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He pitched from 1986 to 2002 for three teams in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the California Angels
Famous Birthdays on November 26
258 people
907 – 2001
November 26 has seen 258 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 907 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1962 — Chuck Finley
American baseball player
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After a 14-year tenure with the Angels, he played for the Cleveland Indians for two-and-a-half seasons, then was traded to the St
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During a 17-year major-league career, Finley compiled 200 wins, 2,610 strikeouts, and a 3.85 earned run average
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He holds multiple Angels team records for a career, including games started (379), wins (165), losses (140), and innings pitched (2,675).
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Listed at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), he threw and batted left-handed
907
1288
2nd Earl of Somerset (died 1418)
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset was an English nobleman who died aged 17 at the Siege of Rouen in France during the Hundred Years' War, fighting for the Lancastrian cause. As he died unmarried without issue, his…
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1401
Infanta Catarina ; was a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon.
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1436
2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (died 1506)
Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, KB PC was an English peer.
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1466
Catholic cardinal (died 1564)
Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora was an Italian cardinal, known also as The cardinal of Santa Fiora.
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1518
7th Baron Berkeley (died 1613)
Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, KB was an English peer and politician. He was Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire. He was the grandfather of George Berkeley, 8th Baron Berkeley.
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1534
King of Joseon (died 1608)
Seonjo, personal name Yi Yeon, was the 14th monarch of Joseon. He was known for promoting Korean Confucianism and attempting reforms at the beginning of his reign. However, he later gained infamy from the political…
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1552
1594
German organist and composer (died 1673)
Johann or Johannes Bach was a German composer and musician of the early Baroque period. He was the father of the so-called "Erfurt line" of Bach family musicians. His surviving works—two motets and an aria—make him the…
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1604
English minister and philanthropist (died 1638)
John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English Puritan minister in colonial New England whose deathbed bequest to the
"schoale or colledge"
founded two years earlier by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received…
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1607
English-American clergyman and academic (died 1659)
Henry Dunster was a New England Puritan clergyman who served as the first president of Harvard College from 1640 to 1654. Brackney says Dunster was "an important precursor" of the Baptist denomination in America,…
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1609
English minister and philosopher (died 1735)
William Derham FRS was an English clergyman, natural theologian, natural philosopher and scientist. He produced the earliest reasonably accurate measurement of the speed of sound.
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1657
French geophysicist and astronomer (died 1771)
Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan was a French natural philosopher (physicist), born in the town of Béziers on 26 November 1678. De Mairan lost his father, François d'Ortous, at age four and his mother twelve years later…
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1678
Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (died 1755)
Isidro Félix de Espinosa (1679–1755) was a Franciscan missionary from New Spain who participated in several expeditionary missions throughout the province of Tejas. He was the president of the missionaries from the…
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1679
English actor and playwright (died 1758)
Theophilus Cibber was an English actor, playwright, writer, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.
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1703
American general and politician (died 1800)
Artemas Ward was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally…
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1727
English poet and hymnwriter (died 1800)
William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.
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1731
American author and activist (died 1873)
Sarah Moore Grimké was an American abolitionist and feminist, widely held to be the mother of the women's suffrage movement. Born and reared in South Carolina to a prominent and wealthy planter family, she moved to…
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1792
Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (died 1872)
Zeng Guofan, Marquis Yiyong, birth name Zeng Zicheng, courtesy name Bohan (伯涵), was a Chinese statesman and military general of the late Qing dynasty. He is best known for raising and organizing the Xiang Army to aid…
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1811
Alsatian-French chemist (died 1884)
Charles Adolphe Wurtz was an Alsatian French chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compounds, against the skeptical opinions of…
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1817
American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (died 1915)
Ellen Gould White was an American author, and was both the prophet and a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was…
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1827
American surgeon and academic (died 1895)
Robert Battey was an American physician who is known for pioneering a surgical procedure then called Battey's Operation and now termed radical oophorectomy.
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1828
French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (died 1905)
René Marie Goblet was a French politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886–1887.
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1828
German-French physicist and academic (died 1901)
Karl Rudolph Koenig was a German businessman, instrument maker, and physicist, chiefly concerned with acoustic phenomena. He was best known for designing and building acoustical instruments such as the tuning fork and…
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1832
American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1919)
Mary Edwards Walker, commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war in the American Civil War, and surgeon. She is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor.
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1832
English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (died 1915)
Thomas Playford was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia. He subsequently entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for South Australia from 1901 to 1906 and as Minister for…
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1837
American police officer and journalist (died 1921)
Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the late 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to a…
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1853
Swiss linguist and author (died 1913)
Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century. He is widely…
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1857
American nun and saint (died 1955)
Katharine Drexel, SBS was an American Catholic religious sister and educator. In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans. Canonized by Pope…
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1858
English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (died 1947)
Edward John Higgins was the third General of The Salvation Army (1929–1934).
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1864
Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom and a sister of King George V, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales…
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1869
founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar (died 1949)
Sir Hari Singh Gour was a lawyer, jurist, educationist, social reformer, poet, and novelist. Gour was the First Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi and Nagpur University, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the…
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1870
1873
American engineer, invented air conditioning (died 1950)
Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning, inventing the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company…
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1876
American cyclist (died 1932)
Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor was an American professional cyclist. He has been called "the first Black American global sports superstar."
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1878
German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1970)
Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. His use of deflation in an attempt to…
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1885
American director and screenwriter (died 1978)
Ford Ingalsbe Beebe was a screenwriter and director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films.
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1888
French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1976)
Albert Dieudonné was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist.
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1889
American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1977)
Walter Scott Bradley was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and conductor.
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1891
Canadian cardinal (died 1974)
James Charles McGuigan was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the longest-serving Archbishop of Toronto, serving for almost 37 years from 1934 to 1971. He became the first English-speaking cardinal from…
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1894
American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (died 1964)
Norbert Wiener was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early…
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1894
1895
German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds…
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1898
German-American murderer (died 1936)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-American carpenter and criminal who was convicted of the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne…
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1899
Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (died 1993)
Anna Maurizio was a Swiss biologist who studied bees. She worked for more than three decades in the Department of Bees at the Liebefeld Federal Dairy Industry and Bacteriological Institute, where she developed new…
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1900
American admiral (died 1953)
William Sterling "Deak" Parsons was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He is best known for being the weaponeer on the Enola Gay, the aircraft which…
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1901
American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (died 1971)
Richard James McDonald and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald, known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's.
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1902
Czech-English pianist and educator (died 2014)
Alice Herz-Sommer, was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp. She lived for 40 years in Israel, before emigrating to London in 1986,…
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1903
Canadian physician and microbiologist (died 1991)
Armand Frappier was a Canadian physician, microbiologist, and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec.
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1904
Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (died 2011)
Kaikhosru Dhunjibhoy Sethna was an Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 50 books. He was known by the diminutive Kekoo, but wrote his poetry under nom de plume of Amal…
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1904
American baseball player (died 1982)
Robert Lee Johnson, nicknamed "Indian Bob", was an American professional baseball player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball for three American League teams from 1933 to 1945, primarily the…
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1905
American botanist (died 2013)
Ruth Myrtle Patrick was an American botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology. She authored more than 200 scientific papers, developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems…
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1907
Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (died 2007)
Charles Carmine Forte, Baron Forte was an Italian-born Scottish hotelier who founded the leisure and hotels conglomerate that ultimately became the Forte Group.
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1908
American baseball player and manager (died 1989)
Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Gomez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1930 and 1943 for the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators and…
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1908
German footballer and manager (died 1998)
Friedrich Hermann "Fritz" Buchloh was a German football manager and footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Buchloh was the last surviving member of Germany's 1934 World Cup…
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1909
American actress and singer (died 2004)
Frances Marion Dee was an American actress. Her first film was the musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in films An American Tragedy (1931), Little Women (1933) and Becky Sharp (1935). She is perhaps also known…
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1909
Romanian-French playwright and critic (died 1994)
Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco instigated a revolution in ideas and…
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1909
South African-born Irish actor (died 1993)
Cyril James Cusack was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of…
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1910
Polish-American chess player and author (died 1992)
Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid 1930s to the late 1960s. He tied for third place in the…
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1911
American journalist (died 1992)
Arnold Eric Sevareid was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents who were hired by CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and nicknamed "Murrow's Boys."…
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1912
1915
1915
Turkish-American record producer (died 1989)
Nesuhi Ertegun was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International.
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1917
Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (died 2016)
Patricio Aylwin Azócar was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator who was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994. He was the first president to be elected after the end of Augusto…
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1918
Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (died 2010)
Ryszard Kaczorowski, GCMG was a Polish statesman. From 1989 to 1990, he served as the last president of Poland-in-exile. He succeeded Kazimierz Sabbat, and resigned his post following Poland's regaining independence…
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1919
American journalist and author (died 2013)
Frederik George Pohl Jr. was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel…
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1919
Indian historian and academic (died 2011)
Ram Sharan Sharma was a Marxist historian and Indologist who specialised in the history of Ancient and early Medieval India. He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85) and was visiting faculty at…
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1919
Canadian-American director and producer (died 2004)
Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often dealing with taboo subject matter. He was…
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1920
Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (died 2012)
Verghese Kurien was an Indian dairy engineer and social entrepreneur. He led initiatives that contributed to the extensive increase in milk production in India termed as the White Revolution.
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1921
American cartoonist, created Peanuts (died 2000)
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Peanuts, featuring the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
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1922
Australian politician and barrister (died 2024)
Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes was an Australian barrister and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Attorney-General in the Gorton government from 1969 to 1971, and was a member of the House of…
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1923
Indian cinematographer (died 2014)
Venkatarama Pandit Krishnamurthy known professionally as V. K. Murthy, was an Indian cinematographer. Murthy, a one-time violinist and jailed freedom fighter, was Guru Dutt's regular cameraman on his movies. He provided…
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1923
Indian cricketer (died 1992)
Jasubhai Motibhai Patel was an off-spinner who played Test cricket for India.
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1924
American painter and sculptor (died 2000)
George Segal was an American painter and sculptor associated with the pop art movement. He was presented with the United States National Medal of Arts in 1999.
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1924
Uruguayan dictator (died 2016)
Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Armelino, also known as El Goyo, was an Uruguayan Army general and dictator who served as president of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985. He was the last surviving president of the civic-military…
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1925
American pianist (died 2003)
Eugene George Istomin was an American pianist. He was a winner of the Leventritt Award and recorded extensively as a soloist and in a piano trio in which he collaborated with Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose.
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1925
Filipino visual artist (died 2021)
Arturo Rogerio Dimayuga Luz was a Filipino visual artist. He was also a known printmaker, sculptor, designer and art administrator.
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1926
Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2017)
Rabi Ray was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister. He hailed from Odisha. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta…
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1926
American-Canadian television host (died 2001)
Ernest Arthur Coombs, CM was an American-Canadian children's entertainer who starred in the Canadian television series Mr. Dressup (1967–1996).
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1927
Japanese linguist and academic (died 2012)
Tatsuo Nishida was a professor at Kyoto University. His work encompasses research on a variety of Tibeto-Burman languages, having made great contributions in particular to the deciphering of the Tangut language.
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1928
Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 2015)
Slavko Avsenik was a Slovene composer and musician. Beginning in 1953 with the formation of the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble, Avsenik produced more than 1,000 songs and garnered success both in Slovenia and in other parts…
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1929
American actress, singer and dancer (died 2023)
Betta St. John was an American actress, singer, and dancer who worked on Broadway, the West End, and in Hollywood films. She started her career aged 10 as a child actress in uncredited movie parts in her native USA. As…
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1929
German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung (died 2018)
Berthold Leibinger was a German mechanical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the head of the German company Trumpf, a leader in laser technology, and founder of the non-profit foundation Berthold…
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1930
Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine activist, community organizer, painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship…
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1931
Dutch cardinal (died 2020)
Adrianus Johannes Simonis was a Dutch cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1983 to 2007, and was made a cardinal in 1985.
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1931
American-Canadian singer and actor (died 2007)
Robert Gérard Goulet was an American singer and actor.
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1933
Scottish bishop and radio host
Richard Holloway is a Scottish writer, broadcaster and cleric. He was the Bishop of Edinburgh from 1986 to 2000 and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1992 to 2000.
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1933
English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Stanley A. Long was an English exploitation cinema and sexploitation filmmaker. He was also a driving force behind the VistaScreen stereoscopic (3D) photographic company. He was a writer, cinematographer, editor, and…
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1933
Iranian actor (died 2019)
Jamshid Mashayekhi was an Iranian actor. Mashayekhi, Ali Nasirian, Ezatollah Entezami, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz and Davoud Rashidi are known as "the five most important actors in the history of Iranian cinema" because of…
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1933
American director and producer, invented instant replay (died 2015)
Anthony F. Verna was a producer of television sports and entertainment blockbusters.
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1933
Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist (died 2020)
Cengiz Bektaş was a Turkish architect, engineer, poet and writer for Evrensel newspaper.
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1934
American director and producer
Jerry Jameson is an American television and film director, editor and producer.
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1934
1934
American actress and singer (died 2011)
Marian Ethel Mercer was an American actress and singer.
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1935
English computer scientist and psychologist
Margaret Ann Boden was a British academic. She was a research professor of cognitive science in the department of informatics at the University of Sussex, where her work embraced the fields of artificial intelligence,…
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1936
American bass player (died 2012)
Robert Andrew Kreinar, known as Bob Babbitt, was an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966 to 1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for…
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1937
Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 2019)
John Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh was a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from February 1974 until 1992. During the Premiership of Margaret…
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1937
Russian physician and astronaut (died 1994)
Boris Borisovich Yegorov was a Soviet physician and cosmonaut who became the first physician to travel to space. He was born in Moscow, Soviet Union and received his medical degree from the Moscow Medical Institute in…
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1937
American economist (died 2022)
Elizabeth Ellery Bailey was an American economist. She was the John C. Hower Professor of Business and Public Policy, at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Bailey studied deregulation, market…
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1938
American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA
Porter Johnston Goss is an American politician who served as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006. He was the last director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 2004 to 2005, then became the first…
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1938
Australian physicist and academic (died 2021)
Rodney Leonard (Rod) Jory AM,, was an Australian physicist noted for establishing and running the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF/NSSS) and for his contributions to Australian teams which have competed at the…
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1938
Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer
Richard Caruthers Little is a Canadian-American comedian, impressionist and voice actor. Sometimes known as the "Man of a Thousand Voices", Little has recorded nine comedy albums and made numerous television…
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1938
Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2025)
Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi, also known as Pak Lah, was a Malaysian politician and civil servant who served as the fifth prime minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. A member of UMNO, he was the party's president from…
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1939
American actor and puppeteer (died 1988)
Wayland Parrott Flowers Jr. was an American actor, comedian and puppeteer. Flowers was best known for the comedy act he created with his puppet Madame. His performances as "Wayland Flowers and Madame" were a major…
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1939
English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, FRASE is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal and Lewisham West, now a member of the House of Lords. He was Chairman of the…
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1939
American actor (died 2023)
Mark Margolis was an American actor best known for his portrayal of the character Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and Better Call Saul (2016–2022). His performance in Breaking Bad was nominated for an Emmy…
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1939
2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 2021)
Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie,, usually known as Grey Gowrie or Lord Gowrie, was an Irish-born British hereditary peer, politician, and businessman. Lord Gowrie was also the hereditary…
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1939
English saxophonist and surgeon
Arthur Edward George Themen is a British jazz saxophonist and formerly orthopaedic surgeon. Critic John Fordham has described him as "an appealing presence on the British jazz circuit for over 40 years.... Originally a…
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1939
American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (died 2023)
Tina Turner was a singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she broke both racial and gender barriers in rock music with her vocal prowess and stage presence. She is one of the…
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1939
Italian mathematician and academic
Enrico Bombieri is an Italian mathematician, known for his work in analytic number theory, Diophantine geometry, complex analysis, and group theory. Bombieri is currently professor emeritus in the School of Mathematics…
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1940
English guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)
David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival. He inspired many famous practitioners of the fingerstyle acoustic guitar such as…
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1940
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (died 2007)
Kotozakura Masakatsu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kurayoshi, Tottori. He was the sport's 53rd yokozuna. He made his professional debut in 1959, reaching the top division in 1963. After several years…
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1940
English historian, author, and academic
Quentin Robert Duthie Skinner is a British intellectual historian. He is regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought. He has won numerous prizes for his work, including…
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1940
American mezzo-soprano
Susanne Marsee is an American mezzo-soprano of note, particularly acclaimed as a singing-actress.
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1941
American baseball player and manager (died 2025)
Jeffrey Allen Torborg was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels from 1964 to 1973. He managed the Cleveland…
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1941
Japanese actor
Maki Hirahara , born November 26, 1942, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan and known as Maki Carrousel , is a Japanese transgender actress who is represented by the talent agency Office Carrousel.
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1942
American actress (died 2018)
Olivia Carlena Cole was an American actress, best known for her Emmy Award-winning role in the 1977 miniseries Roots.
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1942
Norwegian-American football player
Jan Stenerud is a Norwegian-American former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs.…
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1942
Vietnamese physician and author (died 1970)
Đặng Thùy Trâm was a Vietnamese doctor. She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War. Her wartime diaries, which chronicle the last two years of her life,…
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1942
1943
American director and producer (died 2002)
Bruce Weigert Paltrow was an American television and film director and producer. He was the husband of actress Blythe Danner, and the father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and screenwriter/director Jake Paltrow.
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1943
American novelist and essayist
Marilynne Summers Robinson is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and…
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1943
American radio host (died 2012)
Bruce Dale Sommers, known by his nickname "The Truckin' Bozo", was an American radio personality, best known for his long-running country music show geared toward truck drivers. Sommers hosted the overnight show from…
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1943
Baroness Quin, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin,, is a British Labour Party politician. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1989, and served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead East and Washington…
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1944
American singer
Velma Jean Terrell is an American R&B and jazz singer. She replaced Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes in 1970.
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1944
American actor
Daniel Davis is an American film, stage and television actor. He portrayed Niles the butler on the sitcom The Nanny and had two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting a…
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1945
English-American bass player
John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist. He is best known as a member since 1967 of the band Fleetwood Mac, and prior to that, the rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, from 1964 to 1967. His surname,…
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1945
Scottish guitarist
Jim Mullen is a Scottish, Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum.
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1945
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Michael S. Omartian is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He…
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1945
Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence
Björn Gustaf von Sydow is a former speaker (talman) of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. He held this office following the 2002 election, when he succeeded Birgitta Dahl, until he was replaced on 2 October 2006. A…
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1945
American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 2014)
Raymond Louis Kennedy was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer based in Los Angeles. His works span multiple genres including R&B, pop, rock, jazz, fusion, acid rock, country, and many more. He…
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1946
1946
Romanian-Israeli historian and author (died 2012)
Itamar Singer was an Israeli author and historian of Jewish-Romanian origin. He is known for his research of the Ancient Near East and as a leading Hittitologist, pioneering the study of this ancient Anatolians culture…
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1946
American football player
Roger Russell Wehrli is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 14-year career as a cornerback for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 until 1982. He was…
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1947
Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian–American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the…
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1948
1948
1948
Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (died 2015)
Galina Nikolayevna Prozumenshchikova was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who also competed in medley relays. She won five Olympic medals in 1964, 1968 and 1972 and five European Championships medals in 1966 and 1970. Her…
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1948
English rugby player
Peter John Wheeler, CBE is a former England international rugby union player who played hooker and was Chief Executive of Leicester Tigers.
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1948
East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor
Mari bin Amude Alkatiri is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country, and again from September 2017…
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1949
Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock musician, composer, music producer, radio host and singer-songwriter. He is one of the most popular and successful musicians in Israel.
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1949
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Martin Lee was an English singer, best known as a member of the pop group Brotherhood of Man.
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1949
American political scientist and academic
Vincent A. Mahler is a professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, where he serves as the Undergraduate Program Director.
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1949
Romanian canoe world and Olympic champion (died 2021)
Ivan Patzaichin was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 world championship…
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1949
Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician
Ilona Anna Staller, known by her stage name Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Staller gained fame in the early 1970s through her radio show Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? and…
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1951
Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2014)
Sulejman Tihić was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. He also served as the second president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA)…
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1951
Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist
William Henry Cade was an American-Canadian biologist who served as the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Lethbridge from 2000 to 2010. Before serving as president and vice-chancellor, he was dean of…
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1952
Australian tennis player
Wendy Turnbull, is an Australian former tennis player. During her career, she won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five of them in mixed doubles. She also was a three-time Grand Slam runner-up…
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1952
English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds South, formerly…
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1953
American politician
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Capito served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative from…
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1953
American football player
Harry Donald Carson is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Carson was inducted into the College…
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1953
Australian television host and actress
Jacki MacDonald is a former Australian television personality from Blackall, Queensland, who also has worked in radio broadcasting.
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1953
English director, producer, and screenwriter
Julien Temple is a British film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including The Great Rock 'n' Roll…
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1953
South African race car driver
Desiré Wilson (née Randall), born 26 November 1953, is a former racing driver from South Africa and one of only five women to have competed in Formula One. Born in Brakpan, she entered one Formula One World Championship…
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1953
1954
Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (died 2009)
Velupillai Prabhakaran was an Eelam Tamil guerrilla and a major figure of Tamil nationalism, being the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought…
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1954
Slovenian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament
Jelko Kacin is a Slovenian politician.
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1955
German-English academic and politician
Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Labour Party, she now…
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1955
American race car driver and sportscaster
Dale Arnold Jarrett is an American former race car driver and current racing commentator for NBC. He is best known for winning the Daytona 500 three times and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1999.…
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1956
1956
Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz is a British politician who served as the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He is the UK Parliament's longest-serving British…
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1956
Cuban-American sculptor (died 1996)
Félix González-Torres or Felix Gonzalez-Torres was a Cuban-born American visual artist. He lived and worked primarily in New York City between 1979 and 1995 after attending university in Puerto Rico. González-Torres’s…
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1957
English rugby player
Michael Gordon Skinner, usually known as Mickey or Mick, is a former English rugby union player who played at flanker for Harlequins, Blackheath and England. He was nicknamed "Mick the Munch" because of his strong…
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1958
Welsh politician
David Clifford Davies, commonly known as Dai Davies, is a Welsh politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Blaenau Gwent constituency in South Wales from 2006 to 2010, representing the Blaenau Gwent…
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1959
American author and academic
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs is a full professor of Modern Languages and Cultures, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Seattle University. She is the current Theiline Pigott-McCone Chair (2018-2020) at Seattle…
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1959
American actress, singer, and dancer
Jamie Rose is an American actress and acting coach. Born in New York City, Rose was raised in Southern California, where she began her career as a child actor, first appearing in commercials. She made her feature film…
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1959
American sportscaster
Gerard H. Schemmel is an American sportscaster, formerly working as a play-by-play radio announcer for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. He previously called Denver Nuggets games on both Radio and TV for 18…
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1959
Russian serial killer, rapist, torturer, and necrophile (died 1996)
Sergey Aleksandrovich Golovkin was a Soviet-Russian serial killer, rapist and necrophile, convicted for the killing of 11 boys between the ages of 10 and 16 in the Moscow area between 1986 and 1992. Golovkin, also known…
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1959
1960
American baseball player and sportscaster
Harold Craig Reynolds is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1983 to 1994, most prominently as a member…
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1960
Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, is a British Indian businessman, member of the House of Lords, and former Chancellor of the University of Birmingham.
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1961
Australian surfer
Thomas Victor Carroll is an Australian former professional surfer from Sydney. He won the Australian Junior Title in 1978, the Pro Juniors in 1977 and 1980, the 1983 and 1984 ASP World Tour, and the 1987, 1990 and 1991…
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1961
1961
Portuguese footballer and manager
Fernando Óscar Bandeirinha Barbosa, known as Bandeirinha, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back or a defensive midfielder throughout his career.
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1962
American basketball player and coach
Mario Antoine Elie is an American former professional basketball coach and player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Elie grew up in New York City and played college basketball for the American International…
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1963
1963
1963
Swiss skier
Verena "Vreni" Schneider is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever and was voted "Swiss Sportswoman of the…
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1964
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Robert Scott Adsit is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994 after attending Columbia College Chicago. He…
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1965
English footballer
Desmond Sinclair Walker is an English football coach and former player who played as a defender.
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1965
American actress
Kristin Bauer van Straten is an American film and television actress, notable for her roles as vampire Pamela Swynford De Beaufort on the HBO television series True Blood, Jerry's girlfriend Gillian on Seinfeld, and as…
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1966
Haitian-American actress and singer
Garcelle Beauvais is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films…
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1966
1966
1966
Antiguan cricketer
Ridley Detamore Jacobs is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was the first opening batsman
to carry his…
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1967
American basketball player
Edna Campbell is a former women's basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The 5 ft 8 in guard played with the Sacramento Monarchs as well as three other teams, but is well…
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1968
Turkish singer
Haluk Levent is a Turkish rock singer who helped revive the long forgotten Anatolian rock genre in the 1990s.
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1968
American basketball player
Shawn Travis Kemp Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association…
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1969
American painter and illustrator
Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist, filmmaker, and university professor, who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in…
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1969
American-English basketball player and sportscaster
John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE is an English psychologist, consultant and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and Penn State Nittany Lions, and professional…
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1970
Australian comedian and radio host
David William Hughes is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter. He is known for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent, and deadpan comedic delivery.
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1970
American author
Vicki Pettersson is an American author known for her Signs of the Zodiac urban fantasy series and Celestial Blues trilogy, both set in modern-day Las Vegas. The Zodiac series follows casino heiress Joanna Archer, who…
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1971
American boxer and actor
Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2012. He is a two-time light middleweight world champion and was the last to hold the undisputed title at that weight until…
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1971
American author
James Smith Dashner is an American writer known for speculative fiction. Many of his books are primarily aimed at children or young adults. He is best known for The Maze Runner series and the young adult fantasy series…
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1972
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Christopher John Osgood is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a Detroit Red Wings studio analyst and part-time color commentator for FanDuel Sports Network Detroit. He won three…
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1972
Indian actor and producer
Arjun Rampal is an Indian actor and model who mainly works in Hindi films. He has starred in more than 40 films. Described as a versatile actor by the media, Rampal has received several awards including the National…
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1972
American actor, director, and producer
Peter Facinelli is an American-Italian actor. He starred as Donovan "Van" Ray on the Fox series Fastlane from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novel series, and is also…
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1973
Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer
Line Horntveth is a Norwegian musician, the sister of the musicians Martin and Lars Horntveth, married to the upright bassist Bjørn Holm, and known from a series of recordings within Jaga Jazzist.
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1974
American actress
Tammy Lynn Michaels, also known by the surname Etheridge from her relationship with Melissa Etheridge, is an American actress.
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1974
Czech decathlete and high jumper
Roman Šebrle is a Czech retired decathlete. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he later switched to the combined events and is a former world record holder…
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1974
1975
Canadian figure skater
Patrice Lauzon is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With his wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medalist.
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1975
Swedish footballer
Eiton Andreas Augustsson is a Swedish retired footballer who played as a defender. He made his professional debut in Twente, before he moved to Norway in 2001 where in played for Raufoss, Vålerenga and Sandefjord.…
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1976
American actress
Maia Campbell is an American former actress known for her roles as Tiffany Warren on the NBC/UPN sitcom In the House (1995–1999), and Nicole on the 1994 Fox comedy-drama series South Central.
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1976
1976
American baseball player and manager
Brian Duncan Schneider, nicknamed "Hoops", is an American former professional baseball catcher and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, New York Mets, and…
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1976
Italian cyclist
Ivan Basso is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2015 for seven different teams. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, was considered among the best mountain riders…
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1977
American football player
Paris Michael Lenon is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Richmond Spiders football and was signed by the…
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1977
Scottish canoe racer
Campbell Walsh is a Scottish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1995 to 2012. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K1 event in Athens in 2004.
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1977
Japanese voice actor and singer
Jun Fukuyama is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He played Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Yukio Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Koro-sensei in Assassination Classroom, Ichimatsu in Mr. Osomatsu, Yuta Togashi in Love,…
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1978
American actress
Jessica Bowman is an American actress known for her role as Colleen Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
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1980
Japanese singer
Satoshi Ohno is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host, artist, dancer, and choreographer. He is the lead vocalist and leader of the boy band Arashi, hence his nickname Leader .
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1980
American tennis player
Jacqueline Trail Harang is a retired American tennis player. She had a prolific junior tennis career and played on the professional tour from 1997 to 2003. Trail retired due to injury in 2003.
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1980
Danish footballer
Stephan Maigaard Andersen is a Danish former professional football player, who played as a goalkeeper. He was a full international for the Denmark national team and was chosen to represent his country at UEFA Euro 2004,…
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1981
English singer-songwriter and producer
Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British and New Zealand singer and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, Unwritten, in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It…
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1981
Australian singer and pianist
Natalie Rose Gauci is an Australian musician, producer and teacher. Gauci undertook music tuition at the Victorian College of the Arts, formed her own band that played gigs in Melbourne, while also working as a music…
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1981
Canadian ice hockey player
Gina Kingsbury is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current general manager for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
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1981
1981
American ice hockey player
Keith Galen Ballard is an American former professional ice hockey player. A defenseman, he previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Phoenix Coyotes, Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks and…
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1982
American basketball player
Luther Dale Head is an American former professional basketball player.
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1982
American baseball player
Matthew Scott Garza is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2006 with the Minnesota Twins, and also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs, Texas…
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1983
American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook
Christopher Hughes is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until 2007. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The…
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1983
Japanese voice actress and singer
Emiri Katō is a Japanese voice actress and singer. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards, she won Best New Actress with her roles in Powerpuff Girls Z as Momoko Akatsutsumi/Hyper Blossom and Lucky Star as Kagami Hiiragi. She also…
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1983
Spanish footballer (died 2007)
Antonio José Puerta Pérez was a Spanish professional footballer who played solely for Sevilla.
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1984
American baseball player
Matthew Martin Lee Carpenter is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, and San Diego Padres. A left-handed…
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1985
Greek pole vaulter
Konstantinos Filippidis is a Greek former pole vaulter. He won the gold medal at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and the silver medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. He took the sixth place at the 2012…
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1986
Dutch cyclist
Bauke Mollema is a Dutch professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He has finished in the top 10 in all three Grand Tours, with stage wins in the 2021 Tour de France, 2017 Tour de France, and the 2013…
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1986
Italian rugby player
Alberto Sgarbi is an Italian rugby union former player who played at Centre for the Italian national team. He represented italy on 29 occasions with 2 tries.
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1986
American singer, songwriter and dancer
Kathleen Emperatriz DeLuna is an American singer. DeLuna began pursuing a career as a singer when she was a teenager and later signed with Epic Records. Her debut single, "Whine Up", released in 2007, went on to become…
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1987
Greek footballer
Georgios Tzavellas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or a left-back. He is the current sporting director of Super League club Panathinaikos.
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1987
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Blake Preston Harnage is an American songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has written, produced, engineered, mixed or performed on songs for Versa, PVRIS, Hands Like Houses, All Time Low,…
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1988
Japanese model and actress
Yumi Kobayashi is a female fashion model from Tokyo, Japan. She works for the show-business production Burning Production, K.K. and previously worked for Platica Inc.
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1988
Filipina singer and actress
Angeline Quinto is a Filipino singer, actress, and television personality. Known for her vocal range and soulful singing style, Quinto's music has garnered critical praise for its lyrical content and themes of love,…
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1989
English footballer
Felix Junior Stanislas is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger most notably for club AFC Bournemouth during their two promotion seasons to the Premier League. He is currently the first team…
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1989
American basketball player
Avery Antonio Bradley Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who is the vice president of player development for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball…
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1990
1990
Brazilian footballer
Gabriel Armando de Abreu, commonly known as Gabriel Paulista or simply Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians.
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1990
1990
English footballer
Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
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1990
Italian footballer
Manolo Gabbiadini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
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1991
American baseball player
Corey Andrew Knebel is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and…
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1991
1992
1995
American basketball player
Malik JonMikal Beasley is an American professional basketball player for the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He attended Saint Francis School in Alpharetta, Georgia, where he was a…
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1996
American ice hockey player
Brandon Mitchell Carlo is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Boston Bruins selected him in the second round, 37th overall,…
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1996
1996
1996
American actor
Aubrey Omari Joseph is an American actor best known for his role as Tyrone Johnson / Cloak in Freeform's Cloak & Dagger.
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1997
Swedish curler
Jennie Frances Wåhlin is a Swedish curler from Huddinge. She was a longtime member of Team Isabella Wranå. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as alternate for the Anna Hasselborg team.
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1997
English-Congolese footballer
Aaron Wan-Bissaka is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club West Ham United. Born in England, he plays for the DR Congo national team.
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1997
Indian cricketer
Shivam Pankaj Mavi is an Indian international cricketer, who is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in January 2023.
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1998
American football player
Jaycee Carrington Horn is an American professional football cornerback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and was selected eighth…
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1999
American singer-songwriter
Olivia Gail O'Brien is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in 2016 after collaborating with Gnash on the single "I Hate U, I Love U", which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in…
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1999
Canadian soccer player
Jacob Everett Shaffelburg is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Canada national team.
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1999
Ethiopian athlete
Lamecha Girma is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner who holds the world record in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the steeplechase and won silver medals at the…
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2000
Spanish footballer
Pau Víctor Delgado is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Primeira Liga club Braga.
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2001
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