter, journalist, author and lecturer best known for presenting Hollywood films on television in Australia.
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1934
American actor and director (died 1989)
Victor Edwin French was an American actor and director. He is remembered for roles on the television programs Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, and Carter Country.
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1934
American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2020)
Paul Henry O'Neill was an American businessman and government official who served as the 72nd United States secretary of the treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first term, from January 2001 until his…
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1935
American singer and guitarist
Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr., better known by his stage name Freddy Cannon, is an American rock and roll singer. His biggest international hits included "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", and…
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1936
American poet and performance artist (died 2019)
John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events. Giorno's creative…
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1936
American actor, director, and producer
Maximilian Adelbert Baer Jr. is an American former actor, producer, comedian, and director widely known for his role as Jethro Bodine, the dim-witted relative of Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.
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1937
American lawyer and politician
Andrew Verne Marrou is an American politician who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from the 5th district as a member of the Libertarian Party from 1985 to 1987. He was the Libertarian vice-presidential…
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1938
Australian-English soprano and actress
Yvonne Fay Minton CBE is an Australian-born but mostly British-resident opera singer. She is variously billed as a soprano, mezzo-soprano or contralto.
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1938
American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (died 2016)
Stephen Warren Bosworth was an American academic and diplomat. He served as Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and served as United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy from March 2009 to…
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1939
American-British author (died 2024)
Joan Brady was an American-British writer. She was the first woman and American to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for her novel Theory of War.
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1939
1940
American murderer (died 1977)
Gary Mark Gilmore was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah. After the U.S. Supreme Court…
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1940
American tennis player and coach
Marty Riessen is an American former amateur and professional tennis player active from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP rankings in September 1974, though was…
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1941
American singer-songwriter and bass player
James Robert "Bob" Mosley is an American musician principally known as the bass player and one of the songwriters and vocalists for the band Moby Grape. Some of his best-known songs with Moby Grape are "Mr. Blues",…
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1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christopher Hillman is an American musician. He was the original bassist of the Byrds. With frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Hillman was a key figure in the development of country rock, defining the genre through his…
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1944
Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
Anna McGarrigle, CM is a Canadian folk music singer and songwriter who recorded and performed with her late sister Kate McGarrigle.
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1944
French race car driver (died 2012)
François Marie Edouard Migault was a racing driver from Le Mans, France. He participated in 16 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 August 1972, but scored no championship points.
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1944
American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (died 1983)
Dennis Carl Wilson was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961. He served as the band's drummer and was the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. The only…
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1944
Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
Roberta Lynn Bondar is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space.
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1945
1946
American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
Jane Lubchenco is a decorated American environmental scientist and marine ecologist.
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1947
American singer-songwriter
John Lyon, known professionally as Southside Johnny, is an American retired singer-songwriter who fronted the band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.
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1948
American actor
Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his leading man roles in film and television. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has received various accolades, including an…
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1949
Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Graham Eric Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, informally known as Jock Stirrup, is a former senior Royal Air Force commander who was the Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 until his retirement in…
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1949
Norwegian bassist and composer (died 2025)
Bjørn Kjellemyr was a Norwegian jazz double bassist, known from a variety of musical contexts like Terje Rypdal & The Chasers, Joe Henderson, Bob Berg, Chet Baker, Art Farmer, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Dag Arnesen, Knut…
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1950
American guitarist (died 2023)
Gary Robert Rossington was an American musician best known as a founding guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom he performed until his death. Rossington was also a founding member of the Rossington…
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1951
American actress and playwright
Patricia Anne Wettig is an American actress and playwright. She is best known for her role as Nancy Weston in the television series Thirtysomething (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe Award and three…
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1951
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Richard David "Nifty" Middleton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Middleton played 14 years in the NHL, most prominently with…
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1953
Belgian footballer and manager
Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and…
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1953
1954
English businessman and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Philip Hammond, Baron Hammond of Runnymede is a British politician and life peer who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019 and Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as Defence…
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1955
American singer-songwriter and producer
Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed…
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1955
Welsh educator and politician, former Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Dame Nia Rhiannon Griffith is a Welsh politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and…
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1956
American basketball player and sportscaster
Bernard King is an American former professional basketball player at the small forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 14 seasons with the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, Golden State…
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1956
Brazilian race car driver and radio host
Raul de Mesquita Boesel is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced for the March and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League.
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1957
American computer programmer and author
Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the…
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1957
1957
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Sergei Viktorovich Starikov is a Russian ice hockey coach and former player, who competed as defenseman for the Soviet national team.
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1958
Nicaraguan-American baseball player
David Alejandro Green Casaya was a Nicaraguan professional baseball player who was an outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). Between 1981 and 1987, he spent parts of six seasons in the MLB. He was…
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1960
Australian heptathlete and hurler
Glynis Leanne Nunn OAM is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event.
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1960
American football player and coach
Frank Michael Reich is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is currently the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played 14 seasons in the…
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1961
American-Australian television host[better source needed]
Naomi Robson is an American-born Australian television presenter who is best known as the former presenter of the east coast edition of Today Tonight, an Australian current affairs program which was broadcast on…
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1961
American singer-songwriter and musician
Vinnie Dombroski is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter for the rock band Sponge. He also fronted the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has been a member of several…
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1962
New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
Gary Ross Freeman is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 2000s, who both captained and coached the New Zealand national team. He was arguably…
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1962
Kenyan runner
Nixon Kiprotich is a former Kenyan 800 metres runner, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games. Previously, Kiprotich had come eighth in the 1988 Olympic final.
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1962
English footballer and manager
Kevin Richardson is an English former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, playing for Everton, Watford, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Coventry City, Southampton, Barnsley and…
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1962
Ukrainian pole vaulter
Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He is the 1988 Olympic Champion, a record six-time consecutive World Champion, a record four-time World Indoor Champion, the 1985 European Indoor Champion, the…
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1963
English rugby player
Nigel John Heslop is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Orrell…
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1963
Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
Scott Hastings is a Scottish sports commentator and former Scotland international rugby union player. At the point of his retirement he was Scotland's most-capped player ever, but this record has now been beaten. He…
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1964
American actress
Chelsea Cameron is an American actress known for her role as Kate McDonnell on the ABC television sitcom Growing Pains (1989–1992).
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1964
American actress
Marisa Tomei is an American actress.
She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the…
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1964
Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist.
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1965
English race car driver and businessman
Shaun Scott Hollamby is a British TV Director/Producer and former racing driver and race team owner. He was the managing director of AmD Tuning, a performance tuning company and motor racing team based in West Thurrock,…
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1965
German footballer and manager
Ulf Kirsten is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed Der Schwatte, he is the first player in history to reach a total 100 caps playing with two different national teams. Kirsten's…
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1965
American actor and musician
Fereydun Robert Armisen is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. He also…
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1966
1966
American journalist
Suzanne Maria Malveaux is an American broadcast journalist. After joining CNN from NBC News in 2002, she co-anchored the CNN international news program Around the World and editions of CNN Newsroom and also served as…
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1966
American lawyer and academic
Suzette M. Malveaux is an American law professor and civil rights lawyer. She joined the Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2024 as the Roger D. Groot Professor of Law. Previously she was Provost Professor…
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1966
Spanish footballer and manager
Guillermo Amor Martínez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a versatile midfielder.
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1967
Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet (died 2018)
Mohammad Tahir Khan Dawar was a Pakistani police officer who was abducted from Islamabad on 26 October 2018 and then tortured and killed. His body was found on 13 November 2018 by the locals in the Dur Baba District of…
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1968
American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
Dionne Farris is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New Jersey, she began singing in elementary school and competed in pageants as a teenager. In the early 1990s, she was featured on the hip-hop group…
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1969
American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records
Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. He was named the greatest rapper of all time by Billboard and Vibe in 2023. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop,…
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1969
English journalist and author
Victoria Rowland, known as Plum Sykes, is an English fashion journalist and novelist.
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1969
American actor and comedian
Kevin Sussman is an American actor and comedian. He played Walter on the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty and Stuart Bloom on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Starting with the sixth season of The Big Bang Theory, he was…
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1970
American boxer and actor
Shannon Briggs is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1992 and 2016. He held the lineal heavyweight title from 1997 to 1998, and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title from 2006 to…
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1971
Canadian ice hockey player
Jassen Andrew Cullimore is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
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1972
Japanese voice actress and singer
Yūko Miyamura , also known by her nickname Miyamū (みやむー), is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and sound director. She played Kazuha Toyama in Detective Conan, Casca in Berserk and Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon…
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1972
American model, actress, and producer
Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ…
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1973
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Keith Caputo is an American singer who is lead vocalist and a founding member of New York City alternative metal band Life of Agony. Formed in 1989, Life of Agony has released six studio albums, the latest of which, The…
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1973
English footballer and manager
Michael James Jackson is an English football manager and former professional footballer. He is a first team coach for Burnley and has served as caretaker manager of the club in the past.
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1973
Australian rugby league player
Steve Menzies, commonly referred to by his nickname "Beaver", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer best known for his career with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He also played for the Bradford…
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1973
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Sometimes called the "Barnsley Nightingale", she has headlined various British folk festivals, and is one of the…
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1973
American basketball player and coach
Corliss Mondari Williamson is an American basketball coach who serves as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a former player who played for four teams…
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1973
Japanese baseball player
Tadahito Iguchi , nicknamed "Gucci", is a Japanese professional baseball second baseman and former manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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1974
Canadian speed skater
Kristina Nicole Groves is a Canadian retired speed skater. She is Canada's most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: she won two…
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1976
American basketball player
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American retired professional basketball player. She played for the Minnesota Lynx, Miami Sol, Cleveland Rockers, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks and Tulsa Shock in the…
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1976
Indian cricketer
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar is a former Indian cricketer and commentator. He was considered a bowling all-rounder. He is known for his fast bowling skills, particularly his pace and ability to take wickets. He is the third…
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1977
American sprinter
Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He is a two-time US Champion in the 200-meter dash and won the silver medal in the event at the 2003 World…
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1977
Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
Morten Veland is a Norwegian musician. He is one of the founding members of the gothic metal band Tristania and the founding member of Sirenia and Mortemia.
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1977
Malaysian singer and actress
Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a Malaysian singer, actress and businesswoman who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol, Ikon Malaysia, Gegar Vaganza Season 9 & Gegar Vaganza All Stars. As the winner of Malaysian Idol, she…
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1978
American singer-songwriter
Ysabella Brave is an American YouTube personality, artist, vocalist, singer and songwriter signed by Cordless Recordings, a division of the Warner Music Group. She was discovered through the popularity of her YouTube…
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1979
American soccer player
Jay Michael DeMerit is an American former soccer player who played as a center back.
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1979
American basketball player
Brian Joshua Cook is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted out of the University of Illinois with the 24th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
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1980
1980
Danish cyclist
Brian Bach Vandborg is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2013. Over his career, Vandborg competed for Team CSC (twice), Discovery Channel, Team GLS,…
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1981
English triple jumper
Nathan James Douglas is a retired two-time Olympian and British athlete who specialised in the triple jump. He is an eight-time British champion and two-time European silver medalist.
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1982
Chilean footballer
Waldo Alonso Ponce Carrizo is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1982
Dutch-Chinese race car driver
Ho-Pin Tung is a Dutch-born racing driver who races with a Chinese license.
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1982
Australian evangelist
Nicholas James Vujicic, known as Nick Vujicic, is an Australian and American evangelist and motivational speaker. Vujicic has tetra-amelia syndrome, a condition characterised by the absence of arms and legs.
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1982
Australian footballer
James Ross Bartel is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, 1.87 m tall and weighing 89 kilograms (196 lb), Bartel contributed…
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1983
1983
American actress
Lindsay Marie Felton is an American former actress. She is best known for her roles as Caitlin Seeger in Caitlin's Way and Anna Morgan in Anna's Dream.
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1984
Russian basketball player
Anna "Anya" Viktorovna Petrakova-Parker(Russian: Анна Викторовна Петракова, born 4 December 1984) is a Russian former basketball player. She was part of the Russia women's national basketball team that placed fourth at…
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1984
American singer and rapper
Jason Bradley DeFord, known professionally as Jelly Roll, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Beginning his music career in 2003, he rose to mainstream prominence following the release of his 2022 singles…
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1984
American football player
Joseph Hayden Thomas is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 11 seasons with the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at…
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1984
American baseball player
Andrew Warren Brackman is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the New York Yankees in 2011.
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1985
Dominican baseball player
Carlos Argelis Gómez Peña, nicknamed Go-Go, is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays.…
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1985
Estonian skier
Kaija Vahtra is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 16th in the team sprint, 31st in the individual sprint, and did not finish the 7.5 km +…
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1986
American basketball player
Martell Webster is an American former professional basketball player who played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The sixth player taken in the 2005 NBA draft, Webster played for Portland,…
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1986
American actor and rapper
Orlando Brown is an American rapper, singer, restaurateur and former actor. He is best known for his roles as Eddie Thomas on That's So Raven, Cadet Kevin "Tiger" Dunne in Major Payne, Nelson in The Jamie Foxx Show, 3J…
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1987
Filipina singer and songwriter
Josephine "Yeng" Eusebio Constantino-Asuncion is a Filipino singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist. She is considered the Philippines' Pop Rock Royalty. In 2006, she earned the title "Grand Star Dreamer" in the…
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1988
Nigerian footballer
Lukman Abdulkarim Haruna is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1990
Australian rugby league player
Blake Leary is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock, second-row forward and hooker for the New York Freedom in the North American Rugby League.
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1990
Croatian basketball player
Duje Dukan is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for the Klosterneuburg Dukes in the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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1991
American basketball player
André Lee Roberson is an American professional basketball player for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. As a junior in 2013, Roberson earned…
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1991
American mixed martial artist
Jerome Max Keliʻi Holloway is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Featherweight Champion…
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1991
American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage
Reality Leigh Winner is a U.S. Air Force veteran and former NSA translator. In 2018, she was given the longest prison sentence ever imposed for an unauthorized release of government classified information to the media…
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1991
Belgian politician
Robin F. A. R. Bruyère is a Belgian politician and former member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he represented Namur from August 2023 to May 2024.
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1992
1992
Rwandan footballer
Jean-Claude Iranzi is a Rwandan professional footballer who most recently played for Rwanda Premier League club Rayon Sports.
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1992
1992
American baseball player
Joseph Anthony Musgrove is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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1992
American baseball player
Blake Ashton Snell is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco…
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1992
Danish basketball player
Gabriel Ifeanyi "Iffe" Lundberg is a Danish professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Ligat HaAl and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Denmark national team. Standing at 1.93 m, he can play…
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1994
Portuguese footballer (died 2025)
Diogo José Teixeira da Silva, commonly known as Diogo Jota, was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a forward and winger. He was known for his finishing, pace, dribbling ability, and work rate.
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1996
Chilean footballer
Sebastián Ignacio Vegas Orellana is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX club León, on loan from Monterrey.
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1996
South Korean singer and actress
Kim Do-yeon, known mononymously as Doyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress signed under Fantagio. She is best known as a contestant on the Mnet reality show Produce 101, as a member of the resulting group I.O.I,…
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1999
South Korean actress and singer
Kang Mi-na, known mononymously as Mina, is a South Korean actress, singer and rapper. She is best known for finishing ninth in Mnet's K-pop girl group survival show Produce 101. She is a former member of the girl groups…
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1999
Spanish violinist and composer
María Dueñas Fernández, is a Spanish violinist and composer. In 2021 she won the first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, in the Senior Division. She is considered the Spanish violinist with the greatest…
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2002
American baseball player
Jackson Matthew Holliday is an American professional baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected first overall by the Orioles in the 2022 MLB draft and made his MLB debut…
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2003
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Dave Taylor — Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
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Birth year1955
Known forTaylor was a star player at Clarkson University for four seasons while being drafted by both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association in 1975
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