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Famous Birthdays on September 11
205 people
600 – 2001
September 11 has seen 205 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 600 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1986 — LaToya Sanders
American basketball player
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Sanders played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before getting drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2008 WNBA draft
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In 2012, she received Turkish citizenship and represented the Turkey women's national basketball team, including an appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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LaToya Antoinette Sanders, also known as Lara Sanders in Turkey, is an American-Turkish professional basketball coach and former player
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Sanders played for seven seasons in the WNBA with the Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington Mystics
Mayan ruler
Yuknoom Chʼeen II, known as Yuknoom the Great, was a Maya ruler of the Kaan kingdom, which had its capital at Calakmul during the Classic Period of Mesoamerican chronology.
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600
Japanese shōgun (died 1204)
Minamoto no Yoriie was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the second shōgun (1202–1203) of the Kamakura shogunate and the first son of its founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His Dharma name was Hokke-in-dono Kingo Da’i Zengo…
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1182
countess of Arundel (died 1372)
Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel was the fifth daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, and Maud Chaworth.
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1318
1465
French regent (died 1531)
Louise of Savoy was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the mother of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre. She was politically active and served as the regent…
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1476
Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Guelders.
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1494
Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)
Ulisse Aldrovandi was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history studies. He…
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1522
French poet and author (died 1585)
Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet known in his generation as a "prince of poets". His works include Les Amours de Cassandre (1552), Les Hymnes (1555-1556), Les Discours (1562-1563), La Franciade (1572), and Sonnets…
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1524
Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598)
John George of Brandenburg was a prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571–1598).
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1525
Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)
Joseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he…
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1557
1572
Catholic cardinal (died 1667)
Vincenzo Maculani was an Italian Catholic Cardinal, inquisitor and military architect. He was known as a severe man, harsh and without compassion, who preferred the black cappa of his order to the brighter red he was…
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1578
Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, commonly known as Turenne, was a French general and one of only six marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the La Tour…
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1611
German academic and jurist (died 1741)
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia.
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1681
Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)
James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!"
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1700
English organist and composer (died 1779)
William Boyce was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Arne, Gluck, J. C. Bach, Abel, and a very young Mozart, all of whom respected his…
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1711
German author and educator (died 1790)
Johann Bernhard Basedow was a German educational reformer, teacher and writer. He founded the Philanthropinum, a short-lived but influential progressive school in Dessau, and was the author of "Elementarwerk", a popular…
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1723
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen was a member of the House of Saxe-Meiningen and a Princess of Saxe-Meiningen by birth and a member of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg…
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1751
Italian organist and composer (died 1837)
Valentino Fioravanti was an Italian composer of opera buffas.
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1764
Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)
Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he…
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1771
German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)
Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau, sometimes written as Frederick Kulav, was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danish Golden Age and is…
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1786
German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)
Franz Ernst Neumann was a German mineralogist and physicist. He devised the first formulas to calculate inductance. He also formulated Neumann's law for molecular heat. In electromagnetism, he is credited for…
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1798
American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)
Daniel Stevens Dickinson was an American politician and lawyer, most notable as a United States senator from 1844 to 1851.
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1800
German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)
Carl Zeiss was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, which is still in business as Zeiss. Zeiss gathered a group of gifted practical and theoretical opticians…
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1816
Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)
Eduard Hanslick was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian. Among the leading critics of his time, he was the chief music critic of the Neue Freie Presse from 1864 until the end of his life. His best known…
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1825
American painter (died 1908)
Thomas Hill was an American artist of the 19th century. He produced many fine paintings of the Californian landscape, in particular of the Yosemite Valley, as well as the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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1829
American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow, was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).
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1836
Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)
John Ireland was an Irish-American prelate who was the third Catholic bishop and first archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1888–1918). He became both a religious as well as civic leader in Saint Paul during the turn of…
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1838
American astronomer and academic (died 1921)
Mary Watson Whitney was an American astronomer and was the head of the Vassar College Observatory for 22 years, where 102 scientific papers were published under her guidance.
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1847
Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)
Vjenceslav Novak was a Croatian Realist writer, dramatist, and music historian.
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1859
New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)
James Allan ) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played eight games for the New Zealand national rugby union team, and was nicknamed the Taieri Giant. Allan played in the first match contested by the New Zealand…
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1860
Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)
Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt, was a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.
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1861
1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation.
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1862
American physician (died 1910)
Hawley Harvey Crippen, colloquially known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser who was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, for the murder of his second wife, Cora…
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1862
1862
1865
10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)
Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, commonly known as Scipione Borghese, was an Italian aristocrat, industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber and racing driver belonging to the…
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1871
Australian sprinter (died 1924)
Stanley Rupert Rowley was an Australian sprinter who won four medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Young, New South Wales and died in Manly, New South Wales.
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1876
Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, nicknamed Iron Felix, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and politician of Polish origin. From 1917 until his death in 1926, he led the first three Soviet secret police organizations—the Cheka,…
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1877
English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)
Sir James Hopwood Jeans was an English physicist, mathematician and an astronomer. He served as a secretary of the Royal Society from 1919 to 1929, and was the president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1925 to…
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1877
French engineer (died 1962)
Louis Hervé Coatalen was an automobile engineer and racing driver born in Brittany who spent much of his adult life in Britain and took British nationality. He was a pioneer of the design and development of internal…
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1879
Indian activist and politician (died 1974)
Sudhamoy Pramanick was an Indian advocate from Shantipur. He was the lifetime secretary of the Tili Samaj, a societal benefit organisation. He was a social activist - member of the executive committee of the Indian…
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1884
English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and…
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1885
American composer and conductor (died 1949)
Herbert Pope Stothart was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a…
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1885
American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)
William Thomas Walsh was an American Catholic historian, author, educator, and violinist. He is best known for popular biographies of Spanish Catholic historical figures and for his 1947 book Our Lady of Fatima, which…
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1891
English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)
Wallace Douglas Hawkes was a British motor car designer, businessman and racing driver. He was born in Barton, Gloucestershire, married Gwenda Stewart in 1937, and died, aged 80, in Athens, Greece.
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1893
Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)
Vinayak Narahar Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave, was an Indian philosopher and an advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya, he is best known for the Bhoodan land reform movement, and is…
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1895
English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer was a senior British Army officer. He fought in both the world wars and was involved in the British response to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. As Chief of the…
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1898
German politician (died 1945)
Philipp Bouhler was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a Reichsleiter and Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. He was also the SS official responsible for the Aktion T4 euthanasia…
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1899
American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)
James Houston Davis was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and country songs, Davis served as the 47th governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948…
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1899
Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)
Anton Koolmann was a wrestler and coach from Kuusalu Parish, Estonia who took part at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
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1899
American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)
David William Brooks was an American farmer and businessman.
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1901
German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)
Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch,…
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1903
American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)
Stephen Morgan Etnier was an American realist painter, and an active painter for six decades. His work is distinguished by a mixture of realism and luminism, favoring industrial and working scenes, but always imbued…
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1903
Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)
Karl Plutus was an Estonian jurist and the oldest verified living man in Estonia from 2006 to 2010.
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1904
Canadian poet and illustrator (died 1990)
Cécile Chabot was a Canadian poet and illustrator.
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1907
Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin ; was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.
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1907
English journalist (died 1981)
Tord Alvar Quan Lidell was an English radio announcer and newsreader for the BBC and compere. He joined BBC Birmingham as chief announcer in 1932 before moving to London the following year. Lidell was made deputy chief…
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1908
Indian cricketer (died 2000)
Lala Amarnath Bhardwaj was an Indian cricketer. He is considered to be the father figure of Indian cricket. He scored the first ever century for India in Test Cricket in 1933. He was independent India's first cricket…
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1911
Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)
Bola de Nieve, born Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter. His name originates from his round, black face.
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1911
American football player and coach (died 1983)
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, and best known as the head coach of the University…
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1913
Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)
Jacinto Convit García was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer. He played a role in founding Venezuela's National Institute of…
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1913
Patriarch Pavle was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1990 to his death. His full title was: His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch Pavle.
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1914
Indian jeweller (died 2014)
Anant "Dajikaka" Gadgil was an Indian jeweller, industrialist and writer. He is best known for founding the P. N. Gadgil Jewellers & Company in Pune in 1958.
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1915
1916
American colonel and pilot (died 2008)
Donald James Matthew Blakeslee was an American pilot and officer in the United States Air Force, whose aviation career began as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force flying Spitfire fighter aircraft during World War…
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1917
Czech-born English actor (died 2012)
Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru, known professionally as Herbert Lom, was a Czech-British actor with a career spanning over 60 years. His cool demeanour and precise, elegant elocution saw him cast…
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1917
Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. From 1972 to 1981, Marcos ruled the Philippines under martial…
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1917
English-American journalist and author (died 1996)
Jessica Lucy "Decca" Treuhaft was an English-American author, communist activist and one of the Mitford sisters. Her 1960 memoir Hons and Rebels and her 1963 book of social commentary The American Way of Death both…
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1917
French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)
Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer, historian and owner-breeder of thoroughbred and standardbred race horses. He was the third member of the family to preside over Wildenstein & Co., one of the most…
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1917
American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)
Leaford Bearskin was a Native American tribal leader and US Air Force officer. He was Chief of the Wyandotte Nation from 1983 to 2011.
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1921
American actress (died 2015)
Betsy Drake was an American actress, writer, and psychotherapist. She was the third wife of actor Cary Grant.
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1923
Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)
Vasilije Mokranjac was a Serbian composer, professor of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was one of the most prominent Serbian composers in the…
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1923
English actor (died 1982)
Alan Fernand Badel was an English actor who appeared frequently on stage, in film, on radio and on television.
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1923
American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)
Daniel Kahikina Akaka was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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1924
American football player and coach (died 2000)
Thomas Wade Landry was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II bomber pilot. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, he was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the…
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1924
Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)
Rudolf Vrba was a Slovak-Jewish biochemist who, as a teenager in 1942, was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. He escaped from the camp in April 1944, at the height of the Holocaust,…
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1924
Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)
Harry Stewart Somers, CC was a contemporary Canadian composer.
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1925
American baseball player (died 2005)
Edward Thomas Miksis was an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder. He played fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1944 and 1958 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis…
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1926
Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
Keith Victor Holman, MBE was an Australian Rugby League footballer, a national and state representative Halfback whose club career was played with Western Suburbs between 1949 and 1961. He has since been named as one of…
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1927
American soldier and businessman (died 1996)
Gerard David Schine, better known as G. David Schine or David Schine, was the wealthy heir to a hotel chain fortune who became a central figure in the Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954 in his role as the chief consultant…
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1927
American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)
Reubin O'Donovan Askew was an American politician, who served as the 37th governor of Florida from 1971 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 7th U.S. trade representative from 1979 to 1980 under…
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1928
American actor (died 2024)
Henry Earl Holliman was an American actor, animal rights activist, and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly Westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The…
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1928
Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)
Luis García Beltrán was a Venezuelan professional baseball player and manager. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 189 lb (86 kg), he batted and threw right handed.
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1929
Slovenian playwright (died 1981)
Primož Kozak was a Slovenian playwright and essayist. Together with Dominik Smole, Dane Zajc and Taras Kermauner, he was the most visible representative of the so-called Critical generation, a group of Slovenian authors…
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1929
English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, was a British barrister and politician.
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1929
American actress and dancer (died 1987)
Cathryn Lee Damon was an American actress known for her roles in sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s. She was best known as Mary Campbell in Soap, for which she was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for…
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1930
French author and illustrator (died 1998)
Jean-Claude Forest was a French writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella.
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1930
Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)
Mohamed Saleh Mohamed Selim was an Egyptian football executive, former football player and an actor. He was the 13th president of Al Ahly SC.
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1930
German historian and academic (died 2014)
Hans-Ulrich Wehler was a German left-liberal historian known for his role in promoting social history through the "Bielefeld School", and for his critical studies of 19th-century Germany.
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1931
English lawyer and judge (died 2021)
Dame Margaret Myfanwy Wood Booth, DBE was a British judge.
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1933
American author and activist (died 2002)
William Luther Pierce III was an American neo-Nazi political activist. For more than 30 years, he was one of the highest-profile individuals of the white nationalist movement. A physicist by profession, he authored the…
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1933
Italian tennis player (died 2025)
Nicola Chirinsky Pietrangeli was an Italian tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be one of Italy's greatest tennis champions.
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1933
1935
Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000)
Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space,…
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1935
Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)
Pavel Landovský, nicknamed Lanďák, was a Czech actor, playwright, and director. He was a prominent dissident under the communist regime of former Czechoslovakia.
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1936
American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission;…
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1937
Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia dei Principi Ruffo di Calabria is a member of the Belgian royal family who was Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, King Albert II, from 9 August 1993 to 21…
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1937
English chemist and academic
Brian Frederick Gilbert Johnson is a British scientist and emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He was also Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2005.
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1938
American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)
Charles Matthew "Chuck" Geschke was an American businessman and computer scientist best known for founding the graphics and publishing software company Adobe Inc. with John Warnock in 1982, with whom he also co-created…
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1939
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for work in the suspense, crime, and psychological thriller genres. De Palma was a…
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1940
Vietnamese politician
Nông Đức Mạnh is a Vietnamese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the most powerful position in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from 2001 to 2011. His parents were Tày…
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1940
American lawyer (died 2024)
Theodore Bevry Olson was an American lawyer who served as the 42nd solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004 in the administration of President George W. Bush. He previously served as the Assistant…
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1940
Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
Minnijean Brown-Trickey is an American political figure who was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School. The integration followed the…
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1941
American actress, singer, and dancer
Loletha Elayne Falana or Loletha Elaine Falana, better known by her stage name Lola Falana, is an American singer, dancer, and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1975 for her…
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1942
Canadian chemist and businessman
André Caillé is a Canadian electricity company executive.
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1943
American musician
Mickey Hart is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 1971, and again from October…
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1943
New Zealand-English journalist and actor
Brian Perkins is a former senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4.
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1943
1944
Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)
Freddy Thielemans was a Belgian socialist politician who was the mayor of the City of Brussels from 2001 to 2013, and previously also for a period in 1994.
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1944
German footballer and manager (died 2024)
Franz Anton Beckenbauer was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time. Beckenbauer was a…
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1945
Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)
Gianluigi Gelmetti OMRI, was an Italian-Monégasque conductor and composer.
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1945
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Leo Kottke is an American acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He has overcome a series of personal obstacles,…
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1945
American serial killer (died 2009)
John William Agrue was an American murderer who was posthumously identified as a serial killer. He was convicted in 1966 of murdering his 15-year-old sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois, and was later linked to a 1982…
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1947
English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
Iain David McGeachy, known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums and received frequent critical acclaim. The Times described…
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1948
English rugby player and coach
Roger Miles Uttley OBE is a former English rugby union player.
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1949
American racing driver (died 2021)
William Marvin Whittington was an American racing driver from Lubbock, Texas, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and competed five times in the Indianapolis 500.
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1949
1950
Australian footballer
Alexander Bruce Doull is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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1950
American actress
Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, her accolades include an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Award, in addition to a nomination…
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1950
English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)
Barry Steven Frank Sheene was a British professional motorcycle racer and television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1971 and 1984, most prominently as a member of the Suzuki…
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1950
English-Dutch mathematician and academic
Richard David Gill is a British-Dutch mathematician and professor emeritus at Leiden University. He has held academic positions in the Netherlands. As a probability theorist and statistician, Gill has researched…
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1951
American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
Carl John Neumann, nicknamed "Johnny Reb", was an American professional basketball player and coach. At 6'6" and 200 pounds, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
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1951
Argentinian rugby player
Hugo Porta is an Argentine retired rugby union player. Considered one of the best fly-halves the sport has seen, he is an inductee of both the International Rugby Hall of Fame and IRB Hall of Fame. During the 1970s and…
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1951
1952
English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)
Jani Allan was a South African journalist, columnist, writer, and broadcaster.
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1953
Former Montserrat Deputy Governor
Sarita Violeta Francis is the Director of the Montserrat National Trust.
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1953
Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)
Renée Rebecca Geyer was an Australian singer who was an acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B musician. She released 15 studio albums with Moving Along (1977) and Tenderland (2003) both reaching number 11 on the Australian…
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1953
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Tommy Roland Shaw is an American musician best known for his tenure in the rock band Styx as co-lead vocalist. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups including Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades as…
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1953
American psychologist and academic
Sharon Lamb is an American professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston's, College of Education and Human Development, and a fellow of the American…
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1955
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Anthony Joseph Gilroy is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays of The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), the first three films in…
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1956
American actress and director
Roxann Dawson, also credited as Roxann Biggs and Roxann Biggs-Dawson, is an American actress and director. She is best known for her role as B'Elanna Torres on the television series Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001). In…
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1958
American actor and baseball player
Scott Patterson is an American actor and former baseball player. After making his film debut in Intent to Kill (1992), Patterson had his breakout with a main role as Luke Danes on the WB comedy-drama television series…
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1958
South African golfer
David Laurence Frost is a South African professional golfer who was ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Frost has 29 professional tournament wins to his name,…
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1959
American actor
John Hawkes is an American actor. He is the recipient of two Independent Spirit Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
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1959
Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Hiroshi Amano is a Japanese electronics engineer specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is a co-inventor of the blue LED, for which he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Isamu…
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1960
American actress
Anne Ramsay is an American actress best known for her role as Lisa Stemple on Mad About You, for which she shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Ensemble in a Comedy series.
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1960
American actress
Virginia Madsen is an American actress. She is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for one Academy Award and one Golden Globe…
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1961
Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)
Samina Raja was a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She lived in Islamabad, Pakistan, and worked in the National Language Authority and National Book Foundation as a subject…
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1961
Belgian politician
Philip Michel Frans "Filip" Dewinter is a Belgian politician, journalist and commentator. He is one of the leading members of Vlaams Belang, a right-wing Flemish nationalist and secessionist political party.
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1962
American actress
Christina Ann "Kristy" McNichol is an American former actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, she rose to fame in 1976 with her role as the teenage daughter Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence in the TV drama Family for…
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1962
Ukrainian pianist and composer
Victoria Vita Polyova is a Ukrainian composer.
She was the Shevchenko National Prize laureate of 2018.
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1962
Spanish footballer
Julio Salinas Fernández is a Spanish former professional footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.
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1962
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dave Bidini is a Canadian musician and writer. Originally from Etobicoke, Ontario, he is a founding member of the rock band Rheostatics, and leads the intermittently active Bidiniband. In addition, he has published…
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1963
American baseball player
Ellis Rena Burks is an American former outfielder. Burks played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons from 1987 to 2004 with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and…
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1964
Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a Syrian former politician, doctor, and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his overthrow in 2024 after the Syrian civil war. As president, Assad was…
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1965
American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
Paul Heyman is an American professional wrestling manager, former executive, promoter, and commentator. He is signed to WWE, where he performs as the on-screen manager of The Vision stable.
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1965
1965
American financial journalist and television personality
Maria Sara Bartiromo is an American conservative journalist and author who has also worked as a financial reporter and news anchor. She is the host of Mornings with Maria and Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street on the Fox…
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1967
American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling…
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1967
South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)
Sung Jae-gi was a South Korean men's rights activist. Sung was the leader of various masculinist and anti-feminist organizations, including the Association of Anti-Feminism and Male Liberation, Association for the…
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1967
English politician
Sir Charles Ashley Rupert Walker is a British politician who served as chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee from 2012 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for…
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1967
1968
American director and screenwriter
Paul Mayeda Berges is an American screenwriter and director. He is known for his work on films such as 2002's Bend It Like Beckham.
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1968
Italian artist, photographer and director
Stefano Cagol is an Italian contemporary artist living in Italy, Germany and Norway. His artistic practice spans video, photography, installation and performance art in the fields of conceptual art, environmental art /…
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1969
American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
Eduardo Atanasio Pérez Pérez is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and current television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as…
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1969
Mexican wrestler
Antonio Gómez Medina is a Mexican professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer based out of Arena Coliseo Guadalajara in Guadalajara. Gómez is best known under the ring name Máscara Mágica; he is the second…
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1970
1970
American actress and singer
Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress, producer, author, and mental health advocate. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, alongside nominations for an Academy Award, six Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In…
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1970
English singer-songwriter and musician
Richard Paul Ashcroft is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He formed the alternative rock band the Verve in 1990 and served as the sole songwriter, lead singer and rhythm guitarist throughout the band's…
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1971
American basketball player and coach
DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones is an American retired professional basketball player and head coach of Old Dominion. Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. She was a first-team All-American…
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1974
Argentinian footballer
Juan Manuel Cobián is a former Argentine footballer who played mostly as a right-back for clubs including Sheffield Wednesday, Swindon Town, Aberdeen and Boca Juniors.
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1975
South African footballer
Pierre Sanharib Issa is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a defender. He is the sporting director of Greek side Olympiacos.
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1975
Czech racing driver
Tomáš Enge is a Czech former professional racing driver who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One.
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1976
Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Murali Kartik is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who sporadically represented the national team from 2000 to 2007. He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He was not selected for international matches…
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1976
Welsh guitarist
Jonathan Mark Buckland is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Raised in Pantymwyn, he started to play guitar at an early age, taking…
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1977
1977
Welsh snooker player
Matthew John Stevens is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other…
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1977
1977
Serbian footballer and manager
Dejan Stanković is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football. He is currently the…
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1978
French footballer
Eric Sylvain Abidal is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back or centre-back.
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1979
Dominican baseball player
Franklin Thomas Francisco is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, and Chicago White Sox.
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1979
Chilean footballer
David Marcelo Pizarro Cortez is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was usually deployed as a central midfielder, although he could also operate in a holding role in front of the…
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1979
American actress and artist
Ariana Clarice Richards is an American painter and former actress. She is best known for her role as Lex Murphy in the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Richards won several Young Artist Awards for her acting as a child, but as…
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1979
Canadian ice hockey player
Michael William Comrie is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. During his 13-year National Hockey League (NHL) career he played with the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ottawa…
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1980
Belgian politician
Greet Daems is a Belgian trade unionist, politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, she has represented Antwerp since June 2019.
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1980
Brazilian racing driver
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior…
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1980
American singer and musician
Charles Burgess Kelley is an American country music singer who is the co-lead vocalist and founding member of the country music trio Lady A, which was formed in 2006 and are signed to Big Machine Records. He has also…
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1981
American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)
Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were an American mass murderer duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre, where killed 13 students and one teacher and wounded 23 others. After killing most of…
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1981
Australian politician
Michael Sven Sukkar is an Australian former politician who was the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing and as the Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing in the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal…
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1981
Ethiopian-Turkish runner
Elvan Abeylegesse is an Ethiopian former middle and long-distance running athlete who represented Turkey. She competed over distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon, and also in cross country. She is a former world…
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1982
Belarusian politician
Sviatlana Hieorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya is a Belarusian opposition leader and political activist. Since running in the 2020 presidential election against President Alexander Lukashenko, she has led dissidence to his…
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1982
Kenyan runner
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning the silver medal in the 5,000 metres and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the…
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1983
1983
American baseball player
Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 through 2013 and then played for the New York Yankees from…
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1983
American basketball player
Shaun Livingston is an American professional basketball executive and former player. He entered the league directly out of high school and was selected fourth by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2004 NBA draft. During…
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1985
South African rugby player
Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle is a former rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup. His usual position is at hooker.
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1986
Canadian ice hockey player
Benjamin John Scrivens is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He is the current team manager of the University of Denver Pioneers. Scrivens has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for…
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1986
Italian footballer
Robert Acquafresca is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a former Italy under-21 international and represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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1987
English actress
Elizabeth Frances Henstridge is an English actress, model and director. She is best known for her role as Jemma Simmons in the ABC superhero action drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020), set within the Marvel…
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1987
American actor
Tyler Lee Hoechlin is an American actor. He initially earned recognition for starring as Michael Sullivan Jr. in the 2002 film Road to Perdition, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best…
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1987
American actor and musician
Michael James Mansel Willett is an American actor. Willett is known most for his roles as Lionel in United States of Tara and Tanner in G.B.F.. He starred in the MTV show Faking It from 2014 until its cancellation in…
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1989
Norwegian footballer
Jo Inge Berget is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08. He has played professionally in his homeland, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Sweden and the United States, and made…
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1990
Ghanaian footballer
Jordan Pierre Ayew is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for EFL Championship club Leicester City. Born in France, he plays for the Ghana national team.
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1991
1991
English discus thrower
Jonathan Robert Adams is a Track and field athlete competing in the Shot Put in the F35 classification for athletes with cerebral palsy. Adams qualified to represent the Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer…
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1992
American drag queen and entertainer
Cameron Clayton, better known by the stage name Farrah Moan, is an American drag queen, model, actress, make-up artist and internet personality best known for participating in the 9th season of the reality TV show…
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1993
Finnish ice hockey player
Teuvo Henri Matias Teräväinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 18th overall, of the 2012…
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1994
American professional ice hockey player
Ross Colton is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1996
1997
Argentine-Italian basketball player
Leandro Nicolás Bolmaro is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Argentina national team.
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2000
American football player
Xavien "Zay" Kevonn Flowers is an American professional football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles and was selected by…
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2000
Liberian-American sprinter
Joseph Blowadeh Siafa Fahnbulleh is a Liberian-American sprinter. An Olympic finalist, Fahnbulleh is a double NCAA champion and finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 200 meters race.
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2001
American ice hockey player
Nicholas Robertson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 53rd overall by the Maple Leafs in the 2019 NHL…
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2001
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Birth year1986
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