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Famous Birthdays on May 28
197 people
1140 – 2000
May 28 has seen 197 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1140 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1944 — Rudy Giuliani
American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
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Rudolph William Louis Giuliani is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 108th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001
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attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1989
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Giuliani led the 1980s federal prosecution of New York City mafia bosses as U.S
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After a failed campaign for mayor of New York City in the 1989 election, he succeeded in 1993, and was reelected in 1997, campaigning on a "tough on crime" platform
1140
Duke of Burgundy (died 1419)
John I was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State as the Duke of Burgundy from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during the early 15th…
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1371
French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 1672)
Pierre Séguier was a French statesman who was the chancellor of France from 1635.
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1588
French writer (died 1674)
Robert Arnauld d’Andilly was a French conseiller d’État, specialising in financial questions, in the court of Marie de' Medici. By the elegance of his language, he was among the major poets, writers and translators of…
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1589
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (died 1736)
António Manoel de Vilhena was a Portuguese nobleman who was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he…
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1663
Italian mathematician and academic (died 1754)
Jacopo Francesco Riccati was a Venetian mathematician and jurist from Venice, known for his widely influential work on solving differential equations. He is best known for having studied the equation that bears his name.
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1676
1692
French physician (died 1814)
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing…
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1738
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1806)
William Pitt was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first official prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801. He left…
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1759
Argentinian priest and journalist (died 1811)
Manuel Maximiliano Alberti was an Argentine priest from Buenos Aires when the city was part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He had a curacy at Maldonado, Uruguay during the British invasions of the River…
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1763
American jurist and politician, 11th United States Secretary of State (died 1836)
Edward Livingston was an American jurist, statesman and slaveholder. He was an influential figure in the drafting of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825, a civil code based largely on the Napoleonic Code. Livingston…
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1764
Irish poet and composer (died 1852)
Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard". The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melodies. In these, Moore set to old Irish…
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1779
Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (died 1873)
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
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1807
American general (died 1893)
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard was an American military officer known for being the Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly…
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1818
Buddhist monk and scholar, founder of Vidyalankara Pirivena (died 1885)
Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera was a scholar Buddhist monk who lived in the 19th century in Sri Lanka. An educationist and revivalist of Sri Lankan Buddhism, he was reputed for his knowledge of Pali, Sanskrit and…
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1828
German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1916)
Friedrich August Wilhelm Baumfelder was a German composer of classical music, conductor, and pianist. He started in the Leipzig Conservatory, and went on to become a well-known composer of his time. His many works were…
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1836
German chemist and academic (died 1918)
Alexander Mitscherlich was a German chemist and son of Eilhard Mitscherlich.
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1836
Irish architect, co-designed St Colman's Cathedral (died 1921)
George Coppinger Ashlin was an Irish architect, particularly noted for his work on churches and cathedrals, and who became President of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
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1837
American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (died 1908)
Antonio Pastor was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late-nineteenth century. He was sometimes referred to as the…
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1837
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (died 1887)
Sakaigawa Namiemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Katsushika District, Shimōsa Province. He was the sport's 14th yokozuna. Nicknamed "Tanikaze of the Meiji era", he's the only officially recognized…
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1841
Swedish painter and author (died 1919)
Carl Olof Larsson was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life. He…
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1853
Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch (died 1939)
Carl Richard Nyberg was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. Nyberg was a pioneer in mechanical engineering. He received a patent for a blow lamp and was an aviation pioneer.
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1858
Polish physicist and mountaineer (died 1917)
Marian Smoluchowski was a Polish physicist who worked in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a pioneer of statistical physics and made significant contributions to the theory of Brownian motion and…
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1872
French sinologist and explorer (died 1945)
Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and the Silk Road regions, and for his acquisition of many important Tibetan Empire-era manuscripts and Chinese…
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1878
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (died 1958)
Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer, university professor, popularizer of science and academic.
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1879
Indian poet and politician (died 1966)
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician and ideologue. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while confined at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the Hindu…
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1883
English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (died 1978)
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. He became a major figure in the development of Welsh architecture in…
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1883
Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1948)
Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czechoslovak…
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1884
Sr., Italian-American mobster (died 1954)
Santo Trafficante Sr. was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr.
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1886
Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1942)
Kaarel Eenpalu was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia.
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1888
English author and educator (died 1947)
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot was the first wife of American-British poet T. S. Eliot, whom she married in 1915, less than three months after their introduction by mutual friends, when Vivienne was a governess in Cambridge…
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1888
American decathlete, football player, and coach (died 1953)
James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was the first Native American to win a gold…
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1888
Slovak-Czech chess player and author (died 1929)
Richard Réti was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies.
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1889
1892
American trumpet player (died 1939)
Thomas James Ladnier was an American jazz trumpeter. Hugues Panassié – an influential French critic, jazz historian, and renowned exponent of New Orleans jazz – rated Ladnier, sometime on or before 1956, second only to…
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1900
Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group (died 1994)
Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group.
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1903
Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (died 1997)
Henry Wijeyakone Tambiah (1906–1997) was a Ceylonese academic, diplomat, lawyer and judge, born in Sri Lanka during British colonial rule. He was a Commissioner of Assize, High Commissioner and judge of the Supreme…
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1906
Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2005)
Léo Alphonse Joseph Cadieux was a Canadian politician.
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1908
English journalist and author, created James Bond (died 1964)
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British writer, best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the…
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1908
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
George Reginald "Red" Horner was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 until his retirement. He helped the Leafs…
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1909
1910
English actress (died 2003)
Rachel Redgrave, known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.
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1910
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 Rolling Stone…
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1910
1911
English actress (died 2003)
Dame Thora Hird was an English actress. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 films, as well as many television roles, becoming a household name and a British institution.
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1911
Austrian playwright (died 1986)
Fritz Hochwälder also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright. Known for his spare prose and strong moralist themes, Hochwälder won several literary awards, including the Grand Austrian State Prize for…
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1911
Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
Herman Johannes was an Indonesian professor, scientist, politician and National Hero. Johannes was the rector of Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta (1961–1966), Coordinator for Higher Education from 1966 to 1979, a…
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1912
Australian physicist and astronomer (died 1981)
Ruby Violet Payne-Scott was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy.
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1912
Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian novelist and playwright who explored themes of religious experience, personal identity and the conflict between visionary individuals and a materialistic, conformist…
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1912
English captain and pilot (died 1996)
Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith was a flying ace of the Second World War in the Royal Air Force. He was the father of Iain Duncan Smith, a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Conservative Party.
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1914
American linguist and academic (died 2001)
Joseph Harold Greenberg was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.
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1915
American novelist and essayist (died 1990)
Walker Percy, OblSB was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, The Moviegoer, won the National Book…
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1916
American biologist, academic, and politician (died 2012)
Barry Commoner was an American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician. He was a leading ecologist and among the founders of the modern environmental movement. He was the director of the Center for Biology…
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1917
Canadian comedian (died 1990)
Johnny Wayne was a Canadian comedian and comedy writer best known for his work as part of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster alongside Frank Shuster (1916–2002).
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1918
Indian Hindustani classical musician (died 1955)
Pandit Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar, was a Hindustani classical vocalist. He was considered a child prodigy.
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1921
German journalist and author (died 1999)
Heinz G. Konsalik was a German novelist. Konsalik was his mother's maiden name.
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1921
1921
1922
American author and academic (died 2012)
Roger D. Fisher was a Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and director of the Harvard Negotiation Project.
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1922
Finnish soldier (died 2020)
Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt was a Finnish soldier and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95. He was born in Heinävesi. Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry regiment 7, was awarded the Mannerheim…
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1922
Hungarian-Austrian composer and educator (died 2006)
György Sándor Ligeti was a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most…
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1923
Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (died 1996)
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, philanthropist, and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Andhra…
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1923
English naval officer and politician (died 2017)
Sir Edward Dillon Lott du Cann was a British politician and businessman. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1956 to 1987 and served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1967 and as chairman of the…
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1924
Canadian actor (died 2017)
Paul Hébert, OC, CQ was a French Canadian television and stage actor and director, and the founder of six theatres in Quebec. He is best known for his role as Siméon Desrosiers in Le Temps d’une paix, a Canadian soap…
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1924
Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 2006)
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit was a Turkish statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974-2002. He served as Prime Minister in 1974, 1977, 1978–79, and…
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1925
German opera singer and conductor (died 2012)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder,…
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1925
American actress and dancer (died 2015)
Sally Forrest was an American film, stage and TV actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She studied dance from a young age and shortly out of high school was signed to a contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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1928
English politician
Sir Patrick Michael Ernest David McNair-Wilson was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and consultant.
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1929
American-Jamaican academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 2019)
Edward Philip George Seaga was a Jamaican politician and record producer. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005. He served as Leader…
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1930
American actress
Carroll Baker is a retired American actress. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954. From there, she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in…
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1931
American cinematographer (died 2014)
Gordon Hugh Willis Jr., ASC was an American cinematographer and film director, known for his influential work during the American New Wave of the 1970s, collaborating with directors like Woody Allen and Alan J. Pakula,…
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1931
Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (died 2020)
Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, was a British Conservative Party politician.
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1932
American actor (died 2020)
John Karlen was an American actor. He was best known for his multiple roles on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from 1967 to 1971, most notably as Willie Loomis, and as Harvey Lacey on the crime drama television…
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1933
American actress and activist (died 2010)
Zelda May Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing "Ginny", she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy…
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1933
Canadian academic and politician
Claude E. Forget, is a Canadian economist and former politician.
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1936
Norwegian politician (died 2013)
Ole Klemet J. Sara was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
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1936
American educator and activist (died 1997)
Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate who was married to Malcolm X.
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1936
American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2024)
Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of…
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1938
Irish novelist (died 2012)
Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, and…
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1939
English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (died 2023)
Sir David William Brewer was a British marine insurance broker who served as Lord Mayor of London (2005/06) and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London to Elizabeth II (2008–15).
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1940
American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
Shlomo Riskin is an Orthodox rabbi, and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the…
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1940
American actress and singer (died 2015)
Elizabeth Howland was an American actress known for her work on stage and television. She was best known for playing waitress Vera Gorman in the sitcom Alice.
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1941
American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Stanley Ben Prusiner is an American neurologist and biochemist. He is the director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Prusiner discovered prions, a…
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1942
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Terrance Arthur Crisp is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach and player. Crisp played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, New York Islanders and Philadelphia…
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1943
English actress and singer
Faith Brown is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and was The Voice in the TV show Trapped!.
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1944
American singer-songwriter and actress
Gladys Maria Knight is an American singer and actress. Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and…
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1944
American actress and director (died 2018)
Sandra Louise Anderson, professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director.
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1944
Canadian singer and actress (died 2013)
Rita MacNeil was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne…
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1944
British actress and singer
Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens is a Northern Irish actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Magenta in the 1975 musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the original stage play from…
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1944
American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Gary Ronnie Stewart was an American musician and songwriter, known for his distinctive vibrato voice. At the height of his popularity in the mid-1970s, Time magazine described him as the "king of honkytonk." He had a…
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1944
American singer-songwriter and actor
Billy Vera is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, and music historian. He has been a singer and songwriter since the 1960s, his most successful record being "At This Moment", a US number 1 hit in 1987. He…
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1944
American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute as a not-for-profit in 1989. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around…
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1945
American military veteran (USMC) and politician
John N. Bambacus is an American politician, and represented District 1 in the Maryland Senate, which covers Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties.
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1945
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Cameron Fogerty is an American musician. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead…
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1945
Canadian politician, Mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec
Jean Perrault, is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec from 1994 to 2009, and as president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
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1945
English physician
Dame Helena Shovelton is former Chair of the UK National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, former Chair of the UK National Lottery Commission, and former Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation.
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1945
English actor
Bruce John Alexander is a British actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Superintendent Norman Mullett in the ITV television series A Touch of Frost, in which he plays the superior of the main character Jack…
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1946
American baseball player
Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher.
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1946
1946
Indian poet and critic
K. Satchidanandan is an Indian poet and critic, writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual literary critic, playwright, editor, columnist and translator, he is the former…
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1946
English journalist and author
Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcross is a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He is the incumbent Commissioner for Public Appointments. From 2012 to 2018 he chaired the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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1946
Egyptian archaeologist and academic
Zahi Abass Hawass is an Egyptian archaeologist, Egyptologist, and former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, a position he held twice. He has worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert and the…
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1947
Canadian author and illustrator
Lynn Johnston is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.
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1947
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Leland Bruce Sklar is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of…
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1947
Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania
Michael Walter Field, is a former Australian politician, holding office as the Premier of Tasmania between 1989 and 1992. Field is also a former chancellor of the University of Tasmania, holding that position from…
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1948
Belgian singer and songwriter (died 2002)
Pierre Rapsat was a Belgian singer-songwriter who had a very successful career in his homeland and also spells of popularity in other Francophone countries. Outside these areas, he is best known for his participation in…
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1948
English journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter
Martin Barry Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and TV presenter, whose primary career is in radio presenting. He has spent over 40 years hosting radio shows, mostly for the BBC, in…
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1949
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 1998)
Wendy Orlean Williams was an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. She was noted for her onstage theatrics, which included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing a…
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1949
American pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
Roger Briggs is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator.
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1952
Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Pierre Gauthier is a Canadian former general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Ottawa Senators. He is currently the director of player personnel of the Chicago Blackhawks.
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1953
Brazilian jumper (died 1999)
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.
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1954
Russian pianist and composer (died 1988)
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist.
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1954
English historian and academic
Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith is a British cultural historian specialising in the history of art, design and architecture. He was the secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2007…
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1954
Hungarian conductor and politician (died 2013)
Péter Szilágyi was a Hungarian music conductor and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Berettyóújfalu between 1994 and 2002. He was a member of the Committee on Education and Science.
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1954
1954
American author and librarian
Laura Amy Schlitz is an American author of children's literature. She is a librarian and storyteller at the Park School of Baltimore in Brooklandville, Maryland.
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1955
American guitarist and producer
Gerald Calvin Douglas is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and…
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1956
Jamaican cricketer
Peter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon is a retired West Indian cricketer and current commentator. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
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1956
Austrian racing driver (died 1980)
Markus Höttinger was an Austrian racing driver who died after an accident at Germany's Hockenheimring during the third lap of the second round of the 1980 European Formula Two Championship, on 13 April 1980. He was 23…
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1956
English admiral
Vice Admiral Peter John Wilkinson, is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) from 2007 to 2010. He was National President of the Royal British Legion from 2012 until…
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1956
English footballer
Colin Barnes is an English former professional footballer born in Notting Hill, London, who played as a forward in the Football League for Torquay United.
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1957
American baseball player and manager
Kirk Harold Gibson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Gibson spent most of his career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, but also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers,…
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1957
American basketball player and coach
Benjamin Clark Howland is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at…
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1957
Finnish racing driver
Risto Mannisenmäki is a former rally co-driver and two-times world champion with driver Tommi Mäkinen.
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1959
American military veteran (USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2019, and as the 115th…
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1960
English journalist and author
Mary Margaret Portas is an English retail consultant and broadcaster who hosts retail- and business-related television shows. Portas was appoined by David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, to lead a review into the…
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1960
Australian-American biologist and academic (died 2016)
Houman Younessi was an Iranian-American educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in informatics, large scale software development processes, computer science, decision science, molecular biology and…
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1963
Australian boxer and trainer
Jeff Fenech is an Australian former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2008. He won world titles in three weight divisions, having held the IBF bantamweight title from 1985 to 1987, the WBC…
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1964
American basketball player and coach (died 2011)
Armen Louis Gilliam was an American professional basketball player who played 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1987 to 2000. He also played one season for the Pittsburgh Xplosion of the…
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1964
Filipino singer and actress
Esperanza "Zsa Zsa" Perez Padilla is a Filipino singer, actress, television host, music producer and businesswoman.
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1964
American singer-songwriter
Phillip George Vassar Jr. is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina,…
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1964
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Christopher Ballew is an American musician best known as the lead singer and bassist of the alternative rock group the Presidents of the United States of America. He also performed and recorded as a children's artist…
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1965
Irish politician
Mary Coughlan is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 2008 to 2011, Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011, Minister for Health and Children from January 2011 to March 2011,…
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1965
American director, screenwriter, and playwright
Roger Kumble is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright.
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1966
1966
Australian cricketer
Gavin Ron Robertson is an Australian former cricketer. He was a right-handed offbreak bowler and a lower-order batsman.
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1966
1967
Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and the fashion world as a major style icon.…
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1968
American baseball player and manager
Michael William DiFelice is an American former Major League Baseball journeyman catcher. He is a graduate from the University of Tennessee, and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1991 Major…
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1969
1969
American actor (died 2002)
Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn was an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Mark Healy on the 1990s family sitcom Roseanne and his role as the half-demon Allen Francis Doyle on Angel, a spin-off series of…
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1970
French actress and singer
Isabelle Carré is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Se souvenir des belles choses (2001), and has been nominated a further six…
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1971
Russian figure skater and sportscaster
Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Soviet and Russian figure skater. With her late husband Sergei Grinkov, she is the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion, a four-time World Champion, a three-time European Champion,…
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1971
American lawyer and politician
Marco Antonio Rubio is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 72nd United States secretary of state. He is also the acting national security advisor. A member of the Republican Party,…
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1971
1972
Dutch cyclist and manager
Michael Boogerd is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker and female cyclist…
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1972
Portuguese footballer and manager
Marco Paulo Faria de Lemos, known as Marco Paulo, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder. He was also a manager.
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1973
German footballer
Hans-Jörg Butt, often simply called Jörg Butt, is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1974
Pakistani cricketer
Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi PP SI is a former Pakistani international cricketer and former cricket coach. Misbah captained Pakistan national cricket team in all formats and is former head coach and former chief selector of…
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1974
American journalist, critic, and academic
Maura K. Johnston is a writer, editor and music critic. A member of Boston College's journalism faculty, she has written for Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Pitchfork, The Awl, The New York Times, Spin and The Guardian.
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1975
Australian rugby league player
Steven "Steve" Bell is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. A Queensland State of Origin representative three-quarter, he previously…
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1976
Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach
Zaza Enden (born Zaza Eladze on 28 May 1976 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union is a professional wrestler and a Turkish professional basketball player of Georgian descent. He is 2.06 m tall and…
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1976
Italian footballer
Roberto Goretti is an Italian professional football technical director and former player, who is the technical director of Reggiana. He played as a midfielder.
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1976
Australian rugby league player and coach
Glenn Adam Morrison, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the Parramatta Eels, the Balmain Tigers, the North Sydney Bears and the North Queensland Cowboys in the National…
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1976
American voice actor
Liam Christopher O'Brien is an American voice actor, writer, and director. He is a regular cast member of the Dungeons & Dragons actual play series Critical Role, playing Vax'ildan ("Vax"), Caleb Widogast, Orym, and…
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1976
American talk show host and author
Elisabeth DelPadre Hasselbeck is an American television personality and talk show host. She rose to prominence in 2001 as a contestant on the second season of the American version of Survivor, where she finished in…
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1977
American actor
Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger is an American actor. He has starred as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy…
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1978
Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (died 2001)
Abdulaziz al-Omari was a Saudi imam and terrorist who was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001. He accompanied Mohamed Atta before the attack and boarded the…
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1979
American football player and coach
Ronald Antonio Curry is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is the wide receivers coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He has previously served as an assistant coach…
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1979
Spanish footballer
Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1980
English tennis player
Lucy Jessica Shuker is a British wheelchair tennis player who is currently the highest ranked woman in the sport in Britain. A previous singles and doubles National Champion, Shuker has represented Great Britain at four…
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1980
American voice actress
Laura Bailey is an American voice actress. She made her debut as Kid Trunks in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z and has since voiced Henrietta in Gunslinger Girl, Emily / Glitter Lucky in Glitter Force, Tohru Honda…
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1981
Dominican-American baseball player
Daniel Alberto Cabrera Cruz is a Dominican former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals, and Arizona Diamondbacks,…
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1981
American football player
Eric M. Ghiaciuc [GUY-check] is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL…
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1981
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Adam Green is an American singer-songwriter, artist and filmmaker.
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1981
French-American actress
Alexa Davalos Dunas is an American actress. Her early role as Gwen Raiden on the fourth season of the TV series Angel (2002–03) was followed by other television roles and some Hollywood films, including The Chronicles…
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1982
Dominican-American baseball player
Jhonny Antonio Peralta is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Cleveland Indians signed him as an amateur free agent in his native Dominican…
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1982
American soccer player
Steve Michael Cronin is an American retired soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.
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1983
Dominican-American baseball player
Humberto A. Sánchez is a Dominican minor league pitching coach and former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He threw a fastball in the low to mid 90s, as well as a low 90s slider, a…
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1983
American YouTuber
Roman Bernard Atwood is an American YouTube personality and prankster. He is best known for his vlogs, where he posts updates about his life. His vlogging channel, "RomanAtwoodVlogs", has a total of 5 billion views and…
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1983
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Colbie Marie Caillat is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame on the social networking website Myspace in 2005.
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1985
Argentinian footballer
Pablo Andrés González is an Argentine football coach and retired forward. He is the head coach of Italian Serie D club RG Ticino.
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1985
Greek footballer
Kostas Mendrinos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1985
English actress and singer
Carey Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.…
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1985
Australian rugby player
Berrick Steven Barnes is an Australian rugby union coach and former dual-code player. His usual position was fly-half or inside centre. He previously played with Japanese Top League clubs Panasonic Wild Knights and…
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1986
American-Armenian basketball player
Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player who plays for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Armenian…
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1986
American football player
Michael Jerome Oher is an American former professional football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning unanimous…
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1986
American wrestler
Colby Daniel Lopez, better known by the ring name Seth Rollins, is an American professional wrestler. As of August 2010, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. Rollins topped Pro Wrestling…
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1986
Dutch decathlete
Ingmar Vos is a former Dutch athlete who specialised in the Decathlon and Heptathlon.
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1986
American football player
Taylor Jonathan Yates is an American professional football coach and former player who currently serves as the passing game coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played…
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1987
American football player
NaVorro Roderick Bowman is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He most recently served as the linebackers coach for the Los…
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1988
American football player
William Percy Harvin III is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, who won the BCS National…
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1988
American baseball player
Craig Michael Kimbrel is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago…
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1988
Canadian ice hockey player
David Perron is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1988
English footballer
Kyle Andrew Walker is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Burnley. Known for his exceptional speed, he is widely regarded as one of the best full-backs of his generation.
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1990
1991
1991
Australian rugby league player
Daniel Alvaro is a former Italy international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Toulouse Olympique in the Super League.
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1993
Portuguese tennis player
Bárbara Luz is a former professional tennis player from Portugal.
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1993
American singer and songwriter
Alec Shane Benjamin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, his 2018 breakthrough "Let Me Down Slowly" from his album Narrated for You reached the top 40 in over 25…
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1994
English footballer
John Stones is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team. He is known for his technical ability and…
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1994
South Korean rapper and singer
Kim Da-hyun, known mononymously as Dahyun, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015.
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1998
American actor (died 2019)
Cameron Mica Boyce was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the 2008 films Mirrors and Eagle Eye, along with the comedy film Grown Ups (2010) and its 2013 sequel. His first starring role…
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1999
British tennis player
Jodie Anna Burrage is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 114, set on 14 July 2025.
Burrage…
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1999
English footballer
Philip Walter Foden is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team.
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2000
New Zealand rugby sevens player
Risealeaana "Risi" Pouri-Lane is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She captained the 2018 Youth Olympics squad that won gold in Buenos Aires. She also won gold medals with the Black Ferns sevens team at the…
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2000
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2017
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