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He led Patrick Rafter, winner of the US Open in 1997 and 1998, two sets to love during the first round of the latter tournament
Famous Birthdays on October 19
254 people
879 – 1999
October 19 has seen 254 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 879 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1973 — Hicham Arazi
Moroccan tennis player
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1s and major champions Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyá and Jim Courier.
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He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007
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Hicham Arazi is a Moroccan former professional tennis player
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During his career, Arazi captured one ATP Tour singles title, in Casablanca
879
Prince Hisaaki , also known as Prince Hisaakira, was the 8th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan.
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1276
Italian astrologer and philosopher (died 1499)
Marsilio Ficino was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance. He was an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism in touch with the…
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1433
1507
Italian Oratorian and bishop (died 1604)
Giovanni Giovenale Ancina was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saluzzo and was a professed member from the Oratorians. The bishop was also a scholar and music composer and was also known for…
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1545
Russian crown prince and saint (died 1591)
Dmitry Ivanovich was the youngest son of Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible. He was the tsarevich for close to seven years of his half-brother Feodor I's reign. After his death, he was impersonated by a number of imposters…
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1582
English physician and author (died 1682)
Sir Thomas Browne was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science, medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curiosity towards…
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1605
English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)
Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English…
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1609
1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)
Lieutenant-General James FitzThomas Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, KG, PC, was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, known as Earl of Ormond from 1634 to 1642 and Marquess of Ormond from 1642 to 1661. Following the failure…
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1610
Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)
Charles of Sezze - born Giancarlo Marchioni - was an Italian professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor. He became a religious despite the opposition of his parents who wanted him to become a priest and he led…
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1613
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)
Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg, was the first Duke of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz, reigning from 1701 until his death. Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
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1658
1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)
D. Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, before 1718 titled 3rd Marquis of Fontes and 7th Count of Penaguião, was a Portuguese nobleman and diplomat.
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1676
Irish minister (died 1740)
John Abernethy was an Irish Presbyterian minister and church leader.
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1680
English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)
William Cheselden was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery, who was influential in establishing surgery as a scientific medical profession. Via the medical missionary Benjamin Hobson, his work also…
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1688
2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)
Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie was an officer of the French Army. He served with his father, François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie, at Parma and Guastalla, and in 1734 obtained a colonelcy.
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1718
American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)
John Woolman was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, near Philadelphia, he traveled through the American frontier…
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1720
French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)
Joseph de Guignes was a French orientalist, sinologist and Turkologist born at Pontoise, the son of Jean Louis de Guignes and Françoise Vaillant. He died in Paris.
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1721
English poet and critic (died 1859)
James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.
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1784
Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)
Theophilos Kairis was a Greek priest, philosopher and revolutionary. He was born in Andros, Cyclades, Ottoman Greece, as a son of a distinguished family.
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1789
American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)
Cassius Marcellus Clay was an American planter, politician, military officer and abolitionist who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 1863 to 1869.
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1810
Greek painter (died 1878)
Theodoros Vryzakis was a Greek painter, known mostly for his historical scenes. He was one of the founders of the "Munich School", composed of Greek artists who had studied in that city.
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1814
English priest (died 1895)
Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache-Tollemache JP was an English priest in the Church of England. He is best known for the unusual and increasingly eccentric names that he chose for his numerous children.
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1826
American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)
Annie Smith Peck was an American mountaineer and adventurer. The northern peak of the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca mountain chain, Huascarán was named Cumbre Aña Peck in Peck's honor. She was an ardent suffragist and…
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1850
Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)
George Albert Boulenger was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the…
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1858
French director and producer (died 1954)
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist. In 1894 and 1895, he and his brother Louis invented an animated photographic camera and projection device, the…
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1862
American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. After years of civic activism, primarily with women's organizations, she was…
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1868
1873
1873
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, nicknamed "Three Finger Brown" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in…
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1876
Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941)
Mihkel Pung was an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Speaker of the National Council from 21 April 1938 to 5 July 1940. Pung was Minister of Finance in 1931. He was arrested…
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1876
American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)
Emma Bell Miles was a writer, poet, and artist. Her works capture the essence of the natural world and the culture of southern Appalachia.
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1879
Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)
Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach to the…
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1882
American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)
Charles Edward Merrill was an American philanthropist, stockbroker, and co-founder, with Edmund C. Lynch, of Merrill Lynch.
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1885
American soldier (died 1999)
Frank J. Durbin was one of the last surviving American veterans of the First World War. Durbin was born in New Hampshire. In 1915, he joined the United States Army at age 20. The next year, he was sent over to Verdun…
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1895
American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)
Lewis Mumford was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. He made…
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1895
American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
Robert Arthur O'Farrell was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants.…
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1896
Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, was a Pakistani organic chemist specialising in natural products, and a professor of chemistry at the University of Karachi.
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1897
Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales was a Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, his work helped bring attention to the importance of indigenous cultures,…
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1899
German soprano and actress (died 1990)
Erna Berger was a German lyric coloratura soprano. She was best known for roles such as Queen of the Night and Konstanze.
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1900
Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991)
William Harold Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his…
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1900
Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
Roy Thomas "Shrimp" Worters was a Canadian professional Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans.
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1900
American admiral (died 1996)
Arleigh Albert Burke was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy…
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1901
Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)
Karl Erik Tore Johansson, better known by the stage name Tor Johnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including some famously directed by Ed Wood. In…
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1903
American bandleader and composer (died 1962)
Roger Wolfe Kahn was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, bandleader and an aviator.
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1907
Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)
Geirr Tveitt was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Tveitt was a central figure of the national movement in Norwegian cultural life during the 1930s.
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1908
French physicist and academic (died 1975)
Marguerite Catherine Perey was a French physicist and a student of Marie Curie. In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium. In 1962, she was the first woman…
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1909
Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of…
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1910
Japanese field hockey player (died 2009)
Shunkichi Hamada was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.
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1910
French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980)
Paul Charles Jules Robert was a French lexicographer and publisher, best known for his large Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française (1953), often called simply the Robert, and its abridgement,…
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1910
Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)
Farid al-Atrash, also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor. Although born in Syria, he immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and siblings, where he…
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1910
Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes, better known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed "O Poetinha", was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright. With his frequent and diverse…
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1913
American actress (died 2014)
Juanita Moore was an American film, television, and stage actress.
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1914
French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. Dausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benacerraf and George Davis Snell for their…
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1916
Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Russian and Soviet pianist. His sister Elizabeth, three years his junior, was a violinist. His daughter Elena became a pianist.
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1916
American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)
Minoru Yasui was an American lawyer from Oregon. Born in Hood River, Oregon, he earned both an undergraduate degree and his law degree at the University of Oregon. He was one of the few Japanese Americans after the…
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1916
American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
William Joel Blass was an American war veteran, jurist, attorney, educator, and politician.
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1917
Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019)
Walter Heinrich Munk was an American physical oceanographer. He was one of the first scientists to bring statistical methods to the analysis of oceanographic data. Munk worked on a wide range of topics, including…
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1917
Indian mathematician (died 2020)
Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande was an Indian mathematician with notable achievements in combinatorial mathematics. He was notable for his breakthrough work along with R. C. Bose and E. T. Parker in their disproof of…
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1917
English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)
Sir Robert Charles Evans was a British mountaineer, surgeon, and educator. He was leader of the 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition and deputy leader of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, both of which were…
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1918
American theorist and author (died 1994)
Russell Amos Kirk was an American political philosopher, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, lecturer, author, and novelist who influenced 20th century American conservatism. In 1953, he authored The…
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1918
American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014)
Robert Schwarz Strauss was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937. By the 1950s, he was…
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1918
Filipino-American politician (died 2007)
Peter Aquino Aduja was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. He was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954.
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1920
Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, also known as Dada /Dadaji, was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar in 1954. Swadhyaya is a…
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1920
American actress (died 2002)
LaWanda Page was an American actress, comedian and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, signifyin' and observational comedy with…
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1920
English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)
Harry Alan Towers was a British radio and independent film producer and screenwriter. He wrote numerous screenplays for the films he produced, often under the pseudonym Peter Welbeck. He produced over 80 feature films…
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1920
American actor (died 2002)
George Garfield Nader Jr. was an American actor and writer. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 to 1974, mainly action and adventure film roles. He won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor for…
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1921
American journalist and author (died 2005)
Jack Northman Anderson was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the founders of modern investigative journalism. Anderson won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for National…
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1922
American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)
Ruth Carter Stevenson was an American art collector. She was the founder of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
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1923
Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Virgilio "Baby" Adam Dalupan was a Filipino basketball coach and player. Dubbed "The Maestro", Dalupan was best known for his lengthy coaching tenure with the Crispa Redmanizers and garnered a career total of 52…
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1923
English actor and producer (died 2018)
Bernard Hepton was a British actor and theatre director. He is known for his stage work and television roles in teleplays and series. He also appeared briefly on radio and in film.
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1925
Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015)
Czesław Jan Kiszczak was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989).
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1925
Argentinian admiral (died 2010)
Emilio Eduardo Massera was an Argentine Naval military officer and a leading participant in the Argentine coup d'état of 1976. In 1981, he was found to be a member of P2, a clandestine Masonic lodge involved in Italy's…
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1925
Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
Arne Joachim Bendiksen was a Norwegian singer, composer, and producer, described as "the father of pop music" in Norway. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964.
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1926
American philosopher and academic (died 2004)
Joel Feinberg was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political philosophy as well as individual rights and the authority…
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1926
Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015)
Vladimir Emmanuilovich Shlapentokh was a Soviet and American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and university professor, notable for his work on Soviet and Russian society and politics as well as theoretical…
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1926
American ballerina (died 2021)
Marjorie Tallchief was an American ballerina and member of the Osage Nation. She was the younger sister of prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and was the first Native American to be named "première danseuse étoile" in the…
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1926
Belgian painter and illustrator
Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction.
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1927
English businessman (died 2017)
Stephen John Keynes was a great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and chairman of the Charles Darwin Trust.
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1927
American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)
Louis Scheimer was an American producer and voice actor who was one of the original founders of Filmation. He was also credited as an executive producer of many of its cartoons.
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1928
South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
Lewis Wolpert was a South African-born British developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Wolpert popularized his French flag model of embryonic development, using the colours of the French flag as a visual aid…
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1929
Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)
John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside was a British politician who was a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).
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1930
Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)
Mavis Nicholson was a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster. She was born in Wales, and worked throughout the United Kingdom.
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1930
American author and illustrator
Edward Randolph Emberley is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.
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1931
English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)
David John Moore Cornwell, known by his pen name John le Carré, was an English author.
Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television. He has been described as a "sophisticated, morally ambiguous…
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1931
1931
American actor (died 1992)
Robert Reed was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarch Mike Brady, opposite Florence…
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1932
Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)
Brian Charles Booth was an Australian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia in two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes series…
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1933
English air marshal (died 2019)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Gerald Skingsley, was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
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1933
Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
Yakubu Dan-Yumma "Jack" Gowon is a Nigerian general and statesman who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975.
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1934
American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991)
Donald David Guard was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of the Kingston Trio.
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1934
1935
American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)
James Luther Bevel was an American minister and a leader and major strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its director of direct…
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1936
1936
Canadian swimmer
Marilyn Grace Bell Di Lascio is a Canadian retired long distance swimmer. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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1937
1937
Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (died 2018)
Terence James Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, was a British politician and banker, member of the Labour and Co-operative parties.
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1937
Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major…
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1938
Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
David George Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere PC DL MP is a British Labour Party politician, former cabinet minister and author.
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1939
American singer-songwriter (died 2023)
Lawrence Figueiredo, better known as Larry Chance, was an American musician and the lead singer of the 1960s doo-wop group Larry Chance and the Earls, originally known as The Earls.
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1940
Irish-British actor (died 2023)
Sir Michael John Gambon was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three…
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1940
Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025)
Rosny Smarth was a Haitian politician. He was Prime Minister of Haiti briefly, from 27 February 1996 to 9 June 1997. Smarth resigned before a successor was found, leaving the post vacant for nearly two years. His…
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1940
English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki
Peter William Thornley is an English professional wrestler who is best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki. The character of Nagasaki was a Japanese samurai with a mysterious past and reputed powers of healing…
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1941
English actor (died 2012)
Simon Anthony Fox Ward was a British stage and film actor from Beckenham, England. He was known chiefly for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 1972 film Young Winston. He played many other screen roles,…
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1941
American lawyer and author (died 2021)
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.
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1942
English composer and academic
Robin Greville Holloway is an English composer, academic and writer.
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1943
Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)
Panagiotis "Takis" Ikonomopoulos was a Greek professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his career with Panathinaikos. He made 25 appearances for the Greece national team. He was nicknamed "The…
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1943
Jr., American author and poet
L. E. Modesitt Jr. is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 80 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. By 2015, the 18 novels in the Recluce series had sold…
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1943
American singer
George Warren McCrae Jr. is an American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".
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1944
American basketball player
William P. Melchionni is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player. A three time All-Star, Melchionni is one of only four players to win NBA and ABA…
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1944
Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987)
Peter Tosh was a Jamaican musician and reggae singer. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo…
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1944
Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Sir Angus Stewart Deaton is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public…
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1945
1945
American lawyer and activist
Patricia Ireland is an American administrator and feminist. She served as president of the National Organization for Women from 1991 to 2001 and published an autobiography, What Women Want, in 1996.
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1945
American singer-songwriter
Gloria Richetta Jones is an American singer and songwriter who first found success in the United Kingdom, being recognized there as "The Queen of Northern Soul". She recorded the 1965 hit song "Tainted Love" and has…
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1945
American actor
John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen. He has received numerous…
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1945
American singer
Jeannie C. Riley is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA", which reached number-one on the Billboard Country and Pop charts.
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1945
South African journalist
Martin Sylvester Welz is a South African journalist and the editor of Noseweek magazine, known for his investigative work on controversial issues such as government and corporate corruption.
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1945
Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)
Robert George Holland was a New South Wales and Australian cricketer. He was, because of his surname, nicknamed "Dutchy".
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1946
English author and academic
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of…
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1946
English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)
Keith Stuart Brian Reid was an English lyricist and songwriter.
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1946
Italian author and illustrator
Giorgio Cavazzano is an Italian cartoonist and one of the most famous Disney comics artists in the world.
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1947
American author and critic
James Howard Kunstler is an American writer, social critic, public speaker, and blogger known for his analysis of urban development, suburbanization, and energy issues. Born in New York City to Jewish parents, he gained…
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1948
American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025)
Dave Mallow was an American voice actor.
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1948
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Patrick Simmons is an American musician best known as a founding member of the rock band The Doobie Brothers, with whom he was inducted as into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. He is the only member of the band…
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1948
American football player and radio host
Clifford Lynn Dickey is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for…
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1949
Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
Yeslam bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin better known as Yeslam bin Ladin, also written Yeslam Binladin, as he prefers to spell it, is a businessman and the half-brother of the deceased al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden.
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1950
Greek mathematician and physicist
Demetrios Christodoulou is a Greek mathematician and physicist, who first became well known for his proof, together with Sergiu Klainerman, of the nonlinear stability of the Minkowski spacetime of special relativity in…
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1951
American actress and singer
Annie Golden is an American actress and singer. She first came to prominence as the lead singer of the punk band the Shirts from 1975 to 1981 with whom she recorded three albums. She began her acting career as Mother in…
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1951
American veterinarian and politician
Walter Kurt Schrader is an American politician and veterinarian who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district from 2009 to 2023. His district covered most of Oregon's central coast, plus…
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1951
English accountant and politician
Peter William Bone is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough from 2005 until his removal in 2023. A member of the Conservative Party, he had sat as an independent in the…
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1952
Mexican actress and singer
Verónica Judith Sáinz Castro is a Mexican actress and television personality. She began her career in the late 1960s with minor film and television roles before rising to prominence as the star of the telenovela Los…
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1952
American basketball player and coach
Lionel Eugene Hollins is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard,…
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1953
English footballer and manager
Samuel Allardyce is an English football manager and former professional player. Allardyce made 578 league and cup appearances in a 21-year career spent mostly in the Football League, as well as brief spells in the North…
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1954
American journalist and author
Deborah Leigh Blum is an American science journalist, and the director of the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of several books, including The Poisoner's…
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1954
American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
Joseph Washington "Jellybean" Bryant was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).…
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1954
1955
Japanese actor and director
Akio Ishii , known professionally as LaSalle Ishii , is a Japanese TV personality, actor, director, writer, columnist, and politician. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known…
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1955
American basketball player (died 2018)
Lonnie Jewel Shelton was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who played from 1976 to 1985.
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1955
American journalist and author
Stephen James Doocy is an American television host, political commentator, and author. He currently serves as a traveling co-host of Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel.
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1956
Soviet ice dancer and coach
Elena Anatolyevna Garanina is a former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With Igor Zavozin, she is the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy and 1981 Winter Universiade champion. They never made it to the World Figure…
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1956
American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform
Grover Glenn Norquist is an American political activist and anti-tax advocate who is founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, an organization that opposes all tax increases. A Republican, he is the primary…
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1956
Belgian race car driver and coach
Didier Maurice Theys is a Belgian sports car driver. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona ; a winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (1998); the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of the…
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1956
Italian physician (died 2003)
Carlo Urbani was an Italian physician and microbiologist and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as probably a new and dangerously contagious viral disease, and his early warning to the World…
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1956
American basketball player and coach
Bruce Brett Weber is an American former men's basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at Kansas State University. Prior to his tenure at Kansas State, Weber was the head coach at Southern Illinois…
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1956
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Dorinda Grace Clark-Cole is an American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, musician, talk show host, and evangelist. Clark–Cole is best known as a member of family vocal group The Clark Sisters and as a…
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1957
American journalist and critic
Ray Richmond is a globally syndicated critic and entertainment/media columnist. Richmond has also worked variously as a feature and entertainment writer, beat reporter and TV critic for a variety of publications…
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1957
Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)
Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger was a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He was best known for leading the band World Party and for his mid-1980s membership of the Waterboys.
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1957
English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Carolyn Browne is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2013 to 2018.
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1958
Japanese footballer and manager
Hiromi Hara is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team as caretaker.
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1958
1958
American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Michael Stephen Steele is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC)…
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1958
American journalist and blogger (died 2025)
Kevin Drum was an American journalist. Drum initially rose to prominence through the popularity of his independent blog Calpundit (2003–2004). He later was invited to launch another blog, Political Animal (2004–2008),…
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1958
Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem
Nir Barkat is an Israeli businessman and politician, currently serving as Minister of Economy. He previously served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2018.
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1959
German philosopher and academic
Martin Paul Heinrich Kusch is Professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna. Until 2009, Kusch was Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at…
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1959
Canadian golfer (died 2016)
Dawn Coe-Jones was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour, and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. She was the first female Canadian golfer to surpass $1million in career earnings, announcing…
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1960
American actress and singer
Jennifer Yvette Holliday is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and Dreamgirls (1981–1983), and later became a…
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1960
Japanese footballer
Takeshi Koshida is a Japanese football manager and former footballer. He is the technical director of Vietnam national football team and Vietnam women's national football team.
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1960
American author and academic
Susan Straight is an American writer. She was a National Book Award finalist for the novel Highwire Moon in 2001.
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1960
Japanese-American singer-songwriter
Ayuo Takahashi is a Japanese-born American composer, poet, lyricist, singer, and performer of plucked string instruments including guitar, bouzouki, Irish harp, Chinese zheng, Japanese koto, and medieval European…
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1960
English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer
Daniel Mark "Woody" Woodgate is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. In a career spanning 45 years, Woodgate came to prominence in the late 1970s as the drummer for the English ska band Madness…
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1960
Indian actor and producer
Ajay Singh Deol, professionally known as Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and former politician who works in Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actors of India, he has…
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1961
Australian rugby league player and coach
Cliff Lyons is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Clive Churchill Medallist and two-time Dally M Medallist, he made 309 first-grade appearances with the Manly Warringah Sea…
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1961
English YouTube personality (died 2021)
Claudio Luciano Ricardo Callegari was an English Arsenal supporter and a contributor to the football YouTube channel AFTV. He made his first appearance in 2012 before becoming a regular until 2020. He died on 29 March…
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1962
American-English author
Tracy Rose Chevalier is an American-British novelist. She is best known for her second novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.
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1962
American golfer
Brian Hatfield Henninger is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour and three on the Nationwide Tour.
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1962
Norwegian saxophonist and composer
Bendik Hofseth is a Norwegian jazz musician and a professor with the University of Agder. In 2026, he was appointed Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his contributions to Norwegian and…
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1962
American boxer and actor
Evander Holyfield is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion in the cruiserweight division in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s,…
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1962
Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach
Svetlana Zainetdinova is an Estonian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master and ICCF title of Lady Grandmaster.
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1962
1963
American model, carpenter and television host
Tygert Burton "Ty" Pennington is an American television host, artist, carpenter, author, and former model and actor.
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1964
American basketball player and sportscaster
Bradley Lee Daugherty, nicknamed "Big Train" and "El Gato Grande", is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and professionally with the…
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1965
American rock singer-songwriter and musician
Todd Park Mohr is the singer and guitarist for the American rock band Big Head Todd and the Monsters. He is their namesake and primary lyricist. A founding member of the band, he also occasionally provides keyboards and…
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1965
American actor, director, and screenwriter
Jonathan Kolia Favreau is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in many films such as Rudy (1993), PCU (1994), Swingers (1996), Very Bad Things (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Replacements…
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1966
Greek poet and playwright
Dimitris Lyacos is a Greek writer. He is the author of the composite novel Until the Victim Becomes our Own and the Poena Damni trilogy. Lyacos's work is characterised by its genre-defying form and the avant-garde…
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1966
American novelist and short story writer
David Vann is an American novelist and short story writer, and was formerly a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick in England. Vann received a Guggenheim Fellowship and has been a National…
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1966
American illustrator and activist
Amy Lynn Carter is the only daughter and fourth child of the 39th U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter. Carter first entered the public spotlight as a child when she lived in the White House during…
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1967
1967
Japanese pianist and composer
Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working at the video game studio Capcom the same year. Shimomura…
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1967
American comedian, actor, and singer
Rodney Scott Carrington is an American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist and songwriter. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records.…
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1968
Peruvian politician, President of Peru
José Pedro Castillo Terrones is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the president of Peru from 28 July 2021 until he was removed from office on 7 December 2022.
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1969
Slovak ice hockey player and coach
Zdeno Cíger is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player and currently coach. He played for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning. Zdeno Cíger was…
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1969
American psychic and author
John Edward McGee Jr. is an American television personality, writer and self-proclaimed psychic medium.
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1969
American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and songwriter. He is best known for co-creating the animated television series South Park and the stage musical The Book of…
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1969
Bolivian footballer and manager
Erwin Sánchez Freking is a Bolivian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager.
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1969
English politician
Andrew James Griffiths is a former British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Burton from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he was succeeded by his estranged wife, Kate Griffiths.
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1970
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Christopher Lee Kattan is an American actor and comedian. After performing with numerous comedy troupes, including The Groundlings in Los Angeles, he broke through as a regular cast member on the sketch comedy show…
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1970
American baseball player
Keith Charles Foulke is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. A graduate of Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas, Foulke attended Galveston College and Lewis–Clark State College. Between 1997 and…
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1972
1972
Turkish footballer and manager
Okan Buruk is a Turkish professional football manager and former player, currently serving as the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. With seven Super League titles as a player and four more as a manager, he holds…
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1973
Canadian ice hockey player
Joaquin Jesse Gage is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Gage was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NHL entry draft, 109th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and played 23 games in the NHL with…
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1973
Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player
Burak Güven is a Turkish musician, bass player, and one of the backing singers in the rock band Mor ve Ötesi
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1975
Portuguese politician
Bruno Ramos Dias is a Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A communist, he has represented Setúbal from April 2002 to March 2005, from April 2007…
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1976
American actor and producer
Omar Miles Gooding, also known by his stage name Big O, is an American actor and comedian.
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1976
Norwegian guitarist and composer
Jostein Gulbrandsen is a US-based Norwegian guitarist and composer.
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1976
American actor
Desmond Harrington is an American actor. He made his film debut in 1999, playing Jean d'Aulon in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. His later credits include Riding in Cars with Boys, The Hole, Ghost Ship, We Were…
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1976
Scottish footballer and manager
Paul Hartley is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who currently manages Scottish League One club Cove Rangers.
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1976
1976
1976
American baseball player
Michael Brian Young is an American former professional baseball infielder who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Since 2014, Young has…
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1976
French-Senegalese footballer
Habib Frédéric Beye is a professional football coach and former player who played as a right-back. He is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in France, Beye represented the Senegal national team,…
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1977
Canadian comedian and actor
Louis-José Houde is a French-Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his performances in films such as Bon Cop, Bad Cop in 2006, Father and Guns in 2009, A Sense of Humour in 2011 and Compulsive Liar…
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1977
Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Jason R. Reitman is a Canadian and American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and…
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1977
Spanish footballer
Raúl Tamudo Montero is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1977
Filipino radio and television host
Mohan Gumatay, known professionally as Mo Twister, is a Filipino American radio and television presenter. He is best known for his Good Times programs, which started as a radio show and later spun off to the television…
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1977
Brazilian race car driver
Enrique Antônio Langue e Silvério de Bernoldi is a Brazilian former professional racing driver who raced for the Arrows Formula One team in 2001 and 2002, and was the test driver for British American Racing between 2004…
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1978
Russian footballer
Zakhar Vladimirovich Dubensky is a retired Russian football midfielder. He last played for FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.
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1978
Finnish guitarist and keyboard player
Henri Antti Viljami "Trollhorn" Sorvali, is a Finnish musician, known as a guitarist and keyboardist of pagan metal band Moonsorrow, and keyboardist of black metal band Finntroll.
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1978
Mexican footballer
José Luis López Monroy is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Nicknamed "Parejita"(Little Partner) as a diminutive of "Pareja" his father nickname.
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1979
American trombonist
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their…
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1979
Japanese volleyball player
Sachiko Sugiyama is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #12 jersey. There she ended up in fifth place with the Japan women's national team.…
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1979
Dominican baseball player
José Antonio Bautista Santos, nicknamed "Joey Bats", is a Dominican former professional baseball right fielder and third baseman who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Toronto Blue Jays.…
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1980
American baseball player
Rajai Lavae Davis is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays,…
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1980
American actor
Benjamin David Salisbury is an American former actor and dancer best known for playing the role of Brighton Sheffield on the CBS television sitcom The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.
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1980
1981
Finnish race car driver
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish racing and rally driver, who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2013. Kovalainen won the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix with McLaren. In sportscar racing, Kovalainen won Super GT in…
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1981
Filipino journalist
Alfonso Tomas "Atom" Pagaduan Araullo is a Filipino broadcast journalist. He currently hosts documentary programs such as The Atom Araullo Specials and I-Witness, and is serving as the anchor of newscast State of the…
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1982
American baseball player
James Anthony Happ is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He won the World Series as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, and was an All-Star as a…
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1982
American actress and director
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress. She is known for playing Britta Perry in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), Mickey Dobbs in the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016–2018), and Mary Jayne Gold in…
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1982
South African golfer
Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer who won the 2010 Open Championship. He has finished runner-up in all four major championships: the 2012 Masters Tournament, the 2015 and 2021…
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1982
Mexican footballer
Gonzalo Pineda Reyes is a Mexican professional football manager and former player. Pineda played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs in Mexico, and also represented Mexico internationally. He last played in 2015…
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1982
Dutch cricketer
Daan Lodewijk Samuel van Bunge is a Dutch former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
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1982
Swedish actress
Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström is a Swedish actress. Known for her roles on film and television, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a Saturn Award and two Critics' Choice Super Awards, in addition…
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1983
English footballer
Andrew Michael Lonergan is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Liverpool F.C. Women.
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1983
American neuroscientist and blogger
Cara Louise Santa Maria is an American science communicator. She hosts the podcast Talk Nerdy and co-hosts The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast, and was a co-host of TechKnow on Al Jazeera America.
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1983
Slovak skeet shooter
Danka Hrbeková is a Slovak skeet shooter. She has won many medals from ISSF World, European Championships and ISSF World Cups. Barteková finished 8th at Women's Skeet event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won the bronze…
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1984
American singer and record producer
Stephen Lee Bruner, better known by his stage name Thundercat, is an American musician, singer, record producer, songwriter, and bassist from Los Angeles, California. First coming to prominence as a member of crossover…
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1984
1987
1987
English rapper and producer
Joseph Daniel Joel Ellis-Stephenson, better known by his stage names Zeph Ellis and Dot Rotten, was a British MC, rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Lambeth, South London.
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1988
Ukrainian writer
Markiyan Kamysh is a Ukrainian novelist, best known for his works about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its environs.
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1988
Australian rugby league player
Chris Lawrence is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played his entire career as a centre and second-row for the Wests Tigers in the NRL, and has played for Australia at international level.
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1988
New Zealand rugby league player
James Gavet is a former Samoa international rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League.
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1989
Lithuanian basketball player
Mindaugas Kuzminskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player and the vice–captain for AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League and the Basketball Champions League. He also formerly represented the Lithuanian…
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1989
Slovak footballer
Miroslav Stoch is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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1989
Japanese actor
Rakuto Tochihara is a Japanese former actor from Tokyo, a graduate of Horikoshi High School. His debut role was in Boogiepop Phantom where he voiced the character Poom Poom. He later had a starring role in the 2005…
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1989
Filipino model and television host
Janine Marie Raymundo Tugonon is a Filipino actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2012. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant,…
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1989
English footballer
Thomas Charles Kilbey is an English television personality. He used to play as a professional footballer for Portsmouth F.C. Tom Kilbey grew up in East London and went to Forest School.
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1990
Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
Janet Ava Owji, also known by her stage name OWJI and her former stage name Janet Leon, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and A&R. Leon began her career as part of the pop group Play, for which she was lead singer…
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1990
American actress and singer
Ciara Renée Harper is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in Big Fish, the Leading Player in Pippin, Jenna in Waitress, and Elsa in Frozen. She played Esmeralda in…
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1990
Japanese sumo wrestler
Endō Shōta is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Anamizu, Ishikawa. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in March 2013, making the top makuuchi division that September. His highest…
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1990
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Michael Colton Dixon is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He placed seventh on the eleventh season of American Idol.
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1991
1992
1992
American actress
Hunter Haley King is an American actress. She is known for portraying Adriana Masters on Hollywood Heights (2012), Summer Newman on The Young and the Restless and Clementine Hughes on Life in Pieces (2015–2019). Earlier…
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1993
American sailor
Abigail Jillian Sunderland is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
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1993
American ice hockey player
Calvin Louis Petersen is an American professional hockey player who is a goaltender for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).…
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1994
Venezuelan baseball player
Anthony Roger Santander is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles. He made his MLB debut in 2017…
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1994
1994
Chilean-American football and basketball player
Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel is a Chilean professional football tight end and former basketball player. The first player from Chile to play in the National Football League, Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth…
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1995
American-British actor (died 2024)
Chance Perdomo was an American and British actor. He earned a British Academy Television Award nomination for his performance in the BBC Three film Killed by My Debt (2018). He gained further prominence through his…
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1996
Filipino volleyball athlete
Bernadeth Amoguis Pons is a Filipina indoor and beach volleyball athlete. She is currently playing for the Creamline Cool Smashers at the Premier Volleyball League.
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1996
Qatari women's rights activist
Noof Al Maadeed is a Qatari women's rights activist. She gained international attention in 2019 after documenting her escape from Qatar on TikTok after allegedly experiencing years of domestic violence and restricted…
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1998
German singer-songwriter
Carlotta Truman is a German singer and a finalist in season 3 of Das Supertalent 2009 and The Voice Kids 2014. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as part of the duo Sisters with the song…
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1999
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