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By mid-1890s, he had already designed several buildings in what became known as the Vienna Secession style
Famous Birthdays on July 13
207 people
1470 – 2007
July 13 has seen 207 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1470 – 2007. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1841 — Otto Wagner
Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (died 1918)
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Beginning in 1898, with his designs of Vienna Metro stations, his style became floral and Art Nouveau, with decoration by Koloman Moser
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He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement
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His later works, 1906 until his death in 1918, had geometric forms and minimal ornament, more clearly expressing their modern structure and materials
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Otto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner
Catholic cardinal (died 1528)
Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a member of the Roman Curia.
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1470
illegitimate son of Italian noble (died 1561)
Giulio d'Este was the illegitimate son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. He is known for the conflicts he had with his half brother, Ippolito d'Este, which culminated in a failed conspiracy.
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1478
English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1609)
John Dee was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination, and…
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1527
English physician and chemist (died 1651)
Arthur Dee was a physician and alchemist. He became a physician successively to Tsar Michael I of Russia and to King Charles I of England.
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1579
Pope Clement X, born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death on 22 July 1676.
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1590
Roland Fréart, sieur de Chambray was a French writer, collector, and a theorist of architecture and the arts. Though not a practitioner himself, his two major publications, Parallèle de l'architecture antique avec la…
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1606
Czech-English painter and illustrator (died 1677)
Wenceslaus Hollar was a Czech engraver, etcher and painter. He spent much of his life in England. He often created cityscapes and landscapes, including vedutas. He was born in Prague, died in London, and was buried at…
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1607
Holy Roman Emperor (died 1657)
Ferdinand III was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.
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1608
Scottish-English admiral (died 1818)
Admiral Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. For much of his career he was…
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1745
English artist and caricaturist (died 1827)
Thomas Rowlandson was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and…
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1756
Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (died 1829)
István Pauli or István Pável was a Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest. Pauli was the teacher of Pertoča György Kousz, who was the author of a hymnal in Pertoča.
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1760
Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (died 1837)
Alexander Dmitriyevich Balashov was a Russian general and statesman.
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1770
English poet and author (died 1864)
John Clare was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption. His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th…
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1793
American general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (died 1877)
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his aggressive cavalry tactics and rapid rise from private to general, and later served briefly as the first Grand Wizard of the…
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1821
German pathologist and anatomist (died 1889)
Jakob Ernst Arthur Böttcher was a Baltic German pathologist and anatomist who was a native of Bauska, in what was then the Courland Governorate. He worked primarily within the Russian Empire.
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1831
French anarchist, cartomancer and spiritualist (died 1911)
1841 (MDCCCXLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1841st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,…
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1851
American ethnographer and author (died 1929)
Robert Stewart Culin was an American ethnographer and author interested in games, art and dress. Culin played a major role in the development of ethnography, first concentrating his efforts on studying the…
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1858
1st Baron Passfield, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1947)
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, was a British socialist, economist and reformer, who co-founded the London School of Economics. He was an early member of the Fabian Society in 1884, joining, like George Bernard…
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1859
British archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963)
Margaret Alice Murray was a British Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist. The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she worked at University…
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1863
American colonel and businessman (died 1912)
John Jacob Astor IV was an American business magnate, real estate developer, and investor who was a member of the Astor family and also the Livingston family. A writer, as well as a lieutenant colonel in the…
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1864
Australian linguist and missionary (died 1970)
Robert Henry Mathews (1877–1970) was an Australian missionary and Sinologist, best known for his 1931 A Chinese-English Dictionary: Compiled for the China Inland Mission by R. H. Mathews, which was subsequently…
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1877
Finnish wrestler and coach (died 1951)
Yrjö Erik Mikael Saarela was a Finnish wrestler who won Olympic gold and a world championship.
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1884
founder of Boys Town (died 1948)
Edward Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-born priest of the Catholic Church in the United States who served for decades in Nebraska. After serving as a parish priest in the Diocese of Omaha, he founded the orphanage and…
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1886
Estonian educator and politician (died 1965)
Emma Asson was an Estonian politician. She was the first woman to be elected to the Estonian parliament. Asson participated in the creation of the first constitution of independent Estonia, particularly regarding…
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1889
American baseball player (died 1984)
Stanley Anthony Coveleski was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four American League (AL) teams between 1912 and 1928, primarily the Cleveland Indians. The star of the Indians…
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1889
Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1941)
Léo-Pol Morin was a Canadian pianist, music critic, composer, and music educator. He composed under the name James Callihou, with his most well known works being Suite canadienne (1945) and Three Eskimos for piano. He…
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1892
Finnish-American discus and javelin thrower (died 1955)
Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä was a Finnish athlete who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics. In 1912, he finished eighth in the javelin throw. At the 1920 Olympics, his left arm was fractured in a warm-up accident – the…
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1892
Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (died 1940)
Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories, and has been acclaimed as "the greatest prose…
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1894
American actor (died 1973)
Sidney Alderman Blackmer was an American Broadway and film actor active between 1914 and 1971, usually in major supporting roles.
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1895
1896
German commander (died 1936)
Julius Schreck was a German Nazi official and close confidant of Adolf Hitler. Born in Munich, Schreck served in World War I and shortly afterwards joined right-wing paramilitary units. He joined the Nazi Party in 1920…
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1898
Estonian-born American actor (died 1980)
Ivan Triesault was an Estonian-American character actor and dancer, who appeared in some 130 film and television productions between 1943 and 1969.
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1898
American clarinet player and songwriter (died 1969)
George Lewis was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his highest profile in the later decades of his life.
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1900
English actor (died 1969)
Eric Harrison Portman was an English stage and screen actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in three films for Powell and Pressburger during the 1940s. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a…
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1901
English historian and author (died 1983)
Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark was a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster. His expertise covered a wide range of artists and periods, but he is particularly associated with Italian Renaissance…
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1903
Filipino general (died 1990)
Alfredo Manapat Santos was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1962 to 1965, making him the first four-star general of the Philippines' armed forces.
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1905
Italian modern pentathlete (died 1993)
Eugenio Pagnini was an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.
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1905
1905
American author, playwright, and journalist (died 2002)
George Anthony Weller was an American novelist, playwright, and journalist for The New York Times and Chicago Daily News. He won a 1943 Pulitzer Prize as a Daily News war correspondent.
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1907
English tennis player (died 1982)
Dorothy Edith Round was a British tennis player who was active from the late 1920s until 1950. She achieved her major successes in the 1930s. She won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, and the singles at…
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1908
American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (died 1974)
Vernon Harold "Tim" Spencer was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Spencer is best known for founding the popular American Cowboy singing group the Sons of the Pioneers in 1933 along with Bob Nolan and Roy…
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1908
1st President of Laos (died 1995)
Prince Souphanouvong, nicknamed the Red Prince, was along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak, one of the "Three Princes" who represented respectively the communist…
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1909
Dutch high jumper (died 1993)
Carolina Anna "Lien" Gisolf was a Dutch high jumper. She won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in 1932.
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1910
American journalist and author (died 2008)
Loren Brooks Pope was an American writer and educational consultant, best known for his book, Colleges That Change Lives. He was also the education editor of The New York Times.
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1910
American radio personality (died 2002)
Robert Lee Steele was an American radio personality. He was a longtime radio host on WTIC (AM) in Hartford, Connecticut, where he worked for more than 66 years. He was best known for hosting the morning radio program…
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1911
American journalist and television personality (died 1982)
David Cunningham Garroway was an American radio and television host on NBC. He was the host of Garroway at Large from 1949 to 1951, the founding host and anchor of Today from 1952 to 1961, and the host of The Dave…
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1913
Danish businessman (died 2012)
Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father.
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1913
Japanese author and educator (died 1989)
Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations. He is considered a key figure in the…
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1915
Italian race car driver (died 1955)
Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1955. Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1952 and 1953 with Ferrari, and won 13 Grands…
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1918
American painter and sculptor (died 1988)
Ronald Bladen was a Canadian-born American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge Painting, and…
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1918
American author and illustrator (died 2015)
Marcia Joan Brown was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator,…
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1918
13th Premier of the Republic of China (died 2020)
Hau Pei-tsun was a Chinese general and politician who served as the premier of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1993. He was previously the chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 1981 to…
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1919
American lawyer (died 2006)
William Francis Quinn OESSH was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 12th and last governor of the Territory of Hawaii from 1957 to 1959 and the first governor of the State of Hawaii from 1959 to 1962.…
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1919
Austrian-American composer and conductor (died 1999)
Ernst Sigmund Goldner, known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-American composer of film and television scores. He won an Academy Award and two Grammy Awards for his work on the film Exodus (1960), and a…
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1921
American actress (died 2011)
Leslie Brooks was an American film actress, model and dancer.
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1922
Danish trade union leader and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2016)
Anker Henrik Jørgensen was a Danish politician who served at various times as prime minister and foreign minister of Denmark. Between 1972 and 1982 he led five cabinets as prime minister. Jørgensen was president of the…
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1922
Egyptian military commander (died 2011)
General Dr. Helmy Afify Abd El-Bar was a highly decorated Egyptian military commander.
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1922
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006)
Kenneth "Kenny" Mosdell was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Mosdell played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1941 to 1942, and 1944 to 1959, with the Brooklyn Americans, Montreal Canadiens, and…
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1922
American children's book author and illustrator (died 2022)
Ashley Frederick Bryan was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was a U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and…
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1923
US Army Air Force (later US Air Force) fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman.
James Henry Harvey III is a retired African American United States Army Air Corps/United States Air Force (USAF) officer and former fighter pilot. He served with the 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group—best…
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1923
American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist (died 2021)
Suzanne Winona Zimmerman, also known by her married name Suzanne Edwards, was an American competition swimmer for the Multnomah Athletic Club under Hall of Fame Coach Jack Cody, and a 1948 Olympic silver medalist in the…
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1925
Chinese actress and writer (died 2020)
Huang Zongying was a Chinese actress and writer. She starred in many black-and-white films such as Rhapsody of Happiness (1947), Crows and Sparrows (1949), Women Side by Side (1949), and The Life of Wu Xun (1950), all…
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1925
American director, producer, and production manager (died 2008)
Robert Harris Justman was an American television producer, director, and production manager. He worked on many American TV series including Lassie, The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman, The Outer Limits, Star Trek,…
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1926
American politician (died 2019)
Theodore Loren Christianson was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1977 to 1994. Christianson, a Korean War veteran, was a farmer and…
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1926
American politician (died 2020)
Thomas Joseph Clark Jr. was an American politician. He served as mayor of Long Beach, California from 1975 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1984, as elected by the Long Beach City Council.
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1926
French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (died 2017)
Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for human dignity and European…
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1927
1927
1928
Swedish-American tennis player (died 2008)
Sven Viktor Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957, beating Ashley Cooper and Herbert Flam.
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1928
American game show host and announcer
John Lewis Gilbert III is an American show business personality who has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from…
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1928
1928
Russian gymnast (died 2006)
Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals.
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1929
Norwegian visual artist and hymnist (died 2020)
Svein Ørnulf Ellingsen was a Norwegian visual artist and hymnist.
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1929
American author and poet (died 2014)
Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. was an American writer of fiction and poetry. He is best known for his novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, first published in March 1969 in London by the recently founded small imprint…
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1930
Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Naomi Shemer was an Israeli songwriter, composer, and performer, widely described as the "first lady of Israeli song". She became one of the most influential figures in modern Hebrew music, writing numerous songs that…
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1930
American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
Frank Vernon Ramsey Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6-3 swingman, he played his entire nine-year (1954–1964) National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Boston Celtics and…
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1931
Canadian-French astrophysicist and author (died 2023)
Hubert Reeves was a French-Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.
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1932
Danish composer and music theorist (died 2025)
Per Nørgård was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a perspicuous…
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1932
English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2017)
David Malcolm Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. He won the Booker Prize in 1976 for his novel Saville. He also won the MacMillan Fiction Award…
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1933
Italian artist (died 1963)
Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein, his own work anticipated, and directly influenced, the work of a…
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1933
Canadian journalist and academic (died 2002)
Peter John Gzowski, known colloquially as "Mr. Canada", or "Captain Canada", was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio shows This Country in the Morning and Morningside.…
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1934
English footballer and manager (died 2022)
Gordon Francis Lee was an English football player and manager. He played 144 league and cup matches in a 12-year career in the Football League, before going on to greater success as a manager, as he would take charge of…
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1934
Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty-five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote…
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1934
Russian engineer and astronaut
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. He made the world's eighth spacewalk during Soyuz 5…
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1934
American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (died 2009)
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the administration of President George H. W.…
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1935
Trinidadian journalist, author, and playwright
Earl Wilbert Lovelace is a Trinidad and Tobago novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer. He is particularly recognized for his descriptive, dramatic fiction on Trinidadian culture: "Using Trinidadian…
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1935
Danish cartoonist (died 2021)
Kurt Westergaard was a Danish cartoonist. In 2005 he drew a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban as a part of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which triggered several…
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1935
American saxophonist and composer (died 1970)
Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.
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1936
English botanist and ecologist
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance is a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting…
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1937
South African admiral (died 2013)
Vice Admiral Lambert Jackson Woodburne was Chief of the South African Navy from 1 July 1990 to 31 August 1992. He is one of only two people to have been awarded the Van Riebeeck Decoration, which he received for Special…
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1939
American football player and coach (died 2013)
Thomas Lichtenberg was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach also at Morehead State University (1979–1980), the University of Maine (1989), and Ohio University (1990–1994),…
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1940
American chef and author (died 2015)
Paul Prudhomme, also known as Gene Autry Prudhomme, was an American celebrity chef whose specialties were Creole and Cajun cuisines, which he was also credited with popularizing. He was the chef proprietor of K-Paul's…
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1940
English actor, director, and producer
Sir Patrick Stewart is an English actor. With a career spanning over seven decades of stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two Olivier Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a…
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1940
Australian cricketer
Grahame Edward Corling is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Test matches in 1964. He took 12 wickets, including that of Geoffrey Boycott in his debut innings.
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1941
American actor and producer (died 2019)
Robert Wallace Foster Jr., known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor. He made his screen debut as Private L.G. Williams in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), followed by a starring…
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1941
Israeli songwriter and translator (died 2005)
Ehud Manor was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, having written or translated over 1,000 songs. In…
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1941
French actor, director, and producer (died 2022)
Jacques Perrin was a French actor and film producer. He was occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet.
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1941
American actor and producer
Harrison Ford is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, Ford's accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, five Golden Globe Awards and two Screen…
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1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
James Roger McGuinn is an American musician, best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a member of the band. As a solo artist, he has…
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1942
English journalist and actor (died 2024)
Christopher Richard Serle was a British television presenter, reporter, and actor, best known for being a presenter on That's Life!
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1943
Australian cricketer (died 2020)
Eric Walter "Fritzy" Freeman was an Australian cricketer who played in 11 Test matches from 1968 to 1970. He was also a leading Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club, playing 116 games between…
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1944
English footballer and manager (died 1991)
Cyril Barry Knowles was a footballer who played left-back for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He was the son of the rugby league footballer Cyril Knowles, and the older brother of fellow professional footballer Peter…
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1944
Hungarian game designer, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik's Cube
Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian architect and inventor, widely known for creating the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, and Rubik's Snake.
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1944
Australian cricketer and author (died 2021)
Ashley Alexander Mallett was an Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980. Until Nathan Lyon, he was Australia's most successful off spin bowler since World War II.…
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1945
American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
Robert Kauffman was an American professional basketball player and coach. Kauffman was a three-time NBA All-Star.
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1946
American actor and comedian
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is an American comedian and actor. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe…
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1946
French director and screenwriter
Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker, novelist, and professor of cinema at the European Graduate School.
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1948
American television sports talk show host and former sportswriter
Anthony Irwin Kornheiser is an American television sports talk show host, podcaster, and former sportswriter and columnist. Kornheiser is best known for his endeavors in three forms of media: as a writer for The…
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1948
Irish actor
Bryan Murray is an Irish actor. He is known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M., Shifty in Bread, Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels, Trevor Jordache in…
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1949
American astronomer and astronaut
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and retired NASA astronaut.
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1950
Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China
Ma Ying-jeou is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he was previously the mayor of Taipei…
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1950
Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (died 2015)
Iroijlaplap Jurelang Zedkaia was a Marshallese politician and Iroijlaplap. He served as the President of the Marshall Islands from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as the country's 5th head of state on October 26, 2009,…
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1950
American educator and politician
Robert William Bishop is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Utah's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he became the dean of Utah's congressional…
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1951
1951
American actor
Gilbert Birmingham is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater on the Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2018–2024), George Hunter on Banshee (2014), Virgil…
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1953
American basketball player
David O'Neil Thompson, commonly known by the nickname "Skywalker", is an American former professional basketball player. He played with the Denver Nuggets of both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National…
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1953
Australian cricketer
Raymond James Bright is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer from Victoria. He was a left arm spin bowler and right handed lower order batsman who captained Victoria for a number of seasons. He…
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1954
American singer-songwriter and actress
Thelma Louise Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is the younger sister of fellow country singer Barbara Mandrell, and older sister of musician Irlene Mandrell. Louise had a successful singing career in…
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1954
American bass player and songwriter
Mark "The Animal" Mendoza is an American bassist and a former member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He joined the band in 1978 after leaving the Dictators. He briefly played in Blackfoot in 1988 and with Leslie…
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1956
American boxer
Michael Spinks is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed light heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985, and the…
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1956
Belgian race car driver and businessman
Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen is a Belgian former racing driver, businessman and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1983 to 1993. Boutsen won three Formula One Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
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1957
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American filmmaker and journalist. He has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Grammy Award, and a Tony Award nomination. Crowe started his career in 1973 as a…
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1957
English field hockey player
Richard Alexander Leman is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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1959
Malaysian politician
Fuziah binti Salleh is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Ministers…
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1959
American football player
Robert Eugene Abraham is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker who played college football for North Carolina State. He was selected by the Houston Oilers in the third round of the 1982…
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1960
Welsh-English journalist and screenwriter
Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist and television personality. He is the editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye, a position he has held since 1986. He has appeared on many radio and television…
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1960
American football player (died 2013)
Curtis Lamar Rouse was an American professional football offensive lineman who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minnesota Vikings and the San Diego Chargers.
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1960
Pakistani politician (died 2014)
Tahira Asif was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 until her assassination.
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1961
Swedish tennis player
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles, reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of…
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1961
Pakistani-English engineer and politician
Khalid Mahmood is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr from 2001 until 2024 when he lost his seat.
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1961
Greek footballer and manager
Stelios Manolas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for AEK Athens and a current manager. Widely regarded as the best Greek defender of his era, he is one of the few Greek footballers…
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1961
Australian footballer, coach, and journalist
Timothy Michael Watson is a former AFL player for Essendon & West Coast, former senior coach for St Kilda and current broadcaster for more than 30 years, with the Seven Network from 1992 - 2024 & 1116 SEN radio.
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1961
1962
American singer-songwriter and mandolin player
Rhonda Lea Vincent is an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
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1962
American bowler
Parker Morse Bohn III is an American left-handed professional ten-pin bowler. He has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 1984, and is a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. Bohn is one…
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1963
English snooker player and sportscaster
Neal Foulds is an English former professional snooker player and six-time tournament winner, including the 1986 International Open, the 1988 Dubai Masters and the 1992 Scottish Masters, as well as the invitational Pot…
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1963
American actor, producer, and model
Kenny Johnson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Detective Curtis Lemansky in The Shield, Butch "Burner" Barnes in Pensacola: Wings of Gold, Detective Ham Dewey in Saving Grace, Herman Kozik in Sons of…
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1963
American drag queen and comedian
Charlie Hides is a British-American drag queen, impersonator, actor, and comedian. Hides is known for his YouTube channel, and his participation in the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Following live performances in…
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1964
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Thorn is an American Southern rock, country, Americana, and blues singer-songwriter, whose style is a mix of blues, country, and rock.
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1964
1965
Japanese singer and actress
Akina Nakamori is a Japanese singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She is one of the most popular and best-selling music artists in Japan. Akina achieved national recognition after winning the 1981 season of…
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1965
Australian rugby league player
Colin van der Voort is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League's Winfield Cup Premiership with the Penrith Panthers from…
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1965
American R&B singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)
Gerald Edward Levert was an American singer-songwriter and producer. Levert performed with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon with the R&B vocal group, LeVert. Levert was also a member of LSG, a supergroup…
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1966
Venezuelan-English conductor and educator
Natalia Luis-Bassa is a Venezuelan conductor who lives and works in the UK, where she is Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music and Principal Guest Conductor of Oxford University Orchestra and Jersey…
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1966
Australian lawyer and politician, 50th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment
Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician and lawyer who has served as the 19th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for defence since 2022. He has been the deputy leader of the Labor Party since…
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1967
Australian politician, 30th Premier of Western Australia
Mark McGowan is an Australian former politician and naval officer who served as the 30th premier of Western Australia from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. He was the leader of the Western Australian branch of the…
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1967
Australian rugby league player
Bradley Godden is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played for the Newcastle Knights, Hunter Mariners, and the Leeds Rhinos as a fullback, wing or centre.
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1969
1969
Moldovan political scientist and politician
Oleg Serebrian is a Moldovan politician, writer, diplomat and political scientist, President of the Latin Union between 2010 and 2012. He served as Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of Moldova from 2022 to 2025…
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1969
German pole vaulter and trainer
Andrei Tivontchik is a former German pole vaulter. He was Olympic bronze medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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1970
1971
Australian footballer and coach
Mark Neeld is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. He was senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club from 2012 to 2013.
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1971
American professional wrestler
Sean Michael Waltman is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his appearances for the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names 1–2–3 Kid and…
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1972
Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
Deborah Cox is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began performing on television commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows in her teenage years…
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1974
Italian race car driver
Jarno Trulli is an Italian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011. Trulli won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix with Renault.
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1974
Ecuadorian actor
Diego Spotorno Parra is an actor and TV host from Ecuador, known for his character Juan Carlos Martinez Cucalón in the comic series Solteros Sin Compromiso.
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1975
1975
Canadian ice hockey player
Sheldon Souray is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, and Anaheim…
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1976
American football player
Chris Horn is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears.
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1977
American baseball player
Ryan Andrew Ludwick is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh…
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1978
Greek basketball player
Prodromos "Makis" Nikolaidis is a former Greek-Cypriot professional basketball player. At a height of 2.01 m tall, and 102 kg (225 lb) in weight, he could play both the shooting guard and small forward positions. During…
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1978
Welsh footballer
Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Wales.
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1979
Argentinian footballer
Daniel Alberto "Cata" Díaz is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a central defender.
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1979
1979
Swiss figure skater and coach
Lucinda Martha Ruh is a Swiss former competitive figure skater. She is the 1996 Swiss national champion and the 1993 junior level national champion.
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1979
Hungarian swimmer
Ágnes Kovács is a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. In 2000, she won the 200 m breaststroke and set the Hungary records in the 100 m and 200 m breaststrokes events. As of 2014, these…
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1981
Indonesian economist
Masyita Crystallin is an Indonesian economist who served as the director general of financial sector stability and development at the Ministry of Finance until 2026 when she was appointed to her current role as Head of…
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1981
Italian cyclist
Mirco Lorenzetto is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2011. During his career, Lorenzetto took victories in the 2007 Tour Méditerranéen, the 2009 Giro di Sardegna, and the…
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1981
South Korean baseball player
Shin-Soo Choo is a South Korean former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, and Texas Rangers before ending his career…
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1982
English footballer
Simon James Clist is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He began his career at Tottenham Hotspur and went on to play for Bristol City, Torquay United, Barnet, Hereford United, Oxford United and Forest…
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1982
South African footballer
Dominic Isaacs is a South African association football player who played as a defender in the Premier Soccer League. He then became a manager.
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1982
Australian rugby league player
Nick Kenny is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily played as a prop-forward.
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1982
Puerto Rican baseball player
Yadier Benjamín Molina is a Puerto Rican professional baseball manager and former catcher who is the manager of the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. He played his entire 19-year…
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1982
Belgian sprinter
Kristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships.
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1983
Italian footballer
Marco Pomante is an Italian football trainer who trains for SSD Città di Teramo.
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1983
1983
1984
South African professional cricketer
François "Faf" du Plessis is a South African cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and among the best all-format batsmen of his…
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1984
1985
Mexican footballer
Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña, commonly known as "Memo Ochoa", is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot First Division club AEL Limassol and the Mexico national team.
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1985
English equestrian
Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin is a British dressage rider, equestrian, and writer. A multiple World and Olympic champion, Dujardin has been described as the dominant dressage rider of her era. In 2014 she held the…
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1985
Egyptian footballer
Abdallah Mahmoud Said Bekhit is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek
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1985
Brazilian-Italian footballer
Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, known as Marcos Paulo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 3 club Académica de Coimbra. He also holds Italian nationality.
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1988
American actor, model and singer
Colton Lee Haynes is an American actor and model. He is known for his starring role as Jackson Whittemore in the MTV supernatural drama series Teen Wolf and as Roy Harper / Arsenal in the CW superhero television series…
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1988
American baseball player
David John LeMahieu is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, and New York Yankees.
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1988
German high jumper
Raúl Roland Spank is a retired German athlete who specialised in the high jump.
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1988
1988
American soul singer, songwriter and record producer
Todd Michael "Leon" Bridges is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He signed with Columbia Records to release his debut studio album, Coming Home (2015), which peaked at number six on the Billboard 200,…
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1989
Greek basketball player
Charalampos "Charis" Giannopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Maroussi of the Greek Basketball League. He is a 2.01 m tall small forward.
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1989
New Zealand rugby league player
Kieran Foran is a New Zealand professional rugby league coach who is the interim head coach for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL), and former professional rugby league footballer with…
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1990
Argentinian footballer
Eduardo Antonio Salvio is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lanús.
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1990
American baseball player (died 2019)
Tyler Wayne Skaggs was an American professional baseball player. A starting pitcher, he played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels between 2012 and 2019.
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1991
American rapper
Dimitri Leslie Roger, known professionally as Rich the Kid, is an American rapper. After a number of independent mixtapes, he signed with Interscope Records in 2017 to release his debut studio album, The World Is Yours…
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1992
Belgian swimmer
Elise Matthysen is a retired Belgian swimmer who specialised in breaststroke. During the 2008 European Aquatics Championships she came 4th in the final of the 100 m breaststroke in which she broke the national record of…
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1992
English footballer
Daniel Ian Bentley is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has played in the English Football League for Southend United, Brentford and Bristol…
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1993
1993
American baseball player
Cody James Bellinger is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago…
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1995
Australian basketball player
Danté Exum is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He chose to bypass college and was ultimately selected by the Utah Jazz…
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1995
American football player
Joshua Hines-Allen is an American professional football defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats, winning the Chuck Bednarik…
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1997
American actor and martial artist
Leonard Richard Howard is an American actor, director, musician and martial artist. His accolades include a Young Artist Award for playing Laser Short in Shorts (2009). He is known for incorporating his karate skills…
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1997
South Korean footballer
Kim Sin-jin is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for K League 2 club Seoul E-Land FC on loan from FC Seoul. He made his debut professional appearance in the 2022 K League 1 season.
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2001
Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
Déborah Medrado Barbosa is a Brazilian former group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals…
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2002
American actor
Wyatt Jess Oleff is an American actor, known for playing Stanley Uris in It and its 2019 sequel, as well as the role of Stanley Barber in I Am Not Okay with This (2020), and a young Peter Quill in the Marvel Cinematic…
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2003
Australian rugby league player
Mason Teague is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock or second-row forward for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.
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2003
Indian Chess Grandmaster
Nihal Sarin is an Indian chess grandmaster and chess prodigy. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at the time made him the third youngest player in history to do so.
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2004
Spanish footballer
Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. Known for his flair, chance creation, and…
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2007
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