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He won eight ATP Tour singles titles between 2007 and 2016
Famous Birthdays on February 28
147 people
1261 – 2005
February 28 has seen 147 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1261 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1979 — Ivo Karlović
Croatian tennis player
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He was a serve-and-volleyer and officially held the record for the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h (156 mph), before being officially surpassed by John Isner in 2016
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He was considered one of the best servers on tour, and held the record for career aces from 1991 onwards with 13,728 before the record was broken by Isner on July 1 2022
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This makes him one of only five players since 1991 to surpass 10,000 aces
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His height of 211 cm makes him the joint-tallest ranked tennis player in history
Queen of Norway (died 1283)
Margaret of Scotland was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Eric II. She is sometimes known as the Maid of Scotland to distinguish her from her daughter, Margaret, Maid of Norway, who succeeded to the throne of…
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1261
Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (died 1536)
Francis III was Dauphin of France and, after 1524, Duke of Brittany. Francis and his brother, Henry, were exchanged as hostages for their father, Francis I, who had been captured at the Battle of Pavia. They would be…
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1518
French philosopher and author (died 1592)
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne, commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre. His…
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1533
Dutch astronomer and astrologer (died 1578)
Cornelius Gemma was a Flemish physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius. He was a professor of medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven, and shared…
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1535
Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (died 1632)
Jost Bürgi, active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer. Burgi was the brother-in-law and adoptive father of Benjamin Bramer.
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1552
French cartographer (died 1726)
Guillaume Delisle, also spelled Guillaume de l'Isle, or Guillelmo Delille was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas.
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1675
French entomologist and academic (died 1757)
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperature scale.
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1683
Tsarevich of Russia, eldest son of Peter the Great (died 1718)
Alexei Petrovich Romanov, was the Tsarevich of Russia, the eldest son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.
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1690
French astronomer and academic (died 1760)
Louis Godin was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He worked in Peru, Spain, Portugal and France.
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1704
German military strategist (died 1913)
Graf Alfred von Schlieffen was a German and Prussian officer and strategist, eventually reaching the rank of field marshal. He served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906. His name is most…
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1833
French historian and academic (died 1899)
Jean-Marie-Joseph-Arthur Giry was a French historian, noted for his studies of France in the Middle Ages.
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1848
Swedish actor and director (died 1941)
Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg was a Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades.
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1858
Russian poet and playwright (died 1949)
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian poet, playwright, Classicist, and senior literary and dramatic theorist of the Russian Symbolist movement. He was also a philosopher, translator, and literary critic.
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1866
French mathematician and astronomer (died 1929)
Pierre Joseph Louis Fatou was a French mathematician and astronomer. He is known for major contributions to several branches of analysis. The Fatou lemma and the Fatou set are named after him.
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1878
Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)
Ants Piip VR III/1 was an Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician. Piip was the 1st Head of State of Estonia and the 5th Prime Minister of Estonia. Piip played a key role in internationalising the independence…
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1884
Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (died 1966)
William Zorach was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the Arts in 1927. He was at the forefront of American artists embracing cubism.
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1887
1894
American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
Philip Showalter Hench was an American physician. Hench, along with his Mayo Clinic co-worker Edward Calvin Kendall and Swiss chemist Tadeus Reichstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1950 for…
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1896
Turkish footballer (died 1969)
Zeki Rıza Sporel was a Turkish football player and a politician. He plied his trade at the striker position for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national football team. His career started in the Fenerbahçe youth teams until he…
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1898
American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Linus Carl Pauling was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Scientific American called him one of the 20 greatest…
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1901
American gangster (died 1947)
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky, Siegel was influential within the…
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1906
American cartoonist (died 1988)
Milton Arthur Paul Caniff was an American cartoonist known for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.
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1907
American actress (died 2002)
Billie Bird Sellen, better known professionally as Billie Bird, was an American character actress and comedian. She played Margie in Dear John (1988–1992).
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1908
English author and poet (died 1995)
Sir Stephen Harold Spender was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library…
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1909
American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1981)
Ketti Frings was an American writer, playwright, and screenwriter who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958.
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1915
Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Sir Peter Brian Medawar was a British biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants.…
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1915
American businessman, founded Marshalls (died 2013)
Alfred Marshall was an American businessman who founded Marshalls, a chain of department stores which specializes in overstocked, irregular and out-of-season name brand clothing sold at deeply discounted prices. He…
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1919
Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (died 2014)
Jadwiga Piłsudska-Jaraczewska was a Polish pilot who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. She was one of two daughters of Józef Piłsudski.
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1920
Indonesian military officer, Governor of North Sumatra (died 2015)
Major General Marah Halim Harahap was an Indonesian general, politician, and governor. He was the Governor of North Sumatra from 1967 until 1978. Under his leadership, North Sumatra recovered from the 30 September…
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1921
Romanian politician (died 2016)
Radu-Anton Câmpeanu was a Romanian politician who was also jurist and economist by profession, after graduating from the University of Bucharest (UB) in November 1945, specializing in constitutional right. During the…
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1922
American soldier and politician (died 2014)
Robert Aloysius Roe was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from November 4, 1969 to January 3, 1993.
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1924
Burmese-English actor (died 1982)
Harry H. Corbett OBE was an English actor. He is best remembered for playing rag-and-bone man Harold Steptoe alongside Wilfrid Brambell in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Steptoe and Son. His success on…
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1925
American actor (died 2011)
Thomas Ernest Aldredge was an American actor. Known for his works on stage and screen, his accolades include a Daytime Emmy Award as well nominations for five Tony Awards.
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1928
Welsh actor and producer (died 1976)
Sir William Stanley Baker was a Welsh actor and film producer. Known for his rugged appearance and intense, grounded screen persona, he was one of the top British male film stars of the late 1950s, and later a producer.
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1928
American football player and coach (died 2019)
John Hayden Fry was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1962 to 1972, North Texas State University—now known as the University…
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1929
Canadian-American architect and designer (died 2025)
Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa…
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1929
American-Irish poet and academic (died 2016)
John Montague was an Irish poet. Born in the United States, he was raised in Ulster in the north of Ireland. He published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He was…
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1929
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Leon N. Cooper was an American theoretical physicist and neuroscientist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on superconductivity. Cooper developed the concept of Cooper pairs and collaborated with John…
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1930
English golfer and sportscaster (died 2020)
Peter Alliss was an English professional golfer, television presenter, commentator, author and golf course designer. Following the death of Henry Longhurst in 1978, as lead golf analyst for the BBC and an analyst for…
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1931
American actor, Christian activist, and author (died 2021)
Gavin MacLeod was an American actor best known for his roles as news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and ship's captain Merrill Stubing on ABC's The Love Boat. After growing up Catholic, MacLeod…
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1931
Welsh footballer and scout (died 1996)
Bernard John Newcombe was a Welsh professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Fulham as an outside forward. He later returned to Fulham as a scout.
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1931
Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (died 2016)
Don Harvey Francks, also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer.
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1932
Austria retired alpine skier
Ernst Hinterseer is a retired alpine skier from Austria. He participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, placing sixth in the giant slalom. At the 1960 Winter Olympics he won a gold medal in the…
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1932
Estonian political scientist and politician
Rein Taagepera is an Estonian political scientist and former politician.
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1933
American swimmer
Felix Jeffrey Farrell is a Hall of Fame American former competition swimmer, and a 1960 two-time Olympic gold medalist, where he became a world record-holder in two relay events. After the Olympics, he worked as a swim…
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1937
Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Daniel Chee Tsui is an American physicist. He is currently serving as the Professor of Electrical Engineering, emeritus, at Princeton University. Tsui's areas of research include electrical properties of thin films and…
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1939
American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer
Thomas James Tune is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and a star on the Hollywood…
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1939
Italian-American racing driver
Mario Gabriele Andretti is an American former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to 1994. Andretti won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1978 with Lotus, and…
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1940
American artist, author and restaurateur (died 2024)
Alice May Brock was an American artist, author and restauranteur. A resident of Massachusetts for her entire adult life, Brock owned and operated three restaurants in the Berkshires—The Back Room, Take-Out Alice, and…
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1941
2nd Chief Justice of Palau (died 2022)
Arthur Ngirakelsong was a Palauan jurist who served as the chief justice of Palau from 1992 to 2020. Ngirakelsong was born on 28 December 1941. He obtained a masters degree from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1967. In…
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1941
American actor and television director (died 2021)
Frank Woodrow Boers Jr. was an American actor and television director. He is best known for his role as sales manager Herb Tarlek on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
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1942
English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1969)
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an English musician and one of the founders of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to play electric guitar, sing backing vocals and play a wide variety of instruments…
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1942
Italian photographer (died 2025)
Oliviero Toscani was an Italian photographer, best-known worldwide for designing controversial advertising campaigns for Italian brand Benetton from 1982 to 2000.
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1942
1942
American singer-songwriter (died 1998)
Barbara Jean Acklin was an American soul singer and songwriter, who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" (1968). As a songwriter, she is best known for…
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1943
American actress
Kelly Bishop is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series Gilmore Girls and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman, in the…
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1944
Canadian lawyer and author (died 2014)
Edward Leonard Greenspan, was one of Canada's most famous defence lawyers, and a prolific author of legal volumes. His fame was owed to numerous high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the Canadian…
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1944
German footballer and manager
Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team. Regarded as one of football's greatest goalkeepers, he was nicknamed…
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1944
English graphic designer (died 2013)
Storm Elvin Thorgerson was an English art director and music video director. He is best known for closely working with the group Pink Floyd through most of their career, and also created album or other art for 10cc, the…
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1944
American football player and actor (died 2011)
Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith was an American professional football defensive end and actor. Smith played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers.
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1945
Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 2005)
Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until 2001, when…
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1946
American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Syreeta Wright, known as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs in collaboration with her ex-husband…
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1946
1947
American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate
Steven Chu is an American physicist and former government official. He is a Nobel laureate and was the 12th U.S. secretary of energy. He is currently the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of…
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1948
American actress, singer, and author
Bernadette Peters is an American actress and singer. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. She is a…
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1948
American actress
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award.
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1948
Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (died 2006)
Zoia Ceaușescu was a Romanian mathematician, the daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena and sister of Nicu Ceaușescu and Valentin Ceaușescu. She was also known as Tovarășa Zoia.
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1949
American composer and lyricist (died 2025)
William Alan Finn was an American composer and lyricist. He was best known for his musicals, which include Falsettos, for which he won the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, A New Brain…
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1952
American basketball player (died 2015)
Luther Dean "Ticky" Burden was an American NBA and ABA basketball player.
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1953
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Paul Robin Krugman is an American economist who is the Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He was a columnist for The New York Times from 2000 to 2024. In…
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1953
American professional wrestler
Richard Henry Blood Sr., better known by his ring name Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his work with the…
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1953
American football player, coach, and sportscaster
Brian Harold Billick is an American former football coach and commentator. He was the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings from 1994 to 1998; the team broke the NFL scoring record in the 1998 season. He then…
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1954
American basketball player and coach
Adrian Delano Dantley nicknamed A.D. is an American former professional basketball player and coach who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dantley is a six-time NBA All-Star, holds two-time…
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1955
American comedian, actor, and singer (died 2022)
Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was best known for his exaggerated shrill voice, strong New York dialect, his squint, and his edgy, often controversial sense of humor. His…
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1955
Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981)
Francis Joseph Sean Hughes was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Hughes was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest…
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1956
English businessman
Sir Terence Patrick Leahy is a British businessman, previously the CEO of Tesco, the largest British retailer and the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues. In 2011, he became a senior advisor at…
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1956
1957
American actor and director
John Michael Turturro is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied roles in independent films, as well as his frequent collaborations with the Coen brothers and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime…
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1957
American singer-songwriter
Cynthia Leigh Wilson is an American musician and one of the vocalists, songwriters, and founding members of new wave rock band the B-52s. She is noted for her distinctive contralto voice and also plays percussion during…
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1957
Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (died 2012)
José Manuel Torres Félix, also known as El M1, EL 14, and/or El Ondeado, was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of
the Sinaloa Cartel.
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1958
American ice hockey player (died 2021)
Mark Thomas Pavelich was an American professional ice hockey forward who played 355 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, and San Jose Sharks between…
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1958
Scottish historian and author (died 2010)
David Robertson Ross was a Scottish author and historian. He published eight books, most of them mixing elements of Scottish history and travel literature.
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1958
Irish-British boxer
Finbar Patrick "Barry" McGuigan is an Irish boxing promoter and former professional boxer. Born in Clones, County Monaghan, McGuigan represented both Northern Ireland and Ireland as an amateur. Nicknamed The Clones…
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1961
Italian cyclist
Claudio Chiappucci is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification: second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 1992.
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1963
Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Mikko Matti Mäkelä is a Finnish former professional ice hockey left wing. Known as the "Flying Finn", he was drafted in the fourth round, 65th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1983 NHL entry draft.
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1965
Portuguese footballer
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
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1966
Jovan Vraniškovski, is a Macedonian Orthodox cleric. His current title is Metropolitan Jovan of Kruševo and Demir Hisar of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. He was formerly known as Jovan VI, Metropolitan of Skopje and…
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1966
English footballer and manager
Colin Terence Cooper is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
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1967
American musician, actor, writer, and radio host
Seth Dennis Rudetsky is an American musician, actor, writer and radio host. He currently is the host of Seth's Big Fat Broadway and Seth Speaks on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's On Broadway. The show focuses on Rudetsky's…
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1967
1969
American race car driver
Robert Franklin "Butch" Leitzinger is an American professional racing driver. He is best known as an ALMS driver with Dyson Racing, but he has also driven for a variety of other teams and race series. He won the IMSA…
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1969
American actor
Robert Lawrence Leonard, known as Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Neil Perry in the drama film Dead Poets Society (1989) and Dr. James Wilson in the medical drama series…
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1969
1970
Algerian runner
Noureddine Morceli is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. The winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Morceli won three straight gold medals at that distance at the World Championships in…
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1970
Japanese pianist and composer
Junya Nakano is a Japanese video game composer. After working for Konami in the early 1990s, he was employed by Squaresoft and then Square Enix from 1995 to 2009. He is best known for scoring Threads of Fate and…
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1971
Finnish actor and screenwriter
Ville Juhana Haapasalo is a Finnish stage and film actor who has worked in Finland and Russia. His acting career started in 1995, after he finished his studies in St. Petersburg. In 2003, he was honored with the State…
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1972
Canadian ice hockey player
Eric Bryan Lindros is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL entry draft…
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1973
French race car driver
Nicolas Minassian is a French professional racing driver of Armenian descent.
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1973
Japanese wrestler
Masato Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler, He is currently working for both promotions Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1). He is best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial-Arts…
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1973
English-Irish footballer and manager
Lee Kevin Carsley is a professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the England national under-21 football team.
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1974
German footballer and manager
Alexander Zickler is a German professional football coach and a former player who played as a striker.
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1974
Italian footballer (died 2026)
Gianluca Cherubini was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1974
American football player
Michael Dean Rucker is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…
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1975
Dutch basketball player
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson is a Dutch former professional basketball player. Elson was the seventh Dutch player to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Elson served as the captain of the Netherlands…
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1976
American actress and model
Alison Elizabeth Larter, is an American actress and former model. She portrayed fictional model Allegra Coleman in a 1996 Esquire magazine hoax and took on guest roles on several television shows in the 1990s. Her film…
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1976
American singer-songwriter
Jason Aldine Williams, known professionally as Jason Aldean, is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, a record label for which he has released eleven albums and 40 singles.…
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1977
American football player and wrestler
Lance Hoyt, better known by his ring name Lance Archer, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where is a member of The Don Callis Family. He also makes appearances for New…
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1977
Austrian skier
Benjamin Raich is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. With 14 medals won at Winter Olympics and World Championships, 36 World Cup race victories, one first place and five…
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1978
American basketball player
Jamaal Lee Tinsley is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Tinsley played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones. Following his senior year, he was…
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1978
Argentinian tennis player
Mariano Zabaleta is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. He had an unusual but effective service motion. His best shot was his forehand and his favourite surface was clay. Zabaleta's career…
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1978
French race car driver
Sébastien Olivier Bourdais is a French professional racing driver who currently races in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota in the Hypercar category. He is one of the most successful…
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1979
Dutch footballer
Pascal Bosschaart is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he won the KNVB Cup twice with Utrecht, before playing for Feyenoord, ADO Den Haag and Sydney FC. After his playing career, he transitioned…
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1980
Danish footballer
Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen is a Danish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of European clubs, winning the Danish Superliga championship…
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1980
American basketball player
Tayshaun Durell Prince is an American professional basketball executive and former player for the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) small forward graduated from Dominguez High School…
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1980
American baseball player and scout
Brian Patrick Bannister is an American director of pitching for the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball starting pitcher who played for the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals of Major League…
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1981
Portuguese politician
Isabel Rendeiro Marques Mendes Lopes is a Portuguese civil engineer, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the LIVRE party, she has represented Lisbon…
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1982
Russian-French model and actress
Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova is a Russian fashion model and United Nations goodwill ambassador.
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1982
Czech model and actress
Karolína Kurková is a Czech model known for her work as a former Victoria's Secret Angel and Vogue cover star. Mario Testino praised the "proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level", which he said…
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1984
French actor, film director and screenwriter
Ali Marhyar is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He is known for his roles in films such as 18 Years Old and Rising (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and As Above, So Below (2014). On television, he…
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1984
English cricketer
Timothy Thomas Bresnan is an English former first-class cricketer, who last played for Warwickshire. He played as a fast-medium bowler who had ability with the bat. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010…
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1985
1985
Serbian tennis player
Jelena Janković is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 18 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2008.…
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1985
1987
Italian footballer
Antonio Candreva is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder or right winger.
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1987
American basketball player
Joshua Scott McRoberts is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). McRoberts, a 6-foot-10-inch (2.08 m) power forward, played college…
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1987
Cuban baseball player
Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz is a Cuban-born American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, New York…
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1988
American football player
Carlos Dunlap is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, who won the 2009 BCS National…
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1989
American basketball player
Charles T. Jenkins is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2011 NBA draft after finishing his four-year college career with the Hofstra Pride. In addition…
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1989
Japanese sumo wrestler
Takayasu Akira is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He made his professional debut in 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in 2011, the first wrestler born in the Heisei era to do so. His highest rank has…
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1990
American football player
Ryan Allen is an American football coach and former punter who is a special teams player development and specialist coach for the Clemson Tigers. He played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is best…
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1990
German footballer
Sebastian Rudy is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. He began his senior career at VfB Stuttgart in 2008 before moving to TSG Hoffenheim in 2010, where he spent a majority of…
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1990
Latvian ice hockey player
Ronalds Ķēniņš is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Kyiv Capitals of the Latvian Hockey Higher League. He played 38 games for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL)…
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1991
American basketball player
Marquis Devante Teague is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He was one of the top-rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011.
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1993
Colombian footballer
Éder Fabián Álvarez Balanta is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for the Colombia national team. River Plate former coach Ramón Díaz has compared Álvarez Balanta's…
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1993
American basketball player
Alex Michael Caruso is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies, earning second-team…
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1994
Polish footballer
Arkadiusz Krystian Milik is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the Poland national team.
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1994
Cuban-Mexican baseball player
Randy Lia Arozarena González is a Cuban-born Mexican professional baseball left fielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay…
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1995
Czech ice hockey player
Jakub Vrána is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Vrána was selected by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 13th overall, of the 2014 NHL…
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1996
Argentinian footballer
Lucas Ariel Boyé is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Alavés.
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1996
Argentinian footballer
Axel Wilfredo Werner is an Argentine professional footballer as a goalkeeper for Aldosivi.
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1996
American football player
Christopher Paul Lindstrom is an American professional football guard for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles.
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1997
Dutch footballer
Teun Koopmeiners is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the Netherlands national team.
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1998
Slovenian basketball player
Luka Dončić is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since his rookie season, he has been selected to six NBA All-Star games and five All-NBA…
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1999
Italian footballer
Bioty Moise Kean is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italy national team.
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2000
Croatian footballer
Josip Šutalo is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he plays for the Croatia national team.
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2000
Brazilian footballer
Vitor Hugo Roque Ferreira, commonly known as Vitor Roque, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Palmeiras and the Brazil national team.
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2005
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Budapest Protest Against Soviet Rule - February 28, 1947
1947 Budapest Protest: Hungarians defy Soviet rule in Hungary's capital
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Ivo Karlović — Croatian tennis player (born 1979)
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Birth year1979
Known forHis height of 211 cm makes him the joint-tallest ranked tennis player in history
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