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In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings
Famous Birthdays on March 6
178 people
1340 – 2001
March 6 has seen 178 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1340 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1988 — Agnes
Swedish singer
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With 200,000 albums sold worldwide this is her most successful album, 50,000 albums were sold in France, 40,000 in Sweden
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She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series
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She was then signed to Sony Music, through which she released her self-titled debut album, Agnes, and follow-up, Stronger, both of which topped the Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart
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Released on 28 October 2008, her third album, Dance Love Pop, reached number five in Sweden, 70 in Austria, 38 in France, 45 in Switzerland and 13 in the United Kingdom
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was an English prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son of King Edward III, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt's royal origin, advantageous marriages…
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1340
John II of Castile was King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454. He succeeded his older sister, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, as Prince of Asturias in 1405.
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1405
German merchant and banker (died 1525)
Jakob Fugger of the Lily, also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or sometimes Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker. He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in the Free…
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1459
Italian painter and sculptor (died 1564)
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in the Republic of Florence but was mostly…
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1475
Italian historian and politician (died 1540)
Francesco Guicciardini was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance. In his masterpiece, The History…
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1483
Spanish scholar and humanist (died 1540)
Juan Luis Vives y March was a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the southern Habsburg Netherlands. His beliefs on the soul, insight into early medical practice, and…
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1493
Italian poet and diplomat (died 1556)
Luigi Alamanni was an Italian poet and statesman. He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet. He was credited with introducing the epigram into Italian poetry.
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1495
Italian painter (died 1603)
Santi di Tito was one of the most influential and leading Italian painters of the proto-Baroque style – what is sometimes referred to as "Counter-Maniera" or Counter-Mannerism.
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1536
French author and playwright (died 1655)
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
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1619
English bishop and poet (died 1732)
Francis Atterbury was an English man of letters, politician and bishop. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was mistrusted by the Hanoverian Whig ministries, and banished for…
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1663
1716
English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (died 1792)
Henry Laurens was an American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress,…
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1724
French general and diplomat (died 1828)
Antoine-François, comte Andréossy was a Franco-Italian nobleman, who served as a French Army artillery general, diplomat and parliamentarian.
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1761
Swiss-French general (died 1869)
Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini was a Swiss-French military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was largely…
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1779
American writer (died 1809)
Lucy Barnes was an 18th-century American writer. Soon after her death, some of Barnes' letters, dissertations, and poems were collected and printed. Entitled, The Female Christian, it may have been the first written by…
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1780
Polish composer and conductor (died 1857)
Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was a representative of late classicism and a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning. He is also known for having composed the…
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1785
German physicist and astronomer (died 1826)
Joseph Ritter von Fraunhofer was a German physicist and optical lens manufacturer. He made optical glass, an achromatic telescope, and objective lenses. He developed diffraction grating and also invented the…
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1787
English-Italian poet and translator (died 1861)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention…
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1806
American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1905)
William Claflin was an American politician, industrialist, and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He served as the 27th governor of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1872 and as a member of the United States Congress from 1877…
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1818
Charles was the third King of Württemberg from 25 June 1864 until his death in 1891.
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1823
British painter (died 1893)
Annie Feray Mutrie was a British still-life painter. She exhibited regularly and she and her sister Martha were considered the best flower painters in oils.
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1826
Irish-American general (died 1888)
Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief…
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1831
French-English author and illustrator (died 1896)
George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a French-British cartoonist, illustrator, and novelist. His first novel Peter Ibbetson was published in 1891 and has been adapted into films, an opera, and a play. He was…
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1834
Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1926)
Viktor Petrovich Burenin was a Russian literary and theatre critic, publicist, novelist, dramatist, translator and satirical poet notorious for his confrontational articles and satirical poems, mostly targeting leftist…
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1841
Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (died 1923)
Georg Johann Luger was an Austrian designer of the famous Luger pistol and the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge.
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1849
Chinese warlord and politician (died 1936)
Duan Qirui was a Chinese statesman and general who controlled the Beijing Government during the late 1910s. He was the Premier of China on four occasions between 1913 and 1918, and from 1924 to 1926 he served as acting…
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1865
Viennese composer and conductor (died 1954)
Oscar Nathan Straus was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for…
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1870
Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1937)
Afonso Augusto da Costa, GCTE, GCL was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and republican politician.
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1871
subject of a vampire legend (died 1913)
Sarah Ellen Roberts was an Englishwoman who died and was buried in Pisco, Peru. After her death, a legend evolved that she was a vampire and bride of Dracula. On 9 June 1993, the 80th anniversary of her death, locals…
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1872
Finnish politician (died 1930)
Anders Anshelm Kannisto was a Finnish trade unionist and politician who was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1911. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Mikkeli Province. A member of…
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1876
English writer and poet (died 1957)
Rose Amy Fyleman was an English writer and poet, noted for her works on fairies for children. Her 1917 poem "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden" was set to music by English composer Liza Lehmann.
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1877
American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya (died 1980)
F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr. was an American architect, best known for his work for James Deering at Villa Vizcaya in Miami, Florida.
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1882
American actor and singer (died 1956)
Guy Bridges Kibbee was an American stage and film actor.
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1882
Norwegian-American tennis player (died 1959)
Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory was a Norwegian-American tennis player, at one time ranked number 2 in the world. She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first…
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1884
Uruguayan journalist and activist (died 1942)
María Collazo was a Uruguayan educator and journalist. She was active in Buenos Aires and she was repatriated to Uruguay in 1907.
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1884
American journalist and author (died 1933)
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries—Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and F.…
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1885
English international footballer (died 1969)
Bertram "Bert" Smith was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town, Tottenham Hotspur and played international football for England.
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1892
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
Walter E. "Furry" Lewis was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the earliest of the blues musicians active in the 1920s to be brought out of retirement and given new…
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1893
pioneering Black American pharmacist (died 1987)
Ella P. Stewart was an American pharmacist who was one of the first African American female pharmacists in the United States.
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1893
Canadian priest and historian (died 1976)
Albert Tessier was a French-speaking Canadian priest, historian and a film maker.
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1895
French-Italian soprano and actress (died 2001)
Gina Cigna was a French-Italian dramatic soprano.
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1900
American baseball player (died 1975)
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the American League's…
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1900
French journalist and author (died 1970)
Henri Jules Louis Jeanson was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of 'Pataphysics".
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1900
Nagako , posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun , was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She served as Empress of Japan from 1926 until her…
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1903
Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (died 1960)
José Antonio Aguirre y Lecube was a Basque politician and activist in the Basque Nationalist Party. He was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Basque Country and the executive defense advisor during…
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1904
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1975)
James Robert Wills was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing. He was also noted for…
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1905
American actor and comedian (died 1959)
Louis Francis Cristillo, better known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with Bud Abbott and their routine "Who's on First?".
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1906
Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 1987)
Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo was a Nigerian politician and statesman who served as the first Premier of the Western region of Nigeria. He was known as one of the key figure towards Nigeria's independence movement…
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1909
Polish poet and author (died 1966)
Stanisław Jerzy Lec, born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most influential aphorists of the 20th…
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1909
American auctioneer and author (died 1999)
Emma Bailey was an American auctioneer and author, credited with being the first American woman auctioneer. She held her first auction in Brattleboro, Vermont, on May 12, 1950, as a way to supplement her family's…
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1910
Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 2014)
Mohammed Burhanuddin was the 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohras from 1965 to 2014. He led the community for 49 years in a period of social, economic, and educational prosperity; strengthened and re-institutionalized…
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1912
Scottish-American singer and actress (died 1969)
Ella Logan was a Scottish-American actress and singer who appeared on Broadway, recorded and had a nightclub career in the United States and internationally.
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1913
American philosopher and academic (died 2003)
Donald Herbert Davidson was an American philosopher. He served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1981 to 2003 after having also held teaching appointments at Stanford…
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1917
American illustrator and publisher (died 2005)
William Erwin Eisner was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its…
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1917
English comedian (died 1992)
Francis Alick Howard, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian.
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1917
American trumpeter (died 1987)
Howard McGhee was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger bebop…
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1918
English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Lewis Gilbert was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Cast a Dark Shadow (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), Carve Her…
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1920
American comedian, game show host, and announcer (died 2009)
Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do…
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1923
American guitarist and songwriter (died 1968)
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a…
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1923
American opera director, impresario, and stage director (died 2006)
Sarah Caldwell was an American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director.
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1924
German footballer (died 2013)
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter was a German footballer who played as a forward.
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1924
American lawyer and jurist, Director of Central Intelligence (died 2025)
William Hedgcock Webster was an American attorney and jurist who served as chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020. He was a United States district judge of the United States District Court…
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1924
American swimmer (died 2012)
Ann Elizabeth Curtis, known after 1949 by her married name Ann Elisabeth Cuneo was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic champion at the 1948 London games. She would later have a career as a swim coach…
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1926
American economist and politician[citation needed]
Alan Greenspan is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He worked as a private adviser and provided consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan…
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1926
Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (died 2013)
Raymond James O'Connor was an Australian politician who served as the premier of Western Australia from 25 January 1982 to 25 February 1983. He was a member of the Parliament of Western Australia from 1959 to 1984, and…
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1926
Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
Andrzej Witold Wajda was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film…
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1926
American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (died 2004)[citation needed]
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United…
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1927
Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the…
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1927
American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2013)
Thomas Stephen Foley was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represented…
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1929
English cricketer and bishop (died 2005)
David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool was a Church of England bishop who played cricket for Sussex and England in his youth, before serving as Bishop of Liverpool from 1975 to 1997. Sheppard remains the…
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1929
French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2014)
Lorin Varencove Maazel was an American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls…
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1930
Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (died 2010)
Marc Louis Bazin was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary, and Haitian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was the prime minister of Haiti, appointed on…
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1932
1932
Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2008)
Bronisław Geremek was a Polish social historian and politician. He was an opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic and participated in the Polish Round Table Agreement.
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1932
Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (died 2014)
Timofei Moșneaga was a Moldovan and Soviet physician and politician who served as Minister of Health of Moldova from 1994 to 1997. He was the Director of the Republican Clinical Hospital for over forty years…
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1932
American baseball player (died 2004)
Ted Wade Abernathy was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher. He appeared in 681 games in Major League Baseball (MLB), 647 as a relief pitcher, for seven different clubs over all or parts of…
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1933
Irish runner and coach (died 2026)
Ronald Michael Delany was an Irish athlete who specialised in middle-distance running. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He later earned a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the…
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1935
English footballer (died 2013)
Derek Tennyson Kevan was an English footballer. He spent the majority of his club career playing as a centre-forward for West Bromwich Albion, where he earned the nickname "The Tank". In 1961–62 he was the joint leading…
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1935
American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (died 2014)
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia,…
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1936
Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos from 2006 to 2016.
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1936
American businessman (died 2024)
Ivan Frederick Boesky was a convicted criminal and an American stock trader who was infamous for his prominent role in an insider trading scandal in the mid-1980s. After getting caught he became a government informant…
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1937
Australian actor
Norman Coburn is an Australian former actor, playwright and writer best known for his television serial and soap opera roles. He started his early career in theatre, film and television in the United Kingdom in the…
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1937
Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48…
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1937
Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice (died 2022)
Keishu Tanaka was a Japanese politician, who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party. He was Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda from 1 to 23 October…
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1938
American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri (died 2025)
Christopher Samuel Bond was an American attorney and politician from Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. senator from 1987 to 2011, following two non-consecutive terms as the governor of…
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1939
Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (died 2003)
Adam Osborne was a British author, software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable…
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1939
1940
American golfer (died 2023)
Richard Horace Sikes was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.
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1940
American baseball player and coach (died 2001)[citation needed]
Wilver Dornell Stargell, nicknamed "Pops" later in his career, was an American professional baseball left fielder and first baseman who spent all of his 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1962–1982) with the…
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1940
English accountant and banker
Herbert Jeffrey Wooller is an English accountant and educationalist. He is noted for his accountancy tuition initiatives, and for campaigning for reform of his professional institute, the Institute of Chartered…
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1940
German saxophonist and clarinet player (died 2023)
Peter Brötzmann was a German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist regarded as a central and pioneering figure in European free jazz. Throughout his career, he released over fifty albums as a bandleader. Amongst his many…
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1941
American journalist and critic (died 2015)
Richard Nelson Corliss was an American film critic and magazine editor for Time. He focused on movies, with occasional articles on other subjects.
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1944
New Zealand soprano and actress
Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa is a New Zealand opera singer. She has a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". On 1 December 1971 she was recognised…
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1944
American singer (died 2021)
Mary Wilson was an American singer. She gained worldwide recognition as a founding member of the Supremes, the most successful Motown act of the 1960s and the best-charting female group in U.S. chart history, as well as…
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1944
Filipino actor and journalist (died 2012)
Angelo Ylagan Castro Jr. was a Filipino broadcast journalist and actor. He was a news anchor for The World Tonight, the flagship news program of ABS-CBN and ANC. He anchored several ABS-CBN and ANC news and current…
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1945
French military officer and astronaut
Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry is a retired colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astronaut. In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard NASA's Space…
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1946
American actor
Martin Kove is an American actor and a martial artist. He is best known for his role as John Kreese, the main antagonist of The Karate Kid (1984). Kove reprised the role in The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid…
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1946
Scottish race car driver and businessman
Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE is a Scottish entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed…
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1946
American actor, director, producer, and activist (died 2025)
Robert Reiner was an American filmmaker, actor, and political activist. He directed a series of acclaimed studio films in a career that spanned comedy, drama, romance, and documentary. Reiner received numerous…
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1947
English historian and academic
Jean Seaton is Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster and the Official Historian of the BBC. She is the Director of the Orwell Prize and on the editorial board of Political Quarterly. She is the…
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1947
American composer and producer
Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals including Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). He…
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1948
Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
Shaukat Aziz is a Pakistani-born British former banker who served as the 15th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007. When his term as Prime Minister was over, he immediately left Pakistan…
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1949
Scottish footballer and manager
Martin McLean Buchan is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Born in Aberdeen, he played for Aberdeen, Manchester United and Oldham Athletic. He also played in 34 international matches…
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1949
English archbishop
Arthur Roche is a British bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments since 2021. He was previously secretary of the…
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1950
Dutch cyclist (died 2004)
Gerard Friedrich Knetemann was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship. He wore the Yellow Jersey early in each Tour de France for four consecutive years between 1977 and 1980.
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1951
Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria
Denis Vincent Napthine is an Australian former politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of…
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1952
Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
Madhav Kumar Nepal, is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as prime minister from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011.
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1953
American astronomer and academic
Carolyn C. Porco is an American planetary scientist who explores the outer Solar System, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s. She led the imaging…
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1953
American author, photographer, and monologist
Jeff Greenwald is a best-selling author, photographer, and monologist. He now resides in Oakland, California.
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1954
German footballer and manager
Harald Anton "Toni" Schumacher is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he won a Bundesliga title and three DFB-Pokal titles with 1. FC Köln. At international level, he…
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1954
Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (died 1994)
Cyprien Ntaryamira was a Burundian politician who served as President of Burundi from 5 February 1994 until his assassination two months later in the context of the Burundian Civil War.
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1955
Canadian actress (died 2015)
Faith Susan Alberta Watson was a Canadian film and television actress. She was known for her roles as Dr. Rebecca Meyer on Buck James (1987-88), Madeline on La Femme Nikita (1997-2001) and Erin Driscoll on 24 (2004-05).
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1955
English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster (died 2011)
Peter Michael Roebuck was an English cricketer who later became an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator.
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1956
Australian television host, actor, and producer
Stephen William Vizard is an Australian television and radio presenter, producer, writer, lawyer and businessman. He is a research professor at Monash University and the University of Adelaide.
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1956
American basketball player and coach
Eric Augustus "Sleepy" Floyd is an American former professional basketball player. An NBA All-Star in 1987 as a Warrior, he is best known for his tenures in Golden State and Houston.
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1960
British golfer
Alison Nicholas is an English professional golfer, who won the 1997 U.S. Women's Open.
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1962
American actor, producer, and screenwriter[citation needed]
Darryl Lynn Hughley is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Hughley is best known as the original host of BET's ComicView from 1992 to 1993, the eponymous character on the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys, and as one of…
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1963
Scottish sport shooter
Linda Pearson is a Scottish clay target shooter. She competed in the women's double trap event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal. Linda has represented Great Britain in four different…
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1964
English comedian, actor and screenwriter
Alan Roger Davies is an English actor, presenter, stand-up comedian, and writer. He is known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek (1997–2016) and as the only permanent…
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1966
Argentine ballet dancer and director
Julio Adrián Lojo Bocca is an Argentine ballet dancer. Bocca spent twenty years as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. From 2010 to 2018, he served as artistic director of the National Ballet of Uruguay,…
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1967
American journalist and author
Glenn Edward Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former lawyer.
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1967
American basketball player and coach
Carla Renee McGhee is an American former basketball player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee. She was injured in a car crash in October 1987 and was in a coma for 47 hours, suffering brain…
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1968
American basketball player and coach
Darrick David Martin is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. Martin played professionally for over a decade,…
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1971
American basketball player
Michael Howard Finley is an American former professional basketball player who is an interim general manager and vice president of player personnel for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).…
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1973
Swedish guitarist and songwriter
Peter Lindgren is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former guitarist of Swedish progressive metal band Opeth.
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1973
American basketball player
Gregory Donovan Ostertag is an American former professional basketball player. A center, he spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the…
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1973
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Guy Edward John Patrick Garvey is an English musician, singer, songwriter and radio presenter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Elbow. He has a weekly show on BBC Radio 6 Music titled Guy Garvey's…
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1974
Australian politician
Matthew Jason Guy is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006, representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council (2006–2014) and…
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1974
American swimmer
Bradley Darrell Schumacher is an American former competition swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic gold medalist. Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian. He was a member of the winning relay teams at the 1996…
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1974
Mexican actress and singer
Aracely Arámbula Jáquez, known professionally as Aracely Arámbula, is a Mexican actress, model, singer, television personality and entrepreneur.
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1975
Canadian pianist and conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, CC is a Canadian conductor and pianist. He is the music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal), the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was the principal conductor of…
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1975
American wrestler and actor
Kenneth Anthony Anderson is an American professional wrestler. He is known for his tenure in WWE from 2005 to 2009 under the ring name Mr. Kennedy, and his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Mr. Anderson from…
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1976
South African cricketer
Mornantau "Nantie" Hayward is a South African former cricketer, who played in 16 Test matches and 21 One Day Internationals for the national team between 1998 and 2004.
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1977
Greek footballer
Georgios Karagkounis, known as Giorgos Karagounis, is a former Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1977
Congolese footballer
Shabani Christophe Nonda is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Burundi, he played for the DR Congo national team, earning 36 caps and scoring 20 goals. He was selected for DR Congo's squad…
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1977
American football player
Sage Jamen Rosenfels is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones and was selected by the…
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1978
American wrestler
Charles Wicks is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestled as Chad Toland in its Ohio Valley Wrestling affiliate and later as Chad Dick…
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1978
American wrestler
David Richard Fliehr, better known by the ring name David Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he held the WCW United States…
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1979
American soccer player
Timothy Matthew Howard is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Nicknamed the "Secretary of Defense", Howard is regarded as one of the greatest American players of all time.
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1979
English footballer and manager
Garry Alan Monk is an English football manager and former professional player who was most recently the head coach of EFL League Two club Cambridge United.
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1979
Brazilian footballer
Emílson Sánchez Cribari is a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre back.
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1980
American actress
Ellen Muth is a retired American actress best known for her role as Georgia "George" Lass in Showtime's series Dead Like Me.
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1981
Armenian-Iranian footballer
Andranik "Ando" Timotian-Samarani, commonly known as Andranik Teymourian is a former Iranian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is notably the first Christian to captain the Iran national team.
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1983
Dutch footballer
Daniël Robin Frederick de Ridder is a Dutch former professional footballer. He played as a winger operating either on the right or left side but would occasionally play a more advanced role. He represented Ajax, Celta…
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1984
Norwegian politician
Eskil Pedersen is a Norwegian politician and former leader of the Workers' Youth League (AUF) from 2010 to 2014, the youth organisation associated with Norway's leading Labour Party.
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1984
French ice hockey player
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare is a French professional ice hockey player who is a forward for HC Ajoie of the National League (NL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2014 to 2024 for the…
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1985
French-Malian footballer
Bakaye Traoré is a former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder for Amiens SC and AS Nancy in France, for A.C. Milan in Italy, and for Kayseri Erciyesspor and Bursaspor in Turkey. Born in France, he…
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
Daniel Spencer Winnik is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and played his final six seasons in Switzerland for Genève-Servette HC.
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1985
American baseball player
Jacob Joseph Arrieta is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Diego Padres.
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1986
Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
Francisco Cervelli is an Italian-Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher and current manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2008 to 2020 for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta…
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1986
American Internet personality
Tim Chantarangsu, formerly known as Timothy DeLaGhetto and Traphik, is an American internet and television personality and rapper. He is best known from the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out where he was a cast member from…
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1986
Scottish footballer
Charles Patrick Mulgrew is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who was most recently manager of Scottish League One side Kelty Hearts.
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1986
Slovak ice hockey player
Mário Bližňák is a Slovak former professional ice hockey center. He previously played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). After playing in the Slovak Extraliga, Bližňák was selected by the…
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1987
Ghanaian-German footballer
Kevin-Prince Boateng is a football manager and former player who is the coach of the Australian national team in socca.
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1987
Spanish footballer
José Manuel Flores Moreno, commonly known as Chico Flores, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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1987
New Zealand tennis player
Marina Erakovic is a former tennis player from New Zealand. She achieved career-high rankings of 39 in singles and 25 in doubles, and won a singles title and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
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1988
Cuban-American baseball player
Leonys Martín Tápanes, nicknamed "Ikadi", is a Cuban-American professional baseball center fielder for the Bravos de León of the Mexican League. He signed with the Texas Rangers in 2011, and made his MLB debut later…
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1988
Belgian footballer
Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Club Brugge.
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1988
American basketball player
Dwight Buycks is an American professional basketball player for Kalleh Mazandaran of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for the Indian Hills Warriors and Marquette Golden Eagles.
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1989
1989
Polish tennis player
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour…
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1989
Canadian athlete
Derek Drouin is a Canadian retired track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. He also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the…
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1990
American basketball player
John Logan Jenkins III is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Adelaide 36ers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores…
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1991
Danish ice hockey player
Nicklas Jensen is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League (NL).
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1993
Colombian footballer
Andrés Jair Rentería Morelo, commonly known as Andrés Rentería, is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Jaguares de Córdoba.
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1993
American basketball player
Marcus Osmond Smart is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile defenders of his…
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1994
1995
Bulgarian footballer
Georgi Georgiev Kitanov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dunav Ruse.
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1995
American sprinter
Christian Lee Coleman is an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 m, and 200 m. The 2019 world champion in the 100 meters, he also won gold as part of men's 4 × 100-meter…
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1996
Egyptian footballer
Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Morsy, known by his nickname Afsha, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly.
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1996
German footballer
Timo Werner is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes.
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1996
1997
American football player
Kyle Jacob Trask is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Florida Gators and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft.
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1998
1999
American basketball player
Armando Linwood Bacot Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He holds the…
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2000
American actor
Jacob Scott Thomas Bertrand is an American actor. From 2018 to 2025, Bertrand played the series regular role of Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz in the YouTube Premium and Netflix series Cobra Kai. He is also known for the voice of…
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2000
American actor
Milo Jacob Manheim is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Zed in the Disney television film franchise Zombies and as Joseph in the 2023 Christmas musical, Journey to Bethlehem. In 2018, he…
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2001
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