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Nicknamed "Burnaby Joe", Sakic was named to 13 NHL All-Star Games and selected to the NHL First All-Star Team at centre three times
Famous Birthdays on July 7
187 people
611 – 1999
July 7 has seen 187 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 611 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1969 — Joe Sakic
Canadian ice hockey player
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Sakic led the Avalanche to two first-place regular season finishes in 1997 and 2001, and two Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001, earning the most valuable player (MVP) in the 1996 playoffs
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He won the Stanley Cup a third time with the Avalanche in 2022 while serving as the team's general manager
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Sakic became the third person, after Milt Schmidt and Serge Savard, to win the Stanley Cup with the same franchise as a player and general manager.
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He spent his entire 21-year National Hockey League (NHL) career, which lasted from 1988 to 2009, with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise
daughter of Byzantine emperor Heraclius
Eudoxia Epiphania was the only daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Eudokia.
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611
Emperor Shirakawa was the 72nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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1053
Emperor Sutoku was the 75th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Along with Sugawara no Michizane and Taira no Masakado, he is known as one of the "Three Great Onryō of Japan".
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1119
Elizabeth of Hungary, also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.
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1207
Polish archbishop (died 1537)
Andrzej Krzycki of the Kotwicz coat of arms was a Renaissance Polish writer and archbishop. Krzycki wrote in prose in Latin and poetry in Polish. He is often considered one of Poland's greatest humanist writers.
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1482
Anna of Austria, a member of the Imperial House of Habsburg, was Duchess of Bavaria from 1550 until 1579, by her marriage with Duke Albert V.
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1528
King of Hungary (died 1571)
John Sigismund Zápolya or Szapolyai was King of Hungary as John II from 1540 to 1551 and from 1556 to 1570, and the first Prince of Transylvania, from 1570 to his death. He was the only son of John I, King of Hungary,…
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1540
21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (died 1646)
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG, was an English magistrate, diplomat and courtier who lived during the reigns of James I and Charles I. He made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a…
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1585
1588
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1679)
John Leverett was an English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and the penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Born in England, he migrated to Massachusetts as a teenager. He was a leading merchant in…
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1616
French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (died 1834)
Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom, which in turn played an important role in the development of other…
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1752
French general (died 1815)
Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme was a French Army officer, politician and writer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was a commander of the Imperial Guard, Governor of Catalonia and a…
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1766
American poet and religious writer (died 1914)
Jane Elizabeth Conklin was an American poet and religious writer of the long nineteenth century from New York. For three years, she served as president of the Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic. She…
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1831
Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1898)
Félicien Victor Joseph Rops was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism, Decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle, a member of the Les XX group. He was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and…
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1833
Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)
Camillo Golgi was an Italian biologist and pathologist who was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia between…
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1843
Estonian physician and author (died 1916)
Heinrich Rosenthal was an activist of the Estonian national movement, doctor and author.
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1846
Brazilian politician, 5th President of Brazil (died 1919)
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves was a Brazilian politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Brazil, from 1902 to 1906. Alves was elected in 1902, becoming the third consecutive São Paulo native to…
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1848
American minister and composer (died 1933)
Charles Albert Tindley was an African-American Methodist minister and gospel music composer. His composition "I'll Overcome Someday" is credited as the basis for the U.S. Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome". Another…
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1851
German author and playwright (died 1920)
Ludwig Ganghofer was a German writer. He has been called the "most-adapted author in the history of German cinema", as many of his novels were turned into films.
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1855
Indian politician (died 1945)
Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan, commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India. He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of…
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1859
Austrian composer and conductor (died 1911)
Gustav Mahler was a Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his…
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1860
American geneticist (died 1912)
Nettie Maria Stevens was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male mealworms produced two kinds of sperm,…
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1861
American academic (died 1938)
Rachel Caroline Eaton was believed to be the first Native American woman from Oklahoma to be awarded a Ph.D.
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1869
French painter and mayor (died 1949)
Fernande Sadler was a French painter and engraver. She established the art collection at Grez-sur-Loing and became the mayor of that town in 1945.
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1869
German lawyer and jurist (died 1945)
Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke was the last president of the Reichsgericht, the supreme civil and criminal court of the German Reich, serving from 1929 to 1945. As such, according to the Weimar Constitution, he should have…
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1874
American engineer, invented sliced bread (died 1960)
Otto Frederick Rohwedder was an American inventor and engineer who created the first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial use. It was first used by the Chillicothe Missouri Baking Company.
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1880
Belarusian poet and writer (died 1941)
Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich, better known by his pen name Yanka Kupala, was a Belarusian poet and writer.
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1882
Finnish conductor and composer (died 1918)
Toivo Timoteus Kuula was a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods, who emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1906 to 1908. The core of Kuula's…
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1883
German author and playwright (died 1958)
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.
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1884
Japanese general and poet (died 1945)
Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Japanese: 栗林 忠道; 7 July 1891 – c. 26 March 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, diplomat, and commanding officer of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He is best known for…
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1891
American model and actress (died 1921)
Zelliene Virginia Rappe was an American model and silent film actress. Working mostly in bit parts, Rappe died after attending a party with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, who was tried for manslaughter and rape in connection…
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1891
American historian and author (died 1972)
Herbert Feis was an American historian, author, and economist who was the Advisor on International Economic Affairs in the US Department of State during the Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt administrations.
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1893
Croatian author, poet, and playwright (died 1981)
Miroslav Krleža was a Croatian writer who is widely considered to be the greatest of the 20th century. He wrote notable works in all the literary genres, including poetry, theater, short stories, novels, and an intimate…
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1893
American football player and coach (died 1985)
Arnold Horween was an American football player and coach. He played and coached both collegiately for Harvard University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL).
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1898
American director and producer (died 1983)
George Dewey Cukor was an American film director and producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's head of production, assigned…
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1899
German stage and silent film actress (died 1944)
Maria Bard was a German stage actress, who made several films in the silent era for Rimax, her first husband Wilhelm Graaff's company.
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1900
American general (died 1990)
Earle Everard "Pat" Partridge was a four-star general in the United States Air Force and a Command Pilot.
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1900
American director and producer (died 1973)
Sam Katzman was an American film producer and director. Katzman's specialty was producing low-budget genre films, including serials, which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers.…
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1901
Italian actor and director (died 1974)
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
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1901
Japanese cinematographer and producer (died 1970)
Eiji Tsuburaya was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the…
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1901
American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. An accomplished two-way player, he played as a pitcher and a catcher, became a manager, and in his old age…
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1902
French chef and author (died 1991)
Simone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook writer and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes…
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1904
French mathematician (died 1972)
Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin was a French mathematician, the second woman to obtain a doctorate in pure mathematics in France, the first woman to become a full professor of mathematics in France, the president of the…
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1905
Croatian-American mathematician and academic (died 1970)
William "Vilim" Feller, born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian–American mathematician specializing in probability theory.
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1906
Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)
Anton Karl Karas was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance…
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1906
American baseball player and coach (died 1982)
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the…
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1906
American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 1988)
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction…
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1907
American author and academic (died 1994)
Revilo Pendleton Oliver was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a founding member of the John Birch Society in 1958, where he…
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1908
German tennis player (died 1976)
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr[A] von Cramm was a German tennis player who won the French Championships twice and reached the final of a Grand Slam singles tournament on five other occasions. He was…
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1909
Canadian painter and author (died 2010)
Doris McCarthy, LL. D. was a Canadian artist known for her semi-abstracted landscapes. In a 2004 interview with Harold Klunder, the artist remarked:I was influenced very strongly by the tradition of going out into…
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1910
Italian-American composer (died 2007)
Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italian composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian…
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1911
American singer and pianist (died 2011)
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll performers of his time and received numerous honors, including a Grammy Lifetime…
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1913
American novelist and poet (died 1998)
Margaret Walker was an American poet and writer. She was part of the African-American literary movement in Chicago, known as the Chicago Black Renaissance. Her notable works include For My People (1942) which won the…
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1915
Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2003)
Fidel Sánchez Hernández was a Salvadoran military officer, military attaché, and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1967 to 1972 as a member of the National Conciliation Party.
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1917
Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2014)
Pearl Iva Edith Withers was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, best remembered as a replacement player who had long runs in some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest musical theatre hits. From 1945 to 1970,…
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1917
American head basketball coach (died 2016)
Bob Vanatta was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head basketball coach for Central Methodist, Missouri State University, Army, Bradley, Memphis State, Missouri, and Delta…
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1918
Chinese businessman (died 2009)
Jing Shuping was a Chinese businessman who founded the Minsheng Bank, the first privately owned bank to open in the Communist People's Republic of China, in 1996.
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1918
English actor (died 1996)
John Devon Roland Pertwee, known professionally as Jon Pertwee, was an English actor. He made many appearances on television, film and in the theatre throughout the 1950s and 1960s, but is best known for playing the…
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1919
American boxer (died 1975)
Ezzard Mack Charles, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1959. Known as "the Cincinnati Cobra", Charles was respected for his slick defense and precision, and is often regarded as the greatest…
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1921
German lieutenant and politician (died 1996)
Adolf von Thadden was a German far-right politician who led the National Democratic Party.
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1921
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Alan A. Armer was an American television producer, best known for his Emmy Award winning tenure as the producer of The Fugitive. He also produced The Invaders, The Untouchables and the first year of Cannon.
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1922
American Air Force lieutenant general (died 2024)
James Donald Hughes was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) who was commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. He commanded the air component of…
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1922
Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)
Liviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described by Newsweek as "one of the boldest and…
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1923
American politician (died 2019)
Whitney North Seymour Jr., known to friends as Mike Seymour, was an American politician and attorney from New York City. Born to a prominent family, Seymour graduated from Princeton University and Yale Law School and…
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1923
Argentinian guitarist and composer (died 2013)
Eduardo Falú was an Argentine folk music guitarist and composer.
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1923
Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (died 2008)
Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva was a Soviet and Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology, such as measuring the impulse activity of human neurons. She was a…
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1924
1924
Nigerian sprinter and long jumper (died 2019)
Alhaji Karim Ayinla Babalola "KAB" Olowu was a Nigerian sprinter and long jumper who was part of Nigeria's first delegation to the Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games.
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1924
Filipino director, producer, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts (died 2013)
Edgar Sinco Romero,, commonly known as Eddie Romero, was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter.
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1924
Russian painter (died 2012)
Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov was a Soviet and Russian painter.
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1925
American radio host (died 2008)
Walter Phillips was an American radio personality best known for hosting WGN's morning radio show from Chicago for 21 years from January 1965 until July 1986, and was number one in the morning slot from 1968 until he…
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1925
1926
Urdu poet (died 2020)
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist. Born in Old Delhi's Gali Kashmirian.
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1926
American lawyer and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (died 2014)
Alan John Dixon was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary of…
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1927
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Charles Elzer Loudermilk, known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.
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1927
American trumpet player and conductor
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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1927
English actress (died 2021)
Patricia Alma Hitchcock O'Connell was a British-American actress and producer. She was the only child of English director Alfred Hitchcock and film editor Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of her father's…
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1928
Kapelwa Sikota (1928–2006) was the first Zambian registered nurse, in the 1950s when her country was still the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia. She trained and qualified in South Africa where nursing education…
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1928
Pakistani journalist and poet (died 2005)
Hasan Abidi was a Pakistani journalist, writer, political activist and an Urdu language poet.
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1929
Italian writer, journalist, and historian
Sergio Romano is an Italian diplomat, writer, journalist, and historian. He is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Romano is also a former Italian ambassador to Moscow.
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1929
Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020)
Hamish MacInnes was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, and author. He has been described as the "father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland". He is credited with inventing the first…
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1930
American former cardinal (died 2025)
Theodore Edgar McCarrick was an American former Catholic prelate who was dismissed and laicized by Pope Francis in 2019 after being convicted of sexual misconduct in a canonical trial. Prior to his dismissal, he served…
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1930
American saxophonist and composer (died 1986)
Henry Mobley was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to describe his tone, that was neither as…
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1930
2nd President of Republika Srpska
Biljana Plavšić is a Bosnian Serb former politician, university professor and scientist who served as President of Republika Srpska and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for her role in the Bosnian War.…
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1930
American author and academic (died 2009)
David Carroll Eddings was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Malloreon (1987–91), The Elenium (1989–91),…
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1931
American physician and author (died 2011)
Thomas J. Bassler was an American science fiction author and physician.
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1932
Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer (died 2007)
Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the…
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1932
American historian and author (died 2022)
David Gaub McCullough was an American popular historian and author. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United…
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1933
British zoologist (died 2016)
Robert McNeill (Neill) Alexander, CBE FRS was a British zoologist and a leading authority in the field of biomechanics. For thirty years he was Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds.
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1934
Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest
Gian Carlo Michelini, M.I. was an Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest. He moved to Taiwan in 1964, where he founded the Lanyang Dance Troupe. In 1996, Michelini helped establish the Yilan International Children's…
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1935
German mathematician and academic (died 2013)
Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution.
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1936
Swiss race car driver (died 1971)
Joseph "Jo" Siffert was a Swiss racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1962 to 1971. Siffert won two Formula One Grands Prix across 10 seasons.
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1936
Greek singer-songwriter (died 1980)
Nikos Xylouris, also known as Psaronikos (Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan lyra player, and songwriter who performed both Cretan rural traditional and urban orchestral music arrangements.
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1936
Hong Kong businessman and politician, 1st Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Tung Chee-hwa is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of the…
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1937
American pastor and theologian (died 2000)
James Montgomery Boice was an American Reformed Christian theologian, Bible teacher, author, and speaker known for his writing on the authority of Scripture and the defense of Biblical inerrancy. He was also the Senior…
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1938
Russian soprano and actress (died 2015)
Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990.
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1939
English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
Sir Richard Starkey, known as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually…
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1940
Italian rugby player and coach (died 2021)
Marco Bollesan was an Italian rugby union player, coach and manager.
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1941
Welsh lawyer and politician
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet positions in the…
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1941
Cameroonian politician (died 2023)
Ni John Fru Ndi was a Cameroonian politician who served as first and founding Chairman of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), the main opposition party in Cameroon, from party foundation in 1990 to his death in 2023. He…
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1941
English comedian, actor, and singer
William Edgar Oddie is an English actor, artist, birder, comedian, conservationist, musician, songwriter, television presenter and writer. He was a member of comedy trio The Goodies.
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1941
English bass player (died 2018)
James Walter Rodford was an English musician, who played bass for several British rock bands. He was a founding member of Argent, which was led by his cousin Rod Argent, and performed with them from their formation in…
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1941
Australian actress (died 2019)
Carmen Joan Duncan was an Australian actress and activist, with a career locally and internationally that spanned over 50 years. She was nominated for an AFI/AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her…
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1942
American journalist and critic (died 2007)
Joel Steven Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. The winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Siegel also worked as a radio disc jockey and an advertising…
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1943
English golfer and sportscaster
Anthony Jacklin is an English golfer. He was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two major championships, the 1969 Open Championship and the 1970 U.S. Open. He was also Ryder Cup captain from…
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1944
English educator and politician (died 2023)
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock, was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and…
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1944
Tongan politician; Prime Minister of Tonga
Feleti Vakaʻuta Sevele, Lord Sevele of Vailahi is a Tongan politician who served as the prime minister of Tonga from 30 March 2006 to 22 December 2010.
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1944
American boxer and trainer (died 2012)
Emanuel "Manny" Steward was an American boxer, trainer, and commentator for HBO Boxing. Known as "the godfather of Detroit boxing," Steward trained 41 world champion fighters throughout his career, most notably Thomas…
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1944
English-Scottish embryologist and academic (died 2023)
Sir Ian Wilmut was an English embryologist and the chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from…
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1944
English lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Baron Kerr of Monteviot,, commonly known as Michael Ancram, was a British politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to…
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1945
American computer scientist and academic
Adele J. Goldberg is an American computer scientist. She was one of the co-developers of the programming language Smalltalk-80, which is a computer software that simplifies the programming language, and has been an…
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1945
inspiration for the song "The Girl from Ipanema"
Heloísa Eneida Paes Pinto Mendes Pinheiro, better known as Helô Pinheiro, is a Brazilian businesswoman and former model.
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1945
1947
American author and critic
Howard Rheingold is an American critic, writer, and teacher, known for his specialties on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual…
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1947
American actress, writer, and producer (died 2024)
Shelley Alexis Duvall was an American actress and producer. Known for her distinctive screen presence, portrayals of eccentric characters, and later productions in children's programming, her accolades include a Cannes…
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1949
Australian surfer
Simon Anderson is an Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster".
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1954
American baseball player and coach
Leonard Harold Barker III is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He pitched the tenth perfect game in baseball history. Barker pitched with the Texas Rangers (1976–78), Cleveland…
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1955
American director and producer
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are two American directors and producers for films and music videos. They started their career directing videos for such artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M. and the Smashing…
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1957
Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
Berry Sakharof is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer. He is often referred to as the prince of Israeli rock.
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1957
Russian figure skater and coach
Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Olga Volozhinskaya, he is the 1983 European silver medalist, 1985 Skate Canada International champion, and…
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1958
American actor
William Oliver Campbell is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller on the television series Dynasty, and as the titular character Cliff Secord / The…
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1959
American colonel and astronaut
Kevin Anthony Ford is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut. Ford has received a number of special honors and awards, some of which are the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force…
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1960
American basketball player and coach
Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) phenom, three-time college national player of the…
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1960
American singer-songwriter and actress
Vonda Shepard is an American singer, songwriter, music director, and actress. She is best known for her supporting role as a fictionalized version of herself on the television series Ally McBeal (1997–2002), for which…
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1963
Czech-Swedish actor and comedian
Dominik Henzel is a Czech-born Swedish actor and comedian. He has starred in at least 18 Swedish films and television series during a career that began in 1979. Henzel has also appeared in a number of television…
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1964
American actress, comedian and screenwriter
Maureen Ann Collins is an American actress and comedian who was a member of the ensemble on FOX's sketch comedy series Mad TV. Collins became well known for several characters during her tenure on the show.
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1965
English talk show host
Jeremy Neil Kyle is an English broadcaster and writer. He is best known for hosting the tabloid talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV from 2005 to 2019. He also hosted an American version of his eponymous show, which…
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1965
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
James Christopher Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. His material often addresses fatherhood, laziness, food, religion, and general observations. He is regarded as a "clean" comic,…
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1966
Danish race car driver
Tom Kristensen is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive. In 1997, he won the race with the Joest Racing team, driving a…
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1967
1968
German luger
Sylke Otto is a German former luger who competed from 1991 to 2007. She was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles event in 2002 and 2006.
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1969
American-Canadian actress
Cree Summer Francks is an American-Canadian actress and singer. In animation, she has voiced characters such as Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures and related media, Susie Carmichael in Rugrats and Lizard in Spirit…
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1969
Northern Irish boxer
Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997, becoming the first boxer from Northern Ireland to…
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1970
1970
German cyclist and coach
Erik Zabel is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest…
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1970
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Christian Camargo is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama Dexter and its sequel series Dexter: Resurrection, and army officer John…
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1971
American basketball player and actress
Lisa Deshaun Leslie is an American former professional basketball player. She is formerly the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts…
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1972
Austrian race car driver
Manfred Stohl is an Austrian rally driver who debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1991. Stohl's co-driver is fellow Austrian Ilka Minor.
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1972
American actress and writer
Kirsten Vangsness is an American actress and writer best known for her role as FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on CBS's Criminal Minds, as well as the spin-offs Suspect Behavior and Beyond Borders.
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1972
Dominican baseball player
José Jiménez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). He appeared in seven seasons from 1998 to 2004 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, and Cleveland…
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1973
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Patrick Lalime is a Canadian ice hockey commentator and former professional ice hockey player who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues,…
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1974
American luger
Antony Lee "Tony" Benshoof is an American luger from White Bear Lake, Minnesota who has been competing since 1990. He won three medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships with two silvers and one…
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1975
South African rugby player
Louis Johannes Koen is a South-African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, until 2003, when he moved abroad following the World Cup.
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1975
American shot putter
Adam McCright Nelson is a retired American shot putter and Olympic gold medalist. Nelson competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition to his gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, Nelson won…
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1975
Argentinian-French actress
Bérénice Bejo is a French-Argentine actress best known for playing Christiana in A Knight's Tale (2001) and Peppy Miller in The Artist (2011). Her work in the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for…
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1976
Irish footballer
Dominic Joseph Foley is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1976
Turkish discus thrower and shot putter
Ercüment Olgundeniz is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in the discus and occasionally shot put. The 198 cm tall athlete at 146 kg (322 lb) is a member of Enkaspor, where he is coached by Teodoru Agachi.
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1976
Russian conductor
Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko is a Russian-British conductor. He is currently music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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1976
American basketball player
Christopher Claus Andersen is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College. Andersen…
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1978
1978
Saudi Arabian terrorist (died 2015)
Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaish was a militant and a senior leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.…
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1979
1979
Zimbabwean cricketer
Douglas Tafadzwa Hondo is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played nine Test matches and 56 One Day Internationals as a right-arm medium-fast swing bowler, and is distinctive for his dreadlocks.
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1979
1980
Turkish footballer
Serdar Kulbilge is a Turkish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1980
American figure skater
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American retired competitive figure skater and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. In figure skating Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time…
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1980
Indian cricketer
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper batsmen and captains, he represented the Indian…
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1981
American guitarist
Brian Elwin Haner Jr., better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. 9 on Guitar World's best…
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1981
Czech footballer
Jan Laštůvka is a Czech former professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Baník Ostrava.
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1982
Ghanaian footballer
George Owu is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1982
American drag performer
Antwan Mason Lee, better known by the stage name Asia O'Hara, is an American drag queen, reality television personality, and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag…
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1982
Australian footballer
Justin Davies is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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1983
Greek hurdler
Minás Alozídis is a Greek and Cypriot hurdler. He competes in the 200m and 400m hurdles events. Representing Greece, he finished 7th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.…
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1984
Italian footballer
Alberto Aquilani is an Italian football manager and former player who is the manager of Serie B club Catanzaro. Mainly a central midfielder, he usually operated as a deep-lying playmaker but was also capable of playing…
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1984
Bangladeshi cricketer
Mohammad Ashraful is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who has represented the Bangladesh men's national team.
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1984
German footballer
Marc Stein is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back.
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1985
American journalist and producer
Anahit Misak "Ana" Kasparian is an American independent political commentator, media host, and journalist. She is a host and producer of the online news show The Young Turks, having begun working as a fill-in producer…
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1986
German rugby player
Udo Schwarz is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC Neuenheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
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1986
American singer-songwriter
Amber Denise "Sevyn" Streeter is an American singer, best known for being a member of the girl groups TG4 and RichGirl where she was known as Se7en. She signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut single "I Like…
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1986
American singer-songwriter
Kaci Deanne Brown is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, she began performing at an early age, performing across Texas and winning the title of "Little Miss Texas Overall Grand Talent" at…
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1988
German rugby player
Lukas Rosenthal is a German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
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1988
American race car driver
Landon Douglas Cassill is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing.
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1989
Estonian footballer
This is a complete list of Estonia women's international footballers – women's association football players who have played for the Estonia women's national football team.
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1989
1989
1990
Austrian footballer
Pascal Stöger is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Union Dietach. He is the brother of Kevin Stöger.
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1990
1991
1992
Polish footballer
Dominik Grzegorz Furman is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1992
1994
Northern Irish race car driver (died 2014)
Timothy Cathcart was a Northern Irish rally driver from Enniskillen who was killed at the Todds Leap Ulster Rally, a round of the 2014 British Rally Championship season, after his Citroën DS3 R3T vehicle left the road…
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1994
Australian musician
Ashton Fletcher Irwin is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of the pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. Since 2014, 5 Seconds of Summer have sold more than 10 million albums, sold over 2 million concert…
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1994
South Korean singer and actress
Yoon Chae-kyung, is a South Korean actress and singer. Yoon began her career with debuted as a member of Puretty under DSP in Japan during 2012 and the group later disbanded in January 2014. Following the disbandment,…
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1996
Japanese idol and model
Mizuho Habu is a Japanese model. She is a former member of Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46 & was formerly represented by Sony Music Records.
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1997
English musician and online content creator
James William Marriott is a Swiss-born English musician and YouTuber. He is best known for his 2025 No. 1 UK-charting album Don't Tell the Dog and 2026 Top 40 single “California Rain”. Earlier, he charted at No. 17 on…
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1997
French footballer
Moussa Diaby is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger or wide midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad and the France national team.
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1999
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