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Famous Birthdays on February 2
334 people
1208 – 2004
February 2 has seen 334 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1208 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1923 — Red Schoendienst
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2018)
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He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St
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Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and Milwaukee Braves from 1945 to 1963, and was named to 10 All-Star teams
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He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 to 1976 – the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history
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He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989
James I the Conqueror was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign of 62 years is not only…
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1208
Electress of Saxony (died 1486)
Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich was a princess of Bavaria-Munich by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.
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1443
1455
Italian-Spanish historian and author (died 1526)
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, formerly known in English as Peter Martyr of Angleria, was an Savoyard historian at the service of Spain during the Age of Exploration. He wrote the first accounts of explorations in Central and…
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1457
Italian Dominican sister (died 1501)
Columba of Rieti was an Italian religious sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic who was noted as a mystic. She was renowned for her spiritual counsel, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and fantastic miracles were…
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1467
queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)
Bona Sforza was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which…
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1494
Portuguese philosopher and historian (died 1574)
Damião de Góis was a Portuguese diplomat, historian, musician, and humanist philosopher. A friend and student of Erasmus, Góis is considered one of the most influential intellectuals of the Portuguese Renaissance. He…
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1502
Dutch Anabaptist leader (died 1536)
John of Leiden was a Dutch Anabaptist leader. In 1533 he moved to Münster, capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, where he became an influential prophet, turned the city into a millenarian Anabaptist theocracy, and…
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1509
the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1587)
Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland was the last Master of the Livonian Order from 1559 to 1561 and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1561 to 1587.
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1517
Italian mathematician and academic (died 1565)
Lodovico de Ferrari was an Italian mathematician best known today for solving the quartic equation.
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1522
Polish writer (died 1612)
Piotr Skarga was a Polish Jesuit, preacher, hagiographer, polemicist, and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Due to his oratorical gifts, he has been called "the Polish…
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1536
German astronomer (died 1600)
Nicolaus Reimers Baer, also Reimarus Ursus, Nicolaus Reimers Bär or Nicolaus Reymers Baer, was an astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II. Due to his family's background, he was also known as Bär,…
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1551
French Canoness Regular and foundress (died 1622)
Alix Le Clerc, known as Mother Alix, was a French religious leader and founder of the Canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Notre-Dame Congregation, a religious order created to provide education to girls, especially…
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1576
William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (died 1662)
Judith Quiney was the younger daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway and the fraternal twin of their only son, Hamnet Shakespeare. She married Thomas Quiney, a vintner of Stratford-upon-Avon. The…
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1585
William Shakespeare's only son (baptised; died 1596)
Hamnet Shakespeare was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare. Hamnet died at the age of 11. Some Shakespearean scholars speculate on the relationship between…
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1585
German nobleman (died 1644)
Georg II of Fleckenstein Dagstuhl was the last baron of the house of Fleckenstein. He was the eldest son of Philipp Wolfgang of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl and his first wife, Anna Alexandria of Rappoltstein. Georg II gained…
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1588
French librarian and scholar (died 1653)
Gabriel Naudé was a French librarian and scholar. He was a prolific writer who produced works on many subjects including politics, religion, history and the supernatural. In 1627, he published an influential book in the…
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1600
Danish prince-bishop (died 1633)
Prince Ulrik of Denmark was a son of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway and his consort Queen Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. As the fourth-born son, he bore the merely titular rank of Duke of Holstein and…
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1611
French missionary and saint (died 1649)
Noël Chabanel was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the Canadian Martyrs.
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1613
Swedish author and hymn-writer (died 1679)
Johannes Schefferus was one of the most important Swedish humanists of his time. He was also known as Angelus and is remembered for writing hymns.
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1621
Pope Benedict XIII, born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in February 1730.
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1650
English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (died 1687)
Eleanor Gwyn was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for…
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1650
Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1695)
Major-General Sir William Phips was a treasure hunter, military officer, and colonial administrator from the New England Colonies. He was the first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and…
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1651
French organist and composer (died 1732)
Louis Marchand was a French organist, harpsichordist and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosos of his time. He…
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1669
French composer (died 1745)
Jean-Baptiste Morin was a French composer and the Ordinaire de la Musique to Philippe, Duke of Orléans before and perhaps during his regency. From 1719 to 1731 Morin was Maître de musique of Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans,…
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1677
English geologist and archaeologist (died 1772)
William Borlase, Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist. From 1722, he was Rector of Ludgvan, Cornwall, where he died. He is remembered for his works The Antiquities of Cornwall and The Natural History of Cornwall…
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1695
1695
German author and critic (died 1766)
Johann Christoph Gottsched was a German philosopher, author, critic and grammarian of the Enlightenment.
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1700
Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (died 1794)
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg was an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman in the Habsburg monarchy. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he held the office of State Chancellor for about four decades…
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1711
German organist and composer (died 1785)
Gottfried August Homilius was a German composer, cantor and organist. He is considered one of the most important church composers of the generation following Bach's, and was the main representative of the empfindsamer…
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1714
Austrian field marshal (died 1790)
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon, was an Austrian military officer of Baltic German descent and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great.
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1717
French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1838)
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the…
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1754
French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (died 1835)
Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny was the commander of the French squadron at the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence.
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1782
French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1856)
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet was a French mathematician, physicist and astronomer born in Rennes; he died in Paris, France, in 1856. He made significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations…
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1786
French chemist and academic (died 1887)
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault was a French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy.
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1802
American general (died 1862)
General Albert Sidney Johnston was an American military officer who served as a general officer in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw extensive…
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1803
German zoologist and illustrator (died 1884)
Alfred Edmund Brehm was a German zoologist and writer. His multi-volume book Brehms Tierleben, which he co-authored with Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, Wilhelm Haacke, and Richard Schmidtlein, became a household word for…
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1829
English engineer and philanthropist (died 1909)
William Ford Robinson Stanley was an English inventor with 78 patents filed in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He was an engineer who designed and made precision drawing and mathematical…
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1829
Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (died 1912)
François-Alphonse Forel was a Swiss physician and scientist who pioneered the study of lakes, and is thus considered the founder. He was also professor at the University of Lausanne and the Father of limnology.…
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1841
Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (died 1927)
Julian Karol Sochocki was a Polish-Russian mathematician. His name is sometimes transliterated from Russian in several different ways.
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1842
Slovak poet and playwright (died 1921)
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Originally, he wrote in a traditional style, but later became influenced by parnassism and…
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1849
Mexican illustrator and engraver (died 1913)
José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar was a Mexican political printmaker who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its…
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1851
American railway magnate (died 1938)
Frederick William Vanderbilt was a member of the American Vanderbilt family. He was a director of the New York Central Railroad for 61 years, and also a director of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and of the…
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1856
1856
Polish pianist and music teacher (died 1918)
Jan Drozdowski (1857–1918) was a Polish pianist and music teacher.
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1857
Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1915)
Curtis Guild Jr. was an American journalist, soldier, diplomat and politician from Massachusetts. He was the 43rd governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1906 to 1909. Prior to his election as governor, Guild served in…
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1860
American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (died 1949)
Solomon Robert Guggenheim was an American businessman in needlework, gold, silver, copper, and lead and an art collector. He is best known for establishing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R.…
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1861
French fencer (died 1927)
Émile Louis François Désiré Coste was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the foil,…
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1862
American physician, educator, and hospital founder (died 1912)
Dr. Cornelius McKane was a Guyanese-American physician and educator. With his wife Alice Woodby McKane, he founded medical schools and hospitals in Savannah, Georgia and Monrovia, Liberia. The descendant of an African…
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1862
1866
Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (died 1933)
Alexander Movsesi Atabekian was an Armenian physician, publisher and anarchist communist.
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1869
1872
1873
German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1956)
Konstantin Hermann Karl Freiherr von Neurath was a German politician, diplomat and convicted Nazi war criminal who served as Foreign Minister of Germany between 1932 and 1938.
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1873
Austrian-American violinist and composer (died 1962)
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian and American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing with marked portamento and rubato.…
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1875
1877
1878
Australian swimmer (died 1969)
Frederick Claude Vivian Lane was an Australian swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
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1880
American baseball player and manager (died 1947)
Orval Overall was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was a member of the Chicago Cubs dynasty of the early 1900s, making eight appearances for the Cubs in the World Series, including five as the starting…
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1881
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was the seventh child and fourth son of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece. He was a grandson of King Christian IX of Denmark and the father of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.…
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1882
Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1941)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's…
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1882
American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (died 1958)
John William Johnston McCulley was an American writer of hundreds of stories, fifty novels and numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro.
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1883
Mexican activist and writer (died 1964)
Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, also Ruiz Sánchez, was a Mexican writer and an activist during the Mexican Revolution. She is also remembered for establishing the first Mexican institution for training social workers in 1936.
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1883
Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (died 1925)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist.
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1885
American poet and author (died 1950)
William Rose Benét was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.
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1886
German businessman (died 1975)
Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl was a German American businessman and close friend of Adolf Hitler. He eventually fell out of favour with Hitler and defected from Nazi Germany to the United States. He later worked for…
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1887
French general (died 1952)
Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War. He was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1952.
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1889
American actor and screenwriter (died 1972)
Charles James Correll was an American radio comedian, actor and writer who was best known for his work in the radio Amos 'n' Andy radio series with Freeman Gosden. Correll voiced the main character, Andy Brown, along…
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1890
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (died 1959)
Tochigiyama Moriya was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 27th yokozuna from 1918 until 1925. Generally he is considered one of the pioneers of modern sumo. He remains the lightest yokozuna in…
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1892
Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1974)
Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist. According to György Marx he was one of the Martians, a group of Hungarian scientific luminaries who immigrated to the…
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1893
Argentinian race car driver (died 1970)
Raúl Riganti was an Argentine racing driver. He competed in the Indianapolis 500 three times, qualifying every year he was entered. Riganti was briefly an adviser of driver Juan Manuel Fangio.
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1893
Mongolian soldier and politician (died 1924)
Damdin Sükhbaatar was a Mongolian revolutionary, founder of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolian partisan army that took Khüree during the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. For his part in the Mongolian…
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1893
American football player and coach (died 1983)
George Stanley Halas Sr., nicknamed "Papa Bear", was an American professional football end, coach, and executive. He was the founder and owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), and served as…
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1895
American painter (died 1981)
Robert Philipp was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and Hollywood stars. Noted art critic Henry McBride…
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1895
Australian public servant (died 1964)
George Gribbon Sutcliffe was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as a Commissioner of the Commonwealth Public Service Board.
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1895
Polish mathematician and logician (died 1980)
Kazimierz Kuratowski was a Polish mathematician and logician. He was one of the leading representatives of the Warsaw School of Mathematics. He worked as a professor at the University of Warsaw and at the Mathematical…
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1896
American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (died 1972)
Howard Deering Johnson was an American entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder of an American chain of restaurants and motels under one company of the same name, Howard Johnson's.
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1897
Russian-American mathematician (died 1996)
Gertrude Blanch was an American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation. She was a leader of the Mathematical Tables Project in New York from its beginning. She worked later as the…
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1897
American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
William Edward Kamm was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1935. Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing his…
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1900
Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (died 1987)
Jascha Heifetz was a Russian-American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilna, he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian violin school in…
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1901
American lawyer and politician (died 1966)
Augustus Newbold Morris was an American politician, lawyer, president of the New York City Council, and two-time candidate for mayor of New York City.
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1902
Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (died 1995)
John Trezise Tonkin was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. A member of the Labor Party, Tonkin was a minister in the Willcock, Wise and Hawke state…
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1902
Iranian author and activist (died 1997)
Bozorg Alavi was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual. He was a founding member of the communist Tudeh Party of Iran in the 1940s and – following the 1953 coup against Premier Mohammad…
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1904
1905
American baseball player and manager (died 1976)
Wesley Cheek Ferrell was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1927 through 1941. Primarily a starting pitcher, Ferrell played for the Cleveland Indians (1927–33), Boston Red…
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1908
American actor (died 1964)
Francis Healey Albertson was an American actor who had supporting roles in films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Psycho (1960).
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1909
Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (died 1968)
Jack Charles Allan Pizzey was a Queensland Country Party politician. He was Premier of Queensland, in a coalition with the Liberal Party, from 17 January 1968 until his death on 31 July that year. To date, he is the…
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1911
English civil servant and cartographer (died 2009)
Eliza Gladys Dean, known as Millvina Dean, was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912 until her death in 2009. At two months old, she was…
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1912
American songwriter and composer (died 1997)
Burton Lane was an American composer primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include the musicals Finian's Rainbow (1947) and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965).
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1912
Danish actor and singer (died 1985)
Poul David Reichhardt was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in Huset på Christianshavn, Matador and as…
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1913
Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2004)
Eric William Kierans was a Canadian economist and politician.
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1914
1915
Canadian golfer (died 2005)
Stan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other significant events in Canada. He is a…
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1915
Indian journalist and author (died 2014)
Khushwant Singh FKC was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956, which became his most well-known…
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1915
1916
British World War II ferry pilot (died 2018)
Mary Ellis was a British ferry pilot, and one of the last surviving British female pilots from the Second World War.
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1917
1917
Indonesian-Dutch author (died 2011)
Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally…
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1918
Swiss soprano and actress (died 2012)
Lisa Della Casa was a Swiss soprano most admired for her interpretations of major heroines in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss, and of German lieder. She was also described as “the most beautiful…
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1919
German footballer and manager (died 1999)
Georg Gawliczek was a German football manager and former player.
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1919
English footballer and coach (died 2004)
George Francis Moutry Hardwick was an English footballer, manager and coach. During his time as an active player, he was a left-sided defender for Middlesbrough and Oldham Athletic. He was also a member of the England…
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1920
American Olympic equestrian (died 2020)
Colonel John William Russell was an American equestrian who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began competing in…
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1920
English football player-manager (died 1987)
Arthur Willis was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City, Haverfordwest and England.
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1920
Indian field hockey player (died 1978)
Kunwar Digvijay Singh, popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He is widely known for his passing ability and is considered by many to be the greatest…
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1922
French athlete (died 2019)
Robert Claude Henri Chef d'Hôtel was a track and field athlete from France, who competed mainly in the men's 400 metres during his career. He was born in Nouméa, Sud, New Caledonia in February 1922.
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1922
Bulgarian actress (died 2019)
Stoyanka Mutafova was a Bulgarian actress. During her career, she starred in over 53 theatrical plays and 25 films
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1922
American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (died 2002)
James Leroy Usry was the first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was also a professional basketball player.
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1922
French dancer and choreographer (died 2014)
Jean Gutmann was a prominent French dancer and choreographer of the latter half of the 20th century. He is considered to have been one of modern ballet's greatest performers, and the first French dancer to gain…
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1923
American poet and novelist (died 1997)
James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet, novelist, critic, and lecturer. He was appointed the 18th United States Poet Laureate in 1966. His other accolades included the National Book Award for Poetry and a…
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1923
Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (died 2012)
Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian chess grandmaster and musician. He won a record 11 titles at Yugoslav Chess Championship, a record 12 team medals at Chess Olympiad, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia and…
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1923
American actress and producer (died 1988)
Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather was an American character actress and producer. The daughter of vaudevillians, Granville began her career on the stage at age three. She began as a child actress, making her film debut in…
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1923
1923
Australian rugby player and surgeon (died 2007)
Dr. John Clement "Clem" Windsor was a rugby union player who represented Australia and a surgeon.
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1923
American saxophonist and composer (died 1982)
Sonny Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over 100 albums. He was nicknamed the "Lone Wolf"…
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1924
Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (died 2007)
Elfriede "Elfi" von Dassanowsky was an Austrian-born American singer, pianist, and film producer.
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1924
American actress and singer (died 2014)
Elaine Stritch was an American actress, singer, and comedian, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature…
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1925
French academic and politician, 20th President of France (died 2020)
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing, also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was President of France from 1974 to 1981.
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1926
1927
American baseball player (died 2012)
Doris Jane Sams, nicknamed "Sammye", was an American outfielder and pitcher who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 145 lbs., she…
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1927
47th Prime minister of Italy (died 2022)
Luigi Ciriaco De Mita was an Italian politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 1988 to July 1989. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), De Mita served as its secretary and leader from May…
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1928
Egyptian scholar and geographer (died 1993)
Gamal Hamdan was an Egyptian geographer and scholar known for his work on Egypt's geography, history, and culture.
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1928
American basketball player and engineer (died 2013)
John Bernard "Jay" Handlan was an American college basketball star at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia from 1948 to 1952. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. A 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) forward, Handlan…
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1928
English footballer and youth team coach (died 2007)
Tommy Harmer was an English footballer who played as a inside forward. He spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur before playing for Watford and Chelsea.
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1928
American actress and producer (died 2013)
Sheila Mathews Allen was an American actress and producer.
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1929
English engineer and mountaineer (died 2011)
George Christopher Band was an English mountaineer. He was the youngest climber on the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest on which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to ascend the mountain. In…
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1929
Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Věra Chytilová was a Czech avant-garde filmmaker. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her 1966 Czech New Wave film Daisies. Among her subsequent films are Wolf's Hole (1987), A Hoof…
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1929
American computer scientist and academic (died 2015)
John Henry Holland was an American scientist and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms.
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1929
Austrian operatic tenor (died 2015)
Waldemar Kmentt was an Austrian operatic tenor, who was particularly associated with the German repertory, both opera and operetta.
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1929
English comedian and author (died 1993)
Leslie Dawson was an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and pianist. He was known for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona, musical routines, and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.
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1931
Malaysian-English actor (died 2018)
John Glynn Edwards was a British actor who worked in television and films. He came to national prominence for his portrayal of the barman Dave Harris in the television comedy drama series Minder (1979—1994).
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1931
Canadian educator and politician (died 2021)
John Paul Ludger Harney, also known as Jean-Paul Harney, was a Canadian professor and politician.
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1931
Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2024)
Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt was a Dutch politician, jurist and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 December 1977 until 4 November 1982. He was a prominent leader of the Catholic…
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1931
American journalist and author
Judith Viorst is an American writer, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher.
She is known for her humorous observational poetry and for her children's literature. This includes The Tenth Good Thing About…
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1931
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (died 2002)
Arthur Hunt Lyman was a Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950s and 1960s which later became known as exotica. His albums became favorite…
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1932
American actor (died 2018)
Robert Mandan was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sam Reynolds on Search for Tomorrow (1965–1970), Chester Tate, the philandering businessman husband of Jessica Tate on the satirical sitcom Soap…
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1932
1933
1933
Cuban bassist and composer (died 2009)
Candelario Orlando López Vergara, better known as Cachaíto, was a Cuban bassist and composer, who gained international fame after his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. He was nicknamed Cachaíto…
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1933
1933
Bangladeshi actor (died 2014)
Khalil Ullah Khan was a Bangladeshi film and television actor. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Gunda in 1976.
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1934
American golfer (died 2015)
Pete Brown was an American professional golfer who was the first African American to win a PGA Tour event with his win at the Waco Turner Open. He was from Mississippi.
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1935
Russian physicist and academic (died 2024)
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov was a Russian physicist and scientific leader. His scientific interests included plasma physics, lasers, controlled nuclear fusion, power engineering, and magnetohydrodynamics. He was the…
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1935
Turkish footballer and manager (died 1991)
Metin Oktay nicknamed the Crownless King by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey.
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1936
American baseball player and coach
Donald Alvin Buford is an American former professional baseball player scout, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 through 1972, most notably as the leadoff hitter for the…
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1937
Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (died 2015)
Eric Arturo Delvalle Cohen-Henríquez was a Panamanian politician. He served as Vice President under Nicolás Ardito Barletta. Following the disputed 1984 election, and after Barletta's forced resignation, Delvalle served…
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1937
British journalist, poet, and critic
Anthony Haden-Guest is an English-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York City and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books…
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1937
American actor
Gustavus Remak Ramsay is an American stage, film and television actor. Ramsay was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Caroline V. and John Breckinridge Ramsay.
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1937
American comedian, actor, and activist (died 2023)
Thomas Bolyn Smothers III was an American comedian, actor, composer, and musician, widely known as half of the musical comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick. In the 1960s they were known…
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1937
Ukrainian actress and singer (died 2019)
Alexandra Ilinichna Strelchenko was a Soviet and Russian actress and singer. She was a performer of Russian folk songs, Russian romances and pop songs. She was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1984.
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1937
English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, is a British politician who served as a member of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major's ministries during the 1980s and 1990s. He held the office of Lord Speaker from 1 September…
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1938
American actor (died 2022)
William Mauldin "Bo" Hopkins was an American actor. He was known for playing supporting roles in several major studio films from 1969 to 1979, especially for his breakout role in the ensemble cast of George Lucas's…
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1938
Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1995)
Gene MacLellan was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Prince Edward Island. Among his compositions were "Snowbird", made famous by Anne Murray, "Put Your Hand in the Hand", "The Call", "Pages of Time", and "Thorn in My…
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1938
English-born Canadian actress (died 2010)
Jacqueline Burroughs was a Canadian actress. Burroughs starred in over 100 films and television shows over her career, including Heavy Metal, The Care Bears Movie, The Grey Fox, and Anne of Green Gables, and was best…
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1939
American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology
Mary-Dell Chilton is one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology.
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1939
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
Dale Thomas Mortensen was an American economist, a professor at Northwestern University, and a winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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1939
English guitarist and producer (died 2000)
Alan Caddy was an English rock guitarist, arranger, record producer and session musician. He was an original member of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and the Tornados.
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1940
American author and poet (died 2008)
Thomas Michael Disch was an American science fiction writer and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book—previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book"—in 1999. He had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula…
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1940
American football player and coach
Wayne Howard Joseph Fontes is an American former professional football player and coach. He was the head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s Detroit Lions from 1988 to 1996. He is the longest tenured head…
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1940
English actor, director, and producer
Sir David John White OBE, known professionally as David Jason, is an English actor. He has played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the drama series A Touch…
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1940
English jockey (died 2014)
Terry Biddlecombe was an English National Hunt racing jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. He was Champion Jockey in 1965, 1966 and 1969.
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1941
American woman with the longest fingernails (died 2023)
LeeAnn Redmond was an American woman who held the record in the Guinness World Records for longest fingernails on both hands.
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1941
American pop-rock singer (died 2015)
Cory Wells was an American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night.
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1941
English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Graham William Nash is a British and American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
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1942
English organist and conductor (died 2024)
Sir Andrew Frank Davis was an English conductor. He was the long-time chief conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He was music director at the…
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1944
English actor (died 2012)
Geoffrey William Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine (1968), and rose to fame for portraying bin man Eddie Yeats in the long-running British…
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1944
American pianist and educator
Ursula Oppens is an American classical concert pianist and educator. She has received five Grammy Award nominations.
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1944
Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
John Leonard Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, is a British economist who was President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1996 to 2020. A former senior advisor to the Labour Party, Lord Eatwell sat in the House of Lords as a…
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1945
English engineer and businessman
Sir John Alexander Armitt is an English civil engineer, and the final chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.
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1946
American comedian and actor
Blake Clark is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known as Chet Hunter on Boy Meets World, Harry Turner on Home Improvement, as well as his frequent collaborations with Adam Sandler. Clark has voiced…
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1946
Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
Alpha Oumar Konaré is a Malian politician, professor, historian and archaeologist, who served as President of Mali for two five-year terms from 1992 to 2002 and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003…
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1946
Greek-American businessman and academic (died 2009)
Constantine Papadakis was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University.
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1946
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)
Greg Antonacci was an American actor. He portrayed Johnny Torrio in Boardwalk Empire in every season, from 2010 to 2014, and Phil Leotardo's right-hand man Butch DeConcini in The Sopranos from 2006 to the series finale…
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1947
American actress and producer (died 2009)
Farrah Fawcett was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the…
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1947
American chef and author
Ina Rosenberg Garten is an American television cook and author. She is host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa and was a former staff member of the Office of Management and Budget.
Among her dishes are…
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1948
1948
English race car driver (died 1973)
Roger Williamson was a British racing driver and a two time British Formula 3 champion, who died during his second Formula One race, the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands.
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1948
Scottish businessman and philanthropist
Duncan Walker Bannatyne, is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. He is most famous for his appearance as a business…
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1949
American actor
Jack McGee is an American television and film character actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television series.
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1949
Japanese mountaineer (died 1996)
Yasuko Namba was the second Japanese woman to climb the Seven Summits. Namba worked as a businesswoman for FedEx in Japan, but her hobby of mountaineering took her all over the world. She first summited Kilimanjaro on…
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1949
American actor and singer
Brent Jay Spiner is an American actor best known for his role as the android Data on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), four subsequent films (1994–2002), and Star Trek: Picard…
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1949
American bass player and songwriter
Ross Lamont Valory is an American musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Journey. He was the bassist for the band from 1973 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2020. Valory was inducted into the…
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1949
Japanese wrestler (died 2023)
Osamu Kido was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He participated in the foundation of New Japan of 1972 and the foundation of Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in…
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1950
British journalist and author
Elizabeth Mary Purves, is a British radio presenter, journalist and author.
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1950
Spanish singer and actress
Bárbara Rey is a Spanish film and television actress. She is the daughter of Andrés García Valenzuela and Salvadora García Molina.
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1950
German actress
Barbara Sukowa is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film…
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1950
Japanese wrestler
Genichiro Shimada , better known as Genichiro Tenryu is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he…
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1950
Greek basketball player and coach
Evangelos "Vangelis" Alexandris is a Greek former international basketball player and coach. With a height of 1.82 meters, he played as a point guard and was nicknamed "The Tiger " due to his dynamic playing style. He…
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1951
1951
American football player
David John Casper nicknamed "the Ghost", is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Oakland Raiders. Casper has been inducted into…
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1952
American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
John Cornyn III is an American politician and former judge who is the senior United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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1952
South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until her removal from office in 2017. A member of then Saenuri Party and the eldest daughter of the third president,…
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1952
American computer scientist and academic
Ralph C. Merkle is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is one of the inventors of public-key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker on cryonics.
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1952
American actress (died 2014)
Carol Ann Susi was an American actress whose career spanned 40 years. She debuted as the recurring character of semi-competent but likable intern Monique Marmelstein on Kolchak: The Night Stalker. More than three…
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1952
American bounty hunter[citation needed]
Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman.
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1953
Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (died 2013)
Gerald D. "Jerry" Sisk Jr. was an American gemologist who co-founded Jewelry Television (JTV) in 1993. Sisk also served as the executive vice president of Jewelry Television until his death in 2013.
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1953
American actress, model, and businesswoman
Christie Lee Brinkley is an American model. Brinkley appeared on an unprecedented three consecutive covers of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues in 1979, 1980, and 1981. She spent 25 years as the face of CoverGirl; has…
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1954
Austrian skier and actor
Johann Ernst "Hansi" Hinterseer is an Austrian schlager singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier.
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1954
1954
American baseball player
John Thomas Tudor is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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1954
Polish poet and author (died 2022)
Leszek Maria Engelking was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer.
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1955
American author
Robert "Bob" Schreck is an American comic book writer and editor. Schreck is best known for his influential role as editor and marketing director at Dark Horse Comics in the 1990s, co-founding Oni Press, and for his…
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1955
American actor
Michael Talbott is an American actor. He portrayed Detective Stanley Switek in the crime drama television series Miami Vice (1984–1989).
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1955
American actress
Kimberly Jo Zimmer is an American actress, best known for her role as Reva Shayne on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. For this portrayal, she has won four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama…
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1955
French actor (died 2024)
Jean-Michel Dupuis was a French theatre, television, and film actor. Born on 2 February 1955, he died on 14 September 2024, at the age of 69.
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1955
Turkish cult leader
Adnan Oktar, also known as Adnan Hoca or Harun Yahya, is a Turkish Muslim Quranist televangelist, Islamic creationist, author, and religious leader. His organization is commonly referred to as a cult, and he has been…
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1956
Algerian-French singer-songwriter
Phil Barney is a French singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful with his 1987 song "Un Enfant de toi".
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1957
Canadian playwright
Michel Marc Bouchard, is a Canadian playwright. He has received the Prix Journal de Montreal, Prix du Cercle des critiques de l'Outaouais, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, the Floyd S. Chalmers…
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1958
American football player
Dexter Keith Manley is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Washington Redskins. He also played for the Phoenix Cardinals and…
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1959
Namibian politician (died 2013)
Abraham Iyambo was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Minister of Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and Minister of Education from 2010 until his death.…
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1961
American actress and academic
Lauren Lane is an American film, television, stage actress, and professor. She is best known for her role as C.C. Babcock on The Nanny (1993–1999).
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1961
French author, director, and screenwriter
Philippe Claudel is a French writer and film director.
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1962
English darts player (died 2021)
Andrew Fordham was an English professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. Nicknamed the Viking, he won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship and the 1999 World Masters.
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1962
English businessman
Luke Oliver Johnson is a British entrepreneur. He is a former chairman of the PizzaExpress chain, the Royal Society of Arts and Channel 4.
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1962
American baseball player
Paul Nelson Kilgus is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals.
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1962
Australian actress
Katherine Raison is an Australian actress, best known for her roles on television and film, predominantly her numerous roles in soap operas.
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1962
American actor
Michael Terry Weiss is an American actor known for his role as Jarod in the television series The Pretender and for his role in Days of Our Lives.
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1962
Russian ice hockey player
Ilya Vladimirovich Byakin is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow, Avangard Omsk, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. He was…
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1963
American singer and guitarist (died 1996)
Eva Marie Cassidy was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992 she released her first album, The Other Side, a…
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1963
Swedish ice hockey player
Kjell Håkan Dahlin is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL in the mid-1980s.
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1963
Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
Andrej Kiska is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in…
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1963
Belgian martial artist
Philip Laats is a Belgian judoka who competed at the international and world level.
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1963
English actor
Stephen Vincent McGann is an English actor, best known for portraying Dr Patrick Turner in the BBC One medical period drama series Call the Midwife. He is one of a family of acting brothers, the others being Joe, Paul,…
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1963
Norwegian pianist
Vigleik Storaas is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, and the younger brother of composer and bassist Gaute Storaas. He is known from a series of album releases and collaborations with jazz musicians such as Norma…
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1963
English footballer
Carl Airey is an English former professional footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward during the 1980s.
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1965
Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Naoki Sano is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career…
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1965
Russian tennis player and coach
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.
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1966
American bass player, songwriter, and producer
Robert Emile DeLeo is an American musician, best known as the bassist for rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He is part of Delta Deep and he has also played in Talk Show and Army of Anyone. He is the younger brother of…
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1966
American actor and comedian
Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian known for playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the FX series Rescue Me. He was a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear and played NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli…
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1966
Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Michael Eugene Misick is a Turks and Caicos Islander politician who was the 7th Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 15 August 2003 to 9 August 2006 and was the 1st Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands…
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1966
Latvian ice hockey player and coach
Artūrs Irbe is a Latvian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. Born during the Soviet era, Irbe played for various Soviet league teams and the Soviet Union national team before moving to North America in…
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1967
Congolese general
Laurent Nkunda Mihigo is a Congolese former military officer and warlord who operated in the North Kivu Province during the Kivu conflict.
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1967
American sportscaster
Kenneth Gary Albert is an American sportscaster, the son of NBA sportscaster Marv Albert and nephew of sportscasters Al Albert and Steve Albert. He is the only sportscaster who currently does play-by-play for all four…
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1968
American basketball player and sportscaster
Sean Michael Elliott is an American former professional basketball player who starred as a small forward in both the college and professional ranks. He attended the University of Arizona, where he had a standout career…
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1968
American baseball player and coach
Scott Gavin Erickson is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Yankees over 15 seasons. He…
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1968
Israeli singer-songwriter
Sharon Cohen, professionally known as Dana International, is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums. She was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in…
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1969
Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
Valery Georgiyevich Karpin is a Russian football manager and former player who manages the Russian national team. As a player, he was a midfielder and spent most of his career at Spartak Moscow, Real Sociedad and Celta…
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1969
Norwegian footballer
Roar Strand is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, mostly for Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norway national team. He is the player with the fourth-highest number of…
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1970
Dutch footballer and manager
Erik ten Hag is a Dutch professional football manager, executive, and former player. He is set to work as technical director of Eredivisie club Twente at the start of the 2026–27 Eredivisie season.
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1970
American actress and singer
Jennifer Westfeldt is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and starring in the 2002 indie film Kissing Jessica Stein, for which she received an…
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1970
English singer-songwriter and actress
Michelle Patricia Gayle is a British singer, songwriter, actress and writer. Gayle had success as a soul and R&B singer in the 1990s, having achieved seven top-40 singles in the UK Singles Chart. These include…
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1971
Spanish actress
Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her role as the villainous vampire Mercury in the 1998 superhero film Blade.
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1971
South African footballer and sportscaster (died 2014)
Isaac Ramaitsane "Shakes" Kungwane was a South African football midfielder who played for Kaizer Chiefs, Jomo Cosmos, Pretoria City and Manning Rangers. During his spell at Kaizer Chiefs he wore the number 11 jersey…
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1971
American rapper and producer
Dana Stinson, more commonly known as Rockwilder, is an American hip hop producer and songwriter best known for his work with Redman, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, and Janet Jackson. He has appeared on every…
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1971
South Korean actress
Hwang Seok-jeong is a South Korean actress. She has mostly played supporting roles in films and television series, notably Secret Love (2013), Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014) and She Was Pretty (2015).
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1971
Australian rugby league player and coach
Jason Taylor is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback in the 1990s and 2000s.
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1971
1972
Venezuelan baseball player
Melvin Mora Diaz is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball infielder. He played for the New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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1972
Russian footballer
Aleksey Sergeyevich Naumov is a Russian former professional footballer, who played as defender. He played in Soviet First League, Russian Top Division and in Estonian Meistriliiga.
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1972
Estonian tennis player and coach
Andrei Luzgin is a tennis coach and former Estonian tennis player. He achieved his career high ATP singles ranking in 1996 at No. 1212. The same year he also achieved his career high doubles ranking at No. 844.
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1973
1973
American actress and singer
Marissa Jaret Winokur, sometimes credited as Marissa Winokur, is an American actress and singer known for her Tony-winning performance as Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway musical Hairspray, an adaptation of John Waters's…
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1973
Canadian ice hockey player
Todd Bertuzzi is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Known as a power forward, he has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, Anaheim…
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1975
American football player
Donald Jerome Driver is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Alcorn State University,…
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1975
Greek footballer
Ieroklis Stoltidis is a Greek retired international professional association football player, who played as midfielder, and is the current assistant coach of Super League Greece 2 club Iraklis.
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1975
Northern Irish motorcycle racer
Ryan Alan Robert Farquhar is a former professional motorcycle racer who primarily competed in road racing. Farquhar won the Geoff Duke Trophy as Champion of the Dukes Road Racing Rankings a record seven times. He won…
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1976
1976
1976
1977
Czech footballer
Libor Sionko is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he…
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1977
New Zealand writer
Adam Christopher McGechan, who writes under the name Adam Christopher, is a New York Times Bestselling novelist known for his genre fiction. Born in New Zealand, he moved to North West England in 2006, where he lives…
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1978
Scottish footballer and manager
Barry Ferguson is a Scottish football coach, former player and pundit who was most recently manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
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1978
Dutch basketball player
Daniel Gadzuric is a Dutch-Serbian former professional basketball player. A center, Gadzuric attended preparatory school at The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, before playing college basketball for the…
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1978
1978
American actor
Richard Sommer is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC drama series Mad Men (2007–2015) for which he earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards along with the ensemble cast. He is also…
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1978
English footballer
Faye Deborah White, is an English former footballer who captained Arsenal Women in the FA Women's Super League and is the longest-serving female captain of England to date. Her Lionesses career spanned 15 years and five…
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1978
1979
Greek hurdler and sprinter
Fani Chalkia, also transliterated as Halkia or Khalkia, is a retired Greek hurdler. She won an Olympic gold medal in the women's 400 m hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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1979
Irish television host
Christine Louise Lampard is a Northern Irish television and radio presenter. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011), while with…
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1979
Indian actress
Shamita Shetty is an Indian actress and interior designer. The younger sister of actress Shilpa Shetty, she made her acting debut with the romantic drama Mohabbatein (2000), which earned her the IIFA Award for Star…
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1979
Greek shot putter
Iríni Terzóglou is a Greek shot putter. Her personal best put is 19.10 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Trikala. This is the current Greek record.
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1979
Canadian wrestler
Edward Ellsworth Annis is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW Tag Team Champions with Steven…
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1980
Chinese actress
Zhang Jingchu is a Chinese actress. She first gained recognition for the film Peacock (2005), which won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang is also known for her roles in…
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1980
Spanish footballer
Oleguer Presas Renom, known simply as Oleguer, is a Spanish former professional footballer. Primarily a centre-back, he could also play as a defensive right-back.
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1980
American basketball player and activist
Lance Collin Allred is an American former professional basketball player, who was the first deaf player to play an NBA game. Allred is legally deaf, with 75%–80% hearing loss due to Rh complications at birth. He is also…
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1981
Turkish singer-songwriter
Emre Aydın is a Turkish rock singer-songwriter. The singer won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 in the "Europe's Favourite Act" category. He is also the former lead singer for the Turkish rock band 6. Cadde.
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1981
English model and singer
Michelle Bass is an English reality television star, columnist, model and media personality. She is best known for her appearance on the fifth series of Big Brother UK.
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1981
Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (died 2001)
Salem Muhammed al-Hazmi was a Saudi terrorist hijacker who was one of the five hijackers who assisted in the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77 as part of the September 11 attacks. The aircraft was deliberately…
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1981
Spanish footballer
Sergio Castaño Ortega is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently assistant manager of CD Eldense.
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1982
American basketball player
Kelly Anne Mazzante is an American retired professional women's basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA. After her collegiate career, she was the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball…
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1982
South Korean singer, model, and host
Kan Mi-youn is a South Korean singer, actress, radio host, fashion designer, and businesswoman. Kan joined the South Korean girl group Baby V.O.X. in October 1997, which went on to become one of the most popular girl…
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1982
Venezuelan baseball player
Ronny Alexander Salazar Cedeño, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Houston…
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1983
Swedish heptathlete and jumper
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon, pentathlon, long jump and triple jump. She was an Olympic Champion, having won the heptathlon title in 2004. She was…
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo is a Canadian former professional hockey player, who played for the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Chicago Blackhawks. Of Inuit, Ukrainian and English descent, he…
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1983
American baseball player
Jason Matthew Vargas is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets and…
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1983
Estonian footballer
Vladimir Voskoboinikov is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a centre forward.
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1983
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alex Westaway is an English musician. He is the lead vocalist of Gunship and co-vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Fightstar alongside Charlie Simpson, Omar Abidi and Dan Haigh.
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1983
American wrestler
Brian Christopher Joseph Button, better known by the ring name Brian Cage, is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Don Callis Family…
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1984
Taiwanese baseball player
Chin-Lung Hu is a retired Taiwanese professional baseball shortstop. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for…
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1984
1984
1984
American basketball player
Morris Almond is an American former professional basketball player. Almond is the founder of Almond Athletics. His last professional appearance would be for the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League…
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1985
Afghan sprinter
Masoud Azizi is an Afghan athlete. His personal best time in the 100m sprint is 11.11 seconds, achieved in April 2005 in Mecca. In 2013 Azizi failed a doping test at the 2013 World Championships, and was suspended for…
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1985
Japanese actor
Renn Kiriyama is a Japanese stage and television actor from Yokohama. His debut role was as Bunta Marui in The Prince of Tennis musical Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service. Kiriyama is also known for his…
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1985
Estonian basketball player
Kristo Saage is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for Tere Kadrina Karud of the Saku I Liiga. He is a 1.85-metre-tall point guard. He also represented the Estonian national basketball team…
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1985
Portuguese footballer
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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1985
English actress and singer
Gemma Christina Arterton is an English actress. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature-film debut in the comedy St Trinian's (2007). She…
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1986
1986
Australian rugby player
Anthony Fainga'a is an Australian former professional rugby union footballer. His usual position is centre.
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1987
Australian rugby player
Saia Fainga'a is a retired Australian professional rugby union footballer.
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1987
1987
Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011
Athena Mae Duarte Imperial-Rodriguez is a Filipino news field reporter, communication researcher and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the eleventh edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant…
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1987
1987
Spanish footballer
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered to be one of the greatest defenders of his generation and is one of the most decorated players with 37…
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1987
American football player
Javon Eugene Ringer is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans,…
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1987
English footballer
Jill Louise Scott is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. The FIFA technical report into the 2011 Women's World Cup described Scott as one of England's four outstanding players; "[an]…
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1987
American actor and producer
Martin Brian Spanjers is an American actor. He played Rory Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules from 2002 to 2005, for which he won a Young Artist Award in 2004, and as Justin in Good Luck Charlie (2010–2014).
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1987
1988
American actress
Zosia Mamet is an American actress. She is known for her breakout role as Shoshanna Shapiro in the HBO series Girls.
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1988
American baseball player
Bradley Joseph Peacock is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, and Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and…
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1988
American football player
Harrison Smith is an American professional football safety. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft with the 29th…
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1989
1989
English footballer
Nathan Abayomi Delfouneso is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker.
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1991
Belgian footballer (died 2015)
Gregory Mertens was a Belgian professional football player. His usual position was central defender. He began his senior career with Cercle Brugge and was under contract with Lokeren before he suffered a fatal cardiac…
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1991
1991
1992
Estonian footballer
Joonas Tamm is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga II club Sepsi OSK and the Estonia national team.
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1992
English footballer
Bobby Armani De Cordova-Reid is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for EFL Championship club Leicester City. Born in England, he represents Jamaica at international level.
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1993
English footballer
Ravel Ryan Morrison is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE Second Division League club Arabian Falcons.
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1993
Italian volleyball player
Caterina Chiara Bosetti is an Italian professional volleyball player who plays for Savino del Bene Scandicci and the Italian national team. She is an Olympic gold medallist.
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1994
English footballer
Paul Andrew Digby is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Dundee. He has previously played for Barnsley, Ipswich Town, Mansfield Town, Forest Green Rovers, Stevenage…
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1995
Polish footballer
Aleksander Jagiełło is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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1995
Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012)
Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa
(Urdu: ارفع عبد الکریم رندھاوا, Punjabi: ارفع عبد الکریم رندھاوا; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified…
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1995
Canadian ice hockey player
Curtis Lazar is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the 2013 NHL entry…
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1995
1995
American ice hockey player
Christian Dvorak is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 58th overall, by the Arizona Coyotes…
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1996
Irish actor
Paul Colm Michael Mescal is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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1996
English footballer
Harry Billy Winks is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Leicester City and the England national team.
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1996
English actress
Eleanor Elizabeth Bamber is an English actress. She won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 2017 performance in The Lady from the Sea at the Donmar Warehouse. On television, she is known for her roles in the…
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1997
Japanese singer and model
Shiho Katō is a Japanese actress, model, and singer. She is an exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam and starred as Ayaka Usagida in Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! (2024−2025).
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1998
American football player
Jeffrey Chidera Okudah is an American professional football cornerback. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2019 before being selected by the Detroit Lions…
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1999
Japanese baseball player
Munetaka Murakami is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.…
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2000
2001
French rhythmic gymnast
Eleonore Caburet is a French rhythmic gymnast, member of the French national group.
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2004
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