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The University of Southampton elected him to be Emeritus Professor of Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics after 10 years at Cambridge University and over 30 years at Southampton University
Famous Birthdays on October 16
256 people
1351 – 2003
October 16 has seen 256 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1351 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1963 — Timothy Leighton
English physicist and academic
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He completed the monograph The Acoustic Bubble in 1992 at the age of 28, and was awarded a personal chair at the age of 35
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The recipient of 8 international medals, he was awarded a doctorate (PhD) in 1988, and a higher doctorate (ScD) in 2019, from the University of Cambridge
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In 2025 the University of Southampton awarded him a Higher Doctorate (DSc).
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Magdalene College, Cambridge University, elected him to an Honorary Fellowship
first Duke of Milan (died 1402)
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled that late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the founding patron of…
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1351
1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (died 1450)
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of Henry VI of England, and consequently a…
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1396
James II was King of Scots from 1437 until his death in 1460. The eldest surviving son of James I of Scotland, he succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of six, following the assassination of his father. The first…
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1430
Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1542)
Gasparo Contarini was an Italian diplomat, cardinal, and Bishop of Belluno. He advocated for dialogue with Protestants during the Reformation. Born in Venice, he served as the Republic's ambassador to Charles V during…
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1483
Japanese samurai (died 1585)
Niwa Nagahide , also known as Gorōzaemon (五郎左衛門), his other legal alias was Hashiba Echizen no Kami (羽柴越前守), was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as senior…
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1535
Irish Franciscan friar and historian (died 1657)
Luke Wadding, was an Irish Franciscan friar, theologian, and historian.
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1588
French writer and composer (died 1677)
Charles Coypeau was a French musician and burlesque poet. In the mid-1630s, he began using the nom de plume D'Assouci or Dassoucy.
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1605
French painter and sculptor (died 1694)
Pierre Paul Puget was a French Baroque painter, sculptor, architect and engineer. His sculpture expressed emotion, pathos and drama, setting it apart from the more classical and academic sculpture of the Style Louis XIV.
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1620
1678
Czech viol player and composer (died 1745)
Jan Dismas Zelenka was a Czech composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.
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1679
Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (died 1790)
Count András Hadik de Futak was a Hungarian nobleman and Field Marshal of the Imperial Army. He was Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria from January 1774 to June 1774, and is the father of Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak. He…
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1710
Italian geologist and academic (died 1795)
Giovanni Arduino was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology". Arduino proposed the division of the earth's crust into four general and successive orders: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and…
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1714
Polish-German painter and educator (died 1801)
Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki was a German painter and printmaker of Huguenot and Polish ancestry, who is most famous as an etcher. He spent most of his life in Berlin, and became the director of the Berlin Academy of Art.
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1726
Belgian violinist and composer (died 1768)
Pieter van Maldere, known also as Pierre van Maldere was a Flemish violinist and composer. He was a violinist of the Royal Chapel, the court orchestra in Brussels of the governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands,…
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1729
German theologian and academic (died 1827)
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn was a German Protestant theologian of the Enlightenment and an early orientalist. He was a member of the Göttingen school of history.
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1752
American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York (died 1844)
Morgan Lewis was an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lewis fought in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.…
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1754
American lexicographer (died 1843)
Noah Webster was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". He authored…
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1758
American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1816)
Paul Hamilton was an American politician, military officer, planter, slave owner, and merchant as well as the 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy, from 1809 to 1813. In his time as Secretary, he oversaw the United…
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1762
American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (died 1866)
William Burton was an American physician and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Governor of Delaware.
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1789
American minister, historian, and author (died 1876)
William Buell Sprague was an American Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of Annals of the American Pulpit, a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the leading American Protestant Christian…
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1795
American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas (died 1882)
Isaac Murphy was a native of Pennsylvania, a teacher and lawyer who moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas with his wife and child in 1834. He continued to teach and also became active in politics. Murphy is best known as the…
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1802
English railway and civil engineer (died 1859)
Robert Stephenson, DCL was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father.
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1803
American painter and educator (died 1885)
Benjamin Russell was an American artist best known for his accurate watercolors of whaling ships working in New England. Born to a wealthy family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Russell started drawing and painting in…
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1804
American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1869)
William Pitt Fessenden was a politician from Maine, United States. He was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate before becoming Secretary…
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1806
American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (died 1905)
Francis Richard Lubbock was a businessman, slaveholder, and politician from the American South who played a significant role in Texas history. A South Carolina native, he was a key player in Texas politics, serving as…
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1815
Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (died 1882)
William Forster was a pastoral squatter, colonial British politician, Premier of New South Wales from 27 October 1859 to 9 March 1860, and poet.
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1818
American lawyer and politician (died 1886)
Austin Franklin Pike was a United States representative and senator from New Hampshire. Born in Hebron, New Hampshire, he pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Merrimack County in 1845.…
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1819
Swiss painter (died 1901)
Arnold Böcklin was a Swiss Symbolist painter. His five versions of the Isle of the Dead inspired works by several late Romantic composers.
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1827
American activist (died 1910)
Lucy Stanton Day Sessions was an American abolitionist and feminist figure, notable for being the first African-American woman to complete a four-year course of a study at a college or university. She completed a Ladies…
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1831
Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (died 1896)
Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero better known as Vicente Riva Palacio was a Mexican liberal politician, novelist, journalist, intellectual, historian, and military leader.
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1832
Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1900)
Count Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Japanese politician and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889. He was one of the genrō, or senior statesman of the Meiji era. Born in the Satsuma Domain to a…
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1840
Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1909)
Prince Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888. Itō held office again as prime minister three times between 1892 and 1901. He was also a member of the…
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1841
Dona Maria Pia was by birth an Italian princess of the House of Savoy and by marriage Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Luís I of Portugal. On the day of her baptism, Pope Pius IX, her godfather, gave her a Golden…
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1847
Governor of Liechtenstein (died 1913)
Carl Josef Anton von In der Maur auf Strelburg und zu Freifeld was an Austrian aristocrat and statesman who twice served in the court of Johann II as the Governor of Liechtenstein from 1884 until 1892 and again from…
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1852
Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (died 1938)
Karl Johann Kautsky was an Austrian-born Marxist theorist. One of the most authoritative promulgators of orthodox Marxism after the death of Friedrich Engels in 1895, he was for decades the leading theorist of the…
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1854
Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (died 1900)
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in…
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1854
Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (died 1931)
Samad bey Sadykh bey oghlu Mehmandarov was an Azerbaijani General of the Artillery in the Russian Imperial Army, a member of the Independence faction of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the Minister…
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1855
Irish historian and scholar (died 1927)
John Bagnell Bury was an Anglo-Irish historian, classical scholar, Medieval Roman historian and philologist. He objected to the label "Byzantinist" explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his Later Roman…
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1861
American tennis player (died 1943)
Richard Dudley Sears was an American tennis player, who won the US National Championships singles in its first seven years, from 1881 to 1887, and the doubles for six years from 1882 to 1887, after which he retired from…
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1861
English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain was a British statesman, Nobel Peace Prize winner, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 45…
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1863
2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (died 1963)
Mario dei Principi Ruspoli was an Italian prince, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and first wife Princess Caterina Vogoride-Conachi. He was the 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa and Prince of the Holy Roman…
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1867
American historian and author (died 1930)
Claude Halstead Van Tyne was an American historian. He was a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. He taught history at the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1930 and wrote several books on the…
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1869
English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (died 1942)
Walter Selby Buckmaster was a British polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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1872
Finnish forestry manager and tenant farmer (died 1928)
Juho Kekkonen was Finnish head of forestry, logging caretaker and tenant farmer. He was also known as the father of Urho Kekkonen, the 8th President of Finland.
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1873
South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1913)
James Hugh Sinclair was a South African cricketer who played in 25 Test matches from 1896 to 1911. He scored South Africa's first three Test centuries and was the first person from any country to score a century and…
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1876
American swimmer and water polo player (died 1955)
William Robert Orthwein was an American sportsman, attorney, business executive and political activist. He was an Olympic bronze medalist in both water polo and the 4x50 freestyle swimming relay at the 1904 St. Louis…
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1881
Italian sculptor (died 1916)
Rembrandt Bugatti was an Italian sculptor, known primarily for his bronze sculptures of wildlife subjects. During World War I, he volunteered for paramedical work at a military hospital in Antwerp, an experience that…
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1884
Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (died 1973)
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader…
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1886
American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Sr. was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier associated with Chekhov, Ibsen, and…
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1888
American founder of relationship counseling (died 1979)
Paul Bowman Popenoe was an American marriage counselor, eugenicist and agricultural explorer. He was an influential advocate of the compulsory sterilization of mentally ill people and people with mental disabilities,…
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1888
Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance (died 1922)
Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. During the War of Independence he was Director of Intelligence of…
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1890
Italian martyr and saint (died 1902)
Maria Teresa Goretti was an Italian virgin martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family had to share…
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1890
American photographer and director (died 1975)
Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. In 1936, he…
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1890
French soldier (died 2008)
Louis de Cazenave was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving French veteran of World War I.
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1897
American lawyer and jurist (died 1980)
William Orville Douglas was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975. Douglas was known for his strong progressive and civil libertarian views and…
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1898
Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (died 1979)
Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone,, who sometimes signed his work "DIZ", was a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children. For Tim All Alone, which he…
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1900
1900
American baseball player and manager (died 1971)
Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns, and Detroit Tigers, from 1921 until 1938.
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1900
French author and pianist (died 2003)
Cécile de Brunhoff was a French storyteller and the creator of the original Babar story. She was also a classically trained pianist.
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1903
American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982)
Joseph Lee Williams was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he recorded the songs "Baby, Please Don't…
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1903
Swedish actor (died 1968)
Björn Berglund was a Swedish stage and film and television actor.
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1904
German footballer and manager (died 1990)
Ernst Kuzorra was a German footballer of the pre-war era. During his entire career, he played for Schalke 04, whom he led to six national championships and one national cup. He is commonly regarded as the greatest…
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1905
Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)
León Klimovsky Dulfán was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema. He was known mainly for his work in Spanish cinema during the 1960s and…
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1906
English sociologist and academic (died 1973)
Richard Morris Titmuss was a British social researcher and teacher. He founded the academic discipline of social administration and held the founding chair in the subject at the London School of Economics (LSE).
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1907
English-American author and educator (died 2006)
Margaret Olivia Ensor Coolidge was a British-born American writer and educator. She published 27 books, many for young adults, including The Greek Myths (1949), her debut; The Trojan War (1952); Legends of the North…
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1908
Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (died 1985)
Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian communist revolutionary, statesman, and political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania…
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1908
German commander (died 2006)
Otto von Bülow was a German U-boat commander in World War II, and a captain in the Bundesmarine. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
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1911
American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (died 2009)
Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th governor of Wyoming from 1963 to 1967 and subsequently as a United States senator from 1967 to 1978. He…
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1912
Algerian-French philosopher and academic (died 1990)
Louis Pierre Althusser was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became professor of philosophy. Althusser's life was marked by periods of intense mental…
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1918
American mathematician and academic (died 2013)
Abraham Nemeth was an American mathematician. He was professor of mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. Nemeth was blind and is known for developing Nemeth Braille, a system for blind…
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1918
1918
American journalist and author (died 2003)
Kathleen Winsor was an American author. She is best known for her first work, the 1944 historical novel Forever Amber. The novel, racy for its time, became a runaway bestseller even as it drew criticism from some…
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1919
Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (died 1942)
Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane,, known as Paddy Finucane among his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or…
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1920
American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
Matthew Daniel Batts was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher from 1947 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox…
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1921
Indian historian, publisher and writer (died 2003)
Sita Ram Goel was an Indian Hindu nationalist writer, and publisher known for his literature pertaining to Hinduism and Hindu nationalism in the late twentieth century. He was one of the founders of Voice of India.
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1921
American horse trainer and breeder (died 2010)
MacKenzie "Mack" Todd Miller was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder. During his forty-six-year career, he conditioned seventy-two stakes winners, including four Eclipse Award champions.
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1921
English-Australian actor and singer (died 2012)
Walter William "Max" Bygraves was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs.
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1922
American minister and activist (died 2001)
Leon Howard Sullivan was a Baptist minister, a civil rights leader and social activist focusing on the creation of job training opportunities for African Americans, a longtime General Motors Board Member, and an…
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1922
American actress (died 1965)
Linda Darnell was an American actress. Darnell progressed from modelling as a child to acting in theatre and film. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in both lead and…
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1923
German conductor and composer (died 1980)
Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-orientated records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs,…
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1923
Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (died 2010)
William Pollock McLaren was a Scottish rugby union commentator, teacher, journalist and one time rugby player. Known as "the voice of rugby", he retired from commentating in 2002. Renowned throughout the sport, his…
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1923
Irish-Canadian actor (died 2014)
Gerard Parkes was an Irish-Canadian actor. He was born in Dublin and moved to Toronto in 1956. Parkes is known for playing Doc on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television series Fraggle Rock and the bartender in…
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1924
American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (died 2024)
Daniel Jackson "Dan" Evans Sr. was an American politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives representing Washington's 43rd legislative…
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1925
English-American actress, singer, and producer (died 2022)
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury was a British-American-Irish actress and singer. In a career spanning 80 years, she played various roles across film, stage, and television. Although based for much of her life in the United…
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1925
American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (died 2024)
Charles Francis Dolan was an American billionaire businessman and media mogul, best known as founder of Cablevision and HBO. Today, the Dolan family controls Madison Square Garden Sports, MSG Networks, Madison Square…
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1926
American illustrator (died 2009)
Edward Ignatius Valigursky was an American illustrator known for his portrayals of technology, and for his work in science fiction.
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1926
German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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1927
Filipino actress
Florence Lansang Danon-Gayda was a Filipino actress and humanitarian. She began her career as an actress in the late 1940s and remained active throughout the Golden Age of Philippine cinema, noted for her roles in Anak…
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1927
1928
American actress (died 2016)
Ann Morgan Guilbert, sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the…
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1928
Brazilian actress
Arlette Pinheiro Monteiro Torres, known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro, is a Brazilian actress. Considered by many as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time, she is often referred to as the grande dame of…
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1929
English physicist, theologian and priest (died 2021)
John Charlton Polkinghorne was a Cornish theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent and leading voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was professor of mathematical…
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1930
Spanish actress (died 2023)
María del Carmen García Galisteo, known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and highest paid stars of Spanish…
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1930
American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Charles Wendell Colson, generally referred to as Chuck Colson, was an American attorney and political advisor who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. Once known as President Nixon's…
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1931
Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2022)
Valery Aleksandrovich Klimov was a Soviet violinist.
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1931
American football player and coach (died 2013)
Phillip Wayne "Bear" Underwood, known as P. W. Underwood, was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was the head coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from 1969 to 1974.
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1931
English journalist and politician (died 2000)
John Douglas Grant was a British politician who served as an MP of the United Kingdom parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour Party until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party…
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1932
American bassist and conductor (died 1996)
Henry Jay Lewis was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American…
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1932
Canadian physician and politician (died 2013)
Lucien Paiement was a doctor, municipal politician and owner of racehorses in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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1932
Japanese voice actress (died 2024)
Nobuyo Yamashita , known professionally as Nobuyo Ōyama , was a Japanese actress, voice actress, screenwriter, singer, essayist, and television personality last affiliated with Actors Seven. Her husband was the actor…
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1933
English race car driver
Peter Hawthorn Ashdown is a former motor racing driver. He drove in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, racing a Cooper.
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1934
English actor and screenwriter (died 2022)
Peter John Bowles was an English screen and stage actor, best known for playing Richard DeVere in To the Manor Born, as well as Guthrie Featherstone in Rumpole of the Bailey and Archie Glover in Only When I Laugh.
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1936
Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (died 1994)
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women…
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1936
1936
Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan (died 2015)
Akira Machida was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan from 2002 to 2006.
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1936
Saint Lucia-born British singer and first Black British musician to sell over one million copies of a single (died 2016)
Michael Emile Telford Miller, known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands. He was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the…
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1937
Jr., American politician (died 1999)
Carl Newton Gunter Jr., was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1992.
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1938
1938
American actor and producer
Leonard Barrie Corbin is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Maurice Minnifield on the television series Northern Exposure (1990–1995), which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award…
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1940
American basketball player and coach (died 2003)
David Albert DeBusschere was an American professional basketball player and coach, and professional baseball player. He played for the Chicago White Sox of MLB in 1962 and 1963 and in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons…
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1940
Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2009)
Ivan Della Mea was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist.
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1940
American basketball player
Mel Grant Counts is an American former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1964 to 1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964…
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1941
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
James Timothy McCarver was an American professional baseball catcher and television sports commentator. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal…
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1941
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician
Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne is a British politician, who has been a life peer since 1997. She was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Torridge and West Devon in 1987,…
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1941
Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player
Charles Frederick Turner is a Canadian rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter known as a founder and only constant member of the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, though he only makes select appearances in…
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1943
South African footballer and manager
Kaizer Motaung is a former South African association football player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, of which he is chairman and managing director. He was nicknamed "Chincha Guluva".
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1944
American psychologist
Elizabeth F. Loftus is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies.
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1944
English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host
Stefan T. Buczacki is a British horticulturist, botanist, biographer, novelist and broadcaster.
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1945
American session drummer (died 2021)
Roger G. Hawkins was an American drummer best known for playing as part of the studio backing band known as the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section of Alabama. Rolling Stone ranked Hawkins number 31 on its list of greatest…
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1945
American author and poet (died 1995)
Paul Landry Monette was an American author, poet, and activist best known for his books about gay relationships. In 1992, he won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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1945
English footballer (died 2021)
Geoffrey Colin Barnett was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1946
American actress and producer (died 2023)
Suzanne Marie Somers was an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She played the television roles of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1977–1981) and Carol Foster Lambert on Step by Step (1991–1998).
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1946
English actor
Nicholas Patrick Day is an English actor, who is currently the narrator on the Netflix series Myths & Monsters and also starred as Anthony Fox in ITV soap Emmerdale.
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1947
Welsh snooker player and coach (died 2024)
Terence Martin Griffiths was a Welsh professional snooker player, coach, and commentator. He won several amateur championships, including the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and consecutive English Amateur…
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1947
1947
American director, producer, and screenwriter
David Samuel Zucker is an American filmmaker. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized for collaborating with Jim Abrahams and his brother Jerry as part of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, with whom he…
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1947
English production designer and costume designer
Alison Chitty is an Olivier Award winning production designer and set and costume designer, known for her collaborations with Mike Leigh, Francesca Zambello, Peter Gill and Sir Peter Hall. She is also the Director of…
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1948
1948
Indian actress, director, producer, and politician
Hema Malini Dharmendra Deol is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician who is currently serving as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), representing Mathura constituency since…
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1948
American baseball player and coach
Leo David Mazzone is an American former pitcher in minor league baseball and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He worked with the Atlanta Braves' organization from 1979 to 2005 and was the pitching coach for the…
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1948
American internet personality (died 2017)
Charles Marvin Green Jr., better known online as Angry Grandpa, was an American YouTuber. His videos have been featured on HLN's Dr. Drew, TruTV's Most Shocking, Rude Tube, and MTV's Pranked. Green's YouTube channel…
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1950
Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (died 2015)
Károly Horváth was a Romanian-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.
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1950
American lawyer and politician
Charles Christopher Cox is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of…
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1952
American bass player (died 2013)
Cordell "Boogie" Mosson was an American bassist who was a member of Parliament-Funkadelic. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2019.
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1952
Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2019)
Mohan Rangachari known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright. An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe called "Crazy…
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1952
Baroness Thornton, English politician
Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, known as Glenys Thornton, is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 1998. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, she was a Government…
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1952
American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Anthony Lawrence Carey is an American musician, composer, producer, and singer/songwriter. In his early career he was a keyboardist for Rainbow. After his departure in 1977, he began a solo career, releasing albums…
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1953
Brazilian footballer and manager
Paulo Roberto Falcão, usually known as simply Falcão, is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager. He is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time and one of the greatest…
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1953
Sri Lankan politician
Kathiravelu Shanmugam Kugathasan is a Sri Lankan Tamil social activist, politician and Member of Parliament. A member of the Tamil National Alliance, he has represented Trincomalee District since July 2024.
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1953
British singer and actor
Brinsley Forde MBE is a British singer and actor of Guyanese parentage who is best known as the founder member of the reggae band Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series Here Come the Double…
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1953
American author and blogger
Lorenzo Carcaterra is an American writer of Italian descent. Hell's Kitchen is the setting for his most famous book, Sleepers, which was adapted as a 1996 film of the same name. In April 2009, he joined True/Slant as a…
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1954
Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, is a British financier and politician, who has held the office of Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, since February 2026. Formerly affiliated…
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1954
Italian rugby player
Serafino Ghizzoni is a former Italian international rugby union footballer, who played the 1st Rugby World Cup in 1987.
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1954
1954
Irish Republican hunger striker and politician (died 1981)
Kieran Doherty was an Irish republican hunger striker and politician who served as a TD for Cavan–Monaghan from June 1981 to August 1981. He was a volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican…
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1955
1955
American violinist and conductor
Marin Alsop is an American conductor. She is the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She is music director laureate of the Baltimore…
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1956
American football player and coach
Johnny Chavis, nicknamed "the Chief", is an American college football coach who was most recently the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He…
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1956
American-English author
Meg Rosoff is an American writer based in London, United Kingdom. She is best known for the novel How I Live Now, which won the Guardian Prize, the Printz Award, the Branford Boase Award and made the Whitbread Awards…
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1956
Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (died 1992)
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah was a Bangladeshi poet noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of the 1970s. He received Munir Chaudhury Memorial Award in 1980 and…
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1956
Estonian poet and educator
Priidu Beier is an Estonian poet and teacher. He has edited several publications and is also a member of the Estonian Writers' Union and Estonian Literary Society. Between 1984 and 1990 he was the Head of the…
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1957
English footballer and manager
Roy McDonough is an English former professional football player and manager in the English Football League.
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1958
American actor, director, and screenwriter
Timothy Francis Robbins is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. Known for his leading roles in film and television, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, three Golden Globe…
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1958
Welsh journalist and politician
Kevin Denis Brennan, Baron Brennan of Canton, is a Welsh politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West from 2001 to 2024. He served as a minister of state at both the…
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1959
American baseball player
Brian David Harper is an American former catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for seven teams, with his most consistent tenure being with the Minnesota Twins, where he for played six seasons in his sixteen season…
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1959
1959
Northern Irish mathematician at the University of Oxford
Philip Kumar Maini is a Northern Irish mathematician. Since 1998, he has been the Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford and is the director of the Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology in the…
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1959
English lawyer and politician
Tessa Jane Munt (née Vasey) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Wells and Mendip Hills in Somerset, having previously been elected as the MP for Wells from 2010 to 2015 and…
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1959
English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
James Lionel Broome Salmon is a former rugby union player. Born in Hong Kong, he played international rugby for both New Zealand, winning three caps, and England, winning 12 caps. He is the only man to have played for…
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1959
1959
English politician
Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon since 1992 and Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care since July 2024. He…
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1959
Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (died 2015)
Guy LeBlanc was a Canadian keyboardist and composer. He led his own progressive-rock band - Nathan Mahl, and was a member of the British progressive band Camel from 2000 to 2015. He produced and released his own solo,…
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1960
1960
American football player (died 2020)
Christopher John Doleman was an American professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings, and also played for the…
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1961
American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (died 1998)
Scott O'Hara was an American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher. He rose to prominence during the mid-1980s for his work in such gay adult films as Winner Takes All, Below The Belt and In Your…
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1961
American actor, director, and producer
Randall J. Vasquez is an American actor, martial artist, and director.
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1961
Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (died 2010)
Manute Bol was a Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist. Listed at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall, Bol was one of the two tallest players in the history of the National…
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1962
1962
Russian opera singer (died 2017)
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky was a Russian operatic baritone.
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1962
1962
American skier
Tamara McKinney is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She won four World Cup season titles, most notably the 1983 overall, the first American woman title holder for a quarter century. McKinney's…
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1962
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Brendan Kibble aka "Wig" is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his work with Australian bands The Bam Balams and Navahodads and the American bands The Texreys and The Go Wows.
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1963
Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Shawn William Little was a political consultant and Ottawa City Councillor in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for the urban Kitchissippi Ward, consisting of neighbourhoods west of the City Centre. He was born in Ottawa and…
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1964
American-Finnish author (died 2014)
James Thompson was an American-Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki. He had a master's degree in English philology from The University of Helsinki, where he also studied Finnish, in which he was fluent. He studied six…
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1964
South Korean illustrator
Kang Kyung-ok is a manhwa artist whose work It's Two People was adapted into the film Someone Behind You. She also has had work published by Netcomics.
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1965
Russian ice hockey player and coach
German Mikhailovich Titov is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward.
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1965
American basketball player and sportscaster
Thomas Byron Tolbert Jr. is an American sports broadcaster and former professional basketball player. He played a total of seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After retiring from basketball,…
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1965
Swedish journalist
Karl Olof Lundh is a Swedish sports journalist focusing on reporting on football for TV4.
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1966
American voice actress, singer, and director
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is an American actress, singer, and voice director. She is known for her work in the Ghost in the Shell series, voicing Motoko Kusanagi and working as an ADR director on several entries. She is…
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1966
Australian footballer
Michael Laffy is a former Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club, and was also a contestant on the second season of the Australian version of The Mole where he was revealed as The Mole.
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1967
English television host and actress
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an English television presenter. She rose to prominence as the host of Channel 4's Big Brother from 2000 to 2010 and Celebrity Big Brother from 2001 to 2010. She has also presented…
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1967
American actor and producer
Randall Matthew Batinkoff is an American actor. He began his career in commercials at the age of eight before transitioning to film and television. He gained recognition for his role opposite Molly Ringwald in the 1988…
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1968
1968
Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
Francesco Libetta is an Italian pianist, composer, writer and conductor.
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1968
American actor and writer
Todd Stashwick is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dale Malloy on The Riches (2007–2008), Theodore Deacon on 12 Monkeys (2015–2018) and Dr. Drakken in the Disney Channel film Kim Possible (2019). He also…
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1968
French actress
Elsa Zylberstein is a French actress. After studying drama, she began her film career in 1989, and has appeared in more than 60 films. She won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for I've Loved You So Long…
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1968
American trumpet player and composer (died 2018)
Roy Anthony Hargrove was an American jazz musician and composer whose principal instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn. He achieved critical acclaim after winning two Grammy Awards for differing styles of jazz in…
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1969
Japanese wrestler
Takao Omori is a Japanese professional wrestler, working for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a one-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and seven-time World Tag Team Champion. He is also part of the All…
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1969
American actress and producer
Terri Juanita Vaughn-Riley is an American actress, director and producer. She is best known for her role as high school secretary Lovita Alizay Jenkins-Robinson in The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show (1997–2002), for…
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1969
American singer-songwriter
Wendy Wilson is an American singer and television personality who is a member of the pop trio Wilson Phillips. She co-founded Wilson Phillips with her older sister, Carnie, and childhood friend Chynna Phillips in 1989.…
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1969
Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Kazuyuki Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler, former mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a one-time GHC Heavyweight Champion. He has most recently…
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1970
German footballer and manager
Mehmet Tobias Scholl is a German football manager and former player.
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1970
Spanish television presenter
Francisco Javier Cuesta Ramos, also known as Frank Cuesta, is a Spanish adventurer, television presenter, tennis coach, and YouTuber.
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1971
1971
American actor
Paul Sparks is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire, writer Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, mall owner…
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1971
American comedian, actress, and author
Adrianne Frost is an American comedian, author, and actress. She is best known for her work on Comedy Central's The Daily Show and VH1's Best Week Ever.
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1972
Lithuanian-American ice hockey player and coach
Darius Kasparaitis is a Lithuanian-American former professional ice hockey player. He played as a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, and…
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1972
American football player and radio host
Kordell Stewart is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nicknamed "Slash", he played college…
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1972
American wrestler
Peter Joseph Polaco is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible.
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1973
English footballer and manager
David Gerald Unsworth is an English football coach and former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Oldham Athletic. Prior to this, he was academy director and under-23s head coach at Premier…
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1973
Albanian singer
Aurela Gaçe is an Albanian singer-songwriter, actress and television personality. Her music career made her to be called as the diva of South Albania.
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1974
Canadian ice hockey player
Paul Tetsuhiko Kariya is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was a winger for 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as a speedy and intelligent offensive force with exceptional vision,…
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1974
1975
Icelandic footballer
Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson is an Icelandic former footballer who last played for KR as a midfielder. Brynjar had previously played for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Watford and Reading in England, as well as Vålerenga…
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1975
South African cricketer
Jacques Henry Kallis OIS is a South African cricket coach and former professional cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time and as one of the greatest all-rounders ever to play the game,…
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1975
American actress, director, and producer
Kellie Noelle Martin is an American actress. Her roles have included Lolly in Potato Head Kids, Daphne Blake in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Emily Coleman in Troop Beverly Hills, Becca Thatcher in Life Goes On, Molly…
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1975
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Clayton Mayer is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but he left for Atlanta in 1997 with fellow guitarist Clay Cook, with whom he formed the short-lived…
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1977
Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, producer and member of Peter, Bjorn and John
Björn Daniel Arne Yttling is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, Anna Ternheim.…
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1977
1980
American actor and singer
Jeremy Dunn Jackson is an American former actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Hobie Buchannon on the television show Baywatch.
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1980
Canadian-American actress
Caterina Scorsone is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her portrayal of neurosurgeon Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC primetime medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2010–present) and its spin-offs Private Practice…
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1980
Australian rugby league player
Timana James Aporo Tahu is an Australian former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. He last played for Denver Stampede in the US PRO Rugby competition. A dual-code international representative…
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1980
American actress and writer
Brea Grant is an American actress, writer, and director. She played the character of Daphne Millbrook in the NBC television series Heroes.
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1981
Danish footballer
Martin Halle is a Danish retired football player in the defender position. He played for a number of Danish clubs, including FC Midtjylland, AC Horsens, and SønderjyskE in the Danish Superliga championship.
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1981
1981
American baseball player
Anthony Loza Reyes is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He pitched primarily as a starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland…
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1981
American basketball player
Alan Jeffery Anderson is an American former professional basketball player. He played for eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Charlotte Bobcats, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, Washington…
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1982
French rugby player
Frédéric Michalak is a French former rugby union player. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup. He moved to South Africa to play for the Sharks in the…
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1982
Paraguayan footballer
Cristian Miguel Riveros Núñez is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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1982
Indian actor, singer, and producer
Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema. Having appeared in more than 100 films, Prithviraj is among the highest paid Malayalam actors.…
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1982
German tennis player
Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber is a German former professional tennis player. The right-hander won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon…
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1983
1983
Canadian wrestler
Tyson Smith, better known by his ring name Kenny Omega , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Elite stable. He also serves as both an active…
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1983
French track cyclist
François "Franck" Pervis is a French track cyclist. He is a former junior world champion in the team sprint and twice European under 23 champion, as well as a seven-time world champion and a holder of two world records.…
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1984
American talk show host and actress
Rachel Eileen Reilly Villegas is an American television personality and actress. After appearing as a houseguest on the twelfth season of the American edition of the reality series Big Brother in 2010, she returned for…
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Jay Beagle is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). As an undrafted free agent, Beagle joined the Washington Capitals' organization…
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1985
American basketball player
Alexis Kay'ree Hornbuckle is an American former professional basketball player who played several seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association. She is the only player to win an NCAA title and WNBA title in the…
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1985
German sprinter
Verena Sailer is a retired German sprinter, who specialised in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.02 seconds, achieved in August 2013. She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in…
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1985
Australian motorcycle racer
Casey Joel Stoner is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in 2007 and 2011. During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the Ducati and Honda factory teams, winning a…
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1985
Australian rugby league player
Peter James Wallace is a retired Australian footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers, the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and represented Scotland in international rugby league.
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1985
English-Welsh footballer
Nicholas William Adams is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger and wing back. Although he was born in England, he has represented Wales under-21 at international level.
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1986
Argentine footballer
Franco Armani is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club River Plate, which he is captain. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World…
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1986
Dutch footballer
Derk Boerrigter is a Dutch former footballer who played as a winger. He began his professional career with Ajax, but did not make any first team appearances and was eventually loaned to Haarlem. He then played for FC…
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1986
1986
Hungarian footballer
Zoltán Stieber is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder. Having spent time in a number of Hungarian youth sides Stieber spent four years with the academy of Premier League…
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1988
Welsh rugby player
Daniel Biggar is a Welsh former professional rugby union player and current director at United Rugby Championship club Scarlets. A Wales international, Biggar played fly half and was twice selected to tour with the…
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1989
Curaçaoan baseball player
Jonathan Rufino Jezus Schoop is a Curaçaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles,…
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1991
Indian cricketer
Shardul Narendra Thakur is an Indian cricketer who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace. Thakur was part of the…
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1991
Greek footballer
Kostas Fortounis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Saudi side Al-Khaleej. He was born in Trikala, Thessaly but comes from the nearby village of Sarakina, close to the town…
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1992
Swiss tennis player
Viktorija Golubic is a Swiss professional tennis player. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 35. On 17 April 2023, she peaked at No. 61 in the doubles rankings. She is the current…
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1992
American baseball player
Bryce Aron Max Harper is an American professional baseball right fielder and first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Washington Nationals.
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1992
Filipino singer and actor (died 2022)
Jovit Lasin Baldivino was a Filipino singer and actor. He was the first winner of the reality talent competition show Pilipinas Got Talent in 2010.
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1993
French tennis player
Caroline Garcia is a French former professional tennis player and current podcaster and YouTuber. She had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the WTA, achieved on 10 September 2018 and a best doubles ranking…
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1993
Australian rugby league player
Adam Elliott is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a lock and second-row forward for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
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1994
Ugandan middle-distance runner
Halimah Nakaayi is a Ugandan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She is the 2019 World Champion at the event and won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Nakaayi is the current…
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1994
Turkish motorcycle racer
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is a Turkish motorcycle road racer who currently races for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP in the MotoGP World Championship. Razgatlıoğlu currently has three Superbike World Championship titles: 2021 with…
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1996
Italian motorcycle racer
Andrea Locatelli is an Italian motorcycle racer competing in the Superbike World Championship for Yamaha. He was the 2020 Supersport world champion.
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1996
Malian footballer
Aliou Dieng is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Mali national team.
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1997
Monégasque racing driver
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc is a Monégasque racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Leclerc was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2022 with Ferrari, and has won eight…
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1997
Japanese tennis player
Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA for 25 weeks starting in January 2019, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.…
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1997
American basketball player
Aaron Joshua Nesmith is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores before being drafted…
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1999
Italian motorcycle racer
Nicolò Jarod Bulega is an Italian motorcycle racer, competing in the Superbike World Championship for the Ducati factory team, having won the 2023 Supersport World Championship with Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team by Feel…
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1999
Ecuadorian footballer
Willian Joel Pacho Tenorio is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Ecuador national team.
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2001
British motorcycle racer
Scott Ogden is an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing from 2025 in the Moto3 World Championship with CIP Green Power on a KTM.
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2003
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