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He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds
Famous Birthdays on November 23
227 people
870 – 2001
November 23 has seen 227 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 870 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1982 — Asafa Powell
Jamaican sprinter
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He currently holds the world record for the 100-yard dash with a time of 9.07 s, set on 27 May 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic
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In 2016, he became Olympic champion in the 4 × 100 metres relay.
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Asafa Powell CD is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres
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As of 1 September 2016, Powell has broken the 10-second barrier more times than anyone else—97 times
870
912
Pope Clement IV, born Gui Foucois and also known as Guy le Gros, was Bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), Archbishop of Narbonne (1259–1261), Cardinal of Sabina (1261–1265), and head of the Catholic Church from 5 February 1265…
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1190
Alfonso X was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany in…
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1221
French soldier (died 1468)
Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois, known as the "Bastard of Orléans" or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in military campaigns with Joan of Arc. His…
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1402
16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1487)
William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel, 6th Baron Maltravers was an English nobleman.
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1417
French poet (died 1544)
Clément Marot was a French Renaissance poet. He was influenced by the writers of the late 15th century and paved the way for the Pléiade, and is undoubtedly the most important poet at the court of Francis I. Despite the…
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1496
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, youngest son of Henry the Middle (died 1549)
Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly founded Duchy of Gifhorn from…
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1508
Italian physician and botanist (died 1617)
Prospero Alpini was a Venetian physician and botanist. He travelled around Egypt and served as the fourth prefect in charge of the botanical garden of Padua. He wrote several botanical treatises which covered exotic…
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1553
French monk and scholar (died 1707)
Dom Jean Mabillon, was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics.
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1632
Dutch lawyer and politician (died 1720)
Anthonie Heinsius was a Dutch statesman who served as Grand Pensionary of Holland from 1689 to his death in 1720. Heinsius was an able negotiator and one of the greatest and most obstinate opponents of the expansionist…
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1641
French violinist and composer (died 1730)
Jean Baptiste Senaillé was a French Baroque composer and violin virtuoso.
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1687
English historian and author (died 1766)
Thomas Birch was an English antiquarian, historian, and writer.
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1705
French astronomer and author (died 1799)
Pierre Charles Le Monnier was a French astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Lemonnier.
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1715
1719
American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (died 1800)
Edward Rutledge was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th governor of South…
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1749
French journalist and activist (died 1797)
François-Noël Babeuf, also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period. His newspaper Le Tribun du Peuple was best known for its advocacy for…
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1760
German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg (died 1847)
Theodor Valentin Volkmar was a German jurist and politician and two-time mayor of Marburg, from 1833 until 1835 and again from December 1835 until his retirement due to ill health November 1846.
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1781
Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (died 1853)
Jan Philipp Roothaan, SJ was a Dutch Jesuit, elected twenty-first Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. Roothaan was a decisive figure in the reestablishment of the order after the Suppression of the Society of…
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1785
American author and activist (died 1895)
Theodore Dwight Weld was one of the architects of the American abolitionist movement during its formative years from 1830 to 1844, playing a role as writer, editor, speaker, and organizer. He is best known for his…
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1803
American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (died 1869)
Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to national unity, he alienated…
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1804
English mathematician and author (died 1884)
Isaac Todhunter FRS, was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history.
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1820
Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1923)
Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910 "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids." Van der Waals started his career as a…
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1837
Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1928)
Stefanos Skouloudis was a Greek banker, diplomat and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Greece from 1915 to 1916.
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1838
Swedish actor and director (died 1938)
Albert Adam Ranft was a Swedish theatre director and actor.
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1858
Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1925)
Karl Hjalmar Branting was a Swedish statesman and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden on three occasions from 1920 to 1925. From 1907 until his death in 1925, Branting led the Social Democratic Party (SAP),…
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1860
American businessman (died 1936)
Henry Bourne Joy was an American businessman and President of the Packard Motor Car Company. He was a major developer of automotive activities as well as being a social activist.
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1864
American painter (died 1953)
Mary Brewster Hazelton was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor. Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win…
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1868
Danish engineer (died 1942)
Valdemar Poulsen was a Danish engineer and inventor who developed a magnetic wire recorder called the telegraphone in 1898. He also made significant contributions to early radio technology, including the first…
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1869
Norwegian psychiatrist (died 1965)
Johan Scharffenberg was a Norwegian psychiatrist, politician, speaker and writer.
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1869
Swedish doctor (died 1963)
Sigrid Alfhild Maria "Signe" Salén was a Swedish doctor who was one of Sweden's first female physicians. She was known for specialising in treating venereal diseases as well as campaigning for the rights of female…
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1871
Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (died 1946)
William Alexander Watt was an Australian politician. He served two terms as Premier of Victoria before entering federal politics in 1914. He then served as a minister in the government of Billy Hughes from 1917 to 1920,…
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1871
Russian journalist and politician (died 1933)
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar (minister) of Education, as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist, and journalist throughout his…
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1875
British salon organiser (died 1959)
Sara Monckton Prinsep born Sara Monckton Pattle was the leader of the Little Holland House salon in Kensington. She was a patron of George Frederick Watts.
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1876
Spanish pianist and composer (died 1946)
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century. He…
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1876
English lawyer and businessman (died 1941)
Frank Pick Hon. RIBA was a British transport administrator. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1902, he worked at the North Eastern Railway, before moving to the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) in…
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1878
Mexican painter (died 1949)
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others.…
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1883
Latvian actor and director (died 1966)
Eduards Smiļģis was a Latvian and Soviet actor and theatre director. He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948.
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1886
English actor (died 1969)
William Henry Pratt, known professionally as Boris Karloff, was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he…
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1887
English physicist and chemist (died 1915)
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number. This…
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1887
American comedian and musician (died 1964)
Arthur "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico, Harpo's comic style was visual, being an…
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1888
Australian-English journalist and businessman (died 1964)
Harry Sunderland was an Australian rugby league football administrator and journalist.
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1889
Russian photographer and architect (died 1941)
El Lissitzky was a Russian and Soviet artist, active as a painter, illustrator, designer, printmaker, photographer, and architect. He was an important figure of the avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his…
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1890
1892
Czechoslovak politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (died 1953)
Klement Gottwald was a Czech communist revolutionary and politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman…
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1896
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (died 1960)
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okayama. He was the sport's 31st yokozuna.
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1896
British-Indian historian, author, and critic (died 1999)
Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri CBE was an Indian writer.
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1897
German physician and war criminal (died 1948)
Karl Franz Gebhardt was a German physician and a war criminal. Gebhardt was the main coordinator of a series of medical atrocities performed on inmates of the concentration camps at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz. These…
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1897
Brazilian martial artist and educator (died 1974)
Manuel dos Reis Machado, commonly called Mestre Bimba, was a Brazilian capoeira mestre and the founder of the capoeira regional style. Bimba was one of the best capoeiristas of his time, undefeated in numerous public…
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1899
South African rugby player (died 1962)
Benjamin Louwrens Osler was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for South Africa. Osler played mainly at fly-half for both South Africa, and his provincial team of Western Province.
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1901
American colonel (died 2004)
Aaron Bank was a United States Army colonel who founded the US Army Special Forces, commonly known as the "Green Berets". He is also known for his exploits as an OSS officer during World War II, when he parachuted into…
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1902
Canadian-American actor (died 1982)
Victor Jory was a Canadian-American actor of stage, film, and television. He initially played romantic leads, but later was mostly cast in villainous or sinister roles, such as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)…
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1902
Scottish footballer (died 1976)
Joseph Nibloe was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Kilmarnock, Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday in a 15-year career between 1924 and 1939, during which time he made 459 club appearances including cup…
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1903
Sri Lankan civil servant (died 1979)
Kovindapillai Alvapillai, OBE was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant.
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1905
Estonian author and poet (died 1989)
Elisabet "Betti" Alver, was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu.
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1906
Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (died 1986)
Lars Leksell was a Swedish physician and professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the inventor of radiosurgery.
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1907
Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (died 2014)
Sir Run Run Shaw, also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment…
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1907
American author and playwright (died 2006)
Nelson Slade Bond was an American writer. His works included books, magazine articles, and scripts used in radio, for television and on the stage.
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1908
Scottish historian and author (died 2000)
Nigel Tranter OBE was a Scottish writer of a wide range of books on history and architecture, both fiction and non-fiction. He was best-known for his popular and well-researched historical novels, covering centuries of…
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1909
American actor and screenwriter (died 1989)
George O'Hanlon was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of George Jetson…
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1912
American businessman (died 1987)
Francis Donald Nixon was a younger brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Donald Nixon's business dealings—particularly a large 1957 loan from the influential aviation businessman Howard Hughes—led to allegations of…
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1914
American projectionist and author (died 2006)
Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker was an American author who became well known as a writer of mystery, action adventure, and science fiction under the name Wilson Tucker.
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1914
British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (died 2001)
Anne Burns was a British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot. She had a career of nearly 40 years in the Royal Aircraft Establishment as an engineer and an expert in wind shear.
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1915
American actor (died 1992)
John Dehner Forkum was an American actor. From the late 1930s to the late 1980s, he amassed a long list of performance credits, often in roles as sophisticated con men, shady authority figures, and other smooth-talking…
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1915
French-American illustrator (died 2013)
Marc Simont was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an early age.…
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1915
Malaysian-English actor (died 2011)
Francis Michael Gough was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer horror films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in…
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1916
English-Canadian author and poet (died 2010)
Patricia Kathleen Page, was a Canadian poet, though the citation as she was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada reads "poet, novelist, script writer, playwright, essayist, journalist, librettist, teacher…
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1916
Romanian-French poet and translator (died 1970)
Paul Celan was a German-speaking Romanian poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator. He adopted his pen name following the war and resided in France from 1949, becoming a naturalized French citizen in 1955.
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1920
Italian singer and actor (died 1960)
Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humorous mobster with a…
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1921
Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi (died 2026)
Elyakim Schlesinger (Yiddish: אליקים שלעזינגער; 23 November 1921 – 4 February 2026) was an Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva in London. He was an international authority and served as the President,…
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1921
Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (died 2012)
Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and one of the founders of the People's Alliance. Fraga was the Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962…
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1922
Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2008)
Võ Văn Kiệt whose real name is Phan Văn Hòa, was a Vietnamese politician and economic reformer who served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 1991 to 1997. A well regarded Vietnamese revolutionary and political…
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1922
American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2007)
Daniel Baugh Brewster Sr. was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States…
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1923
American admiral (died 2012)
Julien Johnson LeBourgeois was a vice admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War, duty aboard and command of cruisers and destroyers, various…
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1923
American author and poet
Gloria Whelan is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist known primarily for children's and young adult fiction. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel…
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1923
American publisher and philanthropist (died 2014)
Irvin J. Borowsky was an American publisher and philanthropist.
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1924
American baseball player and educator (died 2013)
Josephine "Jo Jo" D'Angelo was an American baseball left fielder who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 0 in (152 cm), 135 lb, she batted and…
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1924
American model and actress (died 2003)
Paula Raymond was an American model and actress who played the leading lady in numerous films and television series, including Crisis (1950) with Cary Grant. She was the niece of American pulp-magazine editor Farnsworth…
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1924
English-American anthropologist and author (died 1994)
Colin Macmillan Turnbull was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books The Forest People and The Mountain People, and one of the most significant influences on the postwar…
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1924
Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (died 1990)
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes was a Salvadoran politician who served as the 36th President of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989 during the Salvadoran Civil War. He was mayor of San Salvador before running for president in…
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1925
American composer and conductor (died 2020)
John Alfred Mandel was an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra…
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1925
African-American engineer (died 2013)
William Henry Tebeau in 1948 became the first African-American man to graduate from Oregon State College (OSU). He was an engineer for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for 36 years. A residence hall at OSU…
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1925
Indian guru and philosopher (died 2011)
Sathya Sai Baba was an Indian godman and philanthropist. At the age of 14, he claimed to be the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba and left his home for religious cause.
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1926
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
R. L. Burnside was an American hill country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He played music for most of his life but received little recognition until 1995 when Burnside recorded and toured with Jon Spencer,…
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1926
1927
American author and scholar (died 2005)
Guy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.
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1927
Italian cardinal (died 2022)
Angelo Raffaele Sodano was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and previously as the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was…
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1927
American composer (died 2010)
Jerrold Lewis Bock was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best…
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1928
Australian rules footballer and coach (died 1973)
John Douglas Coleman was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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1928
American actress and singer (died 2018)
Elmarie Louise Wendel was an American actress and singer best known as Mamie Dubcek on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.
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1928
Indian advertising executive (died 2024)
Brendan Conan Pereira, also known as BCP, was an Indian advertising Creative Director.
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1928
American evangelist and Christian writer (died 2024)
Harold Lee Lindsey was an American evangelical writer and television host. He wrote a series of popular apocalyptic books – beginning with The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) – asserting that the Apocalypse or end time…
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1929
Indian singer and actress (died 1972)
Geeta Dutt was an Indian classical and playback singer. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema and is considered as one of the best playback singers of all time in Hindi…
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1930
American baseball player and manager
John Aloysius McKeon, nicknamed "Trader Jack," is an American former manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB).
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1930
Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (died 2024)
Renato Raffaele Martino was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Created a cardinal in 2003, Martino became the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeacon, from June 2014. He served for more…
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1932
French-American banker (died 2022)
Michel David-Weill was a French investment banker and chairman of Lazard and Eurazeo.
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1932
Polish composer and conductor (died 2020)
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. His…
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1933
Iranian sociologist and activist (died 1977)
Ali Shariati Mazinani was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion. He is regarded as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century. He has been…
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1933
1934
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2024)
Robert Towne was an American screenwriter and director. He started writing films for Roger Corman, including The Tomb of Ligeia in 1964, and was later part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.
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1934
American admiral (died 2025)
James Robert Hogg was a United States Navy four star admiral who served as U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee (USMILREP) from 1988 to 1991. He retired from the Navy in 1991; and then served as…
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1934
Australian cricketer
Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood is a former Australian cricketer who played one Test in 1971.
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1935
Russian engineer and astronaut (died 1971)
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, the only…
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1935
English archbishop
Patrick Altham Kelly PHL KC*HS is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Liverpool following his resignation which took effect on 27 February 2013; he was…
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1938
American singer and pianist (died 2001)
Betty Jean Everett was an American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "Shoop Shoop Song ", and her duet "Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butler.
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1939
Cuban-American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
Luis Clemente Tiant Vega, nicknamed "El Tiante", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 19 years, primarily for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox.
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1940
English footballer and manager
Alan Patrick Mullery is an English former footballer and manager. After enjoying a successful career with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national team in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a manager working with…
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1941
Italian actor and producer
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero, known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film Django (1966), which made him a pop culture…
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1941
American actress (died 2018)
Susan Florence Anspach was an American stage, film and television actress who had roles in films during the 1970s and 1980s such as Five Easy Pieces (1970), Play It Again, Sam (1972), Blume in Love (1973), Montenegro…
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1942
American activist (died 1964)
Andrew Goodman was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964. Goodman was a volunteer for the Freedom…
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1943
English actress
Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls is an English actress. She is best known for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in the soap opera Coronation Street. Her other roles on British television include Crossroads…
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1943
American activist and politician (died 2010)
David Fraser Nolan was an American activist and politician. He was one of the founders of the Libertarian Party of the United States, having hosted the meeting in 1971 at which the Party was founded. Nolan subsequently…
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1943
Croatian basketball player and coach (died 2022)
Petar Skansi was a Croatian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played for Jugoplastika and Maxmobili Pesaro. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was a member…
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1943
Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
József Antal Eszterhás, credited as Joe Eszterhas, is a Hungarian-American writer. Born in Hungary, he grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. After an early career as a journalist and editor, he entered the…
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1944
German-French photographer and director (died 2019)
Peter Lindbergh was a German fashion photographer and film director.
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1944
American actor, director, and screenwriter
James Lee Toback is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for Bugsy. He has directed films including The Pick-up Artist, Two Girls and a…
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1944
Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Assaf "Assi" Dayan was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
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1945
1945
1946
American activist and politician
Bobby Lee Rush is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded…
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1946
French radio and television host
Jean-Pierre Foucault is a French television and radio host. He was the host of Qui veut gagner des millions ?, the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and of Zone Rouge, the French version of The Chair. He…
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1947
Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (died 2016)
Bård Breivik was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor.
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1948
American actor and screenwriter
Bruce Gerald Vilanch is an American comedy writer, songwriter, and actor. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winner. Vilanch is best known to the public for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as a celebrity participant;…
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1948
English footballer and manager (died 2021)
Frank Stewart Worthington was an English footballer who played as a forward. Worthington was born into a footballing family in Shelf, near Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Both of his parents had played the game and…
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1948
1949
English singer
Sandra Stevens is an English singer and a member of the pop group Brotherhood of Man.
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1949
Indian indologist, author, and academic
Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri is an Indian writer and Indologist. He is a specialist in Indian epics, Vedas, and Puranas. In 2012, Bhaduri undertook the large-scale project of creating an encyclopedia of the major Indian…
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1950
Cuban-born American author and academic
Carlos M. N. Eire is the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. He is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe.
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1950
American lawyer and politician
Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate…
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1950
Scottish footballer (died 2017)
Paul Wilson was a professional footballer, who played as a forward for Celtic, Motherwell and Partick Thistle. His football career peaked in season 1974–75 after being moved to play as a striker when he scored 29 goals…
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1950
Greek footballer and manager
Ilias "Maik" Galakos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker and was active during the 1970s and 1980s.
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1951
American chef and author
Rick Bayless is an American chef and restaurateur who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is widely known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time. Among his various…
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1953
French singer-songwriter and guitarist
Francis Christian Cabrel is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the…
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1953
Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor
Johannes Abraham "Johan" de Meij is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1 for wind ensemble, nicknamed The Lord of the Rings symphony.
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1953
Australian cricketer
Martin Francis Kent is a former Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches and five One Day Internationals in 1981. He also played ten tests and 20 ODIs for the Australian XI during World Series Cricket. Greg…
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1953
English clarinet player and saxophonist
Pete Allen is an English Dixieland jazz clarinettist, alto and soprano saxophonist, banjo, bandleader, and vocalist. He has appeared in television and radio shows, both with his band and as a solo act. He has worked…
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1954
American baseball player
Glenn Edward Brummer is an American former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers.
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1954
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from a wide range of traditions — folk, jazz, modern classical, bluegrass, rock, and jam band styles.
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1954
Estonian cyclist
Aavo Pikkuus is a retired Estonian cyclist. He was part of the Soviet Union cycling team that won the 100 km team time trial at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1977 UCI Road World Championships and finished second at the…
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1954
American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author
Steven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans…
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1955
Italian pianist and composer
Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI is an Italian pianist and composer. Trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as…
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1955
American politician
Mary Loretta Landrieu is an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Landrieu served as the Louisiana State Treasurer…
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1955
New Zealand cricketer
Bruce Adrian Edgar is a former cricketer who represented New Zealand in both Test and One Day International (ODI) format. A chartered accountant by profession, Edgar played as a left-handed opening batsman and an…
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1956
Australian swimmer and coach
Shane Elizabeth Gould is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, becoming the first woman swimmer to win five individual medals. In…
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1956
German diver
Karin Guthke is a German diver. She won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 3 metre springboard event. She also participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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1956
American basketball player
Andrew Toney is an American former professional basketball player. Toney played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1988. A two-time NBA All-Star, he won an NBA…
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1957
New Zealand cricketer and lawyer
Martin Colin Snedden is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 25 cricket tests, and 93 One Day Internationals, between 1980 and 1990. He was a member of New Zealand's seam bowling attack, alongside Richard Hadlee…
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1958
English-American actor
Maxwell Caulfield is a British and American actor. He has appeared in Grease 2 (1982), Electric Dreams (1984), The Boys Next Door (1985), The Supernaturals (1986), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), Waxwork 2…
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1959
American sportscaster and journalist
Robin Roberts is an American television broadcaster who co-anchors ABC's Good Morning America.
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1960
American psychiatrist and author
Keith Russell Ablow is an American author, life coach, former television personality, and former psychiatrist. He is a former contributor for Fox News Channel and TheBlaze.
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1961
French composer
Nicolas Bacri is a French composer who has written more than one hundred sixty works, including seven symphonies, eight cantatas, eleven string quartets, seven piano trios, five violin and piano sonatas and four violin…
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1961
Australian cricketer
Mervyn Gregory Hughes is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia in 53 Test matches between 1985 and 1994, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38…
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1961
English journalist and author
Peter James Stanford is an English writer, editor, journalist and presenter, known for his biographies and writings on religion and ethics. His biography of Lord Longford was the basis for the 2006 BAFTA-winning film…
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1961
Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who became President of Venezuela in 2013. On 3 January 2026, US forces captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores; they were transported to the US…
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1962
Finnish professional hockey player (died 2023)
Arto Heiskanen was a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger.
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1963
American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX
Gwynne Shotwell is an American business executive and engineer. She is the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, an American space transportation company, where she is responsible for day-to-day operations…
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1963
American basketball player and coach
Stephen Todd Alford is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). Born and raised in Indiana, he was a…
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1964
1964
Bahamian triple jumper
Frank Garfield Rutherford, Jr. MBE is a retired triple jumper from the Bahamas. He competed in three Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal in 1992, becoming the first Bahamian Track and Field Olympic medalist. He now…
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1964
American historian, author, and poet
Jennifer Michael Hecht is a teacher, author, poet, historian, and philosopher. She was an associate professor of history at Nassau Community College (1994–2007) and most recently taught at The New School in New York…
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1965
French actor and producer
Vincent Cassel is a French actor. He has earned a César Award and a Canadian Screen Award as well as nominations for a European Film Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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1966
Scottish footballer and sportscaster
Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish football pundit and commentator and former professional player.
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1966
Scottish actress
Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy series The Book Group (2002–2003), Green Wing (2004–2007), and Bad Education (2012–2013). She went on to appear as Missy in the…
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1966
American golfer
Jerome Patrick Kelly is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
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1966
English cricketer and coach
Mark Andrew Robinson is a former English cricketer turned coach.
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1966
South African cricketer and coach
Gary Kirsten is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy.
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1967
American actress, director, and producer
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American actress and television director. Richardson is known for her role as Angela in the film A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) and for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the Syfy…
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1967
Serbian basketball player
Miloš Babić is a Serbian basketball coach and former player. He was a 7'0" 240 lb power forward/center during his playing days, and now serves as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech University.
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1968
English runner and coach
Robert Neil Denmark is a British former middle- and long-distance runner who won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1994 European Championships, and…
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1968
English rugby league and union player
Anthony Clive Sullivan is a Welsh former professional dual-code international rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great…
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1968
1968
Monégasque racing driver
Olivier Henri Aldo Léopold Beretta is a professional racing driver from Monaco who raced in Formula One in 1994 for the Larrousse team, partnering Érik Comas. He participated in ten Grands Prix, debuting on 27 March…
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1969
German footballer
Mike Lünsmann is a retired German footballer who made over 200 appearances for Hertha BSC.
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1969
Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla, also known by his Muslim name Abdul Aziz, is a Filipino actor and politician serving as senator of the Philippines. He is known as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine cinema for portraying…
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1969
1970
1970
American actor and screenwriter
Daniel Hoch is an American actor, writer, director, and performance artist. He has acted in larger roles in independent and art house movies and had a few small roles in mainstream Hollywood films, with increasing…
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1970
German chess player and author
Dr. Karsten Müller is a German chess Grandmaster and author. He earned the Grandmaster title in 1998 and a PhD in mathematics in 2002 at the University of Hamburg. He had placed third in the 1996 German championship and…
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1970
Saudi Arabian footballer
Khalid Massad Al-Muwalid is a Saudi Arabian former footballer. He played most of his career for Al Ahli and Al Ittihad.
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1971
American basketball player
Ashraf Omar Amaya is an American former professional basketball player.
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1971
1971
American comedian, actor, producer, and television host
Christopher Ryan Hardwick is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosted Talking Dead, an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series The…
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1971
American drummer
Christopher James Adler is an American musician, best known as a founding member and the longtime drummer of heavy metal band Lamb of God from 1994 to 2019.
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1972
Norwegian footballer
Alfie Haaland is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or midfielder. Haaland played in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, and Manchester City, and won 34 caps for…
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1972
1972
1972
Finnish ice hockey player
Saku Antero Koivu is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1995–96 after three seasons with TPS of the…
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1974
American basketball player, sportscaster, and executive
Malik Jabari Rose is an American former professional basketball player, executive, and analyst. Rose played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning championships with the San Antonio Spurs in…
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1974
American actor and rapper
Page Kennedy is an American actor and rapper. In television, he is known for portraying Radon Randell in the Spike sports comedy series Blue Mountain State and "U-Turn" in the Showtime series Weeds. He has also appeared…
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1976
American race car driver (died 2003)
Anthony James Renna was an American racing driver who competed in Indy Lights and the Indy Racing League (IRL) from 1998 to 2003. Renna began competitive racing at the age of six, winning 252 races and two national…
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1976
German-Turkish footballer and manager
Hikmet Murat Salar is a Turkish former professional footballer and currently manager of VSG Altglienicke.
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1976
Japanese wrestler
Kohei Suwama , also known mononymously as Suwama , is a Japanese professional wrestler and executive. He is the founder and president of Pro Wrestling Evolution, which was created in 2023. He is also signed to All Japan…
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1976
Canadian diver
Myriam Boileau is a Canadian diver. She began diving at the age of ten, and studied at the Université de Montréal. Boileau is one of the many divers from the world-famous Club de Plongeon CAMO, operating out of the…
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1977
American baseball player
Adam Thomas Eaton is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 through 2009 for the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles,…
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1977
English model and actress
Kelly Brook is an English model, actress, and media personality. She began her career modelling for a range of advertising campaigns, which led to her discovery by the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid, where…
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1979
Croatian skier
Ivica Kostelić is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. He specialized in slalom and combined, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines. He is the brother of skiing…
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1979
Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author
Ishmael Beah is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, A Long Way Gone. His novel Radiance of Tomorrow was published in January 2014. His most recent novel Little…
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1980
American baseball player
Jonathan Robert Papelbon is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Boston Red Sox, with whom he was an All-Star in four…
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1980
New Zealand basketball player
Kirk Samuel Penney is a New Zealand former professional basketball player. He is the all-time leading scorer for New Zealand's national team and he ranks 12th all-time in points scored at the FIBA World Cup. In 2024, he…
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1980
Canadian ice hockey player
Colby Joseph Armstrong is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger and current hockey broadcaster. He was selected in the first round, 21st overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2001 NHL entry draft.…
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1982
Turkish footballer
Fatih Yiğituşağı is a professional Turkish former footballer. He made his debut in the Fußball-Bundesliga on 22 November 2008 for Hannover 96 in a 4–0 away loss at Eintracht Frankfurt.
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1983
American basketball player
Hilton Julius Armstrong Jr. is an American former professional basketball player currently working as an assistant coach for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League. During his college basketball career, he played…
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1984
American actor, singer, and songwriter
Lucas Stephen Grabeel is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in the High School Musical film series (2006–2011). His other film appearances include Halloweentown High (2004),…
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1984
Indian actress and dancer
Amruta Khanvilkar is an Indian film, television, theatre actress and producer who works primarily in Marathi and Hindi films. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Marathi cinema and has received several…
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1984
American baseball player
Justin Matthew Turner is an American professional baseball infielder and designated hitter for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore…
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1984
1985
Swedish ice hockey player
Nicklas Bäckström is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Bäckström was selected fourth overall by the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey…
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1987
1987
English footballer
Shaun Matthew Hutchinson is an English professional footballer who most recently played for Millwall. He previously played for Motherwell and Fulham.
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1990
1990
Russian figure skater
Alena Igorevna Leonova is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2012 World silver medalist, the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior champion, and a three-time (2010–2012) Russian national…
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1990
German footballer[better source needed]
Christopher Quiring is a retired German footballer who last played for VSG Altglienicke.
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1990
Peruvian footballer
Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Peruvian Liga 1 club Juan Pablo II College and the Peru national team.
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1991
Brazilian footballer
Willian José da Silva, known as Willian José, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Bahia.
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1991
1991
American singer-songwriter and actress
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. An influential figure in popular music, Cyrus is known for her evolving artistry and image reinventions. She was an established child actress before…
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1992
Swedish ice hockey player
Gabriel Ingemar John Landeskog is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a left winger and captain of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1992
1994
Estonian footballer
Kelly Rosen is an Estonian women's association football, who plays as a midfielder for Naiste Meistriliiga club Flora Tallinn and the Estonia women's national football team.
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1995
American social media personality, model, and actress
Alexis René Glabach, known professionally as Alexis Ren, is an American model, actress, entrepreneur, and internet celebrity.
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1996
English footballer
James Daniel Maddison is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.
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1996
Russian ice dancer
Anna Sviatoslavovna Yanovskaya is a Russian ice dancer. Competing for Hungary with Ádám Lukács, she is a three-time Hungarian national champion and has competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.
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1996
Irish footballer
Caoimhín Odhrán Kelleher is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Brentford and the Republic of Ireland national team.
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1998
French footballer
Boubacar Bernard Kamara is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the France national team. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a…
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1999
English footballer
Faustino Adebola Rasheed "Tino" Anjorin is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Serie A club Torino, on loan from Empoli.
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2001
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Asafa Powell — Jamaican sprinter (born 1982)
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Birth year1982
Known forHe set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds
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