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Bridge began her career at 12 years old, when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC
Famous Birthdays on January 14
255 people
83 BC – 2002
January 14 has seen 255 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 83 BC – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1989 — Frankie Bridge
English singer-songwriter and dancer
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Whilst in the group, she made an appearance in S Club 7's TV show Viva S Club
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Bridge played a main role in the show and went onto release the duet single "Dreaming" along with fellow S Club 8 member Calvin Goldspink.
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Francesca Bridge is an English singer, formerly a member of S Club Juniors and a member of girl group The Saturdays
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Bridge and the rest of the group then starred in their own reality TV show S Club Juniors: The Story
Roman general and politician (died 30 BC)
Marcus Antonius, commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic…
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Valdemar I Knudsen, also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King…
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1131
queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (died 1305)
Joan I was ruling Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne from 1274 until 1305. She was also Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV. She founded the College of Navarre in Paris in 1305.
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1273
Italian composer and theorist (died 1522)
Franchinus Gaffurius was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance.
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1451
Baroness de Ros, English baroness (died 1526)
Anne St Leger was a niece of two kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III. Before she was eight years old, she had inherited a vast fortune and been disinherited of it. Married at 14, she had eleven children and is a…
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1476
German archbishop (died 1552)
Hermann of Wied was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1515 to 1546.
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1477
Queen of Portugal (died 1578)
Catherine of Austria or Catherine of Spain was a Queen of Portugal as the wife of King John III, and a regent during the minority of her grandson, King Sebastian, from 1557 until 1562.
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1507
Italian painter (died 1580)
Luca Longhi was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active in and near Ravenna, where he mainly produced religious paintings and portraits.
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1507
Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (died 1602)
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami, was an Indian writer, historian, and politician who served as the grand vizier of the Mughal Empire from his appointment in 1579, until…
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1551
Italian-English academic and jurist (died 1608)
Alberico Gentili was an Italian jurist, a tutor of Queen Elizabeth I, and a standing advocate to the Spanish Embassy in London, who served as the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford for 21 years.…
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1552
German instrument maker (died 1753)
Gottfried Silbermann was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two.
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1683
German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (died 1742)
Johann Matthias (Matyhias) Hase was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer.
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1684
1684
German organist, historian, and theorist (died 1762)
Jakob Adlung, or Adelung, was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist.
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1699
1700
Yasuhito , posthumously honored as Emperor Nakamikado , was the 114th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was enthroned as Emperor in 1709, a reign that would last until 1735 with his…
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1702
French sailor, explorer, and politician (died 1786)
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier was a French explorer and colonial administrator of the Mascarene Islands to the east of Madagascar.
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1705
American-British general (died 1801)
Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before…
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1741
American farmer, Baptist minister and politician (died 1822)
James Garrard was an American farmer, Baptist minister and politician who served as the second governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. Because of term limits imposed by the state constitution adopted in 1799, he was the…
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1749
Maria Theresa of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria and a Princess of Tuscany. She was later Queen of Saxony as the second wife and consort of King Anthony of Saxony.
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1767
American judge and politician (died 1844)
Henry Baldwin was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 6, 1830, to April 21, 1844.
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1780
Danish general (died 1865)
Christian Julius de Meza was the commander of the Danish Army during the 1864 Second Schleswig War. De Meza was responsible for the withdrawal of the Danish army from the Danevirke, an event which shocked the Danish…
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1792
American lawyer and politician (died 1852)
John Chamberlain Clark was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States representative from New York from 1827 to 1829 and from 1837 to 1843.
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1793
Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1872)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that drafted the revision of the Constitution of…
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1798
Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (died 1877)
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel was an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist, and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'KV-numbers' by which they are known.
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1800
English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (died 1855)
Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 22 June 1854 to 10 November 1855.
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1806
American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (died 1873)
Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
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1806
Finnish author and journalist (died 1898)
Zacharias Topelius was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although they were…
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1818
Romanian poet and politician (died 1872)
Dimitrie Bolintineanu was a Romanian poet, though he wrote in many other styles as well, diplomat, politician, and a participant in the revolution of 1848. He was of Aromanian origin. His poems of nationalist overtone…
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1819
Russian rabbi (died 1878)
Bezalel Ben Moses HaKohen was a rabbi and Talmudist at Vilnius, then in the Russian Empire.
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1820
Russian critic (died 1906)
Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov was a Russian critic of music and art.
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1824
Scottish-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (died 1903)
Duncan Gillies, was an Australian colonial politician who served as the 14th Premier of Victoria.
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1834
French painter and lithographer (died 1904)
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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1836
French painter (died 1895)
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
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1841
5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (died 1927)
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCSI GCMG GCIE PC, was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and…
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1845
English yachtsman, author and illustrator (died 1930)
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th…
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1849
French captain and author (died 1923)
Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
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1850
Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (died 1919)
Jules François Archibald was an Australian journalist and publisher, best known for co-founding and editing The Bulletin, Australia's most popular magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also the…
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1856
1861
Canadian botanist and geneticist (died 1941)
Carrie Matilda Derick was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first woman professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's genetics department.
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1862
Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (died 1929)
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal in 1926. He was the second president of the Ditadura Nacional.
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1863
American author and illustrator (died 1928)
Richard Felton Outcault was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip.
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1863
French polo player and politician (died 1937)
Mortimer Henri-Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze was a French politician and polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Paris and died in Compiègne. In 1900 he was part of the Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris polo team…
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1869
Australian carpenter and politician (died 1952)
Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938. He began his career in the Labor Party but later joined the National Labor Party, the…
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1870
French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the…
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1875
Dutch-American historian and journalist (died 1944)
Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
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1882
Italian-French fashion designer (died 1970)
Nina Ricci was an Italian-born French fashion designer.
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1883
English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (died 1947)
Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English…
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1886
Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972)
Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus was a Polish mathematician and educator. Steinhaus obtained his PhD under David Hilbert at Göttingen University in 1911 and later became a professor at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, where…
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1887
German pastor and theologian (died 1984)
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church…
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1892
1892
English footballer (died 1961)
George Wilson was an English footballer who played in his club career at Blackpool and Sheffield Wednesday between 1912 and 1925. He made twelve appearances for England, seven as captain.
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1892
Romanian soldier and nurse (died 1917)
Ecaterina Teodoroiu was a Romanian woman who fought on the front and died in World War I, and is regarded as a heroine of Romania.
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1894
American novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. He was a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.
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1896
German general and politician (died 1978)
Hasso Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a…
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1897
Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1985)
Carlos Peña Rómulo Sr. was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university…
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1899
American actress (died 1971)
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
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1901
Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1983)
Alfred Tarski was a Polish-American logician and mathematician. A prolific author best known for his work on model theory, metamathematics, and algebraic logic, he also contributed to abstract algebra, topology,…
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1901
English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980)
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He…
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1904
American journalist and author (died 1997)
Emily "Mickey" Hahn was an American journalist and writer. Considered an early feminist and called "a forgotten American literary treasure" by The New Yorker magazine, she was the author of over 50 books and more than…
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1904
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1939)
Charles Albert "Babe" Siebert was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and…
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1904
American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (died 1991)
Mildred Elizabeth Albert was an American fashion commentator, modeling agency director, fashion show producer, radio and television personality, and society columnist. Known as the "Mighty Atom" and Boston's "First Lady…
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1905
Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1995)
Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978.
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1905
American actor (died 1992)
Sterling Price Holloway Jr. was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, the Cheshire…
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1905
American actor (died 1964)
William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, known for his portrayals of rough, blue-collar characters. He gained significant recognition for his role in Wake Island, for which he was nominated for…
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1906
Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1985)
Georges-Émile Lapalme was a Quebec, Canada, politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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1907
American singer, violinist, and actor (died 1934)
Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo, known as Russ Columbo, was an American baritone, songwriter, violinist, and actor. He is famous for romantic ballads such as his signature tune "You Call It Madness, But I Call It…
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1908
English-American actress (died 1996)
Brenda Forbes was a British-born American actress of stage and screen.
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1909
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
Joseph Walton Losey III was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted by…
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1909
Russian-American author (died 1998)
Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov was a Soviet and Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat trilogy, the novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh, Dirk and…
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1911
American short story writer (died 2007)
Tillie Lerner Olsen was an American writer who was associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
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1912
Canadian-American soldier and actor (died 2002)
Harold John Avery Russell was an American World War II veteran and actor. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), which earned him…
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1914
Turkish diplomat (died 2003)
Selahattin Ülkümen was a Turkish diplomat who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1989, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. During World War II, he was…
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1914
American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (died 1992)
Mark Leo Goodson was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
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1915
Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013)
Giulio Andreotti was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments. He was leader of the Christian Democracy party and its conservative faction; he was the…
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1919
American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (died 2011)
Andrew Aitken Rooney was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final…
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1919
Dutch footballer and manager (died 1982)
Johannes Lambertus (Bertus) de Harder was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He scored 3 goals in 11 games for the Netherlands national team. He represented the Netherlands at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
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1920
American author and philosopher (died 2006)
Murray Bookchin was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Influenced by the works of G. W. F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Peter Kropotkin, he was a pioneer in the environmental…
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1921
American author (died 2005)
Henry Kenneth Bulmer was a British writer, primarily of science fiction.
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1921
American basketball player (died 2016)
Kenneth Lloyd Sailors was an American professional basketball player and played in the 1940s and early 1950s. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) point guard, he is regarded as being one of the players who developed the jump shot as…
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1921
Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player (died 1996)
Henry Arcado Biasatti was an Italian-Canadian National Basketball Association (NBA) player and a Major League Baseball first baseman. He is the only Canadian to play at the top professional level in both sports. He was…
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1922
Duchess of Wellington (died 2010)
Diana Ruth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, was the wife of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and a British intelligence officer during World War II.
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1922
American dancer and choreographer (died 2008)
Gerald Arpino was an American dancer and choreographer. He was the co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet and succeeded Robert Joffrey as its artistic director in 1988.
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1923
American mountaineer and author (died 2017)
Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey, known as Fred Beckey, was an American rock climber, mountaineer and book author, who in seven decades of climbing achieved hundreds of first ascents of some of the tallest peaks and most…
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1923
American actress and singer (died 2023)
Mildred Frances Cook, known professionally as Carole Cook, was an American actress, active on screen and stage, best known for appearances on Lucille Ball's comedy television series The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
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1924
American actor (died 1989)
Armando Joseph Catalano, better known as Guy Williams, was an American actor. He played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s.
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1924
Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (died 2013)
Jean-Claude Beton was a French businessman and entrepreneur. He was a key figure in the rise of the French soft drink maker Orangina, being credited with transforming the drink from a little-known citrus soda first…
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1925
American ballerina (died 2012)
Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century. After dancing with the Original Ballet…
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1925
Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese writer, playwright, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku.
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1925
1926
English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Warren Mitchell was an English actor best known for playing bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in television, film and stage productions from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier…
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1926
1926
Czech harpsichord player (died 2017)
Zuzana Růžičková was a Czech harpsichordist. An interpreter of classical and baroque music, Růžičková was the first harpsichordist to record Johann Sebastian Bach's complete works for keyboard, in recordings made in the…
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1927
Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (died 2007)
Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy. Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within many genres, including poetry, drama and songwriting. He was awarded the Bellman…
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1928
German-English biologist and academic (died 2019)
Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS was a British-American biochemist. He was Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Cambridge from 1975 to 1995, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1982 to…
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1928
American photographer and author (died 1984)
Garry Winogrand was an American street photographer, who portrayed U.S. life and its social issues in the mid-20th century. Photography curator, historian, and critic John Szarkowski called Winogrand the central…
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1928
English actor (died 2006)
Peter Wynn Barkworth was an English actor. He twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor; for Crown Matrimonial in 1975 and for Professional Foul and The Country Party in 1978. He also starred in the ITV series Manhunt…
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1929
American pianist and accordion player (died 2006)
John Andrew Grande was a member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets.
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1930
Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.
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1930
Australian lawyer and politician (died 2009)
Francis Xavier Costigan,, was an Australian lawyer, Royal Commissioner and social justice activist. Costigan is renowned for presiding over the Costigan Commission into organised crime.
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1931
English biologist and academic
Sir Martin Wyatt Holdgate is an English biologist and environmental scientist.
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1931
Italian-French singer and dancer (died 2024)
Caterina Germaine Maria Valente was an Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer. She spoke six languages and sang in thirteen. While she was best known as a performer in Europe, Valente spent part of…
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1931
American race car driver and engineer
Donald Glenn Garlits is an American race car driver and automotive engineer. Born in Tampa, Florida, Garlits is considered the godfather of drag racing, he is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world. A…
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1932
American director and producer (died 2003)
James Stanley Brakhage was an American experimental filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film.
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1933
English actor (died 2013)
Richard David Briers was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television.
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1934
French tennis player
Pierre Darmon is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964.
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1934
Argentinian race car driver (died 1977)
Alberto Rodríguez Larreta was a racing driver from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix on 7 February 1960. Driving a Lotus 16 for Team…
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1934
American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
Clarence George Carter is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His most successful songs include "Slip Away", "Back Door Santa", "Patches" (1970) and "Strokin'" (1986).
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1936
Dutch author and poet (died 2012)
Hendrik Jan Marsman, better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous literary…
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1937
1937
American physicist and academic (died 2015)
Leo Philip Kadanoff was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former president of the American Physical Society (APS). He contributed to the fields of statistical…
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1937
Indian actor, producer, and politician (died 1994)
Rao Gopal Rao was an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. In a film career spanning more than 25 years, Rao starred in over 400 feature films in a variety of characters. He…
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1937
American baseball player
Wilfred Charles "Sonny" Siebert is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966, against the…
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1937
American country singer (died 2011)
Billie Jo Spears was an American country music singer. She was known for a series of singles whose characters often represented women in assertive positions. Among these recordings was a song about sexual harassment,…
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1937
Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
Morihiro Hosokawa is a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994. He led an eight-party coalition government which was the first Japanese government not headed by a Liberal Democratic…
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1938
American singer and actor (died 2024)
John Allan Jones was an American singer and actor. He was primarily a straight-pop singer whose forays into jazz were mostly of the big-band/swing music variety. He won two Grammy Awards and received five additional…
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1938
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2015)
Allen Richard Toussaint was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of…
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1938
Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
Kurt Scott Kaleo Moylan is a Guamanian politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of Guam from January 4, 1971, to January 6, 1975, and the seventh and last Secretary of Guam from July 20, 1969, to January…
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1939
American academic and politician (died 2015)
Horace Julian Bond was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he…
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1940
American football player (died 1993)
Ronald Michael Kostelnik was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Green Bay Packers and one with the Baltimore Colts. He…
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1940
German opera singer (died 2025)
Siegmund Nimsgern was a German bass-baritone who made an international career. His signature roles were "evil, dark, ambiguous figures" such as Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio and Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin. Other…
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1940
English director and composer
Sir Trevor Robert Nunn is an English theatre director and lyricist. He has been the artistic director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He has…
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1940
Bulgarian discus thrower
Vasilka Rafailova Stoeva is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the women's discus throw event during her career.
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1940
1941
American actress and producer
Dorothy Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
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1941
American golfer
C. L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
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1941
American actor (died 2016)
Barry Francis Jenner was an American actor, known for his roles as Dr. Jerry Kenderson in Dallas and as Admiral William Ross in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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1941
Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
Milan Kučan is a Slovenian former politician who served as the first President of Slovenia from 1991 to 2002. Before being president of Slovenia, he was the 13th President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia from 1990 to…
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1941
American baseball player and sportscaster
David Wilson Campbell is an American former baseball player and sportscaster. He played parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily as an infielder for the San Diego Padres. He was nicknamed "Soup",…
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1942
Dutch cyclist (died 2022)
Gerben Karstens was a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who won the gold medal in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, alongside Bart Zoet, Evert Dolman, and Jan Pieterse. At the same Olympics he finished…
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1942
Italian cardinal
Angelo Bagnasco is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017 and was elevated to the rank of…
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1943
Latvian conductor (died 2019)
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons was a Latvian conductor, best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss, and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he was often…
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1943
American biochemist and astronaut
Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times, including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, and is the only American…
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1943
American actress and playwright
Holland Taylor is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003) and she…
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1943
American actor and evangelist
Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner is an American former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four due to his…
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1944
Australian golfer and architect
Graham Vivian Marsh MBE is an Australian golfer. In 1968, Marsh turned pro and won several tournaments on the Australasian circuits early in his career. He joined the PGA Tour in the mid-1970s and won the 1977 Heritage…
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1944
American journalist
Nina Totenberg is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) focusing primarily on the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's news magazines All Things…
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1944
American actress
Kathleen Ann Chalfant is an American actress. She has appeared in many stage plays, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, as well as making guest appearances on television series, including the Law & Order franchise.
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1945
English ballerina and director
Maina Gielgud is a British former ballet dancer and a veteran ballet administrator. She was artistic director of The Australian Ballet from 1983 to 1996. She had a twenty-year career as a dancer in Europe and the United…
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1945
American historian and author
Taylor Branch is an American author and historian who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume…
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1947
American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
Beverly Marlene Eaves Perdue is an American businesswoman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 73rd governor of North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. She was the first woman to serve as governor…
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1947
Canadian snooker player (died 2003)
William Alexander Werbeniuk was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed "Big Bill". Werbeniuk was a four-time World Championship quarter-finalist and also a UK…
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1947
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film…
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1948
Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He is the only son out of six siblings of royal spouse, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan…
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1948
Iranian poet, (died 2004)
Nasrollah Mardani, was a prominent Iranian poet. He was one of the influential poets in the years after the iranian revolution and one of the Ever-lasting Names of Iran in the field of literature and culture. Mardani,…
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1948
American football player and actor (died 2024)
Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and gridiron football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs…
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1948
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Lawrence Edward Kasdan is an American filmmaker. He wrote and directed Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Silverado (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), and Dreamcatcher (2003). Kasdan also wrote Raiders of the…
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1949
American short story writer and novelist
Mary Cennamo Robison is an American short story writer and novelist. She has published four collections of stories, and four novels, including her 2001 novel Why Did I Ever, winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book…
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1949
Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
İlyas Salman is a Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician.
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1949
American bass player (died 1983)
Lamar Williams was an American musician best known for serving as the bassist of The Allman Brothers Band (1972–1976) and Sea Level (1976–1980).
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1949
American author and screenwriter
Arthur Byron Cover is an American science fiction author.
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1950
Dutch-American basketball player
Swen Erick Nater is a Dutch former professional basketball player. He played primarily in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), and is the only player to have led both the…
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1950
Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist…
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1950
American basketball player
Ronald Michael Behagen is an American former professional basketball player.
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1951
Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam, popularly known as O. Panneerselvam or OPS, is an Indian politician who was the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and from 2014 to 2015.…
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1951
American businesswoman and author
Sydney Biddle Barrows is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam". She has since become a management…
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1952
American journalist and author
Maureen Brigid Dowd is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author.
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1952
Greek footballer and manager
Konstantinos Iosifidis is a former Greek international footballer who played as a left back and spent his entire career from 1971 to 1985 at PAOK.
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1952
Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu is a Romanian politician who served as prime minister of Romania from 2004 to 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-president of the…
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1952
English chemist and academic
Sir David Charles Clary, FRS is a British theoretical chemist. He was president of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 2005 to 2020. He was the first chief scientific adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2009…
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1953
Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Right Hon. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and…
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1953
Dutch biologist and academic
Hans Victor Westerhoff is a Dutch biologist and biochemist who is professor of synthetic systems biology at the University of Amsterdam and AstraZeneca professor of systems biology at the University of Manchester.…
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1953
American professional wrestler
James Edward Duggan Jr., better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed with the WWE under a Legends contract. He is best known for his time in World…
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1954
Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
Étienne Daho is a French singer-songwriter. He has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.
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1956
Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female…
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1957
German-American singer-songwriter and musician
Geoff Tate is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire. Tate is ranked…
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1959
1961
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive films made within the studio system.
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1963
English long jumper and sprinter
Beverly "Bev" Kinch is an English former long jumper and sprinter. She held the UK long jump record for 29 years (1983–2012) with 6.90 metres. She is the 1983 Universiade Champion at 100 metres and the 1984 European…
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1964
Russian ice hockey player
Sergei Lvovich Nemchinov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils for…
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1964
American television journalist
David Shepard Smith Jr. is an American former broadcast journalist. He served as chief general news anchor and host of The News with Shepard Smith on CNBC, a daily evening newscast launched in late September 2020; but…
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1964
Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
Marcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold "Marc" Delissen is a former field hockey player for the Netherlands.
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1965
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Robert Earle Essensa is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former goaltender who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since 2003, he has served as the goaltending coach for the Boston Bruins.
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1965
English actress
Jemima Rebecca "Jemma" Redgrave is an English actress, and a member of the Redgrave family. She is best known for playing Dr Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell (1995–1998), Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who and its…
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1965
English-American rapper and producer
Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, better known as Slick Rick, is a British-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. His songs "The Show" and…
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1965
English footballer
Terence Norman Angus is an English retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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1966
Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish.…
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1966
Iranian philosopher
Nadia Maftouni is an Iranian academic, philosophical author and artist. She is best known as a leading Researcher on Farabian, Avicennian and Suhrawardian philosophy with her modern reading of their works. She is also…
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1966
American TV producer
Daniel James Schneider is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. He created and produced a string of children's shows on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 2019. In the years since 2018, he has faced…
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1966
Italian author and illustrator, created Rat-Man
Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the comic book series Rat-Man.
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1967
English actress
Emily Margaret Watson is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse,…
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1967
American guitarist and singer
Zachary Phillip Wylde is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy metal band Black Label…
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1967
1968
1968
American actor, director, and producer
Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Bluth in the Fox / Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2019) and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), as…
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1969
English cricketer
Martin Paul Bicknell is a former English cricketer. He played in four Test matches, with the last two, against South Africa in 2003, coming ten years after the first two in the 1993 Ashes series. England had played 114…
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1969
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
David Eric Grohl is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of the…
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1969
Norwegian skier
Lasse Kjus is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway. He won the overall World Cup title twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships. His combined career total of 16 Olympic and World…
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1971
Dutch footballer and manager
Bert Konterman is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1971
Greek footballer and manager
Antonis Nikopolidis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
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1971
American football player and sportscaster
Kyle James Brady is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New England Patriots. He…
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1972
South African minister, theologian, and author
Dion Angus Forster is a South African academic and clergyman. He serves as University Research Professor of Public Theology and Ethics in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, in the School of Religion and…
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1972
1972
Italian race car driver
Giancarlo "Giano" Fisichella, nicknamed Fisico and Fisi, is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1996 to 2009. Fisichella won three Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
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1973
English footballer and manager
Paul Robert Tisdale is an English professional football manager and former player.
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1973
Canadian actor
Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work in numerous film and television roles, including portraying Vasiliy Fet in The Strain, Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Frederick Gideon in…
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1974
English footballer and manager
David John Flitcroft is an English professional football manager and former player. His older brother is the former Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City player Garry Flitcroft.
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1974
1975
American actress
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. The daughter of actress Cheryl Ladd and producer David Ladd, she initially worked with her mother in several made-for-television films, before appearing at nineteen in the…
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1975
Italian footballer
Vincenzo Chianese is an Italian former footballer who spent most of his career in Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Chianese had a scoring ratio of 0.4 goals per game in Lega Pro Prima Divisione where he scored more…
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1976
Indian race car driver
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan is an Indian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2012.
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player
Terrence William James Ryan is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and actor. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens eighth overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and played eight games with the organization…
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1977
American sprinter
Shawn Crawford is a retired American sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. In the 200 meter sprint, Crawford won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He…
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1978
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
Karen Jill Elson is an English model, singer, and songwriter.
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1979
Italian footballer
Evans Soligo is a retired Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, currently working as Filippo Inzaghi's technical collaborator at Serie B club Palermo. He spent his entire career at clubs in Italy's Serie B and…
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1979
Irish footballer
Clive Richard Luke Clarke is an Irish former footballer. He played primarily as a left back, but also as centre back, left midfielder or centre midfielder, notably for Stoke City and twice for the Ireland international…
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1980
American soccer player
Cory Gibbs is an American former soccer player. A defender, played professionally for clubs in Germany, the Netherlands and England. He also played 19 international matches for the U.S. national soccer team, including…
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1980
American football player and coach
Byron Antron Leftwich is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd, winning MAC Most…
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1980
Algerian footballer
Abdelmalek Cherrad is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he made 18 appearances for the Algeria national team, scoring 7 goals.
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1981
Croatian actress
Jadranka Đokić is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances.
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1981
American heptathlete
Hyleas Fountain is an American heptathlete. She was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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1981
Spanish long jumper
Concepción "Concha" Montaner Coll is a Spanish track and field athlete who specializes in long jump.
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1981
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marc Broussard is an American singer-songwriter. His style is best described as "bayou soul", a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock and pop, matched with distinct Southern roots. He has released twelve studio albums, one live…
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1982
American actor
Zachary Michael Gilford is an American actor, best known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass. In 2022,…
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1982
1982
Kenyan runner
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa is a Kenyan professional athlete who has competed at the two Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is also the Kenyan 5000 metres champion from 2007.
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1982
Spanish footballer
Víctor Valdés Arribas is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper.
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1982
Italian footballer
Cesare Bovo is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently in charge of the Under-17 team of Palermo.
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1983
American football player (died 2021)
Vincent Terrell Jackson was an American professional football wide receiver who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Northern Colorado Bears and was selected by…
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1983
Australian cricketer
Jason John Krejza is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the Tasmanian Tigers and Leicestershire. Krejza's father was an association football player from Czechoslovakia and his mother was born in Poland. His…
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1983
American baseball player
Erick Johan Aybar is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, and San Diego Padres.
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1984
1984
American baseball player
Michael Alan Pelfrey is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher. He was the pitching coach at Wichita State University from 2019 to 2023, where he played from 2003 to 2005 for head…
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1984
American basketball player
Aaron Jamal Brooks is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was selected 26th overall in the 2007 NBA draft. Brooks won the NBA Most Improved Player Award for the 2009–10 season.
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1985
1985
Dominican-American jockey
Joel Rosario is a Dominican jockey who mainly competes in American thoroughbred horse racing, originally from the Dominican Republic. In the space of five weeks in 2013 he rode the winners of the Dubai World Cup and the…
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1985
Canadian figure skater
Shawn Sawyer is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 Canadian national silver medallist and a three-time Canadian national bronze medallist. He represented Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in…
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1985
French footballer
Yohan Cabaye is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1986
Italian footballer
Alessio Cossu is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward. He played in Serie C1 for Ravenna and Manfredonia.
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1986
American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Matthew Frederick Riddle is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and also makes appearances on the independent circuit. He is best known for his…
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1986
Welsh footballer
Jessica Anne Fishlock is a Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC and the Wales national team. She is Wales's all-time record goal scorer. She previously played for…
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1987
Japanese actor
Atsushi Hashimoto is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Amuse, Inc. He played the role of Kai Ozu, the main character of the 2005 Super Sentai TV series Mahou Sentai Magiranger.
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1987
English actress
Kacey Louisa Barnfield, also credited as Kacey Clarke, is an English actress. As a teenager she played Maddie Gilks in the long-running British television series Grange Hill, on which she was in six series. As an adult,…
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1988
American football player
Hakeem Amir Nicks is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and was selected by the…
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1988
English actor
Jack Peter Shepherd is an English actor. He is best known for playing David Platt on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 2000. For his portrayal of David, he has won various awards, including the British Soap…
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1988
American-English actress
Emma Greenwell is an American-born English actress. She made her acting debut as Mandy Milkovich in the second season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2012–2016), then appearing as a series regular in the third…
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1989
American athlete and wrestler
Kacy Esther Catanzaro is an American professional wrestler and a former gymnast and obstacle racer. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Katana Chance. Alongside Kayden Carter,…
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1990
Ethiopian runner
Lelisa Desisa Benti is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who specialised in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took…
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1990
American actor and singer
Thomas Grant Gustin is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Barry Allen / The Flash on The CW series The Flash (2014–2023) as part of the Arrowverse and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee.…
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1990
Hungarian fencer
Áron Szilágyi is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer. A five-time Olympian, Szilágyi is a three-time individual Olympic champion, 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2024 team Olympic silver medalist.
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1990
Irish footballer
Robert Brady is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a left winger, left-back or left wing-back for EFL Championship club Preston North End and the Republic of Ireland national team.
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1992
1992
Chinese tennis player
Wang Qiang is a Chinese former professional tennis player. On 9 September 2019, Wang achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 12, becoming the third-highest ranked Chinese tennis player in history after Li Na…
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1992
Brazilian footballer
Daniel Sartori Bessa is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Al Bataeh. He was called up to the Italy national under-18 football team.
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1993
American basketball player
David Ugochukwu Nwaba is an American professional basketball player for the San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Santa Monica College and Cal Poly.
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1993
1994
Italian motorcycle racer
Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Riders' Champion.
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1997
Australian tennis player
Maddison Inglis is an Australian tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won nine titles in singles and eight in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
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1998
English footballer
Declan Rice is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Known for his versatility, stamina, ball-carrying and tackling, he is…
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1999
Brazilian footballer
Emerson Aparecido Leite de Souza Junior, known as Emerson Royal or simply Emerson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the…
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1999
American football player
D'Andre Tiyon Swift is an American professional football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Detroit…
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1999
Canadian soccer player
Jonathan Christian David is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus. Born in the United States, he plays for the Canada national team.
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2000
2001
German ice hockey player
John-Jason Peterka is a German professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 34th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2020 NHL entry draft, and…
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2002
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