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Larry Ellsworth Lake was an American-born Canadian composer, trumpeter, freelance writer on music, radio broadcaster, and record producer
Famous Birthdays on July 2
163 people
419 – 1996
July 2 has seen 163 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 419 – 1996. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1943 — Larry Lake
American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (died 2013)
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From 1985 until his death he served as artistic director of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, a group of which he was a founding member
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For nearly 30 years he hosted and served as music consultant for the CBC Radio program Two New Hours
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An associate of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), he was the chair of the CMC's Ontario Region Council and was an executive member of the CMC's national board
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His compositions received multiple awards from the CMC and from the Major Armstrong Foundation
Roman emperor (died 455)
Valentinian III was Roman emperor in the West from 425 to 455. Starting in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by civil wars among powerful generals and the barbarian…
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419
1478
Italian sculptor and architect (died 1570)
Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance architecture.…
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1486
English archbishop, theologian, and Protestant martyr (died 1556)
Thomas Cranmer was an English theologian who was a leader of the English Reformation and served as Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He is honoured as a…
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1489
English daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1495)
Elizabeth Tudor was the second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
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1492
Flemish painter (died 1637)
Theodoor Rombouts was a Flemish painter who is mainly known for his Caravaggesque genre scenes depicting lively dramatic gatherings as well as religiously themed works. He is considered to be the primary and most…
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1597
2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1730)
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea, was an English Tory politician and peer who supported the Hanoverian Succession in 1714. Known as Lord Nottingham until 1729, then as Lord Winchilsea.
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1647
German organ builder (died 1719)
Arp Schnitger was an influential Northern German organ builder. Considered the paramount manufacturer of his time, Schnitger built or rebuilt over 150 organs. He was primarily active in Northern Europe, especially the…
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1648
English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)
Samuel Penhallow was a Cornish colonist, historian, and militia leader in present-day Maine during Queen Anne's War and Dummer's War. He was the commander at Fort Menaskoux and was attacked during the Northeast Coast…
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1665
Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1740)
Pietro Ottoboni was an Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, who was also born Pietro Ottoboni. He is remembered especially as a great patron of music and art. Ottoboni was the last person to hold the…
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1667
German composer (died 1787)
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time, he…
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1714
German poet and author (died 1803)
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a German poet. His best known works are the epic poem Der Messias and the poem Die Auferstehung, with the latter set to music in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. One of his…
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1724
Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) (died 1852)
Francisco Javier Echeverría was a Mexican businessman and finance minister who served as interim president of Mexico for about two weeks in late September 1841, during the fall of Anastasio Bustamante's administration.
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1797
French pianist and composer (died 1900)
Charles-Louis Hanon was a French piano pedagogue and composer. He is best known for his work The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, which is still used today for modern piano teaching, but over the years the method has…
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1819
American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory (died 1878)
George Law Curry was a predominant American political figure and newspaper publisher in the region that eventually became the state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he published a newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri,…
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1820
Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (died 1894)
Juan Nepomuceno Laureano Méndez Sánchez was a Mexican general, a Liberal politician and confidant of Porfirio Díaz, and interim president of the Republic for a few months during the Porfiriato. He served from 6 December…
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1820
Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915)
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia…
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1821
French statesman (died 1913)
Olivier Émile Ollivier was a French statesman. Starting as an avid republican opposed to Emperor Napoleon III, he pushed the Emperor toward liberal reforms and in turn came increasingly into Napoleon's grip. He entered…
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1825
Dutch economist and historian (died 1917)
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack was a Dutch legal scholar, economist and historian, who is best known for his work De socialisten: Personen en stelsels.
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1834
Maria Theresa Henriette Dorothea of Austria-Este was the last Queen of Bavaria. She was the only child of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria.
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1849
English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
Sir William Henry Bragg was a British X-ray crystallographer who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by…
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1862
German author and publicist (died 1916)
Lily Braun, born Amalie von Kretschmann, was a German feminist writer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She developed the idea of the single-kitchen home.
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1865
French-Swiss dancer and author (died 1950)
Liane de Pougy was a French dancer, courtesan and novelist. She was a Folies Bergère vedette, and was known as one of the most beautiful and notorious courtesans in Paris. Later in life, she became a Dominican tertiary.
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1869
Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)
Harriet Brooks was a Canadian nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research in radioactivity. She discovered atomic recoil, and transmutation of elements in radioactive decay. Ernest Rutherford, who guided her…
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1876
German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1933)
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was a German businessman and politician who was the chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923 for a total of 264 days. His tenure included the beginning of the occupation of the Ruhr by French and…
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1876
German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, combined with his involvement with…
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1877
American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (died 1939)
Rinaldo Cuneo, was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and murals. He was dubbed "the Painter of San Francisco".
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1877
American lawyer and politician (died 1929)
Royal Hurlburt Weller was an American politician and attorney who was a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1929. He was assistant district attorney of New York County from 1911 to 1917.
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1881
German neurologist and author (died 1931)
Alfons Maria Jakob was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology.
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1884
Welsh gardener and author (died 1950)
Ralph Hancock was a Welsh landscape gardener, architect and author. Hancock built gardens in the United Kingdom in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and in the United States in the 1930s. He is known for the roof gardens at…
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1893
English actor and director (died 1971)
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at his…
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1900
Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968)
Professor Kandasamypillai Kanapathypillai was a leading Ceylon Tamil academic, author and head of the Department of Tamil at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya for 18 years.
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1902
English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime…
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1903
1903
French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (died 1996)
Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he…
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1904
German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
Hans Albrecht Eduard Bethe was a German-American physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics, and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967…
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1906
Hungarian Jewish wrestler (died 1996)
Károly Kárpáti was a Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion of Jewish heritage.
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1906
French middle-distance runner (died 1993)
Séraphin "Séra" Martin was a French middle-distance runner who set world records in the 800 metres and 1000 metres. He competed at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and placed sixth and eighth in the 800 metres, respectively.
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1906
American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1993)
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first…
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1908
English race car driver and manager (died 1964)
Reginald Parnell was a racing driver and team manager from Derby, England. He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of nine championship points.
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1911
Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (died 1999)
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, was a British historian and Conservative peer. From 1974 to 1979 he was principal of the University College of Buckingham, now the University of Buckingham.
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1913
American conductor and educator (died 2004)
Frederick Fennell was an American conductor and one of the primary figures who promoted the Eastman Wind Ensemble as a performing group. He was also influential as a band pedagogue, and greatly affected the field of…
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1914
Brazilian physicist and engineer (died 1990)
Mário Schenberg was a Brazilian electrical engineer, physicist, art critic and writer.
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1914
German admiral (died 2005)
Erich Topp was a German U-boat commander of World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. He sank 35 ships for a total of 197,460 gross register…
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1914
8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier (died 2014)
Brigadier Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, styled Marquess of Douro between 1943 and 1972, was a British peer and army officer. His main residence was Stratfield Saye House in Hampshire.
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1915
American actor and singer (died 1991)
Ken Curtis was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the Western television series Gunsmoke.
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1916
German colonel and pilot (died 1982)
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.
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1916
Finnish wrestler (died 2010)
Reino Kalervo Kangasmäki was a journalist and a Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight class at the 1948 Summer Olympics, his only major international tournament. At national…
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1916
Brazilian author and photographer (died 2008)
Zélia Gattai Amado de Faria was a Brazilian photographer, memoirist, novelist and author of children's literature, as well as a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Gattai wrote 14 literary works, including…
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1916
American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (died 1999)
Leonard James Arrington was an American author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association (MHA). He is known as the "Dean of Mormon History" and "the Father of Mormon History" because of his…
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1917
Brazilian painter and sculptor (died 2008)
Athos Bulcão was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
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1918
American author (died 2012)
Jean Carolyn Craighead George was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and Newbery Honor My Side of the Mountain.…
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1919
Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1992)
John Alexander Kneubuhl was an American Samoan screenwriter, playwright and Polynesian historian. He wrote for American television series such as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Star Trek, The Invaders and…
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1920
Italian-French fashion designer (died 2020)
Pietro Costante Cardin, known as Pierre Cardin, was an Italian-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the…
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1922
Czech actress (died 1994)
Paula Valenska was a Czech actress noted for her roles in 1940s films. After appearing in several films in her native Czechoslovakia she went to Britain to star in two films produced by Anatole de Grunwald.
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1922
American soldier and author (died 1958)
Cyril M. Kornbluth was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, Walter C. Davies,…
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1923
Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent, she resided in Kraków until the end of her life. In Poland, Szymborska's books…
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1923
Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist (died 2024)
Florence Chia-ying Yeh, also known as Ye Jiaying, Jialing (迦陵), and by her married name Chia-ying Yeh Chao, was a Chinese-born Taiwanese-Canadian poet and sinologist. She was a scholar of classical Chinese poetry. Yeh…
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1924
American soldier and civil rights movement activist (died 1963)
Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. A United States Army veteran who served in World War II, he was engaged in efforts to overturn racial…
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1925
Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)
Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election. Lumumba…
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1925
American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Marvin Karlton Rainwater was an American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter who had several hits during the late 1950s, including the self-penned "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" and "Whole Lotta Woman," which hit…
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1925
Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007)
Octavian Paler was a Romanian writer, journalist, politician in Communist Romania, and civil society activist in post-1989 Romania.
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1926
1927
Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern is a British lawyer. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He was formerly an active member of the House of…
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1927
American actor (died 2005)
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. He made his Broadway debut in the…
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1927
Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
Imelda Romualdez Marcos is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in…
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1929
American jazz musician (died 2023)
Ahmad Jamal was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master…
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1930
Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina (died 2021)
Carlos Saúl Menem was an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years, and his…
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1930
American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (died 2002)
Rex David Thomas was an American businessman, philanthropist, and fast-food tycoon who was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. In this role,…
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1932
Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 2014)
Peter Hullett Desbarats, OC was a Canadian author, playwright and journalist. He was also the dean of journalism at the University of Western Ontario (1981–1997), a former commissioner in the Somalia Inquiry and a…
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1933
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
Kenneth Malcolm Wharram was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League, all with the Chicago Black Hawks, wearing number 17. He won a Stanley Cup in 1961.
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1933
English musician (died 2022)
Tom Springfield was a British musician, songwriter, and record producer who was prominent in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He was the older brother of singer Dusty Springfield, with whom he performed in the…
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1934
American pianist and educator
Gilbert Kalish is an American pianist. He is best known for championing the music of Charles Ives and other modernist composers. He is also noted for his partnerships with other artists, particularly his thirty-year…
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1935
Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (died 2012)
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was appointed to the long-vacant vice…
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1936
American actress (died 2025)
Polly Dean Holliday was an American actress of stage and screen. Holliday was best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom Alice, winning two Golden Globe Awards for…
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1937
American race car driver and sportscaster
Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 43…
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1937
English physician and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, is a British politician and physician who served as Foreign Secretary as a Labour Party MP under James Callaghan from 1977 to 1979, and later led the Social Democratic Party…
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1938
American politician, 69th Governor of Delaware (died 2025)
Michael Newbold Castle was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served…
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1939
Greek poet and politician (died 1976)
Alexandros Panagoulis was a Greek politician and poet. He took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels (1967–1974) in Greece. He became famous for his attempt to assassinate dictator Georgios…
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1939
American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff
John Henry Sununu is a Cuban-born American politician who served as the 75th governor of New Hampshire from 1983 to 1989 and as the 14th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991.
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1939
American singer and choreographer (died 1973)
Paul Williams was an American baritone singer. He was noted for being one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations. Personal problems and failing health forced Williams to…
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1939
English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Kenneth Harry Clarke, Baron Clarke of Nottingham is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1992 to 1993 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he was…
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1940
Bulgarian military officer, cosmonaut and politician
Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990.
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1940
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
William Franklin Guest was an American R&B/soul singer best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips along with his cousins Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight and Edward Patten. Guest was a member of the group…
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1941
Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician
Wendell Adrian Mottley ORTT is a Trinidad and Tobago economist, politician and athlete. Mottley served as Senator and member of the House of Representatives with the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and was Minister of…
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1941
South African-English lawyer and scholar
John Eekelaar FBA is a South African-born legal scholar who specialised in family law during his academic career at the University of Oxford. A Rhodes Scholar and recipient of the Vinerian Scholarship, he served as a…
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1942
Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico
Vicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the National Action…
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1942
American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Richard Axel is an American molecular biologist and university professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His work on the olfactory system…
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1946
American actor, director, and political activist (died 2009)
Ronald Arthur Silver was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and activist. As an actor, he portrayed Henry Kissinger, Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. He was awarded the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actor…
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1946
American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
Lawrence Gene David is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He is known for his dry wit, portrayals of awkward social situations, and observations on everyday life. He has received two Primetime…
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1947
Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, is a British politician and life peer who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP)…
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1947
Kenyan lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Mutula Kilonzo was a Kenyan politician and Senior Counsel, who served as Minister of Education after having previously served as Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan and justice and constitutional affairs He belonged to…
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1948
American musician
Gregory Dane Brown is an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Iowa.
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1949
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Robert Paquette is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter.
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1949
English librarian and academic
Dame Lynne Janie Brindley is the former Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, a post she held until June 2020. Prior to this appointment she was a professional librarian, and served as the first female chief executive of…
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1950
English politician
Jon Hedley Trickett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and Hemsworth, previously Hemsworth, since 1996. He was Shadow Lord President of the Council from 2016 to…
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1950
American transgender rights activist (died 2002)
Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen for most of her life and later as a transgender…
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1952
Ukrainian race walker and coach
Anatoliy Vasilyevich Solomin is a former Soviet Ukrainian race walker. Solomin competed in men's 20 km walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics and contended for the gold medal, but was disqualified from the lead shortly before…
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1952
English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Christopher Murray Paul Huhne is a British energy and climate change consultant, and former journalist, business economist and politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2005 to 2013…
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1954
American actress
Wendy Schaal is an American actress known for her work in Joe Dante films, such as Innerspace, The 'Burbs, and Small Soldiers. Her other film credits include starring in Where the Boys Are '84, Creature, Going Under,…
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1954
1955
American model and actress
Jerry Faye Hall is an American model and actress. She began modeling in the 1970s and became one of the most sought-after models in the world. She transitioned into acting, appearing in the 1989 film Batman. Hall was…
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1956
1957
Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
Jüri Raidla is an Estonian lawyer, founder and senior partner of law firm Ellex Raidla. He served as the first Estonian Minister of Justice from 1990 to 1992.
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1957
American basketball player
Purvis Short is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978 to 1990. A 6'7"…
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1957
Indian actor
Pavan Malhotra is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films.
He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and a Filmfare Award South.
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1958
Dutch photographer (died 2023)
Erwin Olaf Springveld, professionally known as Erwin Olaf, was a Dutch photographer from Hilversum. Time magazine described his work as straddling "the worlds of commercial, art and fashion photography at once".
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1959
American basketball player and sportscaster
Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who is the lead college basketball analyst for CBS Sports. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Indiana Pacers.
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1961
English cricketer (died 2006)
Neil Fitzgerald Williams was an England cricketer, who played first-class cricket for both Middlesex and Essex. In a first-class career spanning over seventeen years, he took 675 wickets and scored 4,457 runs.
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1962
Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist
José Canseco Capas Jr. is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). During his time with the Oakland Athletics, he established…
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1964
Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager
Osvaldo "Ozzie" Canseco Capas is a Cuban-American former professional baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former Major League Baseball player José Canseco.
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1964
American baseball player and sportscaster
Joseph David Magrane is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, California Angels, and Chicago White Sox between 1987 and 1996, and is currently a color commentary…
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1964
German lawyer and politician
Norbert Alois Röttgen is a German lawyer and politician who served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to 2012. A…
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1965
English rugby player
Timothy Andrew Keith Rodber is an English former rugby union footballer who played at number eight, flanker or lock for Northampton Saints, England, and the British Lions.
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1969
American hurdler
Derrick Ralph Adkins is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400-meter hurdles. He was an Olympic gold medalist in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics and World Champion at the 1995 World…
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1970
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Stephen Joseph Morrow is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and manager. He was The Football Association's head of player selection and talent strategy until 2023.
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1970
American football player and actor
Troy Fitzgerald Brown is an American professional football coach and former player who serves as an offensive assistant for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played as a wide receiver and…
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1971
Scottish rugby player and coach
Bryan William Redpath is a Scottish former rugby union player and coach. He is the Director of Rugby at London Scottish.
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1971
Irish author
Darren O'Shaughnessy is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata, and Zom-B, published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. The former was…
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1972
American baseball player and sportscaster
Sean Thomas Casey, nicknamed "the Mayor", is an American former professional baseball first baseman, coach and media personality. During his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Casey played for the Cleveland Indians,…
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1974
1975
Estonian lawyer and politician
Kristen Michal is the prime minister of Estonia, having taken office on 23 July 2024. He previously served as minister of justice from 2011 to 2012, minister of economic affairs and infrastructure from 2015 to 2016, and…
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1975
American actress
Elizabeth Ann Reaser is an American film, television, and stage actress. Her work includes the films Stay, The Family Stone, Sweet Land, Against the Current, The Twilight Saga, Young Adult, and Ouija: Origin of Evil,…
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1975
South African rugby player
Carl Stefan Terblanche is a South African former rugby union player. He played wing, centre and fullback.
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1975
Hungarian footballer
Krisztián Lisztes is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is most commonly known for his stints at VfB Stuttgart and Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, and for Ferencváros in…
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1976
Czech-American ice hockey player
Tomáš Vokoun is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1997 to 2013, mainly with the Nashville Predators. He was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the…
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1976
Prime minister of Slovakia
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1976
Turkish footballer
Deniz Barış is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back.
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1977
Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn
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1978
American triple jumper
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1979
Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)
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1979
American race car driver
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1979
Canadian ice hockey player
Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected…
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1979
American baseball player
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1980
English footballer
Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1981
American football player
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1981
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1983
1983
Danish footballer
Thomas Kortegaard is a Danish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1984
American figure skater
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1984
American football player
Chad Steven Henne is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, where he is the…
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1985
American actress, singer, and producer
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1985
American baseball player
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1986
American actress and singer
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1986
Spanish footballer
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1987
South Korean footballer
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1988
Russian basketball player
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1989
American soccer player
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco is an American former professional soccer player. She co-captained the United States national team with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe from 2018 to 2020 and with Lindsey Horan in 2023.
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1989
American judoka
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1990
American soccer player
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1990
Scottish field hockey player
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1990
Australian actress and producer
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1990
English footballer
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1990
New Zealand rugby league player
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1990
American ice dancer
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1992
Latvian basketball player
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1992
American rapper and actor
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1993
1993
Norwegian skier
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1994
American basketball player
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1994
American swimmer
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1995
Austrian tennis player
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1996
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