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During his career, he won 11 singles titles, including the Tennis Masters Cup in 2005 and two Masters 1000 tournaments
Famous Birthdays on January 1
269 people
766 – 2007
January 1 has seen 269 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 766 – 2007. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1982 — David Nalbandian
Argentine tennis player
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Nalbandian is the only Argentine man in history to reach the semifinals or better at all four majors and to reach the Wimbledon final
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Nalbandian was considered one of the greatest players to have never won a Grand Slam title
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3 in March 2006, during a career that spanned from 2000 to 2013
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Nalbandian was runner-up in the singles event at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships
8th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 818)
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida, also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Musa al-Kazim, in 799 CE. He is also part of…
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766
Pope Alexander VI was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503.
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1431
Italian politician (died 1492)
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenzo held the balance…
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1449
Polish king (died 1548)
Sigismund I the Old was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. He was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and…
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1467
Swiss pastor and theologian (died 1531)
Huldrych Zwingli was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he…
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1484
Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon (died 1511)
Henry, Duke of Cornwall was the first living child of King Henry VIII of England and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and though his birth was celebrated as that of the heir apparent, he died within weeks. His death…
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1511
Prince of Transylvania (died 1606)
Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary,…
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1557
Dutch theologian and academic (died 1649)
Friedrich Spanheim the Elder was a Calvinistic theology professor at the University of Leiden.
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1600
German composer and theorist (died 1692)
Christoph Bernhard was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig and in Warsaw. By the age of 20, he…
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1628
German jurist and philosopher (died 1728)
Christian Thomasius was a German jurist and philosopher. The German Enlightenment "supposedly" began with him.
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1655
1684
English author, poet, and politician (died 1787)
Soame Jenyns was an English writer and Member of Parliament. He was an early advocate of the ethical consideration of animals.
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1704
Austrian soldier (died 1749)
Baron Franz von der Trenck was an Austrian soldier whose unit is considered one of the most ruthless in modern European history. A law unto itself, the unit took property, livestock, and women as it saw fit.
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1711
Italian soprano and author (died 1800)
Giovanni Battista Mancini was an Italian soprano castrato, voice teacher, and author of books on singing.
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1714
Lithuanian pastor and poet (died 1780)
Kristijonas Donelaitis was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable Lithuanian-speaking minority. He wrote the…
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1714
American silversmith and engraver (died 1818)
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to…
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1735
American general and politician (died 1796)
Anthony Wayne was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery…
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1745
American seamstress, sewed flags for the Pennsylvania Navy during the Revolutionary War (died 1836)
Elizabeth Griscom Ross, also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with designing and making the first U.S. flag,…
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1752
Anglo-Irish author (died 1849)
Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She…
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1768
French obstetrician (died 1821)
Marie-Louise Lachapelle was a French midwife, head of obstetrics at the Hôtel-Dieu, the oldest hospital in Paris. She published textbooks about women's bodies, gynecology, and obstetrics. She argued against forceps…
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1769
French zoologist and academic (died 1860)
André Marie Constant Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His son Auguste…
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1774
English publisher (died 1847)
William Clowes was a British printer who developed the use of steam-powered printing presses in the industry. He founded the printing firm that became William Clowes Ltd. in London in 1803.
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1779
American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (died 1874)
Edward Dickinson was an American politician from Massachusetts. He is also known as the father of the poet Emily Dickinson; their family home in Amherst, the Emily Dickinson Museum, is a museum dedicated to her.
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1803
Estonian-French chess player (died 1853)
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, known for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, known as the "Immortal…
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1806
French lawyer and entomologist (died 1880)
Achille Guenée was a French lawyer and entomologist.
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1809
American politician (died 1868)
George Bliss was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for two non-consecutive terms in the 1850s and 1860s.
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1813
Chinese rebellion leader and king (died 1864)
Hong Xiuquan, born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty. He established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over…
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1814
Irish-born American general (died 1866)
William Gamble was a civil engineer and a United States Army cavalry officer. He served during the Second Seminole War, and fought for the Union during the American Civil War. He commanded one of two brigades in…
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1818
English-Italian poet and academic (died 1861)
Arthur Hugh Clough was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to Florence Nightingale. He was the brother of suffragist Anne Clough and father of Blanche Athena Clough, who both became principals…
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1819
American general (died 1878)
George Foster Shepley was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, military governor of Louisiana and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit.
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1819
Hungarian poet and activist (died 1849)
Sándor Petőfi was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the Nemzeti dal, which is…
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1823
Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (died 1902)
Robert Arthur Lawson was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architects. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography states that he did more than any other designer to shape the face of the Victorian era…
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1833
French author and playwright (died 1908)
Ludovic Halévy was a French author and playwright, known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on the libretti for Georges Bizet's Carmen and comic operas by Jacques Offenbach, including La belle Hélène (1864), La…
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1834
1839
Irish-American lawyer and politician (died 1924)
John William Goff Sr. was an American lawyer and judge from New York City.
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1848
French chemist and academic (died 1904)
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay was a French chemist who designed an apparatus to produce a spark using an induction coil and used it to generate the spectra of rare earth elements which he examined using spectroscopy, thus…
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1852
Scottish anthropologist and academic (died 1941)
Sir James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.
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1854
Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (died 1940)
Thomas Waddell, an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1887 to 1917, was briefly the premier of New South Wales during 1904, and was a member of the New South Wales…
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1854
1857
Kraków-born painter (died 1942)
Heinrich Rauchinger (Polish name Henryk, pronounced /xɛnrɨk/, 1858–1942) was a Kraków-born history painter and portrait painter.
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1858
American inventor (died 1923)
Michael Joseph Owens was an inventor of machines to automate the production of glass bottles.
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1859
Burmese king (died 1916)
Thibaw Min, also Thebaw, was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last Burmese monarch in the country's history. His reign ended when the Royal Burmese armed forces were defeated by the…
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1859
Italian cardinal (died 1935)
Michele Lega S.T.D. J.U.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Discipline of Sacraments.
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1860
French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (died 1937)
Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and its second…
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1863
American photographer and curator (died 1946)
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the…
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1864
1864
American businessman (died 1929)
Harry Coulby was an American businessman known as the "Czar of the Great Lakes" for his expertise in managing the Great Lakes shipping fleet of Pickands Mather & Company and the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. After…
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1865
English astronomer and scholar (died 1949)
Mary Acworth Evershed was a British astronomer and scholar. Her work on Dante Alighieri was written under the pen name M.A. Orr.
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1867
American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1944)
William Franklin Knox was an American politician, soldier, newspaper editor, and publisher. He was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of…
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1874
German-American pilot and engineer (died 1927)
Gustave Albin Whitehead was a German–American aviation pioneer. Between 1897 and 1915, he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims…
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1874
German sinologist and orientalist (died 1937)
Alexander Wilhelm Freiherr Staël von Holstein was a Baltic German aristocrat, Russian and Estonian orientalist, sinologist, and Sanskritologist specializing in Buddhist texts.
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1877
Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (died 1929)
Agner Krarup Erlang was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory.
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1878
English author and playwright (died 1970)
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays,…
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1879
Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (died 1952)
Vilmos Fried, known professionally as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Although he lost…
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1879
American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1959)
William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. He is best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Bureau of…
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1883
Georgian Social Democrat politician (died 1924)
Noe Khomeriki was a Georgian politician involved in the Social Democrat movement who was arrested for anti-soviet activity and shot during an uprising against the Soviet state.
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1883
Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (died 1949)
Chikuhei Nakajima , was a Japanese businessman, naval engineer, naval officer, and politician who was most notable for having founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of…
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1884
German admiral (died 1945)
Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, Canaris turned against Hitler and committed acts of both passive and…
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1887
American painter, designer, and illustrator (died 1986)
Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr. was an American painter, designer, and illustrator, best known for his realistic-looking paintings of space exploration, including future spacecraft and scenes set on moons and planets in…
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1888
Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (died 1974)
Jean Cantius Garand, also known as John C. Garand, was a Canadian-American designer of firearms who created the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was widely used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during World…
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1888
Greek general (died 1965)
Georgios Stanotas was a Greek cavalry officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general.
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1888
American actor (died 1967)
Charles Ambrose Bickford was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Song of Bernadette (1943), The Farmer's Daughter (1947) and…
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1889
American author (died 1969)
Seabury Grandin Quinn was an American government lawyer, journalist, and pulp magazine author, most famous for his stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin, published in Weird Tales.
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1889
1890
Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (died 1969)
Sampurnanand was an Indian teacher and politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1954 until 1960, and later as Governor of Rajasthan. Serving for five years and 344 days, he had the…
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1891
Indian author and activist (died 1942)
Mahadev Haribhai Desai was an Indian independence activist, scholar and writer best remembered as Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary. He has variously been described as "Gandhi's Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi's Socrates,…
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1892
Polish-American conductor (died 1958)
Artur Rodziński was a Polish and American conductor of orchestral music and opera. He began his career after World War I in Poland, where he was discovered by Leopold Stokowski, who invited him to be his assistant with…
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1892
Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (died 1948)
Manuel Acuña Roxas was the fifth president of the Philippines, serving from 1946 until his death in 1948. He served briefly as the third and last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from May 28, 1946, to…
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1892
Greek colonel (died 1940)
Mordechai Frizis was a Hellenic Army officer, who fought in World War I, distinguished himself in World War II, and was killed on 5 December 1940, fighting against the Julia Division.
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1893
American football player and coach (died 1964)
Henry John "Heinie" Miller was an American football player and coach from 1920 to 1942. He played in The National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Milwaukee Badgers.
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1893
Indian physicist and mathematician (died 1974)
Satyendra Nath Bose was an Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, in developing the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics, and the theory…
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1894
American clergyman (died 1970)
Edward Joseph Hunkeler was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island in Nebraska (1945–1951), and bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in…
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1894
American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 1972)
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).…
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1895
1899
Japanese soldier and diplomat (died 1986)
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to…
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1900
Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1990)
Xavier Cugat was an American musician and bandleader who was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music in the United States. Originally from Girona, Catalonia in Spain, he spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba,…
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1900
Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1977)
Eiulf Peter "Buster" Nupen was a cricketer who played in 17 Test matches for South Africa between 1921–22 and 1935–36. He was born in Norway, lost an eye in a childhood accident, and was shot through both knees during…
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1902
German jurist and political dissident (died 1945)
Hans von Dohnanyi was a German jurist. He used his position in the Abwehr to help Jews escape Germany, worked with German resistance against the Nazi régime, and after the failed 20 July Plot, he was accused of being…
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1902
Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (died 1982)
Fazal Elahi Chaudhry was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until his resignation in 1978, due to Zia-ul-Haq's martial law following the 1977 coup…
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1904
Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (died 1981)
Stanisław Mieczysław Mazur was a Polish mathematician and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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1905
Norwegian journalist and war correspondent (died 1961)
Lise Lindbæk was a Norwegian freelance journalist and foreign correspondent, and writer of several books. She is commonly regarded as Norway's first female war correspondent.
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1905
Filipino filmmaker and actor (died 1988)
Manuel Silos was a Filipino film-maker from the 1920s through the 1950s. He began his career by making silent movies together with his brothers. As a bodabil (vaudeville) actor and comedian, Silos used the stage and…
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1906
Japanese sprinter and long jumper (died 1931)
Kinue Hitomi was a Japanese track and field athlete. She was the world record holder in several events in the 1920s – 1930s. Hitomi was also the first Japanese and Asian woman to win an Olympic medal. She was also the…
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1907
American actor (died 1992)
Carver Dana Andrews was an American film actor who became a major star in what is now known as film noir and later in Western films. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and…
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1909
Ukrainian soldier and politician (died 1959)
Stepan Andriyovych Bandera was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B.
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1909
American-Russian journalist, author, and activist (died 1993)
Peggy Dennis was an American–Russian journalist, author, and Communist activist known for her association with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She wrote a memoir, The Autobiography of an American Communist: A Personal…
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1909
English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1971)
Basil Dearden was an English film director.
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1911
American baseball player (died 1986)
Henry Benjamin Greenberg, nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", and "the Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for…
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1911
Polish-American violinist and educator (died 2012)
Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at age 27. He performed and taught…
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1911
American poet and author (died 1960)
Audrey Wurdemann Auslander was an American poet. She was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry at the age of 24, for her collection Bright Ambush.
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1911
Russian mathematician and historian (died 1995)
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko was a Soviet mathematician and a student of Andrey Kolmogorov. He was born in Simbirsk, Russia, and died in Moscow. He is perhaps best known for his work with Kolmogorov, and his…
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1912
British spy (died 1988)
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets…
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1912
1912
British SOE agent (died 1944)
Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC, also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British agent in France in the Second World War who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of SOE was to conduct…
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1914
American actress and singer (died 2016)
Shannon Bolin was an American actress and singer. A March 10, 1941, article in The Mason City Globe-Gazette said that she was "known as 'The Lady with the Dark Blue Voice'".
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1917
Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2000)
Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC, who as a Scottish captain in the British commandos, received the Victoria Cross – the British Commonwealth's highest award for valour – for leading a bayonet charge against a German…
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1918
Dutch swimmer (died 1997)
Willemijntje den Ouden was a competitive swimmer from the Netherlands, who held the 100-meter freestyle world record for nearly 23 years, from 1933 to 1956.
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1918
American boxer and actor (died 1990)
Thomas Rocco Barbella, better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who competed in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions. He held the lineal World Middleweight title from 1947 to…
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1919
American actress (died 1948)
Carole Landis was an American actress. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. She was…
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1919
British actress, Emmerdale Farm (died 2019)
Sheila Betty Mercier was an English actress, of stage and television, best known for playing Annie Sugden in the soap opera Emmerdale for over 20 years, from the programme's first episode in 1972 until 1994, with a…
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1919
American basketball player (died 1997)
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American professional basketball player and coach.
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1919
American soldier and author (died 2010)
Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. In 1948, his…
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1919
Italian cartoonist (died 2007)
Osvaldo Cavandoli, also known by his pen name Cava, was an Italian cartoonist. His most famous work is his series of short animated cartoons, La Linea.
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1920
Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (died 1986)
Ismaʿil Raji al-Faruqi was a Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar of religion. He contributed significantly to Islamic studies, ethics, and interfaith dialogue, and is best known for pioneering the…
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1921
French sculptor and academic (died 1998)
César, also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini, was a French sculptor.
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1921
1921
American basketball player (died 1977)
John Arnold Logan was an American professional basketball player and coach born in Richmond, Indiana. A 6'2" guard who played at Indiana University, Logan played for four seasons with the now-defunct St. Louis Bombers,…
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1921
American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina (died 2019)
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing…
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1922
American actress (died 1990)
Barbara Angie Rose Baxley was an American actress and singer.
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1923
Italian actress (died 2019)
Valentina Elena Cortese Rossi di Coenzo, sometimes credited as Valentina Cortesa, was an Italian film and theatre actress. Her screen career spanned over 100 productions across over five decades, from 1941 until 1993.…
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1923
American jazz vibraphonist and composer (died 1999)
Milton Jackson, nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with hard bop and…
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1923
Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (died 1979)
Francisco Macías Nguema, often referred to as Macías Nguema or simply Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first president of Equatorial Guinea from the country's gaining of independence in 1968,…
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1924
American child actor (died 1981)
Matthew Beard Jr. was an American actor. As a child actor, he was most famous for playing Stymie in the Our Gang short comedy films of 1930–1935. The role was so well known that he adopted the name Stymie Beard, and was…
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1925
Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (died 2005)
Paul Lazaro Bomani was a Tanzanian politician and ambassador to the United States and Mexico.
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1925
Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2008)
Kazimieras "Kazys" Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for Žalgiris in Kaunas and later for Spartak…
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1926
French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2007)
Maurice Béjart was a French dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, tackling vast themes. He was awarded…
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1927
American clergyman and political activist (died 1965)
James Joseph Reeb was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C., and Boston, Massachusetts. While participating in the Selma to Montgomery…
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1927
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Vernon Lomax Smith is an American economist who is currently a professor of economics and law at Chapman University. He was formerly the McLellan/Regent's Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, a professor…
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1927
American football player and businessman (died 1998)
Ewell Doak Walker II was an American football player who was a halfback and kicker. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs, winning the Maxwell Award in 1947 and the Heisman Trophy in 1948. He then played…
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1927
American author and screenwriter (died 1984)
Ernest Ralph Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. His screenplay for The French Connection garnered him an Academy Award for…
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1928
German-American historian, author, and academic
Gerhard Ludwig Weinberg is a German-born American diplomatic and military historian noted for his studies in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. Weinberg is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of…
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1928
American journalist, author, and playwright (died 2012)
Lawrence Leo King was an American playwright, journalist, and novelist, best remembered for his 1978 Tony Award-nominated play The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which became a long-running production on Broadway and…
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1929
Japanese actor and stuntman, portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 (died 2017)
Haruo Nakajima was a Japanese actor and stuntman. A pioneer of suit acting, he is best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original Godzilla (1954) until Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972).…
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1929
1930
American director and producer (died 2026)
Frederick Wiseman was an American filmmaker, documentarian, theater director, editor, and actor. His work primarily explored American institutions. His most notable documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Hospital…
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1930
1932
American philanthropist and diplomat (died 2021)
James Catherwood Hormel was an American philanthropist, LGBT activist, diplomat, and heir to the Hormel meatpacking fortune. He served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001, and was the first…
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1933
1933
1934
Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lakhdar Brahimi is an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993. He…
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1934
Indian politician (died 2024)
Om Prakash Chautala was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), he became the chief minister of Haryana for five terms. He…
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1935
American businessman, co-founded Costco
James D. Sinegal is an American businessman, co-founder and former CEO of the Costco Wholesale Corporation, an international retail chain. He served as Costco's president and CEO from 1983 until 2011. As CEO of Costco,…
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1936
American actor
Frank Alexander Langella Jr. is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including four Tony Awards and an Actor Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy…
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1938
French actress
Michèle Mercier is a French actress. In the course of her career she has worked with leading directors like François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Mario Bava, Peter Collinson…
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1939
1939
American politician
Senfronia Paige Thompson is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has represented the 141st district in the Texas House of Representatives since 1973. She is the former dean of women legislators…
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1939
Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)
Younoussi Touré was a Malian politician. He was Prime Minister of Mali from 9 June 1992 to 12 April 1993 and was the first prime minister appointed under President Alpha Oumar Konaré. Touré was the president of the…
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1939
American civil rights movement activist (died 2002)
Prathia Laura Ann Hall Wynn was an American leader and activist in the Civil Rights Movement, a womanist theologian, and ethicist. She was the key inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
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1940
American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
Dennis Wayne Archer is an American lawyer, jurist and politician from Michigan. A Democrat, Archer served as Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American…
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1942
3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician (died 2024)
Ian Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn,, commonly known as Anthony Hamilton-Smith, was a British peer, politician and dentist.
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1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald was an American singer, songwriter, musician and film composer, who was the lead singer and co-founder of the 1960s psychedelic folk-rock group Country Joe and the Fish. He wrote some…
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1942
Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivorian politician and economist who has been President of Ivory Coast since 2010. An economist by profession, he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of…
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1942
Russian pilot and cosmonaut (died 2005)
Gennady Vasiliyevich Sarafanov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This mission was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3, but failed to do so after the docking system…
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1942
American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
Anthony Carroll Knowles is an American politician and businessman who served as the seventh governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002, he ran unsuccessfully…
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1943
American comedian, screenwriter and producer
Don Novello is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, film director and producer.
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1943
Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
Vladimir Šeks is a Croatian lawyer and politician. He has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence, and has held the posts of the Speaker of the Parliament, as well as Deputy…
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1943
Australian rugby league player
Barry Beath is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, a second-row forward for the St. George Dragons in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. He represented for New South Wales…
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1944
American professional wrestling manager
James Ray "Jimmy" Hart is an American professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician. He is signed to WWE in a Legends deal. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World…
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1944
Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2020)
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2004. He was the first and only elected prime minister from Balochistan, Pakistan.
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1944
Polish journalist and author (died 2013)
Teresa Sławomira Torańska was a Polish journalist and writer. She was perhaps best known for her award winning monograph, Oni.
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1944
1944
American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland
Victor Henderson Ashe II is an American former diplomat and politician who served as United States Ambassador to Poland. From 1987 to 2004, he was mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee. A Republican, Ashe concluded his service…
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1945
Belgian racing driver
Jacques Bernard Edmon Martin Henri "Jacky" Ickx is a Belgian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1966 to 1979. Ickx twice finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1969 and…
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1945
American basketball player
James Jones is an American former professional basketball player who was a six-time All-Star in the American Basketball Association (ABA), one of only four players to be named an ABA All-Star six times in its nine-year…
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1945
1946
American social psychologist and academic
Claude Mason Steele is a social psychologist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, where he is the I. James Quillen Endowed Dean, emeritus at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, and Lucie…
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1946
American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
Jon Stevens Corzine is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and the 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. Corzine ran…
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1947
Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Devlet Bahçeli is a Turkish politician, economist, former deputy prime minister, and current chairman of the far-right, ultranationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Bahçeli has been described as a kingmaker in…
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1948
Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (died 2012)
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev, sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1996; in 1988 he was awarded Hero of the Soviet…
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1948
1948
Ukrainian politician and diplomat
Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk is a Ukrainian politician who twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former MP who is since December 2019 Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe.
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1949
Australian rugby league player and coach
Wayne James Bennett is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL and a former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches of…
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1950
English footballer
Anthony William Currie is an English former footballer who had significant spells for Sheffield United, Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers as well as representing England.
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1950
Indian director and cinematographer (died 2025)
Shaji Neelakantan Karunakaran ISC, better known as Shaji N. Karun, was
an Indian film director and cinematographer. His debut film Piravi (1988) won the Caméra d'Or – Mention d'honneur at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.…
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1952
American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
Gary Earl Johnson is an American businessman and politician who served as the 29th governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party. He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 2011…
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1953
1954
American lawyer and politician
Robert Menendez is an American former politician and lawyer who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 2006 until his resignation in 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented New…
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1954
Irish poet and critic (died 2012)
Dennis O'Driscoll was an Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor. Regarded as one of the best European poets of his time, Eileen Battersby considered him "the lyric equivalent of William Trevor" and a better poet "by…
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1954
Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
Yannis Papathanasiou is a Greek politician, former Minister for Economy and Finance of Greece. He is a member of the Hellenic Parliament with the conservative New Democracy party since 2002.
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1954
English classicist, academic and presenter
Dame Winifred Mary Beard is an English classicist specialising in Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge. She is a…
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1955
American baseball player (died 2021)
Dewey LaMarr Hoyt Jr. was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres from 1979 to 1986. He won the 1983 American League Cy…
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1955
Russian engineer and astronaut
Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev is a former Russian engineer and cosmonaut.
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1956
Australian rugby league player
David Royce Ayliffe is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative, he played for and…
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1956
French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer who has been the president of the European Central Bank since 2019. She previously served as the 11th Managing Director of the International Monetary…
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1956
American basketball player (died 2011)
Michael Anthony Mitchell was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), over eleven seasons, from 1978 to 1990.
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1956
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Martin Edward Murphy, commonly known by the pseudonym Martin Plaza, is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and visual artist who is a founding member, vocalist and guitarist of the new wave band Mental As…
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1956
Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
Evangelos Venizelos is a Greek academic and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2011 to 2015, as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015 and Minister…
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1957
Barbadian rapper and DJ
Joseph Robert Saddler, known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is a Barbadian-American DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by elongating…
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1958
1958
Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Abdul Ahad Momand is an Afghan and former Afghan Air Force aviator who became the first, and currently only, Afghan astronaut to journey to outer space. He became one of Soyuz TM-6 crew members and spent nine days…
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1959
Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
Azali Assoumani is a Comorian politician and military officer who has served as the seventh President of the Comoros from 2002 to 2006 and again since 2016, except for a brief period in 2019. He became head of state…
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1959
Greek basketball player and coach
Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis, alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the greatest sportspeople of Greece. He…
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1959
English director and former actor
Adrian Hall is an English former actor and co-director. He is best known for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), in which he portrayed the part of Jeremy Potts. He was later Principal of the Academy of Live and…
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1959
1961
Italian-Scottish economist and academic
Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli is the President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and former Principal of the University of Glasgow.
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1962
American singer and songwriter
Milo Jay Aukerman is an American singer, songwriter, and former research molecular biologist. Aukerman is most widely known for being the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Descendents, a group widely considered to…
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1963
French racing driver
Jean-Marc André Gounon is a French racing driver. He raced in Formula One in 1993 and 1994, participating in a total of 9 Grands Prix and scoring no championship points. He is the father of fellow racing driver Jules…
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1963
American actress
Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer is an American actress. She began her career appearing in films including Vamp (1986), The Allnighter (1987) and The Horror Show (1989). Pfeiffer later starred as Cybill's daughter,…
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1964
Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
Anna Elizabeth Burke is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from October 2012 to August 2013, and was Acting Speaker from May to October 2012. A…
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1966
Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
Ivica Dačić is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and minister of internal affairs since 2024. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) since 2006. He has…
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1966
Croatian–Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia
Tihomir "Tim" Orešković is a Croatian-Canadian businessman who was Prime Minister of Croatia from January to October 2016, before a no-confidence vote filed by one of the two parties in the ruling coalition brought his…
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1966
New Zealand rugby league player
Tawera Nuieia Nikau is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative forward, he played club football at a number of different…
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1967
Croatian footballer
Davor Šuker is a Croatian football administrator and former professional player who played as a striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. As Croatia's all-time top scorer…
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1968
American actor
Morris Lamont Chestnut is an American actor. He first came to prominence for his role as Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood. He has appeared in feature films such as G.I. Jane, The Brothers, Like Mike, Ladder…
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1969
American actor (died 2018)
Verne Jay Troyer was an American actor, comedian and occasional stunt coordinator and performer. He was best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was 2 ft 8 in…
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1969
Russian footballer and coach
Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov is a Russian football coach and a former player.
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1970
American wrestler and coach
Samuel "Sammie" Henson is a World Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for the USA at the 1998 FILA Wrestling World Championships, held in Tehran, Iran. He was also a silver medallist at the 2000 Summer…
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1971
Czech-American ice hockey player and coach
Robert Holík is a Czech-American former professional ice hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Holík is the son of Jaroslav Holík, a Czechoslovak ice hockey world champion in 1972 and…
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1971
Indian politician
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia is an Indian politician who is serving as the 56th Minister of Communications and 10th Minister of Development of North Eastern Region since 2024. He was a Member of Parliament in the…
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1971
French footballer
Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien is a French author, philanthropist and former professional footballer who played as a defender. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his era, he was a quick, powerful and…
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1972
Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry
Christian Paradis is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mégantic—L'Érable from 2006 to 2015. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, he was first elected in the 2006 federal…
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1974
Australian basketball player and coach
Christopher John Anstey is an Australian former professional basketball player. His career included stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail…
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1975
American soccer player and sportscaster
Joseph Cannon is an American former professional soccer player. He spent the majority of his 16 professional seasons playing in Major League Soccer. His 86 MLS career shutouts rank him fourth in league history. He won…
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1975
Canadian ice hockey player
Rebecca "Becky" Kellar is a retired ice hockey defender. She played for the Toronto Aeros and Oakville Ice in the NWHL, the Burlington Barracudas in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, and the Canadian national team.
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1975
Dominican baseball player
Fernando Gabriel Tatís Medina Sr. is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman who currently serves as the manager for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. Over his 11-year Major League…
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1975
1976
Brazilian politician
Arilson Maroldi Chiorato is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná since 2019. He has served as leader of the opposition since 2025, having previously served in 2022.
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1978
Indian actress
Vidya Balan is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and…
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1979
Danish politician
Ibrahim Benli is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing. A member of the Red–Green Alliance, he has represented Greater Copenhagen since March 2026.
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1979
Swedish-American model
Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren is a Swedish former model and nanny. She was married to professional golfer Tiger Woods from 2004 until their divorce in 2010.
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1980
Irish-English actor
Jonas Armstrong is an Irish actor, based in the United Kingdom. He rose to prominence playing the title character on the BBC's Robin Hood (2006–2009). He has since appeared in miniseries such as Dark Angel (2016), Troy:…
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1981
Hungarian racing driver
Zsolt Baumgartner is a Hungarian former racing driver who raced for the Jordan and Minardi teams in Formula One. He remains the only Hungarian driver to have competed and to have scored a point in Formula One.
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1981
Croatian footballer
Mladen Petrić is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Grasshoppers, Basel, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Fulham, West Ham United and Panathinaikos. Born in…
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1981
American actress
Eden Sonja Jane Riegel is an American actress. She portrayed Bianca Montgomery in the daytime drama All My Children, and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium. Nominated…
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1981
Uruguayan footballer
Egidio Raúl Arévalo Ríos, nicknamed El Cacha, is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He also holds Mexican citizenship.
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1982
English footballer
Calum Ray Paul Davenport is an English former professional footballer who last played for Tavistock. During his career he has played for Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Southampton, Norwich City,…
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1983
South Korean archer
Park Sung-hyun is an archer from South Korea who competed in two Olympic Games, winning three gold medals. Park made her international archery debut in 2001, winning the women's recurve title at that year's World…
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1983
Peruvian footballer
José Paolo Guerrero González is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian Primera División club Alianza Lima and the Peru national team. Known as one of the best Peruvian and South American…
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1984
Spanish basketball player
Fernando San Emeterio Lara is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
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1984
Australian rugby league player
Michael Witt is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in Australasia's National Rugby League (NRL) competition for the Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the New Zealand…
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Jeffrey J. Carter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, and Pittsburgh…
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1985
Northern Irish footballer
Steven Davis is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made his full international debut in 2005 and made 140 appearances at senior level, scoring 13 goals, to become the most…
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1985
1985
Brazilian basketball player
Tiago Splitter Beims is a Brazilian professional basketball coach and former player who is the interim head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time All-EuroLeague…
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1985
Uruguayan tennis player
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted throughout his career for…
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1986
American basketball player
Ronald Glen Davis is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Baby", he played for the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, and St. John’s Edge.
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1986
Northern Irish actor
Colin Morgan is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin (2008–2012), Leo Elster in Humans (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast…
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1986
South Korean singer
Lee Sung-min, known mononymously as Sungmin and also LIU, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and its sub-groups Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H, and…
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1986
American director and screenwriter
Gian-Carla Coppola, known professionally as Gia Coppola, is an American film director and screenwriter. A member of the Coppola family, she is the granddaughter of director Francis Ford Coppola. She made her feature…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Gilbert Jean Marco Brulé is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
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1987
American ice dancer
Meryl Davis is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion…
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1987
Swedish ice hockey player
Patric Gösta Hörnqvist is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Florida Panthers.
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1987
Czech footballer
Marcel Gecov is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1988
American baseball player
Dallas Keuchel is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks,…
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1988
American football player
Jason Andrew Pierre-Paul is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the South Florida Bulls and was selected by the Giants in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft. With the Giants,…
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1989
1990
Tunisian football player
Ali Maâloul is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CS Sfaxien and the Tunisia national team.
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1990
American basketball player
Glen Anthony Rice Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Hapoel Safed of the Liga Leumit. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013 NBA draft, but was immediately traded on draft night to…
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1991
American football player
Darius Demetrius Slay Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Itawamba Indians before…
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1991
American football player
Xavier Filoitumua Suʻa-Filo is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He currently is the offensive line coach for the Dallas Renegades of the United…
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1991
New Zealand rugby league player
Nathaniel Peteru is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop and second-row forward for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans in the…
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1992
Irish footballer
Shane Patrick Michael Duffy is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the Republic of Ireland national team.
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1992
American basketball player
Larry Donnell Nance Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered by many as one of the best big men ever to play in the Mountain…
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1993
Malian footballer
Abdoulaye Doucouré is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Neom. Born near Paris to Malian parents, he played for France at youth level before earning two caps for Mali at senior…
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1993
Australian rugby league player
Brendan Elliot is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger.
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1994
American baseball player
LaMonte Aaron Wade Jr., nicknamed "Late Night LaMonte," is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Chicago White Sox organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota…
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1994
Iranian footballer
Sardar Azmoun is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro League club Shabab Al Ahli.
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1995
1995
Brazilian footballer
Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Palmeiras. Born in Belgium, he represents the Brazil national team.
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1996
German footballer
Mahmoud Dahoud is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
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1996
Danish footballer
Mathias Jensen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Brentford and the Denmark national team.
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1996
American singer-songwriter
Noah Berkenkamp Kahan is an American singer-songwriter who signed with Republic Records in 2017. His breakthrough single, "Hurt Somebody", achieved gold status in the United States and charted in multiple international…
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1997
Australian rugby league player
Keegan Hipgrave is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row forward for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. He since retired from rugby league after five years playing first…
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1997
Argentine footballer
Gonzalo Ariel Montiel is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as right-back for the Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Argentina national team.
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1997
Moldovan-Spanish tennis player
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1998
Colombian footballer
Edwuin Steven Cetré Angulo, is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Estudiantes de La Plata.
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1998
Zambian footballer
Enock Mwepu is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1998
Nigerian footballer
Ogochukwu Franklin Onyeka is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Coventry City, on loan from Brentford, and the Nigeria national team.
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1998
Argentine footballer
Tomás Alejandro Chancalay is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United.
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1999
Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player
Azmy Qowimuramadhoni is an Indonesian-born Azerbaijani badminton player. Playing in men's singles and men's doubles, he became an Azerbaijani naturalized citizen in 2018.
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1999
German footballer
Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Serie A club Como.
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2000
2000
Australian actress
Angourie Isabel Teresa Rice is an Australian actress. She began her career as a child actress, coming to attention for her roles in These Final Hours (2013) and The Nice Guys (2016). She played Betty Brant in the Marvel…
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2001
2001
Ivorian footballer
Simon Adingra is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco, on loan from Premier League club Sunderland, and the Ivory Coast national team.
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2002
Russian rhythmic gymnast
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2003
Senegalese footballer
Mamadou Lamine Camara is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Senegal national team.
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2004
Argentine footballer
Ian Martín Subiabre is an Argentine footballer who plays as a winger for Argentine Primera Division club River Plate and the Argentina national U20 team.
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2007
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