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Famous Birthdays on January 8
185 people
1037 – 2001
January 8 has seen 185 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1037 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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2000 — Noah Cyrus
American singer, songwriter, and actress
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Cyrus is the youngest child of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus and the younger sister of Miley Cyrus.
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As a child actress, she voiced the titular character in the English dub of the film Ponyo (2008), and appeared in minor roles on shows including Hannah Montana and Doc
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In 2016, she made her debut as a singer with the single "Make Me (Cry)" featuring Labrinth, which peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100
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Cyrus has released three extended plays: Good Cry (2018), The End of Everything (2020), People Don't Change (2021)
1037
poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (died 1398)
Kadi Ahmad Burhan al-Din was a Turcoman poet, scholar, and statesman. He was vizier to the Eretnid rulers of Anatolia. In 1381, he took over Eretnid lands and claimed the title of sultan for himself. He is most often…
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1345
duke of Saxony (died 1595)
John Frederick II of Saxony, was a prince of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin. Although he nominally bore the title of Duke of Saxony, he in fact ruled the Saxon duchies of Coburg and Eisenach.
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1529
Dutch theologian and academic (died 1643)
Simon Episcopius was a Dutch theologian and Remonstrant who played a significant role at the Synod of Dort in 1618. His name is the Latinized form of his Dutch name Simon Bisschop.
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1583
German astronomer and academic (died 1616)
Johann Goldsmid, better known by his Latinized name Johann(es) Fabricius, eldest son of David Fabricius (1564–1617), was a Frisian astronomer and a modern era discoverer of sunspots in 1611, preceded by Thomas Harriot…
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1587
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629)
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a Dutch naval officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, serving two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of…
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1587
Croatian poet and playwright (died 1638)
Dživo Franov Gundulić, better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Ragusan Baroque. He is regarded as the Croatian national poet. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic…
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1589
Spanish priest and author (died 1658)
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by…
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1601
first Intendant of New France (died 1694)
Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville was a French colonial administrator who served as the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to serve as the…
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1626
duc de Luxembourg, French general (died 1695)
François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, commonly known as Luxembourg, and nicknamed "The Upholsterer of Notre-Dame", was a French general and Marshal of France. A comrade and successor of the…
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1628
German economist and jurist (died 1694)
Samuel von Pufendorf was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at…
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1632
Spanish cardinal (died 1709)
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero y de Guzmán, was a Spanish prelate, who was cardinal archbishop of Toledo. Uncle of Luis Antonio Tomás de Portocarrero y Moscoso, 5th Count, who became a Grandee of Spain, 2nd…
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1635
Italian painter (died 1665)
Elisabetta Sirani was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in unexplained circumstances at the age of 27. She was one of the first women artists in early modern Bologna. She became a successful painter,…
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1638
American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (died 1815)
John Carroll was an American Catholic prelate who served as the nation's first Catholic bishop, overseeing the Diocese of Baltimore, then the only diocese in the nascent United States, from 1789 to 1815. He became…
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1735
French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834)
Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, was the French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution. His actions on arriving in the United States led to a major political…
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1763
American banker and financier (died 1844)
Nicholas Biddle was an American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States. Throughout his life Biddle worked as an editor, diplomat, author, and politician who served…
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1786
Austrian archduke and archbishop (died 1831)
Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainier, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Cardinal-Archbishop of Olomouc, was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and an Austrian clergyman and noble. He was…
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1788
American composer and educator (died 1872)
Lowell Mason was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music. Lowell composed over 1,600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His best-known work…
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1792
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (died 1871)
John Bigler was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office, as…
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1805
American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 1878)
Orson Hyde was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a member of the first Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of…
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1805
Swiss pianist and composer (died 1871)
Sigismond Thalberg was an Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century.
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1812
English-South African politician (died 1893)
Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877.
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1817
American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (died 1904)
James Longstreet was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most…
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1821
Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913)
Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the…
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1823
English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1889)
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground…
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1824
Mexican poet and composer (died 1861)
Francisco González Bocanegra was a Mexican poet who wrote the lyrics of the Mexican National Anthem in 1853.
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1824
German pianist and composer (died 1894)
Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow was a German conductor, pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for establishing the successes…
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1830
Dutch-English painter and academic (died 1912)
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of…
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1836
English police officer (died 1929)
Frederick George Abberline was a British chief inspector for the London Metropolitan Police. He is best known for being a prominent police figure in the investigation into the Jack the Ripper serial killer murders of…
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1843
American pastor and author (died 1931)
James Milton Carroll was an American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, author, and educator.
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1852
American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1925)
Fanny Bullock Workman was an American mountaineer, explorer, cartographer, and travel writer known for her expeditions in the Himalayas and the Karakoram. One of the first women to pursue mountaineering as a…
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1859
English author (died 1903)
Emma Moss Booth-Tucker, known as 'The Consul', was the fourth child and second daughter of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army.
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1860
American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (died 1934)
Frank Nelson Doubleday, known to friends and family as "Effendi", founded the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897, which later operated under other names. Starting work at the age of 14 after his father's business…
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1862
Duke of Clarence and Avondale (died 1892)
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, was the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales. From birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne, but did not become king or Prince…
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1864
American philanthropist (died 1943)
Winnaretta Singer was an American-born heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune. She used this to fund a wide range of causes, notably a musical salon where her protégés included Debussy and Ravel, and numerous…
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1865
American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (died 1940)
William Gustavus Conley was an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of West Virginia (1908–1913) and 18th governor of West Virginia as a Republican.
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1866
American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Emily Greene Balch was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, and…
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1867
Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1930)
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, GE, was a Spanish dictator and military officer who ruled as prime minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during the last years of the Bourbon Restoration.
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1870
French anarchist (died 1942)
Jeanne Adnet was a French seamstress, illegalist anarchist and then socialist. Along with some of her close relatives, like her sister Clotilde Adnet, she became involved in the anarchist movement in France during the…
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1871
1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940)
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC (NI), DL, was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 1912–14, he…
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1871
Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (died 1953)
Iuliu Maniu was a Romanian lawyer and politician. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, playing an important role in the Union of Transylvania with Romania.
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1873
American dentist and politician (died 1960)
Henrik Shipstead was a Norwegian-American dentist and politician who served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, representing the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor…
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1881
American librarian and author (died 1945)
Linnie Marsh Wolfe was an American librarian. She won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for her 1945 biography of John Muir titled Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir.
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1881
Russian painter and poet (died 1941)
Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov was a Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and poet.
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1883
American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (died 1963)
Patrick Jay Hurley was an American attorney, Republican Party politician, military officer, and diplomat. He was the 51st United States Secretary of War from 1929 to 1933 in the cabinet of Herbert Hoover and a key…
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1883
Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945)
John Curtin was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having been most notable…
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1885
Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (died 1972)
Móric "Mór" Kóczán was a Slovak–Hungarian athlete and Calvinist pastor. Specialized for the throwing events, his best results came in the javelin throw, having won five Hungarian championship titles between 1911 and…
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1885
Dutch-American pastor and activist (died 1967)
Abraham Johannes Muste was a Dutch-born American clergyman and political activist. He is best remembered for his work in the labor movement, the pacifist movement, the anti-war movement, and the civil rights movement in…
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1885
German-American mathematician and academic (died 1972)
Richard Courant was a German-American mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins. His research focused on the areas of real analysis,…
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1888
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe was a German experimental physicist who shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics with Max Born "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith."
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1891
English journalist and author (died 1986)
Margaret Ethel Jameson was an English journalist and author, known for her novels and reviews and for her work as President of English PEN between 1938 and 1944.
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1891
Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1972)
Bronislava Nijinska was a Russian ballet dancer of Polish origin, and an innovative choreographer. She came of age in a family of traveling, professional dancers.
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1891
Czech-American composer and academic (died 1967)
Jaromír Weinberger was a Bohemian-born Jewish subject of the Austrian Empire, who became a naturalized American composer.
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1896
English soldier and author (died 1977)
Dennis Yates Wheatley was an English writer whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through to the 1960s.
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1897
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (died 1959)
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia", was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon, serving from 1956 until his assassination…
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1899
American character actress (died 1988)
Dorothy I. Adams was an American character actress of stage, film, and television.
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1900
Russian-French painter (died 1969)
Serge Poliakoff was a Russian-born French modernist painter belonging to the 'New' École de Paris (Tachisme).
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1900
American psychologist and academic (died 1987)
Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of humanistic psychology and was known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy. Rogers is widely considered one of the founding…
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1902
German physician and SS officer (died 1948)
Karl Brandt was a German physician and Schutzstaffel (SS) officer in Nazi Germany. Trained in surgery, Brandt joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and became Adolf Hitler's "escort doctor" (Begleitarzt) in August 1934. A…
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1904
German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997)
Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel was a German writer, philosopher, logician, and epistemologist. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th-century movement in the philosophy of science. Hempel articulated the…
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1905
English actor (died 1975)
William Henry Hartnell was an English actor, who is best known for portraying the first incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised…
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1908
Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996)
Mary Ann Evans, also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman, who worked in Indian cinema. She is most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in Hunterwali, released…
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1908
Indian author and poet (died 1995)
Ashapurna Devi, also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by the…
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1909
South African cricketer (died 1995)
Bruce Mitchell was a South African cricketer who played in 42 Test matches from 1929 to 1949. He was a right-handed opening batsman and played in every Test South Africa played in that period.
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1909
American author and educator (died 1995)
Evelyn Nielsen Wood was an American educator and businessperson, widely known for popularizing speed reading, although she preferred the phrase "dynamic reading". She created and marketed a system said to increase a…
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1909
Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998)
Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century.
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1910
American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970)
Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir, was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy.
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1911
Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992)
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime and after, with a…
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1912
Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2014)
Lawrence Edward Walsh was an American lawyer and judge who was United States Deputy Attorney General from 1957 to 1961 and a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was…
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1912
American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
William Walker Cooper was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1940 to 1957, most notably as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals with whom he won…
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1915
American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994)
Matthew Hillsman Taylor Jr., known professionally as Peter Taylor, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Born and raised in Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote frequently about the urban…
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1917
English actor (died 2016)
Douglas Norman Wilmer was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the eponymous 1965 TV series.
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1920
American engineer (died 2015)
Dale Dehaven Myers was an American aerospace engineer who was the deputy administrator of NASA, serving between October 6, 1986, and May 13, 1989. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated with a Bachelor of…
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1922
American actor and comedian (died 2022)
Lawrence Samuel Storch was an American actor and comedian known for his comic television roles, including voice-over work for cartoon shows such as Mr. Whoopee on Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales. For his potrayal of the…
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1923
American opera singer and actor (died 2011)
Giorgio Tozzi was an American operatic bass. He was associated with the Metropolitan Opera for many years and sang principal bass roles in nearly every major opera house worldwide.
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1923
English cricketer (died 1985)
Johnny Wardle was an English spin bowling cricketer whose Test Match career lasted between 1948 and 1957. His Test bowling average of 20.39 is the lowest in Test cricket by any recognised spin bowler since the First…
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1923
German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008)
Joseph Weizenbaum was a German-American computer scientist and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the namesake of the Weizenbaum Award and the Weizenbaum Institute.
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1923
Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010)
Benjamin Lees was an American composer of classical music.
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1924
1924
Indian author and playwright (died 1972)
Mohan Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in India in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern Hindi play, Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1958), which won a competition organised by…
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1925
American operatic soprano (died 2012)
Evelyn Shulman Lear was an American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the United States and won a Grammy Award in 1966.…
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1926
American actor (died 2007)
Kerwin Mathews was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960), and Jack the Giant Killer (1962).
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1926
Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004)
Kelucharan Mohapatra was a legendary Indian classical dancer, guru, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century.
He is the first…
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1926
Japanese fashion designer (died 2022)
Hanae Mori was a Japanese fashion designer. She was one of only two Japanese women to have presented her collections on the runways of Paris and New York, and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official haute…
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1926
American comedian and actor (died 2009)
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio-television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television series, Lunch…
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1926
English poet and academic (died 2015)
Alfred Charles Tomlinson was an English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
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1927
American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (died 2020)
Thomas Slade Gorton III was an American lawyer and politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987, and again from 1989 to 2001. He held…
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1928
Indian-British actor (died 2015)
Saeed Jaffrey was a British-Indian actor. His career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was considered…
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1929
German-American businessman (died 1991)
Bill Graham was a German-born American impresario and rock concert promoter.
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1931
American lawyer and scholar
Clarence Benjamin Jones is an American lawyer and the former personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's…
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1931
American soldier and journalist (died 2024)
Charles Osgood Wood III was an American radio and television commentator, writer, and musician. Osgood was best known both for being the host of CBS News Sunday Morning, a role he held for over 22 years from April 10,…
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1933
French director and screenwriter (died 2022)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet were a duo of French filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006. Their films are noted for their rigorous, intellectually stimulating style and radical, communist…
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1933
French cyclist (died 1987)
Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.
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1934
British actor (died 1988)
Roy Mitchell Kinnear was a British character actor and comedian. He was known for playing Algernon in The Beatles' Help! (1965), Clapper in How I Won the War (1967), Henry Salt in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory…
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1934
American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977)
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Presley's energetic and…
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1935
Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020)
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford was an Australian scientist who was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a professor at the University of Sydney and Princeton…
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1936
Welsh singer
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey is a Welsh singer, known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films – the only artist to perform more than one officially. Bassey is one…
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1937
American game show host and producer
Robert Leland Eubanks is an American disc jockey, television personality and game show host, widely known for hosting the game show The Newlywed Game on and off since 1966. He also hosted the successful revamp version…
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1938
Venezuelan-American fashion designer
Carolina Herrera is a Venezuelan American fashion designer. Known for her personal style, she founded her namesake brand in 1980. Herrera has designed for various First Ladies of the United States, including Jacqueline…
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1939
American country and gospel singer
Cristy Lane is an American Christian and country music singer. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she had a series of hits on the North American country charts with songs like "Let Me Down Easy", "I Just Can't Stay…
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1940
English actor and screenwriter (died 1989)
Graham Chapman was a British actor, comedian and writer. He was one of the six members of the surrealist comedy group Monty Python. He portrayed authority figures such as The Colonel and the lead role in two Python…
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1941
Peruvian-American painter
Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian-American painter who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have appeared on the covers of numerous novels in the science fiction,…
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1941
English physicist and author (died 2018)
Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he…
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1942
Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is the sixth-longest…
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1942
American actress (died 2022)
Yvette Carmen Mimieux was an American film and television actress who was a major star of the 1960s and 1970s. Her breakout role was in The Time Machine (1960). She was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards during her…
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1942
American lawyer and author
Terence Dean Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has…
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1944
1945
American author and academic
Nancy Barbara Bond is an American author of children's literature. In 1977 her first book, A String in the Harp, was fantasy novel with an element of folklore, set in West Wales. It received a Newbery honor and the…
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1945
American actress
Kathleen Noone is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, As the World Turns…
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1945
American guitarist and songwriter
Robert Alan Krieger is an American guitarist and founding member of the rock band the Doors. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Touch Me", and…
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1946
Mexican drug lord
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, is a Mexican convicted drug lord who was one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, which controlled much of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United…
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1946
English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016)
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s.…
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1947
Finnish pole vaulter and politician
Antti Kalliomäki is a Finnish politician and former athlete. Kalliomäki is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 until 2011. He retired from…
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1947
Scottish director and screenwriter
Gillies MacKinnon is a Scottish film director, writer and painter. He was born in Glasgow and attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist,…
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1948
Palestinian militant (died 1968)
Shadia Abu Ghazaleh was a Palestinian militant. After completing her studies, she joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and was one of the first women to participate in the Palestinian fedayeen…
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1949
Jamaican cricketer
Lawrence George Rowe is a Jamaican former cricketer. A stylish top order batsman, he also played for Jamaica and Derbyshire in his cricketing career. Rowe was later named as one of Jamaica's top five cricketers of the…
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1949
Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
Kenny Davis Anthony is a Saint Lucian politician who was Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 1997 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016. As leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party, he was Leader of the Opposition from 2006…
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1951
Russian-American pianist and educator
Vladimir Oskarovich Feltsman is a Russian-American classical pianist particularly noted for his devotion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin.
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1952
Irish mathematician and academic
Peter McCullagh is a Northern Irish-born American statistician and John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago.
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1952
Slovak ice hockey player
Marián Šťastný is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger. He played for five seasons in the National Hockey League from 1981 through 1986 for the Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to moving…
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1953
American baseball pitcher (died 2022)
Howard Bruce Sutter was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves from 1976 to 1988. He was one of the…
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1953
American actress
Harriet Sansom Harris is an American actress known for her theater performances and for her portrayals of Bebe Glazer on Frasier and Felicia Tilman on Desperate Housewives.
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1955
1955
American football player (died 2018)
Dwight Edward Clark was an American professional football wide receiver who played for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1987. He was a member of San Francisco's first two Super…
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1957
Spanish dancer and choreographer
Juan Ignacio Duato Barcia, also known as Nacho Duato is a Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer. Since 2014, Duato has been artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet. He is openly gay.
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1957
American actor (died 2023)
Ron Cephas Jones was an American actor, best known for his role as William Hill in the drama series This Is Us (2016–2022), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award; along with four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award…
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1957
American basketball player
Calvin Leon Natt is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m) small forward, Natt played at Northeast Louisiana University under coach Lenny Fant. After college, he played 11 NBA…
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1957
American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
Elisabeth Dee DeVos is an American politician, philanthropist, and former government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021. DeVos is known for her conservative political…
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1958
Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor (died 2024)
Miguel Ángel López Díaz was a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer, better known by his ring name, Rey Misterio. He was also referred to as Rey Misterio Sr. to distinguish him from his nephew.
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1958
Australian drummer (died 2005)
Paul Newell Hester was an Australian musician and television personality. He was the drummer for the band Split Enz from November 1983 until their break-up in December 1984. Hester was also a co-founding member of the…
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1959
American drummer
Dave Weckl is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2000.
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1960
American sprinter
Calvin Smith is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former world record holder in the 100-meter sprint with 9.93 seconds in 1983 and was twice world champion over 200 metres, in 1983…
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1961
Canadian singer-songwriter
Ronald Eldon Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. He was the songwriter of the year at the 2005 Juno Awards. He began releasing recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21 and has…
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1964
American actress
Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo is an American actress who has appeared on television and in independent films. She is a Saturn Award winner with three nominations.
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1965
American actress
Maria Pitillo is an American retired actress. She has starred in films and on television, most notably as Audrey Timmonds in Godzilla (1998). She also had a recurring role on the television series Providence.
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1966
Russian ice hockey player (died 2009)
Igor Viktorovich Vyazmikin was a Russian professional ice hockey forward, who played for CSKA. He was the final player selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, going in the twelfth round, 252nd overall, to the Edmonton…
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1966
American singer-songwriter (died 1990)
Andrew Patrick Wood was an American musician who was the lead singer and lyricist for the alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. He formed Malfunkshun in 1980 with his older brother Kevin Wood on…
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1966
American basketball player
Willie Lloyd Anderson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. During his professional career, Anderson played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and three seasons in the…
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1967
1967
English politician
Thomas Anthony Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest is a British politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019. A member of the House of Lords since 2022, he was the member of Parliament…
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1967
Japanese professional wrestler
Keiko Aoki is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as Bull Nakano . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano.…
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1968
American baseball player
Jason Gilbert Giambi is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. In his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, which began in 1995, Giambi played for the Oakland Athletics, New York…
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1971
Austrian politician
Andreas Kollross is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Thermenregion from November 2017 to October 2024.
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1971
Swiss footballer and coach
Pascal "Zubi" Zuberbühler is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1971
English footballer, coach, and manager
Paul Clement is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently the assistant coach of the Brazil national team.
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1972
American baseball player
Michael Terrance Cameron is an American former professional Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers,…
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1973
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
Jennifer Diane Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.
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1976
American actress, writer, director, and producer
Amber Benson is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999–2002), and has directed, produced and starred in her own…
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1977
1978
South Korean footballer and manager
Seol Ki-hyeon is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is also the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA Champions League, during his time at Anderlecht.
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1979
American actor (died 2015)
Windell Dwain Middlebrooks, Jr. was an American actor and singer. Most famous as a TV pitchman for Miller High Life beer, Middlebrooks also starred in The Suite Life on Deck and Body of Proof.
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1979
Romanian footballer
Adrian Mutu is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder.
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1979
Croatian footballer
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As of 29 July 2021, he works at the Croatian Football Federation as the technical director of the national senior and under-21…
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1979
Canadian actress and director
Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and actress. She first garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly…
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1979
1980
American actress
Genevieve Nicole Padalecki is an American actress. She starred in the television series Wildfire as Kris Furillo and had a recurring role in Supernatural as the demon Ruby. Her film and television appearances were…
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1981
Canadian baseball player
Jeffrey William Francis is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees,…
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1981
American actress
Gabrielle Mary Antonia Hoffmann is an American actress. She made her film debut in Field of Dreams (1989) and found success as a child actress in Uncle Buck (1989), This Is My Life (1992), The Man Without a Face (1993),…
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1982
American wrestler
Christopher Todd Mordetzky, better known by the ring name Chris Masters, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Chris Masters. He is also known for his time in…
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1983
American baseball player and broadcaster
Jeffrey Braden Francoeur, nicknamed "Frenchy", is an American former professional baseball right fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Kansas City…
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1984
American basketball player
Chris Douglas Roberts is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis.
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1987
English actress and singer-songwriter
Cynthia Erivo is a British actress and singer. Known for her work on both stage and screen, she is the recipient of several accolades and one of few individuals nominated for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony…
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1987
English actor
Frederic Wilhelm C. J. Sjöström, known professionally as Freddie Stroma, is a British actor. He portrayed Cormac McLaggen in the Harry Potter film series, Adam Cromwell in the Lifetime series Unreal, Brit Vayner in 13…
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1987
Spanish footballer
Adrián López Álvarez, known simply as Adrián, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently assistant manager at La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.
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1988
English footballer
Michael Ian Mancienne is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he played for the Seychelles national team. He played for football clubs in Germany, the United States, and England.
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1988
1988
New Zealand rugby player
Aaron Wiremu Cruden is a New Zealand rugby union player, who plays for Waikato and formerly Montpellier, Manawatu and New Zealand internationally. Cruden's usual position is fly-half.
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1989
American football player
Blair Richard Walsh is an American former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. Walsh played college football for the…
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1990
Australian cricketer
Josh Reginald Hazlewood is an Australian international cricketer. He is a pace bowler known for his accuracy and has been compared to former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath. He has captained Australia in an ODI and…
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1991
Norwegian footballer
Stefan Marius Johansen is a former Norwegian professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He played for the Norway national team until his international retirement in 2021.
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1991
Montenegrin footballer
Stefan Savić is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and the Montenegro national team.
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1991
American basketball player
Gregory Stephen Smith is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Fresno State before playing in the NBA and overseas.
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1991
American basketball player
Stefanie Marie Dolson is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted sixth overall in the 2014 WNBA draft. Dolson played center…
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1992
1992
1992
Swedish ice hockey player
Lars William Karlsson, nicknamed "Wild Bill", is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the…
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1993
New Zealand swimmer
Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe is a retired New Zealand para-swimmer. She represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008, winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals and one bronze medal,…
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1993
American basketball player
Glenn Alann ‘Tre’ Robinson III is an American professional basketball player for the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He was drafted 40th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2014…
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1994
American actress and singer
Ryan Destiny is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Destiny is best known for her roles in the Fox TV musical drama Star, the Freeform sitcom Grown-ish, and as the two-time Olympic gold medal-winning boxer…
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1995
American basketball player
Tony Lee Bradley Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina (UNC). A 6'10…
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1998
Dominican baseball player
Jhoan Manuel Durán is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins. He made his MLB debut in 2022 with…
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1998
Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player
Ignas "Iggy" Brazdeikis is a Lithuanian-Canadian professional basketball player for Žalgiris of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. As a…
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1999
Italian singer-songwriter
Damiano David is an Italian singer and songwriter. He is the frontman of the rock band Måneskin, which won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subsequently the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 representing Italy with the…
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1999
American football player
Zachariah Charbonnet is an American professional football running back for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and UCLA Bruins. He was a…
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2001
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