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Famous Birthdays on November 4
219 people
1448 – 2006
November 4 has seen 219 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1448 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1883 — Nikolaos Plastiras
Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)
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After the Greek defeat in the war, along with other Venizelist officers he launched the 11 September 1922 Revolution that deposed King Constantine I of Greece and his government
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The military-led government ruled until January 1924, when power was handed over to an elected National Assembly, which later declared the Second Hellenic Republic
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Due to his fame, he retained his position despite the military reshuffle that commenced after the 1920 elections
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Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece
Alfonso II was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts.
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1448
Chinese general (died 1565)
Hu Zongxian, courtesy name Ruzhen (汝貞) and art name Meilin (梅林), was a Chinese general and politician of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the reign of the…
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1512
Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)
Sir Roger Wilbraham was a prominent English lawyer who served as Solicitor-General for Ireland, under Elizabeth I and was judged one of her few really competent Law Officers. He held a number of positions at court under…
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1553
Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)
Guido Reni was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological…
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1575
Dutch painter (died 1656)
Gerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti. Early in his career he visited…
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1592
1631
Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)
Carlo Mannelli was an Italian violinist, castrato and composer.
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1640
Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)
Samuel Carpenter was a Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania. He signed the historic document "The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test" dated 10 September 1695; the original is in the Historical Society…
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1649
Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)
Charles III Philip was Elector Palatine, Count of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1716 to 1742. Until 1728 he was also Count of Megen.
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1661
English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)
Augustus Montague Toplady was an English Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A…
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1740
French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)
Pierre-Simon Girard was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on fluid mechanics.
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1765
British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)
Edmund Kean was a British Shakespearean actor, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce.
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1787
American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)
Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1851 to 1857. Curtis was the only Whig justice of the Supreme Court, and he was the…
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1809
American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)
Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, and prior to that, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California. He had the second-longest…
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1816
Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)
Thomas Coltrin Keefer CMG was a Canadian civil engineer.
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1821
American businessman (died 1912)
Henry Jacob Lutcher was a sawmiller and business partner of the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company. His business ventures would help establish Orange, Texas, as the timber-processing capital of the South in the late 19th…
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1836
Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)
William Robert Giblin was Premier of Tasmania (Australia) from 5 March 1878 until 20 December 1878 and from 1879 until 1884.
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1840
Czech physician (died 1924)
Anna Bayerová was a Czech physician. She is known as the second Czech female medical doctor. Both of them were prevented from practicing as medical doctors in their own country so Kecková became a Czech midwife, whereas…
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1853
American journalist (died 1929)
Rhoda Alice Gossage was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and activist. Often referred to as the "Mother of Rapid City", she was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1934 and the South Dakota…
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1861
Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)
Rasmus Rasmussen was a Norwegian actor, folk singer and theatre director.
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1862
Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)
Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias, better known as Carolina Otero or La Belle Otero, was a Spanish actress, dancer and courtesan. She had a reputation for great beauty and was famous for her numerous lovers.
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1868
Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)
Kyōtarō Izumi , known by his pen name Izumi Kyōka , was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period.
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1873
French sculptor (died 1946)
Charles Despiau was a French sculptor and teacher. He also worked as a draftsman, graphic artist and book illustrator.
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1874
American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)
William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite…
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1879
Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)
Henry George Ferguson was an Irish mechanic and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor and its three-point linkage system, for being the first person in Ireland to build…
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1884
American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)
Alfred Lee Loomis was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System and a lifelong patron of scientific research. He established the…
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1887
American composer and bandleader (died 1987)
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. was an American from the US Virgin Islands who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy. His music was performed by the bands of John Philip Sousa and…
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1889
1890
Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)
Carlos Polestico García, often referred to by his initials CPG, was the eighth president of the Philippines, serving from 1957 to 1961. He served as the fourth Vice President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957.
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1896
American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)
Albert D. "Dolly" Stark was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1928 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1940. Stark was the first Jewish umpire in modern baseball.
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1897
Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he was a professor…
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1900
Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)
Spyridon Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Thera, which he…
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1901
Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)
Tadeusz Żyliński was a Polish technician, textilist and mechanical engineer. He was a professor of Technical University of Łódź, creator of Polish school of textile metrology. Author of Metrologia włókiennicza and Nauka…
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1904
Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)
Dragutin Tadijanović was a Croatian poet, and in his native Croatia he is referred to as a "Bard."
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1905
American author and critic (died 1974)
Thomas Sterling North was an American writer. He is best known for the children's book Rascal, a bestseller in 1963.
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1906
American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)
Stanley Cortez, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. He worked on over 100 films between 1929 and 1980, and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. His most notable credits included Orson…
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1908
Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
Sir Joseph Rotblat was a Polish and British physicist. During World War II he worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project, but left the Los Alamos Laboratory on grounds of conscience after it became clear to him in…
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1908
American colonel and pilot (died 2012)
Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson, nicknamed "Mama Bird", was the world's oldest flight instructor, and—at one point—the pilot with the highest number of flying hours in the world, of any living pilot. She was a colonel in the…
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1909
American soccer player (died 1974)
Bertrand "Bert" Arthur Patenaude was an American soccer player who played as a forward. Although it was formerly disputed, he is officially credited by FIFA as the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history. He…
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1909
American baseball player and manager (died 1986)
James Laverne "Skeeter" Webb was an American professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball from 1932 to 1949. He played 12 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Detroit…
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1909
1911
Filipino painter (died 1969)
Carlos Modesto "Botong" Villaluz Francisco was a Filipino muralist from Angono, Rizal.
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1912
Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)
Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov was a Soviet composer and pedagogue.
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1912
New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)
Henry Gifford Vivian was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1931 and 1937.
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1912
1913
Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état. A member of the far-right National…
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1914
English economist and author (died 2015)
Hilda Elsie Marguerite Patten,, was a British home economist, food writer and broadcaster. She was one of the earliest celebrity chefs who became known during World War II thanks to her programme on BBC Radio, where she…
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1915
Malaysian politician (died 1973)
Ismail bin Abdul Rahman was a Malaysian politician who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in August 1973. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),…
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1915
American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
John Basilone was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for…
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1916
American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America"…
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1916
American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)
Ruth Marianna Handler was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as…
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1916
American actor (died 2003)
Arthur William Matthew Carney was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sitcom The…
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1918
American actor (died 1994)
Cameron Mitchell was an American actor whose career spanned 55 years across film, stage, and television. Mitchell began his career on Broadway before entering films in the 1950s, appearing in several major features.…
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1918
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)
Martin Henry Balsam was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a…
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1919
English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)
Eric David Thompson was a British racing driver, book dealer and insurance broker. He participated in sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du…
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1919
American scientist and engineer (died 2004)
Mary Sherman Morgan was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1.
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1921
Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Benno Besson was a Swiss Theatre Director.
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1922
Dutch businessman (died 2002)
Alfred Henry Heineken was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company created in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. He served as chairman of the board of directors and…
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1923
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)
Howard William Meeker was a Canadian professional hockey player in the National Hockey League, youth coach and educator in ice hockey, and a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament. He became best known to…
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1923
American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)
Eugene Bondurant Sledge was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was used as…
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1923
Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)
Deshamanya Gamani Corea was a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United…
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1925
American actress (died 2016)
Doris May Roberts was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in…
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1925
Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)
Carlos Valdés Galán, better known as Patato, was a Cuban conga player. In 1954, he emigrated from La Habana to New York City where he continued his prolific career as a sideman for several jazz and Latin music…
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1926
American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)
Lawrence Benjamin Bunker was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.
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1928
Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)
Eugenio "Geny" Moreno López Jr. was the chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1997 to 1999. He was known within the López Group of Companies as "Kapitán". His great-grandfather Eugenio J. López (1839–1906) was…
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1928
American poet and author (died 1997)
Hannah Adelle Weiner was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she assumed in the poetics of that group.
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1928
Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)
Archbishop Anastasios, was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and as such the primate and Head of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. He was elected in June 1992. He was…
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1929
Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the…
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1929
American painter (died 1967)
James Edward Brewton was an American painter and printmaker who synthesized expressionism, graffiti and Pataphysics.
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1930
Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, was an Indian clinical pharmacologist, medical academic and health planner, who headed the National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India. He was…
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1930
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Richard Morrow Groat was an American professional baseball and basketball player, who was an eight-time All-Star shortstop and two-time World Series champion in Major League Baseball. He rates as one of the most…
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1930
American journalist and author (died 2012)
Frank J. Prial was a journalist and author, and the wine columnist for The New York Times for 25 years, writing the weekly "Wine Talk" column largely since 1972 until his retirement in 2004.
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1930
Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)
Bernard Francis Law was a Mexican-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who, among other offices, served as Archbishop of Boston from 1984 to 2002. Originally considered an influential voice among American…
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1931
Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)
Thomas Klestil was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as the president of Austria from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998.
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1932
Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)
Thomas Makem was an Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar,…
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1932
American baseball player (died 2018)
John Patsy Francona was an American Major League Baseball player, an outfielder and first baseman for nine teams. As a child, he was nicknamed "Tito" by his father.
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1933
Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in…
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1933
Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was a Nigerian military officer and political figure who served as President of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. As the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the…
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1933
Australian singer, actor, and television host
Barry Hugh Crocker is an Australian Gold Logie-winning character actor, television personality, singer, and variety entertainer with a crooning vocal style.
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1935
English conductor and composer (died 2025)
Elgar Howarth was an English conductor, composer and trumpeter. Grove noted that "his performances are marked by powerful concentration and a clear communication of sometimes complex scores". He conducted many world…
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1935
American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)
Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer…
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1936
American actress and singer (died 2025)
Loretta Swit was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards…
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1937
Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)
Michael Holcombe Wilson was a Canadian businessman, politician and diplomat who served as minister of finance from 1984 to 1991 and minister of international trade from 1991 to 1993 under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
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1937
American author and illustrator
Gail E. Haley is an American writer and illustrator. She has won the annual awards for children's book illustration from both the American and British librarians, for two different picture books.
She won the 1971…
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1939
English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)
Michael Hugh Meacher was a British politician who served as a government minister under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and…
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1939
Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)
Sally Baldwin was a University of York social sciences professor and author.
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1940
1940
American singer-songwriter
Delbert McClinton is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.
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1940
American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader
Kafi Benz is an American author and artist who began participation in social entrepreneurship through environmental preservation and regional planning in 1959 as a member of the Jersey Jetport Site Association, which…
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1941
South African-English author and academic
Lyndall Gordon is a British-based biographical and former academic writer, known for her literary biographies. She is a senior research fellow at St Hilda's College, Oxford.
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1941
American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)
Patricia Era Bath was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, and academic whose work transformed the treatment of blindness and preventable vision loss. She is best known for inventing the Laserphaco Probe, a device…
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1942
American tennis player
Clark Edward Graebner is an American former professional tennis player.
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1943
French race car driver and skier (died 2001)
Robert Jean "Bob" Wollek, nicknamed "Brilliant Bob", was a race car driver from Strasbourg, France. He won a total of 76 races in his career, 71 in Porsche cars, including four editions of the 24 Hours of Daytona and…
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1943
American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
Laura Lane Welch Bush is an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was also the first lady of Texas…
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1946
American cinematographer
Frederick Elmes, ASC is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement, having worked mostly with directors David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch.
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1946
American photographer (died 1989)
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and…
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1946
Puerto Rican actress
Ivonne Coll Mendoza is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Puerto Rico 1967 and competed in the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but did not place. She later became an actress,…
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1947
American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)
Gerald R. Fleck was an American assistant director best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise across eleven years.
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1947
1947
Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
Ali Özgentürk was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer.
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1947
Russian figure skater
Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969–1972) world champion. With his then-wife Lyudmila Smirnova,…
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1947
Russian figure skater and coach
Ludmila Georgiyevna Velikova is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor.
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1947
New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)
Alexis Jan Atthill Hunter was a New Zealand painter and photographer, who used feminist theory in her work. She lived and worked in London UK, and Beaurainville France. Hunter was also a member of the Stuckism…
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1948
Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)
Amadou Toumani Touré, also popularly known by his initials ATT, was a Malian politician and military officer who served as Mali's head of state twice, from 1991 to 1992 as acting president and again as a democratically…
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1948
1949
American novelist
Charles Frazier is an American novelist. He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for Cold Mountain.
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1950
American actress (died 2021)
Marjorie Armstrong Post, known professionally as Markie Post, was an American actress. Her best known roles include bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985; public defender Christine…
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1950
English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)
Nikolas Mark Powell was a British businessman and one of the co-founders of Virgin Records with Richard Branson. After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners…
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1950
Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
Traian Băsescu is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000,…
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1951
Pope Tawadros II is the 118th and current Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, succeeding the late Pope Shenouda III as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He took office on 18…
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1952
English footballer (died 2013)
Mick Buckley was an English footballer who played for Everton, Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and Middlesbrough as a midfielder.
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1953
American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
Paul Jerome "P. J." Carey was an American professional baseball player, manager, instructor, and farm system official.
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1953
Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
Carlos Miguel Gutierrez is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a co-founder and executive chairman of EmPath. Gutierrez is a former chairman of the board and CEO of the…
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1953
English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
Peter Duncan Fraser Lord is a British animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and…
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1953
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
Van Wesley Stephenson was an American singer-songwriter. He scored three US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1980s as a solo artist, and later became tenor vocalist in the country music band BlackHawk in the 1990s. In…
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1953
Canadian race car driver
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve is a Canadian racing driver. He is the younger brother of the late Gilles Villeneuve, and uncle to Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One World Champion. He is sometimes called "Uncle…
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1953
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Christopher Henry Difford is an English musician. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze.
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1954
Indian author, poet, and scholar
Moulana Ghousavi Shah is a Muslim Mystic Teacher, Writer and Columnist who is famous as a great humanist in south India. He is from Jami-us-Salasil.
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1955
Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010 and then as the Speaker of Parliament from 2022 to 2023. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party from 2006 until…
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1955
Swedish singer-songwriter
Thomas Charles Greenhalgh is a singer, songwriter and multimedia artist best known as a foundational member with the post-punk band the Mekons. While primarily credited as a guitarist in the early Mekons recordings,…
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1956
English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)
James Honeyman-Scott was an English guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.
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1956
American keyboard player and songwriter
Jordan Rudess is an American keyboardist, composer, and software developer, best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.
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1956
English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
Anthony John Abbott is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2015 and was the member of…
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1957
English businessman and politician
Richard Irwin Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords and businessman. From 2010 until 2019, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford. He was the Minister for…
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1957
Russian gymnast and coach
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tkachyov is a former Soviet/Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion. He trained in Dynamo, Voronezh. His trainer was USSR national Pyotr Fyodorovich Korchagin. Tkachyov was one of the…
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1957
English activist and politician
Lee Jasper is a British politician and activist. He served as Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to the then Mayor of London Ken Livingstone until he resigned on 4 March 2008. More recently, Jasper stood as the Respect…
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1958
American businesswoman
Anne Marie Sweeney is an American businesswoman. As of 2015 she serves as a member of the board of directors at Netflix. She was formerly the co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of the Disney–ABC Television…
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1958
Canadian actor and stuntman
Kenneth Kirzinger is a Canadian actor and stuntman best known for his portrayals of Jason Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Pa in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), and Rusty Nail in Joy Ride 3: Roadkill (2014).
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1959
American painter and poet (died 2012)
Marc Awodey was an American contemporary artist and poet.
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1960
American comedian and actress
Kathleen Mary Griffin is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television series, comedy specials and has released multiple comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her…
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1960
1960
American pianist, composer, and conductor
Daron Aric Hagen is an American composer, writer, and filmmaker.
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1961
American composer and academic
Edward Knight is an American composer. His work eschews easy classification, moving freely between jazz, theatrical and concert worlds.
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1961
American actor
Ralph George Macchio Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (1984–2025) and in Cobra Kai (2018–2025), a sequel television series. For his work in the latter,…
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1961
American television host and producer
Jeffrey Lee Probst is an American television presenter, producer, and young adult fiction writer. He is best known as the Emmy Award–winning host of the American version of the reality television show Survivor since…
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1961
English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
Steven Philip Rotheram is a British politician serving as Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 2010 to 2017.
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1961
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Nigel Worthington is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City.
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1961
1962
1963
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Michel Therrien is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. (NHL). Therrien was the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens (twice), and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers.
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1963
Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)
Lena Hilda Zavaroni was a Scottish singer. At the age of 10, with her debut album Ma! , she was the youngest person to have had an album in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. Later, she starred in her own television…
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1963
Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)
Yūko Mizutani was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her career, she worked with Production Baobab, and was working with Aoni Production at the time of her…
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1964
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
Wayne Richard Wells, known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band Static-X, of which…
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1965
Japanese songwriter and producer
Daisuke Asakura is a Japanese musician, songwriter and producer who is known for his compositional work and skill at keyboards.
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1967
Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
Yılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele (2001) and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002/2006–2007). He…
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1967
Austrian politician
Karin Greiner is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Styria since October 2019. She had previously represented Styria Centre, the…
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1967
American baseball player and sportscaster
Eric Peter Karros is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was the National League Rookie of the Year in…
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1967
Pakistani cricketer
Mohammad Asif Mujtaba is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 25 Test matches and 66 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1997. During the, 1994–95 period he briefly served as the deputy captain…
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1967
American author, critic, and educator
Matthew Tobin Anderson is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of…
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1968
Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
Carlos Obed Ortiz Baerga is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player. Baerga was known for his superb hitting abilities during his first stint with the Cleveland Indians in the early-to-mid-1990s, accumulating…
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1968
New Zealand cricketer
Lee Kenneth Germon is a sporting body administrator and former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and former captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket…
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1968
American rapper, producer, and actor
Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious…
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1969
American actor and producer
Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first success as…
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1969
American actress
Samantha A. Smith is an American actress. She is known for her role as Mary Winchester on Supernatural.
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1969
American triathlete
Tim DeBoom, is a retired professional triathlete from Boulder, Colorado, from 1995 to 2012. During that tenure, DeBoom participated in hundreds of triathlons around the world, winning both short course and long course…
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1970
Swedish soprano
Sara Magdalena Ernman, known professionally as Malena Ernman, is a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer. Besides operas and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals. She is a…
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1970
American actor
Anthony Ruivivar is an American actor. He is known for playing Carlos Nieto on Third Watch and Alex Longshadow on Banshee. He also voiced Batman on Beware the Batman.
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1970
1970
American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
Gregory Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album: first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and then again in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley.
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1971
1971
1972
Canadian actor
Steven Ogg is a Canadian actor. Ogg is best known for playing Trevor Philips in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V, Simon in The Walking Dead (2016–2018), and being a spokesman for the American brand of male…
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1973
Canadian ice hockey player
Éric Joseph Fichaud is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 95 games in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1996 and 2000. He was selected in the first round of the 1994 NHL…
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1975
Russian handball player (died 2026)
Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov was a Russian handball player and coach.
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1975
American basketball player
Clinton Renard "Mikki" Moore is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
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1975
American football player
Orlando Lamar Pace is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the Ohio…
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1975
American actress and director
Heather Tom is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless, Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and All My Children, and Katie Logan on The Bold and…
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1975
American basketball player (died 2010)
Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright was an American professional basketball player for thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted seventh overall in the 1996 NBA draft by the Los Angeles…
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1975
German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
Daniel Bahr is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Federal Minister of Health from 2011 to 2013. His party failed to get a seat in Bundestag at the 2013 federal elections, and he started…
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1976
Brazilian race car driver
Bruno Furtado Junqueira is a Brazilian professional racing driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.
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1976
Dutch footballer
Mario Dino Patrick Melchiot is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played both as a right-back and as a centre-back, and also occasionally played in midfield. He represented the…
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1976
Japanese mixed martial artist
Kenji Osawa Japanese: 大沢ケンジ is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist from Tokyo. He debuted in MMA over a decade ago, and trains and fights out of Wajitsu Keishukai, where he teaches once a week.
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1976
American serial killer (died 2016)
James Dale Ritchie was an American serial killer who, throughout 2016, murdered five individuals in and around Anchorage, Alaska, most of whom were in parks or along bike paths. He always committed his murders at night,…
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1976
Japanese motorcycle racer
Makoto Tamada (玉田誠) is a former Japanese professional motorcycle racer currently working as a rider instructor at Suzuka Racing School. He is one of the few riders to win races in both MotoGP and Superbike World…
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1976
Belgian footballer
Peter Van Houdt is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward and manager.
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1976
American baseball player
Larry Robert Bigbie is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 2001 through 2006 for the Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis…
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1977
American baseball player
John William Grabow, nicknamed "Grabes" is an American former professional baseball left-handed relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2011.
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1978
Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)
Jerry Collins was a professional rugby union player. Although he was born in Apia, Samoa, he grew up in New Zealand and played for the New Zealand national team, earning 48 caps. At club level, he played for the…
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1980
American football player and coach
Richard Owens is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). The Minnesota Vikings acquired him as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college…
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1980
American actress
Emme Marcy Rylan is an American actress. From 2005 until 2013, she was credited as Marcy Rylan. She is recognized for her portrayals on the CBS soap operas Guiding Light as Lizzie Spaulding and The Young and the…
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1980
Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
Dan Stoenescu is a Romanian career diplomat, political scientist and journalist. He was a minister in the technocratic government of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș. He is a specialist in international relations, the Arab…
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1980
English motorcycle racer
Guy Martin is a British former motorcycle racer, heavy vehicle mechanic and television presenter. He retired from motorcycle racing in July 2017.
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1981
American football player
Vincent Lamar Wilfork is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. He is regarded as one of the…
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1981
American football player
Devin Devorris Hester Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). As the only primary return specialist to be enshrined in…
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1982
Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)
Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She is best known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the…
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1982
Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)
Anton Sergeevich Buslov was an astrophysicist, top Russian blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine, and expert on transportation systems. He is also known as a founder of non-governmental organization "Voronezh…
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1983
American ice hockey player
Dustin James Brown is an American former professional ice hockey player. Brown played as a right winger and spent his entire NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), who drafted him…
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1984
Nigerian footballer
Atanda Ayila Yussuf is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder. A former Nigerian youth international player, he moved to Ukrainian Premier League Dynamo Kyiv…
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1984
German footballer
Marcell Jansen is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He was well known for his accurate crossing and pace, despite his tall stature. A versatile player, Jansen primarily played as a full…
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1985
1985
Indian businessman
Suhas Gopinath is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Globals Inc., a multinational IT company. He became CEO at the age of 17, three years after founding the company. In 2017, he founded the…
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1986
Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
Alexzandra Spencer Johnson is a Canadian musician and actress. Known for her distinctive sound since her debut in 2010, her first album, Voodoo, was independently released with her brother, Brendan Johnson. Over the…
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1986
Polish footballer
Szymon Pawłowski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He is currently in charge of Klasa A club GES Sport Academy Poznań.
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1986
South African race car driver
Adrian Zaugg is a South African former race car driver of Dutch descent. He was the champion of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in the Silver class.
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1986
Dutch footballer
Tim Gerard Johan Breukers is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right back.
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1987
Australian netball player
Laura Geitz is an Australian former netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,…
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1987
Polish footballer
Artur Marcin Jędrzejczyk is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.
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1987
American football player
Desmond Demond Bryant is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the…
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1988
Papua New Guinean rugby league player
David Mead is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger, centre or fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Papua New Guinea at…
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1988
Australian rugby league player
Nathan Ross, nicknamed "White Lightning" or "Ross Dog", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a wing, fullback and centre.
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1988
Canadian actor
Jean-Luc Bilodeau is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Ben Wheeler in the ABC Family channel program Baby Daddy. Bilodeau has also appeared in films and television series such as Ill Fated, Trick 'r…
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1990
1991
Dutch tennis player
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
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1991
Belarusian ice dancer
Yurii Bieliaiev is a Belarusian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Viktoria Kavaliova, he has won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series and two national titles. They have competed in the final segment at four…
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1992
Japanese footballer
This is a list of J.League designated special players, picked by J.League clubs from universities and high schools all over Japan.
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1992
German footballer
Julian Wießmeier is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Regionalliga Nordost club BFC Dynamo. Wießmeier has previously played for Austrian Bundesliga club SV Ried.
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1992
American middle-distance runner
Ce'Aira Brown is an American middle-distance runner. Representing the United States at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, she placed 8th in the final of the women's 800 metres. Brown placed third in the 800 meters…
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1993
German gymnast
Elisabeth Seitz is a German retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def…
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1993
American stand-up comedian
Taylor Elyse Tomlinson is an American stand-up comedian. She has released four Netflix stand-up specials: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020), Look At You (2022), Have It All (2024) and Prodigal Daughter (2026). She hosted the…
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1993
Australian cricketer
Billy James Stanlake is an Australian cricketer. He is a fast bowler who represented Australia in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and played One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket for the full…
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1994
American ice dancer
Kaitlin Hawayek is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Jean-Luc Baker, she is the 2018 Four Continents champion, the 2018 NHK Trophy champion, and a four-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2019–22).
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1996
Filipino figure skater
Michael Christian "Mikee" Martinez is a Filipino Olympic figure skater. He is the 2015 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion, a two-time Triglav Trophy champion and has won one ISU Challenger Series medal, silver at the…
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1996
Australian rugby league player
John Olive is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup as a centre and on the wing.
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1996
American basketball player
Eric Luther Paschall is an American professional basketball player for Hubei Wenlv of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Fordham Rams and the Villanova Wildcats. He was selected…
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1996
Moroccan footballer
Achraf Hakimi Mouh is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Morocco national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best right-backs in the world.
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1998
American basketball player
Tyrese Kendrid Maxey, is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
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2000
Chinese table tennis player
Sun Yingsha is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.
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2000
Russian-German rhythmic gymnast
Darja Varfolomeev is a Russian-born German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic all-around champion and a two-time consecutive World all-around gold medalist. She is also the 2022 World all-around silver medalist…
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2006
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