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representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district, serving six terms from 2007 to 2019
Famous Birthdays on September 13
261 people
64 – 1999
September 13 has seen 261 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 64 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1961 — Peter Roskam
American lawyer and politician
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He is a member of the Republican Party and served as the chief deputy majority whip from 2011 to 2014, ranking fourth among House Republican leaders
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He served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy for the 115th Congress
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Roskam was defeated by Democrat Sean Casten in the 2018 election
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In 2023, he was named federal policy head of the lobbying practice at Washington, DC–based law firm BakerHostetler
Roman daughter of Titus (died AD 91)
AD 64 (LXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 64th Year of the Anno Domini designation, the 64th year of the 1st millennium, the 64th year of the 1st century, and the 4th year of the 7th…
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64
Mayan ruler (died 730)
Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III, also known as Chaacal III and Akul Anab III, was an ajaw of the Maya city of Palenque. He took the throne on 30 December 721, reigning until c. 736.
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678
Byzantine emperor (died 1143)
John II Komnenos or Comnenus was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143. Also known as "John the Beautiful" or "John the Good", he was the eldest son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina and the second emperor…
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1087
King of Ava (died 1431)
Minkhaung I of Ava, personal name Min Hsway Nhit, also called Mingkhaung-Norrata in Ming History, was king of Ava from 1400 to 1421. He is best remembered in Burmese history for his epic struggles against King Razadarit…
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1373
Italian cardinal (died 1507)
Cesare Borgia was an Italian cardinal deacon and later a condottiero, as well as a member of the Spanish House of Borgia. He was the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and sibling to Lucrezia Borgia.
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1475
English poet and historian (died 1552)
John Leland or Leyland was an English poet and antiquary.
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1502
1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1598)
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the…
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1521
Italian theorbo player and composer (died 1667)
Francesco Manelli (Mannelli) was a Roman Baroque composer, particularly of opera, and a theorbo player. He is most well known for his collaboration with fellow Roman composer Benedetto Ferrari in bringing commercial…
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1594
1st Baronet, English commander and politician (died 1698)
Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, was an English religious Independent, author, and landowner from Cheshire. He was Member of Parliament for Cheshire at various times between 1628 and 1653, and during the First English…
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1604
American inventor, engineer and businessman (died 1819)
Oliver Evans was an American inventor, engineer, and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans to build steam engines and was an advocate of…
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1755
German philosopher and author (died 1880)
Arnold Ruge was a German philosopher and political writer. He was the older brother of Ludwig Ruge.
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1802
American general and educator (died 1864)
John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be killed in the war, along with Major…
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1813
Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans (died 1900)
Lucy Goode Brooks was an enslaved American woman who later became instrumental in the founding of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans in Richmond, Virginia.
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1818
German pianist and composer (died 1896)
Clara Josephine Schumann was a German virtuoso pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert…
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1819
Austrian author (died 1916)
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky was an Austrian writer and a noblewoman. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter…
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1830
American soldier and politician (died 1920)
John Hollis Bankhead was an American politician and Confederate Army soldier. A member of the Democratic Party, Bankhead served as U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama from 1907 until his death in 1920. Bankhead had…
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1842
American physician and biologist (died 1902)
Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact.…
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1851
Polish rebel and activist (died 1937)
Michał Drzymała was a Polish peasant living in the Greater Poland region under Prussian rule.
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1857
American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (died 1945)
Milton Snavely Hershey was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.
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1857
American general and lawyer (died 1948)
John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from…
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1860
Indian-English field marshal (died 1951)
Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood was a senior and highly decorated and distinguished British Indian Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener.…
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1865
Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1951)
Baron Kijūrō Shidehara , was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II.
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1872
German mathematician and author (died 1950)
Constantin Carathéodory was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. He…
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1873
American lawyer and politician (died 1962)
Henry Fountain Ashurst was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial legislature…
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1874
Austrian composer and painter (died 1951)
Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, teacher, and writer who propounded developing variation and the emancipation of the dissonance. He was active in Vienna and…
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1874
American novelist and short story writer (died 1941)
Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria,…
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1876
German-Swiss explorer (died 1957)
Wilhelm Filchner was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions, and led the Second German Antarctic Expedition,…
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1877
English captain (died 1962)
Stanley Phillip Lord was a British merchant seaman who was captain of the SS Californian on the night the RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912. The ship, which was primarily a freighter that could carry a small number of…
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1877
leading British suffragette (died 1953)
Ann "Annie" Kenney was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. She co-founded its first branch in London with Minnie Baldock.…
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1879
American film producer, co-founded Famous Players–Lasky (died 1958)
Jesse Louis Lasky was an American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
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1880
Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (died 1969)
Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician who served as President of Cuba from 1933 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1948. He was the last president born during Spanish rule. He is sometimes called Raymond Grau San Martin in…
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1882
American pole vaulter (died 1956)
LeRoy Perry Samse was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. Samse represented the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the pole vault where he won the silver…
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1883
Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1957)
Petros Voulgaris was a Greek Admiral who served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece in 1945. He was famous for his role in suppressing the 1944 Greek naval mutiny and restoring the fleet to combat readiness, for which…
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1883
Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)
Wilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke was an Austrian mathematician working in the fields of differential and integral geometry. In his time he was best known for his influential three-volume treatise Vorlesungen über…
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1885
German pilot and sculptor (died 1925)
Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese, also known as Melli Beese, was the first female German pilot, qualifying in 1911, as well as the first such aircraft engineer. Together with Lilly Steinschneider and Marie Marvingt, she is…
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1886
English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
Sir Robert Robinson was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm.
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1886
Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He…
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1887
French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (died 1978)
Antony Noghès was the founder of the Monaco Grand Prix.
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1890
1891
American clarinet player (died 1953)
Lawrence James Shields was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially.
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1893
English novelist and playwright (died 1984)
John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
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1894
Polish poet, playwright, and director (died 1953)
Julian Tuwim, known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw…
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1894
American rugby player and sprinter (died 1981)
Morris Marshall Kirksey was an American track and field athlete and rugby union footballer who won two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He is one of the few athletes to win gold medals in two different Olympic…
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1895
French conductor and composer (died 1963)
Roger Désormière was a French conductor. He was an enthusiastic champion of contemporary composers, but also conducted performances of early eighteenth century French music.
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1898
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1964)
Cathiravelu Sittampalam was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.
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1898
Romanian politician (died 1938)
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, born Corneliu Zelinski and commonly known as Corneliu Codreanu, was a fascist Romanian politician, the founder and charismatic leader of the Iron Guard or The Legion of the Archangel Michael, an…
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1899
American actress (died 1996)
Claudette Colbert, also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin ; was an American stage and film actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of…
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1903
American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (died 1974)
Alberta Christine Williams King was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin Luther King…
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1904
American actress (died 1954)
Gladys George was an American actress of stage and screen. Though nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936), she spent most of her career in supporting roles in films…
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1904
1908
Greek director and playwright (died 1987)
Karolos Koun was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays.
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1908
Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (died 1995)
Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the fourth president of the European Commission from 1…
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1908
American actress and vocal artist (died 1998)
Mae Questel was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.
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1908
English footballer (died 1998)
Edwin Raymond Bowden was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 130 goals from 316 appearances in the Football League, playing for Plymouth Argyle, Arsenal and Newcastle United. He was capped…
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1909
Dutch journalist and radio host (died 2014)
Alexander Frederik Paul "Frits" Thors was a Dutch journalist and news anchor. Thors was best known as the newscaster of the NTS-Journaal from 1965 until 1972.
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1909
American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (died 1996)
William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".
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1911
American colonel and politician (died 1995)
Maurice K. Goddard was the driving force behind the creation of 45 Pennsylvania state parks during his 24 years as a cabinet officer for six governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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1912
1912
Finnish physician and professor (died 2005)
Kai Martin Edvard Setälä was a Finnish physician and professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Helsinki. Through his daughter Christel, he was the maternal grandfather of Alexander Stubb, the 13th president…
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1913
English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (died 1994)
Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.
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1914
British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (died 1990)
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of…
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1916
American historian and author (died 2012)
Carol Seeger "Siggy" Kendall was an American writer of children's books. She has received the Newbery Honor, Ohioana award, Parents choice award, and the Mythopoeic Society Aslan award.
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1917
American soldier, composer, and educator (died 2013)
Robert Eugene Ward was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in…
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1917
American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2015)
Ray Charles was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who was best known as organizer and leader of the Ray Charles Singers, who accompanied Perry Como on his records and television…
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1918
Argentinian actor and singer (died 1980)
Richard Benjamin Haymes was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host, and…
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1918
English philosopher and author (died 2018)
Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast and Man (1978),…
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1919
Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (died 2016)
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong Zionist and renowned networker. He was on good terms with prime ministers and presidents and…
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1919
Danish-American journalist and author (died 2012)
Else Holmelund Minarik was a Danish-born American author of more than 40 children's books. She was most commonly associated with her Little Bear series of children's books, which were adapted for television. Minarik was…
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1920
American singer and pianist (died 1999)
Tony Russell "Charles" Brown was an American singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1949 and 1952, Brown had seven Top 10 hits in the…
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1922
American lawyer and jurist (died 2013)
Caroline Duby Glassman was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Portland, Maine, where she practiced law…
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1922
French photographer and journalist (died 1999)
Édouard Boubat was a French photojournalist and art photographer.
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1923
Australian tenor and educator (died 1976)
Harold Blair was a Wulli Wulli man, an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era".
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1924
American actor (died 1985)
Scott Brady was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. He played the title role in the television series Shotgun Slade (1959–1961).
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1924
French composer and conductor (died 2009)
Maurice-Alexis Jarre was a French composer and conductor, mainly of film scores. He was particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean, composing the scores to all of his films from 1962 to…
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1924
1925
American economist and academic (died 2012)
Andrew Felton Brimmer was an American economist and business leader who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1966 to 1974. A member of the Democratic Party, Brimmer was the first African…
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1926
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2022)
Emile Percival Francis, nicknamed "The Cat", was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers from 1946 to…
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1926
American soldier and politician (died 2012)
John Frank Raley Jr. was a Maryland politician and an advocate for education, economic development and protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
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1926
Brazilian actress
Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television.
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1927
American painter and sculptor (died 2018)
Robert Indiana was an American artist associated with the pop art movement.
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1928
Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2010)
Tzannis Tzannetakis was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989. He also served as a submarine commander in the Hellenic Navy.
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1928
Baron Gavron, English publisher and philanthropist (died 2015)
Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron was a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and a Labour life peer.
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1930
American actress
Barbara Bain is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter Crawford on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a…
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1931
Canadian tennis player and sportscaster
Robert Bédard is a former Canadian tennis player and educator. He is the most recent Canadian winner of the men's Canadian Open Tennis Championships.
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1931
Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson is an Australian former athlete and politician. She was the Governor of South Australia between 2001 and 2007. She finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold…
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1931
Estonian cinematographer
Rein Maran is an Estonian cinematographer, director, and professor, most notable for teaching at Tallinn University. In 1972, he graduated from a cinematography school. In 1967 he joined Tallinnfilm, and later Eesti…
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1931
Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (died 2014)
Fernando González-Pacheco Castro, also known as Pacheco, was a Colombian television host, announcer, journalist and occasional actor with a career spanning over six decades. Pacheco was born in Spain and received the…
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1932
Czech actor (died 2012)
Radoslav Brzobohatý was a Czech actor. He acted in film, television and theatre, portraying around 200 roles during his career.
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1932
Swedish pianist and composer (died 2013)
Bengt Hallberg was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger.
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1932
American actress (died 2025)
Margaret Elizabeth McLarty, known professionally as Eileen Fulton, was an American actress, singer and author. She portrayed Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which she played almost continuously…
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1933
Australian businessman and activist (died 1977)
Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian businessman and anti-drug campaigner. He disappeared in 1977, but his body has never been found. In 1986, James Bazley was convicted for his murder.
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1933
American bass player (died 2016)
Lewie Polk Steinberg was an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for the soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
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1933
English tennis player and coach
John Anthony Pickard is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg.
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1934
Italian activist, founded National Vanguard (died 2019)
Stefano Delle Chiaie was an Italian neo-fascist terrorist. He was the founder of Avanguardia Nazionale, a member of Ordine Nuovo, and founder of Lega nazionalpopolare. He went on to become a wanted man worldwide,…
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1936
American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
Donald Virgil Bluth is an American filmmaker, animator, video game designer and author. He came to prominence working for Walt Disney Productions before creating his own film studio in the early 1980s. Bluth is best…
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1937
Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1994)
John Smith was a British politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Monklands East.
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1938
American soprano and educator (died 1993)
Joyce Arleen Auger was an American coloratura soprano, known for her interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart, and Schubert. She won a posthumous Grammy Award for "Best Classical Vocal…
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1939
American actor and voice artist (died 2014)
Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other…
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1939
Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
Guntis Ulmanis is a Latvian politician and the fifth President of Latvia from 1993 to 1999.
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1939
American photographer
Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with themes such as death, corpses, often featuring ornately decorated photographic models, including people with…
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1939
Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
Óscar Arias Sánchez is a Costa Rican politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was the president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010.
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1940
English cricketer (died 2023)
Brian Maurice Brain was an English first-class cricketer whose career with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire stretched over more than two decades. He was capped by Worcestershire in 1966 and by Gloucestershire in 1977.
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1940
Australian businessman
Kerry Matthew Stokes is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in industries including electronic and print media, property, gas, oil, mining and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the…
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1940
Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens
Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect. Self-taught, he is known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as an example of "critical…
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1941
English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Clayton-Thomas is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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1941
Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
Ahmet Necdet Sezer is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000. The Grand…
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1941
Canadian businessman and politician
Michel Côté, is a Canadian businessman and former politician.
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1942
American author
Mildred DeLois Taylor is a Newbery Award-winning American young adult novelist. She is best known for her novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, part of her Logan family series.
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1943
English journalist (died 2008)
Carol Lesley Barnes was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. She worked for ITN from 1975 to 2004.
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1944
English actress and producer
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe…
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1944
American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Peter Paul Cetera Jr. is an American retired musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985. His career as a recording artist…
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1944
Australian surfer (died 2016)
Bernard "Midget" Farrelly was the first world surfing champion.
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1944
Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
Noël Godin is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with…
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1945
Swedish journalist and politician (died 2002)
Andres Küng was a Swedish journalist, writer, entrepreneur and politician of Estonian origin. He was born in Ockelbo in Gävleborg County to a family of refugees from Soviet occupied Estonia.
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1945
American director and producer
Frank Wilton Marshall is an American film producer and director. He often collaborated with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company Amblin Entertainment, along with Steven…
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1946
Georgian swimmer
Full Professor of Georgian Technical University Henri Kuprashvili is a Georgian Doctor of Political Sciences, First Class State Councillor who is most notable for breaking a Guinness record for swimming the Dardanelles,…
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1946
1948
Greek physicist and academic
Dimitri V. Nanopoulos is a Greek physicist residing in New York. He is one of the most regularly cited researchers in the world, cited more than 57,000 times across a number of separate branches of science.
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1948
Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka is a Fijian politician, sportsman, and former soldier who has been serving as Prime Minister of Fiji since 24 December 2022. He was the instigator of two military coups in 1987. He was…
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1948
American basketball player and coach
James Mitchell Cleamons is an American former professional basketball player and was a coach in the NBA and at the college and high school levels. He was an assistant coach on nine National Basketball Association (NBA)…
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1949
American businessman
John William Henry II is an American businessman and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh…
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1949
Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland for a year from 7 February 1996 to 31 October 1997, after being defeated in the Parliamentary elections by the Solidarity Electoral…
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1950
American actress
Christine Estabrook is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series The Crew, Nikki, Desperate Housewives, and American Horror Story; she had a recurring role on the drama Mad Men during the show's…
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1950
English footballer and manager
Patrick "Patsy" Holland is an English former footballer who played for clubs West Ham United, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Team Hawaii. Holland has also coached and scouted for teams such as Leyton Orient,…
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1950
1950
Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
Anne Devlin is a short story writer, playwright and screenwriter born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was a teacher from 1974 to 1978, and started writing fiction in 1976 in Germany. Having lived in London for a…
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1951
South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan
Salva Kiir Mayardit, commonly known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the…
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1951
American actress
Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. Her work includes both comedy and drama, and her accolades include seven Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, with…
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1951
Canadian ice hockey player
Réjean Giroux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association. He is the father of NHL and KHL player Alexandre Giroux. As a youth, Giroux…
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1952
American pop and disco singer
Randolph Edward Jones is an American disco and pop singer and best known as the cowboy from Village People from 1977 to 1980, and again from 1987 until 1990.
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1952
1952
English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player
Steven John Kilbey is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist for the rock band The Church. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter. As of 2020, Kilbey has…
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1954
American actor (died 2025)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. was an American actor. He is best known for his role as corrupt state senator Clay Davis on the HBO television series The Wire as well as being a frequent collaborator of Spike Lee.
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1954
4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, 4th Baronet, is a British Olympic silver medalist, politician, businessman and sports administrator. Lord Moynihan served as the Chairman of the British Olympic Association…
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1955
American guitarist and composer
Joseph Francis Michael Morris is an American jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and educator.
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1955
French-Monégasque chef
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1956
Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
Anne Elizabeth Geddes is an Australian-born, New York City-based portrait photographer known primarily for her elaborately staged photographs of infants.
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1956
Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981)
Edward Martin Hurson was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth to die during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.
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1956
American singer and songwriter (died 2017)
Joni Sledge was an American singer–songwriter and music producer. She rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the family vocal group Sister Sledge, one of the highest-selling female groups of the 1970s. Sledge sang…
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1956
American rock drummer
Vincent Samson Appice is an American rock and metal drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. He is the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice.
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1957
American ice dancer and sportscaster
Judith Ann Blumberg is an American former competitive ice dancer. With Michael Seibert, she is a three-time World bronze medalist (1983–85), the 1980 Skate Canada International champion, the 1981 Skate America champion,…
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1957
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Malachy Martin Donaghy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Luton Town and Manchester United.
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1957
English-American philosopher and academic
Brad Hooker is a British-American philosopher who specialises in moral philosophy. He is a professor at the University of Reading and is best known for his work defending rule consequentialism.
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1957
English lawyer and judge
Dame Eleanor Warwick King is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
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1957
American lawyer and politician
John G. Trueschler is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 42.
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1957
American golfer
Mark Charles Wiebe is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
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1957
American neurosurgeon and academic
Keith L. Black is an American neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of brain tumors and a prolific campaigner for funding of cancer treatment. He is chairman of the neurosurgery department and director of the…
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1957
17th President of the Philippines
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1957
English comedian and actor
Robert Christopher Nankeville, known professionally as Bobby Davro, is an English actor, comedian and impressionist.
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1958
1958
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
Kōji Tamaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been well known as frontman of the rock band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed a successful career, particularly during the 1980s. In the 1990s,…
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1958
Russian journalist
Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official Soviet Union version of the military response to the uprising in Lithuania. In 2001,…
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1959
South African photojournalist (died 1994)
Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan; he died by suicide less than…
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1960
American artist
Bob Eggleton is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Award–winner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best…
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1960
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Scott Mustaine is an American musician. He is the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and was the lead guitarist of Metallica from 1981 to 1983.…
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1961
1961
American golfer
Grady Neal Lancaster is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour Champions.
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1962
Estonian author
Tõnu Õnnepalu, also known by the pen names Emil Tode and Anton Nigov, is an Estonian poet, author and translator.
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1962
Russian boxer (died 2013)
Yuri Alexandrov was a Russian Soviet-era boxer who was World Amateur Flyweight Champion in 1982, and European Amateur Bantamweight Champion in 1983, as well as four-time champion of the USSR. He was unable to replicate…
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1963
English pharmacologist
Antony Giuseppe Galione is a British pharmacologist. He is a professor and Wellcome Trust senior investigator in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.
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1963
Greek journalist and politician
Theodoros Roussopoulos is a Greek journalist, politician and university professor. He entered politics in 2000 and served as the Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 to 23 October 2008. He is…
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1963
South African-English cricketer
Robin Arnold Smith was a South African-born English cricketer. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
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1963
American talk show host, journalist, and author
Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom…
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1964
American poker player and author
Anne LaBarr Duke is an American former professional poker player and author in cognitive-behavioral decision science and decision education. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and used to…
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1965
1965
English drummer
Zak Richard Starkey is an English drummer, musician and percussionist who toured and recorded with the Who from 1996 to 2025. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Oasis, Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works,…
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1965
German physician and actress
Maria Furtwängler-Burda is a German physician and television actress.
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1966
Australian rugby league player
Brendan Hall is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He mostly played five-eighth, but he also spent time playing lock and occasionally centre.
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1966
Russian ice hockey player
Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who spent several seasons in the Soviet League and then in the National Hockey League and also competed internationally for the Soviet Union,…
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1966
Australian actor
Louis Mandylor is an Australian film and television actor. Mandylor is best known for playing Nikos "Nick" Portokalos in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise (2002–2023).
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1966
American former sprinter and journalist
Michael Duane Johnson is an American sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as…
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1967
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Timothy S. "Ripper" Owens is an American heavy metal singer who currently performs with KK's Priest, Spirits of Fire, the Three Tremors and "The Tim Ripper Monster Energy Big Band". He first gained attention as the lead…
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1967
American drummer and songwriter
Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he has played with Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Banyan and Hellride. His style blends rock, jazz, swing, African, Indian…
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1967
American football player
James Bradley Johnson is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and…
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1968
Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist
Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and current musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through…
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1968
Uruguayan footballer
Daniel Fonseca Garis is a Uruguayan former footballer and a FIFA-licensed football agent. A former forward, throughout his playing career, he played for Uruguayan side Nacional, as well as Italian clubs Cagliari,…
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1969
American actor
Dominic Fumusa is an American stage and screen actor known for starring in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie.
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1969
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Tyler Perry is an American filmmaker, playwright, actor, comedian, and entrepreneur. His films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been…
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1969
Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (died 2022)
Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne…
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1969
American bass player and composer (died 2016)
Lee Abramson was an American composer and musician. He was the first person to write music using ModelTalker, a computerized speech production program.
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1970
Argentinian footballer
Martín Horacio Herrera is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1970
English actress
Louise Lombard is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Evangeline Eliott in the BBC drama series The House of Eliott (1991–94), Sofia Curtis in the CBS drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004–11)…
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1970
Australian rugby league player (died 1992)
Ben Alexander, also known by the nickname "Boods", was an Australian rugby league footballer who played as a halfback or hooker for the Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He was the…
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1971
Croatian tennis player and coach
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1971
English fashion designer
Stella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of English musician Paul McCartney and American photographer and activist Linda McCartney. McCartney is most widely known for her self-titled…
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1971
Japanese pianist and composer
Manabu Namiki is a Japanese video game composer who is primarily known for his work in shoot 'em up games. He has worked at game companies such as Allumer, NMK, Raizing and M2. In October 2002, Namiki, Hitoshi…
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1971
French runner
Christine Arron is a French former track and field sprinter, who competed internationally for France in the 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay. She is one of the fastest female 100 metres…
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1973
Italian footballer and manager
Fabio Cannavaro is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time.
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1973
English footballer and photographer
Carlo James Nash is an English former professional footballer and goalkeeper coach.
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1973
American basketball player
Travis Knight is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 7'0" center from the University of Connecticut, he played under Hall of Fame…
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1974
Canadian football player
Éric Lapointe is a Canadian former professional football player. He was a running back with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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1974
Canadian ice hockey player
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1974
Japanese race car driver
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1975
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Joe Don Rooney is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and high octave harmony singer in the country music band Rascal Flatts.
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1975
1975
1976
New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Craig Douglas McMillan is a New Zealand cricket coach and former international cricketer who played all forms of the game. He was a right-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Canterbury…
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1976
Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
Elvis Mihailenko is a Latvian professional boxer, the first Latvian National boxing champion amongst professionals and first ever professional fighter from Latvia who won any of the major titles, as WBA…
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1976
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
José Nicolas Théodore is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals, Minnesota Wild, and…
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1976
Swedish pornographic actress
Johanna Jussinniemi, better known by her stage name Puma Swede, is a Swedish pornographic actress and feature dancer. The first part of her stage name comes from the sports car, the Ford Puma. Since 2005, she has…
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1976
American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist
Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart is an American singer-songwriter. All five of her albums have reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 since 1996, and as of 2021, she has sold over 15 million records worldwide. Apple has…
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1977
Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
Ivan De Battista is a Maltese actor, director, author, and poet/lyricist.
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1977
Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer
Maximum the Hormone is a Japanese heavy metal/hardcore punk band from Hachiōji, Tokyo. Their lineup consists of vocalist Daisuke-han, drummer Nao, guitarist Maximum the Ryokun, and bassist Ue-chang. Each member…
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1977
American rapper and producer
Kasseem Daoud Dean, known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer, rapper and DJ. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dean embarked on his musical career as a DJ in 1994. At the…
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1978
Swedish businessman
Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi, alias brokep, is a Swedish-born Finnish-Norwegian entrepreneur and politician. He is best known for being a co-founder and ex-spokesperson of The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent search engine. He is an…
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1978
Japanese wrestler
Masato Shibata is a Japanese professional wrestler primarily working for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he competes as part of the Damnation T.A unit under the ring name MJ Paul . He was previously known under the name…
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1978
Belgian singer
Geike Arnaert is a Belgian singer, best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Hooverphonic from 1997 until 2008 and again since 2020. Geike was born in Poperinge and grew up in Westouter, a town that is close to…
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1979
English footballer
Tony Henry is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1979
German footballer (died 2014)
Andreas Biermann was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1980
South Korean actress
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1980
Japanese baseball player
Daisuke Matsuzaka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and…
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1980
Greek footballer
Vangelis Nastos is a Greek former football defender who last played for Veria in the Super League Greece.
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1980
Indian field hockey player
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1980
American actor
Bennett Joseph Savage is an American actor. He played the lead role of Cory Matthews on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and its Disney Channel sequel Girl Meets World (2014–2017).
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1980
Spanish cyclist
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1981
Canadian-American wrestler
Lauren Woolard is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in TNA Wrestling under the ring name Angelina Love as part of the stable The Beautiful People. She is signed with the National Wrestling…
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1981
English footballer
Lloyd Richard Dyer is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. During his 18 years as a professional, Dyer spent the majority of his career in the Football League, most notably with West…
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1982
1982
American baseball player
Rickie Darnell Weeks Jr. is an American former professional baseball second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Between 2003 and 2017, he played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Arizona…
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1982
American guitarist, bassist, and producer/engineer
Colin James Marston is an American record producer and musician residing in New York City. He graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music technology in 2004, and owns Menegroth The…
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1982
Slovenian basketball player
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1982
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
James Elliot Bourne is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop-punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project under the alias Future Boy. From…
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1983
American illustrator and journalist
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1983
Canadian ice hockey player
Ryan Del Monte is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the American Hockey League (AHL).
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1983
Estonian footballer
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1983
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Nabil Zouheir Abou-Harb is an American filmmaker, writer, producer, and director. He is also co-founder of "Five on Fifty Films" and has directed and produced a number of commercials.
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1984
American wrestler
Thomas Pestock is an American professional wrestler, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner, former professional football player and former amateur boxer. He is primarily working for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he…
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1984
English singer-songwriter
David Keith Arratoon in Barnet, London), known as David Jordan, is an English singer-songwriter. His debut album, Set the Mood, was released in October 2007, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart.
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1985
Australian rugby league player
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative, he played in the National…
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1985
Belgian footballer
Steve Colpaert is a Belgian football coach and former player who is manager of Zulte Waregem.
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1986
American football player
Derek Hardman is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and was signed by the Tampa Bay…
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1986
Japanese race car driver
Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Super Formula for KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2014.…
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1986
American basketball player
Sean Christopher Williams is an American former professional basketball player.
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1986
Brazilian footballer
Edenilson Bergonsi, sometimes known as just Edenilson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gibraltar National League side Bruno's Magpies. He also holds Italian nationality.
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1987
Canadian-Dutch footballer
Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam.
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1987
Irish rugby player
Luke Matthew Fitzgerald is a former rugby union player. He played at winger or fullback for Leinster. He retired in June 2016. Having previously studied at Blackrock College he won two Leinster Schools Senior Cups, in…
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1987
Bulgarian tennis player
Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova is a Bulgarian former tennis player. Considered to be one of the best grass court players of her generation, she has been noted for her "cerebral" skills on the surface, reaching the…
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1987
Panamanian footballer (died 2014)
Luis Gabriel Rentería was a Panamanian football forward, who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.
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1988
Irish footballer
Keith Patrick Treacy is an Irish former footballer who was a Republic of Ireland international and who last played for St Patrick's Athletic. He spent his youth at Belvedere and began his professional career at…
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1988
Ivorian footballer
Irié Bi Séhi Elysée, commonly known as Elise or Irié, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Meistriliiga club JK Narva Trans.
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1989
New Zealand rugby league player
Kenny Edwards is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row.
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1989
Australian rugby league player (died 2013)
Jonathan Mannah was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2009–2011) and the Parramatta Eels (2012) in the National Rugby League (NRL). Since 2013,…
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1989
German footballer
Thomas Müller is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps. Widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation, Nicknamed…
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1989
Ghanaian footballer
William Owusu Acheampong is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Sint-Eloois-Winkel as a striker.
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1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Craig Alvin Cunningham is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played with the Boston Bruins and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Boston Bruins, 97th overall in…
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1990
Japanese model and actress
Aoi Nakabeppu is a Japanese fashion model and actress who is affiliated with Horipro.
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1990
Dutch footballer
Luciano Rudy Narsingh is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece 2 club Hellas Syros. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of…
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1990
Russian gymnast
Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on floor exercise, the 2013 and 2015 European floor champion, and the…
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1991
American football player
Darren Charles Waller is an American professional football tight end. He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft.
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1992
Irish singer
Niall James Horan is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor. The group released five albums and went on to…
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1993
Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter
Alice Florence Clarissa Merton is a British-based German-Canadian singer-songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, "No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name, and…
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1993
Portuguese singer
Leonor Margarida Coelho Andrade, also known as Ella Nor is a Portuguese singer and actress. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Há um mar que nos separa".
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1994
Slovak tennis player
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1994
Australian rugby league player
Cameron Munster is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) and captains Queensland in State of Origin.
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1994
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1995
Swedish ice hockey player
Michael Adrian Kempe is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a right winger and alternate captain for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kempe was selected by the Kings in the first…
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1996
American actress
Lili Pauline Reinhart is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series Riverdale (2017–2023). She has also starred in the crime drama film Hustlers (2019) and the…
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1996
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