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Famous Birthdays on October 28
243 people
1017 – 2006
October 28 has seen 243 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1017 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1970 — Alan Peter Cayetano
Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
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As Speaker, he became the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 2019 SEA Games and was appointed Chairman of the Defeat COVID-19 Ad Hoc Committee during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano is a Filipino lawyer, diplomat, and politician who has served as the Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines since September 9, 2025, a post he previously held from 2010 to 2013
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He has been a Senator of the Philippines since 2022, following a previous stint from 2007 to 2017
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He served as the 26th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2019 to 2020 and as the 26th Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018
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1466
1479
4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
Francis Borgia, was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wife, Borgia renounced his…
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1510
Polish saint (died 1568)
Stanisław Kostka, S.J. was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus.
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1550
Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
Cornelius Jansen was the Dutch Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders and the father of a theological movement known as Jansenism.
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1585
foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)
Marie of the Incarnation was a French Ursuline nun from Quebec City. As part of a group of nuns sent to New France to establish the Ursuline Order, Marie was crucial in the spread of Catholicism in New France. She was a…
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1599
3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
Jacob Kettler was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1642 to 1682. Under his rule, Courland and Semigallia became more independent of its Polish suzerain, reached its peak in wealth, and even engaged in its own…
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1610
Queen consort of Spain
Maria Anna of Neuburg, was a German princess and member of the Wittelsbach family. In 1689, she became Queen of Spain as the second wife of Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire.
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1667
Norwegian admiral (died 1720)
Vice-Admiral Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 and eventually join the Dano-Norwegian navy, rising to the rank of…
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1690
Czech composer (died 1735)
Šimon Brixi was a Czech composer and organist. He was the father of composer František Brixi.
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1693
French general (died 1750)
Maurice de Saxe, was a prominent soldier, general and military theorist in the first half of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, he initially served in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire,…
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1696
French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)
Antoine Deparcieux was a French mathematician.
He was born at Clessous in the Portes, province of Languedoc. He attended the school of Saint Florent for 10 years while working on his family farm. In 1725, his desire for…
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1703
Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)
Ignacije Szentmartony was a Croatian Jesuit priest, missionary, mathematician, astronomer, explorer and cartographer.
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1718
German composer (died 1803)
Franz Ignaz von Beecke was a classical music composer born in Wimpfen am Neckar, Holy Roman Empire.
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1733
American soldier (died 1782)
John Laurens was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers.
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1754
Marie Sophie Frederikke of Hesse-Kassel was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to Frederick VI. She served as regent of Denmark during the absence of her spouse in 1814–1815.
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1767
American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)
Eliphalet Remington II was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington and Sons.
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1793
Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
Robert Liston was a Scottish surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. He was the first Professor of Clinical Surgery…
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1794
Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)
Pierre François Verhulst was a Belgian mathematician and a doctor in number theory from the University of Ghent in 1825. He is best known for the logistic growth model.
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1804
Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)
Ľudovít Štúr, also known as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr, was a leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century and the codifier of standard Slovak, he is lauded as one of the most important figures in Slovak history.
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1815
German writer (died 1903)
Malwida von Meysenbug was a German writer, her work including Memoirs of an Idealist, the first volume of which she published anonymously in 1869. As well, she was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner, and…
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1816
Japanese shōgun (died 1913)
Prince Yoshinobu Tokugawa was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately…
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1837
American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)
Edward Payson Allen was an American Civil War veteran and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891.
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1839
Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)
Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski was a Polish physicist and chemist. Together with Karol Olszewski, he was the first scientist in the world to liquify nitrogen in 1883.
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1845
French chef and author (died 1935)
Georges Auguste Escoffier was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularised and updated traditional French cooking methods. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-Antoine Carême, one…
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1846
French philosopher and poet (died 1888)
Jean-Marie Guyau was a French philosopher and poet.
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1854
Japanese martial artist (died 1938)
Kanō Jigorō was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo. Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official…
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1860
Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
Don Adolfo Camarillo was a prominent Californio philanthropist, ranchero, and horse breeder, known for founding the city of Camarillo, California, along with his brother Juan Camarillo Jr. Camarillo also donated the…
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1864
Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)
Sister Nivedita was an Irish–Indian philosopher, educator, writer, social activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda.
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1867
Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor was an American magazine editor who was the first full-time editor of the National Geographic magazine from 1899 to 1954, and is credited with having consolidated the nascent magazine. As…
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1875
1877
American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)
Channing Harris Cox was an American Republican politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as the 49th governor of Massachusetts, from 1921 to 1925. He attended Dartmouth College and served as 47th…
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1879
Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
Wilhelm Robert Karl Anderson was a Russian-Estonian astrophysicist of Baltic German descent who studied the physical structure of the stars.
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1880
English footballer (died 1965)
William John Wedlock, also known as "Fatty" or the "India Rubber Man", was an English footballer who played for Bristol City in 1900–01 and from 1905 until his retirement in 1921. Between 1901 and 1905 he played for…
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1880
Australian footballer (died 1951)
Arthur Vincent "Vin" Coutie was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.
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1881
New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)
William Douglas Cook was the founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand, and one of the founders of Pukeiti, a rhododendron garden, close to New Plymouth. He was a "plantsman with the…
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1884
British archaeologist (died 1957)
Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford was a British archaeologist who specialised in the archaeology of prehistoric Britain and Sudan. A keen proponent of aerial archaeology, he spent most of his career as the archaeological…
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1886
English soldier and engineer (died 1946)
Sir (Albert) Noel Campbell Macklin was an innovative British car maker and boat designer. He founded Eric-Campbell in 1919, Silver Hawk in 1920, Invicta in 1925, and Railton in 1933. In 1939 he founded Fairmile Marine…
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1886
10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard,, was a British peer and military officer.
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1888
Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)
Juliette Béliveau was a French Canadian actress and singer, who starred in various radio and television comedies and dramas, as well as in theatre productions. She was also the heroine of a weekly comic strip drawn by…
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1889
American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)
Ollie "Dink" Johnson was an American Dixieland jazz pianist, clarinetist, and drummer.
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1892
British chemist (died 1970)
Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold was a British chemist based in Leeds and London. His groundbreaking work in the 1920s and 1930s on reaction mechanisms and the electronic structure of organic compounds was responsible for…
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1893
American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)
Howard Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty years of the Eastman School of Music, he raised its quality and provided opportunities for commissioning and…
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1896
American costume designer (died 1981)
Edith Claire Head was an American film costume designer. She received a record 35 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and won a record eight times, making her both the most honored and most…
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1897
German general (died 1984)
Hans Speidel was a German general who successively served in the armies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany and West Germany. The first general officer of the Bundeswehr, he was a key player in West German rearmament…
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1897
Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969)
Don Antonio Ambrogio Gianotti was a Catholic priest and member of the Italian resistance movement.
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1901
Irish poet (died 1979)
Eileen Shanahan was an Irish poet. Her best-known poem, The Three Children , has been republished five times since its original publication in The Atlantic Monthly in 1929, and was included in the Oxford Book of Irish…
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1901
English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was a British actress with a long career in theatre, film and television.
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1902
American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
John Rensselaer Chamberlain was an American journalist, business and economic historian, syndicated columnist, and literary critic who was dubbed "one of America's most trusted book reviewers" by the libertarian…
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1903
English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928)…
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1903
English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
George Bubb Dangerfield was a British-born American journalist, historian, and the literary editor of Vanity Fair from 1933 to 1935. He is known primarily for his book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935), a…
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1904
Dutch mathematician (died 1984)
Tatyana Pavlovna van Aardenne-Ehrenfest was a Dutch mathematician. She is known for her contributions to De Bruijn sequences, low-discrepancy sequences, and the BEST theorem.
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1905
Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
John Harold Hewitt was perhaps the most significant Belfast poet to emerge before the 1960s generation of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Michael Longley. He was appointed the first…
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1907
Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher, statesman, and politician. He was elected president of Argentina and governed from May 1, 1958, to March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown in a…
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1908
Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)
Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of…
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1909
English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)
Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking to health…
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1912
American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
Glenn Robert Davis was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district from…
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1914
American biologist and physician (died 1995)
Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York…
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1914
English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
Richard Laurence Millington Synge was a British biochemist, and shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Archer Martin.
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1914
English actress (died 2009)
Pearl Hackney was a British actress. She was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, but spent much of her early life in Liverpool, Lancashire.
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1916
1917
American race car driver (died 1966)
Walter Edwin Hansgen was an American racecar driver. His motorsport career began as a road racing driver, he made his Grand Prix debut at 41, and he died aged 46, several days after crashing during testing for the 1966…
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1919
German race car driver (died 2009)
Hans Klenk was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in one World Championship Grand Prix on 3 August 1952 and did not score any championship points. Klenk won the 1952 edition of La Carrera Panamericana in a…
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1919
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
Azumafuji Kin'ichi was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo. He was the sport's 40th yokozuna, and later a professional wrestler.
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1921
German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
Gershon Kingsley was a German-American composer, a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, founder of the First Moog Quartet, and writer of…
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1922
Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
Simon Vengai Muzenda was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2003 under President Robert Mugabe.
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1922
American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff was an American basketball player and coach. He played four seasons for the New York Knicks before becoming a head coach at Lafayette. Ultimately,
he coached for eleven different…
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1922
American actor (died 2015)
John P. Connell was an American stage, television, film and voice actor. Born in Philadelphia, Connell served aboard a B-24 Liberator during World War II, for which he received a Purple Heart. He attended the University…
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1923
Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
Antonio Creus i Rubín de Celis was a motorcycle racer and racing driver from Spain. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix on 7 February 1960, driving a privately…
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1924
Telugu actress (died 1994)
Suryakantham was an Indian actress in Telugu cinema. She was popular for her portrayal of cruel and cunning women with a comedic touch.
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1924
Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.
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1925
American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)
Bowie Kent Kuhn was an American lawyer and sports administrator who served as the fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball from February 4, 1969, to September 30, 1984. He served as legal counsel for Major League…
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1926
English singer and actress (died 2025)
Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec and singer Jacqui Dankworth.…
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1927
Romanian general (died 2021)
Ion Mihai Pacepa was a Romanian lieutenant general in the Securitate, the secret police of the Socialist Republic of Romania, who defected to the United States in July 1978 following President Jimmy Carter's approval of…
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1928
Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, is a British politician and life peer. As a Labour Party member of Parliament, he served as Secretary of State for Transport from 1976 to 1979, and was one of the…
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1928
French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Marcel Bozzuffi was a French film actor. Internationally, he appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film The French Connection. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
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1929
American philosopher, author, and academic
Virginia Potter Held is an American moral, social/political and feminist philosopher whose work on the ethics of care sparked significant research into the ethical dimensions of providing care for others and critiques…
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1929
American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)
John Hollander was an American poet and literary critic. At the time of his death, he was Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, having previously taught at Connecticut College, Hunter College, and…
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1929
English actress (died 2025)
Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier, commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an Olivier…
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1929
English businessman
Bernard Charles Ecclestone is a British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Widely known in journalism as the "F1 Supremo", Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987, controlling the…
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1930
American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
Harold Raymond Battiste Jr. was an American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher. A native of, and later community leader in, New Orleans, he is best known for his work as an arranger on records by Barbara…
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1931
Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)
Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou was a Cypriot barrister and politician, who served as President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. He also served as President of the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1976 to 1977 and then…
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1932
American model and actress (died 2003)
Suzy Parker was an American model and actress active from 1947 until 1970. Her modeling career reached its zenith during the 1950s, when she appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines and in advertisements and movie…
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1932
1933
English painter and illustrator (died 2018)
Michael Noakes was an English artist and portrait painter.
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1933
American diplomat, businessman and government official
Charles A. Gargano is an Italian-American actor, businessman and government official who was the U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. He was the chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation during the tenure…
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1934
English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
Alan John Clarke was an English television and film director, producer and writer.
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1935
American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)
Charles Edward Daniels was an American singer, musician and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz and was a pioneering contribution to Southern rock and progressive country. He was best known for his…
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1936
American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
Ted Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He split his time between his adopted hometown of Venice Beach, California, where he was a mostly anonymous street performer, and Europe and…
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1936
English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)
Graham John Clifton Bond was an English rock/blues musician and vocalist, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s.
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1937
American basketball player and coach (died 2025)
Leonard Randolph Wilkens was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first…
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1937
1938
Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
Kenneth Yakpawolo Best is a Liberian journalist who founded the Liberian newspaper The Daily Observer and a paper of the same name in The Gambia.
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1938
English composer and conductor
Howard David Blake is an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film…
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1938
1938
Canadian golfer
Gary Cowan is a Canadian golfer who has achieved outstanding results at the highest class in amateur competition.
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1938
English journalist
David Dimbleby is an English journalist and former presenter of current affairs and political programmes, best known for having presented the BBC topical debate programme Question Time. He is the son of broadcaster…
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1938
English author (died 2023)
Anne Perry was a British writer and convicted murderer. She was the author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and William Monk series of historical detective fiction.
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1938
American actress and producer
Jane Alexander is an American-Canadian actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997,…
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1939
1939
Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
Miroslav Cerar is a Yugoslav former gymnast and lawyer of Slovene ethnicity who won the pommel horse event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He is also a four-time World champion and a ten-time European champion.
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1939
American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Curtis Edwin Lee was an American singer and songwriter. He is known for his early 1960s hits "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" and "Under the Moon of Love", both of which were produced by Phil Spector.
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1939
American screenwriter and producer
Susan Harris is an American former television writer and producer who created the Emmy Award-winning sitcoms Soap (1977–1981) and The Golden Girls (1985–1992). Between 1975 and 1998, Harris was one of the most prolific…
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1940
English singer and guitarist
Hank Brian Marvin is an English musician and songwriter. He is known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows.
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1941
English-Australian actor
Terence Patrick Donovan is a British-Australian actor of stage, television and film. Donovan is perhaps known to audiences for his roles in Australian police dramas Division 4 and Cop Shop, as well as his roles in soap…
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1942
Algerian footballer (died 2012)
Abdelkader Benfréha, known more commonly as Abdelkader Fréha, was an Algerian footballer who played nine times for the Algerian national team. He was nicknamed Béka or Head of gold.
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1942
English computer scientist and academic
Gillian Lovegrove is a retired computer scientist and academic. She was Dean of the School of Informatics at Northumbria University, president of the Conference of Professors and Heads of Computing and was Higher…
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1942
Dutch speed skater
Cornelis Arie "Kees" Verkerk is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
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1942
Scottish race car driver
James Steele McRae is a Scottish former rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title a record five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988 which as of 2023 still stands.…
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1943
English psychologist and academic
Karalyn Eve Patterson is a British psychologist in Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. She is a specialist in cognitive neuropsychology and an…
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1943
Irish radio and television host (died 2014)
Gerald Michael Anderson was a Northern Irish radio and television broadcaster for BBC Northern Ireland. Renowned for his unique style and distinctive sense of humour, Anderson often referred to himself on his show, as…
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1944
1944
American actor
Dennis Franz Schlachta, known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the ABC television series NYPD Blue (1993–2005), a role that earned…
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1944
German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
Anton Kut Schlecker is a German businessman, founder and owner of the Schlecker drug store chain in Germany.
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1944
American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)
Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger was a Democratic attorney who served as the 18th US National Security Advisor for U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 after he had served as the Deputy National Security Advisor…
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1945
English pop singer (died 2020)
Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, known professionally as Wayne Fontana, was an English rock and pop singer best known for fronting the beat group the Mindbenders, with whom he recorded the hit singles "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"…
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1945
American golfer
Donald Iverson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s.
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1945
Australian economist and politician
John Robert Hewson is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.
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1946
Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)
Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius "Wim" Jansen was a Dutch professional football player and manager.
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1946
Canadian poet and academic
Sharon Thesen is a Canadian poet who lives in Lake Country, British Columbia. She teaches at University of British Columbia Okanagan.
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1946
American singer and actress
Telma Louise Hopkins is an American actress and pop singer. Hopkins rose to prominence as a member of the pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, who had several number-one songs. She also performed on the CBS variety show…
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1948
American basketball player
Dwight E. Davis is a retired American professional basketball player. After playing college basketball at the University of Houston from 1969 to 1972, Davis was selected as the 3rd overall pick of 1972 NBA draft by the…
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1949
American decathlete and actress
Caitlyn Marie Jenner, is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.
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1949
Tunisian journalist and activist
Sihem Bensedrine is a Tunisian journalist and human rights activist. In 2005, she was honored with the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award.
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1950
Belgian cyclist
Ludo Delcroix was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won the 9th stage in the 1979 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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1950
English journalist and author
Peter Jonathan Hitchens is an English conservative author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator. He writes for The Mail on Sunday and was a foreign correspondent reporting from both Moscow and Washington, D.C.…
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1951
American martial artist and author
Joe Richard Lansdale is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense, he has also written comic books and…
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1951
American actress
Anne Hampton Potts is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II…
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1952
Canadian businessman
Pierre Boivin is a Canadian businessman and was president of the Montreal Canadiens from September 2, 1999, through June 30, 2011, succeeding Ronald Corey. On July 9, 2024, he succeeded John McCall MacBain as chancellor…
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1953
American musician, songwriter, and producer
John Charles Barrett, known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and record producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, a…
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1953
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend…
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1955
Indian-American businesswoman
Indra Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive who was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.
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1955
Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and a strong…
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1956
Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
Volker Helmut Manfred Zotz is an eminent Austrian philosopher, religious studies scholar, Buddhologist and a prolific author.
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1956
English economist and academic
Marian Patricia Bell, CBE is a British consultant economist, and was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from June 2002 to June 2005.
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1957
English drummer
Stephen Paul David Morris is an English musician who is the drummer and percussionist of the rock band New Order and, previously, Joy Division. He also wrote and performed in The Other Two, a band consisting of Morris…
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1957
1957
Spanish journalist (died 2013)
Concepción García Campoy, also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.
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1958
Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in…
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1958
Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
William Adam Reid is a Scottish musician, best known for being the lead guitarist, main songwriter, co-founder and occasional singer of the Scottish alternative rock band, the Jesus and Mary Chain.
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1958
Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
James Keelaghan is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Keelaghan is now based in Perth, Ontario. Many of the lyrics in his songs display a concern about social problems and justice in society.…
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1959
Japanese composer
Toshio Masuda is a Japanese composer. He has composed and synthesized scores for several Japanese television shows and animated series. Masuda is perhaps best known as the composer of the 2002 hit anime series Naruto…
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1959
American basketball player and coach
Randy Scott Wittman is an American former professional basketball player at the guard position and former coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Washington Wizards.
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1959
American computer scientist and mathematician
Landon Curt Noll is an American computer scientist, co-discoverer of the 25th Mersenne prime and discoverer of the 26th, which he found while still enrolled at Hayward High School and concurrently at California State…
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1960
Norwegian footballer and manager
Erik Thorstvedt is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won 97 caps for the Norway national team, and was the starter in goal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He played for Viking,…
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1962
American actress
Daphne Eurydice Zuniga is a US actress. Following her film debut in The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982) Zuniga had lead roles in films such as The Initiation (1984), Vision Quest (1985) The Sure Thing (1985), Modern…
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1962
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Kevin William Dineen is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. From 2021 to 2024, Dineen was the head coach of the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League (AHL). Dineen previously served as the…
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1963
American actress
Lauren Michael Holly is an American-Canadian actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series Picket Fences, NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series NCIS, and Dr. Betty…
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1963
American comedian, actress, and talk show host
Sheryl Patrice Underwood is an American comedian, actress and television host. She first rose to prominence in the comedy world as the first female finalist in 1989's Miller Lite Comedy Search. Underwood was one of the…
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1963
English soldier and politician
Andrew James Bridgen is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire from 2010 until 2024. He was a member of the Conservative Party until his expulsion in April…
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1964
Australian rugby league player
Peter Coyne is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.
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1964
American actress
Jami Beth Gertz is an American actress and businesswoman. Gertz has performed in the films Crossroads, Quicksilver, Less than Zero (1987), The Lost Boys (1987), and Twister (1996). On television, she acted in the 1980s…
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1965
English pianist, businessman, and politician
David John Warburton was a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 2015 until 2023.
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1965
Japanese ballerina
Miyako Yoshida is a Japanese ballet dancer and director. She was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet as well as a principal dancer with K-ballet, Japan. Since 2020 she has been the artistic director of the…
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1965
American football player
Stephen Dennis Atwater is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl…
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1966
American actor
Chris Bauer is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in The Wire, Third Watch, True Blood, Survivor's Remorse, The Deuce, and the science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. He has also…
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1966
American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
Matthew Nathan Drudge is an American journalist and the creator/editor of the Drudge Report, an American news aggregator. Drudge is also an author and a former radio and television show host.
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1966
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Paul Andrew Richter is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night, The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He…
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1966
Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
Aris Spiliotopoulos is a Greek politician of the New Democracy party. He served as Minister for Tourism (2007–2009) and Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs from January to October 2009.
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1966
Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
Kevin Macdonald is a Scottish film director. His films include One Day in September (1999), a documentary about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the…
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1967
American actress and producer
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. Known for her leading roles across several genres, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards.…
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1967
American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
Alfonso John Romero is an American and Irish video game developer. He co-founded id Software and designed their early games, including Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), Doom II (1994), Hexen (1995) and Quake (1996).…
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1967
American journalist and sportscaster
Christopher Dana Broussard is an American sports analyst and commentator for Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and Fox Sports Radio. Best known for his coverage of the NBA, he is now a co-host on FS1's afternoon show First Things…
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1968
French rugby player and coach
Marc Lièvremont is a former rugby union footballer and was the head coach of the French national rugby union team. He played as a back-row forward for France, gaining 25 caps from 1995 to 1999, and was selected in…
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1968
Japanese wrestler
Mayumi Ozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
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1968
Dutch cardiologist
Steven Anton Jozef Chamuleau is a cardiologist and professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) in the Netherlands, specializing in cardiac regenerative therapy, valvular disease and cardiac imaging.
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1969
American actor
Jeremy Boring, known professionally as Jeremy Davies, is an American actor. He is known for playing Ray Aibelli in Spanking the Monkey (1994), Corporal Timothy Upham in Saving Private Ryan (1998), Private Toffler in…
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1969
Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
Javier "Javi" Grillo-Marxuach is a television screenwriter and producer, and podcaster, known for his work as writer and producer on the first two seasons of the ABC television series Lost, as well as other series…
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1969
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Benjamin Charles Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live…
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1969
Austrian politician
Wolfgang Kocevar is an Austrian politician and member of the Landtag of Lower Austria. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has been a State List member since March 2023. He has been mayor of Ebreichsdorf since…
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1969
Japanese baseball player and coach
Noriyoshi Omichi is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, and current third squad hitting coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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1969
American voice actor and producer
Greg Eagles is an American actor. He voiced the Grim Reaper in Cartoon Network's Grim & Evil and its spin-off The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Captain Bob and Sketch Pad on HBO's Canadian-American children's…
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1970
1971
English businesswoman and politician
Dame Caroline Julia Dinenage is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gosport since 2010.
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1971
American football player and sportscaster
Terrell Lamar Davis is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2001. Despite his short seven-year career, Davis is…
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1972
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His first success came in 1997 as the writer of David Kersh's "Another You". After this, he signed with Arista Nashville in 1998, and…
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1972
American reality star
Trista Nicole Sutter is an American television personality who was the runner-up on season 1 of The Bachelor before becoming the star of the first season of its companion show, The Bachelorette. Sutter has also appeared…
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1972
American wrestler and actor
Hassan Hamid Assad, better known by his ring name Montel Vontavious Porter or simply MVP, is an American professional wrestler, manager, and submission grappler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is…
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1973
Serbian footballer and manager
Aleksandar Stanojević is a professional Serbian football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük.
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1973
American baseball player
Braden LaVerne Looper is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for several teams between 1998 and 2009.
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1974
Spanish footballer and manager
Vicente Moreno Peris is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan.
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1974
American actor and producer
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Widely described as one of the preeminent actors of his generation and known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters in independent film, he has…
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1974
Serbian footballer and coach
Dejan Stefanović is a Serbian former professional footballer, who is the president of the Slovenian footballers and sportsmen union.
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1974
Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, singer, model, and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1993 pageant and she was the third Puerto Rican to win Miss Universe since Marisol Malaret in 1970 and…
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1974
British rugby league player and coach
Keiron Cunningham is a professional rugby league coach and former player. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played his entire professional career at St Helens, making nearly 500…
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1976
Estonian footballer
Martin Lepa is a retired football defender from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including FC Flora Tallinn, FC Kuressaare and JK Tulevik Viljandi.
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1976
Italian footballer
Simone Loria is an Italian former footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1976
English actress
Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie is an English actress. She is known for portraying Brienne of Tarth in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones (2012–2019), and the First Order stormtrooper Captain Phasma in the…
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1978
American singer-songwriter and actor
Justin Guarini is an American singer, songwriter and actor who in 2002 was the runner-up on the first season of American Idol.
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1978
Turkish footballer
Olcay Çetinkaya is a Turkish former professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper.
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1979
American computer scientist
Jawed Karim is a German-American software engineer and internet entrepreneur. He is one of the co-founders of YouTube and the first person to upload a video to the site. The site's inaugural video, "Me at the zoo",…
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1979
American rapper and actress (died 2012)
Natina Tiawana Reed was an American singer, rapper and actress. She was born in Queens and raised in Atlanta, where she pursued a career in music beginning in her early teens. Discovered by rapper Lisa Lopes, she worked…
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1979
Czech ice hockey player
Martin Škoula is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman, who enjoyed a lengthy career in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Colorado Avalanche, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild,…
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1979
American wrestler and ring announcer
Christina Lee Hemme is an American wrestling executive and retired professional wrestler, ring announcer, backstage interviewer, singer and model. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)…
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1980
Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel is a Danish singer, songwriter, and musician based in Berlin.
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1980
English footballer and coach
Alan Smith is an English football coach and former professional footballer. Smith first came to prominence as both a striker and a right winger, but later became a holding midfielder.
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1980
Czech footballer
Milan Baroš is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1981
English footballer
Shane Gore is an English retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1981
American baseball player
Nathan Richard McLouth is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. He was…
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1981
English-Scottish footballer
Nicholas Anthony Montgomery is a football coach and a former player. He is currently the head coach at Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.
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1981
American baseball player
Jeremy Allen Bonderman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Bonderman played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners from 2003 to 2010 and in 2013.
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1982
Estonian footballer
Enver Jääger is a former Estonian footballer. He was a striker, and is 1.80 m tall. He played two games for the Estonia national football team.
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1982
American baseball player
Anthony Allen Lerew is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals; he also played Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the…
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1982
1982
English actor and director
Matthew Robert Smith is an English actor. He is best known as the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who (2010–2013), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in The Crown (2016–2017) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award…
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1982
American basketball player
Jarrett Matthew Jack is an American professional basketball coach and former player and an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended four high schools in North…
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1983
1983
English actor and screenwriter
Joseph Owen Thomas is an English actor and comedian. He played Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners (2008–2010) and its two film adaptations, The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014).
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1983
New Zealand rugby player
Bryn Evans is a retired New Zealand rugby union player, who most recently played as a lock for the Highlanders in Super Rugby and Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship competition.
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1984
Nigerian footballer
Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1984
American actor
Peter L. "Finn" Wittrock Jr. is an American actor, known for his collaborations with television producer Ryan Murphy. He began his career in guest roles on several television shows, while making his film debut in 2004's…
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1984
English footballer
Tyrone Barnett is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for Southern League Premier Division Central club Halesowen Town.
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1985
American actress
Troian Avery Bellisario is an American actress and filmmaker. The daughter of producer Donald P. Bellisario and actress Deborah Pratt, she gained international attention for her portrayal of Spencer Hastings in the…
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1985
American music critic
Anthony Nicholas Fantano is an American music critic and internet personality who runs The Needle Drop, a YouTube channel with a tie-in website and Twitch streaming channel. Self-billed as "The Internet's Busiest Music…
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1985
Egyptian-Palestinian actress
May El Calamawy is an Egyptian-Palestinian actress. Calamawy gained recognition for her portrayal of Layla El-Faouly / Scarlet Scarab in the Marvel Studios miniseries Moon Knight (2022), marking the first Egyptian and…
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1986
1986
English footballer
Anthony James Griffith is a former professional footballer and coach who is the assistant manager at Northern Premier League Division One West club Congleton Town. He was noted as a tough tackling defensive midfielder,…
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1986
Japanese voice actress and singer
Aki Toyosaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She had her first major voice acting roles in 2007, voicing Amuro Ninagawa in Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō and Su in Shugo Chara!. She was named "Best New Actress" at the…
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1986
American singer-songwriter
Frank Ocean is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. His accolades include two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award. He has been credited by several music critics as a pioneer of the alternative R&B genre.
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1987
1988
Irish actor
Devon Michael Murray is an Irish actor, best known for playing Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter film series.
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1988
1988
American basketball player
Devin Maurice Ebanks is an American professional basketball player for Al-Ahli Jeddah of the Saudi Basketball League. The forward was selected 43rd overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010 NBA draft. He played…
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1989
French swimmer (died 2015)
Camille Muffat was a French swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist who specialised in the individual medley and the free style events. Her career spanned from 2005 to 2014.
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1989
English footballer
Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton,…
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1991
American actress
Alexandra Danielle Ainsworth is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Kristina Davis on General Hospital, off and on from 2009 to 2023. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger…
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1992
South Korean table tennis player
Jeon Ji-hee, born Tian Minwei, is a Chinese-South Korean retired table tennis player of Manchu ethnicity.
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1992
Estonian figure skater
Maria Sergejeva is an Estonian former competitive pair skater and model. With former partner Ilja Glebov, she is the 2007–10 Estonian national champion and represented Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Following her…
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1992
American basketball player
Andrew Michael Harrison is an American professional basketball player for Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga. He was considered one of the top recruits for 2013. He attended Travis High School in Richmond,…
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1994
Finnish footballer
Glen Adjei Kamara is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Rennes and the Finland national team.
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1995
American basketball player
Jae'Sean Antoine Tate is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten…
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1995
South Korean singer
An Ye-seul is a South Korean singer. She is known as one of the Top 9 of Mnet's Superstar K4.
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1995
American actress
Commander in Chief is an American political drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen, the first female president of the United States, who ascends to the post…
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1996
American ice hockey player
John Robert Eichel is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and alternate captain for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eichel was selected second overall in the 2015 NHL…
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1996
Irish cricketer
Una Raymond-Hoey is an Irish cricketer who has played for Scorchers, Typhoons, Melbourne Stars, Victoria and Ireland.
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1996
American football player
Stetson Fleming Bennett IV is an American professional football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Jones College Bobcats and Georgia Bulldogs.…
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1997
American tennis player
Taylor Harry Fritz is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 4 in singles, which he achieved on November 18, 2024, and No. 104 in…
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1997
Australian artistic gymnast
Georgia Godwin is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games all-around and vault champion and the team, uneven bars and balance beam silver-medalist. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games…
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1997
American actor
Nolan Gould is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Dunphy on the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020).
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1998
British tennis player
Sonay Kartal is a British professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 44 in singles, achieved on 14 July 2025, and world No. 171 in doubles, achieved on 5 January 2026. Kartal has won one WTA…
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2001
South Korean footballer
Yoon Do-young is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eerste Divisie Club FC Dordrecht, on loan from Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. He made his debut professional appearance in…
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2006
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Alan Peter Cayetano — Senator of the Philippines since 2022 (born 1970)
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Birth year1970
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