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In 1871, Rio Branco became the president of the Council of Ministers
Famous Birthdays on March 16
350 people
1399 – 2001
March 16 has seen 350 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1399 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1819 — José Paranhos
Brazilian politician (died 1880)
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Rio Branco was born in Salvador, in what was then the Captaincy of Bahia, to a wealthy family, but most of the fortune was lost after his parents' deaths early in his childhood
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After more than four years heading the Cabinet, Rio Branco resigned in 1875
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Rio Branco died in 1880 and was widely mourned throughout the country
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José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, was a Brazilian politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist
ruler of Ming China (died 1435)
The Xuande Emperor, personal name Zhu Zhanji, was the fifth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1425 to 1435. He was the son and successor of the Hongxi Emperor.
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1399
Swiss priest and theologian (died 1510)
Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg was a priest, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century. He was closely connected with the Renaissance humanists of Strasbourg, whose leader was the…
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1445
Duchess of Bavaria (died 1520)
Kunigunde of Austria, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duchess of Bavaria from 1487 to 1508 by her marriage to the Wittelsbach duke Albert IV.
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1465
1473
successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (died 1620)
Maharana Amar Singh I the Sisodia-Rajput ruler of the Mewar Kingdom, was the eldest son and successor of Maharana Pratap I. He was the 14th Rana of Mewar, ruling from 19 January 1597 until his death on 26 January 1620.
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1559
Dutch historian and poet (died 1647)
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature.
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1581
Dutch poet and playwright (died 1618)
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.
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1585
Japanese daimyō (died 1659)
Ii Naotaka was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. He was the son of the famous Tokugawa general Ii Naomasa. His childhood name was Bennosuke (弁之介).
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1590
Swedish countess (died 1674)
Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe was a Swedish countess, landowner, and courtier.
She is foremost known for being the love object of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who wished to marry her prior to his own marriage, a plan…
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1596
German poet and composer of hymns (died 1667)
Michael Franck was a German poet, composer and Protestant hymnwriter. He was born in Schleusingen, and died in Coburg.
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1609
Italian painter (died 1660)
Agostino Mitelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and best known as a fresco painter of quadratura or illusionistic perspectival architectural frameworks.
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1609
German poet and composer of hymns (died 1681)
Georg Neumark was a German poet and composer of hymns.
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1621
French literary critic (died 1680)
René Le Bossu or le Bossu was a French literary critic.
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1631
Jesuit missionary (died 1702)
François Crépieul was a Jesuit missionary in Canada and vicar apostolic for the Montagnais Indians.
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1638
German scholar (died 1704)
Andreas Acoluthus was a German scholar of orientalism and professor of theology at Breslau (Wrocław). A native of Bernstadt (Bierutów), Lower Silesia, he was the son of Johannes Acoluthus, pastor of St. Elisabeth and…
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1654
French general (died 1759)
François de Franquetot de Coigny was a Marshal of France, Count, and from 1747, the Duke of Coigny.
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1670
French jurist and scholar (died 1746)
Jean Bouhier was a French magistrate, jurisconsultus, historian, translator, bibliophile and scholar. He served as the first président à mortier to the parlement de Bourgogne from 1704 to 1728, when he resigned to…
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1673
queen consort of Frederick William I (died 1757)
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Frederick the Great.
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1687
Indian nobleman (died 1766)
Malhar Rao Holkar was a noble subedar of the Maratha Empire and the first Maharaja of Indore from 1732 until his death in 1766. He was one of the early officers along with Ranoji Scindia, appointed by Peshwa Bajirao I…
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1693
Swedish theologian (died 1750)
Daniel Lorenz Salthenius was a professor of theology at the University of Königsberg from 1732 until his death.
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1701
Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg ; also known as Princess George, was heiress to the barony of Broich and by marriage Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the grandmother and educator of…
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1729
Italian scientist (died 1816)
Carlo Amoretti was an ecclesiastic, scholar, writer, and scientist.
He entered the Augustinian order in 1757. To further his studies, he went to Pavia and Parma where he also taught ecclesiastical law and he perfected…
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1741
Guadeloupean poet and novelist (died 1793)
Nicolas-Germain Léonard was a poet and one of Guadeloupe's first writers.
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1744
German-English astronomer (died 1848)
Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. She…
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1750
American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (died 1836)
James Madison was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the "Father of the Constitution" for…
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1751
French general (died 1799)
François Amédée Doppet was a Savoyard who briefly commanded three French armies during the French Revolutionary Wars without distinction. During the 1770s he enlisted in the French cavalry. Quitting the army after three…
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1753
Swiss painter and writer (died 1832)
Johann Heinrich Meyer was a Swiss painter, engraver and art critic. He served as the second Director of the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School. A close associate of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he was often referred to…
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1760
French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (died 1875)
Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer. He was a man of talent and accomplishment, but his love of self-promotion and refusal to let the truth get in the way of a…
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1766
French painter (died 1835)
Antoine-Jean Gros was a French painter of historical subjects. He was granted the title of Baron Gros in 1824.
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1771
Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (died 1836)
Juan Ramón González de Balcarce was an Argentine military leader and politician.
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1773
English navigator and cartographer (died 1814)
Captain Matthew Flinders was a Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to…
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1774
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1845)
Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen was a Dutch politician. Between 1825 and 1841 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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1776
English general and explorer (died 1872)
Francis Rawdon Chesney was a British general and explorer.
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1789
1789
1794
English poet and journalist (died 1864)
Alaric Alexander Watts was a British poet and journalist, born in London. His life was dedicated to newspaper creation and editing, and he was seen as a conservative writer. His newspaper ventures failed and led him to…
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1797
English botanist and photographer (died 1871)
Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph.
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1799
Emperor Ninkō was the 120th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Ninkō's reign spanned the years from 1817 until his death in 1846, and saw further deterioration of the power of the ruling…
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1800
German philologist and politician (died 1861)
Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, known as Ernst von Lasaulx was a German philologist and politician.
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1805
Belgian painter (died 1862)
Félix De Vigne was a Belgian painter.
He was a history painter, engraver, art historian, and instructor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, the city of his birth. In 1847, he published Recherches…
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1806
British-born American writer and pioneer (died 1886)
Hannah Dorcas Tapfield King was a 19th-century British-born American writer and pioneer. After converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England in 1850, her family emigrated to Utah in 1853 where…
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1808
French prime minister (died 1899)
Gaëtan de Grimaudet, comte de Rochebouët was a French general who served as Prime Minister for less than a month in late 1877.
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1813
Italian tenor (died 1889)
Enrico Tamberlik was an Italian dramatic tenor who sang to great acclaim at Europe and America's leading opera venues. He excelled in the heroic roles of the Italian and French repertories and was renowned for his…
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1820
German mathematician and academic (died 1881)
Heinrich Eduard Heine was a German mathematician.
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1821
French painter and sculptor (died 1899)
Rosa Bonheur was a French artist known best as a painter of animals (animalière). She also made sculptures in a realist style. Her paintings include Ploughing in the Nivernais, first exhibited at the Salon of 1849, and…
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1822
1822
English organist and composer (died 1889)
William Henry Monk was an English organist, Anglican church musician, and music editor who composed popular hymn tunes, including "Eventide", used for the hymn "Abide with Me", and "All Things Bright and Beautiful". He…
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1823
Portuguese writer (died 1890)
Camilo Castelo Branco, 1st Viscount of Correia Botelho, was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having produced over 260 books. His writing is considered original in that it combines the dramatic and…
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1825
French politician (died 1918)
Émile-Louis-Gustave Deshayes de Marcère was a French politician.
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1828
Scottish geologist and surgeon (died 1907)
Sir James Hector was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed man of…
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1834
English-American engineer and inventor (died 1900)
Andrew Smith Hallidie was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded…
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1836
French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)
René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.
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1839
Irish painter (died 1922)
John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and…
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1839
Japanese industrialist (died 1931)
Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa was a Japanese business magnate widely known today as the "Father of Japanese capitalism", having introduced Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He…
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1840
German linguist and sinologist (died 1893)
Georg von der Gabelentz was a German general linguist and sinologist. His Chinesische Grammatik (1881), according to a critic, "remains until today recognized as probably the finest overall grammatical survey of the…
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1840
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (died 1928)
Umegatani Tōtarō I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was generally regarded as the strongest…
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1845
Swedish mathematician and academic (died 1927)
Magnus Gustaf "Gösta" Mittag-Leffler was a Swedish mathematician. His mathematical contributions are connected chiefly with the theory of functions that today is called complex analysis. He founded the prestigious…
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1846
American physician and social reformer (died 1922)
Rebecca J. Cole was an American physician, organization founder and social reformer. In 1867, she became the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States, after Rebecca Lee Crumpler three years…
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1846
Lithuanian book smuggler (died 1918)
Jurgis Bielinis was one of the main organizers of the illegal book-smuggling at the time of the Lithuanian press ban (1864–1904). Bielinis is informally referred to as the King of Book Smugglers. Since 1989, Bielinis's…
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1846
Norwegian financier and diplomat (died 1932)
Axel Heiberg was a Norwegian diplomat and financier as well as a patron of the arts and sciences.
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1848
German theologian (died 1935)
Bertram Otto Bardenhewer was a German Catholic patrologist. His Geschichte der altkirchlichen Literatur is a standard work, re-issued in 2008. For Bardenhewer, a patrologist was not a literary historian of the Church…
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1851
Dutch microbiologist and botanist (died 1931)
Martinus Willem Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the co-discovery of viruses (1898), which he called…
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1851
1856
English historian (died 1936)
Sir Charles Harding Firth was a British historian. He was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906. Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth "knew the men and women of the seventeenth century much as a man knows…
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1857
Russian physicist and inventor (died 1906)
Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist who was one of the first people to invent a radio receiving device.
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1859
Irish-American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
Patrick Joseph Donovan was an Irish born right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1890 to 1907, most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates. Donovan started his career with Boston in…
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1865
German violinist (died 1933)
Carl Adolph Wilhelm “Willy” Burmester was a German violinist.
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1869
South African geologist and philanthropist (died 1951)
Hans Merensky was a South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist.
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1871
French rugby player and hurdler (died 1932)
François Étienne "Frantz" Reichel was a French sports administrator, athlete, cyclist and journalist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a runner and at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris as a rugby…
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1871
French prime minister (died 1958)
Frédéric François-Marsal was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days as the Acting President of the French Republic…
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1874
Canadian director and producer (died 1972)
Léo-Ernest Ouimet was a Canadian film pioneer. He was a theater operator, filmmaker, producer, and distributor.
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1877
German cardinal (died 1946)
Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen, better known as Clemens August Graf von Galen, was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Catholic Church. During World…
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1878
French painter (died 1973)
Pierre-Paul Jouve was a French painter, sculptor and illustrator. He was notable for his paintings and sculptures of Africa's animals. He was first recipient of the Prix Abd-el-Tif in 1907, and later of the Prix…
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1878
American composer (died 1947)
Fannie Charles Dillon was an American pianist, music educator and composer.
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1881
American runner (died 1953)
James Davies Lightbody was an American middle distance runner, winner of six Olympic medals in the early 20th century.
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1882
Australian poet, author, and painter (died 1958)
Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson was an early twentieth century Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter. She considered herself to be mainly a poet, but is now best appreciated for her witty and ironic stories.…
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1883
American journalist and author (died 1960)
Eric Philbrook Kelly was an American journalist, academic and author of children's books. He was a professor of English at Dartmouth College and briefly a lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He won the…
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1884
Finnish singer and songwriter (died 1927)
Johan Alfred Tanner, better known as J. Alfred Tanner, was a Finnish singer and songwriter. He is considered as one of Finland's most important songwriters ever, he wrote the lyrics to over 100 songs and recorded about…
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1884
Italian composer and musicologist (died 1943)
Giacomo Benvenuti was an Italian composer and musicologist.
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1885
English actor (died 1965)
Sydney John Chaplin was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and in later life, served as his business manager.
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1885
Swedish tug of war player (died 1951)
Carl Herbert Lindström was a Swedish fisherman who won a gold medal in the tug of war competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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1886
Italian runner (died 1925)
Emilio Lunghi was an Italian athlete. He won the silver medal in the men's 800 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, making him the first Italian to win an Olympic medal.
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1887
American marine zoologist (1984)
Samuel Stillman Berry was an American marine zoologist who specialized in cephalopods.
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1887
South African athlete (died 1951)
Reginald Edgar Walker was a South African athlete and the 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres.
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1889
Peruvian poet (died 1938)
César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th…
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1892
French historian (died 1988)
Camille-Ernest Labrousse was a French historian specializing in social and economic history who was born in Barbezieux, Charente and died in Paris.
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1895
Italian painter (died 1963)
Antonio Donghi was an Italian painter of scenes of popular life, landscapes, and still life.
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1897
American actor (died 1970)
John Conrad Nagel was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1940, and three stars…
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1897
American novelist and screenwriter (died 1966)
Cyril Hume was an American novelist and screenwriter. Hume was a graduate of Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He was an editor of the collection The Yale Record Book of Verse:…
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1900
Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (died 1964)
Melpomena Dimitrova Karnicheva, commonly known as Mencha Karnicheva, was a revolutionary of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). The wife of IMRO leader Ivan Mihaylov, she is known for…
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1900
Belgian footballer (died 1987)
Joseph Dieudonné Alexis Chantraine was a Belgian footballer.
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1901
American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (died 2001)
Michael Joseph Mansfield was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977. As…
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1903
American baseball player (died 1974)
Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1925 through 1941. A two-time All-Star, Myer was notable for being the 1935 American…
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1904
Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (died 2009)
Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.
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1906
Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (died 1944)
Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull was a Welsh cricketer who played in nine Test matches for the England cricket team between 1930 and 1936.
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1906
American baseball player (died 1982)
Lloyd James Waner, nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 132 lb (60 kg) made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his…
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1906
English-American violinist and comedian (died 1998)
Henry "Henny" Youngman was an American comedian and musician famous for his mastery of the "one-liner", his best known being "Take my wife... please".
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1906
French author and poet (died 1944)
René Daumal was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer, critic and poet, best known for his posthumously published novel Mount Analogue (1952) as well as for being an early, outspoken practitioner of pataphysics.
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1908
French water polo player (died 1986)
Ernest Rogez was a French water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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1908
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1966)
Robert Rossen was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades.
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1908
1909
Hungarian fencer (died 1991)
Aladár Gerevich was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games.
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1910
Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (died 1952)
Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi, was an Indian prince and cricket player.
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1910
Belgian lawyer and diplomat, Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2009)
Pierre Charles José Marie, Count Harmel was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat. Harmel served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1965 to 1966, leading a centre-left cabinet.
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1911
German physician, SS captain and mass-murderer (died 1979)
Josef Mengele, often dubbed the "Angel of Death", was a German military officer and physician during World War II at the Soviet front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He conducted research and experiments on…
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1911
American painter and sculptor (died 2005)
Philip Pavia (1911-2005) was a culturally influential American artist of Italian descent, known for his scatter sculpture and figurative abstractions, and the debate he fostered among many of the 20th century's most…
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1911
1912
French soldier (died 1952)
Barthélémy "Rémy" Raffalli was a French Army major who fought in World War II and the First Indochina War.
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1913
Japanese mathematician (died 1997)
Kunihiko Kodaira was a Japanese mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, and as the founder of the Japanese school of algebraic geometers. He was awarded a…
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1915
American actress (died 2004)
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting…
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1916
Japanese engineer and businessman (died 2010)
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a Japanese marine engineer who survived and witnessed both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both…
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1916
Iranian politician (died 2018)
Mehrdad Pahlbod was an Iranian politician who served as the first culture minister of Iran from 1964 until 1978.
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1917
Mauritian lawyer and jurist (died 2017)
Laure Pillay was a Mauritian lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female barrister and first female magistrate.
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1917
American lawyer and politician (died 2002)
Louis Crosby Wyman was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States representative and a U.S. senator from New Hampshire. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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1917
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so…
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1918
Dutch architect (died 1999)
Aldo van Eyck was a Dutch architect. He was one of the most influential protagonists of the architectural movement Structuralism.
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1918
English-American soldier and composer (died 1998)
John Mervyn Addison was a British composer best known for his film scores.
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1920
American author and screenwriter (died 2010)
Albert Sidney Fleischman was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and…
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1920
German secretary (died 2002)
Gertraud "Traudl" Junge was a German editor who worked as Adolf Hitler's last private secretary from December 1942 to April 1945. After typing Hitler's will, she remained in the Berlin Führerbunker until his death.
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1920
Australian-English actor (died 2002)
Reginald "Leo" McKern was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notable roles include Clang in Help! (1965),…
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1920
American screenwriter and playwright (died 2018)
Harding Lemay, also known as Pete Lemay, was an American screenwriter and playwright who was the head writer for the soap opera Another World.
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1922
1923
Lithuanian-German actress and singer (died 2014)
Cornell Borchers was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer, active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for her roles opposite Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (1950) and Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in…
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1925
American dancer and choreographer (died 2014)
Mary De Haven Hinkson was an African American dancer and choreographer known for breaking racial boundaries throughout her dance career in both modern and ballet techniques. She is best known for her work as a member of…
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1925
Hungarian basketball player and referee (died 2012)
Ervin Kassai was a Hungarian basketball referee.
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1925
Mexican chemist and engineer (died 2004)
Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas was a Mexican chemist known as co-inventor and the first to synthesize an oral contraceptive, progestin norethisterone.
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1925
American lawyer and politician (died 1987)
Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases, he took…
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1926
American actor and comedian (died 2017)
Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, he was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. He is nicknamed the "King of Comedy".
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1926
Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (died 1967)
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first Soviet…
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1927
American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2003)
Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an…
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1927
American actress and dancer (died 2009)
Olga San Juan was an American actress and comedian. Born in Brooklyn, she began her brief film career with Paramount Pictures after being scouted at Copacabana. She performed in several Hollywood musicals in the 1940s…
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1927
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (died 2010)
Wakanohana Kanji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" due to his great fighting spirit and endurance.
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1928
German opera singer (died 2021)
Christa Ludwig was a German mezzo-soprano and sometime dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symphonic…
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1928
American singer (died 2022)
Betty Johnson was an American traditional pop and cabaret singer who reached her career peak in the 1950s.
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1929
Serbian-American physicist and academic (died 2015)
Tihomir Novakov, also known as Tica Novakov was a Serbian-born American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov is known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research. James Hansen dubbed him "the godfather…
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1929
Austrian actress (died 2023)
Nadja Tiller was an Austrian actress in film, television, and on stage. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses in the international cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, receiving international recognition…
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1929
American pianist and composer (died 2001)
Thomas Lee Flanagan was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of…
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1930
Japanese composer (died 2011)
Minoru Miki was a Japanese composer and Artistic director. He was known for promoting Japanese, Chinese and Korean traditional instruments as well as some of their performers.
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1930
Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)
Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre, a theatrical form originally used in popular education…
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1931
American-South Korean musicologist and composer (died 2014)
Alan Charles Heyman, Korean name Hae Eui-man (Korean: 해의만), was a South Korean musicologist and composer. Born in the United States, he first came to South Korea in 1953 with the United States Army during the Korean…
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1931
English philosopher and academic
Sir Anthony John Patrick Kenny is a British philosopher whose interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of Wittgenstein of whose literary…
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1931
Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2003)
John Carr Munro was a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 election, and served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton, Ontario in the electoral…
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1931
American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
Donald Lee Blasingame, nicknamed "Blazer", was an American professional baseball player. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1955–1959), San Francisco Giants…
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1932
American astronaut (died 2023)
Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of the 1977 book The All-American Boys. NASA's third civilian astronaut, he was a lunar module…
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1932
Austrian mountaineer and author
Kurt Diemberger is an Austrian mountaineer and author of several books. He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres: of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960. In…
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1932
Canadian politician (died 2020)
Herbert Marx was a Canadian lawyer, university law professor, politician, and judge. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1979 to 1989, a cabinet minister, and a Justice of the Quebec Superior Court.
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1932
English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy (died 2020)
Keith Barry Critchlow was a British artist, lecturer, author, sacred geometer, professor of architecture, and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy in the UK.
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1933
American banker, financier, and philanthropist
Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill is an American banker, financier, and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006,…
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1933
Canadian politician
Jean Cournoyer is a retired Quebec politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature in Quebec.
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1934
Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (died 2002)
Ramon John "Ray" Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer and statesman who served as the 24th governor general of Canada from 1990 to 1995.
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1934
English violinist and conductor (died 2025)
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington was an English conductor, best known for historically informed performances of baroque, classical, and romantic music, which often entailed minimal use of vibrato and applying…
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1934
American football player and coach (died 2021)
Howard Leslie Schnellenberger was an American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League (NFL)'s Baltimore Colts and…
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1934
Spanish soprano and actress (died 2022)
Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS was a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, musical…
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1935
Colombian bullfighter (died 1987)
José Humberto Eslava "Pepe" Cáceres was a Colombian bullfighter.
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1935
Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI (died 2022)
Raymond Vahan Damadian was an American physician, medical researcher, and inventor of the first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanning machine.
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1936
1936
English historian, journalist, and author
David Edward John Frith is an English cricket writer and historian. Cricinfo describes him as "an author, historian, and founding editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly".
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1937
Italian cardinal (died 2017)
Attilio Nicora was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the administration of the Roman Curia as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 2002 to 2011…
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1937
Israeli-American psychologist and academic (died 1996)
Amos Nathan Tversky was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
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1937
Argentinian footballer and manager
Dr. Carlos Salvador Bilardo is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager.
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1938
1939
Azerbaijani pianist and composer (died 1979)
Vagif Mustafazadeh, also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was a Soviet-Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music, known as mugham. According to many world…
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1940
1940
English guitarist
Keith Rowe is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, his paintings have appeared on most of…
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1940
1940
Italian director and screenwriter (died 2018)
Bernardo Bertolucci was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim.…
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1941
Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (died 2002)
Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost…
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1941
American game show host and television personality (died 2024)
Charles Herbert Woolery was an American television host, actor, and musician. He had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of the original daytime Wheel of Fortune from 1975…
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1941
Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1996)
Roger Allan Crozier was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was a goaltender for fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals. During…
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1942
French politician
Jean-Pierre Schosteck is a French politician. He is mayor of Châtillon and a member of The Republicans.
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1942
Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
Soong Chu-yu, also known by his English name James Soong, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who is the founder and chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first and only elected governor of…
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1942
Dutch race car driver
Gijsbert "Gijs" van Lennep is a Dutch racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However, his main achievements were in sports car racing. He is a member of the untitled Dutch nobility.
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1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
Jerry Jeff Walker was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
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1942
Peruvian diplomat
Álvaro de Soto Polar is a Peruvian diplomat. He ended a 25-year career with the United Nations in May 2007.
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1943
American biologist, zoologist, and author
Ursula W. Goodenough is a retired Professor of Biology Emerita at Washington University in St. Louis, where she researched on eukaryotic algae. She authored the textbook Genetics and the best-selling book The Sacred…
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1943
German race car driver
Hans Heyer is a German retired racing driver who mainly raced touring cars. He is most commonly known for starting one Formula One World Championship race, the 1977 German Grand Prix, despite failing to qualify.
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1943
Dutch conductor, composer, and music arranger (died 2024)
Harry van Hoof was a Dutch conductor, composer, and music arranger.
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1943
American computer scientist and academic
Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum, sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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1944
American tenor (died 2023)
Douglas Ahlstedt was an American operatic tenor who had an international performance career with major opera houses from the 1970s through the 1990s. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera and of the Deutsche Oper am…
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1945
Norwegian harmonica player and composer
Sigmund Groven is a Norwegian classical harmonica player, today considered one of the world's leading classical harmonica players. He plays with a large number of the world's leading musicians and orchestras, and he has…
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1946
English economist and academic
Mary Henrietta Kaldor is a British academic, currently Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, where she is also the Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit. She also…
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1946
American New Age teacher and author
Judy "Zebra" Knight is an American spiritual teacher and author known for her purported channelling of a spiritual entity named Ramtha. Critics consider her to be a cult leader.
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1946
French singer
Patricia Porrasse, known professionally as Guesch Patti, is a French singer.
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1946
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael Owen Bruce is an American rock musician who was a founding member of the original Alice Cooper band.
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1948
Canadian singer-songwriter and director
Richard Desjardins is a Québécois folk singer and film director.
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1948
French politician
Catherine Quéré is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party.
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1948
American actor
Henry Enrique Estrada is an American actor. He is widely known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series CHiPs,…
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1949
Canadian actor and singer
Victor Garber, is a Canadian stage and film actor, and a singer. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022 he was made…
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1949
American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
Elliott James Murphy is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, record producer, and journalist.
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1949
English bishop
Peter Robert Forster is a British former Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Chester in the Church of England from 1996 and a Lord Spiritual from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. He was received into the Roman Catholic…
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1950
Canadian actress
Patricia Colleen Nelligan, known professionally as Kate Nelligan, is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1991 film The Prince of…
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1950
Bosnian footballer
Edhem "Etko" Šljivo is a Bosnian former professional footballer. He started his career with FK Sarajevo, going on to become one of the best midfielders of the Yugoslav First League. At international level, he…
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1950
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Ray Benson Seifert is an American musician, actor, and voice actor who is the frontman of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel.
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1951
Algerian footballer
Abdelmajid Bourebbou is an Algerian former footballer who played as a forward. He played as a striker for several French clubs as well as the Algeria national football team. He represented Algeria at the 1982 FIFA World…
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1951
Norwegian skier
Oddvar Brå is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He was among the best skiers in Norway, the three-times winner of the World Cup and the winner of 16 national championships. His success in the major international…
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1951
American football player
Joseph Michael DeLamielleure is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was an All-American playing college football for the Michigan State Spartans. He…
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1951
French long-distance runner
Alexandre Gonzalez is a French long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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1951
1953
French actress
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress. Known for her portrayals of cold, austere women devoid of morality, she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation and of all time. With 17…
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1953
German chess player
Rainer Fritz Albert Knaak is a German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).
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1953
American computer scientist and programmer
Richard Matthew Stallman, also known by his initials rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to…
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1953
English politician
David William St John Heath is a British optometrist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and…
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1954
English serial killer (died 2012)
Colin Ireland was a British serial killer known as the Gay Slayer, because his victims were gay men. Criminologist David Wilson believes that Ireland was a psychopath.
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1954
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
James Michael Aloysius Bradford, known professionally Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show Auf…
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1954
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Timothy O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello. He has released more than ten studio albums, in addition to…
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1954
Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
Davenell Frederick Whatmore is a Sri Lanka born Australian cricket coach and former cricketer.
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1954
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
Nancy Lamoureux Wilson is an American musician. She rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann Wilson as guitarist and second vocalist in the rock band Heart.
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1954
Russian ice dancer and coach
Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva is a Russian figure skating coach and former ice dancer.
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1955
Lithuanian physicist
Rimantas Astrauskas is a physicist, ecologist, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
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1955
Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
Bruno Villela Barreto Borges is a Brazilian film director.
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1955
Belgian actress and singer
Linda Lepomme is a Belgian actress and singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in which she sang "Laat me nu gaan". She earned seven points finishing in 19th (last) place overall.
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1955
1955
Canadian politician (died 2013)
Robert Andrew Keith Scott was a Liberal Member of Parliament who represented the electoral district of Fredericton from 1993 to 2008. He was a member the Cabinet of Canada, most recently serving as the eighteenth…
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1955
Japanese boxer
Jiro Watanabe is a Japanese former boxer. Watanabe, who fought only in Japan and South Korea, was one of the first World super flyweight champions, as the division was relatively new when he was crowned.
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1955
American football player and executive
Ozzie Newsome Jr. is an American professional football executive and former player who is the executive vice president of player personnel of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Newsome was a…
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1956
American actor, director, and producer
Clifton Powell is an American actor who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in Ray (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination. He is…
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1956
Japanese writer
Yoriko Shono , born 16 March 1956, is a Japanese writer who describes her writing as 'avant-pop'.
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1956
Swiss lawyer and politician
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) until 2008, she was then a member of the…
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1956
Mexican-American journalist and author
Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos is a Mexican journalist and author.
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1958
Australian pianist and composer
Phillip Leslie Wilcher is an Australian pianist and composer who was a founding member of the children's music group the Wiggles. When Wilcher published his first work, "Daybreak", at the age of 14, he was one of the…
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1958
American author (died 2004)
Kathleen Louise Worley was an American comic book writer, best known for her work on Omaha the Cat Dancer, a sexually explicit anthropomorphic animal comic book series about a female stripper. Worley was also a…
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1958
American astronaut
Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.
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1959
American composer and educator
Sebastian Currier is an American composer of music for chamber groups and orchestras. He was also a professor of music at Columbia University from 1999 to 2007.
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1959
1959
American rapper and actor
William Jonathan Drayton Jr., better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper, hype man, and television personality. Known for his catchphrase "Yeah, boyeee!" when performing, he is a founding member,…
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1959
American baseball player
Charles Lynn Hudson is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers, from 1983 to 1989.
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1959
American musician
Steven W. Marker is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the co–founder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage.
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1959
Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician who has served as the minister of finance since 2025, a position he previously held from 1996 to 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he also served as the prime minister of…
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1959
American actor stuntman and wrestler (died 2024)
Scott Leslie Schwartz also known as The Ultimate Bad Guy, was an American film and television actor, stuntman and professional wrestler. His size and agility at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and 303 pounds (137 kg) had allowed…
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1959
English comedian, actress and screenwriter
Jenny Eclair is a Malaysian-born English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.
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1960
English businessman and politician
John Alexander Melvin Hemming is a British Liberal Democrat politician and businessman who served as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley from 2005 until 2015.
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1960
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Duane Calvin Sutter is a Canadian former National Hockey League player and head coach. Sutter was a first round pick in 1979 and made the major league early in the 1979-80 season with the Islanders and played in all 21…
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1960
Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic-book creator, best known for his work as an artist on The Amazing Spider-Man and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horror-fantasy series Spawn, as well as being the…
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1961
French race car driver
Franck Fréon is a French race car driver. Fréon won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class with Mazda, and the overall 2001 24 Hours of Daytona with Corvette.
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1962
French athlete
Liliane Gaschet is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Gaschet competed in the women's 100 and 200 meters and also the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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1962
English actor and singer
Jerome Patrick Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Bronn in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). His other roles include Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV…
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1963
New Zealand actor and singer (died 2002)
Kevin Tod Smith was a New Zealand actor and musician, best known for starring as the Greek God of war, Ares, in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in its two spin-offs – Xena: Warrior Princess and Young…
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1963
American singer-songwriter
Patricia Jean Griffin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a vocalist and plays guitar and piano. She is known for her stripped-down songwriting style in the folk music genre. Her songs have been…
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1964
Filipino actress (died 2024)
Jaclyn Jose was a Filipino actress. Known for her penetrating eyes and antagonistic roles in film and soap operas, she was a recipient of various accolades, including five Gawad Urians, two Luna Awards, and a FAMAS…
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1964
Swiss racing cyclist
Pascal Richard is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989…
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1964
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. He is best known for directing Mouse Hunt (1997), The Ring (2002), the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Rango…
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1964
American wrestler
Steven James, better known by his ring name Steve Armstrong, is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of fellow wrestler "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, and has three brothers who also wrestled: Scott, Brad, and…
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1965
Russian basketball player and coach
Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a Russian basketball coach and former basketball player. At 191 cm and 79 kg (174 lb), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
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1965
American basketball player
Cynthia Louise "Cindy" Brown is an American former women's basketball player, at the college, Olympic and professional levels. Brown was a member of the USA Basketball team which went on to win a gold medal at the Pan…
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1965
Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
Mark Joseph Carney is a Canadian politician and economist who since 2025 has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada, leader of the Liberal Party, and the member of Parliament (MP) for Nepean. He was previously…
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1965
Italian-Brazilian actress
Cristiana Reali is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in numerous theatre pieces, television series, and films.
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1965
German musician
Hans Peter Geerdes, professionally known by his stage name H. P. Baxxter, and sometimes by his nickname Dave, is a German musician best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter…
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1966
1966
American singer and violinist
Tracy Kristin Bonham is an American alternative rock musician. Born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, she is a classically trained violinist and pianist, and a self-taught guitarist.
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1967
American musician and novelist
John Darnielle is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American indie folk band The Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist,…
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1967
American actress and producer
Lauren Graham is an American actress and author. She is best known as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and Sarah…
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1967
American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
Ronald Delano McCoury, known as Ronnie McCoury, is an American mandolin player, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of bluegrass musician Del McCoury, and is best known for his work with the Del McCoury Band
and the…
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1967
Swiss alpine skier
Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen is a Swiss former alpine skier. She is the sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen, an aunt of Elia Zurbriggen and cousin of Silvan Zurbriggen. She won 3 Downhill races on the World Cup tour. She…
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1967
American comedian and actor
Judah Friedlander is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for playing the role of writer Frank Rossitano on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Friedlander is also known for his role as Toby Radloff in the film…
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1969
Barbadian cricketer and coach
Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former cricketer from Barbados, who played for the West Indies. From 2010 to 2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies, where he led the team to be champions of the…
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1969
Russian athlete
Alina Petrovna Ivanova is a retired Russian long-distance athlete who had been competing in race walking and road running. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World…
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1969
Greek basketball player and coach
Evangelos Koronios, most commonly known as Angelos Koronios, is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach.
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1969
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Kent.
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1970
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
Gregory James Johnson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Nashville Predators.
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1971
American actor
Alan Wray Tudyk is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and Trumbo (2015). He starred in the black…
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1971
French-Moroccan long-distance runner
Ismaïl Sghyr is a French-Moroccan long-distance runner. He won a bronze medal at the over 3000 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In 5000 metres he finished fourth at the World Championships the same…
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1972
1973
Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
Andrey Mizurov is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer.
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1973
American boxer
Vonda Ward is an American former professional boxer and NCAA basketball player. As a boxer, she competed from 2000 to 2008 and held multiple heavyweight world championships, including the WBC title in 2007. She also…
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1973
Greek footballer and politician
Georgios Anatolakis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is well known in Greece for his strength, passion and persistence. A strong aerial challenger, he also advances on set pieces to…
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1974
French actress
Anne Charrier is a French actress, who is credited with 7 films and 22 TV productions between 2000 and 2009.
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1974
Zimbabwean cricketer (died 2023)
Heath Hilton Streak was a Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket coach who played for and captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was the all time leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in Test cricket with 216 wickets…
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1974
Argentine actor
Luciano Daniel Castro is an Argentine actor. He has worked as the lead actor in several successful telenovelas, such as Valientes, Herederos de una venganza and Sos mi hombre.
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1975
English model and actress
Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress and former model. She portrayed Jill Valentine in several entries of the Resident Evil action-horror film series. Other prominent roles include elf princess Arya Dröttningu in…
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1975
French archer
Lionel Torres is a French athlete from Perpignan who competes in recurve archery. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, qualifying in 11th place but losing in the first knockout round, and has won two individual medals…
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1975
American singer-songwriter and producer
Tiffany Cobb, known professionally as Blu Cantrell, is an American R&B singer.
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1976
1976
Swedish ice hockey player
Kim Emil Jörgen Johnsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild and Chicago…
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1976
French handballer
Leila Lejeune is a French former handballer who played for the French national team. She is a world champion from 2003. She also represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Lejeune scored six goals in the…
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1976
Swedish cyclist
Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish former cyclist. As a four-time Olympian, she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion. She has also won two World Cup races.
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1976
Dominican baseball player
Abraham Orlando Núñez Adames [NOO-nyez] is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2008 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia…
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1976
Spanish actress and dancer
Mónica Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and dancer. She is the younger sister of actress Penélope Cruz. She has appeared in the films The Inquiry (2006), Last Hour (2008), Jerry Cotton (2010) and Iron Cross (2011).
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1977
German swimmer
Thomas Rupprath is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross".
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1977
American fashion model, television personality, and actress
Brooke Elizabeth Burns is an American actress, fashion model, game show host, and television personality. Burns began her television career in 1995, portraying the supporting character Peg in the Spanish-American teen…
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1978
German actress and singer
Annett Renneberg (born 16 March 1978 in Rudolstadt) is a German actress and singer.
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1978
American ice hockey player
Tyler Lawrence Arnason is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators and the Colorado Avalanche.
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1979
South Korean baseball player
Hee-seop Choi is a South Korean former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers and in the KBO League for the Kia…
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1979
Swiss equestrian
Christina Liebherr is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.
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1979
American football player
Glenn Rashad Moore is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft.…
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1979
French handball player
Sébastien Ostertag is a French team handball player. He played on the France men's national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia and at the 2010 European…
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1979
Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma".
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1979
Estonian footballer
Andrei Stepanov is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played the position of defender.
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1979
1980
Spanish basketball player
Felipe Reyes Cabanás is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of 2.06 m, and weighing 120 kg (260 lb), he plays at the power forward and…
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1980
Irish swimmer
Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is a two-time Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics for Ireland. He also represented Northern Ireland four…
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1981
American rapper
Daniel Dewan Sewell, better known by his stage name Danny Brown, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and podcaster.
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1981
American baseball player
Curtis Granderson Jr., nicknamed "the Grandyman", is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los…
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1981
French road bicycle racer
Julien Mazet is a French former professional road bicycle racer.
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1981
Brazilian pole vaulter
Fabiana de Almeida Murer is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever at…
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1981
American politician
Julia Janelle Letlow is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district since 2021. Letlow is the first Republican woman to represent…
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1982
Guadeloupean footballer
Miguel Gregory Comminges is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer. Having spent his career in France, England, Wales, and the United States, he played for the Guadeloupe national team. A versatile player, he…
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1982
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Riley D. Cote is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and formerly an assistant coach with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). He played four National Hockey League (NHL)…
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1982
Spanish road bicycle racer
Jesús del Nero Montes is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for the UCI Professional Continental Team NetApp. Del Nero turned professional with the Basque continental team Orbea in 2005…
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1982
American baseball player
Brian Patrick Wilson, nicknamed "the Beard" and "B-Weezy", is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. He…
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1982
American baseball player
Stephen Oris Drew is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and…
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1983
American baseball player
Brandon Paul League is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is a former closer and one-time…
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1983
French road bicycle racer
Nicolas Rousseau is a French professional road bicycle racer for St. Michel–Preference Home–Auber93. He won stage 3 of the 2010 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.
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1983
American football player
Tramon Vernell Williams Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, and…
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1983
Irish comedienne and actress
Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan, known professionally as Aisling Bea, is an Irish comedian, actress and screenwriter. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This Way Up on Channel 4. As a stand-up comedian,…
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1984
American football player
Levi James Brown III is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals fifth overall in the 2007 NFL draft. He…
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1984
Kenyan long-distance runner
Sharon Jemutai Cherop is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won a bronze medal at the age of sixteen in the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships. She was the bronze medal winner…
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1984
New Zealand rugby player
Hosea Emiliano Gear is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a wing. He has also played 14 international matches for New Zealand.
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Brandon Raymond James Prust is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He was selected in the third round, 70th overall, by the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2004 NHL entry draft.…
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1984
French athlete
Teddy Atine-Venel is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as three outdoor and one indoor World Championships.
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1985
Panamanian singer-songwriter
Eduardo Mosquera, better known by his stage name Eddy Lover, is a Panamanian reggaeton and Spanish reggae singer and songwriter. Lover rose to international fame with his guest appearance on La Factoría's 2006 smash hit…
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1985
Russian hammer thrower
Aleksey Nikolaevich Sokirskiy is a Ukrainian and Russian hammer thrower. His personal best is 76.96, achieved 19 June 2011 in Stockholm. He became a Russian citizen in 2015.
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1985
American actress
Alexandra Anna Daddario is an American actress. She had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and its sequel (2013). She has since starred in Hall Pass…
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1986
American basketball player
Toney Bernard Douglas is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers, and the Florida State Seminoles.…
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1986
American wrestler
Kenneth George Doane is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a producer, and as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center. During his past time in WWE, he was known as Kenny Dykstra, and Kenny…
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1986
American basketball player
Taurean Yves Jordan is a women's basketball player who played collegiately for Old Dominion University. She holds several ODU scoring records, and was regarded as one of the best players in the Colonial Athletic…
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1986
Indonesian footballer
Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura. He is considered to be one of the greatest Indonesian players of all time.
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1986
Japanese figure skater
Daisuke Takahashi is a Japanese figure skater, ice show producer and actor. As a singles skater, he is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Four…
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1986
French football player
Fabien Lemoine is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Across his career, he played for Rennes, Saint-Étienne, Lorient, and Versailles.
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1987
American singer-songwriter and rapper
Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo is an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Aiko embarked on her musical career in 2002, as a backing vocalist and music video performer for the R&B group B2K. She was…
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1988
1988
1988
Argentinian footballer
Agustín Federico Marchesín is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.
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1988
Czech ice hockey player
Jiří Tlustý is a Czech former professional ice hockey left winger. He was originally a first-round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2006 NHL entry draft, and split time between the Maple Leafs and the…
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1988
American basketball player
Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the…
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1989
South Korean actress
Kim Yoon-ji, known professionally as Jung So-min (정소민), is a South Korean actress. Jung made her screen debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy. She then got her first leading role that…
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1989
French racing cyclist
Magalie Pottier is a French racing cyclist who represents France in BMX. She was selected to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event and finished in seventh place.
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1989
English footballer
Theo James Walcott is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger and a striker. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and won 47 caps, scoring eight goals. Walcott currently…
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1989
American comedian and writer
Josh Johnson is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show, having first joined as a staff writer in 2017. Johnson became a correspondent in February 2024, and was later…
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1990
American basketball player
Andre Young is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 5 ft 9 in, Young played the point guard or shooting guard position. He played four years of collegiate basketball with Clemson followed by…
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1990
American football player
Christopher Lynn Boswell is an American professional football placekicker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rice Owls and was signed by the Houston…
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1991
American basketball player
Reginald Ryedell Bullock Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar…
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1991
Swiss footballer
Admir Mehmedi is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a second striker or centre forward. Born in North Macedonia, Mehmedi represented the Switzerland national team. He was most recently the sporting…
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1991
American bassist
Wolfgang William Van Halen is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. The son of actress Valerie Bertinelli and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, he performed alongside his father and his uncle Alex as the bassist for…
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1991
American basketball player
Timothy Duane Hardaway Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and declared for the…
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1992
American actor
Brett Davern is an American actor known for his role as Jake Rosati on the MTV series Awkward.
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1992
English rugby union player
George Thomas Ford is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks and the England national team.
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1993
French model and beauty queen, Miss France 2013
Marine Lorphelin is a French model, beauty pageant titleholder and General practitioner who was crowned Miss France 2013 on 8 December 2012, representing the region of Burgundy and then represented France at Miss World…
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1993
1994
Cameroonian basketball player
Joel Hans Embiid is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he…
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1994
American actress
Sierra Aylina McClain is an American actress and singer. As an actress, she was first recognized for her role as Sierra in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She had her breakthrough as Nessa Parker in Empire (2016–2018), and…
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1994
Lithuanian figure skater
Inga Janulevičiūtė is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is the 2014 Lithuanian national champion.
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1995
American actress and singer
Ajiona Alexus Brown is an American actress and singer. She began her career starring in the TV One sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show (2012–2014), and later played Teenage Cookie Lyon in the Fox musical drama series, Empire…
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1996
English footballer
Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli and the England national team.
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1996
English footballer
Dominic Nathaniel Calvert-Lewin is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Leeds United and the England national team.
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1997
German footballer
Florian Christian Neuhaus is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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1997
American actor
Tyrel Jackson Williams, also known under the stage name theMetroNorth, is an American actor, rapper, singer and record producer. He starred as Leo Dooley in the Disney XD series Lab Rats. Williams also co-starred in the…
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1997
Canadian baseball player
Vladimir Guerrero Ramos, known by fans as Vladdy, is a Dominican-Canadian professional baseball first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 and bats and throws…
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1999
American basketball player
Jalen Rasheed Smith is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Stix", he played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins.
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2000
American football player
Kyle Devin Hamilton is an American professional football safety for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning consensus…
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2001
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