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Louis Blues, Hall set a record with 502 consecutive games played as a goaltender
Famous Birthdays on October 3
234 people
1390 – 2004
October 3 has seen 234 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1390 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1931 — Glenn Hall
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2026)
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He won the Vezina Trophy three times, was voted the first team All-Star goaltender seven times, and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as best rookie in 1956
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He also won the Stanley Cup with the Black Hawks in 1961
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During his National Hockey League career, which lasted from 1952 to 1971 with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and St
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Goalie", he was the first goaltender to use the butterfly style
1390
Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (died 1484)
Casimir Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler, diplomat, and priest.…
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1458
1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who served in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.
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1554
French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)
Gabriel Lalemant was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warriors and is one…
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1610
German organist and composer (died 1712)
Sebastian Anton Scherer was a German composer and organist of the Baroque era.
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1631
1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (died 1720)
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, was a Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
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1637
French violinist and composer (died 1797)
Antoine Dauvergne was a French composer and violinist.
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1713
Italian physicist and academic (died 1781)
Giovanni Battista Beccaria was an Italian physicist. A fellow of the Royal Society, he published several papers on electrical subjects in the Phil. Trans. Beccaria was one of Benjamin Franklin's more conspicuous…
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1716
1790
Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1870)
Leopold II was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; firstly Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832 Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he had a son, Ferdinand, who later…
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1797
American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1891)
George Bancroft was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels.
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1800
American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1878)
Townsend Harris was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first…
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1804
French author, translator, educator and founder of modern Spiritism (died 1869)
Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, known by the pen name of Allan Kardec, was a French educator, translator, and writer. He is the author of the five books known as the Spiritist Codification, and the founder of Spiritism.
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1804
German composer and educator (died 1897)
Woldemar Bargiel was a German composer and conductor of the Romantic period.
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1828
Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (died 1885)
Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to…
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1837
American neurologist and academic (died 1918)
James Jackson Putnam was an American neurologist.
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1846
French painter and art collector (died 1929)
Henry Lerolle was a French painter, art collector and patron, born in Paris. He studied at Académie Suisse and in the studio of Louis Lamothe.
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1848
Italian actress (died 1924)
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse, often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of Gabriele D'Annunzio and Henrik Ibsen.…
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1858
British illustrator for children and scientists (died 1931)
Alice Bolingbroke Woodward (1862–1951) was an English artist and illustrator. She was one of the most prolific illustrators at the turn of the 20th century and is known mainly for her work in children's literature, and…
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1862
English cricketer and rugby player (died 1902)
Johnny Briggs was an English left arm spin bowler who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 and remains the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham. In the early…
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1862
Russian archaeologist and explorer (died 1935)
Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov was a Russian and Soviet traveller and explorer who continued the studies of Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet.
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1863
French painter (died 1935)
Gustave Loiseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter, remembered above all for his landscapes and scenes of Paris streets.
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1865
American singer and comedian (died 1945)
Josephine Domingue Sabel was an American singer and comedian, billed as "The Queen of Song" in vaudeville.
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1866
American Methodist missionary and educator (died 1954)
Joseph Beech, or Joe Beech as he was more commonly known, was an American Methodist missionary and educator, member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and founding president of the West China Union University. He was a…
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1867
French painter (died 1947)
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of…
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1867
German gymnast (died 1942)
Alfred Flatow was a Jewish German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was murdered in the Holocaust.
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1869
1875
Swedish-American actor and singer (died 1938)
Warner Oland was a Swedish-American actor. His career included time on Broadway and numerous film appearances. He is most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: Dr. Fu Manchu, Henry…
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1879
American singer, entertainer, and actress (died 1928)
Nora Bayes was an American singer and vaudeville performer who was popular internationally between the 1900s and 1920s. She is credited with co-writing the song "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and performed many successful…
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1880
Canadian painter and academic (died 1974)
Alexander Young Jackson LL. D. was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was instrumental in bringing together…
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1882
American playwright and journalist (died 1970)
Sophie Anita Treadwell was an American playwright and journalist of the first half of the 20th century. She is best known for her play Machinal which is often included in drama anthologies as an example of an…
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1885
French soldier, author, and critic (died 1914)
Henri-Alban Fournier, known by the pseudonym Alain-Fournier, was a French author and soldier. He was the author of a novel, Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), which has been filmed twice and is considered a classic of French…
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1886
American actor and screenwriter (died 1943)
Wade Boteler was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943.
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1888
German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1938)
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament.
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1889
Mexican politician, President of Mexico (died 1978)
Emilio Cándido Portes Gil was a Mexican politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the 48th President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930, one of three to serve out the six-year term of president-elect General Álvaro…
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1890
American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (died 1982)
Elmer Edwin Robinson was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco, California. A Republican, he served as San Francisco's mayor from January 1948 until January 1956.
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1894
German general (died 1976)
Walter Warlimont was a German Army staff officer and general during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one of the departments in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the Armed Forces High…
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1894
Italian author and poet (died 1969)
Giovanni Comisso was an important Italian writer of the twentieth century, appreciated by Eugenio Montale, Umberto Saba, Gianfranco Contini and many others.
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1895
Russian poet (died 1925)
Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin, sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was "lyrical evocations of and…
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1895
Australian businesswoman (died 1961)
Auvergne Mary Doherty was an Australian businesswoman, working in her family's cattle business. She was one of the first nine women called to the bar in England; Doherty was the first Western Australian woman called to…
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1896
Spanish poet and critic (died 1987)
Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.
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1896
French author and poet (died 1982)
Louis Aragon was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review Littérature. He was also a novelist and…
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1897
American director and screenwriter (died 1969)
Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed Duck Soup, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Awful Truth, Going My Way, The…
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1898
German economist and educator (died 1944)
Adolf Reichwein was a German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD, who resisted the policies of Nazi Germany.
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1898
American actress, screenwriter and producer (died 1966)
Gertrude Berg was an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce, and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial…
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1899
American novelist (died 1938)
Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known largely for his first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), and for the short fiction that appeared during the last years of his life. He…
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1900
French director, composer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
Jean Grémillon was a French film director.
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1901
German colonel and physician (died 1998)
Ernst-Günther Schenck was a German medical doctor and member of the SS in Nazi Germany. Because of a chance encounter with Adolf Hitler during the closing days of World War II, his memoirs proved historically valuable.…
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1904
Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (died 1993)
Mehmet Tekin Arıburun was a Turkish military officer and statesman. He was born in Ishtib, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. He was the last acting president to be born outside the territory of present-day Turkey.
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1905
American author (died 1997)
Natalie Savage Carlson was an American writer of children's books. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, she was United States nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in…
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1906
American songwriter (died 1964)
John Francis Burke was an American lyricist, successful and prolific between the 1920s and 1950s. His work is considered part of the Great American Songbook.
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1908
English actor (died 1995)
Sir Michael Murray Hordern was an English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles; by the time of his death he…
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1911
2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (died 1980)
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, styled Hon. Charles Wood from 1925 until 1944 and Lord Irwin from 1944 until 1959, was a British peer, Conservative politician, Lord Lieutenant of Humberside and High…
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1912
1915
English veterinarian and author (died 1995)
James Alfred Wight, better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.
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1916
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962. He continued…
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1919
Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1996)
Raymond Russell Lindwall was an Australian cricketer who played 61 Test matches for Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket history. In addition to his…
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1921
Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (died 2004)
Edward Oliver LeBlanc was a Dominican politician who served as the chief minister from January 1961 to 1 March 1967 and as the first premier from 1 March 1967 to 27 July 1974. Born in Vieille Case, a village in the…
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1923
American cartoonist (died 1993)
Harvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962…
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1924
Russian weightlifter and coach (died 2012)
Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov was a Soviet and Russian weightlifter, weightlifting coach, scientist and writer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won one bronze and two gold medals. Between 1950 and 1960 he…
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1924
French Resistance fighter and partisan (died 2023)
Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet, was a French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group during World War II. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a…
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1925
American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died 2012)
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal…
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1925
American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival (died 2021)
George Wein was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. He was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. He also co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with…
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1925
Filipino politician (died 2014)
Gerardo "Gerry" Paulino Cabochan was a Filipino lawyer, soldier, storyteller, and politician who served in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992 representing the 2nd district of Caloocan.
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1926
Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1986)
Erik Belton Evers Bruhn was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.
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1928
Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General (died 2024)
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal OM, often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal, was a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General, holding the position from 1975 to 1990. He was also the foreign…
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1928
Australian tennis player (died 2024)
Neale Andrew Fraser, was an Australian champion tennis player. Fraser is the most recent man to have completed the triple crown, which he did in 1959 and 1960 at the U.S. National Championships. He won the 1960…
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1933
American composer and theorist
Benjamin Aaron Boretz is an American composer and music theorist.
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1934
Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (died 2015)
Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, also known as Michel Cardena, was a Colombian-Dutch Nouveau réalisme and pop art painter and a pioneer of video art in the Netherlands. His works cover a variety of artistic media, including…
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1934
South African golfer (died 2004)
Harold Henning was a South African professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. He won professional tournaments on the highest level in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and Europe.
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1934
English sculptor and painter (died 1990)
Simon Hepworth Nicholson was a British painter and sculptor. He was the son of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and her second husband, artist Ben Nicholson.
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1934
American general, pilot, and astronaut
Charles Moss Duke Jr. is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and youngest person to walk on the Moon, at…
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1935
Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (died 2020)
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor.
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1935
American composer
Stephen Michael Reich is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. Reich describes…
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1936
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1960)
Edward Ray Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire in the mid-1950s…
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1938
English captain
Captain David Hart Dyke, is a retired Royal Navy officer, former aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, and former commanding officer of HMS Coventry, which was sunk during the Falklands War.
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1938
Canadian author and academic
Jack Hodgins is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.
Critically acclaimed, among his best received works is Broken Ground (1998), a historical novel set after the First World War, for which he received the Ethel…
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1938
Peruvian entrepreneur and politician, 66th President of Peru
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard, also known simply as PPK, is a Peruvian economist, public administrator, and former politician who served as the president of Peru from 2016 to 2018. He served as prime minister of Peru and…
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1938
American wrestler and trainer (died 2020)
Joseph Melton James was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. In the course of his career, which spanned five decades, Armstrong held numerous championships throughout…
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1939
American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Alan Earle O'Day was an American singer-songwriter, best known for writing and singing "Undercover Angel," a million-selling Gold-certified American No. 1 hit in 1977. He also wrote songs for many other notable…
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1940
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Joseph Gilbert Yvon Jean Ratelle is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins. He featured in three Stanley Cup Final. In twenty-one seasons he averaged almost a point a…
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1940
1940
American singer-songwriter
Chubby Checker is an American rock and roll singer and dancer. He is known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and…
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1941
Italian racing driver and sportscaster (died 2025)
Andrea Lodovico de Adamich was an Italian racing driver. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his championship debut at the 1968 South African Grand Prix with Scuderia Ferrari.…
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1941
Australian businessman (died 2021)
John Dorman Elliott was an Australian businessman and state and federal president of the Liberal Party. He had also been president of the Carlton Football Club. He frequently provoked controversy due to his political…
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1941
Romanian historian and philologist (died 2017)
Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca was a Romanian historian and philologist. An ethnic Aromanian, he specialized in the study of classical philology, Byzantine and Ottoman studies and cultures of the Balkans, including the…
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1941
American actor (died 2024)
Alan L. Rachins was an American actor and comedian, known for his role as Douglas Brackman in L.A. Law which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry on the television series Dharma…
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1942
American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 25th Attorney…
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1943
Turkish civil servant and diplomat
Baki İlkin was a Turkish diplomat and ambassador who served as the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations.
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1943
Belgian mathematician and academic
Pierre René, Viscount Deligne is a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for work on the Weil conjectures, leading to a complete proof in 1973. He is the winner of the 1978 Fields Medal, 1988 Crafoord Prize, 2008 Wolf…
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1944
1944
English footballer and sportscaster
Anthony Brown is an English former footballer who played as a wing half and an inside forward. He was often referred to by his nickname Bomber or Bomber Brown and was known for his spectacular goals. He joined West…
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1945
English dancer and choreographer
Christopher Bruce is a British choreographer and performer. He was the Artistic Director of the Rambert Dance Company until 2002.
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1945
1945
American soul singer
Patricia Ann Cole, known professionally as P. P. Arnold, is an American-born British-based soul singer. She began her career in 1965 as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. The following year she relocated to…
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1946
American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist (died 2018)
John Perry Barlow was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist. He was also a lyricist for the Grateful Dead, a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the…
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1947
American trumpet player and songwriter (died 2015)
Ben Cauley Jr. was an American trumpet player, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the Stax recording group the Bar-Kays. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed soul singer Otis Redding…
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1947
American businessman (died 2015)
Frederick Adrian DeLuca was an American businessman, who was the co-founder and president of the Subway franchise of fast food restaurants with Peter Buck. During his tenure, Subway grew into the largest franchise in…
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1947
Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg was a Danish countess. She was the wife of Count Christian of Rosenborg, the grandson of King Christian X of Denmark. Prince Christian had to give up his princely rank in order to marry…
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1947
Greek water polo player and coach (died 2010)
Panagiotis "Takis" Michalos was a Greek water polo player and coach. He was born in Ampelokipoi, Athens.
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1947
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fleetwood…
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1949
Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Jyoti Prakash Dutta is an Indian film director, writer and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known for Ghulami (1985), Yateem (1988), Batwara (1989), Kshatriya (1993) and Border (1997).
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1949
Russian director and screenwriter (died 2021)
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rogozhkin was a Russian film director and writer.
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1949
American photographer and director
Laurie Simmons is an American photographer and filmmaker. Art historians consider her a key figure of The Pictures Generation and a group of late-1970s women artists that emerged as a counterpoint to the male-dominated…
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1949
American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player
Ronald Wayne Laws is an American jazz and smooth jazz saxophonist, and singer. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws and jazz vocalist Eloise Laws, and the older brother of Debra Laws.
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1950
1951
American geologist and astronaut
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American geologist, oceanographer, and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions.
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1951
American baseball player and sportscaster
David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He is the special assistant to the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Over his 22-year career, he…
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1951
American football coach
Bruce Charles Arians is an American football executive and former coach in the National Football League (NFL). Since 2022, he has been a senior football consultant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Arians was previously the…
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1952
New Zealand cricketer
Gary Bertram Troup is a New Zealand former cricketer and local politician who played 15 Test matches and 22 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
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1952
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Eddie DeGarmo is an American contemporary Christian music recording artist, keyboardist, producer and singer. He became best friends with guitarist/lead vocalist Dana Key in first grade, and co-founded the Christian…
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1954
American baseball player and sportscaster
Dennis Lee Eckersley, nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red…
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1954
American minister, talk show host, and political activist
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights…
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1954
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1990)
Stephen Ray Vaughan, also known abbreviated as SRV, was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned…
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1954
1955
American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (died 2006)
John Steven Lesmeister was a North Dakota politician who served as the 30th North Dakota State Treasurer from 1981 to 1984.
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1955
American bass player and songwriter (died 2000)
Douglas Allen Woody was an American bass guitarist best known for his eight-year tenure in the Allman Brothers Band and as a co-founder of Gov't Mule.
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1955
Turkish author
Buket Uzuner is a Turkish writer, author of novels, short stories, and travelogues. She studied biology and environmental science and has conducted research and presented lectures at universities in Turkey, Norway, the…
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1955
Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Hart Matthew Bochner is a Canadian TV, film and voice actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He has appeared in films such as Breaking Away (1979), Terror Train (1980), Rich and Famous (1981), The Wild Life…
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1956
Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo is a Brazilian career diplomat who served as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2013 until 2020. Since 2020, he has been Executive Vice President and Director of…
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1957
English radio and television host
Timothy Westwood, often known professionally simply as Westwood, is a British DJ and presenter. He was described by The Guardian in 2022 as "a veteran of the hip-hop scene whose opinions have been able to make or break…
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1957
Chinese sculptor
Chen Yanyin is a Chinese sculptor whose work was featured in the Chinese Fine Arts Chronicle, 2008. Her work was also part of "Between Ego and Society: An Exhibition of Contemporary Female Artists in China" at the…
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1958
Canadian dancer and choreographer
Louise Lecavalier OC is a Canadian dancer known as one of the icons of Canadian contemporary dance.
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1958
Australian rugby league player and coach
Craig Bellamy is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL), and a former professional rugby league footballer.
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1959
American golfer
Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who has competed on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. A former World No. 1, he has won 64 professional tournaments, most notably the Masters Tournament…
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1959
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Gregory Everett Proops is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host. He is widely known for his work on the British and American versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. He has also voiced the titular…
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1959
Italian automotive designer and blogger
Frank Stephenson is a Moroccan-born Spanish-American automobile designer who has worked for Ford, BMW, Mini, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, and McLaren. He is best known for redesigning the Mini as the…
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1959
American actor and singer
Peter John Wagner II is an American actor, singer, and golfer. He is best known for his roles on soap operas such as General Hospital, Santa Barbara, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place. His 1985 single "All I…
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1959
English journalist and mountaineer
Rebecca Stephens is a British author and journalist, known for being the first British woman to climb the Seven Summits, and the first British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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1961
German cantor, composer, and musicologist
Ludger Stühlmeyer is a German cantor, organist, composer, docent and musicologist.
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1961
1962
Nigerian-English novelist
Simon Scarrow is a British writer. Scarrow completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form…
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1962
American basketball player
Benny Michael Anders is an American former basketball player. Anders was a forward on the Guy Lewis-coached Houston Cougars teams during the early 1980s. The team featured a set of players called the Phi Slama Jama…
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1963
American tennis player
Daniel C. Goldie is a former tennis player from the United States who won 2 singles and 2 doubles titles. The right-hander reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1989 where he defeated Kelly Evernden, Jimmy Connors,…
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1963
English actor
Clive Owen is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My…
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1964
Dutch swimmer
Anna Maria Theodora Petra "Annemarie" Verstappen is a female former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands.
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1965
Swedish table tennis player
Jan-Ove Waldner, in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner or simply mononymously as J-O, is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." A sporting legend in his…
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1965
American baseball player and sportscaster
Darrin Glen Fletcher is an American former professional baseball catcher and sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 to 2002 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal…
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1966
American author and illustrator
Robert Liefeld is an American comic book creator. He co-created the character Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with writer Fabian Nicieza. In the early 1990s, Liefeld gained popularity due to…
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1967
English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Chris Collingwood is an American singer, songwriter, and artist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne.
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1967
English footballer and manager
Paul Andrew Crichton is an English football coach and former footballer. He is the goalkeeper coach of National Women's Soccer League club Orlando Pride.
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1968
American basketball player and coach
Gregory Clinton Foster is an American professional basketball coach and former player who last served as assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1968
Finnish footballer and manager
Marko Rajamäki is a Swedish-born Finnish former footballer. He managed Turun Palloseura (TPS) between 2010 and 2014. Previously he managed the club's under-18 team and was also the assistant manager of the senior team…
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1968
1968
English rower and sportscaster
Garry Gerard Paul Herbert is an Olympic gold medal-winning cox. He steered the British coxed pair to victory in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1993 World Rowing Championships.
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1969
American actress
Janel Moloney is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Donna Moss on the television series The West Wing, a role for which she received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding…
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1969
American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
Gwen Renée Stefani Shelton is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani rose to fame as a member and lead vocalist of the band No Doubt, whose hit singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and…
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1969
1969
Estonian guitarist and songwriter
Terminaator is an Estonian rock group formed in 1987 by Arno Veimer and Jaagup Kreem in Tallinn 10. High School. Kreem was in the 7th grade then. The first public performance was in Tallinn 47. High School in the…
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1970
1970
Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
Wilfredo Cordero Nieva is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder, shortstop, and first baseman during 1992–2005 for seven different teams: the…
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1971
American singer-songwriter and actor
Kevin Scott Richardson is an American pop singer, best known as a member of the vocal group the Backstreet Boys. Richardson was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame with his cousin and bandmate Brian Littrell…
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1971
Ghanaian-English journalist (died 2014)
Komla Afeke Dumor was a Ghanaian journalist who worked for BBC World News and was the main presenter of its programme Focus on Africa.
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1972
1972
Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Michael Gunnar Nylander is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre and coach. He played for fifteen seasons in the NHL, and represented the Swedish national team in multiple Olympics and World Championships.
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1972
Israeli-American talent manager and businessman
Guy Harley Oseary is an American talent manager, investor and writer. His clients include Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He founded the investment companies A-Grade Investments and Sound Ventures.
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1972
American actress
Christine Keiko Agena is an Okinawan American actress. She is mostly known for playing Lane Kim in Gilmore Girls and NYPD medical examiner Dr. Edrisa Tanaka on FOX's crime drama Prodigal Son (2019–2021).
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1973
Canadian actress
Neve Adrianne Campbell is a Canadian actress. Campbell has amassed several credits and accolades over three decades. She emerged as a scream queen in the late 1990s for starring in horror films. She has also appeared in…
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1973
American-Mexican tennis player and coach
Angélica Gavaldón Loaiza is a Mexican retired tennis player.
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1973
British actress
Lena Kathren Headey is a British actress. She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received five…
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1973
Norwegian saxophonist and composer
Eirik Hegdal is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, arranger and music teacher, known from the band Dingobats (1995-2005) and as leader of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
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1973
American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist, and record label owner
John Dwyer is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, visual artist, and record label owner. He is best known as the founding member and primary songwriter of the garage rock band Osees, with whom he…
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1974
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Michael Paul Johnson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Phoenix Coyotes, Montreal Canadiens and the St. Louis Blues.
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1974
Finnish ice hockey player
Antti Akseli Laaksonen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey left winger who last played for the Lukko of the SM-Liiga. Antti had a seven-year NHL career, mostly as a third line wing and penalty killer for the…
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1974
Dutch speed skater
Maria Aaltje "Marianne" Timmer is a Dutch former speed skater specializing in the middle distances. At the 1998 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in both these events.
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1974
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
India Arie Simpson is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence with her debut album, Acoustic Soul (2001), which was a commercial and critical success. She has since released the albums Voyage to India…
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1975
English rugby player and coach
Phil Greening is an English former rugby union footballer who played as a hooker. Greening finished his rugby career with London Wasps in 2005. During his career he earned 24 caps for England, as well as going to…
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1975
Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Satoko Ishimine is a Japanese female singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 1992 when she won the grand prix of the 16th annual Nagasaki Singing Festival at the age of 16, which resulted in her receiving a recording…
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1975
American rapper
Talib Kweli Greene is an American rapper. He is one half of the hip-hop duo Black Star, which he formed in 1997 with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def. Their 1998 single, "Definition", entered the Billboard Hot 100 and…
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1975
American actress
Alanna González Ubach is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Serena McGuire in Legally Blonde (2001) and Legally Blonde 2 (2003), Isabel Villalobos in Meet the Fockers (2004), Maria in Sister Act 2: Back…
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1975
1976
American actor and producer
Seann William Scott is an American actor. In film, Scott is best known for his breakout role as Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series (1999–2012). He also starred in a lead role as Doug Glatt in Goon (2011) and…
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1976
American wrestler
Daniel Richard Hollie is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2003 and 2007 under the ring name Danny Basham and in Total Nonstop…
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1977
American baseball player and coach
Eric Walter Munson is an American former professional baseball catcher and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 to 2009 for the Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Houston Astros, and…
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1977
Italian footballer
Luca Tognozzi is a former Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1977
Ghanaian-German footballer
Gerald Asamoah is a German football executive and former professional player who works as the first-team manager of Schalke 04.
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1978
English footballer
Neil Clement is an English former professional footballer who spent the majority of his career playing for West Bromwich Albion.
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1978
Peruvian footballer
Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently serving as club ambassador for Bayern Munich. He was captain of Peru's national football team, and was…
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1978
American singer-songwriter
Jason F. Sellards, known professionally by the stage name Jake Shears, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist of New York City pop-rock band Scissor Sisters, who…
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1978
American actress
Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" Sossamon is an American actress and musician. She has appeared in the films A Knight's Tale (2001), 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), The Rules of Attraction (2002), The Order (2003), Kiss…
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1978
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Josh Adam Klinghoffer is an American musician best known for being the guitarist for the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers from 2009 to 2019, with whom he recorded two studio albums, I'm with You (2011) and The Getaway…
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1979
American wrestler and actor
John Randall Hennigan, better known by his ring name John Morrison, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Johnny TV and is a…
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1979
American football player
Anquan Kenmile Boldin is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was…
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1980
Canadian ice hockey player
Sheldon W. Brookbank is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) under…
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1980
English journalist and author
Lindsey Kelk is an English author, journalist and former children's book editor. She initially signed a up-to three-book deal with HarperCollins following the submission of a manuscript for her first novel. To date, she…
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1980
Irish singer-songwriter and producer
Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue is an Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of the Irish rock band The Script. He also appeared as a coach on the first two series of the television singing talent show The Voice UK. He…
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1980
Mexican footballer
Héctor Reynoso López is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1980
Croatian footballer (died 2013)
Ivan Turina was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made one appearance for the Croatia national team.
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1980
1981
Swedish footballer
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Ibrahimović is known for his acrobatic strikes and volleys, technique, ball control, and physical dominance. He is regarded as one…
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1981
Swedish footballer
Jan Andreas Isaksson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1981
1981
German kayaker
Ronald Rauhe is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 1997. Competing in six Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event. Rauhe has won 16 world championship gold medals, the most…
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1981
English footballer
Matthew Ronald Sparrow is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder
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1981
Brazilian mixed martial artist
Thiago Alves is a Brazilian former bare-knuckle fighter and former mixed martial artist. A 27-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he competed in the promotion from 2005 until 2019. Aside from being a…
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1983
1983
Canadian ice hockey player
Mark Giordano is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is an advisor for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the NHL, he played as a defenceman for the Calgary Flames…
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1983
1983
American actress
Tessa Lynne Thompson is an American actress. Known for her roles in both blockbusters and independent dramas, her accolades include nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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1983
South Korean singer and actress
Yoon Eun-hye is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Baby Vox, staying with the group from 1999 to 2005, as well as WSG Wannabe, a female project group in 2022. Yoon has…
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1984
Canadian ice hockey player
Bruno Gervais is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played with the New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1984
Canadian actress
Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress known as Melissa Glaser in The Secret Circle, Max on Black Sails, and Nora West-Allen / XS in The Flash. She also had guest roles on Smallville, Undercovers, Kaya and Colony.
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1984
French footballer
Anthony Le Tallec is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Liverpool, Sochaux, and Annecy FC.
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1984
American actor
Christopher Marquette, also credited as Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette, is an American actor. He began his career with a main role as Adam Brody on the ABC sitcom Aliens in the Family (1996) before his breakout with a…
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1984
1984
American singer-songwriter and actress
Ashley Nicolle Ross-Næss, also known as Ashlee Simpson, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. The younger sister of singer and actress Jessica Simpson, she began her career as a backup…
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1984
American basketball player
Courtney Lee is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
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1985
New Zealand rugby league player
Lewis Brown, also known by the nickname of "Sharky", is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, who played for the New Zealand Warriors, Penrith Panthers and Manly…
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1986
Colombian footballer
Jackson Arley Martínez Valencia is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1986
1987
American ice hockey player
Dustin James Gazley is an Italian–American professional ice hockey player who is a winger for HC Bolzano of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
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1988
American rapper and songwriter
Rakim Athelston Mayers, known professionally as ASAP Rocky, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, fashion designer, and model. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as a member of the hip…
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1988
Swedish actress
Alicia Amanda Vikander is a Swedish actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
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1988
American football player
Nathaniel Joseph Montana is an American former college football quarterback. After walking-on at Notre Dame as a freshman in 2008, he transferred to Pasadena City College in 2009, went back to Notre Dame in 2010,…
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1989
Irish singer
Two Door Cinema Club are an Irish rock band formed in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in 2007. The band consists of Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday, and Kevin Baird.
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1989
French cyclist
Johan Le Bon is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for French amateur team Dinan Sport Cycling.
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1990
English sprinter
Jenny McLoughlin is a British Paralympian track and field athlete competing mainly in T37 sprint events. She has represented Great Britain in the 2008 Summer Paralympics and in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.…
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1991
Japanese singer
Aki Takajō , is a Japanese tarento who is a former member of the idol groups AKB48 and JKT48. She auditioned for AKB48's sixth generation and was promoted to member of Team A. Her talent agency is Horipro and was one of…
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1991
Italian footballer
Raffaele Di Gennaro is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan.
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1993
Argentinian tennis player
Victoria Bosio is an Argentine tennis player. On 17 December 2018, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 308. On 7 March 2022, she peaked at No. 284 in the doubles rankings.
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1994
American ice hockey player
Jared Seth Jones is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL…
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1994
American actress
Ayo Edebiri is an American actress, comedian, television writer, and director. Since 2022, she has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear, for which she won a Golden Globe Award, two Actor Awards,…
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1995
American football player
Michael William Gesicki is an American professional football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He was selected in…
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1995
1995
Chinese figure skater
Jin Boyang is a Chinese figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist, a…
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1997
American basketball player
Jonathan Judah Isaac is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season for the Florida State Seminoles. Isaac…
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1997
1997
2000
Finnish ice hockey player
Anton Lundell is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lundell was considered a top prospect for the 2020 NHL entry draft, where he was…
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2001
2001
American football player
Coleridge Bernard "C. J." Stroud IV is an American professional football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he holds…
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2001
American actor
Noah Cameron Schnapp is an American actor. He made his acting debut in 2015 with his portrayal of Charlie Brown in the animated film The Peanuts Movie and his supporting role in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies.…
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2004
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