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In 2010, he won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender
Famous Birthdays on July 17
203 people
1487 – 2005
July 17 has seen 203 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1487 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1980 — Ryan Miller
American ice hockey player
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He played as a goaltender for 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, St
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Miller was drafted 138th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL entry draft
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Miller was the winningest American-born goaltender in NHL history from February 2019 until March 2024, when he was passed by Jonathan Quick
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In January 2023, Miller was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall Of Fame, and his #30 was retired
Ismail I was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524. His reign is one of the most vital in the history of Iran, and the Safavid era is often considered the beginning of…
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1487
Italian noblewoman (died 1543)
Maria Salviati was a Florentine noblewoman, the daughter of Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici and Jacopo Salviati. She married Giovanni delle Bande Nere and was the mother of Cosimo I de Medici. Her husband died 30…
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1499
Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1574)
Antoine de Créqui Canaples (1531–1574) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
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1531
English hymnwriter and theologian (died 1748)
Isaac Watts was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous…
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1674
Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg was a German nobleman.
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1695
French mathematician and philosopher (died 1759)
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the director of the Académie des Sciences and the first president of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the…
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1698
Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (died 1769)
Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
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1708
German philosopher and academic (died 1762)
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten was a German philosopher. He established aesthetics as a philosophical discipline.
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1714
American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (died 1814)
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat, who as a member of the Second Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. From…
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1744
German-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1848)
John Jacob Astor was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into the Chinese Empire, and by investing in…
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1763
American minister and theologian (died 1856)
John Wilbur was a prominent American Quaker minister and religious thinker who was at the forefront of a controversy that led to "the second split" in the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
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1774
French painter and academic (died 1856)
Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche was a French painter known for his depiction of scenes from English and French history. The emotions emphasised in Delaroche's paintings appeal to Romanticism while the detail of his work along…
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1797
American businessman, judge, and politician (died 1910)
Leander Clark was an American businessman, Iowa state legislator, Union Army officer during the Civil War, and Indian agent who was the namesake for Leander Clark College.
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1823
The Xianfeng Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Wenzong of Qing, personal name Yizhu, was the eighth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule over China proper. During his reign, the…
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1831
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. Initially seeking to modernise Iran, his style of governance became more dictatorial over the…
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1831
Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (died 1886)
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served in the federal Cabinet and also as the sixth premier of Quebec.
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1837
American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive (died 1916)
Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type. He licensed it for manufacture through…
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1839
Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1920)
Alexius Meinong von Handschuchsheim was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology and theory of objects. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value.
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1853
Danish director and playwright (died 1944)
Henri Nathansen was a Danish writer and stage director, today best known for the play Indenfor Murene.
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1868
Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (died 1939)
Charles Davidson Dunbar, DCM was the first pipe major to be commissioned as a pipe officer in Britain and the British Empire.
He emigrated from Scotland to Canada, where he came to be called "Canada's greatest military…
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1870
German-American painter and illustrator (died 1956)
Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist. He was born and grew up in New York City. In 1887 he…
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1871
French painter (died 1965)
Emmanuel Michel Benner, known as Many Benner, was a French painter. The son of Jean Benner, Many was the nephew of his father's twin brother, also named Emmanuel Benner. All four Benners were painters.
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1873
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 1960)
Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Laviolette played nine seasons for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club and was their first captain, coach, and general manager.
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1879
English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (died 1949)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville, was a Royal Navy admiral. He served in the First World War as fleet wireless officer for the Mediterranean Fleet where he was involved in providing naval support for the…
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1882
Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the nom de plume Shai Agnon. In…
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1888
American lawyer and author (died 1970)
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. Gardner also wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces as well as a series of nonfiction…
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1889
Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966)
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, and mathematician who made major contributions to cosmology and astrophysics. He was the first to argue that the recession of…
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1894
English RAF officer (died 1919)
Captain Rupert Norman Gould Atkinson was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
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1896
American photographer (died 1991)
Berenice Alice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science…
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1898
Canadian soldier and cinematographer (died 1999)
Osmond Hudson Borradaile was a Canadian cameraman, cinematographer, and veteran of World War I and World War II.
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1898
American actor and dancer (died 1986)
James Francis Cagney Jr. was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major…
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1899
Italian-American race car driver (died 1994)
Luigi Chinetti was an Italian-born racecar driver, who emigrated to the United States during World War II. He drove in 12 consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans races, taking three outright wins there and taking two more at…
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1901
Polish poet and author (died 1938)
Bruno Jasieński was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, Catastrophist, and leader of the Polish Futurist movement in the interwar period. Jasieński was also a communist activist in Poland, France and the Soviet Union,…
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1901
Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 1982)
Patrick Smith was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 until 1977, a tenure of 53 years, and the longest in the state. He held a number of ministerial positions within the…
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1901
Australian author and academic (died 1983)
Christina Stead was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. Christina Stead was a committed Marxist, although she was never a member…
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1902
American actor (died 1979)
William Dennis Gargan was an American film, television and radio actor. He was the 5th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1967, and in 1941, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best…
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1905
Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (died 2012)
James Elliott Coyne was a Canadian economist who served as the second governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had a much-publicized debate with Prime…
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1910
American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953)
Frank Rudolph Emmanuel Olson was an American bacteriologist, biological warfare scientist, and an employee of the United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories (USBWL) who worked at Camp Detrick in Maryland. At a…
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1910
American trumpet player (died 2014)
Lionel Charles Ferbos was an American jazz trumpeter. He was from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1911
German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (died 1999)
Heinz Edgar Lehmann was a German-born Canadian psychiatrist best known for his use of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1950s and "truly the father of modern psychopharmacology."
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1911
German race car driver (died 1958)
Erwin Erich Bauer was a German Formula One driver who raced a privately entered Veritas in his one World Championship Grand Prix.
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1912
Canadian-American radio and television host (died 2010)
Arthur Gordon Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio…
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1912
American architect, designed the Marina City Building (died 1997)
Bertrand Goldberg was an American architect and industrial designer, best known for the Marina City complex in Chicago, Illinois, the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world at the time of completion.
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1913
American soprano and educator (died 1990)
Eleanor Steber was an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States.
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1914
Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1978)
Bijon Bhattacharya was an Indian actor from West Bengal associated with Bengali theatre and films. He was an eminent playwright and dramatist.
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1915
American photographer and educator (died 1985)
Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer. His career spanned five decades, and he received recognition as one of America's premier photojournalists.
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1915
American economist and policymaker (died 2007)
Eleanor Martha Hadley was an American economist and policymaker. Because of her relatively rare research specialization in Japanese economics, during World War II Hadley was recruited first into OSS and then the State…
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1916
American baseball player and manager (died 2001)
Louis Boudreau, nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "the Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a…
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1917
American actress, comedian, and voice artist (died 2012)
Phyllis Ada Diller was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, who displayed eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and exaggerated, cackling laugh.
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1917
Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (died 2015)
Ahmet Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who served as the 7th president of Turkey from 1982 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
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1917
French author (died 1998)
Christiane Rochefort was a French feminist writer. She was born into a left-wing working class Parisian family; her father joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Rochefort worked as a journalist…
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1917
Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (died 2003)
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio was a military officer and politician who served as the 35th president of Guatemala from 1970 to 1974. A member of the National Liberation Movement, his government enforced torture,…
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1918
English footballer (died 2002)
Albert Stubbins was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. His career was limited by the onset of World War II. While playing for Liverpool, he won the League Championship in 1947. He was later included…
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1919
American physicist and academic, invented the laser (died 2005)
Richard Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier.. Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and…
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1920
Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 2010)
Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from…
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1920
American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (died 1977)
George Warren Barnes was an American jazz guitarist. He was also a conductor, composer, arranger, producer, author, and educator. He was hired by the NBC Orchestra at the age of 17, making him the youngest musician on…
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1921
French mountaineer (died 1955)
Louis Lachenal, a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters.
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1921
American guitarist (died 1992)
Mary Osborne was an American jazz guitarist. She began performing at a young age and was featured on a radio program in North Dakota, where she grew up. In New York City during the 1940s, she played with jazz musicians…
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1921
American baseball player (died 1996)
Toni Stone, born as Marcenia Lyle Stone, was an American female professional baseball player who played in predominantly male leagues. In 1953, she became the first woman to play as a regular on an American major-level…
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1921
Slovak actor (died 2008)
František Zvarík was an accomplished theater actor and movie character actor. He has appeared in about two dozen Czechoslovak and Slovak films since the 1940s. Among his accomplishments is the key supporting role of the…
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1921
American psychologist (died 1981)
Jeanne Lavonne Humphrey Block was an American psychologist and expert on child development. She conducted research on sex-role socialization and theories of personality. Block was a fellow of the American Association…
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1923
English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (died 2000)
John Newton Cooper was a co-founder, with his father Charles Cooper, of the Cooper Car Company. Born in Surbiton, Surrey, United Kingdom, he became an auto racing legend with his rear-engined chassis design that would…
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1923
Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 2013)
Garde Basil Gardom, was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and the 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
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1924
American singer and actor (died 2014)
James Victor Scott, also known as Little Jimmy Scott, was an American jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity on ballads and love songs.
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1925
Afghan politician
Mohammad Hasan Sharq is an Afghan former communist politician who was active in the communist government of Afghanistan. Sharq became Chairman of the Council of Ministers – the government of the Soviet-backed Democratic…
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1925
French-Canadian wrestler (died 2010)
Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz, better known by his ring name Édouard Carpentier, was a French and Canadian professional wrestler, gymnast, and member of the French Resistance during World War II.
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1926
American activist and theorist (died 2015)
Willis Allison Carto was an American far-right political activist. He described himself as a Jeffersonian and a populist, but was primarily known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust…
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1926
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody…
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1928
American travel writer (died 2024)
Arthur Bernard Frommer was an American travel writer known for founding the Frommer's brand of travel guides.
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1929
Russian mathematician and academic (died 2023)
Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov was a Soviet and Russian professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia.
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1929
Italian composer (died 1996)
Niccolò Castiglioni was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music.
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1932
1932
Polish pianist and composer (died 2013)
Wojciech Kilar was a Polish classical and film music composer. One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992, which received the ASCAP Award and the nomination…
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1932
American author and illustrator (died 2009)
Karla Kuskin was a prolific American author, poet, illustrator, and reviewer of children's literature. Kuskin was known for her poetic, alliterative style.
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1932
American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
William Robert "Slick" Leonard was an American professional basketball player, coach and color commentator. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where he was a two-time All-American and a member of…
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1932
1932
1932
1932
1933
Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta (died 2022)
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, was a Maltese politician who served as Prime Minister of Malta from December 1984 to May 1987.
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1933
Canadian singer and comedian (died 2024)
Mimi Hines was a Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, best known for her appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and her work on Broadway. She succeeded Barbra Streisand in the original production of…
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1933
Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2006)
Anthony John Pithey was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in seventeen Test matches for South Africa between 1957 and 1965. He also made 65 appearances for Rhodesia, captaining them 34 times.
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1933
1934
American actress and singer (died 2019)
Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including a Tony Award in 1962, Golden Globe…
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1935
American composer and educator (died 2024)
Johann Peter Schickele was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted a…
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1935
Canadian actor and producer (died 2024)
Donald McNichol Sutherland was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades, he received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards as well as a BAFTA Award nomination.…
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1935
Belgian author and illustrator (died 2026)
Hermann Huppen, better known by the pen-name Hermann, was a Belgian comic book creator. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.
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1938
Canadian actress and politician (died 2020)
Andrée Champagne was a Canadian actress, pianist and politician.
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1939
Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
Spencer Davis was a Welsh musician. He founded the Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including "Keep On Running", "Somebody Help Me", "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man", all sung by Steve…
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1939
English actor and screenwriter (died 2020)
Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor was an English actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of The Goodies.
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1940
American sportscaster
Merton Laverne Lundquist Jr. is an American former sportscaster known for his long career with CBS Sports.
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1940
American football player (died 2022)
Daryle Pasquale Lamonica was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "the Mad Bomber" due to his…
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1941
English cricketer
Robert William Taylor MBE is an English former cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first-class cricket appearances…
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1941
German race car driver and manager
Achim Warmbold is a German former rally driver. He won the West German Rally Championship in 1971 and 1980, and scored two outright victories during the inaugural World Rally Championship season in 1973 at the Rally of…
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1941
New Zealand–born Canadian singer
Gale Zoë Garnett is a Canadian singer best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folk hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine". Garnett has since carved out a career as an author and actress.
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1942
American basketball player (died 2017)
Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American professional basketball player. A New York City playground legend, "the Hawk" was to play basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes but was unjustly implicated in a point-shaving…
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1942
American baseball player and manager
Donald Eulon Kessinger is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1964 to 1979, most prominently as a member of the Chicago Cubs, where he was…
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1942
English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
George Bruno "Zoot" Money was an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. He was best known for playing the Hammond organ and for his leadership of the Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles,…
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1942
American author and educator
LaVyrle Spencer is an American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels. She has successfully published a number of books, with several of them made into movies. Twelve of her books have been…
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1943
New Zealand cricketer and footballer
Mark Gordon Burgess is a former cricketer who played Test cricket for New Zealand from 1968 to 1980, captaining the team from 1978 to 1980. A right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm off-breaks, Burgess played in New…
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1944
Hungarian-English actress
Catherine Schell is a Hungarian-born British actress who came to prominence in British film and television productions from the 1960s. Her notable roles include the Bond girl Nancy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service…
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1944
Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016)
Carlos Alberto "Capita" Torres, also known as "O Capitão do Tri", was a Brazilian football player and manager who played as an attacking right-sided full-back or wing-back. A technically gifted defender with good ball…
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1944
1945
Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, is a British politician. He was formerly Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxford and subsequently for Oxford West and Abingdon.
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1945
American novelist and short story writer
Chris Crutcher is an American novelist and a family therapist. He received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2000 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.
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1946
American POW/MIA activist (died 2009)
Theodore Lane Sampley was an American Vietnam War veteran and activist. He primarily advocated for those servicemen still considered missing in action or prisoners of war (POW-MIA) as of the end of hostilities in 1975.…
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1946
Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician
Joyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns,, is a British Conservative Party politician, previously serving as Minister of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from August 2014 to June 2017. Anelay was…
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1947
1947
Camilla is Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III.
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1947
German musician (Kraftwerk)
Wolfgang Flür is a German musician, best known for playing percussion in the electronic group Kraftwerk from 1973 to 1987. Flür claims that he invented the electric drums the group used throughout the 1970s. However,…
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1947
English rock drummer (Sweet) (died 2002)
Michael Thomas Tucker was an English musician, best known as the drummer of the glam rock and hard rock band Sweet.
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1947
American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
Ronald Franklin Asheton was an American musician, best known as the guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter for the rock band the Stooges. He formed the band along with Iggy Pop and his brother, drummer Scott Asheton, and…
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1948
1948
English bass player and songwriter
Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell, GZR,…
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1949
American journalist and sportscaster
Charles Harris Steiner is an American sportscaster and broadcast journalist. He is currently the radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, paired with Rick Monday.
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1949
Bangladeshi politician
Sadhan Chandra Majumder is a Bangladeshi politician served as the Minister of Food during 2019–2024 and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Naogaon-1 constituency during 2009–2024.
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1950
Malaysian corporate figure
Tengku Sulaiman Shah is a Malaysian corporate figure and member of the Selangor royal family.
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1950
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Phoebe Snow was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals on Paul Simon’s "Gone at Last". She was…
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1950
American actress and singer
Lucie Désirée Arnaz is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and the older sister of actor and musician Desi Arnaz, Jr.
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1951
American journalist and author
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about…
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1951
English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan, is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire in Leicestershire as well as a government minister.
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1951
American actor, singer, and producer
David Michael Hasselhoff, nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (1975–1982), playing the role of…
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1952
American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
Nicolette Larson was an American singer. She is best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young and her 1978 hit single of Young's "Lotta Love", which hit No. 1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and…
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1952
1952
American author
Robert Rick McCammon is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCammon had three New York Times bestsellers…
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1952
German chemist and politician, Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German stateswoman and retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office and the only from former East Germany. She was…
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1954
Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (died 2015)
Edward Nipake Natapei Tuta Fanua`araki was a Vanuatuan politician. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu on two occasions, and was previously the minister of Foreign Affairs briefly in 1991, the acting president of…
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1954
American author, screenwriter, and producer
Joseph Michael Straczynski is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5…
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1954
Canadian actress and screenwriter
Sylvie Léonard is a French-Canadian actress. She has acted in theater, film and television for over 40 years. Her most notable roles include Mimi Jarry in Rue des Pignons, Annick Jacquemin in Terre Humaine, Julie…
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1955
American mycologist and author
Paul Edward Stamets is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells various mushroom products through his company. He is an author and an advocate of medicinal fungi and mycoremediation.
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1955
Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Julie Isabel Bishop is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018. She was the member of parliament (MP) for…
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1956
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Bryan John Trottier is a Canadian and American former professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won four Stanley Cups…
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1956
American drummer and songwriter (died 2015)
Bruce Hull Crump, Jr. was an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the rock band Molly Hatchet from 1976 to 1982 and from 1984 to 1991. He also played as a member of the Canadian band Streetheart in the…
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1957
Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
Wendy Laurel Freedman is a Canadian-American astronomer, best known for her measurement of the Hubble constant, and as director of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and Las Campanas, Chile. She is now…
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1957
Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
Wong Kar-wai is a Hong Kong filmmaker. His films are characterised by nonlinear narratives, atmospheric music, and vivid cinematography with bold, saturated colours. A pivotal figure of Hong Kong cinema, Wong is…
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1958
1958
Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus
Thérèse Virginia Rein is an Australian entrepreneur who is the founder of Ingeus, an international employment and business psychology services company.
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1958
American music manager
Susan Jean Silver is an American music manager and businesswoman, best known for managing Seattle rock bands such as Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Screaming Trees. Silver also owns the company Susan Silver…
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1958
Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician
Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin is a British non-affiliated life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent. In 2009 she was included on The Guardian's Muslim Women Power List for Britain. She previously sat…
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1959
English cricketer and coach
Kim John Barnett is an English former cricketer. Barnett was a batsman who played internationally for England between 1988 and 1989.
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1960
English-American screenwriter and producer
James Mark Burnett is a British-American television producer, best known for creating The Apprentice, and producing Survivor, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Shark Tank, and The Voice. He has produced more than 4000…
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1960
American journalist and actress
Nancy Giles is an American actress and commentator, perhaps best known for her appearances in the series China Beach and on CBS News Sunday Morning.
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1960
Hong Kong martial artist and actor
Shou Wan-por, known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman. He is known for roles such as Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat film series, Gobei in Beverly Hills Ninja (1997),…
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1960
American soprano
Dawn Upshaw is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to…
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1960
Dutch footballer and manager
Jan Jacobus Wouters is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He played as a defensive midfielder and was Dutch Footballer of the Year in 1990.
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1960
Portuguese politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
António Luís Santos da Costa is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as president of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 and…
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1961
English comedian and actor (died 2019)
Jeremy James Hardy was an English comedian. Born and raised in Hampshire, Hardy studied at the University of Southampton and began his stand-up career in the 1980s, going on to win the Perrier Comedy Award at the…
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1961
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Regina Belle is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle is most notable for three hit duets, all with…
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1963
Letsie III is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, so Letsie succeeded…
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1963
Finnish ski jumper and singer (died 2019)
Matti Ensio Nykänen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Known as "The Flying Finn", he is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won five Winter Olympic medals, nine World…
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1963
American actress and producer
Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp is an American actress, filmmaker, businesswoman, and radio personality. An influential figure in horror films, Langenkamp is best known for her pioneering role as the resourceful heroine…
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1964
Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
Sten Sture Tolgfors is a Swedish former politician, public affairs executive and government official who is serving as Governor of Västra Götaland County since 1 September 2022, having been appointed to the position on…
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1966
Australian actor
Jason Clarke is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series Brotherhood. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film…
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1969
American cartoonist
Scott Blaine Johnson is an American cartoonist, illustrator, game designer, and podcaster. He lives in South Jordan, Utah, with his wife and three children. In 2008, Johnson launched Frog Pants Studios, LLC, an…
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1969
Estonian cyclist
Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Voltas–Tartu 2024 by CCN.
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1969
American basketball player and coach
Calbert Nathaniel Cheaney is an American basketball coach and former player who served as Director of player development for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball of the Big Ten. He starred as a player for the Indiana…
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1971
Canadian author and activist
Cory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of…
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1971
Belgian cyclist
Nico Mattan is a Belgian former road racing cyclist. His greatest achievement in cycling was winning the Gent–Wevelgem classic in 2005.
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1971
American basketball player and sportscaster
Donny Marshall is an American former professional basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Jersey Nets. He is currently a college…
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1972
1972
American basketball player
Eric C. Williams is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1995 to 2007. He played for seven teams during his career, including two stints with the…
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1972
American football player
Eric Shannon Moulds is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Mississippi State University and was…
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1973
Argentine footballer
Claudio Javier López is an Argentine former professional footballer, who played as a forward. Nicknamed Piojo (louse), he is best known for his spells with Valencia in Spain and Lazio in Italy. López also had a notable…
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1974
New Zealand cricketer
Andre Ryan Adams is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer of Caribbean descent. He played international cricket for New Zealand and is noted for playing in New Zealand's first T20I against Australia in 2005…
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1975
Spanish actress
Elena Anaya Gutiérrez is a Spanish actress. She garnered public recognition in Spain for her performance in Sex and Lucia (2001), which also earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress. She…
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1975
1975
1975
English television presenter
Konnie Huq is a British television and radio presenter, screenwriter and children's author. She became the longest-serving female presenter of the British children's television programme Blue Peter, presenting it from…
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1975
Australian-American mathematician
Terence Chi-Shen Tao is an Australian and American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006 for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, and additive number…
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1975
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Bryan is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the…
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1976
Italian chef and author
Gennaro Sheffield "Gino" D'Acampo is an Italian celebrity chef, television personality and writer based in the United Kingdom. He first came to widespread public attention as the winner of the ninth series of the ITV…
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1976
Polish-American actress
Dagmara Domińczyk is a Polish actress. She has appeared in the films Rock Star (2001), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Kinsey (2004), Trust the Man (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), Higher…
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1976
Brazilian-Spanish footballer
Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva, known as Marcos Senna, is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was known for his passing range and long-range shooting and was also a penalty…
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1976
Swedish footballer and sportscaster
Anders Gunnar Svensson is a Swedish former professional footballer. He was a central midfielder, known for his passing, free kicks, and set piece-taking abilities, who usually operated in a playmaking role. He was…
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1976
American comic book and television writer
Brian K. Vaughan is an American writer and producer. He is best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, Saga, and Paper Girls.
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1976
American actor
Eric Barrett Winter is an American actor. He has appeared in the television roles as Sergeant Tim Bradford on the ABC show The Rookie (2018–present), Rex Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, FBI Special Agent…
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1976
Australian cricketer
Andrew Graham Downton is an Australian cricketer, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club.
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1977
Belgian cyclist
Leif Hoste is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's. Born in Kortrijk, Hoste's career highlights included winning two…
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player
Marc Savard is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, former assistant coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL), and former head coach of the…
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1977
Brazilian mixed martial artist
Ricardo Arona is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist, submission grappler and 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt practitioner.
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1978
American baseball player
Jason Ryan Jennings is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball with the Colorado Rockies (2001-2006), Houston Astros (2007) and Texas Rangers (2008-2009). Jennings won the…
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1978
French film director and screenwriter
Justine Triet is a French film director, screenwriter, and editor. She has received several awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a Palme d'Or, three César Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
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1978
American actor
Michael James Vogel is an American actor. Vogel began acting in 2001 and has appeared in several films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Grind, Poseidon, Blue…
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1979
Spanish footballer
Javier Camuñas Gallego is a Spanish former professional footballer. A versatile midfielder, he could also operate as a second striker.
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1980
British actor, comedian and writer
Brett Goldstein is an English actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. Known for his role as Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Lasso, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding…
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1980
Venezuelan runner
Hely Domingo Ollarves Arias is a male track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was eliminated in the first round…
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1981
Anguillan cricketer
Omari Ahmed Clement Banks is an Anguillan musician and former cricketer, who appeared in 10 Test matches for the West Indies, as well as domestic matches for the Leeward Islands. In 2011, Banks began to pursue his…
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1982
1983
Swedish ice hockey player
Loui William Eriksson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward.
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1985
Scottish footballer
Neil McGregor is a Scottish former football defender who has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Dundee.
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1985
American football player
DeAngelo Lamar Smith is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was…
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1986
Australian rugby league player
Darius Boyd is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and has played for Australia at international level and State…
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1987
1987
Swedish ice hockey player
Oliver Oscar Emanuel Ekman-Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known by his initials "OEL", Ekman-Larsson was selected…
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1991
American actress
Billie Catherine Lourd is an American actress, best known for starring as Chanel #3 in the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015–2016) and for her roles in the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story…
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1992
Finnish actor
Tatu Johannes Sinisalo is a Finnish actor. He is known for his first film role as the singer Toni Wirtanen in the 2016 film Born in Heinola. He also played the young Kari Tapio in the 2019 biographical film King of…
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1992
American singer-songwriter
Karly Marina Loaiza, known professionally as Kali Uchis, is an American singer-songwriter. Her accolades include a Grammy Award, an American Music Award, two Billboard Music Awards, and five nominations for a Latin…
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1994
1996
British basketball player
Ogugua "OG" Anunoby Jr. is a British professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won an NBA championship…
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1997
1998
American baseball player
Jordan Jeffrey-Joseph Lawlar is an American professional baseball shortstop and outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
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2002
Canadian ice hockey player
Connor Bedard is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered one of the top ice hockey prospects of his…
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2005
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