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Famous Birthdays on March 18
267 people
1075 – 2002
March 18 has seen 267 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1075 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1977 — Zdeno Chára
Slovak ice hockey player
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Internationally, he played for the Slovakia men's national team and won two silver medals at the Ice Hockey World Championships
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As a defenceman, he played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, and Washington Capitals between 1997 and 2022
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Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, Chára is the tallest person ever to play in the NHL, earning him the nickname "Big Z"
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In 2025, he was inducted into both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Persian scholar and theologian (died 1144)
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah'. He was a Mu'tazilite…
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1075
Queen of France (died 1533)
Mary Tudor was an English princess who was briefly Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis XII. Louis was more than 30 years her senior. Mary was the fifth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York,…
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1495
Dutch painter (died 1616)
Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam till his death. Ketel, known essentially as a portrait-painter, was also a poet and orator, and…
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1548
German theologian (died 1610)
Polykarp (von) Leyser the Elder or Polykarp Leyser I was a Lutheran theologian, superintendent of Braunschweig, superintendent-general of the Saxon church-circle, professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg…
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1552
1554
1555
German painter (died 1610)
Adam Elsheimer was a German Baroque painter who worked in Rome. Though his career was short, his relatively few paintings were very influential in the early 17th century. His works were nearly all small oils on copper…
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1578
Portuguese historian and poet (died 1649)
Manuel de Faria e Sousa was a Portuguese historian and poet who frequently wrote in Spanish.
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1590
French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal (died 1659)
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière was a French nobleman who spent his life in serving the needs of the poor. A founder of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, he also helped to establish the French colony of Montreal. He…
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1597
English colonial magistrate (died 1697)
Simon Bradstreet was a New England merchant, politician and colonial administrator who served as the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Arriving in Massachusetts on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, Bradstreet was…
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1603
Frederick III was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederik II as diocesan administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, and the Prince-Archbishopric of…
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1609
French author (died 1693)
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels…
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1634
French mathematician and astronomer (died 1719)
Philippe de La Hire was a French painter, mathematician, astronomer, and architect. According to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, he was an "academy unto himself".
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1640
Italian organist and composer (died 1743)
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni was an Italian organist and composer. He became one of the leading musicians in Rome during the late Baroque era, the first half of the 18th century.
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1657
Prussian-German mathematician and academic (died 1764)
Christian Goldbach was a Prussian mathematician connected with some important research mainly in number theory; he also studied law and took an interest in and a role in the Russian court. After traveling around Europe…
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1690
Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company (died 1776)
Niclas Sahlgren, was a Swedish merchant and philanthropist.
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1701
German author and bookseller (died 1811)
Christoph Friedrich Nicolai was a German writer, bookseller, critic, and regional historian, who authored satirical novels and travelogues.
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1733
Serbian prince (died 1860)
Miloš Obrenović I, born Miloš Teodorović, also known as Miloš the Great, was the Prince of Serbia twice, from 1815 to 1839, and from 1858 to 1860. He was an eminent figure of the First Serbian uprising, the leader of…
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1780
American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (died 1850)
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and…
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1782
English poet, hymn writer, editor (died 1871)
Charlotte Elliott was an English evangelical Anglican poet, hymn writer, and editor. She is best known by two hymns, "Just As I Am" and "Thy will be done".
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1789
German-American jurist and philosopher (died 1872)
Francis Lieber was a German and American jurist and political philosopher. He is best known for the Lieber Code, the first modern codification of the customary law and the laws of war for battlefield conduct, which…
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1798
Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz (died 1854)
Harriet Constance Smithson, who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Miss H.C. Smithson, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and…
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1800
German poet and playwright (died 1864)
Christian Friedrich Hebbel was a German poet and dramatist.
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1813
American businessman (died 1897)
John Whitfield Bunn was an American corporate leader, financier, industrialist, and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, whose work and leadership involved a broad range of institutions ranging from Midwestern railroads,…
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1814
Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria (died 1893)
Sir James McCulloch, was a British colonial politician and statesman who served as the fifth premier of Victoria over four non-consecutive terms from 1863 to 1868, 1868 to 1869, 1870 to 1871 and 1875 to 1877. He is the…
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1819
American businessman, industrialist, and philanthropist (died 1891)
John Plankinton was an American businessman. He is noted for expansive real estate developments in Milwaukee, including the luxurious Plankinton House Hotel designed as an upscale residence for the wealthy. He was…
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1820
French general (died 1883)
Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy was a French general, notable for his successes during the Franco-Prussian War and as a governor of Algeria.
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1823
English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1908)
Sir William Randal Cremer usually known by his middle name "Randal", was a British Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in…
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1828
American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (died 1908)
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Democrat…
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1837
English poet and critic (died 1901)
William Cosmo Monkhouse was a British poet and critic.
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1840
French poet and critic (died 1898)
Étienne Mallarmé, known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French Symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early…
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1842
Russian composer and academic (died 1908)
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the…
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1844
Native American tribal leader (died 1904)
Kicking Bear was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota Sioux. He fought in several battles with his brother, Flying Hawk, and first cousin, Crazy Horse, during the War for the Black Hills,…
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1845
American architect and engineer (died 1938)
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920.
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1848
American businesswoman and arts patron (died 1932)
Harriet Converse Moody was an American businesswoman and arts patron. Moody began her career in Chicago in 1889, working as a schoolteacher and then forming a successful restaurant and catering business that operated…
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1857
German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (died 1913)
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel; both are named after him.
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1858
Swedish painter (died 1915)
Eugène Fredrik Jansson was a Swedish painter known for his night-time land- and cityscapes dominated by shades of blue. Towards the end of his life, from about 1904, he mainly painted male nudes. The earlier of these…
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1862
American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York (died 1941)
William Sulzer, nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representative from the same state. Sulzer was the…
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1863
English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940. He is best known for…
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1869
Canadian mathematician (died 1917)
Agnes Sime Baxter (Hill) was a Canadian-born mathematician. She studied at Dalhousie University, receiving her BA in 1891, and her MA in 1892. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1895; her dissertation was…
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1870
Russian-French philosopher and theologian (died 1948)
Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person.
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1874
American mystic and psychic (died 1945)
Edgar Cayce was an American clairvoyant who reported and chronicled an ability to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep. During thousands of transcribed sessions, Cayce answered questions…
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1877
1877
1st Baron Perry, English businessman (died 1956)
Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry, 1st Baron Perry KBE was an English motor vehicle manufacturer who served as chairman of Ford Motor Company Limited in Britain for 20 years from its incorporation in 1928, completing almost…
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1878
Finnish politician (died 1947)
Kalle Juhonpoika Hakala was a Finnish newspaper editor, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he represented Mikkeli…
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1880
Italian composer and educator (died 1973)
Gian Francesco Malipiero was an Italian composer, musicologist, music teacher and editor.
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1882
English-Australian journalist and author (died 1968)
Bernard Cronin was an Australian author and journalist. With Gertrude Hart, he founded the Old Derelicts' Club in 1920 which later became the Society of Australian Authors.
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1884
American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1970)
Edward Everett Horton, Jr. was an American character actor and comedian. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.
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1886
French director and screenwriter (died 1969)
Henri Decoin was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m…
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1890
Italian cyclist (died 1978)
Costante Girardengo was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, considered by many to be one of the finest riders in the history of the sport. He was the first rider to be declared a "Campionissimo" or "champion of…
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1893
English soldier and poet (died 1918)
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried…
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1893
English toy-maker and businesswoman (died 1991)
Marjorie Abbatt, née Norah Marjorie Cobb, was an English toy-maker and businesswoman.
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1899
Canadian mystic, author and philosopher (died 1990)
Manly Palmer Hall was a Canadian writer, lecturer, astrologer and mystic. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes, of which the best known is The Secret Teachings of All Ages…
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1901
American painter (died 1970)
William Henry Johnson was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne. He later lived and worked…
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1901
Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1944)
Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy under the government of his father-in-law, Benito…
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1903
German cartoonist (died 1944)
E. O. Plauen was the pseudonym of Erich Ohser, a German cartoonist best known for his strip Vater und Sohn.
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1903
Slovenian poet and author (died 1926)
Srečko Kosovel was a Slovenian poet, now considered one of central Europe's major modernist poets. He was labeled an impressionistic poet of his native Karst region, a political poet resisting forced Italianization of…
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1904
American physicist and engineer (died 1985)
Thomas Townsend Brown was an American inventor whose experiments and research on electricity based anti-gravitational observable momentum by ionizing different materials led him to believe he discovered a type of…
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1905
English actor (died 1958)
Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934),…
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1905
English zoologist and neurophysiologist (died 1997)
John Zachary Young, generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century".
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1907
French composer (died 1995)
Louis "Loulou" Gasté was a French composer of songs. He composed more than 1000 songs, including "Battling Joe" and "For You". The song "For You" was popularised internationally as "Feelings" and has been covered almost…
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1908
American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery (died 2007)
Ernest J. Gallo was an American businessman and philanthropist. Gallo co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery in Modesto, California.
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1909
English author and illustrator (died 2004)
Cyril Walter Hodges was an English artist and writer best known for illustrating children's books and for helping to recreate Elizabethan theatre. He won the annual Greenaway Medal for British children's book…
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1909
American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1967)
Lester Alvin Burnett, better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie…
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1911
American voice actor and announcer (died 2010)
Arthur Wells Gilmore was an American actor and announcer heard on radio and television programs, children's records, movies, trailers, radio commercials, and documentary films. He also appeared in several television…
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1912
French director and screenwriter (died 1996)
René Clément was a French film director and screenwriter, active from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was considered one of his country's leading filmmakers of the post-World War II era, and continued to work steadily…
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1913
German colonel and pilot (died 1941)
Werner Mölders was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot, wing commander, and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. He became the first pilot in aviation history to shoot down 100 enemy aircraft and…
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1913
American author and screenwriter (died 1996)
Richard Thomas Condon was an American political novelist. Though his works were satire, they were generally transformed into thrillers or semi-thrillers in other media, such as cinema. All 26 books were written in…
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1915
American mercenary (died 1983)
Mitchell Livingston WerBell III was a U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative, mercenary, paramilitary trainer, firearms engineer, and arms dealer.
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1918
1922
American sociologist and academic (died 2006)
Seymour Martin Lipset was an American sociologist and political scientist. His major work was in the fields of political sociology, trade union organization, social stratification, public opinion, and the sociology of…
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1922
Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (died 2020)
Suzanne Perlman was a Hungarian-Dutch visual artist known for her expressionist portraits and landscape paintings. Her bold use of colour has its origins in her early paintings of the tropical island of Curaçao, where…
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1922
American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (died 2011)
Freddie Lee Shuttlesworth was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist who led fights against segregation and other forms of racism, during the civil rights movement. He often worked with Martin Luther…
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1922
American race car driver and businessman (died 2013)
Anthony "Andy" Granatelli was an American businessman, most prominent as the CEO of STP as well as a major figure in automobile racing events.
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1923
Italian musician (died 2017)
Alessandro Alessandroni was an Italian musician and composer. He played multiple
instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, mandolincello, sitar, accordion and piano, composed more than 40 film scores and countless…
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1925
English journalist, lawyer, and judge (died 2010)
James Pickles was an English barrister and circuit judge and who later became a tabloid newspaper columnist. He became known for his controversial sentencing decisions and press statements. His obituaries variously…
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1925
American actor and director (died 2010)
Peter Graves was an American actor who portrayed Jim Phelps in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 and in its revival from 1988 to 1990. His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves also…
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1926
American pianist and composer
John Harold Kander is an American composer, known largely for his work in the musical theater. As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb, Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including Cabaret (1966) and…
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1927
American journalist and actor (died 2003)
George Ames Plimpton was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician accent. He was known for "participatory journalism," including accounts…
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1927
German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (died 2015)
Lillian Vernon was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She founded the Lillian Vernon Corporation in 1951 and served as its chairwoman and CEO until July 1989, though she continued to serve as executive…
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1927
Spanish cyclist (died 2013)
Miguel Poblet Orriols was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962. He was the first Spanish rider to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and in 1956 he became…
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1928
Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines (died 2022)
Fidel Valdez Ramos, popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military officer to reach…
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1928
Polish-American lawyer and author (died 2015)
Samuel Pisar was a Polish-American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor.
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1929
American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
James J. Andrews was an American mathematician, a professor of mathematics at Florida State University who specialized in knot theory, topology, and group theory.
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1930
Scottish actor (died 2020)
John Alexander Fraser was a Scottish actor and author. He is best known for his performances in the films The Dam Busters (1955),
The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961), Repulsion…
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1931
American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 2009)
John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty…
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1932
American civil rights activist and politician (died 2019)
Unita Zelma Blackwell was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent…
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1933
English footballer and manager (died 1983)
Roy Clifford Chapman was an English professional football player and manager. He was the father of former Arsenal and Leeds United striker Lee Chapman.
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1934
American country music singer and musician (died 2020)
Charley Frank Pride was an American country singer and baseball player. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music.
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1934
Danish mathematician and statistician (died 2022)
Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen was a Danish statistician who has contributed to many areas of statistical science.
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1935
American psychiatrist and author (died 2016)
Frances Luella Cress Welsing was an American psychiatrist and well-known proponent of the pseudoscientific melanin theory. Her 1970 essay, The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism , offered her interpretation…
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1935
South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Frederik Willem de Klerk was a South African politician who served as the final state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president alongside Thabo Mbeki under President Nelson Mandela from 1994 to…
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1936
German cyclist and sportscaster (died 2016)
Rudi Altig was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator.
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1937
American race car driver (died 1975)
Mark Neary Donohue Jr., nicknamed "Captain Nice", was an American race car driver and engineer known for his ability to develop and set up his race car as well as driving it, often to victory.
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1937
American actor and screenwriter
Carl Gottlieb is an American screenwriter, actor, comedian, and executive. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for Jaws (1975) and its first two sequels, as well as directing the 1981 film Caveman.
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1938
Indian actor and producer (died 2017)
Shashi Kapoor was an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Hindi films. He is considered as one of the greatest actors in the history of Hindi cinema, and is a recipient of several accolades,…
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1938
English singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)
Kenneth Lynch, OBE was an English singer, songwriter, entertainer, and actor. He appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s. At the time, he was among the few Black singers in British pop music. He was appointed an OBE…
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1938
Finnish race car driver (died 2017)
Timo Antero Mäkinen was a Finnish race car driver and one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is best remembered for his hat-trick of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally.
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1938
Japanese actress (died 2006)
Machiko Soga was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She also performed by the stage name Stella Soga.
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1938
English footballer and manager
Ronald Frederick Atkinson is an English former football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Ron", he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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1939
1939
American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Wilson Pickett was an American singer and songwriter.
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1941
American filmmaker and playwright (died 1988)
Kathleen Collins was an African American polymath from Jersey City, New Jersey, notable for her contributions as poet, playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator.
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1942
American basketball player and coach
Jeffrey Vincent Mullins is an American former basketball player and coach. He played college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the St. Louis Hawks and San…
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1942
American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Dennis Linde was an American musician and songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley song, "Burning Love", an international hit that has…
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1943
Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (died 2012)
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak was an Israeli military officer and politician. He served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, as a Member of the Knesset, and as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Tourism.
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1944
American football player and actor (died 2021)
Frank McRae was an American film and television actor and a professional football player.
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1944
Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
Richard Harold Smith is an Australian entrepreneur and aviator. He is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Australian Geographic and Dick Smith Foods. Smith has had a long interest in aviation and holds a number of…
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1944
Japanese photographer (died 2020)
Hiroh Kikai was a Japanese photographer best known within Japan for four series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town…
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1945
American journalist and radio host (died 2026)
Michael Edward Reagan was an American conservative political commentator, Republican Party strategist and radio talk show host. He was the adopted son of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress…
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1945
American actress (died 2012)
Susan Tyrrell was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971). She was nominated for the…
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1945
Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2009)
Eric Norman Woolfson was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band The Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Woolfson also pursued a…
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1945
French race car driver
Michel Leclère is a former motor racing driver from France. He competed in eight Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on October 5, 1975. However, he did not score any championship points during his career in…
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1946
English actor and playwright
Evan George Patrick Barlow is an English actor, comedian and playwright. His comedic alter ego, Desmond Olivier Dingle, is the founder, artistic director and chief executive of the two-man National Theatre of Brent,…
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1947
French actor, director, and screenwriter
Patrick Chesnais is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
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1947
English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
David Lloyd is an English former cricket player, umpire, coach and commentator, who played county cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and Test and One Day International cricket for the English cricket team. He…
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1947
American artist, illustrator and poster/cover designer (died 2025)
Drew Struzan was an American artist, illustrator, and cover designer. He was known for his more than 150 film posters, which include The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as well as films…
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1947
English rock drummer (died 1990)
Barrie James "B. J." Wilson was an English rock drummer. He was best known as a member of Procol Harum for the majority of their original career from 1967 to 1977.
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1947
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Guy Gerard Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He retired in 2020 after serving as…
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1948
Welsh footballer
Brian William Lloyd is a Welsh former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 545 times in the Football League for five clubs and was capped three times by the Welsh national team.
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1948
Indian cricketer (died 2005)
Eknath Dhondu Solkar was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Test matches and seven One Day Internationals for his country. He was born in Bombay, and died of heart attack in the same city at the age of 57. A…
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1948
Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
Åse Maria Kleveland is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, politician and activist. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 with the entry "Intet er nytt under solen".
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1949
American conductor and educator
James Conlon is an American conductor. He is the music director of Los Angeles Opera and principal conductor of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra.
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1950
American actor
Bradford Claude Dourif is an American actor. He is known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), portraying Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings: The Two…
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1950
English geneticist and academic
Dame Linda Partridge is a British geneticist, who studies the biology and genetics of ageing (biogerontology) and age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Partridge is currently Weldon…
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1950
Australian race car driver
Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.
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1950
English actor
Paul Barber is an English actor from Toxteth, Liverpool. In a career spanning more than 45 years, he is best known for playing Denzil in Only Fools and Horses and Horse in The Full Monty. He also had two small parts in…
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1951
1951
American guitarist and composer
William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a…
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1951
American lawyer, author, and judge
Timothy Neil Philpot is an American lawyer, author and judge. He was elected to serve as a family court circuit judge in Fayette County, Kentucky in 2004, and again in 2006 and 2014, in the latter case with a term…
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1951
American journalist and actor
Will Durst is an American political satirist. He has been likened to Mort Sahl and Will Rogers.
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1952
Irish jockey and trainer (died 2015)
Patrick James John Eddery was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a figure exceeded…
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1952
Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
Bernie Tormé was an Irish rock guitarist, songwriter, record label and recording studio owner. Tormé is best known for his work with Gillan, as well as his brief stint with Ozzy Osbourne replacing Randy Rhoads. After…
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1952
American football player (died 2002)
Michael Lewis Webster was an American professional football center in the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1990 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of…
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1952
Austrian-American poet and translator (died 2015)
Franz Wright was an American poet. He and his father James Wright are the only parent/child pair to have won the Pulitzer Prize in the same category.
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1953
Japanese composer
Takashi Yoshimatsu is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the score for the 2003 remake of Astro Boy.
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1953
American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
Francis Gerard Slay is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 45th Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri from 2001 to 2017. The first mayor of the city of St. Louis to be elected to the office four consecutive…
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1955
English journalist and game show host
Robert Jeffrey Stelling is an English television presenter. He presented Gillette Soccer Saturday for Sky Sports from 1994 for 29 years. He hosted coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015. He also…
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1955
Canadian wrestler
Richard Vigneault is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, "The Model" Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling…
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1956
American madam (died 2008)
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, dubbed the D. C. Madam by the news media, operated Pamela Martin and Associates, an escort agency in Washington, D.C. Although she maintained that the company's services were legal, she was…
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1956
Swedish skier
Jan Ingemar Stenmark is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is regarded as the greatest male skier in technical disciplines and one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, having won several Olympic…
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1956
Swedish physicist and astronaut
Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
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1957
Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 1990)
Richard Manik de Zoysa was a well-known Sri Lankan journalist, author, human rights activist and actor, who was abducted and murdered on 18 February 1990. His murder caused widespread outrage inside the country and is…
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1958
French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
Luc Paul Maurice Besson is a French filmmaker. He directed and produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Associated with the Cinéma du look film movement, he has been nominated…
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1959
American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)
Irene Cara Escalera was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No. 1 in several…
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1959
American actor (died 2004)
Richard James Biggs II was an American television and stage actor, known for his roles on the television series Days of Our Lives and Babylon 5.
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1960
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Joseph Harry Guy Carbonneau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive in the National Hockey League. He was also the president of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Chicoutimi…
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1960
Cypriot-English chess player
Harold James Plaskett is a British chess grandmaster and writer.
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1960
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Grant Vernon Hart was an American musician, best known as the drummer and co lead vocalist in the punk rock band Hüsker Dü. After the band's breakup in 1988, he released his first solo album, Intolerance, before forming…
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1961
American actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and martial artist
Thomas Ian Griffith is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist. His best-known roles include Terry Silver in John G. Avildsen's 1989 martial arts film The Karate Kid Part III, which he…
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1962
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
James McMurtry is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor. He performs with veteran bandmates Daren Hess, Cornbread and Tim Holt.
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1962
1962
1962
German race car driver and engineer
Volker Hermann Weidler is a retired racing driver from Germany, best known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991.
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1962
American guitarist (died 2021)
Jeffrey Philip LaBar was an American guitarist in the glam metal band Cinderella, in which he replaced original guitarist Michael Schermick.
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1963
American model, actress, and singer
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later…
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1963
American speed skater
Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics,…
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1964
Italian race car driver
Alessandro Giuseppe "Alex" Caffi is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1986 to 1992.
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1964
British politician
Johanna Peta Churchill is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury St Edmunds from 2015 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Minister of State in the Department for…
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1964
Mozambican film director
Isabel Helena Vieira Cordato de Noronha is a film director from Mozambique.
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1964
English saxophonist and clarinet player
Courtney Pine, is a British jazz musician, who was the principal founder of the black British band the Jazz Warriors in the 1980s. Although known primarily for his saxophone playing, Pine is a multi-instrumentalist,…
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1964
1965
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead singer, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to…
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1966
English businessman
Peter David Jones is an English entrepreneur, businessman, investor, and reality television personality, with interests in mobile phones, television, media, leisure, retail, publishing and property. He is the last…
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1966
1966
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Miki Eleonora Berenyi is an English singer and guitarist. She is a member of Piroshka and the Miki Berenyi Trio, and is best known as a member of the alternative rock band Lush.
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1967
Mexican footballer and manager
Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre, popularly referred to by his nickname "Piojo", is a Mexican professional football manager and former player.
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1968
Georgian footballer and manager
Temur Ketsbaia is a Georgian professional football manager and former player.
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1968
English businessman and politician
Paul William Barry Marsden is a British writer, businessman and politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1997 until 2005. He was most prominently known for his anti-war views and…
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1968
American actor
Michael John Bergin is an American real estate agent and former model and actor.
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1969
English accordion player and composer
Andy Cutting is an English folk musician and composer. He plays melodeon and is best known for writing and performing traditional English folk and his own original compositions which combine English and French…
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1969
Ukrainian chess player
Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings…
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1969
English cricketer
Shaun David Udal is an English cricketer. An off spin bowler and lower-middle order batsman, he was a member of England's Test team for their tours to Pakistan and India in 2005/06.
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1969
Australian politician
Katherine Ruth Gallagher is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese…
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1970
American rapper, producer, and actress
Dana Elaine Owens, known professionally by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actress. She has received various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden…
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1970
Australian tennis player
Wayne Arthurs is a retired Australian professional tennis player.
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1971
1971
South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
Mariaan de Swardt is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the…
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1971
English economist and politician
Katharine Anne Ussher is a British economist, public policy research professional and former politician. In November 2023 she moved from being chief economist at the Institute of Directors to Managing Director, Group…
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1971
1972
American lawyer and politician
Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus is an American politician, attorney, and naval officer who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017 and as White House chief of staff during the first…
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1972
American voice actress and screenwriter
Louisa Michelle "Luci" Christian is an American voice actress and ADR script writer. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and films.
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1973
French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
Laure Savasta is a French professional basketball player. She plays both point guard and shooting guard. She was, with Isabelle Fijalkowski, amongst the first French players to ever play in the WNBA. Savasta played for…
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1974
English bass player, songwriter, and producer
Stuart Patrick Jude Zender is an English bassist. He is best known as a former member of the band Jamiroquai.
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1974
American actress, singer, and dancer
Sutton Lenore Foster is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical seven times, winning it…
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1975
American football player and sportscaster
Brian David Griese is an American professional football coach and former player who was most recently the quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). A former quarterback in the…
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1975
Finnish ice hockey player
Kimmo Samuel Timonen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers, and Chicago Blackhawks. Timonen had…
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1975
Lithuanian footballer
Tomas Žvirgždauskas is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1975
Brazilian actress and producer
Giovanna Antonelli Prado is a Brazilian actress, television host, and producer.
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1976
1976
American baseball player
Scott Eric Podsednik is an American former professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Best known for his baserunning, Podsednik led the major leagues in stolen bases in 2004 with 70, in times…
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1976
American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion
Michael Spillane is an American podcaster, author, professional wrestling trainer, professional wrestling promoter, and semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mike Quackenbush.
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1976
English footballer and sportscaster
Daniel Ben Murphy is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1977
Dominican-American baseball player
Fernando Rodney is a Dominican-American professional baseball pitcher for the Hamilton Cardinals of the Canadian Baseball League (CBL). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Los…
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1977
French footballer and manager
Willy David Frédéric Sagnol is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of the Georgia national team.
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1977
American baseball player and coach
Terrmel Sledge, also known as Terrence Melvin Sledge, is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the former assistant hitting coach of the Chicago Cubs. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the…
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1977
1978
1978
Australian swimmer
Brooke Louise Hanson, OAM is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, and former world record-holder.
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1978
1978
American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
Brian David Scalabrine, nicknamed "White Mamba", is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a television analyst for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also…
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1978
Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
Anders Jonas Wallerstedt is a Swedish former footballer who is a pilot for Braathens Regional Airlines, and the former manager of the GIF Sundsvall U-17 Tipselit team. He is known for his aerial and goal scoring…
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1978
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
Adam Noah Levine is an American singer, musician and television personality who is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and sole continuous member of the pop rock band Maroon 5.
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1979
French footballer
Sébastien Frey is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1980
English actress
Sophia Myles is an English actress. She is best known in film for portraying Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in Thunderbirds (2004), Isolde in Tristan & Isolde (2006), Darcy in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Erika…
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1980
Russian ice hockey player
Vitaly Viktorovich Vishnevskiy is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He previously played in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Atlanta Thrashers, Nashville Predators, and New…
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1980
Russian figure skater
Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic champion, a four-time World champion, a three-time European champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, the 1996…
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1980
1981
Swiss cyclist
Fabian Cancellara, nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam Lidl–Trek. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a…
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1981
French sprinter
Leslie Djhone is a French track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay.
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1981
South Korean singer and actress
Jang Na-ra is a South Korean actress and singer who has been active in both the South Korean and Chinese entertainment industries since 2001. She first gained wide recognition with her studio album Sweet Dream in 2002,…
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1981
American basketball player
Kasib Powell is an American professional basketball coach and former player currently working as an assistant coach for the Golden State Valkyries in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Powell was born…
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1981
German footballer
Tom Peter Starke is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for six German Bundesliga clubs throughout his career that lasted for 18 seasons. Starke currently works as the…
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1981
American soccer player
Douglas Patrick Warren is an American former soccer goalkeeper, who last played for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer, in 2008. He was a member of the U.S. team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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1981
1981
American baseball player
Chad Patrick Cordero is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Cordero played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners.
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1982
German race car driver
Timo Glock is a German racing driver, who competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Dörr Motorsport. Glock competed in Formula One between 2004 and 2012.
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1982
Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew Lombardi is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks.…
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1982
1982
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Adam Saul Pally is an American comedian and actor. He first earned recognition for starring as Max Blum in Happy Endings, as Dr. Peter Prentice in The Mindy Project, and as Wade Whipple in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), its…
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1982
American wrestler
Michael Hutter is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
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1983
French tennis player
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former professional tennis player from France.
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1983
American baseball player
Andrew Michael Sonnanstine is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays. Sonnanstine is a graduate of Wadsworth High School…
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1983
Polish footballer
Tomasz Stolpa is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1983
Italian footballer
Simone Padoin is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a wingback or midfielder.
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1984
American tennis player
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian…
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1984
American singer and actress
Vonzell Monique Solomon, nicknamed Baby V, is an American singer who finished in third place in the fourth season of the televised singing competition American Idol. She also appeared in the independent movie Still…
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1984
Brazilian race car driver
Ana Beatriz Caselato Gomes de Figueiredo, known as both Ana Beatriz and Bia Figueiredo, is a racing driver from Brazil. Figueiredo has previously raced in the IndyCar Series and Stock Car Brasil, and was the first woman…
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1985
English actor
Duane Henry is an English actor. Henry is most notable for his roles as Clayton Reeves in NCIS and Gareth Broadhurst in Doctors. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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1985
English singer
Marvin Richard James Humes is an English singer-songwriter, disc jockey, radio host, television presenter, and former actor. Before rising to prominence as a member of the British boy band JLS, he had an acting role in…
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1985
1985
Algerian footballer
Si-Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for CA Bordj Bou Arréridj in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
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1986
1986
American ice hockey player
Cory Franklin Schneider is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1986
1986
American basketball player
Calvin Andre "C. J." Miles Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Dallas, Miles was drafted in 2005 by the Utah Jazz after finishing…
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1987
American swimmer
Rebecca Soni is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who swam for the University of Southern California, and is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Robert Bortuzzo is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, he is currently an unrestricted free agent. He was most recently under contract with the Utah Hockey Club of the National Hockey League (NHL).…
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1989
Italian footballer
Francesco Checcucci is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender.
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1989
English-American actress
Lily Jane Collins is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, she began acting…
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1989
Indian cricketer
Shreevats Goswami is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born in Liluah in Howrah, the twin city of Kolkata, West Bengal. He started playing cricket at the age of 11. He played…
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1989
Japanese singer-songwriter
Kana Nishino is a Japanese pop singer signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I".
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1989
Canadian guitarist and producer
Paul Marc Rousseau is a Canadian musician and songwriter who is the lead guitarist for the rock band Silverstein.
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1989
1989
American football player
Travis Frederick is an American former professional football player who spent his entire seven-year career as a center for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…
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1991
Dominican baseball player
Leury García is a Dominican professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox. While primarily used as an…
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1991
American basketball player
Solomon Jamar Hill is an American former professional basketball player who played 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
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1991
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dylan Mattingly is an American composer from Berkeley, California.
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1991
American baseball player
Jacob Tyler Realmuto is an American professional baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Miami Marlins. Internationally, Realmuto represents…
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1991
American football player
Anthony Barr is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins from 2010 to 2013, earning consensus…
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1992
American baseball player
Joseph Anthony "Trey" Mancini III is an American professional baseball first baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for…
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1992
American race car driver
Ryan Matthew Truex is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. As a reserve driver for Joe Gibbs…
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1992
Japanese singer, actor, and model
Takuya Terada is a Japanese actor, singer and model. He was a member of the Korean boy group Cross Gene. Takuya is also well known as the former Japanese Representative on Korean variety television Show, JTBC's…
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1992
American wrestler
Joseph Yokozuna Fatu, better known by his ring name Solo Sikoa, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand as the leader of the MFT stable.
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1993
1994
American football player
Ronnie Garrison Stanley is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Stanley was…
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1994
1995
American actress and dancer
Julia Goldani Telles is a Brazilian-American actress and ballet dancer. She is known for playing Sasha Torres on the short-lived ABC Family series Bunheads (2012–2013), Whitney Solloway on the Showtime original series…
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1995
Haitian basketball player
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1996
American actress
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1997
New Zealand rugby union player
Rieko Edward Ioane is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a centre or wing for United Rugby Championship club Leinster. He plays for New Zealand at international level.
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1997
American football player
Jordan Tyler Whitehead is an American professional football safety. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. Whitehead was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL draft.
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1997
Croatian basketball player
Ivica Zubac is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Croatian national basketball team. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the…
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1997
Dominican baseball player
Emmanuel Clase is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, making his debut with the team in 2019.
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1998
Portuguese footballer
José Diogo Dalot Teixeira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back or a wing-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Portugal national team.
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1999
American football player
Brenden Khalil Rice is an American professional football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and USC Trojans before being…
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2002
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