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Ian White is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played over 500 games in the National Hockey League
Famous Birthdays on June 4
224 people
590 – 2021
June 4 has seen 224 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 590 – 2021. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1984 — Ian White
Canadian ice hockey player
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White was originally selected in the sixth round, 191st overall in the 2002 NHL Draft
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He returned to professional hockey in 2022 with the Columbus River Dragons of the Federal Prospects Hockey League
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On October 26, 2022, White was traded to the Motor City Rockers of the Federal Prospects Hockey League
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On January 23, 2023, White was signed to a standard player contract with the Norfolk Admirals the ECHL
590
Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (died 1430)
Philippa of England, also known as Philippa of Lancaster, was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1406 to 1430 by marriage to King Eric of the Kalmar Union. She was the daughter of King Henry IV of England by his…
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1394
1489
Scottish goldsmith (died 1624)
George Heriot was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist. He is chiefly remembered today as the founder of George Heriot's School, a large independent school in Edinburgh; his name has also been given to Heriot-Watt…
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1563
Italian daughter of Christina of Lorraine (died 1648)
Claudia de' Medici was by birth a Tuscan princess and by her marriage to Leopold V an archduchess of Austria and from 1632 until 1646 regent of the Austrian County of Tyrol during the minority of her son Ferdinand…
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1604
Canadian captain (died 1733)
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue was a French lieutenant and captain in the colonial regular troops, and seigneur of Châteauguay. Robutel de La Noue was born in Montreal, New France. He was the son of Claude Robutel de La…
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1665
French economist and physician (died 1774)
François Quesnay was a French economist and physician of the Physiocratic school. He is known for publishing the "Tableau économique" in 1758, which provided the foundations of the ideas of the Physiocrats. This was…
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1694
English inventor and businessman (died 1776)
Benjamin Huntsman was an English inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel.
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1704
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George…
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1738
Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (died 1780)
Major Patrick Ferguson was a British Army officer who designed the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the…
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1744
Argentinian soldier (died 1833)
Brigadier Miguel de Azcuénaga was an Argentine army officer and politician. Educated in Spain, at the University of Seville, Azcuénaga began his military career in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and became a…
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1754
Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach was an Austrian astronomer born in Pest, Hungary.
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1754
1787
English architect, designed Victoria Park (died 1871)
Sir James Pennethorne was a British architect and planner, particularly associated with buildings and parks in central London.
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1801
Russian poet and playwright (died 1897)
Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history. His love for ancient Greece and Rome, which he studied for much of his life, is…
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1821
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (died 1903)
Jinmaku Kyūgorō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Itō, Izumo Province. He was the sport's 12th yokozuna and one of its most important record keepers and historians.
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1829
1854
Canadian runner (died 1924)
Alexis Lapointe, known as Alexis le Trotteur was a Quebec athlete in the early 20th century who has become a legendary character of québécois folklore.
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1860
Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (died 1937)
William Bispham Propsting, CMG was an Australian lawyer and politician. He served as premier of Tasmania from 1903 to 1904. He was a member of the parliament of Tasmania for over 35 years and also served terms as…
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1861
Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)
Miina Sillanpää was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926–1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement. In 2016, the Finnish government…
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1866
Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland (died 1951)
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was a Finnish military commander and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as regent of Finland (1918–1919), as commander-in-chief…
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1867
American author (died 1942)
Nictzin Wilstone Dyalhis was an American chemist and short story writer who specialized in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He wrote as Nictzin Dyalhis. During his lifetime he attained a measure of celebrity…
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1873
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
Heinrich Otto Wieland was a German chemist. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the bile acids.
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1877
English author and illustrator (died 1964)
Mabel Lucie Attwell was a British illustrator and comics artist. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children. Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters, books and figurines.
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1879
American actress (died 1962)
Clara Blandick was an American character, film, stage and theater actress. She is best known to today's audiences as Aunt Em in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer classic film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). As a character…
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1880
Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina (died 1952)
Arturo Rawson was the provisional President of Argentina from June 4, 1943, to June 7, 1943.
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1885
German-American seismologist (died 1960)
Beno Gutenberg was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's…
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1889
Russian conductor (died 1988)
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory.
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1903
Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (died 1992)
Bhagat Puran Singh was an Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist. As a young man he decided to dedicate his life to humanitarian work, and in 1947, he established Pingalwara, a home for the sick and…
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1904
Haitian journalist and politician (died 1944)
Jacques Roumain Encarnación was a Haitian writer, politician, and Marxist. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. Langston Hughes translated some of Roumain's works, including…
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1907
American actress (died 1976)
Catherine Rosalind Russell was an American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter, and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday…
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1907
English poet and journalist (died 1990)
Winifred Emma May was a poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong. Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner…
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1907
English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
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1910
Danish sculptor and painter (died 1993)
Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen was a Danish sculptor and painter. The Danish Robert Award is named in his honor.
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1912
New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
Walter Arnold Hadlee was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry played cricket for New…
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1915
Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali (died 1977)
Modibo Keïta was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 by Moussa Traoré.
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1915
Swedish actor, singer, and director (died 1965)
Nils Kihlberg was a Swedish actor, singer and director known for En trallande jänta (1942), Bröderna Östermans huskors (1945) and Det är min musik (1942). He died on 2 April 1965 in Stockholm. Nils appeared in…
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1915
American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Robert Francis Furchgott was an American Nobel Prize winning biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems.
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1916
American politician and environmentalist, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (died 2005)
Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which…
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1916
Canadian painter (died 2014)
Fernand Leduc was a Canadian abstract expressionist painter and a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene in the 1940s and 1950s. During his 50-year career, Leduc participated in many exhibitions in Canada and…
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1916
American actor and singer (died 2004)
Robert Merrill was an American operatic baritone and actor, who was also active in the musical theatre circuit. He received the National Medal of Arts in 1993.
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1917
Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (died 2006)
Milan Komar, also known as Emilio Komar was a Slovene Argentine Catholic philosopher and essayist.
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1921
American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Robert Francis Wanzer was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire professional career for the Rochester…
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1921
English-Australian author and academic (died 2007)
Monica Elizabeth Jolley was an English-born Australian writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s and forged an illustrious literary career there. She was 53 when her first book was published, and she…
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1923
Korean-Japanese karateka (died 1994)
Masutatsu Ōyama, commonly known outside Japan as Mas Oyama, was a Korean-Japanese karateka. He was the founder of Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate.
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1923
1923
Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (died 1999)
Tofilau Eti Alesana was a Samoan politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Samoa from 1982 to 1985, and again from 1988 until his resignation in 1998.
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1924
American actor and director (died 2006)
Billy Dennis Weaver was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most famous…
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1924
Spanish footballer (died 2013)
Antonio Puchades Casanova was a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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1925
American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (died 1958)
Robert Earl Hughes was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 pounds (486 kg). He remains the heaviest human in the world able to walk without the need of…
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1926
Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
Ain Kaalep was an Estonian poet, playwright, literary critic and translator.
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1926
German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)
Judith Malina was an American actress, director and writer. With her husband Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prominence in New York City and Paris…
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1926
Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was…
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1927
English actor (died 2020)
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was an English actor. His roles in British television sitcoms include Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983) and Lionel…
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1927
German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor (died 2024)
Karola Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host.
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1928
Greek lawyer and politician, 5th President of Greece (died 2021)
Karolos Papoulias was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015.
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1929
English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (died 2017)
Air Vice Marshal George Arthur Chesworth was a senior Royal Air Force officer and Lord Lieutenant of Moray.
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1930
American singer and actress (died 2018)
Maria Grazia Morgana Messina, better known as Morgana King, was an American jazz singer and actress. She began a professional singing career at sixteen years old. In her twenties, she was singing at a Greenwich Village…
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1930
Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was the coach of the Soviet…
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1930
Austrian-Australian biologist and academic
Sir Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal is an Austrian-born Australian research biologist. He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.
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1931
American actor (died 2004)
John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel. He was the father of four children,…
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1932
American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded as one of the most significant…
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1932
New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.
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1932
Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Dame Monica Jessie Dacon is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines former schoolteacher, educator and politician. She is the widow of parliamentarian St. Clair Dacon.
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1934
Kenyan-British conservationist and author (died 2018)
Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, was a Kenyan of South African descent, author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild for over 30…
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1934
Canadian soprano and actress
Colette Boky ,
is a French-Canadian operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric roles in the French, Italian, and German repertories.
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1935
Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)
Berhanu Dinka was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades, during which he held a number of senior portfolios in the Ethiopian Foreign Service, including as the first…
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1935
American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (died 2015)
John Vincent "Vince" Camuto was an American women's footwear designer and shoe industry executive, best known for co-founding the women's fashion brand Nine West. Following the 1999 sale of Nine West to Jones Apparel…
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1936
American actor
Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013) and the Silver Bear for Best Actor for That Championship Season…
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1936
American singer and guitarist (died 2006)
Freddy Fender was an American Country and Tejano singer, of Mexican descent, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. His signature sound fused country, rock, swamp…
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1937
American wrestler (died 1999)
Robert James "Gino" Marella, better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play commentator, and booker.
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1937
Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties
Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman is a Canadian—American billionaire media proprietor, magazine editor, and investor. He is the co-founder, executive chairman and former CEO of Boston Properties, one of the largest real…
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1937
Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)
John Harvard was a Canadian journalist and politician. He served as a federal Member of Parliament (MP) from 1988 to 2004, and was appointed the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba just before Canada's 2004 federal…
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1938
American baseball player
Arthur Mahaffey Jr. is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the National League (NL) Philadelphia Phillies (1960–1965) and St. Louis Cardinals (1966).…
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1938
11th Marquess of Sligo, Anglo-Irish peer (died 2014)
Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, styled Earl of Altamont until 1991, was an Irish hereditary peer and businessman. On the death of his father, he was entitled to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of the…
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1939
Canadian civil servant and politician
Denis de Belleval is a former politician and administrator in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1982 and was a cabinet minister in the…
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1939
American director and producer (died 2008)
Henri Pachard, Jackson St. Louis and Crystal Blue were the pseudonyms of the American film director Ron Sullivan .
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1939
Scottish journalist and politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Sir George Newlands Reid was a Scottish politician and journalist who served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was a Member of the…
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1939
Slovak-Austrian bishop
Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B. was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Linz, Austria from 2005–2015.
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1940
Australian playwright and screenwriter
Kenneth Graham Ross is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist best known for writing the 1978 stage play Breaker Morant, that was based on the life of Australian soldier Harry "Breaker" Morant.
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1941
American mountaineer
Louis French Reichardt is a noted American neuroscientist and mountaineer, the first American to summit both Everest and K2. He was also director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, the largest…
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1942
1942
Australian radio and television host
John Richard Burgess is an Australian radio and television personality and host. He is often referred to as "Burgo" and sometimes "Baby John Burgess" or "Baby John", nicknames deriving from his radio days when he was…
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1943
American golfer
Sandra Jane Haynie is an American former professional golfer on the LPGA Tour starting in 1961. She won four major championships, 42 LPGA Tour career events, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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1943
1943
Scottish saxophonist and songwriter
Roger Ball is a Scottish saxophonist, keyboardist, songwriter and arranger. He was a founding member of the Average White Band (AWB).
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1944
American singer-songwriter and actress
Holly Michelle Phillips is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Described by Time magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music", she rose to fame in the mid-1960s with the folk rock vocal group the Mamas & the…
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1944
American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
Anthony Braxton is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto sax. He grew up on the South Side of…
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1945
English rower and coach (died 2015)
Daniel "Dan" Topolski was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. He studied at the University of Oxford where he represented the Blue boat twice, in 1967 and 1968. In 1977, he won a…
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1945
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller was a Scottish guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the no. 1 million-selling single "A World…
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1945
Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
Viktor Klima is a retired Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). He served as Chancellor of Austria from 1997 to 2000.
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1947
English jockey
Robert Champion is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph, while recovering from cancer, was made into the 1984 film Champions, with John Hurt portraying Champion. The…
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1948
Canadian golfer and sportscaster
Sandra Post, is a retired professional golfer, the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour. In 1968 at age 20 in her rookie professional year, she won a women's major – the LPGA Championship, and was the youngest player…
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1948
German footballer and manager
Jürgen Sparwasser is a retired German football player and, later, briefly a football manager.
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1948
Canadian actor
Gabriel Arcand is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.
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1949
American lawyer and politician
Mark B. Cohen is a Democratic politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented District 202 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from June 10, 1974, until his defeat for reelection in the Democratic…
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1949
Canadian bishop (died 2012)
Raymond Dumais was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.
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1950
American author
Leigh Kennedy is an American science fiction writer who has lived in the United Kingdom since 1985.
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1951
Polish runner (died 1981)
Bronisław Malinowski was a Polish track and field athlete, who is best known for winning a gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase race during the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union and the silver four…
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1951
English journalist and author
Melanie Phillips is a British public commentator. She began her career writing for The Guardian and New Statesman. She currently writes for The Times, The Jerusalem Post, the Jewish News Syndicate and The Jewish…
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1951
American author and illustrator
Wendy Pini and Richard Pini are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known as WaRP.
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1951
1951
Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1999–2023) (died 2024)
Lyle Eldon Stewart was a Canadian provincial politician. A member of the Saskatchewan Party, he served six terms in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
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1951
Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
Bronisław Maria Komorowski is a Polish politician and historian who served as the 5th president of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski previously served as Marshal of the Sejm from 2007 to 2010 and in this position…
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1952
Zimbabwean author and poet (died 1987)
Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet. His short career produced a book of stories, two novels, a book of plays, prose, and poetry, and a collection of poetry. His first…
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1952
American journalist and politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
Linda Lingle is an American politician and publisher who served as the sixth governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1959,…
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1953
Scottish musician and songwriter (died 1979)
James McCulloch was a Scottish musician best known for playing lead guitar and bass as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glasgow psychedelic band One in a Million,…
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1953
Japanese businessman, founded Huser
Susumu Ojima is a Japanese entrepreneur who was a founder and chairman of Huser Co., Ltd.
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1953
English guitarist and producer (died 2002)
Paul Samson was an English guitarist, closely associated with the new wave of British heavy metal.
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1953
English saxophonist and composer (died 2014)
Raphael Ravenscroft was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song "Baker Street".
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1954
Japanese actor and voice actor
Kazuhiro Yamaji is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company. He has been married to Romi Park since 2020.
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1954
Scottish author
Valarie McDermid is a Scottish crime writer of over 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violence. Her books have received numerous…
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1955
American singer and actress
Mary Testa is an American stage and film actress. She is a three-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town (1998), 42nd Street (2001) and Oklahoma (2019).
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1955
American actor
Keith David Williams is an American actor and singer. He is mostly known for his bass voice and screen presence in over 400 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media.
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1956
American journalist and author
John Charles Hockenberry is an American journalist and author. He has reported from all over the world, on a wide variety of stories in several mediums for more than three decades. He has written dozens of magazine and…
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1956
American baseball player and manager
Terrence Edward Kennedy is an American former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1978–1980), San Diego Padres (1981–1986), Baltimore Orioles (1987–1988) and San Francisco Giants…
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1956
American author and poet
Joyce Sidman is an American children's writer. She was a runner-up for the 2011 Newbery Medal, and won the Sibert Medal in 2019.
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1956
Scottish footballer
Neil McNab is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1957
Bolivian runner
Juan Rodrigo Camacho is a retired male long-distance runner from Bolivia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He set his personal best (2:17.49) in the men's…
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1959
Greek politician, 21st Greek Minister for Culture
Georgios Voulgarakis is a Greek politician and the former Minister for Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy.
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1959
Indian businessman and Chairman of Reliance Infrastructure
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian businessman, chairman, and managing director of Reliance Group. The Reliance Group was created in July 2006 following a demerger from Reliance Industries Limited. He led several listed…
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1959
Serbian footballer and manager
Miloš Đelmaš is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1960
American author
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream.
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1960
American guitarist and keyboard player
Paul Taylor, formerly credited as Paul Horowitz, is an American musician, who is best known as the keyboardist/guitarist for the hard rock band Winger. Although he is perhaps most frequently associated with Winger,…
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1960
English television presenter, comedian, singer and former footballer
Bradley John Walsh is an English actor, television presenter, comedian, singer, and former professional footballer.
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1960
American singer-songwriter and producer
Eldra "El" Patrick DeBarge is an American singer, songwriter and musician.
He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBarge include "Time Will Reveal", "Who's…
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1961
Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
Ferenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian entrepreneur and retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he held the position of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports between 2003 and…
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1961
Polish race car driver
Krzysztof Wiesław Hołowczyc is a Polish rally driver. He won the Polish Rally Championship in 1995, 1996 and 1999 and the European Rally Championship in 1997. He was also member of European Parliament (2007–2009) from…
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1962
Polish cyclist
Zenon Jaskuła is a Polish former professional racing cyclist from Śrem, who was active in the 1990s. He won stage 16 and finished third overall in the 1993 Tour de France. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988…
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1962
American singer-songwriter and pastor
John Prince Kee is an American gospel singer and pastor.
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1962
1962
New Zealand rugby union player
Sean Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick is a New Zealand former rugby union player.
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1963
American football player and sportscaster
James Michael Lachey is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders, and Washington…
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1963
American basketball player and coach
Xavier Maurice McDaniel, nicknamed "X-Man", is an American former professional basketball player who, at 6 ft 7 in, played both small forward and power forward. He played college basketball for the Wichita State…
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1963
English actor
Sean Carl Roland Pertwee is an English actor, narrator and producer. His credits include Chancer (1990), Leon the Pig Farmer (1992), Cadfael (1994), Bodyguards (1997), Event Horizon (1997), Stiff Upper Lips (1998),…
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1964
Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
Kōji Yamamura is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and…
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1964
Australian motorcycle racer
Michael Sydney Doohan is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.
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1965
American tennis player and preacher
Andrea Jaeger is an American former professional tennis player. She started her professional tennis career at the age of 14 and went on to win pro tennis tournaments while still competing in other junior tennis events.…
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1965
Italian soprano and actress
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI is an Italian mezzo-soprano, widely known for her renditions of the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Vivaldi, as well as lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She…
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1966
American mathematician
Svetlana Yakovlevna Jitomirskaya is a mathematician working on dynamical systems and mathematical physics. She is a distinguished professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech and UC Irvine. She is best known for solving the…
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1966
Russian mathematician and academic (died 2017)
Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky was a Russian-American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002. He…
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1966
English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Sir William David Wiggin is a former British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Herefordshire, previously Leominster, from 2001 to 2024.
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1966
Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator
Michael Greyeyes is a Canadian First Nations actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator.
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1967
American colonel and astronaut
Robert Shane Kimbrough is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.…
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1967
Cuban-Spanish long jumper
Niurka Montalvo Amaro is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world champion with a personal best jump of…
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1968
American R&B singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Albert Joseph Brown III, known professionally as Al B. Sure!, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former record executive. He was born in Boston and raised in Mount Vernon, New York.…
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1968
American actor
Scott Richard Wolf is an American actor. In television, he is known for his roles as Bailey Salinger in Party of Five (1994–2000), as Jeremy Kates in The Nine (2006–2007), as Donnie Ryan in Perception (2013–2015) and as…
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1968
Chilean-American actor and comedian
Horacio Sanz, better known by his stage name Horatio Sanz, is an American comedian and actor. Sanz was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1998 to 2006.
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1969
Italian skier
Deborah Compagnoni Golden Collar of Sports Merit is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics.
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1970
English-Canadian DJ and producer
Richard "Richie" Hawtin is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s.…
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1970
English bass player and songwriter
Dave Pybus is an English extreme metal musician, best known as the former bass player of Cradle of Filth.
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1970
Polish-Swedish actress and model
Izabella Scorupco is a Polish-born Swedish-American actress, singer and model. She is best known for having played a Bond girl, Natalya Simonova, in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. She is also known for her cover of…
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1970
Congolese soldier and politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician and former military officer who was the fourth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his…
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1971
1971
Japanese director and composer
Shoji Meguro is a Japanese composer, guitarist, and video game designer. Formerly an employee of the game company Atlus, he is best known for his work in their Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series. His music spans…
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1971
1971
American ice hockey defenseman
Derian John Hatcher is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Philadelphia…
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1972
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Robert Anderson Huebel is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant and for his role of Dr. Owen Maestro on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. He…
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1972
American wrestler and trainer
John Michael Watson, better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was an ECW…
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1973
Indian chef (died 2012)
Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, popularly known as "Chef Jacob", was an Indian celebrity chef born in Uthamapalayam, Tamil Nadu. He was known for his authentic South Indian cuisines. Aruni was a visiting chef at several…
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1974
American baseball player and coach
Darin Charles Erstad is an American former professional baseball player and former head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Erstad spent most of his playing career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise…
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1974
English lawyer and politician
Andrew John Gwynne is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gorton and Denton, previously Denton and Reddish, from 2005 to 2026. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Parliamentary…
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1974
1974
American poet and author
Buddy Wakefield is an American poet, three-time world champion spoken word artist, and the most toured performance poet in history. His latest works have been released by Righteous Babe Records (album) and Write Bloody…
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1974
English comedian and actor
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, podcaster, and media personality. Establishing himself as a stand-up comedian and radio and television presenter in the UK, Brand initially became well-known as the…
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1975
American football player
Henry Armand Burris Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback, and a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He is currently the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Florida A&M.…
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1975
American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist
Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award and three Golden Globe Awards. Films in which she has appeared…
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1975
1975
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier to musicians Diane and Bill Chambers. Her older brother is musician and producer Nash Chambers. All four were members of…
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1976
Russian lawyer and politician (died 2024)
Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011. He was recognised by Amnesty International as a…
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1976
Serbian tennis player
Nenad Zimonjić is a Serbian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
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1976
Greek footballer
Dionysis Chiotis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he serves as a goalkeeping coach for AEK Athens Academy.
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1977
Austrian footballer (died 2026)
Alexander Manninger was an Austrian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played internationally for the Austria national team on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro 2008, and represented football clubs in Italy,…
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1977
Ukrainian guitarist and composer
Roman Maksimovich Miroshnichenko is a Ukrainian jazz guitarist and composer. From 1994 to 1999, he was a member of his father's, Maxim Miroshnichenko, big band. He formed RMProject in 2003 and toured Europe and made…
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1977
American economist and professor
Roland Gerhard Fryer Jr. is an American economist and professor at Harvard University.
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1977
Japanese footballer
Naohiro Takahara is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the president of Japan Football League club Okinawa SV.
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1979
South African-Australian rugby player (died 2017)
Daniel Joseph Vickerman was a professional rugby union player. The 204 cm, 119 kg lock played 63 Tests with the Wallabies, the national team of his adopted country of Australia. After seven seasons with the Wallabies,…
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1979
Canadian ice hockey player
Joseph Jean-François Vinet Beauchemin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the third round, 75th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the…
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1980
1981
American actor and comedian
Todd Joseph Miller is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He played Erlich Bachman in the HBO sitcom Silicon Valley (2014–2017) and the Marvel Comics character Weasel in the superhero…
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1981
Greek footballer
Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back and occasionally as a centre-back. He has last played in 2013 for Super League Greece side Panathinaikos, having played…
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1981
English footballer
Gary Taylor-Fletcher is an English football manager and former professional player who manages AFC Crewe. Prior to marrying his wife in June 2004 he was known as Gary Fletcher, adopting the surname Taylor-Fletcher in…
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1981
Russian basketball player
Natalia Andreyevna Vodopyanova is a Russian basketball player. She was part of the Russian teams that won bronze medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and placed fourth in 2012; she also won the European title in 2007…
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1981
Scottish footballer
Matthew Gilks is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1982
Kenyan runner
Abel Kirui is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title…
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1982
American-Canadian football player
Ronnie Edward Prude Jr. is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football at LSU and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2006.
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1982
1983
Ivorian footballer
Emmanuel Eboué is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a right back.
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1983
Ukrainian triple jumper
Olha Valeriivna Saladukha is a Ukrainian former triple jumper. Since the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election she is a member of the Ukrainian parliament.
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1983
Cameroonian footballer
Henri Bedimo Nsamé is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He represented the Cameroon national team internationally from 2009 to 2016 making 51 appearances and scoring once.
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1984
Japanese actor and singer
Kento Handa is a Japanese actor and singer, best known for his role as Takumi Inui/Kamen Rider Faiz in Kamen Rider 555. He plays many musical instruments including the guitar, bass, drums and the piano. His album…
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1984
Scottish football manager and former player
Stuart Kettlewell is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Ross County. He played as a midfielder for Queen's Park, Clyde, Ross County and Brora Rangers. Kettlewell…
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1984
Italian footballer
Enrico Rossi Chauvenet is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
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1984
Taiwanese actress
Rainie Yang Cheng Lin is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. Yang began her career in 2000 as a member of girl group 4 in Love. After the group disbanded in 2002, she began a successful solo career with…
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1984
South African painter and DJ (died 2011)
Leon Botha was a South African painter and disk jockey. He was known for his close association with the hip hop group Die Antwoord, as well as for being the second of the world's longest-lived persons with progeria…
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1985
1985
American figure skater
Evan Frank Lysacek is an American retired figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, a two-time Four Continents champion, the 2009 Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time U.S. national…
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1985
German footballer
Lukas Josef Podolski is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker or left winger for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. He is known for his powerful and accurate left foot, explosive shooting, technique and…
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1985
Israeli model and actress
Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model. She is among the most internationally successful models to come from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and being voted No. 1 on Maxim…
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1985
Norwegian politician
Oddvar Hallset Reiakvam is a Norwegian politician as a member of the Progress Party.
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1985
English singer
Mollie Elizabeth King is an English radio presenter, pop singer, songwriter and a member of girl group the Saturdays.
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1987
American ice hockey defenseman
Matthew Richard Bartkowski is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He most recently played for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL).
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1988
Australian model
Kimberley Busteed is an Australian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Australia 2007 and represented Australia in the 2007 Miss Universe pageant. She is from Gladstone in Central…
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1988
Dutch-born Surinamese footballer
Tjaronn Inteff Chefren Chery is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club NEC. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Suriname national team.
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1988
1989
Polish hammer thrower
Paweł Fajdek is a Polish hammer thrower, a five-time World Champion, European Champion, Olympic bronze medal winner, multiple Polish Champion and Polish men's hammer throw record holder. In 2013, he became the youngest…
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1989
American Internet entrepreneur
Evan Thomas Spiegel is an American businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Spiegel was the youngest billionaire in the world in 2015. As of August 2025, he had a personal net worth of $2.5 billion…
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1990
Italian footballer
Lorenzo Insigne is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger, attacking midfielder or forward for Serie B club Pescara. He is known in particular for his creativity, versatility, short height, speed…
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1991
New Zealand rugby league player
Matt McIlwrick is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker and lock.
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1991
New Zealand-English cricketer
Benjamin Andrew Stokes is an English international cricketer who is the captain of the England Test team. Stokes has played for England in all three formats. Stokes is regarded as one of England's greatest all-rounders…
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1991
Dutch footballer
Rajiv Ramon van La Parra is a Dutch professional footballer. A winger, he can also play as a striker for Beerschot. At the international level, he has represented the Netherlands U21.
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1991
English footballer
Jordan Thomas Hugill is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Rotherham United.
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1992
Canadian ice hockey player
Jonathan Huberdeau is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a winger and alternate captain for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Huberdeau was selected third overall by the Florida…
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1993
Paraguayan footballer
Juan Manuel Iturbe Arévalo is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cerro Porteño.
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1993
American baseball player
Aaron Michael Nola is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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1993
British-American cross-country skier
Annika Taylor is a cross-country skier with joint British and American nationality.
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1993
Scottish footballer
Oliver Robert McBurnie is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Hull City.
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1996
British rapper and songwriter
Oakley Neil Caesar-Su, known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper from Shepherd's Bush, London. Regarded as a leading figure in UK rap, he rose to prominence in 2020 with the release of his drill singles…
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1998
South Korean actress
Kim So-hyun is a South Korean actress. She is known for her leading roles in the youth drama Who Are You: School 2015 (2015), historical melodramas The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017) and River Where the Moon Rises…
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1999
Australian activist
Drew Pavlou is an Australian political activist best known for his criticism of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, and their influence within Australia. Pavlou is also known for having organised…
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1999
Japanese footballer
Takefusa Kubo, commonly known as Take Kubo, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Japan national team. He has been dubbed "Japanese Messi" by Japanese…
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2001
American child actress, dancer, and recording artist
Mackenzie Frances Ziegler is an American singer, actress, internet personality, and former dancer. She appeared as a child for six years on the Lifetime reality dance series Dance Moms together with her older sister,…
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2004
Princess Lilibet of Sussex is an American-born member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. She is a granddaughter of King Charles III and is…
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2021
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Birth year1984
Known forIn a career spanning parts of nine seasons, White suited up for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks and Detroit Red Wings
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