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Famous Birthdays on October 6
234 people
649 – 2004
October 6 has seen 234 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 649 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1986 — Meg Myers
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Later that year, she signed to Atlantic Records, with which she released the Make a Shadow EP (2014) and her debut album, Sorry (2015)
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She later departed Atlantic for 300 Entertainment and released Take Me to the Disco, her second album, in 2018
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Her third album TZIA was released in 2023 on Sumerian Records.
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Janice Sue Meghan Myers, known professionally as Meg Myers, is an American singer-songwriter
Yuknoom Yichʼaak Kʼahkʼ or Yuknoom Ixquiac was a Maya king of the Kaan kingdom, which had its capital at Calakmul during the Classic Period of Mesoamerican chronology.
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649
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1301 to 1305, and King of Bohemia and Poland from 1305. He was the son of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, and Judith of Habsburg.
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1289
German navigator and geographer (died 1507)
Martin Behaim, also known as Martin von Behaim and by various forms of Martin of Bohemia, was a German textile merchant and cartographer. He served John II of Portugal as an adviser in matters of navigation and…
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1459
English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (died 1573)
John Caius, also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Scholar and physician to Edward VI and Mary I of England.
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1510
English priest and martyr (died 1555)
Rowland Taylor was an English Protestant martyr during the Marian Persecutions.
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1510
Italian priest and missionary (died 1610)
Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters. In 2022, the Apostolic…
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1552
Hungarian noble (died 1604)
Count Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld was a Hungarian nobleman and a distinguished soldier. His family, the Nádasdy family, was one of the wealthiest and most influential of the era in Hungary. In 1571, when…
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1555
French writer (died 1645)
Marie de Gournay was a French writer. Author of a novel and a number of other literary compositions, including The Equality of Men and Women and The Ladies' Grievance, she insisted that women should be educated. Gournay…
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1565
3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1624)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton,, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Montagu. Shakespeare's two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and…
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1573
5th Earl of Rutland (died 1612)
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland was the eldest surviving son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland and his wife, Elizabeth née Charleton. He travelled across Europe, took part in military campaigns led by the Earl of…
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1576
Italian singer-songwriter (died 1638)
Settimia Caccini was a well-known Italian soprano and composer during the 1600s, being one of the first women to have a successful career in music. Caccini was highly regarded for her artistic and technical work with…
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1591
duc de Montausier, French general (died 1690)
Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, was a French soldier and, from 1668 to 1680, the governor of the Dauphin, the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France.
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1610
French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684)
Géraud de Cordemoy was a French philosopher, historian and lawyer. He is mainly known for his works in metaphysics and for his theory of language.
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1626
2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1771)
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending commerce in the Americas, he became known as the "father of the colonies". President of the Board of…
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1716
English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher (died 1804)
Sarah Crosby was an English Methodist preacher, and is considered to be the first woman to hold this title. Crosby, along with Mary Bosanquet, is one of the most popular women preachers of Methodism. Scholars such as…
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1729
Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (died 1812)
John Broadwood was the Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons.
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1732
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was the second child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. As a child, and for a time the eldest surviving child, she was heiress…
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1738
Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (died 1785)
Johan Herman Wessel was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized by the use of parody and satiric wit.
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1742
Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (died 1813)
James McGill was a Scottish-born businessman, politician, slaveholder, and philanthropist best known for being the founder of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower…
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1744
Grenadian-Haitian king (died 1820)
Henri Christophe was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti.
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1767
English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (died 1812)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the siege of Detroit and his death at the Battle of Queenston Heights during…
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1769
Scottish geologist and academic (died 1835)
John MacCulloch FRS was a Scottish geologist. He was the first geologist to be employed by the government in Britain and is best known for his pioneering texts on geology and for producing the first geological maps of…
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1773
Louis Philippe I, nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, the penultimate monarch of France, the last French monarch to bear the title "King", and the only French monarch to descend from…
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1773
French politician (died 1888)
Lazare Hippolyte Carnot was a French politician.
He was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and the
second son of the revolutionary politician and general Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot,…
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1801
Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (died 1879)
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist.
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1803
3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (died 1892)
James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP was an Irish politician and peer.
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1820
Swedish soprano and actress (died 1887)
Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind , was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across…
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1820
German mathematician and philosopher (died 1916)
Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra, and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic. His best known contribution is the definition…
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1831
Italian soldier, poet, and author (died 1910)
Giuseppe Cesare Abba was an Italian writer and soldier. As a participant on the expedition of i Mille he fought next to Giuseppe Garibaldi in his conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1860.
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1838
American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (died 1914)
George Westinghouse Jr. was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his creation of the railway air brake and for being a pioneer…
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1846
American historian and politician (died 1927)
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was an American historian and United States senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham…
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1862
Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (died 1932)
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and inventor who received hundreds of patents in fields related to radio and sonar between 1891 and 1936.
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1866
American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1950)
Frank Gilman Allen was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was president of a successful leathergoods business in Norwood, Massachusetts, and active in local and state politics. A Republican,…
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1874
Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1941)
Ernest Lapointe was a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a senior minister in the government of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, playing an important role on issues…
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1876
Polish pianist and composer (died 1937)
Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer, pianist and writer. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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1882
Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1960)
Edwin Fischer was a Swiss classical pianist and conductor. He is regarded as one of the great interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart in the twentieth century.
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1886
Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (died 1965)
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in…
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1887
French soldier and pilot (died 1918)
Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot. Garros began a career in aviation in 1909 and performed many early feats such as the first-ever airplane crossing of the Mediterranean…
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1888
1891
Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1956)
Meghnad Saha was an Indian astrophysicist and politician who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers to accurately relate the spectral classes of stars to their…
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1893
American author and critic (died 1981)
Caroline Ferguson Gordon was an American novelist and literary critic who, while still in her thirties, received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and an O. Henry Award in 1934. Her early fiction was influenced by her…
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1895
American film director (died 1941)
David Howard was an American film director. He directed 46 films between 1930 and 1941, 29 of them westerns starring George O'Brien, including the acclaimed Mystery Ranch (1932).
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1896
American biochemist and academic (died 1991)
Florence Barbara Seibert was an American biochemist. She is best known for identifying the active agent in the antigen tuberculin as a protein, and subsequently for isolating a pure form of tuberculin, purified protein…
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1897
American activist and desegregationist (died 1991)
Vivion Mercer Lenon Brewer was an American desegregationist, most notable for being a founding member of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) in 1958 during the desegregation of Central High School…
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1900
German mountaineer (died 1934)
Willy Merkl was a German mountain climber who is most notable for his attempt to lead a German-American team up the Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas in 1932.
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1900
English cricketer (died 1961)
Morris Stanley Nichols was the leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s.
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1900
German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (died 1990)
Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus was a German zoologist and drawer.
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1901
Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, commonly abbreviated as E. T. S. Walton, was an Irish experimental physicist. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Cockcroft "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of…
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1903
American tennis player and painter (died 1998)
Helen Newington Wills, also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles during her career, including 19 singles titles.
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1905
American actress (died 1984)
Janet Gaynor was an American actress. She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era. In…
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1906
Welsh footballer and coach (died 1946)
Eugene "Taffy" O'Callaghan was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City, Fulham and Wales during the 1920s and 1930s.
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1906
American actress (died 1942)
Carole Lombard was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars…
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1908
Russian mathematician and academic (died 1989)
Prof Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, FRSE was a Soviet mathematician working in mathematical analysis and partial differential equations.
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1908
English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (died 2002)
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, Baroness Castle was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British…
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1910
Italian automobile designer (died 1974)
Orazio Satta Puliga was an Italian automobile designer of Sardinian ancestry known for several Alfa Romeo designs.
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1910
American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
Perkins Bass was an American elected official from the state of New Hampshire, including four terms as a U.S. representative from 1955 to 1963.
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1912
German-Swiss painter and photographer (died 1985)
Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer.
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1913
Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (died 2002)
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.
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1914
English director and playwright (died 2002)
Joan Maud Littlewood was an English pioneering theatre director, who has been referred to as "The Mother of Modern Theatre", she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is best known for her work in developing…
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1914
American psychologist and activist (died 2007)
Carolyn Elizabeth Goodman was an American clinical psychologist who became a prominent civil rights advocate after her son, Andrew Goodman and two other civil rights workers, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were…
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1915
Portuguese-American cardinal (died 1983)
Humberto Sousa Medeiros was a Portuguese-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. Medeiros previously serve as Bishop of…
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1915
Swedish dentist and actress (died 2007)
Alice Ingegärd Marianne Timander was a Swedish dentist, but was better known as an entertainer and a Swedish red carpet queen at Stockholm theatre premieres.
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1915
Japanese-Chinese general (died 1997)
Chiang Wei-kuo, also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important figure in the…
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1916
American activist and philanthropist (died 1977)
Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and leader of the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the…
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1917
Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2010)
Goh Keng Swee was a Singaporean statesman and economist who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1985. Goh is widely recognised as one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore.
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1918
French-Belgian race car driver (died 1993)
André Théodore Pilette, son of former Indy 500 participant Théodore Pilette, was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1951.
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1918
English footballer and coach (died 1996)
Thomas Lawton was an English football player and manager.
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1919
Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (died 2005)
John Francis Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, was a British right-wing barrister and judge who served as Master of the Rolls for ten years, from 1982 to 1992. He was the first President of the short-lived…
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1920
Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997)
Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis was a Soviet mathematician who worked mainly on partial differential equations.
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1921
American minister and activist (died 2020)
Joseph Echols Lowery was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights movement. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and others,…
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1921
Italian automotive designer (died 1980)
Giovanni Michelotti was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. His notable contributions were for Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati and Triumph marques. He was also associated with truck designs…
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1921
American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
Joseph Filmore Frazier was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball.
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1922
American actress (died 2007)
Teala Loring was an American actress who appeared in over 30 films during the 1940s.
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1922
Malaysian Chinese business magnate and investor
Robert Kuok Hock Nien, better known as Robert Kuok, is a Malaysian business magnate, investor and philanthropist based in Hong Kong since 1973. According to Forbes, his net worth is estimated at $11.8 billion as of…
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1923
Turkish journalist and author (died 2015)
Yaşar Kemal was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the…
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1923
American journalist and author (died 2005)
Shana Alexander was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point-Counterpoint" debate segments of 60…
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1925
1927
Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015)
Flora MacNeil, MBE was a traditional singer of Scottish Gaelic folk music. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and continued to perform into her later years.
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1928
American actress and singer (died 2013)
Barbara May Theresa Werle was an American actress, dancer and singer, best known for her role in Seconds (1966).
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1928
American pole vaulter (died 2012)
George Mattos was an American pole vaulter. He competed for his native country in two Olympics, 1952 when he finished 9th and 1956 when he finished 4th, both times behind American teammate Bob Richards.
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1929
Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)
Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional…
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1930
Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)
Richard Benaud was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. Following his retirement from international cricket in 1964, Benaud became a highly regarded commentator on the game.
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1930
Russian astronomer (died 2004)
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea.
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1931
English actress
Eileen Derbyshire is a retired English actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She played the character for 55 years from January 1961 to January 2016,…
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1931
Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Riccardo Giacconi was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.
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1931
8th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 2023)
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII, less formally known as Mukarram Jah, was the titular Nizam of Hyderabad between 1967 and 1971. He was the head of the House of Asaf Jah until he died in…
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1933
American psychologist and author (died 2015)
Marshall Bertram Rosenberg was an American psychologist, mediator, author, and teacher. Starting in the early 1960s, he developed nonviolent communication, a process for supporting partnership and resolving conflict…
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1934
Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018)
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Sammartino's first reign as WWF World Heavyweight Champion is…
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1935
American lawyer, educator, and activist (died 2013)
Julius LeVonne Chambers was an American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator.
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1936
Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (died 2011)
Serge Nubret was a Guadeloupean-French professional bodybuilder, actor and self-published author. He won numerous bodybuilding competitions, including 1976 NABBA Mr. Universe (1976). Nubret was nicknamed "the Black…
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1938
English journalist, author, and academic
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, is an English broadcaster, author, and parliamentarian. Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including presenter, a connection that resumed in 1988 when he began to…
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1939
American baseball player
John Patrick Cullen is an American retired professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 19 games in Major League Baseball as a member of the New York Yankees. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he stood 5…
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1939
American lawyer and academic
Richard Delgado is an American legal scholar, one the key founders of critical race theory, as described in foundational legal scholarship, along with Derrick Bell and Alan Freeman. Delgado is currently a Distinguished…
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1939
American computer scientist and academic
Sheila Adele Greibach is an American researcher in formal languages in computing, automata, compiler theory and computer science. She is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los…
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1939
American captain, lawyer, and politician
John Joseph LaFalce was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York from 1975 to 2003. He retired in 2002 after his district was merged with…
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1939
Dutch footballer and referee
Johannes "Jan" Nicolaus Ignacius Keizer was a Dutch football referee. He refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and one match in the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship in France.
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1940
American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987)
Paul Graham Popham was an American gay rights activist who was a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and served as its president from 1981 until 1985. He also helped found and was chairman of the AIDS Action…
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1941
American painter (died 2007)
Dan Christensen was an American abstract painter
He is best known for paintings that relate to Lyrical Abstraction, Color field painting, and Abstract expressionism.
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1942
Swedish actress and singer
Britt Ekland is a Swedish actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Double Man (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969),…
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1942
American comedian and actor (died 2009)
Frederick Albert Travalena III was an American entertainer, specializing in comedy and impressions.
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1942
English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Richard George Caborn is a British politician who served as Minister of Sport from 2001 to 2007 and later as the prime minister's ambassador for England's 2018 FIFA World Cup bid. He previously served as a junior…
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1943
Australian politician, 24th Premier of Western Australia
Peter McCallum Dowding SC is an Australian lawyer and former politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 due to a leadership spill. He was a member…
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1943
Russian painter
Alexander Maxovich Shilov is a prominent Soviet and Russian portrait painter.
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1943
Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
Cees Veerman was a Dutch musician. He was a singer, composer and guitarist for the rock band The Cats. He was born in Volendam in the province of North Holland.
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1943
Algerian director and screenwriter
Merzak Allouache is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His 1996 Salut cousin! was…
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1944
English general
Major General Patrick Anthony John Cordingley, is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Division from 1995 to 1996.
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1944
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov is a former Russian ice hockey player.
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1944
Brazilian race car driver (died 1977)
José Carlos Pace was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1977. Pace won the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix with Brabham.
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1944
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)
Ivan Graziani was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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1945
American lawyer and politician
Lloyd Alton Doggett II is an American lawyer and politician serving in the United States House of Representatives from Texas since 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Doggett was a member of the Texas Senate from…
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1946
South African-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2012)
Anthony William Greig was a South African–born cricketer and commentator. Greig qualified to play for the England cricket team by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and…
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1946
Australian rugby league player and coach
John Stephen Monie is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He is probably best known for his coaching career where he…
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1946
Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
Eduardo Cruz Villanueva, most commonly referred to as Bro. Eddie Villanueva or ECV, is an evangelist and founder, president and spiritual director of the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW).
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1946
Indian actor, producer and politician (died 2017)
Vinod Khanna was an Indian actor, film producer, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. Recognised as a style and fashion icon, he was often referred to as the "Sexy Sanyasi" in the media, as well a sex…
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1946
Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)
Francisco "Patxi" Andión González was a Spanish singer-songwriter, musician and actor.
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1947
Italian diver
Klaus Dibiasi is a former sports diver from Italy, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his country, starting in 1964. He dominated the platform event from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, winning three…
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1947
Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020)
Millicent Dolly May Small CD was a Jamaican singer who is best known for her international hit "My Boy Lollipop" (1964). The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million copies…
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1947
Irish republican politician
Gerard Adams is an Irish republican retired politician who was the president of Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He was a Teachta Dála for Louth from 2011 to 2020 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly…
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1948
American guitarist and composer (died 2018)
Glenn Branca was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres…
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1948
American inventor
Lonnie George Johnson is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, best known for inventing the bestselling Super Soaker water gun in 1989. He was formerly employed at the U.S. Air Force and NASA,…
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1949
1949
American R&B singer-songwriter and guitarist
Thomas McClary is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores. McClary is widely credited with having created the signature…
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1949
American businessman
Leslie Roy Moonves is an American retired media executive who was the chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation from 2006 until his resignation in September 2018 following numerous allegations of sexual harassment, sexual…
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1949
French singer-songwriter and photographer
Nicolas Peyrac is a French musician, writer and photographer.
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1949
American physicist and author
Glen David Brin is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His novel The Postman was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring Kevin Costner.
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1950
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Kevin Patrick Cronin Jr. is an American musician who was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band REO Speedwagon. The band had several hits on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout the 1970s and 1980s,…
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1951
Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
Clive Frederick William Rees is a Welsh former rugby union player. He won thirteen caps as left wing for Wales between 1973 and 1983.
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1951
Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
The Sutherland Brothers were a Scottish folk and soft rock duo. From 1973 to 1978, they performed with rock band Quiver, and recorded and toured as Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. Under this combined moniker, the group…
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1951
German race car driver (died 1985)
Manfred Winkelhock was a German racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1980 and 1985.
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1951
Turkish poet and author
Ayten Mutlu is a Turkish poet and writer. She graduated from Yıldız Technical University and Istanbul University and graduated from Management faculty of İstanbul University in 1975. She retired from The Central Bank.…
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1952
1953
American author and journalist
William Holmes Buford is an American author and journalist. He is the author of the books Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting…
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1954
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Kent Hidalgo is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. Hidalgo frequently plays accordion, violin, 6-string banjo, cello, requinto jarocho, percussion, drums and guitar as…
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1954
American football player and coach
Anthony Kevin Dungy is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. His…
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1955
Yemeni politician (died 2023)
Sheikh Sadiq bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Nasser al-Ahmar was a Yemeni politician and leader of the Hashid tribal federation. He succeeded his father Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar in these positions after Abdullah's…
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1956
American author and illustrator
Kathleen Webb is an American comic book writer and artist and one of the first female writers for Archie Comics.
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1956
Zimbabwean footballer and coach
Bruce David Grobbelaar is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English club Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. Regarded as one…
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1957
Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)
Sergei Aleksandrovich Mylnikov was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey goaltender and coach who competed in the Soviet Hockey League, National Hockey League, and the Swedish Division 2 between 1977 and 1995.
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1958
Saudi Arabian politician (died 2012)
Turki bin Sultan Al Saud was deputy minister of culture and information of Saudi Arabia. He was a member of the House of Saud and was one of the grandsons of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz.
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1959
American baseball player
Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd is a former American professional baseball pitcher. Boyd played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1982–1989), Montreal Expos (1990–1991), and Texas Rangers (1991). In a…
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1959
American politician
Brian Michael Higgins is an American former politician who was the U.S. representative for New York's 26th congressional district, from 2005 until 2024. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 and…
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1959
Jr., American bowler
Walter Ray Williams Jr. is an American professional tenpin bowler and competitive horseshoes pitcher. He has won 47 national PBA Tour career titles, the most in the tour’s history, and has earned over $5 million in…
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1959
Scottish singer, songwriter director and producer.
Richard Jobson is a Scottish filmmaker who also works as a television presenter. He is also known as the singer-songwriter of the punk rock-post punk band Skids.
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1960
Japanese actress
Miyuki Matsuda is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and the sister of Mami Kumagai.
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1961
English footballer
Paul Eric Sansome is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made more than 150 appearances in the Football League for Millwall and more than 300 for Southend United.
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1961
English businessman and journalist
Ben Jeffrey Peter Summerskill is chair of The Silver Line and director of the Criminal Justice Alliance, a consortium of 135 charities working across the GB criminal justice pathway. He was the chief executive of the…
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1961
American biologist and academic
David Baker is an American biochemist and computational biologist who has pioneered methods to design proteins and predict their three-dimensional structures. He is the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor in…
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1962
1962
Swedish footballer and coach
Sven Tommy Andersson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Örgryte IS in 1980, he went on to represent IFK Strömstad and Helsingborgs IF before retiring at…
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1963
American actress
Elisabeth Shue is an American actress. She has starred in films such as The Karate Kid (1984), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Cocktail (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990),…
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1963
American basketball player (died 1989)
Ricky Alan Berry was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Sacramento Kings.
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1964
German-English lawyer and politician
Mark Christopher Field is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cities of London and Westminster from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Minister of State at…
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1964
1964
Greek painter
Miltos Manetas is a Greek painter and multimedia artist. He currently lives and works in Bogotá.
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1964
Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
Knut Storberget is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party. He is currently serving as the county governor of Innlandet since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Justice under Jens Stoltenberg from…
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1964
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Sidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the…
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1964
German footballer and manager
Jürgen Kohler is a German former professional footballer and manager, who played as a centre-back. He is currently the U17 manager of Bonner SC. During his playing career, he won the World Cup with the German national…
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1965
American philosopher and academic
Peg O'Connor, is a professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies as well as Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her present research interests include two separate but…
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1965
American lawyer and politician
Stephen Joseph Scalise is an American politician who has been the House majority leader since 2023 and the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, he…
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1965
Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Rubén Angel Sierra García is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. Over 20 seasons, Sierra played for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics (1992–95), New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers (1996),…
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1965
American academic and linguist
John Hamilton McWhorter V is an American linguist. He is an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches American studies and music history. He has authored a number of books on race…
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1965
Italian author
Melania Gaia Mazzucco is an Italian author. She is a recipient of the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize.
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1966
American actress
Jacqueline Obradors is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Tortilla Soup (2001), A Man Apart (2003) and Unstoppable (2004). She is…
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1966
Irish footballer and manager
Niall John Quinn is an Irish former professional footballer, manager, businessman and sports television pundit.
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1966
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Thomas Eugene Stinson is an American rock musician. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the bass guitarist for The Replacements, one of the definitive American alternative rock groups. After their breakup in 1991,…
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1966
Swedish footballer
Bernt Kennet Andersson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Starting off his career with IFK Eskilstuna in the mid-1980s, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Belgium, France,…
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1967
Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
Svend Karlsen is a Norwegian former strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder. The winner of the 2001 World's Strongest Man and three times Norway's Strongest Man, he was well known for shouting his catch phrase "Viking…
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1967
English barrister and politician
Steven Marcus Woolfe is a British barrister, writer, commentator and former politician. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity, a research think tank studying population and…
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1967
Danish footballer and sportscaster
Bjarne Goldbæk is a Danish former professional footballer and current sports pundit for Eurosport. An attacking midfielder, he played for a number of foreign clubs, including Chelsea and Fulham in England and several…
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1968
1968
Zimbabwean golfer
Byron Hamish Black is a Zimbabwean tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.
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1969
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Muhammad V has been the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since ascending to the throne in 2010. He previously reigned as King of Malaysia from 2016 until his abdication in 2019.
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1969
American actress
Amy Jo Johnson is an American and Canadian actress, musician, and filmmaker. As an actress, Johnson is best known for her roles as Kimberly Hart on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1995), Julie Emrick on Felicity…
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1970
Canadian actress and producer
Shauna MacDonald is a Canadian television and film actress, director, producer, writer, voice actor, and radio announcer. She became known for her role as the national continuity announcer for CBC Radio One.
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1970
American baseball player
Darren Christopher Oliver is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He is a second generation major league player, as his father Bob Oliver played in the major leagues for nine seasons between 1967 and 1975.
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1970
English actress
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is a British actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her…
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1971
Australian footballer
Mark Schwarzer is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Australia at international level from 1993 to 2013, and was selected for both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World…
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1972
American comedian, actor, and singer
Jeffrey Bryan Davis is an American actor, impressionist and comedian. He is known for his work as a recurring performer on the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? From July 2016 until October 2019, he has…
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1973
Welsh actor
Ioan Gruffudd is a Welsh actor. He is known for his roles in film and television series in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
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1973
American basketball player and sportscaster
Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin is an American television basketball analyst and former professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. Lobo, at 6'4", played the…
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1973
Costa Rican footballer and manager
Wálter Centeno Corea is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and current manager of Santos de Guapiles.
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1974
Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Kenny Per Anders Jönsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders, and for Rögle BK in the Swedish Hockey League.…
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1974
British politician
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office in 2019. She was the…
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1974
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Jeremy Merton Sisto is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Billy Chenowith in HBO's Six Feet Under (2001–2005), NYPD Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's Law & Order (2008–2010), George Altman in the ABC sitcom…
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1974
Vietnamese shooter
Hoàng Xuân Vinh is a Vietnamese sport shooter. Xuân Vinh participated in the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol and a silver in the 50 meter pistol competitions at the…
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1974
1975
Venezuelan baseball player
Freddy Antonio García is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for seven Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, including the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees. García…
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1976
American actor and comedian
Brett Gelman is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Murray Bauman in Netflix's horror-supernatural series Stranger Things and as Martin in the BBC comedy Fleabag.
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1976
Canadian ice hockey player
Daniel Jean-Claude Brière is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers. He was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NHL entry draft by the Phoenix Coyotes,…
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1977
Israeli footballer and singer
Shimon Gershon is a retired Israeli national footballer and central defender. For nearly 10 years, Gershon was the captain of the Israeli football team Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 2006, he moved to capital city club Beitar…
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1977
American actor
Wes Ramsey is an American actor. He is known for his performance in the romantic drama film Latter Days, and for playing Sam Spencer on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light and for his recurring role as Wyatt…
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1977
English boxer and promoter (died 2025)
Richard John Hatton, also known by nicknames such as "The Hitman", "The Pride of Hyde" and the "People's Champion", was a British professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and later worked as a boxing…
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1978
1978
French footballer (died 2005)
David di Elias Alemu Tommaso was a French professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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1979
Sierra Leonean footballer and manager
Mohamed Kallon MOR is a Sierra Leonean football manager and former player who is currently the manager of the Sierra Leone national team. A striker, Kallon played for Inter Milan from 2001 to 2004, and is widely…
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1979
American football player
Richard Vershaun Seymour is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders. He played college football for…
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1979
French footballer
Abdoulaye Méïté is an Ivorian former professional footballer. He represented Ivory Coast internationally and was awarded a total of 48 caps.
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1980
Georgian footballer
Zurab Khizanishvili is a Georgian football coach and former player who is currently the assistant manager of the Georgia U21 football team.
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1981
Armenian chess grandmaster
Levon Grigori Aronian is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former blitz world…
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1982
American musician and composer
William Pierce Butler is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known as a former member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, with whom he recorded six studio albums. Butler was a member of the band…
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1982
English boxer
Paul James Smith Jr. is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017, and has since worked as a commentator. He held the English middleweight title in 2008, the British super-middleweight title…
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1982
1983
South African cricketer
Morné Morkel is a South African-born cricket coach and former cricketer. He played international cricket for South Africa national cricket team between 2006 and 2018. He briefly served as the bowling coach of the…
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1984
English footballer (died 2012)
Mitchell James Cole was an English footballer who played as a winger. He retired from professional football in 2011 after being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that made it unsafe for him…
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1985
American basketball player
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Portland Fire of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the…
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1985
1985
Estonian footballer
Tarmo Kink is an Estonian former footballer who played as a winger. He works as a coach at Paide Linnameeskond.
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1985
American actress
Olivia Jo Thirlby is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leah in the comedy-drama film Juno (2007), as Natalie in The Darkest Hour (2011) and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd (2012). In 2023,…
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1986
Fijian-Australian rugby league player
Akuila Uate, also known by the nicknames of "Aku" and "Akuila the Thriller", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played on the wing. He was both a Fiji and Australian international.
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1987
Cameroonian footballer (died 2014)
Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika was a Cameroonian footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.
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1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Tyler Foster Ennis is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.
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1989
1989
English actress
Scarlett Hannah Hefner is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Slytherin student Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter series, and as Nora Hildegard in The Vampire Diaries.
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1990
Swedish ice hockey player
Marcus Lars Johansson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 24th overall, of…
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1990
Canadian ice hockey player
Nazem Kadri is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1990
South Korean singer and actress
Han Sun-hwa, also known mononymously as Sunhwa, is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Secret. She made her television debut in 2004 while participating in SBS'…
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1990
Canadian-American ice hockey player
Joshua Archibald is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey right winger. Archibald was selected by the Penguins in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL entry draft.
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1992
Canadian rugby player
Taylor Flavio Paris is a Canadian rugby union player. He is currently signed with the Castres Olympique and also regularly plays for the Canadian Men's 15's and 7's teams. Previously Paris had played with Markham Irish…
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1992
English sprinter
Adam Ahmed Gemili is a British retired sprinter who was active from 2010 to 2026, and competing at the elite level between 2012 and 2023. He is the 2014 European champion at 200 metres, three-time European champion in…
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1993
American fashion model
Jourdan Miller is an American fashion model, best known for winning the twentieth cycle of America's Next Top Model. She is also the only female contestant to have won a cycle that included male contestants; the other…
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1993
Russian ice hockey player
Nail Railovich Yakupov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers at the 2012 NHL entry draft, and also…
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1993
American ice hockey player
Jake Allen Guentzel is an American professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the third round, 77th overall, by the Pittsburgh…
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1994
South Korean rapper and songwriter
Lee Joo-heon, better known by the stage name Joohoney and formerly mononymously known as Jooheon, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Monsta X under…
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1994
Indonesian footballer
Kevin Diks Bakarbessy is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Indonesia national team.
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1996
Danish footballer
Kasper Dolberg Rasmussen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Ajax and the Denmark national team.
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1997
American football player
William Trevor Lawrence is an American professional football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Considered among the highest-touted college football prospects, he won the…
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1999
American internet personality
Jazz Jennings is an American media personality and LGBT rights activist. Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. Jennings received national attention in 2007 when an…
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2000
American football player
Kyle Anthony Pitts Sr. is an American professional football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was named a unanimous…
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2000
American social media personality, dancer, and singer
Addison Rae Easterling is an American singer, actress, and social media personality. She joined TikTok in 2019, becoming one of the platform's most-followed creators. Rae went on to expand her career into music and…
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2000
Japanese singer based in South Korea
Hitomi Honda is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is the leader of the South Korean girl group Say My Name, and former member of South Korean–Japanese project girl group Iz*One and Japanese girl…
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2001
Congolese basketball player
Jonathan Malangu Kuminga is a Congolese professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus five-star recruit and the top small forward in the 2021 class, he…
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2002
American basketball player
LeBron Raymone "Bronny" James Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A consensus four-star recruit, James was named a McDonald's…
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2004
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