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Famous Birthdays on November 18
233 people
701 – 2004
November 18 has seen 233 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 701 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1960 — Kim Wilde
English singer-songwriter
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Her other hits include "Chequered Love" (1981), "You Came" (1988) and "Never Trust a Stranger" (1988)
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In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist
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2 hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987
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Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles that charted within the Top 50 of the UK singles chart
Mayan ruler (died 757)
Itzam Kʼan Ahk II, also known as Ruler 4, was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic Period, from 729 to 757 AD. Itzam Kʼan Ahk II ascended to the throne…
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701
Emperor Kōnin was the 49th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōnin's reign lasted from 770 to 781; he reigned during the Nara period.
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709
1522
Italian physician and polymath (died 1654)
Hippolytus Guarinonius was a Tyrolean physician from Trento and polymath who spent most of his life in Hall in Tirol. He represented a militant strand of Catholicism and was instrumental in the building of the St…
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1571
Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1612)
Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg, was one of the most notable counts of Hanau of the early modern period, his policies bringing about sweeping changes.
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1576
Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1686)
Eleonora Gonzaga was by birth Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel from the Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga, and was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Emperor…
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1630
French philosopher and author (died 1706)
Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. He is best known for his Historical and Critical Dictionary, whose publication began in 1697. Many of the more controversial ideas in the book were…
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1647
French physician and explorer (died 1773)
Philibert Commerson, sometimes spelled Commerçon by contemporaries, was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769. The standard author…
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1727
German harpsichord player and composer (died 1800)
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800) was a German composer and harpsichordist. Born in Zerbst, he was the son of the composer Johann Friedrich Fasch. He was initially taught by his father.
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1736
English bishop and philosopher (died 1837)
Thomas Burgess was an English author, philosopher, Bishop of St Davids and Bishop of Salisbury, who was greatly influential in the development of the Church in Wales. He founded St David's College, Lampeter, was a…
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1756
Prince Frederick Louis Christian "Ferdinand" of Prussia, was a Prussian prince, soldier, composer and pianist. Prince Louis Ferdinand fought in the Napoleonic Wars. The 1927 German film Prinz Louis Ferdinand depicts his…
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1772
Queen of the Netherlands (died 1837)
Wilhelmine of Prussia was the first Queen of the Netherlands as the first wife of King William I of the Netherlands. She had a modest public role but acted as a patron of the arts.
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1774
Scottish painter and academic (died 1841)
Sir David Wilkie was a Scottish painter, especially known for his genre scenes. He painted successfully in a wide variety of genres, including historical scenes, portraits, including formal royal ones, and scenes from…
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1785
German composer and conductor (died 1826)
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic in the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Best known for his operas, he was a crucial figure in the…
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1786
French artist, photographer and inventor (died 1851)
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French scientist, artist and photographer recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography.…
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1787
Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1878)
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora was an Italian general and statesman. His older brothers include a soldier and a naturalist Alberto della Marmora and Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora, founder of the branch of the Italian army…
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1804
1810
Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (died 1901)
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer. He was a member of the noble Nordenskiöld family of scientists and held the title of a friherre (baron).
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1832
English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (died 1895)
Sir James Brown Patterson, was an Australian politician who served as premier of Victoria from 1893 to 1894.
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1833
English playwright, poet, and illustrator (died 1911)
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with the composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these…
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1836
German physicist and educator (died 1894)
August Adolf Eduard Eberhard Kundt was a German physicist known for developing Kundt's tube, an appartus used to measure the speed of sound in gases and solids.
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1839
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia was a Russian grand duke and World War I general, a son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia and a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I. He was commander-in-chief of the…
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1856
Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 1941)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman. As a politician and diplomat, Paderewski was vital to securing international recognition of the newly formed Second Polish Republic in…
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1860
American politician (died 1940)
John Matthew "Jaybird" Moore was an American rancher and statesman from Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives from District 8 from 1905 to 1913. He was engaged in Fort Bend County's…
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1862
Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (died 1920)
Henry Daglish was an Australian politician who was the sixth premier of Western Australia and the first from the Labor Party, serving from 10 August 1904 to 25 August 1905. Daglish was born in Ballarat, Victoria, and…
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1866
English Catholic priest and novelist (died 1914)
Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He was also a prolific writer…
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1871
American author and poet (died 1935)
Clarence Shepard Day Jr. was an American author and cartoonist, best known for his 1935 work Life with Father.
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1874
French racing driver (died 1950)
Victor Théodore Eugène Hémery was a French racing driver. He was the winner of the Vanderbilt Cup in 1905.
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1876
Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (died 1952)
Naum Torbov was a Bulgarian architect.
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1880
Italian-American soprano (died 1963)
Amelita Galli-Curci was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano. She was one of the most famous operatic singers of the 20th century and a popular recording artist, with her records selling in large numbers.
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1882
English painter and critic (died 1957)
Percy Wyndham Lewis was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists.
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1882
French philosopher and author (died 1973)
Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas for modern times, and was influential in the development and drafting of the…
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1882
pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (died 1959)
Frances Gertrude McGill was a Canadian forensic pathologist, criminologist, bacteriologist, allergologist and allergist. Nicknamed "the Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan" for her deductive skills and public fame, McGill…
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1882
American judge and politician (died 1981)
Carl Vinson was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic Party and…
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1883
Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1967)
Ferenc Münnich was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1958 to 1961.
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1886
American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (died 1973)
Frances Marion was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of…
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1888
Polish-Russian politician (died 1939)
Stanislav Vikentyevich Kosior, sometimes spelled Kossior, was a Soviet politician who was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union and member of the Politburo of the…
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1889
1891
Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, was an English experimental physicist and life peer who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he was the first person to prove that radioactivity…
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1897
Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (died 1985)
Eugene Ormandy was a Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the…
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1899
American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (died 1981)
Howard Washington Thurman was an American author, philosopher, minister, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader.
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1899
American statistician (died 1984)
George Horace Gallup was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a statistically based survey sampled measure of public opinion.
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1901
Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, also known as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and editor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He is best known for films…
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1901
American golfer (died 1968)
Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams (1931, 1933, 1935).
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1901
Japanese composer and guitarist (died 1978)
Masao Koga was a Japanese composer, mandolinist, and guitarist of the Shōwa era who was dubbed "Japan's Irving Berlin" by Universal Press Syndicate. His melancholy style, based upon Nakayama Shimpei's yonanuki scale,…
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1904
1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1983)
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL, was a British Conservative politician.
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1904
Turkish author and poet (died 1954)
Sait Faik Abasıyanık was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life…
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1906
Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (died 1988)
Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis was a British-Greek automotive designer. He designed the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959, and voted the second most influential car of the 20th century…
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1906
German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1949)
Klaus Heinrich Thomas Mann was a German writer and anti-fascist activist. He was the son of Thomas Mann, a nephew of Heinrich Mann and brother of Erika Mann and Golo Mann.
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1906
American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
George Wald was an American scientist and activist who studied pigments in the retina. He won a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Haldan Keffer Hartline and Ragnar Granit.
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1906
Czech actor (died 1998)
Gustav Nezval by civil name Augustin Nezval, was a Czech stage and film actor.
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1907
Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.
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1907
American actress, comedian, and singer (died 2001)
Imogene Coca was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and pursued a serious career in music and…
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1908
American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (died 1976)
John Herndon Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs.
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1909
Italian poet and author (died 2000)
Attilio Bertolucci was an Italian poet and writer. He was the father of film directors Bernardo and Giuseppe Bertolucci.
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1911
1912
English author (died 1977)
Hilda Nickson, née Pressley, was a British writer of over 60 romance novels published from 1957 to 1977 under her married and maiden name. She was vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She was married…
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1912
Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (died 1999)
Endre Rozsda was a Hungarian-French painter.
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1913
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (died 1969)
Haguroyama Masaji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nakanokuchi, Niigata. He was the sport's 36th yokozuna. He was a yokozuna for a period of twelve years and three months dating from his promotion to that…
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1914
American baseball player and umpire (died 2004)
Kenneth William Burkhart was an American right-handed pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball. From 1945 through 1949 he played with the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–48) and Cincinnati Reds (1948–49), and served as a…
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1915
Mexican actor and singer (died 1957)
Pedro Infante Cruz was a Mexican singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema.
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1917
Turkish poet and author (died 2008)
İlhan Berk was a leading Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry and was very influential among Turkish literary circles.
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1918
Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2007)
Sir Tasker Watkins was a Welsh Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice. He was President of the Welsh Rugby Union from 1993 to 2004. During the Second World War, he served in the British Army and was…
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1918
American actress (died 2005)
Jocelyn Brando was an American actress, best known for her role as Katie Bannion in the film noir The Big Heat (1953). She was the sister of Marlon Brando.
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1919
American playwright and producer (died 2000)
Robert Sherwood Fryer was an American theatrical and film producer. Beginning in the early 1950s, Robert Fryer produced and co-produced many Broadway hits. Some of his most notable theatrical productions include: A Tree…
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1920
Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2008)
Mustafa Khalil was an Egyptian politician and Prime Minister of Egypt from October 2, 1978, to May 15, 1980. Khalil also served as the Egyptian Foreign Minister from February 17, 1979, until May 15, 1980, upon the…
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1920
1920
American springboard diver (died 1992)
Marjorie Gestring was a competitive springboard diver from the United States. At the age of 13 years and 268 days, she won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, making her…
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1922
Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (died 1967)
Luis Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the 30th President of Nicaragua from 1957 until his resignation in 1963. He succeeded to the presidency following the death of his father, Anastasio Somoza García. The Somoza family was…
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1922
1923
American astronaut (died 1998)
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
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1923
American politician (died 2010)
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at…
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1923
Danish psychologist and politician (died 1996)
Anna Elisabeth "Lise" Østergaard was a Danish psychologist and a politician for the Social Democrats. Under Anker Jørgensen's leadership, she was Minister without Portfolio (1977–80) and Minister of Culture (1980–82).…
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1924
American baseball player (died 2017)
Roy Edward Sievers was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and left fielder from 1949 through 1965. A five-time All-Star, Sievers was the first American…
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1926
American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Hank Ballard was an American singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of the Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. John Henry played an integral part in the development of…
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1927
Canadian journalist and author (died 2014)
Cyril Knowlton Nash was a Canadian journalist, author and news anchor. He was senior anchor of CBC Television's flagship news program, The National from 1978 until his retirement in 1988. He began his career in…
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1927
Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 2004)
Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel, also known as Doy Laurel, was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under President Corazon Aquino and briefly served as…
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1928
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2025)
Sheila Jeannette Jordan was an American jazz singer and songwriter. She recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to recording her own albums. Jordan pioneered a bebop and…
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1928
American soprano and educator (died 2013)
Gianna D'Angelo was an American coloratura soprano, primarily active in the 1950s and 1960s.
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1929
American baseball player (died 2010)
Daniel Eugene McDevitt was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1957 through 1962 for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics. The…
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1932
American painter, photographer, and director (died 2008)
Bruce Conner was an American artist who worked with assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography.
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1933
Greek journalist and diplomat (died 2023)
Vassilis Vassilikos was a Greek writer and diplomat. According to UNESCO data, he is the 9th-most translated Modern Greek author.
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1933
German philosopher and politician (died 1997)
Rudolf Bahro was a dissident from East Germany who, since his death, has been recognized as a philosopher, political figure and author. Bahro was a leader of the West German party The Greens, but left the party after…
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1935
Italian cardinal
Ennio Antonelli is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for the Family from 2008 to 2012. He has been a bishop since 1982, serving as bishop of Gubbio from 1982 to 1988,…
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1936
American trumpet player (died 1995)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the…
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1936
Rhodesian folk singer and soldier
John Edmond, also known as the "Bush Cat", is a Rhodesian and South African musician and former soldier.
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1936
Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (died 2012)
Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil was a Syriac Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Patriarchate of Antioch from 1986 until his death in 2012.
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1938
Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
Norbert Lala Ratsirahonana is a Malagasy politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Madagascar and acting president of Madagascar from 1996 to 1997.
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1938
Austrian skier
Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s.
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1938
Canadian author
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight…
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1939
Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
Margaret Ann Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, is a British politician and former BBC television producer and presenter. She is a member of the Labour Party and is a daughter of James Callaghan, who was Prime Minister of…
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1939
Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
Amanda Lear is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress and former model.
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1939
American actress
Brenda Buell Vaccaro is an American stage, film and television actress. In a career spanning over half a century, she received one Academy Award nomination, three Golden Globe Award nominations, four Primetime Emmy…
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1939
American novelist and poet (died 2003)
James Phillip Welch Jr., who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American novelist and poet. He is considered a founding author of the Native American Renaissance. His novel…
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1940
American race car driver (died 2014)
Gary Bettenhausen was an American racing car driver. He was the winner the 1967 and 1970 Turkey Night Grand Prix, the 1972 Astro Grand Prix, and the 1976 Hut Hundred.
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1941
English actor and director (died 2003)
David Leslie Edward Hemmings was an English actor, director, and producer of film and television. Originally trained as a boy soprano in operatic roles, he began appearing in films as a child actor in the 1950s. He…
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1941
American actress
Linda Evans is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley, in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is…
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1942
American actress
Susan Sullivan is an American actress known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera Another World (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom It's a Living (1980–81), as Maggie Gioberti…
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1942
Argentinian cardinal
Leonardo Sandri is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since November 2007 and vice dean of the College of Cardinals since January 2020. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern…
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1943
German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
Wolfgang Joop is a German fashion designer. He is the founder of the fashion and cosmetics company JOOP! as well as the fashion brand Wunderkind.
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1944
American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
Edwin Charles Krupp is an American astronomer, researcher, author, and popularizer of science. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of archaeoastronomy, the study of how ancient cultures viewed the…
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1944
American tribal chief (died 2010)
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, she lived on her…
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1945
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka
Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022; the Leader of the…
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1945
American author
Alan Dean Foster is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts.
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1946
American actor
Francis Jameson Parker Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as the first Brad Vernon in the soap opera One Life to Live, and as A.J. Simon on the 1980s television series Simon & Simon.
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1947
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Ross Andrew Wilson is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is the co-founder and frontman of the long-standing rock groups Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock, as well as a number of other former bands, in…
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1947
Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Tõnis Mägi is an Estonian singer, guitarist, composer and actor. He is one of the most influential and remarkable names in Estonian rock music of the past 40 years. More recently, he is known for his political activity…
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1948
Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2014)
Kongō Masahiro was a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake and he won a top division tournament championship in 1975. He was a sumo coach and head of the Nishonoseki stable from 1976…
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1948
Cuban-American sculptor and painter (died 1985)
Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork. She is considered one of the most influential Cuban-American artists of the…
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1948
American football player (died 2010)
John David Tatum was an American professional football safety who played 10 seasons from 1971 through 1980 with the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Oilers in the National Football League (NFL). He was popularly…
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1948
German rock drummer and songwriter
Hermann Erbel, known professionally as Herman Rarebell, is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions from 1977 to 1996, during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from…
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1949
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Graham Thomas Parker is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
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1950
Cuban-American rock bass player
Rodolfo Maximiliano Sarzo Lavieille Grande Ruiz Payret y Chaumont is a Cuban-American hard rock/heavy metal bassist. He remains best known for his work with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake, and has also played…
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1950
American businessman
Pete Morelli is a retired American football official who worked in the National Football League (NFL) from 1997 to 2018. He wore uniform number 135.
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1951
American journalist and author (died 2019)
Justin Raimondo was an American author and the editorial director of Antiwar.com. He described himself as a "conservative-paleo-libertarian."
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1951
Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
Peter Douglas Beattie is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007.
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1952
English-American actor and director
Delroy George Lindo is a British-born American actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production of Of Mice and Men, he later earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his work…
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1952
1952
American rock guitarist (died 2013)
Janice Lynn Kuehnemund was an American guitarist who founded the all-female hard rock/glam metal band Vixen.
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1953
English author
Alan Moore is an English author known primarily for his work in comics including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of…
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1953
American comedian and actor
Kevin Nealon is an American comedian and actor. He has earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
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1953
American composer and conductor
Carter Benedict Burwell is an American film composer. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Todd Haynes's Carol (2015) and Martin McDonagh's films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri…
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1954
Irish-English footballer and painter (died 1995)
Noel Brotherston was an international footballer for Northern Ireland.
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1956
American football player and sportscaster
Harold Warren Moon is an American former professional football quarterback who played for 23 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Houston Oilers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Edmonton…
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1956
American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (died 2014)
James Nolan Weirich was a software developer, speaker, teacher, and contributor to the Ruby programming language community. He was active in the Ruby community worldwide, speaking at events in Asia, South America,…
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1956
1957
Argentine-Israeli footballer and manager
Daniel Alberto Brailovsky Poliak is a former professional footballer and manager.
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1958
Cuban-American actor and comedian
Óscar Núñez, sometimes credited as Oscar Nunez, is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as the Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martínez on NBC's The Office and its spin-off The Paper. The…
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1958
Northern Irish footballer and manager
James Martin Quinn is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager.
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1959
Latvian canoeist
Ivans Klementjevs is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.…
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1960
American actress
Elizabeth Perkins is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films including About Last Night (1986), From the Hip (1987), Big (1988), Enid Is Sleeping (1990), The Flintstones (1994), Miracle on 34th Street…
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1960
Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
Yeşim Ustaoğlu is a Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter.
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1960
Scottish screenwriter and producer
Steven William Moffat is a Scottish television writer, television producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as the second showrunner and head writer of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi television series…
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1961
American golfer
Barton Holan Bryant was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
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1962
American actor
Timothy S. Guinee is an American stage, television, and feature-film actor. Primarily known for his roles as Tomin in the television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007) and railroad entrepreneur Collis Huntington in Hell…
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1962
American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica
Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician. Hammett has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983; prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett and…
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1962
American baseball player
Jamie Moyer is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Over his 25-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Moyer pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston…
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1962
1963
American baseball player and coach
Alphonse Dante Bichette Sr. is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the California Angels (1988–1990), Milwaukee Brewers (1991–1992), Colorado…
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1963
American football player and coach
Todd Robert Bowles is an American professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple and signed…
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1963
Danish footballer and sportscaster
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During eight seasons at English club Manchester United, he won 15 trophies including five Premier League titles, three FA…
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1963
Dutch author and poet (died 2015)
Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.
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1963
American journalist and author
Rita Cosby is an American television news anchor for Fox, MSNBC and NewsMax, as well as a best selling author. She is a host on the two-hour news show Saturday Report on Newsmax and a special correspondent for the CBS…
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1964
English actress
Nadia Sawalha is an English actress, television personality, writer, TV cook and vlogger. She is best known as a long-term regular panellist on the ITV daytime talk show Loose Women, being one of the original panellists…
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1964
American singer-songwriter and musician
Tim DeLaughter is an American rock musician. He is the frontman of the bands Tripping Daisy, The Polyphonic Spree, and Preteen Zenith.
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1965
American baseball player
Thomas Gordon, nicknamed "Flash", is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio color commentator for the Boston Red Sox. Gordon played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas…
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1967
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Jocelyn Jean-Marc Lemieux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 597 games in the National Hockey League with seven teams over thirteen seasons before finishing his career with the Long Beach Ice…
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1967
American stylist and journalist
George Kotsiopoulos is an American magazine editor, fashion consultant, stylist and television personality. He is style editor at large for C magazine and was a fashion associate at The New York Times Magazine. He was a…
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1968
American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter
Romany Romanic Malco Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Award, MTV Movie Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. In film, he is best…
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1968
American baseball player
Gary Antonian Sheffield is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams from 1988 to 2009. After his playing career, he became a sports agent.
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1968
American actor
Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and screenwriter. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing and acting credits on the films Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998),…
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1968
American basketball player and coach
Samuel James Cassell Sr. is an American professional basketball coach and former point guard who serves as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Drafted 24th overall in…
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1969
Egyptian actor
Ahmed Muhammad Helmy Abdel Rahman Awwad is an Egyptian actor, comedian, producer, author, and television presenter. He began his career in 1993 as host of the children's program Leib Eyal on the Egyptian Satellite…
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1969
Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)
Koichiro Kimura was a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, also known under the ring name Super Uchuu Power . Kimura was known for his work in promotions like Dramatic Dream Team, W*ING, Fighting…
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1969
American singer-songwriter and composer
Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has…
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1969
1970
American lawyer and journalist
Megyn Marie Kelly is an American journalist, attorney, political commentator, and media personality. She hosts The Megyn Kelly Show, a talk show and podcast that airs daily on SiriusXM's Triumph channel and has over 4…
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1970
Australian model and actress
Peta Gia Wilson is an Australian actress, lingerie designer, and model. She is best-known for her title role in the television series La Femme Nikita (1997–2001).
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1970
English chemist and politician
Thérèse Anne Coffey, Baroness Coffey,, is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022 under Liz Truss.
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1971
American poet and academic
Terrance Hayes is an American poet and educator who has published seven poetry collections. His 2010 collection, Lighthead, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010. In 2014, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
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1971
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Matthew Rodwell is a former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Newcastle Knights, Western Reds, St. George Dragons, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers and the Warrington Wolves as a…
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1971
Dutch cyclist and speed skater
Johannes Nicolaas Maria ("Jeroen") Straathof is a retired Dutch racing cyclist and speed skater. Straathof was the first, and still the only, athlete in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the…
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1972
English television presenter and business expert (died 2024)
Jonathan James Irwin was an English television presenter, writer, lecturer, businessman, and property expert. He was best known for presenting the Channel 4 lifestyle programme A Place in the Sun between 2004 and 2021,…
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1973
South African cricketer and coach
Nic Pothas is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman and fielded as a wicket-keeper. In a total of over 200 first-class matches, he has taken over 500 catches. Pothas is…
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1973
Irish footballer and coach
Graham Coughlan is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He is currently an advisor at Barrow.
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1974
American actress, model, and fashion designer
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American actress and director. Known for her work in independent films with controversial or experimental themes, her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an…
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1974
Norwegian racing driver
Petter Solberg, nicknamed "Mr. Hollywood", is a Norwegian-Swedish former professional rally and rallycross driver.
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1974
English actress and producer
Lucy Akhurst is an English actress, writer and director who has been working mainly in television since the 1990s. She starred alongside Neil Morrissey in The Vanishing Man and then came to prominence in a lead role in…
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1975
American baseball player and coach
Shawn Anthony Camp is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head coach of the George Mason Patriots. He played college baseball for George Mason from 1995 to 1997. He played in Major League…
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1975
English comedian, actor, and producer
Anthony David McPartlin is an English television presenter, television producer, comedian, former singer, rapper and actor. He is best known for working alongside Declan Donnelly as part of the presenting duo Ant & Dec.
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1975
Dominican-American baseball player
David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2016, primarily for the Boston…
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1975
American rapper, producer, and actor
Micah LeVar Troy, known professionally as Pastor Troy, is an American rapper from Augusta, Georgia. He is best known for his 2002 single "Are We Cuttin'", which entered the Billboard Hot 100. The year prior, he signed…
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1975
American basketball player
Jason Chandler Williams is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for twelve seasons from 1998 to 2011. In 2006, Williams won an NBA…
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1975
American voice actor
Dominic Armato is an American voice actor, journalist and food critic. He is best known for his work on LucasArts games. His most famous role is the voice of the pirate Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island series.
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1976
American rapper
Paul William "Sage" Francis is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of Strange Famous Records.
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1976
American actor
Steven Pasquale is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the New York City Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician Sean Garrity in the series Rescue Me. He made his television debut on the HBO series Six…
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1976
1976
Australian swimmer
Matthew James Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. He took two golds in 50-meter butterfly and 50-meter backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships…
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1976
Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
Trent Barrett is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is currently the assistant coach of the Brisbane Broncos and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and…
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1977
1977
Irish footballer
Damien Michael Johnson is a Northern Irish football coach and former international player. Since 2019, he has been first team technical coach & head of player development at Blackburn Rovers.
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1978
1978
Indian playback singer
Neeti Mohan Sharma is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi films, but has also sung in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi and English. Born in Delhi, she was one of the winners of the Channel V's…
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1979
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Nate Parker is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride.
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1979
Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)
Hamza Salah Sa'id al-Ghamdi was a Saudi terrorist hijacker. He was one of five hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175 as part of the 11 September attacks.
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1980
English footballer
Luke Harry Chadwick is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1980
Japanese voice actress and singer
Minori Chihara is a Japanese voice actress and singer who has had roles in several anime series. She is well known for her voice role as Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Leon in The iDOLM@STER,…
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1980
1980
American race car driver
James Dennis Alan Hamlin is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also co-owns and…
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1980
American baseball player
Christopher John Wilson is an American auto racing team owner and former professional baseball pitcher. Wilson pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers from 2005 to 2011 and the Los Angeles Angels of…
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1980
1981
Filipino singer and actress
Dianne Meriam Soberano Manlosa Tiongson-Go, professionally known as Dianne dela Fuente, is a Filipino actress and singer.
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1981
Iranian-American actress
Nasim Pedrad is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2014. She later went on to star in the Fox sitcoms Mulaney (2014–2015)…
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1981
1981
American actress and singer
Christina Vidal Mitchell is an American actress and singer. On television, she is known for starring in the sitcoms Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1997–1998), Taina (2001–2002), and Primo (2023). Her film appearances…
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1981
American Wikipedia editor
Justin Anthony Knapp, known online as Koavf, is an American former Wikipedia editor who was the first person to contribute more than one million edits to Wikipedia. As of May 2025, Knapp has made over 2.1 million edits…
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1982
American actor and comedian
Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He starred as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings (2011–2013), for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2012, and as Coach…
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1982
American baseball player
Travis George Buck is an American baseball coach and former professional outfielder, who is currently an assistant for the University of Oregon. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics,…
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1983
English footballer
Michael Richard Dawson is an English former professional football player and sports pundit.
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1983
Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS
Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer who has worked on reverse engineering data formats. He wrote the DeCSS software, which decodes the Content Scramble System used for DVD licensing…
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1983
Japanese singer and dancer
W-inds is a Japanese pop boy band managed by Vision Factory and signed to the Pony Canyon label since 2000. The group consists of Ryohei Chiba and Keita Tachibana; Ryuichi Ogata left the group in 2020. Tachibana is the…
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1984
Estonian footballer
Enar Jääger is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1984
American sprinter
Allyson Michelle Felix is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400…
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1985
1987
Canadian ice hockey player
Cal William Clutterbuck is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Playing as a right winger, he was drafted 72nd overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2006 NHL entry draft. He played for the Wild and New York…
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1987
American basketball player
Jeffrey Michael Jordan is an American former basketball player who played for the University of Illinois and the University of Central Florida. The oldest child of basketball player Michael Jordan, he is the cofounder…
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1988
1988
Ivorian sprinter
Gonezie Marie Josée Dominique Ta Lou-Smith is an Ivorian sprinter competing in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a two-time World Championships medalist and is the African record holder in the 100 m.
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1988
English footballer
Marc Kevin Albrighton is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger or wing-back.
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1989
Chinese tennis player
Lu Jiajing is a Chinese tennis player.
On 18 March 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 162. On 29 June 2015, she peaked at No. 139 in the doubles rankings.
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1989
American basketball player
Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie is an American professional basketball player for the Pioneros de Los Mochis of the CIBACOPA. He played college basketball with the UTEP Miners and Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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1990
Iraqi-Australian swimmer
Ahmed Kelly is an Iraqi-born Australian Paralympic swimmer. He has competed at four Paralympics Games, winning two silver medals.
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1991
Thai tennis player
Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn is a former professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles.
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1991
Canadian-American baseball player
Jameson Lee Taillon is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees.
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1991
American actor and director
Nathan Karl Kress is an American actor. He began his career at the age of three, appearing in television commercials and providing the voices of Easy and Tough Pup in the comedy-drama film Babe: Pig in the City (1998).…
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1992
Mexican footballer
Henry Josué Martín Mex is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club América, which he captains.
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1992
American basketball player
Quincy Cortez Miller-Scott is an American professional basketball player who last played for the San Miguel Beermen of the East Asia Super League (EASL) and the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played for the…
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1992
German footballer
Steven Skrzybski is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel.
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1992
American football player
Joseph Thuney is an American professional football guard for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack. He was selected by the New England Patriots in…
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1992
1994
1994
Austrian footballer
Bernhard Luxbacher is an Austrian footballer who plays for First Vienna.
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1994
Qatari footballer
Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.
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1996
American football player
Christian Davon Kirk is an American professional football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and was selected by the Arizona…
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1996
Canadian ice hockey player
Jacob Bryson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 99th overall in the 2017 NHL entry draft by the Buffalo Sabres,…
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1997
American baseball player
Shea Ryan Langeliers is an American professional baseball catcher for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022. He played college baseball for the Baylor Bears.
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1997
Spanish footballer
Robert Lynch Sánchez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea and the Spain national team.
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1997
American football player
Caleb Williams is an American professional football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Oklahoma Sooners, he played for the USC…
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2001
American basketball player
Patrick O'Neal Baldwin Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He…
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2002
Mexican-Argentine footballer
Luka Romero Bezzana is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Liga MX club Cruz Azul. Born in Mexico, he represented Argentina at the youth international level.
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2004
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