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Famous Birthdays on June 18
245 people
1269 – 1999
June 18 has seen 245 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1269 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1986 — Richard Gasquet
French tennis player
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Gasquet won the mixed doubles title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin, and an Olympic bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics, partnering Julien Benneteau
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7 in men's singles by the ATP, attained in July 2007
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His best performance in ATP Masters 1000 tournaments tournaments was runner-up finishes in Hamburg in 2005 and Toronto in 2006 and 2012
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Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet is a French former professional tennis player
Countess of Bar (died 1298)
Eleanor of England was the eldest surviving daughter of Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile.
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1269
Eleanor of Woodstock was an English princess and the duchess of Guelders and countess of Zutphen by marriage to Reginald II of Guelders. She was regent as the guardian of their minor son Reginald III from 1343 until…
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1318
Byzantine Emperor (died 1391)
John V Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1341 to 1391, with interruptions. His long reign was marked by constant civil war, the spread of the Black Death and several military defeats to the Ottoman…
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1332
Italian printer (died 1539)
Ottaviano Petrucci was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music printed from movable type. Actually, that…
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1466
Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (died 1592)
Bartolomeo Ammannati was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence, Italy. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino and closely imitated the style of Michelangelo.
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1511
Emperor Ōgimachi was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 17, 1557, to his abdication on December 17, 1586, corresponding to the transition between the…
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1517
Duchess of Viseu (died 1577)
Maria, Duchess of Viseu was an infanta of Portugal, the only daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and his third wife, Eleanor of Austria. A noted patron of the arts and buildings, Maria's personal wealth rivaled that…
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1521
Russian field marshal (died 1750)
Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy was a Russian field marshal, promoted in 1728. The son of Yuriy Trubetskoy, as a member of the House of Trubetskoy, he was a member of the inner circle of Tsar Peter I of Russia of the…
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1667
Spanish composer (died 1747)
Antoni de Literes, also known as Antonio de Literes or Antoni Literes Carrión, was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas. As with other national forms of baroque opera, Literes's stage works employ a wide variety of musical…
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1673
Italian cellist and composer (died 1726)
Antonio Maria Bononcini was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Bononcini.
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1677
French painter and educator (died 1809)
Joseph-Marie Vien was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791, before it was abolished during the French Revolution.
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1716
Czech violinist and composer (died 1757)
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann is considered the founding father of the Mannheim school, a composition style that his two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, continued. His…
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1717
Austrian-French pianist and composer (died 1831)
Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel was an Austrian composer, music publisher and piano builder of the Classical period. He grew up in Austria, and was educated there; in his mid-twenties he moved to France, and was based in…
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1757
Argentine lawyer and politician 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (died 1833)
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as the first Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 31 January 1814 to 9 January 1815, after having…
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1757
Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1822)
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Irish-born British statesman and…
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1769
English astronomer and merchant (died 1880)
William Lassell was an English merchant and astronomer. He is remembered for his improvements to the reflecting telescope and his ensuing discoveries of four planetary satellites.
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1799
Russian journalist and author (died 1891)
Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story, Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice. He also served in many official capacities, including the position of censor.
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1812
German general (died 1881)
Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen was a Bavarian general.
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1815
French daughter of Napoleon (died 1907)
Hélène Napoleone de Montholon was the reputed daughter of Napoleon by Albine de Montholon, wife of Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, and sister of Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville.
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1816
Nepali ruler (died 1877)
Jung Bahadur Rana,, was the Prime Minister of Nepal and the 1st maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski. He was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817–1877). His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daughter of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, the…
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1816
Mexican general and President (1880-1884) (died 1893)
José Manuel del Refugio González Flores was a Mexican general and liberal politician who served as the 35th President of Mexico from 1880 to 1884.
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1833
French philosopher and academic (died 1895)
Abbé Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie was professor of apologetics at the Institut Catholique in Paris, and writer on apologetic subjects.
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1834
American general and banker (died 1920)
William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the youngest son of William H. Seward, the United States Secretary of State under Abraham…
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1839
French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1922)
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was a French physician who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1907 for his discoveries of parasitic protozoans as causative agents of infectious diseases such as malaria and…
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1845
Austrian composer and critic (died 1914)
Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger was an Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher.
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1850
American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company (died 1926)
Edward Willis Scripps was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded the E. W. Scripps Company, today a diversified media conglomerate, as well as the United Press news service.…
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1854
American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (died 1930)
Henry Clay Folger Jr. was an American businessman who was president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New York, a collector of Shakespeareana, and co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library alongside his wife…
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1857
Scottish-English mathematician and academic (died 1942)
Andrew Russell Forsyth, FRS, FRSE was a British mathematician.
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1858
English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (died 1927)
Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason, better known as Hector Rason, was the seventh Premier of Western Australia.
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1858
American novelist and poet (died 1942)
Carolyn Wells was an American mystery author, poet, humorist, and children's writer. Over her career, she authored more than 170 books, spanning genres including detective fiction, poetry, humor, and young adult…
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1862
1863
Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (died 1957)
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the regent of the Kingdom of Hungary during the interwar period and most of World War II, from 1 March 1920 to 15 October 1944.
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1868
French mathematician and philosopher (died 1954)
Édouard Louis Emmanuel Julien Le Roy was a French philosopher and mathematician.
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1870
American painter and illustrator (died 1960)
James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1917…
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1877
Hungarian swimmer (died 1956)
Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics, winning the following medals:1900: silver, bronze
1904: gold
1906: gold, silver
1908: silver
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1881
Bulgarian compositor and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (died 1949)
Not to be confused with Grigor Dimitrov.
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1882
French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
Édouard Daladier was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, who was the Prime Minister of France in 1933, 1934 and again from 1938 to 1940.
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1884
English lieutenant and mountaineer (died 1924)
George Herbert Leigh-Mallory was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. He and his climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were reported…
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1886
American ornithologist and paleontologist (died 1978)
Frank Alexander Wetmore was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was also an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the…
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1886
Canadian businessman and politician (died 1956)
Joseph-Tancrède Labbé was a prominent Quebec politician and businessman. He was the father of media mogul François Labbé.
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1887
American actress (died 1986)
Sarah Blanche Sweet was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Throughout her career, Sweet appeared in 121 silent films and three sound films.
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1896
Finnish runner (died 1940)
Martti Bertil Marttelin was a long-distance runner from Finland, who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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1897
Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser (died 1989)
Vlasta Adele Vraz was a Czech American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser. She was director of American Relief for Czechoslovakia, and president of the Czechoslovak National Council of America. In 1949 she was…
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1900
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna.
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1901
1901
American musician (died 1980)
Louis Alter was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. At 13, he began playing piano in theaters showing silent films. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Stuart Mason.
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1902
Finnish decathlete (died 1980)
Paavo Ilmari Yrjölä, also known as the Bear of Hämeenkyrö, was a Finnish track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also competed in shot put and high jump at the…
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1902
American actress and singer (died 1965)
Jeanette Anna MacDonald was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy. During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feature films, four…
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1903
French author and poet (died 1923)
Raymond Radiguet was a French novelist and poet. His two novels, noted for their explicit themes and unique style and tone, were praised by many of the greatest writers of the time. He died unexpectedly at the age of…
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1903
1904
French conductor and composer (died 2003)
Manuel Rosenthal was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and the United States. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite a considerable…
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1904
Estonian composer and conductor (died 1982)
Eduard Tubin was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer.
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1905
Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author (died 1998)
Frithjof Schuon was a Swiss philosopher and spiritual leader, belonging to the Traditionalist School of Perennialism. He was the author of more than twenty works in French on metaphysics, spirituality, religion,…
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1907
American actor and game show host (died 1969)
Bud Collyer was an American radio actor, announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows Beat…
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1908
American-Canadian academic and politician (died 1997)
Stanley Howard Knowles was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 to 1984…
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1908
American actress (died 2003)
Nedra Volz was an American actress. On television, she portrayed Aunt Iola on All in the Family, Adelaide Brubaker on Diff'rent Strokes, Emma Tisdale on The Dukes of Hazzard, Pearl Sperling on The Fall Guy, and Winona…
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1908
American actor and singer (died 1979)
John Nicholas "Dick" Foran was an American actor and singer, known for his performances in Western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. He appeared in dozens of movies of every type during his…
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1910
1910
American singer, drummer, and bandleader (died 1995)
Ray McKinley was an American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader. He played drums and later led the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra in Europe. He also led the new Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956.
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1910
American decathlete (died 1974)
Glenn Edgar Morris was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He attended Colorado A&M — now known as Colorado State University — and…
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1912
Canadian soldier and surgeon (died 2005)
Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery.
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1913
American pianist and composer (died 1993)
Samuel Cohen, known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by…
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1913
American economist and journalist (died 1991)
Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist, journalist and author. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people.
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1913
Canadian playwright and producer (died 1995)
Françoise Loranger was a Canadian playwright, radio producer, theatrical writer and feminist. She was born in Saint-Hilaire.
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1913
American winemaker and philanthropist (died 2008)
Robert Gerald Mondavi was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi promoted labeling wines…
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1913
German mathematician (died 1943)
Paul Julius Oswald Teichmüller was a German mathematician. He made contributions to complex analysis, including the introduction of quasiconformal mappings and differential geometric methods into the study of Riemann…
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1913
American actor (died 1998)
Everett Eugene Grunz, known professionally as E. G. Marshall, was an American actor. One of the first group of actors selected for the new Actors Studio, Marshall, by 1948, had performed in major plays on Broadway.
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1914
Mexican poet (died 1982)
Efraín Huerta Roma was a Mexican poet and journalist. Born and raised in the state of Guanajuato, he moved to Mexico City initially to start a career in art. Unable to enter the Academy of San Carlos, he attended the…
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1914
1915
American author (died 2002)
Robert Kanigher was an American comic book writer and editor whose career spanned five decades. He was involved with the Wonder Woman franchise for over twenty years, taking over the scripting from creator William…
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1915
American mathematician (died 2009)
Alice Turner Schafer was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.
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1915
Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (died 2005)
Julio César Turbay Ayala was a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as the 26th president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982. He also held the positions of Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States.
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1916
American actor, singer, and director (died 1981)
Richard Allen Boone was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns, including his starring role in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel.
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1917
English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2002)
Jack Richard Horace Karnehm was a British snooker commentator, who was regularly heard on BBC television from 1978 until 1994, and a former amateur world champion at the game of English billiards. Karnehm was also a…
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1917
Danish painter and illustrator (died 2008)
Erik Ortvad was a painter and a creator of many drawings.
He debuted as a painter in 1935. He is mostly known for colorful surrealistic paintings..
He also created several hundred satiric drawings about the modern way…
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1917
West Prussia-born, English motor racing mechanic and race car constructor (died 1983)
Alf Francis was a motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor.
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1918
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Jerome Karle was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques.
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1918
Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)
Franco Modigliani was an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Carnegie Mellon University, and MIT…
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1918
Estonian actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
Jüri Järvet, born Georgi Kuznetsov, was an Estonian actor.
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1919
English actor and singer (died 2010)
Ian Gillett Carmichael was an English actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career that spanned seventy years. Born in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, he trained at the Royal…
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1920
Belgian author and academic (died 2020)
Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh, known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, was a Belgian writer.
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1920
1922
American basketball player and coach (died 2005)
George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the…
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1924
1925
American businessman and author (died 2001)
Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby was an American businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices.
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1926
American astronomer and cosmologist (died 2010)
Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age…
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1926
American journalist and author (died 2011)
Thomas Grey Wicker was an American journalist. He was best known as a political reporter and columnist for The New York Times for nearly three decades.
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1926
Hungarian-English actress (died 1998)
Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics, known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began acting in films in 1950, and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She acted in more than 40 American,…
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1927
English actor (died 1995)
Paul Clark Eddington was an English actor who played Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime…
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1927
Australian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Michael Howell Blakemore AO OBE was an Australian actor, writer and theatre director who also made some films. A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to win Tony…
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1928
American geneticist and academic (died 2006)
David Thoreson Lykken was a behavioral geneticist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. He is best known for his work on twin studies and lie detection.
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1928
German sociologist and philosopher (died 2026)
Jürgen Habermas was a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addressed communicative rationality and the public sphere. He held professorships at Heidelberg…
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1929
Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2015)
Tibor "Ted" Rubin was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a…
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1929
Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, also known by his initials FHC, is a Brazilian sociologist, professor, and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003. He was the first…
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1931
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Dudley Robert Herschbach is an American chemist at Harvard University. He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical…
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1932
English poet and academic (died 2016)
Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University. Hill has been considered to be among…
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1932
Australian composer and conductor (died 2018)
Colin James Brumby was an Australian composer and conductor.
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1933
American singer (died 2025)
Charles James Hunt was an American soul and northern soul singer, and a 2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as a member of famed R&B group the Flamingos.
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1933
English general (died 2017)
General Sir Brian Leslie Graham Kenny, was a senior British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1990 until his retirement in 1993.
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1934
Japanese author and illustrator (died 2004)
Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a Japanese manga artist. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of manga and anime, his works have had a significant impact in the creation and…
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1934
Kenyan economist (died 1982)
Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He is a central figure of his son's memoir, Dreams from My Father (1995). Obama…
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1934
New Zealand race car driver (died 1992)
Denis Clive Hulme was a New Zealand racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1965 to 1974. Nicknamed "the Bear", Hulme won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1967 with Brabham, becoming the only New…
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1936
Surinamese politician, 6th President of Suriname (died 2025)
Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan was a Surinamese politician who served as President of Suriname between 1991 and 1996, and between 2000 and 2010.
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1936
American basketball player and coach
Delmer William Harris is an American basketball coach who is currently the vice president of the Texas Legends, the NBA G League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks. He served as a head coach for the NBA's Houston…
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1937
American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is an American retired politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a United States senator from West Virginia from 1985 to 2015 and governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985.
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1937
Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and historian (died 2006)
Bruce Graham Trigger was a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian. He was appointed the James McGill Professor at McGill University in 2001.
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1937
Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer, and a former head of Kherson Regional Council in Ukraine.
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1937
Australian footballer and coach
Kevin Joseph Murray MBE, commonly nicknamed "Bulldog", is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 333 games over 18 seasons.
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1938
1939
Canadian historian, author, and journalist
Jean-Claude Germain was a Canadian playwright, author, journalist and historian.
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1939
American businessman and politician
Anthony Brooks Firestone is an American businessman and politician.
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1939
French footballer and manager
Roger Léon Maurice Lemerre-Desprez is a French former professional football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of the French, Tunisian and Moroccan national teams. He also managed…
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1941
English director and screenwriter
Paul Mayersberg is an English writer and director and was the film critic for Movie magazine in the early 1960s and author of 1968 film book Hollywood, The Haunted House. He wrote several films for Nicholas Roeg before…
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1941
English chef and author
Delia Ann Smith is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a direct style. One of the best-known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers to…
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1941
1942
American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern…
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1942
English author and illustrator (died 2017)
Patricia Evelyn Hutchins was an English illustrator, writer of children's books, and broadcaster. She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for her book The Wind Blew. On screen, she was best…
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1942
South African politician and 2nd President of South Africa
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician and economist who served as the president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request of his party, the African National…
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1942
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.…
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1942
American record producer (died 2024)
Richard Van Perry was an American record producer. He began his musical career as a performer while attending Poly Prep, his high school in Brooklyn. After graduating from college he rose through the late 1960s and…
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1942
American bass player and producer (died 1980)
Carl Dean Radle was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. Radle is best remembered for his work with Eric Clapton from 1969 to 1979,…
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1942
1942
English actor (died 1997)
Barry Joseph Evans was an English actor. He was best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language.
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1943
Italian singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021)
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, known professionally as Raffaella Carrà and sometimes mononymously as Raffaella, was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model. Widely considered a pop culture…
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1943
Hungarian soprano and actress
Éva Marton is a Hungarian dramatic soprano, particularly known for her operatic portrayals of Puccini's Turandot and Tosca, and Wagnerian roles.
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1943
American broadcaster and political analyst
Bruce DuMont was an American syndicated radio political analyst and television presenter based in Chicago, Illinois. He was the host of Beyond the Beltway, a syndicated talk radio show that was airing on 14 stations…
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1944
American pop/country singer
Sandra Lou Posey was an American popular singer who enjoyed success in the 1960s with singles such as her 1966 recording of Martha Sharp's compositions "Born a Woman" and "Single Girl". She was often described as a…
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1944
English journalist and author (died 2010)
Russell Ash was the British author of the Top 10 of Everything series of books, as well as Great Wonders of the World, Incredible Comparisons and many other reference, art and humour titles, most notably his series of…
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1946
American wrestler (died 1988)
Frank Donald Goodish was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody. He also worked as King Kong Brody, the Masked Marauder, and Red River Jack. Over the years Brody…
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1946
Italian footballer and manager
Fabio Capello is an Italian former professional football manager and player.
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1946
Brazilian singer
Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"), she is "The Queen of Brazilian…
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1946
British automobile designer
Ian Gordon Murray is a South African and British former Formula One racing car designer, renowned firstly as lead designer for both the Brabham and McLaren Formula 1 racing teams, during 1969–1986 and 1987–1991…
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1946
Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967
Ivonne Coll Mendoza is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Puerto Rico 1967 and competed in the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but did not place. She later became an actress,…
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1947
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Bernard René Giraudeau was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.
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1947
Canadian actress
Linda Thorson is a Canadian actress known for playing Tara King in The Avengers (1968–69).
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1947
English actor
Philip Jackson is an English actor. He appeared as Chief Inspector Japp in both the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot and in BBC Radio dramatisations of Poirot stories; as Melvin "Dylan" Bottomley in Porridge;…
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1948
American academic, psychologist, and sociologist
Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist. She is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She obtained a BA in social studies and…
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1948
American author and illustrator
Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also…
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1949
Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
Jarosław Aleksander Kaczyński is a Polish politician. He co-founded the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2001 with his twin brother, Lech Kaczyński, and has served as its leader since 2003. He served as Prime Minister of…
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1949
Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (died 2010)
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was a Polish politician who served as the 4th president of Poland from 2005 to 2010, when he died in the Smolensk air disaster. Earlier he served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 to 2005.…
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1949
Welsh drummer and producer (died 2014)
Roderick Morris Buckenham de'Ath was a Welsh musician, best known for his role as drummer with Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher in the 1970s.
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1950
German hurdler
Annelie Ehrhardt was an East German hurdler. She won the gold medal in the inaugural 100 metre hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany, setting a new world record, and becoming the first…
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1950
American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture
Michael Owen Johanns is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 2009 to 2015. He served as the 38th governor of Nebraska from 1999 until 2005, and was chair of the…
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1950
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Jackie Leven was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician. After starting his career as a folk musician in the late 1960s, he first found success with new wave band Doll by Doll. He later recorded as a solo artist,…
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1950
Kuwaiti journalist and politician
Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager is a Kuwaiti journalist, businessman, and politician.
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1951
American actress and comedian
Miriam Flynn is an American voice and character actress. She is best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon's Vacation films and Grandma Longneck in The Land Before Time franchises. She has acted in several…
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1951
English-Welsh journalist and academic
Ian Richard Hargreaves CBE is professor emeritus at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
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1951
Australian botanist and academic
Stephen Donald Hopper is a Western Australian botanist. He graduated in biology, specialising in conservation biology and vascular plants. Hopper has written eight books, and has over 200 publications to his name. He…
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1951
1951
1952
Canadian ice hockey player
Denis Bernard Herron is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Kansas City Scouts, and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League from 1972 to 1985. He won the…
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1952
American actress
Carolyn Kane is an American actress and comedian. She gained recognition for her role in Hester Street (1975), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She became known in the 1970s and 1980s…
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1952
Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian-American actress and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure…
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1952
South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
Lee Soo-man is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational entertainment company based in Seoul. He has also been referred to as the…
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1952
1953
1955
American actor and producer
Brian Edward Benben is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series Dream On (1990–1996), and also known as Sheldon Wallace on ABC medical drama Private Practice…
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1956
English organist and conductor (died 2015)
John Gavin Scott was an English organist and choirmaster who reached the highest levels of his profession on both sides of the Atlantic. He directed the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral in London from 1990 to 2004. He then…
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1956
Spanish footballer and manager
Miguel Ángel Lotina Oruechebarría is a Spanish professional manager and former footballer who played as a striker.
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1957
American novelist
Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the…
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1957
German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
Peter Altmaier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. He…
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1958
1958
American animation screenwriter and producer
Joseph Michael Ansolabehere is an American writer and producer. He is the co-creator of Recess and Lloyd in Space with partner and friend Paul Germain; they form the team Paul & Joe Productions. He also served as a…
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1959
American director and producer
Barbara Dana Broccoli is an American-British film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli held overall creative…
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1960
Canadian journalist
Steve Murphy is a Canadian news anchor. He is the former anchor of weekday editions of CTV News at 6:00 p.m. on the stations of CTV Atlantic.
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1960
1961
Venezuelan baseball player
Andrés José Padovani Galarraga is a Venezuelan former professional baseball first baseman who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Atlanta…
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1961
American novelist and poet
Angela Johnson is an American writer of children's books and poetry, with over 40 books to her credit since beginning her writing career in 1989. Her children's picture books are simple yet poetic stories about…
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1961
English singer-songwriter
Geneviève Alison Jane Ballard, formerly known as Alf, is an English singer-songwriter. Noted for her powerful bluesy contralto voice, she came to prominence as a member of the synth-pop duo Yazoo, but has since mainly…
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1961
American physicist and academic
Lisa Randall is an American theoretical physicist and Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. Her research includes the fundamental forces of nature and dimensions of space. She studies the…
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1962
American keyboard player and songwriter
Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recorded since 1990.
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1963
American football player
Bruce Bernard Smith is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the…
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1963
Iraqi commander (died 2003)
Uday Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician, militia leader, and businessman. He was the eldest son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah. He was known for his excessive cruelty, erratic…
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1964
American publicist and author (died 2013)
Patti Webster was an American entertainment publicist, author, and minister. As the CEO of W&W Public Relations, a company she founded in 1991, Webster represented notable recording artists, athletes, and actors,…
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1964
Canadian figure skater, choreographer, and sportscaster
Kurt Browning is a Canadian figure skater, choreographer and commentator. He is the first skater to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition. He is a four-time World Champion and Canadian national champion. He…
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1966
1966
American musician (died 2024)
John Michael Dexter Romweber II was an American rockabilly and roots rock musician from Carrboro, North Carolina. Dex was best known as one-half of the seminal two-piece Flat Duo Jets. He fronted the Dex Romweber Duo…
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1966
American sprinter
Clifton Campbell is an American former sprinter specializing in the 400 metres and an inaugural World Athletics Indoor Championships silver medallist in the relay. After winning the 1986 World U20 4 × 400 m title and…
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1967
German decathlete
Frank Müller is a retired male decathlete from Germany. He twice competed at the Summer Olympics for his native country. Müller set his personal best in the men's decathlon on 22 July 2000 in Salzgitter.
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1968
American journalist and author (died 2012)
Christopher Jon Largen was an American journalist, author, filmmaker, and social satirist. He was known for his work on health, public policy, and his activism against child abuse, and his contributions to independent…
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1969
English journalist
Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham is a British newscaster and a presenter on television and radio.
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1970
Slovak footballer
Ivan Kozák is a Slovak former professional footballer who played for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica, 1. FC Košice, MFK Ružomberok and German teams Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1. FC Union Berlin. He made 38 appearances for…
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1970
American director and producer
Gregory Charles Yaitanes is an American television and film director. He is also an angel investor in Twitter.
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1970
American actress and singer
Kerry Butler is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work in theater. She is best known for originating the roles of Barbara Maitland in Beetlejuice, Penny Pingleton in Hairspray, and Clio/Kira in…
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1971
English-Irish footballer and manager
Jason Wynne McAteer is a former professional footballer. His primary position was in midfield either in the centre or on the right flank, though he was also an able full-back. Born in England, he represented the…
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1971
American soul singer
Nathan Bartholomew Morris is an American singer, businessman, and a founding member of the vocal group Boyz II Men.
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1971
Welsh rugby referee and TV presenter
Nigel Owens, is a Welsh former international rugby union referee, who retired in December 2020 after a 23-year career. He previously held the world record for the most test matches refereed and was one of five…
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1971
1972
South African actor, director, and composer
Wikus du Toit is a South African producer, actor, comedian, composer, and director.
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1972
French actress
Julie Marion Depardieu is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful films.
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1973
American author and music critic
Stephen Thomas Erlewine is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of multiple artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a…
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1973
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His most recent album Long Way Home was released in 2024. He was born in New Hampshire and was inspired to create music after hearing an…
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1973
Austrian skier
Alexandra Meissnitzer is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines.
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1973
Australian rugby league player
Matt Parsons is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Country New South Wales representative prop, he played his club football in the NRL for the South Sydney…
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1973
Australian footballer and coach
Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a former Australian rules footballer and, after retirement, artist. He played for the Essendon Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and also…
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1973
Italian footballer and manager
Vincenzo Montella is an Italian football manager and former striker. He is the current head coach of the Turkey national football team.
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1974
Russian fencer and coach (died 2015)
Sergey Aleksandrovich Sharikov, also known as Serguei/Sergei Charikov, was a left-handed Russian Olympic champion sabre fencer. In the Olympics he won two gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal.
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1974
Belgian actress
Marie Gillain O.M.W. is a Belgian actress. She was nominated four times at the César Awards and three times at the Molière Awards.
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1975
Latvian footballer
Aleksandrs Koliņko is a Latvian professional football coach and a former player.
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1975
Canadian ice hockey player
Martin St. Louis is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted player, St. Louis played a total of 1,134…
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1975
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Blake Tollison Shelton is an American country singer, songwriter, and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin" from his self-titled debut album. "Austin" spent five weeks at number one…
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1976
Chinese table tennis player
Wang Liqin is a Chinese table tennis player. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. He holds three majors. He has been ranked #1 by…
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1978
American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Tara Platt is an American actress and author who has provided voices for dozens of English-language versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. Her notable roles in anime include Temari in…
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1978
Japanese voice actress and singer
Yumiko Kobayashi is a freelance Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture. She was formerly affiliated with Arts Vision until August 2007. She made her voice acting debut as Mita in Kirara while still in college in…
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1979
Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
Ivana Wong Yuen-chi is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her debut in 2005 with the self-titled EP Ivana. She is a four-time winner of the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Singer-songwriter Gold Award, and…
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1979
American football player
Antonio Ethan Gates Jr. is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 16-year career as a tight end for the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) from 2003 to…
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1980
1980
Australian runner
Craig Mottram is a former Australian long and middle-distance runner who specialised in the 5000 metre event.
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1980
Finnish ice hockey player
Antero Pertti Elias Niittymäki is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for TPS of the SM-liiga. He additionally played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers,…
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1980
American music executive
Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun is an American businessman, investor, former talent manager, and record executive. He is credited with having discovered and managed Canadian singer Justin Bieber in 2008 and signed American…
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1981
American-Australian rugby league player
Clint Newton is an American born and former international rugby league footballer who played as a second-row and lock. He played for the Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm and Penrith Panthers in the NRL, Hull Kingston…
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1981
Swiss footballer
Marco Streller is a Swiss former footballer who played as a striker and is best known for his years with FC Basel and the Switzerland national team. He was the sporting director of FC Basel from June 2017 until June…
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1981
French-Algerian footballer
Nadir Belhadj is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
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1982
Italian footballer
Marco Borriello is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1982
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Nathan Cavaleri is an Australian blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and a former child actor. He issued two albums as a solo artist, Jammin' with the Cats (1993) and Nathan (1994). He has been a member of…
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1982
Australian rugby league player
William Slater is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. Slater is the current coach of the Queensland Maroons, which he coached to victories in the 2022, 2023, and…
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1983
Australian rugby league player
Cameron Wayne Smith is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker, spending his entire career with the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has also been an…
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1983
Canadian rugby player
Nanyak Dala is a Canadian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he has played 14 tests for the Canadian national team. Dala currently plays for Castaway Wanderers RFC in the British Columbia Premiership and…
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1984
American baseball player
Christopher Brockett Coghlan is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Florida / Miami Marlins, Oakland Athletics, and Toronto Blue Jays.…
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1985
American animator and television producer
Alexander Hirsch is an American animator, director, writer, producer, and voice actor. He created the Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, and voiced its characters Grunkle Stan, Soos Ramirez, and…
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1985
1986
Scottish actor
Richard Madden is a Scottish actor. He was cast in his first role at age 11 and made his screen acting debut in 2000. He later began performing on stage whilst a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2007,…
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1986
Mexican footballer
Omar Arellano Riverón is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1987
1987
Greek footballer
Elini Dimoutsos is a former Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1988
1988
French-born Gabonese footballer
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Gabon national team.
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1989
American football player
Christopher Harris Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 12 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Kansas…
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1989
1990
Romanian gymnast
Sandra Raluca Izbașa is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics. She is also a winner of two Olympic…
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1990
American ice hockey player
Derek Kenneth Stepan is an American former professional ice hockey center who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Arizona Coyotes, Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes.…
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1990
American triple jumper
Christian Taylor is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump and has a personal record of 18.21 m, which ranks 2nd on the all-time list.
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1990
Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
Nir Tibor, known professionally by his stage name Dennis Lloyd, is an Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his 2016 hit single "Nevermind", which charted in…
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1993
Australian rugby player
Sean McMahon is an Australian rugby union player for Suntory Sungoliath in the Japanese Top League. His regular playing position is Flanker.
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1994
1994
Russian figure skater
Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun is a retired Russian figure skater. He is a three-time European medalist and four-time Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2012 JGP Final champion. Kovtun has successfully…
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1995
Croatian footballer
Alen Halilović is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.
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1996
Dutch figure skater
Niki Angeneta Wories is a Dutch figure skater. An eight-time Dutch national champion, she has won twelve senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.
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1996
1997
Australian rugby league player
Latrell Mitchell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has also represented both New South Wales in the State…
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1997
South Korean singer and actress
Choi Ye-won, known professionally as Arin (아린), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of South Korean girl group Oh My Girl.
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1999
American rapper
Michael Lamar White II, known professionally as Trippie Redd, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, he has contributed to the progression of emo rap and rage, a subgenre of trap…
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1999
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