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Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.
Famous Birthdays on June 6
113 people
1436 – 2001
June 6 has seen 113 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1436 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1960 — Steve Vai
American musician
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A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983
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He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released 11 solo albums to date
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Steven Siro Vai is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
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Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia
German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (died 1476)
Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg. His contributions were instrumental in the…
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1436
Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (died 1603)
Andrea Cesalpino was a Florentine physician, philosopher and botanist.
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1519
Spanish painter and educator (died 1660)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest…
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1599
English politician (died 1684)
Peregrine Palmer was an English politician who sat as MP for Bridgwater on 7 December 1669.
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1605
French playwright and producer (died 1684)
Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
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1606
French-American missionary and explorer (died 1689)
Claude Jean Allouez, SJ was a Jesuit missionary and French explorer of North America. He established a number of missions among the indigenous people living near Lake Superior.
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1622
King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (died 1777)
Dom Joseph I, known as the Reformer, was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other activities, he was devoted to hunting and the opera. His government was controlled by Sebastião José de…
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1714
American soldier (died 1776)
Nathan Hale was an American Patriot, soldier, and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British…
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1755
American soldier and painter (died 1843)
John Trumbull was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the "Painter of the Revolution".…
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1756
Russian author and poet (died 1837)
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.
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1799
German philologist and scholar (died 1856)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, was a German classical scholar.
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1810
German pharmacist, founded Bayer (died 1880)
Friedrich Bayer was the founder of what would become Bayer, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. He founded the dyestuff factory Friedrich Bayer along with Johann Friedrich Weskott in 1863 in Elberfeld, a…
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1825
Polish author and publisher (died 1910)
Eliza Orzeszkowa was a Polish novelist and a leading writer of the Positivism movement during the foreign Partitions of Poland. In 1905, together with Henryk Sienkiewicz, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in…
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1841
Norwegian school owner and writer (died 1906)
Henriette Wulfsberg was a Norwegian educator, writer and translator.
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1843
German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (died 1918)
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their contributions to the development of radio. With his two circuit system, long range radio…
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1850
Italian inventor of the espresso machine (died 1914)
Angelo Moriondo was an Italian inventor, who is usually credited with patenting the earliest known espresso machine, in 1884. His machine used a combination of steam and boiling water to efficiently brew coffee.
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1851
Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1918)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. He was the son of the astronomer Mikhail Lyapunov and the brother of the pianist and composer Sergei Lyapunov.
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1857
English historian, author, and poet (died 1938)
Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a role as a government adviser with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï…
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1862
American entrepreneur and co-founder of lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch (died 1931)
David Thomas Abercrombie was the founder of the American brand Abercrombie & Fitch. A topographer and expert in the outdoors, Abercrombie opened the company as New York's outfitter for the elite and later partnered up…
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1867
English sailor and explorer (died 1912)
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–13.
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1868
German princess and Russian empress (died 1918)
Alexandra Feodorovna was the last empress of Russia as the consort of Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917. A granddaughter…
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1872
Australian journalist and author (died 1936)
Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.
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1872
German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for…
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1875
1890
Indian author and academic (died 1986)
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly…
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1891
German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (died 1944)
Erich Marcks was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating…
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1891
English World War I soldier and supercentenarian (died 2009)
Henry William Allingham was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, was the verified oldest living man in the world.…
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1896
Italian air marshal and fascist politician who played a key role in developing Mussolini's air force (died 1940)
Italo Balbo was an Italian fascist politician and Blackshirts' leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force, Governor-General of Italian Libya and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa. Due to his young…
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1896
Finnish actor (died 1981)
Toivo Joel Rinne was a prolific Finnish actor of stage and screen. Among his most memorable film parts is the title role in the Inspector Palmu movie series, which started in 1960s Komisario Palmun erehdys, and…
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1897
South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (died 1980)
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, also known as J. J. Fouché, was a South African politician who served as the second state president of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.
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1898
English ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 2001)
Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. She danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing The Royal…
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1898
Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1957)
Manfred Joshua Sakel was an Austrian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, credited with developing insulin shock therapy in 1927.
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1900
English author, poet and hymnwriter who created the character Mrs Miniver (died 1953)
Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek, an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, such as "Lord of All…
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1901
1901
American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1947)
James Melvin Lunceford was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
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1902
Armenian composer and conductor (died 1978)
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers.
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1903
German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (died 1993)
Max August Zorn was a German mathematician. He was an algebraist, group theorist, and numerical analyst. He is best known for Zorn's lemma, a method used in set theory that is applicable to a wide range of mathematical…
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1906
American baseball player and manager who played in eight World Series, winning seven (died 1993)
William Malcolm Dickey was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees for 17 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in 1946 in…
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1907
Latvian-English historian and philosopher (died 1997)
Sir Isaiah Berlin was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talks were…
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1909
American pianist and composer (died 1987)
Vincent Ludwig Persichetti was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and…
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1915
Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (died 1989)
Hamani Diori was the first President of the Republic of Niger. He was appointed to that office in 1960, when Niger gained independence from France. Although corruption was a common feature of his administration, he…
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1916
American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (died 2015)
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian was one…
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1917
English comedy actor (died 1993)
Kenneth Connor was a British stage, film and broadcasting actor, who rose to national prominence with his appearances in the Carry On films.
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1918
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Edwin Gerhard Krebs was an American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman and, together…
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1918
6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (died 2018)
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from…
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1919
1920
American author, illustrator, and painter (died 1986)
Cleo Virginia Andrews, better known as Virginia C. Andrews or V. C. Andrews, was an American novelist. She was best known for her 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic, which inspired two movie adaptations and four sequels.…
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1923
Canadian broadcaster (died 2004)
Jean Adélard Pouliot was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer who helped establish television stations in Kitchener, Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec. Pouliot was the president and CEO for the first publicly traded Quebec…
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1923
American poet and author (died 2014)
Maxine Kumin was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982.
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1925
American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker during World War II (died 2013)
Frank Chee Willeto was an American politician and Navajo code talker during World War II. Willeto served as the vice president of the Navajo Nation under President Milton Bluehouse, Sr. from his appointment in August…
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1925
German conductor (died 1998)
Klaus Hermann Wilhelm Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg. Known for his interpretation of the Austro-German repertoire, especially his sympathetic approaches towards Gustav Mahler, Tennstedt is widely…
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1926
Ghanaian photographer
James Barnor Hon. FRPS, OV is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been…
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1929
Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (died 2005)
Sunil Dutt was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He acted in more than 80 films over a career spanning five decades and was the recipient of three Filmfare…
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1929
English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist (died 2015)
Frank Holmes Tyson was an England international cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon…
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1930
American convicted murderer (died 1965)
Richard Eugene Hickock was one of two ex-convicts convicted of murdering four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In…
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1931
American colonel, engineer, and astronaut who was the commander of Apollo 15
David Randolph Scott is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and…
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1932
Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst…
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1933
1934
Japanese screenwriter and novelist (died 2023)
Taichi Yamada was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. His real name was Taichi Ishizaka .
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1934
Australian swimmer; winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1956
John Malcolm Henricks is an Australian Olympic swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Henricks set world records in two freestyle events.
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1935
Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (died 2015)
Daggubati Ramanaidu was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India. He was one of the most…
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1936
American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (died 2008)
Levi Stubbs was an American baritone singer, widely known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, that released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He was noted for his powerful,…
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1936
Dutch pianist and composer (died 2021)
Louis Joseph Andriessen was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although his…
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1939
American singer-songwriter
Gary U.S. Bonds is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three".
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1939
Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times
William James McBride, better known as Willie John McBride, is a former rugby union footballer from Northern Ireland who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He made 63 appearances for Ireland,…
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1940
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (died 2005)
Richard Errett Smalley was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at Rice University. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at…
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1943
Jamaican jazz pianist
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was…
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1944
American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine)
Phillip Allen Sharp is an American geneticist and molecular biologist who co-discovered RNA splicing. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Richard J. Roberts for "the discovery that genes in…
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1944
American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time
Tommie C. Smith is an American former track and field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83…
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1944
American bass player and songwriter
Anthony Frederick Levin is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson…
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1946
British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001–2004
David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in…
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1947
American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street
Robert Barton Englund is an American actor and director. Englund is best known for playing the villain Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Englund has received multiple accolades and honors,…
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1947
1947
American convicted rapist and triple murderer (died 1996)
Keith Daniel Williams was an American triple murderer who was executed by the state of California for the October 1978 murders of three people in Merced, California. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1979 and…
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1947
American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate
Arlene Joy Harris is an entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and policy advocate in the telecommunications industry. She is the president and co-founder of Dyna LLC, an incubator for start-up and early-stage organizations…
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1948
American folk singer and songwriter
Holly Near is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
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1949
American pop/rock singer and songwriter (died 2023)
Dwight Twilley was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984). His music is associated with the power pop style. Twilley and Phil Seymour…
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1951
American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He gained notice for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy, winning both the Tony Award for Best…
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1952
Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Władysław Antoni Żmuda is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender for Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Hellas Verona, New York Cosmos and US Cremonese. He earned 91 caps for the Poland national team…
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1954
1955
Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons
Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks. Borg won 66 singles titles during his…
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1956
American comedian and actor
Colin Edward Quinn is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for…
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1959
Indonesian diplomat
Raudin Anwar is an Indonesian retired diplomat specializing in international law. He spent most of his career in the foreign ministry's international treaties directorate general, including assignments abroad in…
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1960
Japanese director
Hirokazu Koreeda is a Japanese film-maker. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004) and Still Walking (2008).
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1962
English actor
Jason Michael Isaacs is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in…
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1963
Canadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconduct
Abida Sophie Jamal is a Canadian endocrinologist and former osteoporosis researcher who was at the centre of a scientific misconduct case in the mid-to-late 2010s. Jamal published a high-profile paper suggesting that…
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1966
Ghanaian footballer
Anthony Yeboah is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1966
American actor and producer
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
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1967
American television journalist and NBC News anchor
Natalie Morales-Rhodes is an American journalist who recently was a co-host and moderator of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. Prior to that, Morales worked for NBC News for 22 years in various roles
as the West…
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1972
Swedish mercenary and convicted murderer
Jackie Banny Arklöv is a Swedish convicted murderer and bankrobber. Arklöv is an ex-neo-Nazi, Yugoslav Wars mercenary and war criminal, who, with two other neo-Nazis, murdered two police officers after a bank robbery in…
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1973
American musician
Matthew Shafer, also known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer and musician. He came to prominence in the 1990s as a turntablist for Kid Rock's backing group Twisted Brown Trucker and launched a solo…
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1974
British-American actress
Sonya Walger is a British and American actress. She had a starring role in the HBO sitcom The Mind of the Married Man (2001–2002) before landing her role as Penny Widmore in the ABC drama series Lost (2006–2010). Walger…
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1974
Irish footballer
David James Connolly is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier…
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1977
Italian football manager
Roberto De Zerbi is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
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1979
American author, political commentator and 29th United States Secretary of Defense
Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense.
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1980
Danish footballer
Michael Krohn-Dehli is a Danish former professional footballer. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger.
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1983
Swedish footballer
Bengt Ulf Sebastian Larsson is a Swedish professional football coach and former player who is assistant coach of the Sweden national team. Renowned for being a set-piece specialist, Larsson played as a midfielder.
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1985
Scottish professional wrestler
Andrew McLean Galloway IV is a Scottish professional wrestler. As of April 2017, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Smackdown brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre.
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1985
American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist
Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn is an American former professional soccer player who played as a center back. She co-captained the United States national team with Carli Lloyd from 2016 to 2018 and was the captain of the…
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1985
New Zealand singer and songwriter
Virginia Claire Wigmore is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Featured on the Smashproof single "Brother" in 2009, Wigmore went on to release four albums – Holy Smoke (2009), Gravel & Wine (2011), Blood to Bone (2015)…
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1986
Irish footballer
Anthony Neil James Pilkington is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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1988
English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago
Gavin Andrew Hoyte is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Isthmian League South East Division club Sittingbourne. Born in England, he has represented the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
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1990
American baseball player
Anthony Michael Rendon is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals.
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1990
Senegalese footballer
Pape N'Diaye Souaré is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
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1990
American football player
DeAndre Rashaun Hopkins, nicknamed "DHop" and "Nuk", is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the Clemson Tigers and was selected by the Houston Texans in the first round of the…
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1992
1993
Swiss footballer
Yvon Landry Mvogo Nganoma is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lorient. Born in Cameroon, he plays for the Switzerland national team.
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1994
American soccer player
Julian Wesley Green is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Greuther Fürth.
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1995
Australian rugby league player
Jack Hetherington is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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1996
American football player
Kenneth Pickett is an American professional football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, winning the Johnny Unitas Golden…
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1998
2000
French-Algerian footballer
Rayan Aït-Nouri is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left wing-back for Premier League club Manchester City. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
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2001
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Known forA three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983
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