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After moving to southern Ukraine, she became a prominent figure within the ranks of the Makhnovshchina, a mass movement to establish a libertarian communist society
Famous Birthdays on January 9
191 people
1304 – 2006
January 9 has seen 191 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1304 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1897 — Halyna Kuzmenko
Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978)
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Following the death of her husband, the outbreak of World War II saw her deportation for forced labour, first by the Nazis and then by the Soviets
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Along with her husband, the anarchist military leader Nestor Makhno, in 1921 she fled into exile from the political repression in Ukraine
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Agafya "Halyna" Andriivna Kuzmenko was a Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary
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Kuzmenko spearheaded the movement's educational activities, promoted Ukrainization and acted as an outspoken advocate of women's rights
Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (died 1333)[unreliable source?]
Hōjō Takatoki was the last Tokusō and ruling Shikken (regent) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate; the rulers that followed were his puppets. A member of the Hōjō clan, he was the son of Hōjō Sadatoki, and was preceded as…
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1304
Aragonese admiral (died 1485)
John Ramon III Folch de Cardona i de Prades,, was a Catalan nobleman. John Ramon's titles included Count of Prades (5th), Count of Cardona, Viscount of Vilamur, Baron of Entença, Admiral of Aragon, Captain general of…
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1418
Pope Gregory XV, born Alessandro Ludovisi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February 1621 until his death in 1623. He is notable for founding the Congregation for the Propagation…
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1554
Count of Bucquoy, French commander (died 1621)
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy was a military commander who fought for the Spanish Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War and for the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
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1571
French painter (died 1649)
Simon Vouet was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and…
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1590
English printer (died 1662)
William Dugard, or Du Gard, was an English schoolmaster and printer. During the English Interregnum, he printed many important documents and propaganda, first in support of Charles I and later of Oliver Cromwell. He…
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1606
Okiko , posthumously honored as Empress Meishō , was the 109th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Her reign lasted from 1629 to 1643. Her reign officially began when she was five years…
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1624
3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (date baptized; (died 1712)
Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet was an English politician from the Villiers family.
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1645
German composer (died 1739)
Reinhard Keiser was a German opera composer based in Hamburg. He wrote over a hundred operas. Johann Adolf Scheibe considered him an equal to Johann Kuhnau, George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann, but his…
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1674
Dutch philologist and critic (died 1766)
Tiberius Hemsterhuis was a Dutch philologist and critic.
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1685
English poet, historian, and critic (died 1790)
Thomas Warton was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead.
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1728
1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (died 1823)
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Jervis served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th, and was an active commander during the…
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1735
American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1819)
Caleb Strong Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father who served as the sixth and tenth governor of Massachusetts between 1800 and 1807, and again from 1812 until 1816. He assisted in drafting the…
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1745
Portuguese soprano and actress (died 1833)
Luísa Rosa de Aguiar Todi was a popular and successful Portuguese mezzo-soprano opera singer.
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1753
English painter and illustrator (died 1845)
Cassandra Elizabeth Austen was an amateur English watercolourist and the elder sister of Jane Austen. The letters between her and Jane form a substantial foundation for scholarly understanding of the life of the…
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1773
Turkish Ney player and composer (died 1846)
Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi was a composer of Ottoman classical music.
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1778
English journalist and author (died 1856)
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was an English humorist.
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1811
French sculptor and photographer (died 1881)
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon was a French sculptor and photographer.
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1818
English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (died 1884)
James Goodall Francis, Australian colonial politician, was the 9th Premier of Victoria. Francis was born in London, and emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1847, where he became a businessman. He moved to Victoria in 1853…
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1819
Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (died 1896)
Carol Benesch was a Silesian architect of Historicism and Eclecticism orientation established in the Kingdom of Romania.
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1822
German surgeon and academic (died 1908)
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch was a German surgeon. He developed the Esmarch bandage and founded the Deutscher Samariter-Verein, the predecessor of the Deutscher Samariter-Bund.
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1823
English director and playwright (died 1871)
Thomas William Robertson was an English dramatist and stage director known for his development of naturalism in British theatre.
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1829
German botanist and explorer (died 1857)
Adolf von Schlagintweit was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to study the Earth's magnetic field in…
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1829
Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1900)
Félix-Gabriel Marchand was a journalist, author, notary and politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the 11th premier of Quebec from May 24, 1897, to September 25, 1900.
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1832
American composer and academic (died 1906)
John Knowles Paine was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those…
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1839
Princess Frederica of Hanover was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of society.
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1848
English tennis player (died 1935)
Rev. John Thorneycroft Hartley was a tennis player from England, and the only clergyman to win Wimbledon.
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1849
American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (died 1921)
Jennie Jerome Churchill, known as Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill, was an American-born British socialite, the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill.
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1854
Slovenian priest and poet (died 1912)
Anton Aškerc was a Slovenian poet and Roman Catholic priest who worked in Austria, best known for his epic poems.
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1856
American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (died 1947)
Carrie Chapman Catt was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt served as president of the…
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1859
Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1926)
Vladimir Andreevich Steklov was a prominent Russian and Soviet mathematician, mechanician and physicist.
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1864
Danish chemist and academic (died 1939)
Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen was a Danish chemist, known for the introduction of the concept of pH, a scale for measuring acidity and alkalinity.
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1868
American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (died 1938)
Joseph Baermann Strauss was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
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1870
Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (died 1934)
Hayim Nahman Bialik was a Russian-Jewish poet who wrote primarily in Hebrew and Yiddish. Bialik is considered a pioneer of modern Hebrew poetry, part of the vanguard of Jewish thinkers who gave voice to a new spirit of…
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1873
American sprinter and hurdler (died 1944)
Thomas Pelham Curtis was an American athlete and the winner of the 110 metres hurdles at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
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1873
Irish-American hammer thrower (died 1938)
John Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908.
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1873
American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (died 1942)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born…
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1875
American psychologist and academic (died 1958)
John Broadus Watson was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Watson advanced this change in the psychological discipline through his…
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1879
English poet and critic (died 1938)
Lascelles Abercrombie was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets". After the First World War he worked as a professor of English literature in a number of English universities, writing principally…
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1881
Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956)
Giovanni Papini was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he was the earliest and…
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1881
American runner and hurdler (died 1968)
Charles James Bacon Jr. was an American athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and the New York City Police Department. He won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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1885
American sound engineer and instrument designer (died 1943)
Lloyd Allayre Loar (1886–1943) was an American musician, instrument designer and sound engineer. He is best known for his design work with the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in the early 20th century, including…
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1886
Indian author and playwright (died 1969)
Vrindavan Lal verma was a Hindi novelist and playwright. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan for his literary works; Agra University presented him with honorary D. Lit. He received Soviet Land Nehru Award and the…
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1889
Czech author and playwright (died 1938)
Karel Čapek was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R., which introduced the word robot. He…
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1890
German-Swedish journalist and author (died 1935)
Kurt Tucholsky was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
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1890
American lawyer and politician (died 1985)
Eva Bowring was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska.
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1892
Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (died 1968)
Edwin Albert Baker, was a Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
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1893
New Zealand-English conductor and director (died 1971)
Henry Warwick Braithwaite was a New Zealand-born orchestral conductor. He worked mostly in Great Britain and was especially known for his work in opera.
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1896
German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1973)
Karl Löwith was a German philosopher best known for his critiques of historicism and his analysis of secularization in modern thought. A student of Martin Heidegger and Edmund Husserl during the Weimar Republic, Löwith…
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1897
English actress and singer (died 1979)
Dame Gracie Fields was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and music hall, she was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the…
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1898
Estonian journalist and weightlifter (died 1942)
Harald Tammer was an Estonian journalist, athlete and weightlifter. As a heavyweight weightlifter he won a world title in 1922 and a bronze medal at the 1924 Olympics. As an athlete he competed in the shot put at the…
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1899
American journalist and author (died 1939)
Richard Halliburton was an American travel writer and adventurer who, among numerous journeys, swam the length of the Panama Canal and paid the lowest toll in its history, 36 cents, in 1928. He disappeared at sea while…
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1900
Hungarian-American actress (died 1991)
Vilma Bánky was a Hungarian-American silent film actress. Although her acting career began in Budapest, and she later worked in France, Austria, and Germany, Bánky was best known for her roles in the American films The…
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1901
American impresario and businessman (died 1997)
Sir Rudolf Bing, KBE was an Austrian-born British opera impresario who worked in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, including as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1950 to…
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1902
Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975)
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II…
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1902
French philosopher and author (died 1986)
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she considered one at…
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1908
Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (died 2008)
Sir Anthony Joseph Mamo, was the first president of Malta and previously served as the last governor-general of the State of Malta before the country became a republic. He was also the first Maltese citizen to be…
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1909
Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (died 1992)
Patrick Peyton, CSC, also known as "the Rosary priest", was an Irish-born Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and founder of the Family Rosary Crusade. He popularized the phrases "The family that prays…
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1909
English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (died 2003)
Basil Cedric Langton was an English actor, director and photographer, who made a career on both sides of the Atlantic. He was an authority on the plays of George Bernard Shaw and compiled an archive of more than 400,000…
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1912
English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (died 1996)
Ralph Sydney Tubbs OBE FRIBA was a British architect. Well known amongst the buildings he designed was the Dome of Discovery at the successful Festival of Britain on the South Bank in London in 1951.
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1912
American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994)
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States…
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1913
American jazz drummer and bandleader (died 1985)
Kenneth Clarke Spearman, known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal…
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1914
Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (died 1982)
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos was an Argentine-American actor and director of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.
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1915
American actress (died 1970)
Anita Louise was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie Antoinette (1938), and The…
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1915
American baseball player and golfer (died 2005)
Alma Ziegler was an infielder and pitcher who played from 1944 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 125 lb., Ziegler batted and threw right-handed.
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1918
Jr., American poet and academic (died 2007)
William Morris Meredith Jr. was an American poet and educator. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1978 to 1980, and the recipient of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
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1919
English actor (died 2012)
Clive Robert Bertram Dunn was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's…
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1920
Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (died 1998)
Hakeem Muhammad Saeed was a Pakistani medical researcher, author, scholar, and philanthropist. He served as governor of Sindh Province from 19 July 1993 until 23 January 1994. Saeed was one of Pakistan's most prominent…
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1920
Hungarian Olympic gymnast (died 2025)
Ágnes Keleti was a Hungarian and Israeli artistic gymnast and coach, who won multiple Olympic medals. She was the oldest living Olympic champion and medallist, reaching her 100th birthday on 9 January 2021. While…
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1921
Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011)
Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W.…
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1922
Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984)
Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining…
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1922
Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (died 1990)
Sergei Iosifovich Parajanov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. His films are known for their poetic, non-linear, and symbolic nature. Widely considered by filmmakers, film critics, and film historians to be…
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1924
English footballer and manager (died 2012)
Wilfred Leonard Quested was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. In 1957 he moved to Australia where he…
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1925
American actor (died 1989)
Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, holding starring roles in…
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1925
Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2002)
Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
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1926
American novelist (died 2019)
Judith Krantz was an American magazine writer, fashion editor, and novelist. Her first novel Scruples (1978) was a New York Times best-seller and was translated into 50 languages. Scruples, which describes the glamorous…
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1928
Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (died 1994)
Domenico Modugno was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received the first Grammy…
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1928
Irish author, playwright, and director (died 2015)
Brian Patrick Friel was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. He has been likened to an…
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1929
German poet, playwright, and director (died 1995)
Heiner Müller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.
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1929
Lithuanian-American author and critic (died 2008)
Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome in collaboration with Jerome Bixby, John A. Sentry,…
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1931
English footballer (died 2002)
Royston Edward Dwight was an English footballer. He scored the opening goal in the 1959 FA Cup Final for Nottingham Forest.
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1933
Zambian-English journalist and author (died 2021)
Wilbur Addison Smith was a Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
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1933
American football player and coach (died 2019)
Bryan Bartlett Starr was an American professional football quarterback and head coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and was…
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1934
American actor (died 2005)
Robert Osbourne Denver was an American comedic actor who portrayed beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and Gilligan on the 1964–1967 television series Gilligan's Island.
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1935
American sportscaster (died 2017)
Richard Alan Enberg was an American sportscaster. Over the course of an approximately 60-year career, he provided play-by-play of various sports for several radio and television networks, including NBC (1975–1999), CBS…
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1935
New Zealand rugby player and educator (died 2017)
Sir David John Graham, generally known as John Graham, was a New Zealand educator and rugby union player. He served as president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) and was an All Black loose forward; he…
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1935
Australian politician (died 2014)
Richard William Brian Harradine was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Australian Senate, from 1975 to 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was the longest-serving independent…
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1935
1936
Croatian academic and politician (died 2017)
Marko Veselica was a Croatian politician, economist and university professor.
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1936
Canadian educator and politician (died 2013)
Claudette Boyer was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1999 as a Liberal, but was later forced to leave the party as a result of legal difficulties. She retired…
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1938
English actress and activist (died 2011)
Susannah Yolande Fletcher, known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including Tom Jones (1963) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), formed the…
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1939
Polish composer (died 1993)
Barbara Buczek was a Polish composer and music teacher who taught at the Academy of Music in Kraków.
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1940
Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation
Ruth Dreifuss is a Swiss economist, unionist and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council from 1993 to 2002. She served as Vice President of Switzerland in 1998 and as President of Switzerland in 1999…
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1940
1941
Australian author and playwright
Robert Duncan Drewe is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer.
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1943
Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2007)
Elmer Eric MacFadyen was a Canadian politician. He represented Sherwood-Hillsborough in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 as a Progressive Conservative member.
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1943
American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019)
Noel Scott Engel, better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his unorthodox stylistic…
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1943
German filmmaker (died 2014)
Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film.
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1944
English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
James Patrick Page is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
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1944
Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
Michalis Kyriakou, known by his stage-name Michalis Violaris, is a singer and composer of modern Greek and Cypriot music.
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1944
American actor
John Doman is an American actor best known for playing Bill Rawls on HBO series The Wire (2002–2008), Colonel Edward Galson on Oz (2001), Dr. Deraad in ER (1999–2003), Rodrigo Borgia in the international television…
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1945
Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia
Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan, also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998.
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1945
Indian historian and academic (died 2013)
Mohammad Ishaq Khan was a Kashmiri academic and historian of Kashmir. He served as the dean of academics, dean of faculty of social sciences, professor, and head of the history department at Kashmir University.
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1946
Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mogens Lykketoft is a Danish politician who served as Leader of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) from 2002 to 2005.
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1946
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
William Joseph Cowsill Jr. was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills, who had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s. From the mid-1970s…
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1948
Polish footballer, manager, and politician
Jan Tomaszewski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the 1970s. He kept goal for the Poland national teams that came third at the 1974 World Cup, where he was named Best Goalkeeper,…
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1948
English geneticist and academic
Sir Alec John Jeffreys is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve…
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1950
American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
David Roger Johansen was an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter and for…
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1950
American basketball player, coach, and executive
Michael Leon Carr is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nine seasons with the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics. He won…
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1951
American singer-songwriter and producer
Brenda Gail Webb, known professionally as Crystal Gayle, is an American country music singer widely known for her 1977 hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Initially, Gayle's management and record label were the same…
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1951
Indian economist and academic
Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist who was Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016 and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India from 2009 to 2012. He is the C. Marks Professor of International…
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1952
Kenyan-English author and academic
Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the…
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1954
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Bruce Allan Boudreau is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He previously served as head coach of the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, Minnesota Wild, and Vancouver Canucks of the National…
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1955
American actor
Jonathan Kimble Simmons is an American actor. Considered one of the most prolific and well-established actors of his generation, he has amassed over 200 screen and stage credits since his 1986 debut. He won the Academy…
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1955
German soprano and actress
Waltraud Meier is a German retired dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the…
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1956
English actress and singer
Dame Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton is an English actress and singer. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in 1976 and appeared in various…
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1956
English musician, singer and songwriter
Philip Francis Lewis is an English musician who has lived and worked in the U.S. since the 1980s. He is best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist for the American glam metal band L.A. Guns.
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1957
American ice hockey player
Robert Bruce McClanahan is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 224 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers between 1980 and 1983.…
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1958
Turkish assassin
Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish former hitman for Grey Wolves. On 1 February 1979, he murdered journalist Abdi İpekçi, known for his leftist views, and was imprisoned, but escaped. He travelled illegally to Vatican City on…
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1958
Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after…
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1959
Canadian golfer
Lisa Walters is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She competed under her maiden name Lisa Young until 1988.
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1960
French rugby player
Didier Camberabero, is a former French international rugby union player. He played as fly half.
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1961
Scottish-born footballer
Raymond James Houghton is a former professional footballer and current sports analyst and commentator with RTÉ Sport.
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1962
American musician and songwriter
Eric Theodore Erlandson is an American musician, guitarist, and writer, primarily known as a founding member, songwriter and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole from 1989 to 2002. He has also had several…
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1963
Northern Irish biologist and academic
William Henry Irwin McLean is an Irish geneticist who is emeritus professor of genetic medicine, at the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.
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1963
American basketball player
Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams…
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1965
1965
English actress
Joely Kim Richardson is a British actress. She is notable for her roles as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), Katherine Parr in the Showtime series The Tudors (2010), and Ethel Cripps in the…
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1965
American politician, 62nd Governor of Kentucky
Matthew Griswold Bevin is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019, losing re-election in 2019 to Democrat Andy Beshear. He…
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1967
Argentinian footballer
Claudio Paul Caniggia is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as forward or winger. Caniggia played 50 times for the Argentina national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both…
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1967
American actor
David Costabile is an American actor. He is best known for his television work, having appeared in supporting roles in several television series such as Billions, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Damages, Flight of…
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1967
American rock singer (died 2023)
Steven Scott Harwell was an American musician and singer. He was the lead singer for the rock band Smash Mouth from their formation in 1994 until his retirement in October 2021.
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1967
South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
David John Matthews is a South African American musician and the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB).
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1967
Jamaican cricketer and coach
James Clive Adams OD is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a left-handed batsman, left-arm orthodox spin bowler and fielder, especially in the…
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1968
American actress
Joey Lauren Adams is an American actress and director. Adams starred in Chasing Amy, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and played smaller roles…
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1968
Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
George Theofanous is a Greek Cypriot composer and producer. He has sold more than two million records and written more than 500 songs in the 1990s and 2000s. Recording artists for whom he has written and produced for…
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1968
Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert, known professionally as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter. Having sold over 12 million records worldwide, she is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time.
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1970
American rapper, actress, and radio host
Angela "Angie" Martinez is an American radio personality, podcaster, singer, former rapper and actress. Dubbed "The Voice of New York", Martinez is widely known for her 28-year run at New York City station Hot 97…
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1971
American actress, director, and producer
Angela Marie Bettis is an American actress, film producer, and director.
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1973
Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques is a Jamaican rapper, singer and songwriter. His first album, Stage One, was released in 2000. He gained international fame with his second album, Dutty Rock, in 2002. Its single "Get…
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1973
American actor
Omari Latif Hardwick is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as James St. Patrick / Ghost, the protagonist of Starz's Power and his role as Vanderohe in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead (2021). He is also…
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1974
Jamaican long jumper
James Beckford is a Jamaican track and field athlete competing in the long jump. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic level in 1996, 2000 and 2004. He was the silver medallist in the long jump at the 1996 Olympics and…
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1975
Czech ice hockey player
Radek Bonk is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Bonk was a first-round pick of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He also played for Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators. He last…
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1976
Canadian ice hockey player
Mathieu Carol Garon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, Columbus…
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1978
Italian footballer and manager
Gennaro Ivan Gattuso is an Italian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of the Italy national team.
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1978
American football player
Chad Ochocinco Johnson, known from 2008 to 2012 as Chad Ochocinco, is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college…
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1978
1978
Honduran footballer
Édgar or Edgard Anthony Álvarez Reyes is a Honduran former soccer player who last played for Platense in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras.
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1980
Spanish golfer
Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer. He turned professional in 1999 and played on the European Tour and PGA Tour prior to joining LIV Golf in 2022. García has won 36 international tournaments as a…
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1980
American football player
Shaun Christopher Hill is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins. Hill was…
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1980
Australian rugby league player and referee
Luke "The General" Patten is a former professional rugby league footballer and NRL match official. A Junior Kangaroo and Country New South Wales representative fullback he played for the Illawarra Steelers, St George…
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1980
Spanish footballer
Francisco Pavón Barahona is a Spanish former footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1980
Polish footballer and manager
Euzebiusz "Ebi" Smolarek is a Polish former professional footballer. He is currently the head of the Polish Union of Footballers.
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1981
1982
American basketball player
Sharrod Victor Ford is an American former professional basketball player. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as in a variety of top leagues around the world.
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1982
Spanish footballer
Juan Francisco Torres Belén, known as Juanfran, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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1985
Swiss ice hockey player
Raphael Salvador Diaz is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the National League (NL). He began his professional career with EV Zug in 2003 and has also played…
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1986
Brazilian footballer
Jéferson Gomes do Nascimento or simply Jéferson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Treze.
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1986
South African netball player
Amanda Mynhardt is a South African netball player. She plays in the positions of GK and GD. She is currently captain of the South Africa national netball team and has competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and…
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1986
Brazilian footballer
Lucas Pezzini Leiva, known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio, Liverpool, Lazio and the Brazil national team.
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1987
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Nutini's debut album, These Streets (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, Sunny Side Up (2009),…
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1987
Finnish footballer
Jami Petteri Puustinen is a Finnish former football player. Born in Espoo, Puustinen began his career with FC Kasiysi at the age of eight in 1995, before signing for FC Espoo in 2000. After going on trial with…
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1987
South Korean actress
Lee Yeon-hee is a South Korean actress. She is most known for her work in the television series East of Eden (2008), Phantom (2012), Miss Korea (2013), The Package (2017); and in the films A Millionaire's First Love…
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1988
American basketball player
Michael Paul Beasley Jr. is an American former professional basketball who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for seven teams, most notably the Miami Heat. He played college basketball…
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1989
Bulgarian-Canadian actress
Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva, known professionally as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce in The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2015).
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1989
Belarusian heptathlete
Yana Maksimava is a Lithuanian-Belarusian heptathlete. She was born in Vilnius, the capital of the then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. She is married to fellow Belarusian athlete Andrei Krauchanka. Amid the…
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1989
Jamaican-American basketball player
Samardo Anthony Samuels is a Jamaican professional basketball player who last played for Trotamundos de Carabobo. He is an NBA Veteran, Italian League Champion and Greek League All-Star. With a global career spanning…
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1989
Australian rugby league player
Chris Sandow is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal-kicking halfback or five-eighth. He could also play as a fullback.
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1989
Pakistani cricketer
Haris Sohail is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a left-handed batsman and who occasionally bowls left-arm orthodox.
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1989
1991
Spanish singer-songwriter
Álvaro Tauchert Soler is a Spanish-German singer. He rose to prominence across Europe and Latin America with his 2015 hit "El mismo sol", primarily achieving success in Italy, Switzerland and Mexico. A special bilingual…
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1991
American ice hockey player
Jack Campbell is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. Prior to his professional career, Campbell played for the Windsor Spitfires and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League. He was selected…
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1992
American basketball player
Terrence Alexander Jones is an American professional basketball player who last played for Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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1992
Samoan heavyweight boxer
Joseph Dennis Parker, OM is a New Zealand professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight title from 2016 to 2018. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including…
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1992
English long jumper and heptathlete
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson is an English athlete. A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games…
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1993
American football player
Marcus Peters is an American former professional football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft and was also been…
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1993
Czech ice hockey player
Radek Faksa is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). In his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he was the league's leading rookie…
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1994
New Zealand rugby league player
Braden Hamlin-Uele is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL. He has played for both Samoa and New Zealand at international level.
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1995
Croatian football goalkeeper
Dominik Livaković is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Croatian Football League club Dinamo Zagreb, on loan from Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe, and the Croatia national team.
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1995
American actress
Nicola Anne Peltz Beckham is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Katara in the film The Last Airbender (2010), Bradley Martin in the A&E drama series Bates Motel (2013–2015) and Tessa Yeager in the film…
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1995
Czech ice hockey player
Vítek Vaněček is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers in 2025.
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1996
American actress
Kerris Dorsey is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Paige Whedon in the television series Brothers & Sisters; Casey Beane, Billy Beane's daughter, in the 2011 film Moneyball; and as Emily Cooper in the…
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1998
American social media personality and actor
Brent Austin Rivera is an American influencer and actor who first gained popularity on the now-defunct video hosting service Vine. He has followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
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1998
Croatian basketball player
Luka Šamanić is a Croatian professional basketball player for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the Russian VTB United League. A power forward, he was drafted 19th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2019 NBA draft.
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2000
Spanish footballer
Eric García Martret is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. Primarily a centre-back, he is also capable of playing as a full-back or defensive midfielder.
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2001
Australian rugby league player
Peter Mamouzelos is a Greek professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League and Greece at international level.
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2001
American basketball player
Ezekiel Tobechukwu "Zeke" Nnaji is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats and was drafted…
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2001
Italian singer-songwriter
Giovanni Pietro Damian, known professionally as Sangiovanni, is an Italian singer-songwriter.
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2003
Indian author and columnist
Souhardya De is an Indian writer, columnist, and commentator from Midnapore, West Bengal. He is a recipient of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, a civilian award for Indian citizens under the age of 18, in…
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2004
Italian singer-songwriter
Sarah Toscano is an Italian singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2024, after winning the twenty-third edition of the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.
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2006
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Halyna Kuzmenko — Ukrainian anarchist (1897–1978)
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Birth year1897
Known forAfter moving to southern Ukraine, she became a prominent figure within the ranks of the Makhnovshchina, a mass movement to establish a libertarian communist society
Birthdays on this date191 (1304 – 2006)
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The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes. Wikipedia →
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