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Under Arbour, the New York Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983 and won a record 19 consecutive playoff series through 1984
Famous Birthdays on November 1
252 people
846 – 2003
November 1 has seen 252 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 846 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1932 — Al Arbour
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
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His 740 wins with the Islanders is the most for a coach with one team in NHL history
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He played his first professional games with the Detroit Red Wings in 1953
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Claimed by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1958, Arbour would help the team win a championship in 1961
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Arbour played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the next five years, winning another Cup in 1962
Frankish king (died 879)
Louis the Stammerer was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his…
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846
1339
Duke of Austria (died 1386)
Leopold III, known as the Just, a member of the House of Habsburg, was duke of Austria from 1365. As head and progenitor of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola…
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1351
1419
Italian cardinal (died 1574)
Giovanni Ricci was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
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1498
Italian noble (died 1512)
Rodrigo of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie and Sermoneta of the House of Trastámara, was the only child of Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, and her second husband Alfonso of Aragon, son of Alfonso II of Naples.
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1499
English landowner and politician (died 1578)
Sir Andrew Corbet was an English Protestant politician of the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan periods: a member of the powerful Council in the Marches of Wales for a quarter of a century. Drawn from the landed gentry of…
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1522
queen of John III of Sweden (died 1583)
Catherine Jagiellon was a princess of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse.…
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1526
10th Baron Cobham, English noble and politician (died 1597)
Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, KG, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a member of parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the…
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1527
French philosopher and judge (died 1563)
Étienne or Estienne de La Boétie was a French magistrate, classicist, writer, poet and political theorist, best remembered for his friendship with essayist Michel de Montaigne. His early political treatise Discourse on…
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1530
French lawyer and scholar (died 1596)
Pierre Pithou was a French lawyer and scholar. He is also known as Petrus Pithoeus.
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1539
Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (died 1585)
Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, then Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, then Prince-Bishop of Paderborn.
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1550
1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (died 1626)
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, referred to simply as Count Gondomar, was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat. He twice served as Spain's ambassador to England and later held an informal but influential…
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1567
Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (died 1652)
Jan Brożek or Johannes Broscius was the most prominent Polish mathematician of his era and an early biographer of Copernicus. He held numerous ecclesiastical offices in the Catholic Church and was associated with the…
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1585
Italian painter (died 1669)
Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque…
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1596
German poet and translator (died 1658)
Georg Philipp Harsdörffer was a Jurist, Baroque-period German poet and translator.
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1607
Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1676)
Sir Matthew Hale was an influential English lawyer, most noted for his treatise Historia Placitorum Coronæ, or The History of the Pleas of the Crown. He occupied various public offices both under the Cromwellian…
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1609
comte de Broglie, Italian-French commander (died 1656)
François-Marie, comte de Broglie and comte de Revel was a prominent soldier and commander in the Thirty Years' War.
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1611
Irish archbishop and saint (died 1681)
Oliver Plunkett, also spelled Plunket Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681), was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified…
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1625
French poet and critic (died 1711)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was…
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1636
English priest, historian, and author (died 1737)
John Strype was an English clergyman, historian and biographer from London. He became a merchant when settling in Petticoat Lane. In his twenties, he became perpetual curate of Theydon Bois, Essex and later became…
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1643
French actor and playwright (died 1725)
Florent Carton aka Dancourt, French dramatist and actor, was born at Fontainebleau. He belonged to a family of rank, and his parents entrusted his education to Pere de la Rue, a Jesuit, who made earnest efforts to…
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1661
1661
English botanist and curator (died 1738)
James Sherard was an English apothecary, botanist, and amateur musician.
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1666
French admiral (died 1791)
Lieutenant général des armées navales Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 military engagements.…
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1720
Russian art collector and philanthropist (died 1797)
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was called the Maecenas (patron) of the Russian Enlightenment, the first Russian Minister of Education and Active Privy Councillor (1773). Russia's first theatre, university, and academy of arts…
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1727
Polish general, politician (died 1826)
Prince Józef Zajączek was a Polish general and politician.
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1752
Italian sculptor and educator (died 1822)
Antonio Canova was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival, and…
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1757
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1812)
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated,…
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1762
German author and activist (died 1850)
Garlieb Helwig Merkel was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.
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1769
Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland.
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1778
1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1859)
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as the Viscount Goderich, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British…
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1782
English-American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1887)
John Taylor was an English-born American religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS…
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1808
English-New Zealand politician, 10th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1892)
Sir Harry Albert Atkinson served as the tenth premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years. He was responsible for guiding the country during a…
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1831
The 11th Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso was recognized by the Ganden Tripa as the 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet and enthroned in 1842. He enlarged the Norbulingka, studied at Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Ganden…
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1838
Ottoman general and politician, 227th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1919)
Ahmed Muhtar Pasha was a prominent Ottoman field marshal and Grand Vizier, who served in the Crimean and Russo-Turkish wars. Ahmed Muhtar Pasha was appointed as Grand Vizier in July 1912 at age 72, largely due to his…
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1839
Canadian-English soprano and actress (died 1930)
Dame Emma Albani, DBE was a Canadian-British operatic coloratura soprano, later spinto soprano and dramatic soprano of the 19th and early 20th century, the first Canadian singer to become an international star. Her…
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1847
1847
American physician, educator and abolitionist (died 1919)
Caroline Still Anderson was an American physician, educator, and activist. She was a pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African-American community and one of the first Black women to become a physician in the…
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1848
French painter (died 1884)
Jules Bastien-Lepage was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of Naturalism, an artistic style that grew out of the Realist movement and paved the way for the development of Impressionism. Émile Zola…
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1848
American painter and educator (died 1916)
William Merritt Chase was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later became the Parsons School of Design.
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1849
American educator, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (died 1912)
Charles Brantley Aycock was the 50th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905. After starting his career as a lawyer and teacher, he became active in the Democratic Party during the Solid South…
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1859
1862
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, later known as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, was a German princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia,…
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1864
American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1900)
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and…
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1871
Belgian-French painter (died 1946)
Louis Dewis (1872–1946) was the pseudonym of Belgian Post-Impressionist painter Louis DeWachter, who was also an innovative and highly successful businessman. He helped organize and managed the first department store…
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1872
English composer (died 1953)
Roger Cuthbert Quilter was a British composer, known particularly for his art songs. His songs, which number over a hundred, often set music to text by William Shakespeare and are a mainstay of the English art song…
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1877
Estonian painter and educator (died 1925)
Konrad Vilhelm Mägi was an Estonian painter, who was one of the first modernist painters in Estonia and the Nordic countries. He only worked for sixteen years, yet the total volume of his oeuvre is estimated to be…
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1878
Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
Carlos Saavedra Lamas was an Argentine academic and politician, and in 1936, the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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1878
Polish-American author and playwright (died 1957)
Sholem Asch, also written Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States. A prolific and widely translated writer, Asch wrote about Jewish life…
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1880
American journalist and poet (died 1954)
Henry Grantland Rice was an American sportswriter, columnist, and poet from Tennessee known as the "Dean of American Sports Writers". He published three books of poetry, and coined the famous phrase that it was not…
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1880
German meteorologist and geophysicist (died 1930)
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.
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1880
1881
Austrian-American author and poet (died 1951)
Hermann Broch was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers and The Death of Virgil.
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1886
Japanese poet and critic (died 1942)
Sakutarō Hagiwara was a Japanese writer of free verse, active in the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the "father of…
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1886
English painter and illustrator (died 1976)
Laurence Stephen Lowry was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Lancashire as well as Salford and its vicinity.
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1887
German-American painter and illustrator (died 1971)
George Kenner was a German artist. He made 110 paintings and drawings during the First World War while interned as a German civilian internee in Great Britain and the Isle of Man.
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1888
Polish cleric and academic (died 1975)
Michael Sopoćko was a Polish Catholic priest and professor at Vilnius University. He is best known as the spiritual director of Faustina Kowalska. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.
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1888
German painter and photographer (died 1978)
Hannah Höch was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage. Photomontage, or fotomontage, is a type of collage in which the pasted…
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1889
Baron Noel-Baker, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m run at the…
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1889
English author, poet, and critic (died 1974)
Edmund Charles Blunden was an English poet, author, and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer…
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1896
Belgian race car driver (died 1960)
Arthur Legat was a Belgian racing driver. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 22 June 1952. He scored no championship points.
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1898
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1986)
Sippie Wallace was an American blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her early career in tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs for Okeh Records,…
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1898
Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 1943)
Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist and political activist. He was a popular author and a controversial public figure. He served in World War II as a war correspondent and was…
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1902
German conductor (died 1987)
Eugen Jochum was a German conductor, best known for his interpretations of the music of Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms, among others. He was principal conductor for the Berlin Radio (1932–1944), Bavarian (1949–1960)…
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1902
Irish-born British actor (died 1973)
Max Adrian was an Irish actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
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1903
Jr., Australian footballer (died 1963)
Edward Goderich "Carji" Greeves Jr. was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), now known as the Australian Football League (AFL). He won the…
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1903
American silent film actress (died 1996)
Laura La Plante was an American film actress; her more notable performances were in the silent era.
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1904
Canadian-French painter and educator (died 1960)
Paul-Émile Borduas was a Canadian artist known for his abstract paintings. He was the leader of the avant-garde Automatiste movement and the chief author of the Refus Global manifesto of 1948. Borduas had a profound…
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1905
American boxer (died 1968)
Johnny Indrisano was an American welterweight boxer whose career spanned the period from 1923 to 1934. He later became a film stunt performer and a film and TV actor.
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1906
American boxer (died 1976)
Max Everitt Rosenbloom was an American professional boxer, actor, and television personality. Nicknamed "Slapsy Maxie", he was inducted into The Ring's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1972, the International Jewish Sports Hall…
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1907
1909
Burmese monk and scholar (died 1993)
The Venerable Mingun Sayadaw U Vicittasārābhivaṃsa was a Burmese Theravāda Buddhist monk, best known for his memory skills and his role in the Sixth Buddhist Council. He was nicknamed The Book Man.
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1911
French historian and author (died 2007)
Henri Troyat was a Russian-French writer, biographer, historian, and novelist.
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1911
German-Canadian rabbi and author (died 2012)
Wolf Gunther Plaut, was an American Reform rabbi and author of a Torah commentary who was based in Canada. Plaut was the rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto for several decades and from 1978 was its senior scholar.
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1912
Romanian-American rabbi (died 2006)
Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum was a Hungarian-American Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim.
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1914
American painter, poet, and educator, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (died 2010)
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, also known as Margaret Taylor Goss, Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs or Margaret T G Burroughs, was an American visual artist, writer, poet, educator, and arts organizer. She co-founded the…
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1915
American author (died 1983)
Zenna Chlarson Henderson was an American elementary school teacher and science fiction and fantasy author. Her first story was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1951. Her work is cited as…
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1917
American engineer and politician (died 2011)
Clarence Ellsworth Miller, Jr. was a Republican congressman from Ohio, serving January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1993.
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1917
1918
English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (died 2005)
Sir Hermann Bondi was an Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist.
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1919
American journalist and author (died 2010)
James Jackson Kilpatrick was an American newspaper journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian. During the 1950s and early 1960s he was editor of The Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia and encouraged…
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1920
1920
American pilot and songwriter (died 2006)
John Willard Peterson was a songwriter who had a major influence on evangelical Christian music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He wrote over 1000 songs, and 35 cantatas.
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1921
German businessman (died 1967)
Harald Friedrich Ludwig Quandt was a German industrialist, the son of Günther Quandt and Magda Behrend Ritschel. His parents divorced, and his mother was later married to Joseph Goebbels, the chief propagandist for the…
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1921
American actor (died 2016)
George S. Irving was an American actor known primarily for his character roles on Broadway and as the voice of Heat Miser in the American Christmas television specials The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) and A Miser…
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1922
American basketball player and coach (died 2006)
Andrew Edward Tonkovich was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was selected as the first overall pick in the 1948 BAA draft by the Providence Steamrollers. He played college basketball for the…
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1922
Spanish soprano and actress (died 2005)
Victoria de los Ángeles López García was a Spanish operatic lyric soprano and recitalist whose career began after the Second World War and reached its height in the years from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
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1923
Canadian-American author (died 2001)
Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction writer. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000.
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1923
German-Israeli academic and jurist (died 2013)
Menachem Elon was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in traditional Jewish Law, an Orthodox rabbi, and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law (Halakha). He was the head of the Jewish Law Institute…
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1923
Uruguayan painter and sculptor (died 2014)
Carlos Páez Vilaró was a Uruguayan abstract artist, painter, potter, sculptor, muralist, writer, composer and constructor. He took an active role in the search for survivors of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force…
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1923
Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (died 2015)
Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the president of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the prime minister of Turkey seven times between 1965 and…
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1924
Canadian academic and politician, 19th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1995)
Jean-Luc Pépin was a Canadian academic, politician and Cabinet minister.
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1924
Greek-American sculptor (died 2013)
Stephen Antonakos was a Greek-American sculptor most well known for his abstract sculptures often incorporating neon.
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1926
American saxophonist (died 2024)
Louis Andrew Donaldson Jr. was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years, he was heavily influenced by Charlie…
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1926
American actress and game show panelist (died 2015)
Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela Voorhees, the…
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1926
German documentary filmmaker (died 2025)
Marcel Ophuls was a German-French and American documentary filmmaker and actor, renowned for his notable works such as The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) and Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988). Born…
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1927
1927
American weightlifter (died 2013)
James Edward "Jim" Bradford was an American heavyweight weightlifter. He competed at two Olympics and four world championships and won silver medals on all occasions.
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1928
American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
Nicholas James Mavroules was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Peabody, Massachusetts for a decade, then represented Peabody and much of the surrounding North Shore region…
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1929
American playwright and author (died 2017)
Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. was an American playwright, novelist and academic.
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1930
American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
Russell Paul Kemmerer was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox (1954–1957), the Washington Senators (1957–1960), the Chicago White Sox (1960–1962),…
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1930
Israeli wrestler and coach (died 1972)
Yossef Gutfreund was an Israeli wrestling judge for his country's 1972 Olympic team. He was murdered in the Munich massacre by Black September terrorists along with 10 other members of the Israeli team.
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1931
Japanese composer (died 2021)
Shunsuke Kikuchi was a Japanese composer who was active from the early 1960s until 2017. He specialized in incidental music for media such as television and film. Kikuchi was regarded as one of Japan's most highly…
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1931
Norwegian footballer and manager (died 2013)
Arne Knut Pedersen was a Norwegian footballer. He was a deep-lying inside forward, or offensive midfielder by today's terminology, who spent his entire playing career at his hometown club Fredrikstad FK, where he was a…
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1931
Nigerian cardinal
Francis Arinze is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as the Prefect of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1984 to 2002 and Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the…
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1932
Luxembourgian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Antoine "Spitz" Kohn was a Luxembourgish football player and football manager.
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1933
Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (died 2004)
Umberto Agnelli was an Italian industrialist and politician. He was the third son of Virginia and Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother of Gianni Agnelli.
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1934
English soprano and actress
Gillian Knight is an English opera singer and actress, known for her performances in the contralto roles of the Savoy operas. After six years from 1959 to 1965 starring in these roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera…
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1934
Welsh pianist and composer (died 1992)
William James Mathias CBE was a Welsh composer noted for choral works.
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1934
South African golfer and sportscaster
Gary James Player is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. Player won over 160 professional tournaments across six continents, including nine…
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1935
Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003)
Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural…
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1935
Japanese composer and conductor (died 2020)
Katsuhisa Hattori was a Japanese classical composer who also wrote music for anime films, television series and OVAs. Hattori was a respected composer in Japan; his style was classical, although he was experienced and…
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1936
Japanese lawyer and politician
Shizuka Kamei is a retired Japanese politician served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 2017. He was a faction leader in the Liberal Democratic Party, but left in opposition to Prime Minister Junichiro…
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1936
American country music singer-songwriter
James William Anderson III is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television host. His soft-spoken singing voice earned him the nickname "Whispering Bill" from music critics and writers. As a songwriter,…
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1937
Puerto Rican American Nuyorican writer
Nicholasa Mohr is one of the best known Nuyorican writers, born in the United States to Puerto Rican parents. In 1973, she became the first Nuyorican woman in the 20th century to have her literary works published by the…
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1938
American actress (died 2023)
Barbara Bosson was an American actress and writer. She is best known for her roles in the television series Hill Street Blues (1981–1986) and Murder One (1995–1997), for both of which she received six Primetime Emmy…
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1939
Baron Grocott, English academic and politician
Bruce Joseph Grocott, Baron Grocott is a British politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament for four terms between 1974 and 2001,…
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1940
American pianist and composer
Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger and jazz pianist, who has recorded over 250 albums, and composed over 20 film scores. He is a Grammy Award winner and an Academy Award nominee.
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1940
Indian lawyer and jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India (died 2022)
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti was the 35th Chief Justice of India, serving from 1 June 2004 to 1 November 2005.
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1940
American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (died 1989)
Barry Allen Sadler was an American singer-songwriter and author whose military service influenced his work. After a stint in the United States Air Force, Sadler served in the United States Army as a Green Beret medic,…
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1940
Argentinian footballer and manager
Alfio "Coco" Basile is an Argentine football manager and former player. He played for Racing Club de Avellaneda and Huracán before becoming a manager. He coached many teams during his career, being most notable Racing…
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1941
American basketball player
Joe Louis Caldwell is an American former professional basketball player. Caldwell played six seasons (1964–1970) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and five seasons (1970–1975) in the American Basketball…
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1941
American actor and director
Robert Heath Foxworth is an American film, stage, and television actor.
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1941
English rugby player (died 2021)
John Vivian Pullin was an England international rugby union player. A hooker, he played club rugby for Bristol Rugby and captained the England national rugby union team for which he played 42 times between 1966 and…
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1941
American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications (died 2021)
Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as Hustler, pornographic videos, and three pornographic television…
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1942
Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (died 2013)
Ralph Philip Klein was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 12th premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2006. Klein also…
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1942
American actress and comedian (died 2013)
Marcia Karen Wallace was an American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles on sitcoms. She is best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, Mrs. Carruthers…
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1942
Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter
Salvatore Adamo is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has…
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1943
French economist and civil servant
Jacques José Mardoché Attali is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant.
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1943
American singer-songwriter and author (died 2024)
Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly, who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.
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1944
Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2005)
Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004.
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1944
American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (died 2017)
Raymond Louis Heenan was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler. He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship…
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1944
French-Polynesian soldier and politician, President of French Polynesia
Oscar Manutahi Temaru is a Tahitian politician. He has been the president of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France, on five occasions: in 2004, from 2005 to 2006, from 2007 to 2008, in 2009, and from 2011…
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1944
Indian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (died 2013)
Narendra Achyut Dabholkar was an Indian physician, social activist, rationalist, and author from Maharashtra, India. In 1989, he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti. Triggered…
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1945
Australian singer-songwriter
John Robert Williamson is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television host and conservationist. Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history…
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1945
1946
Japanese graphic designer, created Hello Kitty
Yuko Shimizu is a Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.
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1946
Guatemalan-American football player
Theodore Paul Hendricks, nicknamed "the Mad Stork" and "Kick 'Em in the head Ted," is a Guatemalan-American former professional football linebacker who played for 15 seasons with the Baltimore Colts, the Green Bay…
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1947
1947
American songwriter and producer (died 2021)
James Richard Steinman was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, musical theater,…
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1947
Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6th President of Zanzibar
Amani Abeid Karume is a Tanzanian politician and a former president of Zanzibar. He held the office from 8 November 2000 to 3 November 2010. He is the son of Zanzibar's first president, Abeid Karume, and a member of the…
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1948
English radio host and politician
Mike Mendoza is a British radio presenter and former politician best known for the overnight radio shows he presented on Talksport between 2004 and 2008, initially on weeknights before being moved to weekends in 2006.…
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1948
1948
1948
American actress
Jeannie Berlin is an American actress. She is the daughter of Elaine May. She is best known for her role in the 1972 comedy film The Heartbreak Kid, for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for…
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1949
Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
David Walter Foster is a Canadian–American record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 45 nominations across four decades. Across the last fifty years, Foster has composed and…
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1949
American physicist and engineer
Michael Douglas Griffin is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as deputy of technology for the…
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1949
American actress and acting coach
Aurabela "Belita" Moreno is an American actress best known for her roles as Benita "Benny" Lopez on the ABC sitcom George Lopez and Edwina Twinkacetti and Lydia Markham on Perfect Strangers.
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1949
American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Development and Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mitchell David Kapor is an American entrepreneur best known for his work as an application developer in the early days of the personal computer software industry, later founding Lotus Development, where he was…
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1950
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Robert Betts Laughlin is an American physicist. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Along with Horst L. Störmer of Columbia University and Daniel C. Tsui…
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1950
1950
American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 2020)
Ronald Nathan Bell, also known as Khalis Bayyan, was an American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, saxophonist and co-founding member of Kool & the Gang. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B singles in the…
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1951
French actor and screenwriter
Fabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in films such as Potiche, The Women on the 6th Floor, and In the House.
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1951
Australian cricketer and chemist
Craig Stanton Serjeant is a former Australian cricketer who played in 12 Test matches and three One Day Internationals in 1977 and 1978.
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1951
1953
English ecologist and academic
Paul William Wellings is an Australian/British ecologist and long serving university leader. He is notable for his past service as vice-chancellor of University of Wollongong (2012–2021), Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster…
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1953
American actress and singer
Beth Leavel is an American stage and screen actress and singer. She is best known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The Drowsy Chaperone, Baby It's You! and The Prom, receiving Tony Award nominations for…
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1955
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American country singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded 14 albums and released 25 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S.…
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1957
New Zealand rugby player
Murray James Pierce is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a lock forward. He won 26 caps for the All Blacks between 1984 and 1989 and played in the victorious New Zealand team at the 1987 Rugby World…
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1957
English journalist
Mark William Austin is an English journalist and television presenter, currently working for Sky News.
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1958
English singer-songwriter
Robert Hart is an English vocalist and songwriter. He is currently the lead singer of Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Bad Co Legacy. He has performed as a solo artist, and with bands including The Distance, Diesel and Bad…
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1958
American actress
Rachel Ticotin Strauss is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as Fort Apache, The Bronx, Total Recall, Falling Down, and Con Air. She has appeared in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: LA as Lieutenant…
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1958
English author and educator
Susanna Mary Clarke is an English author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her…
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1959
1960
Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2024)
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea, nicknamed "El Toro", was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from 1980 to 1997. He played for six MLB teams, most prominently…
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1960
Swedish author and screenwriter
Louise Gunvor Catharina Lagercrantz Boije af Gennäs is a Swedish writer, feminist, and co-creator of Rederiet, the longest-running Swedish soap opera in history.
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1961
American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
Anne Theresa Donovan was an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun.
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1961
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Calvin Johnson is an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, music producer, and disc jockey. Johnson was a founding member of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Go Team, and The Halo…
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1961
Singaporean politician
Heng Swee Keat is a Singaporean former politician and police officer who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2019 and 2025. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tampines Central division of…
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1961
English swimmer
Sharron Elizabeth Davies, Baroness Davies of Devonport is an English former swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. She won a…
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1962
Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Magne Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician and visual artist. Also known by his stage name Mags, he is the keyboardist of the synth-pop band A-ha and co-wrote hits such as "Take On Me", "Stay on These Roads", "Manhattan…
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1962
American singer-songwriter
Anthony Kiedis is an American musician who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
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1962
English musician
Richard John Cyril Allen is an English musician who has been the drummer of the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame the amputation of his left arm in 1985 and continued to play with the band, which went…
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1963
Indian businesswoman
Nita Mukesh Ambani is an Indian businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation, Dhirubhai Ambani International School and a director of Reliance Industries. She is…
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1963
Welsh footballer and manager
Leslie Mark Hughes is a Welsh football manager and former player who is the head coach of National League club Carlisle United.
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1963
1963
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer-songwriter. Born in New York City, she attended the Manhattan School of Music for a year as a percussionist before leaving to pursue a music career. In the 1990s, she…
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1964
Australian politician
Michael John Daley is an Australian politician who has served as the attorney general of New South Wales since 2023. He previously served as the leader of the opposition and leader of the New South Wales Labor Party…
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1965
Swedish conductor
Patrik Ringborg is a Swedish conductor, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
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1965
1966
Australian singer and musician (died 2002)
Mary Therese Hansen was an Australian musician. She joined the London-based band Stereolab in 1992 as a singer, guitarist, keyboardist and percussionist, remaining a member of the group until her death.
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1966
American businessman and politician
Gary Howell is an American politician and businessman from West Virginia. He is currently a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for the 56th district and chairman of the Mineral County Republican Executive…
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1966
English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health
Sir Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt is a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2022 to 2024 and Foreign Secretary from 2018 to 2019, having previously served as Secretary of State for Health…
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1966
Indian-Bengali politician
Muhammad Achab Uddin,(Bengali: মুহম্মদ আসহাব উদ্দীন), also spelled as Ashab Uddin, is an Indian Bengali politician and social worker. He is a two-time member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, and formerly served as…
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1966
Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwide.…
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1967
Dutch photographer
Carla van de Puttelaar is a Dutch fine art photographer and art historian based in Amsterdam.
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1967
American basketball player
Gary R. Alexander is an American former professional basketball player.
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1969
1969
Barbadian cricketer
Sherwin Legay Campbell is a former Barbadian cricketer who played 52 Tests and 90 One Day Internationals for the West Indies, and also a former ODI captain for Windies.
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1970
Romanian film director
Toma Enache is a Romanian film director and actor. Being of Aromanian ethnicity, he directed I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian, the first film in the Aromanian language. Enache has also directed two other films.…
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1970
Australian actress
Toni Collette is an Australian actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for starring in television, independent and blockbuster films, noted for her portrayals of troubled and multi-faceted women. Her accolades…
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1972
Scottish footballer and manager
Paul Dickov is a Scottish former professional football manager and player who works as a television pundit for Manchester City TV.
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1972
American actress and model
Jennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg is an American actress, model, television personality, and anti-vaccine activist. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of…
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1972
Canadian ice hockey player
Glen John "Muzz" Murray is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins and Los Angeles Kings. He is…
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1972
American actor
David Berman is an American actor and researcher mostly known for his work on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation where he played Assistant Medical Examiner David "Super Dave" Phillips.
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1973
English footballer and manager
Geoffrey Malcolm Horsfield is an English former professional footballer and football coach. He made more than 300 appearances in the Football League playing as a striker.
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1973
Indian model and actress
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi films. Rai won the Miss World 1994 pageant and later established herself as one of the most-popular and influential celebrities in…
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1973
Indian cricketer
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman is an Indian former international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit. A right-handed batsman known for his elegant stroke play, Laxman played as a middle-order batsman…
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1974
1975
South African footballer (died 2013)
Keryn David Jordan was a South African footballer who primarily played as a striker during a fifteen-year career.
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1975
Canadian figure skater and coach
Megan Wing is a Canadian retired ice dancer and current coach. With former partner and husband Aaron Lowe, she is a two-time Four Continents bronze medalist.
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1975
Russian-Belarusian wrestler (died 2012)
Sergei Yevgenyevich Artyukhin, also known as Siarhei Artsiukhin, was a Russian-Belarusian heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He was born in Moscow and won the 2001 World Cup while representing Russia. After that, to…
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1976
American college football coach
Bryan Dale Harsin is an American college football coach who was most recently the offensive coordinator at California. He was the head coach for the Auburn Tigers from 2021 to 2022. Prior to Auburn, he was the head…
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1976
American football player
Steven J. Hutchinson is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, and was named a…
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1977
English physicist and oceanographer
Helen Czerski is a British science writer and broadcaster. She has presented numerous television and radio programmes since 2012, mainly for the BBC, and has written three books and regular columns.
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1978
Dutch footballer and manager
Danny Koevermans is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1978
American author
Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of six books: Full Frontal Feminism (2007), He's a Stud, She's…
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1978
American baseball player
Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp is an American former professional baseball outfielder and MiLB team manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and…
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1979
Serbian footballer
Milan Dudić is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1979
American photographer and director
Alex Prager is an American artist, director, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles.
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1979
Turkish footballer
Bilgin Defterli is a Turkish former women's football forward. She had been a member of the Turkey women's national football team from 1999 to 2014 and served as their captain. Defterli is 160 cm tall.
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1980
American actor and comedian
Matt Jones is an American actor known for his portrayals of Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, Baxter on the CBS sitcom Mom, and Ned Dorneget in NCIS. He stars as Douglas Wheeler on the…
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1981
English footballer
Bradley James Orr is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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1982
English-Italian rugby player
Warren Spragg is an English-born Italian rugby union international. He is a versatile back and goalkicker.
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1982
Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew Keith Moulson is a Canadian former ice hockey left winger. Moulson played 650 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), the majority of which were spent with the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres.
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1983
Japanese model and singer
Yuko Ogura is a Japanese gravure idol and model who typically aimed for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look prior to her 2011 marriage. She is represented by Platinum Production.
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1983
English rugby player
Jon David Wilkin is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row, loose forward, scrum-half or stand-off in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. He played for Hull Kingston Rovers, St Helens…
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1983
Serbian footballer
Miloš Krasić is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He played for the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and at one point in his career, he was named by FourFourTwo as one of…
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1984
English actress and musician
Natalia Gastiain Tena is an English-Spanish actress and musician. She is best known for playing Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter film series (2007–2011), and the wildling Osha in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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1984
American baseball player
Stephen Guy Vogt is an American professional baseball manager and former catcher and coach who currently serves as the manager for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). Vogt played in MLB for the Tampa…
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1984
American basketball player
Marcus Landry is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. Landry attended Vincent High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and played…
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1985
Brazilian baseball player
Paulo Roberto Orlando is a Brazilian former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. He represented Brazil at the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and currently…
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1985
American actor and television personality
Penn Dayton Badgley is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix psychological thriller series You…
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1986
Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete
Ksenija Balta is an Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete. She won the long jump at the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics.
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1986
Indian film actress
Ileana D'Cruz is a an Indian-born Portuguese actress who primarily appears in Telugu and Hindi films. She is the recipient of several accolades including a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare Awards South.
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1987
American football player
Bruce Pernell Irvin Jr. is an American former professional football linebacker. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round with the 15th…
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1987
Japanese baseball player
Masahiro Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and in Major League…
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1988
American basketball player
Tim Frazier is an American professional basketball player for Minas in Novo Basquete Brasil. Frazier played high school basketball for Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and competed at the collegiate level with Penn…
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1990
English footballer
Reece Brown is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career with Manchester United, but failed to break into the first team and after loan spells at Bradford City, Doncaster…
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1991
American actor and singer
Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez is an American actor and singer. After graduating in musical theater from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Ramos began performing in stage musicals. In 2015, he originated the dual…
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1991
Chinese gymnast
Jiang Yuyuan is a retired Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Chinese all-around senior national champion and a member of the gold medal-winning People's Republic of China team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jiang was a…
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1991
American basketball player
Semaj Rakim Christon is an American professional basketball player for APU Udine of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for Xavier, and was taken in the second round of the 2014 NBA Draft.
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1992
Serbian footballer
Filip Kostić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder, left wing-back or left winger for Serie A club Juventus and the Serbia national team.
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1992
American baseball player
Terry Brent Rooker Jr. is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres,…
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1994
English footballer
James Michael Edward Ward-Prowse is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Burnley, on loan from Premier League club West Ham United.
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1994
American basketball player
Joseph Emmanuel Chealey is an American professional basketball player who last played for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for College of Charleston located in South…
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1995
Russian gymnast
Margarita Mamun is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time World All-around silver medalist, the 2015 European Games All-around silver medalist, the 2016…
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1995
English internet personality
George Davidson, better known online as GeorgeNotFound, is an English internet personality, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer. He gained substantial popularity in 2020 and 2021 through uploading Minecraft content. Alongside…
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1996
1996
American basketball player
Chinanu Michael Onuaku is an American professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. In 2021–22, he led the Israeli…
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1996
1996
American actor
Maxwell Henry Wolf Burkholder is an American actor. His roles on television include Max Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series Parenthood (2010–2015), as well as young John Bennett in the Peacock fantasy comedy Ted…
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1997
French footballer
Nordi Mukiele Mulere is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Premier League club Sunderland.
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1997
Kosovan footballer
Elvis Rexhbeçaj is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German Bundesliga club Augsburg and the Kosovo national team.
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1997
American actor and musician
Alexander Draper Wolff is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother, Nat, in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band…
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1997
Ecuadorian footballer
Gonzalo Jordy Plata Jiménez is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Flamengo and the Ecuador national team.
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2000
Australian rugby league player
Alofiana Khan-Pereira is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.
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2001
American rapper and YouTuber
Bryson LaShun Potts, known professionally as NLE Choppa, is an American rapper and YouTuber from Memphis, Tennessee. He gained recognition with the release of his 2019 single "Shotta Flow", which received platinum…
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2002
Ghanaian footballer
Ernest Nuamah Appiah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Ghana national team.
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2003
Argentine footballer
Lautaro Ruben Rivero Cruz is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central defender for River Plate and the Argentina national team.
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2003
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Al Arbour — Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive (1932-2015)
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Birth year1932
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