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Joining Faces in 1969, he also launched a solo career, releasing his debut album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, that year
Famous Birthdays on January 10
209 people
626 – 2003
January 10 has seen 209 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 626 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1945 — Rod Stewart
British singer-songwriter
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His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada
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Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide
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In 1963, he joined the Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist
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In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967
the third Shia Imam (died 680)
Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader. The second son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third…
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626
Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)
Margaret of Austria was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. She was variously the Princess of…
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1480
Louis of Nassau was a Dutch nobleman, the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau.
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1538
French priest and missionary (died 1646)
Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint…
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1607
duc de Boufflers, French general (died 1711)
Louis François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers, known in his lifetime as Chevalier Boufflers, was a prominent French soldier during the reign of Louis XIV of France. He was famed for his excellent defensive leadership…
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1644
English historian and scholar (died 1712)
Joshua Barnes, was an English scholar. His work Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies (1675) was a utopian romance.
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1654
German painter (died 1762)
Johannes (Johann) Zick was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany and active during the Baroque period. He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of the Late Baroque.
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1702
German philosopher and theologian (died 1775)
Christian August Crusius was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian.
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1715
1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1823)
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.
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1750
German composer and conductor (died 1802)
Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg was a German composer and conductor from the Classical period.
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1760
French general (died 1815)
Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
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1769
English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (died 1841)
George Birkbeck was an English physician, academic, philanthropist, pioneer in adult education and a professor of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institute. He is the founder of Birkbeck, University of London and…
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1776
German physician and explorer (died 1857)
Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein was a German medical doctor, explorer, botanist and zoologist. He explored parts of southern Africa and collected natural history specimens extensively and many new species were…
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1780
Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (died 1860)
Karl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega was an Austrian-Albanian nobleman and the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag. During his time, he was the most prominent of Austrian railway…
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1802
French engineer (died 1892)
Ferdinand Barbedienne was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder.
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1810
American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (died 1883)
Jeremiah Sullivan Black was an American statesman and lawyer. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1851–1857) and as the Court's Chief Justice (1851–1854). He also served in the Cabinet of…
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1810
English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (died 1866)
William Clark Haines, Australian colonial politician, was the first Premier of Victoria.
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1810
Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (died 1924)
Hajji Mirza Zeynalabdin Taghi oghlu Taghiyev was an Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist.
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1823
Finnish medical reformer (died 1871)
Mathilda Fredrika "Amanda" Cajander, née Nygren, was a Finnish deaconess and a pioneer within medical care in Finland.
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1827
German bishop and missionary (died 1892)
Herman Koeckemann, formally Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC.,, served as the second vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands — now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu — from 1881 to 1892.
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1828
Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1879)
Epameinondas Deligiorgis was a Greek freemason, lawyer and politician - the youngest Prime Minister of Greece, taking office at the age of 36. His parliamentary activity numbered 13 years and he served as Prime Minister…
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1829
1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli,, better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, Liberal politician, and writer. A strong advocate for individual liberty,…
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1834
Canadian cardinal (died 1925)
Louis-Nazaire Bégin was a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appointed Archbishop of Quebec by Pope Leo…
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1840
Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (died 1925)
Luigi Pigorini was an Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer.
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1842
American soldier and criminal (died 1915)
Alexander Franklin James was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla; who became an outlaw in the post-Civil War period. The older brother of outlaw Jesse James, Frank was also part of the James–Younger Gang.
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1843
American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (died 1906)
Reinhold Sadler was an American politician who was the 9th governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Silver Party.
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1848
Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (died 1919)
Robert Crosbie was a theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).
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1849
American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (died 1891)
John Wellborn Root was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated National Historic Landmarks ;…
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1850
mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(died 1942)
Jessie Charlotte Bond was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the…
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1853
Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (died 1912)
Ramón Corral Verdugo was a Mexican politician who served as the Vice President of Mexico under President Porfirio Díaz from 1904 when it was reestablished until their resignations in May 1911, due to mounting pressure…
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1854
German illustrator and photographer (died 1929)
Rudolf Heinrich Zille was a German illustrator, caricaturist, lithographer and photographer.
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1858
Spanish philosopher and academic (died 1909)
Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, widely known as Francisco Ferrer, was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His…
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1859
Canadian poet and author (died 1943)
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. He published various works on Canadian exploration and natural history,…
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1860
Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia was a Russian Grand Duke and a member of the Russian Imperial Family.
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1864
English sailor (died 1948)
Algernon Maudslay CBE was a British yachtsman and an administrator of refugee, Red Cross and relief organisations. Maudslay represented Great Britain in sailing competitions at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan,…
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1873
Irish-American baseball player (died 1935)
John Joseph O'Neill was an Irish born catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He batted and threw right-handed.
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1873
Canadian runner and hurdler (died 1958)
George Washington F. Orton was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, forty-five minutes…
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1873
German mathematician and academic (died 1941)
Issai Schur was a Russian mathematician who worked in Germany for most of his life. He studied at the University of Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1901, became lecturer in 1903 and, after a stay at the University…
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1875
American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (died 1948)
Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist. He is best known for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator, one of the first inventions designed to eliminate air…
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1877
American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)
John Frederick McLean was an All-American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach. He won a silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with a time of 15.5 seconds. He…
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1878
Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (died 1940)
Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He has been called the…
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1880
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1966)
Francis Xavier Bushman was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. He gained a large female following and was one of the biggest stars of…
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1883
Russian journalist, author, and poet (died 1945)
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian and Soviet writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction.
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1883
American poet and philosopher (died 1962)
John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet known for his work about the central Californian coast. Much of his poetry was written in narrative and epic form; however, he is also known for his shorter verse and is…
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1887
Italian actress (died 1984)
Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone…
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1890
German mathematician and academic (died 1970)
Heinrich Behmann was a German mathematician. He performed research in the field of set theory and predicate logic.
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1891
American actress (died 1978)
Ann Shoemaker was an American actress who appeared in 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976. She portrayed Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in both the stage and film versions of Sunrise at…
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1891
American historian and author (died 1986)
Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson…
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1892
Polish soldier, journalist, and author (died 1974)
Melchior Wańkowicz was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about…
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1892
Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1932)
Albert Jacka, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Jacka was the…
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1893
1894
Australian athletics coach (died 1975)
Percy Wells Cerutty was an Australian athletics coach in the 1950s and 1960s.
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1895
Malaysian watercolour painter (died 1962)
Yong Mun Sen was a Malaysian artist and one of the founders of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, then Malaya. Born Yong Yen Lang in Kuching, Sarawak, he changed his name to Yong Mun Sen in 1922.
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1896
Indian art collector (died 1990)
Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar was an Indian writer, editor, art collector and historian. He is best remembered for establishing the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.
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1896
American physicist and engineer (died 1979)
Katharine Burr Blodgett was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. She was the…
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1898
English racing driver (died 1983)
Violette Cordery was a British racing driver and long distance record breaker.
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1900
English sculptor (died 1975)
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the…
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1903
Estonian wrestler (died 1997)
Voldemar Väli was an Estonian two-time Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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1903
American actor and dancer (died 1987)
Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer who started his movie career in the silent-film era. Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is…
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1904
American engineer and inventor (died 2003)
Gordon Kidd Teal was an American engineer. He invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors. He, together with…
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1907
Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (died 1997)
Jaime Garcia Goulart was a Portuguese Catholic prelate and missionary in Portuguese Timor who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Dili from 1945 to 1967. Born on the island of Pico in the Azores, he entered the…
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1908
Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)
Paul Henreid was an Austrian-American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for several film roles during the Second World War, including Capt. Karl Marsen in Night Train to Munich (1940), Victor…
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1908
English actor (died 1981)
John Bernard Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from the age of…
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1908
French conductor and composer (died 1976)
Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon was a French conductor and composer.
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1910
Bangladeshi activist (died 2013)
Binod Bihari Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi social worker and anti-colonial revolutionary. An influential member in the Indian independence movement and veteran of the civil society of Bangladesh, he is mostly known for…
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1911
English biologist and chemist (died 2004)
Norman George Heatley OBE was an English biologist and biochemist. He was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. Heatley developed the back-extraction technique for efficiently…
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1911
American Army Air Corps officer (died 1987)
Della Hayden Raney was an American nurse in the Army Nurse Corps. Raney was the first African American nurse to report for duty in World War II and the first to be appointed chief nurse. In 1944, she became the first…
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1912
Austrian Lagerführerin at Auschwitz koncentration camp (died 1948)
Maria Mandl was an Austrian-born Holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal. From 1942 until her arrest in 1945, she served as the Schutzhaftlagerführerin at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. She also…
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1912
Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1991)
Gustáv Husák was a Slovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989.
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1913
Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (died 1981)
Mehmet Ismail Shehu was an Albanian communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known as a close confidant of Enver Hoxha and served in…
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1913
Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (died 2000)
Yu Kuo-hwa was a Taiwanese economist who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.
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1914
1915
American author (died 1988)
Beatrice Cynthia Freeman, later Beatrice Feinberg, best-known under the pen name Cynthia Freeman, was an American romance novelist. She was known for multigenerational romances centered on Jewish family life and the…
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1915
Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
Karl Sune Detlof Bergström was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, together with…
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1916
American painter (died 2015)
Eldzier Cortor was an American artist and printmaker. His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings, influenced by both traditional African art and European surrealism. He is known for his…
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1916
1916
American journalist and producer (died 2008)
Gerald Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integral in signing and/or…
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1917
English footballer and manager (died 1999)
Leslie Donald Bennett was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
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1918
Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (died 2008)
Arthur Raymond Chung was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president and head of state of a non-Asian country. A leader in Guyana's fight for independence during…
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1918
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (died 1977)
Terukuni Manzō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ogachi, Akita. He was the sport's 38th yokozuna. He was promoted to yokozuna without any top division tournament titles to his name, although he later…
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1919
American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (died 2009)
Milton Parker was a co-owner of the Carnegie Deli, located at 55th Street and Seventh Avenue next to Carnegie Hall in the New York City borough of Manhattan, serving as the behind-the-scenes preparer of towering…
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1919
American ballerina (died 2008)
Rosella Hightower was an American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation. One of the Five Moons, she achieved fame in both the United States and Europe, and later enjoyed a career as an instructor and opera director.
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1920
Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (died 2015)
Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda was an Argentine Army general who was the 36th President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971.
His presidency was marked by a protectionist economic policy amid the country's financial…
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1920
American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (died 2004)
Rodger Morris Ward was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known for winning two National Championships,…
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1921
Scottish-English footballer (died 2001)
William Beveridge Liddell was a Scottish footballer who played his entire professional career with Liverpool. He signed with the club as a teenager in 1938 and retired in 1961, having scored 228 goals in 534…
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1922
American inventor (died 2018)
Earl Elmer Bakken was an American engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.
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1924
Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 1996)
Ludmilla Chiriaeff was a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director.
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1924
American financier and businessman (died 2013)
Billie Sol Estes was an American businessman and financier best known for his involvement in a business fraud scandal that complicated his ties to friend and future U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.
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1925
Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017)
Musallam Wajih Bseiso was a Palestinian journalist and politician.
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1926
Canadian-American singer and actress (died 2003)
Gisèle MacKenzie was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and commercial spokesperson, best known for her performances on the US television program Your Hit Parade.
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1927
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1990)
John Alvin Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced…
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1927
Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2012)
Otto Anton Stich was a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1984 to 1995 and held the Swiss presidency in 1988 and 1994.
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1927
American poet and academic (died 2015)
Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions…
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1928
English historian and academic (died 2016)
Peter Mathias, was a British economic historian and the former Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford. His research focused on the history of industry, business, and technology, both in…
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1928
American businessman (died 2009)
Roy Edward Disney was an American businessman, media executive, and filmmaker. He was best known for serving as a senior executive for the Walt Disney Company and the chairman of its animation division, both of which…
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1930
English playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)
Peter Barnes was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His best known work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination.
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1931
Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician (died 2025)
Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids,, COG was a British Labour politician, who served as member of the House of Lords from 1999 to 2019.
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1931
Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (died 2015)
Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991…
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1931
American college basketball coach (died 2020)
Louis Ray Henson was an American college basketball coach. He retired as the all-time leader in victories at the University of Illinois with 423 victories and New Mexico State with 289 victories. Overall, Henson won 779…
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1932
Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022)
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994. Kravchuk's presidency was marked by Ukraine achieving independence from the Soviet…
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1934
American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
Ronald Cornett Hawkins was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned 66 years. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He found success in Ontario,…
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1935
American opera singer and educator
Sherrill Milnes is an American dramatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. His voice is a high dramatic baritone, combining good legato with an…
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1935
American historian and author (died 2002)
Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor…
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1936
American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American astronomer who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arno Penzias "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".
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1936
Azerbaijani composer (died 2012)
Elza Imameddin qizi Ibrahimova was an Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2008), and People's Artist of Dagestan.
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1938
American computer scientist and mathematician
Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of…
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1938
Canadian ice hockey player and politician
Francis William Mahovlich is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a former Liberal Senator in the Canadian Senate. He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of…
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1938
American baseball player (died 2018)
Willie Lee McCovey, nicknamed "Stretch" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San…
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1938
American writer and activist (died 2025)
David Joel Horowitz was an American conservative writer and activist. He was a founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website FrontPage Magazine; and director of…
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1939
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
Scott McKenzie was an American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single "San Francisco ".
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1939
1939
American athlete
William Anthony Toomey is an American former track and field competitor and was the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.
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1939
English geneticist and academic (died 2013)
Godfrey Matthew Hewitt was a British professor and evolutionary geneticist at the University of East Anglia who was very influential in the development of the fields of molecular ecology, phylogeography, speciation and…
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1940
Indian singer and music director
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music and is the…
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1940
Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
Sir Thomas Clarke, is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the…
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1941
Australian footballer and coach (died 2018)
Graeme Arthur Gahan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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1942
1943
American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)
Jeffrey Catherine Jones was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s. Jones created the cover art for more than 150 books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine art during…
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1944
American actor
William Sanderson is an American retired actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film Blade Runner (1982), and had regular roles on several television series, playing Larry on Newhart (1982–1990), E. B. Farnum…
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1944
Jr., American singer and actor (died 2016)
Francis Wayne Sinatra, known professionally as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American jazz and big band singer, songwriter, conductor and actor. He was the second child and only son of singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his…
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1944
New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (died 2020)
John Joseph Fahey was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1992 to 1995 and as the federal Minister for Finance from 1996 to 2001. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative…
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1945
German anatomist, invented plastination
Gunther von Hagens is a German anatomist, businessman, and lecturer. He developed the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. Von Hagens has organized numerous Body Worlds public…
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1945
American author (died 2002)
George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio.
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1947
American opera singer
James Peppler Morris is an American bass-baritone opera singer. He is known for his interpretation of the role of Wotan in Richard Wagner's operatic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Metropolitan Opera video recording…
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1947
German politician, German Minister of Finance
Peer Steinbrück is a German politician who was the Chancellor-candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 2013 federal election. Steinbrück served as the eighth Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia…
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1947
1947
Finnish musician
Henry Olavi "Remu" Aaltonen is a Finnish drummer and singer. He is the lead musician of the band Hurriganes, but has also pursued a solo singing career.
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1948
American singer-songwriter and musician
Donald Jay Fagen is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter…
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1948
French cyclist and sportscaster
Bernard Thévenet is a retired professional cyclist. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though…
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1948
Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)
Kemal Derviş was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development…
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1949
American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)
George Edward Foreman was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author. In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997, and was nicknamed "Big George". He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and…
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1949
American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)
Linda Lovelace was an American actress who became famous for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat. She later spoke out about the fact that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, had threatened and coerced…
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1949
American singer-songwriter
Patricia Mae Giraldo is an American singer and songwriter. In the US, she has two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 US Billboard top 40 singles, while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums,…
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1953
American race car driver
Robert Woodward Rahal is an American racing driver and motorsports executive. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. As co-owner of Rahal…
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1953
Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator
Baba Vaziroglu is a prosaist, poet, translator, member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 1981, laureate of Republic Komsomol award, and an Honoured Art Figure of Azerbaijan Republic since 1 August 2005.
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1954
German musician and songwriter
Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf…
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1955
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Shawna Lee "Shawn" Colvin is an American singer and songwriter. She began her career performing in several folk and rock bands throughout the 1970s and 1980s before touring with Suzanne Vega in 1988, which landed her a…
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1956
Spanish author
Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 8 June 1995. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.
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1956
American sprinter and coach
Chandra Danette Cheeseborough is a retired American sprinter. She won two gold medals and a silver at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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1959
American lawyer and politician
Christopher Van Hollen Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S.…
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1959
New Zealand screenwriter and producer
Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer.
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1959
British game designer and academic
Richard Allan Bartle is a British writer, professor and game researcher in the massively multiplayer online game industry. He co-created MUD1 in 1978, and is the author of the 2003 book Designing Virtual Worlds.
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1960
Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
Gurinder Kaur Chadha, is a Kenyan-born British film director of Indian origin, best known for the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in England. The common theme…
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1960
Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
Brian Bernard Cowen is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several…
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1960
Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Benoît Pelletier was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician in the province of Quebec.
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1960
American actor
Evan Handler is an American actor who is best known for playing Harry Goldenblatt, a divorce attorney and later husband of Charlotte York, on Sex and the City (2002–2004) and its revival series And Just Like That...…
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1961
Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is an Italian and American classical violinist and teacher.
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1961
Canadian lawyer and politician
Michael M. Fortier is a Canadian investment banker, lawyer and former politician who was Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2006 to 2008 and Minister of International Trade in 2008. A member of the…
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1962
American computer scientist and academic
Kathryn S. McKinley is an American computer scientist noted for her research on compilers, runtime systems, and computer architecture. She is also known for her leadership in broadening participation in computing.…
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1962
New Zealand-Australian footballer
Malcolm Dunford is a former successful New Zealand association football player who frequently represented his country in the 1980s and 90s. A centre back, Dunford played with a number of central defenders including…
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1963
Russian figure skater (died 2001)
Kira Valentinovna Ivanova was a Soviet Russian figure skater. She was the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1985 World silver medalist, a four-time European silver medalist, and a three-time Soviet national champion.
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1963
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bradley Kenneth Roberts is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies and the only constant member since its…
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1964
1966
1968
German businessperson
Simone Bagel-Trah is a German businesswoman who serves as chairwoman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel.
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1969
Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
Alisa Marić is a Serbian chess player and politician who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). She was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013.
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1970
Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
Mohammed Benzakour is a Moroccan-Dutch columnist, essayist, poet, writer and politician. He is the third child in a family of five. At age three, he and mother and siblings settle in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, where his…
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1972
American basketball player
Glenn Alan Robinson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Dog" and "the Chosen One", he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1994 to 2005 for the Milwaukee Bucks,…
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1973
Puerto Rican boxer
Félix Juan Trinidad García, professionally known as Tito Trinidad, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes and is…
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1973
New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician
Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created the comedy…
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1974
Italian footballer and manager
Davide Dionigi is an Italian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Serie B club Reggiana.
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1974
French footballer and coach
Steve Marlet is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the France national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at…
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1974
Belgian footballer and manager
Bob Peeters is a Belgian football executive and former player and manager. He currently serves as sporting director of Challenger Pro League club Beveren.
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1974
Indian actor
Hritik Rakesh Nagrath, known professionally as Hrithik Roshan, is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Referred as the millenial superstar, he has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for…
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1974
American football player
Jake Christopher Delhomme is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Delhomme played college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette,…
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1975
Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, also known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter, and podcaster. He is currently a presenter on Hot FM and co-hosts the political podcast Keluar Sekejap with Shahril Hamdan.…
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1976
American baseball player
Adam Thomas Kennedy is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington…
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1976
American basketball player
Aaron Jordan Bramlett is an American former professional basketball player.
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1977
American football player (died 2023)
Clark Cromwell Haggans was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams as a defensive end, and was selected…
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1977
American singer and songwriter
Brent Stephen Smith is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters of the rock band Shinedown.
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1978
American wrestler
Sarona Moana Marie Reiher Snuka-Polamalu is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE where she performs under the ring name, Tamina, but has been inactive since March 2023.
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1978
South African cricketer
Johannes Jacobus van der Wath is a South African former cricketer who played Limited Over Internationals.
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1978
1979
Austrian politician
Silvia Kumpan-Takacs is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as a member of the National Council since 2024. She has been a city councillor of Rauchenwarth since 2015.
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1979
Swedish ice hockey player
Henrik Per Tallinder is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils.
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1979
American actress
Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime…
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1980
Slovak ice hockey player
Rastislav Staňa is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted…
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1980
American real estate investor and political figure
Jared Corey Kushner is an American businessman, investor, and government official. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th president of the United States Donald Trump. Kushner has…
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1981
Australian basketball player
Belinda Snell is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played 10 seasons in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in addition to the WNBA and Europe.
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1981
French footballer
Julien Brellier is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder. His former clubs include Hearts and Norwich City.
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1982
Polish footballer
Tomasz Brzyski is a Polish footballer who played as a left back or midfielder who plays for regional league club Cisowianka Drzewce.
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1982
Moroccan footballer
Marouane Chamakh is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability". Chamakh is…
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1984
German high jumper
Ariane Friedrich is a German high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the German outdoor record holder in…
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1984
Indian actress
Kalki Koechlin is a French actress who works in films and stage. Known for her unconventional body of work, primarily in Hindi films, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and a…
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1984
Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
Robert Åke Nilsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He last played with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).
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1985
Belgian tennis player
Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA…
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1986
American football coach
Marcus Louis Freeman is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the 30th head football coach at the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at…
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1986
Brazilian swimmer
César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual…
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1987
Kenyan runner
Leonard Patrick Komon is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner and was the world record holder in the 10 kilometres.
His 10K world record in 2010 with a time of 26:44 is a 17 seconds improvement on the previous…
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1988
1989
American ice hockey player
John Carlson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in…
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1990
Canadian ice hockey player
Martin Jones is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a goaltender for 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Seattle…
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1990
Japanese sumo wrestler
Ishiura Shikanosuke is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture. Wrestling for Miyagino stable, he debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his makuuchi debut in November 2016.…
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1990
Australian rugby league player
Cody Walker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and halfback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
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1990
Australian rugby league player
Chad Townsend is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a halfback for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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1991
German ice hockey player
Tobias Rieder is a German professional ice hockey player who is a forward for EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Rieder was originally selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round, 114th…
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1993
American football player
Bishard "Budda" Baker is an American professional football safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, and was selected by the Cardinals…
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1996
Australian rugby league player
Matthew Lawrence Dufty is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSW Cup.
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1996
Australian rugby league player
Dylan Edwards is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level. He is regarded as…
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1996
Egyptian footballer
Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed commonly known as Zizo, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.
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1996
New Zealand rugby league player
Patrick Herbert is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.
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1997
Australian rugby league player
Blake Lawrie is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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1997
English footballer
Mason Tony Mount is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United.
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1999
French footballer
Youssouf Fofana is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan.
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1999
Norwegian footballer
Erik Botheim is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF and the Norway national team.
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2000
American singer-songwriter and actress
Reneé Jane Rapp is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020). She reprised the role in the 2024 musical film…
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2000
Spanish basketball player
Santiago Aldama Toledo is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 FIBA U18 European…
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2001
Italian footballer
Cesare Casadei is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Torino.
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2003
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