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He became the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India
Famous Birthdays on February 6
238 people
885 – 2002
February 6 has seen 238 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 885 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1983 — S. Sreesanth
Indian cricketer
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In 2018, he participated in the popular reality show, Bigg Boss and became the runner up
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Sreesanth was a member of the Indian team that won both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup, where in the 2007 final, he took the winning catch.
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Sreesanth was initially banned for life after spot-fixing in the 2013 IPL, however, the ban was reduced to seven years in August 2019
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In 2020 he was selected for the Kerala cricket team and resumed his career in national cricket
Emperor Daigo was the 60th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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1402
1452
Florentine poet (died 1542)
Girolamo Benivieni was a Florentine poet and a musician. His father was a notary in Florence. He suffered poor health most of his life, which prevented him from taking a more stable job. He was a leading member of the…
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1453
Italian mathematician and theorist (died 1526)
Scipione del Ferro was an Italian mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation.
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1465
Japanese samurai (died 1588)
Sassa Narimasa was a Japanese samurai lord of the Sengoku through Azuchi–Momoyama periods. He entered Oda Nobunaga's service at the age of 14 and remained in his service throughout Nobunaga's rise to power. He was a…
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1536
Italian murderer (died 1599)
Beatrice Cenci was an Italian noblewoman imprisoned and repeatedly raped by her own father. She killed him, and was tried for murder. Despite outpourings of public sympathy, Cenci was beheaded in 1599 after a murder…
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1577
Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (died 1657)
Mario Bettinus was an Italian Jesuit philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. The lunar crater Bettinus was named after him by Giovanni Riccioli in 1651.
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1582
1605
Portuguese priest and philosopher (died 1697)
António Vieira was a Portuguese Jesuit priest, diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal.
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1608
The Chongzhen Emperor, temple name Ming Sizong, personal name Zhu Youjian, courtesy name Deyue, was the 17th and last emperor of the Ming dynasty. He reigned from 1627 to 1644. "Chongzhen", the era name of his reign,…
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1611
French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (died 1694)
Antoine Arnauld was a French Catholic theologian, priest, philosopher and mathematician. He was one of the leading intellectuals of the Jansenist group of Port-Royal and had a very thorough knowledge of patristics.…
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1612
Prussian politician, 1st Minister President of Prussia (died 1712)
Johann Kasimir Kolbe, Graf von Wartenberg was the first ever Minister-President of the kingdom of Prussia, and the head of the "Cabinet of Three Counts".
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1643
German noblewoman (died 1728)
Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp was a German noblewoman who became a Margravine of Baden-Durlach by virtue of marriage. Born into the House of Holstein-Gottorp, she was a daughter of Frederick III, Duke of…
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1649
Ottoman sultan (died 1703)
Mustafa II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703.
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1664
Queen of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1714)
Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of England and Scotland, until her…
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1665
Swiss-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1726)
Nicolaus II Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician as were his father Johann Bernoulli and one of his brothers, Daniel Bernoulli. He was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family.
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1695
Maltese painter (died 1759)
Alberto Pullicino, born Philiberto Pullicino, was a Maltese painter. The son of Giuseppe Pullicino and Angela Cantone, he was born in Valletta and probably lived there for his entire life.
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1719
Scottish surgeon and zoologist (died 1805)
Patrick Russell was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India. He studied the snakes of India and is considered the "Father of Indian Ophiology". Russell's viper is named after him, as is Russell's kukri…
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1726
English-American general (died 1782)
Charles Lee was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War. He sold…
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1732
German-Austrian sculptor (died 1783)
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.
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1736
French anatomist and surgeon (died 1795)
Pierre-Joseph Desault was a French anatomist and surgeon.
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1744
German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (died 1830)
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher, ex Jesuit juris doctor, and professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
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1748
French poet and author (died 1814)
Évariste Desiré de Forges, vicomte de Parny was a French Rococo poet.
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1753
American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (died 1836)
Aaron Burr Jr. was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term. A member of the…
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1756
Belarusian-Polish poet, playwright, and politician (died 1841)
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's Constitution of 3 May 1791.
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1758
Austrian general (died 1862)
Ludwig Georg Thedel Graf von Wallmoden was an Austrian General of the Cavalry at services in various states, best known for his training of light infantry and the refinement of the Tirailleur system. As a grandson of…
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1769
Scottish general and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (died 1830)
Sir George Murray was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.
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1772
Italian author and poet (died 1827)
Ugo Foscolo, born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.
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1778
1st Baron Keane, Irish general and politician, Governor of Saint Lucia (died 1844)
Lieutenant-General John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, was an Irish soldier, whose military exploits in the First Anglo-Afghan War led to him being created Baron Keane of Ghuznee.
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1781
English botanist and geologist (died 1861)
John Stevens Henslow was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to Charles Darwin.
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1796
Prussian general and politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (died 1853)
Joseph Maria Ernst Christian Wilhelm von Radowitz was a conservative Prussian statesman and general famous for his proposal to unify Germany under Prussian leadership by means of a negotiated agreement among the…
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1797
Hungarian botanist and entomologist (died 1870)
Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald, known as Imre Frivaldszky, was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist.
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1799
French painter and lithographer (died 1857)
Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria was a French painter and lithographer known for his portraits of famous writers and artists. His younger brother was the Romantic painter Eugène Devéria, and two of his six children…
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1800
English-French physicist and cryptographer (died 1875)
Sir Charles Wheatstone was an English physicist and inventor best known for his contributions to the development of the Wheatstone bridge, originally invented by Samuel Hunter Christie, which is used to measure an…
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1802
English priest, author, and academic (died 1898)
Henry George Liddell was dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School, author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author of…
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1811
French missionary and saint (died 1856)
Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death—Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials—as a casus belli for its…
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1814
American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of State (died 1901)
William Maxwell Evarts was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and…
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1818
American railroad tycoon (died 1885)
Thomas Clark Durant was an American physician, businessman, and financier. He was vice-president of the Union Pacific Rail Road (UP) in 1869 when it met with the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah…
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1820
French architect, designed the La Santé Prison and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge (died 1914)
Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer was a French architect. He won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris, four of which have been designated monuments historiques.
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1829
American general and politician, 53rd Governor of Georgia (died 1904)
John Brown Gordon was an American politician, Confederate States Army general, attorney, slaveowner and planter. "One of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals" by the end of the Civil War, according to historian Ed…
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1832
Spanish author and academic (died 1906)
José María de Pereda y Sánchez de Porrúa was a Spanish novelist, and a Member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
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1833
American general (died 1864)
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his…
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1833
German-Swiss pathologist and academic (died 1913)
Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs was a German-Swiss microbiologist. He is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis Pasteur and…
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1834
Croatian-German soprano (died 1889)
Ema Pukšec, also known as Ilma de Murska, as well as Ilma di Murska, was a 19th-century operatic coloratura soprano with a voice with nearly three octaves compass from Croatia.
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1834
German general and author (died 1911)
Wilhelm von Scherff was a German general and military writer.
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1834
English actor and manager (died 1905)
Sir Henry Irving was an English actor-manager in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He established himself at the West End theatre the Lyceum. His long campaign to have theatre recognised as an art of equal importance…
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1838
Lithuanian-Polish rabbi and author (died 1933)
Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan was a Lithuanian rabbi, posek, and ethicist whose works are widely influential in Orthodox Jewish life. He was known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after his book with that title on lashon…
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1838
German neurologist and psychiatrist (died 1907)
Eduard Hitzig was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist of Jewish ancestry born in Berlin.
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1839
French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1923)
Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.
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1842
Japanese scholar and politician (died 1895)
Viscount Inoue Kowashi was a Japanese statesman of the Meiji period.
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1843
English poet and philologist, co-founded the Society for Psychical Research (died 1901)
Frederic William Henry Myers was a British poet, classicist, philologist, and a founder of the Society for Psychical Research. Myers' work on psychical research and his ideas about a "subliminal self" were influential…
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1843
German-American businessman and politician (died 1912)
Isidor Straus was a German-born American politician and businessman, who was a co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He served just over a year as a member of the United States House of…
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1845
American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (died 1918)
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh was an American architect, best known for his hotels and apartment buildings, and as a "master of a new building form — the skyscraper." He worked three times with Edward Clark, the wealthy…
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1847
English zoologist and psychologist (died 1936)
Conwy Lloyd Morgan, FRS was a British ethologist and psychologist. He is remembered for his theory of emergent evolution, and for the experimental approach to animal psychology now known as Morgan's Canon, a principle…
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1852
Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1918)
Vasily Ilyich Safonov, also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer.
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1852
Russian chemist and academic (died 1953)
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Zelinsky was a Russian and Soviet chemist and educator. He was a professor at Moscow University from 1893 and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929).
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1861
Scottish-German philosopher and author (died 1933)
John Henry Mackay was a Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer. Born in Scotland and raised in Germany, Mackay was the author of Die Anarchisten and Der Freiheitsucher.
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1864
German linguist and explorer (died 1945)
Karl Theodor Sapper was a German traveler, explorer, and antiquarian who is known for his research into the natural history, and cultures of Central America.
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1866
Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge (died 1940)
Robert Maillart was a Swiss civil engineer who revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamless floor slab and…
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1872
Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (died 1937)
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (IAST: Bhakti-siddhānta Sarasvatī Thakur ; Bengali: ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী; Bengali: [bʱɔktisiddʱanto ʃɔrɔʃbɔti] ;, born Bimala Prasad Datt, was a Gaudīya Vaisnava guru, Ācārya, and revivalist…
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1874
Russian general (died 1915)
Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato was a lieutenant-general in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar.
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1875
English fisherman and sailor (died 1954)
Henry George Blogg GC BEM was a lifeboatman from Cromer on the north coast of Norfolk, England, and the most decorated in Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) history.
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1876
French painter (died 1949)
Achille-Émile Othon Friesz, who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement.
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1879
Icelandic lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1937)
Magnús Guðmundsson was an Icelandic politician. He graduated in laws from the University of Copenhagen in 1907. Magnus was a member of Althingi for his constituency in North west Iceland from 1916 till the day of his…
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1879
English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 1924)
Edwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. Montagu was a "radical" Liberal and the third practising Jew to serve in the British cabinet.
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1879
German physicist and author (died 1955)
Carl Wilhelm Ramsauer was a German physicist known for the discovery of the Ramsauer–Townsend effect. He pioneered the field of electron and proton collisions with gas molecules.
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1879
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (died 1931)
Nishinoumi Kajirō II was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 25th yokozuna.
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1880
French linguist and scholar (died 1974)
Marcel Samuel Raphaël Cohen was a French linguist. He was an important scholar of Semitic languages and especially of Ethiopian languages. He studied the French language and contributed much to general linguistics.
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1884
German cardinal (died 1978)
Josef Richard Frings, was a German clergyman and Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1942 to 1969. Considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism, he was elevated…
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1887
Pakistani activist and politician (died 1988)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan and Badshah Khan, was an Indian independence activist from the North-West Frontier Province, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance movement against British…
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1890
Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales (died 1957)
James McGirr was an Australian politician. He served as premier of New South Wales from 1947 to 1952, holding office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He led the party to victory at the 1947 and 1950 New…
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1890
German general (died 1984)
Maximilian Fretter-Pico was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
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1892
American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
William Parry Murphy Sr. was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work in devising and treating…
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1892
Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan (died 1985)
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan was a Pakistani independence activist, diplomat and jurist who served as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1947 to 1954. After serving as foreign minister, he continued his…
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1893
New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic (died 1979)
Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF…
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1894
Indian spiritual master (died 1974)
Kirpal Singh was a spiritual master (satguru) in the tradition of Radha Soami.
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1894
American politician (died 1953)
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. was an American politician who served as United States senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947. A member of the La Follette family, he was often referred to by the nickname "Young Bob" to…
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1895
Cuban singer, guitarist and composer (died 1965)
María Teresa Vera was a Cuban singer, guitarist and composer. She was an outstanding example of the Cuban trova movement.
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1895
1895
American soldier and politician (died 1985)
Harry Haywood was an American political activist and a leading figure in the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA). He was principally known for his efforts "to bring the political philosophy of the Party in line…
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1898
Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (died 1968)
Ramón Gil Samaniego, known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor. He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the…
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1899
1901
American trombonist (died 1974)
George Clarence Brunies, a.k.a. Georg Brunis, was an American jazz trombonist, who was part of the dixieland revival. He was known as "The King of the Tailgate Trombone".
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1902
Czech opera singer (died 1990)
Zdenka Ziková, also known as Zdenka Zika, was a Czech soprano opera singer and music teacher.
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1902
Chilean pianist and composer (died 1991)
Claudio Arrau León was a Chilean and American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann,…
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1903
Polish politician (died 1982)
Władysław Gomułka was a Polish Communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970.
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1905
Czech actor and playwright (died 1980)
Jan Werich was a Czech actor, playwright and writer.
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1905
Canadian playwright and historian (died 1980)
Joseph Schull was a Canadian playwright and historian who wrote more than two dozen books and 200 plays for radio and television.
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1906
1908
Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1999)
Amintore Fanfani was an Italian politician and statesman who served as 32nd prime minister of Italy for five separate terms. He was one of the best-known Italian politicians after the Second World War and a historical…
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1908
American general and CIA agent (died 1987)
Edward Geary Lansdale was a United States Air Force officer until retiring in 1963 as a major general before continuing his work with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Lansdale was a pioneer in clandestine…
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1908
American actor, screenwriter, and composer (died 1981)
Michael Maltese was an American screenwriter and storyboard artist for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons with director…
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1908
Polish air force officer and spy (died 1985)
Roman Garby-Czerniawski was a Polish Air Force captain and Allied double agent during World War II who used the code name Brutus.
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1910
German author (died 1982)
Irmgard Keun was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, [yet] a significant author of the late Weimar period and die…
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1910
Tunisian-American gangster (died 1993)
Carlos Joseph Marcello was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 to 1990.
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1910
American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (died 2004)
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American…
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1911
German photographer, mistress and briefly wife of Adolf Hitler (died 1945)
Eva Anna Paula Hitler was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich in 1929 when she was an assistant and model for his personal photographer,…
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1912
English historian and author (died 2003)
John Edward Christopher Hill was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in 17th-century English history. From 1965 to 1978 he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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1912
English-Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist (died 1996)
Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape believed to be ancestral to humans. She also discovered the robust Zinjanthropus skull at…
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1913
American voice actor and singer (died 2005)
Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American actor and bass singer. He was well known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also…
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1914
Indian poet and songwriter (died 1998)
Kavi Pradeep, was an Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" written as a tribute to the soldiers who had died defending the country during the Sino-Indian War.
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1915
English mathematician and physicist (died 2006)
John Crank was a mathematical physicist, best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
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1916
Canadian lawyer and jurist (died 2008)
Louis-Philippe de Grandpré was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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1917
German author and painter (died 2007)
Lothar-Günther Buchheim was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats. He is best known for his 1973 antiwar novel…
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1918
Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (died 2013)
Takashi Yanase was a Japanese manga artist and writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist.
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1919
American historian and author (died 2014)
Carl Neumann Degler was an American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History Emeritus at Stanford University.
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1921
1921
English actor, screenwriter, and television host (died 2018)
Denis Mostyn Norden was an English comedy writer and television presenter. After an early career working in cinemas, he began scriptwriting during the Second World War. From 1948 to 1959, he co-wrote the BBC Radio…
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1922
American director, producer, and cinematographer (died 2015)
Haskell Wexler was an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and documentarian. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 1966 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and 1976 for Bound for Glory, out of five…
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1922
Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1981)
Gyula Lóránt was a Hungarian footballer and manager of Croatian descent. He played as a defender and midfielder for, among others, UTA Arad, Vasas SC, Honvéd and the Hungary national team.
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1923
English footballer and manager (died 1994)
William Ambrose Wright was an English footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, Wright also…
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1924
Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao (died 2018)
Louis Cha Leung-yung, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese and Hong Kong wuxia novelist and co-founder of Ming Pao. Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most popular Chinese…
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1924
American physicist and astronomer (died 1992)
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he…
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1927
American economist and academic (died 2017)
Allan H. Meltzer was an American economist and Allan H. Meltzer Professor of Political Economy at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business and Institute for Politics and Strategy in Pittsburgh,…
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1928
New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian, invented the tranquilliser gun (died 2008)
Colin Albert Murdoch was a New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proof medicine…
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1929
Venezuelan author and critic (died 2011)
Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta was a Venezuelan writer, essayist and literary critic, specialized in the life and work of Andrés Bello. In 1978, he won the Municipal Prize of Literature for the work Poesía contemporánea de…
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1929
Russian historian and author (died 2020)
Valentin Lavrentievich Yanin was a leading Russian historian who authored 700 books and articles. He had also edited a number of important journals and primary sources, including works on medieval Russian law,…
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1929
1930
English cricketer (died 2006)
Frederick Sewards Trueman, was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster.
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1931
Filipino cardinal (died 2017)
Ricardo Tito Jamin Vidal was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Made a cardinal in 1985, he was Archbishop of Cebu from 1982 to 2010.
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1931
Cuban soldier and anarchist (died 1959)
Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán was a Cuban revolutionary. One of the major figures of the Cuban Revolution, he was considered second only to Fidel Castro among the revolutionary leadership.
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1932
English comedian, actor, and game show host (died 1996)
Leslie Douglas Sargent Crowther was an English comedian, actor, TV presenter, and game show host.
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1933
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2009)
Kent Gemmell Douglas was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach.
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1936
Canadian admiral and politician, 19th Minister of Veterans Affairs (died 2013)
Rear-Admiral Fred J. Mifflin, was a rear admiral in the Canadian Forces and a politician.
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1938
Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2019)
Jean Beaudin was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for…
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1939
Brazilian singer (died 2014)
Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira was a Brazilian musician and singer. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians.
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1939
Czech mathematician and academic (died 2016)
Petr Hájek was a Czech scientist in the area of mathematical logic and a professor of mathematics. Born in Prague, he worked at the Institute of Computer Science at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and as a…
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1940
English comedian and actor
James Joseph Tarbuck is an English comedian, singer, actor, entertainer and game show host.
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1940
American pianist and composer (died 1992)
Stephen Joel Albert was an American composer. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning Symphony No. 1 RiverRun (1983) and his Cello Concerto (1990), written for Yo-Yo Ma. He died suddenly in a 1992 automobile…
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1941
English pop singer
Dave Berry is an English rock singer and former teen idol during the 1960s. His best-remembered hits are "Memphis, Tennessee", "The Crying Game" (1964) and his 1965 hit "Little Things", a cover version of Bobby…
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1941
American actress and director
Ghislaine Elizabeth Marie Thérèse Perreau-Saussine, known professionally as Gigi Perreau, is an American film and television actress.
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1941
Azerbaijani philosopher and academic (died 2021)
Ahmad-Jabir Ismayil oghlu Ahmadov – was a professor of "Commodity research and examination of food" in Azerbaijan State Economic University, Doctor of Philosophy in technical sciences (1973), Professor of the department…
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1942
American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
Charlie Coles was an American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach at Miami University and Central Michigan University.
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1942
American sociologist and historian (died 2021)
James William Loewen was an American sociologist, historian, and author. He was best known for his 1995 book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. A 2005 book, Sundown Towns: A…
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1942
English fashion designer (died 2012)
Thomas Steven Roberts was an English designer and fashion entrepreneur who operated independent retail outlets including pop art boutique, Mr Freedom, and the 1980s decorative arts and homewares store, Practical Styling.
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1942
American actress (died 2023)
Gayle Hunnicutt, Lady Jenkins was an American film, television and stage actress. She starred in more than 30 films.
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1943
French politician, French Minister of Housing and Urban Development
Christine Boutin is a French former politician leading the small French Christian Democratic Party. She served as a member of the French National Assembly representing Yvelines, from 1986 until 2007, when she was…
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1944
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2007)
Wilson Turbinton, professionally known as Willie Tee, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer and notable early architect of New Orleans funk and soul, who helped shape the sound of New Orleans for…
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1944
American drummer and songwriter (died 2010)
Richard Hayward was an American drummer best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little Feat. He performed with several bands and worked as a session player. Hayward also joined with friends in some small…
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1946
Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (died 2010)
Kate McGarrigle was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle.
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1946
American captain and politician
James William Turner is an American lawyer and politician who was the Democratic U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district from 1997 until 2005.
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1946
American swimmer (died 2010)
Charles Buchanan Hickcox II was an American competition swimmer who swam for the University of Indiana, a three-time Olympic champion at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and a former world record-holder in six events.
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1947
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
William Russell Staines was an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from New Hampshire who wrote and performed songs with a wide array of subjects. Called "the Woody Guthrie of my generation" by…
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1947
1949
Spanish tennis player
Manuel Orantes Corral is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won 36 career singles titles, including the 1975 US Open, defeating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached a career-high…
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1949
Irish director, producer, and screenwriter
Jim Sheridan is an Irish filmmaker. Between 1989 and 1993, Sheridan directed three critically acclaimed films set in Ireland, My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993), and later…
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1949
former American football player.
Michael Howard Anderson is an American former football player.
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1949
American cardinal
Timothy Michael Dolan is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 2009 to 2025. Dolan served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2010 to 2013.…
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1950
American rock guitarist and songwriter
Punky Meadows is an American guitarist best known as a member of the band Angel between 1975 and 1980, and for his glam rock image.
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1950
Australian cricketer, coach, and politician
Richard Ian Charlesworth AO is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He played first-class cricket for Western Australia and international field hockey for the Kookaburras, winning a silver medal at the 1976…
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1952
Swiss actor, producer, and screenwriter
Viktor Giacobbo is a Swiss writer, comedian and actor.
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1952
Argentinian footballer, manager, and coach
Ricardo Antonio La Volpe Guarchoni is an Argentine former professional footballer and manager. He is a World Cup-winning goalkeeper who played for most of his career in Argentina and Mexico.
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1952
Israeli football manager
Avraham "Avram" Grant is an Israeli professional football manager who has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup victories with different teams, and…
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1955
American basketball player and coach
John Dewitt Kuester Jr. is an American basketball coach and scout. As a player he spent three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1977 to 1980 and then coached in the college ranks before moving on…
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1955
American journalist, author, and academic
Michael Kevin Pollan is an American journalist, specializing in food, who is a professor and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. Concurrently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and…
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1955
French rugby player and coach
Bruno Stolorz is a former coach of the German national rugby union team.
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1955
American drummer
Jerome David Marotta is an American drummer who resides in Woodstock, New York. He is the younger brother of Rick Marotta, who is also a drummer and composer.
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1956
Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs
Andres Lipstok was the chairman of the Bank of Estonia from 7 June 2005 to 7 June 2012. He has been a member of the Eesti Reformierakond since 1994 and also the Vice President of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 2004…
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1957
American actress and casting director (died 2004)
Cecily April Adams was an American actress.
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1958
Welsh journalist
Jeremy Francis John Bowen is a British journalist and television presenter.
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1960
American football player and coach
Malcolm "Cam" Cameron is an American football coach who was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the LSU Tigers football program. Cameron attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana…
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1961
American race car driver
William Alexander Lester III is an American semi-retired professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Ford F-150 for David Gilliland Racing. Lester…
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1961
Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001–2002.
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1961
Greek lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece
Stavros Lambrinidis is a Greek lawyer and politician, currently serving as Ambassador of the European Union to the United Nations. He was previously Ambassador of the European Union to the United States from March 2019…
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1962
English cricketer (died 2020)
David John Capel was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club and the English cricket team. Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted that "Capel was one of those unfortunate cricketers who…
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1963
American ice hockey player and coach
Scott M. Gordon is an American professional ice hockey coach and former professional goaltender. He is currently the head coach for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League (USHL). He previously…
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1963
English journalist and critic
Quentin Richard Stephen Letts is an English journalist and theatre critic. He has written for The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and The Oldie. On 26 February 2019, it was announced that Letts would return…
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1963
French rugby player
Laurent Jean-Marie Cabannes is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a flanker.
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1964
Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Colin Reid Miller is an Australian former cricketer who played 18 Tests for Australia between 1998 and 2001. In May 2002, Miller announced his retirement from cricket.
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1964
Russian actor and director
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev is a Russian filmmaker. His debut film, The Return (2003), won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Leviathan (2014) and Loveless (2017), won him Best Screenplay and the Jury Prize…
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1964
Czech actor, director, and screenwriter
Jan Svěrák is a Czech film director and screenwriter. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák, with whom he collaborated on his most successful films. He is among the most recognized Czech filmmakers. His…
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1965
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Anita Renee Cockerham, known professionally as Anita Cochran, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She has released two albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and one for Straybranch…
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1967
Japanese singer-songwriter (died 2007)
Sachiko Kamachi , known professionally as Izumi Sakai , was a Japanese pop singer and core member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member in the group for the majority of the 16 years which it was active, Zard…
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1967
Canadian actress and activist
Michelle Thrush is a Canadian actress and First Nations activist for Indigenous peoples in Canada and the other Indigenous peoples of the Americas. She is best known for her leading role as Gail Stoney in Blackstone,…
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1967
Colombian footballer
Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a striker.
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1968
Japanese composer and producer
Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He has scored almost every installment of Konami's horror video game series Silent Hill since 1999, also producing some of the entries and composing for three…
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1968
American actor and screenwriter
David Bryan Hayter is a Canadian and American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the Metal Gear video game series. He…
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1969
Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor from Nagasaki. He debuted in 1990 with the single "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka".
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1969
English footballer and manager
Timothy Alan Sherwood is an English former football player and manager.
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1969
American baseball player
Robert Joe Wickman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams: the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, and…
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1969
Danish footballer and manager
Per Frandsen is a Danish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Odds Ballklubb in the Norwegian second tier.
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1970
American golfer
Timothy Daniel Herron is an American professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he was a four-time winner.
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1970
1971
American basketball player
Carlos Deon Rogers is an American former professional basketball player who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rogers was an All-American college player for the Tennessee State Tigers,…
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1971
Italian footballer
Stefano Bettarini is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a defender, and a television personality. He played once for the Italy national team. He was a contestant on Grande Fratello VIP, 2016 and…
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1972
American football player
David Aaron Binn is an American former professional football player who was a long snapper for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was signed…
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1972
Filipino journalist
Alexes Joseph "Aljo" Rubia Bendijo is a Filipino broadcast journalist.
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1974
American baseball player and coach
John Chad Allen is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins and Texas Rangers.
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1975
Turkish computer scientist and engineer, created Orkut
Orkut Büyükkökten is a Turkish software engineer who developed the social networking services Club Nexus, inCircle and Orkut. He is a former product manager at Google.
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1975
Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
Tomoko Kawase is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto. She is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Brilliant Green. She also has a solo career under the alter-ego…
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1975
Swiss snowboarder and educator
Tanja Frieden is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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1976
American gymnast and coach
Kimberly Lynn Zmeskal Burdette is an American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach and the 1991 World All-Around champion. A member of the silver medal-winning U.S. team from the 1991 World Championships,…
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1976
1978
1979
Antiguan cricketer
Kerry Clifford Bryan Jeremy is a cricketer. He played six One Day Internationals for West Indies from 2000 to 2001.
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1980
1980
Canadian actress, singer, and producer
Kim Poirier is a Canadian actress, singer, film producer, and television host.
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1980
American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh
Luke Robert Ravenstahl is an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 2006 until 2014. A Democrat, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history in September 2006 at the…
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1980
American golfer
Richard Kyle Barnes is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
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1981
American-English model and actor
Calum Milan Best is an American-born British television personality, entrepreneur, and former model. He is the only child of footballer George Best. He is also the chairman of the Dorking Wanderers women's team.
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1981
South Korean singer and actress
Shim Eun-jin is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of South Korean girl group Baby V.O.X.
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1981
American actress and producer
Alison Fesq Haislip is an American actress and former television personality for Attack of the Show! on the first incarnation of the G4 network and the NBC reality singing competition show The Voice.
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1981
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. His work is heavily influenced by Jonathan…
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1981
1982
1982
Spanish footballer
Dimas Delgado Morgado, known simply as Dimas, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1983
Australian race car driver
Jamie David Whincup is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently is team principal for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He has driven the No. 88 Holden ZB Commodore,…
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1983
English international footballer
Darren Ashley Bent is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker and is currently a radio presenter for talkSPORT. He played in the Premier League and Championship for nine clubs, and at senior…
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1984
Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Piret Järvis-Milder is an Estonian television host and a singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the popular rock band Vanilla Ninja.
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1984
American basketball player
Antoine Domonick Wright is an American former professional basketball player. He attended preparatory school at Lawrence Academy at Groton; in 2002, he led the Spartans to an Independent School League basketball…
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1984
1985
American basketball player
Kristopher Nathan Humphries is an American former professional basketball power forward who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA for the Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks,…
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1985
American mixed martial artist
Anthony Johnson Jr. is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division of Absolute Championship Akhmat where he is the former ACA Heavyweight Champion. A professional competitor since…
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1986
1986
Dominican-American baseball player
Pedro Manuel Álvarez Jr., nicknamed "El Toro", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter and infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore…
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1987
American baseball player
Travis Alan Wood is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, and San Diego Padres.
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1987
American actress, singer, and dancer
Bailey Noel Hanks Weidman is an American singer, actress, and dancer best known for winning MTV's Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Woods. She performed on Broadway as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The…
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1988
Northern Irish footballer
Craig George Cathcart is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1989
American basketball player
Jonny William Flynn is an American former professional basketball player. A three-year National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran, he last played for the Orlandina Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A and played…
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1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Adam Henrique is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 82nd overall at the 2008 NHL entry draft by the New Jersey Devils.…
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1990
American football player
Jermaine Levan Kearse is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies. Kearse was…
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1990
Lithuanian figure skater
Aida Rybalko-Laurecke is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is a two-time Lithuanian national vice-champion.
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1990
Austrian ice dancer
Tobias Eisenbauer is an Austrian ice dancer. With partner Kira Geil, he is the 2011 Austrian champion.
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1991
Serbian footballer
Aleksandar Katai is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national team.
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1991
Norwegian speed skater
Ida Njåtun is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 1500 and 3000 metres distances. She represents the club Asker SK.
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1991
1991
1991
Mexican footballer
Víctor Omar Mañón Barrón is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Panathinaikos Chicago.
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1992
American beauty pageant titleholder, Miss America 2011
Teresa Michelle Scanlan is an American attorney and beauty pageant titleholder from Gering, Nebraska who was named Miss Nebraska 2010, subsequently winning Miss America 2011 at age 17 and becoming the youngest Miss…
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1993
Dutch racing driver
Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Mahindra. In formula racing, De Vries competed in Formula One at…
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1995
German footballer
Leon Christoph Goretzka is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
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1995
English footballer
Samuel James McQueen is an English former professional footballer. Other than loan periods at Southend United in 2016 and Middlesbrough in 2018, he spent his career at hometown club Southampton, having joined the club's…
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1995
American basketball player
Kevon Grant Looney is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a freshman playing college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, he earned…
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1996
American baseball player
Adley Stan Rutschman is an American professional baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers. He was named the Pac-12 Conference…
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1998
English footballer
Conor John Gallagher is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.
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2000
Finnish actress
Ona Serafiina Huczkowski is a Finnish actress. Her film debut was in the 2020 youth drama film Eden, but she got her first leading role in the 2023 western comedy film The Unhanged. In addition, she has acted in Yle's…
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2002
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