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Floyd Cramer was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "whole-step" attacks
Famous Birthdays on October 27
243 people
892 – 1999
October 27 has seen 243 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 892 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1933 — Floyd Cramer
American singer and pianist (died 1997)
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As a studio musician, he became one of a cadre of elite players dubbed the Nashville A-Team and he performed on scores of hit records.
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His signature playing style was a cornerstone of the pop-oriented "Nashville sound" of the 1950s and 1960s
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His sound became popular to the degree that he stepped out of his role as a sideman and began touring as a solo act
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In 1960, his piano instrumental solo, "Last Date" went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart and sold over one million copies
Chinese emperor (died 908)
Emperor Ai of Tang, also known as Emperor Zhaoxuan of Tang (唐昭宣帝), born Li Zuo, later known as Li Chu, was the last emperor of the Tang dynasty of China. He reigned—as a puppet ruler—from 904 to 907. Emperor Ai was the…
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892
921
Count of Toulouse (died 1222)
Raymond VI was Count of Toulouse and Marquis of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also Count of Melgueil from 1173 to 1190. Raymond's conflicts with Pope Innocent III over his tolerance of the Cathars led into his…
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1156
Taejo, personal name Yi Sŏnggye, later changed to Yi Tan, was the founder and first monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After overthrowing the Goryeo dynasty, he ascended to the throne in 1392 and abdicated six…
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1335
Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England and was the mother of King Henry VI. Catherine's…
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1401
English writer, patroness and translator (died 1621)
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke was among the first Englishwomen to gain notice for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her brother Philip Sidney and with Edmund Spenser and…
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1561
French princess (died 1578)
Marie Elisabeth of France was a French princess and member of the House of Valois. She was the only child of King Charles IX of France and Elisabeth of Austria.
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1572
Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, (died 1691)
Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg, was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin.
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1615
Russian admiral (died 1728)
Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin was one of the first Russian admirals, governed Estonia and Karelia from 1712 to 1723, was made general admiral (1708), presided over the Russian Admiralty from 1717 to 1728 and…
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1661
German violinist and composer (died 1771)
Johann Gottlieb Graun was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist, born in Wahrenbrück. His brother Carl Heinrich was a singer and also a composer, and is the better known of the two.
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1703
English painter and academic (died 1819)
Mary Moser was an English painter who was one of the most celebrated female artists in 18th-century Britain. One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, Moser painted portraits but is…
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1744
Prussian field marshal (died 1831)
August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation.
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1760
English soprano (died 1817)
Anna Selina Storace, known professionally as Nancy Storace, was an English operatic soprano. The role of Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro was written for and first performed by her.
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1765
Italian violinist and composer (died 1840)
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1…
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1782
American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st Mayor of San Antonio (died 1890)
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín was a Spanish-Tejano political and military figure of the Texas Revolution who helped to establish the independence of Texas, and also fought against those same soldiers, serving under Santa Anna…
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1806
American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan (died 1843)
Stevens Thomson Mason was an American politician who served as the first governor of Michigan from 1835 to 1840. Coming to political prominence at an early age, Mason was appointed his territory's acting territorial…
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1811
American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (died 1875)
Isaac Merritt Singer was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national…
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1811
American religious leader and politician, 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City (died 1891)
Daniel Hanmer Wells was an American religious leader and politician. He was an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the 3rd mayor of Salt Lake City.
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1814
American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1915)
John Davis Long was an American lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was the 32nd governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1880 to 1883. He later served as the Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902, a…
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1838
Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1928)
Giovanni Giolitti was an Italian statesman who was the prime minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. He is the longest-serving democratically elected prime minister in Italian history, and the second-longest…
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1842
Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
Klas Pontus Arnoldson was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 with Fredrik Bajer. He was a founding member of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration…
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1844
Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade (died 1914)
Sir William Alexander Smith, the founder of the Boys' Brigade, was born in Pennyland House, Thurso, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Major David Smith and his wife Harriet. He had one sister and two brothers.
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1854
Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (died 1935)
Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton.
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1858
Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936)
Viscount Saitō Makoto was a Japanese admiral and politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1932 to 1934. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose…
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1858
American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt was vice president for six months under William McKinley and became president after McKinley's assassination in 1901. He…
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1858
English painter and academic (died 1958)
Charles Spencelayh was an English genre painter and portraitist in the Academic style.
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1865
Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (died 1928)
William Neal Gillies was an Australian Labor politician in Queensland who served as premier of Queensland from February to October 1925.
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1868
1877
English cricketer and umpire (died 1943)
George Joseph Thompson was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both its days as a minor county and its earliest years in the County Championship.
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1877
Japanese admiral (died 1944)
Admiral Shirō Takasu was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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1884
Swedish painter (died 1948)
Sigrid Maria Hjertén was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist for…
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1885
Japanese general (died 1974)
Toshinari Shōji was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific campaign in World War II.
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1890
Swedish actress (died 1984)
Agda Helin was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1912 and 1968.
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1894
English-Welsh general (died 1978)
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars. He commanded XXX Corps in North Africa and Sicily,…
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1894
German sailor and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)
Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel was a German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal. As General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (Arbeitseinsatz) from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War, he…
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1894
Chinese writer, educator, and politician (died 1988)
Ye Shengtao also known as Ye Shaojun, was a Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician. He was a founder of the Association for Literary Studies (文學研究會), the first literature association during the…
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1894
1904
Belarusian-American painter and sculptor (died 1992)
Peter Blume was an American painter and sculptor. His work contained elements of folk art, Precisionism, Parisian Purism, Cubism, and Surrealism.
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1906
American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1975)
Earle Cabell was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of…
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1906
Japanese dancer and educator (died 2010)
Kazuo Ohno was a Japanese dancer who became a guru and inspirational figure in the dance form known as Butoh. He is the author of several books on Butoh, including The Palace Soars through the Sky, Dessin, Words of…
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1906
American painter (died 1984)
Lenore "Lee" Krasner was an American painter and visual artist active primarily in New York whose work has been associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement.
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1908
Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1963)
John Elmer Carson, known as Jack Carson, was a Canadian-born American film actor. Carson often played the role of comedic friend in films of the 1940s and 1950s, including The Strawberry Blonde (1941) with James Cagney…
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1910
American chemical engineer (died 2000)
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau was an American chemical engineer who contributed to the first commercial penicillin production plant. She was instrumental in the development of high-octane aviation fuel and was a pioneer…
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1910
American actor (died 1986)
Leif Erickson was an American stage, film, and television actor.
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1911
American anthropologist, historian, and author (died 2016)
Joseph Medicine Crow was a Native American writer, historian and war chief of the Crow Tribe. His writings on Native American history and reservation culture are considered seminal works, but he is best known for his…
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1913
Italian race car driver (died 1971)
Luigi Piotti was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in nine Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on January 22, 1956. He scored no championship points.
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1913
Turkish wrestler (died 1979)
Ahmet Kireççi, also known as Ahmet Mersinli, was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1936 Olympics and the gold…
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1914
Welsh poet and playwright (died 1953)
Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood. He also…
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1914
Canadian-French production manager and producer (died 1994)
Herschel "Harry" Saltzman was a Canadian theatre and film producer. He is best remembered for co-producing the first nine of the James Bond film series with Albert R. Broccoli. Apart from a ten-year stint living in St.…
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1915
English bishop (died 2007)
Bishop Augustine Harris was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Middlesbrough and former Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool.
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1917
South African lawyer and politician (died 1993)
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.
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1917
1918
American actress and singer (died 2005)
Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in…
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1918
American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
Nanette Fabray was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical-theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s, acclaimed for her role in High Button…
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1920
Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India (died 2005)
Kocheril Raman Narayanan was an Indian diplomat, academician, and statesman who served as the president of India from 1997 to 2002 and vice president of India from 1992 to 1997.
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1920
Danish actor and singer (died 1998)
Poul Arne Bundgaard was a Danish actor and singer. He is probably best known for his role as the henpecked Kjeld in the Olsen-banden films.
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1922
1922
1922
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2014)
Ralph McPherran Kiner was an American professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) and later a broadcaster. Kiner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Indians from 1946…
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1922
American painter and sculptor (died 1997)
Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements, and mass-produced imagery. Lichtenstein's…
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1923
American actor (died 2013)
Edward "Ned" Wertimer was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Ralph Hart, the doorman on the sitcom The Jeffersons.
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1923
American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Mary Joan Okum, known by her performing name Bonnie Lou, was an American musical pioneer, recognized as one of the first female rock and roll singers. She is also one of the first artists to gain crossover success from…
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1924
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)
Warren Minor Christopher was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, and United States Navy officer who served as the 63rd United States secretary of state from 1993 to 1997.
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1925
American actress and singer (died 2013)
Jane Sperry Connell was an American actress and singer.
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1925
1925
English radio host and producer (died 2018)
Monica Louie Sims was a British BBC Radio producer who became Head of Children's Programmes, BBC Television, and then Controller of BBC Radio 4. She was also a vice-president of the British Board of Film…
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1925
Russian painter (died 2010)
Boris Alexandrovitch Chetkov was a Russian painter and glass artist whose works ranged across genres but can be loosely aligned with Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism and Figurative Expressionism. His theories on…
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1926
French Resistance fighter (died 1943)
Henri Claude Fertet was a French schoolboy and resistance fighter who was executed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded several national honours. He is known for the letter he…
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1926
American businessman and diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (died 1993)
Harry Robbins "Bob" Haldeman was an American political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal.
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1926
Japanese author and translator (died 2010)
Takumi Shibano was a Japanese science-fiction translator and author. He was a major figure in fandom in Japan and contributed to establishing the Japanese science fiction genre.
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1926
American composer and educator (died 2019)
Dominick Argento was an American composer best known for his operatic and choral music. His compositions include the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. His…
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1927
Canadian singer-songwriter and poet
Gilles Vigneault is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and…
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1928
American actress (died 2016)
Myra Carter was an American stage, screen and television actress.
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1929
American football player (died 1982)
William J. George was an American professional football linebacker who played for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL).
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1929
English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston, was a British Army officer. He served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff from 1981 to 1982, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1996 to 2004.
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1929
English cartoonist (died 2017)
Joseph Leo Baxendale was an English cartoonist and publisher. Baxendale wrote and drew several titles. Among his best-known creations are the Beano strips Little Plum, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, and The…
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1930
English historian and academic
Barry Emanuel Supple, CBE, FBA, is Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge, and a former director of the Leverhulme Trust. He is the father of theatre and opera director Tim Supple.
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1930
Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author (died 2021)
Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. She wrote numerous books on the subject of women in Islam, focusing on the concerns of women in the Global South pertaining to sexuality,…
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1931
Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Anatoliy Zayaev was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. Merited Coach of Ukraine.
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1931
French actor (died 2007)
Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor and dancer. A popular star of French cinema, he was initially known for his comedy film appearances, though he also proved a gifted dramatic actor, and accrued over 200 film and…
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1932
Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2020)
Henry Gregg was a Northern Irish professional footballer and manager. A goalkeeper, he played for Manchester United during the reign of Sir Matt Busby, with a total of 247 appearances for the club. He was a survivor of…
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1932
American baseball player (died 2000)
Dolores Moore ["Dee"] was an infielder who played from 1953 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 153 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
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1932
American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1963)
Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar (1963), a…
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1932
Japanese author (died 2002)
Ryō Hanmura was a Japanese science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. His name is alternatively transliterated as Ryō Hammura. While he wrote books as Ryō Hanmura his real name was Heitarō Kiyono .
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1933
Greek actor, director, and screenwriter
Giorgos Konstadinou is a Greek actor, writer, and director. He is the son of actress Nitsa Filosofou. His career was boosted after the 'profiterole' scene in the movie Ktipokardia sto thranio and reached its pinnacle…
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1934
Brazilian journalist and cartoonist
Mauricio Araújo de Sousa, known artistically as Mauricio de Sousa or mononymously just as Mauricio, is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his popular series of children's…
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1935
Japanese-American banjo player and educator (died 2017)
Charlie Tagawa was a Japanese-born American musical entertainer and banjoist. In a music career spanning seven decades, he was regarded as one of the best contemporary four-string banjo players. He performed regularly…
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1935
American journalist and author (died 2021)
Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan was an American journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times in 1971, Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles revealed a secret United…
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1936
American audiologist (died 2024)
Alma Vivian Powell was an American audiologist and the wife of military and political figure Colin Powell, to whom she was married from August 25, 1962 until his death in 2021.
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1937
American actress and author (died 2023)
Mary Lamar Rickey, better known as Lara Parker, was an American actress and writer known for her role as the witch Angelique Bouchard Collins on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971.
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1938
English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a…
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1939
American scholar and academic (died 2007)
Suzy Covey (Shaw) was an American comics scholar, whose work examined intersections of comics, technology, and sound, including Internet studies and studies of the Comic Book Markup Language. In honor of her work with…
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1939
American country music singer-songwriter (died 2022)
Dallas Frazier was an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 1960s.
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1939
American Christian preacher (died 2025)
Arthur Owen Blessitt was an American traveling Christian preacher who was known for carrying a cross through every nation of the world.
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1940
American composer (died 1990)
Julius Eastman was an American composer. He was among the first composers to combine the processes of some minimalist music with other methods of extending and modifying his music as in some experimental music. He thus…
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1940
American mob boss (died 2002)
John Joseph Gotti Jr. was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the…
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1940
American author and academic
Maxine Hong Kingston is an American novelist. She is a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated in 1962 with a B.A. degree in English. Kingston has written three novels and…
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1940
American football player (died 2013)
David Joseph Costa was an American professional football defensive tackle. He played college football at the University of Utah and Northeastern Junior College, was selected to play in three college all-star games after…
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1941
Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
Warren Redman Ryan is an Australian former professional rugby league football coach and player. He is considered one of the most influential rugby league coaches of the 20th century. Ryan also played in the NSWRFL…
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1941
American race car driver (died 2013)
Richard Leroy Trickle was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA,…
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1941
American singer-songwriter
Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music singer. Active since 1962, he won a Grammy Award and he has charted 33 singles on the Hot Country Songs with seven singles reaching the number one. He has sold more than…
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1942
Polish journalist and politician
Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke, also known by his initials JKM or simply as Korwin, is a Polish far-right politician, paleolibertarian and author. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2018. He was the…
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1942
American actor and producer (died 2019)
Carmen Antimo Argenziano was an American actor who appeared in over 73 movies and around 100 television movies or episodes. He was best known for playing Jacob Carter on Stargate SG-1. He had recurring roles on Booker,…
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1943
American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
Jerry G. Rook was an American basketball player, best known for his success at Arkansas State University. He played one season for the New Orleans Buccaneers in the American Basketball Association (ABA).
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1943
American author and poet
Judith Ann Jance is an American author of mystery novels. She writes three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and former Los…
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1944
Norwegian bassist and composer
Arild Andersen is a Norwegian jazz musician bassist, known as the most famous Norwegian bass player in the international jazz scene.
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1945
Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party, Lula was also…
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1945
American actress (died 2004)
Caroline Louise Snodgress was an American actress. She is best remembered for her role in the film Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award as well as winning…
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1945
Danish dancer and choreographer
Peter Martins is a Danish former ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and…
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1946
American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2014)
Steven Ray Nagel, , was an American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. In total, he logged 723 hours in space. After NASA, he worked at the University of…
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1946
Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (died 2022)
Ivan Reitman was a Canadian film director and producer. He was known for his comedy films, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998.
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1946
American journalist (died 2024)
Terry Alan Anderson was an American journalist and combat veteran. He reported for the Associated Press. In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shia Hezbollah militants of the Islamic Jihad Organization in Lebanon and held…
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1947
New Zealand-Australian guitarist and songwriter
Kevin Nicholas Borich is a New Zealand-born Australian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a key member of the La De Da's, the founder and frontman of the Kevin Borich Express, and a founding member of the Party…
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1948
American bass player and record producer
Garry Wayne Tallent, sometimes billed as Garry W. Tallent, is an American musician and record producer, best known for being the bass player and
a founding member of the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen's primary…
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1949
English economist and academic
Michael John Driscoll is a British economist. He was Chair of the Coalition of Modern Universities in the UK and from 1996 to 2015 was Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University in London. In 2016, he was appointed…
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1950
American author
Frances Ann Lebowitz is an American author, public speaker, cultural critic, and actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her…
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1950
Slovak ice hockey player and coach
Július Šupler is a Slovak ice-hockey coach. Šupler has been coach of HC Dukla Trenčín and Riga 2000 and was the first coach of Slovakia national team.
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1950
English journalist, historian, and author
Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history. He has written more than 30 books of non-fiction and more than 20 works of…
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1950
English guitarist and songwriter
Kenneth Keith Downing Jr. is an English guitarist and a former member of the heavy metal band Judas Priest and current member of KK's Priest.
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1951
Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist, and academic
Carlos Silvestre Frenk is a Mexican-British cosmologist. He has been Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University since 2001 and was director of the university’s Institute for Computational Cosmology from…
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1951
American politician
Nancy Jacobs is a former Maryland State Senator representing District 34.
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1951
American model, actress, and sportscaster
Jayne Kennedy Overton is an American television personality, actress, model, corporate spokeswoman, producer, writer, public speaker, philanthropist, and sports broadcaster.
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1951
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
Roberto Remigio Benigni is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director. He gained international recognition for writing, directing, and starring in the Holocaust comedy drama film Life Is Beautiful…
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1952
American political scientist, economist, and author
Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama is an American political scientist, political economist, and international relations scholar. He is best known for his book The End of History and the Last Man (1992), which controversially…
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1952
Japanese footballer
Atsuyoshi Furuta is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
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1952
Finnish singer-songwriter (died 2011)
Pekka Erkki Juhani Tammilehto, better known by his stage name Topi Sorsakoski, was a Finnish singer. His father was Finnish tango singer Yrjö Johannes "Tapio" Tammilehto.
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1952
English actor
Peter Macintosh Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks ; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series…
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1953
American actor, director, and screenwriter
Robert Alphonse Picardo is an American actor. He is best known for playing The Doctor in the Star Trek franchise, starting on Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared as Richard Woolsey in the Stargate franchise, the Cowboy…
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1953
American illustrator
Jan Duursema is an American comics artist known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise. She is the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos.
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1954
American artist and musician (died 2012)
Michael Kelley was an American artist whose work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance, photography, sound and video. He also worked on curatorial projects; collaborated…
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1954
English cricketer and biologist
Christopher James Tavaré is a retired English international cricketer who played in 31 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1989. His style of play was characterised by long periods at the crease…
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1954
American lawyer and politician, 31st Secretary of State of California
Debra Lynn Bowen is a former American attorney and politician who served as the Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015. Previously, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1992 to 2006. In…
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1955
American golfer
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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1956
Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player
Charalambos (Babis) Tsertos is a Greek musician. His sister is the singer Nadia Karagianni and his father was also a musician who played the mandolin. At the age of 17, he settled permanently in Athens and in 1974, he…
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1956
English footballer and manager
Glenn Hoddle is an English former football player and manager. He works as a television pundit and commentator for ITV Sport and TNT Sports.
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1957
American actor, director, and producer
Peter Marc Jacobson is an American television writer, director, producer, and actor. He is best known as the executive producer of the popular sitcom The Nanny, which he created and produced with his then-wife, Fran…
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1957
1958
American pianist and composer
David Perry Hazeltine is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator.
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1958
English singer-songwriter
Simon John Charles Le Bon is an English singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia. Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the…
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1958
South African political cartoonist who uses the pseudonym Zapiro
Jonathan Shapiro, known professionally as Zapiro, is a South African political cartoonist whose work has appeared in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally. He is the nephew of…
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1958
American cellist and composer (died 2009)
Felix Wurman was an American cellist and composer.
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1958
American football player (died 2024)
Larry Donnell Thompson was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Thompson played college football for the North…
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1958
American basketball player and coach
Rick Preston Carlisle is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously served as head coach of the Detroit…
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1959
1960
1963
American model and actress
Marla Ann Maples is an American singer, television personality, model, actress and presenter. She was the second wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. They married two months after the…
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1963
Scottish runner
Thomas McKean is a Scottish former middle-distance runner representing Great Britain and Scotland internationally. He was European champion over the 800 metres in 1990, and a world (1993) and European (1990) indoor…
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1963
American swimmer
Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is an American former competition swimmer, who swam for U.California Berkeley, a three-time 1984 Olympic champion, and a world record-holder. In 1981 she bettered her own existing world…
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1964
Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Mark Anthony Taylor is a former Australian cricketer and current Nine Network commentator. He was the captain of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
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1964
1964
Indian television and film actor
Mohan Kapur is an Indian actor, television host, and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi films and television. He is best known for his role as Yusuf Khan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) projects Ms.…
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1965
American author and educator
Steve Almond is an American short-story writer, essayist, and author of fifteen books, four of which are self-published.
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1966
English accountant and politician
Christopher Laurie Malthouse is a British Conservative Party politician and businessman who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Hampshire since 2015. He served as Secretary of State for Education from…
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1966
Norwegian lawyer and politician (died 2007)
Hege Nerland was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
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1966
1966
Italian mountaineer and pilot
Simone Moro is an Italian mountaineer and alpinist who is known for making first winter ascents of four of the fourteen eight-thousanders, which were: Shishapangma in 2005, Makalu in 2009, Gasherbrum II in 2011, and…
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1967
Montenegrin footballer and manager
Dejan Raičković is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.
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1967
American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Scott Richard Weiland was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2013, recording six albums with them.…
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1967
Swiss author and illustrator
Alain Auderset is a Swiss Christian author of bandes dessinées and is best known for his comics albums Willy Grunch, Marcel, and ROBI.
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1968
1968
English footballer and manager
Vincent Samways is an English former professional footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder from 1986 until 2006.
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1968
Polish jazz guitarist and composer
Marek Napiórkowski is a Polish jazz guitarist and composer.
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1969
German footballer
Michael Tarnat is a German former professional footballer, currently employed by Bayern Munich as the leader of the U12–U16 youth teams. A left-footed full-back, he was also employed as a left wingback and occasionally…
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1969
1970
Zambian boxer (died 1997)
Felix Bwalya was a Zambian boxer who won a gold medal at the 1991 All-Africa Games and competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. As a professional, he became African champion and went 12–1 on his way to…
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1970
Swedish drummer
Adrian Paul Erlandsson is a Swedish heavy metal drummer who is a member of At the Gates (1990–present), The Haunted, and Nemhain (2006–present).
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1970
English author
Jonathan Anthony Stroud is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. His books have received note for their satire, and use of magic to…
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1970
1970
Italian footballer
Stefano Guidoni is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.
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1971
Peruvian footballer
Jorge Antonio Soto Gómez is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Sporting Cristal.
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1971
Greek footballer and politician
Theodoros Zagorakis is a Greek politician and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of the Greece team that won UEFA Euro 2004, and was also captain and later president of PAOK.…
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1971
1972
1972
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Evan Coyne Maloney, is an inactive American documentary filmmaker, the editor of the now defunct website Brain Terminal and a video blogger. A New York Sun profile in 2005 said that Maloney "may very well be America's…
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1972
Mozambican runner and coach
Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a retired Mozambican female track and field who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. She is a…
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1972
American baseball player
Brad William Radke is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-season career with the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Radke won 148 career games and was one of the most…
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1972
American baseball player
Jason Michael Johnson is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He throws and bats right-handed.
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1973
Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
Sem "Semmy" Schilt is a Dutch actor and former kickboxer, karateka and mixed martial artist. Schilt holds the distinction of being the only kickboxer to have won 5 major heavyweight tournaments, being a four-time K-1…
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1973
Montenegrin basketball player
Predrag "Peđa" Drobnjak is a Montenegrin professional basketball scout and former player. At 2.11 m, he played at the power forward and center positions. Throughout his nineteen-year career, Drobnjak has spent three…
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1975
Italian rugby player and coach
Nicola Mazzucato is a former Italian rugby union footballer and the former coach of the SMRUFC. He played as a wing achieving over 40 caps for Italy, playing in 2 world cups and 4 trips to the 6 nations.
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1975
American mountaineer and engineer
Aron Lee Ralston is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, known for surviving a canyoneering accident in 2003 by cutting off part of his own right arm.
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1975
American professional wrestler
Robert Anthony Fish is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW). He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed on the NXT brand and was a member of The Undisputed…
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1976
Indian-American chef and author
Maneet Chauhan is an Indian American chef and television personality. Previously the executive chef of several notable restaurants in Chicago, Nashville, and New York, she is featured as a judge on Chopped on the Food…
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1976
Brazilian footballer
Wilson Raimundo Júnior, known as Wilson Júnior, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current head coach of São Bento.
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1976
Czech footballer
Jiří Jarošík is a Czech professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Kazakhstani club Shakhter Karagandy. In his playing career, he played as a defender and midfielder.
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1977
American actress
Sheeri Rappaport is an American actress. She is most famous for portraying lab technician Mandy Webster on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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1977
Sri Lankan cricketer
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain for Sri Lanka in all formats. Born in Matale, Central Province,…
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1977
Russian ice hockey player and scout
Sergei Viktorovich Samsonov is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward who is now a scout for the Carolina Hurricanes. He played in the NHL with six teams from 1997 to 2011, most notably for the Boston Bruins.…
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1978
Singaporean-English violinist and skier
Vanessa-Mae, also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a Singaporean-born British violinist and skier with Thai heritage from her father. Her album sales reached several million by 2006, making her the wealthiest…
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1978
Japanese footballer
Hiroyuki Yamamoto is a former Japanese footballer who played as a defender.
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1979
Japanese speed skater and cyclist
Sayuri Osuga is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 and in the 2004 Summer Games. Until 2006, she was a member of the professional…
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1980
Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Tanel Padar is an Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the Kaks takti ette, a biennial televised competition for…
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1980
Hungarian autistic savant artist and author
Henriett Seth F., also known as Seth F. Henriett, is a Hungarian autistic savant, poet, writer, musician, and artist.
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1980
Swedish singer and keyboard player
Lars Salem Al Fakir is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He regularly collaborates with Vincent Pontare as the songwriting and production duo Vargas and Lagola. Together, they have worked with…
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1981
1981
Turkish footballer
Volkan Demirel is a Turkish football coach, pundit and former international goalkeeper who is head coach at Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği. For many years, he was the starting goalkeeper of Fenerbahçe and the Turkey…
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1981
Canadian skier
Kristi Richards is a Canadian freestyle skier from Summerland, British Columbia. She participates in moguls.
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1981
American actor and producer
Patrick Raymond Fugit is an American actor. His breakout role was William Miller in the comedy-drama film Almost Famous (2000), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
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1982
1982
American baseball player
Brent Aaron Clevlen is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played parts of four major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves.
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1983
Venezuelan baseball player
Martín Manuel Prado Torcate is a Venezuelan former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and Miami Marlins. During…
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1983
Chinese basketball player
Yi Jianlian, nicknamed "the Chairman" is a Chinese former professional basketball player who last played for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also played in the National…
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1984
Greek footballer
Kostas Kapetanos is a Greek former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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1984
English television personality
Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne is an English television personality, singer, actress, and fashion designer. She came to prominence while appearing on the reality show The Osbournes (2002–2005) with her family, which won a…
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1984
American football player
Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where…
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1984
Danish-Canadian actress
Emilie Ullerup is a Danish actress. She is best known for playing Ashley Magnus on the television series Sanctuary and Bree O'Brien on the Hallmark Channel drama series Chesapeake Shores.
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1984
Estonian biathlete
Sirli Hanni is a retired Estonian biathlete. She finished 18th in the 4×6 km relay and 84th in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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1985
American investor and philanthropist
Alexander Soros is an American investor and philanthropist. One of the five children of billionaire George Soros, he chairs the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundations and sits on the investment committee for…
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1985
American ice hockey player
Chris Butler is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames and hometown club, St. Louis Blues. Butler was a fourth round…
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1986
1986
American actress
Christine Evangelista is an American actress. She is best known for her supporting role as Sherry in the AMC zombie apocalypse horror television series The Walking Dead, along with her later reprising her role in the…
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1986
American basketball player
Crystal Allison Langhorne is an American former basketball player of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for the University of Maryland Terrapins. In 2008 she was drafted by the Washington…
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1986
1986
South African-English footballer
Matthew Joseph Pattison is a South African former soccer player. He earned five international caps for South Africa between 2010 and 2014.
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1986
Australian cricketer
David Andrew Warner is an Australian former international cricketer, captain of Big Bash League team Sydney Thunder and captain of Pakistan Super League team Karachi Kings. A left-handed opening batter, Warner was the…
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1986
American basketball player
Louis Tyrone Williams is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted directly out of high school by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 45th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. He is a 3-time NBA Sixth…
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1986
Japanese singer
Thelma Aoyama is a Japanese pop and R&B singer. She is part Afro-Trinidadian and Japanese.
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1987
Swedish decathlete and heptathlete
Björn Barrefors is a Swedish decathlete and heptathlete. He attended and competed for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. Barrefors was a four time first team NCAA All-America athlete, gaining the…
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1987
American basketball player
Andrew Bynum is an American former professional basketball player. He played the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After they selected him in the first…
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1987
French-German rugby player
Guillaume Franke is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 and the German national rugby union team. He is the brother of Matthieu Franke, who has also played for Germany.
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1987
American archer
Brady Ellison is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned…
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1988
Bulgarian footballer
Viktor Viktorov Genev is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Rilski Sportist Samokov.
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1988
Estonian ski jumper
Illimar Pärn is an Estonian ski jumper. Pärn made his individual World Cup debut in Kuopio 2010. In 2005 he was a part of the Estonian World Cup team in Lahti.
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1988
American basketball player
Evan Turner is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was most recently an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted second overall by…
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1988
American football player
Mark Barron is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was twice recognized as an…
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1989
American-Belarusian basketball player
Alexandria Marie Bentley is an American professional basketball player. She played college basketball at Pennsylvania State University. She represents the Belarus national team internationally.
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1990
Greek footballer
Dimitris Gourtsas is a Greek footballer and manager. He currently plays for Serres FCA club Nigrita 2018.
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1990
Indonesian footballer
Oktovianus Maniani is an Indonesian football manager and former footballer who plays as a winger. He's currently the manager of Bumi Baliem. Popularly known simply as "Okto" or "Oman" he gained nationwide popularity in…
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1990
Japanese footballer
Shohei Takahashi is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre-back for J3 League club Matsumoto Yamaga.
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1991
Italian footballer
Stephan Kareem El Shaarawy is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team. He is nicknamed Il Faraone, as his father is Egyptian.
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1992
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Emily Hagins is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker.
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1992
American ice hockey player
Brandon Saad is an American professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1992
Australian cricketer
Daniel Richard Sams is an Australian international cricketer. Nicknamed "the Karate Kid", he made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in December 2020.
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1992
American actor
Troy Gentile is an American actor best known for his roles as Mark in Hotel for Dogs (2009) and Barry Goldberg on the comedy series The Goldbergs (2013–2023), and for playing young versions of Jack Black‘s characters in…
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1993
Filipino basketball player
Kiefer Isaac Crisologo Ravena is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the B.League. Ravena played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the UAAP during his college days. He plays the point…
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1993
Finnish ice hockey player
Rasmus Ristolainen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected eighth overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2013 NHL…
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1994
German ice hockey player
Leon Tim Draisaitl is a German professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2020, Draisaitl became the first German player to win…
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1995
Swedish ice hockey player
Rasmus Andersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 53rd overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2015 NHL entry…
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1996
South Korean singer and actor
Kim Woo-seok, formerly known by the stage name Wooshin (우신), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He debuted as a member of South Korean band Up10tion in 2015. In 2019, he rose to prominence after finishing…
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1996
American basketball player
Lonzo Anderson Ball is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, he played college basketball for one season with…
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1997
1997
Japanese singer and actress
Haruka Kudō is a Japanese actress and former pop singer. She is a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. Prior to joining Morning Musume, Kudō was a Hello! Pro Egg member. Kudō is the youngest member in history…
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1999
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