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Famous Birthdays on February 19
199 people
1461 – 2004
February 19 has seen 199 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1461 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1916 — Eddie Arcaro
American jockey and sportscaster (died 1997)
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George Edward Arcaro was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S
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In 1934, the inaugural year of Narragansett Park, Arcaro was a comparative unknown who rode many of his early career races at 'Gansett.
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Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver
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His parents, Pasquale and Josephine, were Italian immigrants and his father held a number of jobs, including taxi driver and operator of an illegal liquor enterprise during Prohibition
Italian cardinal (died 1523)
Domenico Grimani was an Italian nobleman, theologian and cardinal. Like most noble churchman of his era Grimani was an ecclesiastical pluralist, holding numerous posts and benefices.
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1461
Prussian mathematician and astronomer (died 1543)
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. The publication of Copernicus's model in his book De revolutionibus orbium…
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1473
German fashion writer (died 1574)
Matthäus Schwarz was a German accountant, best known for compiling his Klaidungsbüchlein or Trachtenbuch, a book cataloguing the clothing that he wore between 1520 and 1560. The book has been described as "the world's…
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1497
German author of the Zimmern Chronicle (died 1566)
Count Froben Christoph of Zimmern was the author of the Zimmern Chronicle and a member of the von Zimmern family of Swabian nobility.
This article is based primarily on Beat Rudolf Jenny's biography of him.
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1519
Flemish botanist and academic (died 1609)
Charles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius, seigneur de Watènes, was an Artois doctor and pioneering botanist, perhaps the most influential of all 16th-century scientific horticulturists.
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1526
1532
Austrian cardinal (died 1630)
Melchior Klesl was an Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church during the time of the Counter-Reformation. He was minister-favourite of King and Emperor Matthias (1609-1618) and a leading advocate…
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1552
Prince of Wales (died 1612)
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales was the eldest son and heir apparent of King James VI and I and Anne of Denmark. His name derives from his grandfathers: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; and Frederick II of Denmark. Prince…
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1594
Dutch politician (died 1678)
Andries de Graeff was a regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam and leading Dutch statesman during the Golden Age.
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1611
1630
German physician and chemist (died 1742)
Friedrich Hoffmann or Hofmann was a German physician and chemist. He is also sometimes known in English as Frederick Hoffmann.
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1660
English actor, playwright, and producer (died 1779)
David Garrick was an English actor who wrote, produced and influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson. He appeared in several…
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1717
Italian cellist and composer (died 1805)
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classical musical centers. He is…
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1743
Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Premier of Canada West (died 1862)
Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet was a Canadian political leader, land speculator and property investor, lawyer, soldier, and militia commander who served in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada twice, the…
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1798
Canadian nun and social worker, founded the Sisters of Providence (died 1851)
Émilie Tavernier Gamelin was a Canadian Catholic social worker and religious sister best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. In 2001, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
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1800
German physician, pathologist, and philosopher (died 1878)
Baron Carl von Rokitansky was a Czech-born Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century. He was the founder of…
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1804
German linguist and academic (died 1868)
August Schleicher was a German linguist. Schleicher studied the Proto-Indo-European language and devised theories concerning historical linguistics. His great work was A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the…
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1821
Swiss journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1906)
Élie Ducommun was a Swiss peace activist. He was a Nobel laureate, awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Charles Albert Gobat.
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1833
British burlesque performer (died 1908)
Lydia Thompson, was an English dancer, comedian, actor and theatrical producer.
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1838
Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (died 1929)
Elfrida Andrée was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. Her sister was the singer Fredrika Stenhammar.
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1841
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (died 1908)
Nishinoumi Kajirō I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sendai, Satsuma Province. He was the sport's 16th yokozuna, and the first to be officially listed as such on the banzuke ranking sheets, an act which…
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1855
Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize…
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1859
Swedish geographer and explorer (died 1952)
Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in…
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1865
Armenian-Russian poet and author (died 1923)
Hovhannes Tumanyan was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the national poet of Armenia.
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1869
Estonian admiral (died 1944)
Johan Pitka, VR I/1, was an Estonian entrepreneur and sea captain who served as the Commander of the Estonian Navy during the Estonian War of Independence.
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1872
Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1957)
Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer who made his career in France. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called…
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1876
German painter (died 1962)
Gabriele Münter was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the…
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1877
Swedish–Norwegian actress (died 1961)
Harriet Sofie Bosse was a Swedish–Norwegian actress. A celebrity in her day, Bosse is now most commonly remembered as the third wife of the playwright August Strindberg. Bosse began her career in a minor company run by…
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1878
Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (died 1928)
Álvaro Obregón Salido was a Mexican general, inventor and politician who served as the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón was re-elected to the presidency in 1928 but was assassinated before he could…
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1880
Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 1942)
José Abad Santos y Basco was the fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He briefly served as the acting president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and acting commander-in-chief of the Armed…
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1886
Colombian lawyer and poet (died 1928)
José Eustasio Rivera Salas was a Colombian lawyer and author primarily known for his national epic The Vortex.
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1888
English actor and director (died 1964)
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned over 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and his film work…
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1893
American actor (died 1956)
Carl Henry Vogt, known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described as a “star leading man of the theater and a star character actor of the screen,” he appeared in over 100 roles on the Broadway…
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1895
French poet and author (died 1966)
André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic…
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1896
American actress (died 1931)
Alma Rubens was an American film actress and stage performer.
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1897
Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1968)
Lucio Fontana was an Argentine-Italian sculptor, painter, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstraction. Some of these ideas can be seen in his slashed canvases and his use of neon…
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1899
1902
1904
Indian-American actress (died 1979)
Merle Oberon was a British actress of Sri Lankan Burgher origin. Her career spanned the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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1911
1912
1912
Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian prince and dynastic claimant who served as head of the Petrópolis branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza. From 1940 until his death, he claimed the symbolic headship of…
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1913
American animator and screenwriter (died 1972)
Frank Tashlin, also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator and filmmaker. He was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts for Warner Bros., as well…
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1913
New Zealand Olympic sprinter (died 1985)
Thelma Kench later Irion was a New Zealand sprinter who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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1914
English actor and comedian (died 1983)
Richard Gilbert Emery was an English comedian and comic actor. Best known for this catchphrase, "Ooh You Are Awful... But I Like You!", his broadcasting career began on radio in the 1950s, and his self-titled television…
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1915
English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2014)
Major John Horace Freeman was a British politician, diplomat, broadcaster, and British Army officer. He was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1945 to 1955.
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1915
American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist (died 1967)
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small…
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1917
American actress (died 2019)
Eunice Fay McKenzie was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early…
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1918
American actress, fashion designer, and author (died 2003)
Lucy Douglas "C.Z." Guest was an American actress, author, columnist, horsewoman, fashion designer, and socialite who achieved a degree of fame as a fashion icon. She was frequently seen wearing elegant designs by…
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1920
Estonian author and poet (died 2007)
Jaan Kross was an Estonian writer. He won the 1995 International Nonino Prize in Italy.
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1920
English actor and singer (died 1988)
George Walter Rose was an English actor and singer in theatre and film. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for roles in My Fair Lady and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
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1920
Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015)
Władysław Bartoszewski was a Polish professor of History, politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian and insurgent. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, he was a World War II resistance…
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1922
Ukrainian chess player and theoretician (died 2006)
David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet and Russian chess player. Awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1950, he narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was one of the world's…
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1924
American actor (died 1987)
Lamont Warren Marvin Jr., known as Lee Marvin, was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. He…
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1924
Hungarian composer and academic
György Kurtág is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online, his style draws on "Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky", and "his work is characterized…
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1926
French journalist (died 2014)
Philippe Paul Alexandre Henri Boiry was a journalist and a pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia from October 26, 1952, to January 5, 2014.
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1927
French director and screenwriter (died 2003)
Jacques Deray was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.
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1929
American director and producer (died 2002)
John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director, known both for his social dramas and his action/suspense pictures. Among his best-known theatrical film credits are Birdman of Alcatraz, The…
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1930
Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Kasinadhuni Viswanath was an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. One of the greatest auteurs of Indian cinema, he received international recognition for his…
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1930
American captain, physician, and astronaut
Joseph Peter Kerwin is an American physician and former NASA astronaut. He served as the science pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25, 1973, to June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for…
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1932
Taiwanese-American wood scientist (died 2021)
Chung-Yun Hse was a Taiwanese American research scientist in wood utilization, who was an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science. He served at the USDA Forest Service Southern Research…
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1935
American sportscaster (died 2010)
David Arnold Niehaus was an American sportscaster. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American League's Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in 1977 until his death after the 2010 season. In 2008,…
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1935
American MLB catcher and coach (died 2016)
Russell Eugene Nixon was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1957 to 1968. A veteran of 55 years in professional baseball, Nixon…
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1935
1936
1936
American author and educator (died 1987)
Terry Gene Carr was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor.
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1937
Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2008)
Norman Clifford Louis O'Neill was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-handed batsman known for his back foot strokeplay, O'Neill made his state debut aged 18, before progressing to Test…
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1937
10th Panchen Lama (died 1989)
Lobsang Trinley Lhündrub Chöekyi Gyaltsen was the tenth Panchen Lama, officially the 10th Panchen Erdeni, of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. According to Tibetan Buddhism, Panchen Lamas are living emanations of…
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1938
English activist and author, founded Refuge
Erin Patria Margaret Pizzey is a British men's rights activist and novelist known for her advocacy on behalf of both men's and women's rights and for her work against domestic violence. She is recognized for founding…
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1939
Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (died 2006)
Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, also spelled Saparmurat Niyazov, was a Turkmen politician and dictator who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of…
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1940
American singer-songwriter and producer
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief…
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1940
American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Robert Edward Rogers was an American musician and tenor singer, best known as a founding member of Motown vocal group the Miracles from 1956 until his death. He was inducted, in 2012, as a member of the Miracles to the…
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1940
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
David Jonathan Gross is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with Frank Wilczek and Hugh David Politzer "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory…
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1941
Baroness Tonge, English politician
Jennifer Louise Tonge, Baroness Tonge is a British politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 1997 to 2005. In June 2005 she was made a life peer as Baroness Tonge, of Kew in the London Borough…
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1941
English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (died 2019)
Cyrus Homi Chothia was an English biochemist who was an emeritus scientist at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) at the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Wolfson…
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1942
American football player and politician
Paul James Krause is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings and the Washington Redskins. Krause established himself as a…
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1942
American biologist, historian, and academic (died 2015)
William Ball Provine was an American historian of science and of evolutionary biology and population genetics. He was the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor at Cornell University and was a…
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1942
Welsh businessman
Sir Howard Stringer is a Welsh-American businessman. He had a 30-year career at CBS, culminating in him serving as the president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988, then president of CBS from 1988 to 1995. He served as…
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1942
American singer-songwriter (died 2025)
Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, known professionally by his stage name Lou Christie, was an American pop and soft rock singer-songwriter widely known for hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 U.S. chart-topper "Lightnin'…
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1943
American author and engineer
Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis…
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1943
1943
English-American journalist and businessman
Leslie Frank Hinton is a British-American journalist, writer and business executive whose career with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation spanned more than fifty years. Hinton worked in newspapers, magazines and…
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1944
Uzbek-Russian singer-songwriter
Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov is a Soviet and Russian composer, singer and musician, People's Artist of Russia (1997).
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1945
1946
Australian footballer and coach
Peter John Hudson AM is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the…
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1946
American technician and activist (died 1974)
Karen Gay Silkwood was an American laboratory technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.
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1946
American actress and playwright (died 1985)
Jackie Curtis was an American underground actor, singer, and playwright best known as a Warhol superstar. Primarily a stage actor in New York City, Curtis performed as a man and also performed in drag.
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1947
New Zealand businessman and politician, 42nd Mayor of Invercargill
Sir Timothy Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand politician. Having been an activist in his youth, he went on to serve as mayor of Waitemata City from 1983 to 1989 and then to serve as mayor of Invercargill from 1993 to…
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1947
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Mark Andes is an American musician, known for his work as a bassist with Canned Heat, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart, and Robert Mirabal.
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1948
Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (died 2002)
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn, was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List in 2002.
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1948
United States representative from Arizona (died 2025)
Raúl Manuel Grijalva was an American politician and activist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 2003 until his death in 2025. As member of the Democratic Party,…
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1948
English guitarist and songwriter
Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath in 1968, and was the guitarist, leader, main composer, and only constant member during the band's existence for…
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1948
American game designer and programmer (died 1998)
Danielle Bunten Berry, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E., one of the first influential multiplayer video games, and 1984's The Seven Cities of Gold.
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1949
English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2015)
Eddie Hardin was an English rock pianist and singer-songwriter. Born Edward Harding, he was best known for his associations with the Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point, and Hardin & York. Hardin, along with the drummer,…
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1949
English footballer and manager (died 2024)
Barry David Lloyd was an English professional footballer and manager. As a player, he most notably played as a midfielder in the Football League for Fulham, for whom he was captain and made over 280 appearances for the…
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1949
American author and illustrator
William Francis Messner-Loebs is an American comics artist and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs. His hyphenated surname is a combination of his and his wife Nadine's unmarried…
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1949
Finnish singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Juhani Juice Leskinen, better known as Juice Leskinen was one of the most important and successful Finnish singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. From the early 1970s onward he released nearly 30 full-length…
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1950
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andrew Powell is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is a founding member of the British band Wishbone Ash, whose use of twin lead guitars was influential. He was voted in the top 100 greatest guitarists by…
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1950
Pakistani scholar and politician, founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is a Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician. He is the founder and chief patron of Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) since 1980. He also founded the Pakistan Awami Tehreek…
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1951
Japanese novelist and filmmaker
Ryū Murakami is a Japanese novelist, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known…
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1952
Mexican engineer and astronaut
Rodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. He is the second Latin American to have traveled to space after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez…
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1952
1952
Slovene academic and politician, 3rd President of Slovenia
Danilo Türk is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United…
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1952
Italian tennis player
Corrado Barazzutti is a former tennis player from Italy. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978.
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1953
Argentine lawyer and politician, President of Argentina and Vice President of Argentina
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 56th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under President Alberto…
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1953
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
Massimo Troisi was an Italian actor, cabaret performer, comedian, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his works in the films I'm Starting back from Three (1981) and Il Postino: The Postman (1994), for…
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1953
German bass player (died 2026)
Francis Buchholz was a German musician best known as the bass guitarist of the German rock band Scorpions from 1973 until 1992, a group that was successful internationally; his bass riffs for hits such as "Rock You Like…
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1954
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Michael Rolfe Gira is an American singer-songwriter, composer, author and artist. Now based in New Mexico, he founded the band Swans, in which he sings and plays guitar, in New York City in the 1980s at the height of…
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1954
1954
American actor and playwright
Jeffrey Warren Daniels is an American actor. He is known for his work on stage and screen playing diverse characters switching between comedy and drama. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime…
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1955
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Peter Livingston Holsapple is an American musician who, along with Chris Stamey, formed the dB's, a jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He became the band's principal songwriter and singer after Stamey's…
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1956
American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Roderick MacKinnon is an American biophysicist, neuroscientist, and businessman. He is a professor of molecular neurobiology and biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with…
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1956
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Wakeling is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his work with the band the Beat and General Public. After he split with Ranking Roger, he formed the English Beat, and continued touring.
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1956
1957
American baseball player, coach, and executive
David Keith Stewart, nicknamed "Smoke", is an American professional baseball executive, pitching coach, sports agent, and former starting pitcher. The Los Angeles Dodgers' 16th-round selection in the 1975 MLB draft,…
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1957
English actor
Raymond Andrew Winstone is an English television, stage, and film actor with a career spanning five decades. Having worked with many prominent directors, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Winstone is known…
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1957
American actor
Leslie David Baker is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Stanley Hudson on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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1958
English author and screenwriter
Helen Fielding is a British journalist, novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones. Fielding’s first novel was set in a refugee camp in East Africa and she started…
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1958
English keyboard player and composer
Steve Nieve is an English musician and composer. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello's backing bands the Attractions and the Imposters, as well as Madness. He has also…
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1958
American businessman, 6th National Football League Commissioner
Roger Stokoe Goodell is an American businessman who has been the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006.
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1959
second son of Elizabeth II
Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King…
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1960
American race car driver (died 2020)
John Lee Paul Jr. was an American racing driver. He competed in CART and the Indy Racing League competitions, but primarily in IMSA GT Championship, winning the title in 1982.
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1960
English footballer (died 1998)
Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly later in his career, becoming the first…
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1961
American golfer (died 2020)
Ernie Gonzalez was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s. He won the only title of his career in 1986. By doing so, he became only the third left-handed golfer to win a Tour event.
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1961
Czech-Australian tennis player and coach
Hana Mandlíková is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s. Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level singles…
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1962
1963
American actress
Jessica Tuck is an American actress, best known for her performances on television as Megan Gordon Harrison on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, Gillian Gray in the CBS drama series Judging Amy, and as Nan Flanagan…
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1963
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Doug Aldrich is an American hard rock guitarist. He founded the band Burning Rain with Keith St. John in 1998 and has played with Whitesnake, Dio, Lion, Hurricane, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising and Revolution Saints.…
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1964
American biochemist
Jennifer Anne Doudna is an American biochemist who has pioneered work in CRISPR gene editing, and made other fundamental contributions in biochemistry and genetics. She received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with…
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1964
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
Jonathan Allen Lethem is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in…
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1964
American drummer
Jon Fishman is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Phish, which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo credit.
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1965
American businessman
Clark Knobel Hunt is an American billionaire and businessman as well as a scion of the wealthy Hunt family. He currently serves as chairman and CEO of the National Football League (NFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs, Major…
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1965
1965
American actress and producer
Justine Bateman is an American filmmaker, author and actress. Her acting work has included Family Ties, Satisfaction, Men Behaving Badly, The TV Set, Desperate Housewives, and Californication. Her feature film…
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1966
Dutch tennis player and coach
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He has…
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1966
American designer and author (died 2024)
Eduardo Torres Xol was an American television personality, designer, entertainer, social activist and businessman. He was most known to U.S. television audiences for his work as a designer on Extreme Makeover: Home…
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1966
Puerto Rican actor, director, and producer
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican actor. His accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Goya Award, and the Best Actor awards at the Berlin International Film…
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1967
American rapper and actor (died 2021)
Mark Anthony Morales, better known by the stage name Prince Markie Dee, was an American rapper. He was a member of the Fat Boys, a pioneering hip hop group that gained fame during the 1980s. Morales was the…
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1968
American bass player (died 2015)
Frank Watkins was an American heavy metal musician best known as a former, long-time bass player for the death metal band Obituary; he played with them from 1989 to 1997 and then from 2003 until 2010. He had been the…
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1968
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Burton Christopher Bell is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder and former frontman of the industrial metal band Fear Factory. Until 2021 he was the only member to perform on all of the band's…
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1969
Canadian businesswoman and politician
Helena C. Guergis, is a Canadian politician. She represented the Ontario riding of Simcoe—Grey in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011, and was appointed Minister of State on October 30, 2008, following the…
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1969
Swedish singer-songwriter
Joacim Cans is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums.
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1970
Austrian politician
Verena Nussbaum is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Greater Graz since November 2017.
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1970
American actress
Bellamy Young is an American actress, producer and singer best known as Melody "Mellie" Grant on Scandal (2012–18), for which she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in…
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1970
Dominican baseball player and poet
Miguel Descartes Batista Jerez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for 12 teams, spending multiple seasons with the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Arizona…
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1971
1971
American author and illustrator
Jeffrey Patrick Kinney is an American author and illustrator. He is best known for creating, writing and illustrating the children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He also created the child-oriented website…
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1971
American wrestler and manager
Francine Meeks, known by the mononym Francine, is an American professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2001 and with…
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1972
American pornographic actress
Diane Thomas, known professionally as Sunset Thomas, is an American artist and former pornographic film actress. She was runner-up for Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1998 and is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame, Porn…
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1972
American actor
Eric Lange is an American character actor. He is known for his extensive work on television, where he has appeared in a wide variety of both supporting and leading roles.
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1973
Canadian drummer and producer
Daniel Patrick Adair is a Canadian drummer. He has been a member of the rock band Nickelback since 2005 and was with 3 Doors Down from 2002 until 2005. On the side, he works with the band Suspect and the instrumental…
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1975
South Korean-American skateboarder, co-founded Almost Skateboards
David Daewon Song is a Korean-American professional skateboarder. He is the co-founder and co-owner of Almost Skateboards and Thank You Skateboards, and continues to skate for the latter company. Song was named the 2006…
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1975
1977
American journalist and author
Andrew Ross Sorkin is an American journalist and author. He is a financial columnist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box. He is also the founder and editor of DealBook, a financial news service…
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1977
Italian footballer and manager
Gianluca Zambrotta is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings.
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1977
English scholar and politician
Benedict Michael Gummer is a British businessman and former politician. He is a partner of Gummer Leathes, a property developer. He is a senior adviser to McKinsey & Company, the management consultancy, and a visiting…
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1978
Peruvian-American rapper
Felipe Andres Coronel, better known by his stage name Immortal Technique, is a Peruvian-American rapper, songwriter, and activist. His lyrics largely feature commentary on issues such as politics, religion,…
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1978
American soccer player and manager
Steven Emil Cherundolo is an American soccer coach and former player who recently was the head coach of Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC. A right-back, he was the captain of Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga,…
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1979
American football player
Dwight Jason Freeney is an American former professional football player who currently serves as the Director of player development for Syracuse University. Freeney played as a defensive end and linebacker for 16 seasons…
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1980
1980
American basketball player
Michael Lloyd Miller is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after being selected by the Orlando Magic in the first round of the…
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1980
American singer
Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and radio presenter most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip. Her voice has been compared to Etta…
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1981
Canadian wrestler
Ronnie William Arneill, better known by his ring name Shawn Spears, is a Canadian professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand and is the leader of The Culling. He is a…
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1981
Bulgarian sumo wrestler
Karoyan Andō, known professionally as Kotoōshū Katsunori and in his coaching career as Naruto Katsunori, is a Bulgarian-Japanese former sumo wrestler. He made his debut in 2002, reaching the top division just two years…
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1983
Japanese singer and actress
Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting…
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1983
Indonesian sex offender
Reynhard "Rey" Tambos Maruli Tua Sinaga is an Indonesian serial rapist who was convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes of young men, committed in Manchester, England, between 2015 and 2017, where he was…
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1983
American ice hockey player
Ryan Whitney is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently the co-host of two Barstool Sports podcasts, Spittin' Chiclets with former NHL enforcer Paul Bissonnette and The Unnamed Show with…
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1983
American basketball player
Jawad Hason Williams is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays as a small…
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1983
American singer-songwriter
Christopher Michael Richardson is an American singer-songwriter who was the fifth-place finalist on the sixth season of American Idol.
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1984
American actress and singer
Haylie Katherine Duff is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Sandy Jameson in the television series 7th Heaven, Amy Sanders in Lizzie McGuire and Summer Wheatly in Napoleon Dynamite. An…
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1985
American actress and model
Arielle Kebbel is an American actress and model. She has starred on several television series, including Gilmore Girls (2003–2004), The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), Life Unexpected (2010), 90210 (2011–2013), Ballers,…
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1985
Serbian basketball player
Kosta Perović is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. In the 2006 NBA draft he was a second-round selection of the NBA's Golden State…
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Kyle Douglas Glen Chipchura is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected in the first round, 18th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Chipchura also played for the…
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1986
Swedish ice hockey player
Robert Linus Alexander Klasen is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
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1986
1986
Norwegian singer-songwriter
Maria Viktoria Mena is a Norwegian pop singer, best known for her singles such as "You're the Only One", "Just Hold Me", and "All This Time" which charted in multiple countries.
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1986
Italian ice dancer
Anna Cappellini is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Luca Lanotte, she is the 2014 World champion, the 2014 European champion, the 2015 Cup of China champion and a thirteen-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and…
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1987
American baseball player
William Joshua Reddick is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros and Arizona…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Shawn Matthias is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Matthias played in the NHL, making appearances with the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Avalanche, and Winnipeg…
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1988
American guitarist
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John Cooper and Korey Cooper along with Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison. The band has…
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1988
English-Nigerian footballer
Omatsone Folarin Aluko is a professional football coach and former player who played as a forward or winger. He is currently a first team coach at Ipswich Town.
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1989
American race car driver
Trevor Mitchell Bayne is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, competing in the No. 24…
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1991
German footballer
Christoph Kramer is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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1991
American basketball player (died 2022)
Adreian DeAngleo Payne was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Orlando Magic as well as for several…
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1991
American model
Camille Veronica Kostek is an American model, host, and actress. She appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and was featured on the cover of the magazine's 2019 edition. Kostek is the on-field host of the…
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1992
American football player
Cody Parkey is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an…
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1992
Argentine footballer
Mauro Emanuel Icardi Rivero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Süper Lig club Galatasaray.
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1993
American actress and singer
Victoria Justice is an American actress and singer. She rose to fame on Nickelodeon, playing Lola Martinez on the comedy drama series Zoey 101 (2005–2008) and Tori Vega on the sitcom Victorious (2010–2013). For these…
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1993
Estonian footballer
Tiina Trutsi is an Estonian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot team Barcelona FA and the Estonian national team.
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1994
Serbian basketball player
Nikola Jokić is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Joker", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players and…
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1995
1996
American basketball player
DeVante Jaylen Wilson is an American professional basketball player for the Jilin Northeast Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and completed his…
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1996
1998
American singer and songwriter
Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, known professionally as Chappell Roan, is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her camp and drag queen-influenced style.
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1998
1998
South Korean footballer
Lee Kang-in is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the South Korea national team.
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2001
American actor
David Albert Mazouz is an American actor, best known for his leading role as Bruce Wayne in Fox's Batman-prequel TV drama Gotham (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the…
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2001
English actress, model and producer
Millie Bonnie Bongiovi, known professionally as Millie Bobby Brown, is a British actress and film producer. She gained international recognition for playing Eleven in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things…
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2004
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