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Chapman was appointed captain for the final, decisive Test of the 1926 series against Australia; under his captaincy, England defeated Australia to win the Ashes for the first time since 1912
Famous Birthdays on September 3
236 people
1034 – 2010
September 3 has seen 236 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1034 – 2010. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1900 — Percy Chapman
English cricketer (died 1961)
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An amateur cricketer, Chapman played Minor Counties cricket for Berkshire and first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Kent
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Never a reliable batsman, Chapman nevertheless had a respectable batting record
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Arthur Percy Frank Chapman was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1926 and 1931
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A left-handed batsman, he played 26 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 17 of those games
Emperor Go-Sanjō was the 71st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His given name was Takahito (尊仁).
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1034
Italian organist and composer (died 1634)
Adriano Banchieri was an Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He founded the Accademia dei Floridi in Bologna.
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1568
American lawyer and jurist (died 1751)
Paul Dudley, FRS was an American lawyer who served as the Massachusetts Attorney General. He was the son of colonial governor Joseph Dudley and grandson of one of the colony's founders, Thomas Dudley.
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1675
English captain and politician (died 1746)
Charles Radclyffe, titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater, was one of the few English participants in the Jacobite risings of both 1715 and 1745.
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1693
Italian violin player and composer (died 1764)
Pietro Antonio Locatelli was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.
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1695
French explorer, geographer, and mathematician, (died 1779)
Joseph de Jussieu, was a French botanist and explorer, member of the Jussieu family. He introduced the common garden heliotrope to European gardeners.
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1704
Swiss biologist and zoologist (died 1784)
Abraham Trembley was a Genevan naturalist. He is best known for being the first to study freshwater polyps or hydra and for being among the first to develop experimental zoology. His mastery of experimental method has…
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1710
1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (died 1808)
General Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester,, known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to…
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1724
French general and politician (died 1824)
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, he was the stepson…
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1781
American educator (died 1890)
Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, which became the first known school for African American girls in the United States…
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1803
1810
American activist, founded the Oneida Community (died 1886)
John Humphrey Noyes was an American preacher, radical religious philosopher, and utopian socialist. He founded utopian communities at Putney, Vermont, Oneida, New York, and Wallingford, Connecticut, and is credited with…
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1811
English mathematician and academic (died 1897)
James Joseph Sylvester was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics. He played a leadership role in American…
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1814
American businessman and politician (died 1891)
George Hearst was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst business dynasty. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations and is known for developing and…
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1820
Danish composer (died 1919)
Jacob Christian Fabricius was a Danish councilor, musician, composer and music organizer. Fabricius founded numerous musical societies and institutions during his lifetime. One of the most popular of such societies…
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1840
English cricketer (died 1904)
Thomas Emmett was an English cricket bowler in the late 1860s, the 1870s and the early 1880s.
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1841
American novelist, short story writer and poet (died 1909)
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of…
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1849
Queen consort of the Hellenes (died 1926)
Olga Constantinovna of Russia was Queen of Greece as the wife of King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920.
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1851
American fencer (died 1939)
Charles T. Tatham was an American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in New York City and worked for his father's lead manufacturing company in Philadelphia. In 1891, Tatham was one of…
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1854
American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (died 1924)
Louis Henry Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an…
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1856
Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
Fritz Pregl, was a Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician from a mixed Slovene-German-speaking background. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1923 for making important contributions to quantitative organic…
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1869
Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (died 1951)
Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto…
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1875
English tennis player (died 1960)
Dorothea Lambert Chambers was a British tennis player. She won seven Wimbledon women's singles titles and a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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1878
English cricketer and boxer (died 1930)
John William Henry Tyler Douglas was an English cricketer who was active in the early decades of the twentieth century. Douglas was an all-rounder who played for Essex County Cricket Club from 1901 to 1928 and captained…
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1882
American trumpet player (died 1973)
Frank Joseph Christian was an American early jazz trumpeter.
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1887
American author and screenwriter (died 1972)
Sally Benson was an American writer of short stories, screenplays, and theatre. She is best known for her humorous tales of modern youth collected in Junior Miss and her semi-autobiographical stories collected in Meet…
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1897
Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance. He…
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1899
Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (died 1986)
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as prime minister, and held…
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1900
Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 1959)
Eduard Alexander van Beinum was a Dutch conductor.
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1901
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
Carl David Anderson was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the positron, which confirmed the existence of antimatter.
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1905
New Zealand cricketer (died 1972)
John Ernest Mills, known as Jackie Mills, was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1930 and 1933.
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1905
American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (died 1977)
Loren Eiseley was an American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. He received many honorary degrees and was a fellow of…
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1907
Russian mathematician and academic (died 1988)
Lev Semyonovich Pontryagin was a Soviet mathematician. Completely blind from the age of 14, he made major discoveries in a number of fields of mathematics, including algebraic topology, differential topology and optimal…
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1908
American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (died 2007)
Kitty Carlisle Hart was an American stage and screen actress, opera singer, television personality and spokesperson for the arts. She was the leading lady in the Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera (1935) and was a…
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1910
Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1984)
Franz Jáchym was an Austrian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Coadjutor Bishop of Vienna from 1950 to 1983, and as Titular Archbishop of Maronea. He graduated from the University of Vienna. After…
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1910
French civil servant and convicted war criminal (died 2007)
Maurice Papon was a French civil servant, mass murderer and Nazi collaborator who was convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the occupation of France. Papon led the police in major prefectures from the…
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1910
American cyclist and sergeant (died 2000)
Bernard Mammes was an American cyclist. Born in Manhattan, Mammes moved with his family to Rockaway Park, Queens around 1920. His father owned an ice cream parlor, where Mammes worked as a youth.
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1911
1913
American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (died 1994)
Dixy Lee Ray was an American academic, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. Variously described as idiosyncratic and "ridiculously smart," she was the state's first…
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1914
Norwegian organist and composer (died 2014)
Knut Nystedt was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.
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1915
American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1988)
John Len Chatman, known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums,…
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1915
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1999)
Edward Raymond Stanky was an American professional baseball second baseman, shortstop, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, New York Giants, and…
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1916
1918
American soldier and photographer (died 2014)
Philip Stern, also known as Snapdragon, was an American photographer noted for his iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, as well as his war photography while serving as a U.S. Army Ranger with "Darby's Rangers" during…
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1919
French soldier and author (died 2012)
Tereska Torrès was a French writer known for the 1950 book Women's Barracks, the first "original paperback bestseller." In 2008, historians credited the republished book as the first pulp fiction book published in…
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1920
1921
English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (died 1971)
Robert Thurston Dart was an English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player. Along with Nigel Fortune, Oliver Neighbour and Stanley Sadie, he was one of Britain's leading musicologists of the post-World War II…
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1921
American journalist and author (died 1966)
Marguerite Higgins Hall was an American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war…
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1921
1923
Belizean chief librarian and educator (died 2021)
Alice Gibson was a chief librarian from Belize active in development of the country's library system. Beginning her career as a social worker, she became interested in fostering libraries throughout the country. She…
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1923
American golfer (died 2014)
Fred Hawkins was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.
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1923
American cartoonist (died 2018)
Addison Morton Walker was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954. He signed Addison to some of his strips.
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1923
American actress (died 2014)
Mary Grace Canfield was an American theatre, film and television actress.
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1924
American actress (died 2016)
Anne Jackson was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-starred. In 1956, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a…
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1925
Swedish painter and sculptor (died 2008)
Bengt Karl Erik Lindström was a Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, often including contorted faces. He had two children, Mariana…
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1925
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
Henry William Thompson was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
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1925
American author and academic (died 2020)
Alison Stewart Lurie was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles,…
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1926
Greek actress (died 2022)
Irene Papas or Pappas was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of…
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1926
Indian Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (died 1980)
Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay, known professionally as Uttam Kumar, was an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema. Widely regarded as one of…
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1926
Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 2007)
Gaston Egmond Thorn was a Luxembourgish politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. He most prominently served as prime minister of Luxembourg (1974–1979),…
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1928
American organized crime boss (died 2018)
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston. On December…
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1929
1929
New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (died 2015)
Sydney Mervin "Merv" Batt, best known by his ring name Steve Rickard, was a New Zealand professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. As a wrestler, he traveled throughout the world during the 1960s and 1970s, often…
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1929
Canadian sculptor and painter
Joseph Armand Robert Vaillancourt is a Canadian sculptor, painter and performance artist from Quebec. He designed the public art fountain entitled Vaillancourt Fountain in San Francisco. He lives in Montreal.
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1929
New Zealand author and poet (died 2002)
Cherry Barbara Grimm, better known by the pseudonym Cherry Wilder, was a New Zealand science fiction and fantasy writer.
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1930
American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973)
Albert Henry DeSalvo, also known as the Green Man or the Measuring Man, was an American murderer and rapist who was active in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1960s. He is known for having confessed to being the…
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1931
American basketball player and coach
John Richard Motta is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Motta coached the Washington Bullets to the 1978 NBA Championship, and he won the…
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1931
Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (died 2012)
Guy Gustave Arthur Ghislain Spitaels was a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He was the 7th Minister-President of Wallonia from 1992 to 1994 and president of his party for thirteen years, until he was succeeded…
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1931
American actress and singer (died 2013)
Eileen Brennan was an American actress. She made her film debut in the satire Divorce American Style (1967), followed by a supporting role in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a BAFTA…
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1932
Guyanese cricketer (died 2019)
Basil Fitzherbert Butcher was a Guyanese cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. He was regarded as a reliable right-handed middle-order batsman in the star-studded West Indian batting line-up of the…
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1933
American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser was an American country singer who was a key figure in the 1970s outlaw country movement.
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1933
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
Freddie King, also billed as Freddy King, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar". Known for his soulful and powerful voice and distinctive…
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1934
German-Canadian motorcycle racer
Helmut Clasen is a Canadian motorcycle racer. He is an active motorcycle enduro competitor since 1957, called "Speedy" by family and friends alike.
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1935
Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (died 2019)
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian…
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1936
Peruvian-American actress
María del Pilar Pallete Alvarado, known professionally as Pilar Pallete, is a Peruvian-born American painter and occasional actress. She became well-known through her marriage to the actor John Wayne.
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1936
French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (died 2007)
Liliane Aimée Ackermann was a French microbiologist, Jewish Community pioneer, leader, writer, and lecturer.
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1938
English historian and author
Sarah Mary Malet Bradford, Viscountess Bangor is an English author who is best known for her royal biographies.
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1938
English-Canadian playwright
Caryl Lesley Churchill is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. Celebrated for works…
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1938
English architect, founded MJP Architects (died 2014)
Sir Richard Cornelius MacCormac CBE, PPRIBA, FRSA, RA, was a modernist English architect and the founder of MJP Architects.
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1938
Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Ryōji Noyori is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the…
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1938
English architect
Francis Cuthbert Duffy was a British architect, a founder of DEGW, the international architectural and design practice best known for office design and workplace strategy and, later for advanced thinking on the…
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1940
English actress (died 2025)
Pauline Angela Collins was a British actress who first rose to fame portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1973) and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography, Letter to…
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1940
Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2015)
Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters".
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1940
New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2019)
Sir Brian James Lochore was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach who represented and captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the side 46…
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1940
Russian-American journalist and author (died 1990)
Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov was a Soviet journalist and writer. Internationally, he is one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century.
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1941
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alan Charles Jardine is an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best known as the band's rhythm guitarist, harmony vocalist, and for occasionally singing lead vocals on singles such as number-one hit…
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1942
American model and actress (died 2026)
Valerie Ritchie Perrine was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Honey Bruce in the film Lenny (1974). For the role, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles and…
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1943
English cricketer and coach
Geoffrey Graham Arnold is an English cricketer who played 34 Test matches and 14 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team. His nickname of "Horse" was based on his initials of GG. He was a seam and swing…
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1944
Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
Raymond John Groom is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state…
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1944
American bass player and songwriter
George Michael Biondo is a musician who served as bass guitarist of the Canadian rock band Steppenwolf from April 1970 to October 1976. Born in New York, Biondo has been based in Southern California throughout a career…
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1945
English physicist and mathematician
Peter Goddard is a British mathematical physicist who works in string theory and conformal field theory. Among his many contributions to these fields is the Goddard–Thorn theorem.
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1945
American Historian (died 2023)
Martha Porter Saxton was an American professor of history and women's and gender studies at Amherst College who authored several prominent historical biographies.
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1945
Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
Kjell Magne Bondevik is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party, he served as the prime minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him, after…
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1947
Scottish educator and politician
Michael Connarty is a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and East Falkirk from 2005 until 2015, and Falkirk East (1992–2005).
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1947
Italian banker and economist
Mario Draghi is an Italian politician, economist, academic, banker, statesman, and civil servant, who served as the prime minister of Italy from 13 February 2021 to 22 October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime…
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1947
French footballer and coach (died 2020)
Gérard Paul Francis Houllier was a French professional football manager and player. Clubs he managed include Paris Saint-Germain, Lens and Liverpool, where he won the FA Cup, League Cup, FA Charity Shield, UEFA Cup and…
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1947
English flute player and composer
Susan Milan is an English professor of flute of the Royal College of Music, classical performer, recording artiste, composer, author and entrepreneur.
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1947
American drummer and singer-songwriter
Donald George Brewer is an American drummer and singer who is a founding member and longtime original drummer of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad.
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1948
Ukrainian astronomer
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
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1948
Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician.
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1948
Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (died 2008)
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was a Zambian politician who served as the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a…
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1948
Argentine footballer, coach, and manager
José Néstor Pékerman Krimen is an Argentine-Colombian professional football coach. His last team managed was the Venezuela national team. As a youth level coach for Argentina, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship…
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1949
Peter VII was the Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004. During his reign, Petros VII was credited with reviving the Greek Orthodox churches in Africa by increasing the…
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1949
American rock singer-songwriter and bass player
Douglas Theodore Pinnick, sometimes stylized as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg, is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and songwriter for the hard rock and progressive metal band King's…
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1950
South African cricketer
Denys Laurence Hobson was a South African first-class cricketer. Hobson played as a right-handed batsman and legbreak bowler for Eastern Province and Western Province. His career lasted from 1970–71 to 1984–85. He was…
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1951
American politician
D. Rolland "Buck" Jennings is an American politician serving as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
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1951
Indian actor
Shakti Kapoor is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teamed up with…
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1952
French director, producer, and screenwriter
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French director and screenwriter.
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1953
Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
George Peponis is a Greek Australian company director and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative hooker, he played…
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1953
Estonian triple jumper and coach
Jaak Uudmäe is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of 17.35 m in his Olympic victory – a mark…
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1954
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Stephen Philip Jones is an English guitarist, best known as a member of the punk band Sex Pistols. Following the split of the Sex Pistols, he formed the Professionals with former bandmate Paul Cook. He has released two…
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1955
Indian actor and director (died 2012)
Jishu Dasgupta was an Indian Bengali television director and actor. After suffering from cancer for nine months, he died on 21 December 2012 in a hospital in Kolkata.
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1956
Irish republican activist (died 1996)
Pat "Beag" McGeown was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
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1956
English director and producer
Stephen Woolley is an English filmmaker and actor. His career has spanned four decades, for which he was awarded the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2019. As a producer, he has…
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1956
American businessman
Garth Ancier is an American film and television producer and media executive.
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1957
American basketball player and coach (died 2024)
Earl Cureton was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Twirl", he played college basketball for the Robert Morris Colonials and Detroit Mercy…
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1957
American actor and producer
Steven Ralph Schirripa is an American actor. He is regularly credited as Steven R. Schirripa, including his total of over 300 total appearances in three long running series, playing: Bobby Bacala on The Sopranos; Leo…
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1957
1957
Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia
Ivan Šramko served as the governor of National Bank of Slovakia since January 2005 to January 2010. Šramko is notable for overseeing Slovakia's adoption of the Euro currency in 2009. As a governor, he was considered an…
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1957
1960
1961
English computer scientist and academic
David Charles De Roure is an English computer scientist who is a professor of e-Research at the University of Oxford, where he is responsible for Digital Humanities in The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities…
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1962
1963
Emirati footballer
Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak, , is a footballer from UAE, who played as a centre back for Al Khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with Khalil Ghanim, a hard defence line for the UAE…
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1963
Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
Malcolm Timothy Gladwell is a British-Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published eight books. He is also the host of the podcast…
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1963
American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
Adam Clark Curry is an American podcaster, announcer, internet entrepreneur, and media personality, known for his stint as a VJ on MTV and being one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer websites.…
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1964
American screenwriter and producer
Spike Feresten is an American television writer, screenwriter, comedian and television personality, who worked on Seinfeld, wrote for David Letterman, and hosted the late night Talkshow with Spike Feresten from 2006 to…
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1964
Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist and naat khawan (died 2016)
Junaid Jamshed Khan was a Pakistani Islamic preacher, singer-songwriter and television personality. Jamshed first gained nationwide and international recognition as the vocalist of Vital Signs. Their 1987 album, Vital…
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1964
American actor
Holt McCallany is an American actor. He is known for portraying FBI Special Agent Bill Tench on the series Mindhunter (2017–19) and has had leading and supporting roles in various television series and films, including…
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1964
British journalist
Rachel Sabiha Johnson is a British journalist, television presenter, and author who has appeared frequently on political discussion panels, including The Pledge on Sky News and BBC One's debate programme, Question Time.…
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1965
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Vaden "Danger" Todd Lewis is an American musician best known as the vocalist and guitarist for Toadies, an alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas. Lewis was also the lead vocalist and guitarist for the…
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1965
Australian actor
Costas Mandylor is an Australian actor. He made his film debut with a supporting role in Triumph of the Spirit (1989) before a lead role as Frank Costello in the crime drama film Mobsters (1991).
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1965
American actor and producer
Carlos Irwin Estévez, known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He is known as a leading man in film and television. Sheen has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award as well as…
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1965
American painter and author
Steven Johnson Leyba is an American artist, painter, fine art book maker, author, spoken word performance artist, and musician. Leyba is of Mescalero Apache, Navajo, Cherokee, Paiute, Menominee, Jewish ancestry. He has…
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1966
Russian historian and politician
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov is a Russian historian and liberal politician, a former co-chair of People's Freedom Party (2006–2014) and former Russian State Duma member (1993–2007), First Deputy Chairman of the State…
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1966
American basketball player
Chris Raymond Gatling is an American former professional basketball player. Gatling played for many National Basketball Association (NBA) teams from 1991 to 2002. He played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA…
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1967
American baseball player
Luis Emilio Gonzalez, nicknamed "Gonzo", is an American former baseball outfielder who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven teams. Gonzalez spent his best years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and…
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1967
1968
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Noah Baumbach is an American filmmaker. He is known for making light comedies set in New York City and his works are inspired by filmmakers such as Woody Allen and Whit Stillman. His frequent collaborators include Wes…
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1969
American comedian, actor, and talk show host
John Joseph Fugelsang is an American actor, comedian, writer, television host, political commentator, and television personality.
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1969
Swedish golfer
Robert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
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1969
Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (died 2004)
Marianna Komlos was a Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model and professional wrestling manager. She is perhaps best known for her stint in World Wrestling Federation in 1999 as Marianna and "Mrs. Cleavage", where she was…
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1969
English journalist and politician
Matthew James Offord is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hendon in North London from 2010 to 2024. He was previously a member of the Association of European…
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1969
American artist
John Picacio is an American artist specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror illustration.
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1969
American businessman (died 2001)
Jeremy Logan Glick was an American passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked and crashed as part of the September 11 attacks. Aware of the earlier attacks at the World Trade Center, Glick and some…
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1970
American basketball player and coach
George DeWitt Lynch III is an American former NCAA champion and professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2005 after winning the 1993 NCAA National Championship…
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1970
English footballer and manager
Sir Gareth Southgate is an English former professional football manager and player, who played as a defender and midfielder.
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1970
Indian-American author
Kiran Desai is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In 2015, The Economic Times named her one of 20 most influential…
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1971
Australian swimmer
Glen Clifford Housman is an Australian former distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s and 1990s, who won the silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle, swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His career was overshadowed by…
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1971
Portuguese-Spanish journalist
María Isabel "Chábeli" Iglesias Preysler is a Spanish journalist and socialite. She is the daughter of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina socialite Isabel Preysler, and the older sister of singers Julio Iglesias…
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1971
Uruguayan footballer and manager
Rónald Paolo Montero Iglesias is a Uruguayan football manager and former player, who played as a central defender or left-back.
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1971
Canadian speed skater
Christine Boudrias is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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1972
1972
Australian rugby league player
Robbie O'Davis is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback and occasional winger, he…
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1972
Czech ice hockey player
Martin Straka is a Czech former ice hockey center who most recently played for HC Plzeň 1929 of the Czech Extraliga. He is also the club's general manager and co-owner, having bought a 70% share of the team in 2009.…
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1972
American singer
Jennifer Paige Scoggins is an American singer. She is best known for her international number-one pop hit "Crush" and other singles "Sober", "Always You" and "Ta Voix " in duet with French singer Lââm.
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1973
American basketball player and coach
Damon Lamon Stoudamire is an American college basketball coach and former player, who currently is an assistant coach for LSU. He also was the head coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Atlantic Coast…
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1973
Swiss ice hockey player
Martin Gerber is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 2001 NHL entry draft by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the…
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1974
American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Clare Kramer is an American actress. Her credits include Bring It On (2000), The Rules of Attraction (2002), D.E.B.S. (2003), Tru Calling (2004), The Thirst (2006), House (2006), Road to Hell (2008), and Goodnight…
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1974
Indian cricketer
Rahul Sanghvi is an Indian cricketer, specialising in left arm orthodox spin. He played for the Delhi state team. He played one Test match, which was the first Test between Australia and India in 2001 but was dropped…
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1974
Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
Daniel Chan Hiu-tung is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is most notable as one of the young talents in the 1990s music scene.
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1975
French ice hockey player
Cristobal Huet is a French former professional ice hockey goaltender who is a goaltender coach for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron and within the…
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1975
1975
Russian ice hockey player and coach
Valery V. Afanasyev is a Russian ice hockey coach. During 1994–1996 he participated in the Russian hockеy championship under H. C. Izhorets, Saint Petersburg. He also participated in other hockеy league championships.…
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1976
American actress
Ashley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is known for her roles in soap operas as Megan Dennison on The Young and the Restless and as Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. She also portrayed the…
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1976
American football player
Jevon Kearse, nicknamed "the Freak", is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the late 1990s and 2000s. Kearse played…
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1976
American football player and coach
Dejohnold Raheem Morris is an American professional football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He most recently was the head coach for the Atlanta…
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1976
American football player
Casey Hampton Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a five-time Pro Bowl nose tackle and two-time Super Bowl champion over twelve seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football…
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1977
Angolan footballer
Rui Manuel Marques is an Angolan former football defender who was a first choice centre-back for the Angola national team. Born in Angola, Marques moved to Portugal as a child.
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1977
Swedish footballer
Erik Olof Mellberg is a Swedish football manager and former professional player.
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1977
American baseball player
Nathan Daniel Robertson, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies.
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1977
Norwegian singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Terje "Valfar" Bakken was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third album, 1184.…
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1978
English footballer
John Charles Keyworth Curtis is an English former professional footballer. He was a versatile defender who could play anywhere along the back four or as a defensive midfielder.
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1978
American actress
Nichole Hiltz is an American former actress. She appeared in several films, made-for-TV movies, and television series. Her most recent long-running television credit was for USA Network's In Plain Sight from 2008 to…
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1978
Czech ice hockey player
Michal Rozsíval is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He joined the team in 2012, previously playing for the Pittsburgh…
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1978
American actor
Samuel Nicholas Wechsler is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Kyle Valenti on The WB teen drama series Roswell (1999–2002) and Jack Porter on the ABC drama television series Revenge (2011–2015).
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1978
Brazilian footballer
Júlio César Soares de Espíndola, known as Júlio César, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1979
Bosnian-American guitarist
Tomislav "Tomo" Miličević is a Bosnian Croat-American musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars from 2003 to 2018. Born in Sarajevo but raised in the United States,…
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1979
1980
Argentine footballer
Daniel Rubén Biloš is an Argentine former professional footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, France and Mexico. He made three appearances scoring one goal for the Argentina national team.
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1980
1980
Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Jason "Cone" McCaslin is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the band Sum 41. He and frontman Deryck Whibley are the only two members of the…
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1980
English television and radio presenter
Fearne Cotton is an English broadcaster and author. She began her career in the late 1990s as a children’s television presenter for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. She went on to present various television shows, including Top of…
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1981
Canadian skier (died 2012)
Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully…
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1982
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
Andrew Ross McMahon is an American singer-songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary lyricist for the bands Something Corporate and main songwriter for Jack's Mannequin and performs solo both under his own name…
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1982
Japanese singer
Kaori Natori is a Japanese singer under management of Stardust Music. She is signed to Chimera Energy, a label handled by Universal Music Japan.
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1982
Brazilian footballer
Tiago da Silva Rannow known as Tiago or Tiago Rannow is a Brazilian footballer for Santa Cruz.
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1982
American basketball player
Chris Ray Wilcox is an American former professional basketball player. He has also played in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons.
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1982
Brazilian race car driver
Augusto Celestino Farfus dos Santos Jr. is a Brazilian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He lives in Monaco.
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1983
English footballer
Nicholas Brett Hunt is an English former footballer and manager of Daisy Hill. He is best known for his spell at Bolton Wanderers at the beginning of his career. Originally a right-back, he converted to centre-back in…
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1983
American football player
Marcus Xavier McCauley Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of the 2007 NFL…
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1983
Lithuanian basketball player
Valdas Vasylius is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played collegiately at Old Dominion University. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2007 Summer Universiade.
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1983
American football player
Mason Walker Crosby is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, and earned unanimous…
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1984
American actor
Garrett John Hedlund is an American actor and musician. His films include Troy (2004), Friday Night Lights (2004), Four Brothers (2005), Eragon (2006), Georgia Rule (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Tron: Legacy (2010),…
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1984
Filipino-American wrestler
Theodore James Perkins, also known by his ring name T. J. Perkins or simply TJP, is an American professional wrestler. He is a freelancer, primarily working for the WWE performing in its sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA…
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1984
English footballer
Scott Paul Carson is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1985
English footballer
Kelvin James Wilson is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Ilkeston Town.
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1985
American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
Shaun Roger White is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X…
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1986
1986
Brazilian politician
Rafael Henrique Cano Telhada, better known as Capitão Telhada, is a Brazilian politician serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo since 2023. He is the son of Coronel Telhada.
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1986
1987
Malian footballer
Modibo Maïga is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
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1987
English cricketer
Dawid Johannes Malan Jnr is an English cricketer who has played for Yorkshire and Middlesex in English domestic cricket and in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. He…
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1987
Canadian ice hockey player
James Neal is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Nashville Predators, Vegas Golden Knights, Calgary…
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1987
Ghanaian-German footballer
Jérôme Agyenim Boateng is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1988
Iranian director and producer
Hana Makhmalbaf is an Iranian filmmaker. She is the younger sister of filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf and daughter of filmmakers Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Fatemeh Meshkini. She is known for her films Joy of Madness (2003),…
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1988
Indian cricketer
Mohammed Shami Ahmed is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast-bowler, for the India national cricket team and for the Bengal in domestic cricket and for the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian…
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1990
American singer-songwriter
August Anthony Alsina Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter. He self-released his debut mixtape The Product in 2012, which was followed by The Product 2 the following year; he signed with The-Dream's Radio Killa…
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1992
Indian wrestler
Sakshi Malik is a former Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics. She is a recipient…
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1992
South Korean singer
Lee So-jung, known mononymously as Sojung, is a South Korean singer. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Ladies' Code. Sojung made her debut as a soloist in March 2017 with single "Better Than…
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1993
Austrian tennis player
Dominic Thiem is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in singles by the ATP, achieved in March 2020. Thiem won 17 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2020 US Open. He was…
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1993
South Korean singer
Lee Seong-jong, commonly known as Seongjong, is a South Korean singer. He is a vocalist of the South Korean boy band Infinite under Woollim Entertainment. He is also the vocalist of Infinite F.
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1993
New Zealand rugby league player
Francis Molo is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, the North Queensland Cowboys and…
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1994
1994
American football player
Myles David Jack is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was named the top freshman player in the…
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1995
German footballer
Niklas Süle is a German professional footballer who plays either as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
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1995
1996
American swimmer
Abrahm David DeVine is an American former competitive swimmer from Seattle. He currently represents the LA Current, which is part of the International Swimming League. His first international competition was in the…
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1996
Swedish footballer
William Eskelinen is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu as a goalkeeper.
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1996
Nanda Kyaw
Burmese footballer
1996
French cyclist
Florian Maitre is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Mayenne-V and B-Monbana. He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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1996
Australian footballer
Callum Moore is a professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL), including eight matches over a four-year tenure with Richmond and two matches over one season with Carlton.…
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1996
American cyclist
Neilson Hunter Powless is an American and Oneida Nation professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. Powless is the first US Native American to compete in the Tour de…
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1996
French footballer
Yoane Wissa is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Newcastle United. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.
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1996
West Indian cricketer
Reniece Boyce is a Trinidadian cricketer who currently plays for Leeward Islands as a right-handed wicket-keeper batter. In May 2017, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. She…
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1997
American baseball player
Carter Alswinn Kieboom is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles…
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1997
Georgian rhythmic gymnast
Salome Pazhava is a Georgian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She finished 4th in All-around at the 2015 World Championships.
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1997
American football player
Devin Singletary, nicknamed "Motor", is an American professional football running back and kickoff returner for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida…
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1997
Ghanaian footballer
Bernard Tekpetey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad.
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1997
Belgian politician
Oskar H. F. Seuntjens is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, he has represented Antwerp since June 2024.
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1998
Indonesian rapper and singer
Brian Imanuel Soewarno, known professionally as Rich Brian (formerly Rich Chigga), is an Indonesian rapper and singer. He is known for his viral debut single "Dat $tick", which was first released in March 2016 on…
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1999
English footballer
Brandon Paul Brian Williams is an English professional footballer who last played for EFL Championship club Hull City. Although he mainly plays as a left-back, he has also been used as a right-back.
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2000
American model and actress
Kaia Jordan Gerber is an American model and actress. After starring in a series of ad campaigns for fashion brands since debuting at Fashion Week in 2017, Gerber won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in…
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2001
American actor
Jack Dylan Grazer is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the horror film It (2017) and its 2019 sequel, the DC Extended Universe superhero film Shazam! (2019) and its 2023 sequel, and for his voice role in…
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2003
Nigerian-American chess player
Tanitoluwa Emmanuel "Tani" Adewumi is a Nigerian-American chess player who currently holds the title of International Master (IM). A chess prodigy, he won the 2019 K-3 New York State chess championship at the age of 8…
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2010
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