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In late 2011 to 2012, he won a number of youth acting awards, including a Teen Choice Award, and was nominated for several others
Famous Birthdays on October 18
254 people
1127 – 2000
October 18 has seen 254 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1127 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1991 — Tyler Posey
American actor and musician
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He began his career as a child actor and received recognition for his role as Raul Garcia in Doc (2001–2004) and Ty Ventura in Maid in Manhattan (2002)
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As an adult, he is known for playing the central character Scott McCall in the MTV series Teen Wolf (2011–2017), although he has since been cast in a number of film roles and has also performed in voice acting roles
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He was active for several years in the band Lost in Kostko, which he co-founded in 2009.
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Tyler Garcia-Posey is an American actor and musician
Emperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His de jure reign spanned the years from 1155 through 1158, though arguably he effectively maintained imperial power…
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1127
1130
Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death in 1464.
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1405
4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1476)
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, known as 1st Earl of Surrey between 1451 and 1461, was the only son of John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and Eleanor Bourchier. His maternal grandparents were William…
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1444
Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1538)
Philipp III of Hanau-Lichtenberg was the third Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
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1482
Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (died 1570)
Manuel da Nóbrega, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and the first provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was very influential in the early history of Brazil. He…
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1517
daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1596)
Anna Jagiellon was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1575 to 1587.
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1523
English antiquarian and politician (died 1601)
William Lambarde was an English antiquarian, writer on legal subjects, and politician. He is particularly remembered as the author of A Perambulation of Kent (1576), the first English county history; Eirenarcha (1581),…
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1536
Belgian philologist and scholar (died 1606)
Justus Lipsius was a Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. The most famous of…
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1547
Italian composer (died 1599)
Luca Marenzio was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance.
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1553
English poet (died 1651)
Lady Mary Wroth was an English noblewoman and a poet of the English Renaissance. A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring…
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1587
American Pilgrim leader (died 1655)
Edward Winslow was a Separatist and New England political leader who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620. He was one of several senior leaders on the ship and also later at Plymouth Colony. Both Edward Winslow and his…
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1595
English botanist (died 1654)
Nicholas Culpeper was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer. His book The English Physitian is a source of pharmaceutical and herbal lore of the time, and Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the…
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1616
English politician (died 1692)
Henry Powle was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1690, and was Speaker of the House of Commons from January 1689 to February 1690. He was also Master of…
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1630
Italian painter and illustrator (died 1705)
Luca Giordano was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Giordano was one of the most celebrated artists of the Neapolitan Baroque, whose vast output included altarpieces, mythological paintings and…
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1634
South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1713)
Abraham van Riebeeck was a merchant with the Dutch East India Company and the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1709 to 1713.
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1653
Welsh minister and scholar (died 1714)
Matthew Henry was a British Nonconformist and Presbyterian minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old…
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1662
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano, better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th and 18th centuries.…
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1663
Elector of Saxony (died 1694)
John George IV was Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin and was the eldest son of John George III, Elector of Saxony and Anna Sophie of Denmark.
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1668
1701
Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1785)
Baldassare Galuppi was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. P. E.…
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1706
French general and author (died 1803)
Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782).
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1741
English artist (died 1845)
Thomas Phillips was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting. He painted many of the notable men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explorers.
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1770
German author and poet (died 1811)
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug,…
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1777
English author and poet (died 1866)
Thomas Love Peacock was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with…
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1785
Mexican politician and historian (died 1853)
Lucas Alamán was a Mexican scientist, conservative statesman, historian, and writer. He came from an elite Guanajuato family and was well-traveled and highly educated. He was an eyewitness to the early fighting in the…
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1792
1804
Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1883)
Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha was an Ottoman politician, reformist, and statesman. He was the author of the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire.
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1822
German Emperor (died 1888)
Frederick III, or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days from 9 March 1888 until his death in June that year, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
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1831
American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (died 1911)
Frederick August Otto Schwarz was a German-born American toy retailer known for founding FAO Schwarz.
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1836
English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (died 1935)
Basil Hall Chamberlain was a British academic and Japanologist. He was a professor of the Japanese language at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th…
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1850
Australian cricketer (died 1911)
William Lloyd Murdoch was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian national side in 16 Test matches between 1880 and 1890. This included four tours of England, one of which, in 1882, gave rise to The Ashes.…
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1854
French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War, but…
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1859
Ottoman general (died 1952)
Mehmet Esat Bülkat was a Turkish or Albanian officer of the Ottoman Army who fought during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in World War I, where he served as a senior commander in the Gallipoli…
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1862
Dutch linguist and author (died 1957)
Arie de Jong was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Netherlands. He not only revised Volapük,…
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1865
American-English author and critic (died 1946)
Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines. His Words and Idioms made…
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1865
Swedish author (died 1931)
Ernst Didring was an early 20th-century author who wrote mainly of life in his home country of Sweden.
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1868
Finnish author (died 1913)
Johannes Linnankoski was a Finnish author and playwright, who mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel, The Song of the Blood-Red Flower (1905). His primary…
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1869
Japanese author and scholar (died 1966)
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in spreading interest in these to the…
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1870
Russian poet and author (died 1936)
Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin was a Russian poet, musician and novelist, as well as a prominent contributor to the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
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1872
Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1951)
Ivanoe Bonomi was an Italian politician and journalist who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1921 to 1922 and again from 1944 to 1945.
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1873
English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 1955)
Leonard Charles Braund was a cricketer who played for Surrey, Somerset and England.
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1875
American historian and author (died 1949)
James Truslow Adams was an American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by…
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1878
Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (died 1940)
Ze'ev Jabotinsky was an author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa.
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1880
German-born American physician (died 1959)
Max Gerson was a German-born American physician who developed the Gerson therapy, a pseudoscientific dietary-based alternative cancer treatment that he falsely claimed could cure cancer and most chronic, degenerative…
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1881
Finnish politician (died 1953)
Väinö Kivisalo was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Häme Province South between August 1929 and…
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1882
French cyclist (died 1917)
Lucien Georges Mazan, known by the pseudonym Lucien Petit-Breton, was a French racing cyclist best known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France.
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1882
Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (died 1946)
Takashi Sakai was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, known for his role as Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation.
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1887
1888
New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1961)
Sir Sidney George Holland was a New Zealand politician who served as the 25th prime minister of New Zealand from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957. He was instrumental in the creation and consolidation of the New…
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1893
Japanese philosopher and academic (died 1966)
George Ohsawa was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo Sakurazawa, Nyoiti Sakurazawa, and…
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1893
American author and poet (died 1960)
Harold Lenoir Davis, also known as H. L. Davis, was an American novelist and poet. A native of Oregon, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Honey in the Horn, the only Pulitzer Prize for Literature given to a native…
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1894
Hungarian author and translator (died 1977)
Tibor Déry was a Hungarian writer and poet. He also wrote under the names Tibor Dániel and Pál Verdes.
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1894
American theorist and author (died 1980)
Isabel Briggs Myers was an American writer who co-created the pseudoscientific personality test known as the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. The MBTI is one of the most-often…
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1897
Austrian singer and actress (died 1981)
Lotte Lenya was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her first…
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1898
American actress (died 1972)
Ellen Miriam Hopkins was an American actress known for her versatility. She signed with Paramount Pictures in 1930.
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1902
German physicist and theorist (died 1980)
Ernst Pascual Jordan was a German theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He contributed much to the mathematical form of matrix…
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1902
German runner and coach (died 1983)
Karoline "Lina" Radke-Batschauer, née Karoline Batschauer, was a German track and field athlete. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women.
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1903
Finnish army captain (died 1976)
Aarne Edward Juutilainen, nicknamed "Marokon kauhu", was a Finnish army captain who served in the French Foreign Legion in Morocco between 1930 and 1935. After returning to Finland, he served in the Finnish army and…
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1904
American journalist and author (died 1963)
Abbott Joseph Liebling was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. His New York Times obituary called him "a critic of the daily press, a chronicler of the prize…
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1904
Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1981)
Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann was an Israeli scholar of medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry.
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1904
1905
Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire (died 1993)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was a politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he worked as…
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1905
American painter and educator (died 1992)
James David Brooks was an American Abstract Expressionist, muralist, abstract painter, art teacher, and winner of the Logan Medal of the Arts.
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1906
Italian philosopher and theorist (died 2004)
Norberto Bobbio was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought. He also wrote regularly for the Turin-based daily La Stampa.
Bobbio was a social liberal in the tradition of…
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1909
Swiss mountaineer (died 1997)
Raymond Lambert was a Swiss mountaineer who together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached an altitude of 8611 metres of Mount Everest, as part of a Swiss Expedition in May 1952. At the time it was the highest point that a…
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1914
American actor (died 1980)
Victor Sen Yung was an American character actor, best known for playing Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing in the western series Bonanza.
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1915
Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1991)
Willem Jacob "Molly" Geertsema II was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist.
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1918
Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2017)
Konstantinos Mitsotakis was a Greek liberal politician and statesman. He served as prime minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993.
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1918
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 1999)
Robert William Troup Jr. was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. He composed the rhythm and blues standard "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and portrayed Dr. Joe Early in the television program…
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1918
Canadian captain and politician (died 1996)
Rurik (Ric) Nordman was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
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1919
American singer (died 2006)
Anita O'Day was an American singer known for her work in the jazz genre. She was considered an influential jazz vocalist for her ability to keep up with fast-tempo arrangements and for her characteristic vocal delivery.…
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1919
Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2000)
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime…
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1919
American soprano and educator (died 2012)
Camilla Ella Williams was an American operatic soprano who performed nationally and internationally. After studying with renowned teachers in New York City, she was the first African American to receive a regular…
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1919
Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (died 1994)
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes…
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1920
Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 2005)
Jerry Cooke was an American photojournalist from the 1940s-1990s.
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1921
American journalist and politician (died 2008)
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was an American politician, a journalist, and Navy veteran. A leader in the conservative and nationalist movement, he represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2003.…
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1921
Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (died 1972)
Beatrice Helen Worsley, better known as "Trixie" Worsely, was a Canadian computer scientist, the first woman in the country to work in that profession. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge with…
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1921
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
Jessie Mae Hemphill was an American electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the North Mississippi hill country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage.
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1923
Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2014)
Hugh Alan "Buddy" MacMaster was a Canadian fiddler. He performed and recorded both locally and internationally, and was regarded as an expert on the tradition and lore of Cape Breton fiddle music.
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1924
Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (died 2011)
Ramiz Alia was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was also the…
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1925
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the pioneers of rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the…
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1926
German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1991)
Klaus Kinski was a German actor. Equally renowned for his intense performance style and his notoriously eccentric and volatile personality, he appeared in over 130 film roles in a career that spanned 40 years, from 1948…
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1926
American baseball player (died 2013)
Marvin Rotblatt, nicknamed "Rotty", was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox in the 1948, 1950 and 1951 seasons. His ERAs in 1948 (7.85) and 1950 (6.23) were the highest in…
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1927
American actor and director (died 1999)
George Campbell Scott was an American actor. He had a celebrated career on both stage and screen. With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal of stern but complex authority…
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1927
Algerian pianist and composer (died 2024)
Maurice El Médiouni, French El Médioni was an Algerian pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Raï, Sephardic and Arab music. He was one of the few living artists to have performed with artists such as Lili…
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1928
American sportscaster and actor (died 2018)
Keith Max Jackson was an American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006). While he covered a variety of sports over his career, he is best known…
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1928
English lawyer and politician (died 2025)
Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne was a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was a Labour MP until his deselection in…
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1928
Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua (died 2025)
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the country's first female president. Previously, she was a member of the Junta of…
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1929
American producer and manager (died 2010)
Hillard (Hilly) Elkins was an American theatre and film producer.
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1929
1929
Australian rugby league player (died 2005)
Frank Stanmore (1929–2005) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative five-eighth, he played club football in…
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1929
21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician (died 2024)
Flora Marjorie Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, was a Scottish noblewoman and Crossbench peer. Until her retirement on 12 December 2014, she was the only holder of a lordship of Parliament with a seat in the House of Lords as…
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1930
Lithuanian-American author (died 2009)
Esther R. Hautzig was a Polish-born American writer, best known for her award-winning book The Endless Steppe (1968).
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1930
Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer (died 2019)
Christiern Gunnar Albertson was a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer.
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1931
Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (died 1994)
Catharina Isabella "Ien" Dales was a Dutch politician and social worker. Born in Arnhem, she received a degree in education from the University of Amsterdam and worked in social services before her career in politics.…
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1931
English-Australian journalist (died 2025)
Roger Climpson was a British-born Australian media personality who served a lengthy career in both radio and television, as a journalist and reporter, announcer, newsreader, weather presenter and host. He started his…
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1932
Lithuanian musicologist and politician
Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician, musicologist and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the…
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1932
American football player and coach (died 2019)
Alvis Forrest Gregg was an American professional football player and coach. A Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), he was a part of six NFL championships, five…
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1933
American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur
Irwin Mark Jacobs is an American electrical engineer and businessman. He is a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. As of 2019,…
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1933
Italian race car driver (died 1968)
Ludovico Scarfiotti was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1968. Scarfiotti won the 1966 Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari. In endurance racing, Scarfiotti won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and…
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1933
Swedish-American actress (died 1970)
Inger Stevens was a Swedish-born American film, stage, and Golden Globe–winning television actress.
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1934
American actor (died 2006)
Peter Richard Boyle was an American actor. He is known for his work as a character actor on film and television and received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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1935
Cuban cardinal (died 2019)
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold that…
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1936
American lawyer and politician (died 2021)
Robert B. Dove was a parliamentarian of the United States Senate and a professor of political science at George Washington University.
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1938
American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959 (died 2020)
Dawn Elberta Wells was an American actress. She was best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers in the sitcom Gilligan's Island.
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1938
Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2020)
Flavio Cotti was a Swiss politician who served as member of the Federal Council from 1986 to 1999. He was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the canton of Ticino. In the 1990s, Cotti led the Swiss…
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1939
American football player, coach, and sportscaster
Michael Keller Ditka is an American former professional football player, coach, and commentator. During his playing career, he was UPI NFL Rookie of Year in 1961, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, and a six-time All-Pro…
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1939
American assassin of John F. Kennedy (died 1963)
Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.
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1939
Irish folk singer and guitarist
Patrick Reilly is an Irish folk singer and guitarist. Born in Rathcoole, County Dublin, he is one of Ireland's most famous balladeers and is best known for his renditions of "The Fields of Athenry", "Rose of Allendale"…
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1939
Norwegian poet, author, and translator
Jan Erik Vold is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author. He was a member of the so-called "Profil generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. Throughout his career, he has…
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1939
actress and model of Dutch extraction (died 1971)
Talitha Dina Getty was a Dutch actress, socialite, and model who was regarded as a style icon of the late 1960s. She lived much of her adult life in Britain and, in her final years, was closely associated with the…
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1940
American songwriter (died 2023)
Cynthia Weil was an American lyricist who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and in 2011, they jointly received the Johnny…
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1940
Baron Bell, English businessman (died 2019)
Timothy John Leigh Bell, Baron Bell, was a British advertising and public relations executive, best known for his advisory role in Margaret Thatcher's three successful general election campaigns and his co-founding and…
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1941
American psychologist and author
Martha Gertrude Burk is an American political psychologist, feminist, and former (2000-2005) Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations.
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1941
Italian cardinal and scholar
Gianfranco Ravasi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 2022. He headed Milan's Ambrosian Library…
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1942
Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Christine Charbonneau was a French Canadian singer and songwriter.
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1943
Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
Birthe Johanne Sparrevohn Rønn Hornbech is a Danish politician, member of the Folketing for Venstre, the liberal party, elected in the constituency of Køge, and former Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration…
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1943
American television host and actor (died 2013)
Huell Burnley Howser was an American television personality, actor, producer, writer, singer, and voice artist, best known for hosting, producing, and writing California's Gold and his human interest show…
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1945
American politician
Christopher Hunter Shays is an American politician. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives as representative of the 4th District of Connecticut from 1987 to 2009. He is a member of the…
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1945
American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
James Robert Baker was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After graduating from UCLA,…
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1946
American football player and coach
Franklin Mitchell Beamer is an American former college football player and coach, most notably for the Virginia Tech Hokies.
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1946
1946
Welsh academic and politician (died 2025)
Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, was a Welsh politician who served as the leader of Plaid Cymru from 1984 to 1991 and represented the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in the Senedd from 1999 to 2021.
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1946
Canadian composer, conductor, and producer
Howard Leslie Shore is a Canadian composer, conductor, and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film…
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1946
English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
The Chuckle Brothers were an English comedy double act comprising real-life brothers Barry David Elliott and Paul Harman Elliott. They were known for their BBC children's programme ChuckleVision, which aired from 1987…
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1947
1947
American basketball player (died 2016)
John Howard Getty "J. J." Johnson was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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1947
American actor
Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. is an American actor. Known as a character actor for his numerous roles on stage, television and film, he has received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for…
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1947
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1997)
Laura Nyro was an American songwriter and singer. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had…
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1947
Australian rugby league player
Gary Sullivan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative forward, he played club football in…
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1947
Austrian philosopher, author, and academic
Hans Köchler is a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United…
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1948
American author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)
Ntozake Shange was an American playwright and poet. As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work. She is best known for her Obie Award–winning play, for colored girls…
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1948
American baseball player and coach
George Andrew Hendrick Jr. is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder between 1971 and 1988, most prominently as an integral member of the St. Louis…
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1949
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2015)
Gary Dean Richrath was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989.
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1949
American playwright and author (died 2006)
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The…
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1950
American ice hockey player and coach
Michael Joseph John "Antone" Antonovich is an American former professional hockey player, and coach. He was selected in the ninth round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft, 113th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars. He is…
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1951
American actress and producer
Pamela Dawber is an American actress known for her lead television sitcom roles as Mindy McConnell on Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) and Samantha Russell on My Sister Sam (1986–1988).
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1951
American author and screenwriter
Terry McMillan is an American novelist known for her vivid portrayals of African American women's lives, relationships, and journeys of self-discovery. Her best-selling works, including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella…
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1951
English civil servant and politician
Sir David John Normington, is a retired British civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2005, and then of the Home Office until 2011. From 2011 until…
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1951
English bass player and songwriter (died 2013)
Nic Potter was a British bassist, composer and painter, best known for his work with the group Van der Graaf Generator in the 1970s.
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1951
1952
American-English economist and academic (died 2005)
Paul Andrew Geroski was a leading economist in the United Kingdom. Although born in Pleasantville, New York, United States, Geroski studied and spent most of his career in Britain, where he settled permanently in 1975.
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1952
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Charles Michael Lorre is an American television producer, writer, director, and composer. Nicknamed the "King of Sitcoms", Lorre has created/co-created and produced many sitcoms including Cybill (1995–1998), Dharma &…
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1952
Canadian mountaineer and photographer
Patrick Allan Morrow, is a Canadian photographer and mountain climber. In 1986 he was the first person to climb the Seven Summits in the Carstensz-Version.
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1952
1952
American baseball player (died 2014)
Allen Stevens Ripley was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1978 and 1982 seasons. Listed at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 190 pounds (86 kg), Ripley batted and threw…
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1952
American baseball player, coach, and manager
Jeron Kennis Royster is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman, second baseman, left fielder, manager, and coach. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Chicago…
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1952
English general
Field Marshal John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces. He was appointed CDS in July…
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1954
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his roles in the films Full Metal Jacket (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The…
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1954
American film executive
Robert Weinstein is an American film producer. He was the founder and head of Dimension Films and former co-chairman of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company (TWC), all of which he co-founded with his older brother,…
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1954
Belgian journalist and television host (died 2012)
Jean-Pierre Hautier was a Belgian television presenter and broadcaster for RTBF.
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1955
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Vanessa Briscoe Hay is an American singer for the Athens, Georgia bands Pylon, Supercluster and Pylon Reenactment Society.
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1955
English radio and television host
Timmy Mallett is an English television presenter, broadcaster, author and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses and shirts, and a giant pink foam mallet, as well as his "utterly…
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1955
1955
American director, producer, and screenwriter
David Neil Twohy is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for working on science fiction-action films, most notably The Chronicles of Riddick series.
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1955
Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk is a Dutch politician and businesswoman formerly affiliated with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and later Proud of the Netherlands (TON), which she founded in…
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1955
1955
English physicist and academic
Sir Mark Edward Welland, is a British physicist who is a professor of nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge and head of the Nanoscience Centre. He has been a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, since 1986…
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1955
American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
Craig Michael Bartlett is an American animator. He wrote, directed, created, and produced the Nickelodeon television series Hey Arnold! and the PBS Kids television series Ready Jet Go! and Dinosaur Train.
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1956
Czech-American tennis player and coach
Martina Navratilova is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in women's singles for 332 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 seven times, and was world No. 1 in women's doubles…
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1956
American lawyer and politician
James Matthes Talent is an American politician who was a U.S. senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office.
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1956
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Jon Robert Lindstrom is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and musician. He is well known for his roles of Kevin Collins and Ryan Chamberlain on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital and its spin-off…
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1957
French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Catherine Ringer is a French singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, choreographer, actress, former pornographic performer, and co-founder of the pop rock group Les Rita Mitsouko. She is the…
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1957
American boxer
Thomas Hearns is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra," and more famously "the Hitman," Hearns' tall, slender build and long arms and broad shoulders…
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1958
Japanese actress and politician
Yoko Ishii , better known as Megumi Ishii is a Japanese actress and politician who is represented by the talent agency, Wonder Production. In 2015, she was elected to the Kunitachi Municipal Assembly.
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1958
American lawyer, activist and politician
Letitia Ann "Tish" James is an American lawyer and politician from the state of New York. She has served since 2019 as the 67th attorney general of New York (NYAG), having been first elected to the post in 2018. A…
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1958
Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Kjell William Alf Samuelsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and…
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1958
American pilot
Kirby Chambliss is an American world champion aerobatic and air race pilot who raced in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the Red Bull brand.
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1959
Salvadoran politician, former president of El Salvador (died 2025)
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena was a Salvadoran politician and journalist who served as the 41st president of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. Funes won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing…
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1959
Macedonian-American director and screenwriter
Milcho Manchevski is a Macedonian-American film director, photographer and artist.
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1959
1959
American actress (died 2017)
Erin Marie Moran-Fleischmann was an American actress, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the television sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi.
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1960
Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, he was enrolled by his father in a Shotokan karate school at…
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1960
American trumpet player, composer, and educator
Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to…
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1961
American author and composer
Hiram Frederick Moody III is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in…
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1961
Barbadian-English cricketer
Gladstone Cleophas Small is an English former cricketer, who played in 17 Test matches and 53 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the England cricket team. He was a part of the English squads which finished as runners-up…
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1961
Burmese activist
Paw Oo Tun, better known by his alias Min Ko Naing, is a leading democracy activist and dissident from Myanmar. He has spent most of the years since 1988 imprisoned by the state for his opposition activities. The New…
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1962
American actor, director, and producer
Vincent M. Spano Jr. is an American film, stage, and television actor, and a film director and producer.
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1962
Norwegian singer, pianist and composer
Sigvart Dagsland is a Norwegian singer, pianist, and composer.
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1963
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Daniel Adam Lilker is an American musician best known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, drummer, and vocalist. He has played bass in numerous heavy metal bands, including Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D.…
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1964
English journalist, author, and programmer
Charles David George "Charlie" Stross is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera.
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1964
Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
Zakir Abdul Karim Naik is an Indian Islamic da'i and orator who focuses on comparative religion. He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Peace TV. He is a well-known figure in the…
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1965
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz singer. He achieved a number of hits in the early 1990s, most notably the international hit "I Wonder Why" (1991), which reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.
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1965
American journalist and game show host
David M. Price is an American journalist and weather forecaster who is currently working for WNBC-TV in New York as a weekday afternoon weatherman.
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1966
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician whose clients include 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media.
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1967
Welsh comedian
Rhodri Paul Gilbert is a Welsh comedian and television and radio presenter who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main comedy award.
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1968
Australian cricketer and coach
Stuart Grant Law is an Australian-born cricket coach and former cricketer. He is the current head coach of Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1996…
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1968
German tennis player and sportscaster
Michael Detlef Stich is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in 1993, and No. 9 in men's doubles, achieved in…
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1968
German talent manager
Volker Neumüller is a German music manager and was known for being a judge on Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
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1969
Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
Nelson David Vivas is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is assistant coach of La Liga club Atlético Madrid.
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1969
American baseball player and coach
Douglas Anthony Mirabelli is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants (1996–2000), Texas Rangers (2001), Boston Red Sox (2001–2005), and San Diego Padres (2006) before…
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1970
Dutch television host and actor
Mike Starink is a Dutch television presenter and stage actor.
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1970
Australian golfer
Nicholas Simon O'Hern is an Australian professional golfer. O'Hern has played on both of the world's premier professional golf tours, the European Tour, and the United States–based PGA Tour. His biggest successes,…
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1971
Japanese photographer and director
Mika Ninagawa is a Japanese photographer and director, known for her brightly colored photographs of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes.
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1972
Canadian race car driver
Alexandre Tagliani, nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro for Groupe Theetge.
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1972
1973
American photographer and journalist (died 2014)
James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in north-western Syria. He was murdered…
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1973
Greek footballer
Michalis Kapsis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was an integral part of Greece's UEFA Euro 2004 winning squad.
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1973
American journalist and sportscaster
Rachel Michele Nichols is an American journalist and sportscaster. She is most notable for her work with the National Basketball Association (NBA), and has also covered the National Football League (NFL), National…
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1973
English rower
Sarah Katharine Winckless is a British former rower. She won a bronze medal in Double sculls with her partner Elise Laverick at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and was twice world champion, in 2005 and 2006.
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1973
Welsh footballer and sportscaster
Robert William Savage is a Welsh professional football manager, pundit and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of National League club Forest Green Rovers.
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1974
Swedish guitarist and songwriter
Anders Peter Svensson is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is the former main songwriter and guitarist of the band the Cardigans. Svensson started playing guitar at the age of eight, and in his…
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1974
Indian author
Amish Tripathi is an author, former diplomat and broadcaster from India. He is among the fastest-selling authors in Indian publishing history, known best for The Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series.
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1974
1974
1975
American video game designer
Joshua Eric Sawyer, more commonly known and credited as Josh Sawyer, J.E. Sawyer, or JSawyer, is an American video game designer, known for his work on role-playing video games. Sawyer is most well known for his work on…
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1975
Brazilian-American journalist
Flavia Monteiro Colgan is a Brazilian-American Democratic strategist who is an active political contributor on MSNBC and serves as a special correspondent for Extra. She resides in Los Angeles.
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1977
Indian actor
Kunal Kishore Kapoor, professionally known as Kunal Kapoor, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi films. Kapoor is a recipient of several accolades including a Stardust Award and an Asiavision Award.
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1977
New Zealand-American soccer player and coach
Ryan William Nelsen is a New Zealand former professional football player and head coach.
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1977
French motorcycle racer
David Vuillemin is a French former professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1995 to 1999 and won the 1999 supercross world championship. He competed in the AMA…
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1977
English rugby player
Michael James Tindall is an English former rugby union player and a member of the British royal family. Tindall played outside centre for Bath and Gloucester, and won 75 caps for England between 2000 and 2011. He was a…
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1978
1978
Czech footballer
Jaroslav Drobný is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach for German club Bayern Munich II.
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1979
1979
British entertainer
Damon Scott is a British entertainer known for his appearance in the first series of the ITV variety talent show Britain's Got Talent. Scott is best known for his performances with monkey puppets, earning him the…
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1979
Turkish sprinter and hurdler
Birsen Bekgöz is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team. She studied at the Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus.
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1980
Australian cricketer
Nathan Michael Hauritz is a former Australian cricketer who has represented Australia in Tests, One-dayers and Twenty20 Internationals. He is mainly noted for his off spin bowling. He was a part of the Australian squad…
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1981
1981
American football player
Gregory Robert Warren is an American former professional football player who was a long snapper for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar…
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1981
French singer-songwriter
Thierry Amiel is a French singer and songwriter from Marseille, France. He rose to fame after coming in second place to Jonatan Cerrada on the first edition of the French Pop Idol, À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star.
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1982
Dutch footballer
Michael Christiaan Dingsdag is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He is currently working as a youth coach at NAC Breda.
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1982
American wrestler
Seth Lesser, better known by the ring name Simon Gotch, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he held the NXT Tag Team…
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1982
Welsh footballer and manager
Mark Geraint Sampson is a Welsh football coach who was most recently a first team coach at Stevenage.
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1982
1983
German discus thrower
Robert Harting is a retired German discus thrower. He represents the sports club SCC Berlin, his coach is Torsten Schmidt. He is a former Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's discus throw. His younger…
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1984
Indian actress and model
Freida Selena Pinto is an Indian actress who has appeared mainly in American and British films. Born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, she resolved at a young age to become an actress. As a student at St. Xavier's…
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1984
American singer-songwriter and bassist
Esperanza Emily Spalding, sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music…
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1984
American skier
Lindsey Caroline Vonn is an American alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships with titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first…
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1984
British journalist and public speaker
Milo Yiannopoulos is a British far-right political commentator, whose speeches and writings criticise Islam, feminism, and social justice. He is a former editor of Breitbart News, an American far-right news and opinion…
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1984
Cuban baseball player
Yoenis Céspedes Milanés, nicknamed "La Potencia", is a Cuban-born former professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on March 28, 2012, for the Oakland Athletics, and has also played…
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1985
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andrew Adrian Garcia is an American singer-songwriter who was the ninth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. Garcia has released two EPs and numerous standalone singles. He has also collaborated with…
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1985
German actress and fashion designer
Wilma Elles is a German actress, model and fashion designer.
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1986
1987
Danish model
Freja Beha Erichsen, also known as Freja Beha, is a Danish model. Dubbed as the "Queen of Cool", she is known for her androgynous look and for being one of the muses of the late Karl Lagerfeld.
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1987
Dutch director and actress
Tessa Schram is a Dutch actress and director. She is the daughter of film producer and director Dave Schram and Maria Peters and the sister of actor Quinten Schram.
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1988
American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
Valacia Nusheen Cyrus better known as Laci Green is an American clinical mental health counselor and former YouTuber. Her content focuses on sex education; Green also hosted Braless, the first MTV YouTube channel, as…
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1989
American actress, director, and producer
Lauren Joy Jorgensen, is an American producer, director, writer and former actress. She is known for playing Danielle Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives and, as an adult, for creating…
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1989
Japanese model and actress
Riisa Naka is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in Yankee-kun to…
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1989
American basketball player
Andrew Eugene Crawford is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats. He was the 2009–10 Big Ten…
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1990
American basketball player
Brittney Yvette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Vinyl of Unrivaled. She is a three-time Olympic gold…
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1990
American public speaker and reality television personality
Bristol Sheeran Marie Palin is an American real estate agent who is a former public speaker and reality television personality. She is the oldest daughter and second of five children of Todd and Sarah Palin.
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1990
Dutch footballer
Rolieny Nonato Luis Bonevacia is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan. He has played international football at youth level for the Netherlands, while at senior level he…
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1991
English actor
Toby Finn Regbo is an English actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his role as young Nemo Nobody in the science fiction drama Mr. Nobody (2009), as Francis II of France in Reign…
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1991
American politician, mayor of New York City
Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani served from 2021…
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1991
American surfer
John "John John" Alexander Florence is an American professional surfer. He is considered one of the most dominant pipe surfers of his era and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World…
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1992
Irish actor
Barry Keoghan is an Irish actor. His accolades include a BAFTA Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number 27 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's…
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1992
Portuguese footballer
Ivan Ricardo Neves Abreu Cavaleiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Swiss Super League club Zürich. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a forward.
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1993
Japanese sumo wrestler
Enhō Yūya is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture. He made his debut in March 2017 and was a member of Miyagino stable, under the guidance of former yokozuna Hakuhō, until his transfer to…
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1994
German-Mauritian race car driver
Pascal Konrad Wehrlein is a German and Mauritian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Porsche. In formula racing, Wehrlein competed under the German flag in Formula One from 2016 to 2017, and won the 2023–24…
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1994
American basketball player
Terance Stanley Mann is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. Mann was drafted by…
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1996
Italian-Indian singer-songwriter
Janalynn Castelino is an Italian-Indian pop singer-songwriter and doctor. She made her international crossover debut in 2024, with the Spanish-language single "Drama". Her music has been described as pop with R&B…
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1998
American actress
Sophie Bathsheba Thatcher is an American actress and musician. Born and raised in Illinois, she began her career as a child actress in several local stage plays and minor television roles before making her feature film…
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2000
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Birth year1991
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