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Larmer became a regular right-wing player for Chicago in 1982, where he recorded 43 goals in the first of eleven straight seasons with at least 60 points while being awarded Calder Memorial Trophy for his rookie play
Famous Birthdays on June 16
217 people
1139 – 2003
June 16 has seen 217 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1139 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1961 — Steve Larmer
Canadian ice hockey player
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A two-time All-Star, he also won the Canada Cup in 1991 for the Canadian team
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After excelling in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, Larmer was selected by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1980 in the sixth round of the NHL draft
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In 13 full seasons as a player, Larmer made the Stanley Cup playoffs each time.
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In his final season, he played in his 1,000th career game and recorded his 1,000th career point
Emperor Konoe was the 76th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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1139
English daughter of Edward III of England (died 1379)
Isabella was the eldest daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and the wife of Enguerrand de Coucy, Earl of Bedford, by whom she had two daughters. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1376.
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1332
Queen of Naples (died 1517)
Joanna of Aragon was Queen of Naples as the second wife of King Ferdinand I. She served as regent of Naples between the abdication and flight of her husband's son Alfonso II on 22 February 1495 until the formal…
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1454
English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557)
Sir John Cheke was an English classical scholar and statesman. One of the foremost teachers of his age, and the first Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, he played a great part in the revival of…
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1514
Ming dynasty official and Confucian martyr (died 1555)
Yang Jisheng was a Chinese court official of the Ming dynasty who held multiple posts during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. He is remembered as a political opponent of Yan Song, on whose initiative he was arrested…
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1516
Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (died 1654)
Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a…
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1583
Greek-Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (died 1655)
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, also known as Yashar Mi-Qandia, was a rabbi, author, physician, mathematician, and music theorist.
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1591
1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier and politician (died 1675)
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, was an Anglo-Irish military officer, politician and peer.
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1606
English poet and educator (died 1658)
John Cleveland was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire.
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1613
French scholar (died 1701)
Samuel Chappuzeau was a French scholar, author, poet and playwright whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François, a description of French theatre in the seventeenth century.
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1625
French linguist and botanist (died 1667)
Jean de Thévenot was a French traveller in Asia, who wrote extensively about his journeys. He was also a linguist, natural scientist and botanist.
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1633
Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (died 1670)
Henrietta of England was the youngest child of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France. She was Duchess of Orléans through her marriage to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans.
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1644
1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman (died 1699)
James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, styled Hon. James Bertie until 1657 and known as the 5th Baron Norreys from 1657 until 1682, was an English nobleman.
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1653
American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (died 1786)
Meshech Weare was an American farmer, lawyer, and statesman from Seabrook and Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He served as the first president of New Hampshire. Before 1784 the position of governor was referred to as…
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1713
Scottish philosopher and economist (died 1790)
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by many as the "father of economics", or the "father of…
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1723
American publisher (died 1816)
Mary Katharine Goddard was an early American publisher, and the postmaster of the Baltimore Post Office from 1775 to 1789. She was the older sister of William Goddard, also a publisher and printer. She was the second…
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1738
Russian poet (died 1800)
Salawat Yulayulı, Russianized to Salavat Yulayev was a Bashkir national hero who helped lead the Pugachev's Rebellion. He was also a poet and singer.
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1754
English painter and engraver (died 1882)
John Linnell was an English engraver, portrait painter, and landscape painter. He was a naturalist and a rival to the artist John Constable. He had a taste for Northern European art of the Renaissance, particularly…
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1792
German mathematician and physicist (died 1868)
Julius Plücker was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery…
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1801
English physician and chemist (died 1885)
Edward Davy was an English physician, scientist, and inventor who played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.
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1806
1813
Dutch-French preacher and theologian (died 1875)
Athanase Josué Coquerel was a French Protestant theologian.
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1820
Scottish golfer and architect (died 1908)
Thomas Mitchell Morris, otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died there…
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1821
Austrian geologist and botanist (died 1897)
Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen was an Austrian botanist known for his paleobotanical studies of flora from the Tertiary era. He was the son of physicist Andreas von Ettingshausen.
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1826
American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines (died 1910)
Wesley Merritt was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Following the latter war, he became the…
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1836
German philosopher and academic (died 1885)
Ernst Heinrich Gustav Laas was a German gymnasium teacher, philosopher of positivism and education, and chair of philosophy and pedagogy at the University of Strasbourg. The insights he found in the history of…
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1837
English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1901)
Frederic Archer was a British composer, conductor and organist, born in Oxford. He moved to the US in 1880, where he established the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
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1838
American lieutenant and politician, 7th Governor of Minnesota (died 1900)
Cushman Kellogg Davis was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. senator from Minnesota.
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1838
German engineer and author (died 1913)
Ernst Otto Schlick was a German naval engineer. He tried to solve the problem of rolling of ships at sea by installing large gyroscopes. The gyroscopic "stabilizers" gave disappointing or dangerous results in practice.…
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1840
German chemist and academic (died 1919)
Max Emil Julius Delbrück was a German agricultural chemist.
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1850
William Arnon Henry was an American academic and agriculturist from Ohio. Henry studied at the National Normal University and Ohio Wesleyan University before becoming a principal of two high schools. After continuing…
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1850
Austrian-Hungarian general (died 1935)
Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straußenburg was an Austro-Hungarian colonel general and last Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. At the outbreak of the First World War, he commanded the 15th Infantry…
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1857
1858
Mexican politician and diplomat (died 1939)
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure, diplomat, lawyer and politician who served as the 36th President of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911 during the Mexican Revolution, following…
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1863
Greek-Austrian metropolitan (died 1935)
Germanos Karavangelis was known for his service as Metropolitan Bishop of Kastoria and later Amaseia, Pontus. He was a member of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee and functioned as one of the major coordinators of the…
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1866
Provençal painter (died 1952)
René Seyssaud was a Provençal painter and is known as a precursor of Fauvism.
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1867
Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1960)
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and from 1941 to…
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1874
Austrian-American chemist and author (died 1963)
Otto Eisenschiml was an Austrian-born chemist and industrial executive in the American oil industry, and a controversial author. He may be best known for his provocative 1937 book on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln…
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1880
Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1967)
Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician, author and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was elected to the Iranian parliament in 1923 and served through…
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1882
Estonian-Polish architect (died 1941)
Erich Roman Ludvig Jacoby was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. From 1905 to 1907 he studied at the Leibniz University of Hannover, in 1913 he graduated from the Riga Technical University. In 1939 he went…
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1885
Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1925)
Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. He originated the pioneering theory that the universe is expanding, governed by a set of equations he developed known as the…
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1888
American mathematician and astronomer (died 1980)
Peter Stoner was a Christian writer and Chairman of the departments of mathematics and astronomy at Pasadena City College until 1953; Chairman of the science division, Westmont College, 1953–57; Professor Emeritus of…
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1888
English actor and comedian (died 1965)
Stan Laurel was an English actor, comedian, director and writer who was in the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films and cameo roles.
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1890
American author and screenwriter (died 1976)
Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts,…
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1896
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
Georg Wittig was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with…
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1897
American operatic soprano (died 1972)
Helen Francesca Traubel was an American opera and concert singer. A dramatic soprano, she was best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde.
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1899
American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
Barbara McClintock was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927. There, she started…
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1902
American paleontologist and author (died 1984)
George Gaylord Simpson was an American paleontologist. Simpson was perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century, and a major participant in the modern synthesis, contributing Tempo and Mode in…
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1902
Australian cricketer (died 1955)
Alan Geoffrey Fairfax was an Australian cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1929 to 1931. He was an all rounder.
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1906
American actor (died 1981)
Harold "Jack" Albertson was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson was a Tony, Oscar, and Emmy winning actor, which ranks him among a rare stature of 24 actors who…
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1907
American ecologist and zoologist (died 1987)
Archibald Fairly Carr Jr. was an American herpetologist, ecologist, and conservationist. He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida and a writer on science and nature. He brought attention to the world's…
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1909
Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1977)
Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado was a Peruvian general and politician who was the military leader of Peru from 1968 to 1975 after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency. Under his government,…
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1910
Canadian illustrator (died 2004)
Albert Chartier was a French-Canadian cartoonist and illustrator, best known for having created the comic strip Onésime.
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1912
English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 1998)
John Enoch Powell was a British politician, scholar and writer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party from 1950 to February 1974 and the MP for South Down for the…
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1912
American pianist and teacher (died 2020)
Eleanor Sokoloff was an American pianist and academic who formed a piano duo with her husband, Vladimir Sokoloff. She taught piano on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 1936 until her death in 2020.
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1914
American mathematician and academic (died 2000)
John Wilder Tukey was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm, the box plot and for laying the foundations of the field of exploratory…
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1915
German glass chemist (died 1998)
Marga Faulstich was a German glass chemist. She worked for Schott AG for 44 years. During this time, she worked on more than 300 types of optical glasses. Forty patents were registered in her name. She was the first…
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1915
Greek general and politician, President of Greece (died 1999)
Phaedon Gizikis was a Greek army general who was the last President of Greece under the junta from 1973 to 1974.
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1917
American publisher (died 2001)
Katharine Meyer Graham was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, which…
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1917
Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer (died 1989)
Aurelio Lampredi was an Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer.
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1917
American photographer (died 2009)
Irving Penn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake…
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1917
Swiss-American author (died 2002)
Isabelle Christian Holland was an American author of fiction for children and adults. She wrote gothic novels, adult mysteries, romantic thrillers and many books for children and young adults.
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1920
Canadian chemist and academic (died 2002)
Raymond Urgel Lemieux, CC, AOE, FRS was a Canadian organic chemist, who pioneered many discoveries in the field of chemistry, his first and most famous being the synthesis of sucrose. His contributions include the…
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1920
Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico (died 2004)
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. López…
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1920
Indian singer and music director (died 1989)
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along with several other Indian languages,…
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1920
Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2011)
Ilmar Kullam was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played all eight matches. He trained at…
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1922
Scottish race car driver (died 1962)
William Ronald Flockhart was a British racing driver. He participated in 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one podium finish and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race twice.
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1923
Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (died 2023)
Wanda Janicka was a Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw uprising.
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1923
American actress (died 1999)
Faith Marie Domergue was an American film and television actress. Discovered at age 16 by media and aircraft mogul Howard Hughes, she was signed to a contract with Hughes's RKO Radio Pictures and cast as the lead in the…
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1924
French journalist and author (died 2017)
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the dean of the Académie Française, to…
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1925
Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (died 2013)
Otto Muehl was an Austrian artist and convicted sex criminal, who was known as one of the co-founders as well as a main participant of Viennese Actionism and for founding the Friedrichshof Commune.
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1925
Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)
José Efraín Ríos Montt was a Guatemalan military officer who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodiest periods in the long-running…
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1926
English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)
Thomas William Graveney was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to score one…
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1927
Israeli footballer (died 2006)
Ya'akov "Yankele" Hodorov was an Israeli football goalkeeper in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is one Israel's best goalkeepers of all time and the leading goalkeeper of his generation.
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1927
German author and screenwriter (died 2001)
Herbert Lichtenfeld was one of the most successful television screenplay writers in Germany. He wrote over 300 film scripts. Many of his scripts were successful in Germany.
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1927
Brazilian author and playwright (died 2014)
Ariano Vilar Suassuna was a Brazilian playwright and author. He was the driving force behind the creation of the Movimento Armorial. He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco.
Four of his plays…
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1927
Emir of Kuwait (died 2020)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.
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1929
Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (died 2016)
Vilmos Zsigmond was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wave movement. In 2003, he was voted as…
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1930
American actor (died 2024)
Wilbert Francisco Cobbs was an American actor, known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker…
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1934
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)
Roger Paul Neilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, most notably in the NHL, where he served with eight teams. Known as "Captain Video" because of his technological contributions to the game, he is a member…
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1934
1935
Bulgarian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Simeon Borisov Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is a Bulgarian politician who reigned as the last Tsar of the Tsardom of Bulgaria as Simeon II from 1943 until 1946. As he was a minor, royal power was exercised on his behalf by a…
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1937
American author and screenwriter (died 2010)
Erich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its film adaptation.
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1937
English general
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Patrick John Boyd-Carpenter, is a former British Army officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff.
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1938
1938
American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels…
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1938
American singer-songwriter
Billy Wayne "Crash" Craddock is an American country and rockabilly singer. He first gained popularity in Australia in the 1950s with a string of rockabilly hits, including the Australian number-one hits "Boom Boom Baby"…
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1939
Latvian poet, writer, and journalist (died 2003)
Māris Čaklais was a Latvian poet, writer, and journalist.
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1940
American lawyer and politician, 33rd Governor of Oregon (died 2024)
Neil Edward Goldschmidt was an American businessman and Democratic politician from the state of Oregon who held local, state, and federal offices over three decades, including mayor of Portland, Oregon, the United…
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1940
British actress
Carole Ann Lillian Ford is a British actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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1940
American songwriter and producer (died 2022)
Lamont Herbert Dozier was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit. He co-wrote and produced 14 Billboard #1 hits in the US and 4 #4 in the UK.
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1941
English golfer (died 2017)
Thomas Alfred Horton, was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the European Tour in…
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1941
Pakistani journalist (died 2011)
Mumtaz Hamid Rao was a senior Pakistani electronic media journalist and analyst.
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1941
Italian motorcycle racer and manager
Giacomo Agostini is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and racing team manager. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Championships from 1963 to 1977, most prominently as a member…
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1942
American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
Edward Willis Levert is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the O'Jays. He is the father of sons Edward Jr (1964-), Gerald (1966–2006) and Sean Levert (1968–2008) and daughter Ryan Levert (2002–2024).
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1942
1944
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Claire Arthur Alexander or Arthur Claire Alexander is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1970s.
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1945
Canadian social worker and politician, 59th Secretary of State for Canada
Lucienne Robillard is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the House of Commons of Canada as the member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec.
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1945
American basketball player and coach
Richard Leonard Adelman is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Adelman served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers,…
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1946
3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician
John Jacob Astor VIII, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, is an English businessman and politician from the Astor family. He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative hereditary peer from 1986 to his retirement in 2022. Astor…
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1946
English statistician and academic
Dame Karen Hope Dunnell, DCB, FAcSS is an American-born British medical sociologist and civil servant. She was National Statistician and Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom and…
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1946
American trumpet player and composer
Tom Harrell is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by Jazz Journalists Association, Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including…
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1946
Scottish historian and curator
Robert Neil MacGregor is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of the…
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1946
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Iain Matthews is an English musician. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthews Southern Comfort, which had a UK number…
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1946
American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut (died 2024)
Mary Carolyn "Jodi" Rell, known as M. Jodi Rell, was an American politician who served as the 87th governor of Connecticut from 2004 to 2011. Rell also had served as the state's 105th lieutenant governor of Connecticut…
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1946
American actor, puppeteer, and producer (died 2009)
Mark Ritts was an American actor, puppeteer, television producer and director, and author. Ritts also produced and directed many independent videos and television spots as president of Mark Ritts Productions, Inc., for…
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1946
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Derek Michael Sanderson, nicknamed "Turk", is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and two-time Stanley Cup champion who helped transform the culture of the professional athlete in the 1970s era. He set up…
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1946
English actor and playwright
Simon Williams is a British actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Frequently playing upper middle class or aristocratic upper class roles, he is also known for playing Charles…
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1946
American football player and actor
Allen Cedric "A.C." Cowlings is an American former professional football player and actor. He played college football for the USC Trojans before being selected fifth overall in the first round by the Buffalo Bills in…
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1947
American trombonist, composer, and producer
Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone but he also plays saxophone, trumpet, tuba, flute, and bass guitar. He has been a member…
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1947
American wrestler (died 2012)
Dale Hey was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buddy "Jack" Roberts. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Roberts is known for his appearances as one of The Hollywood Blonds in the…
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1947
American baseball player and manager
Ronald LeFlore is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder. He played six seasons with the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Montreal Expos. LeFlore retired with the Chicago White Sox in 1982. He…
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1948
1949
American hurdler and author
Ralph Vernon Mann was an American sprinter and hurdler. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from Washington State University.
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1949
Indian actor and politician
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur and politician. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 350 films, mostly in Hindi and Bengali languages, and a few in Bhojpuri, Telugu,…
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1950
Canadian lawyer and politician
Michel Clair is an administrator and former politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and served as a cabinet minister in the…
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1950
American politician and farmer
Jerry James Petrowski is a retired American Republican politician and a former ginseng, dairy, and beef farmer from Marathon County, Wisconsin. He represented Marathon County for 24 years in the Wisconsin Legislature,…
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1950
American singer and guitarist (died 2023)
Charlie Dominici was an American singer, best known as the second vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater, having replaced Chris Collins and later being replaced by James LaBrie. Dominici fronted his own…
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1951
Panamanian boxer
Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and…
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1951
Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
George Andreas Papandreou is an American-born Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for PASOK-Kinima Allagis.
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1952
Canadian singer-songwriter
Gino Vannelli is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter who had several hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s. His best-known singles include "People Gotta Move" (1974), "I Just Wanna Stop" (1978), "Living Inside Myself"…
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1952
American actress (died 2025)
Valerie Mahaffey was a Canadian-American actress. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding…
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1953
English drummer
Ian F. Mosley is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-prog band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, Fugazi, released in 1984. He had previously been a session…
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1953
American boxer and trainer (died 2014)
Matthew Saad Muhammad was an American professional boxer who was the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World for two-and-a-half years.
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1954
Irish guitarist (died 2022)
Garrick Roberts was an Irish musician best known as the lead guitarist with The Boomtown Rats, a band which came into being in 1976. He and Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) had decided to put a band together and, between them,…
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1954
Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Defence
Grete Faremo is a Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. From August 2014 to May 2022, she held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services…
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1955
American actress
Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress and comedian. Known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen, she has received various accolades throughout a career spanning more than four…
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1955
Russian journalist and critic
Artemy Kivovich Troitsky is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, radio host, and academic who has lectured on music journalism at Moscow State University. In 1988, he was described in The New York Times…
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1955
Scottish-American actor
Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who has appeared on multiple American soap operas including General Hospital, Port Charles, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children, and Days of Our Lives. He is also…
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1957
Lady Dorrian, Scottish lawyer and judge
Leeona June Dorrian, Lady Dorrian PC, KC is a Scottish advocate and judge who served as the Lord Justice Clerk from 2016 until her retirement from judicial office on 3 February 2025. She was the first woman to hold the…
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1957
American basketball player
Darrell Steven Griffith, also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is an American former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from…
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1958
German swimmer
Ulrike Tauber is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There she also captured…
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1958
Australian soldier, educator and musician
Abu Sayyaf (ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, also known by its full name, Al Hamas Harakat Al Muqawamah Al Islamiyyah or simply Al Harakat Al Islamiyya, was a…
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1958
American wrestler (died 2014)
Warrior was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and motivational speaker. Best known by his ring name Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 to 1992, as well as a short…
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1959
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Peter Maxwell John Sterling, nicknamed Sterlo, is an Australian former rugby league commentator, television personality and player. He was one of the all-time great halfbacks and a major contributor to Parramatta Eels'…
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1960
Turkish journalist and author
Can Dündar is a Turkish journalist, columnist and documentarian. Editor-in-chief of center-left Cumhuriyet newspaper until August 2016, he was arrested in November 2015 after his newspaper published footage showing the…
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1961
Australian cricketer
Robert Byers Kerr is an Australian former cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals in 1985. He represented Queensland in four Sheffield Shield finals.
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1961
Estonian basketball player and coach
Margus Metstak is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the center position.
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1961
American baseball player and coach
Wallace Keith Joyner is an American former professional baseball player. He played for four major league teams during a 16-year career, most notably for the California Angels, for whom he was an All-Star. He was a…
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1962
South African-American actor
Arnold Vosloo is a South African and American actor. He began his career as a stage actor and starring in South African films like Boetie Gaan Border Toe (1984). After emigrating to the United States in the late 1980s,…
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1962
Hong Kong singer
Anthony Wong Yiu-ming is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He rose to prominence as the vocalist for the Cantopop duo Tat Ming Pair during the 1980s before embarking on a solo career. He also performed and collaborated with…
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1962
American wrestler
James Fullington, better known by his ring name The Sandman, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his run with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he developed into a smoking and…
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1963
American actor and singer
Danny Burstein is an American actor and singer. Known for his work on Broadway stage, he's received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a Drama League Award and two Drama Desk Awards, in addition to nominations…
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1964
Irish computer scientist and entrepreneur; co-founded HP Autonomy (died 2024)
Michael Richard Lynch was a British technology entrepreneur who co-founded Autonomy Corporation, Invoke Capital and Darktrace. He had various other roles, including in an advisory capacity.
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1965
American politician
Richard Stuart Madaleno Jr., commonly known as Rich Madaleno, is an American politician from Maryland. A Democrat, he was a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing the state's 18th district in Montgomery…
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1965
Australian surfer
Marco Jay Luciano "Mark" Occhilupo is an Australian professional surfer and winner of the 1999 ASP World title.
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1966
French rugby player
Olivier Roumat is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a number-eight, openside flanker and lock.
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1966
American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-created VeggieTales
Phillip Roger Vischer is an American filmmaker, animator, author, puppeteer, and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated video series VeggieTales alongside Mike Nawrocki. He provided the voice of Bob the Tomato,…
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1966
Czech javelin thrower and coach
Jan Železný is a Czech former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World and Olympic champion and holds the world record with a throw of 98.48 metres. Widely considered the greatest javelin…
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1966
Cypriot footballer
Charalambos Andreou is a Cypriot former international football striker.
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1967
German footballer and manager
Jürgen Norbert Klopp is a German football executive, former manager and player who is the Head of Global Soccer for Red Bull GmbH. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world.
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1967
American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
Adam Schmitt is a singer/songwriter from Urbana, Illinois. He recorded two albums, World So Bright and Illiterature with Reprise Records in the early 1990s. He recorded albums in his Mixolydian Studios, working with…
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1968
English lawyer and academic
Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the director of Liberty, a major advocacy group which promotes…
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1969
English-Welsh footballer and manager
Mark Geoffrey Crossley is a football coach and former Wales international footballer.
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1969
Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International
Younus AlGohar is a British co-founder of Messiah Foundation International, a spiritual organisation which advocates for Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi mystical teachings and claims he is the Messiah (Mahdi). He authored the…
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1970
American actor
Clifton Craig Collins Jr. is an American film and television actor. He is a Primetime Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Satellite Award, and four-time ALMA Award nominee, and a Screen Actors Guild Award winner.…
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1970
American soccer player and manager
Cobi N'Gai Jones is an American former professional soccer player and commentator. He is an analyst for MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. He has also been seen on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, Fox Sports, BeIN Sports, the…
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1970
American golfer
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles, two PGA…
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1970
American rapper and producer (died 1996)
Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black…
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1971
Brazilian guitarist
Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro is a Brazilian guitarist. He has been a member of several heavy metal bands, including Angra and Megadeth.
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1972
1972
American actor
Edward Carl Cibrian is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Cole Deschanel on the television series Sunset Beach and Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch.
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1973
Saint Lucian cricketer
Glenicia James is a Saint Lucian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in five One Day Internationals for the West Indies in 2003, all against Sri Lanka. She played domestic cricket for…
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1974
British-born Canadian-American actor
Joseph May is a British-born Canadian actor, who has appeared in television and film. He is best known for his role as Adam Moseby in Bugs, Andy Button in the television series Episodes, Paul who was the boyfriend of…
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1974
American basketball player and coach
Anthony Bernard Carter is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. He played college basketball for Saddleback College and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
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1975
Australian rugby league player and coach
Craig Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
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1977
English accountant and politician
Duncan John Hames is a Director of Policy at Transparency International UK and a former Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire from 2010 to 2015.…
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1977
American baseball player
Kerry Lee Wood is an American former baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first came to prominence as a 20-year-old…
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1977
Spanish-German actor
Daniel César Martín Brühl González is a German-Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and…
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1978
Lithuanian ice hockey player
Dainius Gintas Zubrus is a Lithuanian former professional ice hockey player. He played as forward in the National Hockey League (NHL), the first Lithuanian to have played 1,000 games in the NHL. Drafted 15th overall in…
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1978
Malaysian singer
Fish Leong Ching Yu is a Malaysian singer and actress. Having sold more than 20 million records to date, she has achieved popularity and success in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia.
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1978
American basketball player
Brandon Simone Armstrong is an American former professional basketball player. Born in San Francisco, California, he played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the…
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1980
German-English rugby player
Philip Derek Christophers is a former rugby union footballer, who played on the wing for Castres and, briefly, England.
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1980
New Zealand rugby league player and referee
Henry Edward Perenara is a New Zealand rugby league former referee and professional footballer who represented New Zealand. He played as a lock, though he could also play in the second-row. He is also the first NRL…
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1980
Austrian footballer
Martin Stranzl is an Austrian professional football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He played for German clubs 1860 Munich, Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach, as well as Russian club Spartak…
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1980
1980
German tennis player
Benjamin Becker is a German former professional tennis player. He is most known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open, in Agassi's last match as a professional player.
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1981
Canadian ice hockey player
Kevin Francesco Bieksa is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and television personality. As a defenceman, Bieksa started and played most of his career with the Vancouver Canucks and later played for the…
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1981
Canadian ice hockey player
Alexandre Giroux is a Canadian ice hockey forward. He last played for the Thetford Assurancia of the Quebec-based Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. He previously played in the National League (NL) with HC Ambrì-Piotta…
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1981
Norwegian violinist
Ola Kvernberg is a Norwegian jazz musician known for his virtuosic string swing violin playing and his international performances. He is the son of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and…
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1981
Peruvian footballer
Miguel Ángel Villalta Hurtado was a Peruvian footballer who played as a center back.
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1981
Danish model and actress
Lykke May Andersen is a Danish model. She is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was once assistant director of The Hole, an art gallery, in New York City.
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1982
Canadian model and actress
Melissa "Missy" Peregrym is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She is known for her roles as Haley Graham in the 2006 film Stick It; as Officer Andy McNally on the ABC and Global Television Network series…
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1982
Albanian footballer
Armend Sabit Dallku is a professional football coach and former player who is a current manager of Vushtrria. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Albania at under-21 and full international level, collecting 64…
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1983
1984
American writer and entertainer
Daniel Joseph Ryckert is an American Twitch streamer, podcaster, and former video game journalist. In 2011, Complex magazine named Ryckert one of the twenty-five "raddest" game journalists to follow on Twitter. Ryckert…
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1984
Scottish footballer
Steven Gordon Whittaker is a Scottish football coach and former professional player, currently serving as the assistant manager of Ayr United. Whittaker played as a defender, primarily at right-back.
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1984
Brazilian footballer
Rodrigo Defendi is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1986
Dutch footballer
Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson is a Dutch former professional footballer. He is the currently assistant trainer of Jong Ajax.
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1986
Uruguayan footballer
Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Estudiantes and the Uruguay national team.
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1986
American singer-songwriter and actress
Diana Nicole DeGarmo is an American singer. She rose to fame in 2004 as the runner-up of the third season of American Idol, releasing her debut studio album, Blue Skies, later that year. The following year, DeGarmo…
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1987
Norwegian footballer
Per Ciljan Skjelbred is a former Norwegian footballer who played as a midfielder. He has previously played for Hertha Berlin and Hamburger SV, and has been capped 43 times playing for Norway, but as of 2017, retired…
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1987
Belgian footballer
Christian Tshimanga Kabeya is a Belgian amateur footballer. He began his career at Aston Villa, playing in the 2004 FA Youth Cup final. He later moved on to AGOVV Apeldoorn in the Eerste Divisie (second) division of…
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1987
Canadian singer
Keshia Chanté Harper is a Canadian singer-songwriter, television host, actress and entrepreneur.
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1988
American football player
Jermaine Gresham is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning first-team…
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1988
Nigerian footballer
Odion Jude Ighalo is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
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1989
English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
John William Peter Newman is an English singer, songwriter, musician, DJ, and record producer. He first gained prominence for his single "Love Me Again" (2013), which peaked at number one on the UK singles chart, and…
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1990
English singer-songwriter
Joseph McElderry is an English singer and songwriter. He won the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Charts. He was…
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1991
South African rugby player
Siyamthanda "Siya" Kolisi, is a South African professional rugby union player who currently captains the South Africa national team. Having formerly played for the Stormers and Racing 92, he currently plays for Sharks…
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1991
Australian rugby league player
Matthew Moylan is a retired Australia international rugby league footballer.
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1991
German politician
Maik Herbert Brückner is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, he has represented Lower Saxony since 2025.
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1992
Russian swimmer
Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov is a retired Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic medalist. He is the former world record holder in the short course 100-metre individual medley, the current, World Cup record and Russian…
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1992
South Korean actor
Park Bo-gum is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained recognition for his work in film and television and is the youngest actor to be named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year twice. He is also the first…
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1993
1993
1994
Australian rugby league player
Euan Aitken is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower or centre for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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1995
New Zealand rugby Union player
Akira Ioane is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a flanker or number 8 for Hanazono Kintetsu Liners in the Japan Rugby League One competition. He previously played for Auckland in New Zealand's…
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1995
Singaporean swimmer
Joseph Isaac Schooling is a Singaporean former professional swimmer who specialised in butterfly, freestyle, and medley events. He was the gold medalist in the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Olympics, achieving Singapore's…
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1995
South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
Ki Hui-hyeon, known mononymously as Huihyeon and formerly known as Cathy, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She was best known as a member of the girl group DIA. In September 2022, Huihyeon…
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1995
Indian tennis player
Karman Kaur Thandi is an Indian professional tennis player. She is a former Indian number one in singles.
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1998
American football player
Justin Jamal Jefferson is an American professional football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers, where he won the 2020 College…
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1999
Malian footballer
Ibrahima Koné is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Almería, and the Mali national team.
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1999
American singer-songwriter
Snail Mail is the indie rock solo project of Lindsey Erin Jordan, an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. Originally from Ellicott City, Maryland, Jordan first performed as Snail Mail live in 2015 at the age of 15…
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1999
Canadian tennis player
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the WTA. Andreescu has won three singles titles, two on the WTA Tour, the 2019 Indian Wells Open,…
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2000
English-Australian rugby league player
Samuel Walker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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2002
Canadian actress
Anna Cathcart is a Canadian actress who began her career as a child actress, starring as Agent Olympia in the PBS Kids/TVOKids series Odd Squad (2016–2019) for which she won a Canadian Screen Award. Cathcart also played…
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2003
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