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She was selected 12th overall in the 2005 WNBA draft by the Seattle Storm
Famous Birthdays on November 29
216 people
826 – 2002
November 29 has seen 216 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 826 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1983 — Tanisha Wright
American basketball player and coach
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Wright played in the WNBA for 14 seasons with the Storm, New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx.
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She ranks fourth in school history in points scored with 1,995 points in 134 career games
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Tanisha Lovely Wright is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions
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During her junior season, Wright helped led her team to the Elite Eight, where they fell to the eventual national champion, Connecticut
Frankish nobleman (died 850)
William of Septimania was the son of Bernard and Dhuoda. He was the count of Toulouse from 844 and count of Barcelona from 848.
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826
3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (died 1361)
John (II) de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray was the only son of John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, by his first wife, Aline de Brewes, daughter of William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose. He was born in Hovingham, Yorkshire.
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1310
1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1368)
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence was an English prince, Earl of Ulster jure uxoris from 1347, Duke of Clarence from 1362, Guardian of England in 1345–46, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1361–66, Knight of the Garter…
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1338
1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (died 1460)
Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont was a scion of a leading noble family from northern England during the fifteenth century. Described by one historian as "quarrelsome, violent and contemptuous of all authority", Egremont…
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1422
Italian cardinal (died 1534)
Cardinal Andrea della Valle was an Italian clergyman and art collector.
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1463
1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (died 1592)
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, KB, PC was an English peer during the Tudor period. He was a staunch Roman Catholic, but unswervingly loyal to the Crown. Montagu was employed on diplomatic missions to the Pope in…
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1528
1627
Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1747)
Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania, and the father of Catherine the Great of Russia.
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1690
English violinist and composer (died 1752)
Michael Christian Festing was an English violinist and composer. His reputation lies mostly on his work as a violin virtuoso.
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1705
American evangelist (died 1819)
The Public Universal Friend was an American preacher born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, to Quaker parents. After suffering a severe illness in 1776, the Friend claimed to have died and been reanimated as a genderless…
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1752
French zoologist (died 1833)
Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after…
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1762
Venezuelan poet and philosopher (died 1865)
Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American…
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1781
Italian composer (died 1848)
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer, best known for his over 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first…
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1797
Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (died 1877)
Alexander Pavlovich Brullov, sometimes Brulloff, was a Russian artist associated with Russian Neoclassicism.
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1798
American jurist and politician (died 1864)
Hamilton Rowan Gamble was an American jurist and politician who served as the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time of the Dred Scott case in 1852. Although his colleagues voted to overturn the 28-year…
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1798
American philosopher and academic (died 1888)
Amos Bronson Alcott was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional…
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1799
German poet and author (died 1827)
Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist known for his stories and novels. Raised in Stuttgart and educated in Tübingen, he wrote fairy tales such as Der kleine Muck and Das kalte Herz, the historical romance…
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1802
Austrian mathematician and physicist (died 1853)
Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. He formulated the principle – now known as the Doppler effect – that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source…
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1803
German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (died 1879)
Gottfried Semper was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and…
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1803
American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1888)
Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure, the Waite Court…
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1816
American poet and author (died 1901)
William Ellery Channing II was an American Transcendentalist poet, nephew and namesake of the Unitarian preacher Dr. William Ellery Channing. His uncle was usually known as "Dr. Channing", while the nephew was commonly…
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1817
Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (died 1880)
George Brown was a Scottish Canadian journalist, politician, the founder of the town of Bothwell, and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He attended the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences. A noted Reform politician,…
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1818
American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)
La Fayette Grover was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Oregon. He was the fourth governor of Oregon, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and served one term in the…
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1823
French neurologist and psychologist (died 1893)
Jean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He worked on groundbreaking work about hypnosis and hysteria, in particular with his hysteria patient Louise Augustine Gleizes. Charcot…
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1825
Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (died 1889)
William Crichton was a Scottish engineer and shipbuilder who spent most of his career in Turku, located in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
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1827
American sailor and soldier (died 1862)
Frederick Townsend Ward was an American sailor and mercenary known for his military service in Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion. He commanded the Ever Victorious Army, a joint Sino-foreign force, against the…
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1831
American novelist and poet (died 1888)
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New…
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1832
Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who periodically controlled the government of the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.
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1835
British horticulturist and writer (died 1932)
Gertrude Jekyll was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles…
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1843
English physicist and engineer (died 1945)
Sir John Ambrose Fleming was a British electrical engineer and physicist. He is known for inventing the vacuum tube radio transmitter—with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made—and establishing the…
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1849
German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 1921)
Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg was a German politician who was imperial chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. He oversaw the German entry into World War I and played a key role…
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1856
German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (died 1911)
Theodor Escherich was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a professor at universities in Graz and Vienna. He discovered and described the bacterium Escherichia coli.
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1857
Greek composer (died 1917)
Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras was a Greek composer particularly admired for his operas. His compositions were praised worldwide during his lifetime and he is arguably the most important composer of the Ionian School. Among…
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1861
American mathematician and academic (died 1942)
Suzan Rose Benedict, sometimes spelled Susan Rose Benedict, was the first woman awarded a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and had a long teaching career at Smith College.
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1873
Welsh-English painter and academic (died 1949)
Francis Edgar Dodd was a British portrait painter, landscape artist and printmaker.
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1874
Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, known as simply Egas Moniz, was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having…
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1874
American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (died 1977)
Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She…
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1876
Danish violinist and composer (died 1963)
Jacob Thune Hansen Gade was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, Jalousie.
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1879
Romanian-German general (died 1944)
Artur Gustav Martin Phleps was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and Nazi German army officer who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the Waffen-SS during World War II. An Austro-Hungarian…
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1881
French pilot and engineer (died 1984)
Henri Fabre was a French aviator and the inventor of the first successful seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion.
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1882
Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 1964)
Julius Raab was an Austrian politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austrian State Treaty in…
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1891
American director and choreographer (died 1976)
Berkeley William Enos, known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer, best known for his collaboration with Warner Brothers in the early to mid-1930s. Berkeley devised…
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1895
Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (died 1971)
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th president of Liberia and the longest-serving president in the country's history, serving from his election in 1944 until his death in 1971.
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1895
British novelist, poet, and critic (died 1963)
Clive Staples Lewis was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge…
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1898
Croatian Minister of Interior (died 1988)
Andrija Artuković was a Croatian lawyer, politician, and senior member of the fascist Ustaše movement, who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice in the Government of the Independent State of…
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1899
Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (died 2017)
Emma Martina Luigia Morano was an Italian supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 13 May 2016 until her death on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 days. She was also the last living person…
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1899
American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (died 1988)
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, Gillars became the first woman to be convicted…
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1900
Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (died 1991)
Margaret Barr was an Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama who worked in the United States, England, New Zealand and Australia. During a career of more than sixty years, she created over eighty works.
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1904
French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (died 1991)
Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dakar from 1955 to 1962. He was a major influence in modern traditionalist Catholicism, founding in 1970 the Society of…
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1905
English writer and poet (died 1999)
Barbara Constance Freeman was an English writer and illustrator of books for children and young adults.
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1906
American pastor and politician (died 1972)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was the first African…
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1908
Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (died 2006)
Elizabeth Choy Su-Moi was a Singaporean educator and councillor who is regarded as a war heroine in Singapore. Along with her husband, Choy Khun Heng, she supplied medicine, money and messages to Far East prisoners of…
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1910
Lithuanian actor and director (died 1961)
Antanas Škėma was a Lithuanian writer, playwright, stage actor and director. His best known work is the novel Balta drobulė.
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1910
Burmese journalist and author (died 2008)
Ludu Daw Amar was a dissident writer and journalist based in Mandalay, Burma. She was married to fellow writer and journalist Ludu U Hla and was the mother of popular writer Nyi Pu Lay. She is best known for her…
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1915
American pianist and composer (died 1967)
William Thomas Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A'…
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1915
1916
French director and screenwriter (died 2017)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1963 film Shéhérazade, which starred Anna Karina. He was once married to actress Claudine Auger when she was 18, and he was 41 years old.…
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1917
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)
Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist. Born in Rosewood, Kentucky, his songs' lyrics were often about the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal…
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1917
American author and poet (died 2007)
Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An…
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1918
American medicinal chemist (died 2011)
Mildred Catherine Rebstock was an American pharmaceutical chemist. She and her team were the first to fully synthesize chloromycetin, also known as chloramphenicol. This was the first instance of an antibiotic being…
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1919
Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (died 2013)
Josef Weider was a Canadian publisher and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia, and the…
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1919
Russian engineer and politician (died 2021)
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia.…
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1920
American chemist and academic, developed spandex (died 2014)
Joseph Clois Shivers Jr. was an American textile chemist who was based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for his role in the structural development of Spandex, a thermoplastic elastomer, in the 1950s, while…
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1920
American astrologer and wrestling promoter (died 2020)
Jacqueline Frances Stallone was an American astrologer, dancer and wrestling promoter. She was the mother of actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Frank Stallone, and actress Toni D'Alto, the latter by her former husband…
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1921
English-American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)
Sir Michael Eliot Howard was an English military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, Robert…
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1922
American race car driver (died 2008)
Charles George Daigh was an American racing car driver. He broke into Grand Prix racing through Lance Reventlow's Scarab team, by virtue of being one of the resident engineers. Born in Long Beach, California, he…
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1923
Cuban-American baseball player and coach (died 2015)
Saturnino Orestes "Minnie" Armas Arrieta Miñoso, nicknamed "the Cuban Comet," was a Cuban professional baseball player. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star third baseman with…
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1925
Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (died 2019)
Beji Caid Essebsi was a Tunisian politician who served as the fourth president of Tunisia from 31 December 2014 until his death on 25 July 2019. Previously, he served as minister of foreign affairs from 1981 to 1986 and…
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1926
American sportscaster and game show host (died 2022)
Vincent Edward Scully was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball. Scully was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years, beginning in…
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1927
Azerbaijani painter and educator (died 2021)
Tahir Salahov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman. He was First Secretary of the Artists' Union of the USSR (1973–1992), Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of over 20 academies and…
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1928
American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (died 2003)
Paul Martin Simon was an American author and politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and in the United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. A member of the…
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1928
English journalist and radio host (died 2012)
Derek Jameson was an English tabloid journalist and broadcaster. He began his career in the media in 1944 as a messenger at Reuters and worked his way up to become the editor of several British tabloid newspapers in the…
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1929
North Korean soldier (died 2012)
Woo Yong-gak was a North Korean commando who was released from incarceration in South Korea on 25 February 1999.
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1929
English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
Dame Shirley Porter, Lady Porter is a British politician who led Westminster City Council in London from 1983 to 1991, representing the Conservative Party. She is the daughter and heiress of Sir Jack Cohen, the founder…
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1930
Croatian footballer (died 2013)
Vladimir "Geza" Šenauer was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional footballer.
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1930
English academic and politician
Alan Lee Williams OBE is a former president of the Atlantic Treaty Association, a British Labour Party politician, writer and visiting professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London.
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1930
Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1997)
Shintaro Katsu was a Japanese actor, singer, and filmmaker. He is known for starring in the Akumyo series, the Hoodlum Soldier series, the Hanzo the Razor series, and the Zatoichi series.
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1931
Canadian jazz guitarist (died 2019)
Edward Isaac Bickert, was a Canadian guitarist who played mainstream jazz and swing music. Bickert worked professionally from the mid-1950s to 2000, mainly in the Toronto area. His international reputation grew steadily…
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1932
French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (died 2019)
Jacques René Chirac was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.
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1932
1932
French historian (died 2025)
Pierre Toubert was a French historian. He was a professor of medieval history at the University of Paris and the Collège de France. Focusing on medieval history, his most monumental work is Les structures du Latium…
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1932
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2024)
John Brumwell Mayall was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and…
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1933
American painter and illustrator (died 2017)
James Albert Rosenquist was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising and…
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1933
American writer (died 1999)
William Weaks Morris was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Morris had a lyrical prose style which he lent to reflections on the American South, including…
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1934
American bishop (died 2018)
Thomas Joseph O'Brien was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Phoenix in Arizona from 1982 to 2003.
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1935
American painter (died 2000)
Gregory Joseph Gillespie was an American magic realist painter.
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1936
American politician
William Lewis Jenkins is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st congressional district, centered on the Tri-Cities, from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3,…
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1936
English footballer (died 2014)
Eric Barnes was an English professional footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra between 1957 and 1970.
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1937
Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst
John Andrew Crossan is a Northern Irish author, radio sports analyst, entrepreneur, and former footballer. His brother Eddie was also a player.
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1938
American comedian, actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
Peter Paul Bergman was an American comedian and writer, best known as the founder of the Firesign Theatre. He played Lt. Bradshaw in the Nick Danger series.
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1939
1939
Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2007)
Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty was a Canadian singer, songwriter and musician. A tenor, he was a founding member of the 1960s musical group the Mamas & the Papas for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…
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1940
Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (died 2013)
Óscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe was a Cuban economist and dissident. He was one of approximately 75 dissidents arrested, tried and convicted in 2003 as part of a crackdown by the Cuban government nicknamed the "Black…
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1940
American horn player and composer (died 2025)
Charles Frank Mangione was an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter, actor, and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap,…
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1940
English lawyer and judge
Dame Janet Hilary Smith,, styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Smith, is an English barrister and former High Court Judge and President of the Council of The Inns of Court. She was the judge who prepared The Shipman…
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1940
Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
Henry Tzu-Yow Yang is an American mechanical engineer who served as the 5th chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara from June 1994 to July 2025. With more than 31 years in office, he is the…
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1940
American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)
William Ashley Freehan was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire 15-year career with the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years from the 1960s into the…
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1941
British actor (died 1998)
Michael Francis Craze was a British actor noted for his role of Ben Jackson, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He played the part from 1966 to 1967…
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1942
American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)
Stanley Ann Dunham was an American anthropologist who specialized in the economic anthropology and rural development of Indonesia. Born in Wichita, Kansas, she studied at the East–West Center and at the University of…
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1942
1942
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
Barbara Ann "Bobbi" Martin was an American country and pop music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She was raised and began her singing career in Baltimore, working her way up from local venues onto the national…
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1943
American novelist and short story writer
Sue Miller is an American novelist and short story writer who has written a number of best-selling novels. She graduated from Radcliffe College.
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1943
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Felix Cavaliere is an American musician. He is best known for being the co-lead vocalist and keyboard player for The Young Rascals.
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1944
Hungarian psychologist and linguist
Csaba Pléh is a Hungarian psychologist and linguist, professor at the Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
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1945
American skier
Suzanne Stevia Chaffee is an American former Olympic alpine ski racer and actress. Following her racing career, she modeled in New York with Ford Models and then became the pre-eminent freestyle ballet skier of the…
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1946
Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement.
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1946
German activist and politician (died 1992)
Petra Karin Kelly was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and worldwide. In…
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1947
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
Ronald Douglas Montrose was an American musician and guitarist who founded and led the rock bands Montrose and Gamma. He also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie…
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1947
Japanese politician
Yōichi Masuzoe is a Japanese politician who was elected to the position of governor of Tokyo in 2014 and resigned in June 2016 due to the misuse of public funds. He was previously a member of the Japanese House of…
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1948
American wrestler and sportscaster
Jerry O'Neil Lawler, better known as Jerry "the King" Lawler, is an American retired color commentator and professional wrestler signed to WWE under a Legends contract.
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1949
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.
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1949
American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
Steven Smith was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 33A, which includes portions of Hennepin and Wright counties in the western Twin Cities metropolitan…
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1949
Canadian actress, educator and writer
Marie Laberge is a Quebec actress, educator and writer.
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1950
American author (died 2012)
Kevin O'Donnell Jr. was an American science fiction author. He was the son of Kevin O'Donnell, who served as director of the Peace Corps in 1971–72.
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1950
American guitarist and songwriter
Barry Goudreau is an American musician. He was one of two original guitarists for the rock band Boston alongside founder Tom Scholz; both Scholz and Goudreau shared lead and rhythm guitar parts.
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1951
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
Roger Troutman, also known simply as Roger, was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and influenced West Coast hip-hop…
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1951
English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (died 2020)
John David Barrow was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011. Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an…
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1952
American actor and producer
Jeffrey David Fahey is an American actor. His notable roles include Duane Duke in Psycho III (1986), Pete Verill in Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Jobe Smith in The Lawnmower Man (1992), and Captain…
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1952
1953
Slovenian singer-songwriter
Vlado Kreslin is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and folk rock musician.
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1953
French actress, writer and director (died 1996)
Christine Pascal was a French actress, writer, and director known for Le Petit Prince a dit, 1992.
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1953
1954
American writer, editor, and activist
Chirlane Irene McCray is an American writer, editor, and activist. She is married to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and had been described as de Blasio's "closest advisor." They separated in 2023, but have…
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1954
Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
Howard Michael Mandel is a Canadian comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel is known for voicing Gizmo in the 1984 film Gremlins and the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch; playing rowdy…
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1955
Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is a Somali politician serving as the president of Somalia since 15 May 2022. He previously held the office from 2012 to 2017.
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1955
German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2024)
Hinton Govorn Battle Jr. was an American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He won three Tony Awards, all in the category of Featured Actor in a Musical. He was the first to portray the Scarecrow in the stage…
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1956
English lawyer and politician
Yvonne Helen Fovargue is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 2010 to 2024.
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1956
American politician, lawyer, and university administrator
Janet Ann Napolitano is an American politician and lawyer. She is on the faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, since 2015.
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1957
Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker
Jean-Philippe Toussaint is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the…
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1957
Zimbabwean-English bass player
Michael Stephen Dempsey is an English musician, best known as the bassist for the Cure and the Associates.
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1958
Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
John Dramani Mahama is a Ghanaian politician who has been the president of the Republic of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he previously served as president from 2012 to…
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1958
South African-English mathematician and academic
Richard Ewen Borcherds is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he was awarded the Fields…
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1959
American ice hockey player
Neal LaMoy Broten is an American former professional ice hockey player. A member of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at Lake Placid in 1980, Broten was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame in…
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1959
American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago
Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms. Emanuel was the White House chief of staff from…
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1959
Italian discus thrower (died 2013)
Marco Bucci was an Italian discus thrower. He won one medal, at senior level, at the 1983 Summer Universiade.
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1960
American actress
Cathy Moriarty is an American actress whose career spans five decades. Born and raised in New York City, she made her acting debut opposite Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980), for which she received…
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1960
American actress
Kim Delaney is an American actress known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series NYPD Blue, for which she won an Emmy Award. Early in her career, she played the role of Jenny…
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1961
American actor (died 2023)
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. was an American actor. Born in Detroit, he started his career with supporting appearances in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Lock Up (1989), and Blue Steel (1990). The appearances led to…
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1961
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
Robert Laurence Albert Simpson, known professionally as Ronny Jordan was a British guitarist and part of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century. Jordan described his music as "urban jazz", a blend of…
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1962
American actor and director
Andrew Thomas McCarthy is an American actor, travel writer, television director, and author. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Pretty in Pink…
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1962
American singer-songwriter and producer
Wilfred "Will" Downing is an American R&B, soul, neo soul, and jazz singer and songwriter. He has released 22 studio albums.
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1963
Indian businessman
Lalit Kumar Modi is an Indian born Vanuatuan businessman and former cricket administrator. He was the founder, first chairman and league commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ran the tournament for three…
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1963
American actor and producer
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received multiple accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations…
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1964
Dutch footballer
Kenneth John Monkou is a Dutch former professional footballer and pundit. Born in Suriname, he made an appearance for the Netherlands Olympic football team.
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1964
English author
Lauren Margot Peachy Child is an English children's author and illustrator. She is best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series. Her influences include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, and Ludwig…
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1965
American comedian and actress
Ellen Leslye Cleghorne
(born November 29, 1965) is an American actress and comedian. Cleghorne is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1995. She…
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1965
American wrestler, football player, and news commentator
John Charles Layfield, better known by the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield, is an American professional wrestling color commentator, retired professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE,…
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1966
American author
Dru Pagliassotti is an author of fantasy literature and the editor of The Harrow online magazine.
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1966
American author
Sophia Rosenfeld is an American historian. She specializes in European intellectual and cultural history with an emphasis on the Enlightenment, the trans-Atlantic Age of Revolutions, and the legacy of the eighteenth…
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1966
Brazilian actor (died 1987)
Fernando Ramos da Silva was a Brazilian actor who became known for his role in Hector Babenco's 1981 film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco, a documentary-style account of the street children of Brazil. Da Silva became a…
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1967
American basketball player
Charles Edward Smith IV is an American former professional basketball player who played with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith was also a member of the…
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1967
American author and poet
Rebecca Wolff is a poet, fiction writer, and the editor and creator of both Fence Magazine and Fence Books.
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1967
1968
American singer
Jonathan Rashleigh Knight-Rodriguez is an American-Canadian pop singer. He is best known for being a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. The band also includes his younger brother Jordan, and members Donnie…
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1968
Welsh footballer
Andrew Roger Melville is a Welsh former international footballer. In the early years of his career, he played in midfield. He was later converted into a central defender.
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1968
Italian politician (died 2018)
Iolanda Nanni was an Italian politician for Five Star Movement. Nanni graduated from the classical high school, before becoming a politician she worked as an employee in a private company.
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1968
Swedish footballer
Per Tomas Brolin is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward and midfielder.
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1969
Panamanian-American baseball player
Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher for 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", he…
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1969
American actor and director
Larry Joe Campbell is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Andy on the ABC sitcom According to Jim.
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1970
Welsh footballer and coach
Mark Anthony Pembridge is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach at the academy for Fulham.
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1970
Canadian political scientist
David Edward Campbell is a Canadian political scientist and is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American…
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1971
1971
American actress and model
Gena Lee Nolin is an American actress. She is known for her television appearances on The Price Is Right and Baywatch in the 1990s. During the early 2000s she played the lead role in Sheena.
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1971
American actor and producer
Brian Baumgartner is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kevin Malone on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013) and its related spin-off webisodes, which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a…
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1972
American basketball player and sportscaster
Jamal Mashburn Sr. is an American entrepreneur and former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Monster Mash", Mashburn was a prolific scorer as a small forward in his 12 seasons in the National Basketball…
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1972
Welsh footballer and manager
Ryan Joseph Giggs is a Welsh football coach, co-owner of Salford City, and former player who played as a left midfielder or winger. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs spent his entire…
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1973
Finnish ice hockey player
Fredrik Jan Elis Norrena is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 100 games in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets between 2006 and 2008. The rest of his career, which…
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1973
Slovak ice hockey player (died 2011)
Pavol Demitra was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played nineteen seasons of professional hockey, for teams in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (CSL), National Hockey League (NHL), Slovak Extraliga…
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1974
American actress and playwright
Sarah Jones is an American playwright, actress, film director, and podcast host. She is best known for her multi-character solo performances and her Tony Award-winning Broadway show Bridge & Tunnel (2006), which was…
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1974
American legal scholar and cultural commentator
Jedediah Spenser Purdy is an American legal scholar and cultural commentator. In 2022 he became the
Raphael Lemkin Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, where he teaches courses on Property and Past and…
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1974
1975
1975
American actor and playwright (died 2020)
Chadwick Aaron Boseman was an American actor and playwright. Through his two-decade career, he appeared in a number of projects spanning both blockbuster and independent films, and received various accolades, including…
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1976
American actress
Anna Kay Faris is an American actress and comedian. She rose to prominence for her comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie films (2000–present). Her films as a leading actress have…
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1976
American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky
Andrew Graham Beshear is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 63rd governor of Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2016 to 2019 as the 50th attorney general of Kentucky.…
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1977
Russian figure skater
Maria Igorevna Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World champion and a two-time European champion
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1977
American actress
Lauren German is an American actress. She may be best known for her role as Chloe Decker in the five-season run of Lucifer (2016–2021), having previously been in the main cast for two seasons of Chicago Fire…
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1978
Greek footballer
Dimitris Konstantopoulos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1978
English footballer
Adam Nicholas Barrett is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. During his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2017, he made 647 appearances in the Football League, including 308 for…
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1979
1979
American actress and singer
Janina Zione Gavankar is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist and majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her roles include Eva "Papi"…
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1980
English footballer
Dean George Howell is an English former professional footballer, who played at left-back or left-midfield.
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1980
Pakistani actor, model and singer
Fawad Afzal Khan is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, songwriter and singer known for his work in films and Urdu television. Khan is a recipient of several accolades, including a Filmfare Award, two Lux Style…
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1981
Canadian writer and illustrator
Jon Klassen is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the 2012…
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1981
American actor
Lucas York Black is an American actor. He plays Sean Boswell in the Fast & Furious films The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Furious 7 (2015), and F9 (2021). He also stars in various television series aired on…
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1982
English actress
Gemma Chan is a British actress and model. A graduate of Worcester College, Oxford, Chan began acting during the late 2000s, making her film debut in 2009. She rose to attention with her lead role in the Channel 4…
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1982
American comedian
Franchesca Leigh Ramsey, also known as Chescaleigh, is an American comedian, activist, television and YouTube personality, and actress, who has appeared on MTV and MSNBC. She gained media fame quickly after her YouTube…
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1983
German actress
Aylin Tezel is a German actress, writer and director. She had her breakthrough with a main role in the film Almanya - Welcome to Germany which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 and with the…
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1983
South Korean actor and musician
Ji Hyun-woo, birth name Joo Hyung-tae (Korean: 주형태), is a South Korean actor and musician. He was formerly the lead guitarist for Korean indie rock band The Nuts and is best known for his leading roles in the cable TV…
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1984
American basketball player
Shannon Brown is an American former professional basketball player. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003, and played college basketball for Michigan State…
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1985
English footballer
Dominic Mark Roma is an English footballer and coach who plays as a defender for Northern Premier League Division One East club North Ferriby.
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1985
1986
American basketball player and coach
Wayne Robert Ellington Jr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is a player development coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Known for his shooting…
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1987
Australian basketball player
Abby Bishop is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 2005 and 2025 for the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra Capitals, Dandenong…
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1988
American wrestler and bodybuilder
Ashley Mae Sebera is an American professional wrestler and former bodybuilder who is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she performs under the ring name Ash by Elegance and is the leader of The…
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1988
American football player
Damon Paul Harrison is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the William Penn Statesmen and was signed by the…
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1988
Ghanaian footballer
Bradley Hudson-Odoi is a Ghanaian footballer who last played as a striker for National League South side, Woking.
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1988
American football player
Russell Carrington Wilson is an American professional football quarterback. He has primarily played for the Seattle Seahawks. With the Seahawks, Wilson was named to the Pro Bowl nine times and helped Seattle win their…
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1988
Northern Irish footballer
Adam Henry Chapman is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Retford FC.
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1989
Mexican actor and singer
Diego Andrés González Boneta is a Mexican actor, producer and singer.
He gained wider recognition after starring in Rock of Ages (2012) alongside Tom Cruise and in the Netflix biographical series Luis Miguel: The…
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1990
American football player
Sheldon Adam Richardson is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, and was selected by the…
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1990
Czech ice hockey player
Andrej Šustr is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for Kalmar HC of HockeyAllsvenskan.
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1990
French footballer
Yacouba Sylla is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he represented France as a youth international before switching to Mali at senior level.
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1990
Welsh cyclist
Rebecca Angharad James is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling. James was the 2013 world sprint and keirin champion. She is a 2016 Rio Olympics double silver medalist.
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1991
English footballer
Ben William Nugent is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back who plays for Bedford Town.
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1992
American football player
Stefon Marsean Diggs is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft.
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1993
Australian rugby league player
Shaun Lane is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row forward for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.
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1994
American basketball player
Julius Deion Randle is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star and a two-time member of the All-NBA Team, he was…
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1994
American actress and singer
Laura Marie Marano is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Ally Dawson in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. Marano was one of the five original classmates in Are You Smarter than a…
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1995
English swimmer
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor is a former English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the LEN European Aquatics Championships, and England at…
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1995
Jamaican basketball player
Nicholas Richards is a Jamaican professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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1997
American baseball player
Mervyl Samuel Melendez Jr. is an American professional baseball left fielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals. He made his MLB debut in…
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1998
American actress
Lovie Simone Oppong is an American actress, best known for her role as Zora Greenleaf in the drama series Greenleaf (2016–2020), and Keisha Clark in the critically acclaimed Netflix teen drama series Forever (2025).
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1998
American soccer player
Yunus Dimoara Musah is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder and wing-back for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from AC Milan. He also plays for the United States national team.
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2002
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