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Famous Birthdays on November 2
188 people
971 – 2001
November 2 has seen 188 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 971 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1918 — Alexander Vraciu
American commander and pilot of Romanian descent (died 2015)
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Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963
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Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground
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Alexander Vraciu was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II
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At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin, usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi, was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030.
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971
Italian builder and writer (died 1504)
Gaspare Nadi or Guasparo di Nadi was an Italian builder famous for his diary (diario). He was mistaken by later historians for an architect. He built, but did not design, the library of the Basilica of San Domenico.
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1418
1428
Edward V was King of England from 9 April to 25 June 1483. He succeeded his father, Edward IV, upon the latter's death. Edward V was never crowned, and his brief reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle and…
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1470
seventh child of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville (died 1511)
Anne of York was the fifth daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.
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1475
Queen of Spain (died 1580)
Anna of Austria was Queen of Spain by marriage to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain. During her last days of life she was also briefly Queen of Portugal.
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1549
English merchant and politician (died 1721)
Edward Colston was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist and Tory Member of Parliament.
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1636
2nd Duke of Richmond (died 1660)
Esmé Stuart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox was the son and heir of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox (1612–1655), of Cobham Hall in Kent, by his wife Mary Villiers (1622–1685), only…
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1649
American soldier, monk, and judge (died 1760)
Conrad Weiser, born Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr., was a Pennsylvania German pioneer who served as an interpreter and diplomat between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native American nations. Primarily a farmer, he also worked…
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1696
French painter and educator (died 1779)
Jean Siméon Chardin was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully…
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1699
1709
American hunter and explorer (died 1820)
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the…
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1734
Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (died 1793)
Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1792. She was beheaded in 1793, during the Reign of Terror, a period of political violence in the…
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1755
Polish actor and translator (died 1822)
Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Ziółkowski, was a Polish actor, comedist, adaptor, translator, editor of humour magazines, and head of a Polish theatrical family. He was born near Nowogródek. He performed at Teatr…
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1777
American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (died 1849)
James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of American expansionism and Jacksonian…
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1795
American physician and surgeon (died 1885)
John Light Atlee was an American physician and surgeon. He was one of the organizers of the American Medical Association, also serving as its president.
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1799
French author and critic (died 1889)
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned…
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1808
English mathematician and philosopher (died 1864)
George Boole was an English autodidact, mathematician, philosopher and logician who served as the first professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork in Ireland. He worked in the fields of differential equations and…
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1815
Irish-English diplomat, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1899)
Sir George Ferguson Bowen was an Anglo-Irish author and colonial administrator who served as a governor of Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong and as chief secretary of Ionian Islands.
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1821
French illustrator and painter (died 1891)
Émile-Antoine Bayard was a French illustrator born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. A student of Léon Cogniet, he is known for illustrating Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.
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1837
1844
American inventor (died 1916)
John Jacob Loud was an American inventor known for designing the first ballpoint pen.
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1844
French philosopher and author (died 1922)
Georges Eugène Sorel was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. His social and political philosophy…
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1847
Swedish historian, author, and academic (died 1947)
Henrik Schück was a Swedish literary historian, university professor and author.
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1855
American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (died 1923)
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular presidents at the time of his death. After…
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1865
Maltese priest and missionary (died 1933)
Giuseppe De Piro or Joseph De Piro, was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary. He founded the Missionary Society of St Paul (MSSP) in June 1910 with a charism to form missionaries following the example of St Paul. A…
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1877
Indian 48th Shia Imam (died 1957)
Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, known as Aga Khan III, was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam. He is considered one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, and also served as the first permanent president…
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1877
Australian cricketer (died 1915)
Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian professional cricketer. A right-handed batter and a right arm medium pace bowler, Trumper is generally regarded as one of the greatest batters in cricket history. He played for…
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1877
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (died 1930)
Ōkido Moriemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 23rd yokozuna. He was the second yokozuna to be recognised from Osaka sumo, and the only yokozuna who spent his whole active career in this…
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1878
American tennis player and violinist (died 1965)
Marion Jones Farquhar was an American tennis player. She won the women's singles titles at the 1899 and 1902 U.S. Championships. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
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1879
Canadian cardinal (died 1947)
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve was a Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1931 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1933.
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1883
American astronomer and academic (died 1972)
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer, who served as head of the Harvard College Observatory from 1921–1952, and political activist during the New Deal and Fair Deal.
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1885
Pakistani lawyer and politician (died 1971)
Dhirendranath Datta
was a Bengali lawyer and politician from East Bengal who was a member of the 1st Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. He is best known for proposing Bengali for the national language of Pakistan in the…
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1886
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (died 1933)
Nishinoumi Kajirō III was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 30th yokozuna.
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1890
Swedish author (died 1964)
Moa Martinson was one of Sweden's most noted authors of proletarian literature. Her ambition was to change society with her authorship and to portray the conditions of the working class, and also the personal…
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1890
American actress (died 1939)
Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original…
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1892
Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company (died 1966)
Giovanni Battista Pininfarina was an Italian automobile designer and the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company, a name associated with many well known postwar cars.
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1893
German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (died 1976)
Alexander Martin Lippisch was a German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in…
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1894
American actor (died 1967)
James Howard Dunn, billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American actor and vaudeville performer. The son of a New York stockbroker, he initially worked in his father's firm but was more interested in…
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1901
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1987)
Travis Calvin Jackson was an American baseball shortstop. In Major League Baseball (MLB), Jackson played for the New York Giants from 1922 through 1936, winning the 1933 World Series, and representing the Giants in the…
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1903
New Zealand writer (died 1990)
Isabella Smith Andrews, known professionally as Isobel Andrews, was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, short-story writer and poet. She wrote over sixty plays, many of which were published, and was associated with the…
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1905
Lebanese poet and playwright (died 1989)
Georges Schehadé was a Lebanese playwright and poet writing in French.
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1905
Russian poet and mystic (died 1959)
Daniil Leonidovich Andreyev was a Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic.
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1906
Italian director and screenwriter (died 1976)
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism but later moved towards luxurious, sweeping…
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1906
English cricketer (died 1983)
Alfred Harry "Fred" Bakewell was an English cricketer. Playing for Northamptonshire and England, he was an opening batsman who was renowned as one of the most exciting players of his time, largely owing to his…
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1908
American trumpet player (died 1942)
Roland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era. Although he composed some jazz instrumentals such as "Chicken and Waffles" and "Blues", Berigan was…
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1908
Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior (died 1999)
Fouad Pasha Serageddin was an Egyptian liberal politician and leader of Egypt's old Wafd Party and new Wafd party. He was the grandfather of the Egyptian writer Samia Serageldin.
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1910
Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as the definitive exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. He is one of the most praised poets of the second half of the…
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1911
American mathematician, philosopher, and theorist (died 1995)
Raphael Mitchel Robinson was an American mathematician.
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1911
American actor (died 1994)
Burton Stephen Lancaster was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in films and…
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1913
American baseball player and manager (died 1997)
John Samuel Vander Meer was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, where he became the only pitcher in…
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1914
American actor (died 2001)
Herman Ray Walston was an American actor. He started his career on Broadway earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees (1956).
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1914
American film producer (died 2005)
Michael Sidney Luft was an American producer and businessman, the second husband of actress Lynn Bari, and later the third husband of actress and singer Judy Garland.
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1915
American actress (died 2012)
Therese Ann Rutherford was a Canadian-born American actress in film, radio and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict in 12 of the 16 MGM "Andy Hardy" films between…
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1917
American actor (died 2012)
Warren Albert Stevens was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
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1919
Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (died 2013)
Bill Mazer was an American television and radio personality. He won numerous awards and citations, including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from…
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1920
1921
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1994)
William Mosienko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a right winger for 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1942 to 1955. He is best noted for recording the…
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1921
British historian, Sinologist and writer (died 2025)
Michael Arthur Nathan Loewe was a British historian, Sinologist, and writer who authored dozens of books, articles, and other publications in the fields of Classical Chinese as well as the history of ancient and early…
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1922
Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (died 1980)
Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum was a Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman. One of the heads of the Jewish community in Switzerland, he saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. After the war, he was involved in…
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1923
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1988)
David William Bauer was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, educator and Catholic priest. He was a member of the Basilians, and established a program to develop players for the Canada men's national ice hockey team.
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1924
American record producer and engineer (died 2016)
Rudolph Van Gelder was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Miles Davis,…
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1924
American basketball player (died 2019)
Myer Upton "Whitey" Skoog was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Minneapolis Lakers. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota.
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1926
American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (died 2008)
Charles Levi Walker was an American country musician. His biggest success was with the song, "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down".
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1926
American author and illustrator (died 2018)
Stephen John Ditko was an American comic book artist best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man, introducing…
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1927
Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician (died 2022)
John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover was a British businessman and politician. He served as the President of Sainsbury's, and sat in the House of Lords as a life peer and member of the Conservative…
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1927
Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (died 2011)
Franz Copeland Murray Alexander OD, known as Gerry Alexander, was a Jamaican cricketer who played 25 Test matches for the West Indies. He was a wicket-keeper who had 90 dismissals in his 25 Test appearances and, though…
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1928
English journalist, historian, and author (died 2023)
Paul Bede Johnson was a British journalist, popular historian, speechwriter and author. Although associated with the political left in his early career, he became a popular conservative historian.
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1928
American basketball player and actor (died 2002)
James Anthony Luisi was an American professional basketball player and actor. Luisi is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Doug Chapman, the apoplectic foil to detective Jim Rockford, in a total of 23 episodes during…
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1928
Latvian-born Israeli historian (died 2025)
Shulamith Shahar was an Israeli historian. Shahar's 1981 study Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages was the first to specifically examine the role of women in the medieval period. The book is used as a…
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1928
American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (died 2013)
Amar Gopal Bose was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years. He was also the founder and…
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1929
American journalist and author (died 2015)
Robert Gover was an American journalist who became a best-selling novelist at age 30. His first novel, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, a satire on American racism, remains a cult classic that helped break down…
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1929
Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan (died 2022)
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was a Pakistani politician and jurist who served as the ninth president of Pakistan from 1998 until his resignation in 2001 following the military coup by Pervez Musharraf. He also served as a…
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1929
Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Richard Edward Taylor, was a Canadian physicist and Stanford University professor. He shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome Friedman and Henry Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep…
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1929
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 2015)
Philip Wells Woods was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.
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1931
American lawyer and politician (died 2016)
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
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1933
American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (died 2024)
Joseph Edward Brennan was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for…
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1934
Australian tennis player
Kenneth Robert Rosewall is an Australian former world No. 1 professional tennis player. Rosewall won 147 singles titles, including 23 majors: a record 15 Pro Majors and eight Grand Slam tournaments. He also won 15 Pro…
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1934
Indian author
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relatively new fictional sleuths Barodacharan and Shabor Dasgupta.
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1935
American lawyer and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (died 1999)
Rose Elizabeth Bird was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first…
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1936
American singer (died 2012)
Earl "Speedo" Carroll was the lead vocalist of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs. The group's biggest hit was "Speedoo", which with a minor spelling change became Carroll's subsequent nickname. It was released in 1955. He…
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1937
American journalist and politician
Patrick Joseph Buchanan is an American author, political commentator, and politician. He was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. He is an influential…
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1938
American white supremacist (died 2007)
David Eden Lane was an American neo-Nazi and a co-founder of the white supremacist organization The Order. For his actions as part of The Order, Lane was convicted and sentenced to 190 years in prison for racketeering,…
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1938
Sofía is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Juan Carlos I from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. She is the eldest and last surviving child of King Paul and Queen Frederica…
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1938
Belgian artist and graphic novelist (died 2024)
Josse Goffin was a Belgian artist and graphic novelist.
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1938
Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security
Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones is a British politician and former civil servant who served as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) from 1993 to 1994. A member of the Conservative…
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1939
American sculptor and academic (died 2024)
Richard Serra was an American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with postminimalism.…
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1939
American football player
James LeRoy Bakken is an American former professional football player who was a kicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals, playing occasionally as a punter as well. He was a four-time Pro…
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1940
English singer and trumpet player
Phil Minton is a British avant-garde jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter.
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1940
Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications
Arun Shourie is an Indian economist, investigative journalist, newspaper editor, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the…
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1941
American golfer
David Knapp Stockton is an American retired professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
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1941
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Bruce Welch is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows.
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1941
German sexologist, author, and educator (died 2020)
Shere Hite was an American-born German sex educator and feminist. Her sexological work focused primarily on female sexuality. Hite built upon biological studies of sex by Masters and Johnson and by Alfred Kinsey. She…
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1942
American actress
Stefanie Powers is an American actress best known for her role as Jennifer Hart on the mystery television series Hart to Hart, for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe…
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1942
Czech cosmonaut and engineer (died 2023)
Oldřich Pelčák was a Czech cosmonaut and engineer. He graduated from Gagarin Air Force Academy. In 1976, Pelčák was selected as backup for fellow Czech Vladimír Remek for the Soyuz 28 mission. Remek was the first man in…
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1943
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Patrice Chéreau was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for his…
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1944
English pianist, keyboard player, and composer (died 2016)
Keith Noel Emerson was an English keyboardist, songwriter, composer and record producer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. He became…
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1944
Greek basketball player (died 2013)
Giorgos Kolokithas was a Greek professional basketball player. He is considered to have been one of the best scorers and players in Greek basketball history, and as a player, he had the nickname of "Basket Machine". He…
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1945
American football player
Larry Chatmon Little is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Bethune–Cookman…
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1945
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2024)
John David Souther was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was "a principal architect of the Southern California sound and a major influence on a generation of songwriters". Souther wrote and co-wrote songs…
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1945
Australian race car driver and sportscaster
Alan Stanley Jones is an Australian former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One between 1975 and 1986. Jones won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1980 with Williams, and won 12 Grands…
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1946
Italian conductor and composer (died 2001)
Giuseppe Sinopoli was an Italian conductor and composer.
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1946
1947
American actress
Kate Linder is an American actress, best known for her role as Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless, which she has played since 1982. After appearing in the soap opera for more than 40 years, she is one of the…
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1947
American author
Lois McMaster Bujold is an American speculative fiction writer. She has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Bujold is best known for her Vorkosigan Saga, a series of…
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1949
Palauan politician
Grace Y. Sam is a Palauan politician who served as a member of the Koror State Legislature.
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1949
American novelist, essayist, and critic
Thomas Mallon is an American novelist, essayist, and critic. His novels are known for their attention to historical detail and context and for the author's crisp wit and interest in the "bystanders" to larger historical…
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1951
Australian rock drummer
Belinda "Lindy" Morrison is an Australian musician, activist and social worker originally from Brisbane, Queensland. After starting her career working for a new Queensland branch of the Aboriginal Legal Service in 1972,…
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1951
1952
English R&B/soul singer
Maxine Nightingale is a British R&B and soul music singer. She is best known for singing hits in the 1970s, with the million seller "Right Back Where We Started From", "Love Hit Me" (1977), and "Lead Me On" (1979).
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1952
German footballer and manager
Thomas Grunenberg is a German football manager and former player.
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1955
American author and pilot
Dale Brown is an American writer and aviator known for aviation techno-thriller novels. At least thirteen of his novels have been New York Times Best Sellers.
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1956
American drummer and composer
Carter Anthony Beauford is an American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. He is known for his ability to adapt to a variety of genres, and both his ambidextrous and his open-handed…
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1957
American baseball player and manager
Willie Dean McGee is an American professional baseball adviser and former outfielder who is a special assistant to the president of baseball operations for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He…
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1958
Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
Peter Mullan is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. His credits include Riff-Raff (1991), Shallow Grave (1994), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), My Name Is Joe (1998), The Claim (2000), Neds (2010), War Horse…
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1959
South African tennis player
Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance in 1997. She won a WTA Tour singles event in Richmond in 1983…
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1960
1961
American football player and coach
Jeffrey Raye Tedford is an American football coach and former player. From 2002 to 2012, Tedford was the head football coach for the California Golden Bears, where he was twice named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and holds…
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1961
French operatic soprano
Mireille Delunsch is a French soprano. She was born in Mulhouse, and studied musicology and voice at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. Her debut was at the Opéra national du Rhin in Mulhouse, in Mussorgsky's Boris…
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1962
English footballer and manager
Derek Mountfield is an English former footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1962
American bass player
Poison is an American rock band formed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist Bobby…
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1963
American politician, 83rd Governor of Georgia
Brian Porter Kemp is an American politician serving as the 83rd governor of Georgia since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Kemp served as the state's 27th Secretary of State from 2010 to 2018, and as a member of…
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1963
Slovenian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Slovenia
Borut Pahor is a Slovenian politician who served as President of Slovenia from 2012 to 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from 2008 to 2012.
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1963
1964
American actress
Luna Lauren Vélez is an American actress. Her most notable television roles are as María LaGuerta on Showtime's Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, Dr. Gloria Nathan on HBO's prison drama Oz, and…
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1964
English businessman and politician
Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 2010 to 2019. He was a member of the Conservative Party until 2019.
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1965
Indian film actor, producer and television host
Shah Rukh Khan, popularly known by the initials SRK, is an Indian actor and film producer renowned for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared…
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1965
American actor
David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor, director, comedian and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends (1994–2004), for which he received a Screen Actors Guild…
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1966
1967
American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin
Scott Kevin Walker is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Milwaukee County executive from 2002 to 2010. He is…
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1967
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and photographer (died 2019)
Neal Graeme Casal was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and photographer. First rising to prominence as lead guitar with Rickey Medlocke's Blackfoot from 1988 to 1993, he was also known as a member of Ryan…
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1968
American basketball player and coach
Keith Russell "Mister" Jennings is an American basketball coach, who formerly played professional in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and overseas in European leagues.
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1968
American rock musician
Reginald Quincy Arvizu, also known as Fieldy, is an American musician, best known as the former bassist for nu metal band Korn from 1993 to 2021. He is also the guitarist/bassist for rock band StillWell.
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1969
1971
1972
Uruguayan footballer and coach
Darío Debray Silva Pereira is a Uruguayan retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1972
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Vladimir Anatolievich Vorobiev is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the tenth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 240th overall, by the New York Rangers, and played 33 games in the…
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1972
British actress, singer and director
Samantha Zoe Womack is an English actress, singer, model and director who has worked in film, television and stage. Womack initially planned a career in singing and she represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision…
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1972
Australian footballer
Benjamin James Graham is a former professional Australian rules footballer turned professional American football punter of the National Football League (NFL).
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1973
American actress
Marisol Nichols is an American actress and former volunteer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, known for her roles as Principal Ramirez on the Nickelodeon animated series The Loud House as well as Nadia Yassir on…
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1973
Colombian-American baseball player
Orlando Luis Cabrera Ramírez, nicknamed "O-Cab" and "the OC", is a Colombian-American former baseball infielder.
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1974
1974
1974
Belarusian ice hockey player (died 2011)
Ruslan Albertovich Salei was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks…
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1974
American actor and musician
Daniel Ray Allen Cooksey Jr. is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in television shows, such as Diff'rent Strokes, The Cavanaughs, and Salute Your Shorts, his role as a friend to the young…
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1975
French race car driver
Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin is a French racing and rally driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and…
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1975
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Christopher Ryan Walla is an American musician, record producer, and film music composer, best known for being a former guitarist and songwriter for the band Death Cab for Cutie.
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1975
American ice hockey player
Matthew David Cullen is an American former professional ice hockey center who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cullen won the Stanley Cup three times during his career, with the Carolina Hurricanes…
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1976
1976
Aruban baseball player
Sidney Alton Ponson is an Aruban former Major League Baseball pitcher. As a player, Ponson stood at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 260 lb (120 kg). He threw right-handed with a fastball that clocked out at 95 mph.…
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1976
American basketball player
Rodney Alan "The Sheriff" Buford is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada. He played college basketball for the Creighton…
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1977
Greek tennis player
Konstantinos Economidis is a retired professional Greek tennis player and a former Greek No. 1. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian Chris Guccione in the first round before losing to Tommy…
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1977
British-American actress
Reshma Shetty is a British-born American actress who is best known for her role as Divya Katdare on the USA Network TV series Royal Pains.
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1977
English diver and sportscaster
Leon Roy Taylor is a former British competitive diver. During his diving career he won medals at all major international events including a silver at the Athens Olympics. Following his retirement from competition,…
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1977
American baseball player
Carmen Salvatore Cali is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
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1978
Italian footballer
Simone Paolo Puleo is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.
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1979
Uruguayan footballer
Diego Alfredo Lugano Morena is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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1980
Australian rugby player
Amos Roberts is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A Country New South Wales representative prolific try-scoring back, he played in Australia's National Rugby League for the St. George…
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1980
1981
Canadian actress
Katharine Isobel Murray, known professionally as Katharine Isabelle, is a Canadian actress. She has been described as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films. She started her acting career in 1989,…
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1981
Australian cricketer
Mitchell Guy Johnson is an Australian former cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national team. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He represented Australia in international cricket…
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1981
Mexican footballer
Rafael Márquez Lugo is a Mexican sports analyst and former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1981
1981
American football player
Sharod Lamor "Roddy" White is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a wide receiver with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for…
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1981
Esha Deol is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The daughter of actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini, Deol made her acting debut in the romantic thriller Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002), which won…
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1981
Cuban-American baseball player
Yunel Escobar Almenares is a Cuban-born American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington…
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1982
French footballer
Charles Hubert Itandje is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in France, Itandje represented the Cameroon national team.
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1982
1983
American wrestler
Frederick Douglas Rosser III is an American professional wrestler and trainer. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where primarily performs on the Strong brand. He is also a trainer at the NJPW Academy and a…
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1983
American football player
Daniel James Amendola is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and was signed by the…
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1985
American-Canadian basketball player
Andrew Jay Rautins is an American-born Canadian professional basketball executive and former player. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange and was drafted by the NBA's New York Knicks in 2010, with the…
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1986
English rugby player
Danny Cipriani is an English former professional rugby union player. He most recently played for Premiership Rugby side Bath and previously played for Gloucester, Sale Sharks and Wasps in the Premiership and Melbourne…
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1987
Irish netball player
Lisa Bowman is a Northern Ireland netball international. She plays as a goal shooter. She plays for Team Northumbria in the Netball Superleague.
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1988
German tennis player
Julia Görges is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world…
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1988
German basketball player
Tibor Pleiß is a German professional basketball player for Rasta Vechta of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Standing 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m), he plays at the center position. He is also a regular member of the German…
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1989
1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Luke Schenn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schenn played junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League…
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1989
Austrian footballer
Christopher Dibon is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Regionalliga club Rapid Wien II.
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1990
American singer, songwriter, and actor
Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and actor. He played Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush, participated in a boy band with the same name, and has had small roles on TV shows such as…
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1990
American football player
James Garoppolo, nicknamed "Jimmy G", is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers, setting school records for career passing yards and passing…
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1991
English footballer
Shaquile Tyshan Coulthirst is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club Peterborough Sports.
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1994
Swedish biathlete
Hanna Linnea Öberg is a Swedish biathlete who is a double Olympic champion and a three-time world champion. She is the elder sister of fellow biathlete Elvira Öberg.
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1995
Czech ice hockey player
Filip Hronek is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hronek previously played in the NHL for the Detroit Red…
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1997
English footballer
Davis James Marshall Keillor-Dunn is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Wrexham.
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1997
American football player
Jordan Alexander Love is an American professional football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Love, who was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, attended Liberty High…
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1998
South Korean singer
Park Woo-jin, also known mononymously as Woojin, is a South Korean rapper, singer and songwriter. He placed sixth in the second season of Produce 101, becoming a member of the project group Wanna One. He is a member of…
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1999
Ecuadorian footballer
Moisés Isaac Caicedo Corozo is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Ecuador national team. Often considered one of the best defensive midfielders in the…
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2001
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