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Savard was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks and became the forefront of the team during the 1980s
Famous Birthdays on February 4
159 people
1447 – 2003
February 4 has seen 159 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1447 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1961 — Denis Savard
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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Savard won one Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1993
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He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1997, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000
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In 2017, Savard was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history
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Savard also played with the Tampa Bay Lightning for two seasons before returning to the Chicago Blackhawks in 1994, and then retiring there in 1997
Italian poet (died 1500)
Ludovico Lazzarelli was an Italian poet, philosopher, courtier, hermeticist and (likely) magician and diviner of the early Renaissance.
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1447
Duke of Milan (died 1535)
Francesco II Sforza was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He became the Duke of Milan after Emperor Charles V reconquered it from the French. He fought at the Battle of Bicocca against the French, but in 1526…
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1495
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (died 1568)
Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568. As a Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in the Langue de Provence, he…
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1495
Polish poet and author (died 1580)
Mikołaj Rej or Mikołaj Rey of Nagłowice was a Polish poet and prose writer of the emerging Renaissance in Poland as it succeeded the Middle Ages, as well as a politician and musician. He was the first Polish author to…
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1505
French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality (died 1629)
Pierre de Bérulle was a French Catholic priest, cardinal and statesman in 17th-century France. He was the founder of the French school of spirituality and counted among his disciples Vincent de Paul and Francis de…
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1575
German poet and politician (died 1699)
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz was a statesman and poet from the second Silesian school. He lived in Bohemia.
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1646
German violinist and composer (died 1731)
Johann Ludwig Bach was a German composer and violinist.
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1677
French author and playwright (died 1763)
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.
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1688
1725
Swedish poet and composer (died 1795)
Carl Michael Bellman was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet, and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well as in…
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1740
Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (died 1841)
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus,…
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1778
Portuguese journalist and author (died 1854)
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of theater in…
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1799
Slovenian noblewoman (died 1871)
Antonija Höffern was a Slovenian noblewoman and educator who is credited as being the first Slovenian woman to immigrate to the United States, doing so in 1837. After spending two years working as a missionary with the…
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1803
San Francisco eccentric and visionary (died 1880)
Joshua Abraham Norton was a resident of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 declared himself "Emperor of these United States" in a proclamation that he signed "Norton I., Emperor of the United States". Commonly known…
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1818
American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1895)
Oliver Ames was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and Republican politician who served as the 35th governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890.
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1831
French poet, author, and playwright (died 1921)
Jean François Victor Aicard was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
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1848
French poet, author, and playwright (died 1926)
Jean Richepin was a French poet, novelist and dramatist.
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1849
French novelist (died 1942)
Édouard Estaunié was a French novelist. Estaunié trained as a scientist and engineer, working at the Post and Telegraph service and training further in Holland, before turning to the novel in 1891. In 1904, he devised…
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1862
1865
Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons (died 1927)
Constance Georgine Markievicz, also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish revolutionary nationalist politician, suffragist and socialist who was the first woman elected to the Parliament of…
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1868
American labor organizer (died 1928)
William Dudley Haywood, nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American labor organizer and founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of…
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1869
German lawyer and politician, first President of Germany (died 1925)
Friedrich Ebert was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in 1925.
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1871
Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903)
Georgi Nikolov Delchev, known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev, was a prominent Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary (komitadji) and one of the most important leaders of what is commonly known as the Internal Macedonian…
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1872
Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (died 1905)
Joseph-Étienne Desmarteau was a Canadian athlete, winner of the weight throwing event at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
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1873
German physicist and engineer (died 1953)
Ludwig Prandtl was a German fluid dynamicist, physicist and aerospace scientist. He was a pioneer in the development of rigorous systematic mathematical analyses which he used for underlying the science of aerodynamics,…
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1875
American football player and coach (died 1953)
Edward Bulwer Cochems was an American football player and coach. He played football for the University of Wisconsin from 1898 to 1901 and was the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as…
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1877
Georgian scientist
Barbare "Varia" Kipiani was the first Georgian trained as a psychophysiologist and is recognized as a pioneering woman scholar of Georgia. Born into a noble family, Kipiani and her sisters were raised by her father…
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1879
Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (died 1939)
Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz was a Mexican general and politician in the Mexican Revolution from state of Coahuila. He is most notable for his election as provisional president of Mexico during the Aguascalientes Convention…
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1881
French painter and sculptor (died 1955)
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified…
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1881
Soviet politician and Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence (died 1969)
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, popularly known as Klim Voroshilov, was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era (1924–1953). He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union,…
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1881
German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy (died 1961)
Reinhold Rudenberg was a German-American electrical engineer and inventor, credited with many innovations in the electric power and related fields. Aside from improvements in electric power equipment, especially large…
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1883
Indian lawyer and politician, second Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 1978)
Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker and then Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the Indian Parliament. He also served as the 5th Governor of Bihar.
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1891
Canadian poet and academic (died 1964)
Edwin John Dove Pratt, who published as E. J. Pratt, was a Canadian poet. Originally from Newfoundland, Pratt lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario. A three-time winner of the country's Governor General's Award for…
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1892
Australian paleoanthropologist (died 1988)
Raymond Arthur Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his involvement in the 1924 discovery of the first fossil found of Australopithecus africanus, an extinct hominin closely related to…
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1893
English actor (died 1953)
William Nigel Ernle Bruce was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring…
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1895
1896
German physicist and academic (died 1997)
Friedrich Hermann Hund was a German physicist from Karlsruhe known for his work on atoms and molecules. He is known for the Hund's rules to predict the electron configuration of chemical elements. His work on Hund's…
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1896
German soldier and politician, second Chancellor of West Germany (died 1977)
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard was a German politician and economist who served as the second chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he is known for leading the…
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1897
American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home (died 1949)
Virginia Margaret Alexander was an American physician, public health researcher, and the founder of the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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1899
French poet and screenwriter (died 1977)
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and…
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1900
American pilot and explorer (died 1974)
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over…
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1902
Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 2003)
Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross,, known from 1945 to 1959 as Sir Hartley Shawcross, was an English barrister and Labour politician who served as the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes…
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1902
Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (died 2014)
Alexander Imich was a Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer who was the president of the Anomalous Phenomena Research Center in New York City. He was born in 1903 in Częstochowa, Poland to a…
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1903
American author and screenwriter (died 1977)
MacKinlay Kantor, born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for…
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1904
Chinese politician, Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (died 1968)
Deng Yingchao was a prominent Chinese revolutionary, politician, and women's rights advocate who played a significant role in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for over six decades. She served as Chairwoman of the…
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1904
English comedian, actress and music hall performer (died 1986)
Hylda Baker was an English comedian, actress and music hall performer. Born and brought up in Farnworth, Lancashire, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Nellie Pledge in the Granada ITV sitcom Nearest and…
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1905
German pastor and theologian (died 1945)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have…
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1906
Irish librarian (died 1994)
Letitia Dunbar-Harrison was an Irish librarian who became the subject of a controversy over her appointment. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, she is the subject of the 2009 book by Pat Walsh, The Curious Case of…
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1906
American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (died 1997)
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt. At the time, Pluto…
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1906
English poet and academic (died 1937)
Julian Heward Bell was an English poet, and the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell. The writer Quentin Bell was his younger brother and the writer and painter Angelica Garnett was his half-sister.
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1908
Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry (died 1999)
Ola Skjåk Bræk was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Industry in 1972–1973.
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1912
Austrian-American conductor (died 1993)
Erich Leinsdorf was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe, earning a reputation for exacting standards as well…
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1912
American golfer and sportscaster (died 2006)
John Byron Nelson Jr. was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.
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1912
American civil rights activist (died 2005)
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which…
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1913
German-Swiss author and publisher (died 1980)
Alfred Hellmuth Andersch was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany, and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Martin Andersch,…
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1914
American actor and screenwriter (died 1968)
William Whitney Talman Jr. was an American television and movie actor, best known for playing Los Angeles District Attorney Hamilton Burger in the television series Perry Mason.
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1915
English comedian, actor and singer-songwriter (died 2010)
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom was an English actor, comedian, musician, and singer best known for his series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966, in which he portrayed the endearingly inept character Norman…
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1915
Pakistan general and politician, third President of Pakistan (died 1980)
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was a Pakistani general who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, under martial law. His presidency oversaw a civil war in East Pakistan, resulting in Bangladesh's…
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1917
English-American actress and director (died 1995)
Ida Lupino was a British-American actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed eight, working primarily in the United States, where she became a citizen…
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1918
Italian philosopher and author (died 1991)
Luigi Pareysón was an Italian philosopher, best known for challenging the positivist and idealist aesthetics of Benedetto Croce in his 1954 monograph, Estetica. Teoria della formatività.
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1918
American actress and voice artist (died 2016)
Janet Waldo was an American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy Jetson in various Hanna-Barbera media, Nancy in Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop, Princess from Battle of the Planets, and Josie in Josie and…
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1920
American author and feminist (died 2006)
Betty Friedan was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American…
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1921
Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic (died 2017)
Lotfi Aliasger Zadeh was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, and professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Zadeh is best known…
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1921
Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (died 2011)
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi, also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition from the Indian subcontinent. He is known for the khayal form of singing,…
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1922
Canadian-American actor (died 2013)
Conrad Stafford Bain was a Canadian-American actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), as Dr. Arthur Harmon on Maude (1972–1978), and as…
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1923
American author and illustrator (died 2011)
Russell Conwell Hoban was an American writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books.
He lived in London from 1969 until his…
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1925
American journalist and historian (died 2013)
Stanley Abram Karnow was an American journalist and historian. He is best known for his writings on East Asia and the Vietnam War.
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1925
English mathematician and academic (died 2016)
Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS was a British mathematician known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory.
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1925
Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2014)
Gyula Grosics was a Hungarian football goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungary national football team and was part of the "Golden Team" of the 1950s. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he…
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1926
German-American physicist and academic (died 1999)
Rolf William Landauer was a German-American physicist who made important contributions in diverse areas of the thermodynamics of information processing, condensed matter physics, and the conductivity of disordered…
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1927
Argentinian racing driver (died 1967)
Oscar Cabalén, was an Argentine racing driver, mainly active in the Turismo Carretera series. He also took part in the Carrera Panamericana and the Mille Miglia, and was a reserve driver for the Formula One Argentine…
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1928
Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (died 2013)
Osmo Antero Wiio was a Finnish academic, journalist, author and member of the Finnish Parliament. He is best known for his somewhat facetious Wiio's laws around communication, succinctly summarized as "Communication…
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1928
American actor, director, and producer (died 2025)
Jerome Elliott Adler was an American actor, theatrical producer, and director. He was known for his films Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Public Eye, In Her Shoes, and Prime, and for his television work as Herman "Hesh"…
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1929
American musician (died 2003)
Paul Burlison was an American rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio.
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1929
American basketball player (died 1978)
Donald Neil Johnston was an American basketball player and coach. A center, Johnston played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1951 to 1959. He was a member of the Philadelphia Warriors for his entire…
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1929
Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died 2012)
Tibor Antalpéter was a Hungarian volleyball player who played for Csepel SC and the Hungarian national team. He served as Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1995.
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1930
American businessman and politician (died 2015)
Arthur E. Chase was an American businessman and politician who represented the Worcester District in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1995. He co-founded the Central Massachusetts Legislative Caucus. In 1991 he…
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1930
American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
James Loscutoff Jr. was a professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A forward, Loscutoff played on seven Celtics championship teams between 1956 and 1964.
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1930
Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st President of Argentina
Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the world, and the first woman to serve as…
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1931
American novelist (died 2024)
Robert Lowell Coover was an American novelist, short story writer, and T. B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction. He became…
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1932
Pakistani cricketer (died 1994)
Wallis Mathias was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1955 to 1962. A Catholic, he was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan. He belonged to Karachi's Goan community.
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1935
1935
American actress (died 2009)
Collin Randall Wilcox was an American film, stage and television actress. Over her career, she was also credited as Collin Wilcox-Horne or Collin Wilcox-Paxton. Wilcox may be best known for her role in To Kill a…
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1935
American comedian, actor, and author (died 2014)
David Norris Brenner was an American stand-up comedian, actor and author. The most frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and 1980s, Brenner "was a pioneer of observational comedy." His…
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1936
American actor
Gary Conway is an American actor and screenwriter. His notable credits include a co-starring role with Gene Barry in the detective series Burke's Law from 1963 to 1965. In addition, he starred in the Irwin Allen sci-fi…
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1936
Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (died 2013)
Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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1936
Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance (died 2022)
Birju Maharaj was an Indian dancer, composer, singer, and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two…
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1937
American director and screenwriter (died 2003)
David Newman was an American screenwriter. From the late 1960s through the early 1980s he frequently collaborated with Robert Benton. He was married to fellow writer Leslie Newman, with whom he had two children, until…
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1937
American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (died 2010)
Frank J. "Pat" Dodd was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975.
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1938
American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York
Stanley Nelson Lundine is an American politician from Jamestown, New York who served as the mayor of Jamestown, a United States representative, and the lieutenant governor of New York.
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1939
American director and producer (died 2017)
George Andrew Romero was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, editor and actor. Regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and in particular zombie films, he has been called an "icon" and the "father…
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1940
American actor
Conrad John Schuck Jr. is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sergeant Charles Enright in the 1970s crime drama McMillan & Wife. He also played Herman Munster in the…
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1940
Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland
Theo Russell Cooper is an Australian retired National Party politician.
He was Premier of Queensland for a period of 73 days, from 25 September 1989 to 7 December 1989. His loss at the state election of 1989 ended 32…
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1941
1941
Czech skier and coach (died 2012)
Jiří Raška was a Czech ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia. He is regarded as the most famous Czech ski jumper in the 20th century.
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1941
English musician and songwriter
John Steel is an English musician who is the long-serving drummer for the British rock band the Animals. Having served as the band's drummer at its inception in 1963, he is the only original band member playing in the…
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1941
Portuguese journalist and politician, second President of the Regional Government of Madeira
Alberto João Cardoso Gonçalves Jardim, GCC, GCIH is a Portuguese politician who was the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Portugal, from 1978 to 2015.
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1943
Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (died 1992)
Wanda Rutkiewicz was a Polish mountaineer and computer engineer. She was the first woman to reach the summit of K2 and the third woman to summit Mount Everest.
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1943
American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
Kenneth Lane Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system. He also invented the B…
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1943
American singer and actress
Florence LaRue is an American singer and actress, best known as an original member of the 5th Dimension.
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1944
American artist and ship captain (died 2005)
Alan J. Shields was an American painter, and for a time during the 1980s, had a secondary career as a commercial boat operator, including as ferryboat captain.
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1944
American admiral and politician, third Director of National Intelligence
Dennis Cutler Blair is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and a retired United States Navy admiral who was the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region. Blair was a career officer in the…
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1947
American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
James Danforth Quayle is an American retired politician and US Army National Guard veteran who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the…
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1947
American singer-songwriter
Alice Cooper is an American singer and songwriter. With a career spanning over 6 decades, Cooper is known for his raspy singing voice and theatrical stage shows that feature numerous props and illusions. He is…
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1948
Japanese sumo wrestler
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Matsusaka, Mie. He was the 57th yokozuna of the sport. After retiring he founded the Musashigawa stable and was a chairman of the Japan Sumo…
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1948
American actor
Michael Beck is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in The Warriors (1979) as Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980), and as Koda in Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983).
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1949
Bosnian general (died 2010)
Rasim Delić was the chief of staff of the Bosnian Army. He was a career officer in the Yugoslav Army but left it during the breakup of Yugoslavia and was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal…
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1949
Irish actor
Patrick Connolly Bergin is an Irish actor and singer. In 1991, he starred opposite Julia Roberts in Sleeping with the Enemy and played the title character in Robin Hood. His other roles include terrorist Kevin O'Donnell…
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1951
American actress, writer, and producer
Lisa Eichhorn is an American actress, writer and producer. She made her film debut in 1979 in the John Schlesinger film Yanks, for which she received two Golden Globe nominations. Her international career has included…
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1952
New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 36th prime minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female prime minister of New Zealand, and the first woman to lead…
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1952
American criminal and prisoner (died 2019)
Thomas Edward Silverstein was an American criminal who spent the last 42 years of his life in prison after being convicted of three separate murders, with a fourth murder conviction being overturned and Silverstein…
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1952
Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
Mikuláš Dzurinda is a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. Dzurinda is the founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and then the Slovak…
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1955
British zoologist and author
Matthew John Cobb is a British zoologist and Emeritus professor of zoology at the University of Manchester. He is known for his popular science books The Egg & Sperm Race: The Seventeenth-Century Scientists Who…
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1957
Polish journalist and author (died 2005)
Tomasz Pacyński was a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer, born in Warsaw. He was one of the creators and, from 2004, the chief editor of Fahrenheit, the first Polish Internet science fiction fanzine. He published…
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1958
German footballer and manager
Christian Schreier is a German former professional footballer and the general manager of SC Paderborn. He played as a midfielder, most notably with VfL Bochum and Bayer Leverkusen, and won one cap for West Germany, in…
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1959
American football player
Lawrence Julius Taylor, nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the New York Giants. He is widely regarded as the…
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1959
English author and activist (died 2007)
Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist. The last book she completed, Bog Child, posthumously won the 2009 Carnegie Medal from the professional librarians, recognising the year's best book for children or young…
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1960
American lyricist, composer, and playwright (died 1996)
Jonathan David Larson was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder,…
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1960
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album Killin' Time produced four straight number one singles on…
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1962
American basketball player
Vern Fleming is an American former professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the NBA from 1984 until 1996 for the Indiana Pacers and New Jersey Nets. He played college basketball for the Georgia…
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1962
1963
Swiss skier
Pirmin Zurbriggen is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine…
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1963
1964
American football player (died 1992)
Willie Jerome Brown III was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire five-year NFL career with the Eagles from…
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1965
Russian cyclist
Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the title of Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001.
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1966
Russian figure skater (died 1995)
Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was a Soviet and Russian pair skater. Together with his wife Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and a four-time World Champion.
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1967
English-American actress
Gabrielle Anwar is a British-American actress. She is known for her television roles as Sam Black in the second series of Press Gang, as Margaret Tudor in the first season of The Tudors, as Lady Tremaine in the seventh…
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1970
American attorney and lobbyist
Robert Hunter Biden is an American attorney and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden was a founding board member of BHR Partners, a…
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1970
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Robert William Corddry is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2002–2006) and for his starring role in the film Hot Tub Time Machine. He is the…
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1971
American actor, director, and writer
Michael A. Goorjian is an American actor, filmmaker, and writer. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his role as David Goodson in the television film David's Mother…
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1971
1972
Irish comedian and television host
Dara Ó Briain is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom. He is noted for performing stand-up comedy shows all over the world and for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The…
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1972
American boxer
Oscar De La Hoya is a Mexican-American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including lineal championships in…
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1973
Australian singer-songwriter and actress
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian and British singer, songwriter, and actress.
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1975
1976
American singer-songwriter
Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American singer-songwriter. DeGraw rose to fame with his song "I Don't Want to Be" from his debut album Chariot (2003); the song became the main theme song for The WB/CW drama series One Tree…
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1977
Italian racing driver
Giorgio Pantano is an Italian former professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. He also raced in Formula 3000. He retired from…
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1979
Latvian basketball player
Raimonds Vaikulis is a Latvian former professional basketball player.
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1980
American basketball player
Jason Alan Kapono is an American former professional basketball player. He was the first National Basketball Association (NBA) player to lead the league in three-point field goal percentage in two consecutive seasons,…
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1981
Belgian cyclist
Johan Vansummeren is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the Relax–Bodysol, Silence–Lotto, Garmin–Sharp and AG2R La Mondiale teams.
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1981
Latvian basketball player
Ivars Timermanis is a retired Latvian professional basketball player who played the Small forward position.
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1982
American comedian and actor
Hannibal Amir Buress is an American black comedian, actor, producer, writer, musician, and venue owner. He started performing comedy in 2002 while attending Southern Illinois University. He starred on Adult Swim's The…
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1983
Australian politician
Rebecca Peta White is an Australian politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2025 federal election, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Tasmanian seat of Lyons. She was…
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1983
American baseball player
Douglas Wildes Fister is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, and…
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1984
Chilean footballer
Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1984
German racing driver
Maximilian "Maxi" Götz is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as International Formula Master and the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won the 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, taking six victories. He also won…
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1986
Bangladeshi cricketer
Mohammad Mahmudullah, also known as Riyad, is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who captained the national team. He plays for Dhaka Division and has represented the national team in all formats. An…
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1986
Irish footballer
Darren O'Dea is an Irish professional football coach and former player. He played as a centre back for clubs in Scotland, England, Canada, Ukraine and India, and represented the Republic of Ireland internationally.
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1987
Czech tennis player
Lucie Šafářová is a Czech professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and No. 5 in singles.
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1987
American actor
Charlie Barnett is an American actor. He is known for starring as firefighter/paramedic Peter Mills on the NBC drama Chicago Fire from 2012 to 2015 and Jedi Knight Yord Fandar in the Star Wars television series The…
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1988
American gymnast and singer
Carly Rae Patterson is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast. She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics, the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics,…
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1988
American basketball player
Lavoy Allen is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected in the second round, 50th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Allen is the son of a truck driver, and did not…
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1989
Egyptian footballer
Mohamed Sherif Mohamed Ragaei Bakr is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.
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1996
American basketball player
Malik Ahmad Monk is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning…
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1998
Austrian footballer
Maximilian Wöber is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, on loan from Premier League club Leeds United, and the Austria national team.
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1998
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Mark Jacob Lenderman, also known as MJ Lenderman and Jake Lenderman, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His style has been described as indie rock and alternative country.
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1999
American actress
Kyla Kenedy is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Izzie on the television film Raising Izzie, and Mika Samuels on AMC horror series The Walking Dead. In 2016, she began playing Dylan DiMeo on the ABC…
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2003
Danish footballer
Rasmus Winther Højlund is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United, and the Denmark national team.
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2003
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Denis Savard — Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
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Birth year1961
Known forHe played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1997, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000
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