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During her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals
Famous Birthdays on January 19
233 people
399 – 2003
January 19 has seen 233 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 399 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1979 — Svetlana Khorkina
Russian gymnast and sportscaster
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She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics
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Khorkina is regarded as one of the most successful female gymnasts of all time.
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Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina is a retired Russian artistic gymnast
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Over time, she medaled in every event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
399
founder of Sōtō Zen (died 1253)
Dōgen Zenji was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), and Busshō…
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1200
Francis II was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King of Scotland as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 1558 until his death in 1560.
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1544
Flemish sculptor and architect (died 1697)
Lucas Faydherbe was a Flemish architect and sculptor who played a major role in the development of the High Baroque in the Southern Netherlands.
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1617
8th Earl of Derby, English noble (died 1672)
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, 2nd Baron Strange, was an English nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte de La Trémouille.
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1628
1676
German scholar and author (died 1740)
Jean-Philippe Baratier was a German scholar. A noted child prodigy of the 18th century, he published eleven works and authored a great quantity of unpublished manuscripts.
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1721
Scottish chemist and engineer (died 1819)
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial…
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1736
Italian soprano, composer, and educator (died 1802)
Vito Giuseppe Millico, called "Il Moscovita", was an Italian soprano castrato, composer, and music teacher of the 18th century who is best remembered for his performances in the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck.
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1737
Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (died 1808)
Joseph Bonomi the Elder was an Italian architect and draughtsman who spent most of his career in England where he became a successful designer of country houses. Bonomi was Robert Adam’s leading draughtsman.
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1739
American captain (died 1820)
James Morris III was a Continental Army officer from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War and founder of the Morris Academy, a pioneer in coeducation.
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1752
Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf, was by marriage the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the grandmother and godmother of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband and cousin, Prince Albert of…
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1757
Russian general and politician (died 1874)
Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign. Kiselyov was plenipotentiary president of the Divans in…
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1788
Swedish poet and academic (died 1855)
Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom was a Swedish romantic poet, and a member of the Swedish Academy.
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1790
French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1857)
Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of…
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1798
American poet, essayist, and romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe (died 1878)
Sarah Helen Power Whitman was an American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, spiritualist and a romantic interest of Edgar Allan Poe.
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1803
American Confederate general (died 1870)
Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led the Army of…
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1807
American philosopher and author (died 1887)
Lysander Spooner was an American abolitionist, entrepreneur, lawyer, essayist, natural rights legal theorist, pamphleteer, political philosopher, and writer often associated with the Boston anarchist tradition.
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1808
American short story writer, poet, and critic (died 1849)
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the…
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1809
English engineer and businessman (died 1898)
Sir Henry Bessemer was an English inventor, whose steel-making process was the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one hundred years. He played a significant role in…
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1813
Czech violinist and composer (died 1875)
Ferdinand Laub was a Czech violinist and composer.
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1832
German mathematician and academic (died 1872)
Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch was a German mathematician who made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory. He attended the University of Königsberg and was habilitated at Berlin. He…
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1833
French painter (died 1906)
Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century…
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1839
American Civil War veteran and politician (died 1932)
Dethloff Willrodt was an American Civil War veteran, businessman, carpenter, farmer, and politician. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 42nd district from 1899 to 1901.
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1840
Italian poet, of German ancestry (died 1913)
Arturo Graf, was an Italian poet and literary critic.
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1848
Canadian businessman and politician (died 1904)
John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers founded by William…
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1848
English swimmer and diver (died 1883)
Captain Matthew Webb was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England.
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1848
Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1922)
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn was a Dutch astronomer. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way. He found that the apparent movement of stars was not randomly distributed but had two preferential directions: the two…
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1851
Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (died 1909)
Thomas Price served as the South Australian United Labor Party's first Premier of South Australia. He formed a minority government at the 1905 election and was re-elected with increased representation at the 1906…
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1852
German economist and sociologist (died 1941)
Werner Sombart was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century.…
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1863
American stage and film actor (died 1949)
Harold George Bryant Davenport was an American film and stage actor who worked in show business from the age of six until his death. After a long and prolific Broadway career, he came to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he…
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1866
Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (died 1906)
Damyan Yovanov Gruev was а Macedonian Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in the Ottoman regions of Macedonia and Thrace. He was one of the six…
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1871
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (died 1922)
Hitachiyama Taniemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He was the sport's 19th yokozuna from 1903 till 1914. His great rivalry with Umegatani Tōtarō II created the "Ume-Hitachi…
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1874
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (died 1943)
Wakashima Gonshirō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. He was the sport's 21st yokozuna and the first official yokozuna from the Osaka Sumo Association.
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1876
Slovenian poet and author (died 1899)
Dragotin Kette was a Slovene Impressionist and Neo-Romantic poet. Together with Josip Murn, Ivan Cankar, and Oton Župančič, he is considered the founder of modernism in Slovene literature.
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1876
English footballer and manager (died 1934)
Herbert Chapman was an English football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most influential and successful managers in the early 20th century, before his…
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1878
Russian soldier and author (died 1925)
Boris Viktorovich Savinkov was a Russian revolutionary, writer, and politician. As a leading figure in the Socialist Revolutionary Party's (SR) Combat Organization, he was a key organizer of high-profile assassinations…
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1879
Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (died 1957)
John Cain was an Australian politician who served as the 34th Premier of Victoria. He was the first Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and is the only premier of Victoria whose…
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1882
1883
American actor, playwright, and critic (died 1943)
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was an American drama critic for The New York Times and The New York Herald, critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor…
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1887
Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1943)
Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer.
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1889
Icelandic lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1964)
Ólafur Tryggvason Thors was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party, who served six times as prime minister of Iceland.
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1892
Brazilian pianist and educator (died 1986)
Magdalena Maria Yvonne Tagliaferro was a Brazilian pianist.
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1893
Scottish-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1958)
Duncan Brown Munro was a Canadian Olympic ice hockey player who played with and coached the Montreal Maroons. He was born in Moray, Scotland. When he was still a child his family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he…
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1901
German composer and playwright (died 1975)
Boris Blacher was a German composer and librettist.
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1903
1903
English-Australian director and producer (died 1991)
Stanley Gilbert Hawes MBE, was a British-born documentary film producer and director who spent most of his career in Australia, though he commenced his career in England and Canada. He was born in London, England and…
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1905
American comedian and cornet player (died 1994)
Merwyn Bogue, known professionally as Ish Kabibble, was an American comedian and cornet player.
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1908
Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1971)
Aleksandr Gennadyevich Kurosh was a Soviet mathematician, known for his work in abstract algebra. He is credited with writing The Theory of Groups, the first modern and high-level text on group theory, published in 1944.
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1908
Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (died 2009)
Choor Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Choor Singh, was a Singaporean lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and, particularly after his retirement from the bench, a philanthropist and writer…
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1911
Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming.…
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1912
Australian author and poet (died 1955)
Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells was an Australian poet, generally credited with being the leading light of the Jindyworobak Movement.
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1913
American professional pocket billiards player (died 1996)
Rudolf Walter Wanderone, commonly known as Minnesota Fats, was an American professional pool player. Although he never won a major pool tournament as "Fats", he was at one time perhaps the most publicly recognized pool…
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1913
American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (died 2005)
John Harold Johnson was an American business executive and publisher. He was the founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson's company, with its creation of Ebony…
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1918
English painter and educator (died 2017)
Bernard Dunstan was a British artist, teacher, and author, best known for his studies of figures in interiors and landscapes. At the time of his death, he was the longest serving Royal Academician.
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1920
Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru (died 2020)
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime minister of Peru from 2000…
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1920
American novelist and short story writer (died 1995)
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous…
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1921
American actor (died 1996)
Guy Madison was an American film, television, and radio actor. He is best known for having played Wild Bill Hickok in the Western television series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok from 1951 to 1958.
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1922
Australian cricketer and journalist (died 2015)
Arthur Robert Morris was an Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. An opener, Morris is regarded as one of Australia's greatest left-handed batsmen. He is best known for his key role in…
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1922
Spanish footballer and manager (died 1990)
Miguel Muñoz Mozún was a Spanish football player and manager.
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1922
Norwegian journalist (died 2024)
Dagmar Loe was a Norwegian journalist. Assigned to NRK for three decades, she was a pioneer in bringing up controversial issues such as abortion, incest, rape, dementia, imprisonment of juveniles, and trading of weapons.
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1923
American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor (died 2000)
Robert McFadden was an American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor perhaps best known for his many contributions to animated cartoons.
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1923
American actress and singer (died 2013)
Jean Stapleton was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s…
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1923
American actor and director (died 1985)
Nicholas Colasanto was an American actor and television director. He is best known for his role as Ernie Pantusso in the American television sitcom Cheers (1982–1985).
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1924
French philosopher (died 2006)
Jean-François Revel was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European proponent of classical liberalism and free…
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1924
English author (died 2012)
Nina Mary Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award.
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1925
German-American journalist and author (died 2013)
Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi was a German-Americo-Liberian journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, to a German mother and a Liberian father of Vai ethnicity, the grandson of Momulu Massaquoi, the consul general…
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1926
American actor (died 2016)
Fritz William Weaver was an American stage, film, and television actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original Broadway production of Child's Play (1970), and was nominated for Tony Award for…
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1926
American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist
Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren is an American retired actress. Initially a fashion model, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines, she became an actress after being discovered by director Alfred…
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1930
South African cricketer (died 2011)
John Henry Bickford Waite was a South African cricketer who played in fifty Tests from 1951 to 1965.
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1930
Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2024)
Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, often known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, writer and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program…
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1931
English singer-songwriter (died 2008)
Russ Hamilton was an English singer and songwriter. Hamilton made the Top 10 in the United Kingdom with "We Will Make Love", but in the United States, it was the B-side, "Rainbow", which made the Top 10.
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1932
American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
Richard Lester Liebman is an American retired film director. He spent the majority of his professional life in the United Kingdom and is known for the fast-paced, flamboyant directing he brought to his comedy films,…
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1932
American chemist, businessman, and politician (died 2014)
Harold K. Lonsdale was an American scientist, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he ran for United States Senate in the U.S. state of Oregon three times, losing twice in the primaries and once as the Democratic…
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1932
American priest, astronomer, and theologian (died 2020)
George Vincent Coyne, S.J. was an American Jesuit priest and astronomer who directed the Vatican Observatory and headed its research group at the University of Arizona from 1978 to 2020.
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1933
English actor (died 2021)
John Richardson was an English actor who appeared in films from the late 1950s until the early 1990s. He was a male lead in Italian genre films, most notably Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960) with Barbara Steele, but he…
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1934
Australian singer-songwriter (died 1978)
John Michael O'Keefe was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the early 1950s. A pioneer of Rock music in Australia, his hits include "Wild One" (1958), "Shout!" and "She's My Baby". Often referred…
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1935
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Fred J. Lincoln was an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, editor, and cinematographer of pornographic films.
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1936
Bangladeshi general and politician, seventh President of Bangladesh (died 1981)
Ziaur Rahman was a Bangladeshi military leader and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's independence war, Zia…
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1936
American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (died 2011)
Willie Lee "Big Eyes" Smith was an American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s.
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1936
Princess Birgitta of Sweden was a member of the Swedish royal family. She was the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and an elder sister of King…
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1937
Australian computer scientist and academic (died 1998)
John Lions was an Australian computer scientist. He is best known as the author of Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code, commonly known as the Lions Book.
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1937
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
Phillip Everly was an American musician, who was one half of the duo The Everly Brothers alongside his older brother Don.
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1939
Italian lawyer and judge (died 1992)
Paolo Emanuele Borsellino was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the…
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1940
Canadian musician (died 2010)
Denise Lorraine Narcisse-Mair was a Canadian musicologist, music educator, choral conductor, and composer.
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1940
British actor (died 2002)
Anthony Anholt, was a British television actor, known for several television roles over several decades. He is known for his role as Charles Frere in the BBC drama series Howards' Way (1985–90).
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1941
English theologian and academic (died 2003)
Colin Ewart Gunton was an English Reformed systematic theologian. He made contributions to the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of the Trinity. He was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College, London, from…
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1941
Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (died 2020)
Pat Patterson was a Canadian-American professional wrestler and producer, widely known for his long tenure in the professional wrestling promotion WWE, first as a wrestler, then as a creative consultant and producer, or…
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1941
English actor and singer
Michael Patrick Smith, known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian and singer.
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1942
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Lawrence Donald Clark is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film Kids (1995) and his photography book Tulsa (1971). His work focuses primarily…
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1943
American singer-songwriter (died 1970)
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and her electric stage presence.
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1943
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth…
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1943
American actress and singer
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is a retired American actress and singer. She is known for her television roles as Francine Webster on One Day at a Time, Mary on the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963) and as…
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1944
American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
Thom Mayne is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities…
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1944
American football player and coach (died 2022)
Daniel Edward Reeves was an American professional football running back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine Super Bowls, the third most for an…
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1944
English singer-songwriter and bass player
Trevor Williams is a bass guitarist, vocalist and lyricist known primarily for his work with Audience, British art rock band which ran from 1969 to 1972 and from 2004 -2013.
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1945
English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic
Julian Patrick Barnes is an English writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2011 with The Sense of an Ending, having been shortlisted three times previously with Flaubert's Parrot, England, England, and Arthur & George.…
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1946
American singer-songwriter and actress
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman. After achieving success as a songwriter for other artists, Parton's debut album, Hello, I'm Dolly, was released in…
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1946
Norwegian political scientist and academic (died 2017)
Frank Henrik Aarebrot was a Norwegian political scientist, political commentator, and professor of comparative politics. Among the most quoted and popular academics in the Norwegian press, he became better known during…
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1947
American chef and author
Paula Ann Hiers Deen is an American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia. She has published fifteen cookbooks and owned and operated The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons,…
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1947
1947
American computer scientist and academic
Nancy Ann Lynch is a computer scientist affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in the EECS department and heads the "Theory of Distributed…
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1948
Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
Francis Joseph McKenna is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat. He is currently Chair of Brookfield Corporation and Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Canadian Ambassador to…
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1948
English rugby league player and coach
Malcolm John Reilly OBE is an English former rugby league player and coach. He played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain,…
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1948
Dutch voice actor and radio host (died 2012)
Arend Willem Langenberg was a Dutch voice-over, voice actor and radio presenter. He died at the age of 63 from colon cancer.
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1949
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
Robert Allen Palmer was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance, and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. His…
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1949
1950
American singer
Martha Emily Davis is an American rock and new wave singer-songwriter from Berkeley, California. She is most famous for being the lead singer of the band the Motels, but has also made several solo albums, contributed…
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1951
English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lee Merton "Dewey" Bunnell is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the band America.
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1952
1952
American computer scientist (died 1999)
Bruce Jay Nelson was an American computer scientist best known as the inventor of the remote procedure call concept for computer network communications.
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1952
American actor and singer
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV, better known as Desi Arnaz Jr., is an American retired actor and musician. He is the son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
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1953
Canadian tennis player and politician
Richard Legendre is a former professional tennis player and politician in Quebec, Canada.
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1953
Australian footballer and coach
Wayne Schimmelbusch is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).
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1953
American actress and singer
Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Peg Bundy on Married... with Children (1987–1997) for which she was thrice nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress…
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1954
American photographer and director
Cynthia Morris Sherman is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters.
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1954
Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist
Esther Shkalim is an Israeli, Mizrahi feminist poet. Shkalim is a researcher of Jewish communities, and a curator of Jewish art. In her poetry Shekalim describes the experience of the female, Jewish and Mizrahi…
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1954
English-German orchestral conductor
Sir Simon Denis Rattle is a British conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal…
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1955
American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host (died 2021)
Carman Domenic Licciardello, known professionally as Carman, was an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, television host, and evangelist. He was nominated for four Grammys, and sold over 10…
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1956
American atmospheric chemist
Susan Solomon is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of…
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1956
American football player and sportscaster
Ottis Jerome Anderson is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants. He played college football…
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1957
English actor, screenwriter and film director
Roger Ashton-Griffiths is an English character actor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his role as Mace Tyrell in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.
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1957
Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s…
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1957
American painter (died 2012)
William Thomas Kinkade III was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for achieving success during his lifetime with the mass marketing of his work as printed…
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1958
Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (died 2023)
Altemio C. Sanchez, also known as the Bike Path Rapist, was a serial killer of Puerto Rican descent, who is known to have raped and murdered at least three women, and raped at least 9 to 15 girls and women in and around…
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1958
American computer scientist and programmer
Danese Cooper is an American programmer, computer scientist and advocate of open source software.
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1959
American bass player, songwriter, and actor
Jeffrey Steven Pilson is an American musician best known for being the bass player in the glam metal band Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner. He has also had an extended stint with Dio in the 1990s.
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1959
American actor, director, and singer
Paul McCrane is an American actor, singer and director. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the film Fame (1980), Frank Berry in the film The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop…
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1961
English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
Wayne Andrew Hemingway is an English designer and co-founder of Red or Dead. He is also on the Design Council Trustee Board and having been with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) for a…
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1961
American actor
Robert William Ragsdale is an American actor. He is known for playing Charley Brewster in the cult horror-comedy film Fright Night (1985) and its sequel Fright Night Part 2 (1988), and Herman Brooks on the television…
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1961
Dutch cyclist
Johannes ("Hans") Wilhelmus Antonius Daams is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1989. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los…
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1962
American baseball player and coach
Christopher Andrew Sabo is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1988 and 1996. He was the…
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1962
American basketball player and coach
Jeffrey William Van Gundy is an American basketball coach and former commentator who is the lead assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Van Gundy previously served as…
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1962
American basketball player and coach
Michael Adams is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Boston College Eagles and was a third-round selection in the 1985 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.…
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1963
English journalist
Martin Henry Bashir is a British former journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's Panorama programme, for which he gained an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales under false…
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1963
English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
John Simon Bercow is a British former politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative…
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1963
Bahamian sculptor and photographer
Janine Antoni is a Bahamian–born American artist, who creates contemporary work in performance art, sculpture, and photography. Antoni's work focuses on process and the transitions between the making and finished…
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1964
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, known as Ricardo Arjona, is a Guatemalan singer and songwriter. He is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 20 million records sold.…
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1964
Canadian ice hockey player
Sylvain Côté is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent 19 seasons in the NHL, the majority of them with the Washington Capitals. He also played for the Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago…
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1966
Swedish tennis player and coach
Stefan Edberg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), one of two players in the Open Era…
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1966
Swedish singer-songwriter
Maria Magdalena Filipsson, known by her stage name Lena Philipsson, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and media personality. She represented Sweden in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fifth. In 2024, Philipsson…
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1966
Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania
David John Bartlett is an Australian former politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from…
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1968
American singer-songwriter
William Whitfield Crane IV is an American singer and founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe, which was formed in 1989. He has also worked in music outside his band, from performing guest vocals…
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1968
Haitian-American novelist and short story writer
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or…
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1969
Australian basketball player and coach
Lucien James Longley is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player. He was the first Australian to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played for four teams over 10 seasons. He…
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1969
American singer-songwriter and producer
Trey Lorenz is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born in Florence, South Carolina and is a graduate of Wilson High School. Lorenz is best known for his duet with recording artist Mariah Carey…
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1969
Montenegrin footballer and manager
Predrag Mijatović is a Montenegrin football administrator and former player who played as a striker. He currently serves as the Vice-President of FK Partizan.
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1969
American football player (died 2012)
Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau Jr. was an American professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, mostly with the San Diego Chargers. Known for his passionate play, he was a…
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1969
Irish footballer and manager
Stephen Staunton is an Irish football manager, scout and former professional footballer.
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1969
German footballer and manager
Steffen Freund is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder in both the German and English top flights. He was capped 21 times for his country and played a significant part in…
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1970
Belgian triathlete
Kathleen Smet is a Belgian former triathlete, becoming European champion in 2000 and 2002. She competed in Olympic and Long Distance Triathlons.
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1970
Japanese comedian and singer
Udo Suzuki , also known as Udo, is a Japanese musician and comedian. He used to be a member of the Japanese band UltraCats and is a member of the owarai group Kyaeen (キャイ～ン).
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1970
American football coach
Eric Anthony Mangini is an American former professional football coach and current television sports analyst for Fox Sports 1. He served as a head coach for the New York Jets from 2006 to 2008 and the Cleveland Browns…
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1971
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Shawn Mathis Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He made his debut on the comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1993). He went on to work with his brother Marlon Wayans on The WB sitcom…
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1971
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Keith Wozniak is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground.
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1971
American actress
Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress who is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the television drama The Sopranos (1999–2006), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding…
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1972
South Korean actress
Yoon Hae-young is a South Korean actress. She began acting after passing the SBS Open Auditions in 1993, and has starred in television dramas such as See and See Again (1998), This Is Love (2001), Elephant (2008), The…
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1972
Estonian chess player and coach
Sergei Zjukin is an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 2000.
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1972
Finnish cellist
Antero Manninen, also known by band members as Mr. Cool, is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999…
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1973
Russian swimmer and coach
Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovy is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of…
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1973
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Dainius Adomaitis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of Japan's B.League.
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1974
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Frank Caliendo Jr. is an American comedian, actor, and impressionist best known for his impersonations on the Fox Network television series MADtv as well as being the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007…
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1974
American football player
Walter Junior Jones is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Born in Alabama, he played college football for the Florida State…
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1974
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Ian Laperrière is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and currently serves as a pro scout with the New York Islanders.
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1974
Bolivian footballer and manager
Jaime Moreno Morales is a Bolivian former professional footballer now serving as Youth Academy Technical Training Coach for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and as the head coach of D.C. United's U-23 side.
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1974
Australian volleyball player
Natalie Louise Cook is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. She became the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games.
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1975
Czech tennis player
Zdeňka Málková is a former Czech tennis player who was crowned 1991 ITF World Champion in girls' singles.
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1975
Italian footballer
Natale Gonnella is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender.
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1976
Brazilian racing driver
Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques is a Brazilian racing driver and vehicle customizer. He participated in 24 Formula One Grands Prix, all driving for the Minardi team, but scored no championship points in three separate…
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1976
American actor
Andrew "Drew" Powell is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Hoss Cartwright on the PAX series Ponderosa, Cadet Drew on Malcolm in the Middle, and Butch Gilzean/Cyrus Gold/Solomon Grundy, a series…
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1976
English actress
Marsha Lisa Thomason Sykes is a British actress who is best known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's The Haunted Mansion, Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series Las Vegas, Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series…
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1976
Canadian actor, director, and photographer
Benjamin James Ayres is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Zach Miller of the CTV series Saving Hope. He also recurred on the Gemini Award–winning HBO Canada series Less Than Kind for which he was nominated…
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1977
South Korean baseball player
Byung-hyun Kim, also known as BK Kim, is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher. He had his most successful years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox.
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1979
Spanish footballer
Josu Sarriegi Zumarraga is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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1979
1979
English racing driver
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2017. Button won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2009 with Brawn, and won 15 Grands Prix across 18…
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1980
Russian-American dancer and choreographer
Pavel "Pasha" Kovalev is a Russian professional Latin and ballroom dancer.
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1980
Canadian-American actor and singer
Thomas Luke Macfarlane is a Canadian actor and former singer. He is known for playing Scotty Wandell on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), RAC Agent D'avin Jaqobis on the Space television science…
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1980
Lithuanian basketball player
Arvydas Macijauskas is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m tall, he played at the shooting guard position. Widely considered one of the greatest Lithuanian players of the 2000s, he won…
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1980
Sri Lankan cricketer
Michael Graydon Vandort is a Sri Lankan former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20…
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1980
Filipino basketball player
Ramon Paolo Vlajar Bugia is a Filipino former professional basketball player and executive who currently serves as the team manager for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).…
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1981
Spanish footballer
Asier del Horno Cosgaya is a retired Spanish footballer who primarily played in the left back position.
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1981
Argentinian footballer
Luis Óscar "Lucho" González is an Argentine former professional footballer, currently assistant manager of Primeira Liga club Porto. A versatile midfielder who was able to play in different positions but mainly in the…
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1981
French politician
Maxime Laisney is a French politician of La France Insoumise who has been representing Seine-et-Marne's 10th constituency in the National Assembly since 2022. In the 2022 French legislative election he unseated En…
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1981
American actress
Elizabeth Tulloch, also known as Bitsie Tulloch, is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Juliette Silverton / Eve in the NBC television series Grimm (2011–2017), and as Lois Lane in the DC Comics superhero…
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1981
American politician
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and former naval officer who served as the 19th United States secretary of transportation from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously…
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1982
American ice hockey player
Michael Komisarek is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was selected seventh overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL entry draft. Komisarek also played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and…
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1982
American actress and singer
Jodie Lee Ann Sweetin is an American actress and television personality. She is best known for her role as Stephanie Tanner in the ABC comedy series Full House and its Netflix sequel series Fuller House.
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1982
German singer-songwriter
Robin tom Rink, is a German singer-songwriter and poet from Münster.
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1982
Australian rugby league player
Shane Tronc is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League, and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super…
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1982
1982
American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
Hikaru Utada , also known mononymously as Utada, is a Japanese and American singer, songwriter, and record producer. They are considered to be one of the most influential and best-selling musical artists in Japan. They…
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
John Paul Boychuk is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Drafted 61st overall in 2002 by the Colorado Avalanche, he played for the Colorado Avalanche, the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders of the…
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1984
1984
Indian racing driver
Karun Chandhok is an Indian former racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One at 11 Grands Prix from 2010 to 2011.
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1984
American football player
Elvis Kool Dumervil is an American former professional football defensive end and linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals,…
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1984
Malian footballer
Jimmy Boubou Kébé is a former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level.
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1984
Austrian ice hockey player
Thomas Vanek is an Austrian former professional ice hockey winger who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers,…
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1984
German decathlete
Pascal Behrenbruch is a German decathlete. He is a member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletics team and placed tenth at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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1985
American film director, screenwriter, and producer
Damien Sayre Chazelle is an American and French filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romance La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period black comedy…
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1985
American soccer player
Benny Feilhaber is a soccer coach and former professional player and most recently the head coach of the USL Championship team Oakland Roots. Born in Brazil, he represented the United States national team.
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1985
Argentinian racing driver
Esteban Guerrieri is an Argentine racing driver currently competing in the FIA TCR World Tour for the GOAT Racing Honda team. His early career in single-seaters saw him become Formula Renault Eurocup champion in 2003,…
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1985
Japanese singer and actress
Rika Ishikawa , is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio V-u-den until June 2008.…
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1985
Russian footballer
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin is a former Russian professional football player.
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1985
English footballer
Elliott Leslie Ward is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Premier League for West Ham United and Norwich City. He is currently head coach of Colchester United's…
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1985
Italian footballer
Claudio Marchisio is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1986
Ukrainian footballer
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Miroshnychenko is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.
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1986
Senegalese footballer
Moussa Sow is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level, scoring 18 goals in 50 appearances.
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1986
Armenian footballer
Edgar Manucharyan is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1987
Canadian wrestler
Mattias Clement is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Tyler Breeze as a part-time wrestler, member of the UpUpDownDown channel and as a writer for…
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1988
American basketball player
JaVale Lindy McGee is an American professional basketball player for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack and was selected 18th overall by…
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1988
1990
Guyanese-American actress
Shaunette Renée Wilson is a Guyanese actress. She is best known for four seasons in the role of Dr. Mina Okafor in The Resident (2018–2021). She has also appeared in Billions (2017), Black Panther (2018), and Indiana…
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1990
Croatian tennis player
Petra Martić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles…
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1991
American actress
Erin Zariah Sanders is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Quinn Pensky on Zoey 101, Camille Roberts on Big Time Rush, and for portraying Eden Baldwin on The Young and the Restless in 2008. She appeared…
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1991
American gymnast
Shawn Johnson East is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also the 2007 all-around World Champion,…
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1992
American actor
Logan Wade Lerman is an American actor. He appeared in commercials in the mid-1990s, before starring in the series Jack & Bobby (2004–2005) and the movies The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Hoot (2006). Lerman gained…
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1992
American rapper (died 2018)
Malcolm James McCormick, known by the stage name Mac Miller, was an American rapper. He began his career in Pittsburgh's local hip-hop scene in 2007, at the age of 15. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent…
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1992
Mexican footballer
Erick Estéfano Torres Padilla is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is nicknamed "El Cubo" due to his large, cubical shaped head.
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1993
Portuguese footballer
João Mário Naval da Costa Eduardo, known as João Mário, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League Greece club AEK Athens, on loan from Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.
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1993
Argentine footballer
Adrián Ricardo Centurión is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Racing de Córdoba in the Primera B Nacional of Argentina.
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1993
Argentine footballer
Walter Daniel Benítez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Argentina national team.
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1993
American writer and political candidate
John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg is an American political commentator and author. He is a member of the Kennedy family and the Bouvier family.
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1993
German footballer
Matthias Lukas Ginter is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.
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1994
English footballer
Alfie Robert John Mawson is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
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1994
Zimbabwean footballer
Marvelous Nakamba is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday and the Zimbabwe national team.
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1994
Czech footballer
Jakub Jankto is a Czech former professional footballer who played for the Czech Republic national team. A versatile player, Jankto could play as a full-back, left midfielder or left winger.
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1996
Australian rugby league player
Emre Guler is a Turkey international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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1998
American football player
Jonathan Taylor is an American professional football running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).
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1999
Dutch footballer
Donyell Malen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Roma, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa, and the Netherlands national team.
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1999
Ghanaian footballer
Felix Afena Ohene-Gyan is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF 1. Lig club Amedspor, on loan from Serie A club Cremonese. He also plays for the Ghana national team.
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2003
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