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Famous Birthdays on March 2
222 people
480 – 2016
March 2 has seen 222 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 480 – 2016. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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American singer and actress
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In 2016, she released her first full Spanish-language single "Sola" as her debut into the Latin music market.
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One of her videos caught the attention of record producer Dr
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Her debut single "Becky from the Block" and her debut EP, Play It Again, were released in 2013, although both failed to chart
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In 2014, Gomez achieved mainstream success with the release of "Shower", which reached the top twenty on the US Billboard Hot 100
Italian Christian saint (died 543 or 547)
Benedict of Nursia, often known as Saint Benedict, was a monk and the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict. He is famed in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Churches, the Anglican…
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480
Robert II was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was named Robert Stewart. Upon the death of his…
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1316
1409
countess consort of Hanau (died 1457)
Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach was the eldest daughter of Count Palatine Otto I of Mosbach and his wife, Johanna of Bavaria-Landshut. She married on 11 July 1446 to Count Reinhard III of Hanau, who succeeded his…
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1432
German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (died 1512)
Johannes Engel, also known as Johannes Angelus, was a doctor, astronomer and astrologer from Aichach, near Augsburg, which at that time was a Free Imperial City within the Holy Roman Empire. He practiced medicine in…
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1453
Pope Adrian VI, born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 January 1522 until his death on 14 September 1523. The only Dutchman to become pope, he was the last…
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1459
German knight (died 1523)
Franz von Sickingen was a knight of the Holy Roman Empire who, with Ulrich von Hutten, led the so-called "Knights' War". He is posthumously known as the "Last Knight", an epithet shared with his contemporaries Chevalier…
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1481
English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (died 1613)
Sir Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
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1545
English traveller, colonist and poet (died 1644)
George Sandys was an English traveller, colonist, poet, and translator. He was known for his translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Passion of Jesus, as well as his travel narratives of the Eastern Mediterranean…
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1577
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1684)
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1681 to 1684.
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1628
Maltese architect, engineer and poet (died 1730)
Carlo Gimach was a Maltese architect, engineer and poet who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Throughout his career, he worked in Malta, Portugal, and Rome, and he is mostly known for designing…
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1651
1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1793)
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield,, was a British barrister, politician and judge best known for his reforms to English law. Born in Scone Palace, Perthshire into the Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth…
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1705
English naval painter (died 1821)
Nicholas Pocock was an English artist who specialised in marine art.
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1740
French journalist and politician (died 1794)
Lucie-Simplice-Camille-Benoît Desmoulins was a French journalist, politician and a prominent figure of the French Revolution. He is best known for playing an instrumental role in the events that led to the Storming of…
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1760
American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York (died 1828)
DeWitt Clinton was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the sixth governor of New York. In the last capacity, he was largely responsible for…
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1769
French general (died 1826)
Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duc d'Albuféra, was a French Marshal of the Empire and one of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the Peninsular War, he was remembered as a…
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1770
American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War (died 1851)
Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American medical doctor, botanist, politician, and diplomat. He was the first U.S. agent in Hispanic America, a member of the South Carolina Legislature, and later a United States…
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1779
American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (died 1863)
Samuel Houston was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to…
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1793
Russian-Italian poet and philosopher (died 1844)
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was a Russian poet. He was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian…
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1800
Pope Leo XIII was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of St. Peter, Pius IX, and John Paul II.
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1810
American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1882)
Alexander Hamilton Bullock was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman from Massachusetts. First a Whig and then a Republican, he served three terms (1866–69) as the 26th Governor of Massachusetts. He was…
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1816
Hungarian journalist and poet (died 1882)
János Arany was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the…
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1817
1820
Czech pianist and composer (died 1884)
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival". He has been regarded in his…
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1824
German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1906)
Carl Christian Schurz was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent member of…
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1829
American lawyer and judge (died 1913)
Henry Billings Brown was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1891 to 1906.
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1836
Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist (died 1914)
Carl Christian Hillman Jacobsen was a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist. Though often preoccupied with his cultural interests, Jacobsen was a shrewd and visionary businessman and initiated the transition…
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1842
1846
American commander, lawyer, and businessman (died 1930)
Robert Means Thompson was a United States Navy officer, business magnate, philanthropist and a president of the American Olympic Association. He is the namesake of the destroyer USS Thompson (DD-627).
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1849
Ukrainian-American author and playwright (died 1916)
Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich, better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish and lived in the Russian Empire and in the United States. The 1964 musical Fiddler…
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1859
American activist and politician (died 1961)
Susanna Madora Salter was an American politician and activist. From 1887 to 1888, she was mayor of Argonia, Kansas, becoming the first woman to serve in that role in the United States and one of the earliest in any U.S.…
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1860
American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1933)
John Jay Chapman was an American writer and lawyer. He was most known for his essays and poetry.
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1862
Canadian bryologist (died 1961)
Margaret Sibella Brown was a Canadian amateur bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gathering supplies of sphagnum moss to be used as surgical…
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1866
French military officer and aviator (died 1914)
Major Julien-Alexandre Félix was the director of manoeuvres in the French Military Aviation School, École militaire de Pau. He set the altitude record on August 5, 1911 in Étampes in France by climbing to 11,330 feet in…
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1869
American businessman and baseball executive (died 1947)
James Alexander Gilmore was an American businessman who served as president of baseball's Federal League when it attempted to become a third major league, alongside the American League and National League, in 1914 and…
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1876
Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958.
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1876
French aviator (died 1911)
René Vallon was an early French aviator. Born in Paris, he travelled to Shanghai, China, in 1911 with a group of aviation enthusiasts to promote aircraft sales. He achieved the first aeroplane flight in China on 21…
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1880
American animator and director (died 1962)
Willis Harold O'Brien, known as Obie O'Brien, was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in…
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1886
German logician and philosopher (died 1942)
Kurt Grelling was a German logician and philosopher, member of the Berlin Circle.
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1886
German-American pianist and composer (died 1950)
Kurt Julian Weill was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful…
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1900
German mathematician and philosopher (died 1984)
Grete Hermann was a German mathematician, philosopher, theoretical physicist, writer, and educator. She is known for her foundational work in quantum mechanics and computer algebra; her writings on political philosophy;…
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1901
1902
American physicist and academic (died 1974)
Edward Uhler Condon was an American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant during World War II in the development of radar and, very briefly, of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan…
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1902
American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (died 1991)
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of…
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1904
American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
Marcus Samuel Blitzstein, was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Works…
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1905
English poet and critic (died 1985)
Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist. In the 1930s, he was editor of the influential magazine New Verse, and went on to produce 13…
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1905
German engineer (died 1990)
Walter Bruch was a German electrical engineer and pioneer of German television. He was the inventor of closed-circuit television. He invented the PAL colour television system at Telefunken in the early 1960s. In…
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1908
1909
American pianist, composer, and painter (died 2001)
Henry Manners Katzman was an American musician, composer, painter, and one of the founders of Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).
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1912
Dutch television host and author (died 1971)
Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English.
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1913
American baseball player (died 1958)
Morton Cecil Cooper was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants, and Chicago Cubs. A four-time MLB…
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1913
American actor and film director (died 1990)
Martin Ritt was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre, and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann…
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1914
Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon (died 2010)
John Wear Burton was an Australian public servant, high commissioner and academic.
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1915
Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (died 1986)
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred…
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1917
American author and screenwriter (died 1967)
David Loeb Goodis was an American writer of crime fiction noted for his output of short stories and novels in the noir fiction genre. Born in Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there and in New York City and…
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1917
American baseball player and coach (died 1976)
Casimir James Konstanty was an American professional baseball relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and National League Most Valuable Player of 1950. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1944), Boston Braves (1946),…
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1917
American actress (died 2009)
Jennifer Jones, also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nominated for an Academy Award five…
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1919
American actor, singer, and playwright (died 2014)
Eddie Lawrence was an American monologist, actor, singer, lyricist, playwright, artist, director and television personality, whose comic creation, "The Old Philosopher", gained him a cult following for over five decades.
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1919
Russian-American ballerina and actress (died 1996)
Tamara Toumanova was a Russian-born Georgian-American prima ballerina and actress. A child of exiles in Paris after the Russian Revolution of 1917, she made her debut at the age of 10 at the children's ballet of the…
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1919
Polish footballer and coach (died 2006)
Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski was a Polish professional football manager. He was also a football player, capped once for Poland.
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1921
Austrian-American photographer and journalist (died 1986)
Ernst Haas was an Austrian-American photojournalist and color photographer. During his 40-year career Haas trod the line between photojournalism and art photography. In addition to his coverage of events around the…
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1921
American saxophonist (died 1986)
Edward F. Davis, known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" : it is either said that it came from the title of a tune or…
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1922
Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1999)
Hubert George "Bill" Quackenbush was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman for the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). During his 14-year career, he was the…
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1922
American computer programmer (died 2012)
Frances V. Spence was an American physicist and computer scientist. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC. She is considered one of the first computer programmers in history.
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1922
English cardinal (died 1999)
George Basil Hume was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 until his death in 1999. A member of the Benedictines, he was made a cardinal in 1977.
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1923
American soldier and politician (died 2017)
Robert Henry Michel was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois's 18th congressional district and was the GOP…
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1923
American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
David Hessong Strack was an American athletic director for the University of Arizona and head basketball coach at the University of Michigan. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
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1923
American baseball player (died 1997)
Calvin Ross Abrams, nicknamed "Abie", was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1956 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates,…
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1924
Greek philologist, author, and critic (died 2004)
Renos Apostolidis was a Greek writer, philologist and literary critic.
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1924
Ivorian cardinal (died 2014)
Bernard Agré was an Ivorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1994 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001.
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1926
American economist and historian (died 1995)
Murray Newton Rothbard was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist. Rothbard was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement,…
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1926
French cyclist and economist (died 2017)
Roger Walkowiak was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89.
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1927
American actor and singer
John Cullum is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including Shenandoah (1975) and On the Twentieth Century (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical…
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1930
Spanish actress (died 2007)
Manuela Ruiz Penella, better known as Emma Penella, was a Spanish film and television actress.
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1930
1930
Russian lawyer and politician, the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from…
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1931
Swedish journalist and translator (died 2011)
Karin Gunvor Sjöblom Hägglund, better known as Gun Hägglund, was a Swedish television host and translator. Hägglund was the first female television news anchor in Sweden, hosting the Swedish national evening news show…
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1932
American illustrator (died 2012)
Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon were American illustrators of children's books and adult paperback book and magazine covers. One obituary of Leo called the work of the husband-and-wife team "a seamless amalgam of both their…
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1933
American football player (died 2019)
Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady was an American professional football halfback and split end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he won the…
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1934
American singer-songwriter (died 2008)
Dottie Rambo was an American gospel singer and songwriter. She was a Grammy winning solo artist and multiple Dove Award-winning artist. Along with ex-husband Buck and daughter Reba, she formed the award-winning southern…
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1934
American football player and coach
Eugene Clifton Stallings Jr. is an American former football player and coach. He played college football at Texas A&M University (1954–1956), where he was one of the "Junction Boys", and later served as the head coach…
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1935
Pakistani-English engineer and academic
Haroon Ahmed, FREng, was a British-Pakistani scientist who specialised in the fields of microelectronics and electrical engineering. He was Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics…
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1936
1936
Algerian soldier and politician, 5th President of Algeria (died 2021)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 until his resignation in 2019, following mass protests.
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1937
American author and composer (died 2002)
Clark Gesner was an American composer, songwriter, author, and actor. He is best known for composing the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts.
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1938
Chilean economist, lawyer, and politician, 33rd President of Chile
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military…
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1938
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1997)
Lawrence Albert Payton Sr. was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops.
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1938
American author and academic (died 2013)
Jan Howard Finder was an American academic administrator, career counselor, science fiction writer, filker, hostelling tour guide, cosplayer, and fan. He was a guest of honor at the 1993 Worldcon, ConFrancisco. As a…
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1939
Scottish footballer (died 2019)
William McNeill was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lions' to…
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1940
Australian actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
John Cornell was an Australian actor, director, producer, writer, and businessman. He was best known for his role as "Strop" on The Paul Hogan Show, and he was instrumental in the introduction of World Series Cricket in…
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1941
American admiral and physician, 16th Surgeon General of the United States
David Satcher is an American physician, and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 11th Assistant Secretary for Health,…
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1941
American novelist and screenwriter
John Winslow Irving is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
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1942
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Claude David Larose is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 943 career NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues. He also served as an assistant coach for the…
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1942
Iranian architect and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Iran
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian politician, artist, architect, and opposition figure who served as the forty-fifth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009…
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1942
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2013)
Lewis Allan Reed was an American musician, songwriter and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Although…
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1942
English footballer (died 2002)
Derek George Woodley was an English footballer who played for West Ham United, Southend United, Charlton Athletic and Gillingham during a 12-year professional career.
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1942
English actor, director, and screenwriter
George Layton is a British actor, director, and television comedy writer best known for three television roles – junior doctor Paul Collier in the comedy series Doctor in the House and its sequels Doctor at Large,…
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1943
American author and poet (died 2022)
Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with…
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1943
American painter and cartoonist
Robert L. Williams, often styled Robt. Williams, is an American painter, cartoonist, and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine. Williams was one of the group of artists who produced Zap Comix, along with other…
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1943
Finnish conductor and composer (died 2024)
Leif Selim Segerstam was a Finnish music composer, conductor, violinist, violist, and pianist. He is especially best known for writing over 300 symphonies, along with other works. He held many important positions in…
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1944
English trumpet player and composer (died 2013)
Derek Roy Watkins was an English jazz, pop, and classical trumpeter. Best known for his lead trumpet work on the soundtracks of James Bond films, Watkins recorded with British jazz bandleaders as well as the Royal…
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1945
Australian politician
John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins AO is an Australian former politician who was Treasurer in the Keating Labor government from December 1991 to December 1993. He is notable for his reforms of tertiary education as Minister for…
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1947
Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known…
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1947
English footballer and manager
Henry James Redknapp is an English former football manager and player. He has previously managed AFC Bournemouth, West Ham United, Portsmouth, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, and Birmingham City.…
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1947
American guitarist and songwriter
Larry Eugene Carlton is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts including Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. One of the most sought-after guitarists of his era, Carlton…
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1948
Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1995)
William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live performances. He has sometimes been referred…
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1948
Australian journalist and politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett is an Australian former politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999, and the Member for…
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1948
Australian politician, 25th Premier of Western Australia
Carmen Mary Lawrence is an Australian academic and former politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993, the first woman to become the premier of an Australian state. To date she is the only…
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1948
American singer (died 1983)
Karen Anne Carpenter was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the highly successful duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range,…
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1950
American author and screenwriter
Mark Stephen Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, known for his work on the animated TV series Garfield and Friends and wordplay for the comic book Groo the Wanderer. He is also known for his columns…
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1952
American actress and comedian
Laraine Newman is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Newman was part of the original cast of NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until her departure in 1980.
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1952
American lawyer and politician
Russell Dana Feingold is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same…
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1953
Japanese politician
Kazuo Kitagawa is a retired Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi.
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1953
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Edward Lavern "Eddie" Johnstone is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades in the World Hockey Association (WHA), followed by parts of ten seasons in the…
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1954
American pop-rock singer-songwriter
Dale Frances Bozzio is an American rock and pop vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the 1980s new wave band Missing Persons and for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she performed…
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1955
American singer, drummer, actor, and TV/film producer
Jay Wesley Osmond is an American musician. He is a member of the Osmond family of performers. He wrote the story to the 2022 musical The Osmonds, a musical based on the life and music of the family. The musical was…
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1955
American lawyer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Interior
Kenneth Lee Salazar is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 50th United States…
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1955
Australian cricketer
Stephen Mark Small is an Australian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for New South Wales and Tasmania.
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1955
American musician, songwriter, and producer
John Patrick Cowsill is an American musician, best known for his work as a singer and drummer with his siblings' band the Cowsills. He has been a drummer and vocalist for the Beach Boys touring band, which featured…
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1956
Australian rock bass player
Mark Whitmore Evans is an Australian musician, the current bass guitarist for rock band Rose Tattoo, and also a member of hard rock band AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977. His playing featured on their albums T.N.T,…
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1956
1957
Iranian general and politician, Iranian Minister of Defense
Hossein Dehghani Poudeh, commonly known as Hossein Dehghan, is an Iranian politician and former military officer. He currently serves as the head of the Mostazafan Foundation since 2023. During the Iranian Revolution,…
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1957
Georgian film director and screenwriter
Dito Tsintsadze is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed thirteen films since 1988. His film Lost Killers was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 he…
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1957
South African-American tennis player
Kevin Melvyn Curren is a South African former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July…
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1958
English-Welsh golfer
Ian Harold Woosnam is a Welsh professional golfer. In 1976, as a teenager, Woosnam turned pro. He picked up his first European Tour win at the 1982 Swiss Open; this began a decade of success. Woosnam led the European…
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1958
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Larry Stewart is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart, a role which he held on and off between 1984 and the band's breakup…
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1959
Australian conductor, director, and composer
Simone Margaret Young AM is an Australian conductor and academic teacher. She is currently chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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1961
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
John Francis Bongiovi Jr., known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983.…
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1962
English journalist and politician
Christopher Paul Farrelly is a British Labour Party politician, banker and journalist, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 2001 to 2019.
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1962
Norwegian footballer and coach
Tom Nordlie is a Norwegian football coach. He has managed several top Norwegian football teams.
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1962
Australian politician, Australian Minister for Employment
Brendan Patrick O'Connor is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Skills and Training from 2022 to 2024 in the Albanese ministry after having served in the same portfolio in 2013 in the Second Rudd…
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1962
Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Raimo Olavi Summanen is a former professional ice hockey forward and the former head coach of HIFK of the Finnish SM-liiga. He is also a former coach of the Finnish national team. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers…
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1962
Italian race car driver
Gabriele Tarquini is an Italian former racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One between 1987 and 1995, and World Touring Car from 2005 to 2021. In touring car racing, Tarquini won the World…
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1962
Australian politician, 31st Prime Minister of Australia
Anthony Norman Albanese is an Australian politician who has served as the 31st prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New…
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1963
1963
American surfer and actor
Laird John Hamilton is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model and actor. He is married to Gabrielle Reece, a former professional volleyball player,…
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1964
American wrestler (died 1987)
Michael Brett Adkisson was an American professional wrestler under the ring name Mike Von Erich. His four brothers, David, Kerry, Kevin, and Chris, also wrestled. He was the son of longtime Texas wrestler and wrestling…
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1964
1965
Northern Irish politician
Lembit Öpik is a British former politician. A former member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat at the…
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1965
American author
Ann Leckie is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Her 2013 debut novel Ancillary Justice, which features artificial consciousness and gender-blindness, won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel, as well as…
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1966
English lawyer and politician
Simon Justin Reevell is a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury in West Yorkshire during one parliament, losing his seat at the 2015 election.
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1966
English actor and producer
Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond in the films Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and…
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1968
English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
James Mark Dakin Purnell is a British former Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 2001 to 2010 and also as a Cabinet minister from 2007 to 2009. After leaving…
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1970
Swiss footballer and manager
Ciriaco Sforza is a Swiss football manager and former professional player who last managed Swiss Challenge League club FC Schaffhausen.
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1970
1970
Czech ice hockey player (died 2023)
Roman Čechmánek was a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He played professionally in the United States, the Czech Republic, and Germany, including in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers and…
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1971
English comedian, author and television presenter
David James Gorman is an English comedian, presenter, and writer.
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1971
American rapper, record producer and actor
Clifford Smith Jr., known professionally as Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip-hop duo Method Man &…
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1971
Argentinian footballer and manager
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of the United States men's national team.
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1972
Serbian basketball player
Dejan Bodiroga is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player, who is currently the president of Euroleague Basketball. In 1998 and 2002, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of…
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1973
English footballer and manager
Trevor Lloyd Sinclair is an English football coach, former professional footballer and pundit.
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1973
Australian swimmer and television host
Hayley Jane Lewis, OAM, is an Australian former competitive swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old.
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1974
New Zealand rugby player
Daryl Peter Earl Gibson is the Chief High Performance Officer for New Zealand Cricket (NZC). He was previously an international rugby coach and former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played for the Crusaders in…
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1975
American basketball player and coach
Dominique Danyell Canty is an American professional women's basketball player, most recently with the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.
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1977
English singer-songwriter (Coldplay)
Christopher Anthony John Martin is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay.
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1977
American actress
Heather McComb is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Maggie on Party of Five (1998–1999) and Frances Malone in Profiler (1997–1998).
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1977
English swimmer and sportscaster
Stephen Benjamin Parry is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He competed…
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1977
South African-English cricketer
Sir Andrew John Strauss is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the…
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1977
Australian politician
James Edward Chalmers is an Australian politician who has served as the treasurer of Australia since 2022. A member of the Labor Party, he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Rankin…
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1978
Filipino actor and singer
Gabriel John Celebre Eigenmann is a Filipino actor, singer, host and model. He is currently working as an exclusive talent of GMA Network.
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1978
English footballer and manager
Lee Hodges is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Herongate Athletic. He made three appearances in the Premier League for West Ham United and made 184 appearances in the Football League for Exeter City,…
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1978
Polish gridiron football player
Sebastian Paweł Janikowski is a Polish former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Oakland Raiders. He played college football for the…
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1978
Czech ice hockey player
Tomáš Kaberle is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs, as well as for the Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley…
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1978
Irish footballer
Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish former professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed League of Ireland club Shelbourne.
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1979
English cricketer
Jamie Oliver Troughton is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He is currently assistant coach at Surrey, and as a player was mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman and an occasional slow left-arm…
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1979
English footballer
Nicholas James Weaver is an English football coach and former professional player.
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1979
English footballer and manager (died 2020)
Christopher Andrew Barker was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Alfreton Town, Barnsley, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Colchester United, Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle,…
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1980
Australian actress and screenwriter
Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian actress, comedian and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, Wilson began appearing in the SBS comedy series Pizza (2003–2007)…
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1980
American wrestler (died 2010)
Lance Kurtis McNaught was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he performed under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade.
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1981
American actress
Bryce Dallas Howard is an American actress and director. The eldest child of filmmaker Ron Howard, she studied acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. While portraying Rosalind in a 2003 production…
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1981
German footballer
Kevin Dennis Kurányi Rodríguez is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, he played for the Germany national team.
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1982
Swedish ice hockey player
Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played as a goaltender for 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers. Before winning the Vezina Trophy in 2012, he…
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1982
Swedish ice hockey player
Joel Per Lundqvist is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played as a centre, spending the majority of his career with Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and also played in the National Hockey…
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1982
American football player
Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr., nicknamed "Big Ben", is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played…
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1982
American football player
Corey Jonas Webster is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for 9 seasons, all with the New York Giants. He played college football for the LSU…
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1982
1983
Argentine footballer
Lisandro López, sometimes known as simply Lisandro, is an Argentine former professional footballer. Primarily a striker, he was also capable of playing on the wings.
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
Jay McClement is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was originally selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round, 57th overall, in 2001, playing for the team before later joining the Colorado…
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1983
American baseball player
Glen Weston Perkins is an American former professional baseball pitcher and a television analyst. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins.
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1983
American ice hockey player
Ryan Patrick Shannon is an American former professional ice hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently serving as the head coach of the boys varsity ice hockey team at the Taft School.
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1983
Swedish ice hockey player
Jonathan Ericsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, he was drafted in the ninth round, 291st overall, of the 2002 NHL entry draft and was the final pick of the draft. He has played his…
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1984
American football player
Reginald Alfred Bush II is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, earning consensus All-American…
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1985
American actor
Robert Michael Iler is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of A.J. Soprano on The Sopranos. His film roles include Tadpole (2002) and Daredevil (2003).
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1985
Spanish footballer
Jesús Manuel 'Suso' Santana Abreu is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Jonathan D'Aversa is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the American Hockey League (AHL) with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins before spending the majority of his professional career in…
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1986
American basketball player
Jason Victor Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado State Rams before being selected…
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1986
Swedish basketball player
Jonas Jerebko is a Swedish professional basketball player who last played for the Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He was selected as the 39th overall pick in the second round of the 2009…
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1987
Mexican footballer
Edgar Bismarck Andrade Rentería is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made his debut in Cruz Azul on January 28, 2006, in a game against Atlas which resulted in a draw. He was on the…
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1988
English singer-songwriter
James Andrew Arthur is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after…
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1988
American beauty queen, Miss America 2012
Laura Marie Kaeppeler is an American beauty pageant titleholder crowned Miss America 2012 on January 14, 2012, representing the state of Wisconsin. Kaeppeler was the first woman representing Wisconsin to win Miss…
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1988
Australian diver
Matthew John Mitcham OAM is an Australian retired diver and trampolinist. As a diver, he was the 2008 Olympic champion in the 10m platform, and he is the 2nd highest single-dive score in Olympic history. This made him…
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1988
American basketball player
Dexter Jerome Pittman is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns.
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1988
Dutch footballer
Geert Arend Roorda is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Tweede Divisie club Excelsior Maassluis.
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1988
Belgian footballer
Tobias Albertine Maurits Alderweireld is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1989
1989
English actress
Nathalie Joanne Emmanuel is an English actress. Emmanuel began her acting career appearing in theatre in the late 1990s, acquiring roles in various West End productions such as the musical The Lion King. In 2006, she…
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1989
Austrian skier
Marcel Hirscher is an Austrian-Dutch World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner…
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1989
Portuguese footballer
André Filipe Bernardes Santos is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga 3 club Varzim.
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1989
American football player
Shane Patrick-Henry Vereen is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was selected by…
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1989
English cricketer
Christopher Roger Woakes is an English cricketer, a right-handed all-rounder who bowls fast-medium. He plays domestic cricket for Warwickshire and has represented the England national team since making his ODI and T20I…
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1989
Estonian footballer
Rauno Alliku is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Meistriliiga club Flora.
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1990
American football player
Malcolm Terel Butler is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). A two-time Super Bowl champion and 2015 Pro Bowl selection during his…
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1990
American singer-songwriter
Luke Albert Combs is an American country singer. He was born in North Carolina and grew up there, performing as a child. After leaving college to pursue a career in music, he moved to Nashville and released his debut…
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1990
Indian actor
Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born to actors Jackie Shroff and Ayesha Dutt, he made his acting debut with the action romance Heropanti (2014), for which he won the IIFA Award for…
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1990
American baseball player
Nicholas Edward Franklin is an American former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round, 27th pick overall, of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft.…
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1991
American ice hockey player
Charles Robert Coyle is an American professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Minnesota Wild, Boston Bruins, and the…
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1992
Argentine-Italian basketball player
Nicolás "Nico" Brussino is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball player for Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the senior Argentine national team in international competition. Standing at…
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1993
Cuban baseball player
José Adolis García Arrieta, nicknamed "El Bombi", is a Cuban-born professional baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis…
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1993
Dominican baseball player
Miguel Enrique Andújar is a Dominican professional baseball left fielder and third baseman for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh…
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1995
1995
French footballer
Ange-Freddy Plumain is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot First Division club Nea Salamina. Born in mainland France, he plays for the Guadeloupe national team.
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1995
Chinese singer based in South Korea
Jin Longguo is a Chinese singer based in South Korea. He is best known for being a member of the South Korean project boy band JBJ, and for finishing 21st in the survival show Produce 101 Season 2.
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1996
American basketball player
Arike Faulina Ogunbowale is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Mist of Unrivaled. She played college basketball for…
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1997
American football player
Tuanigamanuolepola Donny Tagovailoa is an American professional football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and was named…
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1998
American football player
Isiah Pacheco, nicknamed "Pop" is an American professional football running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Pacheco was…
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1999
Spanish footballer
Ignacio "Iñaki" Peña Sotorres is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Elche, on loan from Barcelona.
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1999
Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
Bárbara de Kassia Godoy Domingos is a Brazilian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time Pan American Championships all-around champion and the first Brazilian rhythmic gymnast to qualify for the individual…
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2000
French footballer
Illan Stéphane Meslier is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Leeds United.
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2000
American basketball player
Brooks Barnhizer is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played…
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2002
Hong Kong singer and actress
Windy Zhan Tian-wen is a Hong Kong female Cantopop singer and actress, and a member of the Hong Kong girl group After Class. She is a contestant of the season 1 of TVB's 2021 reality singing talent competition Stars…
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2006
Duke of Skåne
Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne is the younger child and only son of Crown Princess Victoria and her husband, Prince Daniel. He is a grandson of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia and is third in the line of…
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2016
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