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Famous Birthdays on June 13
280 people
40 – 2006
June 13 has seen 280 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 40 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1508 — Alessandro Piccolomini
Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1579)
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In 1540, while a student at the University of Padua, he helped found the Infiammati Academy, in which he gave lectures in philosophy
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In his Trattato della grandezza della terra e dell'acqua (1558), he opposed the Aristotelean and Ptolemaic opinion that water was more extensive than land.
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Alessandro Piccolomini was an Italian humanist, astronomer and philosopher from Siena, who promoted the popularization in the vernacular of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises
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Much of his literary production consisted of translations from the Classics, of which Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses and book VI of the Aeneid are early examples
Roman general (died 93)
AD 40 (XL) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus without colleague. The denomination AD 40 for this year has been used since the…
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40
Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)
Charles the Bald was king of West Francia (843–77), king of Italy (875–77) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–77). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded,…
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823
Holy Roman Emperor (died 888)
Charles the Fat was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. He was the…
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839
third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea (died 1422)
Taejong, personal name Yi Pangwŏn, was the third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea and the father of Sejong the Great. He was the fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty. Before ascending to the throne,…
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1367
pledge lord of the County of Glatz (died 1560)
Duke Ernest of Bavaria was the Administrator of the dioceses of Passau and Salzburg and pledge lord of Glatz.
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1500
Swiss printmaker (died 1591)
Jost Amman was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.
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1539
Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (died 1617)
Giovanni Antonio Magini was an Italian astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician.
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1555
Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell, commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
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1580
Czech physician and scientist (died 1667)
Jan Marek Marci, also known as Johannes Marcus Marci was a Czech physician and scientist. He was the rector of the University of Prague and official physician to the Holy Roman Emperors. The crater Marci on the far side…
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1595
1st Baronet, English politician (died 1656)
Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
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1617
French scholar and critic (died 1706)
Adrien Baillet was a French scholar and critic. He is now best known as a biographer of René Descartes.
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1649
1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)
Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet was a British banker and politician, who together with Joseph Vere and Thomas Hallifax founded the Bank of Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, which evolved into Williams & Glyn's Bank.
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1711
English novelist and playwright (died 1840)
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George…
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1752
Czech violinist and composer (died 1820)
Antonín Vranický, Germanized as Anton Wranitzky, and also seen as Wranizky, was a Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the half brother of Pavel Vranický.
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1761
Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (died 1838)
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a Brazilian statesman, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, born in Santos, São Paulo, then part of the Portuguese Empire.
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1763
English physicist and physiologist (died 1829)
Thomas Young FRS was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the…
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1773
Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (died 1833)
Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł was a Polish–Lithuanian and Prussian noble, aristocrat, musician, and politician. Initially a hereditary Duke of Nieśwież and Ołyka, as a scion of the Radziwiłł family he also held the…
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1775
American general (died 1866)
Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars,…
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1786
Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (died 1873)
José Antonio Páez Herrera was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as the president of Venezuela three times. The first as the 5th president from 1830 to 1835, the second as the 8th president from…
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1790
German psychiatrist and author (died 1894)
Heinrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.
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1809
Latvian-German chemist and academic (died 1894)
Carl Ernst Heinrich Schmidt, also Karl Genrikhovich Schmidt was a Baltic German chemist from the Livonia Governorate, Russian Empire.
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1822
German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)
Alberto Henschel was a German-born Brazilian photographer born in Berlin. Considered the hardest-working photographer and businessman in 19th-century Brazil, with offices in Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and São…
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1827
Scottish physicist and mathematician (died 1879)
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as…
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1831
the first international Swedish fashion designer (died 1919)
Augusta Lundin was a Swedish fashion designer. She is considered to be the first international Swedish haute couture fashion designer as well as the first well known fashion designer in Sweden.
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1840
English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (died 1931)
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A.…
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1854
1863
Swedish political scientist and academic (died 1922)
Johan Rudolf Kjellén was a Swedish political scientist, geographer and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics". His work was influenced by Friedrich Ratzel. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, and…
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1864
American historian and academic (died 1939)
Dr. Dwight Bryant Waldo was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Waldo was born in Arcade, N.Y. but spent his childhood in Plainwell, Michigan. Waldo was elected principal of…
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1864
German photographer (died 1932)
Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature…
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1865
Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1939)
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John…
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1865
American physicist and academic (died 1919)
Wallace Clement Sabine was an American physicist who founded the field of architectural acoustics. Sabine was the architectural acoustician of Boston's Symphony Hall, widely considered one of the two or three best…
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1868
Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his…
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1870
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1951)
Thomas N. Heffron was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing him a…
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1872
Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)
Karin Swanström was a Swedish actress, producer and director.
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1873
Austrian swimmer and physician (died 1932)
Paul Neumann was an Austrian swimmer and physician, who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and became the first ever Austrian gold medalist.
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1875
English chemist and statistician (died 1937)
William Sealy Gosset was an English statistician, chemist and brewer who worked for Guinness. In statistics, he pioneered small-sample experimental design. Gosset published under the pen name Student and developed…
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1876
Estonian businessman and politician (died 1941)
Heinrich Gutkin was a trader and the Estonian National Assembly member.
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1879
Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (died 1929)
Charalambos Tseroulis was a distinguished infantry officer of the Hellenic Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.
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1879
Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)
Leon Chwistek was a Polish logician, philosopher, mathematician, avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art and literary critic.
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1884
French philosopher and academic (died 1978)
Étienne Henri Gilson was a Catholic, French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential"…
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1884
Australian farmer and author (died 1969)
Henry George Lamond was an Australian farmer and writer, notable for his novels about the land, people and animals of outback Queensland. In addition to his fiction and non-fiction books, he wrote over 900 essays and…
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1885
French politician and diplomat (died 1978)
André François-Poncet was a French politician and diplomat whose post as ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and the Nazi regime's preparations…
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1887
German-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
Bruno Frank was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist.
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1887
Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)
Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of…
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1888
Chinese painter (died 1933)
Gao Qifeng was a Chinese painter who co-founded the Lingnan School with his older brother Gao Jianfu and fellow artist Chen Shuren. Orphaned at a young age, Gao spent much of his childhood following Jianfu, learning the…
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1889
South African-born British-American actor (died 1967)
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone was an English actor. Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, he rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films,…
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1892
English engineer (died 1963)
Alan Arnold Griffith was an English engineer and the son of Victorian science fiction writer George Griffith. Among many other contributions, he is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now…
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1893
English author and poet (died 1957)
Dorothy Leigh Sayers was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.
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1893
Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1981)
Leo Kanner was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, physician, and social activist best known for his work related to infantile autism. Before working at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital,…
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1894
French photographer and painter (died 1986)
Jacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models.
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1894
Finnish runner and coach (died 1973)
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" because he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between…
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1897
Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (died 1978)
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican…
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1899
British Cape Colony actor of stage and film (died 1975)
Ian Hunter was a South African-born British actor of stage, film and television.
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1900
Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1985)
Tage Fritjof Erlander was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1946 to 1969. During his record-long premiership, Erlander was an…
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1901
American mathematician and historian (died 2000)
Carolyn Eisele was an American mathematician and historian of mathematics known as an expert on the works of Charles Sanders Peirce.
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1902
American physicist and chemist (died 1987)
Willard Harrison Bennett was an American scientist and inventor, born in Findlay, Ohio. Bennett conducted research into plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry. The Bennett…
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1903
Sri Lankan historian and author (died 1988)
James Thevathasan Rutnam (1905-1988) was a Sri Lankan historian, educationalist, writer, and politician.
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1905
Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (died 1985)
Bruno de Finetti was an Italian probabilist statistician and actuary, noted for the "operational subjective" conception of probability. The classic exposition of his distinctive theory is the 1937 “La prévision: ses…
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1906
Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (died 1998)
Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad was an Indian communist politician, theorist, author and statesman who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969. As a member of the…
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1909
Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (died 1999)
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
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1910
American actress (died 1995)
Mary Wickes was an American character actress, who worked in both film and television. From the 1940s to 1970s, she often played supporting roles as prim, professional women – such as secretaries, nurses, nuns,…
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1910
English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (died 2001)
Constance Mary Whitehouse was a British teacher and conservative activist. She campaigned against social liberalism and the mainstream British media, both of which she accused of encouraging a more permissive society.…
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1910
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
Luis Walter Alvarez was an American physicist and aeronaut who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. In 2007, the…
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1911
American actor (died 1985)
Maurice Copeland was an American actor. He had supporting roles in films such as Arthur, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Trading Places.
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1911
German physicist and academic (died 1977)
Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope (FEEM), the Field Ion Microscope (FIM), and the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope. He and his student, Kanwar Bahadur, were…
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1911
Canadian poet and painter (died 1943)
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau was a Canadian poet, writer, letter writer, and essayist, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s". He is mainly recognized for his literary…
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1912
American radio and television host (died 2005)
Ralph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host, radio producer, and television producer, best known for his radio-TV game shows Truth or Consequences and reality documentary series This Is Your Life.
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1913
Israeli general, diplomat and politician (died 2017)
Yitzhak Pundak was an Israeli general, diplomat and politician.
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1913
English-American ballet dancer and director (died 2013)
Frederic Franklin, sometimes also called "Freddie", was a British-American ballet dancer, choreographer and director.
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1914
1915
Chinese botanist and academic (died 2013)
Wu Zhengyi was a Chinese botanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Wu specialized in Botanical Geography and Medicinal Botany. He is also known by the alternative spellings of 'Wu Cheng-yih',…
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1916
English actor (died 1992)
Joseph Edward Turner was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera Coronation Street. He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in…
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1917
Paraguayan novelist (died 2005)
Augusto Roa Bastos was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. He is best…
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1917
American actor and stuntman (died 1996)
Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. was an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeo cowboy. Johnson brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship.
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1918
German soldier and pilot (died 1944)
Helmut Johannes Siegfried Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed an early passion for glider flying;…
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1918
Canadian-American actor (died 2007)
Percy Rodriguez was a Canadian actor who appeared in many television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was of Afro-Portuguese heritage and was born in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. Born with…
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1918
German chemist and academic (died 2020)
Rolf Huisgen was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to a large number of his…
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1920
Russian mathematician and engineer (died 2001)
Iosif Izrailevich-Girshevich Vorovich was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, scientific engineer, author and was made a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1970. He was a specialist in continuum mechanics and…
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1920
Swedish runner (died 2004)
Lennart Strand was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event, he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946, beating his compatriot Henry…
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1921
South African author (died 1989)
Etienne Leroux was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.
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1922
American chemist and inventor (died 2017)
Lloyd Hillyard Conover was an American chemist and the inventor of tetracycline. For this invention, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Conover was the first to make an antibiotic by chemically…
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1923
American actress (died 2015)
Kristine Miller was an American film actress. She appeared in film noir and Westerns. A discovery of Paramount producer Hal Wallis, she appeared in I Walk Alone (1948), Jungle Patrol (1948), Too Late for Tears (1949),…
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1925
French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)
Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities like Down syndrome (trisomy-21) and cri du chat syndrome. He is also…
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1926
American actor and comedian (died 1982)
Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his…
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1926
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
Slim Dusty, AO MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's King of Country Music and one of the country's…
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1927
Italian cardinal (died 2015)
Giacomo Biffi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
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1928
Canadian pianist (died 2009)
Renée Morisset, was a Canadian pianist. She and her husband, Victor Bouchard, were one of the foremost piano duos in Canadian classical music.
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1928
Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
John Forbes Nash Jr., known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential…
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1928
American illustrator (died 2012)
Ralph Angus McQuarrie was an American concept artist who worked in film and television. His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television series, the film E.T. the…
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1929
American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (died 2009)
Robert Walter "Bob" Scott was an American politician who served as the 67th Governor of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born and died in Haw River, North Carolina.
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1929
German painter and educator (died 2013)
Gotthard Graubner was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany.
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1930
Polish colonel and spy (died 2004)
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda.
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1930
French archaeologist, historian, and academic (died 2022)
Paul Veyne was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris and member of the École française de Rome in the Palazzo Farnese (1955–1957), he was…
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1930
Hungarian-American ballerina (died 2009)
Nora Kovach was a Hungarian ballerina who defected in 1953 together with her husband and fellow ballet dancer Istvan Rabovsky, the first highly publicized defection of individuals in the field of dance to the West from…
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1931
Canadian politician (died 2020)
Philip Reed Scowen was a Canadian business executive, author and politician, living in Quebec.
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1931
American psychotherapist and academic
Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.
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1931
5th Baron Hylton, English politician
Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, ARICS, DL, is a British peer and landowner. He was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting…
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1932
American singer and actor (died 2022)
Robert Emmett McGrath was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational television series Sesame Street from 1969 to…
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1932
American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
William Williams was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in four Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the 1969 Seattle Pilots. Williams also had an extensive minor league baseball playing career,…
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1932
Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1983 to 1992, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of…
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1933
Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan
Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards served as the Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan from 1990 to 2008.
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1933
American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
Billy Buie Blakeley was an American basketball coach. He coached at the high school, college, and professional levels.
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1934
Polish footballer and coach (died 2024)
Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. Born in New Bytom, Upper Silesia, where after starting at local lower league clubs, he played for nearby the then third division Piast Gliwice.
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1934
Mexican businessman and politician (died 1989)
Manuel de Jesús Clouthier del Rincón was a Mexican agriculturalist, businessman and politician. His 1988 presidential campaign challenged the dominance of Mexico's PRI party in the nation's politics, with rhetoric and…
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1934
American bishop
James Anthony Griffin is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Griffin served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1983 to 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of…
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1934
American drummer (died 2009)
Uriel Jones was an American musician. Jones was a recording session drummer for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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1934
American computer scientist and engineer
Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Kleinrock made…
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1934
1935
Moroccan sculptor and painter (died 2009)
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often…
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1935
Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2009)
Samak Sundaravej was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defence in 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party in 2008.
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1935
American lawyer and politician
Eleanor Holmes Norton is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. Norton is a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991…
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1937
German footballer and manager
Erich Ribbeck is a German former professional football player and manager, best known for coaching in the Bundesliga. In 1988, he won the UEFA Cup as manager of Bayer Leverkusen, the first title in the club's history.
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1937
English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith was an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He was a onetime president…
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1937
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2017)
Robert Thomas Freeman was an American rock, soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, best known for his two top ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance"…
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1940
American shot putter and physician (died 2024)
Dallas Crutcher Long was an American track and field athlete, who mostly competed in the shot put. Between 1959 and 1964 he set six official and five unofficial world records.
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1940
American baseball player, coach, and manager
Marcel Ernest Lachemann is an American professional baseball executive and a former player, manager and pitching coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, he was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.
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1941
Canadian painter (died 1998)
Serge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the environment, technology, and social justice.…
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1941
American guitarist and songwriter (died 2011)
Marvin Tarplin was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits,…
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1941
Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki
Yiannis Boutaris was a Greek winemaker and politician who served as Mayor of Thessaloniki from 2011 to 2019. From 2003 tο 2011 he served as a municipal councilor of Thessaloniki, a position he held again from January…
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1942
English sociologist, author, and academic
Harry Collins, FLSW, is a British sociologist of science at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the…
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1943
English actor and producer
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor. He first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's if.... (1968), a role he later reprised in O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982). His performance…
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1943
American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas (died 2025)
James Guy Tucker Jr. was an American politician, businessman and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from 1992 until his resignation in 1996 after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater affair.…
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1943
English nursing administrator
Dame Christine Joan Beasley, is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator.
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1944
English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
David Maurice Curry is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010.
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1944
South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean…
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1944
American author
Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his alleged experiences with non-human entities. He has maintained a…
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1945
Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepalese politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of Nepal for five terms. He was the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016 until 2026 and was the Member of Parliament for the…
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1946
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Paul Lawrence Modrich is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair.…
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1946
Belgian-Dutch archbishop (died 2013)
Gabriel of Komana was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 2003 to 2013.
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1946
Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (died 2001)
Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup-winning teams. He died at the age of 53 while aboard United Airlines Flight 175, which…
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1948
American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
Joseph Emanuel Roth is an American film executive, producer and director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Entertainment in 1988 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and Walt Disney…
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1948
American popular science writer
Ann Druyan is an American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the…
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1949
American singer and musician
Dennis Michael Locorriere is the American lead vocalist and guitarist of the country rock group Dr. Hook.
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1949
German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017, she served as…
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1949
English-Australian musician, television, and radio personality
Redmond Symons is an Australian musician and television and radio personality. He was the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks, the snide judge of 'Red Faces' and a judge on talent search show Australia's Got Talent. He…
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1949
English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Nicholas Hugh Brown is a British former politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East between 1983 and 2024. He represented the Labour Party until his resignation in…
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1950
1950
American guitarist and producer
Howard M. Leese is an American guitarist, record producer, and musical director who played with Heart as guitarist and keyboardist for 23 years. He continues to record and tour as a solo artist, and as guitarist with…
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1951
American actor, director, and producer
Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons for which he won an Emmy Award. He also received another Emmy…
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1951
Swedish actor
Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier, appearing in Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011), and…
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1951
1952
1953
Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2011)
Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper was a Polish poltician, farmer, and trade unionist who led the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, an agrarian populist party that, between 2005 and 2007, was the third-largest political…
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1954
Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist who has been serving as the director-general of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first ever woman and also the first African to lead the World…
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1954
Scottish footballer and sportscaster
Alan David Hansen MBE is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he enjoyed a highly decorated playing career, winning eight First Division…
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1955
German-American lawyer and jurist
Leah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. When she was first…
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1955
Canadian ice hockey player
Blair Douglas Chapman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
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1956
American lieutenant and journalist
Salvatore Anthony Nicholas Paolantonio is a Philadelphia-based bureau reporter for ESPN. Since joining ESPN in 1995, Paolantonio has become a staple in their NFL coverage, as he contributes to shows such as…
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1956
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
Ronald Areshenkoff was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He played in four games in the National Hockey…
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1957
American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina
Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American politician and lawyer who was the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001…
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1957
American basketball player
Bruce Flowers is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m tall, he played as a power forward. Flowers is one of the few American players to have won all three of the different major…
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1957
Polish journalist and author
Andrzej Morozowski is a Polish journalist, television personality and writer, connected with Radio ZET and TVN 24.
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1957
American golfer
Dicky Thompson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
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1957
Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria on three separate occasions, serving a total of 9 years between 2009 and 2021, making him the country's longest-serving…
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1959
French-born Canadian science fiction writer (died 2016)
Maurice Georges Dantec was a French-born Canadian science fiction writer and musician.
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1959
Australian politician
Steven Georganas is an Australian politician and is the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Adelaide in South Australia since the 2019 Australian federal election. Previously, he had…
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1959
Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
Klaus Werner Iohannis is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering national politics, Iohannis was a physics…
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1959
Canadian wrestler
Jacques Rougeau Jr. is a Canadian former professional wrestler best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation. He began his career under his real name as half of the tag team…
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1960
American race car driver
David Jay Hamilton is a race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and Stadium Super Trucks. He has made 56 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second three times. He placed…
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1962
Canadian-American tennis player and coach
Glenn Michibata is a former professional tennis player and former head coach of the Princeton University Tigers tennis team.
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1962
American actress and author
Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy is an American actress, author and teacher. Born in New York City, Sheedy began her career as a teenager acting in commercials and guest roles on television. She made her theatrical film debut…
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1962
American journalist and author
Hannah Lynn Storen Hicks, known professionally as Hannah Storm, is an American television sports journalist, serving as the anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter. She was also host of the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as…
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1962
Swiss-German tennis player
Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia…
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1963
English soprano and actress
Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by Wagner as well as various…
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1963
American author and academic
Audrey Niffenegger is an American writer, artist, and academic. Her debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, published in 2003, was a bestseller.
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1963
Romanian organist, composer, and educator
Christian Wilhelm Berger is a Romanian composer, organist, and a lecturer at the Bucharest Academy.
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1964
English actress, director, and playwright
Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke is an English actress and comedian. She appeared in sketch shows such as French and Saunders (1988–1999), Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990–1992), and Harry Enfield & Chums…
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1964
Indian politician, Minister of Railways
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician who is serving as the 13th Minister of Commerce and Industry since 2019, also being the longest serving minister for the same. He also served as Minister of Textiles and…
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1964
Lithuanian basketball player
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National…
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1964
Pakistani-American businessman and criminal
Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani is a businessman who was the former president and chief operating officer of Theranos, which was a privately held health technology company founded by his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Holmes. He and…
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1965
Infanta Cristina is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI's children, her sister Infanta…
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1965
Greek footballer
Vassilis Karapialis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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1965
Austrian-American drummer and composer
Lukas Ligeti is an Austrian composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical and various world musics, especially African traditional and popular music styles.
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1965
Indian cricketer
Maninder Singh is a former Indian cricket player and a cricket commentator. He represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. A slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered the heir apparent…
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1965
English photographer and curator
Henry Bond, FHEA is an English writer, photographer, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene (2009), Bond made contributions to theoretical psychoanalysis and forensics.
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1966
Russian mathematician
Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman is a Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric topology. In 2005, Perelman resigned from…
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1966
Japanese race car driver
Naoki Hattori is a motoring journalist and racing driver from Japan.
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1966
German-Turkish footballer and manager
Taşkın Aksoy is a German football manager and former player.
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1967
Italian cyclist
Fabio Baldato is an Italian former racing cyclist. In 2008, he was the oldest rider in a ProTour team. His cycling career ended when he crashed heavily in the Eneco Tour. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and…
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1968
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
George Peter DeBoer is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the 12th round, 237th overall,…
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1968
Canadian sportscaster
Darren Dreger is a Canadian sportscaster for TSN, and is one of TSN's Hockey Insiders. He had previously hosted Leafs Lunch on CFMJ AM640 Toronto Radio.
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1968
English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Peter Gray is a British singer-songwriter. Having released his debut album in 1993, he received worldwide attention with White Ladder five years later, particularly for the hit single "Babylon". White Ladder was…
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1968
English singer-songwriter
Denise Lisa Maria Pearson, sometimes credited as Deniece Pearson, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the lead vocalist with the British pop/R&B group Five Star, which comprised herself and her four siblings. The…
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1968
Ugandan-English journalist and author
Marcel Raymond Theroux is an English-American novelist and broadcaster. He has written novels such as The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase (2001), A Blow to the Heart (2006), Far North (2009), and Strange…
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1968
Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish screen and stage actress, journalist and television presenter.
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1969
French author, screenwriter, and director
Virginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions.
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1969
American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
Laura Kightlinger is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was a writer and consulting producer on Will & Grace, while also occasionally appearing on the show as the character Nurse Sheila. Her 2003 documentary…
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1969
Russian shot putter
Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova is a former Russian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.
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1969
Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Søren Nystrøm Rasted is a Danish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He plays keyboards, guitar and sings backing vocals. He is a member of the Danish-Norwegian Eurodance group Aqua.
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1969
New Zealand cricketer
Christopher Lance Cairns is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain, who played for the New Zealand cricket team as an all-rounder. Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a…
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1970
American rock musician
Rivers Cuomo is an American musician and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in several Buddhist communities around the northeast US…
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1970
Australian cricketer
Shaun Young is an Australian Football administrator for Eastlake Football Club, Canberra, and former professional cricketer who played in a single Test match for Australia in 1997. He played for Tasmania in Australian…
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1970
Hungarian tennis player
Nóra Köves is a former Hungarian tennis player. She won a total of four singles and ten doubles ITF titles during her career and on 24 May 1999 peaked at No. 181 in the singles rankings. On 7 June 1999, Köves achieved a…
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1971
Canadian fiddler
Natalie MacMaster is a Canadian fiddler from Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. She has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has recorded…
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1972
Polish philosopher, historian, genealogist
Maria Jadwiga Minakowska is a Polish historian, genealogist and demographer creator of the Polish genealogy database Wielka Genealogia Minakowskiej. In 2024 Minakowska announced her transition from male to female.
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1972
1973
American race car driver and television host
Tanner Lee Foust is an American professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack, hill climb and rallycross with multiple podium placements, national…
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1973
Swedish singer-songwriter
Mattias Hellberg is a Swedish musician. Hellberg has worked with a variety of Swedish bands and artists in different genres, both as a permanent member and as guest or session member.
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1973
Australian cricketer and coach
Stuart James Karppinen is a former Australian cricketer who is also the former strength and conditioning coach of the Australian national cricket team. Born in Townsville, Karppinen moved to Canberra with his family at…
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1973
Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ville Laihiala is a Finnish musician. He was the vocalist and guitarist of the gothic metal band Poisonblack, and the frontman for Sentenced from 1996 until the group ended their career in 2005.
When joining Sentenced,…
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1973
Russian-American ice hockey player
Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure is a Russian–American former professional ice hockey player. He was a right winger for 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida…
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1974
1974
Australian footballer
Ante Covic is an Australian football manager and former soccer goalkeeper, and is the current manager of Bankstown City (Women) in NSW League One. Covic was a member of the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA…
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1975
American screenwriter and producer
Jeff Davis is an American writer and television producer best known for creating Criminal Minds and the Teen Wolf 2010s TV series and 2023 movie reboot.
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1975
American model, actress, and author
Jennifer Nicole Lee is an American fitness model, motivational speaker, and author. She is known for losing 70 pounds and launching a career as a fitness guru after bearing two children.
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1975
1975
English footballer
Riccardo Scimeca is an English football coach and former professional player.
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1975
1976
French pole vaulter
Romain Mesnil is a retired, French pole vaulter. His personal outdoor best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres. His personal indoor best is 5.86 metres, set in March 2001 in Toulouse. His coach was…
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1977
American football player
Earthwind Chatavian Moreland is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL), Arena Football League (AFL), and NFL Europe.
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1977
Finnish politician
Riikka Katriina Purra is a Finnish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, and Finance Minister, since 2023. She is also a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party for the Uusimaa…
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1977
American actor
Ethan Embry, credited early in his career as Ethan Randall, is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, with starring roles in the films Dutch (1991), All I Want for Christmas (1991), and A Far Off Place…
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1978
Hindu guru
Vishwananda, known to followers as Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda, is a Mauritian neo-Hindu religious leader. He is the founder of Bhakti Marga, a neo-Hindu organization. His main ashram is in the small village of…
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1978
Australian actress
Esther Jackie Anderson is an Australian actress and model, best known for her role as Charlie Buckton on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2008 until 2012. She was nominated for two Gold Logie Awards in 2010…
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1979
Norwegian volleyball player
Nila Ann Håkedal is a Norwegian female beach volleyball player.
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1979
American long jumper
Miguel Pate is an American track and field athlete. His speciality is the long jump, although during his high school and collegiate career he also competed in the triple jump, high jump, 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay,…
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1979
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Ryan Pickett is an American film director, writer & producer, and television actor.
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1979
French footballer
Florent Johan Malouda is a French football coach and former professional player who played as a left winger. Born in French Guiana, he represented both France and French Guiana at the international level. Malouda was…
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1980
Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)
Diego Mendieta was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward. His death on 3 December 2012 reportedly caused by cytomegalovirus, an easily treatable disease, sparked international outrage after it was…
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1980
American basketball player
Jamario Raman Moon is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for one season at Meridian Community College and began his professional career with teams in the United States…
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1980
Spanish basketball player
Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo, commonly known as either Juan Carlos Navarro or J. C. Navarro, is a Spanish former professional basketball player and current basketball executive. He is the current general manager of the…
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1980
English footballer
Darius Markus Vassell is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Ankaragücü and Leicester City.
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1980
German racing driver
Markus Winkelhock is a German professional racing driver. He is the son of Manfred Winkelhock and nephew of Joachim Winkelhock, both of whom were Formula One drivers in the 1980s. During his brief Formula One career he…
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1980
American actor and producer
Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Steve Rogers / Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) to…
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1981
founder and executive director of the National History Bee and the National History Bowl
David Charles "Dave" Madden is an American game show contestant, academic competition organizer, and art historian. He is a former 19-day champion on Jeopardy! and holds the eighth-longest streak in Jeopardy! history.…
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1981
Czech ice hockey player
Radim Vrbata is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Playing as a right winger, he had a 16-year career in the National Hockey League (NHL). Vrbata was drafted in 1999 by the Colorado Avalanche, and later also…
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1981
Ethiopian runner
Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events…
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1982
Polish politician
Krzysztof Bosak is a far-right Polish politician. He serves as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He was a member of the Sejm for the League of Polish Families from 2005 to 2007 and has been a…
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1982
American football player
Nathan Jones is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. He was selected…
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1982
American basketball player
Steven Michael Novak is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a television analyst for the New York Knicks on MSG Networks. He is listed as 6'10", 225 lbs. He played college basketball for…
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
Jason Rocco Anthony Spezza is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former professional player. He is currently the assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the general…
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1983
Welsh rugby union player
Rachel Taylor is a Welsh former rugby union player who plays in either Lock or back row for the Bristol Ladies/Newport Gwent Dragons and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap…
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1983
Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
Nery Alberto Castillo Confalonieri is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1984
Japanese wrestler
Kaori Icho is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at…
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1984
German runner
Antje Möldner-Schmidt is a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance running and the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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1984
Portuguese racing driver
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Araújo Albuquerque is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving an Cadillac V-Series.R in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the…
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1985
German footballer
Silvio Bankert is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Magdeburg in the Regionalliga Nordost.
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1985
Dominican baseball player
Pedro Ángel Strop is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs.
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Danny Syvret is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 59 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Syvret was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the third round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
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1985
American actress and comedian
Katherine Victoria Litwack, known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel…
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1986
Japanese footballer
Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional football manager and player who plays as a midfielder for Singapore Premier League side FC Jurong.
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1986
American baseball catcher
Jonathan Charles Lucroy is an American former professional baseball catcher. Between 2010 and 2021, he spent 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies,…
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1986
American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American businesswoman, fashion designer and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in…
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1986
American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
Mary-Kate Olsen is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress. Her acting career began at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Ashley Olsen in…
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1986
1986
1986
Swedish singer
Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw is a Swedish singer and television presenter. He took part in Idol 2005, eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of Let's Dance, and scored a hit with his 2007 song "Cara…
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1986
Croatian footballer
Marko Grgić is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward. He was called up for the Croatian national under-21 team in 2008, but was never capped.
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1987
American football player
Gabriel Andrew Carimi is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career,…
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1988
Finnish cross-country skier
Kerttu Elina Niskanen is a Finnish cross-country skier. She is a five-time Olympic medalist.
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1988
1988
American actor
Cody Beau Walker is an American actor. He is the youngest brother of the late actor Paul Walker; and helped complete the final scenes for Paul's character, Brian O'Conner, in the film Furious 7 (2015) following his…
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1988
1989
English racing driver
James John Calado is a British professional racing driver from England who is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Ferrari - AF Corse in the Hypercar class and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He…
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1989
American ice hockey defenseman
Ryan Patrick McDonagh is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by…
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1989
Australian rugby league player
Daniel Mortimer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker, scrum-half or stand-off for the Leigh Centurions in the Championship. He previously played for the Parramatta…
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1989
Greek footballer
Andreas Samaris is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1989
English motocross racer
Tommy Searle is an English professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2005 to 2008 and competed in the AMA Motocross Championships in 2009 and 2010. He returned to…
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1989
American basketball player
Hassan Niam Whiteside is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before being selected in…
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1989
Canadian wrestler
Erica Elizabeth Wiebe is a Canadian retired wrestler. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in women's 75 kg freestyle. Wiebe was the third Canadian champion ever in wrestling at the Olympics, and second Canadian…
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1989
American baseball player
James Thomas McCann, nicknamed "McCannon", is an American professional baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White…
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1990
1990
English actor
Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson is an English actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and a British Independent Film Award.
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1990
American jumper
Will Claye is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal in 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the gold medals at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor…
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1991
English footballer
Ryan Glen Mason is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion.
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1991
South Korean singer
Kang Si-ra, is a South Korean singer. She was a contestant on Produce 101. She released her first EP, Sira, on January 19, 2017.
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1991
Fijian rugby league player
Semi Radradra Turagasoli-Waqavatu is a Fijian professional rugby union and former rugby league footballer. He plays rugby union for the Japanese club Shizuoka Blue Revs and the Fiji national team. Nicknamed 'Semi…
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1992
German politician
Cansın Köktürk is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, she has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since March 2025.
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1993
Italian ski jumper (died 2011)
Simona Senoner was an Italian cross-country racer and ski jumper.
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1993
1993
Indian archer
Deepika Kumari is an Indian recurve archer. A four-time Olympian and two-time World Championships silver medallist, Deepika is one of the most decorated Indian recurve archer and the first Indian archer to rise to the…
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1994
Japanese actor
Atsuhiro Inukai is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Burning Production.
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1994
New Zealand tennis player
Emily Fanning is a former tennis player from New Zealand. Her career-high junior ranking is 38, achieved in July 2012. In her career, Fanning won three doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.
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1995
1995
Canadian swimmer
Penelope Oleksiak is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Nicknamed "Magic Penny", she is one of her country's most decorated Olympians. Oleksiak rose to fame during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first…
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2000
Canadian ice hockey player
Bowen Byram is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL and has appeared with…
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2001
South Korean singer
Sung Han-bin is a South Korean singer and dancer. He is best known for competing on the Mnet reality competition show Boys Planet, where he ranked second in the final episode, making him a member of Zerobaseone.
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2001
Canadian ice hockey player
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Spanish footballer
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Alessandro Piccolomini — Italian humanist
FeaturedAlessandro Piccolomini
Birth year1508
Known forHis early works include Il Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne, o Raffaella (1539) and the comedies Amor costante, and Alessandro, which were sponsored and produced by the Sienese Accademia degli Intronati, of which he was a member and an official
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Israel initiates air strikes against Iran, initiating the Twelve Day War. Wikipedia →
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At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria. Wikipedia →
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Three people are killed and another three injured in an early morning stabbing and van ramming attack in Nottingham, England. Wikipedia →
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