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Famous Birthdays on November 6
105 people
1391 – 2001
November 6 has seen 105 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1391 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1967 — Rebecca Schaeffer
American actress and model (died 1989)
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The series was canceled in 1988, and she appeared in several films, including the black comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
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At the age of 21, she was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, a 19-year-old obsessed fan who had been stalking her
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Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress and model
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Schaeffer's death helped lead to the passage in California of legislation aimed at preventing stalking.
5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England. A great-great-grandson of King Edward III of England, he was heir presumptive to King…
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1391
1479
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)
Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak in the Ottoman Empire's economic,…
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1494
Swedish queen (died 1612)
Karin Månsdotter was first the mistress and then the queen consort of King Erik XIV of Sweden.
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1550
English scientist (died 1689)
George Ent was an English scientist in the seventeenth century.
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1604
last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)
Charles II was king of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg that had ruled Spain since 1516, his death without children resulted in the 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession.
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1661
Venetian nobleman and admiral (died 1798)
Carlo Aurelio Widmann was a Venetian patrician, naval officer, and the last Provveditore Generale da Mar of the Venetian overseas empire, from 1794 to the Fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797.
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1750
New York politician (died 1832)
Zina Hitchcock was a New York politician. A descendant of the early American colonist Samuel Chapin, he was born on November 6, 1755, in Warren or New Milford, Connecticut. His father, John Hitchock, was a member of the…
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1755
Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass…
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1814
French anarchist and protagonist of the Clichy affair (died ?)
Elvire Serrouin (1839–?), was a French seamstress and anarchist. A staunch anarchist, she is best known for being the black flag bearer at the heart of the Clichy affair, a notable event in the history of anarchism and…
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1839
American businessman and politician (died 1915)
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1890s, he was one of the "Big…
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1841
American journalist and economist (died 1902)
Charles Henry Dow was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.
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1851
American composer and bandleader (died 1932)
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for US military marches. He is known as "The March King". Among Sousa's best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes…
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1854
Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)
James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.
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1861
Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (died 1967)
Yoshisuke Aikawa was a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, noteworthy as the founder and first president of the Nissan zaibatsu, one of Japan's most powerful business conglomerates around the time of…
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1880
1884
Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1935)
Martin O'Meara, VC was an Irish-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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1885
American baseball player and manager (died 1946)
Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "the Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed…
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1887
English cricketer (died 1977)
Jack O'Connor was an English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1929 to 1930.
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1897
American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (died 1941)
Ida Lou Anderson was an American radio broadcaster and academic. A pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting, she was a professor at Washington State College in the 1920s and 1930s. One of Anderson's earliest and most…
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1900
American boxer (died 1959)
Tony Canzoneri was an American professional boxer. A three-division world champion, he held a total of five world titles. Canzoneri is a member of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in…
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1908
North Korean poet (died 1951)
Cho Ki-chon was a Soviet-born North Korean poet. He is regarded as a national poet and "founding father of North Korean poetry" whose distinct Soviet-influenced style of lyrical epic poetry in the socialist realist…
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1913
New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
Geoffrey Osborne Rabone, known as Geoff Rabone, was a cricketer who captained New Zealand in five Test matches in 1953–54 and 1954–55. He represented New Zealand in 12 Test matches between 1949 and the 1954–55 seasons…
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1921
English footballer (died 1996)
Joseph Henry Threadgold (1924-1996) was a footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League initially for Chester.
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1924
Northern Irish comedian and actor (died 2012)
Hugh Francis Carson KSG was a comedian and actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was best known for being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as The Comedians…
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1926
American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)
Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.
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1926
Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (died 2017)
Lu Chao-Hsuan Chinese: 吕昭炫; pinyin: Lǚ Zhāoxuàn was a guitar composer, performer and educator. He was born in Guishan District, Taoyuan and attended the 21st International Guitarist Symposium in Japan in 1962, where he…
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1929
American scholar, author and critical race theorist (died 2011)
Derrick Albert Bell Jr. was an American lawyer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist. Bell first worked for the U.S. Justice Department, then the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he supervised over 300 school…
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1930
German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Mike Nichols was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. He is one of 28 people to…
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1931
Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
François, Baron Englert is a Belgian theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate.
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1932
German physician and pharmacologist (died 2019)
Else Ackermann was a German physician and pharmacologist who became an East German politician. The report on the power relationships between the citizen and the state which she drafted, and in 1988 presented, known as…
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1933
1937
American baseball player (died 2004)
Mack Fletcher Jones, nicknamed "Mack The Knife", was an American Major League Baseball left fielder who played for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1961–1967), Cincinnati Reds (1968), and Montreal Expos (1969–1971). He…
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1938
Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2019)
Leonardo A. Quisumbing was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th…
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1939
American activist (died 1964)
Michael Henry "Mickey" Schwerner was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Schwerner and two…
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1939
Irish footballer and manager
Michael John Giles is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served…
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1940
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)
Guy Charles Clark was an American country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Townes Van Zandt, Bobby Bare, Jerry Jeff Walker,…
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1941
1941
American actress
Sally Margaret Field is an American actress. She has performed in movies, Broadway theater, and television, and made records of popular music. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many…
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1946
Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)
George Redburn Young was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands The Easybeats and Flash and the Pan, and was one-half of the songwriting and production duo Vanda &…
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1946
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)
Glenn Lewis Frey was an American musician. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most…
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1948
American voice actor (died 2024)
Elwood Hughes Edwards Jr. was an American voice actor. He was best known as the voice of various soundmarks for the Internet service provider America Online which he first recorded in 1989. This included AOL's trademark…
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1949
Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician
Ariel Henry is a Haitian neurosurgeon and politician who served as the acting prime minister of Haiti from the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021 until his resignation in 2024, due to armed gangs taking over much of…
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1949
Pakistani politician
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad is a Pakistani politician who served as the 38th Interior Minister of Pakistan in the Imran Khan government from 2020 to 2022. He is the founder and leader of Awami Muslim League, and also maintains…
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1950
Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 2000)
Ashley Nimalanayagam Soundaranayagam was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament.
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1950
American novelist and screenwriter
Michael Cunningham is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is Professor in the…
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1952
1953
New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
Brian John McKechnie is a former "double All Black" - representing New Zealand in both rugby union and cricket. He was born at Gore in Southland and educated at Southland Boys' High School.
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1953
New Zealand rugby player
Mark William Donaldson is a former New Zealand half-back rugby union player. Donaldson played 35 matches, including 13 test matches, for the All Blacks from 1977 to 1981.
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1955
American journalist and author
Maria Owings Shriver is an American writer and journalist. Shriver is a member of the Shriver family and Kennedy family, a former First Lady of California, and the founder of the non-profit organization The Women's…
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1955
Australian cricketer and footballer
Graeme Malcolm Wood is a former Australian cricketer who played in 59 Test matches and 83 One Day Internationals from 1978 to 1989. He scored nine Test centuries in his career, which was a record for a Western…
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1956
American actor (died 2023)
Lance Michael Kerwin was an American actor, known primarily for roles in television and film during his childhood and teen years in the 1970s. He played lead roles in the TV series James at 15 as well as the TV films…
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1960
Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
Nadezhda Vasilyevna Kuzhelnaya is a former Russian cosmonaut. She had been due to fly on Soyuz TM-32, but was cut in order to accommodate American space tourist Dennis Tito. She later retired from the service in 2004,…
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1962
American singer, musician and artist (died 1998)
Rozz Williams was an American singer and songwriter known for his work with the bands Christian Death, Shadow Project, and the industrial project Premature Ejaculation. Christian Death is cited by some as a pioneer of…
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1963
New Zealand rugby player
Michael Robert Brewer is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer. He played rugby union as flanker or number eight and represented the All Blacks on 32 occasions scoring 1 try and winning 22 and drawing 1 of those…
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1964
American guitarist
Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American hard rock and heavy metal guitarist. He is the co-founder of the band Mr. Big, and was also a member of Racer X, with whom he released several albums. In 1996, Gilbert launched a solo…
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1966
American professional comic book colorist and music agent
Stephanie Coronado is a talent agent as well as a retired American comic book colorist.
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1966
Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
Shuzo Matsuoka is a retired Japanese professional tennis player, sports commentator, entertainer, and motivational speaker. A former Wimbledon quarter-finalist, Matsuoka won one singles title during his career, in…
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1967
American actress
Kelly Rutherford is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on the NBC daytime soap opera Generations (1989–1991), as Megan Lewis on the Fox primetime soap opera Melrose…
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1968
Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang is a Taiwanese-born American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. and founding partner of AME Cloud…
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1968
French fencer and politician
Laura Flessel-Colovic is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, with…
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1971
American model and actress
Rebecca Alie O'Connell is an American actress and former model. She is known for her role as Mystique in the original trilogy (2000–2006) of the X-Men film series, as Joan from The Punisher (2004), the dual roles of…
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1972
Australian rugby player
David Giffin is a former vice-captain of the Wallabies in rugby union, where he played in the lock position. Queensland-born, he played most of his professional career with the ACT Brumbies in what was then the Super…
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1973
Belgian cyclist (died 2009)
Frank Vandenbroucke was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. After showing promise in track and field in his adolescence, Vandenbroucke took to cycle racing in the late 1980s and developed into one of the great…
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1974
American comedian and actor
Salvatore Edward Anthony Vulcano is an American improvisational and stand-up comedian, actor, and producer from the New York City borough of Staten Island. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe consisting…
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1976
1978
Brazilian race car driver
Zaqueu "Zak" Morioka is a racecar driver from São Paulo, Brazil. He won the USAC Formula Ford 2000 Championship in 1997. In 2000, he competed in one Indy Racing League contest for Revista Motors/Tri Star Motorsports. He…
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1978
American baseball player
David Adam LaRoche is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Arizona…
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1979
American basketball player
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American former professional basketball player who played for four teams during his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and won back-to-back championships in 2009 and…
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1979
Canadian ice hockey player
Bradley Stuart is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in over 1,000 career games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles…
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1979
Latvian footballer
Kaspars Gorkšs is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Gorkšs was also the captain of the Latvia national team. From 2018 to 2019 Gorkšs served as president of the Latvian Football…
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1981
American basketball player and coach
Luke Ryan Jackson is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, earning consensus second-team All-American honors…
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1981
Canadian ice hockey player
Andrew Murray is a Canadian-Croatian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He ended his professional career playing two seasons for KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the Kontinental…
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1981
Austrian skier
Nicole Hosp is an Austrian former World Cup alpine ski racer. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion.
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1983
American baseball player
Ricardo Romero Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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1984
German footballer
Sebastian Schachten is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played Bundesliga football with Borussia Mönchengladbach, and also played in Germany with SC Paderborn, Werder Bremen II, FC…
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1984
1985
American singer, songwriter and musician
Benjamin Evans Rector is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an independent artist, and releases music under his own label OK Kid Recordings. Rector's career has with…
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1986
Irish footballer
Conor Sammon is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Alloa Athletic.
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1986
Serbian tennis player
Ana Schweinsteiger is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks. Ivanovic won 15 WTA Tour-level singles…
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1987
Puerto Rican-American basketball player
John Michael Joseph Holland is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). A small forward, he played college basketball for the Boston…
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1988
1988
Canadian baseball player
James Alston Paxton, nicknamed "Big Maple", is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles…
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1988
American actress
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup. In 2017, she was the world's…
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1988
Austrian singer
Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian singer, actor, media personality and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst. He came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for…
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1988
American soccer player
Josmer Volmy "Jozy" Altidore is an American former professional soccer player who played as a striker.
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1989
American football player (died 2017)
Aaron Josef Hernandez was an American professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons with the New England Patriots until his arrest and conviction for the…
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1989
German footballer
André Horst Schürrle is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger or forward.
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1990
Japanese sumo wrestler
Akua Shōma is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ibaraki Prefecture. He made his debut in November 2010 and reached the top makuuchi division in November 2020, just after turning 30 years of age. He wrestles…
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1990
Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
Bowen Yang is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer. Yang was a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2018, and a cast member for seven seasons from 2019 until his departure…
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1990
American basketball player
Doron Emmanuel Calvin Lamb is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for UEB Gesteco Cividale of the Serie A2. He played college basketball for the University of Kentucky.
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1991
Australian basketball player
Rebecca Kate "Bec" Allen is an Australian professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League, and the Lunar Owls of…
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1992
1992
Polish tennis player
Paula Maria Kania-Choduń is a former professional Polish tennis player.
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1992
South Korean singer and actress
Kim Ah-young, known professionally as Yura (Korean: 유라), is a South Korean actress and singer. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Girl's Day. She has since ventured into acting and has starred…
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1992
German footballer
Stefan Ortega Moreno is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.
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1992
English footballer
Joshua John Christopher Wakefield is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for several non-League clubs and the Isle of Wight national team.
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1993
1994
Australian-Tongan rugby league player
Addin Fonua-Blake is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for both Tonga and New Zealand at international level.
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1995
Canadian ice hockey player
Samson Reinhart is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Reinhart was selected second overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL…
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1995
Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova is a Spanish-Moldovan former professional tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 88 in singles and No. 54 in doubles. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA…
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1997
English actor and model
Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin is an English actor and film producer. He is most known for his starring roles in the After film series (2019–2023), for his portrayal of a young Tom Riddle in the film Harry…
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1997
Romanian tennis player
Elena-Gabriela Ruse is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 51 and a best doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved in May 2022 and 2023, respectively. She is currently the…
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1997
American basketball player
Day'Ron Yusha Sharpe is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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2001
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Rebecca Schaeffer — American model and actress (1967–1989)
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Birth year1967
Known forShe began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting
Birthdays on this date105 (1391 – 2001)
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