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Famous Birthdays on March 5
273 people
1133 – 2007
March 5 has seen 273 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1133 – 2007. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1957 — Ray Suarez
American journalist and author
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His latest book, on modern American immigration to the US, "We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century," was published by Little, Brown in 2024
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He was the host of Inside Story on Al Jazeera America Story, a daily news program on Al Jazeera America, until that network ceased operation in 2016
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Suarez joined the PBS NewsHour in 1999 and was a senior correspondent for the evening news program on the PBS television network until 2013
Henry II was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France, an area that was later called the Angevin Empire, and…
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1133
Kinga of Poland or Kinga of Hungary, also Saint Kinga was a Hungarian princess at birth and gained the title of Grand Duchess Of Poland, once the marriage pact between her and Boleslaw V was completed. Kinga is a saint…
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1224
David II was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five and was crowned at Scone in November 1331, becoming the…
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1324
Louis I of Hungary, also known as Louis the Great or Louis the Hungarian, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 until his death in 1382. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary…
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1326
Lord of Verona (died 1375)
Cansignorio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.
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1340
2nd Earl of Pembroke, English Earl (died 1491)
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was an English nobleman and politician.
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1451
Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (died 1594)
Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight…
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1512
Spanish cardinal (died 1600)
Rodrigo de Castro Osorio was a Spanish cardinal and churchman. He was Bishop of Zamora (1574–1578) and the Diocese of Cuenca (1578–1581), Archbishop of Seville, (1581–1600), a member of the Council of State of Spain and…
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1523
1527
German theologian (died 1604)
Christoph Pezel was an influential Reformed Theologian who introduced the Reformed confession to Nassau-Dillenburg and Bremen.
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1539
1563
English minister and mathematician (died 1660)
William Oughtred, also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier discovered logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales upon which slide rules are…
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1575
Elector of Saxony (died 1656)
John George I, was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years' War, which dominated his 45-year reign.
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1585
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (died 1638)
Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and founder of the eponymous family line.
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1585
Dutch painter and engineer (died 1712)
Jan van der Heyden was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, glass painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Van der Heyden was one of the first Dutch painters to specialize in townscapes and became one of the leading architectural…
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1637
French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (died 1730)
Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer, military officer, and colonial administrator in New France.
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1658
Swiss theologian and scholar (died 1754)
Johann Jakob Wettstein was a Swiss theologian, best known as a New Testament critic.
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1693
Italian painter (died 1770)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century…
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1696
Russian poet and playwright (died 1768)
Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky was a Russian poet, essayist and playwright who helped lay the foundations of classical Russian literature.
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1703
English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1776)
Lieutenant-General Edward Cornwallis was a British Army officer and member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, he was appointed Groom…
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1713
English archbishop (died 1783)
Frederick Cornwallis was a British clergy member who served as Archbishop of Canterbury after a career in the Church of England. He was born the seventh son of an aristocratic family.
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1713
Mary of Great Britain was the second-youngest daughter of George II of Great Britain and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach, and Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel as the wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
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1723
Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1816)
Vincenzo Galeotti was an Italian-born Danish dancer, choreographer and ballet master, who was influential as the director of the Royal Danish Ballet from 1775 until his death.
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1733
American colonel and physician (died 1819)
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge was an American medical doctor, lawyer, farmer, and military officer who served as a colonel in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War. Woodbridge was a commander at…
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1739
Swedish botanist and biologist (died 1810)
Jonas Carlsson Dryander was a Swedish botanist.
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1748
English violinist and composer (died 1829)
William Shield was an English composer, violinist and violist. His music earned the respect of Haydn and Beethoven.
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1748
French scholar and academic (died 1805)
Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison was a classical scholar born at Corbeil-sur-Seine, France.
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1750
Czech organist, composer, and educator (died 1829)
Jan Křtitel Kuchař was a Czech organist, mandolinist, harpsichordist, music composer, operatic conductor and teacher.
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1751
Danish organist and composer (died 1842)
Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse was a Danish composer during the Danish Golden Age.
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1774
English mathematician and statistician (died 1865)
Benjamin Gompertz was an English self-educated mathematician and actuary, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Gompertz is now best known for his Gompertz law of mortality, a demographic model published in 1825. He…
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1779
Italian cardinal (died 1841)
Carlo Odescalchi was an Italian prince and priest, Archbishop of Ferrara, cardinal of the Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome. For years a close collaborator of popes Pius VII and Gregory XVI, in…
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1785
French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1872)
Jacques Babinet was a French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who is best known for his contributions to optics.
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1794
American lawyer and jurist (died 1870)
Robert Cooper Grier was an American judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1846 to 1870.
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1794
German poet and philosopher (died 1875)
Georg Friedrich Daumer was a German poet and philosopher.
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1800
German historian and academic (died 1889)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Giesebrecht was a German historian.
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1814
American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (died 1888)
John Wentworth, was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives.
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1815
English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (died 1894)
Sir Austen Henry Layard was a British Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He was born to a mostly English family in Paris and largely raised in Italy.…
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1817
French physiologist and chronophotographer (died 1904)
Étienne-Jules Marey was a French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer.
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1830
Scottish historian and zoologist (died 1882)
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson was a Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist. He served as the chief scientist on the Challenger expedition; his work there revolutionized oceanography and led to his being knighted.
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1830
Luxembourgian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1915)
Baron Félix de Blochausen, was a Luxembourgish politician. An Orangist, he was prime minister of Luxembourg, serving for ten years, from 26 December 1874 until 20 February 1885.
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1834
Italian soprano (died 1899)
Marietta Piccolomini was an Italian soprano. She was most famous for the role of Violetta in La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, which she performed in England, France, and the United States, as well as her native Italy.…
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1834
American author and illustrator (died 1911)
Howard Pyle was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
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1853
German chess player and theoretician (died 1934)
Siegbert Tarrasch was a German chess player, considered to have been among the strongest players and most influential theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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1862
Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (died 1952)
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. A member of the Parti libéral du Québec, Taschereau's near 16-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Quebec…
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1867
German cardinal (died 1952)
Michael von Faulhaber was a German Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising for 35 years, from 1917 to his death in 1952.
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1869
American journalist and author (died 1902)
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague: A Story of San Francisco…
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1870
French-Ukrainian engineer (died 1953)
Professor Yevhen Oksarovych Paton, also known as Evgeny Oskarovich Paton, was a Russian Empire and Soviet Union engineer who established in 1934 the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kyiv. Paton was a people's…
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1870
Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (died 1919)
Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish and naturalised-German Marxist theorist and revolutionary. She was a leading theorist of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and later co-founded the anti-war Spartacus League, which…
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1871
Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (died 1941)
Konstantinos Pallis was a staff officer of the Hellenic Army, who served as chief of staff of the Army of Asia Minor in 1920–22, and as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff during the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41.
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1871
Norwegian skier and explorer (died 1961)
Olav Bjaaland was a Norwegian ski champion and polar explorer. In 1911, he was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole as part of Amundsen's South Pole expedition.
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1873
English-American actor (died 1965)
Travers John Heagerty, known professionally as Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor who specialised in portraying slightly bumbling but amiable and likeable older men. His best known role to…
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1874
Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (died 1952)
Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG, was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Victoria from 1918 to 1924. He later entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for Victoria from 1929 to 1935, and…
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1875
1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1947)
Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, was a British Conservative politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940. Despite legal posts dominating…
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1876
American tennis player (died 1959)
Elisabeth 'Bessie' Holmes Moore was an American tennis champion who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. Moore won the singles title at the U.S. Championships on four occasions. She was inducted into the…
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1876
English economist and academic (died 1963)
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, was a British economist and Liberal politician who was a progressive, social reformer, and eugenicist who played a central role in designing the British welfare state. His…
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1879
Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (died 1943)
Andres Larka VR I/1 was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence and a politician.
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1879
Russian mathematician and academic (died 1968)
Sergei Natanovich Bernstein was a Ukrainian and Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory.
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1880
English author and activist (died 1960)
Dora Marsden was an English suffragette, editor of literary journals, and philosopher of language. Beginning her career as an activist in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), Marsden eventually broke off from…
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1882
1883
Canadian ethnographer and academic (died 1969)
Charles Marius Barbeau,, also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology. A Rhodes Scholar,…
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1885
1886
Welsh boxer (died 1927)
Freddie Welsh was a Welsh World boxing champion. The lightweight boxer was born in Pontypridd, Wales, nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a working-class background to make a…
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1886
Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1959)
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has globally become…
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1887
English-American actor (died 1963)
Charles Henry Pywell Daniell was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as Camille (1936), The Great…
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1894
Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1976)
Zhou Enlai was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong…
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1898
Japanese super-centenarian (died 2015)
Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims…
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1898
Jewish German doctor (died 1944)
Lilli Jahn was a German-Jewish medical doctor and victim of Nazism in Germany. She gained international fame posthumously following the publication of her letters to her five children which she wrote during her…
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1900
German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (died 1974)
Johanna Langefeld was a Nazi German guard and supervisor at three Nazi concentration camps: Lichtenburg, Ravensbrück, and Auschwitz. She was arrested and imprisoned for her role in the Holocaust, but she escaped prison…
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1900
Prince of Schwarzburg (died 1971)
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg was the final head of the House of Schwarzburg and heir to the formerly sovereign principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
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1901
Polish poet, essayist and translator (died 1970)
Julian Przyboś was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, one of the most important poets of the Kraków Avant-Garde.
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1901
German priest and theologian (died 1984)
Karl Rahner was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered to be one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th-century. He…
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1904
Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
László Benedek was a Hungarian-born film director and cinematographer, most notable for directing The Wild One (1953).
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1905
German historian and author (died 1999)
Fritz Fischer was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. In the early 1960s Fischer advanced the thesis that responsibility for the outbreak of the war rested solely on Imperial…
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1908
American author and playwright (died 1990)
Irving L. Fiske was an American playwright, writer, and public speaker. He worked for the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s, where he was a writer and rewrite man on The…
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1908
English actor (died 1990)
Sir Reginald Carey Harrison was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without…
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1908
Taiwanese-Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Nissin Foods (died 2007)
Momofuku Ando , born Go Pek-Hok, was a Taiwanese-born, ethnic Chinese, Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. He is known as the inventor of Nissin Chikin Ramen, the first brand of…
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1910
Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 1972)
Ennio Flaiano was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. Best known for his work with Federico Fellini, Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with the Italian director, including La…
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1910
Indian Air Marshall, Father of the Indian Air Force (died 1960)
Subroto Mukerjee was an Indian military officer who was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Air Force. He was awarded several honours during the course of a three-decade-long career, ended by his…
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1911
New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1988)
Sir John Ross Marshall was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending eleven years as the deputy prime minister of New…
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1912
Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1990)
Henry Davies Hicks was a lawyer, university administrator, and politician in Nova Scotia.
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1915
French mathematician and academic (died 2002)
Laurent-Moïse Schwartz was a French mathematician who received the Fields Medal in 1950 for pioneering the theory of distributions or generalized functions, giving a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac…
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1915
American attorney and politician, 39th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 2006)
Raymond Philip Shafer was an American attorney and politician who served as the 39th governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971. Prior to that, he served as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967…
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1917
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2017)
Milton Conrad Schmidt was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, coach and general manager, mostly for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), He was a member of the famed "Kraut Line" with teammates…
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1918
Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (died 2006)
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey was a Canadian athlete, referee and broadcaster. He played football, lacrosse and ice hockey. While active as an athlete, he turned to officiating in all three sports, and continued as an official…
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1918
American economist and academic (died 2002)
James Tobin was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Yale University. He contributed to the…
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1918
Algerian surgeon and activist (died 2009)
José Aboulker was an Algerian Jew and the leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in French Algeria during World War II. He received the U.S. Medal of Freedom, the Croix de Guerre, and was made a Companion of the Liberation…
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1920
American actress (died 1996)
Virginia Christine was an American stage, radio, film, television, and voice actress. Though Christine had a long career as a character actress in film and television, she may be best remembered as "Mrs. Olson" in a…
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1920
English actress (died 2001)
Rachel Gurney was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television and theatre…
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1920
Chinese writer (died 1997)
Wang Zengqi was a contemporary Chinese novelist, essayist and Peking Opera playwright. He is known for his short stories and essays with an elegant style and content infused by both traditional literature and folklores…
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1920
American physicist and electrical engineer (died 2013)
Arthur Aaron Oliner was an American physicist and electrical engineer, who was professor emeritus at department of electrical and computer engineering at New York University-Polytechnic. Best known for his contributions…
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1921
American baseball player and coach (died 1998)
Elmer William Valo, born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak American professional baseball right fielder, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
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1921
American actor (died 2016)
James Wilkes Noble was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of sweet-natured, dense, naive Governor Eugene X. Gatling on ABC's 1979–1986 sitcom Benson.
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1922
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1975)
Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian poet, writer, film director, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a…
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1922
Puerto Rican biologist and academic (died 2014)
Dr. Juan Arturo Rivero Quintero was a Puerto Rican biologist who founded the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo at the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez Campus.
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1923
American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (died 2003)
Laurence Alan Tisch was an American billionaire businessman and investor. He was the CEO of CBS television network from 1986 to 1995. With his brother Bob Tisch, he was part owner of Loews Corporation.
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1923
French footballer (died 1997)
Roger Gaston Louis Marche was a French footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the France national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed Le Sanglier des Ardennes for the…
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1924
American actor and singer (died 1976)
John Joseph Edward Cassidy was an American actor, singer and theatre director. He received multiple Tony Award nominations and a win, as well as a Grammy Award, for his work on the Broadway production of the musical She…
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1927
29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician (died 2023)
Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 12th Earl of Balcarres, Baron Balniel,, known by courtesy as Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, was a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician who was a…
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1927
American academic and critic (died 2021)
Joseph Hillis Miller Jr. was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction. He was part of the Yale School along with scholars including Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, and…
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1928
Swedish race car driver (died 2015)
Erik Hilding Carlsson was a Swedish rally driver for Saab. He was nicknamed "Carlsson på taket" as well as Mr. Saab.
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1929
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
J. B. Lenoir was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s.
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1929
Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 2008)
John George Ashley was a Canadian referee in the National Hockey League.
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1930
American baseball player and manager (died 2021)
Delmar Wesley Crandall was an American professional baseball player and manager. Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1966, most prominently as a member of the Boston / Milwaukee Braves…
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1930
1931
Australian horn player and educator (died 2020)
Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell, was an Australian French horn player who spent most of his professional life in the UK and the United States. He is generally considered to have been one of the world's leading horn players.
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1931
German cardinal and theologian
Walter Kasper is a German Catholic prelate who served as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 2001 to 2010. He was previously Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart from 1989 to 1999.
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1933
Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in…
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1934
American actor (died 2024)
James Barrie Sikking was an American actor, best known for his roles as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s television series Hill Street Blues and Dr. David Howser on Doogie Howser, M.D. His career spanned six decades.
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1934
Italian photographer and journalist (died 2022)
Letizia Battaglia was an Italian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia.
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1935
Australian-American astronaut and engineer (died 2021)
Philip Kenyon Chapman was an Australian-born American astronaut, serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967).
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1935
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (died 1996)
Shamsuddin Qasemi was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, author and educationist. He was the founding president of the Khatme Nabuwwat Andolan Council, former secretary-general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam…
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1935
Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
Canaan Sodindo Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987. He was Zimbabwe's first head of state, a ceremonial president, after…
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1936
American golfer (died 2022)
Dale Dwight Douglass was an American professional golfer who won tournaments at both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour level.
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1936
American actor (died 2021)
Robert Dean Stockwell was an American actor and collage artist, whose career in film and television spanned seven decades. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he appeared in Anchors Aweigh (1945),…
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1936
Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo is a Nigerian politician, statesman, agriculturalist, and former army general who served as Nigeria's Military Head of State from 1976 to 1979 and later as its…
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1937
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Paul Evans is an American rock and roll singer and songwriter, who was most prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. As a performer, he had hits with the songs "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat", "Midnight Special,"…
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1938
American biologist and academic (died 2011)
Lynn Margulis was an American evolutionary biologist, who was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. In particular, Margulis transformed and fundamentally framed biologists'…
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1938
American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Frederick Robert Williamson, nicknamed "the Hammer", is an American actor, filmmaker, and former football player. He played professional football as a defensive back, primarily in the American Football League (AFL)…
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1938
English actress (died 2025)
Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar was an English actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller The Collector (1965),…
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1939
Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 2025)
Anthony Maxwell Rundle AO was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from March 1996 until September 1998. He succeeded Ray Groom and was succeeded himself by Jim Bacon. He was a Liberal who held the…
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1939
Indonesian actor and comedian (died 1995)
Benyamin Sueb was an Indonesian comedian, actor and singer. He released 46 studio albums and starred in more than 50 films. He received two Citra Awards for Intan Berduri in 1973 and Si Doel Anak Modern in 1977.
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1939
Canadian serial killer (died 2010)
David Michael Krueger, best known by his birth name Peter Woodcock, was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist and diagnosed psychopath. He gained notoriety for the murders of three young children in Toronto in the late…
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1939
Belgian chef
Pierre Wynants is a Belgian chef. He owned and led the Comme chez Soi restaurant in Brussels.
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1939
English bishop
Thomas Frederick Butler is a British retired Anglican bishop. He was the ninth Anglican Bishop of Southwark. He was enthroned in Southwark Cathedral on 12 September 1998. He retired from this position on 5 March 2010.…
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1940
Australian rugby league player (died 1990)
Kenneth John Irvine, also nicknamed "Mongo", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For 56 years he held the Australian record for the most tries in a…
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1940
New Zealand race car driver (died 2021)
Graham Peter McRae was a racing driver from New Zealand.
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1940
German footballer and manager (died 2026)
Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek was a German football player and manager. Most famous for his time as the head coach of the Denmark national team, he was included in the Danish Football hall of fame in 2011 as the…
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1940
New Zealand-English businessman and activist
Des Wilson is a New Zealand-born British campaigner, political activist, businessman, sports administrator, author and poker player. He was one of the founders of the British homelessness charity Shelter and was for a…
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1941
Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
Felipe González Márquez is a retired Spanish politician who was Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996 and leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. He is the longest-serving democratically…
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1942
American author and editor (died 2020)
Michael Diamond Resnick was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct magazine Jim…
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1942
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)
Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.
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1943
Danish painter and sculptor
Peter Brandes was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and photographer.
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1944
1944
English footballer
Wilfred Tranter is an English former footballer who played as a half-back. Born in Pendlebury, Lancashire, he played for Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Fulham, Baltimore Bays and St. Louis Stars. He made his…
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1945
Canadian pianist (died 2007)
Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with the Band during the 1990s.
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1946
Italian illustrator and painter (died 2018)
Guerrino Boatto was an Italian illustrator and painter, specialized in Airbrush or spray painting.
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1946
English footballer and manager (died 2016)
Graham Norman Hawkins was an English football player and manager. During a 16-year playing career in the English Football League, he made 502 league and cup appearances, scoring eleven goals. He spent 14 years coaching…
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1946
English actor and singer
Murray Seafield St George Head is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday…
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1946
Northern Irish singer and actress (died 2025)
Clodagh Rodgers was a Northern Irish singer, best known for her hit singles including "Come Back and Shake Me", "Goodnight Midnight" and "Jack in the Box" and albums including You Are My Music, It's Different Now and…
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1947
American baseball player and sportscaster
Kenton Charles Tekulve, nicknamed "Teke", is an American former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He also…
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1947
Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
Edmond Montague Grant is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Noted for his genre-blending style and socially conscious lyrics, he is the creator of the musical genre known as…
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1948
English conductor and scholar (died 2008)
Richard Sidney Hickox was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music.
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1948
English singer and actress
Dame Elaine Paige is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professional appearance on…
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1948
1948
Dutch footballer and coach (died 2011)
Jan van Beveren was a Dutch footballer and coach, who played as a goalkeeper.
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1948
French businessman, philanthropist, and art collector
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company. Arnault is one of the richest individuals in the world; as of…
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1949
German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
Franz Josef Jung is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He became Federal Minister of Defence in the Grand coalition cabinet of Angela Merkel on 22 November 2005. In October 2009 he became…
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1949
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Thomas George Russell is an American singer-songwriter. Although most strongly identified with the Americana music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, rock, and the cowboy music of the American…
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1949
French politician
Bernard Vera is a former member of the Senate of France, representing the Essonne department from 2004 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group.
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1950
Australian cricketer and coach
Rodney Malcolm Hogg is an Australian former cricketer. He was a fast bowler. Hogg played in 38 Test matches and 71 One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1985. In Tests he took 123 wickets at an average of 28.47. He is…
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1951
Serbian footballer and coach (died 2010)
Petar Borota was a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Serbian clubs OFK Beograd and Partizan and English club Chelsea.
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1952
English musician and songwriter
Alan Clark is an English musician who was the first keyboardist and co-producer of the rock band Dire Straits. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a significant member of the band.
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1952
American author
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings,…
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1952
American baseball player and scout
Michael Lynn Squires is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago White Sox primarily as a first baseman in 1975 and from 1977 to 1985. He won the American League Gold Glove Award at…
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1952
Swedish poet and author
Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her…
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1953
American philosopher and academic
Michael Joseph Sandel is an American political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where his course Justice was the university's first course to be made freely…
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1953
South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng
Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. For many years, Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid…
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1953
Angolan politician, 3rd President of Angola
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço is an Angolan politician who is currently serving as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was the minister of defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018,…
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1954
American actress
Marsha Francine Warfield is an American actress and comedian. She grew up on Chicago's South Side, graduating from Calumet High School. She is best known for playing tough, no-nonsense bailiff Roz Russell on the NBC…
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1954
American magician, actor, and author
Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, entertainer and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller. Known as Penn & Teller, the duo has been featured in numerous stage and television shows, such…
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1955
Mexican actress
Adriana Barraza González is a Mexican actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Babel (2006).
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1956
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
Mary Christine Brockert, known professionally as Teena Marie, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the stage name Teena Marie and…
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1956
English engineer and academic
Sir Christopher Maxwell Snowden, is a British electronic engineer and academic. He was the former Vice-Chancellor of Surrey University (2005–2015), and of the University of Southampton (2015–2019). He was president of…
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1956
English singer, songwriter and musician (died 2018)
Mark Edward Smith was an English singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall. Smith formed the band after attending the Sex Pistols' 20 July 1976…
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1957
Ukrainian footballer and manager
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who played for the former Soviet Union national team. The most recent team he was managing was FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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1958
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Robert D. Forward is an American writer, producer, and director. He is the production director and president of his independent company, Detonation Films. Forward has been the writer of many animated television series,…
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1958
1958
1959
Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 1999)
Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander and politician. He was the first Defence Minister of Armenia from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 1999. He served as Armenia's prime minister from 11 June…
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1959
Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
Paul Rudd Drayson, Baron Drayson is a British businessman, amateur racing driver and Labour politician. He was Minister of Science in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills until May 2010, where he replaced…
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1960
American football player and coach
Michael Anthony Munchak is an American former professional football player and coach. After playing college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, he played as a guard for the Houston Oilers of the National Football…
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1960
American pastor, author, and television host
Joel Scott Osteen is an American pastor, televangelist, businessman, and author based in Houston, Texas, United States. Known for his weekly televised services and several best-selling books, Osteen is one of the more…
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1963
French singer-songwriter
Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer, and songwriter. Known for being the former frontman of the rock band Noir Désir, in 2003, he was proven guilty and convicted of the manslaughter of French actress Marie…
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1964
American basketball player and coach
Scott Allen Skiles Sr. is an American former professional basketball coach and player. A first-round draft pick from the Michigan State Spartans, Skiles played ten seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball…
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1964
Dutch footballer and manager
Gerald Mervin Vanenburg is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the assistant coach of the Indonesia national team and the head coach of the Indonesia under-23 national team.
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1964
American basketball player and coach
Reggie Williams is an American former professional basketball player who played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player at Georgetown University and was a member…
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1964
Portuguese footballer and coach
José Orlando Vinha Rocha Semedo is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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1965
South Korean mountaineer
Oh Eun-sun is a South Korean mountaineer. She was the first South Korean woman to climb the Seven Summits. On April 27, 2010, she reached the summit of Annapurna; upon doing so, she claimed to have climbed all fourteen…
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1966
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Robert H. Halkidis is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
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1966
American football player, sportscaster, and actor
Michael Jerome Irvin is an American sports commentator and former professional football player. He played as a wide receiver for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted…
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1966
Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Aasif Hakim Mandviwala, known professionally as Aasif Mandvi, is a British actor. He was a correspondent on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2017. Mandvi's other television work includes the HBO comedy series The Brink and…
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1966
American singer-songwriter
Zachary Trussell, known professionally as Zachary "Zak" Stevens, is an American singer, best known as the second lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage. He currently performs with the heavy metal bands Circle II…
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1966
Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary
György Gordon Bajnai is a Hungarian entrepreneur and economist, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary from 2009 to 2010. Prior to that, he functioned as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development from…
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1968
English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Dame Theresa Anne Villiers is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet from 2005 to 2024, having previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2005. A…
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1968
English actor and producer
Paul Blackthorne is an English actor. Although born in Shropshire, he spent his early childhood on UK military bases in Britain and Germany.
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1969
English author and playwright
Daniel Michael King is a British novelist and screenwriter.
He is the author of more than a dozen books and the writer of the BAFTA-nominated film Wild Bill.
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1969
Algerian footballer and manager
Moussa Saïb is an Algerian football manager and former player.
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1969
Senegalese-French rapper
Claude Honoré M'Barali, professionally known as MC Solaar, is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him the best French rapper…
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1969
American basketball player and coach
Michael Burton Brown is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Brown was previously the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, Cleveland…
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1970
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Anthony Frusciante is an American musician who is the guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has released 11 solo albums and 7 EPs, ranging in style from acoustic guitar to electronic music. He was inducted…
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1970
Japanese illustrator
Yuu Watase is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1989 at the age of 18 with the short story "Pajama de Ojama" and has since published more than 50 volumes of one-shots and long-running manga series. One of her…
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1970
Serbian president
Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician serving as President of Serbia since 2017. A founding member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as President of the SNS from 2012 to 2023, First Deputy…
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1970
English footballer and coach
Greg Berry is an English retired footballer who played as a winger. He is the head coach and technical director at Peace Arch Soccer Club and is also coaching at Coastal WFC in British Columbia, Canada.
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1971
American baseball player and scout
Jeffrey Bryan Hammonds is an American former professional baseball player. Hammonds was an outfielder and played for the Baltimore Orioles (1993–1998), Cincinnati Reds (1998–1999), Colorado Rockies (2000), Milwaukee…
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1971
American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
Yuri Lowenthal is an American voice actor known for his work in cartoons, anime, and video games. Some of his prominent voice roles in video games include Peter Parker / Spider-Man in various video games associated with…
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1971
Belgian cyclist
Filip Meirhaeghe is a retired Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World…
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1971
Australian rugby league player
Mark Protheroe is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played most of his career at the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, but he also played for South Queensland Crushers. He…
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1971
American basketball player
Brian Wade Grant is an American former professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions for five teams during 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was known for his…
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1972
Greek footballer and manager
Giannis Anastasiou is a Greek professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Super League club Panetolikos.
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1973
Canadian author (died 2009)
Nelly Arcan was a Canadian novelist. Arcan was born Isabelle Fortier at Lac-Mégantic in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
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1973
Argentine footballer and manager
Juan Eduardo Esnáider Belén is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager.
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1973
American baseball player
Ryan Ray Franklin is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals. Franklin…
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1973
Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
Nicole Pratt is a retired tennis player from Australia.
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1973
1973
American actor and director
Kevin Connolly is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Eric Murphy in the HBO series Entourage, and his role as the eldest son Ryan Malloy in the 1990s television sitcom Unhappily Ever After.…
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1974
German footballer
Jens Jeremies is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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1974
English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality
Matthew Richard Lucas is an English actor, comedian, writer and television host. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me…
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1974
American model and actress
Eva de la Caridad Méndez, known professionally as Eva Mendes, is an American former actress. Her acting career began in the late 1990s with a series of roles in films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror…
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1974
American model and actress
Jolene Blalock is an American actress and model. She is best known for playing the Vulcan first officer and science officer T'Pol on the science-fiction series Star Trek: Enterprise. Her other work includes guest-star…
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1975
Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster
Luciano Pucci Burti is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced in Formula One in 2000 and 2001. He was later a commentator for TV Globo.
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1975
Australian footballer
Sasho Petrovski is a former Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Bankstown City. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team. Petrovski was known in the A-League as one of the most…
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1975
English cricketer and coach
Christopher Eric Wilfred Silverwood is an English former international cricketer and coach. He is a former head coach of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team and previously the England Cricket Team.
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1975
English actor, producer, and screenwriter
Neil Jackson is an English actor, singer, musician and writer who has appeared in several television series and films, but is probably best known for his role as Marcus van Sciver on Blade: The Series and Sasha on Make…
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1976
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Šarūnas "Šaras" Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague. During his playing career,…
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1976
American baseball player
Paul Henry Konerko is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1997 to 2014, most prominently as a member of the Chicago White Sox, where he was a…
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1976
New Zealand rugby player
Norman Michael Clifford Maxwell is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
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1976
Cuban-Italian volleyball player
Taismary Agüero Leiva is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. She is the only player to have represented two women's national volleyball teams that won major titles.
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1977
American ice hockey player
Bryan Wallace Berard is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Berard was the first overall pick in the 1995 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa Senators. He is most noted for a debilitating eye injury he…
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1977
American basketball player and sportscaster
Walter Robert Szczerbiak Jr. is an American former professional basketball player and current color analyst for the New York Knicks on MSG Network. He played 10 seasons for four teams in the National Basketball…
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1977
Australian footballer
Jared Crouch is a former Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL), who is colloquially known as "Crouchie" to Swans fans and the media. He currently serves as a…
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1978
American baseball player and coach
Michael Steven Hessman is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman. He is currently a hitting coach for the Toledo Mud Hens. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta…
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1978
American actress, singer, and dancer
Kimberly Anne McCullough is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera General Hospital, a role which she originated at age seven, playing the…
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1978
Mexican footballer
Carlos Augusto Ochoa Mendoza is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1978
Swedish drummer
Erik Martin "Axe" Axenrot is a Swedish death metal drummer, best known as the former drummer for progressive metal band Opeth (2005-2021). Since 2004, he is the drummer for Bloodbath. Known for his intricate playing…
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1979
Canadian baseball player
Érik Joseph Bédard is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, and Tampa…
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1979
1979
1980
Canadian ice hockey player
Barret D. Jackman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and the Nashville Predators. Jackman was selected 17th overall in the…
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1981
American ice hockey player
Paul Joseph Martin is an American former ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the second round, 62nd overall, of the 2000 NHL entry draft, playing six seasons for the organization before…
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1981
Polish-American actress and model
Karolina Wydra is a Polish-American actress and model. She is best known for her television roles as Dominika Petrova in House, the vampire Violet Mazurski in True Blood, detective Dianne Kubek in Wicked City, the alien…
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1981
New Zealand rugby player
Daniel William Carter is a New Zealand retired rugby union player. Carter played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks. He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby,…
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1982
German footballer
Philipp Haastrup is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1982
Mexican footballer
Edgar Esteban Dueñas Peñaflor is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1983
Serbian basketball player
Branko Cvetković is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. He is 2.00 m tall and plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
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1984
French footballer
Guillaume Hoarau is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1984
Scottish footballer
David James Marshall is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1985
Japanese actor
Kenichi Matsuyama is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name and L:…
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1985
American baseball player
Bradley Aaron Mills is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Oakland Athletics and…
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1985
French footballer
Alexandre Barthe is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has won the Bulgarian league championship on six occasions in a row.
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1986
American basketball player and coach
Corey Wayne Brewer is an American former professional basketball player who serves as an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, winning back-to-back NCAA…
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1986
English footballer
Matthew Charles Fryatt is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who played as a striker.
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1986
1986
Russian tennis player
Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze is a Russian former professional tennis player.
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1987
English footballer
Christopher David Cohen is an English former professional footballer. He is assistant head coach at Lincoln City.
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1987
Serbian volleyball player
Jovana Brakočević Canzian is a Serbian volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also the silver medal at the 2007…
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1988
Algerian footballer
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba is a professional footballer who plays for Berre SPC. A versatile defender, he can operate as a right back, central defender or left back.
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1988
American actor, singer, and dancer
Sterling Sandmann Knight is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is known for his role as Chad Dylan Cooper in the Disney Channel sitcom Sonny with a Chance and its spinoff So Random!, Zander Carlson in Melissa &…
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1989
American actor
Jake Matthew Lloyd is an American former actor who portrayed young Anakin Skywalker in the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) and Jamie Langston in Jingle All the Way (1996).
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1989
English footballer
Daniel Noel Drinkwater is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1990
American basketball player
Mason Alexander Plumlee, nicknamed "Plumdog Millionaire", is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He primarily plays the center position. As…
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1990
English footballer
Alexander Smithies is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1990
Argentine footballer
José Ramiro Funes Mori is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Argentine Primera División club Estudiantes. He plays primarily as a centre-back but can also operate as a left-back and…
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1991
Russian pianist and composer
Daniil Olegovich Trifonov is a Russian pianist and composer. Trifonov's honors include a Grammy Award win in 2018 and the Gramophone Classical Music Awards' Artist of the Year Award in 2016.
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1991
American businessman and fraudster
Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried, commonly known as SBF, is an American entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud and related crimes in November 2023. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrated…
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1992
French footballer
El Hadji Ba is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Linense. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.
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1993
1993
1993
Egyptian footballer
Ahmed Hassan Mohamed Abdelmonem Mohamed Mahgoub, known as Kouka or Koka, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al-Ettifaq and the Egypt national team.
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1993
English footballer
Harry Jacob Maguire is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
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1993
American baseball player
Kyle Joseph Schwarber is an American professional baseball left fielder and designated hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago Cubs,…
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1993
Russian-Australian tennis player
Daria Saville is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 2021. On 28 August 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No.…
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1994
1994
American model
Taylor Marie Hill is an American model. A former Victoria's Secret Angel, she appeared in the brand's annual fashion show from 2014 to 2018. She has worked for brands including Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, and Carolina…
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1996
Congolese-American basketball player
Emmanuel Kabeya Mudiay is a Congolese-American professional basketball player for the Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played high school basketball for Grace Preparatory Academy and…
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1996
1997
American baseball player
Bo Joseph Bichette is an American professional baseball infielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays. Bichette was selected by the Blue Jays…
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1998
American singer-songwriter
Madison Elle Beer is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained media attention after Canadian singer Justin Bieber posted a link to her cover of "At Last". In 2018, she released her debut extended play (EP), As…
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1999
American football player
Justin Skyler Fields is an American professional football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Following a stint with the Georgia Bulldogs, he played college football for the…
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1999
1999
American basketball player
Douglas Ryan Edert is an American college basketball player who last played for the Bryant Bulldogs of the America East Conference. He also played for the Saint Peter's Peacocks. Edert is best known for his integral…
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2000
English actor
Roman Griffin Davis is an English actor. He is best known for his title role in the film Jojo Rabbit (2019), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won a Critics' Choice Award.
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2007
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