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Carrera was the most important leader of the Chilean War of Independence during the period of the Patria Vieja
Famous Birthdays on October 15
235 people
70 BC – 2005
October 15 has seen 235 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 70 BC – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1785 — José Miguel Carrera
Chilean general and politician (died 1821)
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José Miguel Carrera Verdugo was a Chilean general, formerly Spanish military, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile
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After the Spanish "Reconquista de Chile" ("Reconquest"), he continued campaigning from exile after defeat
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His opposition to the leaders of independent Argentina and Chile, San Martín and O'Higgins respectively, made him live in exile in Montevideo
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From Montevideo Carrera traveled to Argentina where he joined the struggle against the unitarians
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Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (died 1307)
Öljeyitü Khan, born Temür, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzong of Yuan, was the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China, ruling from 10 May 1294 to 10 February 1307. Apart from being the Emperor…
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1265
1440
German epigrammatist and academic (died 1526)
Konrad Mutian was a German Renaissance humanist.
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1471
1542
English cathedral dean (died 1616)
Richard Field (1561–1616) was an English ecclesiological theologian associated with the work of Richard Hooker. Whereas Hooker, eight years Field's senior, had written his Lawes of Ecclesiastical Polity to defend…
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1561
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1613)
Henry Julius, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death. He also served as administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt…
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1564
Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam (died 1664)
Cornelis de Graeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime, was an influential regent and Burgemeester of Amsterdam, statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of the United…
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1599
Italian physicist and mathematician (died 1647)
Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist and mathematician, and a student of Benedetto Castelli. He is best known for his invention of the barometer, but is also known for his advances in optics and work on the…
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1608
Swedish statesman and military man (died 1686)
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five offices counted as the Great Officers of…
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1622
Scottish poet and playwright (died 1758)
Allan Ramsay was a Scottish poet, playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment Edinburgh. Ramsay's influence extended to England, foreshadowing the reaction that followed the publication of…
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1686
Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (died 1771)
Marguerite d'Youville, SGM was a French Canadian widow who founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the "Grey Nuns". She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1990, becoming the first native-born…
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1701
Queen of Sardinia (died 1741)
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine was Queen of Sardinia as the third wife of King Charles Emmanuel III. She was born a Princess of Lorraine as the daughter of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans. She…
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1711
American composer and educator (died 1820)
Samuel Adams Holyoke was an American composer and teacher of vocal and instrumental music.
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1762
1st Baronet, English politician and peer (died 1840)
Sir George Pocock, 1st Baronet was an English politician and peer who served as MP for Bridgwater from 1796 till 1806 and 1807 till 1820.
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1765
French-born American Roman Catholic priest, missionary, educator, and politician (died 1832)
Gabriel Richard was a French Catholic priest and a professed member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice. He ministered to the French Catholics in the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit, as well as Protestants…
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1767
Finnish composer (died 1838)
Bernhard Henrik Crusell was a Finland-Swedish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, – the outstanding Finnish composer…
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1775
French general and politician, Governor-General of Algeria (died 1849)
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization. Born an aristocrat, he has a complex legacy, serving as a soldier…
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1784
Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (died 1847)
William Christopher Zeise was a Danish organic chemist. He is best known for synthesising one of the first organometallic compounds, named Zeise's salt in his honour. He also performed pioneering studies in organosulfur…
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1789
French general and politician, head of state of France in 1848 (died 1857)
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and politician who served as head of the executive power of France from June to December 1848, during the French Second Republic.
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1802
Russian author, poet, and painter (died 1841)
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure…
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1814
English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (died 1891)
Sir John Robertson was a London-born Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales on five occasions. Robertson is best remembered for land reform and in particular the Robertson Land Acts of 1861, which sought…
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1816
Czech pianist and composer (died 1869)
Alexander Dreyschock was a Czech pianist and composer. He was the brother of Raimund Dreyschock and the uncle of Felix Dreyschock.
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1818
Queen of Bavaria (died 1889)
Marie of Prussia was Queen of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian II of Bavaria, and the mother of Kings Ludwig II and Otto of Bavaria.
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1825
American astronomer and academic (died 1907)
Asaph Hall III was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the…
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1829
Australian politician, 7th Premier of Victoria (died 1894)
John Alexander MacPherson, Australian colonial politician, was the 7th Premier of Victoria.
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1833
French painter and illustrator (died 1902)
Jacques Joseph Tissot, better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist. He was born to a drapery merchant and a milliner and decided to pursue a career in art at a young age, coming to…
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1836
Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (died 1894)
Honoré Mercier was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec. He was the ninth premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887, to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ).…
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1840
German composer, poet, and philosopher (died 1900)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of…
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1844
American boxer, actor, and journalist (died 1918)
John Lawrence Sullivan was an American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Boston Strong Boy" and known as John L. among his admirers, he is recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, de facto…
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1858
American singer and educator (died 1925)
Charles William Clark was an American baritone singer and vocalist teacher. He is generally regarded as the first American baritone singer to be famous in Europe, and as one of the greatest baritone singers of all time.…
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1865
Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria (died 1956)
Wilhelm Miklas was an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria from 1928 until the Anschluss to Nazi Germany in 1938.
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1872
Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (died 1921)
August Nilsson was a Swedish track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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1872
1874
French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (died 1966)
Paul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany.
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1878
American actress (died 1967)
Jane Darwell was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch…
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1879
English novelist and playwright (died 1975)
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the…
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1881
American baseball player and coach (died 1941)
Charles Timothy O'Leary was an American professional baseball shortstop who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1904–1912), St. Louis Cardinals (1913), and St. Louis Browns (1934) of Major League Baseball…
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1882
American pilot (died 1910)
Archibald Hoxsey was an American aviator who worked for the Wright brothers.
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1884
English sailor and lookout on the Titanic (died 1965)
Frederick Fleet was a British merchant sailor and a survivor of the Titanic disaster. He served as a lookout on board the RMS Titanic and was the first to sight the iceberg that the ship struck on the night of 14 April…
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1887
American author and critic (died 1939)
S. S. Van Dine is the pen name used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre–World War I New York, and under the pen name…
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1888
Portuguese poet and engineer (died 1935)
Álvaro de Campos was one of the poet Fernando Pessoa's various heteronyms, with a reputation for a powerful and angry style of writing. This alter ego is recounted to have been born in Tavira, Portugal.
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1890
King of Romania (died 1953)
Carol II was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 following a coup that deposed his son until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he was crown prince from the death of his…
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1893
Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1965)
Moshe Sharett was an Israeli politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1956. He signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was a principal…
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1894
Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1960)
Johannes Sikkar was the first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister.
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1897
Polish-German racing driver (died 1986)
Adolf Brudes von Breslau was a Formula One driver from Germany and a member of German nobility. He started racing motorcycles in 1919. As an owner of a BMW and Auto Union dealership in Breslau, he had the opportunities…
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1899
American actor, director, and producer (died 1987)
Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer. During the 1930s, he was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Brothers studios, the other being his colleague…
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1900
Spanish playwright and novelist (died 1952)
Enrique Jardiel Poncela was a Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works.
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1901
English chemist and author (died 1980)
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government. He is best known for his series…
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1905
American soldier and politician (died 2004)
Hiram Leong Fong was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong was one of the first two senators for Hawaii after it became the 50th US…
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1906
American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday (died 1963)
Alicia Patterson was an American journalist, and cofounder and editor of New York daily newspaper Newsday. She created the Deathless Deer comic strip with Neysa McMein in 1943.
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1906
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)
Victoria Regina Spivey, sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and record company founder. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s, she worked…
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1906
American journalist and author (died 1967)
Varian Mackey Fry was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France from August 1940 to September 1941 that helped 2,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees, mostly artists and intellectuals, escape from…
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1907
1908
Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India (died 2006)
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s…
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1908
American astronomer and academic (died 2002)
Jesse Leonard Greenstein was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold.
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1909
American journalist (died 2000)
Robert Trout was an American broadcast news reporter who worked on radio before and during World War II for CBS News. He was regarded by some as the "Iron Man of Radio" for his ability to ad lib while on the air, as…
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1909
Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1990)
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was an American diplomat, educator, and professor at Harvard University. Born in Tokyo to American educational missionaries, he became a leading scholar of the history and culture of Japan and…
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1910
American singer and pianist (died 2007)
Nellie Rose Lutcher was an American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lutcher was most recognizable for her diction and exaggerated pronunciation and was credited…
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1912
German U-boat captain (died 1945)
Wolfgang Lüth was a German U-boat captain of World War II who was credited with the sinking of 46 merchant ships plus the French submarine Doris sunk during 15 war patrols, for a total tonnage of 225,204 gross register…
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1913
Afghan king (died 2007)
Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for almost 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since the…
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1914
American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1950)
Albert Killian was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader during the big band era.
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1916
Australian author and critic (died 1997)
George Reginald Turner was an Australian writer and critic, best known for the science fiction novels written in the later part of his career. His first science fiction story and novel appeared in 1978, when he was in…
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1916
1917
American historian and critic (died 2007)
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's…
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1917
American trombonist and educator (died 2013)
Paul Tanner was an American musician and a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. He developed and played the Electro-Theremin, a theremin soundalike instrument that is best known for its use on the Beach Boys 1966 songs…
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1917
American captain, balloonist, and physicist (died 1985)
Malcolm David Ross was a captain in the United States Naval Reserve (USNR), an atmospheric scientist, and a balloonist who set several records for altitude and scientific inquiry, with more than 100 hours flight time in…
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1919
American race car driver (died 1995)
Charles Joseph Stevenson was an American racing driver who competed in various disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for winning the AAA National Championship in 1952. Stevenson also had two class victories in the…
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1919
American sportscaster and actor (died 2012)
Christopher Constantine Economaki was a pioneering American motorsports journalist, publisher, reporter, and commentator known as "The Dean of American Motorsports Journalism." Working for, and later owning, National…
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1920
Hong Kong-English actress (died 1968)
Patricia Helen Mary Jessel was an English actress of stage, film and television.
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1920
American industrial engineer and wood scientist (died 1998)
Peter Koch was an American engineer and wood scientist who was considered an expert in the field of wood technology by his peers. From 1963 to 1982, Koch led a team of US Forest Service scientists in forest products…
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1920
American author and screenwriter (died 1999)
Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy…
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1920
Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Film Festival, Edgar Allan Poe…
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1920
Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (died 2006)
Angelica Rozeanu was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, the most successful female table tennis player in the history of the sport, winning the women's world singles title 6 years in succession.
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1921
Portuguese author (died 2019)
Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre (Lisbon). Her…
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1922
American singer-songwriter (died 1969)
Thomas Jefferson Edwards was an American singer and songwriter. His most successful record was the multi-million-selling song "It's All in the Game", becoming the first African-American to reach No. 1 on the Billboard…
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1922
Norwegian economist and politician, State Conciliator of Norway (died 2013)
Preben Hempel Munthe was a Norwegian economist.
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1922
Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (died 1985)
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities…
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1923
Spanish journalist and politician (died 2010)
Antonio Fontán Pérez, 1st Marquess of Guadalcanal was a Spanish journalist recognized for his work in promoting press freedom in his country. He was also a well-known Catholic and a member of Opus Dei.
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1923
American journalist and activist (died 2013)
Eugene Corbett Patterson, sometimes known as Gene Patterson, was an American journalist and civil rights activist. He was awarded the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
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1923
Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (died 2008)
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG was an Australian politician and army officer who served as the 40th premier of Victoria from 1981 to 1982. He previously served as the 19th deputy premier of Victoria from 1972…
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1923
German-Canadian author and educator (died 2022)
Marguerite Andersen was a German-born Canadian francophone writer and educator writer, who was based in Toronto, Ontario, where she was a teacher at the Toronto Linden School.
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1924
American businessman and author (died 2019)
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca was an American author, engineer, and executive who developed the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then revived the…
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1924
American director and screenwriter (died 2018)
Warren A. Miller was an American ski and snowboarding filmmaker. He was the founder of Warren Miller Entertainment and produced, directed and narrated films until 1988. His published works include over 750 sports films,…
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1924
American-French guitarist (died 2012)
MacHouston "Mickey" Baker was an American musician, best known for his work as a studio musician and as part of the recording duo Mickey & Sylvia.
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1925
1925
1925
American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (died 2010)
James Elmer Akins was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from September, 1973 to February, 1976, just in time to serve during the 1973 Oil Crisis of October, 1973 to March, 1974. Akins was a member of the Council on…
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1926
Spanish philosopher and poet (died 2012)
Agustín García Calvo was a Spanish philologist, philosopher, poet, and playwright.
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1926
French historian and philosopher (died 1984)
Paul-Michel Foucault was a French historian of ideas and philosopher, who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power,…
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1926
1926
American actress (died 2000)
Elizabeth Jean Peters was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early '50s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered for her siren…
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1926
German organist and conductor (died 1981)
Karl Richter was a German conductor, choirmaster, organist, and harpsichordist.
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1926
Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)
Buhari Syed Abdur Rahman was an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist. He had a range of business interests in the UAE and India including maritime shipping, real estate, insurance etc. He founded…
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1927
American painter and architect (died 2011)
Will Insley was an American painter, architect, and planner of utopian urban models. As a painter of geometric abstraction, he is known for his large-area geometrical picture elements.
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1929
1930
American politician, 46th Governor of Tennessee (died 2011)
Ned Ray McWherter was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th governor of Tennessee, from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that, he served as the speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973…
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1930
Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (died 2015)
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the president of India from 2002 to 2007.
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1931
Baroness Perry of Southwark, English academic and politician
Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark is an educator, educationist, academic, and activist. She is a Conservative politician and was for 25 years a working member of the British House of Lords. In 1981 she became…
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1931
Estonian guitarist and composer (died 2020)
Jaan Rääts was a Soviet and Estonian composer who worked extensively on Estonian film scores of the 1960s and 1970s.
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1932
American drug lord (died 2012)
Leroy Nicholas Barnes was an American crime boss, active in New York City during the 1970s.
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1933
English trumpet player (died 2016)
Alan Elsdon was an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
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1934
1934
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter primarily known for his 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction". He was later a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music.
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1935
Scottish boxer (died 2025)
Richard McTaggart, MBE was a Scottish amateur boxer who was Olympic lightweight champion in 1956. In 1960, he won bronze in the same category. In 1956, he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the…
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1935
American sprinter (died 2020)
Bobby Joe Morrow was an American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics. He has been called "the dominant sprinter of the 1950s" and "the most relaxed sprinter of all time, even more so than his hero…
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1935
Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL)
William Eldon O'Ree is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player from Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is widely recognized for being the first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing as a winger…
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1935
French actor (died 2019)
Michel Henri Aumont was a French theatre, film, and television actor. Throughout his career, he gained four Molière Awards and nominations for three César Awards. In 2015, he was made Grand Officer of the National Order…
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1936
3rd Baron Baden-Powell, South African-English businessman (died 2019)
Robert Crause Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell was the elder son of Carine Boardman and Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, and a grandson of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Olave…
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1936
American actress and singer (died 2024)
Linda Lavin was an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a Tony Award, as well…
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1937
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1993)
Marvin Earl Johnson was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. He was influential in the development of the Motown style of music, primarily for the song "Come to Me," which was the first record issued by Tamla…
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1938
1938
American painter (died 2023)
Nicholas Brice Marden Jr. was an American artist generally described as minimalist, although his work has roots in abstract expressionism, color field painting, and lyrical abstraction. He lived and worked in New York…
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1938
American guitarist and songwriter (died 2008)
Robert June Ward Sr. was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players. He played the guitar with a unique tone soaked in…
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1938
English rugby league player and coach
Thomas Bishop is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for Blackpool Borough, Barrow and St Helens in the English…
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1940
Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate.
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1940
Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author
Roydon John Masters AM is an Australian sports journalist and former rugby league football coach. He is a sports columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a school teacher with an interest in team psychology who…
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1941
1942
Jr., American admiral
Harold Webster Gehman Jr. is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT), Commander-in-Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command, one of the…
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1942
American singer-songwriter and drummer
Don Stevenson is the American drummer and a singer and songwriter for Moby Grape, a band which was formed in San Francisco in 1966 and continues to perform occasionally today.
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1942
American and Israeli economist (died 2025)
Stanley Fischer was an American and Israeli economist who served as the 20th vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013.…
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1943
American actress, director, and producer (died 2018)
Carole Penelope Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer. She starred as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983, and received three nominations for the Golden…
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1943
Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania
Sali Berisha is an Albanian conservative politician, a retired cardiologist who served as the President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and as the 32nd prime minister of Albania from 2005 to 2013. Berisha has served as…
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1944
Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (died 2005)
Ariyanayagam Chandranehru was a Sri Lankan merchant seaman, politician and Member of Parliament.
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1944
Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment
Haim Saban is an Israeli and American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, he has an…
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1944
Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, was a Northern Irish statesman and politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to…
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1944
Guyanese cricketer (died 2015)
George Stephen Camacho was a West Indian international cricketer who played in eleven Test matches from 1968 to 1971 as an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler.
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1945
Spanish cardinal
Antonio Cañizares Llovera is a Spanish Catholic cardinal who served as Archbishop of Valencia from 2014 to 2022. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2008 to…
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1945
Bulgarian patriarch (died 2024)
Patriarch Neophyte was the Patriarch of All Bulgaria, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 24 February 2013 until his death on 13 March 2024. Prior to his election, he was the Metropolitan Bishop of Ruse…
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1945
American baseball player and sportscaster
James Alvin Palmer is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles. Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the 1970s, totaling 186 wins.…
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1945
Indian actor and director
Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame,…
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1946
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Richard Lynn Carpenter is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters,…
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1946
Swedish bassist and composer
Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson was a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He was the brother of pianist Monica Dominique. Danielsson died on…
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1946
Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change
James Alexander Stewart Stevenson is a Scottish former politician who served as Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change from 2007 to 2010 and Minister for Environment and Climate Change from 2011 to…
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1946
1947
Czech drummer
Jaroslav Erno Šedivý is a Czech rock drummer. He was member of The Primitives Group, thereafter Flamengo and also Energit. In 1973 he emigrated to the United States, where he worked with a most groups including Jello…
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1947
Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2016)
Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona was a Filipino judge who served as the 23rd Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 until his removal from office in 2012.
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1948
British-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
Christopher John Davison, known professionally as Chris de Burgh, is an English singer-songwriter and musician born in Argentina. He started out as an art rock performer and progressed to writing more pop-oriented…
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1948
American author
Laurie (Lee) McBain is an American writer of seven historical romance novels from 1975 to 1985. Her novels Devil's Desire and Moonstruck Madness each sold over a million copies.
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1949
Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV
Prannoy Lal Roy is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and one of its co-founders, along with his wife Radhika Roy. Currently…
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1949
American porn actress, director, and producer (died 2015)
Candida Royalle was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame.
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1950
English actor, director, and screenwriter
Peter Richardson is an English director, screenwriter, actor and comedian. He founded the Comic Strip troupe of performers, which showcased his double act with Nigel Planer and boosted the careers of French and…
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1951
American tennis player
Leonard Roscoe Tanner is an American former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979.
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1951
Armenian chess player
Rafael Artemovich Vaganian is an Armenian chess player holding the title of grandmaster (GM). He was Soviet champion in 1989.
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1951
1953
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson was an American musician. He was a founding member of the Jackson 5, a group who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and had continued success on the Epic label…
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1953
American actor and comedian
Lawrence John Miller is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, podcaster, and columnist. He is primarily regarded as a character actor, with The A.V. Club noting that he "can be counted upon to improve every film or…
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1953
English conductor and musicologist
Peter Phillips is a British choral conductor, musicologist and writer. He is the founder of The Tallis Scholars as well as Gimell Records. He has been the owner of the Musical Times since 1995.
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1953
Australian poet and educator
Peter Bakowski is an Australian poet. His poems often use deceptively simple words and images, reminiscent at times of words in a child's picture book, but with some stylistic similarities to the work of writers such as…
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1954
Australian politician, 44th Premier of Victoria
Stephen Phillip Bracks is an Australian former politician who served as the 44th Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party.
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1954
American actor
Jere Eugene Burns II is an American actor who has appeared in theatre productions and on television. He played the roles of ladies' man Kirk Morris on the television series Dear John, DIA psychiatrist Anson Fullerton on…
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1954
English physicist and academic
Julia Mary Yeomans is a British theoretical physicist active in the fields of soft condensed matter and biological physics. She has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford since 2002.
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1954
Indian field hockey player
Kulbir Singh Bhaura is an Indian-born British former field hockey player. He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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1955
English author and illustrator
Emma Chichester Clark is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.
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1955
American actress (died 2021)
Tanya Roberts was an American actress. Some of her credits include playing Julie Rogers in the final season of the television series Charlie's Angels (1980–1981), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill…
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1955
Scottish actor, director, and producer
Michael Caton-Jones is a Scottish director and producer of film and television.
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1957
1957
American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
Stacy Douglas Peralta is an American film director and entrepreneur. He was previously a professional skateboarder and surfer with the Zephyr Competition Team, also known as the Z-Boys, from Venice, California.
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1957
English-French journalist and author
Stephen Clarke is a British author. He writes mainly about France. He published six novels featuring a British protagonist named Paul West.
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1958
American chef and author
Emeril John Lagasse III is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regional James…
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1959
English keyboard player
Alex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of ambient house group the Orb, in which he has worked since its inception in 1988.
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1959
Sarah Margaret Ferguson, formerly Sarah, Duchess of York, and commonly known as Fergie, is a British author, spokesperson, and television personality. She is the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then Prince…
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1959
American actor, director, and screenwriter
Todd Solondz is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class…
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1959
Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov is a Russian singer-songwriter and composer. He was the lead singer of Nautilus Pompilius and U-Piter. Since 2019, he has been playing in his group "Orden Slavy". He also has a solo…
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1961
Dutch footballer and manager
Stanley Purl Menzo is a Dutch football manager and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He last managed the Suriname national team.
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1963
Italian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Brigadier Roberto Vittori, OMRI is an Italian Air Force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a test…
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1964
German bodybuilder and trainer (died 2013)
Nasser El Sonbaty was an IFBB professional bodybuilder. He represented FR Yugoslavia at competitions. Born in Stuttgart, Sonbaty began bodybuilding in 1983. His first appearance in the Mr. Olympia competition was in…
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1965
American singer-songwriter
Eric Benét Jordan is an American R&B singer-songwriter and musician. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
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1966
Mexican footballer and manager
Jorge Campos Navarrete is a Mexican professional football coach and player who plays as a goalkeeper for Tercera Federación – Group 7 club México FC.
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1966
American pianist and composer
William Morrison Charlap is an American jazz pianist and educator.
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1966
1966
English drummer
David Stead, is a drummer from Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Stead was the drummer for the alternate pop / rock band, The Beautiful South.
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1966
American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Daniel James Forest is an American politician who served as the 34th lieutenant governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2021. He is the son of former congresswoman Sue Myrick. An architect by trade, he was the…
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1967
1967
French footballer and manager
Didier Claude Deschamps, popularly known as Dédé, is a French professional football manager and former player who has been head coach of the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for…
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1968
American actress
Vanessa Marcil is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Brenda Barrett on General Hospital, Gina Kincaid on Beverly Hills, 90210, and Sam Marquez on Las Vegas.
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1968
Australian rugby league player
Rod Wishart is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative goal-kicking winger, he played club…
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1968
Australian politician
Trent Moir Zimmerman is an Australian former politician. He was elected to succeed Joe Hockey as the Liberal Party of Australia member of the House of Representatives seat of North Sydney at the 2015 by-election.…
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1968
Portuguese footballer
Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1969
English actor and director
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West is an English actor, director, producer, and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's The Wire (2002–2008); Noah Solloway in Showtime's The Affair (2014–2019),…
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1969
1970
Swedish skier
Pernilla Wiberg is a Swedish former alpine ski racer and businesswoman. She competed on the World Cup circuit between 1990 and 2002, where she became one of the few all-event winners. Having won two Olympic gold medals,…
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1970
1971
Estonian author and translator
Lauri Pilter is an Estonian writer, translator and literary scientist.
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1971
American basketball player and coach
Fredrick Kristian Hoiberg is an American college basketball coach and former player. He has served as the men's head basketball coach at the University of Nebraska since 2019. Hoiberg grew up in Ames, Iowa, and played…
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1972
German-Congolese footballer and manager
Michél Mazingu-Sinda-Dinzey, also known as Michél Dinzey, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in West Germany, he represented the DR Congo national team. He is the director of sport of…
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1972
Russian footballer
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Russia national beach soccer team.
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1973
Brazilian actress
Bianca de Carvalho e Silva Rinaldi is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her roles in telenovelas, especially A Escrava Isaura.
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1974
Nigerian-British actor
Chukwudi Iwuji is a Nigerian-British actor. He is an Associate Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is known for his roles as Clemson Murn / Ik Nobe Lok in the first season of the HBO Max superhero series…
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1975
Spanish basketball player
Elisa Aguilar López is a former Spanish women's basketball player, member of the Spanish women's basketball team. After four years at George Washington Colonials, she spent most of her senior career in Spanish clubs…
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1976
Japanese racing driver
Masato Kawabata is a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT.
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1977
French footballer
David Sergio Trezeguet is a French-Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1977
Ecuadorian footballer
Patricio Javier Urrutia Espinoza is an Ecuadorian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
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1977
1978
1978
1979
English footballer
Paul William Robinson is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Premier League and Football League for Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers and Burnley. Robinson is a…
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1979
American singer-songwriter and actress
Jacquelyn Davette "Jaci" Velasquez is an American actress and contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer and songwriter, performing in both English and Spanish.
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1979
Latvian footballer
Māris Verpakovskis, is a Latvian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Latvia national team at UEFA Euro 2004 and is the only Latvian player to score at the end stage of a major…
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1979
Belgian cyclist
Tom Boonen is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the U.S. Postal Service and Quick-Step Floors teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in…
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1980
American singer-songwriter and producer
Keyshia Myeshia Cole is an American singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. Born and raised in Oakland, California, she emerged in the mid-2000s as a prominent figure in contemporary R&B, known for her…
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1981
Russian tennis player
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the WTA. Dementieva won 16 WTA Tour-level singles…
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1981
Hong Kong singer
Stephy Tang Lai-yan is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She was formerly the leader of the Cantopop group Cookies. She won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in 2017 for her performance in The…
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1983
Brazilian ex-F1 Driver
Bruno Senna Lalli is a Brazilian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2010 to 2012. In endurance racing, Senna won the 2017 FIA Endurance Trophy in the LMP2 class with Rebellion.
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1983
English footballer
Izale Michael McLeod is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He has played in The Football League for Derby County, Milton Keynes Dons, Charlton Athletic, Barnet, Portsmouth, Crawley Town,…
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1984
English singer-songwriter
Jessica Lois Ware is a British singer and songwriter. She came to prominence following the release of her debut album, Devotion (2012), which peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and produced the single "Wildest…
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1984
American basketball player
Arron Agustin Afflalo is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. As a junior, he was named a consensus…
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1985
South Korean singer-songwriter
Lee Dong-hae, referred to as Donghae, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. He became a trainee under SM Entertainment after winning a prize at SM's Youth Best Contest in 2001. After four years of training,…
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1986
Swiss skier
Carlo Janka is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. Born in Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden, he had the winter sports facilities right in front of his home. Janka has won gold medals at both the Winter Olympics and…
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1986
1986
1987
American basketball player
Dominique O'Neal Jones is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Changsha Yongsheng of the National Basketball League. A noted scorer in college at the University of South Florida, Jones had…
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1988
German footballer
Mesut Özil is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the…
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1988
American football player
Blaine Williamson Gabbert is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, receiving…
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1989
British professional boxer
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni "AJ" Joshua is a British professional boxer. He held the unified heavyweight championship twice between 2017 and 2021. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title during his…
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1989
South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
Jeon Ji-yoon, professionally known as Jiyoon or Jenyer, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and songwriter known for her work as a former member of South Korean girl group 4Minute. She debuted as a solo artist on November…
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1990
American ice hockey player
Brock Christian Nelson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nelson was drafted 30th overall in the first round of the 2010 NHL…
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1991
Rwandan-Scottish actor
Mizero Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan and Scottish actor who is best known for playing Eric Effiong in Sex Education (2019–2023) and the Fifteenth Doctor in Doctor Who (2023–2025).
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1992
Dominican baseball player
Teoscar José Hernández, nicknamed "Teo", is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros, Toronto Blue…
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1992
American actor
Vincent Michael Martella is an American actor and singer. He is best known for providing the voice of Phineas Flynn on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. Martella is also known for his role as Greg…
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1992
American basketball player
Richaun Diante Holmes is an American professional basketball who last played for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Bowling Green Falcons where he…
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1993
South Korean singer and dancer
Roh Tae-hyun, is a South Korean singer and dancer. He is a former member of Hotshot and JBJ. He released his debut solo extended play, Birthday, on January 24, 2019. He participated as a member of Mbitious in Street Man…
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1993
Dutch rapper
Jorik Scholten, professionally known as Lil' Kleine, is a Dutch rapper, actor and singer. He collaborated with fellow rapper Ronnie Flex to produce the number-one single "Drank & Drugs" and the number-one album Wop!.
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1994
Pakistani cricket player
Mohammad Babar Azam is a Pakistani international cricketer and a former captain of the Pakistan national team in all three formats of the game. A right-handed top-order batter, he captains Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan…
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1994
American baseball player
Jack Rafe Flaherty is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, and Los Angeles…
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1995
Austrian basketball player
Jakob Pöltl is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes.
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1995
Belgian footballer
Charles Musonda is a Belgian former professional footballer. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he also played as a winger.
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1996
American actress
Grace Van Dien is an American actress. She is most notably known for playing Chrissy Cunningham in Stranger Things (2022) and starring in "Roost" which premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. She has…
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1996
1996
Indonesian activist and politician
In December 2023, students from various universities in Aceh, Indonesia, protested and rioted against Rohingya refugees. The protests took place at the Balee Meuseuraya Hall in Banda Aceh.
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1998
American-Canadian actress and singer
Bailee Madison is an American actress and singer. Beginning as a child actress and later expanding to mature roles and into the horror genre, her accolades include three Young Artist Awards, with nominations for a…
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1999
Welsh footballer
Benjamin Luke Woodburn is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Salford City. A versatile player, Woodburn can be deployed as a central midfielder, attacking midfielder, left winger…
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1999
Indonesian activist and sex offender
Melki Sedek Huang is an Indonesian activist and politician who was the chairman of the student executive council at University of Indonesia (UI) from 21 January 2023 until his dismissal on 18 December on the same year…
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2000
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