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He joined the king for his first Italian campaign in 1515
Famous Birthdays on June 2
202 people
1305 – 2002
June 2 has seen 202 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1305 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1489 — Charles
Duke of Vendôme (died 1537)
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He participated in the northern campaigns against first the Holy Roman Empire and then England in 1521 and 1522 respectively
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Beginning his military career in the Italian Wars of Louis XII, he saw service at the crushing French victory of Agnadello in 1509 and the capture of Genoa in 1507
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With the death of the king in 1515, he continued his service under François
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Returning to France he traded his government of the capital for that of Picardie in 1519
ruler of Ilkhanate (died 1335)
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, also spelled Abusaid Bahador Khan, Abu Sa'id Behauder, was the ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire that encompassed the present day countries of Iran, Azerbaijan,…
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1305
Ferdinand I, also known as Ferrante, was king of Naples from 1458 to 1494.
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1423
Pope Leo XI, born Alessandro di Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 April 1605 to his death, on 27 April 1605. His pontificate is one of the briefest in history,…
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1535
Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (died 1628)
Rudolf Christian of Ostfriesland, Count of East Frisia, was count of East Frisia, and the second son of Enno III, Count of East Frisia and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. During his reign, foreign troops participating in the…
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1602
Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (died 1693)
Count Rutger von Ascheberg, also known as Roger von Ascheberg was a Swedish soldier born in Courland, an officer and civil servant who served as Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678,…
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1621
1621
2nd Earl of Clarendon (died 1709)
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, PC was an English aristocrat and politician. He held high office at the beginning of the reign of his brother-in-law, King James II.
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1638
English medical writer (died 1713)
William Salmon was an English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts. He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick". Salmon held an equivocal place in the medical community. He led apothecaries in opposing…
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1644
First Lady of the United States (died 1802)
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the…
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1731
American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (died 1815)
Jabez Bowen Sr. was an American shipper, slave trader and politician. He was a militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War, and served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and chief justice of the Rhode Island…
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1739
French philosopher and politician (died 1814)
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French writer, libertine, political activist, and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy, and pornography. His works…
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1740
Italian occultist and explorer (died 1795)
Giuseppe Balsamo, known by the alias Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, was an Italian occultist and confidence trickster.
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1743
American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1833)
John Randolph, commonly known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was an American planter, and a politician from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833, and the Senate from…
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1773
English-Australian explorer and politician (died 1850)
William Lawson, MLC was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician. In 1800, he migrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and from 1819, he served as the commandant of the Bathurst, New South Wales…
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1774
Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1896)
Daniel Pollen was an Irish-New Zealand politician who became the ninth premier of New Zealand, serving from 6 July 1875 to 15 February 1876.
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1813
Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (died 1905)
Gédéon Ouimet was a French-Canadian politician.
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1823
Pope Pius X was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 until his death in August 1914. He was known for opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, and for promoting liturgical reforms and Thomist…
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1835
Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia was a great-granddaughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and the wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, the elder.
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1838
English novelist and poet (died 1928)
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He…
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1840
French artist (died 1895)
Émile Munier was a French academic artist and student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
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1840
English composer and educator (died 1934)
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works…
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1857
Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
Karl Adolph Gjellerup was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian…
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1857
Swedish actress and manager (died 1935)
Concordia Cornelia Johanna Selander, née Hård, was a Swedish actress and theatre manager.
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1861
Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1942)
Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.
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1863
English cricketer (died 1901)
George Alfred Lohmann was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Statistically, he holds the lowest lifetime Test bowling average among bowlers with more than fifteen wickets and he…
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1865
Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (died 1960)
Adelaide Casely-Hayford, was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, activist of cultural nationalism, teacher, fiction writer, and feminist. Her commitment to public service led her to improving the conditions of black men and…
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1865
American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
John Joseph O'Connor, also known as Peach Pie, was an American catcher, outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball in the American Association, the National League, and the American League, primarily used as…
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1866
American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (died 1973)
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and businessman, philanthropist, a co-owner of General Motors, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan.
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1875
English violinist and bandleader (died 1912)
Wallace Henry Hartley was an English violinist, who became best known for his actions during the sinking of the Titanic. The bandleader on the Titanic during its maiden voyage, he led the eight-member band in various…
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1878
American golfer (died 1971)
Walter Eugene Egan was an American golfer who competed in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
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1881
American lawyer and judge (died 1969)
Thurman Wesley Arnold was an American lawyer best known for his trust-busting campaign as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Department of Justice from…
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1891
Japanese admiral and pilot (died 1945)
Takijirō Ōnishi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who came to be known as the father of the kamikaze.
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1891
Irish Republican (died 1982)
Mary Eva Comerford was an Irish republican from County Wexford. As a member of Cumann na mBan she witnessed the events of 1916 to 1923 and took an active part in the Irish War of Independence. She opposed the…
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1893
German animator and director (died 1981)
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length animated…
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1899
American environmentalist and photographer (died 1980)
Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer and writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930–1980. He is perhaps best known for…
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1899
English painter and educator (died 1974)
Frank Runacres was an English painter who worked in both watercolours and oil. He studied at Saint Martin's School of Art, at the Slade School of Fine Arts, and at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Rothenstein…
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1904
Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (died 1984)
Johnny Weissmuller was a Hungarian-born German American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He has one of the best competitive-swimming records of the 20th century. He set world records alongside winning five…
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1904
American journalist and author (died 1998)
Dorothy West was an American novelist, short-story writer, and magazine editor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated black art, literature, and music. She was…
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1907
English poet and publisher (died 1987)
Rudolf John Frederick Lehmann was an English publisher, poet and man of letters. He founded the periodicals New Writing and The London Magazine, and the publishing house of John Lehmann Limited.
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1907
American sprinter (died 1990)
Hector "Hec" Monroe Dyer was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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1910
American runner (died 2002)
Joseph Paul McCluskey was an American track and field athlete. During his running career, he won 27 national titles in various distance events and captured the steeplechase title a record nine times in a 13-year period.
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1911
English author (died 1980)
Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was an English novelist. In the 1950s, she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958). After a period of rejection…
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1913
1913
Romanian spy (died 1992)
Alexandru Nicolschi was a Romanian communist activist, Soviet agent and officer, and Securitate chief under the Communist regime. Active until 1961, he was one of the most recognizable leaders of violent political…
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1915
German photographer and director (died 2006)
Heinz Sielmann was a German wildlife photographer, biologist, zoologist and documentary filmmaker.
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1917
Canadian-American illustrator (died 1997)
Ruth Atkinson Ford, née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson, was an American cartoonist and pioneering female comic book writer-artist who created the long-running Marvel Comics character Millie the Model and…
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1918
American journalist and author (died 2011)
Kathryn Tucker Windham was an American storyteller, author, photographer, folklorist, and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama, and grew up in nearby Thomasville.
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1918
American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (died 1969)
Frank Goad Clement was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1967. Inaugurated for the first time at age 32, he was the state's youngest and…
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1920
American-English actress (died 2014)
Yolande Donlan was an American-born British-based actress who worked extensively in the United Kingdom.
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1920
Polish-German author and critic (died 2013)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki was a Polish-born German literary critic and member of the informal literary association Gruppe 47. He was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary literary critics in the field of…
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1920
American businessman (died 2003)
Texas Earnest Schramm Jr. was an American professional football executive who was the original president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys franchise of the National Football League (NFL). Schramm, usually…
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1920
English screenwriter and producer (died 1998)
Johnny Speight was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British sitcoms.
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1920
American photographer and philanthropist (died 2009)
Betty Freeman was an American philanthropist and photographer. She had originally trained to be a concert pianist, practicing six to eight hours per day for twenty years, but eventually, by the mid-1960s, gave up this…
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1921
American trumpet player (died 1983)
Ernest Andrew Royal was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band recording The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).
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1921
Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)
Sir Sigmund Sternberg was a Hungarian-British philanthropist, interfaith campaigner, businessman and Labour Party donor.
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1921
Hungarian priest (died 2012)
András Szennay was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Budapest and ordained a priest on 19 November 1944. Szennay was appointed Abbot nullius and Archabbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey on…
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1921
Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2002)
Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for Muerte de un ciclista (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, and El puente…
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1922
Canadian-English actress (died 2002)
Carmen Blanche Silvera was a British actress. Born in Canada of Spanish descent, she moved to Coventry, England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on television regularly in the 1960s, and achieved…
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1922
American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Lloyd Stowell Shapley was an American mathematician and Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist. He contributed to the fields of mathematical economics and especially game theory. Shapley is generally considered one of…
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1923
Canadian journalist, author, and activist (died 2007)
June Rose Callwood, was a Canadian journalist, author and social activist. She wrote articles and columns written for national newspapers and magazines, including Maclean's and Chatelaine. She also founded a number of…
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1924
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (died 1977)
Chiyonoyama Masanobu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 41st yokozuna, between 1951 until 1959. He is regarded as the first "modern" yokozuna in that he was promoted…
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1926
Irish-American actor (died 2013)
Milo Donal O'Shea was an Irish actor. He received nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his breakthrough role of Leopold Bloom in Ulysses (1967), and was twice nominated for the Tony Award for…
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1926
American author, screenwriter, and animator (died 2013)
William Watts "Buck" Biggers was an American novelist and co-creator of the long-running animated television series Underdog.
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1927
English footballer (died 2013)
Colin Brittan was an English professional footballer who played for Bristol North Old Boys, Tottenham Hotspur and Bedford Town.
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1927
Hungarian singer (died 2014)
Erzsébet "Erzsi" Kovács DRH was a Hungarian pop singer and performer. After an attempt to escape to the west in 1951, she was arrested and imprisoned for three years. Afterwards, she resumed her singing career. She…
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1928
English footballer (died 1999)
Ronald Sidney Maurice Reynolds was an English goalkeeper whose career spanned nearly 20 years; he played 290 League games for three professional clubs, and for most of the 1950s played for Tottenham Hotspur, alongside…
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1928
American architect, author, and academic (died 2021)
Norton Juster was an American academic, architect, and writer. He was best known as an author of children's books, notably for The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) and The Dot and the Line (1963).
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1929
Australian tennis player (died 2007)
Kenneth Bruce McGregor was an Australian tennis player from Adelaide who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered…
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1929
American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 1999)
Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer, aviator, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 12 mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon.…
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1930
governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (died 2011)
Sasao H. Gouland was the governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia from 1990 to June 1996.
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1933
drag racer (died 1971)
Lew Russell Robinson, nicknamed "Sneaky Pete", was an American drag racer.
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1933
American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2003)
Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's…
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1935
Greek poet and educator (died 2021)
Dimitri Kitsikis was a Greek philosopher, Turkologist and Sinologist, as well as a professor of international relations and geopolitics. He also published poetry in French and Greek.
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1935
Ukrainian race walker (died 2021)
Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy was a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union. He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympic medals from 1960 to 1972 and…
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1936
English lawyer and judge
Rosalyn Cohen Higgins, Lady Higgins, is a British judge who is the former president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She was the first female judge elected to the ICJ, and was elected to a three-year term…
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1937
American actress (died 2022)
Sally Clare Kellerman was an American actress whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best…
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1937
American singer-songwriter (died 2012)
James Jones was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. His biggest hits were "Handy Man" (1959) and "Good Timin'" (1960). According to Allmusic journalist Steve Huey, Jones sang "in a…
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1937
Canadian figure skater and choreographer
Robert Paul was a Canadian pair skater. He teamed up with Barbara Wagner in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national champions. After retiring from…
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1937
1937
English historian and author
Kevin Brownlow is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become interested in silent…
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1938
Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC was a Scottish judge and member of the Privy Council who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court.
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1938
American musician (died 1980)
Charles William Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as well as saxophone on the band's Billboard…
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1939
American golfer (died 2000)
John H. Schlee was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.
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1939
Constantine II was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.
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1940
American actor
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. is an American actor, active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s. Keach first distinguished himself in Off-Broadway productions and is a prominent figure in American theatre,…
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1941
1941
Swiss jazz pianist (died 2024)
Irène Schweizer was a Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist.
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1941
English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2021)
Charles Robert Watts was an English musician who was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021.
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1941
Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (died 2023)
Michael John Ahern was an Australian National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern became his…
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1942
1943
American actor and director
Charles Maurice Haid III is an American actor and television director, with notable work in both movies and television. He is best known for his portrayal of Officer Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues.
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1943
Italian cardinal
Crescenzio Sepe is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Naples from 2006 to 2020. He served in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001…
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1943
American actor (died 2004)
Robert Elliott was an American actor. He is known for his roles in the movies Animal House (1978), Flashpoint (1984) and Vixen Highway (2001). He died on December 25, 2004, in Tucson, Arizona.
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1944
American composer and conductor (died 2012)
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only…
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1944
English painter, sculptor, and photographer
Sir Richard Julian Long, is an English sculptor and one of the best-known British land artists.
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1945
American businesswoman and politician
Jane Ellen "Bonnie" Newman from North Hampton, New Hampshire is an American administrator and business executive. A Republican, she worked for Judd Gregg, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. Newman was also interim…
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1945
Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all music videos by the pop group ABBA, and came to international attention with his 1985 feature film My Life as a Dog,…
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1946
English serial killer (died 2020)
Peter William Sutcliffe, also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. Press reports dubbed him the…
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1946
American actor
Gerald Patrick Mathers is an American former actor best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963. He played the protagonist Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the…
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1948
English astronomer and physicist (died 2020)
Heather Anita Couper, was a British astronomer, broadcaster and science populariser.
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1949
American journalist and critic
Frank Hart Rich Jr. is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist, who held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011. He has also produced television series and documentaries for HBO.
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1949
Canadian actress and singer
Joanna Hall Gleason Sarandon is a Canadian-American actress and singer, known for her performances in theatrical musicals and plays, and on film and television.
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1950
Serbian footballer and manager (died 2021)
Momčilo "Moca" Vukotić was a Serbian football coach and player.
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1950
American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (died 2017)
Gilbert Baker was an American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag.
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1951
Dutch footballer and manager
Arnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. His older brother Gerrie, also a midfielder, won three European Cup titles with Ajax in the early 1970s. Mühren is among the few…
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1951
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Larry Clark Robinson is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, executive and player. His coaching career includes head coaching positions with the New Jersey Devils, as well as the Los Angeles Kings. For his play in the…
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1951
Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie, Lord Kinclaven was a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
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1951
American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the National Hockey League
Gary Bruce Bettman is an American sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice president and…
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1952
Norwegian saxophonist
Vidar Johansen is a Norwegian jazz musician, music arranger and composer.
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1953
American golfer
Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including one major championship, the 1982 Masters Tournament.
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1953
American philosopher, author, and academic
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, theologian, political activist, politician, social critic, and public intellectual. West was an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election and is…
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1953
American actor and producer
Dennis Dexter Haysbert is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles as President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24, baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret…
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1954
American comedian and actor
Dana Thomas Carvey is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, screenwriter and producer.
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1955
Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
Nandan Mohanrao Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur. He co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman of Infosys replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan, who were the co-chairs of the board, on 24 August 2017.…
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1955
Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Gopalaratnam Subramaniam, known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. He…
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1955
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Michael Steele is an American former musician, best known as the bassist for the Bangles. Under the name Micki Steele, she was a founding member of the Runaways but left in 1975, shortly before the band's major label…
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1955
Dutch race car driver
Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers is a Dutch racecar driver, most notable for winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans world endurance race, for Silk Cut Jaguar/TWR; after four seasons in Formula One racing, from 1979 through…
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1956
English footballer and manager
Mark Thomas Lawrenson is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best known for his time at Liverpool, during the 1980s. After a short career as a manager, he then became a radio, television and…
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1957
1958
Dutch photographer
Rineke Dijkstra HonFRPS is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam. Dijkstra has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, the 1999 Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize and…
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1959
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no wave scene as the singer and guitarist of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.
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1959
Russian runner
Olga Petrovna Bondarenko is a retired Russian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Volgograd and represented the Soviet Union…
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1960
English singer-songwriter and actor
Anthony Patrick Hadley is an English pop singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the new wave band Spandau Ballet and launched a solo career following the group's split in 1990. Hadley returned to the…
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1960
American race car driver and sportscaster
Kyle Eugene Petty is an American former stock car racing driver and current racing commentator. He is the son of racer Richard Petty, grandson of racer Lee Petty, and father of racer Adam Petty, who was killed in a…
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1960
South African-American runner and coach
Mark Plaatjes is a former marathon runner who was champion at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart.
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1962
Indian actor (died 2012)
Anand Abhyankar was an Indian actor who appeared in Marathi film, television and theatre. He starred in films such as Spandan (2012), Balgandharva (2011), Matichya Chuli (2006), Vaastav (1999) and Jis Desh Mein Ganga…
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1963
German director and screenwriter
Caroline Link is a German television and film director and screenwriter.
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1964
Australian cricketer and journalist
Mark Edward Waugh is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, after previously making his One Day International (ODI)…
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1965
Australian cricketer
Stephen Rodger Waugh is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Waugh is considered one of the greatest cricketers of all…
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1965
Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
Dayana M. Cadeau is a Haitian Canadian professional female bodybuilder.
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1966
American activist
Candace Gingrich is an American LGBT rights activist at the Human Rights Campaign. Candace is the half-sibling of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
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1966
Spanish singer-songwriter
Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito, better known as Pedro Guerra, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He originally performed under the name Pedro Manuel.
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1966
Australian politician
Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001.…
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1966
Dutch swimmer
Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze at…
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1966
Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
Remigija Nazarovienė is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. She won the Talence Decastar twice,…
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1967
American baseball player
William Michael Stanton is an American former left-handed relief pitcher who pitched for eight teams in Major League Baseball between 1989 and 2007. Stanton won the World Series in 1998, 1999, and 2000 as a member of…
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1967
British politician
Nadhim Zahawi is an Iraqi-born British politician who served in various ministerial positions under prime ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak from 2018 to 2023. He most recently served as…
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1967
Australian singer-songwriter
Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the…
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1968
American television host
Andrew Joseph Cohen is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. He is the host and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and Bravo's late night talk show, Watch What Happens…
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1968
American comedian and actor
Lester Green, known professionally as Beetlejuice, is an American comedian and actor. Green rose to prominence in 1999 due to his appearances on The Howard Stern Show, becoming a member of Stern's Wack Pack. He was…
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1968
American baseball player
Kurt Thomas Abbott is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) primarily as a shortstop and second baseman from 1993 to 2001.
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1969
Brazilian footballer
Paulo Sérgio Silvestre do Nascimento, commonly known as Paulo Sérgio, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. Whilst at German club Bayern Munich, he won the Champions League in 2001.
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1969
American tennis player, radio host, and author
David Wheaton is an American author, radio host, columnist, and former professional tennis player.
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1969
1970
Czech translator and politician
Kateřina Jacques is a Czech Green Party politician. She was elected to the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the June 2006 election, representing the Prague electoral district. Before the election…
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1971
American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
Wayne Alphonso Brady is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is a regular cast member on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway? He was the host of the…
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1972
American baseball player
Raúl Javier Ibañez is an American former professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) now serving as vice president of baseball development and special projects for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He…
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1972
American actor and screenwriter
Wentworth Earl Miller III is an American actor known for playing the role of Michael Scofield in Prison Break, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in…
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1972
Estonian footballer and manager
Marko Kristal is an Estonian football manager and former player. He is the assistant manager of Nõmme Kalju.
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1973
Dominican-American baseball player
Neifi Neftali Pérez is a Dominican former Major League baseball player. He was a switch hitter who threw right-handed. During his career, he played with the Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants,…
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1973
Russian-American chess player
Gata Rustemovich Kamsky is an American-French chess grandmaster and a five-time U.S. champion.
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1974
American mixed martial artist
Matt Serra is an American former professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion. He is the co-star of Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight and co-host of the…
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1974
American author
Salvatore Scibona is an American novelist. He has won awards for his novels as well as short stories, and was selected in 2010 as one of The New Yorker's "20 under 40: Fiction Writers to Watch". His work has been…
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1975
American basketball player
Earl Antoine Boykins is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the USC Trojans men's team. He played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for…
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1976
1976
Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, better known as Minotauro or Big Nog, is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former…
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1976
English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Timothy James Rice-Oxley is a British musician, best known for being the keyboardist, backing vocalist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Keane. In 2010, he formed a side-project, Mt. Desolation, with his Keane…
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1976
Estonian footballer
Teet Allas is a retired Estonian professional footballer. He played the position of defender.
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1977
American wrestler
Allen Neal Jones, better known by his ring name AJ Styles, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a talent scout. He is also best known for his tenures in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling…
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1977
American actor and producer
Zachary John Quinto is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Sylar, the primary antagonist from the science fiction drama series Heroes (2006–2010); Spock in the film Star Trek (2009) and its sequels Star Trek…
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1977
English actor
Dominic Edward Cooper is an English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse Custer on the AMC show Preacher (2016–2019) and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with appearances in…
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1978
1978
biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space
Yi So-yeon is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first South Korean to fly in space.
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1978
1978
Brazilian-American actress
Morena Silva de Vaz Setta Baccarin is an American actress. Known for her lead role as Mickey Fox in the CBS television series Sheriff Country since 2025, Baccarin has played multiple television and film roles. She…
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1979
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer born in Adelaide. From the age of 15 years she played bass guitar in her older sister Rebecca Boucher Burns…
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1979
Brazilian-American drummer
Fabrizio "Fab" Moretti is a Brazilian-American musician and visual artist best known as the drummer for American rock band The Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since 2001. A collaborative artist, he…
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1980
American basketball player
Bobby Simmons is an American former professional basketball player. During his NBA career, Simmons played for five NBA teams between 2001 and 2012. He won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 2005.
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1980
English rugby player
Richard David Skuse is a retired Rugby union prop who last played for the Saracens during the 2009–10 season.
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1980
American soccer player and coach
Mary Abigail Wambach is an American former soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, who played as a forward. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a…
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1980
Polish bass player and songwriter
Tomasz Wróblewski, stage name Orion, is a Polish musician, best known as the bassist for the extreme metal band Behemoth. Since 1997, he also is a member of symphonic black metal band Vesania as a lead vocalist and…
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1980
Russian tennis player
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching…
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1981
Taiwanese baseball player
Chin-Hui Tsao is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fuzhou Sea Knights of Chinese Professional Baseball. He is the second major league player, and the first major league pitcher from Taiwan. Like the…
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1981
Canadian actress
Jewel Belair Staite is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the series Firefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up movie Serenity (2005), and as Jennifer Keller on science fiction television series…
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1982
American ice hockey player
Christopher Robert Higgins is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the skills and development coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). While playing college…
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1983
Swiss skier
Toni Livers is a Swiss former cross-country skier. Livers began competing in 2000 and competed in the World Cup from 2003 to 2020. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was ninth in the 15…
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1983
New Zealand rugby league player
Jack Taualii Afamasaga, also known by the nickname of "Skuks", is a New Zealand former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for the Parramatta…
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1984
Australian-Tongan rugby league player
Feleti Sosefo Mateo is a former Tonga international rugby league footballer. He played a variety of positions from lock, second-row and five-eighth. Mateo was also selected to represent NSW City Origin and the NRL All…
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1984
American football player
Rhett Matthew Bomar is an American former professional football quarterback. He was selected by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma and…
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1985
Japanese voice actress and singer
Miyuki Sawashiro is a Japanese actress and narrator. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime/games including Beelzebub, Bishamon in Noragami, Petit Charat/Puchiko in Di Gi Charat, Mint in Galaxy Angel,…
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1985
Australian rugby league player
Todd Carney, also known by the nickname of "Toddy", is an Australian former professional rugby league player who played in the 2000s and 2010s.
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1986
Maltese politician
Clayton Bartolo is an accountant and registered auditor. He is a Maltese politician and former Minister for Tourism. He first entered politics as a councillor and later deputy mayor of the local council of Mellieħa. He…
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1987
South African netball player
Maryka Holtzhausen is a former South African netball player. She played in the positions of GA and WA. She was a member of the South Africa national netball team, and competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and…
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1987
French rugby player
Yoann Huget is a former French rugby union player. He played as a wing or fullback.
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1987
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Matthew Fredrick Bair, known professionally as Matthew Koma, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, and record producer. Songs written or co-written by Koma include "Spectrum", "Find You", and Grammy Award-winner…
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1987
Sri Lankan cricketer
Angelo Davis Mathews is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the national cricket team in all formats. Mathews retired from Test cricket in 2025. Mathews was a member of the team that won the 2014…
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1987
Indian actress
Sonakshi Sinha is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and series. The daughter of actors and politicians Poonam and Shatrughan Sinha, she has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list from 2012 to 2017, and…
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1987
Argentine footballer
Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo, also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest…
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1988
1988
Bulgarian canoeist
Staniliya Stamenova is a Bulgarian sprint canoer and former athletics competitor. She won the gold medal in the C-1 200 m event at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan and has won the gold in the same…
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1988
Australian cricketer
Steven Peter Devereux Smith is an Australian international cricketer, former captain of the Australian national team in all three formats of the game and since 2021, the vice-captain of the Australian Test team. He is…
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1989
Australian rules footballer
Dane Rampe is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously served as co-captain of the Swans from 2019 until the end of the 2023 season.
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1990
Swiss footballer
Pajtim Kasami is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Winterthur in the Swiss Super League.
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1992
Australian footballer
Adam Jake Taggart is an Australian soccer player who plays as a striker for A-League club Perth Glory, whom he captains, and the Australia national team.
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1993
Filipina singer-songwriter
Johanne Morissette Daug Amon is a Filipino singer and songwriter nicknamed in the press "Asia's Phoenix". She gained notice as a runner-up in TV5's Star Factor at age 14 and made her theatrical debut in 2012 as Mitchie…
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1996
American YouTuber
Scott the Woz is a gaming comedy review web series created by American YouTuber Scott Wozniak. It stars Wozniak, covering video game topics such as consoles, accessories, gaming history and subculture. Episodes are…
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1997
Australian rugby league player
Campbell Graham is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL and Australia at international level.
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1999
2000
Australian rules footballer
Kysaiah Klem Paul Kropinyeri-Pickett is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, he is 1.71 metres tall and weighs 73…
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2001
American actress
Madison Hu is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Frankie Wong on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, and for her previous recurring role as Marci on another Disney Channel series, Best Friends…
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2002
New Zealand rugby league player
Fonua Pole is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or lock forward for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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2002
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