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At domestic level in Pakistan he represented Faisalabad, with whom he won the 2005 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup; Khan Research Laboratories; and Islamabad
Famous Birthdays on October 14
236 people
1257 – 2001
October 14 has seen 236 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1257 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1977 — Saeed Ajmal
Pakistani cricketer
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Ajmal made his One Day International debut for Pakistan in July 2008 at the age of 30, and a year later played his first Test
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In 2009, he was reported for having a suspect bowling action, but after being cleared he helped Pakistan win the 2009 ICC World Twenty20
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Ajmal played for Worcestershire as an overseas player in English domestic cricket in 2011
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From November 2011 to December 2014, Ajmal was ranked by the International Cricket Council as the number one bowler in ODIs
Przemysł II was the Duke of Poznań from 1257–1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to 1296, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.…
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1257
Marie of Anjou was Queen of France as the spouse of King Charles VII from 1422 to 1461. She served as regent and presided over the council of state several times during the absence of the king.
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1404
Italian painter (died 1499)
Alesso or Alessio Baldovinetti was an Italian early Renaissance painter and draftsman.
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1425
German humanist and antiquarian (died 1547)
Konrad Peutinger was a German humanist, jurist, diplomat, politician, economist and archaeologist, serving as Emperor Maximilian I's chief archaeological adviser. A senior official in the municipal government of the…
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1465
Japanese daimyō (died 1568)
Shimazu Tadayoshi was a daimyō of Satsuma Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was born into the Mimasaka Shimazu family (伊作島津家), which was part of the Shimazu clan, but after his father Shimazu Yoshihisa died,…
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1493
1542
Flemish engraver and cartographer (died 1611)
Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jodocus Hondius II. Hondius is best known for his early maps of the New World and…
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1563
Italian poet (died 1625)
Giambattista Marino was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his epic L'Adone.
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1569
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1689)
Ernest Günther I of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was a Duke of Schleswig-Holstein of its Sonderburg line. He was the first to have his ducal seat in Augustenborg Palace, which he built and named in honor…
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1609
Sophia was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698 as the consort of Prince-Elector Ernest Augustus. She was later the heiress presumptive to the thrones of England, and Ireland under the Act of Settlement 1701, as she…
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1630
James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and…
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1633
Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (died 1712)
Simon van der Stel was the first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (1691), the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. He was interested in botany, establishing vineyards Groot and Klein Constantia, and producing a famous…
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1639
Mughal emperor (died 1712)
Bahadur Shah I or Shah Alam I, was the eighth Mughal emperor from 1707 to 1712. He was the second son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who he conspired to overthrow in his youth. He was also the governor of the…
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1643
English businessman who founded Pennsylvania (died 1718)
William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable…
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1644
Scottish mathematician and academic (died 1768)
Robert Simson was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The Simson line is named after him.
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1687
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1770)
George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign of the young George III. He served for only two years (1763-1765), and attempted to solve the problem…
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1712
1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (died 1813)
Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the Seven Years' War. Middleton was given command of a guardship at the Nore, a Royal…
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1726
Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (died 1798)
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years' War. Later in his military career, he led Austrian troops in the…
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1733
Ferdinand VII was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813, he was known as el Deseado, and after, as el Rey Felón.
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1784
Baltic German naturalist (died 1841)
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot was a Baltic German naturalist, explorer, and mountaineer, who lived and worked in Tartu, Estonia in what was then the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. A pioneer of…
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1791
Belgian physicist and academic, created the Phenakistoscope (died 1883)
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian physicist and mathematician. He was one of the first people to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this, he used counterrotating disks with repeating drawn…
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1801
American lawyer and politician (died 1865)
Preston King was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the United States Senate from 1857 to 1863. King also represented the North Country in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms…
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1806
French painter (died 1886)
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists.
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1824
Russian author and critic (died 1868)
Dmitry Ivanovich Pisarev was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who was a central figure of Russian nihilism. He is noted as a forerunner of Nietzschean philosophy, and for the impact his advocacy of liberation…
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1840
1842
1844
American educator and missionary (died 1900)
Laura Askew Haygood was an American educator and missionary from Georgia. A sister of Atticus Greene Haygood, she founded a school in Atlanta and served as a missionary in China.
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1845
Canadian banker and philanthropist (died 1924)
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO was a Canadian banker. He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and…
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1848
American engineer and businessman (died 1924)
John William Kendrick was chief engineer, general manager and vice-president of the Northern Pacific Railway and later vice-chairman of the board of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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1853
American journalist, editor, and reformer (died 1891)
Julia A. Ames was an American journalist, editor and a temperance reformer. She served as an associate editor of the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association's Union Signal. Ames died in 1891 at the age of 30. The year…
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1861
Japanese poet, author, and critic (died 1902)
Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing…
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1867
1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer (died 1939)
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, known as Sir Joseph Duveen, Baronet, between 1927 and 1933, was a British art dealer who was considered one of the most influential art dealers of all time.
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1869
Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (died 1942)
Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher.
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1871
English tennis player (died 1910)
Reginald "Reggie" or "R. F." Frank Doherty was a British tennis player and the older brother of tennis player Laurence Doherty. He was known in the tennis world as "R.F." rather than "Reggie". He was a four-time…
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1872
American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (died 1975)
Éamon de Valera was an Irish statesman and political leader. He served as the president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and three terms as prime minister. He had a leading role in introducing the Constitution of Ireland…
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1882
English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 1959)
Charles Warrington Leonard Parker was an English cricketer, who stands as the third highest wicket taker in the history of first-class cricket, behind Wilfred Rhodes and Tich Freeman.
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1882
New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 1923)
Kathleen Mansfield Murry was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world and have been published in 25 languages.
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1888
Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (died 1947)
Yukio Sakurauchi was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. He was the father of prominent post-war politician Yoshio Sakurauchi, and grandfather of controversial politician…
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1888
American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (died 1969)
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A General of the Army, Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. His successful…
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1890
American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State (died 1961)
Benjamin Sumner Welles III was an American government official and diplomat. He was a major foreign policy adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State from 1936 to 1943, during…
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1892
American author and illustrator (died 1974)
Lois Lenore Lenski Covey was a Newbery Medal-winning author and illustrator of picture books and children's literature. Beginning in 1927 with her first books, Skipping Village and Jack Horner's Pie: A Book of Nursery…
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1893
American actress (died 1993)
Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the "First Lady of the…
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1893
American poet and playwright (died 1962)
Edward Estlin Cummings, commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. During World War I, he worked as an ambulance driver and was imprisoned in an…
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1894
British marine engineer (died 1978)
Victoria Alexandrina Drummond, MBE, was the first woman marine engineer in the UK and the first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers. In the Second World War she served at sea as an engineering officer in the…
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1894
Algerian anarchist and Spanish Civil War veteran (died 1953)
Mohand Amezian ben Ameziane Saïl was an Algerian anarchist and anti-colonial activist. Born in Kabylia, he was largely self-taught and became an atheist and an anarchist after moving to Metropolitan France. After World…
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1894
1897
Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1950)
Thomas William Holmes VC was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), and was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that…
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1898
American statistician, author, and academic (died 1993)
William Edwards Deming was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in…
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1900
Italian cyclist and manager (died 1963)
Learco Guerra was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1934 Giro d'Italia. He was born in San Nicolò Po, a frazione of Bagnolo San Vito in Lombardy, gained…
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1902
Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (died 1977)
Arthur James "Snowy" Justice (1902–1977) was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator. He was a rugged hooker for the St George Dragons who made state and national representative appearances in the…
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1902
French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1995)
Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956 through 1958.
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1904
Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1978)
Mikhail Georgiyevich Pervukhin was a Soviet politician and an engineer who served as people's commissar for various commissions under Stalin and Khrushchev presidiums.
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1904
Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (died 1949)
Hassan Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Muhammed al-Banna, known as Hassan al-Banna, was an Egyptian schoolteacher and Imam, best known for founding the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the largest and most influential global Islamist…
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1906
German-American philosopher and theorist (died 1975)
Hannah Arendt was a German and American historian and philosopher. She was one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century.
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1906
1907
Japanese commander (died 2000)
Mochitsura Hashimoto was a Japanese officer and a submarine commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was captain of the submarine I-58, which sank the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis in…
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1909
American screenwriter and producer (died 1997)
Dorothy Kingsley was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio, and television.
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1909
German racing driver (died 1938)
Bernd Rosemeyer was a German racing driver and speed record holder. He is often considered one of the greatest racing drivers of his era.
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1909
American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for…
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1910
Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
Lê Đức Thọ, born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with United States Secretary of State…
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1911
American baseball player and coach (died 2004)
Harry David Brecheen, known as "Harry The Cat", was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns. He become the first…
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1914
American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Raymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neutrinos emitted from the Sun; for this…
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1914
Estonian poet and critic (died 1985)
Alexis Rannit was an Estonian poet, critic and literature researcher.
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1914
Italian cardinal (died 2016)
Loris Francesco Capovilla was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and a cardinal. At his death, he was the oldest living Roman Catholic bishop from Italy and the fourth oldest in the world. At the time of his elevation to…
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1915
American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (died 2013)
Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According to the…
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1916
Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (died 1991)
Marcel Chaput was a scientist and a militant for the independence of Quebec from Canada. Along with some 20 other people including André D'Allemagne and Jacques Bellemare, he was a founding member of the Rassemblement…
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1918
Australian tennis player and captain (died 2015)
Thelma Dorothy Coyne Long was an Australian tennis player and one of the female players who dominated Australian tennis from the mid-1930s to the 1950s. During her career, she won 19 Grand Slam tournament titles. In…
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1918
1918
Chilean journalist and historian (died 2009)
José Santos Arraño Acevedo was a Chilean journalist and historian who worked in several regional newspapers, including El Rancagüino from Rancagua, La Discusión from Chillán, amid others. He also wrote two books on the…
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1921
English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (died 2014)
Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, was a Labour Party politician. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the late 1970s, he devised the Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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1923
Dutch singer and actor (died 1985)
Carel Verbrugge, known as Willy Alberti, was a Dutch singer, who sang in Dutch and Italian. He was also an actor and a radio and TV personality.
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1926
English actor and producer (died 2017)
Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature…
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1927
American actress and singer (died 2022)
Joyce Bryant was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses,…
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1928
American chemist and businessman (died 1995)
Frank E. Resnik was CEO (1984–1989) and Chairman (1989–1991) of Philip Morris USA.
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1928
American concert pianist
Gary Graffman was an American classical pianist, teacher and administrator. After he lost control of his right hand, he gave the UK premiere of Korngold's Piano Concerto for the left hand in 1985, and had seven…
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1928
Canadian boxer and wrestler (died 2007)
Yvon Durelle, was a Canadian champion boxer. He was of Acadian descent.
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1929
American singer and saxophonist (died 2020)
Robert Parker was an American R&B singer. His sole hit was "Barefootin'" (1966), and he is considered a one-hit wonder.
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1930
Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (died 1997)
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire…
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1930
Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (died 2014)
Alan John Williams was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West for over 45 years, from 1964 to 2010. He was the longest serving MP for a Welsh constituency since David Lloyd…
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1930
American tenor and actor (died 2005)
Enrico Di Giuseppe was a celebrated American operatic tenor who had an active performance career from the late 1950s through the 1990s. He spent most of his career performing in New York City, juggling concurrent…
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1932
Russian-American physicist and academic (died 2005)
Anatoly Ivanovich Larkin was a Russian theoretical physicist.
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1932
Dutch footballer and manager (died 2017)
Hans Kraay was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a defender. Subsequently, he became well known for his football management skills as well as analysis of matches on Dutch television.
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1936
Swiss psychotherapist and author (died 2014)
Jürg Schubiger was a Swiss psychotherapist and writer of children's books. He won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1996 for Als die Welt noch jung war.
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1936
1938
English curator and academic (died 2024)
Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve-Coll was a British academic, museum director and librarian.
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1938
American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2008)
Ronald Lancaster was an American-Canadian professional football player and coach in the Canadian Football League (CFL). As the starting quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders for 16 seasons, he led the team to its…
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1938
South African historian and academic
Shula Eta Marks, OBE, FBA is a South African-British historian and author. She is a emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. She has written at least seven…
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1938
American country music singer (died 2025)
Melba Joyce Montgomery was an American country music singer and songwriter. She was known for a series of duet recordings made with George Jones, Gene Pitney, and Charlie Louvin. She was also a solo artist, having…
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1938
Empress of Iran
Farah Pahlavi is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was the last queen and empress of Iran and is the third wife and widow of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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1938
American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation
Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for founding the brand Ralph Lauren, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He stepped down as CEO of the company…
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1939
American golfer and politician (died 2021)
Hugh Delane "Rocky" Thompson was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
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1939
South African snooker player (died 2023)
Pierre "Perrie" Mans was a South African professional snooker player. He first won the South African Professional Championship in 1965 and lifted the title 20 times. Mans won the Benson & Hedges Masters in 1979 and…
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1940
Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor
Sir Harry Rodger Webb, known professionally as Cliff Richard, is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and as of 2026, is the third-top-selling artist in UK…
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1940
American golfer
Jesse Carlyle Snead was an American professional golfer who won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Snead was the nephew of hall of famer Sam Snead.
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1940
Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
Christopher Timothy is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera Doctors and Ted Murray in the BBC One…
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1940
American football player and coach
Jerry Michael Glanville is an American football coach. He is the current defensive coordinator of the San Antonio Toros of the Continental Football League. He played football at Northern Michigan University in the early…
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1941
Irish sportsman
Edward Peter Keher is an Irish former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.
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1941
Australian rugby player and coach
Laurie Joseph Lawrence is an Australian swimming coach. He was also an Australia national rugby union team member in 1964.
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1941
American baseball player and manager
Arthur Louis Shamsky, nicknamed "Sham" and "Smasher", is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from 1965 to 1972 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets,…
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1941
English tennis player
Roger Taylor MBE is a British former tennis player. Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1973, the semi-finals of…
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1941
English rugby player
Robert Hiller is a former England international rugby union player. He was educated at Bec Grammar School before taking a place at St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he played both rugby and cricket to a high standard. He…
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1942
Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1986)
Evelio Bellaflor Javier was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as governor of the province of Antique and was an opponent of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. His assassination on February 11,…
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1942
Hungarian author and playwright
Péter Nádas is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.
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1942
1942
Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran
Mohammad Khatami is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. Later, he was…
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1943
1944
English bass player
Colin Hodgkinson is a British bass guitarist and singer who has worked in rock, jazz and blues. He has been active since the 1960s, with a forceful playing style using bass guitar as a lead instrument rather than its…
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1945
Dutch author and illustrator
Daniel Jan "Daan" Jippes is a Dutch cartoonist who's known for his work on Disney comics. In the 1980s and 1990s he drew many covers for Gladstone Publishing's Disney magazines. In the 1990s he redrew for Egmont old…
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1945
English actress
Lesley Diana Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster, whose career on stage and screen spans over sixty years. She is best known for portraying the role of Dorien Green in the television sitcom Birds of a Feather…
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1945
Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
François Bozizé Yangouvonda is a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 2003 to 2013. He was the only Central African president born in modern-day Gabon.
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1946
Filipino comedian, actor and television host
Jose Maria Ramos de Leon Jr., known professionally as Joey de Leon and also known as Henyo Master, is a Filipino comedian, actor, television host and songwriter. He is one of the members of the comedy trio, collectively…
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1946
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Justin Hayward is an English musician. He was the guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Moody Blues from 1966 until its dissolution in 2018. He became the group's principal vocalist and its most prolific…
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1946
Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2022)
William Daniel McCafferty was a Scottish vocalist and songwriter best known as the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth from its founding in 1968 to his retirement from touring with the band in 2013.
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1946
1946
American biologist, geneticist, and academic
John Craig Venter was an American scientist, entrepreneur, and genomics researcher. He was known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and led the first team to transfect a cell with a…
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1946
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1987)
Norman Ray Harris was an American guitarist, producer, music arranger and songwriter, closely associated with Philly soul. He was a founding member of MFSB, the Philadelphia studio band, and one of the…
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1947
American football player
Charles Joiner Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 18 seasons in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL), primarily with the San Diego…
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1947
Croatian-American wrestler (died 2018)
Josip Hrvoje Peruzović, better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
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1947
Jamaican-English singer
Marcia Barrett is a British singer and one of the original singers with the vocal group Boney M.
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1948
American political scientist and scholar
Norman Jay Ornstein is an American political scientist and an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. He is the co-author, with Thomas E. Mann, of It's…
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1948
Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
Damian Lau Chung-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.
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1949
American poet and author
Katha Pollitt is an American poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues from a left-leaning perspective, including…
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1949
Canadian ice hockey player and referee
David William Schultz is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey coach and player. As a player, he was a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Philadelphia Flyers.
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1949
American actor, director, and producer
Joseph Allen Travolta is an American actor. He is the elder brother of actor John Travolta.
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1950
Dutch cyclist
Aad van den Hoek is a former Dutch cyclist. He was professional between 1974 and 1983 and was good friends with Gerrie Knetemann. Together they won four Tour de France team time trial stages with their team TI-Raleigh.…
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1951
American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
Harry Laverne Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician. He is best known for his role as Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone on the NBC sitcom Night Court (1984–1992). He later played Dave Barry on the CBS…
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1952
Russian gymnast and coach (died 2011)
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet and Russian gymnast.
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1952
American comedian and actor (died 1995)
Rick Aviles was an American stand-up comedian and actor of Puerto Rican descent, best remembered for his role as Willie Lopez in the film Ghost.
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1952
American actor
Gregory Ralph Evigan is an American film, stage, and television actor. He began his career in theater, appearing in the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar, followed by a stage production of the musical…
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1953
Japanese guitarist and composer
Kazumi Watanabe is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Luke Takamura and Sugizo have cited him as an influence.
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1953
Moroccan-Israeli technician and academic
Mordechai Vanunu, also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program…
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1954
English curator and critic
Iwona Maria Blazwick OBE is a British curator and writer. She is currently lead curator of the Wadi Al Fann Al-'Ula Royal Commission. She was the Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London from 2001 to 2022. She…
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1955
American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Arleen Frances Sorkin was an American actress, screenwriter, television presenter and comedian. Sorkin is known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial Days of Our Lives and for serving as the…
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1955
American automotive designer
Christopher Edward Bangle is an American automobile designer. Bangle is known best for his work as Chief of Design for BMW Group, where he was responsible for the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce motor cars.
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1956
Turkish singer-songwriter
Ümit Besen is a Turkish musical artist. He started his professional career by playing keyboards and singing with his band at the local clubs in Adana, Southern Turkey. While he was in the army for his compulsory…
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1956
American golfer
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1956
American game designer (died 2024)
Jennell Allyn Jaquays was an American game designer, video game artist, and illustrator of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs). Her notable works include the Dungeons & Dragons modules Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia…
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1956
Canadian lawyer and politician
Michel Després is an administrator, consultant and a former Quebec politician. He was the former MNA member of the former riding of Limoilou from 1985 to 1994 and 1998 to 2003 and the former member of the riding of…
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1957
Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense
Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed the Minister of Defense by…
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1957
English singer-songwriter and producer
Thomas Morgan Robertson, known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, record producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.
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1958
Russian ice hockey player
Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who was a long-time member of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2009.
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1959
American drummer (died 2015)
Anthony Jude Pero was an American drummer, known for his work with heavy metal bands Twisted Sister and Adrenaline Mob.
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1959
English runner and coach
Stephen Cram, is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow…
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1960
Polish footballer and coach
Zbigniew Kruszyński, commonly known as Detsi Kruszyński or Detzi Kruszyński, is a Polish-German former professional footballer.
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1960
American fashion designer
Isaac Mizrahi is an American fashion designer, actor, singer, television presenter and chief designer of the Isaac Mizrahi brand for Xcel Brands. Based in New York City, he is best known for his eponymous fashion lines.…
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1961
Estonian chess player
Jaan Ehlvest is an Estonian-American chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1987. Ehlvest was Estonian champion in 1986. Since 2006, he has represented the United States.
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1962
English-American actor (died 2003)
Trevor Joseph Goddard was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film Mortal Kombat, a live action adaptation of the popular video game series, Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby in the…
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1962
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Chris Thomas King is an American blues musician, book author, and actor based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1962
Israeli tennis player
Shahar Perkiss is an Israeli right-handed former professional tennis player. He reached his best singles ranking of world # 53 in March 1985. He peaked at world # 54 in the doubles rankings in November 1985. Perkiss won…
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1962
American actress
Lori Petty is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She made her big-screen debut appearing in the 1990 comedy film Cadillac Man and later starred in films Point Break (1991), A League of Their Own (1992),…
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1963
American baseball player and manager
Joseph Elliott Girardi is an American sports broadcaster and former professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Girardi played the catcher position for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies,…
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1964
English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
Stephen John Coogan is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. His accolades include six BAFTA Awards and three British Comedy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He…
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1965
Estonian rower and politician
Jüri Jaanson is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at World Rowing Championships.
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1965
Greek-Australian flute player and composer
Constantine Koukias is a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. He is the co-founder and artistic director of IHOS Music…
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1965
American singer-songwriter
Karyn Layvonne White is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is known for several hit singles including "Superwoman" (1988), "Secret Rendezvous" (1989), "The Way You Love Me"…
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1965
1967
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Sylvain Jean Lefebvre is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams…
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1967
German actor
Werner Daehn is a German actor, who has worked with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson in XXX, with Jason Priestley in Colditz an ITV1 2005 miniseries, with Bill Pullman in Revelations and with Steven Seagal in Shadow…
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1967
British racing driver
Timothy Jason Plato is a British former racing driver and team owner of Plato Racing Team RML. He last competed professionally in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing. He has twice been BTCC…
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1967
American sports television personality
Stephen Anthony Smith, also known as Stephen A., is an American television personality, radio host, sports analyst, and actor. He makes frequent appearances as an NBA analyst for ESPN on SportsCenter, NBA Countdown, and…
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1967
Canadian guitarist and songwriter
Jay Ferguson is a Canadian musician and a member of the rock band Sloan.
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1968
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
John Charles Goudie is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, record producer, actor, and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. Over his five-decade career, he has received acclaim for his unique…
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1968
English footballer and journalist
Matthew Paul Le Tissier is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Le Tissier spent his entire professional club career with Southampton, before turning to non-League football in 2002; his loyalty…
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1968
American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Dwayne Kenneth Schintzius was an American basketball player who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in Brandon, Florida and attended the University of Florida, where he helped…
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1968
American basketball player
Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 239 lb (108 kg) center/power forward was selected out of…
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1969
Russian footballer and manager
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is a former Russian football defender. He is the assistant manager of both FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League and the Russia national team.
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1969
American actor (died 1999)
David Gordon Strickland, Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for playing the boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan.
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1969
Czech footballer and coach (died 2013)
Martin Barbarič was a Czech professional football player who made 135 top flight appearances across the end of the Czechoslovak First League and start of the Czech First League for Dukla Prague, Svit Zlín, Slovan…
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1970
American basketball player and sportscaster
James Arthur Jackson is an American former professional basketball player. Over his 14 National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons, Jackson was on the active roster of 12 different teams, which was an NBA record…
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1970
Estonian footballer
Meelis Lindmaa is a retired football (soccer) defender from Estonia, who also played as a midfielder. He retired in 2004. He played in the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Sweden and Finland.
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1970
Japanese actress and singer
Hiromi Nagasaku is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a member of the J-pop group Ribbon. Mark Schilling of The Japan Times described her as "the best comic actress working in Japan today".
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1970
1970
1970
Swedish footballer
Pär Johan Zetterberg is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with R.S.C. Anderlecht, but also represented Falkenbergs FF, Charleroi, and Olympiacos…
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1970
Portuguese footballer and manager (died 2025)
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida was a Portuguese professional football player and manager.
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1971
Filipino basketball player and politician
Robert Vincent Jude "Dodot" Bautista Jaworski Jr. is a Filipino politician, businessman, and former professional basketball player currently serving as the vice mayor of Pasig since 2022. He previously served as the…
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1971
American tennis player
Erika deLone is an American retired tennis player who turned professional in 1992. She reached one WTA Tour singles final in her career, finishing runner-up to Åsa Svensson at the Wismilak International in 1999. In…
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1972
Australian rugby league player
Brian Julian O'Neill is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a goal-kicking fullback or five-eighth, during his 14-year top-grade career he played with…
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1972
American-British political philosopher and legal scholar
Thomas "Thom" Brooks, is an American-British political philosopher and legal scholar. He is Professor of Law and Government in Durham Law School at Durham University with associate membership in the Department of…
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1973
American police brutality victim (died 2020)
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar…
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1973
Georgian businessman and politician
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1973
American porn actress and director
Jessica Drake is an American pornographic film actress and sex educator.
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1974
American singer-songwriter
Natalie Louise Maines is an American musician. She is the lead vocalist for the country band the Chicks.
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1974
Turkish footballer
Tümer Metin is a Turkish former professional footballer and current pundit.
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1974
Swiss runner
Viktor Röthlin is a Swiss former long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon.
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1974
1974
English footballer
Michael Wayne Duberry is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1975
American cyclist
Floyd Landis is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for…
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1975
English singer and songwriter
Tricia Marie "Shaznay" Lewis is an English singer and songwriter. Lewis rose to fame as a member of the girl group All Saints which she formed with Melanie Blatt in 1993. As a member of All Saints, Lewis won two Brit…
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1975
New Zealand rugby player
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1975
Sri Lankan cricketer
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1976
Swedish ice hockey player
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1976
Dutch footballer
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1977
American-Canadian basketball and volleyball player
Kelly Schumacher is an American-born Canadian professional basketball player and professional volleyball player. She had been playing in the WNBA for the Detroit Shock, until her release 18 June 2009.
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1977
American guitarist and songwriter, and politician
Justin Lee Brannan is an American politician and musician. A Democrat, he was the New York City Councilmember for the 47th district from 2018 to 2025. A former musician, he was a founding member of the New York City…
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1978
English snooker player (died 2006)
Paul Alan Hunter was an English professional snooker player. He was a three-time Masters champion, winning the event in 2001, 2002, and 2004; on all three occasions, he recovered from a deficit in the final to claim the…
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1978
1978
Scottish footballer
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1978
1978
American wrestler and actress
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1979
Estonian figure skater and coach
Liina-Grete Lilender is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 1997 Estonian national champion and a multiple silver- and bronze-medalist at that competition. She placed 21st in the qualifying round at the 1997 World…
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1979
Ecuadorian footballer
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1980
Danish-English cricketer
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1980
American football player
Daniel Scott Kooistra [KOO-struh] is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack and was…
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1980
1980
American football player
Terrence Dewayne McGee is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist for the Buffalo Bills] of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…
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1980
English actor
Benjamin John Whishaw is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including three British Academy Television Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.
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1980
Indian cricketer
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1981
1982
Dominican baseball player
Carlos Agustín Mármol is a Dominican former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Miami Marlins.
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1982
1982
German hammer thrower
Betty Heidler is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. She held the world record from 2011 until 2014 with her personal best throw of 79.42 m. She is the 2012 Olympic silver…
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1983
1983
American football player
LaRon Louis Landry is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for LSU Tigers, and earned consensus All-American honors. The…
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1984
English footballer
Alexandra Virina Scott is an English sports presenter, pundit and former professional footballer who played as a right-back. She has been the presenter of Football Focus since 2021.
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1984
Brazilian racing driver
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1985
1985
Croatian Member of Parliament
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1985
English footballer
Thomas Craddock is an English retired professional footballer who played for multiple clubs including Spennymoor Town, Middlesbrough, and Portsmouth as a striker.
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1986
American basketball player
Wesley Joel Matthews Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Marquette Golden Eagles. He…
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1986
American actress
Skyler Anna Shaye is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Kylie in Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) and as Cloe in Bratz: The Movie (2007).
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1986
American actor and comedian
Jared Antonio Farrow, better known by his stage name Jay Pharoah, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2010 to 2016. In 2015, he was…
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1987
Australian cricketer
Glenn James Maxwell is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the Australia national cricket team in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). He also plays for Victoria in domestic cricket and the Melbourne Stars in…
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1988
American actor
Maximillion Drake Thieriot is an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 2004 adventure comedy film Catch That Kid. Thieriot has since appeared in the action comedy The Pacifier (2005), the mystery comedy Nancy…
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1988
1989
English cricketer
Jordan Clark is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey. Clark is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, and occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria and was educated…
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1990
Nigerian footballer
Ahmed Musa is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Nigeria Premier Football League club Kano Pillars.
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1992
Australian cricketer
Ashton Charles Agar is an Australian cricketer who has played all forms of the game at international level. Agar plays domestically for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. A left-handed spin bowler and capable…
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1993
American media personality and political activist (died 2025)
Charles James Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive…
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1993
English rugby league player
Joe Burgess is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League and England at international level.
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1994
Australian rugby league player
Jaelen Feeney is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth, halfback and fullback for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the…
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1994
American football player
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1994
American actress
Ariela Barer is an American actress and filmmaker. She co-wrote, starred in, and produced the 2023 ecological thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the Andreas Malm non-fiction book of the same name. The film…
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1998
American ice hockey player
Quintin Jerome Hughes is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hughes was drafted seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018…
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1999
American actress
Rowan Blanchard is an American actress. She began acting as a child and starred in the action film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011). She gained wide recognition for playing Riley Matthews on the Disney Channel…
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2001
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