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A first-round selection, 19th overall, at the 2003 NHL entry draft, he played in three NHL All-Star Games and was a member of the Ducks' 2007 Stanley Cup championship team
Famous Birthdays on May 10
117 people
874 – 2000
May 10 has seen 117 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 874 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1985 — Ryan Getzlaf
Canadian ice hockey player
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He led the Ducks in assists twelve times, including a franchise record of 66 in 2008–09, and in points eight times
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Getzlaf joined the NHL's Department of Player Safety in 2024.
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Ryan Getzlaf is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player
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Getzlaf played his entire NHL career with the Anaheim Ducks and is the franchise's all-time leading scorer
Chinese general and emperor (died 934)
Meng Zhixiang, courtesy name Baoyin (保胤), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Later Shu (後蜀高祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Later Shu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms…
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874
Fatimid caliph (died 996)
Abu Mansur Nizar, known by his regnal name as al-Aziz Billah, was the fifth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, from 975 to his death in 996. His reign saw the capture of Damascus and the Fatimid expansion into the Levant,…
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955
1491
French author and playwright (died 1686)
Jean (de) Mairet was a classical French dramatist who wrote both tragedies and comedies.
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1604
French violinist and composer (died 1764)
Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–77) as well as Pierre…
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1697
Baron de Laune, French economist and politician (died 1781)
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism.…
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1727
American captain and explorer (died 1806)
Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1787 and 1793, which pioneered the…
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1755
German author and poet (died 1826)
Johann Peter Hebel was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems and one of German tales.
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1760
French captain, engineer, and composer (died 1836)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lisle is known for writing the words and music of the Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, which would later be known as La…
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1760
French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1823)
Louis-Nicolas d'Avout, better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and the…
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1770
French physicist and engineer (died 1827)
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, fully supplanting Newton's corpuscular theory, from the late…
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1788
American politician and jurist (died 1873)
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. According to Thomas R. Phillips and James W.…
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1793
English engineer (died 1902)
William Henry Barlow was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway engineering projects. Barlow was involved in many engineering enterprises. He was engineer for the Midland…
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1812
American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (died 1883)
Montgomery Blair was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served in the Lincoln administration cabinet as Postmaster-General from 1861 to 1864, during the Civil War. He was the son of Francis Preston…
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1813
American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (died 1865)
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical…
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1838
American publisher and broadcaster (died 1918)
James Gordon Bennett Jr. was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Scotland. He was generally known as Gordon…
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1841
Spanish author and playwright (died 1920)
Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist and politician. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in…
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1843
German mathematician and academic (died 1923)
Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theories of Lie algebras, Lie groups, and non-Euclidean geometry.
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1847
Indian guru and educator (died 1936)
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri is the monastic name of Priya Nath Karar, an Indian monk and yogi, and the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda and Swami Satyananda Giri. Born in Serampore, West Bengal, Sri Yukteswar was a Kriya…
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1855
French sociologist and anthropologist (died 1950)
Marcel Israël Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and…
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1872
Slovenian poet and playwright (died 1918)
Ivan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. He…
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1876
Greek painter (died 1967)
Konstantinos Parthenis was a Greek painter. Born in Alexandria, part of the Greek community in Egypt, Parthenis broke with the Greek academic tradition of the 19th century and introduced modern elements together with…
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1878
German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
Gustav Ernst Stresemann was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as chancellor of Germany from August to November 1923 and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929. His most notable achievement was the…
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1878
Ukrainian journalist and politician (died 1926)
Symon Vasyliovych Petliura was a Ukrainian revolutionary, politician and journalist. He was the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian People's Army (UNA) and led the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Ukrainian War of…
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1879
Swiss theologian and author (died 1968)
Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship of the Barmen Declaration, and especially…
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1886
Austrian-American composer and conductor (died 1971)
Maximilian Raoul Steiner was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers.
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1888
German general (died 1946)
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl was a German military officer and convicted war criminal who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout…
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1890
Egyptian sculptor and academic (died 1934)
Mahmoud Mukhtar was an Egyptian sculptor. He attended the College of Fine Arts in Cairo upon its opening in 1908 by Prince Yusuf Kamal, and was part of the original "Pioneers" of the Egyptian Art movement. Despite his…
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1891
San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (died 1949)
Tonita Peña born as Quah Ah but also used the name Tonita Vigil Peña and María Antonia Tonita Peña. Peña was a renowned Pueblo artist, specializing in pen and ink on paper embellished with watercolor. She was a…
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1893
Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (died 1979)
Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin was a Russian and American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in Saint Petersburg before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian…
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1894
(Irish-American), died during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (died 1920)
Joseph Patrick Murphy was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was one of 22 Irish Republicans who died on hunger strike in the 20th century. He was an officer in the Irish Republican Army who died as a result…
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1895
Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (died 1987)
Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 17 years in office, he is the longest-serving prime minister…
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1897
American historian and author (died 1981)
Ariel Durant was a Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer. She was the coauthor of The Story of Civilization with her husband, Will Durant. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
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1898
American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of…
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1899
English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1979)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist. Her work on the cosmic makeup of the universe and the nature of variable stars was foundational to modern astrophysics.
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1900
Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (died 1971)
John Desmond Bernal was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular books on science and…
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1901
American producer and screenwriter (died 1965)
David O. Selznick was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won…
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1902
German economist, jurist, and SS officer (died 1994)
Otto Bradfisch was an economist, a jurist, an SS-Obersturmbannführer, leader of Einsatzkommando 8 of Einsatzgruppe B of the Security Police and the SD, and Commander of the Security Police in Litzmannstadt (Łódź) and…
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1903
Puerto Rican artist and illustrator (died 1998)
Alexander A. Schomburg, born Alejandro Schomburg y Rosa, was a Puerto Rican commercial artist and comic-book artist and painter whose career lasted over 70 years.
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1905
American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2000)
Carl Bert Albert was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a Democrat…
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1908
American autoharp player (died 1978)
"Mother" Maybelle Carter was an American country musician and "among the first" to use the Carter scratch, with which she "helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument." It was named after her. She was a member of…
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1909
English businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2003)
Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, was an English businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as the first female British prime minister from 1979 to 1990; thus, he became the first male prime ministerial…
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1915
Governor of Connecticut (died 1981)
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975, to December 31, 1980, after rejecting past offers of…
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1919
English guitarist (died 2012)
Herbert Maurice William Weedon was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK singles chart, in…
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1920
Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2014)
David Joshua Azrieli was an Israeli-Canadian tycoon, real estate developer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion in March 2013, he was ranked by Forbes as the ninth-wealthiest…
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1922
American actress, singer, and director (died 1992)
Nancy Walker was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was also an occasional film and television director. During her five-decade-long career, she had long-running roles as Mildred on McMillan &…
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1922
Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (died 2003)
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003.
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1923
Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (died 2002)
Hugo Banzer Suárez was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 as a military dictator; and then again from 1997 to…
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1926
Estonian agronomist and politician, President of Estonia (died 2024)
Arnold Rüütel was an Estonian politician. He was the third President of Estonia from 8 October 2001 to 9 October 2006. Rüütel was the second president of the country after the end of the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, and…
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1928
German chess player (died 2013)
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony into a family who were the co-owners of the
Karl May Press, which published the German Karl May adventure novels.
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1928
American actor and producer (died 2015)
George Coe was an American actor, known for Saturday Night Live.
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1929
American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
George Elwood Smith was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). Smith shared one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willard Boyle "for the invention of an imaging…
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1930
Italian director and screenwriter (died 2016)
Ettore Scola was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film A Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy…
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1931
British novelist (died 2024)
Barbara Taylor Bradford was a British-American best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide. She wrote 40 novels, often about young women…
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1933
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1980)
Lawrence Eugene Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for…
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1935
Spanish tennis player (died 2021)
Manuel Santana Martínez, also known as Manolo Santana, was a Spanish tennis player. He was ranked as amateur world No. 1 in 1965 by Ned Potter and in 1966 by Lance Tingay and Sport In The USSR.
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1938
American country-soul singer-songwriter (died 1993)
Arthur Alexander was an American country-soul songwriter and singer. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff of…
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1940
American basketball player and coach
James A. Calhoun is an American former college basketball coach. He is best known for his tenure as head coach of the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team. His teams won three NCAA national…
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1942
Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (died 2024)
Haydee Raquel Blandón Sandoval was a Guatemalan lawyer, activist, and political leader who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 1986 to 1991, as the wife of President Vinicio Cerezo. She was the nominee for the…
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1943
American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)
Judith Ann Jamison was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse. She later returned to be the company's artistic director from…
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1943
French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)
Marie-France Pisier was a French actress, screenwriter, and director. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave, and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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1944
1946
Canadian primatologist and conservationist (died 2026)
Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas or Biruté Mary Galdikas was a Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist and author. She was a professor at Simon Fraser University. In the field of primatology,…
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1946
English guitarist and songwriter
Graham Keith Gouldman is an English musician. He is best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10cc, Gouldman…
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1946
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026)
David Thomas Mason was an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, who came to prominence in 1967 as a founding member of the rock band Traffic. He wrote and sang lead vocals on two of the band's most famous songs,…
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1946
Italian fashion designer
Miuccia Bianchi Prada is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Miu. As of October 2021, Forbes estimated her net worth at…
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1949
American actor (died 2022)
Michael Gerard Hagerty was an American actor. He was known for playing comedic blue-collar workers, including his recurring roles as Mr. Treeger, the building superintendent, on Friends and the manager of a muffler shop…
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1954
American sportscaster
Christopher James Berman, nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for SportsCenter on ESPN since 1979 and ABC since 2020, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's…
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1955
American murderer
Mark David Chapman is an American man who murdered musician John Lennon in New York City on December 8, 1980. As Lennon walked into the archway of the Dakota, his apartment building on the Upper West Side, Chapman fired…
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1955
Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer and actress
Mickey Mae Faerch, also known as Mickey Mae and Yung Mae, is a Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer, actress, and rapper who appeared in the films Sincerely Saul (2024), Josie (2018), Run! Bitch Run! (2009), and was…
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1956
Russian journalist (died 1995)
Vladislav Nikolayevich Listyev was a Soviet, later Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel.
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1956
English singer and bass player (died 1979)
John Simon Ritchie, better known by his stage name Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the second bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. After his death in 1979 at the age of 21, he remained an icon…
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1957
American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney, author, and former CNN political commentator, who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's third-ranking…
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1958
American actress
Victoria Lynn Rowell is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She began her career as a ballet dancer and model before making her acting debut in the 1987 comedy film Leonard Part 6. In 1990, Rowell…
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1959
American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi
Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician and lobbyist serving since 2018 as the junior United States senator from Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2012 to 2018 as the Mississippi…
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1959
1960
American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada
Dean Arthur Heller is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator representing Nevada from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 15th secretary of state of…
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1960
Australian rugby league player
Kerry Hemsley is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for the
Balmain Tigers in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, primarily as a…
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1960
Jamaican-Slovenian runner
Merlene Joyce Ottey is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978 and continued to do so for 24 years before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is…
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1960
American baseball player and coach
Robert Randall Thompson is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (1986–1996) with the San Francisco Giants where he was their starting second…
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1962
American commander and astronaut
Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA…
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1963
Canadian model
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for…
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1965
Australian swimmer
Gregory John Fasala is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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1965
Australian rugby league player and coach
Paul Langmack is an Australian former rugby league coach and representative and premiership-winning player. Langmack won three premierships with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the mid-eighties. He later joined the…
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1965
English triple jumper
Jonathan David Edwards is an English former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, double World, European, European indoor and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995. Edwards is widely…
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1966
New Zealand rugby player
Eion Crossan is a New Zealand former Rugby Footballer who played Rugby Union for Southland and Bay of Plenty between 1987 and 1996, and Rugby League for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks between…
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1967
1968
English wrestler
Darren Kenneth Matthews, better known by the ring name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as the vice-president of Global Talent Development. He is also…
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1968
Dutch footballer and manager
Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. Originally a wide midfielder, Bergkamp was moved to main striker while still a teenager and then played as a deeper lying forward…
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1969
American author and blogger
John Michael Scalzi II is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, three novels of which have been…
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1969
Scottish footballer
David Gillespie Weir is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who was most recently the technical director of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
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1970
French footballer
Sylvain Claude Wiltord is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing.
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1974
Egyptian footballer and politician
Hazem Mohamed Yehia El Horria Mohamed Emam is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is member in House of Representatives and former board member of Egyptian Football…
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1975
Brazilian race car driver
Hélio Castroneves is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He currently competes in the Stock Car Pro Series for Mercado Livre Racing and competes part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 06 Dallara-Honda for Meyer…
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1975
Swiss snowboarder (died 2026)
Ueli Kestenholz was a Swiss snowboarder and speed riding pioneer.
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1975
English rugby league player
Adrian Paul Morley is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward. With a reputation as a tough, uncompromising competitor, Morley was the first British player to…
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1977
American actor and comedian
Kenan Thompson is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He was also…
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1978
Chilean footballer
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo, nicknamed Chupete (Lollipop) or El hombre venido del planeta gol, is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. He is the head coach San Luis de Quillota.
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1981
English footballer
Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed "The Beast", he was renowned for his huge physical prowess and goalscoring ability, in a career where he amassed…
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1982
Venezuelan baseball player
Edward José Mujica is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Florida/Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox,…
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1984
Belgian politician
Farah Jacquet is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, she has represented Namur since June 2024.
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1985
English canoe racer
Jon Schofield is a British canoeist. He partnered with Liam Heath in the men's kayak double 200m sprint event, and they have won a bronze in K-2 200 at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and a silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics…
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1985
English footballer
Adam David Lallana is an English professional football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is currently manager of Southampton Under-21s.
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1988
Venezuelan baseball player
Salvador Johan Perez Diaz, nicknamed "El Niño" and "Salvy", is a Venezuelan-American professional baseball catcher, designated hitter, and first baseman for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is a…
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1990
Serbian long jumper
Ivana Španović is a Serbian long jumper and triple jumper. She is the 2023 World champion, a two-time World indoor champion, a two-time European champion, a three-time European indoor champion and a five-time Diamond…
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1990
Filipino singer
Jake Zyrus, formerly known professionally as Charice Pempengco and under the mononym Charice, is a Filipino singer and television personality.
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1993
American bowler
Andrew Anderson of Holly, Michigan is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler known for winning the 2018 USBC Masters. He competes in events on the PBA Tour, and also bowls in global events as a multi-year…
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1995
American swimmer
Melissa Franklin Johnson is an American former competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke from 2012 to 2019. As a member of the U.S. national swim…
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1995
French ice dancer
Gabriella Marie-Hélène Papadakis is a French retired ice dancer. With former partner Guillaume Cizeron, she is a 2022 Olympic champion, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a five-time World champion, a five-time consecutive…
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1995
Canadian ice hockey player
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is a right winger for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).…
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1996
American basketball player
Tyus Robert Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils in his freshman season as part…
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1996
Czech tennis player
Kateřina Siniaková is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and has a career-best best singles ranking of world No. 27 by the WTA, achieved in June 2024.
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1996
1996
American comedian and singer
Brittany Alexis Tomlinson, known professionally as Brittany Broski, is an American influencer, podcaster, YouTuber, singer and comedian. She initially gained fame after a video of her tasting kombucha for the first time…
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1997
Brazilian footballer
Richarlison de Andrade, known simply as Richarlison, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team.
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1997
South Korean singer
Bae Jin-young is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a former member of South Korean boy groups CIX and Wanna One, after finishing tenth in the final rankings of Produce 101 season 2. Following Wanna One's…
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2000
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