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Famous Birthdays on May 26
177 people
1264 – 2000
May 26 has seen 177 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1264 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1948 — Dayle Haddon
Canadian model and actress (died 2024)
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Haddon also served as a wellness contributor to CBS News where she appeared regularly on The Early Show at the turn of the 21st century
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Haddon died at her daughter's property due to carbon monoxide poisoning in December 2024.
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Dayle Haddon was a Canadian model and actress, known for promoting anti-aging products manufactured by L'Oréal
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Additionally, she was credited as the author of Ageless Beauty: A Woman's Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being
1264
pope of the Catholic Church (died 1534)
Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign was marked by a…
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1478
1562
Ottoman sultan (died 1603)
Mehmed III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turkish War, during which the Ottoman army…
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1566
Dutch-French painter (died 1674)
Philippe de Champaigne was a Brabant-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of French Baroque painting. He was a founding member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris, the premier art…
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1602
English economist and philosopher (died 1687)
Sir William Petty was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that…
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1623
1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (died 1722)
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, was a British army officer and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at…
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1650
French-English mathematician and theorist (died 1754)
Abraham de Moivre FRS was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.
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1667
French botanist and mycologist (died 1722)
Sébastien Vaillant was a French botanist who was born at Vigny in present-day Val d'Oise.
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1669
German bishop and saint (died 1760)
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure…
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1700
British actuary (died 1833)
William Morgan, FRS was a British physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science. He is also credited with being the first to record the "invisible light" produced when a…
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1750
1799
French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (died 1896)
Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt was a French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Académie Goncourt.
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1822
English-New Zealand boxer (died 1917)
Robert James Fitzsimmons was a Cornish-New Zealand professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. He achieved fame for beating "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, and he is in The Guinness Book of…
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1863
American author and illustrator (died 1933)
Robert William Chambers was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.
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1865
English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (died 1953)
Mary of Teck was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King George V.
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1867
Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1958)
Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson was a Norwegian artist, painter and designer. He is probably best known for his caricatures and illustrations.
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1873
English cricketer (died 1945)
Percival Albert Perrin, known as either "Percy" or "Peter", was an English cricketer, who played for Essex as a right-handed middle-order batsman for more than thirty years from 1896.
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1876
American composer and educator (died 1967)
William Otto Miessner was an American composer and music educator. Most of his life was spent in the midwest, particularly Indiana and Wisconsin.
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1880
Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (died 1955)
Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the assassination of President Venustiano Carranza, with Sonoran generals Álvaro…
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1881
German serial killer (died 1931)
Peter Kürten was a German serial killer, known as The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of Düsseldorf.…
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1883
American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (died 1946)
Mamie Smith was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues…
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1883
1886
1887
English conductor and composer (died 1962)
Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens was an English conductor and composer.
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1893
American photographer and journalist (died 1965)
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of…
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1895
Hungarian-American actor and singer (died 1971)
Paul Lukas was a Hungarian actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, for his performance in the film Watch on the Rhine (1943), reprising the…
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1895
American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
Ernst Lecher Bacon was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. A prolific composer, Bacon wrote over 250 songs over his career. He was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships and a Pulitzer Scholarship in 1932 for…
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1898
Estonian speed skater (died 1965)
Christfried Burmeister was an Estonian speed skater and bandy player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.
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1898
Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (died 1968)
Antonio J. Barrette was a Canadian politician born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada, who served as the 18th premier of Quebec.
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1899
Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (died 1997)
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, was a Canadian activist, judge and politician. Fergusson served in the Senate of Canada and the first woman Speaker of the Senate. She is known for a long career of advocating for the less…
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1899
Swedish singer, actress, and writer (died 1976)
Karin Juel was a Swedish singer, actor and writer, born in Kungsholmen, Stockholm. She originally wrote novels under the pseudonym Katherind van Goeben. She died in Stockholm.
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1900
Tatar author and prisoner of war (died 1983)
Tamurbek Dawletschin was a Soviet writer and intellectual, best known for publishing one of the few memoirs by a Soviet prisoner of war held by Germany during World War II.
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1904
English singer-songwriter and actor (died 1961)
George Formby was an English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian who became known to a worldwide audience through his films of the 1930s and 1940s. On stage, screen and record he sang light, comic songs, usually…
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1904
Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1983)
Ahmet Necip Fazıl Kısakürek was a Turkish poet, novelist, playwright, Islamist ideologue, and conspiracy theorist. He is also known simply by his initials NFK. He was noticed by the French philosopher Henri Bergson, who…
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1904
Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (died 2002)
Vladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher.
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1904
French physician and haematologist (died 2006)
Jean Bernard was a French physician and haematologist. During his life, he served as president of the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Academy of Medicine. He was also the first president of the…
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1907
American actor, director, and producer (died 1979)
Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age,…
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1907
English actor (died 1992)
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in…
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1908
Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (died 1976)
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was a South Vietnamese politician who was the first vice president of South Vietnam, serving under President Ngô Đình Diệm from 1956 until Diệm's overthrow and assassination in 1963. He also served as…
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1908
Scottish footballer and manager (died 1994)
Sir Alexander Matthew Busby was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. He was the first manager of an English…
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1909
Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (died 1969)
Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare from 1952 to 1957 and a Senator from the State…
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1909
Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (died 1998)
Imre "Imi" Lichtenfeld, also known as Imi Sde-Or, was a Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist. He is widely recognized for developing Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art.
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1910
1911
American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 1992)
Henry Ephron was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer. He often worked with his wife, Phoebe and was active as a writer from the early 1940s through the early 1960s.
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1911
Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1989)
János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in…
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1912
Canadian-American actor (died 1980)
Jay Silverheels was a First Nations and Mohawk actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western…
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1912
English actor (died 1994)
Peter Wilton Cushing was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. He achieved recognition for his…
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1913
1913
Swedish actress (died 1976)
Karin Ekelund was a Swedish actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1933 and 1976. She was the first female radio producer in Sweden, producing, and later directing, for Sveriges Radio's Radio Theatre. She performed…
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1913
German weightlifter (died 1991)
Josef Manger was a German heavyweight weightlifter who won a European title in 1935, an Olympic gold medal in 1936, and two world titles in 1937 and 1938. Between 1935 and 1941 he set 11 ratified world records, ten in…
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1913
American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
Frank Manning was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swing.
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1914
1915
Dutch journalist and author (died 1972)
Henriette Roosenburg was a Dutch journalist and political prisoner. Her memoir The Walls Came Tumbling Down described her attempts to return to the Netherlands from Germany after being released from prison at the end of…
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1916
Cuban pianist (died 2003)
Rubén González Fontanills was a Cuban pianist. Together with Lilí Martínez and Peruchín he is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s".
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1919
South African cricketer (died 1980)
John Erskine Cheetham was a South African cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1949 and 1955, captaining South Africa in his last 15 Test matches. He later served as president of the South African Cricket…
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1920
1920
German soprano (died 2018)
Inge Borkh was a German operatic dramatic soprano. She was first based in Switzerland, where she received international attention when she appeared in the first performance in German of Menotti's The Consul, in Basel,…
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1921
American actor (died 2011)
James King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the…
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1923
English actor (died 2017)
Roy Dotrice was a British stage and screen actor. He played the antiquarian John Aubrey in the solo play Brief Lives. He won a Tony Award for his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten,…
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1923
1925
English actor (died 2017)
Alexander Duncan McCowen, was an English actor. He was known for his work in numerous film and stage productions.
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1925
American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a career spanning nearly five decades,…
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1926
French actor and businessman (died 2014)
Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman.
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1927
American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (died 2011)
Murad Jacob Kevorkian, also known by the nickname "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in…
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1928
Nigerian historian and academic (died 2014)
Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and…
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1929
Australian television personality and producer (died 2022)
Ernest Carroll was an Australian puppeteer, entertainer, radio and television personality, comic writer, television producer and comic strip writer, most recognised for his role as the sidekick opposite Daryl Somers, as…
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1929
Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (died 2008)
Hans Charles Freeman AM, FAA was a German-born Australian bioinorganic chemist, protein crystallographer, and professor of inorganic chemistry who spent most of his academic career at the University of Sydney. His best…
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1929
1929
Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (died 2005)
Karim Emami was an Iranian translator, editor, lexicographer, and literary critic.
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1930
1935
Russian-Polish poet and activist (died 2013)
Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya was a Russian poet, a translator of Polish literature and a civil-rights activist. She was one of the founders and the first editor of A Chronicle of Current Events (1968–1982). On 25…
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1936
1937
American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
Paul Edward Patton is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to run for a…
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1937
American pianist and composer
William Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, and the Detroit Music Award, and was named Composer of the Year by Musical…
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1938
British engineer (died 2019)
Andrew Clennel Palmer was a British engineer who worked on offshore geotechnical problems of submarine pipeline design and the study of the properties of ice. He spent much of his career as a teacher and academic…
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1938
Russian author and playwright
Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright. She began her career writing short stories and plays, which the Soviet government often censored and published several well-respected…
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1938
Indian director and producer (died 2013)
K. Bikram Singh was an Indian politician and filmmaker, most known for his documentary film, Satyajit Ray Introspections (1991) and feature film, Tarpan (1994). After a short stint as a lecturer in history, he joined…
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1938
Canadian soprano and actress
Teresa Stratas is a retired Canadian operatic soprano and actress of Greek descent. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.
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1938
Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the MNA for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region from 1985 to 2012. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly…
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1940
American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (died 2012)
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Helm was known…
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1940
American CIA officer and criminal (died 2026)
Aldrich Hazen Ames was an American CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He served a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in…
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1941
Scottish microbiologist and politician (died 2014)
James Dobbin was a British politician and microbiologist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.
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1941
South African tennis player and sportscaster
Eric Clifford Drysdale is a South African former tennis player. After a career as a highly ranked professional player in the 1960s and early 1970s, he became a tennis commentator.
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1941
Latvian composer
Imants Kalniņš is a Latvian composer, musician and politician. Having studied classical and choral music, he has written seven symphonies, several operas, oratorios, cantatas, choir songs, a lot of movie and theater…
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1941
Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
Erica Georgina Terpstra is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
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1943
American-Canadian journalist and politician (died 2022)
Louis-Phillip Edmonston was a Canadian consumer advocate, writer, journalist, and politician. Along with Andrew Scheer, he was one of the few politicians with dual American and Canadian citizenship to be elected to the…
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1944
Norwegian ice hockey player (died 2013)
Jan Runar Kinder was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Oslo, Norway and represented the club Hasle/Løren IL. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in…
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1944
1944
Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2012)
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008.…
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1945
Bulgarian gymnast and coach
Neshka Stefanova Robeva is a Bulgarian former rhythmic gymnast and coach.
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1946
English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1993)
Michael Ronson was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders from Mars. He was a session musician who…
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1946
New Zealand cricketer
Glenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's most prolific batsmen. He played domestically for Otago for most of his career and played in England for Worcestershire County Cricket…
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1947
British journalist and politician
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He currently sits as an independent, and is the parliamentary leader of Your Party, which he…
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1949
American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
Howard G. Cunningham is an American computer programmer, who developed the first wiki and co-authored the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Called a pioneer, and innovator, he also helped create both software…
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1949
1949
Scottish educator and politician
Dame Anne Catherine McGuire is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1997 to 2015. She was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 2002 to…
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1949
American actor
Philip Michael Thomas is a retired American actor and musician and composer best known for his role as detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin (1975) and…
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1949
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Randall Hank Williams, known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style has been described as a blend of rock, blues, and country. He is the son of…
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1949
Spanish lawyer and businessman
José Ramón Calderón Ramos is a Spanish lawyer who is the former President of Real Madrid. He got his Law Degree in the University of Navarra, Spain in 1974 and he worked in London, England, as a lawyer, in 1975 and…
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1951
Dutch mathematician
Laurentius Petrus Dignus "Lou" van den Dries is a Dutch mathematician working in model theory. He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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1951
Syrian military aviator and cosmonaut (died 2024)
Muhammed Ahmed Faris was a Syrian military aviator and astronaut. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space.
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1951
American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (died 2012)
Sally Kristen Ride was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina…
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1951
1953
English footballer and manager
Donald McAllister is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Rochdale.
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1953
English journalist, politician and TV presenter
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and retired politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway…
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1953
Irish Republican hunger strike participant (died 1981)
Michael James Devine was an Irish militant and Republican activist. He was a volunteer in the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), and the last hunger striker to die during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
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1954
English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
Sir Alan James Hollinghurst is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 2004, he won the Booker Prize for his…
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1954
Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
Denis Lebel is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Roberval, Quebec, and deputy leader of the Official Opposition.
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1954
English lawyer
Fiona Sara Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, is an English solicitor and Conservative politician, who has represented members of the British royal family and celebrities, including Paul McCartney, Charles…
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1956
Indian academician
Jyoti Jayant Gogte is an Indian entrepreneur and academic, most notable for her reference textbooks on entrepreneurship titled Startup & New Venture Management (2014) and Roadmap for an Entrepreneur (2024).
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1956
Colombian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Diomedes Díaz Maestre was a Colombian vallenato singer and composer. He has been named the "King of Vallenato" and is nicknamed El Cacique de La Junta, which was given to him by another vallenato singer, Rafael Orozco…
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1957
Canadian businessman and politician
François Legault is a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 32nd premier of Quebec from 2018 to 2026. A founding member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he led the party from its inception in 2011…
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1957
Italian racing driver
Roberto Ravaglia is an Italian former racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate a Chevrolet operation in the World Touring Car Championship. Before retiring in 1997, he was one of the most…
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1957
Finnish hurdler and politician
Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a Finnish former hurdling athlete. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007. His personal best time…
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1958
American actress
Margaret Colin is an American actress. She is known for her roles as White House Communications Director Constance Spano in the sci-fi film Independence Day (1996), the originating performer of character Margo Hughes on…
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1958
Danish actor, director, and producer
Ole Bornedal is a Danish film director, actor and producer.
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1959
Australian weightlifter
Dinko "Dean" Lukin, OAM is an Australian retired weightlifter. Lukin won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles. He carried the Australian flag during the…
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1960
Lithuanian discus thrower
Romas Ubartas is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania who won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Lithuania, the nation's first gold. His…
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1960
Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Tarsem Singh Dhandwar, known professionally as Tarsem, is an Indian director who has worked on films, music videos, and commercials. He directed The Cell (2000), The Fall (2006), Immortals (2011), Mirror Mirror (2012),…
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1961
1962
Canadian-American actress
Genie Francis is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Laura Spencer on the television soap opera General Hospital from 1977 to present, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2007.
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1962
English poet, playwright and novelist
Simon Robert Armitage is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019. He is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds.
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1963
Canadian actor and screenwriter
Claude Legault is a Canadian actor and television writer from Quebec.
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1963
Irish-American paleontologist and author
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan is an Irish-born American paleontologist and writer of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including 10 novels, series of comic books, and more than 250 published short stories, novellas, and…
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1964
American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
Leonard Albert Kravitz is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut album Let Love Rule (1989) was characterized by a blend of rock, funk, reggae, hard rock, soul, and R&B, along…
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1964
Greek basketball player and coach
Argyris Pedoulakis is a former Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach, who is currently acting as the head coach for Sporting B.C.
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1964
English actress
Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress. She is known for her character roles as eccentric women in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy…
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1966
1966
Irish milliner, hat designer
Philip Anthony Treacy is an Irish haute couture milliner, or hat designer, who has been mostly based in London for his career, and who was described by Vogue magazine as "perhaps the greatest living milliner". In 2000,…
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1967
Japanese journalist (died 2012)
Mika Yamamoto was a Japanese video and photojournalist for the news agency Japan Press. Yamamoto was killed on 20 August 2012 while covering the ongoing Syrian Civil War in Aleppo, Syria. She was the first Japanese and…
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1967
Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
Fernando León de Aranoa is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.
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1968
King of Denmark
Frederik X is King of Denmark, reigning since the abdication of his mother, Margrethe II, in January 2024.
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1968
Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
John Russell Baird is a retired Canadian politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He had been a member of the federal cabinet, in various…
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1969
American triathlete and coach
Siri Lindley is an American triathlon coach and former professional triathlete. She is the 2001 ITU Triathlon World Champion as well as the winner of the 2001 and 2002 ITU Triathlon World Cup series and 2001 ITU…
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1969
Japanese illustrator
Nobuhiro Nishiwaki , better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki , is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (1994–1999), which has over…
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1970
Lebanese footballer
Zaher Toufic Al Indari is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1971
American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
Matthew Richard Stone is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and songwriter. He is best known for co-creating the animated television series South Park and the stage musical The Book of Mormon (2011) with his…
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1971
Canadian-American photographer
Naomi Harris is a Canadian photographer living in Toronto. She is known for her portraits of people from sub-cultures such as retirement communities and nudist beaches.
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1973
Swedish swimmer
Lars Arne Frölander is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games.
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1974
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of her time, a pioneer of rap-singing, and a definitive figure in the…
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1975
English cricketer and coach
Paul David Collingwood is an English cricket coach and former player, who played in all three formats of the game internationally for England. He played for Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood was a regular member…
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1976
Australian comedian and actor
Stephen Curry is an Australian comedian and actor who has appeared in many television drama and comedy series, and feature films. He first became known as Dale Kerrigan in the 1997 hit comedy The Castle.
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1976
American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
Kenneth Alan "Kenny" Florian is an American retired mixed martial artist and commentator who formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He formerly served as an analyst for UFC on Fox from 2011 to…
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1976
Greek basketball player
Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 1.97 m tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was inducted into the Greek Basket League…
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1977
American author and cartoonist
Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters and the…
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1977
1977
Japanese actress and model
Misaki Ito is a Japanese actress and model. Her maiden name is Tomoko Anzai .
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1977
Italian footballer
Fabio Firmani is an Italian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1978
1978
American wrestler and model (died 2019)
Ashley Marie Massaro was an American professional wrestler. She was best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where she performed under her real name.
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1979
1979
Turkish basketball player
Mehmet Murat Okur is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he played as a power forward and center.
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1979
Canadian singer and songwriter
Louis-Jean Cormier is a Canadian indie rock singer and songwriter. Formerly associated with the band Karkwa, since that band went on hiatus in 2012 he has recorded and performed as a solo artist and was a judge on the…
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1980
American swimmer
Anthony Lee Ervin is an American competitive swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a…
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1981
English actor, screenwriter, and television host
Jason John Manford is an English comedian, singer, presenter and actor.
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1981
American baseball player
Benjamin Thomas Zobrist is an American former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, and…
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1981
Turkish footballer
Hasan Salih Kabze is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Formerly, he played for Bucaspor, Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Galatasaray SK, Rubin Kazan, Montpellier HSC, Orduspor, Konyaspor, Akhisar…
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1982
Dutch footballer
Demy Patrick René de Zeeuw is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He previously played for AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles, AZ and AFC Ajax. While at AZ he was a key player in the squad…
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1983
Australian rugby league player
Nathan Merritt is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, he played in the National Rugby League for the…
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1983
Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
Monika Christodoulou also known by her stage name Monika, is a Greek singer-songwriter. Her debut album Avatar was released in 2008 and her second album Exit followed in 2010. Both albums achieved platinum status in her…
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1985
English footballer
Ashley Derek Vincent is an English former football player and manager who is a first-team coach at EFL League Two club Cheltenham Town.
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1985
1986
Turkish footballer
Olcay Şahan is a Turkish professional football manager and a former player who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. Born in Germany, he played for the Turkey national team internationally.
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1987
Italian footballer
Andrea Catellani is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1988
Australian discus thrower
Dani Stevens is an Australian retired discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event. She is the current national and Oceanian record holder.
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1988
1989
South Korean singer
Park Ye-eun, professionally known as Yeeun, Yenny, or Ha:tfelt (핫펠트), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and composer known for her work as a former member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. In July 2014, she…
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1989
1991
Belgian footballer
Jason Adesanya is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for K Lyra-Lierse Berlaar.
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1993
South Korean actor
Kim Dong-hyun, known professionally as Gong Myung (Korean: 공명), is a South Korean actor. He is a member of 5urprise. He is known for his roles in the television series Be Melodramatic (2019), and Lovers of the Red Sky…
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1994
South African cricketer
Lara Goodall is a South African cricketer who represents South Africa in Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals. In February 2019, Cricket South Africa named her as one of the players in the…
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1996
Canadian ice hockey player
Mathew Michael Paul Barzal is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Barzal was selected by the Islanders in the first round, 16th…
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1997
American football player
Micah Aaron Parsons is an American professional football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Parsons played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he earned…
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1999
Australian cricketer
Georgia Wareham is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a leg spin bowler. At the domestic level, she plays for Victoria and the Melbourne Renegades. In April 2018, she played six matches…
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1999
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