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Famous Birthdays on July 27
253 people
774 – 2003
July 27 has seen 253 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 774 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1959 — Yiannos Papantoniou
French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence
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For his achievements he was 'highly commended' by Euromoney magazine in September 1998 as Finance Minister of the Year
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Prior to this, Papantoniou worked at the OECD (1978–81), served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1981 to 1984, and as advisor to the Greek prime minister on EEC Affairs and Integration
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He was elected as chairman of the board of governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1999
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From 2009 to 2010, he was visiting senior fellow in the Hellenic Observatory within the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism (died 835)
Kūkai , born Saeki no Mao posthumously called Kōbō Daishi , was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism. He travelled to China, where he studied Tangmi under…
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774
Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (died 1508)
Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.
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1452
mistress of Ludovico Sforza (died 1508)
Lucrezia Crivelli (1464-1534), was an Italian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was a mistress of Ludovico Sforza "il Moro", Duke of Milan. She was the mother of Sforza's son, Giovanni Paolo I Sforza, Marquess of…
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1452
Italian composer (died 1571)
Francesco Corteccia was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the Renaissance. Not only was he one of the best known of the early composers of madrigals, and an important native Italian composer during a period…
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1502
Duchess of Richmond (died 1639)
Frances Stewart (née Howard), Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to be the only duchess at the court of…
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1578
1612
1st Earl of Sandwich (died 1672)
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, was an English military officer, politician and diplomat from Barnwell, Northamptonshire. During the First English Civil War he served with the Parliamentarian army, and was a…
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1625
Swiss mathematician and academic (died 1748)
Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Leonhard Euler in the…
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1667
English surveyor and astronomer (died 1779)
Jeremiah Dixon was an English surveyor and astronomer best known for surveying the Mason–Dixon line with Charles Mason from 1763 to 1767. The line came to mark the borders between Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware.…
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1733
French explorer (died 1803)
Jeanne Baret was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via boat. A key part of her journey was as a…
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1740
French-English violinist and composer (died 1808)
François Hippolyte Barthélemon was a French violinist, pedagogue, and composer active in England.
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1741
American general and politician (died 1839)
Samuel Smith was an American Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the older brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.
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1752
French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (died 1793)
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, known as Charlotte Corday, was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Corday was a sympathiser of…
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1768
Austrian painter (died 1839)
Joseph Anton Koch was an Austrian painter of Neoclassicism and later the German Romantic movement; he is perhaps the most significant neoclassical landscape painter.
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1768
Norwegian economist and politician (died 1844)
Jacob Aall was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist.
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1773
Scottish-French poet and academic (died 1844)
Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet. He was a founder and the first President of the Clarence Club and a co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland; he was also one of the initiators of a plan to…
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1777
21st Baron Dacre, English general (died 1853)
General Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB was a peer and British Army officer.
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1777
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1828)
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani was an Italian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer. He was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century. One of his best known works is his Grand Overture, which has…
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1781
Russian general and poet (died 1839)
Denis Vasilyevich Davydov was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. He…
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1784
American general and politician (died 1897)
Thomas Lanier Clingman, known as the "Prince of Politicians," was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S.…
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1812
Italian priest and saint (died 1902)
Agostino Roscelli, also known as Augustine Roscelli, and Augustin Roscelli, was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women. He was canonized a saint in the Catholic…
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1818
fils, French novelist and playwright (died 1895)
Alexandre Dumas fils was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias, published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata, as well as numerous…
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1824
English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (died 1923)
Thomas George Bonney was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London.
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1833
Peruvian admiral (died 1879)
Miguel María Grau Seminario was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician renowned for his role in the War of the Pacific. He earned the nickname "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind and chivalrous treatment of defeated…
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1834
Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, he became the first…
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1835
Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (died 1919)
Baron Loránd Eötvös de Vásárosnamény, also called Baron Roland von Eötvös in English literature, was a Hungarian physicist. He is remembered today largely for his work on gravitation and surface tension, and the…
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1848
German physicist (died 1916)
Friedrich Ernst Dorn was a German physicist. He is best remembered for his discovery that radium emits a radioactive substance, later named radon.
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1848
Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)
Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko was a Russian writer, journalist and humanitarian of Ukrainian origin. His best-known work includes the short novel The Blind Musician (1886), as well as numerous short stories based…
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1853
American philanthropist (died 1923)
Elizabeth Ann or Anne Plankinton was an American philanthropist in the early 20th century, the daughter of Milwaukee businessman John Plankinton. She was also known as "Miss Lizzie" and the people of Milwaukee called…
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1853
Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936)
Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922 and Minister of Finance when he was assassinated. He was also a member of the House of Peers and head of the…
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1854
Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (died 1921)
José Celso Barbosa Alcala was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, Barbosa was the first Puerto Rican, and one of the first people of …
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1857
English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt…
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1857
Canadian golfer and cricketer (died 1938)
George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He worked in the insurance industry.
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1858
Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (died 1929)
António José de Almeida was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1919 to 1923. António José de Almeida also served as prime minister from 1916 to 1917. He was the only president of the…
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1866
Spanish pianist and composer (died 1916)
Enric Granados i Campiña, born Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña was a Spanish and Catalan composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Joaquin Malats and other pianists, he was part of the modern Catalan…
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1867
French-born British writer and historian (died 1953)
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as…
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1870
Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (died 1942)
Stanislav Binički was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. A student of German composer Josef Rheinberger, he became the first director of the Opera Sector of the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1889 and began…
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1872
Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
Ernst von Dohnányi was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used the German form of his name on most published compositions.
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1877
Italian poet (died 1927)
Francesco Gaeta was an Italian poet, writer and a journalist for Italian newspapers.
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1879
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."
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1881
English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (died 1965)
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer who founded the aircraft company de Havilland. The company produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane…
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1882
1886
Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (died 1972)
Vera Alexeyevna Karalli was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the 20th century.
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1889
American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)
Benjamin Franklin Miessner was an American radio engineer and inventor. He is most known for his electronic organ, electronic piano, and other musical instruments. He was the inventor of the Cat's whisker detector.
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1890
Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)
Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete, who competed at three Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won two gold medals and a silver medal.
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1890
Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (died 1968)
Jacob van der Hoeden was a Dutch-born Israeli veterinary research scientist.
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1891
American quilter (died 1976)
Ruby Short McKim was an American quilt designer, entrepreneur, teacher, writer and magazine editor. She developed an early interest in drawing, and graduated from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art in 1912.…
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1891
Italian cyclist (died 1941)
Ugo Agostoni was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Agostoni was professional from 1911 to 1924 during which time he won the Giro dell'Emilia, and a stage in the 1920 Giro d'Italia. Agostoni's greatest win was…
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1893
Dutch actress (died 1966)
Mientje Kling was a Dutch theatre and film actress and radio personality.
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1894
Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (died 1967)
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of South Australia from 23 February 1953 until 7 March 1960. He was born in the County of Ross and Cromarty,…
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1896
French lawyer and politician (died 1969)
Marie François Henri Longchambon was a French scientist and politician known for his work in geology, particularly on clay minerals, and his role in the French Resistance during World War II. He was awarded the Prix…
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1896
Australian cricketer (died 1976)
Percival Mitchell Hornibrook was an Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches from 1929 to 1930. He played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1919–20 to 1933–34.
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1899
Ukrainian playwright and publicist (died 1949)
Yaroslav Oleksandrovych Halan was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, playwright, and publicist.
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1902
Russian actor (died 1966)
Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947.
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1903
Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (died 2002)
Michail Stasinopoulos was a Greek jurist and politician who served as the President of Greece from 18 December 1974 to 19 July 1975. A member of New Democracy, he was the first officeholder under the Third Hellenic…
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1903
1903
Soviet chess player (died 1986)
Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953.
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1904
American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
Leo Ernest Durocher, nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth…
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1905
Polish author and activist (died 2000)
Jerzy Władysław Giedroyć was a Polish writer, lawyer, publicist and political activist. For many years, he worked as editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, Kultura.
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1906
Canadian psychologist and neurologist (died 1999)
Herbert Henri Jasper was a Canadian psychologist, physiologist, neurologist, and epileptologist.
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1906
American stage and film actor (died 1937)
Ross Alexander was an American stage and film actor.
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1907
American educator and academic administrator (died 1995)
Carl McClellan Hill was an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1962 to 1975, and as the 11th president of Hampton University from 1976 to 1978.
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1907
Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (died 2009)
Irene Kaminka Fischer was an Austrian-American mathematician and geodesist. She was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and inductee of the National Imagery and…
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1907
American journalist and author (died 1996)
Joseph Quincy Mitchell was an American writer best known for the work he published in The New Yorker. He is known for his carefully written portraits of eccentrics and people on the fringes of society, especially in and…
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1908
French author and critic (died 2007)
Julien Gracq was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabulary. He was close to the surrealist…
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1910
Mexican-American actress (died 2016)
Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan, known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Drácula. It was filmed in Los Angeles by…
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1910
English author and poet (died 1981)
John Rayner Heppenstall was a British novelist, poet, diarist, and a BBC radio producer.
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1911
English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
Vernon Pelling Elliott was a British bassoonist, conductor and composer. He was an influential teacher of the bassoon for over 40 years. From the 1960s he became more widely known as the composer of music for short…
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1912
American Navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2000)
George Levick Street III was a submariner in the United States Navy. He received the Medal of Honor during World War II.
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1913
Estonian poet and translator (died 1969)
August Sang was an Estonian poet and literary translator. Sang was a member of the Arbujad literary group, which represented a new direction in Estonian poetry before the outbreak of World War II. He was known as a…
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1914
1915
German colonel and pilot (died 1961)
Josef "Pips" Priller was a German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 101 enemy aircraft shot down in 307 combat missions. All of his…
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1915
American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (died 2007)
Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick was an American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer.
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1916
American saxophonist and arranger (died 1994)
Elmer, or Elbert, "Skippy" Williams was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger.
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1916
American actor (died 1986)
Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade. Though he rarely had a lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and…
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1916
American cellist and educator (died 1984)
Leonard Joseph Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.
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1918
American comedian and musician (died 1971)
Henry Doyle Haynes was an American comedy entertainer and musician who gained fame on radio and television as a country and jazz guitarist and as the character Homer of the country music comedy and parody duo Homer and…
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1920
American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (died 2013)
Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world government as a way to end nationalistic…
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1921
1921
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986)
Adolfo Celi was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered…
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1922
American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)
Norman Milton Lear was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during a career that lasted over 70 years. Lear created and produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms,…
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1922
1923
American historian and critic (died 2000)
Vincent Canby was an American film and theatre critic who was the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed…
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1924
Georgian composer and conductor (died 1989)
Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili was a prominent Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and musicologist of the Soviet period. Although in the West Taktakishvili is perhaps best known for his 1968 Sonata for Flute and…
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1924
American singer and musicologist (died 2015)
Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee.
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1927
French director and screenwriter (died 2007)
Pierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director and screenwriter.
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1927
American comedian and actor (died 2018)
Will Jordan was an American character actor and stand-up comedian best known for his resemblance to, and impressions of, television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan.
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1927
Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa
Chelliah Rajadurai was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, government minister, and Member of Parliament. He served as the 1st Mayor of Batticaloa from 1967 to 1968.
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1927
American journalist and academic (died 2014)
John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.
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1927
American colonel and pilot (died 2022)
Joseph William Kittinger II was an American military pilot who was an officer in the United States Air Force. He served from 1950 to 1978 and earned Command Pilot status before retiring with the rank of colonel. He held…
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1928
French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)
Jean Baudrillard was a French Marxist sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his…
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1929
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
Harvey Fuqua was an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.
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1929
English author and academic (died 2022)
Henry Patterson, commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million…
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1929
French-Australian composer and conductor (died 2022)
Marc Wilkinson was an Australian-British composer and conductor best known for his film scores, including Blood on Satan's Claw, and incidental music for the theatre, most notably for Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of…
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1929
English director, producer, and screenwriter
Joy Whitby is an English television executive, television, and radio producer who specialises in children's programmes and animated films.
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1930
English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 2021)
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979. She…
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1930
Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia
Khieu Samphan is a Cambodian former politician, economist, and revolutionary who was Chairman of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as Cambodia's head of state and was…
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1931
American actor (died 2018)
Jerry McCord Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.
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1931
American basketball player
Forest Edward Able, nicknamed Frosty, was an American professional basketball player.
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1932
American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)
Marguerite Diane Webber was an American model, dancer, actress and nudist.
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1932
American singer and bongo player (died 2008)
Nicholas Wells Reynolds was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of the Kingston Trio, whose folk and folk-style material captured international attention during the…
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1933
Australian football player and journalist (died 1995)
Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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1933
Estonian chess player (died 2017)
Hillar Kärner was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship seven times. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1980.
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1935
Northern Irish footballer
William James McCullough was a Northern Irish footballer who made more than 250 appearances for Arsenal in the Football League and was capped 10 times for Northern Ireland.
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1935
American businessman and politician (died 2008)
James Robert Hooper was an American politician who served on the Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2007.
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1936
1937
American actor (died 2009)
Donald Poe Galloway was an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a…
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1937
South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (died 1990)
Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1990 at the age of 53.
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1937
French comics creator and writer (died 2024)
Pierre Christin was a French comics creator and writer.
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1938
American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (died 2008)
Ernest Gary Gygax was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.
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1938
American photographer and academic
William Eggleston is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition of color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include William Eggleston's Guide (1976) and The…
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1939
Northern Irish poet and academic (died 2025)
Michael George Longley was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... When I write a poem I am moving into…
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1939
Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (died 2017)
Paulo Ricardo Campos Silvino was a Brazilian comedian, composer and actor.
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1939
German dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylised blend of dance…
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1940
Austrian opera singer
Christian Boesch is an Austrian operatic baritone. He is the son of the soprano Ruthilde Boesch, and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, from 1959 to 1964. He was the pupil of Alfred Jerger,…
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1941
German viola player and composer (died 2010)
Johannes Georg Fritsch was a German composer.
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1941
Canadian singer-songwriter
Édith Butler is an Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter and folklorist from New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula.
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1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Bobbie Gentry is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to compose and produce her own material.
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1942
American actor, director, and screenwriter
John Pleshette is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald.…
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1942
American tennis player (died 2020)
Richard Dennis Ralston was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s.
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1942
English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
Sir Jeremy Quentin Greenstock is a British retired diplomat, active from 1969 to 2004.
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1943
French cyclist and journalist
Jean-Marie Leblanc is a French retired professional road bicycle racer who was general director of the Tour de France from 1989 to 2007, when he reached pensionable age and was succeeded by Christian Prudhomme.
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1944
English saxophonist and composer (died 2022)
Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John…
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1944
Italian footballer (died 2025)
Vito D'Amato was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1944
English poet and author (died 2011)
Peter Reading was an English poet and the author of 26 collections of poetry. He is known for his deep interest in nature and the use of classical metres. He was widely regarded as an influential alternative presence…
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1946
Japanese businessman (died 2008)
Kazuyoshi Miura was a Japanese businessman who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle, lasting decades, ended with his death, ruled a suicide, in October 2008.
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1947
Israeli footballer and coach
Giora Spiegel is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.
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1947
American actress, director, and producer
Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated for an Emmy award seven times, winning…
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1947
American figure skater and sportscaster
Peggy Gale Fleming is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968)…
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1948
English lawyer and judge
Sir James Lawrence Munby was an English judge who was President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales. He was replaced by Sir Andrew McFarlane on reaching the mandatory retirement age.
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1948
Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2022)
Henny Vrienten was a Dutch musician best known as the singer and bassist of the popular 1980s ska pop band Doe Maar. He also composed music for television and film.
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1948
American-Canadian actor (died 2010)
Maury Alan Chaykin was an American-Canadian actor. Described as "one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian cinema," he was best known for his portrayal of Rex Stout's detective Nero Wolfe on the television series A…
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1949
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
André Dupont is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Nordiques. He won…
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1949
Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
Roderick "Rory" MacDonald is a Scottish songwriter and musician. He was bassist, and a primary song writer, for Celtic rock band Runrig, alongside his younger brother, Calum MacDonald. Generally, Rory wrote the…
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1949
American singer and actress
Maureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs "The Morning After" from the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure; "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The…
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1949
English author and illustrator
Robert Fleming Rankin is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999, by…
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1949
English actor
Simon Jones is an English actor. He is best known for originating the role of Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He also played the role of Donald Shellhammer in Miracle on…
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1950
Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs
Roseanna Cunningham is a retired Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform from 2016 to 2021. She was previously Cabinet Secretary for Fair…
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1951
American-English banker and businessman
Robert Edward Diamond Jr. is an American banker and former chief executive officer of Barclays plc. In 2010, he became its president and deputy group chief executive; and in January 2011, succeeded John Varley as group…
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1951
Dutch tennis player
Rolf Thung is a retired Dutch tennis player. With Louk Sanders, he won the doubles title of the 1978 British Hard Court Championships.
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1951
American basketball player (died 2014)
Marvin Jerome "Bad News" Barnes was an American professional basketball player. A forward, he was an All-American at Providence College, and played professionally in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and…
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1952
American actress
Roxanne Hart is an American actress. She played Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film Highlander, and Nurse Camille Shutt on the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope (1994–1998). Hart received a Tony Award nomination for her…
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1952
South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification
Chung Dong-young is a South Korean politician who has served as the minister of unification since late July 2025.
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1953
Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Yahoo Serious is an Australian actor. His films include the comedy films Young Einstein (1988), Reckless Kelly (1993), and Mr. Accident (2000). Serious writes, directs, produces, stars in, and has composed the scores…
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1953
French race car driver and sportscaster
Philippe René Gabriel Alliot is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1994.
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1954
Indian lawyer and politician (died 2021)
Gurmukh Singh Bali was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was born on 27 July 1954 at Kangra. He had a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He got married on 20 June…
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1954
English keyboard player
Mark Stanway is an English musician. He was the keyboard player for the hard rock band Magnum from 1980 until the end of 2016.
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1954
Peruvian journalist and author
Ricardo Uceda Pérez is a Peruvian journalist notable for his award-winning coverage of military and government corruption.
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1954
1955
Australian cricketer and coach
Allan Robert Border is an Australian former international cricketer and current cricket commentator. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team, and led his team to victory in the 1987…
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1955
English journalist and politician
John Michael Howell is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2008 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he won a by-election to replace Boris Johnson, who resigned…
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1955
American drummer
Robert Rondinelli is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal bands Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, The Lizards, The Handful, and Rondinelli. In July 2013,…
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1955
American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
Carol Leifer is an American comedian, writer, and producer whose career as a stand-up comedian started in the 1970s when she was in college. She has written many television scripts including The Larry Sanders Show,…
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1956
American comedian, actor, and producer
William Ray Engvall Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. Engvall has released a number of stand-up comedy albums through Warner Records and the defunct BNA Records. His commercially…
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1957
English figure skater and choreographer
Sir Christopher Colin Dean is a British ice dancer considered, with his skating partner, Jayne Torvill, amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time. The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze…
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1958
Finnish composer
Kimmo Hannu Tapio Hakola is a Finnish composer. Born in Jyväskylä, he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Magnus Lindberg at Sibelius Academy. He first came to prominence with his First String Quartet,…
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1958
1959
American football player
Hugh Donell Green is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers as…
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1959
American journalist and author (died 2024)
Neil Caldwell King Jr. was an American journalist and author. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2002. His first book, American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal, was published by…
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1959
1960
Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2018)
Conway Victor Savage was an Australian rock musician. He was a member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, providing piano, organ & backing vocals from 1990 to 2017.
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1960
English lawyer and politician
Dame Emily Anne Thornberry is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Attorney General for England…
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1960
American football coach
Edward James Orgeron Jr., nicknamed "Coach O", is an American former college football coach. He was most recently the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU), a position he held from midway through the…
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1961
Australian swimmer
Neil Brooks is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his…
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1962
American bass player (died 2005)
Karl Mueller was an American rock musician. He was the bass guitarist and a founding member of the Minneapolis alternative rock band Soul Asylum.
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1962
Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
Donnie Yen Chi-tan is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. His accolades include three Golden Horse Awards and five Hong Kong Film Awards. He is best known for portraying Wing Chun…
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1963
1964
Paraguayan footballer
José Luis Félix Chilavert González is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol…
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1965
English footballer and manager
Stephen Brian Tilson is an English football manager and former player.
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1966
Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter
Rahul Bose is an Indian actor, sports administrator and former rugby player who works in Hindi films. Bose serves as the president of Rugby India since 2021.
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1967
American singer-songwriter and musician
Juliana Hatfield is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area. She was formerly a member of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, and the Lemonheads. Hatfield also fronted her own band,…
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1967
Norwegian guitarist and composer
Hans Mathisen is a Norwegian Jazz guitarist, educated on the Jazzprogram at Trondheim musikkonservatorium (1988–90), well known for his Pat Metheny and Wes Montgomery inspired performances. He is the brother of Jazz…
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1967
English cricketer
Neil Michael Knight Smith is a former English cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1996. He then went on to work at Warwick School, Myton Road, Warwick as the Groundsman but has recently…
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1967
American ice hockey player
Craig William Wolanin is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1985 until 1998.
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1967
Italian actress and producer
Maria Grazia Cucinotta is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. Internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and The World Is Not Enough.
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1968
American baseball player and coach
Thomas Jones Goodwin is an American former professional baseball player. He played professionally for 14 seasons, primarily as a center fielder, from 1991 to 2004. As a player, he was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m)…
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1968
Swedish-German engineer and academic
Sabina Jeschke is a German university professor for information sciences in mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen University. As of 10 November 2017, she was named member of the management board of Deutschen Bahn AG…
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1968
Australian actor and producer (died 2025)
Julian Dana William McMahon was an Australian-American actor. He was the only son of William McMahon, a former Prime Minister of Australia. He was best known for his roles as Ben Lucini in Home and Away, Detective John…
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1968
Brazilian race car driver
Ricardo Rosset is a Brazilian racing driver. Runner-up in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship, he later participated in 33 Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix. He…
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1968
1969
South African cricketer and coach
Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes is a South African professional cricket coach, commentator and former Test and One Day International cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the first…
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1969
Danish actor and producer
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor. His breakthrough role was in Denmark with the film Nightwatch in 1994. He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received…
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1970
English-Welsh politician
David Thomas Charles Davies is a British politician who was Secretary of State for Wales from 2022 to 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he…
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1970
Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host
Matthew James Johns is an Australian rugby league media personality, commentator and former professional player. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, Johns played…
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1971
1971
Australian kayaker
Clint David Robinson, OAM, born 27 July 1972, is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver. He won three medals at the Summer Olympics: gold in the K-1 1000 meters at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, silver in the K-2…
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1972
American actress
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in the…
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1972
Malaysian surgeon and astronaut
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha is a Malaysian doctor. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under…
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1972
American journalist and author
Judith Lewis, better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.
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1973
Australian rugby league player and coach
Gorden James Tallis, also known by the nickname of "Raging Bull" for his on-field aggression, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He is currently a commentator…
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1973
Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
Eason Chan Yick-shun is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer – Gold" award…
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1974
1974
Turkish keyboard player and songwriter
Kargo is a rock band from Istanbul, Turkey. Its current line-up includes Selim Öztürk on electric guitar, Burak Karataş on drums and Ozan Anlaş on vocals.
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1975
American baseball player
Shea Matthew Hillenbrand is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, San…
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1975
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Frederick Paul Mascherino is an American musician best known for his work as lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist in alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday. He is currently active with bands The Color Fred, Say…
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1975
Italian footballer
Alessandro Pistone is an Italian former professional football player and manager.
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1975
American baseball player
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the…
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1975
Singrid Campion
French businesswoman and singer
1976
English computer scientist and academic
Sir Demis Hassabis is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Adviser. In 2024,…
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1976
Australian cricketer (died 2005)
Scott Robert Mason was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania. He was a left-handed batsman who averaged 27.21 with the bat in 28 first-class games and 9.42 with the bat in 8 one-day…
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1976
1977
German footballer
Björn Dreyer is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1977
Irish actor
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins (1996), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Titus (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Alexander (2004), Match Point (2005), Mission:…
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1977
Irish hurler and manager
Diarmuid O'Sullivan is an Irish hurling coach and hurler who plays for Cork Premier Championship club Cloyne. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for 12 years, during which time he usually lined out as a…
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1978
Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (died 2018)
Marielle Franco was a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist. Franco served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for the Socialism and Liberty Party…
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1979
Mexican boxer
Jorge Armando Arce Armenta, best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in…
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1979
French footballer
Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French former professional footballer who played primarily as a left winger, but was occasionally deployed as a striker. He is most prominent for his lengthy playing career at Lyon…
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1979
American wrestler and singer
Shannon Moore is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for several years in the…
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1979
Australian cyclist
Allan Howard Davis is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known…
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1980
Filipino basketball player
Wesley Olan Gonzales is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Gonzales last played for the Barako Bull Energy Cola before retiring after a stellar college career and a 10-year stint in the PBA.
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1980
American wrestler and comedian
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth. He is best known for his tenure in WWE…
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1980
American basketball player
Susan King Borchardt is an American professional women's basketball player.
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1981
Kenyan cricketer
Collins Omondi Obuya is a former Kenyan cricketer and captain of the Kenyan cricket team. An allrounder, Obuya bats right-handed and bowls leg spin. He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one…
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1981
1981
German rugby player
Christopher Weselek is a rugby coach and retired German international rugby union player, having last played for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He is currently one of…
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1981
English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist
Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised British-Irish cyborg artist and cyborg rights advocate who has been described as the world's first legally recognised cyborg and as the world's first cyborg artist. International…
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1982
Albanian footballer
Lorik Agim Cana is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He is currently the Grassroots ambassador for children's football in Albania, a role assigned by the Albanian Football…
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1983
Dutch cyclist
Martijn Maaskant is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist. Maaskant competed professionally between 2008 and 2014.
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1983
Macedonian footballer
Goran Pandev is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the best Macedonian footballers of all time.
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1983
Indian footballer (died 2013)
Soccor Velho was an Indian footballer who last played for Air India in the I-League. He previously played for Cabral, Golden Gunners and Central Railway.
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1983
American football player
Antoine Akeem Bethea is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Howard Bison and was selected by the…
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1984
Norwegian politician
Cecilie Myrseth is a Norwegian psychologist and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently the minister of trade and industry since 2024. She also served as minister of fisheries between 2023 and 2024. She is…
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1984
Japanese baseball player
Tsuyoshi Nishioka is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines and Hanshin Tigers, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the…
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1984
American baseball player
Maxwell Martin Scherzer, nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit…
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1984
American actress
Taylor Schilling is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she received a nomination for the…
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1984
American actor, dancer, and choreographer
Kenny Wormald is an American dancer, reality television star and actor. He played Ren McCormack in the 2011 remake of 1984's Footloose. Wormald was a regular on the MTV reality television series Dancelife in 2007.
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1984
American football player
Husain Ibn Muhammed Abdullah is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) as an…
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1985
1985
English cricketer
Ajmal Shahzad is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
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1985
American basketball player
DeMarre LaEdrick Carroll is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected as the 27th overall…
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1986
American baseball player
Ryan Edward Flaherty is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder. He is the current bench coach for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles,…
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1986
Australian footballer
Ryan Leigh Griffen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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1986
American football player
Jacoby Ford is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist. He was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He was also an accomplished…
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1987
Slovak footballer
Marek Hamšík is a Slovak football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the team manager and assistant coach for the Slovakia national team.
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1987
American basketball player
Jordan Craig Hill is an American former professional basketball player.
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1987
American ice hockey player
Sarah Sturgis Parsons is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was a member of Dartmouth College's class of 2010.
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1987
Australian footballer
Adam Biddle is a former Australian footballer who played for Sydney FC and Bankstown City.
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1988
Venezuelan baseball player
Yoervis José Medina was a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs from 2013 to 2015.
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1988
American football player
Ryan Timothy Tannehill III is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans. He played college…
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1988
1989
American race car driver and actor
Nick Hogan is an American freestyle wrestling commissioner and former reality television personality, known for his appearances on the reality show Hogan Knows Best and its spin-off, Brooke Knows Best featuring his…
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1990
Peruvian footballer
Cristopher Paolo César Hurtado Huertas, commonly known as Paolo Hurtado, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a winger.
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1990
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Cheyenne Nichole Kimball is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolinist. Her debut album, The Day Has Come, was released in July 2006, coinciding with an MTV reality series following her entry into the…
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1990
Taiwanese-American figure skater
Stephen Li-Chung Kuo is a Taiwanese-American figure skater who represented Taiwan in men's singles. He is a two-time Taiwanese national champion (2010–2011) and competed in the free skate at three ISU Championships.
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1990
Indian actress
Kriti Sanon is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Sanon was featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100…
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1990
Dominican baseball player
Wandy Luis Peralta Dominguez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, and New…
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1991
Canadian singer and rapper
Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian singer and rapper. Known for his versatility and blending R&B and hip-hop in his music, he was first discovered by Sean Kingston. He came…
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1992
1993
American golfer
Jordan Alexander Spieth is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion.
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1993
Spanish footballer
Miguel Gutiérrez Ortega is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Serie A club Napoli.
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2001
American tennis player
Elvina Kalieva is an American tennis player.
Kalieva has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 143, achieved on 30 March 2026. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 194, reached on 6 February…
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2003
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