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Daniel Campbell Smith is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, lead singer and primary songwriter of the English pop rock band Bastille
Famous Birthdays on July 14
126 people
926 – 2004
July 14 has seen 126 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 926 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1986 — Dan Smith
British singer, songwriter and record producer
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The band formed in 2010 and gained mass popularity in 2013 when the song "Pompeii" was released with their album Bad Blood
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The band then released their second album, Wild World in September 2016
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In June 2019, the band released their third album Doom Days
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In February 2022, they released their fourth album Give Me the Future
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Italian-French cardinal and politician, chief minister of France from 5 December 1642 to 9 March 1661 (died 1661)
Jules Mazarin, from 1641 known as Cardinal Mazarin, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV from 1642 to his death. He…
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1602
Lord Goring, English general (died 1657)
George Goring, Lord Goring was an English army officer. He was known by the courtesy title Lord Goring as the eldest son of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich.
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1608
Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670)
Ferdinando II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. Remembered by his contemporaries as a man of culture and science, he…
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1610
French priest and theologian (died 1719)
Pasquier Quesnel, CO was a French Jansenist theologian.
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1634
French astronomer and mathematician (died 1732)
Jacques Eugène d'Allonville de Louville was a French astronomer and mathematician. He also went by the name of Chevalier de Louville.
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1671
French general (died 1747)
Claude Alexandre, Count of Bonneval, was a French army officer who later went into the service of the Ottoman Empire, eventually converting to Islam and becoming known as Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa.
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1675
English historian and author (died 1761)
William Oldys was an English antiquarian and bibliographer.
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1696
Scottish bishop and scholar (died 1807)
John Douglas was a Scottish scholar and Anglican bishop.
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1721
Russian poet and politician (died 1816)
Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman. Although his works are traditionally considered literary classicism, his best…
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1743
French general (died 1796)
Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Emmendingen. His surname is one of the…
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1755
American journalist, playwright, and diplomat (died 1851)
Mordecai Manuel Noah was an American sheriff, playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian. He was born in a family of mixed Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic ancestry and was the grandson of Jonas Phillips. He was…
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1785
German physiologist and anatomist (died 1858)
Johannes Peter Müller was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist, known not only for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge. The paramesonephric duct was…
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1801
French writer who founded Gobinism to promote development of racism (died 1882)
Arthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race theory and "racial demography", and for developing the theory of the Aryan master race and…
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1816
English cookery book writer (died 1903)
Georgina Hill was an English cookery book writer who wrote at least twenty-three works. She was born in Kingsdown, Bristol before moving to Tadley, Hampshire in the 1850s. She wrote her first cookery book, The Gourmet's…
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1825
English archbishop (died 1896)
Edward White Benson was archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death. Before this, he was the first Bishop of Truro, serving from 1877 to 1883, and began construction of Truro Cathedral.
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1829
German violinist and educator (died 1928)
Willy Hess was a German violinist and violin teacher.
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1859
American activist (died 1931)
Kate M. Gordon was an American suffragist, civic leader, and one of the leading advocates of women's voting rights in the Southern United States. Gordon was the organizer of the Southern States Woman Suffrage Conference…
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1861
American geologist and educator (died 1945)
Florence Bascom was a pioneer American woman geologist and educator. Bascom was the second woman to earn a PhD in geology in the United States. She received her PhD in 1893 from Johns Hopkins University and was the…
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1862
Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1918)
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sketches, and…
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1862
American journalist and politician, 20th Governor of Kansas (died 1951)
Arthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio station, and was the publisher of a…
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1865
Belgian painter (died 1925)
Juliette Wytsman was a Belgian impressionist painter. She was married to painter Rodolphe Wytsman. Her paintings are in the collections of several museums in Belgium.
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1866
English archaeologist and political officer (died 1926)
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became influential in British…
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1868
French sculptor and doll maker (died 1939)
Albert Marque was a French sculptor and doll maker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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1872
Abbas Helmy II was the last Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in World War I, the nationalist Khedive was removed…
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1874
Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (died 1947)
Crawford Vaughan was an Australian politician, and the Premier of South Australia from 1915 to 1917. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1905 to 1918, representing Torrens (1905–1915) and…
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1874
Scottish-American stage and film actor (died 1946)
Thomas Donald Meek was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on Broadway in 1903.
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1878
Laotian king (died 1959)
King Sisavangvong, known by his courtesy name Sisavangvong, was the last ruler of the Lao Kingdom of Luang Prabang and the founding king of the Kingdom of Laos. Born Prince Khao on 14 July 1885, he ascended the throne…
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1885
Italian author and critic (died 1915)
Scipio Slataper was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical essay My Karst. He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste.
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1888
French painter and illustrator (died 1982)
Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne was a French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than fifteen films.
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1889
Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (died 1959)
Ante Pavelić was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fascist puppet state built out of parts of occupied Yugoslavia by the…
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1889
American publisher and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (died 1965)
Clarence James Brown Sr. was an American politician; he represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1965. Long representing…
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1893
Indian poet and author (died 1952)
Garimella Satyanarayana was a poet and freedom fighter of Andhra Pradesh, India. He influenced and mobilised the Andhra people against the British Raj with his patriotic songs and writings, for which he was jailed…
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1893
American animator, director, and producer (died 1979)
Dave Fleischer was an American film director and producer who co-owned Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer.
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1894
Spanish soldier and anarchist (died 1936)
José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant and a leading figure in Spanish anarchism before and during the Spanish Civil War. As a prominent member of the Confederación Nacional del…
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1896
Thai military officer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (died 1964)
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, commonly known in English language sources as Phibun and Chomphon Por in Thai, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and…
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1897
American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky, second Commissioner of Baseball (died 1991)
Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. was an American politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as…
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1898
English composer and academic (died 1956)
Gerald Raphael Finzi was an English composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata Dies natalis for solo voice and string…
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1901
American author and educator (died 1989)
Irving Stone was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The…
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1903
Brazilian racing driver (died 1989)
Francisco Sacco Landi, better known as Chico, was a racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil. He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 16, 1951. He scored a total of 1.5…
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1907
American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (died 2001)
William Denby Hanna was an American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna and Joseph Barbera co-created Tom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera, with Hanna providing the…
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1910
Belarusian poet and author (died 2000)
Pavel Ivanovich Prudnikau was a Belarusian writer. He was a cousin of another Belarusian writer, Ales Prudnikau.
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1911
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was an American singer, songwriter, and composer widely considered one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism and…
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1912
American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (died 2006)
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice president from 1973…
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1913
1918
Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most notably as a prominent figure of both…
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1918
American director, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2011)
Arthur Laurents was an American playwright, theatre director, film producer and screenwriter. With a career spanning seven decades he received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and…
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1918
American computer engineer and systems scientist (died 2016)
Jay Wright Forrester was an American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist. He spent his entire career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entering as a graduate student in 1939, and…
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1918
Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Finance (died 2004)
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Maharashtra twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988.
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1920
American-Ecuadorian architect and politician, 48th President of Ecuador (died 2016)
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect who served as the 37th president of Ecuador from 1992 to 1996. He previously served as mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978. In 1951,…
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1921
English author (died 1996)
Leon Garfield FRSL was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for…
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1921
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)
Armand Gérard Gaudreault was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 44 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1940 to 1952, was…
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1921
English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS was a Nobel laureate English chemist who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis.
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1921
American general and pilot (died 2007)
Robin Olds was an American fighter pilot and general officer in the United States Air Force (USAF). He was a "triple ace", with a combined total of 16 victories in World War II and the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 as…
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1922
German concentration camp guard at Ravensbruck (died 2018)
Elfriede Lina Rinkel was a German Nazi guard at the Ravensbrück concentration camp from June 1944 until April 1945, known for using an SS-trained guard dog to abuse prisoners.
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1922
Estonian-Swedish concert pianist (died 2014)
Käbi Alma Laretei was an Estonian-Swedish concert pianist.
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1922
Argentine surgeon and cardiologist (died 2000)
René Gerónimo Favaloro was an Argentine cardiac surgeon and educator best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery using the great saphenous vein.
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1923
American actor (died 2013)
Dayle Lymoine Robertson was an American actor best known for his starring roles on television. He played the roving investigator Jim Hardie in the television series Tales of Wells Fargo and railroad owner Ben Calhoun in…
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1923
American businessman, founded Sabian (died 2013)
Robert Zildjian was the founder of Sabian Cymbals, the second-largest manufacturer of cymbals in the world.
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1923
American football player, coach, and politician (died 2013)
Warren Kenneth Giese was an American state legislator in South Carolina and a college football coach. He served as the head football coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks for five years at the University of South…
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1924
American educator (died 1990)
Dorothy Amora Stanley was an American educator, consultant, Miwok activist, and politician. Trained in Northern Miwok culture during her youth, she became involved in Native American affairs – particularly the Tuolumne…
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1924
American politician (died 2025)
Bruce Lee Douglas was an American politician in the state of Illinois.
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1925
American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
Wallace Clayton "Wah Wah" Jones was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1952 with the Indianapolis Olympians.
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1926
American actor, musician, and singer (died 2017)
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather…
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1926
Urdu poet (died 2019)
Himayat Ali Shair was an Urdu poet, writer, film songwriter, actor and radio drama artist from Pakistan.
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1926
American journalist (died 1996)
John William Chancellor was an American journalist who spent most of his career with NBC News. He is considered a pioneer in television news. Chancellor served as anchor of the NBC Nightly News from 1970 to 1982 and…
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1927
American author and illustrator (died 2010)
Michael "Mike" Esposito, who sometimes used the pseudonyms Mickey Demeo, Mickey Dee, Michael Dee, and Joe Gaudioso, was an American comic book artist whose work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and others spanned the 1950s…
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1927
American actress
Nancy Ann Olson is an American retired actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films. She later…
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1928
English journalist and public servant (died 2012)
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and in the 1980s was Chairman of the Arts…
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1928
French fashion designer and philanthropist (died 2025)
Jacqueline, Comtesse de Ribes was a French aristocrat, designer, fashion icon, businesswoman, film producer and philanthropist. She was a member of the International Best Dressed List from 1962 on.
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1929
American actress and singer (died 2014)
Polly Bergen was an American actress, singer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur.
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1930
Beninese military officer and politician (died 2021)
Benoît Sinzogan was a Beninese military officer and politician, best known for leading his country's gendarmerie in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Fon ethnic group, which dominated the Beninese army from 1965 to…
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1930
American football player and actor
Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier is an American former football player, bodyguard, actor, singer, Protestant minister, fiber artist, and motivational speaker. He played professionally as a defensive tackle in the National…
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1932
American country singer-songwriter (died 2007)
Franklin Delano Reeves was an American country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell". He is also known for his…
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1932
Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
Robert Bourassa was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he served a total of just under 15 years as…
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1933
Mongolian politician; 13th Prime Minister of Mongolia
Dumaagiin Sodnom is a retired Mongolian politician and economist who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1984 to 1990.
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1933
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)
Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut…
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1936
Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
Yoshirō Mori is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2000 to 2001. He was unpopular in opinion polls during his time in office, and is known for…
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1937
American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)
Jerry Clyde Rubin was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and early 1970s. Despite being known for holding radical views when he was a political activist, he ceased…
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1938
1938
Czech singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)
Karel Gott was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual Český slavík national music award 42 times,…
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1939
American scholar and author (died 2014)
George Edgar Slusser was an American scholar, professor and writer. Slusser was a well-known science fiction critic. A professor emeritus of comparative literature at University of California, Riverside, he was the…
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1939
English author and academic
Susan Howatch is a British author. Her writing career has been distinguished by family saga-type novels that describe the lives of related characters for long periods of time. Her later books have also become known for…
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1940
American philosopher, author, and activist, created Kwanzaa
Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga, previously known as Ron Karenga, is an American activist, author and professor of Africana studies, best known as the creator of the pan-African and African-American holiday of Kwanzaa.
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1941
German-Austrian lawyer and politician
Andreas Khol is an Austrian politician of the centre-conservative Austrian People's Party, President of the National Council from 2002 to 2006.
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1941
Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the secretary general of…
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1942
American rock drummer and convicted murderer (died 2023)
James Beck Gordon was an American musician, songwriter and convicted murderer. Gordon was a session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and played drums in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos.
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1945
1946
Australian radio and television presenter (died 2024)
John Blackman was an Australian radio and television presenter, voice artist, comedy writer and author. He was most widely-known for his voice-over work for the long-running Nine Network comedy variety show Hey Hey It's…
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1947
American general
Claudia Jean Kennedy is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. She was the first woman to reach the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She retired in 2000 after 31 years of military…
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1947
Turkish economist and author (died 2009)
Salih Nur Neftçi was a leading expert in the fields of financial markets and financial engineering. He served many advisory roles in national and international financial institutions, and was an active researcher in the…
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1947
Mauritius physician and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Mauritius
Navinchandra Ramgoolam is a Mauritian politician who is the current prime minister of Mauritius, serving since 2024. He previously held the office from 1995 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2014 and intermittently served as…
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1947
Zulu king (died 2021)
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was the King of the Zulu Nation from 1968 to his death in 2021.
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1948
American businessman and music publisher
Thomas Daniel Mottola is an American businessman, record executive and television producer. Mottola is the chairman of Mottola Media Group, co-founder of Ntertain Studios, and founding partner of Range Media Partners.…
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1949
English fashion designer
Bruce Oldfield, OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. Notable clients have included Sienna Miller, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Charlotte Rampling, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins,…
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1950
American musician, member of Devo (died 2014)
Robert Edward Casale Jr., or "Bob 2", was an American musician, composer and record producer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, which released a…
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1952
Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland
Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian lobbyist and former politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either…
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1960
1960
Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese musician, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and a Polar Music Prize. She has collaborated with artists including Alicia…
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1960
American actress (Glee), comedian, author, and game show host
Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, comedian, and singer. Known for playing starring and recurring roles in comedic television, her accolades include one Golden Globe, five Primetime Emmys and two Screen Actors…
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1960
American actor and director
Jack Earle Haley is an American actor. His earliest roles included Moocher in Breaking Away (1979) and Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears (1976), The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) and The Bad News Bears Go to…
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1961
American actor
Matthew Chandler Fox is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on Party of Five (1994–2000) and Jack Shephard on the drama series Lost (2004–2010), the latter of which earned him Golden Globe…
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1966
American baseball player
Robin Mark Ventura is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager. Ventura played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Los…
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1967
American professional wrestler
Mark LoMonaco, known by his ring name Bubba Ray Dudley, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as an ambassador. He is best known for being one-half of the Dudley Boyz tag team with D-Von…
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1971
British World Champion kitesurfer
Stephanie "Steph" Bridge is a British kitesurfer who became the World Formula Kite champion five times between 2009 and 2016. She is the leading figure in the "Team Bridge" family.
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1972
American baseball player
Timothy Adam Hudson, nicknamed "Huddy", is an American former professional baseball pitcher of Major League Baseball (MLB). After playing in college for Chattahoochee Valley Community College and Auburn University,…
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1975
1977
Icelandic politician
Dagbjört Hákonardóttir is an Icelandic lawyer, politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented Reykjavík North since September 2023.
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1984
Slovenian footballer
Samir Handanović is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Since August 2024, he is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-17 team.
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1984
American football player
Darrelle Shavar Revis is an American former professional football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. A member of the New York Jets for most of his career, Revis is considered one…
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1985
English actress and screenwriter
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge is an English actress, screenwriter, and producer. As the creator, writer, and lead star of the comedy series Fleabag (2016–2019), she won various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy…
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1985
English footballer
Adam Johnson is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. A product of the Middlesbrough youth academy, he came to prominence after making his debut aged 17 in a UEFA Cup match. He made 120…
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1987
American singer-songwriter
Daniel Coulter Reynolds is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons, which he formed in 2008. Born and raised in…
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1987
Irish mixed martial artist
Conor Anthony McGregor is an Irish professional mixed martial artist. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight and Lightweight Champion, becoming the first UFC fighter to hold UFC championships…
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1988
French swimmer
Jérémy Stravius is a French swimmer, swimming freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly.
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1988
Portuguese politician
Paulo Jorge Velez Muacho is a Portuguese lawyer, politician and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the LIVRE party, he has represented Setúbal since March 2024.
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1990
American baseball player
Lucas Frost Giolito is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Washington Nationals, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles…
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1994
American football player
Harrison Butker is an American professional football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and was selected by the…
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1995
South Korean volleyball player (died 2022)
Kim In-hyeok was a South Korean indoor volleyball player. He played as an outside hitter for Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm from 2017 to 2020 and Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs from 2020 until his death in 2022.
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1995
1997
American hockey player
Haley Maris Winn is an American professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. A three-time…
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2003
American basketball player
Noah Clowney is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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2004
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Known forThe band formed in 2010 and gained mass popularity in 2013 when the song "Pompeii" was released with their album Bad Blood
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