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Famous Birthdays on October 9
221 people
1201 – 2002
October 9 has seen 221 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1201 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1966 — David Cameron
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
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After his premiership, he served as Foreign Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from 2023 to 2024
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Cameron was Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016 and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2005 to 2010
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He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016, and has been a member of the House of Lords since November 2023
French minister and theologian, founded the Collège de Sorbonne (died 1274)
Robert de Sorbon was a French theologian, the chaplain of Louis IX of France, and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris.
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1201
Italian historian and scholar (died 1290)
Salimbene di Adam was an Italian Franciscan friar, theologian, and chronicler. Salimbene was one of the most celebrated Franciscan chroniclers of the High Middle Ages. His Cronica is a fundamental source for Italian…
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1221
Denis, called the Farmer King and the Poet King, was King of Portugal from 1279 until his death in 1325.
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1261
Peter I was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346. As King of Cyprus, he had some…
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1328
French mathematician, poet, and scholar (died 1638)
Claude Gaspar Bachet Sieur de Méziriac was a French mathematician and poet born in Bourg-en-Bresse, at that time belonging to Duchy of Savoy. He wrote Problèmes plaisans et délectables qui se font par les nombres, Les…
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1581
1586
Dutch anatomist and politician (died 1674)
Nicolaes Tulp was a Dutch physician and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character and as the subject of Rembrandt's famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp.
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1593
4th Earl of Portland, English noble (died 1688)
Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland was a younger son of the 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He was born at Nayland in Suffolk, England.
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1609
Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (died 1688)
Ferdinand Verbiest, was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in the County of Flanders. He is known as Nan Huairen in Chinese.
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1623
German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1777)
Johann Andreas von Segner was a Hungarian scientist of German descent. He was born in the Kingdom of Hungary, in the former Hungarian capital city of Pozsony, or Pressburg.
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1704
Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother of reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile. After the…
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1757
British Egyptologist and sculptor (died 1878)
Joseph Bonomi the Younger was an English sculptor, artist, Egyptologist and museum curator.
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1796
American-Canadian abolitionist (died 1893)
Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.…
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1823
Finnish politician and journalist (died 1909)
Agathon Meurman was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was one of the key persons of the Fennoman movement and since 1863 the leader of the Finnish Party together with Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.
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1826
French composer and conductor (died 1921)
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First…
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1835
American theorist and academic (died 1902)
Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual — mental, physical, and moral. John Dewey…
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1837
English painter (died 1905)
Simeon Solomon was a British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who was noted for his depictions of Jewish life and same-sex desire. His career was cut short as a result of public scandal following his arrests…
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1840
Swedish shipowner (died 1918)
Carl Gustav Thulin was a Swedish shipowner. He co-owned and later became the sole owner of the shipping company Nordström & Thulin.
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1845
German-Brazilian zoologist (died 1930)
Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering was a German Brazilian doctor, professor and ornithologist. He was the oldest son of Rudolf von Jhering.
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1850
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
Hermann Emil Louis Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing…
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1852
Serbian-American physicist and chemist (died 1935)
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, also known as Michael Pupin, was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, physicist and inventor.
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1858
French colonel (died 1935)
Alfred Dreyfus was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair. In 1894, Dreyfus fell victim to a judicial conspiracy that eventually sparked a major political crisis in the French Third…
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1859
Dutch-American journalist and author (died 1930)
Edward William Bok was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889–1919). He also distributed popular homebuilding plans and created Bok…
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1863
British brigadier general (died 1927)
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, was a British military officer in the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular British Army, but he soon transferred…
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1864
Canadian archbishop (died 1940)
Georges Gauthier was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.
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1871
Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1944)
Carl Flesch was a Hungarian classical violinist and teacher. Flesch’s compendium Scale System is a staple of violin pedagogy.
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1873
German physicist and astronomer (died 1916)
Karl Schwarzschild was a German physicist and astronomer.
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1873
American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (died 1939)
Charles Rudolph Walgreen was an American businessman and the founder of Walgreens.
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1873
Russian archaeologist and painter (died 1947)
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, better known as Nicholas Roerich, was a Russian polymath, painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. He is best known for his prolific body of artwork,…
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1874
Indian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1928)
Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928), popularly known as Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, was a social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist.
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1877
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals."
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1879
American baseball player (died 1915)
Charles Victor "Victory" Faust was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Regarded as a good-luck charm, Faust helped the New York Giants win the 1911 National League championship.
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1880
Greek-Romanian actress (died 1956)
Maria Filotti was a Romanian actress. She was described as one of the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and the "directress" of a theater "that made an important contribution to transmitting the…
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1883
American baseball player and manager (died 1980)
Richard William "Rube" Marquard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s. He achieved his greatest success with the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Baseball…
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1886
Russian journalist and politician (died 1938)
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and Marxist theorist. A prominent Bolshevik described by Vladimir Lenin as a "most valuable and major theorist" of the Communist Party, Bukharin…
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1888
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1959)
Irving Cummings was an American film director and actor.
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1888
Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944)
Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian-born American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and '30s, famous for founding the Foursquare Church. McPherson…
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1890
Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.
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1892
Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (died 1945)
Mário Raul de Morais Andrade was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer. He wrote one of the first and most influential collections of modern Brazilian poetry, Paulicéia…
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1893
American pilot (died 1961)
Eugene Jacques Bullard was one of the first African-American military pilots, although Bullard flew for France, not the United States. Bullard was one of the few black combat pilots during World War I, along with Pierre…
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1895
Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (died 1987)
Minjur Bhaktavatsalam was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the chief minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu and…
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1897
Egyptian author and playwright (died 1987)
Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim was an Egyptian writer. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that are represented by the reception of his enormous output of plays are…
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1898
American baseball player (died 1990)
Joseph Wheeler Sewell was an American professional baseball infielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees from 1920 to 1933. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in…
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1898
American historian and author (died 1978)
Charles Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist who wrote books concerning the American Civil War. As a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring interesting characters and…
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1899
American inventor (died 1982)
Joseph B. Friedman was an independent American inventor with a broad range of interests and ideas. Friedman was a first generation American and the fifth of eight children of Jewish-American immigrants.
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1900
Scottish-English actor and academic (died 1976)
Alastair George Bell Sim was a Scottish actor. He began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976. Starting in 1935,…
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1900
Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (died 1990)
Joseph Zubin was a Lithuanian-born American educational psychologist and an authority on schizophrenia who is commemorated by the Joseph Zubin Awards. He was the founder of the Biometrics Research Department of New York…
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1900
Seneca political activist and journalist (died 1964)
Alice Mae Lee Jemison was a Seneca political activist and journalist. She was a major critic of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the New Deal policies of its commissioner John Collier. She lobbied in support of…
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1901
English cinematographer (died 1998)
Frederick A. Young OBE, BSC was an English cinematographer. Sometimes credited as F. A. Young, his career in motion picture photography spanned more than 130 films across 65 years, between 1919 and 1984. He was best…
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1902
American lawyer and businessman (died 1979)
Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. In 1958, as owner of the Dodgers, he brought major league baseball…
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1903
American photographer and journalist (died 1985)
J. R. Wharton Eyerman was an American photographer and photojournalist.
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1906
Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (died 2001)
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.
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1906
Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 2001)
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963, at which point he disclaimed his…
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1907
French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1982)
Jacques Tati was a French mime, filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. In an Entertainment Weekly poll of the Greatest Movie Directors he was voted 46th, though he had directed only six feature-length films.
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1907
German SA officer (died 1930)
Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the…
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1907
Australian poet and critic (died 1961)
Henry (Harry) Arthur Hooton was an Australian poet and social commentator whose writing spanned the years 1930s–1961. He was described by a biographer as ahead of his time, or rather "of his time while the majority of…
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1908
German lieutenant (died 1944)
Werner Karl Otto Theodor von Haeften was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot.
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1908
English archbishop (died 2000)
Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan, was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980. As Archbishop of Canterbury, he "revived morale within the Church of England, opened a dialogue with Rome and supported…
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1909
American photographer (died 2006)
Joseph John Rosenthal was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. His picture became one of…
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1911
American actor (died 1985)
Edward Bryan Andrews Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. Andrews was one of the most recognizable character actors on television and in films from the 1950s through the 1980s. Over time his stark white…
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1914
American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture (died 2010)
Clifford Morris Hardin was an American politician who served as the first president of the University of Nebraska. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1969 to 1971 under President Richard Nixon.
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1915
American author (died 2010)
Belva Plain, née Offenberg, was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction.
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1915
American CIA officer and author (died 2007)
Everette Howard Hunt Jr. was an American intelligence officer and author. From 1949 to 1970, Hunt served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he was a central figure in U.S. regime change in…
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1918
Australian air marshal (died 2014)
Air Marshal Sir Charles Frederick Read, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1972 to 1975. Born in Sydney, Read joined the…
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1918
Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)
Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big band…
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1918
Norwegian author and educator (died 1976)
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and…
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1920
American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013)
Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States.
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1920
American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Jason Wingreen was an American actor. He portrayed bartender Harry Snowden on the CBS sitcom All in the Family (1976–1979), a role he reprised on the continuation series Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983). He was also…
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1920
French director and screenwriter (died 2002)
Michel Jacques Boisrond was a French film director and screenwriter.
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1921
Polish poet and playwright (died 2014)
Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of foreign…
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1921
1922
American actor (died 2016)
Philip "Fyvush" Finkel was an American actor and director known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series Picket Fences, for which he earned an Emmy Award for…
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1922
Cuban-American singer (died 2010)
Olga Guillot was a Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Bolero". She was a native of Santiago de Cuba.
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1922
1923
Indian soldier (died 1957)
Immanuvel Devendrar, who later took the name Immanuel Sekaran, was a civil rights activist, former soldier and a party worker for the Indian National Congress in Tamil Nadu, India.
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1924
American basketball player (died 2012)
Arnold Denny "Stilts" Risen was an American professional basketball player.
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1924
French actress and producer (died 2015)
Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard, known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier and Yves Robert.
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1926
English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020)
Sir John William Denys Margetson was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Vietnam, the United Nations, and the Netherlands.
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1927
Finnish composer and educator (died 2016)
Einojuhani Rautavaara was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. These include…
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1928
English actor (died 2017)
Anthony George Booth was an English actor, often known for his role as Mike Rawlins in the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part. He was the father-in-law of former prime minister Tony Blair and the widower of Coronation…
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1931
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Sir Peter Mansfield was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mansfield was a…
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1933
American fashion photographer (died 2022)
Melvin Sokolsky was an American photographer and film director.
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1933
1933
Australian historian and author (died 2018)
Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American scholar and author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain, she also was Smith College's first woman president (1975–1985)…
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1934
South African pianist and composer
Abdullah Ibrahim, previously known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from…
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1934
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII and…
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1935
English photographer and journalist
Sir Donald McCullin is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the underside of society, and…
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1935
English actor
Brian Blessed is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, loud booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC…
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1936
Australian politician (died 1996)
Michael Jerome Young was an Australian politician. He rose through the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to become its National Secretary, before serving as a Labor member of the House of Representatives from the 1974…
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1936
Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria
Heinz Fischer is an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria from 2004 to 2016. Fischer previously served as minister for science from 1983 to 1987 and as president of the National Council of Austria…
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1938
English architect and academic (died 2025)
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw was an English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London's Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. He was president of the…
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1939
Australian-English journalist, director, and producer (died 2023)
John Richard Pilger was an Australian journalist, writer, scholar and documentary filmmaker. From 1962, he was based mainly in Britain. He was also a visiting professor at Cornell University in New York.
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1939
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney…
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1940
American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
Brian Patrick Lamb is an American journalist. He is the founder, executive chairman, and the now-retired CEO of C-SPAN, an American cable network that provides coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.…
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1941
American lawyer and politician
Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to…
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1941
political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
Omali Yeshitela is an American far-left political activist and author. Ideologically a Pan-Africanist and African socialist, he is a co-founder and current chairman of the African People's Socialist Party. Yeshitela has…
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1941
American psychologist and author (died 2012)
Douglas Bernard Kirby was senior research scientist for ETR Associates in Scotts Valley, California, and one of the world’s leading experts on the effectiveness of school and community programs in the reduction of…
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1943
American cartoonist
Michael Bartley Peters is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm.
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1943
Baroness Donaghy, English academic and politician
Rita Margaret Donaghy, Baroness Donaghy, CBE, FRSA is a British university administrator, trade unionist and Labour life peer in the House of Lords.
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1944
English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2002)
John Alec Entwistle was an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer and record producer, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed…
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1944
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Nona Bernis Hendryx is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, and author. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady…
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1944
Indian classical Sarod player
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is an Indian classical sarod player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarded…
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1945
1945
French singer (died 2018)
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé and pop singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Poupée de…
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1947
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Clyde Jackson Browne is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States.
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1948
English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2016)
Rodney Lynn Temperton was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer.
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1949
Japanese fashion designer
Masanori Konishi , better known as Yoshiyuki Konishi is a Japanese fashion designer who is represented by the talent agency Someday. He is nicknamed Don Konishi . He was divorced and is now single.
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1950
Japanese singer and guitarist
Hideaki Katō , known professionally as Reichi Nakaido and nicknamed Chabo, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as one of the guitarists and vocalists of the rock band RC Succession. Nakaido…
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1950
American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Jody Williams is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights, and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world. She was…
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1950
American actor, comedian, and writer
Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known as the creator and star of the television comedy series Arliss (1996–2002) and for his portrayal of newspaper reporter Alexander Knox in Tim…
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1951
English television host and manager
Sharon Rachel Osbourne is an English and American television personality, businesswoman and author. She came to prominence while appearing on The Osbournes (2002–2005), a reality television show that aired on MTV, which…
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1952
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dennis Stratton is an English guitarist best known as a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from December 1979 to October 1980. He was also the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of Praying Mantis from…
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1952
South African-English soprano and educator
Sally Burgess FRCM is a South African-born British operatic lyric mezzo-soprano, opera director, and educator. She has been a Fellow and Professor of Vocal Studies at the Royal College of Music since 2004, as well as…
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1953
American tennis player
Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on May 2, 1983, when he…
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1953
American actor and producer
Anthony Marc Shalhoub is an American actor. He is known for a variety of roles ranging from comedic to dramatic on stage and screen. He has received several accolades including five Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award,…
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1953
American actor
Scott Stewart Bakula is an American actor. He played Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards – and Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek:…
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1954
1954
Argentine-Italian basketball coach
Rubén Pablo Magnano is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach.
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1954
American actor and game show host
John George O'Hurley Jr. is an American actor, comedian, and game show host. He played J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, provided the voice for King Neptune on SpongeBob SquarePants, and hosted the game show…
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1954
Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Linwood M. Boomer is a Canadian-born American film and television producer, writer, and actor. He is known for playing the role of Adam Kendall on the drama Little House on the Prairie, and for creating the Fox sitcom…
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1955
English runner and sportscaster
Stephen Michael James Ovett, is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and…
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1955
Jamaican singer-songwriter
Ini Kamoze is a Jamaican reggae singer who began his career in the early 1980s and rose to prominence in 1994 with the signature song "Here Comes the Hotstepper". The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as…
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1957
Cuban-American singer-songwriter and producer
Alain David Jourgensen is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans five decades. He is the frontman and lyricist…
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1958
American actor
Michael Kevin Paré is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), and on the series Houston Knights…
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1958
American football player and coach
Michael Singletary, nicknamed "Samurai Mike", is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college…
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1958
Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2015)
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was a Russian physicist, liberal statesman and politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reforms…
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1959
American saxophonist and composer
Kenny Garrett is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. Garrett's primary instruments…
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1960
English racing driver and sportscaster
Julian Terence Bailey is a British former Formula One driver from England, who raced for the Tyrrell and Lotus teams.
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1961
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kurt Robert Neumann is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is a co-founder of the roots-rock band BoDeans.
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1961
Argentinian footballer and manager
Jorge Luis Burruchaga, nicknamed Burru, is an Argentine association football coach and former professional football player. He played both as an attacking midfielder and forward and scored the winning goal in the final…
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1962
New Zealand racing driver
Paul Francis Wade Radisich is a retired New Zealand racing driver and businessman of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years — both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New…
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1962
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
Ōnokuni Yasushi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. Making his professional debut in 1978, he reached the top division in 1983. In 1987 he won his first yūshō or tournament championship with…
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1962
English rugby league player
Andrew Platt is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop and second-row forward in the 1980s and 1990s.
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1963
Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse…
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1964
Argentine tennis player
Martín Jaite is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Argentina.
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1964
Swedish publisher, founded Plaza Magazine
Christopher Östlund is the publisher of Plaza Magazine International, a magazine in the field of fashion, interior and design.
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1966
Canadian tennis player
Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso is a Canadian former professional tennis player, fashion model and actress. Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling, and the granddaughter of media baron John W. H.…
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1967
American wrestler (died 2005)
Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE),…
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1967
Romanian footballer
Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a defender, currently he is the owner and the president of Liga I club Farul Constanța.
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1967
1968
Indian politician
Anbumani Ramadoss is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the First Manmohan Singh…
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1968
Australian rugby league player
Darren Britt is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a prop in the 1990s and 2000s.
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1969
Australian archer
Simon John Fairweather, OAM is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia.
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1969
1969
Canadian figure skater and coach
Christine "Tuffy" Hough is a Canadian former pair skater. With Doug Ladret, she is the 1988 Canadian national champion and finished in the top ten at two Winter Olympics, in 1988 and 1992.
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1969
English songwriter and producer
Giles Martin is an English record producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. His studio recordings, stage shows, TV and film works have been critically acclaimed and commercially successful around the…
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1969
English director, producer, and screenwriter
Sir Steve Rodney McQueen is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist. Known for directing films that deal with intense subject matter, he has received several awards including an Academy…
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1969
American basketball player and coach
Kenneth Anderson is an American former professional basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Tech, he played point guard professionally from 1991 to 2006, mostly in the National Basketball Association.
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1970
American composer
Steve Jablonsky is an American composer for film, television, and video games, best known for his musical scores in the Transformers film series, Desperate Housewives, and The Sims 3. Some of his frequent collaboration…
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1970
Swedish golfer and architect
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam is a Swedish and American professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96…
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1970
Australian rugby league player and coach
Wayne Bartrim, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He was selected to represent Australia and Queensland during his career, which he spent playing for the Gold…
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1971
Welsh singer
Sian Evans is a Welsh singer. She is front woman and singer-songwriter of the band Kosheen, a trip-hop/drum and bass group that had their first two albums rise into the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart between 2001 and…
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1971
American actor, television host and musician
Steven Michael Burns is an American actor, musician, and television host. He portrayed a fictional version of himself as the host of the children's television series Blue's Clues from 1996 until 2002, for which he was…
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1973
Italian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Fabio Tordiglione, known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer who has worked with many bands in the heavy metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of…
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1973
American basketball player and coach
Keith Eugene Booth is an American basketball coach and former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Booth played college basketball at the University of Maryland from 1993 to 1997. He was an assistant coach at…
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1974
American rabbi
Shmuel Herzfeld is an American Orthodox rabbi. He is the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Elimelech. He previously served as Senior Rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue in Washington, D.C., and before that as…
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1974
Australian violinist
Bond is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover and synth-pop music. The quartet has sold five million albums.
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1975
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Sean Tarō Ono Lennon is a British and American musician. He is the son of musical artists John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and half-brother of Julian Lennon and Kyoko Cox. Over the course of his career, Lennon has been a…
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1975
Australian footballer
Mark Antony Viduka is an Australian former soccer player who played as a centre forward. Regarded as one of the best Australian players of all time, he captained the Australia national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup,…
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1975
1976
American football player
Stephen Matthew Neal is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a guard for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former world champion in…
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1976
Scottish footballer and coach
Lee Anthony Peacock is a Scottish former professional footballer and current Assistant Manager at Plymouth Parkway F.C.
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1976
Turkish journalist and politician
Özlem Piltanoğlu is a Turkish columnist and politician of the Justice and Development Party. She was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of…
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1976
American actor and comedian
Nicholas Roger Swardson is an American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his recurring role as Terry Bernadino in the comedy series Reno 911! (2003–2009), for his work with Adam…
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1976
1977
American baseball player
Brian Michael Roberts is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2001 and played for the team until 2013. He played his final…
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1977
Irish singer-songwriter
Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Jr. is an Irish singer, songwriter, radio and television presenter and former professional footballer. He is best known for being a member of the pop group Westlife, one of the most…
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1978
American basketball player and coach
Juan Max Dixon is an American former professional basketball player and former head coach for Coppin State University in Baltimore. Dixon led the Maryland Terrapins to their first NCAA championship in 2002 and earned…
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1978
American football player and coach
Vernon Lee Fox, III is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was signed by the San Diego…
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1979
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Alexander Greenwald is an American musician and actor. Prior to his music career, he began his professional career as a teen actor with both live-action and animated roles in films like The Halloween Tree (1993) and No…
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1979
Australian racing driver
Todd Evan Kelly is a retired Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He is the older brother of fellow Supercars driver and former Bathurst 1000 winner, Rick…
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1979
American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor
Lecrae Devaughn Moore is an American Christian rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, and recording producer and executive. Since having begun his career in 2004, he has released ten studio albums and four mixtapes as a solo…
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1979
Irish actor, producer, and screenwriter
Christopher O'Dowd is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010. He has…
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1979
American model and actor
Brandon Routh is an American actor. His portrayal of Superman in the 2006 film Superman Returns garnered him international fame. In 2011, he played the title character of the film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. He also had…
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1979
Uruguayan footballer
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1979
Ugandan social worker and politician
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1980
Polish actor
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1980
Australian politician
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1980
South African cricketer
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1980
Swedish ice hockey player
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1980
American actor
Zachery Tyler Bryan is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement. He also appeared in the films First Kid and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo…
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1981
American basketball player
Darius LaVar Miles is an American former professional basketball player.
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1981
South African cricketer
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
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1983
American ice hockey player
Stephen Michael Gionta is an American former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. Gionta is the younger brother of Brian…
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1983
American actress
Spencer Karen Grammer is an American actress best known for her roles as the voice of Summer Smith in the Adult Swim animated science-fiction series Rick and Morty and as Casey Cartwright in the ABC Family college…
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1983
South Korean weightlifter
Jang Mi-ran is a South Korean Olympic weightlifter. She is currently based in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, competing for the Goyang City Government Sports Club.
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1983
Austrian racing driver
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1983
Japanese author and television presenter
Marie Kondo , also known as Konmari (こんまり), is a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and TV presenter.
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1984
American swimmer
David Edward Plummer is a retired American competition swimmer who specialized in backstroke events. He won bronze and gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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1985
American baseball player
Derek Lane Holland, nicknamed "Dutch Oven", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs,…
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1986
French swimmer
Laure Manaudou is a retired French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She has held the world record in freestyle events between 200 and 1500 meter. Her younger brother Florent Manaudou is also an Olympic gold…
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1986
American baseball player
David Edward Phelps is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee…
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1986
Norwegian businessman and politician
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1986
French footballer
Stéphane Zubar is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of Ronald Zubar and cousin of Claude Dielna, both of whom are footballers.
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1986
American basketball player
Craig Lee Brackins is an American former professional basketball player.
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1987
British tennis player
Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan is a British tennis player who specializes in doubles.
On 22 August 2022, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 76.
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1987
American basketball player
William Henry Walker is an American professional basketball player for Gladiadores de Anzoátegui of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). Previously known as Bill Walker, the 6-foot-6-inch-tall player was…
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1987
Dominican baseball player
Starling Javier Marte is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami…
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1988
Australian rugby league player
David Tyrrell is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Tyrrell played his entire career for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL, primarily as a prop.
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1988
New Zealand rugby league player
Russell Packer is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop for the Wests Tigers, St. George Illawarra Dragons and the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, and the New Zealand Māori and…
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1989
German-Slovene footballer
Kevin Kampl is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Germany, he represented the Slovenia national team at international level.
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1990
1990
American basketball player
Holdyn Jerian Grant is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball with the University of Notre Dame and was…
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1992
1992
American actor
Tyler James Williams is an American actor and rapper. He began his career as a child actor, making several appearances on Saturday Night Live, Little Bill, and Sesame Street. Williams later rose to prominence for…
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1992
1993
American tennis player
Lauren Davis is an American former professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles ranking…
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1993
Australian rugby league player
Jayden Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who is the captain of the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup. He primarily plays as a hooker.
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1993
American football player
George Krieger Kittle is an American professional football tight end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected by the 49ers in…
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1993
American singer and songwriter
Scott Cooke McCreery is an American country singer. He rose to fame after winning the tenth season of American Idol in May 2011.
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1993
1993
Canadian actress
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1994
Filipino-American actor
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1996
American model
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1996
American actor
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1997
American singer-songwriter.
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1997
American football player
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2000
2001
American tennis player
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2002
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