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After his retirement from the NFL, Marshall became a TV personality, and is a former co-host on FS1's morning show First Things First
Famous Birthdays on March 23
245 people
1338 – 2001
March 23 has seen 245 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1338 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1984 — Brandon Marshall
American football player
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Brandon Tyrone Marshall is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL)
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He played college football for the UCF Knights, and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL draft
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Marshall has also played for the Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears, New York Jets, New York Giants, and the Seattle Seahawks
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Marshall currently cohosts Showtime's Inside the NFL and has been on the show for seven seasons.
Emperor Go-Kōgon was the 4th of the Emperors of Northern Court during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1352 through 1371.
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1338
Margaret of Anjou was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Through marriage, she was also nominally Queen of France from 1445 to 1453. Born in the Duchy of…
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1430
Italian writer and assassin (died 1548)
Lorenzino de' Medici, also known as Lorenzaccio, was an Italian politician, writer, and dramatist, and a member of the Medici family. He became famous for assassinating his cousin, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of…
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1514
German composer (died 1663)
Thomas Selle was a seventeenth-century German baroque composer.
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1599
Mughal princess (died 1681)
Jahanara Begum was a princess of the Mughal Empire. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
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1614
Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic (died 1731)
Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, was a 17th-century Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary. She was widely known as La Siervita in the Canary Islands.
She lived a life that was austere and simple. Many…
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1643
Adélaïde de France was a French princess, the sixth child and fourth daughter of King Louis XV and Queen Marie Leszczyńska.
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1732
French mathematician and astronomer (died 1827)
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, statistics, and philosophy. He summarized and extended…
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1749
Austrian bassist and composer (died 1812)
Johannes Matthias Sperger, also often Johann, was an Austrian double bassist and composer.
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1750
Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (died 1802)
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist, and artillery commissioned officer.
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1754
French general and diplomat (died 1832)
Augustin Daniel Belliard, comte Belliard et de l'Empire was a French general.
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1769
English geologist and cartographer (died 1839)
William 'Strata' Smith was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country. At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scientific…
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1769
American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (died 1885)
Schuyler Colfax Jr. was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the United States House…
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1823
Austrian violinist and composer (died 1917)
Ludwig Minkus, also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus, was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violinist and teacher of music.
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1826
German pianist and composer (died 1858)
Friedrich Julius Reubke was a German composer, pianist and organist associated with the school of Romanticism. A pupil of Franz Liszt, his small œuvre includes the Sonata on the 94th Psalm in C minor, renowned as one of…
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1834
Swiss women's rights activist and unionist (died 1908)
Marie Adam-Doerrer was a Swiss women's rights activist and unionist.
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1838
Estonian-German historian, businessman and composer (died 1909)
Friedrich Ludwig Balthasar Amelung was a Baltic German cultural historian, businessman and chess endgame composer.
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1842
American mathematician (died 1921)
Susan Jane Cunningham was an American mathematician instrumental in the founding and development of Swarthmore College. She was born in Maryland, and studied mathematics and astronomy with Maria Mitchell at Vassar…
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1842
German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
Ludwig Quidde was a German politician and pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: Otto von…
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1858
British politician and businessman (died 1933)
Horatio William Bottomley was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine John Bull, and for his…
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1860
American criminal (died 1950)
Nathaniel "Texas Jack" Reed was a 19th-century American outlaw responsible for many stagecoach, bank, and train robberies throughout the American Southwest during the 1880s and 1890s. He acted on his own and also led a…
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1862
German journalist and politician (died 1923)
Dietrich Eckart was a German völkisch poet, playwright, journalist, publicist, and political activist who was one of the founders of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party. Eckart was a key…
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1868
Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist (died 1955)
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development and is credited with being the first…
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1869
Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1940)
Michael Joseph Savage was an Australian-born New Zealand politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of New Zealand, heading the First Labour Government from 1935 until his death in 1940.
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1872
English hurdler (died 1947)
Grantley Thomas Smart Goulding was a British athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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1874
German-American painter and illustrator (died 1951)
Joseph Christian Leyendecker was one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the United States. He was active between 1895 and 1951 producing drawings and paintings for hundreds…
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1874
Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (died 1924)
Mehmet Ziya Gökalp was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp, which he retained…
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1876
Burmese poet, writer and political leader (died 1964)
Thakin Kodaw Hmaing is considered one of the greatest Burmese poets, writers and political leaders in the 20th century history of Burma. He is regarded as the Father of Burmese nationalist and peace movements as well as…
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1876
Austrian composer and conductor (died 1934)
Franz Schreker was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality, timbral experimentation,…
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1878
Finnish lawyer and politician, Finnish Minister of the Interior (died 1922)
Heikki Ritavuori was a Finnish lawyer, a politician from the National Progressive Party, a member of the Parliament of Finland and Minister of the Interior. He was the closest colleague of President K. J. Ståhlberg and…
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1880
American sprinter (died 1969)
Lacey Earnest Hearn was an American athlete and middle distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century. Individually he specialized in the 1500 Metres, and he won a bronze medal in Athletics at the 1904…
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1881
French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Roger Martin du Gard was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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1881
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
Hermann Staudinger was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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1881
Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic (died 1935)
Amalie Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She also proved Noether's first and second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics. Noether was…
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1882
English sailor, officer aboard the Titanic (died 1967)
Commander Joseph Groves Boxhall was a British merchant seaman and naval officer who was the fourth officer on the RMS Titanic. When the ship struck the iceberg, Boxhall was on watch and subsequently became the only…
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1884
American jumper and politician (died 1961)
Platt Adams was an American athlete. He competed in various events at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in jumping events in 1912.
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1885
Mexican general and acting president (1915) (died 1962)
Roque Victoriano González Garza was a Mexican general and politician who served as acting President of Mexico from January to June 1915. He was appointed by the Convention of Aguascalientes during the Mexican…
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1885
American long jumper (died 1942)
Francis Cleveland Irons was an American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa and died in Palatine, Illinois.
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1886
Czech painter and poet (died 1945)
Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and poet. He invented the word 'robot', which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.
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1887
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1887
Lithuanian-born American labor leader (died 1946)
Sidney Hillman was an American labor leader. He was the head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and was a key figure in the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and in marshaling labor's…
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1887
1891
Irish-American art director and production designer (died 1960)
Austin Cedric Gibbons was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in…
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1893
Indian engineer and businessman (died 1974)
G. D. Naidu was an Indian technical redesigner and industrial pioneer who transformed imported technologies into practical and affordable innovations for India. He is referred to as one of "the wealth creators of…
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1893
English international footballer and cricketer (died 1963)
Arthur Grimsdell was an English professional footballer. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire and played at centre-half and later wing-half for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He captained both teams during the 1920s.
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1894
Filipino historian and educator (died 2001)
Encarnación Amoranto Alzona was a pioneering Filipino historian, educator and suffragist. The first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., she was conferred in 1985 the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines.
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1895
French-American astrologer, author and composer (died 1985)
Dane Rudhyar, born Daniel Chennevière, was an American author, modernist composer, painter and humanistic astrologer. He was a pioneer of modern transpersonal astrology.
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1895
Slovenian-American author, translator and politician (died 1951)
Louis Adamic was a Slovene-American author and translator, mostly known for writing about and advocating for ethnic diversity of the United States.
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1898
Duchess of Parma (died 1984)
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza was the titular Duchess of Parma and Piacenza and was also Carlist Queen of Spain as the wife of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, the Carlist pretender to the Spanish…
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1898
German actress and singer (died 1943)
Dora Gerson was a German cabaret singer and stage and motion picture actress of the silent film era. She was murdered at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
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1899
German psychologist and sociologist (died 1980)
Erich Seligmann Fromm was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United…
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1900
Indian guru and religious writer (died 1982)
Bhakti Hridaya Bon, also known as Swami Bon, was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and a guru in the Gaudiya Math following the philosophy of bhakti, specifically that of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Gaudiya Vaishnava…
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1901
New Zealand writer (died 1982)
Frank Sargeson was a New Zealand short story writer and novelist. Born in Hamilton, Sargeson had a middle-class and puritanical upbringing, and initially worked as a lawyer. After travelling to the United Kingdom for…
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1903
German chanson singer-songwriter (died 1972)
Lale Andersen was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Lehe. She is best known for her interpretation of the song "Lili Marleen" in 1939, which by 1942 transcended the conflict to become World War II's biggest…
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1905
Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
Daniel Bovet was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his…
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1907
American cartoonist (died 1997)
Charles George Werner was an American editorial cartoonist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1939 and later worked 47 years for the Indianapolis Star.
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1909
English runner, colonial officer and educator (died 2001)
John Frederick Cornes also known as Jerry Cornes was an English middle distance runner, colonial officer, and schoolmaster. He was born in Darjeeling, British India.
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1910
Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (died 1998)
Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it, he is widely regarded as…
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1910
Canadian-American children's author and critic (died 1996)
Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954) and its sequels, a collection of critical essays…
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1912
English-South African cricketer and coach (died 2013)
Neil Thomas McCorkell was an English first-class cricketer. A successor as Hampshire wicket-keeper to George Brown, McCorkell made his debut in first-class cricket in 1932. He played for Hampshire either side of the…
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1912
German-American physicist and engineer, chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle (died 1977)
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German American aerospace engineer and space architect. He became a member of the Nazi Party and then the Allgemeine SS to support his rocket work. He led the…
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1912
Turko-French painter and illustrator (died 1993)
Abidin Dino was a Turkish artist and a well-known painter.
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1913
American magician and author (died 1984)
Milbourne Christopher was a prominent American illusionist, magic historian, and author.
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1914
Duchess of Roxburghe (died 2014)
Mary Evelyn Hungerford Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, born Lady Mary Crewe-Milnes, was a British aristocrat. She was a daughter of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, by his marriage to Lady Peggy Primrose,…
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1915
Russian captain (died 1991)
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev was a Soviet sniper who served in World War II.
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1915
English historian (died 1998)
Harry Cranbrook Allen was a British historian of the United States.
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1917
American sergeant (died 1992)
Stanley Armour Dunham was an American furniture salesman and the maternal grandfather of Barack Obama, a former President of the United States. He and his wife Madelyn Payne Dunham raised Obama from the age of 10 in…
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1918
American politician (died 2013)
Helene Eleanor Hale was an American politician from the state of Hawaii.
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1918
Japanese football player (died 1940s)
Kazu Naoki was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
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1918
American architect and educator (died 2013)
Carl Graffunder was a mid-century modernist architect whose influence from European modernism, Frank Lloyd Wright and Antonin Raymond manifested in many residential and commercial structures mostly in Minnesota. He was…
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1919
Indian freedom activist and politician (died 2003)
Subhadra Joshi was an Indian freedom activist, politician and parliamentarian from Indian National Congress. She took part
in the 1942 Quit India movement, and later remained the president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress…
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1919
Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2013)
Tetsuharu Kawakami was a Japanese baseball player and manager, known for his red bat, and his nickname dageki no kamisama .
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1920
American pilot, lawyer and politician (died 2021)
Neal Edward Smith was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House…
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1920
English race car driver (died 1967)
Donald Malcolm Campbell was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed…
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1921
Australian public servant (died 2017)
Sir Peter James Lawler was an Australian senior public servant and diplomat. He served in senior roles under Prime Ministers Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton, McMahon, Whitlam, Fraser and Hawke, and ended his career as…
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1921
American comedian and actor (died 2018)
Morton David Alpern, better known as Marty Allen, was an American comedian, actor, and philanthropist. He worked as a comedy headliner in nightclubs, as a dramatic actor in television roles, and was once called "The…
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1922
Italian actor (died 1990)
Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
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1922
1923
Sr., American lieutenant and politician (died 2013)
Rodney Mims Cook was an American politician who served for over twenty years as Atlanta alderman and member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
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1924
English crystallographer and academic (died 2023)
Olga Kennard, Lady Burgen was a Hungarian-born British scientist who specialised in crystallography. She was the founder of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.
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1924
English architect (died 2012)
John Hardcastle Dalton Madin was an English architect. His company, known as John H D Madin & Partners from 1962 and the John Madin Design Group from 1968, was active in Birmingham for over 30 years.
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1924
American inventor of Liquid Paper (died 1980)
Bette Nesmith Graham was an American inventor, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and philanthropist from the state of Texas. While working as a secretary in the 1950s, she developed the correction fluid known as Liquid…
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1924
English cinematographer (died 2008)
David Watkin BSC was an English cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source. He worked with such film…
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1925
American banjo player (died 2021)
Lee Sexton was an American banjoist from Letcher County, Kentucky. He began playing the banjo at the age of eight and was proficient in the two-finger picking and "drop-thumb" (clawhammer) traditional styles of east…
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1928
English middle-distance runner, neurologist and academic (died 2018)
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.
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1929
English architect and engineer (died 2016)
Michael Manser was a British architect. He was a president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and established his own successful architecture practice in 1961.
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1929
American actor, director and producer
Mark Rydell is an American film director, producer and actor. He has directed several Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979) and The River…
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1929
Russian speed skater (died 2005)
Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin was a Soviet and Russian speedskater. Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow. A four-time Olympian, he became European Champion in 1956, and won Olympic…
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1931
Russian chess player and author (died 2016)
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was a Soviet and Swiss chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
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1931
Russian skier (died 2013)
Yevdokiya Panteleyevna Mekshilo was a female Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s for Armed Forces sports society. At the 1964 Winter Olympics, she won a gold in the 3 × 5 km relay and a silver in the 10…
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1931
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)
Donald Robert Marshall was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
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1932
English opera singer and educator (died 2021)
Norman Stanley Bailey was a British operatic bass-baritone who appeared in leading roles in major opera venues. After an early career in Austria and Germany, he settled in England and was associated with the English…
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1933
American psychologist and academic (died 2024)
Philip George Zimbardo was an American psychologist and a professor at Stanford University. He was an internationally known educator, researcher, author and media personality in psychology who authored more than 500…
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1933
English psychologist
Alan David Baddeley CBE FRS is a British psychologist. He is known for his research on memory and for developing the three-component model of working memory. He is a professor of psychology at the University of York.
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1934
Russian mathematician and physicist (died 2017)
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev was a Soviet and Russian mathematical physicist. He is known for the discovery of the Faddeev equations in the quantum-mechanical three-body problem and for the development of path-integral…
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1934
English comedian, actor and screenwriter (died 2022)
Barry Charles Cryer was an English writer, comedian, and actor. As well as performing on stage, radio and television, Cryer wrote for many performers including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner,…
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1935
Greek painter and sculptor (died 2017)
Jannis Kounellis was a Greek Italian artist based in Rome. A key figure associated with Arte Povera, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome.
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1936
American race car driver (died 2023)
Norman Craig Breedlove Sr. was an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first person in history to reach 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using…
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1937
American actor, comedian, boxer and football player (died 2016)
Anthony Mabron Burton was an American actor and professional boxer. He was best known for his role as trainer Tony "Duke" Evers in the Rocky films.
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1937
American physician and academic
Robert Charles Gallo is an American biomedical researcher. He is best known for his role in establishing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome…
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1937
Australian actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
Jon Douglas Finlayson was an Australian stage and screen character actor, radio performer, writer, director, producer and singer
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1938
Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
Michael Haneke is a German-born Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films…
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1942
American record producer and musician (died 1994)
Jimmy Miller was an American record producer and musician. While he produced albums for dozens of different bands and artists, he is known primarily for his work with several key musical acts of the 1960s and 1970s.
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1942
Guyanese historian, scholar and activist (died 1980)
Walter Anthony Rodney was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. He was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980.
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1942
Scottish-English economist and banker (died 2012)
Sir Andrew Duncan Crockett was a British banker, economist and public servant. He was the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
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1943
Finnish singer, author and director (died 2001)
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áilu in the Northern Sámi language and with the stage name of Áillohaš, was a Finnish Sámi writer, musician and artist. He was one of the most internationally recognised contributors of…
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1943
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
Anthony Charles McPhee was an English guitarist and singer. He was the founder of the British blues and rock band the Groundhogs.
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1944
English composer of minimalist music and pianist
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. He has…
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1944
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2019)
Richard Theodore Otcasek, known as Ric Ocasek, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the American new wave…
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1944
Italian singer-songwriter and director (died 2021)
Francesco "Franco" Battiato was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs explore many themes, and have spanned genres such as…
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1945
American mandolin player and composer
David Jay Grisman is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which releases his recordings and those of other…
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1945
English screenwriter and producer
Alan George Bleasdale is an English screenwriter, best known for social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. A former teacher, he has written for radio, stage and screen, and has also written…
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1946
American author
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and Registered Nurse who lives in Port Townsend, Washington. She has published over 40 novels, as well as collaborating with Anne McCaffrey…
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1947
Pakistani cricketer
Wasim Bari is a Pakistani former international cricketer who played in 81 Test matches and 51 One Day Internationals from 1967 to 1984. Bari was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. He captained Pakistan in Test…
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1948
German-Canadian educator and politician
Marie Malavoy is a Canadian politician and teacher. She was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Taillon in the Montérégie region for the Parti Québécois. Following the PQ victory in 2012,…
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1948
French actress
Corinne Marie-Madeleine Geneviève Pierrette Picolo, better known as Corinne Cléry, is a French actress. Her breakthrough role was as the title character in Story of O (1975), based on the novel of the same name. She…
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1950
English keyboard player and songwriter
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Their current lineup consists of guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist Dave Rimmer.…
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1950
Egyptian author and translator
Ahdaf Soueif is an Egyptian novelist and political and cultural commentator.
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1950
American football player and sportscaster
Ronald Vincent Jaworski, nicknamed "Jaws", is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He played college football for the Youngstown State…
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1951
English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport
Adrian John Reynard is a businessman and commercial astronaut. He is the founder of Reynard Motorsport, which was a successful racing car manufacturer before it went bankrupt in 2002.
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1951
Italian painter and illustrator
Francesco Clemente is an Italian contemporary artist. He has lived at various times in Italy, India and New York City. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India. He has worked in various…
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1952
American author
Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes, featuring scientists as heroes.…
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1952
American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th United States Secretary of State
Rex Wayne Tillerson is an American energy executive and former diplomat who served as the 69th United States secretary of state from 2017 to 2018 in the first administration of Donald Trump. From 2006 to 2016, he was…
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1952
1953
American singer-songwriter
Yvette Marie Stevens, better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer and songwriter. Known as the "Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead…
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1953
Indian zoologist and businesswoman
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former…
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1953
Italian-American basketball player and coach
Luigi "Geno" Auriemma is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the UConn Huskies women's basketball team. He holds the NCAA basketball records for wins and winning percentage with a minimum of 10…
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1954
American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
Kenneth D. Cole is an American designer, social activist, business owner, and philanthropist. His global company, Kenneth Cole Productions, creates clothing and other products under the labels Kenneth Cole New York,…
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1954
1954
English-Welsh footballer and manager
Paul Price is a former professional footballer. He played for Welwyn Garden City, Luton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City, Minnesota Strikers, Peterborough United, St Albans City and was an international for Wales.…
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1954
American basketball player (died 2015)
Moses Eugene Malone Sr. was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A center, he was…
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1955
Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal
José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and law professor. He served as the prime minister of Portugal from 2002 to 2004 and as the president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014.
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1956
Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa is an Ecuadorian politician and former military officer who served as the 43rd president of Ecuador from 2003 until his impeachment in 2005. In 2023, he was elected to the National Assembly.
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1957
Welsh footballer and manager (died 1998)
Robert Mark James was a Welsh international footballer who played for many teams including Swansea City, Stoke City and Queens Park Rangers. He represented his country on 47 occasions over a period of ten years, scoring…
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1957
American actress
Amanda Michael Plummer is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and for her film roles, including Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), The Fisher King (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Hunger Games:…
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1957
Belgian cyclist
Etienne De Wilde is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. De Wilde won races on the road and on the track. He won a silver medal in the madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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1958
Scottish business executive
Hugh Grant is a Scottish business executive, who was the last CEO of Monsanto until its acquisition by Bayer.
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1958
Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Gustafsson is the former head coach of the Sweden senior team, a post he held from February 2005 to May 2010.
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1958
American actress
Catherine Keener is an American actress. She has portrayed disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been nominated twice for the…
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1959
Greek actor, screenwriter, and lyricist
Haris Romas is a Greek actor, screenwriter, television director, theatre director, lyricist and politician.
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1960
Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
Nicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats,…
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1960
English philosopher and academic
Roger Stephen Crisp is fellow and tutor in philosophy at St. Anne's College, Oxford. He holds the university posts of Professor of Moral Philosophy and Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy. His work falls principally…
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1961
New Zealand rugby player
Craig Ivan Green is a New Zealand born former rugby union footballer and coach. He was part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks team.
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1961
Indonesian journalist and producer
Helmi Johannes is an Indonesian television newscaster and executive producer. Helmi Johannes now works for the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA), based in Washington, DC. Helmi is responsible for the…
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1961
English rower
Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships…
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1962
1963
1963
Cuban runner
Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré is a former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion and a two-time Olympic…
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1963
American actress
Hope Davis is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.
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1964
American actor, artist, and model
Richard John Grieco Junior. is an American actor, artist, and former fashion model. He played Detective Dennis Booker in the popular Fox series 21 Jump Street (1988–89) and its spin-off Booker (1989–90). He has also…
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1965
American poet and painter
Gary Joseph Whitehead is an American poet and educator. He is the author of four books of poetry: Strange What Rises A Glossary of Chickens Measuring Cubits while the Thunder Claps and The Velocity of Dust. His work has…
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1965
American sprinter
Lorenzo Daniel is an American retired track and field sprinter, best known for setting the 1985 world's best year performance in the men's 200 meters and being one of the fastest to run the event at the time. He did so…
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1966
American actress
Marin Hinkle is an American actress. Among many television and movie roles, she is best known for playing Judy Brooks in the ABC television drama Once and Again (1999–2002), Judith Harper-Melnick in the CBS sitcom Two…
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1966
Greek footballer and manager
Vasilios Vouzas is a Greek professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of AEK Athens U19.
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1966
English singer-songwriter, producer and actor
Damon Albarn is an English musician. He is the main vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.
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1968
English cricketer and journalist
Michael Andrew Atherton is a broadcaster, journalist and a former England international cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the captaincy of…
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1968
Spanish footballer and manager
Fernando Ruiz Hierro is a Spanish football executive and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder.
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1968
French actor and screenwriter
Pierre Palmade is a French actor, comedian, stage director and playwright.
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1968
Swiss-Italian football administrator, president of FIFA
Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino is an Italian-Swiss football administrator and the president of FIFA since 2016. He has also been an International Olympic Committee member since 2020.
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1970
Canadian model
Yasmeen Ghauri is a Canadian former fashion model. She is known for her walk also quoted as the "walk of life" by Tyra Banks. Ghauri is one of the first women of South Asian descent to appear on the cover of Vogue.
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1971
Scottish model and television host
Gail Porter is a Scottish television personality, former model and actress. She started her television career in children's TV, before branching out into modelling and presenting mainstream TV. In 1999, she posed nude…
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1971
Russian ice hockey player
Alexander Yurievich Selivanov ; born March 23, 1971) is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger who has played in the NHL and also in various European leagues. He quit playing after season 2011-2012. He is…
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1971
Japanese wrestler
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto is a Japanese professional wrestler who is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan . With Satoshi Kojima, in 2008, they won the World's Strongest Tag…
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1971
Swedish-Monégasque tennis player and coach
Jonas Lars Björkman is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008…
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1972
Welsh boxer
Joseph William Calzaghe is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including unified and lineal titles at super-middleweight, and…
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1972
French actress and author
Judith Godrèche is a French actress, author and feminist activist, who has appeared in more than 30 films.
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1972
Polish footballer
Jerzy Henryk Dudek is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1973
Belgian race car driver
Wim Eyckmans is a Belgian racecar driver who starting in karting in 1986 has been in prototype racing since 2003. He participated in Formula 3000 in 1994 and 1995 and ran the Indy Lights series in 1998. In 1999, he…
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1973
American basketball player and coach
Jason Frederick Kidd is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and…
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1973
Serbian-Hungarian handball player
Bojana Radulović, is a retired Serbian-Hungarian handball player who currently leads the handball academy of Dunaújváros.
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1973
1974
American actor, director and screenwriter
Randall Park is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Agent Jimmy Woo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, FBI Special Agent Edwin Park in the Netflix series The Residence (2025),…
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1974
Turkish drummer
Burak Gürpınar is a Turkish drummer primarily known for his work with the influential Turkish rock band Kurban.
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1975
English footballer and manager
Andrew Peter Turner is a football coach and former professional football player and manager. He is currently Head of Youth Development at Northern Premier League Premier Division club Hednesford Town.
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1975
1976
Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development
Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian actress, politician, fashion model, and television producer. She received widespread acclaim for her role of Tulsi Virani in the soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi by Ekta Kapoor,…
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1976
English motorcycle racer
Douglas Martin Lampkin MBE is an English former professional motorcycle trials and endurocross rider. He competed in the FIM Trial World Championships from 1994 to 2006. Lampkin is notable for being a seven-time…
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1976
American actress
Michelle Lynn Monaghan is an American actress. She has starred in the films Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Eagle Eye (2008), Trucker (2008), Source Code (2011), Pixels (2015),…
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1976
Dominican baseball player
Joel Peralta Gutiérrez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals,…
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1976
American actress
Keri Lynn Russell is an American actress. Working mainly in dramatic television since the 1990s, she has received eight nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She won a…
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1976
1976
Brazilian race car driver
Ricardo Luiz Zonta is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 10 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross for RCM Motorsport.
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1976
Canadian actor and screenwriter
Miklos Perlus is a Canadian actor, writer, and story editor. Perlus has appeared on Canadian series Student Bodies, Road to Avonlea and Sidekick. He has written for Degrassi: The Next Generation and other series. He has…
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1977
Swedish illustrator
Simon Gärdenfors is a Swedish cartoonist, rapper, television presenter, and radio host.
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1978
American blogger
Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., known professionally as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger, columnist, and media personality. His blog is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities, and for posting tabloid…
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1978
Argentine footballer
Walter Adrián Samuel is an Argentine former professional footballer. Samuel has been regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation, and as one of football's toughest defenders, with former international…
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1978
American actress
Nicholle Tom is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Maggie Sheffield on the CBS sitcom The Nanny (1993–1999). She appeared as Ryce Newton in the film Beethoven (1992), its sequel Beethoven's…
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1978
1978
American baseball player
Mark Alan Buehrle is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Chicago White Sox, playing twelve seasons for the team and winning the…
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1979
Irish rugby player
Donncha O'Callaghan is an Irish retired rugby union player. He spent most of his career with his home province Munster, spending 17 seasons with the province and winning five major trophies, before finishing his career…
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1979
Czech ice hockey player
Pavel Brendl is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who last played for the HKM Zvolen in the Slovak Extraliga. He played in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes and…
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1981
American race car driver
Erin Mary Crocker Evernham is an American race car driver and broadcaster with the Motor Racing Network's Winged Nation. In the past, she played soccer, tennis, and varsity lacrosse on both her high school and college…
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1981
Dominican baseball player
Tony Francisco Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Peña played shortstop until the 2009 season, when he converted to pitching. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and…
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1981
English bobsledder
Shelley Rudman is a skeleton athlete who in 2013 became the first British woman to win the world skeleton championship. She also won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and is a former World Cup and two-time…
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1981
Italian footballer
Giuseppe Sculli is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a…
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1981
American singer-songwriter
Brett Charles Young is an American country pop singer, songwriter and guitarist from Anaheim, California. He was a college baseball pitcher but took up songwriting after an elbow injury. His self-titled debut EP,…
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1981
Chilean footballer
José Raúl Contreras Arrau is a Chilean former footballer who played as a right-back.
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1982
1982
Estonian ice dancer
Evgeni Striganov is an Estonian ice dancer. With partner Marina Timofejeva, he is the 2003 & 2004 Estonian national champion. They were five time competitors at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, with the…
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1982
Turkish footballer
Hakan Kadir Balta is a retired Turkish professional footballer who played as a defender for Galatasaray in the Süper Lig. At the start of the 2018/19 season he was released from his contract after over 10 years with the…
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1983
1983
German footballer
Sascha Riether is a German former professional footballer who played as a right back. In addition to playing in the right-back position, Riether has also played in defensive midfield, center back and right midfield…
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1983
English footballer
Jerome William Thomas is an English former footballer who is the head of academy recruitment at Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. He played predominantly as a left-winger during his career. He scored 25 goals…
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1983
Filipino basketball player
Ryan T. Araña is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played for four teams during his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Araña played college basketball at the De La Salle…
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1984
American football player
Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew, often called "MJD", is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played college football for the…
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1985
American tennis player
Bethanie Mattek-Sands is an American inactive professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She held the top ranking for 32 consecutive…
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Patrick Bordeleau is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Jonquiere Marquis in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL)…
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1986
Italian motorcycle racer
Andrea Dovizioso is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He raced with WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team for the 2022 season but announced his intended-retirement after the Misano round in September.
Dovizioso…
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1986
American singer-songwriter and musician
Brett Ryan Eldredge is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. Eldredge has had five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, three of which came from his debut album, Bring You…
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1986
Indian actress
Kangna Amardeep Ranaut is an Indian actress, filmmaker, and politician serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mandi since June 2024. Known for her portrayals of strong-willed, unconventional women in…
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1986
Australian footballer
Alan Toovey is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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1987
American baseball player
Dellin Betances is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and New York Mets from 2011 to 2021. Betances was named an MLB All-Star from 2014 to…
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1988
English cyclist
Sir Jason Francis Kenny is an English former track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. Kenny is the winner of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) by a British athlete. Kenny's seven Olympic…
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1988
Czech ice hockey player
Michal Neuvirth is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, and Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was…
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1988
Canadian-American chef, author and television personality
Ayesha Disa Curry is a Canadian-American businesswoman, restaurateur, author, actress and philanthropist.
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1989
Serbian footballer
Nikola Gulan is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder.
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1989
Mexican footballer
Luis Fernando Silva Ochoa is a Mexican footballer who plays as a defender.
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1989
Spanish race car driver
Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero, also known by his stage name Squire, is a Spanish former racing driver, broadcaster and DJ, who competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2011.
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1990
Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Barberio is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Bolzano of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). Barberio was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the sixth round, 152nd overall, of…
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1990
English royal
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. At birth, Eugenie was sixth…
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1990
American basketball player
Gordon Daniel Hayward is an American former professional basketball player. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, and Oklahoma City…
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1990
1990
Argentine basketball player
Facundo "Facu" Campazzo is an Argentine professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. At a height of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, he plays at the point guard position. He is…
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1991
Finnish ice hockey player
Erik Haula is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Minnesota Wild, Vegas Golden Knights, Carolina…
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1991
Scottish footballer
Gregg Wylde is a Scottish footballer who plays for Camelon in the East of Scotland League Premier Division.
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1991
German-Turkish footballer
Tolga Ciğerci is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for 3. Liga club Energie Cottbus. Born in Germany, he represented it at under-19 and under-20 level, before switching his allegiance to…
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1992
Australian-American basketball player
Kyrie Andrew Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland…
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1992
Canadian actress
Vanessa Morgan Mziray is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Beatrix "Bird" Castro in the MTV teen drama series Finding Carter, as Amanda Pierce in the Family teen comedy series The Latest Buzz, and as…
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1992
American basketball player
Quinn Alexander Cook is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and was one…
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1993
Czech ice hockey player
Tomáš Hyka is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vegas Golden Knights.
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1993
Russian-Czech ice hockey player
Dmitrij Alexejevič Jaškin is a Russian-born Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing with Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He played five seasons for the St Louis Blues and one season…
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1993
Turkish footballer
Aytaç Kara is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Sarıyerspor.
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1993
English footballer
Nicholas Edward Powell is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for EFL League One club Bradford City.
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1994
Swedish ice hockey player
Oskar Sundqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1994
American actor
Bridger Zadina is an American model and actor from northern Wisconsin. He is known for roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bosch, and Better Things. He also starred in the 2014 movie Sins of Our Youth.
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1994
Estonian footballer
Kevin Kauber is an Estonian footballer who plays as a forward for Vaprus.
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1995
Canadian pianist
Jan Lisiecki is a Canadian classical pianist. He performs internationally with orchestras and conductors. He has been a recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon since the age of 15. At age 18, Lisiecki was the recipient…
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1995
American actress
Victoria Pedretti is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for starring in the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), which established her as a scream…
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1995
Turkish footballer
Ozan Tufan is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and the Turkey national team. His primary position is attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a striker or a…
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1995
Thai-British race car driver
Alexander Philippe Albon Ansusinha is a Thai and British racing driver who competes under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams.
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1996
Finnish ice hockey player
Joel Kiviranta is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1996
Australian cricketer
Benjamin Andrew Davey Manenti is an Italian-Australian cricketer. He is a right-arm off spin bowler who bats right-handed. He has played for Tasmania, South Australia, the Sydney Sixers, and the Adelaide Strikers. He…
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1997
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