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Beck remarked, "The only comic books I ever read and enjoyed were Little Lulu and Donald Duck".
Famous Birthdays on March 22
212 people
841 – 2001
March 22 has seen 212 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 841 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1914 — John Stanley
American author and illustrator (died 1993)
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John Stanley was an American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu comic book stories from 1945 to 1959
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While mostly known for scripting, Stanley also drew many of his stories, including the earliest issues of Little Lulu and its Tubby spinoff series
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His specialty was humorous stories, both with licensed characters and those of his own creation
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His writing style has been described as employing "colorful, S
Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (died 885)
Bernard Plantapilosa or Bernard II of Auvergne, or Plantevelue, son of Bernard of Septimania and Dhuoda, was the Count of Auvergne from 872 to his death. The Emperor Charles the Fat granted him the title of Margrave of…
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841
875
Emperor Go-Horikawa , was the 86th emperor of Japan who reigned during the Jōō period, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1221 through 1232.
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1212
1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal (probable); (died 1399)
Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG was an English landowner and peer. His family was a venerable one, and by the time Thomas reached adulthood, they were extremely influential in national politics. He claimed a…
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1367
1394
Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519)
Maximilian I was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He proclaimed himself…
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1459
German astrologer and chronicler (died 1537)
Johann Carion was a German astrologer, known also for historical writings.
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1499
Italian author and educator (died 1583)
Antonio Francesco Grazzini or Antonfrancesco Grazzini was an Italian Renaissance author.
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1503
Italian composer (died 1590)
Gioseffo Zarlino was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning.
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1517
Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (died 1580)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. She was the…
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1519
Archbishop of York (died 1650)
John Williams was a Welsh clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Dean of Westminster 1620–1644, Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York…
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1582
Flemish-English painter and etcher (died 1641)
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
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1599
Polish king (died 1672)
John II Casimir Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660. He was the first son of Sigismund III Vasa with…
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1609
Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (died 1691)
Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, also known as Lady Ranelagh, was an Anglo-Irish scientist in seventeenth-century Ireland and England. She was also a political and religious philosopher, and a member of many…
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1615
German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (died 1727)
August Hermann Francke was a German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar. His evangelistic fervour and Pietism got him expelled as lecturer from the universities of Dresden and Leipzig…
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1663
1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (died 1764)
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, was an English Whig politician and peer who sat in the British House of Commons from 1707 to 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Bath by George II of Great Britain.…
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1684
English poet and playwright (died 1757)
Edward Moore, English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire.
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1712
French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (died 1799)
Nicolas-Henri Jardin was a French architect. Born in St. Germain des Noyers, Seine-et-Marne, Jardin worked seventeen years in Denmark–Norway as an architect to the Danish royal court. He introduced neoclassicism to…
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1720
American lawyer and politician (died 1783)
Charles Carroll was an American statesman from Annapolis, Maryland. In 1760, he built the colonial home Mount Clare in Maryland, and a he was named a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777, which…
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1723
German painter and theorist (died 1779)
Anton Raphael Mengs was a German Neoclassical painter.
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1728
English scientist (died 1873)
Adam Sedgwick FRS was a British geologist and Anglican priest, one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the geological timescale. Based on work which he did on Welsh rock…
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1785
1797
English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877)
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband, who was accused by many of coercive behaviour, in 1836. Her husband then sued her close…
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1808
American physician and lawyer (died 1873)
David Swinson "Doc" Maynard was an American doctor and businessman. He was one of Seattle's primary founders. Maynard was Seattle's first doctor, merchant prince, second lawyer, Sub-Indian Agent, Justice of the Peace,…
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1808
American author and activist (died 1886)
Stephen Pearl Andrews was an American libertarian socialist, individualist anarchist, linguist, political philosopher, and outspoken abolitionist.
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1812
American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (died 1857)
Thomas Gibson Crawford was an American sculptor who is best known for his numerous artistic contributions to the United States Capitol, including the Statue of Freedom atop its dome.
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1814
American general (died 1876)
Braxton Bragg was an American military officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War. He later served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, seeing action in the Western Theater. His most…
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1817
English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (died 1846)
John Ainsworth Horrocks was an English pastoralist and explorer who was one of the first European settlers in the Clare Valley of South Australia where, in 1840, he established the village of Penwortham.
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1818
Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895)
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha was an Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian who was a prominent figure in the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire. He was the head of the Mecelle commission that…
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1822
Greek scientist (died 1906)
Anastasios Christomanos was a Greek chemist. He was one of the most important Greek scientists of the later part of the 19th century. His academic collaborators were some of the most important scientists in the world,…
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1841
Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912)
Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time, he was the central figure of Ukrainian music, with an oeuvre that includes…
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1842
English illustrator and painter (died 1886)
Randolph Caldecott was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and…
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1846
American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (died 1891)
James H. Timberlake was an American law enforcement officer, Civil War soldier, farmer and rancher who served as a deputy U.S. marshal for the Western District of Missouri. Timberlake is best known for being the chief…
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1846
Czech violinist and educator (died 1934)
Otakar Ševčík was a Czech violinist and influential teacher. He was known as a soloist and an ensemble player, including his occasional performances with Eugène Ysaÿe.
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1852
French cardinal (died 1916)
Hector Sévin was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1912 to 1916. He was made a cardinal in 1914.
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1852
British painter (died 1926)
Dorothy Tennant, Lady Stanley was an English painter of the Victorian era neoclassicism. She was married to explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley.
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1855
French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (died 1932)
Joseph Athanase Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer, was a French politician who served as the President of France from June 1931 until his assassination in May 1932. He is described as "the Father of French…
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1857
American baseball player and umpire (died 1913)
John Anthony Boyle, nicknamed "Honest Jack", was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball. His younger brother, Eddie Boyle, played in 1896.
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1866
American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
Robert Andrews Millikan was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect."
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1868
Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964)
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic. He led…
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1869
Scottish-English footballer (died 1939)
Thomas McInnes was a Scottish professional footballer. McInnes was capped once for Scotland, against Ireland in 1889.
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1869
Canadian-American painter (died 1939)
Ernest Lawson was a Canadian-American painter and exhibited his work at the Canadian Art Club and as a member of the American group The Eight, artists who formed a loose association in 1908 to protest the narrowness of…
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1873
Canadian-American football player and coach (died 1960)
Ernest Cosmos Quigley was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official.
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1880
American journalist and politician (died 1951)
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nations.…
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1884
Italian actress (died 1959)
Lyda Cini, Countess of Monselice was an Italian actress of cinema and theatre. Her career in theatre started when she was a child, acting on stage with Paola Pezzaglia in the French drama I due derelitti.
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1884
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (died 1969)
Aryeh Levin was an Orthodox rabbi dubbed the "Father of Prisoners" for his visits to members of the Jewish underground imprisoned in the Central Prison of Jerusalem in the Russian Compound during the British Mandate. He…
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1885
Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1963)
August Rei was an Estonian politician. He served as State Elder of Estonia from 1928 to 1929, and as Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Estonian government-in-exile from 1945 to 1963.
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1886
American actor (died 1961)
Leonard "Chico" Marx was an American comedian, actor, and pianist. He was the oldest brother in the Marx Brothers comedy troupe, alongside his brothers Arthur ("Harpo"), Julius ("Groucho"), Milton ("Gummo"), and Herbert…
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1887
1890
American country banjo player (died 1931)
Charles Cleveland Poole was an American old-time musician and string band leader. His group, the North Carolina Ramblers, recorded many highly popular renditions of traditional songs from 1925 through 1930.
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1892
Estonian poet and scholar (died 1970)
Johannes Semper was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician.
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1892
Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1969)
He Long was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China. He was from a poor rural family in Hunan, and his family was not able to provide him with any formal education. He began his…
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1896
Austrian-American actor (died 1964)
Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film The Life of Emile Zola (1937). He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as Otto…
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1896
1899
Austrian-American painter (died 1991)
Martha Greta Kempton was an Austrian-American painter who was the White House artist during the Truman administration.
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1901
Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (died 1949)
Johannes Andreas Brinkman, also known as Jan Brinkman, was a Dutch architect and exponent of Nieuwe Bouwen, modern architecture in the Netherlands.
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1902
French actress and composer (died 2008)
Madeleine Milhaud Milhaud was a French actress and librettist. She was both cousin to and wife of composer Darius Milhaud.
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1902
American cartoonist (died 1987)
Bill Holman was an American cartoonist who drew the classic comic strip Smokey Stover from 1935 until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune syndicate, it had the longest run of any strip in the…
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1903
American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1990)
James Maurice Gavin, sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne…
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1907
Australian tennis player (died 1991)
John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at the…
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1908
Canadian author and educator (died 1983)
Gabrielle Roy was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba. She became one of the major voices in French-language literature in Canada, known for her portrayals of working-class life in Manitoba and Quebec and for…
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1909
English sailor and author (died 1979)
Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–1945), but perhaps known best internationally…
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1910
Irish actor and performer (died 1985)
Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish actor. He was best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son. He achieved…
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1912
English race car driver (died 1959)
Leslie George Johnson was a British racing driver who competed in rallies, hill climbs, sports car races and Grand Prix races.
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1912
Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004)
Agnes Bernice Martin was a Canadian-American abstract painter known for her minimalist style and abstract expressionism. Born in Saskatchewan, she moved to the United States in 1931, where she pursued higher education…
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1912
American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (died 1983)
Thomas Lawson McCall was an American, politician and journalist in the state of Oregon, serving as the state's 30th governor from 1967 to 1975. A progressive Republican, he was known as a staunch environmentalist and an…
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1913
American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
Lewis Robert Wasserman was an American businessman and talent agent, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades after World…
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1913
American actor (died 1971)
James A. Westerfield was an American character actor of stage, film, and television.
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1913
Baron Stokes, English businessman (died 2008)
Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes was an English industrialist. He was the head of British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC) from 1968 to 1975.
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1914
American actress (died 2004)
Virginia Grey was an American actress who appeared in over 100 films and several radio and television shows from the 1930s to the early 1980s. She was romantically involved with Clark Gable for several years, after his…
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1917
Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006)
Irving Kaplansky was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician.
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1917
English actor (died 2013)
Paul Rogers was an English actor of film, stage and television. He was the first winner of the BAFTA TV Award Best Actor in 1955 and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Homecoming…
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1917
Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (died 1997)
Cheddi Berret Jagan was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to his death…
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1918
American illustrator (died 1990)
Bernard Krigstein was an American illustrator and gallery artist who received acclaim for his innovative and influential approach to comic book art, notably in EC Comics. His artwork usually displayed the signature B.…
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1919
American actor (died 1992)
James Edward Brown was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Lt. Ripley Masters in the American western television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.
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1920
German-American actor (died 2000)
Werner Klemperer was an American actor. He was best known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he twice won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy…
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1920
Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (died 1995)
Robert Lloyd George MacPhail, was a Canadian politician and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.
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1920
American actor (died 1981)
Ross Martin was an American radio, voice, stage, film, and television actor. Martin was best known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS Western series The Wild Wild West, which aired from 1965 to 1969. He was the…
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1920
Japanese geochemist (died 2007)
Katsuko Saruhashi (猿橋 勝子, Saruhashi Katsuko; March 22, 1920 – September 29, 2007) was a Japanese geochemist who created tools that let her take some of the first measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in seawater.…
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1920
English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (died 2020)
Dame Fanny Waterman was a British pianist and academic piano teacher, who is particularly known as the founder, chair and artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition. She was also president of the…
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1920
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter.
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1921
American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (died 2013)
John Joyce "Jack" Gilligan was an American World War II veteran, educator and Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. representative and as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. He was…
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1922
American screenwriter (died 2015)
Stewart Henry Stern was an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), starring James Dean.
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1922
Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960)
Yevgeny Ilyich Ostashev was a combat engineer, test pilot of rocket and space technology, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, head of the 1st control polygon NIIP-5 (Baikonur), Lenin Prize…
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1924
Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)
Osman Fahir Seden, usually credited as Osman F. Seden, was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer.
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1924
American television announcer (died 1999)
William Joseph Wenzel Jr., known as Bill Wendell, was an NBC television staff announcer for almost his entire professional career.
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1924
American basketball player and manager (died 2013)
Marty Blake was a general manager of the Atlanta Hawks franchise, and the NBA's longtime Director of Scouting. He was a recipient of the Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award.
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1927
Russian photographer (died 2016)
Nicolas Tikhomiroff was a French photographer, of Russian origin. He started working for Magnum in 1959. Famous for his work on World Cinema, he also had a large portfolio of war photography. Tikohomiroff retired and…
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1927
American journalist (died 2001)
Carrie Donovan was an American fashion editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times Magazine. In the 1990s she became known for her work in Old Navy commercials where she wore her trademark large eyeglasses…
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1928
American author, critic, and academic
Eric Donald Hirsch Jr. is an American educator, literary critic, and theorist. He is professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Virginia.
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1928
American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011)
Charles Edward Macauley was a professional basketball player and coach. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed". Macauley played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1959 for the St. Louis Bombers,…
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1928
Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973)
Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh, better known by his stage name P. Ramlee, was a Malaysian actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer. Born in Penang, Malaya, he is regarded as a prominent icon in Southeast Asia.
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1929
1930
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Burton Richter was an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) team led by Samuel Ting…
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1931
Canadian actor
William Shatner is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship…
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1931
psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022)
Laura Ann Shulgin was an American author and the wife of chemist Alexander Shulgin, with whom she wrote the books PiHKAL and TiHKAL.
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1931
Welsh journalist and author (died 2014)
Leslie Thomas, OBE was a Welsh author best known for his comic novel The Virgin Soldiers.
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1931
1932
American chess player and journalist (died 2010)
Larry Melvyn Evans was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess…
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1932
Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (died 2021)
Abolhassan Banisadr was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident who served as the first president of Iran following the Iranian Revolution, holding office from 1980 until his impeachment in 1981. Prior to…
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1933
1934
English lawyer and judge (died 2025)
Sheila Morag Clark Cameron was a British lawyer. She was Dean of the Arches and Official Principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury from 2000 to 2009, and was therefore the senior ecclesiastical judge of the Church of…
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1934
Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (died 2004)
Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova was a Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion. After graduating from studies in aviation technology in 1959, Korchuganova made a name for herself as a pilot in aerobatics competitions,…
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1935
Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024)
Lea Pericoli was an Italian tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is also famous…
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1935
American baseball player and umpire (died 2013)
Frank Victor Pulli was an American professional baseball umpire, working in the National League from 1972 until 1999. He umpired many postseason games, including four World Series. Pulli wore uniform number 14 during…
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1935
Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015)
Erol Büyükburç was a Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor.
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1936
1936
Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was a Kenyan/British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mixture of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style. He was best…
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1936
American pianist and composer (died 2022)
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch: Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk…
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1937
German sprinter
Armin Hary (German pronunciation: [ˈaʁmiːn ˈhaːʁi] ; is a retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the gold…
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1937
American trumpet player and composer (died 2021)
Jon Hassell was an American trumpet player and composer. He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various world…
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1937
British drag queen (died 2003)
Francis Joseph Pearson was a British drag queen and nightclub owner known professionally as Foo Foo Lammar. The Times called him "One of the North of England's most popular female impersonators", whilst the BBC…
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1937
Estonian chess player (died 2012)
Rein-Toomas Etruk was an Estonian chess player who three times won the Estonian Chess Championship.
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1938
Jr., American physicist and inventor
George Edward Alcorn Jr. was an American physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor. He taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia, and worked primarily for IBM and NASA. Alcorn is…
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1940
1940
Cambodian-American physician and author (died 1996)
Haing Somnang Ngor was a Cambodian and American actor, physician, and activist. He made his acting debut in the biographical drama film The Killing Fields (1984) as journalist Dith Pran, for which he won the Academy…
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1940
American poet
William James Collins is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016.…
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1941
Swiss actor (died 2019)
Bruno Ganz was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford…
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1941
Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
Cassam Uteem is a Mauritian political figure who served as the second president of Mauritius from 30 June 1992 to 15 February 2002. He is the longest serving president of Mauritius.
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1941
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben. Performing in a samba style that also…
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1942
Canadian lawyer and academic
Richard William Duncan Pound, better known as Dick Pound, is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer, and spokesman for ethics in sport. He was the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and vice-president of the…
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1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
George Washington Benson is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.
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1943
Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013)
Nazem Ganjapour was an Iranian football player. In the last match of Shahin against Tehranjavan, he scored a hat trick. After this he joined Persepolis. Later, he was a scout and coached youth clubs.
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1943
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976)
William Keith Relf was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim…
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1943
1945
American basketball player and coach
Donald Ray Chaney is an American former professional basketball player and coach, most notable for winning two championships as a player on the Boston Celtics, and winning NBA Coach of the Year while leading the Houston…
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1946
Israeli viola player and composer
Rivka Golani is an Israeli-born viola player.
She has performed as soloist with many orchestras throughout the world including the Boston Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, BBC Symphony, BBC…
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1946
American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known…
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1946
Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg, better known as Harry Vanda, is a Dutch-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the last surviving member of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easybeats who…
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1946
English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
George Robin Paget Ferguson CBE, PPRIBA, RWA is a British politician, former architect, and entrepreneur who served as the first elected mayor of Bristol from 2012 to 2016.
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1947
Dutch basketball player and coach
Maarten Herman van Gent was a Dutch basketball coach, manager, scout and businessman.
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1947
American journalist
Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He has been a host of The…
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1948
English composer and director
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21…
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1948
English journalist (died 2010)
Brian Hanrahan was a British television journalist who was the Diplomatic News Editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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1949
Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton, is a Scottish politician who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Defence 2006 to 2008 and Secretary of…
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1952
American sportscaster
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1952
American economist and chess grandmaster
Kenneth Saul Rogoff is an American economist and chess Grandmaster.
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1953
Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
Valdis Zatlers is a Latvian politician and former physician who served as the seventh president of Latvia from 2007 to 2011. He won the Latvian presidential election of 31 May 2007. He became President of Latvia on 8…
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1955
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Maria Teresa is a member of the grand ducal family of Luxembourg. She was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Henri from 2000 until her husband's abdication in 2025.
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1956
1957
American football player
James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the…
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1960
British comic book writer
Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel Comics's initial comic book to promote the toyline…
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1961
Greek footballer
Nikos Kourbanas is a Greek football manager and former player. He played as a defender.
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1962
English ballerina
Deborah Clare Bull, Baroness Bull,, is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster, and former creative director of the Royal Opera House. She joined King's College London as Director, Cultural Partnerships in 2012. In…
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1963
Swedish ice hockey player
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1963
English pop singer
Susan Ann Sulley, formerly known as Susanne Sulley and Susan Ann Gayle, is an English singer. She is one of the two female vocalists in the synth-pop band the Human League, contributing co-lead vocals on the conflicting…
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1963
Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Hannu Markus Virta is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga) four times, and was a five-time all-star. He also won the Jarmo Wasama…
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1963
Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
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1963
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1966
Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
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1966
Portuguese runner
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1966
American basketball player and coach
Brian Keith Shaw is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played both guard positions, but…
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1966
Italian cyclist
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1967
Scottish-English footballer (died 2011)
Bernard Gallacher was a Scottish professional footballer who made 113 appearances in the English Football League, playing predominantly at left-back.
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1967
American football player
Russell James Maryland is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 10 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).…
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1969
Swedish singer-songwriter
Jon Erik Andreas Johnson is a Swedish pop/rock singer-songwriter and musician.
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1970
Dutch cyclist
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1970
South Korean runner
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1970
German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
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1972
American baseball player (died 2006)
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1972
English singer-songwriter and producer
Beverley Knight is an English singer, songwriter, actress and radio personality. She released her first album, The B-Funk, in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin,…
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1973
American basketball player
Marcus Dion Camby is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named Defensive Player of the Year during the 2006–07 NBA season, leading…
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1974
Belgian footballer
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1974
Greek handball player
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1974
Finnish ice hockey player
Tuomas Oskar Grönman is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-liiga.
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1974
Mexican producer and singer
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1974
Czech-Monegasque tennis player
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1975
Dutch field hockey player
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1976
Japanese singer-songwriter
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1976
American football player and coach
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1977
American businessman and social media personality
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1977
1977
Venezuelan film director and screenwriter
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1977
American football player and coach
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1978
Greek hip hop singer
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1979
American guitarist
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1979
Dominican baseball player
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1979
German runner
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1981
1981
1982
Italian cyclist
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1982
Canadian skier
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1982
American baseball player
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1982
1982
Canadian ice hockey player
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1982
American actress
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1982
American football player
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1983
German footballer
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1984
Belgian footballer
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1985
Danish cyclist
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1985
American baseball player
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1985
1985
American baseball player
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1986
1987
British rallycross driver
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1987
Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)
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1987
American football player
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1988
1989
American football player
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1989
Barbadian cricketer
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1992
Cape Verdean basketball player
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1992
Puerto Rican baseball player
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1994
American basketball player
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1994
Belarusian tennis player
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1994
South Korean singer
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1994
Italian footballer
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1997
Nigerian-American basketball player
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1997
Hong Kong model and actor
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1997
Greek footballer
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2000
Latvian ice hockey player
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2001
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