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Upon appearing on Jersey Shore in 2009, Snooki gained popularity, leading to numerous talk show appearances, web and television series participation and hosting, and a large social media following.
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Did you know about Viktor An
Viktor An has the most Olympic gold medals in the sport, three of which he won in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the other three in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Did you know about François-Noël Babeuf
François-Noël Babeuf, also known as Gracchus Babeuf, was a French proto-communist, revolutionary, and journalist of the French Revolutionary period.
Did you know about Mary Brewster Hazelton
Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896.
Did you know about Pepita Not
Josefa "Pepita" Not Bosch was a Catalan anarchist activist.
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1985
Viktor An
South Korean speed skater
Viktor An is a South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of eight Olympic medals, six gold and two bronze, he is the only short track speed skater in Olympic history to win gold in every distance, and the first to win a medal in every distance at a single Games. He has the most Olympic gold medals in the sport, three of which he won in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the other three in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Considered to be the greatest short track speed skater of all time, he is a six-time overall World champion, two-time overall World Cup winner, and the 2014 European champion. He holds the most overall titles at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, and is the only male short track skater to win five consecutive world titles.
1760
François-Noël Babeuf
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 the poor and calling for a popular revolt against the Directory, the government of France. He was a leading advocate for democracy and the abolition of private property. He made his own variant of Jacobinism (Robespierrism) which is called Neo-Jacobinism. Besides the influence of Robespierrism on his thought, due to his proto-communism, his political views were more aligned with the ideology of the Enragés. He angered the authorities who were clamping down hard on their radical enemies. In spite of the efforts of his Jacobin friends to save him, Babeuf was executed for his lead role in the Conspiracy of the Equals.
1868
Mary Brewster Hazelton
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 an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896. Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society. The professional organizations that Hazelton was affiliated with included the Wellesley Society of Artists, of which she was a founding member, and The Guild of Boston Artists, of which she was a charter member. She lived her adult life with her sisters in the Hazelton family home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
1897
Pepita Not
Catalan anarchist activist (died 1938)
Josefa "Pepita" Not Bosch was a Catalan anarchist activist. Born to a poor peasant family in the province of Lleida, her family moved to Barcelona, where she was forced to work as a housekeeper from an early age. She entered into a free union with the Valencian anarchist militant Ricardo Sanz and helped him hide from the police. During the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Not smuggled money, weapons and correspondence for the anarchist militant group Los Solidarios. After the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic, she went into prisoner support activism. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, she fell gravely ill while pregnant with her second child and died from acute leukemia after giving birth.
1971
Chris Hardwick
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 Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, as well as Talking with Chris Hardwick, a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and The Wall, a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC. Hardwick created Nerdist Industries, operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast The Nerdist Podcast, which later left the network and was renamed to ID10T with Chris Hardwick and after a three-year hiatus returned as I Think You're Overthinking It. His podcast had broadcast 1,145 episodes as of June 2025.
1982
Asafa Powell
Jamaican sprinter
Asafa Powell CD is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of 9.72 s ranking fourth on the all-time list of men's 100-metre athletes. As of 1 September 2016, Powell has broken the 10-second barrier more times than anyone else—97 times. 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. In 2016, he became Olympic champion in the 4 × 100 metres relay.
1190
Pope Clement IV (died 1268)
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 until his death. His election as pope occurred at a conclave held at Perugia that lasted four months while cardinals argued over whether to call in Charles I of Anjou, the youngest brother of Louis IX of France, to carry on the papal war against the Hohenstaufens. Pope Clement was a patron of Thomas Aquinas and of Roger Bacon, encouraging Bacon in the writing of his Opus Majus, which included important treatises on optics and the scientific method.
1974
Saku Koivu
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 Finnish SM-liiga. Koivu served as the Canadiens' captain for ten of his 14 years with the club, making his captaincy tenure the longest in the team's history, tied with Jean Béliveau. Koivu was the first European player to captain the Canadiens. He also served as captain of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team from 1998 to 2010, and was inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame in 2017.HC TPS retired Saku's number 11 on 2026
1976
Tony Renna
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 quarter-midget championships before the age of fifteen. Renna progressed to car racing at sixteen, competing for three years in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and partnering with stock car driver Jerry Nadeau to finish second for the United States team at the 1996 EFDA Nations Cup. He progressed to Championship Auto Racing Teams' developmental series Indy Lights, winning one race during his three seasons in the championship from 1998 to 2000.
1957
Andrew Toney
American basketball player
Andrew Toney is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe called Toney "the most forgotten great player in NBA history". Toney played for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers from 1980 to 1988. He was selected by the 76ers with the eighth overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft. He was known as "the Boston Strangler" for his exceptional play in the playoffs against the Boston Celtics. A two-time NBA All-Star, he won an NBA championship with the 76ers in 1983. His NBA career field goal percentage of 50 percent is remarkable for a guard often shooting from distance.
1923
Daniel Brewster
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 House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1963 to 1969. Previously, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1950 to 1958 and from Maryland's 2nd congressional district from 1959 to 1963. After his Senate career, and following a lengthy court battle, Brewster pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of accepting an illegal gratuity.
1959
Maxwell Caulfield
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 (1992), Gettysburg (1993), Empire Records (1995), The Real Blonde (1997), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), and in A Prince for Christmas (2015). In 2015, Caulfield toured Australia with his wife Juliet Mills and sister-in-law Hayley Mills in the comedy Legends! by Pulitzer Prize winner James Kirkwood. He voiced James Bond in the video game James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002). He most recently stars in the Netflix movie The Merry Gentlemen (2024).
1972
Helen Luz
Brazilian basketball player
Helen Cristina Santos Luz is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. A starting guard on the great Brazilian teams of the 1990s and early 2000s, she was world champion in the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women and bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Luz also played for the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2001–2003, and in the Spanish Liga Femenina for Zaragoza (2003–2004), Barcelona (2004–2006), Rivas (2006–2007), Cadi La Seu (2007–2008), and Hondarribia-Irun (2008–2010). She finished her career in one final season with the Brazilian team Americana, in São Paulo State, announcing her retirement at the end of February 2011.
1962
Nicolás Maduro
Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who served as the 53rd president of Venezuela from 2013 until his capture in 2026 to face drug trafficking charges to which he pleaded not guilty. Originally elected democratically following the death of Hugo Chávez, he shifted toward authoritarian rule, with political analysts eventually classifying his government as a dictatorship in 2017. A member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), he served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013 and as minister of foreign affairs from 2006 to 2012. Ideologically a Chavista, his developments to the ideology are called Madurismo.
1803
Theodore Dwight Weld
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 co-authorship of the authoritative compendium American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, published in 1839. Harriet Beecher Stowe partly based Uncle Tom’s Cabin on Weld's text; the latter is regarded as second only to the former in its influence on the antislavery movement. Weld remained dedicated to the abolitionist movement until slavery was ended by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865.
1950
Charles Schumer
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 majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025. He became New York's senior senator in 2001, upon Daniel Patrick Moynihan's retirement. Elected to a fifth term in 2022, Schumer surpassed Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits as the longest-serving U.S. senator from New York. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.
1980
Jonathan Papelbon
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 consecutive seasons (2006–2009), won the 2007 Delivery Man of the Year Award, and was a 2007 World Series champion. The Red Sox drafted Papelbon in the fourth round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft, and he played three seasons of minor league baseball before breaking into the majors. He also pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2012 to 2015, and the Washington Nationals during 2015 and 2016.
1953
Francis Cabrel
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 realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as "L'Encre de tes yeux", "Je l'aime à mourir", "Petite Marie", "La Dame de Haute-Savoie", "Encore et encore", "Il faudra leur dire", "Sarbacane", "C'est écrit", "Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai" and "La corrida", have become enduring favourites in French music. Since the start of his career, Cabrel has sold over 25 million albums.
1961
Merv Hughes
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 wickets. He took a hat-trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in 1988–89. In 1993, he took 31 wickets in the Ashes series against England. He was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in Tests and over 1,000 runs in all. He also represented the Victorian Bushrangers, Essex in English county cricket, the ACT Comets and Australia A in the World Series Cup.
1402
Jean de Dunois
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 nickname, the "Bastard of Orléans", was a mark of his high status, since it acknowledged him as a first cousin to the king and acting head of a cadet branch of the royal family during his half-brother's captivity. In 1439 he received the county of Dunois from his half-brother Charles I, Duke of Orléans, and later King Charles VII made him count of Longueville.
1934
Lew Hoad
Australian tennis player (died 1994)
Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur. He was a member of the Australian team that won the Davis Cup four times between 1952 and 1956. Hoad turned professional in July 1957. He won the Kooyong Tournament of Champions in 1958 and the Forest Hills Tournament of Champions in 1959. He won the Ampol Open Trophy world series of tournaments in 1959, which included the Kooyong tournament that concluded in early January 1960. Hoad's singles tournament victories spanned from 1951 to 1971.
1902
Victor Jory
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) and carpetbagger Jonas Wilkerson in Gone with the Wind (1939). From 1959 to 1961, he had a lead role in the 78-episode television police drama Manhunt. He also recorded numerous stories for Peter Pan Records and was a guest star in dozens of television series as well as a supporting player in dozens of theatrical films, occasionally appearing as the leading man.
1899
Manuel dos Reis Machado
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. He was initially a street fighter and learned the batuque style from his father. Subsequently, he learned traditional capoeira; in the 1910s and 1920s, he reformed it into his own style, called capoeira regional. He eventually established an institutional method for teaching capoeira, and helped to legitimize it in the eyes of Brazilian society. He pursued a friendly rivalry with Mestre Pastinha, who advocated a more traditional style under the name capoeira Angola.
1883
José Clemente Orozco
Mexican painter (died 1949)
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican painter. He specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance, together with fellow artists Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, among others. Orozco was the most complex of the Mexican muralists, his work does have a leftist ideological conotation, but less than the Marxists Rivera and Siqueiros. Mostly influenced by Symbolism, he was also a genre painter and lithographer. Between 1922 and 1948, Orozco painted murals in Mexico City; Orizaba; Claremont, California; New York City; Hanover, New Hampshire; Guadalajara, Jalisco; and Jiquilpan, Michoacán.
1888
Harpo Marx
American comedian and musician (died 1964)
Arthur "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian, actor 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 example of vaudeville, clown and pantomime traditions. In all of his movie appearances, he wore a curly reddish blonde wig and did not speak, instead blowing a horn or whistling to communicate. Marx frequently employed props such as a horn cane constructed from a lead pipe, tape, and a bulbhorn.
1860
Hjalmar Branting
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), playing a major role in advocating universal suffrage, an eight-hour workday, and other labor rights. He was also instrumental in foreign policy, including his support for the League of Nations. In 1921, Branting shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Norwegian secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Christian Lous Lange.
1887
Boris Karloff
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 reprised the role for the sequels Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). He also appeared as Imhotep in The Mummy (1932), and voiced the Grinch in, as well as narrating, the animated television special of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), which won him a Grammy Award.
1969
Robin Padilla
Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
Robinhood Ferdinand "Robin" Cariño Padilla, also Abdul Aziz, is a Filipino actor and politician serving as senator of the Philippines since 2022. Known for his action films, he portrayed gangster roles in Anak ni Baby Ama (1990), Bad Boy (1990), and Bad Boy II (1992), among others. Born to a political family, Padilla began his acting career as a teenager. He admitted that he was a communist rebel against the Philippine government, and has been supportive of Communist Party of the Philippines founder, Jose Maria Sison.
1976
Page Kennedy
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 in film, with roles in S.W.A.T. and The Meg. Outside of acting, Kennedy is active on social media, best known for being a popular Viner. On March 10, 2017, he released his first full-length rap album titled Torn Pages featuring Royce da 5'9", Crooked I, Trick Trick and more.
1950
Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri
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 epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. The project is freely available online. Due to the difficulty and complexity of the task, it took Bhaduri a decade to conceptualize the project. During the compendium's creation, several Indian journalists stated that the encyclopaedia was poised to challenge many long-held beliefs about the epics.
1902
Aaron Bank
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 France to coordinate the French Resistance and organizing an operation intended to capture Adolf Hitler. In retirement, Bank warned about terrorism and modern technology. He is largely responsible for the high level of security at U.S. nuclear power plants since the early 1970s.
1916
Michael Gough
Malaysian-English actor (died 2011)
Francis Michael Gough was a British actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer horror films, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in Dracula (1958), and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in the four Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher (1989–1997). He also appeared in Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999), and voiced Elder Gutknecht in Corpse Bride (2005) and the Dodo in Alice in Wonderland (2010).
1925
Johnny Mandel
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 Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diane Schuur and Shirley Horn. He won five Grammy Awards, from 17 total nominations; his first nomination was for his debut film score for the multi-nominated 1958 film I Want to Live!. In 2011, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.
1964
Steve Alford
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 two-time consensus first-team All-American playing in college for the Indiana Hoosiers. He led them to a national championship in 1987. After playing professionally for four years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he has been a college head coach for over 30 years.
1972
Kurupt
American rapper and producer
Ricardo Emmanuel Brown, better known by his stage name Kurupt, is an American rapper and record producer. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Hawthorne, California, he formed Tha Dogg Pound in 1992 along with Daz Dillinger; the rap duo has released eight albums. He also formed the hip-hop group The Hrsmn in 1996, with whom he has released two albums. His debut solo album, Kuruption! (1998) was released by A&M Records and peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200.
1925
José Napoleón Duarte
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 1972. He lost, but the election is widely viewed as fraudulent. Following a coup d'état in 1979, Duarte led the subsequent civil-military Junta from 1980 to 1982. He was then elected president in 1984, defeating ARENA party leader Roberto D'Aubuisson.
1976
Kohei Suwama
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 Pro Wrestling, where he is a former record eight-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and an eight-time World Tag Team Champion. He was also part of AJPW's board of directors until his departure in early 2025 to focus on Evolution.
1933
Ali Shariati
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 referred to as the "ideologue of the Islamic Revolution", although his ideas did not ultimately serve as the foundation for the Islamic Republic. The work and ideas associated with Shariati are known as Shariatism, which proposed a progressive interpretation of Shia Islam.
1992
Miley Cyrus
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 developing a successful entertainment career as an adult. Cyrus emerged as a teen idol with her portrayal of Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana (2006–2011), growing a profitable franchise and achieving two number-one soundtracks on the US Billboard 200.
1804
Franklin Pierce
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 anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. Conflict between North and South continued after Pierce's presidency, and, following Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election, the Southern states seceded, resulting in the American Civil War.
1943
Andrew Goodman
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 Summer campaign that sought to register African Americans to vote in Mississippi and to set up Freedom Schools for black Southerners. His two fellow activists, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, worked for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
1922
Võ Văn Kiệt
Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2008)
Võ Văn Kiệt whose real name is Phan Văn Hòa, and includes aliases Sáu Dân, Chín Dũng, Chín Hòa, Tám Thuận. 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 leader, Kiệt was a veteran fighter in the long wars against the French colonialists and then the South Vietnamese and American forces during the Vietnam War.
1941
Alan Mullery
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 several clubs. He is now employed as a television pundit. He is also known for being the first ever England player to be sent off in an international match. In 1972 he lifted the UEFA Cup for Tottenham.
1934
James R. Hogg
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 the director of the Chief of Naval Operation's Strategic Studies Group (SSG) for 18 years. His cumulative service to the U.S. Navy, when he retired from the SSG in 2013, was 57 years.
1932
Renato Martino
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 than twenty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including sixteen years as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. He held positions in the Roman Curia from 2002 to 2009.
1943
David Nolan
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 served the party in a number of roles including National Committee Chair, editor of the party newsletter, Chair of the By-laws Committee, Chair of the Judicial Committee, and Chair of the Platform Committee.
1982
Colby Armstrong
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. Armstrong also previously played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. He currently serves as an analyst for NHL on Sportsnet along with being an analyst for the Pittsburgh Penguins on SportsNet Pittsburgh.
1979
Kelly Brook
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 they featured her as a Page 3 girl. She was crowned FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005, and as of 2015 had featured in every FHM 100 Sexiest countdown since 1998.
1641
Anthonie Heinsius
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 policies of Louis XIV of France. He was one of the driving forces behind the anti-French coalitions of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714).
1553
Prospero Alpini
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 plants of economic and medicinal value. His description of coffee and banana plants are considered the oldest in European literature. The ginger-family genus Alpinia was named in his honour by Carolus Linnaeus.
1221
Alfonso X of Castile (died 1284)
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 1275, and in creating an alliance with the Kingdom of England in 1254, his claim on the Duchy of Gascony as well.
1496
Clément Marot
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 support of Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême (1492–1549), the king's sister, his strong leanings toward the Reformation led to several imprisonments and two periods of exile.
1897
Karl Gebhardt
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 experiments were an attempt to defend his approach to the surgical management of grossly contaminated traumatic wounds, against the then-new innovations of antibiotic treatment of injuries acquired on the battlefield.
1907
Run Run Shaw
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 business tycoon, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment industry. He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film production companies in Hong Kong, and TVB, the dominant television company in Hong Kong.
1955
Steven Brust
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 living on a world called Dragaera. His recent novels also include The Incrementalists (2013) and its sequel The Skill of Our Hands (2017), with co-author Skyler White.
1897
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
British-Indian historian, author, and critic (died 1999)
Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri CBE, popularly known as Nirad C. Chaudhuri, was a bilingual Indian writer, scholar and historian. University of Oxford awarded Chaudhuri, by then a long-time resident of the city of Oxford, an Honorary Degree in Letters in 1990. He also received the highly prestigious honour from the British monarch called Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992.
1912
George O'Hanlon
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 in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1985 revival and its 1990 film adaptation which was his final acting role.
1979
Ivica Kostelić
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 champion Janica Kostelić. In his career he was coached by his father Ante Kostelić, as well as by Kristian Ghedina and Tomislav Krstičević.
1927
John Cole
Irish-English journalist and author (died 2013)
John Morrison Cole was a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work with the BBC. Cole served as deputy editor of The Guardian and The Observer and, from 1981 to 1992, was the BBC's political editor. Donald Macintyre, in an obituary in The Independent, described him as "the most recognisable and respected broadcast political journalist since World War II."
1837
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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 schoolteacher, before becoming the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam when its status was upgraded to Municipal University in 1877.
1948
Frank Worthington
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 his two older brothers, Dave and Bob, became professional footballers, both began their careers with Halifax Town. His nephew Gary was also a professional footballer.
1961
Peter Stanford
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 Longford starring Jim Broadbent in the title role. A former editor of the Catholic Herald newspaper, Stanford is also director of the Longford Trust for prison reform.
1969
Olivier Beretta
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 1994. He scored no championship points and was replaced when his sponsorship money ran out. During 2003 and 2004, he tested for the Williams team.
1933
Krzysztof Penderecki
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 oeuvre includes five operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
1947
Jean-Pierre Foucault
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 has been hosting the Miss France pageant since 1996 and hosted the Miss Europe pageant in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
1508
Francis
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 Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549. He was given the duchy as an inheritance settlement by his brother Ernest.
1869
Valdemar Poulsen
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 continuous wave radio transmitter, the Poulsen arc, which was used for a majority of the earliest audio radio transmissions, before being supplanted by the development of vacuum-tube transmitters.
1871
William Watt
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, including as acting prime minister during World War I, and finally as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1923 to 1926.
1876
Manuel de Falla
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 has a claim to being Spain's greatest composer of the 20th century, although the number of pieces he composed was relatively modest.
1948
Bruce Vilanch
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; behind the scenes he was head writer for the show. In 2000, he performed off-Broadway in his self-penned one-man show, Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous.
1966
Michelle Gomez
Scottish actress
Michelle May R. 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 long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.
1916
P. K. Page
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 and artist." She was the author of more than 30 published books that include poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography.
1941
Franco Nero
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 icon and launched an international career that includes over 200 leading and supporting roles in a wide variety of films and television productions.
1943
Sue Nicholls
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 (1964–1968), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979), and Rentaghost (1981–1984). She also appeared on Broadway in the 1974 revival of London Assurance.
1878
Frank Pick
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 1906. He was chief executive officer and vice-chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board from its creation in 1933 until 1940.
1922
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (died 2012)
Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish professor and politician during Francoist Spain, and one of the founders of the People's Alliance. Fraga was the Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, Minister of the Interior in 1975, Second Deputy Prime Minister between 1975 and 1976.
1944
Joe Eszterhas
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 film industry. His first screenwriting credit was for the film F.I.S.T. (1978). He co-wrote the script for Flashdance, which became one of the highest-grossing films of 1983, and set off a lucrative and prolific run for his career. By the early 1990s, he was known as the highest-paid writer in Hollywood, and noted for his work in the erotic thriller genre. He was paid a then-record $3 million for his script Love Hurts, which was produced as Basic Instinct (1992), and following its success, news outlets reported he earned seven-figure payouts solely on the basis of two- to four-page outlines.
1926
R. L. Burnside
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, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fan base, particularly in the punk and garage rock scenes.
1954
Pete Allen
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 with Peanuts Hucko, Bud Freeman, Bob Wilber, Marty Grosz, Billy Butterfield, Barrett Deems, Jack Lesberg, and Kenny Ball.
1984
Hilton Armstrong
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 as a forward and center for the Connecticut Huskies. He is currently married and is the father of four children.
1915
John Dehner
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 villains. His credits just in feature films, televised series, and in made-for-TV movies number almost 300 productions.
1927
Angelo Sodano
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 the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.
1956
Shane Gould
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 2018, she won the fifth season of Australian Survivor, becoming the oldest winner of any Survivor franchise.
1987
Nicklas Bäckström
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 League (NHL) at the 2006 NHL entry draft and played for the team from 2007 to 2023.
1896
Klement Gottwald
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 from 1945 to 1953. He was the first leader of Communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953.
1928
Jerry Bock
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 Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Sheldon Harnick.
1943
Petar Skansi
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 of the Yugoslavia national team that won the silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
1970
Danny Hoch
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 exposure as in 2007's We Own the Night. He is also known for his one-man shows.
1984
Amruta Khanvilkar
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 accolades, including a Maharashtra State Film Award, a Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar, and three Maharashtracha Favourite Kon awards.
1984
Justin Turner
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 Orioles, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and Chicago Cubs.
1930
Geeta Dutt
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 films. She also sang many modern Bengali songs in the non-film genre.
1953
Rick Bayless
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 accolades are a Michelin star, the title of Top Chef Masters, and seven James Beard Awards.
1955
Mary Landrieu
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 from 1988 to 1996, and in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1980 to 1988.
1925
William Tebeau
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 and Highway 126 between Eugene and Florence are both named after him.
1977
Adam Eaton
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, and Colorado Rockies. With the Phillies, Eaton was a member of the 2008 World Series champions.
1921
Elyakim Schlesinger
Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi (died 2026)
Elyakim Schlesinger (Yiddish: אליקים שלעזינגער; 23 November 1921 – 4 February 2026) was an Austrian-born British Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva in London. He was an international authority on Jewish law and served as the President of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe.
1970
Oded Fehr
Israeli-American actor
Oded Fehr is an Israeli actor based in the United States. He is best known for portraying Ardeth Bay in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001), Carlos Olivera in the Resident Evil series, and Antoine Laconte in the Deuce Bigalow films.
1890
El Lissitzky
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 mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union.
1954
Aavo Pikkuus
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 world championships in 1975 and 1978.
1958
Martin Snedden
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 and Ewen Chatfield, throughout its golden age in the 1980s.
1967
Salli Richardson
American actress, director, and producer
Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield is an American actress, television director and producer. as an actress, 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 comedy-drama series Eureka (2006–2012).
1980
Kirk Penney
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 was inducted in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
1984
Lucas Grabeel
American actor, singer, and songwriter
Lucas Stephen Grabeel is an American actor and musician. He began his career playing Ethan Dalloway in the Disney Channel films Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006), before gaining recognition for his role as Ryan Evans in the High School Musical film series (2006–2011).
1921
Fred Buscaglione
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 penchant for whisky and women.
1942
Susan Anspach
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 (1981), Blue Monkey (1987), and Blood Red (1989).
1970
Karsten Müller
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 second in the 1997 German championship.
1963
Gwynne Shotwell
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, a publicly traded American space transportation company, where she is responsible for day-to-day operations and company growth, and a member of its board of directors.
1980
Ishmael Beah
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 Family was published in April 2020.
1990
Alena Leonova
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 medalist. She is also the 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series runner-up.
912
Otto I
Holy Roman Emperor (died 973)
Otto I, known as Otto the Great or Otto of Saxony, was an East Frankish (German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim.
1887
Henry Moseley
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 stemmed from his development of Moseley's law in X-ray spectra.
1935
Vladislav Volkov
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 three people to have died in outer space.
1944
James Toback
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 Guy and Black and White.
1945
Jim Doyle
American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin
James Edward Doyle Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Wisconsin from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 41st attorney general of Wisconsin from 1991 to 2003.
1946
Bobby Rush
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 the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
1990
Eddy Kim
South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kim Jung-hwan, known professionally as Eddy Kim, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show Superstar K 4 in 2012. He released his first EP, The Manual, in 2014.
1914
Donald Nixon
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 nepotism being leveled against Richard Nixon in his political campaigns.
1955
Ludovico Einaudi
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 pop, rock, folk, and world music.
1970
Zoë Ball
English radio and television host
Zoe Louise Ball is a British broadcaster and presenter. She was the first female host of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows for the BBC, and in 2024 was confirmed as the second-highest-paid BBC presenter after Gary Lineker.
1926
Sathya Sai Baba
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 saying "My devotees are calling me; I have my work".
1871
Signe Salén
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 doctors.
1892
Erté
Russian-French illustrator and designer (died 1990)
Romain de Tirtoff, known by the pseudonym Erté, was a Russian-born French artist and designer. He worked in several fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume, set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
1909
Nigel Tranter
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 Scottish history.
1924
Colin Turnbull
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 development of ethnomusicology.
1971
Vin Baker
American basketball player and coach
Vincent Lamont Baker is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He appeared in four consecutive All-Star Games. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Miami Heat.
1785
Jan Roothaan
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 Jesus.
1924
Paula Raymond
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 Wright.
1961
Nicolas Bacri
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 concertos.
1965
Jennifer Michael Hecht
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 City.
1749
Edward Rutledge
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 Carolina.
1974
Malik Rose
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 1999 and 2003.
1991
Christian Cueva
Peruvian footballer
Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Peruvian Liga 1 club Sport Boys on loan from Juan Pablo II College and the Peru national team.
1920
Paul Celan
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.
1934
Robert Towne
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.
1939
Betty Everett
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.
1940
Luis Tiant
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.
1906
Betti Alver
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.
1966
Vincent Cassel
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.
1996
Anna Yanovskaya
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.
1999
Boubacar Kamara
French footballer
Boubacar Bernard Kamara is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back.
2001
Tino Anjorin
English footballer
Faustino Adebola Rasheed "Tino" Anjorin is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Süper Lig club Göztepe, on loan from Serie A club Torino.
1864
Henry Bourne Joy
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.
1875
Anatoly Lunacharsky
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 career.
1901
Bennie Osler
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.
1949
Alan Paul
American singer-songwriter and actor
Alan Paul Wichinsky is an American Grammy Award-winning singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the current incarnation of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.
1953
Johan de Meij
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.
1954
Bruce Hornsby
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.
1967
Gary Kirsten
South African cricketer and coach
Gary Kirsten is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter. He has served as the head coach of Sri Lanka since 2026.
1632
Jean Mabillon
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.
1972
Christopher James Adler
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.
1992
Gabriel Landeskog
Swedish ice hockey player
Gabriel Ingemar John Landeskog is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a left winger and captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1914
Wilson Tucker
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.
1876
Sara Prinsep
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.
1961
Keith Ablow
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.
1994
Wes Burns
Welsh footballer
Wesley James Burns is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a right winger for EFL League One club Leicester City and the Wales national team.
1995
Kelly Rosen
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.
1991
Willian José
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.
1998
Caoimhín Kelleher
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.
1923
Julien J. LeBourgeois
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 planning and staff assignments, and a tour as President of the Naval War College.
1968
Anthony Sullivan
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 Britain and Wales, and at club level in the Championship for Hull Kingston Rovers, and in the Championship, and the Super League for St. Helens, as a wing, and representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a wing. He is the son of Wales (RL) international Clive Sullivan.
1956
Bruce Edgar
New Zealand cricketer
Bruce Adrian Edgar is a former cricketer who represented New Zealand in both Test and One Day International (ODI) formats. A chartered accountant by profession, Edgar played as a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper during one of New Zealand's most successful eras in international cricket. He gained respect across the cricket world for his courage against the fastest bowlers of his era, his classically straight batting technique, and his outstanding teamwork.
1923
Gloria Whelan
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 Homeless Bird. She also won the 2013 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction for her short story What World Is This? and the work became the title for the independent publisher's 2013 collection of short stories.
1968
Robert Denmark
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 a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships. A two-time Olympian, he finished seventh in the 5000 metres final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
1964
Frank Rutherford
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 runs a program which prepares young Bahamian students to play college basketball and American football in the United States. He was a four-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics.
1915
Marc Simont
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. Simont settled in New York City in 1935 after encouragement from his father, attended the National Academy of Design with Robert McCloskey, and served three years in the military.
1929
Hal Lindsey
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 was imminent because current events were fulfilling Bible prophecy. He was a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist.
1953
Martin Kent
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 Chappell called him "one of the best homegrown talents Queensland has ever had".
1938
Patrick Kelly
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 formerly Vice President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
1950
Paul Wilson
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 for Celtic, including two in that season's Scottish Cup final win.
1915
Anne Burns
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 at Farnborough as an engineer and an expert in wind shear. She flew many sorties on engineering tests with the Farnborough Test Pilots.
1972
Alf-Inge Haaland
Norwegian footballer
Alfie Haaland is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or midfielder. Haaland played in England with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United, and Manchester City, and earned 34 caps for Norway. He is the father of Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland.
1977
Myriam Boileau
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 Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard in Montreal.
1903
Joe Nibloe
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 games. He also made eleven appearances for Scotland.
1924
Josephine D'Angelo
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 threw right-handed.
1968
Miloš Babić
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.
1781
Theodor Valentin Volkmar
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.
1956
Karin Guthke
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.
1983
Fatih Yiğituşağı
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.
1950
Carlos Eire
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.
870
Alexander
Byzantine emperor (died 913)
Alexander was briefly Byzantine emperor from 912 to 913, and the third emperor of the Macedonian dynasty.
1417
William FitzAlan
16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1487)
William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel, 6th Baron Maltravers was an English nobleman.
1687
Jean Baptiste Senaillé
French violinist and composer (died 1730)
Jean Baptiste Senaillé was a French Baroque composer and violin virtuoso.
1705
Thomas Birch
English historian and author (died 1766)
Thomas Birch was an English antiquarian, historian, and writer.
1715
Pierre Charles Le Monnier
French astronomer and author (died 1799)
Pierre Charles Le Monnier was a French astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Lemonnier.
1820
Isaac Todhunter
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.
1838
Stephanos Skouloudis
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.
1858
Albert Ranft
Swedish actor and director (died 1938)
Albert Adam Ranft was a Swedish theatre director and actor.
1869
Johan Scharffenberg
Norwegian psychiatrist (died 1965)
Johan Scharffenberg was a Norwegian psychiatrist, politician, speaker and writer.
1886
Eduards Smiļģis
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.
1889
Harry Sunderland
Australian-English journalist and businessman (died 1964)
Harry Sunderland was an Australian rugby league football administrator and journalist.
1896
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi
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.
1905
K. Alvapillai
Sri Lankan civil servant (died 1979)
Kovindapillai Alvapillai, OBE was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant.
1907
Lars Leksell
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.
1908
Nelson S. Bond
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.
1924
Irvin J. Borowsky
American publisher and philanthropist (died 2014)
Irvin J. Borowsky was an American publisher and philanthropist.
1927
Guy Davenport
American author and scholar (died 2005)
Guy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.
1928
Brendan Pereira
Indian advertising executive (died 2024)
Brendan Conan Pereira, also known as BCP, was an Indian advertising Creative Director.
1928
Elmarie Wendel
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.
1928
John Coleman
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).
1930
Jack McKeon
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).
1932
Michel David-Weill
French-American banker (died 2022)
Michel David-Weill was a French investment banker and chairman of Lazard and Eurazeo.
1935
Ken Eastwood
Australian cricketer
Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood is a former Australian cricketer who played one Test in 1971.
1944
Peter Lindbergh
German-French photographer and director (died 2019)
Peter Lindbergh was a German fashion photographer and film director.
1945
Assi Dayan
Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Assaf "Assi" Dayan was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
1945
1948
Bård Breivik
Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (died 2016)
Bård Breivik was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor.
1949
Sandra Stevens
English singer
Sandra Stevens is an English singer and a member of the pop group Brotherhood of Man.
1951
Maik Galakos
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.
1954
Glenn Brummer
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.
1960
Robin Roberts
American sportscaster and journalist
Robin Roberts is an American television broadcaster who co-anchors ABC's Good Morning America.
1963
Arto Heiskanen
Finnish professional hockey player (died 2023)
Arto Heiskanen was a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger.
1964
1966
Jerry Kelly
American golfer
Jerome Patrick Kelly is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
1966
Kevin Gallacher
Scottish footballer and sportscaster
Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish football pundit and commentator and former professional player.
1966
Mark Robinson
English cricketer and coach
Mark Andrew Robinson is a former English cricketer turned coach.
1968
Kirsty Young
Scottish journalist
Kirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television and radio presenter.
1969
Mike Lünsmann
German footballer
Mike Lünsmann is a retired German footballer who made over 200 appearances for Hertha BSC.
1971
Ashraf Amaya
American basketball player
Ashraf Omar Amaya is an American former professional basketball player.
1971
Khaled Al-Muwallid
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.
1976
Murat Salar
German-Turkish footballer and manager
Hikmet Murat Salar is a Turkish former professional footballer and currently manager of VSG Altglienicke.
1990
Christopher Quiring
German footballer[better source needed]
Christopher Quiring is a retired German footballer who last played for VSG Altglienicke.
1990
Shaun Hutchinson
English footballer
Shaun Matthew Hutchinson is an English professional footballer who most recently played for Millwall. He previously played for Motherwell and Fulham.
1991
Ahmed Shehzad
Pakistani cricketer
Ahmad Shahzad is a former Pakistani international cricketer.
1996
Alexis Ren
American social media personality, model, and actress
Alexis René Glabach, known professionally as Alexis Ren, is an American model, actress, entrepreneur, and internet celebrity.
1996
James Maddison
English footballer
James Daniel Maddison is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.