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Famous Birthdays on September 12
229 people
1415 – 2001
September 12 has seen 229 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1415 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1415 — John Mowbray
3rd Duke of Norfolk (died 1461)
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As a minor he became a ward of King Henry VI and was placed under the protection of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, alongside whom Mowbray would later campaign in France
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John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk,, Earl Marshal was a fifteenth-century English magnate who, despite having a relatively short political career, played a significant role in the early years of the Wars of the Roses
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He fought in Calais in 1436, and during 1437–38 served as Warden of the Eastern March on the Anglo-Scottish border, before returning to Calais.
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He inherited his titles upon his father's death in 1432
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died…
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1494
Spanish writer (died 1661)
María de Zayas y Sotomayor was a writer during the Spanish Golden Age. She is considered by many modern critics to be one of the pioneers of feminist literature, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished…
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1590
English genealogist and historian (died 1686)
Sir William Dugdale was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject.
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1605
Flemish theologian and academic (died 1775)
Peter Dens was a Flemish Roman Catholic theologian.
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1690
Burmese king (died 1776)
Hsinbyushin, also known as Maung Rwa or Prince of Myedu (မြေဒူးမင်း), was the third emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1763 to 1776. The second son of the dynasty founder Alaungpaya is best known…
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1736
Methodist preacher and philanthropist (died 1815)
Mary Bosanquet Fletcher was an English preacher credited with persuading John Wesley, a founder of Methodism, to allow women to preach in public. She was born into an affluent family, but after converting to Methodism,…
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1739
German author and academic (died 1817)
Johann Heinrich Jung, better known by his assumed name Heinrich Stilling, was a German author. He is often called by both surnames as "Jung-Stilling".
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1740
English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (died 1831)
Benjamin Carr was an American composer, singer, teacher, and music publisher.
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1768
American activist (died 1871)
Samuel Joseph May was an American reformer during the nineteenth century who championed education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. May argued on behalf of all working people that the rights of humanity were…
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1797
English historian and jurist (died 1878)
Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was an English historian and jurist.
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1812
American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (died 1886)
Richard March Hoe was an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press identical to Josiah Warren's original invention, and related advancements, including the "Hoe web perfecting press" in…
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1812
Swedish writer and artist (died 1907)
Aurora Magdalena von Qvanten was a Swedish writer, translator and artist who used the pseudonym Turdus Merula.
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1816
American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (died 1903)
Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun.
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1818
German pianist, composer, and educator (died 1882)
Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer and teacher.
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1818
English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (died 1883)
Sir William Morgan was the Premier of South Australia between 1878 and 1881.
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1828
German painter (died 1880)
Anselm Feuerbach was a German painter. He was the leading neoclassical painter of the German 19th-century school.
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1829
American essayist and novelist (died 1900)
Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.
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1829
American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1915)
William Sprague IV was the 27th Governor of Rhode Island from 1860 to 1863, and U.S. Senator from 1863 to 1875. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War while he was a sitting…
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1830
1837
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1928)
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last prime minister from the Liberal Party to command a majority…
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1852
Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
Simon-Napoléon Parent, KC was the 12th premier of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905, as well as serving as President of the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company.
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1855
American composer and conductor (died 1924)
Johann Heinrich Beck was an American composer and conductor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he wrote a number of pieces for orchestra, as well as a string sextet and a string quartet. He also gave music composition…
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1856
Colombian pharmacist and politician (died 1919)
Manuel Espinosa Batista was a Colombian pharmacist turned politician who campaigned for a separate Panama state and became one of "Founders of the Republic". He is known for his philanthropy.
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1857
German-American painter and illustrator (died 1925)
Carl Eytel was a German American artist who built his reputation for paintings and drawings of desert subjects in the American Southwest. Immigrating to the United States in 1885, he settled in Palm Springs, California…
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1862
1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada (died 1941)
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and…
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1866
Polish actor (died 1957)
Paweł Owerłło was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1912 and 1939.
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1869
Japanese actor and director (died 1926)
Matsunosuke Onoe , sometimes known as Medama no Matchan , was a Japanese actor. His birth name is Tsuruzo Nakamura. He is sometimes credited as Yukio Koki, Tamijaku Onoe, or Tsunusaburo Onoe, and as a kabuki artist he…
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1875
American journalist and critic (died 1956)
Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary…
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1880
Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (died 1963)
Ion Agârbiceanu was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest. Born among the Romanian peasant class of Transylvania, he was originally an Orthodox, but chose…
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1882
Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1947)
Martin Klein was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the middleweight class, becoming the first Olympic medalist born in the territory of…
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1884
German photographer and art dealer (died 1957)
Heinrich Hoffmann was a German Nazi politician and publisher who was Adolf Hitler's official photographer and a member of his inner circle. Hoffmann's photographs were a significant part of Hitler's propaganda campaign…
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1885
French actor, singer, and dancer (died 1972)
Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls",…
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1888
Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1942)
Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud was a Maltese politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Malta under British home rule, and the first to serve a full term in power.
He held office from 1924 to 1927 and from 1932 to 1933. He was a…
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1889
Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (died 1965)
Pedro Albizu Campos was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930…
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1891
Belgian actor (died 1977)
Jean-François Martial was a Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s.
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1891
American publisher (died 1968)
Arthur Hays Sulzberger was publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961. During that time, daily circulation rose from 465,000 to 713,000 and Sunday circulation from 745,000 to 1.4 million; the staff more than…
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1891
American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (died 1984)
Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, and Frank Nelson Doubleday, J.…
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1892
Japanese lawyer and politician (died 1953)
Kyuichi Tokuda was a Japanese politician and first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1953.
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1894
Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (died 1976)
Dorothy Maud Wrinch was a mathematician and biochemical theorist best known for her attempt to deduce protein structure using mathematical principles. She was a champion of the controversial 'cyclol' hypothesis for the…
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1894
Icelandic painter and composer (died 1973)
Freymóður Jóhannsson was an Icelandic artist, painter and song composer.
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1895
French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1956)
Irène Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married…
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1897
American magician and author (died 1985)
Walter Brown Gibson was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow, and as a ghost-writer for many of his friend Harry Houdini's books. Gibson, under…
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1897
1898
Australian violinist and educator (died 1943)
Alma Mary Templeton Moodie was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She was regarded as being among the foremost female violinists during the inter-war…
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1898
1898
American radio director (died 1949)
Martha Atwell was an American radio director, known for her association with Frank and Anne Hummert.
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1900
American mathematician, logician, and academic (died 1982)
Haskell Brooks Curry was an American mathematician and computer scientist. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic. Although its initial concept was based on a paper by Moses Schönfinkel, Curry did much of…
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1900
1901
Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (died 1976)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, also known by his initials JK, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years in 5", was…
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1902
Ukrainian-American poet and author (died 1982)
Marya Zaturenska was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938.
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1902
English-Australian murder victim (died 1934)
On 1 September 1934, the badly burned body of a woman with a bullet through the neck was found in a culvert running under Howlong Road in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The woman became known as the Pyjama Girl.
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1905
German jurist (died 2009)
Werner Flume was a German jurist and professor of Roman law, private law, tax law and a legal historian. He has significantly influenced the modern development of German private law and has been called a "lawyer of the…
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1908
Canadian trade union leader and politician (died 1986)
Donald MacDonald was a Canadian social democratic politician and trade unionist who led the Nova Scotia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and was elected as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1941. In…
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1909
American sprinter and long jumper (died 1980)
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by winning four gold medals, setting Olympic records in each event. He is widely regarded as one of the…
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1913
Welsh-English soldier and actor (died 1999)
Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn was a Welsh actor. He was best known for his role as Q in 17 of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1999.
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1914
American journalist (died 1974)
Frank McGee was an American television journalist, best known for his work with NBC from the late 1950s into the early 1970s.
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1921
Polish philosopher and author (died 2006)
Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories…
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1921
Turkish architect, city planner, and thinker (died 2009)
Turgut Cansever was a Turkish architect and city planner. He is the only architect to win the Aga Khan Award for Architecture three times. He is known as "the wise architect." He played a significant role in urban…
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1921
Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (died 2014)
Antonio Francisco Cafiero was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Cafiero held a number of important posts throughout his career, including, most notably, the governorship of Buenos Aires Province from 1987 to…
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1922
American poet, playwright, and composer (died 2004)
Jackson Mac Low was an American poet, performance artist, composer and playwright, known to most readers of poetry as a practitioner of systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compositional methods in his…
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1922
American psychologist and academic (died 2009)
Mark Richard Rosenzweig was an American research psychologist whose research on neuroplasticity in animals indicated that the adult brain remains capable of anatomical remodelling and reorganization based on life…
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1922
Guinea-Bissauan political leader (died 1973)
Amílcar Lopes Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, political organizer, diplomat, and half-brother of Luís Cabral, the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He was widely remembered as one of…
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1924
American baseball player (died 2013)
Stanley Edward Lopata was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, Lopata played in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves. In 853…
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1925
American actor (died 2015)
John Richard Moore Jr. was an American actor who was one of the last survivors of the silent film era. A busy and popular actor during his childhood and youth, he appeared in over 100 films until the early 1950s. Among…
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1925
French soprano and actress
Mathé Altéry is a French soprano prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. Mathé Altéry is the daughter of French tenor Mario Altéry. In 1956, both Altéry and Dany Dauberson individually represented France in the first…
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1927
American painter and gardener (died 2023)
Robert Walter Irwin was an American installation artist who explored perception and the conditional in art, often through site-specific, architectural interventions that alter the physical, sensory and temporal…
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1928
American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2013)
Muriel Faye Siebert was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. She joined the 1,365 male…
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1928
Canadian-American basketball player and physician (died 2014)
Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. was a Canadian professional basketball player. Vandeweghe was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family.
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1928
American Roman Catholic prelate (died 2023)
Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., was an American Benedictine monk and prelate of the Catholic Church.
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1928
American composer and illustrator (died 2018)
Harvey Lester Schmidt was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for 42…
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1929
American composer and educator (died 2018)
Larry Don Austin was an American composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: Music of the Avant Garde. Austin gained additional…
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1930
1931
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
George Glenn Jones was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for a long list of hit records, and is well known for his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two…
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1931
Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2005)
Atli Pætursson Dam was a Faroese politician who served as prime minister of the Faroe Islands on three occasions. From 1970 to 1981, 1985 to 1989, and 1991 to 1993. To this date, he is the longest-serving prime minister…
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1932
American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (died 2009)
Glenn Ashby "Jeep" Davis was an American Olympic hurdler and sprinter who won a total of three gold medals in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games.
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1934
South Korean-American philosopher and academic (died 2019)
Jaegwon Kim was a Korean-American philosopher. At the time of his death, Kim was an emeritus professor of philosophy at Brown University. He also taught at several other leading American universities during his…
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1934
Chinese American poet and activist
Nellie Wong was an American poet and activist for feminist and socialist causes. Wong was also an active member of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
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1934
American sculptor (died 2023)
Richard Howard Hunt was an American artist and sculptor. In the second half of the 20th century, he became "the foremost African-American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture." A Chicago native, Hunt studied…
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1935
Canadian boxer
George Louis Chuvalo is a Canadian former professional boxer who was a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger. He is known for having never been knocked down in any of…
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1937
1937
1938
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
Claude Ruel was a professional ice hockey coach for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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1938
American operatic soprano (died 1993)
Tatiana Troyanos was an American mezzo-soprano remembered as "one of the defining singers of her generation". Her voice, "a paradoxical voice — larger than life yet intensely human, brilliant yet warm, lyric yet…
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1938
American lawyer and politician
Henry Arnold Waxman is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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1939
American model and actress
Linda Ann Gray is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas. The role also earned her a…
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1940
French journalist
Michel Drucker, CQ is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was…
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1942
1942
American folk and blues singer
Maria Muldaur is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and has recorded albums in the folk, blues,…
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1942
Canadian engineer and academic (died 2004)
François Tavenas, was a Canadian engineer and academic.
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1942
American football player (died 2022)
Ralph Eugene Neely was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). He played 13 seasons and 172 games for the Cowboys from 1965 to…
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1943
Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet
Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.
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1943
American wrestler (died 1978)
Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. He wrestled in various National Wrestling Alliance territories, as well as the…
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1944
Russian violinist and conductor
Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.
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1944
American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s…
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1944
American drag racer (died 1977)
Russell James Liberman was an American funny car drag racer, nicknamed "Jungle Jim." In 2001, he was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers of all time. Liberman was known for driving backwards at 100 miles…
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1945
Italian author and illustrator
Maurilio Manara, known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.
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1945
American conductor and producer
John Francis Mauceri is an American conductor, composer, author, and educator whose work has focused on orchestral music, opera, Broadway, and film-related repertoire. A graduate of Yale University, where he later…
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1945
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
Redbone is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. All members during their commercial peak were of Chicano and Native American heritage, something heavily…
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1946
British journalist and writer
Neil Alexander Lyndon is a British journalist and writer. He has written for The Sunday Times, The Times, The Independent, the Evening Standard the Daily Mail and the Telegraph.
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1946
English engineer and academic
Sir David Grant FLSW is a British academic who was the vice-chancellor of Cardiff University in Wales from 2001 to 2012. Following his appointment, Grant oversaw the merger between Cardiff University and the University…
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1947
English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot from 1997 until 2017, having been the MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992.
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1947
1947
American trombonist and educator
Stephen Johnson Turre is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For sixty-two years, Turre has been active…
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1948
Australian footballer, cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (died 2016)
Maxwell Henry Norman Walker was an Australian sportsman who played both cricket and Australian rules football at high levels. After six years of balancing first-class cricket in summer, professional football in winter…
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1948
American captain and pilot (died 2001)
Charles Frank "Chic" Burlingame III was the captain of American Airlines Flight 77, the aircraft that was crashed by terrorists into the Pentagon during the September 11 attacks.
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1949
Russian figure skater and politician
Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals. She was elected to…
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1949
Canadian journalist and politician
Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais is a Canadian politician, journalist, radio host and television host from Quebec. She was a Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) and a previous…
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1950
1950
American actor and screenwriter
Bruce Mahler is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for his role as Sgt. Fackler in the comedy films Police Academy, and as Rabbi Glickman on the sitcom Seinfeld.
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1950
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Michael John Murphy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for 13 years for the St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings and has been assistant…
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1950
Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008. A Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2011, he served as…
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1951
1951
Welsh rugby player and actor (died 2007)
Raymond William Robert Gravell was a Welsh rugby union centre who played club rugby for Llanelli RFC.
At international level, Gravell earned 23 caps for Wales and was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South…
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1951
American actor and producer
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Francis Fratelli in The Goonies (1985), Captain Conrad Howard in the Bad…
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1951
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2010)
Ali-Ollie Woodson was an American R&B singer, musician, songwriter, keyboardist, drummer, and occasional actor best known for his twelve years with the Temptations alongside Otis Williams. He also worked with Aretha…
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1951
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gerald Linford Beckley is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, and a founding member of the band America.
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1952
Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)
Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian musician and author, who was the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. He was nicknamed "the Professor", after the Gilligan's Island character of the same…
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1952
American photographer
Nancy Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing…
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1953
American sculptor
Robert Gober is an American sculptor. His work is often related to domestic and familiar objects such as sinks, doors, and legs.
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1954
American saxophonist
Scott Hamilton is an American jazz tenor saxophonist associated with swing and straight-ahead jazz. His eldest son, Shō Īmura, is the vocalist of the Japanese rock band Okamoto's.
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1954
Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
Prince Peeter Volkonski is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.
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1954
American actor (died 2021)
Peter Thomas Scolari was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Henry Desmond in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Michael Harris on the CBS sitcom Newhart (1984–1990), the latter of which…
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1955
English footballer (died 2013)
Brian Smith was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1955
Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (died 2003)
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential cultural icons in the Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanor, flamboyant screen characters, and avant-garde,…
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1956
English journalist and author
David Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. He is the founder and a former editor of Prospect magazine.
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1956
Scottish songwriter
Brian Alexander Robertson is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter. He had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s characterised by catchy pop tunes and jaunty humorous lyrics, including "Kool in the…
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1956
Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore
Walter Woon Cheong Ming is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the fifth attorney-general of Singapore between 2008 and 2010. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law,…
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1956
British academic and educator
Paul Martin Sharp is a British bioinformatician who is a professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh, where he holds the Alan Robertson chair of genetics in the Institute of Evolutionary Biology.
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1957
Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
Jan Egeland is a Norwegian diplomat, political scientist, humanitarian leader, and former Labour Party politician who has been Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013. He served as State Secretary…
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1957
English-Australian actress
Rachel Claire Ward is a British and Australian actress. She gained recognition as an actress for her performance in the American television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983), which earned her one of three Golden Globe…
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1957
German composer and producer
Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and five Grammy Awards as well as nominations…
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1957
American boxer
Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez Rosa, better known as Wilfred Benitez, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in…
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1958
American actor and singer
Gregg Edelman is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in City of Angels (1990), Anna Karenina (1993), 1776 (1998), and Into the Woods…
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1958
American colonel and politician
Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 2017 to 2020 under president Donald Trump.
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1959
American football player and sportscaster
Deron Leigh Cherry is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. Cherry was a free safety and punter at Rutgers…
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1959
German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel is a German politician who was the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and the vice-chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was Leader of the Social Democratic Party of…
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1959
American wrestler (died 2020)
Joseph Michael "Joe" Laurinaitis, better known by his ring name Road Warrior Animal, was an American professional wrestler. Along with Road Warrior Hawk, he was one-half of the tag team the Road Warriors.
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1960
American academic and politician
Evan Hollin Jenkins is an American politician and judge. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, joining the Court in 2018 and serving as chief justice in 2021. He resigned from the…
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1960
Greek pianist and composer
Stefanos Korkolis is a Greek composer and pianist. He has performed in theaters and auditoriums all around the world, including the Concertgebouw, the Belém Cultural Center, the Royal Theater Carré, the Athens Concert…
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1960
Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
Mylène Jeanne Gautier, known professionally as Mylène Farmer, is a French singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 35 million records worldwide, she is among the most successful recording artists of all time in…
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1961
Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist
Sunay Akın is a Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist. He is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum.
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1962
American actress
Amy Yasbeck is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chappel Davenport on the sitcom Wings from 1994 to 1997 and for having played the mermaid Madison in the television film Splash, Too in 1988.…
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1962
American television journalist and author
Gregory John Gutfeld is an American television host, political commentator, comedian, and author. He is the host of the late-night comedy talk show Gutfeld!, which was formerly aired on Saturday nights as The Greg…
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1964
German footballer and manager
Dieter-Klaus Hecking is a German football manager for VfL Wolfsburg and former professional player. He played for Hannover 96 and Eintracht Braunschweig as a midfielder. He returned to manage Hannover despite the…
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1964
Norwegian animator and producer
Øistein Kristiansen, formerly known under his artist name Einstein Kristiansen, is a Norwegian cartoonist, designer, entrepreneur, TV host and co-founder of Earthtree Media AS, who together with his two business…
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1965
American basketball player
Vernon Maxwell is an American former professional basketball player. He was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for thirteen seasons during the late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.
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1965
1965
American actor
Darren E. Burrows is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ed Chigliak in the television series Northern Exposure. He also appeared in the films Cry-Baby, Amistad, Sunset Strip, Forty Shades of Blue, in a…
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1966
1966
Canadian ice hockey player
Vezio Sacratini is a retired Italian-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for various teams across Europe, most notably the Cardiff Devils, and the Italian national team. Sacratini was a member of the…
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1966
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Louis Alfred Székely, known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. C.K. has won six Emmy Awards, and three Grammy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, three Peabody Awards…
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1967
American baseball player, coach, and manager
Patrick Alan Listach is an American professional baseball shortstop, coach, and manager. As a player, Listach appeared in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros from 1992 and 1997. He won the…
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1967
American guitarist and songwriter
Reid Laurence LaLonde, also known as Ler LaLonde, is an American musician. He has been the guitarist for the rock band Primus since 1989, where he is known for his experimental accompaniment to the bass playing of…
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1968
6th Earl Russell, English politician (died 2014)
Nicholas Lyulph Russell, 6th Earl Russell, styled Viscount Amberley between 1987 and 2004, was the elder son of Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell and Elizabeth Russell. He succeeded to the Earldom of Russell on his…
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1968
South African cricketer and physiotherapist
Richard Peter Snell is a former South African cricketer who played in five Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for South Africa.
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1968
American comedian, actor, and writer
Paul Francis Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has worked in television on such programs as BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Best Week Ever, later…
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1968
1969
Argentinian golfer
Ángel Leopoldo Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish ("The Duck") for his waddling gait. He is a two-time…
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1969
American author and screenwriter
James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the books were later…
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1969
1969
American actor, director, and singer
Frank William Chase is an American actor, director, and singer, best known for his work on Broadway and for his role as country superstar Luke Wheeler on ABC's Nashville.
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1970
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Nathan Peter Larson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence in the 1990s as the guitarist for the rock group Shudder to Think. He has since worked on many film score compositions.…
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1970
Moroccan tennis player
Younes El Aynaoui is a Moroccan coach and former professional tennis player.
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1971
1971
English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Gideon Emery is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Deucalion in Teen Wolf and starring as himself in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. His career also includes providing voice-over work in video games,…
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1972
Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2022)
Paul Gregory Green was an Australian professional rugby league football coach, best known for taking the North Queensland Cowboys to the NRL premiership in 2015, and a professional rugby league footballer who played in…
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1972
Brazilian footballer
Sidney da Silva Souza known as Sidney is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Cerâmica. Sidney spent most of his career in Rio Grande do Sul.
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1972
Filipino journalist and documentarian
Kara Patria Constantino David-Cancio is a Filipino journalist, host, professor, and educational administrator.
She is known because of investigative and multi-awarded documentaries in i-Witness. These documentaries are…
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1973
German skier
Martina Maria Ertl-Renz is a German former alpine skier. She was two times world champion and also won several medals at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships.
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1973
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Martin T. Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Ottawa Senators. He won the Stanley…
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1973
American actor (died 2013)
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.
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1973
French soldier and pilot (died 2007)
Commandant Caroline Aigle was a French aviator who achieved a historical first when at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Her promising military career was cut short by…
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1974
American singer-songwriter
Jennifer Odessa Nettles is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.
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1974
1974
Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
Kenichi Suzumura is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and singer who is affiliated with and a representative of INTENTION, a voice acting company he founded in March 2012. He voiced Morley in Macross 7, Hikaru…
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1974
Portuguese footballer and coach
Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left-back or a winger. He later became a manager.
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1974
Dominican baseball player
Luis Antonio Castillo is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Minnesota Twins from 1996 through 2010.
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1975
Australian swimmer and coach
William Ashley Kirby is an Australian swimmer who was competitive on an international level in the nineties and early 2000s. He specialized in freestyle and butterfly and won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in…
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1975
American actress
Lauren Stamile is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Nurse Rose on the ABC series Grey's Anatomy, Michelle Slater on the NBC series Community, and CIA Agent Dani Pearce on the USA Network series Burn…
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1976
Polish footballer
Maciej Stanisław Żurawski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1976
Australian cricketer
Nathan Wade Bracken is a former Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game. Bracken represented New…
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1977
Australian racing driver and journalist
Grant Craig Denyer is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver. He has worked for several television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, mostly serving as a presenter. He…
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1977
American singer-songwriter and producer
Jeff Irwin is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Griffin House, Cerys Matthews, Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken, Mat Kearney, Taylor Sorensen & the Trigger Code, and Counting Crows.
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1977
English footballer
David Anthony Thompson is an English football pundit currently working for the BBC. Thompson played as a midfielder, though he had to retire aged 29 through an osteochondral defect of the left knee sustained at age 25.…
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1977
Italian model and actress
Elisabetta Canalis is an Italian actress and television personality.
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1978
American actor
Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan is an American actor, author and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama…
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1978
American R&B, pop, and gospel singer
Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance…
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1978
American baseball player (died 2024)
Sean Patrick Burroughs was an American professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2002 to 2005 and 2011 to 2012 for the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Arizona…
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1980
Brazilian footballer
Fernando César de Souza is a footballer from Brazil who plays as a defender. He has spent much of his playing career in the Swiss Super League.
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1980
1980
English rugby player
Kevin Sinfield is an English rugby union coach who is the skills and kicking coach for the England national team. He is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Leeds Rhinos, England and Great…
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1980
Czech ice hockey player (died 2011)
Josef Vašíček was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Vašíček last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He had played seven…
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1980
American singer and actress
Jennifer Kate Hudson, also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, producer, and talk show host. Having received numerous accolades for her work in music, film, television, and theater, Hudson…
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1981
American swimmer
Staciana Stitts Winfield, née Staciana Stitts, is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist. She was a 2000 Summer Olympics and 1999 Pan American Games gold medalist, and 1998 Goodwill Games…
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1981
Croatian basketball player
Zoran Planinić is a Croatian former professional basketball player.
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1982
American wrestler
Salvatore Rinauro is an American professional wrestler, performing for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He is best known for his work in Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro and National Wrestling Alliance in addition…
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1982
German footballer
Tom Geißler is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1983
American football player
Daniel Travanti Muir is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He…
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1983
Argentinian-Italian rugby player
Sergio Francesco Parisse is an Italian-Argentine former rugby union player. He is currently the lineout coach for French club Toulon. He played for the Italy national team from 2002 until the 2019 Rugby World Cup.…
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1983
American baseball player
Clayton Colby Richard is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays.
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1983
Irish singer-songwriter
Carly Sarah Smithson is an Irish soul and pop rock singer who was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008. In 2001, Smithson had released her first studio album for MCA Records called…
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1983
1983
Iraqi footballer
Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa is an Iraqi former professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro", he usually played as a playmaker or as an attacking midfielder and was known for his exceptional vision and…
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1984
Canadian curler
Chelsea Danielle Carey is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial…
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1984
Swedish singer
Petra Linnea Paula Marklund, known also by her previous stage name September, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Marklund started recording in professional studios around the age of twelve, and…
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1984
English actor
Alfie Evan Allen is an English actor. He portrayed Theon Greyjoy on all eight seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for…
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1986
English swimmer
Joanne Amy Jackson is an English freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson. She was born in Northallerton and went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire.
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1986
Japanese footballer
Yūto Nagatomo is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a full back for J1 League club FC Tokyo and the Japan national team.
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1986
1986
American singer and actress
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her accolades include a Saturn Award and Critics' Choice Award, with nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award.
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1986
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen is a Swedish singer and songwriter who first rose to prominence as the Swedish Idol 2007 runner-up. Her first album, Killing My Darlings (2008), became one of that year's best-selling…
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1988
Icelandic politician
Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he has represented the Southwest constituency since November 2024.
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1988
American-Canadian baseball player
Frederick Charles Freeman is a Canadian and American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Freeman made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and played…
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1989
American football player
Andrew Austen Luck is an American football executive and former professional quarterback who is the general manager of the Stanford Cardinal football team. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for…
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1989
1991
English footballer
Scott James Wootton is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Perth Glory in the A-League.
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1991
Canadian actress
Alexia Fast is a Canadian actress who began her career at the age of seven when she wrote, directed and starred in the short film The Red Bridge, which premiered at the 2002 Atlantic and Reel to Reel Film Festivals. She…
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1992
Belarusian tennis player
Sviatlana Aliaksandrauna Pirazhenka is a Belarusian former tennis player.
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1992
American country pop singer
Kelsea Nicole Ballerini is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Gene Weed Milestone Award at the Academy of…
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1993
1994
1994
Ukrainian tennis player
Elina Svitolina is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA. Svitolina has won 19 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2018 WTA…
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1994
Bahamian sprinter
Steven Gardiner is a Bahamian track and field sprinter competing in the 400 metres and 200 metres. He is the 2020 Olympic and 2019 world champion in the 400 m, and also won the silver medal at the 2017 World…
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1995
American actor
Colin Lee Ford is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Wheeler in Daybreak; Joe McAlister in Under the Dome; the voice of Jake on Jake and the Never Land Pirates; Mikey on Can You Teach My Alligator…
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1996
American actress
Sydney Bernice Sweeney is an American actress. She gained early recognition for her roles in Everything Sucks!, The Handmaid's Tale, and Sharp Objects in 2018. She received wider acclaim for her performances in the…
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1997
Swedish curler
Almida Winquist de Val is a Swedish curler from Sundbyberg. She currently plays third and is vice skip on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. With this team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 World Junior…
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1997
American football player
Jerome Ford is an American professional football running back for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and Cincinnati Bearcats and was…
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1999
American basketball player
Ziaire Williams Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.
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2001
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