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Famous Birthdays on May 7
134 people
1488 – 2004
May 7 has seen 134 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1488 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1968 — Lisa Raitt
Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
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In 2013, she became minister of transport, remaining in the role until the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party in the 2015 election
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Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt is a former Canadian politician who served as a federal Cabinet minister and member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2019
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A member of the Conservative Party, Raitt was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 election, representing Halton
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She contested the Conservative leadership in 2017, losing to Andrew Scheer, who made her deputy party leader and deputy opposition leader, a role she would hold until she was defeated in the 2019 election
archbishop of Regensburg (died 1538)
John III of the Palatinate was the 48th Archbishop of Regensburg. He reigned from 1507 until his death.
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1488
1530
Duke of Prussia (died 1618)
Albert Frederick was the Duke of Prussia, from 1568 until his death. He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the second and last Prussian duke of the Ansbach branch of the…
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1553
Nikon, born Nikita Minin was the seventh Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving officially from 1652 to 1666. He was renowned for his eloquence, energy, piety and close ties to Tsar…
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1605
American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (died 1700)
Stephanus van Cortlandt was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor's executive…
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1643
Dutch-Austrian physician (died 1772)
Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. He was the father…
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1700
German tenor and composer (died 1759)
Carl Heinrich Graun was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time.
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1701
Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of…
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1711
French-Austrian field marshal (died 1797)
Dagobert Sigmund, Count von Wurmser was an Austrian field marshal during the French Revolutionary Wars. Although he fought in the Seven Years' War, the War of the Bavarian Succession, and mounted several successful…
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1724
Russian police officer and general (died 1814)
Nikolai Petrovich Arkharov was a Russian chief of police best known for having given his name to the Russian term arkharovtsy, an ironic appellation of policemen.
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1740
French playwright and philosopher (died 1793)
Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women's rights and abolitionism.
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1748
American artisan and military officer (died 1815)
Stephen Badlam was an American artisan and military officer. Raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Badlam was orphaned as a young child following the death of his father, a tavern-keeper and cabinetmaker. Badlam worked…
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1751
Polish general (died 1813)
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
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1763
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia was a Prussian princess by birth and a British princess by marriage. She was the eldest daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia and the wife of Prince Frederick, Duke of…
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1767
American commodore (died 1833)
Commodore William Bainbridge was a United States Navy officer. During his long career in the young American navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many victories at sea. He…
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1774
Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (died 1858)
Jacques Viger was an antiquarian, archaeologist, and the first mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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1787
English poet and playwright (died 1889)
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and…
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1812
German pianist and composer (died 1897)
Johannes Brahms was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied yet expressive…
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1833
American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1926)
Joseph Gurney Cannon was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non-consecutive…
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1836
German geographer and explorer (died 1875)
Karl Gottlieb Mauch was a German explorer and geographer of Africa. He reported on the archaeological ruins of Great Zimbabwe in 1871 during his search for the biblical land of Ophir.
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1837
Russian composer and educator (died 1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and…
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1840
American nurse and activist (died 1926)
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing.
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1845
5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1929)
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his…
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1847
American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (died 1930)
William Alexander MacCorkle, was an American teacher, lawyer, prosecutor, the ninth governor of West Virginia and state legislator of West Virginia, and financier. His residence in Charleston, known as Sunrise, is…
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1857
English businessman (died 1930)
Tom Norman, born Thomas Noakes, was an English businessman, showman and the last exhibitor of Joseph Merrick who was otherwise known as the "Elephant Man". Among his later exhibits were a troupe of little people, a "Man…
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1860
Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
Rabindranath Thakur, also known by his pseudonym Bhanusimha was a Bengali polymath of the Bengal Renaissance period. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first…
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1861
Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1925)
Władysław Stanisław Reymont was a Polish novelist and the laureate of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known work is the award-winning four-volume novel Chłopi.
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1867
1875
Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (died 1972)
Pandurang Vaman Kane was an Indian academic, historian, lawyer, Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1963.
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1880
American cyclist (died 1954)
George Elsworth Wiley was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century.
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1881
Belgian author and poet (died 1960)
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot. One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, Cheese (1933) is the most translated…
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1882
American actor (died 1969)
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered,…
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1885
Estonian colonel (died 1943)
Viktor Puskar VR I/1 was an Estonian military commander (Colonel) during the Estonian War of Independence.
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1889
Scottish engineer and activist (died 1988)
Harry McShane was a Scottish socialist, and a close colleague of John Maclean.
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1891
American poet, playwright, and lawyer (died 1982)
Archibald MacLeish was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University. He enlisted in and saw action during…
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1892
Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (died 1980)
Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until his death in 1980. He was the longtime…
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1892
Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (died 1985)
Francis Joseph Aloysius Selke was a Canadian professional ice hockey executive in the National Hockey League. He was a nine-time Stanley Cup champion with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens and a Hockey Hall…
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1893
English tennis and badminton player (died 1992)
Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree was a British tennis and badminton player and the second most decorated female British Olympian, joint with Katherine Grainger.
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1896
English sculptor and academic (died 1998)
Alfred Horace "Gerry" Gerrard RBS was an English modernist sculptor. He was head of the sculpture department at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1925 and professor of sculpture there from 1949 to 1968, where he taught…
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1899
American actor (died 1961)
Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an Academy…
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1901
Russian-Soviet poet and translator (died 1958)
Nikolay Alekseyevich Zabolotsky was a prominent Soviet and Russian poet and translator.
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1903
Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (died 1989)
Sir John Philip Baxter was a British-Australian chemical engineer. He was the second director of the University of New South Wales from 1953, continuing as vice-chancellor when the position's title was changed in 1955.…
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1905
American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (died 1991)
Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of…
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1909
Native American teacher (died 2005)
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino was a Comanche teacher from Oklahoma. As a child, she won a landmark education judgment against the Cache Consolidated School District of Comanche County, Oklahoma for Native American children…
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1909
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 46 feature films in a career spanning five decades. He is acknowledged as the most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki and one of the…
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1911
American physicist and engineer (died 2016)
Simon Ramo was an American engineer, businessman, and author. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). He also…
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1913
Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013)
Domenico Bartolucci was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and was recognised in the field of music both as a…
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1917
Australian public servant (died 2020)
Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt was an Australian public servant. His career in the Commonwealth Public Service spanned from 1939 to 1980, and included periods as a senior adviser and departmental secretary. His most…
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1917
English actor (died 2000)
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English stage, film and television actor, singer and comedian. Having been described as both a leading actor and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles with…
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1917
1919
Indonesian actor (died 1985)
Raden Soekarno, better known as Rendra Karno, was an Indonesian actor. Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java, Soekarno entered the film industry in 1941, making his debut appearance in Union Films' Soeara Berbisa. Over the…
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1920
1922
American actress (died 1985)
Anne Baxter was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and seven Photoplay Awards, and was nominated for an Emmy and two…
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1923
German-American author and screenwriter (died 2013)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a British and American novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of film director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant.
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1927
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
Richard Hirschfeld Williams was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front-office consultant in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known especially as a hard-driving, sharp-tongued manager from 1967 to…
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1929
American football player and coach (died 2017)
Vito "Babe" Parilli was an American professional football quarterback and coach who played for 18 seasons. Parilli played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), 10 in the American Football League (AFL), and…
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1930
American singer (died 2007)
Teresa Brewer was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, rock 'n roll, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording…
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1931
American author (died 2019)
Gene Rodman Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose, his fascination with memory and the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story…
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1931
American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (died 2017)
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the Senate, making…
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1932
English journalist and author (died 1997)
Derek Wyn Taylor was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles, with whom he worked in 1964 and then from 1968 to 1970, and was one of…
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1932
American football player and sportscaster (died 2002)
John Constantine Unitas was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Baltimore Colts. Nicknamed "Johnny U." and "the Golden Arm",…
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1933
1935
Irish rugby player and businessman (died 2024)
Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973…
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1936
Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Sidney Altman was a Canadian-American molecular biologist, who was the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989, he shared the Nobel Prize in…
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1939
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)
Ruggero Deodato was an Italian film and television director, screenwriter, and occasional actor.
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1939
Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as prime minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from…
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1939
American pop/doo-wop singer (died 2010)
John Peter Mastrangelo, known as Johnny Maestro, was an American pop singer. He was the lead vocalist for the doo-wop group The Crests, whose 1958 song "16 Candles" achieved number two on the Billboard Hot 100. He later…
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1939
English novelist and short story writer (died 1992)
Angela Olive Pearce, who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realist, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for…
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1940
American singer and painter
Terry Allen is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist from Lubbock, Texas. Allen's musical career spans several albums in the Texas country and outlaw country genres, and his visual art includes painting,…
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1943
Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (died 2015)
John Charles Bannon was an Australian politician and academic. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from a single term in opposition back to…
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1943
Australian novelist and short story writer
Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
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1943
Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the bands Planxty and Moving Hearts and has had significant success as a solo artist. His first…
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1945
American actress
Robin Victory in Europe Strasser is an American actress, best known for her role as Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.
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1945
American R&B/disco singer and actress
Thelma Houston is an American singer and actress. Beginning her recording career in the late 1960s, Houston scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her recording of "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the Grammy for Best…
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1946
American football player (died 2015)
Marvin Ronald Hubbard was an American professional football fullback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Oakland Raiders.
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1946
American drummer
William Kreutzmann Jr. is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has…
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1946
English author and poet
Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at…
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1946
Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
John Dowling Coates is an Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman. He is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having been a vice president from 2013 to 2017 and again since 2020, and is…
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1950
American television journalist and lawyer (died 2008)
Timothy John Russert was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president at NBC News and…
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1950
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Amy Heckerling is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started her career after graduating from New York University and entering the American Film Institute, making small student films. Heckerling is a…
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1954
Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr., commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14…
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1956
English pianist and composer
Anne Jennifer Dudley is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genres, as a film…
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1956
English director and producer
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner is an English theatre and film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include Miss Saigon, The…
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1956
Canadian talk show host and politician (died 2016)
Jean-Charles Lapierre was a Canadian politician and television and radio broadcaster. After retiring from the government in 2007, he served as a political analyst in a variety of venues.
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1956
English nurse and academic
Anne Marie Rafferty, Baroness Rafferty is a British nurse, academic and researcher. She is the professor of nursing policy and the former dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative…
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1958
American politician
William "Bill" Ridenour is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 100th district.
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1958
1960
Spanish author (died 2021)
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National…
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1960
1961
1965
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Norman Whiteside is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and forward.
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1965
Belgian politician
Roberto d'Amico is a Belgian trade unionist, politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he has represented Hainaut since June 2019.
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1967
Australian mass murderer
Martin John Bryant is an Australian mass murderer who shot and killed 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre on 28 and 29 April 1996. He is currently serving 35 life sentences, and 1,652 years…
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1967
1967
American actress and singer
Traci Elizabeth Lords is an American actress and singer. She has starred in TV series such as Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Profiler, and First Wave. She has also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity…
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1968
Swedish singer-songwriter
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1998 single "Save Tonight" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. Cherry is the son of American jazz artist…
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1969
French economist
Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of…
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1971
American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Frank Trigg is an American retired mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler, MMA referee and TV host. Trigg is a veteran of the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, BAMMA, and the World Fighting Alliance,…
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1972
American actor, writer, and producer
Breckin Meyer is an American actor and podcaster. He is best known for his work on the Adult Swim animated sketch series Robot Chicken, which has earned him two Annie Awards and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
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1974
English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
Martina Gillian Topley-Bird is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album, Maxinquaye (1995). She also worked…
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1975
American basketball player and executive
Calvin Lawrence Booth is a former NBA basketball player and team executive who most recently served as the general manager of the Denver Nuggets. He played 10 seasons for various NBA teams as a center after playing…
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1976
New Zealand rugby league player
Stacey William Jones is a New Zealand professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of New Zealand at international level. He is a former professional rugby league footballer who has been named amongst the…
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1976
American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)
Michael Patrick Murphy was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanistan. He was the first member of the…
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1976
former Israeli Minister of Justice
Ayelet Shaked is an Israeli former politician, activist, and software engineer. She served as Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2019. Between 2013 and 2021, she was a…
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1976
Filipino politician
Marie Bernadette "Dette" Guevara Escudero-Quirante is a Filipino politician who has served as the representative of Sorsogon's 1st district in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2022. She was…
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1978
American basketball player
Shawn Dwayne Marion is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He finished his career as a four-time NBA All-Star, a two-time member of the…
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1978
American basketball player
Kathryn Elizabeth Douglas is an American former professional basketball player. Her primary position was shooting guard, her secondary was small forward. She was known league-wide as one of the most prominent two-way…
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1979
American baseball player
James Anthony Loney is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Mets, and in the KBO…
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1984
Canadian wrestler
Kevin Yanick Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Kevin Owens.
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1984
American football player
Alexander Douglas Smith is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He played college football for the Utah Utes, earning first-team…
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1984
1985
English drummer
Matthew Helders is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, who is the drummer and occasional singer of the rock band Arctic Monkeys. He has also released a studio album and collaborated with artists such as Dean…
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1986
American actress and comedian
Aidy Bryant is an American actress and comedian. Bryant is most notable for being a cast member on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for ten seasons, joining the show for its 38th season in…
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1987
Scottish footballer
Mark Reynolds is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Highland League club Banks o' Dee. He began his career at Motherwell and has also played for Sheffield Wednesday, Aberdeen, Dundee United…
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1987
American football player
Earl Winty Thomas III is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and received consensus All-American…
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1989
Canadian-American footballer
Sydney Rae Leroux is a Canadian-born American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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1990
Canadian actor and musician
Alexander Richard Ludwig is a Canadian actor and country musician. He first began his career as a child, and then received recognition as a teenager for starring in the films The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007), Race…
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1992
English wrestler
William Peter Charles Ospreay is an English professional wrestler. As of November 2023, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former two-time AEW International Champion. He also makes appearances for…
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1993
Australian tennis player
Ajla Tomljanović is a Croatian-Australian professional tennis player. On 3 April 2023, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at No. 47 in the doubles rankings. She has…
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1993
Ivorian international footballer
Seko Mohamed Fofana is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto, on loan from Ligue 1 club Rennes. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.
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1995
South Korean League of Legends pro gamer
Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as Faker, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player. Debuting in 2013, he has played as the mid-laner for T1 for his entire career. He has won a record 10 League of Legends…
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1996
Russian tennis player
Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, achieved in October 2022. Kasatkina has won…
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1997
Belgian footballer
Youri Marion A. Tielemans is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and captains the Belgium national team.
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1997
American golfer
Cameron Young is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won two titles.
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1997
1998
1998
Finnish ice hockey player
Jesse Puljujärvi is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).
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1998
English boxer
Thomas Michael John Fury is a British reality television personality and professional boxer. He took time off from his boxing career in 2019 to star in the fifth series of the ITV2 dating reality television show Love…
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1999
Dutch footballer
Cody Mathès Gakpo is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left winger or centre forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.
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1999
American model and actor
Jacob Hurley Bongiovi is an American model and actor. He is the son of rock musician Jon Bon Jovi.
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2002
American actor and singer
Andrew Barth Feldman is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career in musical theater by participating in local productions as a child. Feldman won a Jimmy Award for his high school's production of the…
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2002
American tennis player
Ashlyn Rose Krueger is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 29, achieved on 14 July 2025, and a doubles ranking of world No. 62, achieved in August 2024.…
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2004
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