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Famous Birthdays on November 13
201 people
354 – 2002
November 13 has seen 201 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 354 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1977 — Zulfiqer Russell
Bangladeshi journalist and lyricist
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He served as the editor of the online news portal The Bangla Tribune from 13 May 2014 to 31 January 2026
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He was the winner of the Channel i Music Awards in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2022 and also received the Mirchi Music Awards (Bangla) award for the Song of the Year in the Modern Song category for, "Shabuj Chilo"
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On 2020 he was awarded CJFB Performance Award 2019 as best lyricist
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Zulfiqer Russell is a Bangladeshi lyricist and journalist
Roman bishop and theologian (died 430)
Augustine of Hippo was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Roman Africa. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius from Thagaste in Numidia Cirtensis,.
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354
Edward III, also known as Edward of Windsor before accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous…
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1312
Margrave of Baden-Baden (1475–1515) (died 1527)
Christopher I of Baden was the Margrave of Baden from 1475 to 1515.
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1453
German theologian and academic (died 1543)
Johann Eck, also known as Johann Maier von Eck and often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Roman Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and opponent of Martin Luther.
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1486
Duke of Bavaria (died 1550)
William IV was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria.
He was born in Munich to Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III.
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1493
1504
Archduke of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (died 1621)
Albert VII was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a…
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1559
Greek patriarch and theologian (died 1638)
Cyril I of Constantinople (Cyril Lucaris or Kyrillos Loukaris was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Heraklion, Crete. He later became the Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III and Ecumenical Patriarch…
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1572
1699
French director and playwright (died 1792)
Charles Simon Favart was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him.
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1710
German first female medical doctor (died 1762)
Dorothea Christiane Erxleben was a German medical doctor who became the first female doctor of medicine in Germany.
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1715
American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1808)
John Dickinson, was an American Founding Father, attorney and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware. Dickinson was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a…
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1732
The Jiaqing Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, personal name Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He was the 15th son of…
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1760
Scottish general and politician (died 1809)
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who represented Lanark Burghs in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1784 to 1790. He is known for his military training reforms…
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1761
Sikh emperor (died 1839)
Ranjit Singh, born as Buddh Singh, was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839.
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1780
Swedish bishop and educator (died 1846)
Esaias Tegnér was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek, and bishop. During the 19th century, he was regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epic Frithjof's Saga. He has…
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1782
American general (died 1880)
Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes was an American soldier who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army and commanded infantry in the Eastern and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American…
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1804
American admiral (died 1870)
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery.
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1809
Montenegrin metropolitan, philosopher, and poet (died 1851)
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (Његош), was a Serbian Prince-Bishop (vladika) of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered some of the most important in…
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1813
American general (died 1879)
Joseph Hooker was an American Civil War general for the Union, chiefly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. Hooker had served in the Seminole…
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1814
American actor and manager (died 1893)
Edwin Thomas Booth was an American stage actor and theatrical manager who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New…
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1833
American lawyer and politician (died 1883)
James Thomas Rapier was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama during the Reconstruction Era. He served as a United States representative from Alabama, for one term from 1873 until 1875. Born free in Alabama, he…
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1837
American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1918)
Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a nephew of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement,…
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1838
Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (died 1913)
Edward Burd Grubb Jr. was a Union Army colonel and regimental commander in the American Civil War. He served in three regiments and commanded two of them. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and…
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1841
famous novelist of Bengali literature (died 1912)
Mir Syed Mosharraf Hossain was a Bengali writer, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He is considered to be the first major writer to emerge from the Shia society of Bengal, and one of the finest prose writers in the…
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1847
1848
Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (died 1894)
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the…
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1850
American actor (died 1927)
John Drew Jr., commonly known as John Drew during his life, was an American stage actor noted for his roles in Shakespearean comedy, society drama, and light comedies. He was the eldest son of John Drew Sr., who had…
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1853
American composer and educator (died 1931)
George Whitefield Chadwick was an American composer. Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was a representative composer of what is called the Second New…
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1854
American lawyer and jurist (died 1941)
Louis Dembitz Brandeis was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. Brandeis was a leading figure in the antitrust movement at the turn of the 20th century,…
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1856
American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (died 1944),
James Cannon Jr. was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1918. He was a prominent leader in the temperance movement in the United States in the 1920s, until derailed by scandal. H. L.…
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1864
American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (died 1959)
Abraham Flexner, an American educator, became best known for his role in the 20th-century reform of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada.
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1866
German author and activist (died 1943)
Helene Stöcker was a German feminist, pacifist and gender activist. She successfully campaigned to keep same sex relationships between women legal, but she was unsuccessful in her campaign to legalise abortion. She was…
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1869
Russian-American activist, journalist, and politician (died 1962)
Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams was a liberal politician, journalist, writer and feminist in Russia during the revolutionary period until 1920. Afterwards, she lived as a writer in Britain (1920–1951) and the…
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1869
Irish-Canadian architect and educator, designed the Royal Alexandra Theatre (died 1945)
John MacIntosh Lyle was an Irish-Canadian architect, designer, urban planner, and teacher active in the late 19th century and into the first half of the 20th century. He was a leading Canadian architect in the Beaux…
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1872
1878
American gymnast and triathlete (died 1939)
John William Grieb was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Philadelphia. In 1904 he won the gold medal in the gymnastics' team event and silver medal…
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1879
Mexican railroad brakeman (died 1907)
Jesús García Corona was a Mexican railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora, in 1907. As "el héroe de Nacozari", he is revered as a national hero and…
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1881
American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (died 1957)
Leo Joseph "Bud" Goodwin was an American swimmer, diver, and water polo player who competed for the New York Athletic Club. He participated for the U.S. in the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics and won two gold and two…
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1883
German dancer and choreographer (died 1973)
Mary Wigman was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history of…
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1886
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Edward Adelbert Doisy was an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of vitamin K and its chemical structure.
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1893
American pianist and bandleader (died 1935)
Benjamin Moten was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
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1894
German SS officer (died 1945)
Arthur Nebe was a German SS functionary who held key positions in the security and police apparatus of Nazi Germany and was, from 1941, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust.
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1894
American actress (died 1975)
Gertrude Olmstead was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929. Her last name was sometimes seen as Olmsted.
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1897
Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (died 1969)
Iskander Ali Mirza was a Pakistani politician and military general who served as the fourth and last governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and then as the first president of Pakistan from the promulgation of…
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1899
American convicted murderer and firearms designer (died 1975)
David Marshall Williams was an American firearms designer and convicted murderer who invented the floating chamber and the short-stroke gas piston. Both designs used the high-pressure gas generated in or near the breech…
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1900
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1985)
Edward Buzzell was an American film actor and director whose credits include Child of Manhattan (1933); Honolulu (1939); the Marx Brothers films At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940); the musicals Best Foot Forward…
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1900
American director and producer (died 1977)
Henry Codman Potter was an American theatrical producer and director as well as film director.
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1904
English actress (died 1986)
Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley was an English actress of theatre, film, and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as "brassy" or "blowsy". She found her milieu in revue,…
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1906
Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 1987)
Vidya Jyothi Arumugam Wisvalingam Mailvaganam, OBE was a leading Ceylon Tamil physicist, academic and the dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ceylon.
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1906
Hungarian-American potter and designer (died 2011)
Eva Striker Zeisel was a Hungarian-born American industrial designer known for her ceramics, primarily from the period after she immigrated to the United States. Her forms are often abstractions of the natural world and…
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1906
American historian, author, and academic (died 1999)
Comer Vann Woodward was an American historian who focused primarily on the American South and race relations. He was long a supporter of the approach of Charles A. Beard, stressing the influence of unseen economic…
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1908
Maltese sculptor (died 2003)
Vincent Apap, OBE was a Maltese sculptor who is well known for designing various public monuments and church statues, most notably the Triton Fountain in Valletta. He has been called "one of Malta's foremost sculptors…
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1909
American journalist and author (died 1986)
William Bradford Huie was an American writer, investigative reporter, editor, national lecturer, and television host. His credits include 21 books that sold over 30 million copies worldwide. In addition to writing 14…
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1910
1910
American baseball player and manager (died 2006)
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout and became the first African…
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1911
Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 2001)
Velupillai Appapillai was a Sri Lankan physicist and academic. He was the dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya.
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1913
Greek novelist and journalist (died 1981)
Dimitrios Hatzis was a Greek novelist and journalist.
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1913
Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1985)
Lon Nol was a Cambodian military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice, as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor. As a right-wing nationalist, he led the…
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1913
Argentinian actress (died 2016)
Amelia Bence was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema during the 1930s and 1950s.
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1914
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
Mario Alberto Lattuada was an Italian film director.
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1914
Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (died 1989)
Vasantrao Banduji Patil was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics.
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1917
American actor (died 2006)
Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955).
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1917
Canadian philosopher and academic (died 1988)
George Parkin Grant was a Canadian philosopher, university professor and social critic. He is known for his Canadian nationalism, a political conservatism that affirms the values of community, equality and justice and…
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1918
Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2013)
Guillermina Nicolasa Bravo Canales was a Mexican modern dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Ballet Nacional de Mexico. She was co-founder of the academy of Mexican dance in 1947 and established together with…
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1920
1920
Finnish pianist and composer (died 1996)
Joonas Kokkonen was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius; his opera The Last Temptations has received over 500 performances worldwide,…
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1921
1922
Austrian-German actor (died 1984)
Oskar Werner was an Austrian stage and cinema actor who reached international fame. His most prominent roles include two 1965 films, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Ship of Fools. For the former, Werner won a…
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1922
Irish and Canadian medievalist and palaeographer (died 1999)
Leonard Eugene Boyle, OP was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography.
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1923
Mexican-American actress (died 2011)
Linda Christian was a Mexican film actress who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film Tarzan and the…
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1923
Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994)
Motoo Kimura was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968. He became one of the most influential theoretical population geneticists. He is remembered in genetics…
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1924
American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland (died 2019)
Harry Roe Hughes was an American politician from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1955 to 1959, a member of the Maryland Senate from 1959 to 1970,…
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1926
American mathematician and theorist (died 1985)
Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid was an American mathematician who worked extensively on probability theory, Markov chains, and statistics. The author of more than 70 papers and 6 books, his work touched on such diverse…
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1927
Scottish-American actress (died 2013)
Helena Winifred Carroll was a Scottish actress of stage, film, and television. She was the daughter of Irish playwright Paul Vincent Carroll.
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1928
American basketball player (died 1989)
John Edwin George Jr. was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, Pennsylvania.
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1928
American pianist and author (died 1977)
Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975.
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1928
French historian and academic (died 2013)
Robert Bonnaud was a French anti-colonialist historian and professor of history at the Paris Diderot University.
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1929
American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (died 2014)
Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas. A divisive and…
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1929
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (died 1988)
Asashio Tarō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokunoshima in the Amami Islands. He was the sport's 46th yokozuna. He was also a sumo coach and head of Takasago stable.
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1929
American painter and academic (died 2006)
Benny Andrews was an African-American artist, activist and educator.
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1930
American politician (died 2024)
Fred Roy Harris was an American politician from Oklahoma who served from 1957 to 1964 as a member of the Oklahoma Senate and from 1964 to 1973 as a member of the United States Senate.
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1930
1931
American actor (died 2000)
Richard Mulligan was an American character actor. He was known for his roles in the sitcoms Soap (1977–1981) and Empty Nest (1988–1995). Mulligan was the winner of two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award (1989). He…
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1932
American-Australian actor, singer, and television host (died 2009)
Morton Donald Isaacson, known professionally as Don Lane, was an American talk show host and singer active mostly in Australia, in which he was best known for his television career, especially for hosting Tonight with…
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1933
Latvian author and poet (died 1983)
Ojārs Vācietis was a Latvian writer and poet. He is often considered one of the most famous and influential poets in the Latvian SSR.
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1933
New Zealand-American journalist and academic (died 2025)
Peter Gregg Arnett was a New Zealand and American journalist. He was known for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. He was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam…
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1934
Italian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2013)
Enrico Sbriccoli, known professionally as Jimmy Fontana, was an Italian actor, composer and singer-songwriter. Two of his most famous songs are "Che sarà", performed also by José Feliciano with Ricchi e Poveri, and "Il…
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1934
1934
American actor, director, and producer (died 2016)
Garry Kent Marshall was an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show until he developed the television…
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1934
English archbishop and theologian
George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton, is a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, having previously been the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
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1935
1936
Canadian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1994)
Gérald Godin was a Canadian poet and politician from Quebec. During his time as a politician, he served in various cabinet posts in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc Johnson. As cabinet minister, Godin…
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1938
American golfer
Jack D. Rule Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.
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1938
American-French actress and singer (died 1979)
Jean Dorothy Seberg was an American actress. She is considered an icon of the French New Wave as a result of her performance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless.
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1938
1939
American drummer and composer (died 2014)
Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such as Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, Bob…
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1939
American philosopher and academic (died 2022)
Saul Aaron Kripke was an American analytic philosopher and logician. He was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and emeritus professor at Princeton University.…
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1940
American soul singer
Justine Washington, usually credited as Baby Washington, but credited on some early records as Jeanette (Baby) Washington, is an American soul music vocalist, who had 16 Billboard R&B chart entries in 15 years, most of…
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1940
German lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Berlin
Eberhard Diepgen is a German lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of West Berlin from 1984 to 1989 and again as Mayor of (united) Berlin, from 1991 until 2001, as member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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1941
American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby
David Green is an American businessman and the founder of Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores. He is a major financial supporter of Evangelical organizations in the United States and funded the Museum of the…
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1941
American actor (died 1994)
Norman Jay "Dack" Rambo was an American actor, widely known for his role as Walter Brennan's grandson Jeff in the series The Guns of Will Sonnett, as Steve Jacobi in the soap opera All My Children, as cousin Jack Ewing…
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1941
American baseball player and coach (died 2019)
Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr. was an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball, all for the New York Yankees, and coached for 23 seasons, for the Yankees,…
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1941
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Paul Hammond was an American blues singer and guitarist whose career spanned six decades. He was the son of record producer John Henry Hammond Jr., and performed as John Hammond and John Hammond Jr.
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1942
Italian footballer and manager
Roberto Boninsegna is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a forward. After retiring, he worked as a football manager. As a player, he played for the Italy national side at two World Cups,…
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1943
1943
English footballer and manager
Howard Wilkinson is an English former footballer and manager. Despite having a low-profile playing career, Wilkinson embarked on a successful managerial career. He won the First Division championship in 1992 with Leeds…
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1943
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2022)
Timothy Earle Thomas was an American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer, best known for the hit song, "Why Can't We Live Together".
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1944
Japanese race car driver
Masahiro Hasemi is a former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started racing motocross when he was 15 years old. In 1964 he signed to drive for Nissan. After establishing himself in saloon car and GT races in…
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1945
American guitarist and producer
Bobby Manuel is an American guitarist. In the early 1960s he was the lead guitarist of the local band the Memphis Blazers. He was hired by Stax Records in the late 1960s as an engineer and also quickly began doing…
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1945
Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
Knut Riisnæs was a Norwegian jazz musician, arranger, and composer, son of pianist Eline Nygaard Riisnæs and brother of classical pianist Anne Eline Riisnæs (1951–) and jazz saxophonist Odd Riisnæs (1953–). The brothers…
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1945
Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (died 2014)
Stanisław Barańczak was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to-Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare and of the…
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1946
American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ray Wylie Hubbard is an American singer and songwriter.
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1946
American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)
Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. was an American musician who was most notable as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the 1970s Southern rock group the Marshall Tucker Band. A founding member of the band, Caldwell…
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1947
American physicist and environmentalist
Amory Bloch Lovins is an American writer, physicist, and former chairman/chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has written on energy policy and related areas for four decades, and served on the US National…
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1947
American actor and voice artist
Joseph Anthony Mantegna is an American actor best known for starring on CBS's Criminal Minds since 2007 as FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi. He has voiced the recurring role of mob boss Fat Tony on the animated…
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1947
Bengali popular writer, dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and filmmaker (died 2012)
Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and…
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1948
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
Terrance James Reid, who was nicknamed Superlungs, was an English musician, songwriter and guitarist, best known for his emotive style of singing in appearances with high-profile musicians as vocalist, supporting act…
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1949
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Gilbert Perreault is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played for 17 seasons with the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres. He was the first draft pick of the Sabres in their inaugural season in…
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1950
Israeli basketball player and coach
Pinhas Yair Gershon, is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He won three top-level European-wide club championships as the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He won the FIBA SuproLeague championship…
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1951
American author and journalist
Harry Hurt III is an American author and journalist. He was formerly senior editor of the Texas Monthly and a Newsweek correspondent, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Sports…
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1951
American jurist, 86th United States Attorney General
Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 86th United States attorney general from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the…
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1952
1952
1952
former President of Mexico
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He served as Head of Government…
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1953
American actress
Tracy Dawn Scoggins is an American actress and model. She began her career in Elite Model Management in New York City and the European modeling circuit. She returned to the United States and studied acting at the…
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1953
American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
Scott G. McNealy is an American businessman. He is most famous for co-founding the computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim. In 2004, while still at…
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1954
American actor and producer
Christopher David Noth is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order (1990–1995), Big on Sex and the City (1998–2004), and Peter Florrick on The Good Wife…
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1954
Canadian jazz musician
Robert Aaron is a Canadian jazz musician.
According to John Leland of the New York Times "Mr. Aaron played flute, saxophone, clarinet and piano, then taught himself guitar, trumpet, bassoon, French horn and other…
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1955
American golfer
William Timothy Britton is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for fifteen years during the 1980s and 1990s.
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1955
American actress, comedian, and talk show host
Caryn Elaine Johnson, known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. She is one of 28 entertainers to receive the EGOT, consisting of an Emmy, a Grammy, an…
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1955
1956
1956
American politician, 48th Governor of Texas
Gregory Wayne Abbott is an American politician, attorney, and jurist who has served since 2015 as the 48th governor of Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th attorney general of…
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1957
English actress and screenwriter
Caroline Goodall is an English–Australian actress, screenwriter and producer. Awards and nominations include Best Actress nominations AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries Cassidy and the 1995 film Hotel…
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1959
American actor
Neil Richard Flynn is an American actor and comedian. After performing with numerous comedy troupes in the Chicago area during the 1980s, he made his film debut in Major League (1989). During the 1990s, Flynn had…
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1960
Romanian gymnast and coach
Teodora Ungureanu is a Romanian former gymnast who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She is a three-time Olympic medalist and a world championships silver medalist. After retiring from gymnastics she has enjoyed a…
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1960
American entrepreneur and technology executive
Kimberly Karin Polese is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and technology executive. She serves as Chairwoman of CrowdSmart Inc., a software products company.
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1961
Angolan basketball player and coach
Jaime Lages Covilhã, in Luanda, is an Angolan basketball coach.
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1963
American football player
Vincent Frank Testaverde Sr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, earning…
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1963
Finnish race car driver
Timo Aulis Rautiainen is a Finnish former rally co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Marcus Grönholm from 1995 to 2007. Rautiainen and Grönholm drove for Peugeot (2000–05) and Ford (2006-07) in the World Rally…
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1964
American politician
Daniel Scott Sullivan is an American politician, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from the state of Alaska. A member of the Republican Party, Sullivan served from…
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1964
Finnish politician (died 2009)
Aino Maria Susanna Haapoja was a Finnish politician in the Centre Party. Haapoja was born in Kauhava and became a Member of Parliament in 2003 and was elected for a second term in 2007. In 2005, she became the chair of…
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1966
Indian actress, singer, and producer, Miss India 1984
Juhi Chawla Mehta is an Indian actress. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and vivacious on-screen…
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1967
American comedian, actor, and talk show host
James Christian Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is best known as the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has aired on ABC since 2003. Kimmel has hosted the Primetime Emmy…
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1967
1967
American baseball player and coach
Patrick George Hentgen is an American former professional baseball pitcher, and currently a special assistant with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Blue Jays, St.…
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1968
Somalian-American activist and author
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born Dutch and American writer, activist, conservative thinker and former politician. A critic of Islam, she advocates for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women and opposes forced…
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1969
Czech ice hockey player
Patrik Augusta is a Czech former professional ice hockey winger. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals between 1994 and 1998. The rest of his career, which…
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1969
Scottish actor
Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies…
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1969
1969
Japanese singer
Takuya Kimura is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.…
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1972
Australian swimmer
Samantha Linette Pearl Riley is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She is of Aboriginal descent. She specialised in breaststroke and competed for Australia in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996…
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1972
French rugby player
David Auradou is a French former rugby union footballer. He last played for Paris club Stade Français, where he was the captain, in the Top 14. His usual position was at lock.
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1973
American actor
Jordan Bridges is an American actor, best known as Frankie Rizzoli on Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016).
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1973
American drummer and composer
Ari Hoenig is an American jazz drummer, composer, and educator.
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1973
New Zealand rugby player
Carl Henry Hoeft is a former rugby union footballer from New Zealand, currently working as coach.
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1974
Estonian footballer and manager
Indrek Zelinski is an Estonian football coach and former professional player.
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1974
Belgian runner (died 2008)
Tom Compernolle was a Belgian runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres. He was born in Bruges.
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1975
French basketball player
Alain Donald Digbeu is a French former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the NBA pro club the Atlanta Hawks with the 49th pick in the 1997 NBA draft. He is 6 ft 6 in in height and 220 lb (100 kg) in…
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1975
Serbian footballer
Ivica Dragutinović is a Serbian former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also operate as a defensive left back.
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1975
American actress
Aisha Hinds is an American television, stage and film actress and director. She had supporting roles in a number of television series, including The Shield, Invasion, True Blood, Detroit 1-8-7 and Under the Dome. In…
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1975
1975
Estonian ice hockey player and coach
Toivo Suursoo is an Estonian ice hockey coach and former professional player.
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1975
Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.
Janine Leal Reyes is a Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model. She ventured into television programs in Ecuador and Peru, becoming known as the main presenter of the Chilean television program Mujeres…
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1976
English sprinter and long jumper
Kelly Jade Sotherton is a British former heptathlete, long jumper and relay runner. In the heptathlon she was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, following the disqualification of two other athletes,…
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1976
Japanese wrestler
Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese sports executive, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where serves as the president and representative director, whilst also…
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1976
Chinese actor and singer
Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang is a Chinese actor and singer. Huang rose to prominence for playing Emperor Wu of Han in the television series The Prince of Han Dynasty (2001), followed by popular series such as The Return…
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1977
American bass player
Nikolai Philippe Fraiture is an American musician best known as the bassist of the rock band The Strokes. Since co-founding the band in 1998, he has released six studio albums with them. Among other creative projects,…
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1978
1979
Israeli rapper and producer
Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimony, generally known by his stage name Subliminal, is an Israeli rapper, singer and record producer.
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1979
American actress, singer, and dancer
Adrienne Monique Coleman is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies.
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1980
American wrestler and trainer
Sara Ann Amato, better known by her ring name Sara Del Rey, is an American professional wrestling trainer and retired professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE as the assistant head coach of the WWE Performance Center…
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1980
Slovak ice hockey player
Juraj Kolník is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward, who last played for the Jonquière Marquis of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.
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1980
Canadian speed skater
François-Louis Tremblay is a Canadian retired short track speed skater and five-time Olympic medallist who competed at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.
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1980
American wrestler and coach
Ryan Bertin is an American former folkstyle wrestler. He competed for the University of Michigan, and won NCAA Division I wrestling titles at 157 pounds in 2003 and 2005.
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1981
1981
American actor, singer, and producer
Michael Copon is an American actor and producer. He is known for playing Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill, Vin Keahi in the television series Beyond the Break, and Lucas Kendall in Power Rangers Time…
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1982
Nigerian-American football player
Samkon Kaltho Gado is a Nigerian-American otolaryngologist. He is a former professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins, and St.…
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1982
1982
Estonian cyclist
Kalle Kriit is an Estonian professional racing cyclist who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team Cofidis. His nickname is Estonian Emperor.
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1983
1983
Paraguayan footballer
Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward.
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1984
Tongan rugby player
Kurt Morath is a New Zealand-born Tongan rugby union player who plays at fly-half. He currently plays for the Austin Gilgronis in Major League Rugby (MLR).
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1984
Venezuelan baseball player
Asdrúbal José Cabrera is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets,…
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1985
Scottish comedian and actor
Kevin Andrew Bridges is a Scottish stand-up comedian. He has appeared on many television panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for You, and has performed on Live at the Apollo and Michael…
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1986
American baseball player
Wade Allen Miley is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore…
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1986
Japanese model and actress
Hatsune Matsushima is a Japanese gravure model, talent and actress affiliated with Harmony Promotion. She was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is Noriko Matsushima, and she goes by the nickname Hachu. She has…
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1987
American swimmer
Dana Whitney Vollmer is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Brenden Dillon is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dillon has previously played in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, San Jose…
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1990
American actor
Matthew H. Bennett is an American actor and DJ. He is known for playing Robbie Shapiro in the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious. His film roles include The Virginity Hit, Bridesmaids, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The…
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1991
Swiss ice hockey player
Grégory Hofmann is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward for EV Zug of the National League (NL). Hofmann was drafted in the third round, 103rd overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He won…
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1992
American basketball player
Shabazz Nagee Muhammad is an American professional basketball player for the Piratas de La Guaira of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He played one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins before…
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1992
American singer and songwriter
Julia Carin Michaels is an American singer and songwriter. She has received six Grammy Award nominations, including twice for Song of the Year and Best New Artist, as well as nominations from the MTV Video Music Awards,…
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1993
Austrian model
Oliver Stummvoll is an Austrian fashion model. He is best known for being the winner of cycle 6 of Austria's Next Topmodel.
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1995
American baseball player
Brett Austin Baty is an American professional baseball utility player for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Mets selected Baty in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2022.
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1999
British-Belgian race car driver
Lando Norris is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for McLaren. Norris won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2025 with McLaren, and has won 11 Grands Prix across eight seasons.
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1999
American actress and singer
Sydney Elizebeth Agudong is an American actress and singer. Agudong is best known for her role as Nani Pelekai in Lilo & Stitch (2025).
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2000
British tennis player
Emma Raducanu is a British professional tennis player. She has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the WTA. Raducanu was the 2021 US Open champion, and she was the first British woman to win a major…
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2002
American soccer player
Giovanni Alejandro Reyna is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the United States national team.
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2002
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