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Famous Birthdays on December 5
244 people
852 – 2009
December 5 has seen 244 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 852 – 2009. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1982 — Eddy Curry
American basketball player
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Curry played for the Bulls until 2005, then played for the New York Knicks from 2005 to 2010
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He played for the Miami Heat in the 2011–12 season and was part of the Heat's 2012 championship team
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He played for the Dallas Mavericks for the early part of the 2012–13 season before playing out the season for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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is an American former professional basketball player
852
The Jianwen Emperor, personal name Zhu Yunwen, was the second emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1398 to 1402. Zhu Yunwen's father was Zhu Biao, the eldest son and heir apparent of the Hongwu Emperor, the…
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1377
Polish cardinal and statesman (died 1455)
Zbigniew Oleśnicki, known in Latin as Sbigneus, was a high-ranking Roman Catholic clergyman and an influential Polish statesman and diplomat. He served as Bishop of Kraków from 1423 until his death in 1455. He took part…
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1389
Pope Julius II was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513.
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1443
German lawyer and author (died 1530)
Willibald Pirckheimer was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for…
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1470
Flemish philologist and lexicographer (died 1542)
Nicolas Cleynaerts was a Flemish grammarian and traveler. He was born in Diest, in the Duchy of Brabant.
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1495
Japanese shōgun (died 1597)
Ashikaga Yoshiaki was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the 15th and final shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he staged a revolt and was overthrown. His father, Ashikaga…
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1537
Italian theologian and author (died 1604)
Fausto Paolo Sozzini, often known in English by his Latinized name Faustus Socinus, was an Italian Renaissance humanist and theologian, and, alongside his uncle Lelio Sozzini, founder of the Nontrinitarian Christian…
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1539
Dutch historian and geographer (died 1625)
Ubbo Emmius was a German historian and geographer.
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1547
Countess of Oxford, English countess (died 1588)
Anne de Vere, Countess of Oxford was the daughter of the statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the translator Mildred Cooke. In 1571 she became the first wife of…
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1556
English composer (died 1662)
Henry Lawes was the leading English songwriter of the mid-17th century. He was elder brother of fellow composer William Lawes.
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1596
1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (died 1724)
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG, PC, FRS was a British statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory ministry. He was…
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1661
Italian violinist and composer (died 1741)
Francesco Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer and musician and the younger brother of the better known Alessandro Scarlatti.
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1666
Italian violinist and composer (died 1762)
Francesco Xaverio Geminiani was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, deemed to be the equal of…
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1687
Italian organist and composer (died 1771)
Giuseppe de Majo was an Italian composer and organist. He was the father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo. His compositional output consists of 10 operas, an oratorio, a concerto for 2 violins, and a considerable…
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1697
American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (died 1862)
Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. Van Buren co-founded the Democratic Party with Andrew Jackson and became Jackson's vice president from 1833 to 1837.
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1782
English illustrator and painter (died 1862)
George "Sidney" Shepherd was a British draughtsman and watercolourist. At one time, George Shepherd and George Sidney Shepherd were thought to be two different people; it is now believed that they are one and the same…
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1784
Russian poet and diplomat (died 1873)
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev was a Russian poet and diplomat.
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1803
Russian poet and author (died 1892)
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet, later known as Shenshin, was a Russian poet regarded as the finest master of lyric verse in Russian literature.
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1820
American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (died 1907)
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was an author and illustrator of natural history…
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1822
French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (died 1908)
Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière,, lawyer, businessman and politician, served as the fourth premier of Quebec, a federal Cabinet minister, and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
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1829
English poet and author (died 1894)
Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English writer of romantic and devotional poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember".
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1830
American general (died 1876)
George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
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1839
Irish-American businessman (died 1900)
Marcus Daly was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the four Copper Kings of Butte, Montana, United States. In 1943, SS Marcus Daly was launched in honor of his achievements.
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1841
German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (died 1922)
Eduard Georg Seler was a prominent German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, epigrapher, academic and American scholar, who made extensive contributions in these fields towards the study of pre-Columbian era…
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1849
American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (died 1942)
Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the "father of mammalogy," a branch of…
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1855
1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1935)
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916…
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1859
Russian-French painter and set designer (died 1939)
Konstantin (Constantin) Alekseyevich Korovin was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.
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1861
English entomologist (died 1900)
John Henry Leech was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.
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1862
French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (died 1933)
Paul Painlevé was a French mathematician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the French Third Republic in 1917 and 1925. After working as a professor at the Sorbonne University, he entered politics in 1906.
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1863
Irish polo player (died 1944)
John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies PC, styled The Hon. John Beresford until 1910, was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant, and polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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1866
Romanian poet and author (died 1896)
Traian Rafael Radu Demetrescu was a Romanian poet, novelist and literary critic, considered one of the first symbolist authors in local literature. Influenced by French writers such as François Coppée and the Decadent…
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1866
1867
Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1935)
Józef Klemens Piłsudski[a] was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland. In the aftermath of World War I, he became an increasingly dominant figure in Polish politics…
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1867
German physicist and academic (died 1951)
Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist who pioneered developments in both atomic and quantum physics, and also educated and mentored many students for the new era of theoretical physics.
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1868
American author and poet (died 1937)
Ellis Parker Butler was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story "Pigs Is Pigs", in which a bureaucratic stationmaster…
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1869
Czech composer and educator (died 1949)
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important example of Czech…
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1870
American chess player (died 1906)
Harry Nelson Pillsbury was a leading American chess player. At the age of 22, he won the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, one of the strongest tournaments of the time, but his illness and early death prevented him from…
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1872
Canadian general (died 1933)
General Sir Arthur William Currie, was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I. He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia…
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1875
American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (died 1954)
Clyde Vernon Cessna was an American aircraft designer, aviator, and early aviation entrepreneur. He is best known as the principal founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation, which he started in 1927 in Wichita, Kansas.
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1879
French actor and director (died 1922)
René Auguste Cresté was a French stage and film actor and director of the silent film era. Cresté is possibly best recalled as Judex, the title character in the Louis Feuillade-directed crime-adventure serial Judex,…
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1881
American journalist and author (died 1968)
Rose Wilder Lane was an American writer and daughter of American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. Along with two other female writers, Ayn Rand and Isabel Paterson, Lane was one of the more influential advocates of the…
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1886
Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (died 1968)
Pieter Jacobus Oud was a Dutch politician of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and historian. He was granted…
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1886
Soviet politician (died 1937)
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Uglanov was a Russian Bolshevik politician and Soviet statesman who played an important role in the government of the Soviet Union as a Communist Party leader in the city of Moscow during the…
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1886
Mexican Catholic priest (died 1927)
Sabás Reyes Salazar was a Mexican Catholic vicar and one of many priests martyred during the Cristero War. Reyes was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 21 May 2000 as one the Martyrs of the Cristero War.
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1888
English painter, illustrator, and academic (died 1957)
David Garshen Bomberg was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.
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1890
Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1976)
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, better known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked in Germany and later the United States. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany's…
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1890
Estonian chemist and academic (died 1951)
Paul Nikolai Kogerman was an Estonian chemist and founder of modern research in oil shale.
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1891
South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (died 1982)
Charles Robberts Swart, nicknamed "Blackie", was a South African politician who served as the last governor-general of the Union of South Africa from 1959 to 1961 and the first state president of the Republic of South…
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1894
American mathematician and academic (died 1969)
Elbert Frank Cox was an American mathematician. He was the first African American to receive a PhD in mathematics, which he earned at Cornell University in 1925.
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1895
American historian, author, and educator (died 1995)
Ann Nolan Clark, born Anna Marie Nolan, was an American writer who won the 1953 Newbery Medal.
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1896
Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist. He, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of…
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1896
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
Nunnally Hunter Johnson was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He also…
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1897
German-Israeli philosopher and historian (died 1982)
Gershom Scholem was an Israeli philosopher and historian. Widely regarded as the founder of modern academic study of the Kabbalah, Scholem was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew University of…
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1897
Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (died 1982)
Josh Malihabadi popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab was a Pakistani Urdu poet.
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1898
American soprano and actress (died 1947)
Mary Willie Grace Moore was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger…
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1898
English footballer (died 1972)
James Henry Dimmock was a footballer who scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1921 FA Cup Final. He played as an outside left and became the fans' favourite with his mazy runs and trickery, and also won…
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1900
American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (died 1966)
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film…
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1901
American psychiatrist and author (died 1980)
Milton Hyland Erickson was an American psychiatrist and psychologist specializing in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was the founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis. He is noted for his…
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1901
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics, and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II.
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1901
Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Emeric Pressburger was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a collaboration partnership known as the Archers, and…
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1902
American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (died 2003)
James Strom Thurmond Sr. was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 47 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Carolina from…
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1902
Dutch-German actor and singer (died 2011)
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a…
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1903
English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
Cecil Frank Powell was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1950 for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes, and for the resulting…
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1903
Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (died 1949)
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 during the early part of the Guatemalan…
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1905
Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1986)
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre, and was one of the most…
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1905
Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1971)
Lin Biao was a Chinese military general and politician. He was a Marshal of the People's Republic of China, and was pivotal in the Communist victory during the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeast China from 1946…
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1907
Italian-French physicist and academic (died 1993)
Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao "Beppo" Occhialini was an Italian experimental physicist who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay in 1947 with César Lattes and Cecil Powell, the latter winning the Nobel…
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1907
American director and screenwriter (died 1999)
Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul (1947). The following year, he wrote and…
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1910
Polish pianist and composer (died 2000)
Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical…
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1911
1912
American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 1965)
Alex or Aleck Miller, known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in the…
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1912
1913
American army officer, mercenary, stamp collector, and royalty claimant (died 1992)
Bruce Conde was a US Army officer, stamp collector, royal imposter, and a general for Royalist forces during the North Yemen Civil War.
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1913
American golfer (died 1990)
Elizabeth Helen Dettweiler was an American professional golfer. She was one of the co-founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. She won the Women's Western Open in 1939.
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1914
German lieutenant and author (died 1989)
Hans Hellmut Kirst was a German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English. Kirst is best remembered as the creator of the "Gunner Asch" series which detailed the ongoing struggle of…
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1914
Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (died 2013)
Hilary Koprowski was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He authored or co-authored over 875 scientific papers and co-edited…
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1916
American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
Walter James McPherson was an American basketball coach and was regarded as one of the best at San Jose State University, and former West Coast Athletic Conference commissioner. McPherson graduated from San Jose State…
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1916
English racing driver (died 2004)
Kenneth Henry Downing was a British racing driver. From a wealthy family connected to G.H. Downing & Co., he began racing as a privateer in the late 1940s, and with Connaught in 1951, winning 17 races throughout the…
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1917
Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician (died 2020)
Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, was a British Army officer, politician and historian.
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1919
American actor and producer (died 1997)
Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore was an American actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres. His character would often make a statement, only…
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1921
American philanthropist (died 2011)
Casey Ribicoff was an American philanthropist, socialite and the second wife and widow of United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and later United States Senator from Connecticut, Abraham Ribicoff.…
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1922
American songwriter and pianist (died 2015)
Donald Irwin Robertson was an American songwriter and pianist, in country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The…
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1922
South African banker and politician (died 1978)
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), serving as the first president of the organization.
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1924
Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (died 1980)
Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan politician, military officer, hydraulic engineer, and dictator who served as the 53rd President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 until his fall in…
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1925
first female Nigerian professor and university dean
Felicia Adetowun Omolara Ogunsheye is a Nigerian academic. The first female professor in Nigeria, she served as a professor of library and information science at the University of Ibadan.
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1926
King of Thailand (died 2016)
Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest on record of any independent Asian…
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1927
Sri Lankan musician and composer (died 2016)
Sri Lankabhimanya Wannakuwattawaduge Don Albert Perera, better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a prominent Sri Lankan Sinhalese vocalist, violinist and composer. Primarily using traditional instruments like…
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1927
Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (died 2014)
Madis Kõiv was an Estonian physicist, philosopher and writer.
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1929
Chinese-American geographer (died 2022)
Yi-Fu Tuan was a Chinese-born American geographer and writer. He was one of the key figures in human geography and an important originator of humanistic geography.
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1930
Czech footballer and manager (died 2011)
Ladislav Novák was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.
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1931
1932
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Sheldon Lee Glashow is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic…
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1932
American race car driver (died 1989)
James Ernest Hurtubise was an American racing driver who competed in Championship Cars, sprint cars and stock cars. Hurtubise enjoyed much success in sprint cars, champ dirt cars, and stock cars, and was the winner of…
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1932
1932
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2020)
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known by his stage name Little Richard, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Referred to as the…
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1932
Russian race walker (died 1999)
Gennadiy Mikhailovich Agapov was a Soviet Russian race walker. Agapov held the unofficial world records in both the 20 km walk and the 50 km walk and placed second in the 50 km walk at the 1966 European Championships.
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1933
Australian politician, 36th Premier of Tasmania (died 1997)
Harold Norman Holgate AO was an Australian politician. He was premier of Tasmania from 1981 to 1982, serving as state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) during that period. He succeeded Doug Lowe as party leader…
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1933
American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)
Joan Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe.
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1934
American novelist, humorist, and journalist
Calvin Marshall Trillin is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. He is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor (2012) and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts…
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1935
Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician (died 2021)
Yury Petrovich Vlasov was a Soviet and Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a silver in 1964; at both games, he was the…
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1935
American journalist, author, and academic
James Lee Burke is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for his novels Black Cherry Blues (1990), Cimarron Rose (1998), and Flags on the Bayou (2024). He has also been…
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1936
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
John Weldon "JJ" Cale was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Though he avoided the limelight, his influence as a musical artist has been acknowledged by figures such as Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Waylon…
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1938
Australian cricket umpire
Anthony Ronald (Tony) Crafter,, is a former Australian Test cricket match umpire.
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1940
Russian footballer and manager (died 2026)
Boris Petrovich Ignatyev was a Russian football manager and player.
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1940
Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
Peter Pohl is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films. He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work. From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he…
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1940
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)
Frank Edward Wilson was an American songwriter, singer, and record producer for Motown Records.
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1940
Canadian ice hockey coach (died 2017)
Bryan Clarence Murray was a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and coach. He served as general manager of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2007 to 2016. He had previously been general…
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1942
1943
South Korean cardinal
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung is a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Seoul from 2012 to 2021, while also holding the title of Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. Pope…
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1943
Dutch actor, director, and producer
Jeroen Aart Krabbé is a Dutch actor, film director and painter with a successful career in both Dutch- and English-language films. He is best known to international audiences for his leading roles in the Paul Verhoeven…
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1944
1945
Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
Moshe Katsav is an Israeli former politician who was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its cabinet. He was the first Mizrahi Jew to be…
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1945
Spanish tenor and actor
Josep Maria Carreras Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
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1946
1946
South African racing driver
Sarel Daniel van der Merwe is a former rally and racing driver, who was a multiple South African Rally Drivers Champion. He is sometimes referred to by his nickname "Supervan".
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1946
Filipino triathlete (died 2022)
Rodolfo Fernandez, commonly known as Rudy and referred to as the "Iron Man of Asia", was a multi-awarded, one-legged Filipino triathlete from Iloilo who had finished a degree in Physical Education at the University of…
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1947
Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
Orette Bruce Golding is a former Jamaican politician who served as eighth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 11 September 2007 to 23 October 2011. He is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which he led from 2005 to…
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1947
Irish activist and politician (died 2009)
Tony Gregory was an Irish independent politician, and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 1982 to 2009.
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1947
Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa is a Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader. He was the first Mongol and second Asian to go into space. He also was Mongolia's Defense Minister from 2000 to 2004.
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1947
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
James Messina is an American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer, and record producer. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of the pioneering country rock…
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1947
American football player and radio host
James William Plunkett is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He achieved his greatest success during his final eight seasons with the…
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1947
Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2022)
Kim Maiden Simmonds was a Welsh musician. He was the founder, guitarist, primary songwriter and sole constant member of the blues rock band Savoy Brown, which he formed in 1965. Simmonds had led Savoy Brown since its…
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1947
Welsh journalist and politician
James Donnelly Touhig, Baron Touhig, known as Don Touhig, is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he…
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1947
Australian television host and actress
Denise Anne Christina Drysdale is an Australian television presenter, variety entertainer, actress, singer, dancer and comedian. She is often affectionately known as "Ding Dong", a nickname invented by fellow performer…
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1948
English composer and conductor
John Altman is an English film composer, music arranger, orchestrator and conductor.
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1949
English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
Sir David Geoffrey Manning, is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called "Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting between…
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1949
American actress
Morgan Brittany is an American actress. She began her career as a child appearing in the film Gypsy (1962) and in a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, "Valley of the Shadow". She went on to appear in Stage to Thunder…
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1951
Canadian journalist and author (died 2015)
Eric Linkord Byfield was a Canadian news columnist, author, and politician.
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1951
Belgian painter and illustrator
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven is a Belgian artist whose work involves painting, drawing, computer art and video art.
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1951
South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
Gwen Lister is a Namibian journalist, publisher, anti-apartheid and press freedom activist.
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1953
English author and playwright
Hanif Kureishi is a British playwright, screenwriter and novelist.
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1954
Japanese singer
Miyuki Kawanaka is a Japanese enka singer. Her singing career spanned over four decades. She married Katsuo Yamada in 1991.
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1955
Finnish hammer thrower (died 2003)
Juha Tiainen was a hammer thrower from Finland who won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The same year he achieved his personal best throw, 81.52 metres.
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1955
German footballer and manager
Klaus Allofs is a German former professional football player, manager, and executive.
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1956
1956
French-English author, poet, and playwright
Adam Thorpe is a British poet and novelist whose works also include short stories, translations, radio dramas and documentaries. He is a frequent contributor of reviews and articles to various newspapers, journals and…
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1956
Polish virtuoso pianist
Krystian Zimerman is a Polish concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition.
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1956
Chilean model, actress, and politician
Raquel Eliana Argandoña de la Fuente is a Chilean actress, politician, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was mayor of Pelarco in Chile's Maule Region after the 2000 Municipal Elections. She is best known for…
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1957
1957
English wrestler (died 2018)
Thomas Billington, best known by the ring name the Dynamite Kid, was a British professional wrestler.
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1958
English footballer
Lee Roy Chapman is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored over 200 first team goals.
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1959
Ukrainian businessman
Oleksandr Vladylenovych Yaroslavskyi is a Ukrainian businessman. He was formerly co-owner of UkrSibbank and president of FC Metalist Kharkiv (2005–2012). Yaroslavskyi is the president of DCH and one of the most…
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1959
Dutch footballer and manager
Frans Adelaar is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
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1960
Argentinian-American composer and educator
Osvaldo Noé Golijov is an Argentine composer of classical music and music professor, known for his vocal and orchestral work.
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1960
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2024)
Jack Patrick Russell was an American rock vocalist. He was a founding member of the hard rock band Great White.
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1960
English businessman and politician
Matthew Taylor is a British former political strategist and current chief executive of the NHS Confederation, having previously led the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in the…
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1960
German mountaineer
Ralf Dujmovits is a German mountaineer. In May 2009 he became the 16th person, and the first German, to climb the 14 eight-thousanders.
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1961
British journalist
Laura Flanders is an English broadcast journalist living in the United States who presents the weekly, long-form interview show The Laura Flanders Show. Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person".
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1961
1962
American swimmer and coach
Pedro Pablo Morales Jr. is an American former competitive swimmer. He set world records in the 100-meter butterfly in 1984 and 1986. He was the 100-meter butterfly gold medalist at the 1992 Olympic Games, as well as…
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1962
Canadian singer-songwriter
Kevin Graham Ogilvie, known professionally as Nivek Ogre, is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor, best known for his work with the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded with cEvin Key.…
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1962
Dutch footballer and manager
Fredericus Jacobus Rutten is a Dutch football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of the Curaçao national team. As a player, he spent his entire career with Twente during the years 1979 to 1992.…
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1962
American television and radio host
André Brown, better known as Doctor Dré, is an American rapper, radio personality and former MTV VJ.
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1963
American actress and playwright (died 2002)
Carrie Louise Hamilton was an American actress, playwright and singer. Hamilton was a daughter of comedian Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton. She was the elder sister of actress Jody Hamilton and singer-producer…
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1963
Argentinian lawyer (died 2015)
Natalio Alberto Nisman was an Argentine lawyer who worked as a federal prosecutor, noted for being the chief investigator of the 1994 car bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, the deadliest…
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1963
Australian cyclist
James “Martin” Vinnicombe is an Australian former professional track cyclist who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, winning a silver medal in 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) time trial. He tested positive for…
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1964
Indian fashion designer
Manish Malhotra is an Indian fashion designer, couturier, costume stylist, entrepreneur, filmmaker, and revivalist based in Mumbai, India.
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1965
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the founder, guitarist and frontman of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls, with whom he has recorded several…
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1965
Jamaican rapper (died 2014)
Wayne Smith was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician best known for his 1985 hit "Under Me Sleng Teng", which is regarded as the track which initiated the digital era of reggae.
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1965
Russian race walker
Valeriy Anatolyevich Spitsyn is a retired male race walker from Russia.
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1965
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music singer. Signed to Decca Records in 1996, he made his country music debut with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used…
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1967
American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
Margaret Moran Cho is an American stand-up comedian, actress and musician. In her stand-up routines she critiques social and political problems, especially about race and sexuality. She starred in the ABC sitcom…
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1968
American model and actress
Lisa Marie Smith, known professionally as Lisa Marie, is an American actress, model and producer. She is best known for her roles with Tim Burton: as Vampira in Ed Wood (1994), the Martian Girl in Mars Attacks! (1996),…
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1968
American novelist
Lydia Millet is an American novelist. Her 2020 novel A Children's Bible was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review. She has…
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1968
Nigerian sprinter
Falilat Ogunkoya-Osheku, née Falilat Ogunkoya, is a Nigerian former track and field athlete who holds the distinction of becoming the first Nigerian to win an individual track and field medal at the Olympic Games.
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1968
American actor, director, and producer
Eric Etebari is an American actor. He appeared in Witchblade, 2 Fast 2 Furious and The Lincoln Lawyer. He is also known for his physical portrayal of Dallas in Payday: The Web Series and the video game PAYDAY 2; the…
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1969
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Morgan J. Freeman is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. In 1997, his debut feature Hurricane Streets won three awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
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1969
British Pakistani banker and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir Sajid Javid is a British former politician who served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from June 2021 to July 2022, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2019 and Chancellor of the…
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1969
English swimmer and lawyer
Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate. Dubbed the "Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming", he is the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the…
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1969
Mexican footballer
Jesús Ramón Ramírez Ceceña is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1969
English actress, comedian, and writer
Catherine Tate is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International…
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1969
Canadian ice hockey player
Kevin Wade Haller is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with seven teams between 1990 and 2002. He won the Stanley Cup in 1993 while with the…
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1970
1970
German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman, author, journalist, podcaster,…
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1971
American-English triple jumper
Ashia Kate Nana Korantima Hansen, is a retired British triple jumper. Fourth in the 1996 Olympic final, she broke the world indoor record when winning the 1998 European Indoor title, and went on to win gold medals at…
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1971
Swedish golfer
Gabriel Hjertstedt is a Swedish professional golfer. In 1997, he became the first Swede to win on the U.S.-based PGA Tour.
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1971
American actress
Kali Rocha is an American actress. She is known for portraying Karen Rooney, the mother of the four Rooney children and the school's vice principal, on the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie. She also co-wrote four…
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1971
American baseball player and sportscaster
Cornelius Clifford Floyd Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for 17 seasons, most notably for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins and New York Mets. He is currently a baseball analyst…
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1972
American hurdler and coach
Randolph Duane Ross Sr. is an American collegiate track and field coach, and former athlete, specializing in the 110 meters hurdles. He is currently the Director of Track and Field programs for the University of…
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1972
Estonian footballer
Argo Arbeiter is an Estonian football manager and former Estonian international footballer. Currently he is the sporting director of Nõmme Kalju.
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1973
Israeli footballer
Ariel "Arik" Benado is an Israeli football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
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1973
Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Mikelangelo Loconte is an Italian singer, writer, composer, musician, performer and artistic director. He was born in Cerignola, but began his acting and performing career in France, in the musical Les Nouveaux Nomades…
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1973
Czech physicist and academic
Luboš Motl is a Czech blogger. He was an assistant professor in physics at Harvard University from 2004 to 2007. His scientific publications were focused on string theory.
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1973
Indian journalist and author
Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, media personality and YouTuber. He was the Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time,…
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1974
American sprinter
Brian M. Lewis is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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1974
English snooker player and radio host
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a…
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1975
American actress
Paula Maxine Patton is an American actress and producer. Patton made her feature film debut in the 2005 comedy Hitch, and has had starring roles in the films Déjà Vu (2006), Idlewild (2006), Precious (2009), Jumping the…
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1975
1976
French rugby player
Xavier Garbajosa is a retired French rugby player who was most recently the manager of Top 14 side Lyon.
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1976
1976
Japanese actress and model
Sachiko Kokubu is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She has starred in several TV dramas and movies, including the 2004 horror film Tokyo Psycho.
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1976
American swimmer and coach
Rachel Komisarz, also known by her married name Rachel Komisarz-Baugh, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world record-holder and collegiate swimming coach.
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1976
Dutch footballer
Peter van der Vlag is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Later he was the goalkeeper coach of SC Cambuur.
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1977
American video game designer and author
Neil Druckmann is an Israeli–American writer, creative director, designer, and programmer. He is the studio head and head of creative of the video game developer Naughty Dog, and is best known for his work on the game…
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1978
Finnish ice hockey player
Olli Veli Pekka Jokinen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings third overall in the 1997 NHL entry draft, with whom he made his NHL debut. He has also played for the…
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1978
Uruguayan footballer
Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, Zalayeta represented the Uruguay national team on 32 occasions between 1997 and 2005, scoring ten…
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1978
Italian footballer
Matteo Ferrari is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender He played top-flight football for several Italian clubs in Serie A, Everton of the Premier League, and for the Montreal Impact in Major League…
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1979
Finnish ice hockey player
Niklas Hagman is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He was a third round pick of the Florida Panthers, 70th overall, at the 1999 NHL entry draft and made his National Hockey League (NHL) debut with…
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1979
Northern Irish footballer
Gareth Gerald McAuley is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He represented Northern Ireland at senior international level, being capped on 80 occasions and scoring nine times.…
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1979
American actor
Nicolas Kent Stahl is an American actor. Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face, in which he was directed by and starred alongside Mel Gibson.
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1979
Canadian actress
Jessica Paré is a Canadian actress and musician known for her co-starring roles on the AMC series Mad Men and the CBS series SEAL Team. She has also appeared in the films Stardom (2000), Lost and Delirious (2001),…
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1980
Mexican actor (died 2024)
Adan Canto was a Mexican actor. He portrayed Sunspot in the 2014 superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past, Paul Torres on the Fox drama series The Following, and A.J. Menendez in the ABC prime-time series Blood & Oil.…
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1981
American singer-songwriter and actress
Keri Lynn Hilson is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she began her musical career as a songwriter and backing vocalist for other artists under the wing of record producer…
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1982
American actor
Gabriel Isaac Luna is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider on the ABC action superhero series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017), Tony Bravo on the El Rey Network drama…
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1982
Swedish ice hockey player
Joakim Claes Lindström is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger who last played for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League. Lindström previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Columbus…
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1983
American actress
Lauren Nicole London is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films and televisions shows including ATL (2006), This Christmas (2007), Madea's Big Happy Family (2011), Baggage Claim (2013), The Game…
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1984
Indian cricketer
Shikhar Dhawan is an Indian former cricketer who played as an opening batter. He was a regular member of the Indian team in limited-overs formats for over a decade and represented Delhi in domestic cricket. He was…
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1985
French footballer
André-Pierre Christian Gignac is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.
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1985
Emirati princess
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1985
American actor, drummer, and race car driver
Francisco James Muniz IV is an American actor and professional stock car racing driver. Muniz came to prominence in the 2000s playing the titular character of the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), for which…
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1985
American basketball player
Joshua Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Entering the NBA straight out of high school, Smith played nine seasons with the…
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1985
Australian rugby league player
Danny Wicks is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the NRL for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights and the Parramatta Eels.
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1985
American football player
LeGarrette Montez Blount is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played college football at the University of Oregon after…
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1986
Canadian Indycar racing driver
James Douglas Meredith Hinchcliffe is a Canadian racing driver. He is best known for competing in the IndyCar Series from 2011 until 2021. He is also a commentator for IndyCar broadcasts on FOX Sports and occasional…
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1986
American baseball player
Justin Kyle Smoak is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, and San Francisco…
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1986
American baseball player
Allen Lorenz "A. J." Pollock is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, and…
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1987
American actor
Ross Bagley is an American former actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Nicky Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as Dylan Dubrow in Independence Day. He also played Buckwheat in The Little…
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1988
American basketball player
Tina Alexandria Charles is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. Originally from Jamaica, Queens,…
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1988
1988
English cyclist
Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road.
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1988
American football player
Jurrell Juel Casey is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of…
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1989
South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
Kwon Yu-ri, known mononymously as Yuri, is a South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists…
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1989
American football player
Montee Ball Jr. is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, twice earning…
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1990
Canadian-American ice hockey player
Cameron Matthew Fowler is a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 12th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the…
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1991
American baseball player
Christian Stephen Yelich is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Miami Marlins. Internationally, Yelich…
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1991
1992
English footballer
Ross Barkley is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.
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1993
Argentine footballer
Luciano Darío Vietto is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for San Lorenzo.
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1993
Slovak footballer
Ondrej Duda is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq and the Slovakia national team.
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1994
American basketball player
Jesusemilore Talodabijesu "Semi" Ojeleye is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the ABA League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and SMU Mustangs.
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1994
New Zealand rugby league player
Daniel Levi is a professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League He has played for New Zealand, New Zealand Māori and Samoa at international level.
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1995
French footballer
Anthony Jordan Martial is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Monterrey.
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1995
Canadian figure skater
Kaetlyn Osmond is a retired competitive Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. A three-time Canadian national champion, Osmond competed internationally at the senior level from 2012 to 2018, winning…
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1995
American chess International Master, streamer and YouTuber
Levy Rozman, known online as GothamChess, is an American chess international master, content creator, commentator, and author. Often referred to as "The Internet's Chess Teacher", he produces content on the online…
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1995
Norwegian footballer
Alexander Sørloth is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Norway national team.
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1995
American singer-songwriter and musician
Madeline Mae Poppe is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and the sixteenth season winner of American Idol. She is a multi-instrumentalist—playing the guitar, piano, and ukulele. Prior to winning American Idol in…
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1997
American football player
Quinnen Williams is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected by the New…
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1997
American singer-songwriter
Conan Lee Gray is an American singer, songwriter and former YouTuber. He was born in Lemon Grove, California, and raised in Georgetown, Texas, where he began uploading vlogs, covers, and original songs to YouTube as a…
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1998
French footballer
Randal Kolo Muani is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the France national team.
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1998
2000
Turkish chess grandmaster
Ediz Gürel is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2024.
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2008
English actor
Owen Patrick Cooper is an English actor. He gained international recognition for his debut role portraying teenage murder suspect Jamie Miller in the Netflix miniseries Adolescence (2025). For the role, he won the…
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2009
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