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Famous Birthdays on June 12
203 people
950 – 2002
June 12 has seen 203 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 950 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1985 — Sam Thaiday
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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In 2008, Australia's centenary of rugby league and Thaiday's sixth year at the top level, he was one of only three current players to be named in the Indigenous Australian rugby league team of the century
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Samuel Arthur Thaiday is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, serving as their captain from 2012 until 2013
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On 6 July 2018, Thaiday announced his intention to retire from the NRL at the end of the 2018 season
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He currently plays for the Samford Stags in the Brisbane open men’s division 2 competition.
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1107
1161
Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)
Cosimo I de' Medici was the second and last duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Cosimo I succeeded his cousin to the duchy. He built…
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1519
German princess (died 1616)
Anna of Württemberg was a German princess, member of the House of Württemberg, and by her two marriages duchess of Oława-Wołów and Legnica.
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1561
Duke of Saxe-Coburg (died 1633)
John Casimir of Saxe-Coburg was the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. He was a descendant of the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin. Under his rule, the town of Coburg prospered and many Renaissance buildings were erected that…
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1564
5th Earl of Sussex, soldier (died 1629)
Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, was an English peer, ambassador and military officer.
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1573
Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
Paul Guldin was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus theorem to determine the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. Guldin was noted for his association with the German…
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1577
Flemish painter (died 1662)
Adriaen or Adriaan van Stalbemt or Adriaen van Stalbempt was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes with religious, mythological and allegorical scenes. He was also a gifted figure painter who…
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1580
Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (died 1711)
Princess Maria Amalia of Courland was a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by her marriage to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was a daughter of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Margravine Louise…
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1653
French writer (died 1764)
Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc was a feral child of 18th century France who was known as The Wild Girl of Champagne, The Maid of Châlons, or The Wild Child of Songy.
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1686
French priest and theologian (died 1780)
Louis Legrand, S.S. was a French Sulpician priest and theologian, and a Doctor of the Sorbonne.
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1711
French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)
Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray was a French novelist, playwright and journalist.
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1760
American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870)
Patrick Gass served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter, and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807,…
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1771
Prussian field marshal (died 1851)
Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Müffling, nicknamed Weiss, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and military theorist. He served as Blücher's liaison officer in Wellington's headquarters during the Battle of…
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1775
American physician and politician (died 1837)
Robert Clark was a medical doctor and politician. He served in the New York State Assembly and one term as United States Representative from New York. With his family, he moved to Monroe, Michigan in 1823, joining the…
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1777
American general (died 1876)
Samuel Cooper was an American military officer, who served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War in the United States Army. Although little-known today, Cooper was technically the highest-ranking…
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1798
American politician (died 1836)
Samuel Wright Mardis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born on June 12, 1800, in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He received academic training, attended…
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1800
English sociologist and author (died 1876)
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to…
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1802
German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (died 1869)
John Augustus Roebling was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a…
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1806
Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879)
Ante Kuzmanić was a Croatian physician and journalist.
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1807
French geologist and academic (died 1890)
Edmond Hébert, French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.
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1812
English priest, historian, and author (died 1875)
Charles Kingsley was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, Anti-Catholicism, the…
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1819
Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in…
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1827
English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905)
Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert,, was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to become premier of an Australian state.
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1831
English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (died 1928)
Watson Fothergill was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. His influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture…
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1841
Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)
Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer who spent most of his career as H.M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Aberdeen, trained as a watch and clock-maker, and spent ten years in the family business,…
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1843
English physicist and academic (died 1940)
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the development of radio. He identified EMR independent of Heinrich…
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1851
Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909)
Maurice Perrault was a Canadian architect, civil engineer, and politician.
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1857
English botanist and explorer (died 1927)
Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He…
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1858
English painter and photographer (died 1929)
Henry Scott Tuke was an English artist. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style and he is best known for his paintings of nude boys and young men.
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1858
English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)
William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy and economy. On the many sticky or…
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1861
American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)
Frank Michler Chapman was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.
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1864
1873
American admiral and politician (died 1971)
Thomas Charles Hart was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, whose service extended from the Spanish–American War through World War II. Following his retirement from the navy, he served briefly as a United…
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1877
French pole vaulter (died 1969)
Fernand Gonder was a French pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
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1883
Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)
Robert Harry Lowie was an Austrian-born American anthropologist. An expert on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, he was instrumental in the development of modern anthropology and has been described as "one of the key…
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1883
Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)
Zygmunt Janiszewski was a Polish mathematician.
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1888
Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The…
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1890
American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982)
Djuna Barnes was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.
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1892
French chef (died 1977)
Eugénie Brazier, known as "la Mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in 1933, became the first person awarded six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mère Brazier in the rue Royale, one of the main streets…
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1895
English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, was a British politician and military officer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
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1897
German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.
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1899
1899
Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent (died 1973)
Hendrik Jozef Elias was a Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist, notable as the leader of the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond between 1942 and 1944.
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1902
American sprinter and football player (died 1988)
Raymond James Barbuti was an American football player and sprint runner who won two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Barbuti traveled to Amsterdam to initially only compete for the 400…
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1905
1906
Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010)
Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova was the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975, and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1988.
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1908
German SS officer (died 1975)
Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German SS-Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including the removal from power of…
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1908
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993)
William Mailes "Cowboy" Cowley was a Canadian professional ice hockey center who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Eagles and Boston Bruins. Described as the Wayne Gretzky of his era,…
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1912
American psychologist and academic (died 1961)
Carl Iver Hovland was a psychologist working primarily at Yale University and for the US Army during World War II who studied attitude change and persuasion. He first reported the sleeper effect after studying the…
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1912
Canadian general (died 1996)
General Jean Victor Allard was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He was also the first to hold the accompanying rank of…
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1913
Canadian admiral (died 2005)
Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Piers served in the RCN from 1932 to 1967. In 1930, he was the first…
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1913
American actor (died 1975)
William Paul Lundigan was an American film actor. His more than 125 films include Dodge City (1939), The Fighting 69th (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest…
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1914
1914
American actress (died 1995)
Priscilla Lane was an American actress, and the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters' family of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring Twenties (1939) co-starring with James…
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1915
English soldier and politician (died 1997)
Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to join the Liberals. In 1981 Mayhew…
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1915
American banker and businessman (died 2017)
David Rockefeller was an American economist and investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the Rockefeller family from 2004 until his…
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1915
American director and producer (died 1991)
Irwin Allen was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful…
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1916
Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (died 2015)
Raúl Héctor Castro was a Mexican American politician, diplomat and judge. In 1964, Castro was selected to be U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, a position he held until 1968 when he was appointed U.S. ambassador to…
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1916
American architect (died 1999)
Georgia Louise Harris Brown, is considered to be the second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the United States. She was also the first black woman to earn a degree in architecture from the…
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1918
Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, physicist and academic.
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1918
1919
1920
English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)
Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.
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1920
Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
Luis García-Berlanga Martí was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under the…
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1921
Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
James Archibald Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to the Inuit. The Inuit named him Saumik,…
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1921
Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)
Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.
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1922
American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018)
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1981 to 1989. He was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of…
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1924
German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013)
Grete Franke Dollitz was an American classical music radio presenter, classical guitarist, and guitar teacher in Richmond, Virginia. She was born in Germany, and immigrated to the United States with her mother and…
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1924
Argentine footballer (died 2020)
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo Larretape, popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helping to innovate techniques and strategies…
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1926
American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
Vic Damone was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits such as "On the Street…
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1928
Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2025)
Petros G. Molyviatis was a Greek politician and diplomat who served three times as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2006, May to June 2012, and August to September 2015.
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1928
American composer and director (died 2024)
Richard Morton Sherman was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "The Sherman…
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1928
English author and critic (died 1995)
Brigid Antonia Brophy was an English author, literary critic and polemicist. She was an influential campaigner who agitated for many types of social reform, including homosexual parity, vegetarianism, humanism, and…
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1929
1929
German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)
Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide notability posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the…
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1929
Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019)
Jameel Jalibi was a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He also was a former vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi.
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1929
Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2017)
John Herbert McCluskey, Baron McCluskey was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1974 to 1979, and as a Senator of the College of…
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1929
1930
American chess player (died 1976)
Donald Byrne was an American university professor and chess player. He held the title International Master, and competed for his country in the Chess Olympiad on several occasions.
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1930
Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993)
Robert McGregor Innes Ireland was a British racing driver and journalist, who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1966. Ireland won the 1961 United States Grand Prix with Lotus.
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1930
American actor and singer (died 2017)
James Thurston Nabors was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.
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1930
1931
American novelist (died 2005)
Rona Jaffe was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan.
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1931
South African soprano and producer
Maria Sophia Coertse, DMS was a South African soprano who appeared professionally as Mimi Coertse.
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1932
Ethiopian runner (died 2002)
Degaga "Mamo" Wolde was an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competed in track, cross-country, and road running events. He was the winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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1932
American photographer and journalist (died 2004)
Edward Thomas Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the Saigon Execution of Nguyễn…
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1933
American actor and cinematographer (died 2001)
John Ayala Alonzo, ASC was an American cinematographer, television director, and actor.
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1934
English director and producer (died 2021)
Kevin Billington was a British film director, who worked in the theatre, film and television from the 1960s.
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1934
1935
English lawyer and judge
Sir Paul Joseph Morrow Kennedy, PC is an English jurist. He is a former vice-president of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, and former Interception of Communications…
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1935
Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold was a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is best known for the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems, and contributed to several areas, including…
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1937
German footballer and manager (died 2015)
Klaus Basikow was a German football player and manager.
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1937
Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
Antal Festetics, exactly, is a Hungarian-Austrian biologist, zoologist and behavioural researcher. A student of Konrad Lorenz, in 1973 he became a university professor and director of the Institute for Hunting Biology…
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1937
American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016)
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for working in R&B, pop music and country music, operating American Sound Studios and producing hit albums like Elvis…
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1937
Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2016)
Jean-Marie Doré was a Guinean politician who was the prime minister of Guinea from January 2010 until December 2010. Doré, who was the president of the Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG), was an opposition leader…
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1938
English-Australian actor
Tom Oliver is a British-born naturalised Australian retired actor, known internationally for his long-running role in TV soap opera Neighbours as Lou Carpenter, a role he played for some 25 years becoming one of the…
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1938
1939
American sergeant and politician (died 2003)
Francis Xavier McCloskey was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.
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1939
Canadian educator and politician
Jacques Brassard is a former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister. He was the National Assembly of Quebec for Lac-Saint-Jean from 1976 to 2002 and occupied several portfolios as a Minister under the Parti Québecois…
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1940
American sportscaster
Marv Albert is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he was also known as "the voice of the…
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1941
American pianist and composer (died 2021)
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are considered…
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1941
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Roy Harper is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle…
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1941
English singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Reginald Maurice Ball, known professionally as Reg Presley, was an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer with the 1960s rock and roll band the Troggs, whose hits included "Wild Thing" and "With a Girl…
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1941
American politician
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 1993. Her district, numbered as…
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1941
1942
German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Bert Sakmann is a German cell physiologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on "the function of single ion channels in cells," and the invention of the patch…
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1942
Northern Irish footballer and coach
Patrick Anthony Jennings is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is widely recognised as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the sport and was nominated for the…
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1945
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Michel Bergeron is a Canadian former ice hockey coach.
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1946
English footballer and manager
Robert Alfred Gould is an English former footballer and manager.
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1946
French physicist and academic
Catherine Bréchignac is a French physicist. She is a commander of the Légion d'honneur, "secrétaire perpétuel honoraire" of the Académie des sciences and former president of the CNRS. The Times says she has "a…
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1946
Austrian racing driver
Hans Binder is an Austrian former Formula One driver who raced for the Ensign, Wolf, Surtees and ATS teams.
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1948
German footballer
Herbert Meyer is a German former footballer who made a total of 201 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career.
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1948
1948
German judge and politician
Jens Böhrnsen is a German politician of the SPD who served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2005 to 2015. From 1 November 2009 until 31 October 2010, he was President of the Bundesrat. As such, he was…
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1949
Canadian ice hockey player
Joseph Gérard Marquis Tardif is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played left winger in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA), principally for the Quebec…
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1949
English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017)
John Kenneth Wetton was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his bass playing as well as his baritone voice. In 1971, he was a member of the rock band Family for a short time, before joining…
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1949
1950
English politician
Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, from 1992 until his…
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1950
American actress
Sonia Manzano is an American actress, writer and speaker. She is best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street from 1971 to 2015. She received a Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy Award in 2016.
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1950
1951
Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007)
Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan was an Armenian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2007. He was a member of the Republican…
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1951
American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy
Edward Spencer Abraham is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the 10th United States secretary of energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he…
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1952
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jamieson "Junior" Brown is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released 12 studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts. Brown's signature instrument is the…
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1952
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jonathan "Rocky" Burnette is an American singer and musician and the son of the rockabilly and pop singer Johnny Burnette. Rocky is best known for his 1980 hit single "Tired of Toein' the Line" which he co-wrote with…
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1953
Icelandic politician (died 2015)
Árni Steinar Jóhannsson was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Left-Green Movement, he represented the Northeastern constituency from May 1999 to May 2003.
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1953
Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Terence Michael Alderman is a former Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
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1956
American heavy metal guitarist
Michael Angelo Batio, also known as Michael Angelo, Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band Nitro in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is currently the…
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1956
American actor, director, and producer
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director. He played Arnold Poindexter in the first two Revenge of the Nerds films, Elliot Weston on the television series Thirtysomething, Mark in Field of Dreams, and Danny…
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1957
Pakistani cricketer and coach
Mohammad Javed Miandad, PP, SI, popularly known as Javed Miandad, is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting. ESPNcricinfo described him as…
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1957
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Meredith Ann Brooks is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A member of the Oregon music scene, she received international acclaim with her solo album Blurring the Edges (1997) and its single, "Bitch", which…
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1958
American writer, producer and director (died 2025)
Barry Michael Cooper was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), and Above the Rim (1994), sometimes called his "Harlem Trilogy".
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1958
American singer-songwriter and musician
John Sidney Linnell is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, and a co-founder of American alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and…
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1959
Canadian actor and comedian
John Scott Thompson is a Canadian actor and comedian, best known as member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on The Larry Sanders Show.
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1959
American basketball player and coach
Joseph Gerard Kopicki is an American former basketball player. At 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) and 240 pounds (110 kg), he played the power forward position.
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1960
Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic
Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative,…
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1962
1963
Australian footballer, coach, and actor
Warwick Richard Capper is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL), known before 1990 as the Victorian Football League (VFL). An…
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1963
Irish racing driver
Derek Higgins is an Irish former race car driver. He was born in Dublin.
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1964
Japanese filmmaker
Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor. Known for his blockbusters featuring advanced visual effects, he is considered a leading figure in the Japanese film industry. Yamazaki is the…
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1964
Australian rugby league player
Adrian James Toole is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the North Sydney Bears, primarily as a prop.
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1965
American sprinter
Gwendolyn Lenna Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic champion. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia. She was offered a scholarship because of…
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1965
English actress
Catherine Tyson is a British actress. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Mona Lisa (1986), which also earned her Best Supporting Actress…
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1965
Australian rugby league player
Marc Glanville is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s.
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1966
Swiss cell biologist
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1966
Estonian basketball player and coach
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1967
English-Australian actress
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1967
American baseball player and coach
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1968
American bass player and songwriter (died 1999)
Blues Traveler is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The group is known for creative segues during live performances and pioneering the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.
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1968
Hungarian guitarist (died 2007)
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1969
Mexican wrestler (died 2013)
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1969
American ice hockey player
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1969
Austrian politician
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1969
American weightlifter and wrestler
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1971
American baseball player
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1971
Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach
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1971
American basketball player and coach
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1973
Australian footballer
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1973
Brazilian footballer
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1974
Japanese baseball player
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1974
American wrestler and journalist
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1975
French-American actress
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1975
American basketball player and sportscaster
Antawn Cortez Jamison is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He serves as director of pro personnel for the Washington Wizards. Jamison…
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1976
1976
Danish footballer
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1976
English author
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1976
Canadian ice hockey player
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1977
English rugby player
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1978
American football player
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1979
Canadian wrestler
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1979
Argentine footballer
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1979
1979
American basketball player and coach
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1979
Italian rugby player
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1980
Latvian basketball player
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1981
Brazilian model and actress
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1981
1982
English cricketer
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1982
South African rugby player
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1983
Canadian soccer player
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1983
Kenyan-Qatari runner
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1984
Spanish footballer
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1984
American actor
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1985
American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox
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1985
American model, actress, and author
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1985
Australian politician
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1986
Swiss footballer
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1988
Chilean footballer
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1988
Swedish ice hockey player
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1989
Ethiopian runner
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1989
American basketball player
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1990
English footballer
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1990
Venezuelan baseball player
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1991
Brazilian footballer
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1992
American actress and musician
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1992
American rapper and singer-songwriter
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1994
Swedish ice hockey player
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1996
Colombian footballer
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1996
Barbadian netball player
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1996
Indian YouTuber
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1999
Belgian footballer
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2002
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Known forAn Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative second-row, he could also play prop and lock as well as hooker and spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006 premiership
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