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Cash was the American League Manager of the Year in 2020 and 2021, the first AL manager to win the award consecutively
Famous Birthdays on December 6
249 people
846 – 1998
December 6 has seen 249 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 846 – 1998. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1977 — Kevin Cash
American baseball player and manager
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As a player, Cash was listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg); he batted and threw right-handed
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He was the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians before being hired as the Rays' manager in December 2014
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He entered the 2024 season as the longest-tenured manager in MLB.
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Kevin Forrest Cash is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB)
Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874)
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
Ferdinand IV called the Summoned, was King of Castile and León from 1295 until his death.
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1285
Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and claimant to the French throne from 1422 to 1453 under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. He became king of England at the age of nine…
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1421
Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (died 1529)
Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
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1478
queen of Poland (died 1551)
Barbara Radziwiłł was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, already widowed and considered a great beauty,…
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1520
Dutch historian and noble (died 1604)
Janus Dousa, Lord of Noordwyck, was a Dutch statesman, jurist, historian, poet and philologist, and the first Librarian of Leiden University Library.
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1545
Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670)
Niccolò Zucchi was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist.
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1586
1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne,, who after 1665 styled himself as Prince William Cavendish, was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron…
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1592
1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1670)
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle was a professional soldier from Devon who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A prominent military figure under the Commonwealth, his support was crucial to…
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1608
English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1714)
Sir Edmund Andros was an English army officer and colonial administrator. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other times, Andros served as governor of the…
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1637
French historian and author (died 1723)
Claude Fleury, was a French priest, jurist, and ecclesiastical historian.
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1640
Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)
Suor Maria de Dominici was a Maltese painter, sculptor, and Carmelite tertiary nun. Born into a family of artists based in the city of Birgu (Vittoriosa), she was the daughter of a goldsmith and appraiser for the…
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1645
Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy was the wife of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. Her betrothal to the Duke of…
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1685
French minister and politician (died 1794)
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense of Louis XVI. He is…
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1721
Scottish philologist and linguist (died 1809)
James Elphinston was a well noted 18th-century Scottish educator, orthographer, phonologist and linguistics expert.
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1721
British colonial administrator of India (died 1818)
Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal…
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1732
American jurist and politician (died 1844)
Gabriel Duvall was an American politician and jurist. Duvall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1835, during the Marshall Court. Previously, Duvall was the Comptroller of the…
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1752
French physicist and chemist (died 1850)
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen by volume, for two laws related to gases, and for his work on…
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1778
William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. He reigned for nearly nine years, making him the shortest-reigning monarch in Dutch history.
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1792
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony was Queen of Spain as the third wife of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1759–1838) and his first wife, Princess Carolina of Parma…
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1803
English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (died 1876)
Sir Richard Davies Hanson, was the fourth premier of South Australia, from 30 September 1857 until 8 May 1860, and was a chief judge from 20 November 1861 until 4 March 1876 on the Supreme Court of South Australia.
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1805
English businessman and philanthropist (died 1884)
Robert Spear Hudson was an English businessman who popularised dry soap powder. His company was very successful thanks to both an increasing demand for soap and his unprecedented levels of advertising. After his death,…
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1812
German-English philologist and orientalist (died 1900)
Friedrich Max Müller was a German-born British comparative philologist and Orientalist. He was one of the founders of the Western academic disciplines of Indology and religious studies. Müller wrote both scholarly and…
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1823
Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (died 1901)
William Arnott was the Scottish founder of the Arnott's Biscuits Holdings in Australia.
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1827
American colonel (died 1916)
John Singleton Mosby, also known by his nickname "Gray Ghost", was an American military officer who was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry was a…
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1833
German chemist (died 1910)
Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig was a German chemist. He discovered the pinacol coupling reaction, mesitylene, diacetyl and biphenyl. Fittig studied the action of sodium on ketones and hydrocarbons. He discovered the Fittig…
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1835
French painter and soldier (died 1870)
Jean Frédéric Bazille was a French Impressionist painter. Many of Bazille's major works are examples of figure painting in which he placed the subject figure within a landscape painted en plein air.
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1841
Austrian astronomer (died 1925)
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923.…
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1848
German field marshal (died 1945)
Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders.…
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1849
Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (died 1937)
Hans Molisch was a Czech-Austrian botanist.
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1853
Indian historian and scholar (died 1931)
Hara Prasad Shastri, also known as Hara Prasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and historian of Bengali literature. He is most known for discovering the Charyapada, the earliest known…
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1853
American chemist and engineer (died 1914)
Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist. He is best known for his invention in 1886 of an inexpensive method for producing aluminium, which became the first metal to attain widespread use…
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1863
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)
William Surrey Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered as a foremost Western star of the silent era who "imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity".…
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1864
American golfer and pilot (died 1946)
Albert Bond Lambert was an American businessman. He was the president of Lambert Pharmacal Company, marketer of Listerine, for over 25 years. Lambert was also a keen amateur golfer and prominent St. Louis aviator and…
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1875
English mystic and author (died 1941)
Evelyn Underhill was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Her best-known work is Mysticism, published in 1911.
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1875
German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932)
Frederick Samuel Duesenberg was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing engines. Duesenberg's engineering…
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1876
Mexican politician (died 1968)
Elvia Carrillo Puerto was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. She is known for her work with various feminist organizations and for her attempts to run for office in Yucatán and San Luis Potosí. Some…
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1878
Australian cricketer (died 1954)
Warren "Curly" Bardsley was an Australian Test cricketer. An opening batsman, Bardsley played 41 Tests between 1909 and 1926 and over 200 first-class games for New South Wales. He was Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in…
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1882
American author, playwright, and academic (died 1973)
Cornelia Lynde Meigs (1884–1973) was an American writer of fiction and biography for children, teacher of English and writing, historian and critic of children's literature. She won the Newbery Medal for her 1933…
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1884
American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918)
Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. Though a prolific poet whose works…
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1886
British actress (died 1983)
Lynn Fontanne was an English actress. After early success in supporting roles in the West End and United States, she married the American actor Alfred Lunt in 1922, with whom she co-starred in Broadway and West End…
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1887
American pianist and composer (died 1960)
Joseph Francis Lamb was an American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James…
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1887
1888
Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (died 1946)
Dion Fortune was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philosophies which she claimed had been taught to…
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1890
Japanese physicist and academic (died 1951)
Yoshio Nishina was a Japanese physicist who was called "the founding father of modern physics research in Japan". He led the efforts of Japan to develop an atomic bomb during World War II.
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1890
German painter and illustrator (died 1955)
Rudolf Schlichter was a German painter, engraver and writer. He was one of the most important representatives of the critical-realistic style of verism within the New Objectivity movement. He also wrote some…
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1890
English-Italian captain, poet, and author (died 1969)
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet CH CBE was an English writer. His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell. Like them, he devoted his life to art and literature.
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1892
American admiral (died 1984)
Homer Norman Wallin was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, best known for his salvage of ships sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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1893
English author and poet (died 1978)
Sylvia Nora Townsend Warner was an English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as Lolly Willowes, The Corner That Held Them, and Kingdoms of Elfin. She spent most of her adult life in partnership with…
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1893
American songwriter (died 1983)
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable English-language songs of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than…
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1896
German-American photographer and journalist (died 1995)
Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He began his career in Germany prior to World War II but achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life magazine after moving to the…
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1898
Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977)
Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald was an Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of Victoria, leading a Country Party government from 1950 to 1952. McDonald first attained high office as a minister in the…
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1898
Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Karl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic…
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1898
American actress, writer, and director (died 1964)
Winifred Lenihan was an American actress, writer, and director. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making her debut in 1918. Although she portrayed the would-be eloper Anne in The Dover Road…
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1898
American actress (died 1974)
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy…
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1900
American photographer and academic (died 1990)
Eliot Furness Porter was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature.
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1901
American baseball player and manager (died 1946)
Anthony Michael Lazzeri was an American professional baseball second baseman during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row"…
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1903
1904
American journalist and author (died 2001)
Elizabeth Yates McGreal was an American writer. She may have been known best for the biographical novel Amos Fortune, Free Man, winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. She had been a Newbery runner-up in 1944 for Mountain…
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1905
American logician (died 1989)
John Barkley Rosser Sr. was an American logician, a student of Alonzo Church, and known for his part in the Church–Rosser theorem in lambda calculus. He also developed what is now called the "Rosser sieve" in number…
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1907
Austrian-American mathematician (died 2000)
Herta Freitag was an Austrian-American mathematician, a professor of mathematics at Hollins College, known for her work on the Fibonacci numbers.
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1908
Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2003)
Pierre Graber was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978).
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1908
American gangster (died 1934)
Lester Joseph Gillis, also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger when he helped Dillinger escape from prison in Crown Point, Indiana.…
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1908
Hungarian runner (died 2000)
Miklós Szabó was a Hungarian middle distance runner who held world records over two distances.
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1908
American religious leader (died 2002)
Rulon Timpson Jeffs, known to followers as Uncle Rulon, was an American polygamist and cult leader who founded and was recognized as the 5th president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a…
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1909
Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 1996)
Alan David McGilvray was an Australian cricketer who played several first-class seasons for New South Wales in the mid-1930s before becoming the doyen of Australian cricket commentators. He became identified as the…
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1909
American historian, author, and academic (died 1971)
David Morris Potter was an American historian specializing in the study of the lead up to the American Civil War, especially the political factors involved. His best known book is The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861, which…
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1910
American swimmer and actress (died 2004)
Eleanor Grace Theresa Holm was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. An Olympian in 1928 and 1932, Holm was expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team by Avery Brundage under controversial…
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1912
German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (died 2005)
Karl Haas was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and popularization of classical music. He was the host of the classical music…
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1913
English cricketer (died 1999)
Cyril Washbrook was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England. He had a long career, split by World War II, and ending when he was aged 44. Washbrook, who is most famous for opening the batting for…
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1914
Russian captain and pilot (died 1943)
Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova, nicknamed Katya (Катя), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Usually credited with five or more aerial victories, along with Lydia Litvyak, she is often…
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1916
Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (died 1982)
Kristján Eldjárn was the third president of Iceland, serving from 1968 to 1980.
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1916
American songwriter and producer (died 1986)
Hugo E. Peretti was an American songwriter, trumpeter, and record producer.
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1916
1917
Lebanese lawyer and politician (died 1977)
Kamal Fouad Jumblatt was a Lebanese politician and za'im, who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation…
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1917
Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (died 2008)
Irvine "Irv" Isaac Robbins was a Canadian-born American businessman. He co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1945 with his partner and brother-in-law Burt Baskin.
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1917
Polish Holocaust survivor (died 2019)
Tauba Biterman was a Holocaust survivor from Zamość, Poland. She dedicated her life to teaching and sharing memories of the Holocaust. Her speeches painted a realistic portrait of what a Jewish girl from Poland went…
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1918
Canadian-American figure skater and coach (died 2012)
Lloyd Valdemar "Skippy" Baxter was an American figure skater. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, his family moved to Oakland, California when he was 1 year of age. Skippy started his skating career as a speed skater. Often…
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1919
Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (died 1983)
Paul de Man, born Paul Adolph Michel Deman, was a Belgian-born American literary critic and literary theorist. He was known particularly for his importation of German and French philosophical approaches into…
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1919
American pianist and composer (died 2012)
David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms,…
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1920
English sportscaster and producer (died 2015)
Peter Harold Moss Dimmock was a British sports broadcaster, television producer and television executive for the BBC. He began his career as a racing correspondent for the Press Association before joining the BBC as a…
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1920
English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, was a British chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
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1920
American football player and coach (died 2003)
Otto Everett Graham Jr. was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Graham…
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1921
Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (died 2004)
Piero Piccioni was an Italian film score composer.
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1921
English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)
Captain John Henry Cound Brunt, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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1922
American soldier and politician (died 2016)
Benjamin Arthur Gilman was an American politician and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Middletown, New York, from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 2003.
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1922
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1928
French journalist and radio host
Philippe Bouvard is a retired French television and radio presenter. From 1977 to 2014 he hosted the French radio program Les Grosses Têtes on RTL, from 1982 to 1986 he hosted the television program Le Petit Théâtre de…
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1929
German-Austrian cellist and conductor (died 2016)
Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt was an Austrian conductor, known for his historically informed performances. He specialized in music of the Baroque period, but later extended his repertoire to include Classical and early…
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1929
American comic book illustrator (died 2009)
Frank Springer was an American comics artist best known for Marvel Comics' Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. As well, in collaboration with writer Michael O'Donoghue, Springer created one of the first…
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1929
Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022)
Alain Tanner was a Swiss film director.
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1929
Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2000)
Daniel Muchiwa Lisulo was the 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia from June 1978 until February 1981.
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1930
Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (died 1996)
Zeki Müren was a Turkish classical music artist, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his…
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1931
Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 2007)
Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena, known mononymously as Kamleshwar, was a 20th-century Indian writer who wrote in Hindi. He also worked as a screenwriter for Indian films and television industry. Among his most well-known works…
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1932
Polish composer and academic (died 2010)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki. He became a leading figure of the…
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1933
American general
General Donald Joseph Kutyna is a retired United States Air Force officer. He was commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the United States Space Command from 1990 to 1992, and…
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1933
American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015)
Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) between the 1970s and 1980s, where he was a four-time AWA World…
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1934
Canadian actor, singer, and politician (died 2022)
Jean Lapointe, was a Canadian actor, comedian and singer, as well as a Canadian Senator.
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1935
English saxophonist and composer (died 2025)
William Michael Allingham Ashton OBE was a British band leader, saxophonist and composer who was best known for co-founding NYJO - the British National Youth Jazz Orchestra, of which he was Musical Director from 1965…
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1936
American evangelist and author
Kenneth Max Copeland is an American televangelist associated with the charismatic movement. He is the founder of Eagle Mountain International Church Inc. (EMIC), which is based in Tarrant County, Texas. Copeland has…
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1936
American writer and comedian
David Ossman is an American writer and comedian, best known as a member of the Firesign Theatre and screenwriter of such films as Zachariah.
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1936
Ecuadorian-American soccer player (died 2006)
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian men's footballers of all time. He is probably best known for his still-standing…
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1937
Belgian-American actor
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films A View to a Kill, The Rapture and Panic Room. On television, he was a main cast member in the NBC series The Pretender…
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1938
Italian politician and sports administrator
Franco Carraro is an Italian sports manager and politician with a career spanning over five decades. During his career, Carraro came to hold a series of positions and roles within sports and finance industries, and in…
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1939
Canadian lawyer and politician
Lawrence S. Bergman is a Canadian politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a minister of the government of Quebec from 2003 to 2007, the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of D'Arcy-McGee in Montreal's…
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1940
American visual effects designer and cinematographer
Richard Edlund, ASC is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde…
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1940
American country singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)
Helen Lorene Cornelius, was an American country singer-songwriter, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S. country singles top ten during the late 1970s and early…
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1941
American sculptor and illustrator
Bruce Nauman is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico.
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1941
American murderer (died 1991)
Richard Benjamin Speck was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence by stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night…
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1941
American academic and politician
William Marshall Thomas is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district…
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1941
Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored…
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1942
American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
Robert Wilson Royer is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the soft rock band Bread from 1968 to 1971. While he was with the band, they had a US #5/UK #1 hit single with "Make It with…
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1942
English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2008)
Michael George Smith was an English singer, songwriter and music producer.
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1943
English rock singer-songwriter and music producer
Keith Hopkins, known by his stage name Keith West, is a British rock singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known for his single "Excerpt from A Teenage Opera", which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
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1943
English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender
Jonathan King is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first came to prominence in 1965 when "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", a song that he wrote and sang while still an undergraduate, achieved chart…
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1944
Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur is an Indian filmmaker. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three…
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1945
American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (died 2024)
Howard Stanley Beverly, known as Frankie Beverly, was an American singer, songwriter, and producer known primarily for his recordings with the soul and funk band Maze. He formed Maze, originally called Raw Soul, in his…
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1946
Dutch footballer and manager (died 2021)
Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes "Willy" van der Kuijlen was a Dutch football player and a scout for PSV Eindhoven.
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1946
Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lawrence Cannon, is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. In early 2006, he was made the Minister of Transport. On October 30, 2008, he relinquished oversight of…
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1947
British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Geoffrey Everest Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, cognitive psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on artificial neural networks, which earned him the title "the…
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1947
Dutch-South African painter and author (died 2005)
Henk van Woerden was a Dutch painter and writer with close ties to South Africa.
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1947
Czech-American bassist and songwriter
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš is a Czech jazz bassist. He is known as a founding member of the ensemble Weather Report, and for working as a bandleader and alongside Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette and others.
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1947
Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (died 2014)
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé was a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 1996 to 1997. He stood as a presidential candidate in 1999 and 2005, and he served as Minister of Foreign…
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1948
American businessman and politician
Donald Lee Nickles is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the…
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1948
Finnish racing driver
Keijo Erik "Keke" Rosberg is a Finnish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1986. Rosberg won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1982 with Williams, and won…
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1948
American actress
Margaret JoBeth Williams is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983), Teachers…
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1948
1949
American singer-songwriter (died 1986)
Linda Diane Creed, also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American songwriter, lyricist, background singer and record producer who teamed up with Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful…
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1949
American author and cartoonist (died 2007)
Douglas Nigel Marlette was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction." His popular…
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1949
English cricketer and umpire
Peter Willey is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in…
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1949
1950
Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor
Mamoru Fujisawa , known professionally as Joe Hisaishi , is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. Hisaishi's music has been…
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1950
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Helen Lawrie Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke PC is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2003 and British High Commissioner to Australia from 2005 to 2009. A…
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1950
English ballerina and producer
Wendy Ellis Somes is a former principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet in London, and is now a worldwide producer of the Sir Frederick Ashton ballets Cinderella and Symphonic Variations.
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1951
Caribbean-English boxer
Maurice Hope GCH OBE is a British former boxer, who was world junior middleweight champion. Born in Antigua, he grew up in Hackney, London. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West…
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1951
French author and critic (died 1999)
Nicolas Bréhal was a French novelist and literary critic.
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1952
American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist
Craig Alexander Newmark is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder of the classifieds website Craigslist. Before founding Craigslist, he worked as a computer programmer for IBM,…
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1952
1952
English journalist (died 2011)
Susan Elizabeth Carroll was an English journalist, best known for her time as a columnist at the Daily Mirror.
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1953
Australian cricketer and coach
Gary Weech Goodman is a former cricketer who played for Tasmania and South Australia. He was the chief executive of ACT Cricket for four years.
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1953
English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
Geoffrey William Hoon is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010 for the Labour Party. He is a former Defence Secretary, Transport…
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1953
1953
Japanese author and illustrator
Masami Kurumada is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and magical boys.
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1953
Italian painter
Nicola De Maria is an Italian painter living and working in Turin, Italy. He is known for his abstract figurative works, which have been characterized as lyrical and colourful.
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1954
American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
Christopher Charles Stamey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. After a brief time playing with Alex Chilton, as well as Mitch Easter under the name Sneakers, Stamey formed the dB's with…
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1954
1955
English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
Paul Richard Buckler was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band the Jam.
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1955
Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster
Graeme Christopher Hughes is an Australian sportsman turned broadcaster. He is the last man to have played both rugby league and cricket for New South Wales.
His father Noel Hughes played cricket for Worcestershire in…
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1955
English footballer
Anthony Stewart Woodcock is an English retired international footballer who played professionally in both England and Germany as a striker for Nottingham Forest, FC Köln and Arsenal. Woodcock won the European Cup in…
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1955
American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Steven Alexander Wright is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer. He is known for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical…
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1955
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Peter Lawrence Buck is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.; he played the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career…
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1956
Italian mountaineer and guide
Hans Kammerlander is an Italian mountaineer, living in Ahornach, a hamlet nearby Sand in Taufers. He has climbed 11 of the 14 8000m peaks. In 1984, together with Reinhold Messner he was the first climber to traverse two…
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1956
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1982)
Randall William Rhoads was an American guitarist. He was the co-founder and original guitarist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot, and the guitarist and co-songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums Blizzard…
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1956
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999)
Adrian Kelvin Borland was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, best known as the frontman of post-punk band The Sound.
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1957
American politician, 56th Governor of New York
Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 until his resignation in 2021 following numerous sexual misconduct allegations. A member of the Democratic…
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1957
American basketball player and coach
William Henry Hanzlik is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
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1957
1958
American computer scientist and academic
Deborah Estrin is a professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech. She is co-founder of the non-profit Open mHealth and gave a TEDMED talk on small data in 2013.
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1959
English politician
Stephen Hepburn is a British politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow from 1997 to 2019. Hepburn was a member of the Labour Party until 7 October 2019, when he was suspended from the party following…
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1959
Japanese game programmer and businessman (died 2015)
Satoru Iwata was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. Beginning in 2002, he was the fourth president of Nintendo, as well as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo of America from 2013…
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1959
English computer scientist and engineer
Stephen H. Muggleton is Professor of Machine Learning and Head of the Computational Bioinformatics Laboratory at Imperial College London.
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1959
Japanese journalist and photographer (died 2018)
Masahiko Katsuya was a Japanese columnist, photographer, and pundit. After failing the entrance exams for the University of Tokyo and the University of Tsukuba, Katsuya entered Waseda University in 1980. He started…
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1960
American drummer
David Sullivan Lovering is an American musician and magician. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Pixies, which he joined in 1986. After the band's breakup in 1993, Lovering drummed with…
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1961
American musician (died 1996)
Jonathan David Melvoin was an American musician, active in the 1980s and 1990s.
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1961
1961
American actress
Janine Turner is an American actress best known for her roles as Maggie O'Connell in the television series Northern Exposure, as Jessie Deighan in the feature film Cliffhanger, and as Katie McCoy in Friday Night Lights.…
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1962
1962
Danish actor and producer
Ulrich Thomsen is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film The Celebration and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series Banshee (2013–2016).
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1963
Estonian painter
Mall Nukke is an Estonian artist. A printmaker by training, she is primarily known for her paintings, collages and installations influenced by pop art. Mall Nukke emerged on the Estonian art scene in the early 1990s,…
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1964
Scottish footballer and manager
Gordon Scott Durie is a Scottish former professional football player and coach. He was a utility player who usually played as a striker for East Fife, Hibernian, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers and Hearts. He was…
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1965
Swiss triathlete
Natascha Badmann is a professional triathlete from Switzerland. She is a 6-time winner of the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005; in 1998 she became the first…
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1966
Swedish golfer
Per-Ulrik Johansson is a Swedish professional golfer, who won six times on the European Tour and played in two winning European Ryder Cup teams.
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1966
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Judd Apatow is an American director, producer and screenwriter known for his work in comedy films. Apatow is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he wrote, produced, and directed his films The 40-Year-Old…
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1967
American businesswoman and engineer
Helen Greiner is an American engineer and businesswoman who was a co-founder of iRobot and former CEO of CyPhy Work, Inc., a start-up company specializing in small multi-rotor drones for the consumer, commercial and…
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1967
Cuban boxer (died 2012)
Arnaldo Mesa Bonell was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by…
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1967
Norwegian author
Karl Ove Knausgård is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for a series of six autobiographical novels titled My Struggle. The Wall Street Journal has described him as "one of the 21st century's greatest…
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1968
Iranian writer and political theorist
Ali Latifiyan is an Iranian writer, researcher, political theorist, and historian. Most of his work is in enlightenment, intellectualism, liberalism and Iranian culture.
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1968
Japanese baseball player
Akihiro Yano is a former Japanese baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He started his career as the Number 2 Draft pick with the Chunichi Dragons in 1991, and played for the Hanshin Tigers from 1998…
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1968
English rock musician
Mark Stephen Gardener is an English rock musician, best known for being one of two singer-guitarists for the shoegaze band Ride.
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1969
Canadian actress
Sarah Victoria Higginson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for portraying Elizabeth Weir in the science fiction series Stargate Atlantis (2004–2008). Her other roles include Beth Kittridge in TekWar, Commander…
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1969
Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Ulf Gunnar Ekberg, also known as Buddha, is a Swedish musician, producer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pop group Ace of Base, along with siblings Jonas Berggren, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren.
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1970
American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
Adrian Malik Fenty is an American politician who served as the mayor of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2011.
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1970
English politician
Mark John Reckless is a British politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood…
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1970
American swimmer
Jeffrey Norman Rouse is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.
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1970
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Craig Houston Brewer is an American filmmaker. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song,…
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1971
Cuban baseball player
José Ariel Contreras Camejo is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in the Cuban National Series (CNS), Major League Baseball (MLB), and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. He also…
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1971
Dutch tennis player
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player and tournament director. Krajicek won 17 singles titles during his career, including the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first…
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1971
Japanese singer and voice actor
Naozumi Takahashi is a Japanese singer and voice actor
who released the two popular singles "Soshite Omae ni Deaeta Dake De" and "Muteki na Smile". Naozumi's single "Ashita No Kioku" was used as an opening theme for…
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1971
Dutch field hockey player
Carole Helene Antoinette Thate is a Dutch former field hockey player, who played 168 international matches for the Netherlands, in which she scored forty goals. She made her debut on 20 November 1989 in a friendly match…
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1971
American activist (died 1990)
Ryan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS.
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1971
English scientist
John Frederick William Birney is Director of European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). He also serves as non-executive director of Genomics England, chair of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and…
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1972
American lawyer and politician
Heather R. Mizeur is an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from January 10, 2007 to January 14, 2015, representing the 20th district in Montgomery County, Maryland. She was a…
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1972
American mixed martial artist and boxer
Jens Johnnie Pulver is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. In 2023, Pulver was inducted into the UFC hall of fame. Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion…
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1974
Canadian ice hockey player
Nick Stajduhar is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 1993 NHL entry draft, 16th overall, a pick the Oilers received from the Los…
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1974
English actor, director, and screenwriter
Noel Anthony Clarke is an English actor and filmmaker. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who, he received critical acclaim for writing, directing, and starring in the teen crime drama films…
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1975
Mexican footballer
Adrián Israel García Arías is a Mexican former footballer and manager who last played as a defender for Celaya of Mexico, and managed Michoacán F.C., a team that plays in Liga TDP. He is the current manager for Liga…
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1975
American actress
Lindsay Jaylyn Price Stone is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Janet Sosna on Beverly Hills, 90210 and as Victory Ford on Lipstick Jungle. She is also known for her work on soap operas…
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1976
English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, is an English television and radio presenter and former international cricketer. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler,…
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1977
Irish footballer
Paul Francis McVeigh is a Northern Irish former footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, Burnley and Luton Town in the English leagues.
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1977
American baseball player
Christopher Joseph Başak, is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees in 2007. During his career, he played in the Yankees, New York Mets, and…
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1978
American football player
Darrell Lamont Jackson is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 2000s. Jackson played college football for the Florida…
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1978
Brazilian basketball player
Adriana "Adrianinha" Moisés Pinto is a Brazilian female basketball player. She spent 17 years with the Brazil women's national basketball team, from 1997 to 2016.
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1978
Argentine rugby player
Ramiro Pez is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer who normally plays at fly-half. In 2008-09, he joined the newly promoted French Top 14 club Toulon, having been signed from Venezia Mestre in the Italian Super…
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1978
Australian footballer
Timothy Filiga Cahill is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder but also played as a striker on many occasions. A box-to-box midfielder, Cahill became recognised for "his…
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1979
American golfer and coach (died 2014)
Danielle Elizabeth Downey was an American professional golfer. She won golf tournaments at the collegiate level, Sun Coast events and on the Futures Tour. She played on the LPGA Tour from 2006 to 2010.
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1980
English footballer
Stephen William Henry Lovell is an English former footballer who played as a striker. Lovell played the majority of his career in the Scottish Premier League, representing Dundee, Aberdeen and Falkirk, but also played…
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1980
Cameroonian-French boxer
Armand Carlos Netsing Takam is a Cameroonian-French former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2023. He challenged once for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles in 2017. At regional level,…
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1980
Italian footballer
Federico Balzaretti is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Currently is the Loan Manager of Roma.
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1981
American actor and producer
Ryan Gregg Carnes is an American actor. He is most known for playing the adult Lucas Jones on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.
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1982
Spanish cyclist
Alberto Contador Velasco is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice, the Giro d'Italia twice, and the Vuelta a España three times. He…
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1982
Zimbabwean cricketer
Sean Michael Ervine is a Zimbabwean former cricketer. Ervine played as an all-rounder who batted left-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace.
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1982
American football player
Robert Paul Gould III is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. He…
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1982
Australian footballer
Aaron Wade Sandilands is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 211 cm tall, and with a peak weight of 120 kg (265 lb),…
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1982
Scottish race car driver
Suzanne Wolff is a Scottish former professional racing driver and current managing director of F1 Academy.
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1982
American football player
Syndric Marquis Steptoe is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL…
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1984
American actress and musician
Nora Kirkpatrick is an American actress, director, writer and musician. Known for her roles as Katherine on the ABC Family TV series Greek, or for her recurring role as Esther Bruegger on the ninth season of The Office,…
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1984
Duchess of Värmland
Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland, is a member of the Swedish royal family. Before marrying Prince Carl Philip in 2015 and becoming a princess of Sweden, Sofia was a glamour model and reality television contestant.…
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1984
American basketball player
Shannon Denise Bobbitt is an American professional basketball player, most recently for the WNBA's Washington Mystics.
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1985
Greek swimmer
Aristeidis ("Aris") Grigoriadis is a Greek swimmer from Thessaloniki. He was named the 2005 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
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1985
Indian cricketer
Rudra Pratap Singh, popularly known as R.P. Singh, is an Indian former cricketer, who played for the India national cricket team in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as a left arm…
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1985
English race car driver (died 2013)
Sean Lawrence Guy Edwards was an English professional racing driver, whose career highlight was winning as co-driver the 2013 Nurburgring 24 Hours. He died as a passenger in a private testing incident in October 2013,…
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1986
American ice hockey player
Matthew Norman Niskanen is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and…
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1986
American baseball player
Adam Cory Eaton is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White…
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1988
Indian cricketer
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja is an Indian cricketer who represents the India national team currently in ODI and Test formats. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He is widely…
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1988
Estonian singer and violinist
Sandra Nurmsalu is an Estonian singer, songwriter, and violinist. Recognized within Estonia for her genre-bending style, Nurmsalu has garnered success as both the lead singer of Urban Symphony and as a solo artist.
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1988
German footballer
Nils Petersen is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footballer who has scored five goals in a single game with…
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1988
Japanese voice actor
Nobunaga Shimazaki is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. He won the Best Rookie Actor Award at the 7th Seiyu Awards and the Best Actors in Supporting Roles at the 15th Seiyu Awards.
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1988
German footballer
Felix Schiller is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1989
1990
Australian basketball player
Rachel Jarry is an Australian professional basketball player for the Southside Flyers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She started playing basketball as a five-year-old and as a youngster in national…
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1991
Serbian taekwondo athlete
Milica Mandić is a Serbian retired taekwondo athlete. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the Women's +67 kg category, having won gold medals at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She was also the 2017 world champion…
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1991
American tennis player
CoCo Vandeweghe is an American former professional tennis player. A former junior US Open champion and top 10 singles player, she won two WTA Tour titles, both at the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships. In doubles,…
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1991
Russian ice hockey player
Victor Vladimirovich Antipin is a Kazakh-born Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently under contract with Amur Khabarovsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played in the…
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1992
Congolese footballer
Britt Curtis Assombalonga is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Barnet and the DR Congo national football team. He has played in the Football League for Watford, Southend United, Peterborough…
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1992
American football player
Johnathan Paul Manziel, nicknamed "Johnny Football", is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and was the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. He played…
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1992
Indian cricketer
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national team in all three formats of the game and has captained India in Tests and T20Is. He is widely regarded as the greatest fast bowler of…
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1993
Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000
Elián González Brotons is a Cuban engineer and politician. As a six-year-old child, he was at the center of a high-profile international custody dispute between members of his family that also involved Cuba and the…
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1993
Australian-Samoan rugby league player
Tautau Moga is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and winger in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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1993
Greek-Nigerian basketball player
Giannis Sina Ougko Antetokounmpo is a Greek and Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His size, speed, and strength have earned him the nickname…
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1994
Japanese sumo wrestler
Wakatakakage Atsushi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima. He made his debut in March 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in November 2019. He wrestles for Arashio stable, where he is a…
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1994
Indian cricketer
Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian international cricketer who represents the India national team. A right-handed batter, he primarily plays as a top-order or middle-order batter across formats. Iyer also represents…
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1994
American rapper and singer-songwriter
Artist Julius Dubose, known professionally as A Boogie wit da Hoodie or simply A Boogie, is an American rapper and singer. He released his debut studio album, The Bigger Artist, via Atlantic Records in 2017. Led by the…
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1995
Italian footballer
Davide Calabria is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos.
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1996
American actress and singer
Stefanie Noelle Scott is an American actress and singer. Scott began acting with the comedy film Beethoven's Big Break (2008), and thereafter released her debut extended play New Girl in Town (2009). This was followed…
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1996
American basketball player
Sabrina Elaine Ionescu is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is widely considered one of the greatest three-point shooters in…
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1997
Latvian figure skater
Angelīna Kučvaļska is a Latvian figure skater. She is the 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup champion, a two-time Toruń Cup champion, the 2014 Tallinn Trophy champion, and a five-time Latvian national champion. She has competed in…
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1998
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