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Karunanidhi has the record of never losing an election to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, having won 13 times since his first victory in 1957
Famous Birthdays on June 3
165 people
1139 – 2008
June 3 has seen 165 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1139 – 2008. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1924 — Karunanidhi
Indian screenwriter and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 2018)
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Muthuvel Karunanidhi, popularly known as Kalaignar, was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011
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He had the longest intermittent tenure as Chief Minister with 6,863 days in office
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Karunanidhi died on 7 August 2018 at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai after a series of prolonged, age-related illnesses.
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Before entering politics, he worked in the Tamil film industry as a screenwriter
1139
Italian noble (died 1463)
Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici was an Italian banker and patron of arts.
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1421
Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (died 1523)
Bogislaw X of Pomerania, the Great, was Duke of Pomerania from 1474 until his death in 1523.
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1454
Prince of Portugal (died 1554)
Dom João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal was a Portuguese infante (prince), the eighth child of King John III of Portugal and Catherine of Austria, daughter of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of Castile. As the…
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1537
Archduke of Austria (died 1590)
Charles II Francis of Austria was an Archduke of Austria and a ruler of Inner Austria from 1564. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
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1540
Italian noble (died 1604)
Pietro de' Medici was a Tuscan prince of the House of Medici as a son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
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1554
Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1649)
Giovanni Diodati or Deodati was a Genevan-born Italian Calvinist theologian and translator. His translation of the Bible into Italian from Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources became the reference version used by…
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1576
French playwright and composer (died 1688)
Philippe Quinault was a French dramatist and librettist.
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1635
1636
Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (died 1708)
David Gregory FRS was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and later Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, and a proponent of…
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1659
Italian physician, geologist, and botanist (died 1788)
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli was an Italian medical doctor and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire".
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1723
Scottish geologist and physician (died 1797)
James Hutton was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology," he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern…
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1726
German violinist and composer (died 1811)
Ignaz Fränzl was a German violinist, composer and representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim School. Mozart, who heard him at a concert in November 1777, wrote of him in a letter to his father: He…
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1736
Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (died 1820)
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine…
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1770
American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 - 1865 (died 1889)
Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, leading the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Before the war, he was a member of the Democratic Party who represented…
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1808
Princess Clémentine of Orléans was the sixth child and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French and Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria.
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1817
French general and politician, Governor of Senegal (died 1889)
Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.
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1818
Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1892)
Anton Maria Anderledy was a Swiss Jesuit, elected the twenty-third Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
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1819
Dutch painter (died 1891)
Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He painted marine landscapes in a free manner and is regarded as a forerunner of impressionism.
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1819
Danish writer (died 1903)
Anna Magdalene Thoresen, née Kragh was a Danish-Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is said to have inspired a number of other writers to model characters after her. Her stepdaughter,…
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1819
French pianist and composer (died 1918)
Alexandre Charles Lecocq was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870s and…
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1832
Frederik VIII was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912.
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1843
American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (died 1899)
Garret Augustus Hobart was the 24th vice president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899, under President William McKinley. A member of the Republican Party, Hobart was an influential New…
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1844
German poet and author (died 1909)
Baron Detlev von Liliencron born Friedrich Adolf Axel von Liliencron was a German poet and novelist from Kiel.
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1844
American painter and academic (died 1896)
Theodore Robinson was an American painter best known for his Impressionist landscapes. He was one of the first American artists to take up Impressionism in the late 1880s, visiting Giverny and developing a close…
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1852
English archaeologist and academic (died 1942)
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. He held the first…
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1853
German poet and playwright (died 1905)
Otto Erich Hartleben was a German poet and dramatist from Clausthal, known for his translation of Pierrot Lunaire.
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1864
American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company (died 1950)
Ransom Eli Olds was an American businessman and executive who was known as a pioneer of the American automotive industry, whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named after. He claimed to have built his first steam car…
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1864
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
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1865
English-American director and manager (died 1952)
George Howells Broadhurst was an Anglo-American theatre owner/manager, director, producer and playwright. His plays were most popular from the late 1890s into the 1920s.
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1866
German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in…
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1873
French painter and illustrator (died 1953)
Raoul Dufy was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement. He gained recognition for his vibrant and decorative style, which became popular in various forms, such as textile designs, and public building…
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1877
Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 1945)
Alla Aleksandrovna Nazimova was a Russian-born American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. Hailed by modern scholars as the "founding mother of Sapphic Hollywood," Nazimova was a celebrated nonconformist…
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1879
American biologist and botanist (died 1940)
Raymond Pearl was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Pearl was a prolific writer of academic books, papers and…
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1879
English footballer and soldier (died 1954)
Vivian John Woodward was an English footballer who enjoyed the peak of his career from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War. He played for Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
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1879
Russian painter and set designer (died 1964)
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art. He was founding member of two important artistic groups Knave…
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1881
Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1954)
Baburao Krishnarao Mestry, popularly known as Baburao Painter was an Indian filmmaker and artist. He was a man of many talents with proficiency in painting, sculpture, film production, photography, and mechanical…
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1890
American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
Lizzie Douglas, better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "When the…
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1897
Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)
Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist.
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1899
American astronomer and academic (died 1932)
Adelaide Ames was an American astronomer and research assistant at Harvard University. She was best known for her work on detailed surveys of the brightest extra-galactic spiral nebulae. She contributed to the study of…
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1900
German-Israeli geologist and academic (died 1997)
Leo Picard, was an Israeli geologist and an expert in the field of hydrogeology.
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1900
English actor (died 1989)
Maurice Herbert Evans was an English actor, noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. His best-known screen roles include Dr. Zaius in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes and Maurice on Bewitched.
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1901
Chinese general and warlord (died 2001)
Zhang Xueliang, also known by the epithet "Young Marshal" in contrast to his father "Old Marshal" Zhang Zuolin, was a Chinese general. He is best known for his role in the Xi'an Incident in 1936, in which he arrested…
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1901
American actor (died 1956)
Edward DeKalb Acuff was an American stage and film actor. He frequently was cast as a droll comic relief, in the support of the star. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. Beasley, the postman, in the Blondie…
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1903
American physician and surgeon (died 1950)
Charles Richard Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing…
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1904
American tenor and actor (died 1984)
Jan Peerce was an American operatic tenor. Peerce was an accomplished performer on the operatic and Broadway concert stages, in solo recitals, and as a recording artist. He is the father of film director Larry Peerce.
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1904
German SS officer (died 1946)
Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß, but best known as The Demon of Dachau was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until…
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1905
English economist, mathematician, and statistician (died 1983)
Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA was an English economist, mathematician and statistician, also member of the International Statistical Institute.
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1906
French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (died 1975)
Freda Josephine Baker, also spelled Joséphine Baker, was an American and French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first Black woman to star in a…
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1906
English cricketer and footballer (died 1968)
Robert Walter Vivian Robins was an English cricketer and cricket administrator, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. A right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break and googly bowler, he was known…
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1906
English director and producer (died 1984)
Paul Rotha was an English documentary film-maker, film historian and critic.
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1907
American actress and model (died 1990)
Paulette Goddard was an American actress and socialite. She was a prominent leading actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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1910
American actress and screenwriter (died 1999)
Ellen Hansen Corby was an American actress and screenwriter. She performed in over 200 films and television series from the 1930s to the 1990s. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series…
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1911
1913
Spanish physician and orthopedist (died 2009)
Ignacio Ponseti, also known as Ignasi Ponsetí i Vives, was a Spanish-American physician, specializing in orthopedics. He was born on 3 June 1914 in Menorca, part of the Balearic Islands, Spain, Ponseti was the son of a…
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1914
American actor (died 1969)
Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of street-wise city toughs known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and as adults, The Bowery Boys.…
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1917
English actor and producer (died 1996)
Edward Sydney Patrick Cargill was an English actor known for his television and film roles, including the lead role in the British television sitcom Father, Dear Father.
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1918
American burlesque dancer (died 1999)
Marie Frances Van Schaack, known professionally as Lili St. Cyr, was a prominent American burlesque dancer and stripper.
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1918
Australian pentathlete and coach (died 2016)
Forbes Carlile MBE was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach and later Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He remains the only person to…
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1921
French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Alain Resnais was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. His films frequently explore the relationship between consciousness, memory, and the imagination, and he was…
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1922
Russian mathematician and theorist (died 2017)
Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. Outside mathematics, he wrote books and articles that criticised socialism and…
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1923
Canadian-American actress (died 1991)
Colleen Rose Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles. She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on…
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1924
American singer and guitarist (died 1997)
Jay or James Arthur "Jimmy" Rogers was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s. He also had a solo career and…
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1924
Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Torsten Nils Wiesel is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the…
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1924
American actor (died 2010)
Tony Curtis was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles covering a wide range of genres.…
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1925
American poet (died 1997)
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat…
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1926
Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2015)
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian. Canada's first female foreign minister, she was also one of the first women to vie for leadership of a major Canadian political party, the Progressive…
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1926
American saxophonist and composer (died 2007)
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician. His 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" became the signature tune of The Benny Hill Show. Randolph was a prolific session musician and member of the Nashville…
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1927
American sculptor and painter (died 1994)
Donald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism. In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultimately achieving a rigorously democratic…
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1928
New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)
John Richard Reid was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Test matches. He was New Zealand's eighth Test captain and the first to achieve victory, both at home, against the West Indies in 1956, and…
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1928
Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of…
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1929
American game show host and producer (died 2017)
Charles Hirsch Barris was an American game show creator, producer, and host, author, and songwriter. A key crew member of several hugely successful television game shows, he was the creator of The Dating Game…
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1929
American author and poet (died 1999)
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover…
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1930
Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India (died 2019)
George Mathew Fernandes was an Indian politician, trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. A veteran socialist, he was a member of the Lok Sabha for…
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1930
founder of Trader Joe's (died 2020)
Joseph Hardin Coulombe was an American entrepreneur who founded the grocery store chain Trader Joe's in 1967 and served as its CEO until his retirement in 1988.
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1930
Algerian-French actress (died 2021)
Françoise Arnoul was a French actress who achieved popularity during the 1950s.
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1931
Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, and President of…
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1931
American philosopher and author
John Frederick Lange Jr. is an American writer who, as John Norman, has authored the Gor series of science fantasy novels. Norman was also a philosophy professor.
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1931
American runner and coach (died 2018)
Lindy John Remigino was an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.
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1931
Bahranian king (died 1999)
Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa was a Bahraini royal who served as the first Emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death in 1999.
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1931
American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. During a career spanning six decades, he wrote more than thirty…
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1936
New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2017)
Sir Colin Earl Meads was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches, most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.
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1936
French racing driver (died 2021)
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud was a French racing driver, noted for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.
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1937
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the Gentle Genius, he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious African-American…
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1942
American basketball player and coach
William John Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid for his leaping and record-setting rebounding abilities. He spent a total of 17 seasons with the…
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1943
American golfer and architect
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever…
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1945
Filipino singer, guitarist, and businessman, founded the Rajah Broadcasting Network
Ramón Pereyra Jacinto, best known as RJ Jacinto or the mononym RJ, is a Filipino businessman, musician and radio TV personality. He previously served as Undersecretary for Government Digital Broadcast Television and the…
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1945
Scottish actor
William Tulloch Paterson is a Scottish actor. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries.
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1945
American drummer (died 1993)
Michael Clarke was an American musician, best known as the drummer for rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1968. Clarke was later an original for country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969–1971) and rock group…
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1946
1946
1948
Belgian singer-songwriter
Frédéric François, is a French-speaking singer-composer living in Belgium.
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1950
American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)
Melissa Marie Mathison was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for the Tibetan independence movement. She wrote the screenplays for the films The Black Stallion (1979) and E.T. the…
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1950
American businessman
Lawrence Francis Probst III is an American businessman who was CEO of video game publisher Electronic Arts from 1991 until 2007, and executive chairman from 2013 to 2015. He continued as chairman of EA until 2021, when…
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1950
American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Susan Kay Quatro is an American-British singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of singles that found success in Europe and Australia, with both "Can the Can" (1973) and "Devil…
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1950
American educator, First Lady of the United States
Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator who served as the first lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025, as the second wife of Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. She was the second lady of…
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1951
American singer-songwriter
June Deniece Williams is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC.
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1951
1954
retired American judge, law school professor.
Louis H. Schiff is a retired American judge, attorney, professor, historian and author. He served as a Broward County Court Judge in Florida from 1997 to 2024, recognized for educational sentencing practices, judicial…
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1955
Scottish footballer and manager
George Elder Burley is a Scottish former football player and manager. He had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player, making 628 league appearances and earning 11 Scotland caps. His most successful spell…
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1956
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Danny Wilde is an American musician. He is a founding member of the alternative rock duo the Rembrandts, who are best known for the Friends theme song "I'll Be There for You".
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1956
1959
American politician, 47th Governor of Kansas
Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon and politician who was the 47th governor of Kansas from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018.…
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1960
first female Papua New Guinean judge (died 2016)
Catherine Anne Davani was a Papua New Guinean judge. She was the first female to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea from 2001 until her death.
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1960
Australian television host
Tracy Grimshaw is an Australian former journalist and television presenter.
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1960
Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Carl Gray Rackemann is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Test matches, 52 One Day Internationals and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979/80 to 1995/96.
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1960
American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at…
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1961
American gymnast
Peter Glen Vidmar is an American gymnast and two-time Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won gold in the team final and pommel horse, and silver in…
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1961
1961
English fashion designer, journalist, and author
Susannah Caroline Constantine is an English former TV fashion journalist, writer, style advisor, television presenter, author and clothes designer. Her second book, What Not to Wear, co-written with her fashion partner…
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1962
American guitarist and songwriter
Kerry Ray King is an American musician, best known for being the co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer. He co-founded the band with Jeff Hanneman in 1981 and is one of two members to stay with the…
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1964
English actor
James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the hit Fox thriller…
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1964
American bassist and vocalist
Michael Eliot Gordon is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker and author. He has…
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1965
Dutch swimmer
Hans Kroes is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best individual result in Los Angeles,…
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1965
British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Michael Kevin Moore is a British former Liberal Democrat politician.
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1965
American diplomat and government official (died 2024)
Tina Susan Kaidanow was an American diplomat and government official. She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs before moving to the United States Department of Defense. From…
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1965
Pakistani cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Wasim Akram is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He is often revered as The…
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1966
American singer-songwriter
William Rahr Callahan is an American singer-songwriter, who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four-track tape…
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1966
American journalist and author
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°. In addition to his duties at CNN, for two decades Cooper served as a…
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1967
Hungarian swimmer
Tamás Darnyi is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest medley swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games and was unbeaten in the individual medley…
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1967
1967
Japanese singer-songwriter
Takako Minekawa is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and writer.
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1969
1969
Japanese singer and actor
Hiroyuki Takami is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a member of the Japanese pop group access or AXS.
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1969
French actress
Julie Gayet is a French actress and film producer. She is also known for being the wife of the former President of France, François Hollande.
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1972
Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kelly Jones is a Welsh musician and a founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of the rock band Stereophonics.
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1974
Ukrainian international footballer and manager
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was most recently the manager of Ukraine.
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1974
Puerto Rican baseball player
José Benjamin Molina is a Puerto Rican professional baseball manager and former catcher who currently serves as the quality control coach for the Caliente de Durango of the Mexican League. He played in Major League…
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1975
American race car driver
James Christopher McMurray, nicknamed "Jamie Mac", is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and currently an analyst for NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on The CW. He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series on a…
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1976
1977
American baseball player
Travis Lee Hafner is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter and first baseman. A left-handed hitter, Hafner played for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland…
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1977
American singer-songwriter and producer
Chester Jermaine "Lyfe" Jennings is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music. The New York Times referred…
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1978
Welsh sprinter
Christian Sean Malcolm is a retired track and field athlete from Wales, who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.
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1979
Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition
Pierre Marcel Poilievre is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party and leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. First elected in 2004, he has been the member of Parliament (MP)…
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1979
1980
New Zealand rugby player
Sosene Raymond Anesi is a former rugby union footballer who played as a fullback and wing and currently the head coach of Romania's current champions CS Dinamo București.
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1981
Australian rugby league player
Sam Murphy is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback during the 2000s.
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1981
Russian pole vaulter
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist, three-times a World Champion, the current world record holder in the event, and is widely considered the greatest…
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1982
Italian skier
Manfred Mölgg is an Italian former World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
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1982
Italian footballer
Pasquale Foggia is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a left winger or attacking midfielder. A quick and creative player, he was predominantly known for his dribbling skills and his ability to…
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1983
Senegalese footballer
Papiss Demba Cissé is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cheshire Veterans Football League side Wythenshawe Vets Over-35s.
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1985
Polish footballer
Łukasz Piotr Piszczek is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played mainly as a right-back. He most recently managed I liga club GKS Tychy.
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1985
Dominican basketball player
Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso, nicknamed Big Al, is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time NBA All-Star and an NBA champion.
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1986
Kenyan runner
Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01. He made his first Olympic…
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1986
Spanish tennis player
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera, 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209…
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1986
Czech ice skater
Tomáš Verner is a former Czech figure skater. He is the 2008 European champion, a medalist at two other European Championships, and a ten-time Czech national champion. He has won six senior Grand Prix medals, including…
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1986
Japanese actress
Masami Nagasawa is a Japanese actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters, receiving multiple accolades, including five Japan Academy Film Prizes and four…
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1987
American swimmer
Kathryn Elise Hoff is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoff was known for the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events. She represented the United States…
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1989
English actress and model
Imogen Gay Poots is an English actress. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), Debbie Raymond in the Paul…
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1989
Dominican baseball player (died 2017)
Yordano Ventura Hernández was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Ventura made his MLB debut on September 17, 2013. Known as a power pitcher, his fastball…
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1991
Chinese actress
Dilraba Dilmurat is a Chinese actress, singer, and model. She is an ethnic Uyghur from Ürümqi, Xinjiang.
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1992
German footballer
Mario Götze is a German professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Although his favoured position is that of an attacking or central midfielder, he has also played as a winger or false…
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1992
American professional wrestler
Jade Cargill is an American professional wrestler. She has been signed to WWE since 2023, where she performs on the SmackDown brand. She is a former one-time WWE Women's Champion.
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1992
American basketball player
Otto Porter Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and he won an NBA championship when he played for the Golden State Warriors in…
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1993
American baseball player
Harrison Joseph Bader, nicknamed "Tots", is an American professional baseball center fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, New…
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1994
German actor
Louis Hofmann is a German actor. He first gained attention as the lead in the 2011 German film Tom Sawyer and won the Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a teenage German prisoner of war in the 2015…
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1997
English cricketer
Samuel Matthew Curran is an English cricketer who has played for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple T20 leagues.
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1998
Australian cricketer
Cameron Donald Green is an Australian international cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Australia and Western Australia. He is a right handed batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was a member of the…
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1999
Bulgarian politician
Dzhem Yamen Yamenov is a Bulgarian politician serving as a member of the National Assembly since 2024. He is the grandson of Hamdi Iliyazov.
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1999
Filipino singer-songwriter
Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, known professionally as Beabadoobee, is an English singer-songwriter. From 2018 to 2021, she released five extended plays (EPs) under the independent label Dirty Hit: Lice (2018), Patched Up…
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2000
American basketball player
Jalen Rashon Suggs is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. He was selected by the Magic…
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2001
Australian rugby league player
Tyrell Sloan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and winger for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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2002
French footballer
Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger forLigue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Known for his pace, agility and passing, he is…
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2005
Sutee Mcateer
Keilor Basketball Association Player
2008
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