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Famous Birthdays on September 14
278 people
208 – 2000
September 14 has seen 278 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 208 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1945 — Martin Tyler
English sportscaster
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In 2003, he was voted the FA Premier League Commentator of the Decade
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Since 2005, Tyler has worked as a coach for a number of teams managed by Alan Dowson.
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Tyler had previously commentated for ITV in the 1970s and 1980s
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He provided his voice to the football video game series FIFA from 2005 until 2019
Roman emperor (died 218)
Diadumenian was the son of the Roman emperor Macrinus and served as his co-ruler for a brief time in 218. His mother, Macrinus' wife, is called Nonia Celsa in the unreliable Historia Augusta, though this name may have…
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208
768
Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)
Abu’l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād ibn al-ʿAbbās, better known as Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād, also known as al-Ṣāḥib (الصاحب), was a Persian scholar and statesman, who served as the grand vizier of the Buyid rulers of Ray from 976 to…
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938
Chinese emperor (died 973)
Guo Zongxun or Chai Zongxun, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gong of Later Zhou, was the third and last emperor of the Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. As the only…
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953
1032
English nobleman (died 1272)
John FitzAlan III, was an English nobleman. He was also Lord and Baron of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches.
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1246
Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)
St. Ephraim the Neomartyr, Ephraim the Martyr, or Ephraim of Mount Amomon, believed to have lived from 1384 to 1426, is venerated as a martyr and miracle-working saint by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and…
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1384
Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)
Claudius Clavus (Suartho) also known as Nicholas Niger,, , was a Danish geographer sometimes considered to be the first Nordic cartographer.
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1388
Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)
Maria of Castile was Queen of Aragon and Naples as the spouse of Alfonso V of Aragon. Maria acted twice as the regent of Aragon during the reign of her spouse, as he was absent during most of his reign; those regencies…
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1401
Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)
Anna, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Landgravine of Hesse by marriage to William II of Hesse. She was appointed regent in the guardian regency during the minority of her son Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in…
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1485
German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer.
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1486
Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)
Claudio Acquaviva, SJ was an Italian Jesuit priest. Elected in 1581 as the fifth Superior General of the Society of Jesus, he has been referred to as the second founder of the Jesuit order.
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1543
Dutch politician (died 1619)
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Heer van Berkel en Rodenrijs (1600), Gunterstein (1611) and Bakkum (1613), was a Dutch statesman and revolutionary who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.
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1547
Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago, was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the…
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1580
Dutch-English painter (died 1680)
Sir Peter Lely was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised English subject and was knighted in 1680 by…
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1618
American silversmith (died 1718)
Jeremiah Dummer was a silversmith, painter, and engraver from the Thirteen Colonies. He created the first paper currency in the Connecticut Colony, and his son Jeremiah Dummer was involved with the foundation of Yale…
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1643
1656
German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)
Johann Kies was a German astronomer and mathematician. Born in Tübingen, Kies worked in Berlin in 1751 alongside Jérôme Lalande in order to make observations on the lunar parallax in concert with those of Nicolas Louis…
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1713
American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)
Eliphalet Dyer was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Windham, Connecticut. He was a delegate for Connecticut to many sessions of the Continental Congress, where he signed the 1774 Continental Association.
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1721
English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)
Robert Raikes was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School in Gloucester. He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.
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1736
Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)
Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period and the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.
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1737
German geographer and explorer (died 1859)
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister,…
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1769
English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)
Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,, known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Fort William (Bengal) presidency from 1828 to…
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1774
German linguist and academic (died 1867)
Franz Bopp was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages.
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1791
English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)
John Gould was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph…
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1804
French bishop (died 1882)
Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC., served as the first vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France, Maigret was…
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1804
American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)
Mary Hall Adams was an American book editor and letter writer. Her writing includes, Never give up, or, How children may be happy and The Rainbow and Other Stories: A Juvenile Gift. For three years, Adams edited the…
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1816
Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)
Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev was a Russian mathematician, the father of Andrei Bely.
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1837
Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)
Lola Rodríguez de Tió was a Puerto Rican woman who established herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. A believer in women's rights, she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and…
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1843
English actress and singer (died 1931)
Fanny Holland was an English singer and comic actress primarily known as the creator of principal soprano roles in numerous German Reed Entertainments from 1869 to 1895.
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1847
Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)
Anton Mahnič, also spelled Antun Mahnić in Croatian orthography, was a Croatian-Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church and a philosopher who established and led the Croatian Catholic Movement. Mahnič served as the…
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1850
Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)
Ponnambalam Arunachalam was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative Council of Ceylon.
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1853
American embryologist and politician (died 1935)
Julia Barlow Platt was an American embryologist, politician and mayor.
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1857
American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)
Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.
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1860
1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood,, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations…
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1864
American illustrator (died 1944)
Charles Dana Gibson was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.
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1867
French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)
Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is La Paimpolaise. During World War I…
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1868
American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
Charles Augustus "Kid" Nichols was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1890 to 1906. A switch hitter who threw…
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1869
Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)
John Olof Dahlgren was an American corporal serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
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1872
American nurse and activist (died 1966)
Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the…
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1879
1880
American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)
Charles Archibald Hahn was an American track athlete and is widely regarded as one of the best sprinters of the early 20th century. He is the first athlete to win both the 100 m and 200 m race at the same Olympic Games.
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1880
Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)
Richard Gerstl was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with Mathilde Schoenberg, wife of…
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1883
Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)
Vittorio Gui was an Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and critic.
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1885
Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)
Jan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbulent, and…
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1886
American physicist (died 1954)
Karl Taylor Compton was an American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. A researcher in electron physics and early experimenter on the photoelectric effect,…
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1887
Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov was a Soviet mathematician, who was one of the creators of modern analytic number theory, and also a dominant figure in mathematics in the USSR. He was born in the Velikiye Luki district,…
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1891
English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)
Laurence Wilfred Allen was an English World War I flying ace. He was credited with ten confirmed victories while serving as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2 Fighters.
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1892
Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)
Fray José de Guadalupe Mojica was a Mexican Franciscan friar and former tenor and film actor. He was known in the music and film fields as José Mojica.
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1896
Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)
Lawrence Gellert (1898-1979?), was a music collector, who in the 1920s and 1930s amassed a significant collection of field-recorded African-American blues and spirituals and also claimed to have documented black protest…
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1898
German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)
Ernest Nash was a student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography. Nash was born as Ernst Nathan in Potsdam, Germany, but later changed his name to Nash when he was living in the United States…
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1898
Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)
Giorgos Papasideris was a Greek singer, composer, and lyricist. He was born on Salamis Island. After leaving elementary school, he spent his entire career working professionally in the field of traditional Greek folk…
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1902
American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)
Alice Bigelow Tully was an American singer of opera and recital, music promoter, patron of the arts and philanthropist from New York. She was a second cousin of the American actress Katharine Hepburn.
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1902
1903
Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)
Francis Amyot was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s. He won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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1904
German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)
Richard Mohaupt was a German composer and Kapellmeister.
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1904
Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
George Ivask was a Russian poet and literary critic; in his later years he was an American scholar of Russian literature. Ivask was born to a family of an Estonian-German father and Russian mother and he identified…
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1907
English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)
Sir Peter Markham Scott was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and…
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1909
American composer and conductor (died 1982)
A. Lehman Engel was an American composer for television, film, and operas and a conductor of Broadway musicals and operas.
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1910
English actor and producer (died 1973)
John Edward Hawkins was an English actor, who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. He was known for his portrayal of military men, said to "endow the countless figures of authority he played with…
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1910
Greek businessman (died 2003)
Ioannis "Yiannis" Latsis, also known as John Spyridon Latsis, was a Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities.
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1910
Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)
Rolf Liebermann, was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also the artistic director of the Paris…
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1910
Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)
Hajjah Rangkayo Rasuna Said was a campaigner for Indonesian independence and women's rights, particularly their rights to education and participation in politics. Being politically active herself prior and after…
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1910
American author and educator (died 1999)
William Howard Armstrong was an American writer of children's literature and educator, best known for his 1969 novel Sounder, which won the Newbery Medal.
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1911
Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)
Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 25th president of Guatemala. He was Minister of National Defense from 1944 to 1950, before he became the second democratically…
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1913
American physicist and academic (died 2013)
Rubby Sherr was an American nuclear physicist who co-invented a key component of the first nuclear weapon while participating in the Manhattan Project during the Second World War. His academic career spanned nearly…
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1913
American composer and educator (died 1997)
Mae Boren Axton was an American singer-songwriter. She was known in the music industry as the "Queen Mother of Nashville". She co-wrote the Elvis Presley hit single "Heartbreak Hotel" with Tommy Durden. She worked with…
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1914
Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)
John Lowry Dobson was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy…
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1915
English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
Eric Russell Bentley was a British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator. In 1998, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the New York Theater…
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1916
Australian director and producer (died 2001)
John Whitefoord Heyer was an Australian documentary filmmaker, who is often described as the father of Australian documentary film.
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1916
Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)
Rudolf Baumgartner was a Swiss conductor, violinist and music educator. In 1956 he founded the Lucerne Festival Strings chamber orchestra together with Wolfgang Schneiderhan.
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1917
Belgian race car driver (died 1967)
Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.
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1918
Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)
Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout his career he also performed and…
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1918
English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
Deryck Cooke was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.
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1919
Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
Gilbert Roche Andrews Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1977 to 1979 for the Don…
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1919
1919
American actress (died 1980)
Margaret Kathleen Regan, better known as Kay Medford, was an American actress and singer. For her performance as Rose Brice in the musical Funny Girl and the film adaptation of the same name, she was nominated for a…
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1919
Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)
Mario Benedetti Farrugia, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well…
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1920
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Lawrence Robert Klein was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, he was…
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1920
Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
Alberto Pedro Calderón was an Argentine mathematician. His name is associated with the University of Buenos Aires, but first and foremost with the University of Chicago, where Calderón and his mentor, the analyst Antoni…
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1920
American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)
Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state…
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1921
Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)
Albert Jean de Grandpré was a Canadian lawyer and businessman who served as the president and chief executive officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc.
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1921
American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)
Paul Howard Poberezny was an American aviator, entrepreneur, and aircraft designer. He founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in 1953, and spent the greater part of his life promoting homebuilt aircraft.
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1921
Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)
Darío Víttori was an Italian-born Argentine comic actor. His real name was Melito Dario Spartaco Margozzi. He was born on 14 September 1921 in Montecelio, Lazio, Italy, and died on 19 January 2001 in Buenos Aires,…
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1921
German-French actor (died 1988)
Michel Auclair was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
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1922
American model and actress (died 2006)
Frances Bergen was an American actress and fashion model. She was the wife of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the mother of actress Candice Bergen and film and television editor Kris Bergen.
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1922
Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)
Alfred Käärmann was an Estonian resistance fighter, also known as a forest brother, as the Estonians call their guerrillas, and author. In 2007 he was decorated with a military honour in recognition of his service.…
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1922
Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)
Nicholas Georgiadis CBE was a Greek painter, stage and costume designer, best known for his work in ballet, particularly in collaboration with Sir Kenneth MacMillan.
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1923
American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)
Patricia Barringer was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer. Listed at 5' 7", 145 lb., she batted and threw right handed.
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1924
American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
Gerald Francis Coleman was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated…
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1924
Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)
Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol, also known by his pen name Abioseh Nicol, was a Sierra Leone Creole physician, diplomat, and writer. Nicol contributed significantly to diabetes research from his discoveries…
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1924
1924
French author and critic (died 2016)
Michel Butor was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator.
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1926
American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
Richard Ellsasser was an American concert organist, composer, and conductor who was primarily active during the 1940s to 1960s.
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1926
1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde was the only child of Spain's caudillo, General Francisco Franco and his wife, Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés. In…
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1926
American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Martin Caidin was an American author, screenwriter, and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.
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1927
English actress (died 1986)
Janet Kathleen Davies was an English actress best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Pike in the long-running sitcom Dad's Army.
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1927
American golfer (died 1998)
Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. was an American professional golfer.
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1927
American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)
William James Fanning was an American-Canadian catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Often called "Gentleman Jim", Fanning was the first general manager of the Montreal Expos of the…
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1927
American cardinal (died 2014)
Edmund Casimir Szoka was an American Catholic prelate who served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and as president of the Governorate of Vatican City State from 1997 to 2006. He…
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1927
American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)
Jay Cameron was an American jazz reed musician who played the bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, and B-flat clarinet.
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1928
Cuban photographer (died 2001)
Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
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1928
English businessman (died 2004)
Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy was a British businessman, courtier, and philanthropist. He is best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent. Ogilvy is also remembered for his role in a business scandal, known as…
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1928
American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)
John Lawrence Collins Jr. was an American writer and historian.
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1929
American philosopher and academic (died 1992)
Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University…
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1930
Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)
Romola Helen Louise Costantino, Mrs Enyi, was an Australian pianist, accompanist and teacher, who also worked as a music, film and theatre critic.
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1930
American physicist and engineer (died 2014)
Eugene Irving Gordon was an American physicist. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of Bell Labs.
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1930
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Harry James Sinden is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and executive. He served as a coach, general manager, and team president for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), and was the coach of…
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1932
Malawian politician (died 2023)
John Zenus Ungapake Tembo was a Malawian politician who served for years as President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Tembo comes from the Dedza District in central Malawi, and he was a teacher by profession.…
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1932
Australian actress (died 2020)
Zoe Ada Caldwell was an Australian actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie…
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1933
American actor and singer (died 2009)
George Harvey Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States.
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1933
1934
New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)
Paul Francis Little was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Little represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1961 to 1964. He played 29…
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1934
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
Donald Ray Walser was an American country music singer. He was known for his Texas country and yodeling.
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1934
Japanese illustrator (died 2008)
Fujio Akatsuka was a Japanese manga artist. Known as the "King of Gag Manga" (ギャグ漫画の王様, he created many popular manga such as Osomatsu-kun, Himitsu no Akko-chan, and Tensai Bakabon.
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1935
Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)
Harry Danielsen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Conservative Party, later independent.
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1936
English photographer and director (died 1996)
Terence Daniel Donovan was an English photographer and film director, noted for his fashion photography of the 1960s. A book of his fashion work, Terence Donovan Fashion, was published 2012. He also directed many TV…
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1936
American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
Ferid Murad was an American physician and pharmacologist, His research demonstrated that nitroglycerin relaxes smooth muscle by releasing nitric oxide into the body. This work led to him sharing the 1998 Nobel Prize in…
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1936
Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)
Lucas Samaras was a Greek-born American photographer, sculptor, and painter.
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1936
Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New…
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1937
Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Francesco Califano was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. His songs sold about 20 million records during his career.
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1938
Scottish actor (died 2011)
Thomas Nicol Williamson was a British actor. He was described as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando" and "touched by genius" by John Osborne and Samuel Beckett, respectively.
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1938
American golfer (died 2021)
DeWitt Thompson Weaver Jr. was an American golf consultant and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.
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1939
Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)
Ventseslav Konstantinov was a Bulgarian writer, aphorist and translator of German and English literature.
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1940
Indian cricketer (died 2025)
Padmakar Kashinath Shivalkar was an Indian first class cricketer. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Shivalkar spent over 20 years playing for Bombay and is the team's highest wicket taker of all time. He was almost 50…
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1940
American actor and academic (died 2015)
Bruce Hyde was an American educator and actor. He was professor of communication studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. His academic work mainly focused on ontology, specifically ontological approach to…
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1941
English lawyer and academic
Sir Ian McColl Kennedy is a British academic lawyer who has specialised in the law and ethics of health. He was appointed to chair the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in 2009.
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1941
American civil rights activist
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, and was confined for two months in the…
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1941
Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
Alberto Naranjo [nah-rahn'-ho] was a Venezuelan musician. His mother, the singer Graciela Naranjo, was a radio, film and television pioneer in her homeland. Largely self-taught, Naranjo embarked on a similar musical…
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1941
1941
American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black…
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1942
English trade union leader
Roger Lyons was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 and re-elected leader of the union in 1997. When the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus in 2002 he…
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1942
Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
Bernard MacLaverty is a Northern Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include Cal and Grace Notes. He has written five books of short stories.
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1942
Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)
Antti Yrjö Hammarberg, professionally known as Irwin Goodman, was a Finnish rock and folk singer. He started as a protest song singer in the folk boom of the mid-1960s; his humorous songs, often mocking the authorities,…
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1943
Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Marcos Kostenbader Valle is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian…
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1943
American artist (died 2021)
Rowena A. Morrill, also credited as Rowena and Rowina Morril, was an American artist known for her science-fiction and fantasy illustration, and is credited as one of the first female artists to impact paperback cover…
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1944
German footballer and manager
Günter Theodor Netzer is a German former professional football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving to Spain in 1973, with…
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1944
Scottish rock bassist and singer
Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries beginning in the early 1970s. The breadth…
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1946
1946
German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)
Wolfgang Sühnholz was a German-American soccer coach and former player. He won in the 1971–72 Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and in 1976 the North-American Soccer Bowl with Toronto Metros-Croatia. Later he settled in the…
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1946
Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)
Kjell Gjerseth was a Norwegian political activist, novelist and journalist, a recipient of the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris and the Narvesen Prize.
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1946
American environmentalist and author (died 2000)
Marc Reisner was an American environmentalist and writer best known for his book Cadillac Desert, a history of water management in the American West.
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1948
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
Steven Earl Gaines was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band…
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1949
1949
Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)
Tommy Seebach, born Tommy Seebach Mortensen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a popular Danish singer, composer, organist, pianist and producer. He is best known as front man of Sir Henry and his Butlers and for numerous…
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1949
American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)
Frederick Dewey Smith, known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith. The couple…
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1949
Japanese singer-songwriter
Eikichi Yazawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He is the father of singer Yoko Yazawa. He has been nicknamed as "Ei-chan" (永ちゃん), "Boss" and "The King of Rock".
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1949
English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)
Paul Francis Kossoff was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free. In 2010, he was ranked number 51 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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1950
1950
American lawyer and politician
Michael Byron Nifong is an American attorney who was disbarred after serving as the Durham County District Attorney in North Carolina. He was removed from this position, disbarred, and briefly jailed following court…
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1950
American author and illustrator (died 1989)
John Steptoe was an author and illustrator for children’s books dealing with aspects of the African-American experience. He is best known for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, which was acknowledged by literary critics as a…
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1950
Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
Volodymyr Melnykov is a Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter, author of lyrics and music for songs,, inventor, mathematician, composer and public figure, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine.
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1951
Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981)
Joseph McDonnell was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
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1951
1953
Australian swimmer
Judith White Playfair is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
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1953
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)
Barry Steven Cowsill was an American musician, songwriter and producer. He was the bassist of the musical group The Cowsills, who had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s.
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1954
American painter and photographer (died 1992)
David Michael Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene. He incorporated personal…
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1954
Australian-American novelist and journalist
Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-American journalist and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March.
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1955
1955
American-Filipino actor and politician
Eduardo "Edu" Barrios Manzano is a Filipino actor, television presenter, and politician. He hosted the game shows The Weakest Link, Pilipinas, Game KNB?, 1 vs. 100, Asar Talo Lahat Panalo!, and Game 'N Go.
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1955
Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order…
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1955
English cricketer and sportscaster
Paul John Walter Allott is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire, Minor Counties cricket for Staffordshire and first-class cricket in New Zealand for Wellington, as well as thirteen Test…
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1956
Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
Konstantinos Alexandrou Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis, is a Greek retired politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also the president of the centre-right New…
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1956
French actress
Nathalie Roussel is a French actress of stage, television and film. She is best known for her role in the 1991 films My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle.
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1956
English footballer and manager (died 2018)
Raymond Colin Wilkins was an English football player and coach.
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1956
Greek lawyer and politician
Lefteris Zagoritis is a Greek lawyer, politician and former Secretary General of New Democracy. As of 19 September 2015 he is serving as Hellenic Consumers' Ombudsman.
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1956
American baseball player and coach
Timothy Charles Wallach, nicknamed "Eli", is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman, most notably for the Montreal Expos…
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1957
South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
Kepler Christoffel Wessels is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor.
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1957
English footballer and manager
Paul Peterson Clark is an English former professional footballer. His clubs included Southend United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham.
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1958
New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
Jeffrey John Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand from 1983 to 1990, and first-class cricket for South Australia and then Auckland.
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1958
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Arlindo Domingos da Cruz Filho OMC was a Brazilian musician and songwriter, working in the genre of samba and pagode. Cruz took part in the most important formation of Grupo Fundo de Quintal, and was considered one of…
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1958
Scottish footballer (died 2024)
William Abercromby was a Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1958
Dutch footballer
Ronald Lengkeek is a Dutch former footballer who played all of his career for Sparta Rotterdam.
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1960
English-Canadian actor and producer
Callum Keith Rennie is a British and Canadian actor. His breakthrough role was as punk rocker Billy Tallent in the music mockumentary Hard Core Logo (1996), followed by a starring role as Det. Stanley Raymond Kowalski…
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1960
Tanzanian politician
Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe is a Tanzanian politician and former chairman of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo.
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1961
American businesswoman
Melinda Lou "Wendy" Thomas-Morse is the daughter of American businessman Dave Thomas, the founder of the fast food brand Wendy's. She is the namesake and mascot of the brand. She uses the name Wendy Thomas in her role…
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1961
Croatian-Canadian businessman
Robert Herjavec is a Croatian-Canadian businessman, investor, television personality, and cybersecurity expert.
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1962
American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)
Thomas James Kurvers was an American professional ice hockey defenseman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent eleven seasons in the NHL between 1984 and 1995. He won the 1984 Hobey Baker award as the best…
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1962
British business man
Nicholas Byron Botterill is a British businessman, company director, and Conservative politician.
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1962
American novelist and short story writer
Bonnie Jo Campbell is an American novelist and short story writer. Her most recent work is The Waters, published with W. W. Norton and Company.
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1962
Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh is an Indian former cricketer and cricket coach. He represented India in one Test and 136 ODIs between 1989 and 2001. An all-rounder, he was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm…
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1963
English journalist and academic
Emily Jane Bell is a British academic and journalist. She is Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, part of…
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1965
English ballet dancer and director
Kevin Patrick O'Hare, CBE, is a British retired ballet dancer and current Director of The Royal Ballet. He succeeded Monica Mason in the role in 2012.
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1965
1966
Pakistani cricketer and politician
Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer. In a playing career that spanned ten years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test…
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1966
1967
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Timothy Power is an Irish-English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the frontman of the Britpop band Cast, and was the bassist and backing vocalist for the La's from 1986 to 1991. Following the dissolution of…
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1967
English politician
Sir Grant Shapps is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from August 2023 to July 2024. Shapps previously served in various cabinet posts, including Conservative Party Co-chairman, Transport…
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1968
English rugby league player and coach
Denis Charles Betts is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league footballer. He is the head-coach of Wigan Warriors Women and a former assistant coach of the England national team.
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1969
Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
Konstandinos "Kostas" Koukodimos is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician, who served as the mayor of Katerini, Macedonia from 2019 to 2023. He was named the 1991 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. His…
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1969
Italian cyclist
Francesco Casagrande is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005.
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1970
Japanese wrestler
Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
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1970
Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
Jason Martin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. Primarily a halfback, he played for the North Sydney Bears, Newcastle Knights and the North Queensland Cowboys before…
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1970
American singer-songwriter and bass player
Craig Aloysius Montoya is an American musician. He is best known as the bassist of alternative rock band Everclear during the band's popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He continued to perform with other small…
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1970
1970
American guitarist and songwriter
Jeff Loomis is an American musician, best known for his role as lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Nevermore as well as brief tenures in its precursor, Sanctuary. In 2014, he joined Swedish melodic death metal…
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1971
Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
Andre Coelho Matos was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. In 2012, he was…
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1971
American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
Christopher McCulloch, also known by the pseudonym Jackson Publick, is an American storyboard artist, writer, director, producer, and voice actor. He is known for his work on several Tick properties and for the animated…
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1971
American golfer
Notah Ryan Begay III is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few Native American golfers to have played in the PGA Tour. Since 2013, Begay has served as an analyst with the Golf Channel and NBC Sports.
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1972
American baseball player and coach
David Michael Bell is an American former professional baseball infielder, coach, and manager who most recently managed the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Over the course of his 12-year MLB playing…
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1972
1973
American football player
Terrell Antoine Fletcher is an American former professional football player who spent his entire eight-year career as a running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He attended the…
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1973
English footballer
Linvoy Stephen Primus is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1973
1973
American baseball player
Chadwick Lee Bradford is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles,…
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1974
Moroccan runner
Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile, and a former world record holder in the 2000 metres. He is the only man since…
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1974
Swedish guitarist
Mattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey, The Derelict Dead, and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg bandmate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.
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1974
Nigerian footballer and manager
Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh is a Nigerian football manager and former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Physical yet technically gifted, he played for top European clubs including Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and…
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1974
Icelandic footballer
Helgi Sigurðsson is an Icelandic former professional footballer and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented Iceland at international level.
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1974
Dutch sprinter
Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With…
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1974
Argentinian tennis player
Agustín Calleri is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.
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1976
Vincentian soca artist
Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs is a Vincentian soca singer. He is best known for his 2003 hit single "Turn Me On", which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
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1976
Estonian architect
Mattias Agabus is an Estonian architect. He studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning, graduating from the academy in 2001. Mattias Agabus is a member of the Union of…
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1977
Swedish director and producer (died 2014)
Malik Bendjelloul was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
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1977
Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)
Mieko Matsuki , better known by her stage name Miyu Matsuki , was a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kure, Hiroshima, best known for her work in anime. She was affiliated with 81 Produce at the time of her death.
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1977
1978
American politician, 46th Governor of Florida
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S.…
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1978
Estonian model and actress
Carmen Kass is an Estonian model, actress, and fashion journalist. The American edition of Vogue declared her and Gisele Bündchen the two supermodels of the moment on its January 2000 cover. In 2026, she was appointed…
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1978
American singer-songwriter
Danielle Marie Peck is an American country music artist. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2005, Peck released her self-titled debut album, which produced the Top 30 country hits "I Don't", "Findin'…
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1978
Croatian footballer
Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team.
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1979
Dutch footballer
Stefan Stam is a former Dutch footballer who played as a centre back. His previous clubs include AZ, PSV, Eindhoven, AFC, Oldham Athletic, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, FC Den Bosch and Katwijk.
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1979
1980
1980
1981
1981
1981
Czech ice hockey player
Petr Průcha is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers and the Phoenix Coyotes.
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1982
Iranian footballer
Arash Borhani is a retired Iranian football player and coach. He is the all-time top goal scorer of Esteghlal and also the second all-time top goal scorer in Iran's Premier Football League. He was the top goal scorer of…
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1983
American baseball player
Joshua Stephen Outman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies (2012-2013), Cleveland Indians (2014), and New York…
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1983
American football player
Frostee Lynn Rucker is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, and was selected by the…
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1983
Indian actor, singer and anchor
Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor and singer who works in Hindi films. Known for his portrayals of ordinary men often battling social norms, he is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and…
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1984
English singer and songwriter
Alexander George Clare is a British singer and songwriter based in London, UK. His debut album, The Lateness of the Hour, was released in the UK on 8 July 2011 on Island Records and was produced by Mike Spencer and…
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1985
American bass player and songwriter
Paolo Francesco Gregoletto is an American musician best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Trivium.
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1985
American football player
Trevis Smith is a former football linebacker who played seven years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Smith was formerly a linebacker for the…
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1985
1985
American baseball player
Delmon Damarcus Young is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers,…
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1985
Canadian ice hockey player
David Kevin Denis Desharnais is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers. He also played one season…
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1986
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Jonathan Monaghan is a contemporary visual artist who creates sculptures, prints, and video art with 3D modeling and animation software.
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1986
Scottish footballer
Steven John Naismith is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager to Steve Clarke at the Scotland national team.
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1986
German-Turkish footballer
Barış Özbek is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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1986
Irish footballer
Alan Michael Anthony Sheehan is an Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a left back. He was recently head coach of EFL Championship club Swansea City.
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1986
Japanese singer and actress
Ai Takahashi is a Japanese singer and actress. She debuted in 2001 as a 5th generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume, eventually becoming one of the group's lead vocalists. She became the…
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1986
American basketball player
Reginald Leon Williams II is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for five teams. He played college basketball for the Virginia Military…
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1986
American football player
Michael Alex Crabtree Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, twice…
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1987
Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
Kwasi Esono Danquah III, better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.
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1987
French biathlete
Martin Fourcade is a French retired biathlete and military officer. He is a six-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup. As of February 2026, he is the…
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1988
Portuguese footballer
Diogo Ferreira Salomão is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.
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1988
American basketball player
Jimmy Butler III is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets", he is a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA…
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1989
American golfer
Milton Pouha "Tony" Finau is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
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1989
1989
South Korean actor and model
Lee Jong-suk is a South Korean actor and model. He debuted in 2005 as a runway model and gained recognition as an actor with television series School 2013 (2012) and I Can Hear Your Voice (2013). He received further…
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1989
Canadian ice hockey player
Alexander Joseph Killorn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the…
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1989
American basketball player
Jonathon Calvin Simmons is an American professional basketball player for Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played one season of college basketball for the Houston Cougars before a stint in the…
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1989
1989
Brazilian footballer
Douglas Costa de Souza is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie D Group B club ChievoVerona. He is known for his dribbling skills, speed, acceleration, and crossing ability.
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1990
German-born Croatian footballer
Petar Filipović is a German former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Austrian club Grazer AK.
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1990
Australian backstroke swimmer
Belinda Hocking is a retired Australian backstroke swimmer. She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
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1990
Norwegian footballer
Cecilie Pedersen is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker. She scored a notable goal against Iceland. She was also known for her high salary.
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1990
American football player
DeMarcus Armon "Dee" Milliner is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2013 NFL draft.…
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1991
1991
American actor and Smosh cast member
Shayne Robert Topp is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, podcaster, and host. He is most known for starring in Dear Lemon Lima and his work on the YouTube comedy collective Smosh, of which he has been a cast member…
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1991
American cyclist
Connor Evan Fields is an American professional BMX racer. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event and finished 7th overall. He represented the United States again at the 2016…
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1992
Canadian freestyle skier
Cassie Sharpe is a Canadian freestyle skier. Sharpe became the Olympic champion in women's halfpipe after winning gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World…
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1992
1992
American race car driver
Brandon Lee Brown is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving for several teams including the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro for Brandonbilt…
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1993
Dutch footballer
Brahim Darri is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for UAE Second Division League club Palm City. Darri was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey…
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1994
American basketball player
Gary Harris Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.
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1994
Finnish footballer
Daniel Michael O'Shaughnessy is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
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1994
Bulgarian footballer
Krasimir Stanoev is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Lokomotiv Sofia.
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1994
American basketball player
Leroy Jevon Carter is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. A point guard for the…
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1995
American football player
Derrick Deshaun Watson is an American professional football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers, leading the team to a national…
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1995
English cricketer
Hugh Robert Bernard is an English former professional cricketer who has played for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler and a right-handed batsman. Bernard is a graduate of the Kent…
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1996
English professional footballer
Myles Harvey Wright is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Alfreton Town
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1996
Swedish singer and songwriter
Benjamin Daniele Wahlgren Ingrosso is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. As a child, he appeared in the leading role in several musicals, and in 2006 he won Lilla Melodifestivalen with the song "Hej…
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1997
English footballer
Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.
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1997
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