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His breakout project—the collaborative extended play (EP) with record producer Metro Boomin titled Savage Mode (2016)—peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200
Famous Birthdays on October 22
230 people
955 – 2001
October 22 has seen 230 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 955 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1992 — 21 Savage
British-American rapper
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Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, known professionally as 21 Savage, is a British-born rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia
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Born in London and raised in the US, he began his recording career in 2013 and released three independent mixtapes to regional acclaim
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Its lead singles, "X" and "No Heart" both peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100
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He then signed a recording contract with Epic Records in January 2017.
king of Wuyue (died 991)
Qian Weijun (錢惟濬), courtesy name Yuchuan (禹川), formally Prince Anxi of Bin, was the heir apparent to Qian Chu, the fifth and last king of Wuyue of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. After Wuyue's…
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955
Duke of Aquitaine (died 1126)
William IX was the Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou between 1086 and his death. He was also one of the leaders of the Crusade of 1101.
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1071
1197
German astronomer and mathematician (died 1553)
Erasmus Reinhold was a German astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Saxony.
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1511
German mathematician and philosopher (died 1657)
Joachim Jungius was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher of science.
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1587
Count of Pori (died 1657)
Count Gustav Horn was a Swedish nobleman, military officer, and Governor-General. He was appointed member of the Royal Council in 1625, Field Marshal in 1628, Governor General of Livonia in 1652 and Lord High Constable…
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1592
German chemist and physician (died 1734)
Georg Ernst Stahl was a German chemist, physician and philosopher. He was a supporter of vitalism, and until the late 18th century his works on phlogiston were accepted as an explanation for chemical processes.
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1659
1689
Holy Roman Empress (died 1756)
Maria Amalia of Austria was Holy Roman empress, queen of Bohemia, and electress of Bavaria among many other titles as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII. By birth, she was an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of…
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1701
German pastor and botanist (died 1798)
Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Reformed pastor and naturalist. Born in Dirschau, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, he attended school in Dirschau and Marienwerder before being admitted at the…
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1729
Dutch historian and bookseller (died 1816)
Cornelis van der Aa was a Dutch writer and bookseller in Haarlem who was sentenced in 1796 by the schepenen of the city to five years of imprisonment and consecutive perpetual exile from the department in Holland for…
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1749
Spanish jurist and politician (died 1848)
Francisco Javier de Burgos y del Olmo was a Spanish jurist, politician, journalist, and translator.
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1778
Dauphin of France (died 1789)
Louis Joseph was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France. Louis Joseph died aged seven from tuberculosis and was…
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1781
Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist (died 1840)
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz was a French polymath of the early 19th century. Born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire, he was self-educated in France.
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1783
American lawyer, jurist, and statesman, Texas Attorney General (died 1889)
Volney Erskine Howard was an American lawyer, statesman, and jurist.
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1809
Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1886)
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and…
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1811
French poet and author (died 1894)
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle.
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1818
American businessman (died 1900)
Collis Potter Huntington was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four tycoons of western railroading who invested in Theodore Judah's idea to build the Central Pacific Railroad as part…
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1821
Czech composer and conductor (died 1903)
August Labitzky was a Bohemian composer and kapellmeister, and the son of Joseph Labitzky. Although Labitzky was not as prolific a composer as his father, his Ouverture Characteristique has been occasionally recorded.…
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1832
English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (died 1916)
James Leigh Strachan-Davidson was an English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author of books on Roman history. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford, from 1907 until his death in 1916.
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1843
French actress and manager (died 1923)
Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo,…
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1844
Canadian Métis scholar and politician (died 1885)
Louis Riel was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John…
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1844
South African Boer general (died 1914)
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading…
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1847
Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (died 1908)
Charles Cameron Kingston was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was Premier of South Australia, leading a coalition of Radicals supported by the Labor Party.
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1850
Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
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1858
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand Maria Karl Heinrich Adalbert Franz Philipp Andreas Konstantin of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach and a General of Cavalry. Following his marriage to Infanta María de la…
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1859
Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (died 1938)
Borghild Holmsen was a Norwegian pianist, teacher, music critic and composer. She is thought to be the first Norwegian woman to perform a concert featuring only her own compositions.
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1865
Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1943)
Kristjan Raud was an Estonian symbolist painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum. Folklore elements figure heavily in his subject matter and his style is reminiscent of…
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1865
Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1933. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose…
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1870
English author and poet (died 1945)
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde. At the University of Oxford, he edited an undergraduate journal, The Spirit Lamp, that carried a…
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1870
Finnish linguist and diplomat (died 1950)
Gustaf John Ramstedt was a Finnish diplomat, orientalist and linguist. He was also an early Finnish Esperantist, and chairman of the Esperanto-Association of Finland.
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1873
Indian philosopher and educator (died 1906)
Swami Rama Tirtha, also known as Swami Rama, was an Indian teacher of the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902,…
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1873
French Catholic missionary and botanist (died 1914)
Jean-Théodore Monbeig-Andrieu, MEP was a French Catholic missionary and botanist who collected plants for the Paris Natural History Museum from northern Yunnan where he was posted. He also collected butterflies for…
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1875
Dutch economist and politician (died 1962)
David van Embden, was a Dutch politician, first for the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB), later for the Labour Party (PvdA).
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1875
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Clinton Joseph Davisson was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals."
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1881
German geophysicist and seismologist (died 1908)
Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz was a German geophysicist who made important contributions to seismology, in particular the formulation of the Zoeppritz equations.
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1881
French-English illustrator (died 1953)
Edmund Dulac was a French-British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse, he studied law but later turned to the study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to…
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1882
American painter and illustrator (died 1945)
Newell Convers Wyeth was an American painter and illustrator. He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books —…
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1882
Italian tenor and actor (died 1969)
Giovanni Martinelli was an Italian operatic spinto tenor. He was associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most…
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1885
Swedish minister (died 1970)
Erik Henrik Fredrik Bergman was a Swedish parish minister of the Lutheran Church and the father of diplomat Dag Bergman, novelist Margareta Bergman, and film director Ingmar Bergman.
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1886
1887
Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)
Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system…
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1893
Spanish footballer (died 1955)
Luis Otero Sánchez-Encinas was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender and who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, being a member of the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the tournament.
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1893
Chinese actor and singer (died 1961)
Mei Lan, better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a notable Chinese Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as the "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was exclusively known for his female lead roles…
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1894
professional baseball player (died 1966)
John Dewey Morrison, nicknamed "Jughandle Johnny", was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins. For his career,…
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1895
American biochemist and academic (died 1988)
Charles Glen King was an American biochemist who was a pioneer in the field of nutrition research and who isolated vitamin C at the same time as Albert Szent-Györgyi. A biography of King states that many feel he…
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1896
Portuguese film director and playwright (died 1967)
José Júlio Marques Leitão de Barros was a Portuguese film director and playwright.
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1896
American author and illustrator (died 1958)
Marjorie Flack was an American artist and writer of children's picture books. She was born in Greenport, Long Island, New York in 1897. She was best known for The Story about Ping (1933), illustrated by Kurt Wiese,…
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1897
Spanish poet and philologist (died 1990)
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.
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1898
1899
American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within…
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1903
American comedian and vaudevillian (died 1952)
Jerome Howard, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of The Three Stooges comedy team, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and Shemp Howard, as well as…
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1903
American actress, singer, and producer (died 1965)
Constance Campbell Bennett was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in…
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1904
Argentine football player (died 1973)
Saúl H. Calandra was an Argentine football (soccer) midfielder who competed in the 1928 Olympic games. He was a member of the Argentine team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He was also a runner…
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1904
American physicist and radio engineer (died 1950)
Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who in April 1933 first announced his discovery of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius. An amateur astronomer, he is…
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1904
Hungarian-French pianist and composer (died 1969)
Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian composer who immigrated to France. His most famous composition is the standard Autumn Leaves.
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1905
1906
Cuban mathematician and lawyer (died 1978)
Aurelio Ángel Baldor de la Vega was a Cuban mathematician, educator and lawyer. Baldor is the author of a secondary school algebra textbook, titled Álgebra, used throughout the Spanish-speaking world and published for…
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1906
American baseball player (died 1967)
James Emory Foxx, nicknamed "Double X" and "the Beast", was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago…
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1907
German tenor (died 1981)
Günther Treptow was a German operatic tenor, best known for Wagner roles.
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1907
American journalist and author (died 2003)
John Thomas Gould was an American humorist, essayist, and columnist who wrote a column for the Christian Science Monitor for over sixty years from a farm in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He was published in most major American…
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1908
Spanish cartoonist (died 1994)
José Escobar Saliente was a Spanish comic book writer and artist, born in Barcelona. He signed as Escobar, and is most famous for his creation Zipi y Zape, as well as the character Carpanta. He was also an author and a…
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1908
Hungarian-American photographer and journalist (died 1954)
Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
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1913
1913
Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2002)
Hans-Peter Tschudi was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1959–1973) heading the Department of Home Affairs.
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1913
Belarusian-Israeli civil servant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (died 2012)
Yitzhak Shamir was an Israeli politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir was a leader of the Zionist militant group Lehi,…
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1915
English-American actress (died 2013)
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress best known for her roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared in more than 45…
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1917
1918
British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007.
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1919
American psychologist and author (died 1996)
Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "publicity hound". According to poet…
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1920
French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
Georges Charles Brassens was a French singer-songwriter and poet.
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1921
Russian mathematician and computer scientist (died 1986)
Aleksandr Semyonovich Kronrod was a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula which he published in 1964. Earlier, he worked on computational solutions of problems…
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1921
Estonian sergeant (died 2014)
Harald Nugiseks was an Estonian serviceman in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. A Waffen-Oberscharführer (sergeant), he served in the 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS. Nugiseks was one of the…
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1921
German footballer and coach (died 2013)
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1923
American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach who was a playmaking guard for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A seven-time NBA All-Star, he won five…
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1925
Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (died 2014)
Edith Kawelohea Kapule McKinzie was an American genealogist, educator, author, and expert in hula and chant. A Kanaka Maoli, or Native Hawaiian, Edith published two books on Hawaiian genealogy, was director of the…
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1925
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
Dorothy Veronica "Dory" Previn was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.
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1925
American painter and illustrator (died 2008)
Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg was an American painter and multi-media artist, whose work has been associated with numerous mid-20th century art movements including the New York School, Conceptual Art, Pop…
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1925
South African minister and politician (died 2005)
Helenard Joe Hendrickse, popularly known as Allan Hendrickse, was a South African politician, Congregationalist minister and teacher. He was a founder of the 1969–1994 Labour Party of South Africa and a leader of the…
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1927
American pianist, composer and arranger (died 2012)
Douglas Clare Fischer was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. After graduating from Michigan State University, he became the pianist and arranger for the vocal group the Hi-Lo's in the late…
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1928
Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Nelson Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas, based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, Rio, 40º Graus, and his most well-known film…
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1928
2nd Baron Birkett, English director and producer (died 2015)
Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett was a British film producer/director, author and hereditary peer.
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1929
Russian footballer (died 1990)
Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer considered to be one of the greatest players of all time and the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win the…
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1929
Argentine human rights activist
Enriqueta Estela Barnes de Carlotto is an Argentine human rights activist and president of the association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. One of her daughters, Laura Estela Carlotto, was kidnapped and missing…
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1930
Spanish singer (died 2012)
José Guardiola Díaz de Rada, was a Spanish singer of popular music who sang in Spanish and Catalan. He represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963.
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1930
1931
Argentine philosopher and martyr (died 1974)
Carlos Alberto Sacheri was an Argentine Thomist philosopher and scholar. He was murdered in front of his family by ERP members on 22 December 1974 in Buenos Aires; he was targeted because of his perceived anticommunism.…
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1933
Austrian footballer and manager (died 2007)
Helmut Senekowitsch was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.
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1933
New Zealand opera singer
Sir Donald Conroy McIntyre was a New Zealand operatic bass-baritone who made an international career, based at the Royal Opera House in London from 1967. He was a versatile singer but became best-known for portraying…
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1934
English soldier, author, and explorer
Colonel John Nicholas Blashford-Snell is a former British Army officer, explorer and author. He founded Operation Raleigh and the Scientific Exploration Society.
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1936
English architect and academic
Sir Peter Cook is an English architect, lecturer and writer on architectural subjects. He was a founder of Archigram, and was knighted in 2007 by Elizabeth II for his services to architecture and teaching. He is also a…
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1936
Serbian metropolitan (died 2014)
Jovan Pavlović was a Serbian Orthodox prelate who was the metropolitan bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1982 until his death in 2014. He was one of the most prominent individuals in…
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1936
American political activist and author, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
Bobby Seale is an African American revolutionary, political activist, and author. Seale co-founded the Marxist–Leninist and Black power political organization the Black Panther Party (BPP) with fellow activist Huey P.…
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1936
American film producer and executive (died 2022)
Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. was an American film industry executive and producer. He was president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence in George…
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1937
Argentine singer-songwriter
José Larralde is an Argentine singer-songwriter of folk music.
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1937
Egyptian-Greek composer (died 1982)
Manos Loïzos was one of the most important Greek Cypriot music composers of the 20th century.
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1937
Sri Lankan historian and academic
Karthigesu Indrapala is a Sri Lankan academic, historian, archaeologist, author and former dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna.
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1938
English actor
Sir Derek George Jacobi is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen as well as for his work at the Royal National Theatre, he has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a British Academy…
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1938
American actor, comedian and producer
Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy…
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1938
Argentine footballer and manager (died 2024)
César Luis Menotti, known as El Flaco ("Slim"), was an Argentine football player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Argentina national team.
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1938
Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique
Joaquim Alberto Chissano is a Mozambican politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into a successful African…
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1939
English footballer (died 2022)
George Reginald Cohen was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Fulham and won the 1966 FIFA World Cup with England. He is a member of the English…
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1939
American actor and singer (died 2025)
David Anthony Roberts was an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Woody Allen, having acted in six of his films, most notably Annie Hall (1977).
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1939
1941
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Robert Gaston Fuller was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance" and his cover of the Crickets' "I Fought the Law," recorded with his group the Bobby Fuller Four.
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1942
American actress and singer (died 2013)
Annette Joanne Funicello was an American actress and singer. She began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. In her teenage years, Funicello…
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1942
Puerto Rican wrestler (died 2019)
Pedro Antonio Morales was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).
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1942
American-Canadian wrestler and coach (died 2007)
Allen James Coage was an American judoka and professional wrestler. He won medals for the United States at several international judo competitions, including the heavyweight bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and…
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1943
American actress (died 2015)
Catherine Elizabeth Coulson was an American stage and screen actress who worked behind the scenes on various studio features, magazine shows and independent films as well as acting in theater and film since the age of…
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1943
Dutch director, producer, and cinematographer
Jan de Bont is a Dutch retired film director, producer, and a former cinematographer.
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1943
French actress and singer
Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, known professionally as Catherine Deneuve, is a French actress. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of the greatest…
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1943
Zanzibari politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Zanzibar (died 2021)
Seif Sharif Hamad was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo.
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1943
Canadian actor and game show host
Yvan Ponton is a Canadian actor, commentator and television host. Ponton has had a lengthy acting career which includes roles in a variety of major French-Canadian television shows and movies. He is most well known to…
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1945
English long jumper
Sheila Hilary Sherwood née Parkin is a former international long jumper who won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. She competed in…
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1945
Barbadian-English horse trainer
Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British Thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing.
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1945
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
Leslie Abel West was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the co-founder, guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Mountain. West was named the 245th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling…
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1945
Canadian educator and politician
Claude Charron is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He became Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the youngest Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
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1946
Zambian footballer (died 1993)
Godfrey Chitalu, nicknamed Ucar, was a Zambian footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as the greatest Zambian player of all time as he holds his national team's goalscoring record and was voted…
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1946
Indian-American physician and author
Deepak Chopra is an American author, New Age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in…
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1946
South African mezzo-soprano (died 2012)
Frances Elizabeth Connell was a South African-born operatic mezzo-soprano, and later soprano, whose career took place mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.
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1946
English journalist
Kelvin Calder MacKenzie is an English media executive and a former newspaper editor. He became editor of The Sun in 1981, by which time the publication had been established as Britain's largest-circulation newspaper.…
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1946
Ecuadorian politician
Jaime José Nebot Saadi is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. He formerly served as mayor of Guayaquil, which is Ecuador's
largest city. He is affiliated with the Christian Social Party (PSC) and the Madera de Guerrero…
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1946
Canadian lawyer and politician
Raymond Bachand is a former politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party…
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1947
American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
Haley Reeves Barbour is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as chairman of the…
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1947
Indian poet (died 2011)
Adam Gondvi was an Indian poet from Atta Paraspur, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. He wrote Poetry in Hindi, highlighting the plight of marginalized castes, Dalits, impoverished people. He was born in a poor farmer family that…
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1947
English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 2021)
Michael Hendrick was an English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty-two One Day Internationals for England from 1973 to 1981. He played for Derbyshire from 1969 to 1981, and for Nottinghamshire from 1982 to…
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1948
American author
Debbie Macomber is an American author of romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Six of her novels have become made-for-TV movies and her Cedar Cove series of novels was adapted into a television series of the…
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1948
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1990)
Steven John Bator, known professionally as Stiv Bator and later as Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Youngstown, Ohio. He is best remembered for his bands Dead Boys and the Lords of the…
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1949
Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment (died 2015)
Vasilios Magginas was a Greek politician, member of the Greek Parliament for the New Democracy for the Aetolia-Acarnania constituency and government minister.
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1949
German flute player, composer, and conductor
Manfred Trojahn is a German composer, flutist, conductor, writer and academic teacher.
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1949
French footballer and manager
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger is a French former football manager and player who has been serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development since 2019. Nicknamed "Le Professeur", he is widely regarded as one of the…
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1949
Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana
Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar is a Guyanese politician who was President of Guyana from 2011 to 2015. He was also the General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) from 1997 to 2013.
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1950
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Julie Ethel Dash is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, author, and website producer. Dash received her MFA in 1985 at the UCLA Film School and is one of the graduates and filmmakers known as the…
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1952
American actor and producer
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of all time, such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their sequels.
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1952
Mexican politician
René Arce Islas is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PVEM. He served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the Federal District and as Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures,…
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1953
English author and educator (died 2014)
Graham William Joyce was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award, the World Fantasy Award, and six times the British Fantasy Award for both his novels…
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1954
1955
Argentine photographer (died 2003)
Alejandro Kuropatwa was an Argentine photographer. Born in Buenos Aires to a family of Jewish immigrants, in his youth he studied photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology between 1979 and 1982. He then went…
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1956
1957
Argentine musician
Daniel Melingo is an Argentine musician, with a background in rock. He later became a tango artist and toured with his band Los Ramones del Tango.
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1957
American drummer
Robert John Blotzer is an American musician best known as the drummer for metal band Ratt. He attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California along with his future Ratt bandmate Juan Croucier.
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1958
Finnish journalist and author (died 2005)
Arto Salminen was a Finnish writer known for his social commentary.
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1959
American composer and songwriter
Marc Shaiman is an American composer and lyricist for films, television, and theatre, widely known for his collaborations with lyricist and director Scott Wittman, actor Billy Crystal, entertainer Bette Midler, and…
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1959
American bass player
Darryl Aaron Jenifer is an American musician and music producer, widely known as the bassist for the hardcore punk band Bad Brains and for the rap-rock group The White Mandingos. He appeared in TV's Illest Minority…
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1960
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Christopher Kirkwood is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band.
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1960
American tennis player
Barbara Potter is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the WTA Tour between 1978 and 1989, winning six singles titles and 19 doubles titles. Her highest singles ranking was No. 7…
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1961
American actor and comedian
Robert John Odenkirk is an American actor, screenwriter, comedian, and producer. His accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Critics' Choice Television Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to…
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1962
American figure skater
Brian Anthony Boitano is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985–1988 U.S. National Champion.
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1963
1964
Croatian basketball player (died 1993)
Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before…
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1964
1964
Venezuelan chef
Sumito Estévez Singh is a Venezuelan chef, writer, entrepreneur, educator and television personality.
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1965
Italian actress
Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and filmmaker. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee, and Hot Shots! (1991). She has won David di Donatello, Nastro d'Argento,…
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1965
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Wesley Stace is an English folk/pop singer-songwriter and author who has used the stage name John Wesley Harding. Under his legal name, he has written four novels. He is also an occasional university teacher and the…
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1965
Scottish comedian, journalist, and author
Alison Louise Kennedy is a Scottish writer, academic and stand-up comedian. She writes novels, short stories and non-fiction, and is known for her dark tone and her blending of realism and fantasy. She contributes…
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1965
American football player and coach
Otis Smith III is an American football coach and former player professionally as a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL).
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1965
Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Piotr Paweł Wiwczarek, also known as Peter, is a Polish musician who is the vocalist and lead guitarist for the death metal band Vader, as the only constant member of the band since its inception. He has also…
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1965
Russian-Japanese boxer
Yuri Yakovlevich Arbachakov is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 1997. He held the WBC flyweight title from 1992 to 1997.
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1966
New York City-born Puerto Rican Salsa romántica singer
Ismael Ruiz Hernández, better known as Maelo Ruiz, is a New York City-born Puerto Rican Salsa singer identified within the Salsa romántica genre.
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1966
Italian composer and conductor
Salvatore Di Vittorio is an Italian composer and conductor. He is the music director and conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of New York.
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1967
Baroness King of Bow, British business executive and politician
Oona Tamsyn King, Baroness King of Bow, is a British business executive and former Labour Party politician. She was a Labour Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow from 1997 until 2005; and a member of the House…
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1967
Austrian skier (died 1994)
Ulrike Maier was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria, a two-time World Champion in super-G. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics.
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1967
Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Ned Arnel Holness known professionally as Carlos Mencía, is a Honduran-American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race relations, Latin American culture,…
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1967
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
Ronald Frederick Bradley Tugnutt is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Tugnutt played several seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Quebec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers, Mighty Ducks of…
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1967
American lawyer and political consultant
Stephanie Cutter is an American communications and political consultant. She was an advisor to President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris. She previously…
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1968
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Shelby Lynn Moorer, known professionally as Shelby Lynne, is an American singer and songwriter and the older sister of singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. The success of her pop rock album I Am Shelby Lynne (1999) led to…
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1968
Canadian ice hockey player
Stéphane Yvon Quintal is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons. He served as senior vice president of player safety for the NHL from 2014 to 2016.…
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1968
1968
Venezuelan politician
Julio Andrés Borges Junyent is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer. In the late 1990s, Borges hosted a TV court show called "Justicia Para Todos" on Radio Caracas Televisión. He later co-founded the party Primero…
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1969
Dominican baseball player
Héctor Pacheco Carrasco is a Dominican former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore…
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1969
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Adam Spiegel, known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television.
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1969
Belgian singer-songwriter
Helmut Lotti, is a Belgian tenor and singer-songwriter. Lotti performs in several styles and languages. Once an Elvis impersonator, he has sung African and Latino and Jewish music hit records, and he crossed over into…
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1969
Spanish musician and actor
Jorge Malla Valle, better known as Coque Malla, is a Spanish musician and actor, frontman of the group Los Ronaldos. His mother was the actress Amparo Valle, who died on 29 September 2016.
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1969
Dutch footballer and manager
Winston Lloyd Bogarde is a Dutch retired professional footballer. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a centre-back although he could occasionally play as left-back.
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1970
Argentine politician and economist, President of Argentina
Javier Gerardo Milei is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as the 52nd president of Argentina since 2023. Milei also served as a national deputy representing the City of Buenos Aires for the party La…
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1970
South African tennis player
Amanda Coetzer is a South African former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, achieved in November 1997. Coetzer won nine WTA Tour titles in singles and…
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1971
Hungarian basketball player
Dávid Kornél is a Hungarian former professional basketball player. He is yet the only Hungarian who played in the NBA.
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1971
Spanish runner
José Manuel Martínez Fernández, known as Chema Martínez, is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno.
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1971
American filmmaker
Jennifer Michelle Lee is an American filmmaker and playwright. She served as the chief creative officer (CCO) of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, before stepping down to return to full-time filmmaking.…
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1971
English-American actress
Saffron Burrows is a British actress who has appeared in films such as Circle of Friends, Wing Commander, Deep Blue Sea, Gangster No. 1, Enigma, Troy, Reign Over Me, and The Bank Job. On the small screen she starred as…
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1972
American wrestler
Accie Julius Connor, better known by his ring name D'Lo Brown, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to TNA Wrestling, where he works as a producer. He is best known for his time with WWE. Brown is also…
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1973
Spanish footballer and manager
Andrés Palop Cervera is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1973
Japanese baseball player
Ichiro Suzuki, also known mononymously as Ichiro , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played for 28 seasons. He played the first nine years of his career with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon…
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1973
Dutch swimmer
Mark Richard van der Zijden is a Dutch freestyle and medley swimmer, who swam in the qualifying heats of the bronze winning 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Four years…
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1973
American singer-songwriter
Tim Kinsella is an American musician, author, and film director from Chicago, Illinois. Known for his eccentric singing voice, he first rose to prominence as lead singer and lyricist of the emo band Cap'n Jazz which he…
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1974
Slovak ice hockey player
Miroslav Šatan is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger, who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), five in the Tipos Extraliga, and three in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Šatan was…
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1974
Argentinian footballer and manager
Martín Cardetti is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. He played professional club football in Argentina, Spain, France, Mexico, Uruguay and Colombia.
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1975
American actor
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is an American actor. From 2009 to 2020, he portrayed Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom Modern Family, for which he earned five consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding…
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1975
Spanish footballer
Miguel Ángel "Míchel" Salgado Fernández is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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1975
Australian race walker
Luke Kendall Adams is a male race walker from Australia, who was born in Tanzania. His parents worked as medical missionaries. He is a three-time Olympian for Australia. On 23 June 2000, he was awarded the Australian…
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1976
Zambian footballer (died 2007)
Chaswe Ronald Nsofwa was a Zambian international footballer who played as a striker. He died during a training match in Be'er Sheva, Israel.
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1978
Pakistani-English cricketer
Owais Alam Shah is a former England cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex from 1995 to 2010 and Essex from 2011 to 2013 before announcing his retirement from first-class cricket. He played Twenty20…
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1978
American basketball player and coach
Jannero Pargo is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Neosho…
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1979
Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer
Niall Breslin, known as Bressie, is an Irish musician, former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter with pop band The Blizzards, as a…
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1980
Australian rugby league player
Luke O'Donnell is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he previously…
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1980
American actor and producer
Michael Aaron Fishman is an American actor, writer, and producer known for playing D.J. Conner on the long-running series Roseanne and its spin-off show The Conners.
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1981
Dominican baseball player
Robinson José Canó Mercedes is a Dominican-American professional baseball second baseman for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League; he also captains the Estrellas Orientales of the Dominican Professional…
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1982
American football player
Earl Heath Miller Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons from 2005 to 2015. Miller played college…
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1982
American baseball player
Darren Christopher O'Day is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, New York…
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1982
Australian cyclist
Mark Renshaw is a retired Australian racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Française des Jeux, Crédit Agricole, HTC–Highroad, Belkin Pro Cycling, Etixx–Quick-Step and Team Dimension Data…
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1982
1983
1983
Australian basketball player
Aleksandar "Aleks" Marić is an Australian-Serbian former professional basketball player. Marić gained a reputation as a winner over the course of his successful European career, securing contracts with several…
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1984
Finnish ice hockey player
Antti Sakari Pihlström is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing with HPK of the Finnish Liiga.
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1984
South Korean-American musician
Kim Jung-seung, better known by his stage name Chancellor (챈슬러), is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Seoul, his family immigrated to the United States in his youth where he lived until…
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1986
American actor
Kyle Steven Gallner is an American actor. He began acting in 2000, earning recognition for playing Bart Allen in the superhero series Smallville (2004–2009), Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas in the mystery drama series…
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1986
1986
Romanian footballer
Ștefan Daniel Radu is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a left-back or a centre-back and spent the majority of his professional career with Lazio.
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1986
Ethiopian runner
Erba Tiki Gelana is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 remained the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 to 2017. She won the 2011 Amsterdam…
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1987
Lithuanian singer-songwriter
Donatas Montvydas, also known by his stage name Donny Montell, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter who represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He represented Lithuania for a…
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1987
South Korean actress
Park Ha-sun is a South Korean actress and entertainer. She made her debut in 2005 with the TV series Love Needs a Miracle. Park rose to fame for her portrayal of Queen Inhyeon in MBC's 2010 historical drama Dong Yi, and…
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1987
English diver
Sarah Barrow is a British retired diver who competed in several LEN European Aquatics Championships and Commonwealth Games, where she won multiple medals.
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1988
Indian actress
Parineeti Chopra is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Chopra is a recipient of several accolades, including a Filmfare and a National Film Award. Chopra has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100…
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1988
American actor
Corey Antonio Hawkins is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the TV series The Walking Dead (2015–2016), as well as his portrayal of Dr. Dre in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, the latter of…
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1988
1989
American football player
Muhammad Hassan "Mo" Wilkerson is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Temple Owls, and was selected by the…
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1989
American actor
Jonathan William Lipnicki is an American actor who is known for his roles as a child actor. He has appeared in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002), The Little Vampire…
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1990
Canadian ice hockey player
David Savard is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the fourth round, 94th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2009 NHL entry draft. Savard also played for the Tampa Bay…
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1990
American actress
Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva is an American actress. Notable roles include portraying the children's book character Eloise in Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime, Ariel DuBois in the TV series Medium, and…
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1992
Greek footballer
Charalampos "Babis" Lykogiannis, also known as Lykos, is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Bologna and the Greece national team.
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1993
American baseball player
Corbin Brian Burnes is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles.
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1994
1996
Norwegian ski runner
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL. He holds multiple records, among them for being the youngest skier in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski,…
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1996
German politician
Jan Tobias Köstering is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since March 2025.
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1997
American rapper
Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr., known professionally as Roddy Ricch, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Compton, California, Moore rose to fame in 2018 following the release of his song "Die Young" — which marked his…
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1998
Dominican baseball player
Geraldo Rafael Perdomo is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021. He was named to his first MLB All-Star Game in 2023 and…
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1999
2000
American football player
Brian Amani Branch is an American professional football safety for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was an All-American and a…
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2001
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