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In 2008, a poll conducted by CNN-IBN listed Vishnuvardhan as the most popular star in the Kannada film industry.
Famous Birthdays on September 18
238 people
53 – 2008
September 18 has seen 238 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 53 – 2008. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1950 — Vishnuvardhan
Indian actor (died 2009)
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The Government of Karnataka honoured him with the highest civilian awards of Karnataka State, the Karnataka Ratna Award in 2025, Rajyothsava Prashasthi in 1990 and the Dr
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Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 for his contributions to Kannada cinema
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Vishnuvardhan has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 220 films
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Sampath Kumar, known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films
53
ruler of Palenque (died 583)
Kan Bahlam I, also known as Chan Bahlum I, was an ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. He acceded to the throne on April 6, 572 at age 47 and ruled until his death. Kan Bahlam was most likely the younger brother of…
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524
Byzantine prince and general (died 1130/31)
Andronikos Komnenos was a Byzantine prince and military commander. The second-born son of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, he was named sebastokrator and participated in the Battle of Philomelion (1116) against the Seljuk…
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1091
Duchess of Bar (died 1404)
Marie of France was the sixth child and second daughter of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia.
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1344
Holy Roman Empress (died 1467)
Eleanor of Portugal was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. A Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon, she was the consort of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III and the…
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1434
1st Baron Stafford (died 1563)
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford was an English nobleman. After the execution for treason in 1521 and posthumous attainder of his father Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, with the forfeiture of all the family's…
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1501
Safavid prince (died 1576)
Haydar Mirza Safavi was a Safavid prince who declared himself as the king (shah) of Iran on 15 May 1576, the day after his father Tahmasp I had died. He was, however, killed that same day by the Qizilbash tribes that…
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1554
Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1640)
Francesca Caccini was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the nickname La Cecchina, given to her by the Florentines and probably a diminutive of…
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1587
Chinese rebel leader (died 1647)
Zhang Xianzhong, courtesy name Bingwu (秉吾), art name Jingxuan (敬軒), was a Chinese peasant leader who led a peasant rebellion from Yan'an wei, Shaanxi during the Ming-Qing transition. He conquered Sichuan in 1644, and…
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1606
Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)
Gilbert Burnet was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, a writer and…
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1643
Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)
Duke Eberhard Louis was Duke of Württemberg from 1692 until 1733.
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1676
German organist and composer (died 1748)
Johann Gottfried Walther was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era.
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1684
English lexicographer and poet (died 1784)
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer and polymath who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.…
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1709
Austrian composer and educator (died 1783)
Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer was an Austrian composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school. His aesthetic style is in line with that of the Sturm und Drang movement of German…
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1711
American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (died 1798)
George Read was an American politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, president of Delaware, and…
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1733
1750
French mathematician and theorist (died 1833)
Adrien-Marie Legendre was a French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. Well-known and important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre transformation are named after him. He is…
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1752
Pope Gregory XVI was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon entering the religious order of the Camaldolese. He is…
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1765
American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845)
Joseph Story was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's…
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1779
Christian VIII was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.
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1786
German poet and author (died 1862)
Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed description of botulism.
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1786
American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
Herschel Vespasian Johnson was an American politician. He was the 41st governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 U.S. presidential…
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1812
French physicist and academic (died 1868)
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist who invented the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy…
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1819
Portuguese archbishop (died 1880)
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos was a Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.
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1837
Dutch painter and educator (died 1888)
Anthonij "Anton" Rudolf Mauve was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. He signed his paintings 'A. Mauve' or with a monogrammed 'A.M.'. A master colorist, he was a very significant early…
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1838
American artist (died 1934)
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge was an American artist, mainly known for his series of portraits Dogs Playing Poker. Known as "Cash" or "Kash" in his family, he often signed his work in the 19th century with the latter…
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1844
Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (died 1930)
Richard Bernhard With was a Norwegian ship captain, businessman, and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He is known as the founder of the shipping companies Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab and Hurtigruten.
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1846
English-American pianist and composer (died 1927)
Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard was a composer, pianist and writer who used the pen name Francis Grierson.
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1848
American lawyer and judge (died 1945)
John Hessin Clarke was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1922.
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1857
English Salvation Army officer (died 1955)
Catherine Booth-Clibborn was an English Salvationist and evangelist who extended the Salvation Army into France and Switzerland against local opposition. She was the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth. She…
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1858
American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)
John Lewis Bates was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Massachusetts.
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1859
American businessman and politician (died 1940)
Lincoln Loy McCandless was a United States cattle rancher, industrialist and politician for the Territory of Hawaii. McCandless served in the United States Congress as a territorial delegate. A former member of the…
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1859
Italian-American composer and educator (died 1942)
Alberto Franchetti was an Italian composer and racing driver, best known for the 1902 opera Germania.
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1860
American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947)
Clark David Wissler was an American anthropologist, ethnologist, and archaeologist.
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1870
German-Italian pianist and educator (died 1955)
Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg was a German pianist and teacher of Jewish origin.
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1872
Austrian fencer and cyclist (died 1919)
Felix Adolf Schmal was an Austrian fencer and racing cyclist. He was born in Dortmund and died in Salzburg. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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1872
Chilean philanthropist (died 1945)
Tomás Burgos Sotomayor was a Chilean philanthropist, one of the strongest supporters of the "mutualist movement" and the founder of "Villa Lo Burgos", the present city of Purranque.
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1875
Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1953)
James Henry Scullin was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the ninth prime minister of Australia from 1929 to 1932. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having briefly…
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1876
American admiral (died 1974)
James Otto Richardson was an admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1947.
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1878
14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (died 1950)
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete. He was also known as Lord Berners.
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1883
professor of French literature at Harvard University (died 1957)
Andre Morize was a professor of French literature at Harvard University from 1918 to 1951. He is well known for his involvement and activism during World War I and World War II.
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1883
Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (died 1948)
Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist, and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the national anthem of…
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1885
American entrepreneur (died 1961)
Powel Crosley Jr. was an American inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur. He was also a pioneer in radio broadcasting and owner of the Cincinnati Reds major league baseball team. In addition, Crosley's companies…
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1886
1888
Swiss psychologist and author (died 1953)
Toni Anna Wolff was a Swiss Jungian analyst and a close collaborator of Carl Jung. During her analytic career Wolff published relatively little under her own name, but she helped Jung identify, define, and name some of…
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1888
Australian activist and politician (died 1970)
Doris Amelia Blackburn was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1949, the second woman after Enid Lyons to do so. Blackburn was a prominent socialist and…
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1889
Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959)
Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British…
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1889
Spanish author (died 1984)
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, was a popular Spanish writer of over 160 romantic novels from 1909 to 1971. He was one of the first writers to publish romance novels written in Spanish language. His novels have been translated…
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1891
Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
Arthur Leslie Benjamin was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rumba (1938) and of the Storm Clouds Cantata, featured in both versions of the Alfred…
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1893
American soldier and author (died 1954)
William March was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated U.S. Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by critics but never attained great…
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1893
English actress (died 1978)
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie,, known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress. She appeared in several films, and made many broadcasts, but was best known for her stage performances. She was…
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1894
French footballer and manager (died 1973)
Jean Batmale was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for the France national team at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
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1895
Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1979)
John George Diefenbaker was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1935 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so…
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1895
German astrologer and author (died 1970)
Dr. Walter Albert Koch was a German astrologer who founded the Koch House System in Astrology. He was born in Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and died in Göppingen.
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1895
Spanish composer and conductor (died 1988)
Pablo Sorozábal Mariezcurrena was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas, operas, symphonic works, and the popular romanza, "No puede ser".
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1897
American violinist and educator (died 1966)
Willis Laurence James was an American musician, composer and educator. He was on the faculty of Spelman College for more than three decades.
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1900
Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (died 1985)
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, often referred to as Chacha "Uncle" Ramgoolam or SSR, was a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister, first prime minister, and fifth…
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1900
American director and producer (died 1980)
Harold Edgar Clurman was an American theatre director and drama critic. In 2003, he was named one of the most influential figures in U.S. theater by PBS. He was one of the three founders of New York City's Group Theatre…
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1901
1904
1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1999)
David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, was an English Conservative politician and businessman.
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1904
American actor (died 1977)
Edmund Lincoln Anderson was an American actor and comedian known for his gravelly voice. To a generation of early radio and television comedy audiences, he was known as "Rochester".
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1905
American dancer and choreographer (died 1993)
Agnes George de Mille was an American dancer and choreographer.
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1905
Swedish-American actress (died 1990)
Greta Garbo was a Swedish and American actress. She was a leading star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, she is known for her melancholic and…
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1905
Indian poet and author (died 1995)
Kaka Hathrasi was a Hindi satirist and humorist poet from India.
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1906
French actor (died 1968)
Maurice Maillot was a French film and theater actor. He was born in Rethel, Ardennes, and died in Paris.
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1906
Filipino cardinal (died 1983)
Julio Rosales y Ras, was a Filipino cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the second archbishop of Cebu, and a former bishop of Tagbilaran.
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1906
Austrian actor (died 2005)
Leon Askin was an Austrian actor best known in North America for portraying the character General Burkhalter on the TV situation comedy Hogan's Heroes. From the 1950s onward he had a steady career on both sides of the…
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1907
American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
Edwin Mattison McMillan was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Seaborg.
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1907
Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996)
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian was a Soviet and Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator. One of the 20th century's leading astronomers, he is widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the…
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1908
1910
American submarine captain in the United States Navy
Joseph Francis Enright was a submarine captain in the United States Navy. He is best known as the man who sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano–the "most significant single submarine sinking of World War II."
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1910
1911
Chilean journalist and activist (died 1995)
María de la Cruz Toledo was a Chilean political activist for women's suffrage, a journalist, a writer, and a political commentator. In 1953, she became the first woman ever elected to the Chilean Senate.
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1912
English director, cinematographer, and photographer (died 2009)
Jack Cardiff was a British cinematographer, film and television director, and photographer. His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor, to filmmaking more…
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1914
Italian actor (died 1994)
Rossano Brazzi was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He was known for playing roles that typified the suave, romantic leading man archetype, both in his native country and in Hollywood.
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1916
American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
John Jacob Rhodes Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes served as a U.S. representative from Arizona for thirty years from 1953 to 1983. He was the minority leader in the…
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1916
American actress and voice artist (died 2017)
June Foray was an American voice actress and radio personality, best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Lucifer from Disney's Cinderella, Cindy Lou…
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1917
English footballer and manager (died 2012)
Philip Henry Taylor was an English footballer who played for and managed Liverpool.
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1917
American lawyer and philosopher (died 1960)
Francis Parker Yockey was an American fascist writer best known for his neo-Spenglerian book Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics, published in 1948 under the pen name Ulick Varange, which called for a…
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1917
1918
American wrestler (died 2010)
Henry Wittenberg was an American New York police officer, coach, competitor and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. He won two Olympic medals in freestyle wrestling, becoming the first American wrestler since 1908…
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1918
American actor (died 2006)
Jack Warden was an American actor who worked in film and television. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He received a BAFTA nomination for…
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1920
American saxophonist (died 1993)
Hank Bagby was originally a singer around Denver in the mid-1940s. He started playing sax in San Francisco in the late 1940s and worked with such musicians as Leo Wright, Kenny Drew, and Addison Farmer. In the early…
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1922
Anne was the wife of King Michael I of Romania. She married Michael in 1948, the year after he had abdicated the throne. Nonetheless, she was known after the marriage as Queen Anne.
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1923
1923
Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (died 2007)
Bertha Wernham Wilson was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Before her ascension to Canada's highest court, she was the first female associate and partner at Osler,…
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1923
American police officer (died 1963)
J. D. Tippit was an American World War II U.S. Army veteran and Bronze Star recipient, who was a police officer with the Dallas Police Department from 1952 to 1963. On November 22, 1963, less than an hour after the…
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1924
Brazilian actress (died 2018)
Mafalda Theotto, known professionally as Eloísa Mafalda, was a Brazilian actress.
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1924
English economist and academic (died 2012)
Dorothy Enid Wedderburn was Principal of Bedford College, part of the University of London, and after the merger with Royal Holloway College, another college of the university, was the first principal of the combined…
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1925
American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Jonah J. "Bud" Greenspan was an American film director, writer, and producer known for his sports documentaries.
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1926
American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (died 2012)
Joseph Kubert was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also known for working on…
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1926
1927
Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician (died 2018)
Muriel Winifred Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden was a British Labour politician and trade union leader.
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1927
American director and producer (died 2007)
Nancy Kassell Littlefield was a director and producer of television and documentary programs, who was the director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting from 1978 until 1983, during the…
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1929
Greek-Canadian wrestler (died 2009)
John Tolos, nicknamed "The Golden Greek", was a Canadian professional wrestler, and professional wrestling manager.
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1930
Argentinian businessman (died 2014)
Julio Humberto Grondona was an Argentine football executive. He served as president of the Argentine Football Association from 1979 until his death in 2014. He also served as Senior Vice-President of FIFA.
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1931
Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33, were intended to dock with…
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1932
American soldier and politician (died 2016)
Robert Foster Bennett was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bennett held chairmanships and senior positions on…
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1933
American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
Robert Blake, billed early in his career as Mickey Gubitosi and Bobby Blake, was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the 1967 film In Cold Blood, and playing the title role in the late 1970s television…
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1933
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
William Scott Bowman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey head coach. He holds the record for most wins in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup…
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1933
Russian actor and singer (died 2017)
Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer. He was honored with People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of RSFSR. In the West he was noted for his 1965 video of The Song of the…
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1933
Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2012)
Charles Conliff Mende Roach was a Canadian civil rights lawyer and an activist in the Black community in Toronto.
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1933
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
James Frederick Rodgers was an American pop singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country…
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1933
American actor and comedian (died 2020)
Frederic Charles Willard was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A…
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1933
English cartoonist (died 2012)
Peter Clarke was a British cartoonist. Clarke's caricatures, described by one critic as “wicked perversions”, appeared in The Guardian newspaper where he was the staff cartoonist.
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1935
English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2006)
John Spencer was an English professional snooker player. One of the most dominant players of the 1970s, he won the World Snooker Championship three times, in 1969, 1971 and 1977. He worked as a snooker commentator for…
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1935
1936
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2021)
Ralph Gerald Backstrom was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and later a coach, entrepreneur and hockey executive. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, and…
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1937
South African politician (died 2009)
Ivy Florence Matsepe-Casaburri was a South African politician. She was the 2nd premier of the Free State and South Africa's Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death. She served briefly as South Africa's…
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1937
English-American wrestler and trainer (died 2014)
William Alfred Robinson was an English professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, catch wrestler, and wrestling coach. Having trained at Billy Riley's gym, better known as "The Snake Pit" in Wigan, Robinson was one of the…
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1938
Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
Gerry Harvey is an Australian entrepreneur best known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings, a company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman. He co-founded it with Ian Norman in 1982.
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1939
Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal (died 2021)
Jorge Fernando Branco de Sampaio was a Portuguese lawyer and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1996 to 2006. Sampaio was a member of the Socialist Party, a party which he led between 1989 and 1992. He…
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1939
American singer and actor
Francis Thomas Avallone , known professionally as Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus"…
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1940
Turkish businessman
Şenes Erzik is a retired football administrator. During his career he served as first vice-president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He was also a member of the FIFA Council.
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1942
Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
María del Rocío Mohedano Jurado, simply known as Rocío Jurado, was a Spanish singer and actress.
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1944
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
Charles Lacy Veach was a United States Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot and NASA astronaut.
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1944
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
Philip Gary "Flip" Sloan, known professionally as P. F. Sloan, was an American singer and songwriter. During the mid-1960s, he wrote, performed, and produced many Billboard Top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire,…
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1945
British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (died 2021)
John David McAfee was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time U.S. presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in…
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1945
Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014)
Benjamín Brea was a Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, arranger and teacher, mostly associated with jazz, even though he had the advantage to play several music genres in various bands as a soloist as well as sideman and…
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1946
1946
Australian ballet dancer (died 1992)
Kelvin Coe OBE was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. He died of AIDS-related illness in 1992.
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1946
American actor (died 2025)
Gailard Lee Sartain Jr. was an American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South. He was a regular on the country music variety series Hee Haw and was also known for his roles in three of the…
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1946
American historian and academic
Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust is an American historian and author who served as the 28th president of Harvard University from 2007 to 2018. She was Harvard's first female president, its first president since 1672 without…
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1947
Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
Giancarlo Minardi is an Italian businessman who was the founder and managing director of the now-defunct Minardi Formula One team.
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1947
American computer programmer and author
Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey is an American fantasy author.
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1948
American actress
Beth Grant is an American character actress. Her credits include Rain Man (1988), Child's Play 2 (1990), Flatliners (1990), Speed (1994), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), A Time To Kill (1996),…
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1949
American guitarist and songwriter
Kerry Allen Livgren is an American musician, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the American rock band Kansas.
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1949
English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2005)
Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet of Tony Blair as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister…
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1949
English footballer and manager
Peter Leslie Shilton is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1949
English dancer and choreographer
Dame Siobhan Davies DBE, often known as Sue Davies, is an English dancer and choreographer. She was a dancer with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre during the 1970s, and became one of its leading choreographers…
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1950
Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
Chris Heister is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and former Leader of the Opposition on Stockholm County Council. She was elected to the Riksdag in 1991 and served until 2002. 1999–2003 she was deputy chairman of…
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1950
Canadian ice hockey player
Darryl Glen Sittler is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings.…
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1950
American actress and playwright
Anna Deavere Smith is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is known for her roles as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally in The West Wing (2000–06), hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus in the…
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1950
American neurosurgeon, author, and politician
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and government official who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in…
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1951
American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2002)
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist, occasional lead vocalist and a founding member of the punk rock band the Ramones. Throughout the band's…
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1951
Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
Marc Surer is a Swiss former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1979 to 1986.
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1951
Greek politician
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos is a Greek politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy; part of the European People's Party.
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1952
American basketball player and coach
Richard Andrew Pitino is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston…
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1952
Pakistani politician (died 1996)
Murtaza Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and leftist activist who led Al-Zulfiqar, a left-wing militant organization, against Zia-ul-Haq's military regime. He was a member of the Bhutto family as the son of Zulfikar…
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1954
1954
American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
Dennis Wayne Johnson, nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los…
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1954
Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. Pinker is…
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1954
American football player, coach, and Senator
Thomas Hawley Tuberville is an American politician, and retired college football coach and sports broadcaster who is the senior United States senator from Alabama, a seat he has held since 2021. He is a member of the…
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1954
American singer-songwriter
Keith Brian Morris is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!. Born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he formed Black Flag at…
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1955
American journalist and author
Christopher Lynn Hedges is an American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister.
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1956
Slovak ice hockey player and politician
Peter Šťastný, also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a Slovak-Canadian former professional ice hockey player and politician who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995.…
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1956
Indian politician
Anant Gadgil is an Indian politician and architect, who has been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council 2014 to 2022. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party. Born into the Gadgil gharana of…
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1956
English-Irish footballer and manager
John William Aldridge is a former footballer and manager. Nicknamed "Aldo", he was a prolific, record-breaking striker. His tally of 329 Football League goals is the sixth-highest in the history of English football.
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1958
American football player and commentator
Jeffrey Lynn Bostic is an American former professional football player who was a center for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers. Named to the…
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1958
Vincentian cricketer
Winston Walter Davis is a West Indian former cricketer. He was a part of the West Indian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
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1958
Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
Derek Raymond Pringle is a Kenyan-born English former Test and One Day International cricketer for England, and is now a cricket journalist. He was a part of the English squads which finished as runners-up at the 1987…
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1958
American director and screenwriter
Mark Lee Romanek is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films One Hour Photo (2002) and Never Let Me Go (2010). Romanek's music videos have come to…
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1959
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2025)
Ryne Dee Sandberg, nicknamed "Ryno", was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (1981) and the…
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1959
American composer
Stephen Flaherty is an American composer of musical theatre and film. He works most often in collaboration with the lyricist/book writer Lynn Ahrens. They are best known for writing the Broadway musicals Ragtime, which…
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1960
British politician
Carolyn Harris is a Welsh politician serving as Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Neath and Swansea East, previously Swansea East since 2015.
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1960
1960
Mexican wrestler
Genaro Vázquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler and trainer, best known under his ring name Blue Panther. He made his in-ring debut in 1978. Since then, he has worked for most major Mexican professional…
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1960
American actor and producer (died 2013)
James John Gandolfini was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, the Italian-American Mafia crime boss in HBO's television series The Sopranos (1999–2007). For this role, he won three…
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1961
Greek-American painter and illustrator
Konstantin Kakanias is a contemporary Greek painter and multimedia artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles and Greece. Throughout his career Kakanias has created drawings, paintings, sculptures,…
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1961
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mark John Olson is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of alternative country bands The Jayhawks and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers.
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1961
English singer
Joanne Catherall is an English singer who is one of two female vocalists in the English synth-pop band the Human League.
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1962
English footballer
John Winton Fashanu is an English television presenter and former professional footballer.
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1962
German footballer
Jens Henschel is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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1964
Italian singer-songwriter
Marco Masini is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and pianist.
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1964
American actress and singer
Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox police drama 21 Jump Street, Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and Dr.…
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1964
German-American equestrian
Steffen Peters is a German-born equestrian who competes for the United States in dressage. He has participated in five Olympic Games, winning a team bronze medal on two occasions and a team silver medal once (2020).…
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1964
American ice hockey player and sportscaster
Thomas Patrick Chorske is an American former professional ice hockey player. A forward, he played for eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). In September, 2006, he was named color commentator for New Jersey…
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1966
English actress
Tara Anne Cassandra Fitzgerald is an English actress who has appeared in feature films, television, radio and the stage. She won the New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 1995 as…
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1967
Croatian basketball player
Toni Kukoč is a Croatian former professional basketball player who serves as special advisor to Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago Bulls. After a highly successful period in European basketball, he was one of the…
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1968
Indian actor, director, and politician
Upendra Rao is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, producer and politician, known for his work in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in a few Telugu and Tamil films.
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1968
Australian triathlete
Bradley William Beven is a retired triathlete from Mirriwinni, Cairns Region, Queensland Australia.
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1969
American rapper
Darryl Hill, better known by his stage name Cappadonna, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan and is a member of the hip-hop group Theodore Unit together with Ghostface Killah.
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1969
English cricketer
Darren Gough is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in…
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1970
American actress, television host, and author
Aisha Tyler is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds since 2015, Mother Nature in the final two The Santa…
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1970
American cyclist
Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his…
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1971
Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
Anna Yuryevna Netrebko is a Russian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera and La Scala.
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1971
American actress
Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, businesswoman, and talk show host. She is co-host of the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk, for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Award. Time named her one of the…
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1971
Belgian swimmer
Brigitte Becue is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from Belgium, who competed for her native country at four consecutive Summer Olympic Games, starting in 1988. In 1989, she won the silver medal in the women's…
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1972
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Adam Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter. As a recording artist, he has released four major label albums, three in English and one in French. His album We Go Home was released on September 15, 2014. Currently residing…
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1972
English motorcycle racer (died 2003)
Allan David Jefferies was an English professional motorcycle racer. He died after crashing during practice for the 2003 Isle of Man TT races.
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1972
Scottish accountant and politician
Iain Aitken Stewart is a British Conservative Party politician and former accountant. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes South from 2010 until the seat's abolition in 2024.
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1972
Canadian ice hockey player
Paul M. Brousseau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Florida Panthers in the NHL.
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1973
Brazilian footballer
Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. In spite of only representing Grêmio on…
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1973
Spanish footballer and manager
Aitor Karanka de la Hoz is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender, currently a manager.
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1973
American actor
James Paul Marsden is an American actor. His accolades include nominations for two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe. He began his acting career guest starring in the television shows Saved by the Bell: The New Class…
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1973
Australian wheelchair racer
Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer and leading coach.
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1973
South African-English businessman
Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African and British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company behind the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu. In 2002, Shuttleworth became the first African to travel…
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1973
English footballer and politician
Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English professional football manager and former player. Widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation, he spent 20 years playing in the Premier League and had…
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1974
American football player and coach
Damon Jones is an American former professional football player who played tight end for five seasons for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was selected with the 147th overall pick in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL draft.…
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1974
Portuguese-American basketball player and agent
Patrícia "Ticha" Nunes Penicheiro OIH is a Portuguese sports agent and former basketball player. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for most of her professional…
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1974
American actress
Emily Kernan Rutherfurd is an American actress. She played Christine "New Christine" Hunter in the CBS sitcom, The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10).
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1974
American actor
Travis Schuldt is an American actor. He originated the role of Ethan Winthrop on Passions, and played the recurring roles of Keith Dudemeister on Scrubs, Rick/Subway on Community, and Ben Smith on It's Always Sunny in…
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1974
1974
Belarusian target shooter
Kanstantsin Leаnidаvich Lukashyk is a Belarusian pistol shooter, most known for winning the 50 metre pistol event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 16. During his last shot, he raised his arm 4…
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1975
American actor and comedian
Daniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. In the 1990s, he began his career in improv comedy and performed with ComedySportz, iO Chicago, and The Second City. In 2003, Sudeikis…
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1975
Costa Rican photographer and painter
Guillermo Vargas Jiménez, also known as Habacuc, is an artist best known for the controversy caused when he exhibited an emaciated dog in a gallery in Nicaragua in 2007.
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1975
American actress
Sophina Brown Simmons is an American actress, active in theater and television. She is best known for her starring roles as prosecutor Raina Troy in the CBS legal drama Shark from 2006 to 2008, and as FBI agent Nikki…
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1976
Canadian soccer player
Gabriel Gervais is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a defender for the Montreal Impact and Canada. He was named president of CF Montreal on March 28, 2022.
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1976
1976
American actor, singer, and dancer
Barrett Conrad Foa is an American singer, dancer, and actor. He is best known for his performances in Broadway theatre. He has played many leading characters in Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions. He has…
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1977
English rower
Kieran Martin West is a retired English rower and Olympic champion who represented Great Britain.
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1977
American actor and comedian
Billy Eichner is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and television show host. He is the star, executive producer, and creator of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street, a comedy game show that aired on truTV.
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1978
New Zealand politician
Iain Francis Lees-Galloway, initially Iain Galloway, is a New Zealand former politician.
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1978
Cameroonian footballer
Augustine Simo is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as midfielder.
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1978
Spanish footballer
Daniel Aranzubia Aguado is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeper coach of Amorebieta.
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1979
American criminal (died 2017)
Robert Lynn Pruett was a Texas man convicted and executed for the 1999 murder of TDCJ Correctional Officer Daniel Nagle. Pruett had been certified as an adult at 16 and was already serving a 99-year sentence for his…
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1979
English rugby league player
Mickey Higham is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
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1980
Israeli footballer
Avraham "Avi" Strul is a retired Israeli footballer who currently works as the CEO of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
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1980
Finnish basketball player
Petri Virtanen is a Finnish basketball coach and a former basketball player who played as a point guard. He stands 1.83 m tall and is currently working as a head coach of Joensuun Kataja in Korisliiga.
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1980
Austrian politician
Elke Hanel-Torsch is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Vienna since October 2024.
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1981
Finnish ice hockey player
Lasse Juhani Kukkonen is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Earlier in his career, he had a four-year stint in the National Hockey League (NHL)…
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1981
American actress and singer
Jennifer Kelly Tisdale is an American former actress. Her sister is Ashley Tisdale.
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1981
Latvian basketball player
Kristaps Valters is a Latvian former professional basketball player. After retiring he became a coach, and is currently working as a head coach for Valmiera/ORDO.
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1981
South Korean actress
Han Ye-seul is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the sitcom Nonstop 4 (2003), and has since played leading roles in television dramas such as Couple or Trouble (2006), Tazza (2008), and Birth of a…
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1981
Slovak ice hockey player
Peter Budaj is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Avalanche, which drafted him, Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, and Tampa Bay Lightning.
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1982
1982
Lithuanian basketball player
Arvydas Eitutavičius is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who last played for BC Gargždai-SC of the National Basketball League. He attended Norfolk Collegiate School and Laurinburg Institute before…
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1982
1982
Mexican footballer
Alfredo Talavera Díaz is a Mexican professional football coach and former goalkeeper. He currently serves as the goalkeeper coach for the Mexico under-23 national team.
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1982
American football player and politician
Anthony E. Gonzalez is an American politician and former professional football player. He served two terms as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district from 2019 to 2023.
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1984
American basketball player
Travis Marquez "Bonesaw" Outlaw is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1984
British hip hop musician
Dylan Kwabena Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal, is a British rapper and MC. He is often credited as a pioneer of British hip hop and grime music and was ranked by Complex as one of the greatest British…
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1984
Bosnian basketball player
Mirza Teletović is a Bosnian former professional basketball player who was the president of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. As a player, he spent six seasons in the National…
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1985
Swiss footballer
Marwin Hitz is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Switzerland national team.
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1987
Japanese singer-songwriter
Seiko Oomori is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her musical career began in the underground music culture of Tokyo's Kōenji neighborhood, briefly playing in the punk band Kuchuu Moranko before going solo and releasing…
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1987
Congolese-Spanish basketball player
Serge Jonás Ibaka Ngobila is a Congolese-Spanish professional basketball player who last played for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 24th overall…
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1989
German footballer
Lewis Harry Holtby is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club NAC Breda.
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1990
American-Austrian actor and model
Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger is an American actor. The son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, he began his career playing minor roles in the early 2000s, and has since starred in the television series…
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1993
1995
English footballer
Matthew Robert Targett is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough, on loan from Premier League club Newcastle United. He has represented both England and…
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1995
Norwegian professional golfer
Viktor Hovland is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He won the 2018 U.S. Amateur and reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2019. Hovland became the first…
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1997
American soccer player
Christian Mate Pulisic is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger, attacking midfielder and forward for Serie A club AC Milan and the United States national team. Regarded as one of the best North…
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1998
Canadian ice hockey player
Conor Timmins is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Colorado Avalanche, 32nd overall, in the 2017 NHL entry…
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1998
Spanish footballer
Hugo Bueno López is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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2002
American actor and musician
Aidan Gallagher is an American actor and musician. His first major television role was Nicky Harper on the Nickelodeon sitcom Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn. In 2019, Gallagher began portraying Number Five on the Netflix…
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2003
Argentine footballer
Santiago Tomás Castro is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Serie A club Bologna.
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2004
American actor
Jackson Robert Scott is an American actor. He is known for portraying Bode Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–2022) and Georgie Denbrough in the films It Chapter One (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).
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2008
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