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Famous Birthdays on September 7
278 people
923 – 2006
September 7 has seen 278 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 923 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1983 — Piri Weepu
New Zealand rugby player
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In 2005 was called back into the All Blacks squad for the first Tri Nations test against South Africa, having missed selection for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour
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Weepu played most recently for Wairarapa Bush in the Heartland Championship
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Generally Weepu played as a half-back but also played at first five-eighth on occasion
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He has represented the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 2004 and 2013
923
6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1427)
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West was an English nobleman and politician.
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1395
1438
1448
Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)
Sebastian Newdigate, O.Cart was the seventh child of John Newdigate, Sergeant-at-law. He spent his early life at court, and later became a Carthusian monk. He was executed for treason on 19 June 1535 for his refusal to…
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1500
Swiss physician and theologian (died 1583)
Thomas Erastus was a Swiss physician and Calvinist theologian. He wrote 100 theses in which he argued that the sins committed by Christians should be punished by the State, and that the Church should not withhold…
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1524
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture,…
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1533
1st Baronet, Irish nobleman (died 1665)
Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet was an Irish nobleman and landowner. He was knighted by Henry Cromwell for his services to the Commonwealth government of Ireland during the Interregnum. Shortly before the Restoration, he…
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1629
1635
Japanese shōgun (died 1680)
Tokugawa Ietsuna was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the fourth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan who was in office from 1651 to 1680. He is considered the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, which makes him the…
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1641
8th duke of Escalona (died 1725)
Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco y Zúñiga, Duke of Escalona and Marquess of Villena, was a Spanish aristocrat, politician, and academic who founded the Royal Spanish Academy.
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1650
Maria Anna of Austria was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King John V of Portugal. She served as the regent of Portugal from 1742 until 1750 during the illness of her husband. She was born an Archduchess of Austria as…
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1683
Danish Minister of State (died 1763)
Johan Ludvig Holstein, Lensgreve til Ledreborg was a Danish Minister of state from 1735 to 1751.
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1694
German painter (died 1788)
Matthäus Günther was an important German painter and artist of the Baroque and Rococo era.
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1705
Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des Plantes.
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1707
French chess player and composer (died 1795)
François-André Danican Philidor, often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess master. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique. He is widely…
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1726
Swedish sculptor and illustrator (died 1814)
Johan Tobias Sergel was a Swedish neoclassical sculptor. Sergels torg, the largest square in the centre of Stockholm and near where his workshop stood, is named after him.
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1740
German horn player and composer (died 1844)
Heinrich David Stölzel was a German horn player who developed some of the first valves for brass instruments. He developed the first valve for a brass musical instrument, the Stölzel valve, in 1818, and went on to…
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1777
Italian poet and author (died 1863)
Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Raimondo Belli was an Italian poet, famous for his sonnets in Romanesco, the dialect of Rome.
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1791
English physician and author (died 1821)
John William Polidori was an English writer and medical doctor. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction.
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1795
South African preacher and activist (died 1871)
Charl (Sarel) Arnoldus Cilliers was a Voortrekker leader and a preacher. With Andries Pretorius, he led the Boers to a huge victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. In particular, Cilliers led the…
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1801
English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (died 1845)
William Knibb, OM was an English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica. He is chiefly known today for his work to free enslaved Africans.
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1803
English lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1879)
Henry Sewell was a New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first premier, having led the Sewell Ministry in 1856. He…
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1807
Prussian economist and academic (died 1858)
Hermann Heinrich Gossen was a German economist who is often regarded as the first to elaborate, in detail, a general theory of marginal utility.
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1810
Polish activist and translator (died 1839)
Emil Antoni Korytko was a Polish political activist in the period of the Great Emigration, who was exiled to Ljubljana, Carniola and became an important ethnographer, philologist and translator there. His legacy are…
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1813
Scottish explorer and surveyor (died 1866)
John McDouall Stuart, often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers.
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1815
American businessman and politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1886)
Thomas Talbot was an American textile mill owner and politician from Massachusetts, United States. Talbot ran a major textile business, involving chemical dyeworks and the weaving of fabric, in Billerica that was a…
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1818
American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (died 1885)
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March 1885 until his death…
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1819
German chemist and academic (died 1896)
Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, was a German organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in the field of…
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1829
French sculptor and painter (died 1900)
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière was a French sculptor and painter.
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1831
Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1908)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also was Secretary…
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1836
German physicist and academic (died 1912)
August Joseph Ignaz Toepler was a German chemist and physicist known for his experiments in electrostatics.
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1836
Polish-English chess player, linguist, and journalist (died 1888)
Johannes Hermann Zukertort was a Polish-born British-German chess master. He was one of the leading world players for most of the 1870s and 1880s, but lost to Wilhelm Steinitz in the World Chess Championship 1886, which…
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1842
American zoologist and academic (died 1950)
Edward Asahel Birge was an American professor and administrator at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was one of the pioneers of the study of limnology, and served as acting president of the university from 1900 to…
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1851
English photographer, director, and cinematographer (died 1921)
William Friese-Greene was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras between 1888–1891 and shot moving…
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1855
American painter (died 1961)
Anna Mary Robertson Moses, popularly known as Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age.…
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1860
American-English financier and philanthropist (died 1932)
Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of Speyer Brothers, the British branch of the Speyer family's international finance…
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1862
French author and playwright (died 1947)
Tristan Bernard was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.
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1866
German-Swiss actor (died 1952)
Albert Bassermann was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and received the famous Iffland-Ring. Bassermann was nominated for the Academy…
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1867
American banker and philanthropist (died 1943)
John Pierpont Morgan Jr. was an American banker and finance executive. He inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his father, J. P. Morgan, died in 1913.
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1867
South African general (died 1917)
Benjamin Johannes "Ben" Viljoen was an Afrikaner-American consul, soldier, farmer, Maderista, and Boer general.
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1869
Russian pilot, explorer, and author (died 1938)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet…
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1870
English cricketer and coach (died 1954)
George Herbert Hirst was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. One of the best all-rounders of his…
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1871
Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (died 1963)
Samuel Matthew Rocke was an Australian politician who served as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 to 1921, representing the seat of South Fremantle.
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1874
American businessman and financier, co-founded E. F. Hutton & Co. (died 1962)
Edward Francis Hutton was an American financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co., once one of the largest financial firms in the United States.
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1875
Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1934)
Francesco Buhagiar was the second Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924). He was elected from the Maltese Political Union.
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1876
Australian poet and author (died 1938)
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915). Alongside his contemporaries…
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1876
exiled member of the Miguelist branch of the House of Bragança and officer in the Austro-Hungarian army (died 1919)
Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza was a member of the exiled branch of House of Braganza and an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. During his life he was involved in a number of incidents ranging from sex scandals to…
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1879
Greek composer and conductor (died 1950)
Theophrastos Sakellaridis, was a Greek composer, conductor, and basic creator of Greek operetta.
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1883
American author and poet (died 1928)
Elinor Morton Wylie was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry."
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1885
English poet and critic (died 1964)
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never…
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1887
Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1974)
Sir Eric John Harrison, was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was the inaugural deputy leader of the Liberal Party (1945–1956), and a government minister under four prime ministers. He was later High…
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1892
Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (died 1958)
Oscar O'Brien was a Canadian folklorist, composer, pianist, organist, music educator, and Roman Catholic priest. A large portion of his compositions were based in folklore and he also arranged and harmonized roughly…
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1892
English politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1957)
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha was a British politician who was a member of the Liberal, then Liberal National Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party.…
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1893
Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster (died 1969)
Victor York "Yorker" Richardson, nicknamed The Guardsman, was a leading Australian sportsman of the 1920s and 1930s, captaining the Australia cricket team and the South Australia Australian rules football team,…
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1894
American actor, director, and producer (died 1984)
George Waggner was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for producing and directing the 1941 film The Wolf Man. For some unknown reason, Waggner sometimes configured his name in mostly…
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1894
French author and poet (died 1919)
Jacques Vaché was a friend of André Breton, the founder of surrealism. Vaché was one of the chief inspirations behind the Surrealist movement. As Breton said:"En littérature, je me suis successivement épris de Rimbaud,…
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1895
Tin Pan Alley era songwriter (died 1973)
Avrum Sherman, pen name Al Sherman, was an American songwriter and composer active during the Tin Pan Alley era in American music history. Some of his most recognizable song titles include "You Gotta Be a Football…
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1897
English-American author (died 1985)
Janet Miriam Caldwell was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her married…
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1900
Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (died 1933)
Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian-born American man who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration. During a…
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1900
American missionary and author (died 1993)
Margaret Landon was an American writer known for Anna and the King of Siam, her best-selling 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens which eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into more than twenty…
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1903
American poet and author (died 1994)
Dorothy Marie Donnelly was a poet and essayist, the author of six books of poetry and prose and numerous articles published in Europe and the United States.
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1903
American author (died 1977)
Carroll Burleigh Colby was an American writer, primarily of nonfiction children's books. He wrote more than 100 books that were widely circulated in public and school libraries in the United States. He is best known for…
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1904
Turkish composer and musicologist (died 1991)
Ahmed Adnan Saygun was a Turkish composer and musicologist.
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1907
American football player and coach (died 1991)
Paul Eugene Brown was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), the National Football League (NFL), and the American Football League (AFL). Brown was both the co-founder and…
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1908
American surgeon and educator (died 2008)
Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American general and cardiovascular surgeon, scientist and medical educator who became Chairman of the Department of Surgery, President, and Chancellor of Baylor College of Medicine at the…
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1908
American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1994)
Max Kaminsky was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
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1908
Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Elias Kazantzoglou, known as Elia Kazan, was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in…
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1909
Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (died 1998)
Todor Hristov Zhivkov was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1956 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian…
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1911
American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 1996)
David Packard was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board of HP. He served as U.S. Deputy…
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1912
Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier (died 1999)
Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, was a British Army officer and courtier of Queen Elizabeth II. Charteris was the longest-serving Assistant Private Secretary to the…
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1913
English actor (died 1989)
Sir John Anthony Quayle was a British actor. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He also played important roles in such…
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1913
1914
Australian pianist and composer (died 2012)
Graeme Emerson Bell, AO, MBE was an Australian Dixieland and classical jazz pianist, composer and band leader. According to The Age, his "band's music was hailed for its distinctive Australian edge, which he describes…
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1914
American physicist and philosopher (died 2006)
James Alfred Van Allen was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. His discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in…
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1914
Argentine bishop (died 2012)
Pedro Reginaldo Lira, was an Argentine Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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1915
Japanese mathematician and academic (died 2008)
Kiyosi Itô was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of stochastic integral and stochastic…
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1915
English captain, pilot, and humanitarian (died 1992)
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, was a British Royal Air Force pilot, officer and philanthropist.
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1917
Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., was an Australian–British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in…
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1917
American painter and educator (died 2000)
Jacob Armstead Lawrence was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", an art form popularized in…
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1917
American microbiologist and academic (died 2003)
Harold Amos was an American microbiologist. He taught at Harvard Medical School for nearly fifty years and was the first African American department chair of the school.
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1918
Belgian cyclist and coach (died 2004)
Alberic "Briek" Schotte was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s. His stamina earned him the nickname "Iron Briek".
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1919
Welsh journalist and poet (died 1994)
Harri Webb was a Welsh poet, Welsh nationalist, journalist and librarian.
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1920
American soldier and politician (died 2014)
Peter A. Peyser was a United States representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat.
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1921
French-Canadian journalist and radio host (died 2007)
Lucien "Frenchie" Jarraud was a Quebec radio host for nearly 50 years. He was best known as being the host that started the open talk radio format in Quebec in the 1950s.
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1922
Australian author and poet (died 1993)
Nancy Keesing was an Australian poet, writer, editor and promoter of Australian literature.
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1923
English-American actor (died 1984)
Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford was an English-American actor.
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1923
American golfer, co-founded LPGA (died 2015)
Mae Louise Suggs was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
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1923
American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2012)
Daniel Ken Inouye was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman from the state of Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death. Prior to his…
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1924
American composer and conductor (died 2008)
Leonard Rosenman was an American film, television and concert composer with credits in over 130 works, including East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Battle…
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1924
Welsh-English fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (died 1985)
Laura Ashley was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman, who founded the eponymous fashion retailer. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture…
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1925
Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 2011)
Allan Emrys Blakeney was a Canadian politician who served as the tenth premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982. Originally from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Blakeney moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, and worked in the…
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1925
Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)
P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna was an Indian actress, singer, film producer, director, music composer, writer, editor, studio owner and novelist. She is regarded as the first female superstar of Telugu cinema, and the first…
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1925
American director and producer (died 2015)
Samuel John Goldwyn Jr. was an American film producer.
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1926
American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Norwalk (died 2013)
Donald Jay Irwin was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district, Connecticut State Treasurer and mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.
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1926
Baron Jenkin of Roding, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (died 2016)
Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government.
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1926
German footballer (died 1983)
Erich Juskowiak was a German footballer who played as a left-back. He earned 31 caps and 4 goals for the West Germany national team between 1951 and 1959. He played in the World Cup Finals in 1958 where West Germany…
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1926
American voice actor (died 1997)
Donald Earle Messick was an American voice actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered voice roles include Scooby-Doo; Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones; Astro in The…
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1926
1926
1927
Canadian lawyer and jurist
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé is a retired Canadian judge who served as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002. She was the first woman from Quebec and the second woman appointed to this position,…
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1927
1928
American basketball player, coach, and commentator (died 2001)
Alfred James McGuire was an American college basketball coach and broadcaster, the head coach at Marquette University from 1964 to 1977. He won a national championship in his final season at Marquette, and was inducted…
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1928
American basketball player (died 2016)
Clyde Edward Lovellette was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to achieve the…
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1929
Baudouin was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the…
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1930
American saxophonist and composer
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins is a retired American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.
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1930
Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2010)
Subramaniam Sivanayagam was a Sri Lankan journalist, author and editor of the Saturday Review, Tamil Nation and Hot Spring.
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1930
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an expert in hybrid rice (died 2021)
Yuan Longping was a Chinese agronomist and inventor. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, part of the Green Revolution in agriculture.…
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1930
1931
English author and academic (died 2000)
Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, was an English author and academic.
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1932
American-English philanthropist and book collector (died 2003)
Sir John Paul Getty, known widely as John Paul Getty Jr., was a British-American businessman, philanthropist, and book collector. He was the third son of the American-born British oil tycoon J. Paul Getty (1892–1976),…
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1932
German painter and illustrator (died 2023)
Mary Hildegard Ruth Bauermeister was a German artist who worked in sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and music. Influenced by Fluxus artists and Nouveau Réalisme, her work addresses esoteric issues of how…
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1934
Argentine composer and conductor (died 1977)
Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutiérrez, better known as Waldo de los Ríos, was an Argentine composer, conductor and arranger.
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1934
Indian author and poet (died 2012)
Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly was an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer, and critic. He played a key role in modernizing Bengali poetry and co-founded the 1953 avant-garde poetry magazine Krittibas. He has…
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1934
Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2015)
Omar Abdul Hamid Karami was the 39th prime minister of Lebanon for two non-consecutive terms. He was Prime Minister for the first time from 24 December 1990, when Selim al-Hoss gave up power, until May 1992, when he…
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1934
American singer and guitarist (died 2005)
James Milton Campbell Jr., better known as Little Milton, was an American blues singer and guitarist, best known for his number-one R&B single "We're Gonna Make It". His other hits include "Baby, I Love You", "Who's…
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1934
Finnish ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)
Hilpas Sulin was a Finnish ice-hockey player and coach. He played 87 matches and scored 50 points for HPK between the years 1952–1960. He also coached HPK from 1968 to 1975, and again from 1978 to 1981. Sulin died on 13…
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1934
Senegalese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Senegal
Abdou Diouf is a Senegalese politician who was the second president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000.
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1935
American basketball player and dentist (died 2013)
Richard O'Neal was an American basketball player. He was an All-American college player at Texas Christian University (TCU) and a second round draft pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1957 NBA draft.
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1935
Northern Ireland jazz musician (died 2023)[citation needed]
George Cassidy was a Northern Irish jazz musician and music teacher from Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializing in the tenor saxophone. He was also noted for teaching fellow Belfast musician Van Morrison…
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1936
English race car driver and engineer, founded Brian Hart Ltd. (died 2014)
Brian Roger Hart was a British racing driver and engineer with a background in the aviation industry. He founded Brian Hart Limited, a company that developed and built engines for motorsport use.
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1936
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
Charles Hardin Holley, known professionally by his stage name Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in…
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1936
Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
Apostolos Kaklamanis is a Greek politician and member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the Athens B constituency.
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1936
1937
Russian politician, Premier of the Russian SFSR (died 2018)
Oleg Ivanovich Lobov was a Russian politician who served as acting First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic from 19 April 1991 to 15 November 1991 and also was…
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1937
1939
Welsh actor, director, and playwright
Peter Gill is a Welsh theatre director, playwright, and actor. He was born in Cardiff to George John and Margaret Mary Gill, and educated at St Illtyd's College, Cardiff.
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1939
Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
Dario Argento is an Italian filmmaker. His influential work in the horror and giallo genres during the 1970s and 1980s has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror".
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1940
Indonesian journalist and politician, 4th President of Indonesia (died 2009)
Abdurrahman Wahid, more colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from…
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1940
Scottish footballer
William James Blaikley Best is a former professional footballer who played football for Northampton Town and Southend United as a forward/winger. During his second spell with Northampton, he mainly performed in midfield…
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1942
English footballer and manager
Alan Arthur Oakes is an English former footballer who holds Manchester City's all-time record for appearances. Oakes is a midfielder who, in total, played 776 matches in the Football League – the tenth-most in history.…
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1942
Baron Stone of Blackheath, English businessman and politician
Andrew Zelig Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath is a non-affiliated, and former Labour, member of the House of Lords.
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1942
American sociologist
Jonathan H. Turner, is a professor of sociology at University of California, Riverside.
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1942
American singer-songwriter
Gloria Fowles, known professionally as Gloria Gaynor, is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978) which is one of the best-selling singles in history to date, having sold over 15…
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1943
Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
Beverley Marian McLachlin is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the…
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1943
American football player (died 2011)
Forrest Murrell Blue Jr. was an American professional football center who spent eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers from 1968 to 1974 and the Baltimore Colts from 1975 to…
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1944
Danish lawyer and politician, Education Minister of Denmark
Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish writer, teacher and politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times, including Minister of Education from 1982 to…
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1944
English rugby player
Peter John Larter is a former England international rugby union player.
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1944
American basketball player and coach (died 1998)
Earl Manigault was an American street basketball player who was nicknamed "the Goat" or "the Lip". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players never to have played in the National Basketball…
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1944
Serbian footballer and manager
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager.
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1944
Iranian author
Houshang Moradi Kermani is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. He was a finalist in 2014 for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
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1944
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Jacques Gérard Lemaire is a Canadian former ice hockey forward and head coach who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. He spent his entire twelve-year National Hockey League (NHL) playing career with the…
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1945
English-New Zealand rugby player and footballer
Victor Pollard is an English-born former Test and One-Day International cricketer and footballer who represented New Zealand at the international level in both sports.
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1945
American musicologist and academic
Curtis Alexander Price, KBE was Warden of New College, Oxford, from October 2009 to September 2016. He was previously principal of the Royal Academy of Music from 1995 to 2008 and Professor of Music in the University of…
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1945
English footballer
Peter Edwin Storey is an English former footballer. Able to play at full-back or more commonly as a defensive midfielder, he picked up a reputation in the Football League as an aggressive player in the 1960s and 1970s.
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1945
American baseball player (died 2004)
Willie Murphy Crawford was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–1975), St. Louis Cardinals (1976), Houston Astros (1977) and Oakland Athletics…
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1946
1946
American sportscaster
Suzyn Waldman is an American sportscaster and former musical theater actress. Since the 2005 season, she has been the color commentator for New York Yankees baseball, working with John Sterling, Justin Shackil and Dave…
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1946
Israeli demographer and statistician
Sergio Della Pergola is an Italian-born Israeli demographer, statistician, and professor. He is an expert in demography and statistics related to the global Jewish population.
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1947
American actress
Susan Blakely is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and an…
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1948
German-English politician
Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of…
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1949
American journalist and academic
Barry Siegel is an American journalist. He is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2002 for his piece "A Father's Pain, a Judge's Duty, and a…
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1949
English historian and author
Sir David Nicholas Cannadine is a British author and historian who specialises in modern history, Britain and the history of business and philanthropy. He is currently the Dodge Professor of History at Princeton…
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1950
German-Australian engineer (died 1991)
Johann Friedrich Hohenberger OAM, also known as John Friedrich, was executive director of the National Safety Council of Australia during the 1980s. He was the subject of Victoria's biggest fraud case and known as…
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1950
American actress
Julie Deborah Kavner is an American actress. Before becoming well known for her voice role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, Kavner attracted notice for her role as Brenda Morgenstern, the…
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1950
American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit
Margaret Ellen Noonan is an American weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributor to NBC News and ABC News. She was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to…
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1950
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a founding member of the rock band the Pretenders and is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter. Hynde is the…
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1951
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Maurício Alberto Kaisermann, better known by his stage name Morris Albert, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. He became known in more than 50 countries for his 1974 hit "Feelings", followed by "She's My Girl", and…
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1951
American trumpet player and composer
Mark Ware Isham is an American musician and composer. A trumpeter and keyboardist, Isham works in a variety of genres, including jazz and electronic. He is also a prolific and acclaimed composer of film scores, and has…
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1951
American golfer
Mark Randall McCumber is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
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1951
1951
Spanish motorcycle racer (died 1998)
Ricardo Tormo Blaya was a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1973 to 1984, most prominently as a two-time 50cc world champion riding Bultaco motorcycles. The…
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1952
New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1998)
Marc Alexander Hunter was a New Zealand rock and pop singer, songwriter and record producer. He was the lead vocalist of Dragon, a band formed by his older brother, Todd Hunter, in Auckland in January 1972. They…
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1953
American keyboardist and songwriter
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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1953
American actor
Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and film director. He appeared as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, as Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist, as retired police detective Henry Spencer…
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1954
American actor
Michael Emerson is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost (2006–2010) and as Harold Finch in the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016). Other prominent roles include Zep Hindle…
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1954
American software architect and academic
Kerrie Lamont Holley is an American software engineer, author, and technology executive who is known for his pioneering work in service-oriented architecture (SOA) and his contributions to IBM's software development…
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1954
Croatian-American actress (died 2021)
Mira Furlan was a Croatian-American actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998), and as Danielle…
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1955
American singer and pianist
Michael Jay Feinstein is an American singer, pianist, and music revivalist. He is an archivist and interpreter for the repertoire known as the Great American Songbook. In 1988, he won a Drama Desk Special Award for…
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1956
Welsh footballer (died 2007)
William Byron Stevenson was a Welsh international footballer.
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1956
American songwriter
Diane Eve Warren is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three consecutive Billboard Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from…
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1956
American singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1997)
William Jermaine Stewart was an American R&B singer, best known for his 1986 hit single "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked within the top ten of…
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1957
American fictional protagonist of television series Breaking Bad (died 2010)
Walter Hartwell White, also known by his alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad. He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston.
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1958
American bass player (died 2023)
John Bradley Houser was an American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player, originally from Dallas, Texas. He was a co-founding member of the New Bohemians, later to become known as Edie Brickell & New…
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1960
Turkish Cypriot politician
Ersin Tatar is a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the fifth President of Northern Cyprus from 2020 to 2025. He previously served as the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus following the collapse of Tufan…
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1960
American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2008)
LeRoi Holloway Moore was an American saxophonist. He was a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for songs written by Dave Matthews. Moore also co-wrote many of the band's songs, notably…
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1961
1961
American novelist and short story writer
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short-story writer. Her novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. From 2018 to 2020, she…
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1962
American wrestler
George South is an American professional wrestler. In the course of his career, South has wrestled for professional wrestling promotions such as Jim Crockett Promotions, the National Wrestling Alliance, Smoky Mountain…
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1962
Turkish footballer and manager
Hasan Vezir is a Turkish football manager and former player.
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1962
Indian flight purser
Neerja Bhanot was an Indian flight attendant. On 5 September 1986, she saved a large number of passengers on board Pan Am Flight 73, which had been hijacked by four terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization after it…
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1963
American actor
William Earl Brown is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny, the cameraman in the film Scream (1996), Warren in the film There's Something…
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1963
1964
Romanian soprano
Angela Gheorghiu is a Romanian soprano, especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi, widely recognised by critics and opera lovers as one of the greatest sopranos of all time.
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1965
Macedonian footballer
Darko Pančev is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He most notably played for FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade.
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1965
German runner
Uta Pippig is a retired German long-distance runner, and the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994–1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times ; the 1993 New York City…
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1965
Czech footballer
Tomáš Skuhravý is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker. He scored five goals for Czechoslovakia in 1990 FIFA World Cup at international level.
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1965
German footballer and manager
Andreas Thom is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward for BFC Dynamo, Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic and Hertha BSC. He played 51 times for East Germany throughout the 1980s and played ten times for…
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1965
Russian race walker
Vladimir Vasilyevich Andreyev was a Russian race walker. He died on 16 April 2024, at the age of 57.
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1966
German politician
Lutz Heilmann is a German politician of the left-wing party Die Linke. He was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 federal election as a member of the party list in Schleswig-Holstein. Shortly thereafter it was revealed…
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1966
English actor
Toby Edward Heslewood Jones is an English actor. He is known for his extensive character actor roles on stage and screen. From 1989 to 1991, Jones trained at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He made his…
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1966
German speed skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann is a German former speed skater. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist, winning the 3000 metres in 1992 and 1998 and the 5000 metres in 1992. She won a total of eight Olympic medals.
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1966
Australian sportscaster and author
Andrew Voss is an Australian rugby league commentator and radio and television personality who works for Fox League.
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1966
American comedian and actress
Annette Leslie Jones is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2014 to 2019, and hosted the ABC game show Supermarket Sweep.…
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1967
Indian-English accountant and politician
Alok Kumar Sharma, Baron Sharma, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as President for COP26 from 2021 to 2022, having previously served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and…
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1967
Ghanaian-French footballer
Marcel David Desailly is a former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. During a successful career at club level, lasting from 1986 to 2006, Desailly won several titles, including…
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1968
Russian figure skater and coach
Gennadi Viacheslavovich Krasnitski (Vanisyan) (Russian: Геннадий Вячеславович Красницкий (Ванисян), 7 September 1968) is a former Soviet pair skater. He is a two-time (1986, 1987) World Junior champion with partner…
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1968
American baseball player and coach
Darren William Bragg is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals,…
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1969
American actress and model
Angela Kay Everhart is an American actress and former model who appeared in several Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues in the 1990s and posed nude for Playboy in 2000.
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1969
American actress
Diane Farr is an American actress, producer, and author. Her television roles have included FBI agent Megan Reeves in Numb3rs, the firefighter Laura Miles in Rescue Me, and the division chief Sharon Leone in Fire…
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1969
American figure skater
Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an American former competitive figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion, 1987 World Junior Champion, and…
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1969
1970
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)
Wayne Gino Odjick was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1990 to 2002 for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers and…
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1970
American actor
Thomas Everett Scott is an American actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film That Thing You Do!, the protagonist in An American Werewolf in Paris, and notable roles in Boiler…
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1970
American composer
Gene Pritsker is a composer, guitarist, rapper and record producer living in New York City. He moved to the United States with his family in 1978 and lived in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He attended the Manhattan School…
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1971
American boxer and trainer
Shane Mosley, often known by his nickname "Sugar" Shane Mosley, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2016. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF…
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1971
American baseball player and coach
Jason Derik Isringhausen is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, and Los…
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1972
American model and actress
Shannon Elizabeth Fadal is an American actress, activist, and poker player. Her roles in the Scary Movie (2000) and the American Pie film series solidified her status as a sex symbol of the 1990s and 2000s.
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1973
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Alexander Hilary Kurtzman is an American filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and…
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1973
Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer
Mario Frick is a Liechtensteiner retired professional footballer who is currently a manager for Luzern. He has earned 125 caps and scored a national record 16 goals for his country from his international debut in 1993…
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1974
American basketball player
Antonio Kitchen McDyess is an American former professional basketball player. Listed at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) and 240 pounds (110 kg), McDyess played as a power forward. He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson…
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1974
Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2007)
Norifumi "Norick" Abe , or Norick Abe (ノリック・アベ) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1994 to 2004. Abe died in a road traffic…
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1975
Costa Rican footballer and manager
Harold Wallace McDonald is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a right-back and central midfielder.
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1975
Jamaican cricketer
Wavell Wayne Hinds is a Jamaican politician and former West Indian international cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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1976
American actor
Oliver Rutledge Hudson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Adam Rhodes in the CBS comedy series Rules of Engagement (2007–2013), Jeff Fordham on the ABC musical drama series Nashville (2013–2015) and Wes…
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1976
American basketball player
Mateen Ahmad Cleaves is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played parts of six seasons in…
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1977
American wrestler and trainer
Nora Kristina Greenwald is an American retired professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, under the ring name Molly Holly, as a producer. She is also known for her tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Miss…
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1977
English-Irish footballer
Jonathan Paul Macken is a football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He is manager of Stalybridge Celtic.
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1977
Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew David Cooke is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cooke won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009 and was a…
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1978
Dutch footballer
Erwin Koen is a Dutch former footballer who played as a striker. Most of his career he played in the 2. Bundesliga.
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1978
Turkish footballer
Ersin Güreler is a retired Turkish footballer who primarily played as a left back. Known for his attacking style of play, he represented 12 different teams in Turkish football. However, his involvement in the Gülen…
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1978
Canadian actor
Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, Sawa began his career promoting children's action toys. He made his film debut with a supporting role in Little Giants (1994) and received wide…
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1978
Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Nathan William Hindmarsh is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who captained the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative…
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1979
1979
Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their former pseudonym Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds. Pallett is also known for…
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1979
American baseball player
Brian Alexander Stokes is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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1979
Turkish footballer
Emre Belözoğlu, simply known as Emre, is a Turkish football manager and former professional footballer who is currently head coach of Kasımpaşa.
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1980
Australian cyclist
Sara Carrigan is a professional cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen and is currently a member of the Belgian Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam.
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1980
Argentine footballer
Gabriel Alejandro Milito is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He is currently head coach of Liga MX club Guadalajara.
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1980
Iranian footballer
Javad Nekounam is an Iranian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Iranian national team with 149 caps.
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1980
American actor
Jorge Daniel Pardo is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the television series Mayans M.C. (2018–2023), as well as a young Jack Toretto in F9 (2021).
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1980
American baseball player
Mark William Prior is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. A onetime top prospect of the Chicago Cubs, he pitched for the team from 2002 to 2006 in a career that was marred by injuries. In…
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1980
Turkish footballer
Gökhan Zan is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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1981
1981
1982
Australian cricketer
George John Bailey is a former Australian cricketer, who played all formats for the national team and captained the team in limited-over formats. Domestically, Bailey played for the Tasmanian cricket team in all three…
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1982
Hungarian fencer
Emese Szász is a Hungarian left-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2016 individual Olympic champion.
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1982
Irish cyclist
Philip Deignan is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Ag2r–La Mondiale, Cervélo TestTeam, Team RadioShack, UnitedHealthcare and Team Sky squads. A…
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1983
German figure skater
Annette Dytrt, also Dytrtová, is a German former competitive figure skater who also competed internationally for the Czech Republic. She is the 1999 Czech national champion and the 2003–06 German national champion.
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1983
English-American basketball player
Nana Papa Yaw "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu is a British basketball executive and former player. He played college basketball for George Washington University and professionally for five National Basketball Association (NBA)…
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1983
Canadian actor
Benjamin Hollingsworth is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role on the CBS television series Code Black (2015–2018) and for his role as Daniel Brady in Netflix's Virgin River (2019–present).
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1984
Sri Lankan cricketer
Mohamed Farveez Maharoof, or Farveez Maharoof, is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He first made his impression in the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in which he captained the Sri…
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1984
1984
Russian tennis player
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 2, and No. 7 in doubles by the WTA. Zvonareva has won twelve singles titles, including the 2009 Indian Wells…
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1984
Turkish actress
Vildan Pelin Karahan Güntay is a Turkish actress and TV host, best known for her portrayal of Mihrimah Sultan, Sultan Süleyman's only daughter in Muhteşem Yüzyıl and in Kavak Yelleri.
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1984
Indian actress
Radhika Charudutt Apte is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films and television. She began acting in theatre and made her film debut with a brief role in the fantasy drama Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!…
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1985
American baseball player
Wade Allen Davis is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies. Davis is a three-time…
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1985
American actress
Alyssa Elaine Diaz is an American actress. She is known for her roles on television, such as Celia Ortega on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns, Jasmine on the ABC Family series The Nine Lives of Chloe King,…
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1985
English footballer
Adam James Eckersley is an English former professional footballer who played primarily as a full-back. He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Richard Eckersley.
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1985
1985
1985
English footballer
Charles John Daniels is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently a first-team coach for EFL Championship club Watford.
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1986
American wrestler
Colin Matthew Delaney is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with WWE on its ECW brand. He is currently performs on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures with Squared…
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1986
English footballer
Tommy Elphick is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and currently an assistant manager at Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.
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1987
English footballer
Samuel Leslie Moore is an English former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Potters Bar Town.
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1987
English footballer
Daniel Jamie North is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is the assistant manager of Brigg Town
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1987
American football player
Patrick Robinson is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, and was selected by the Saints…
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1987
American actress and singer
Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress. She is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
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1987
Canadian tennis player
Aleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singles player of…
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1987
Canadian skier
Alex Harvey is a retired Canadian cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2019. Harvey is also a member of the Quebec Provincial Cycling Team.
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1988
American basketball player
Kevin Wesley Love is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time All-Star and a two-time member of the All-NBA Second Team, winning an NBA…
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1988
American actor
Jonathan Michael Majors is an American actor. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Majors rose to prominence for starring in the drama films The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) and Da 5 Bloods (2020), and the…
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1989
Slovak ice hockey player
Libor Hudáček is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who is a forward for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He is the younger brother of Július Hudáček, who is a goaltender.
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1990
Russian figure skater
Fedor Alexandrovich Klimov is a retired Russian pair skater. With partner Ksenia Stolbova, he is the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, the 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2014 World silver medalist, a…
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1990
Australian rugby league player
Dale Finucane is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a lock forward for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL). Finucane is a dual premiership winner 2017…
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1991
Serbian skier (died 2010)
Amar Garibović was a Serbian cross-country skier who had competed since 2004. He finished 80th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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1991
English YouTuber
Simon Edward Minter, better known as Miniminter, is an English influencer and streamer. He is a member and co-founder of the British influencer group the Sidemen, as well as a co-owner of XIX Vodka, Sidemen Clothing,…
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1992
Welsh track cyclist
Elinor Jane Barker is a Welsh road and track cyclist, who has ridden for UCI Women's Team Uno-X Mobility since 2022. As a track cyclist, she is an Olympic champion in the team pursuit and a world champion in the team…
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1994
New Zealand rugby league player
Herman Ese'ese is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and loose forward for Hull FC in the Super League. He has also played for both New Zealand and Samoa at international level.
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1994
Australian rugby league player
Thomas Opacic is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Hostplus Cup.
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1994
Japanese actor
Kento Yamazaki is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for starring in manga adaptations, including the films Another (film) (2012), Jinx!!! (2013), L DK (2014), Orange (2015), Your Lie in April (2016), JoJo's…
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1994
American basketball player
Donovan Vernell Mitchell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Spida", he was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NBA…
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1996
English actor
Dean-Charles Chapman is an English actor known for portraying Billy Elliot in the West End theatre production of Billy Elliot the Musical. His notable TV roles include Richard Grey in The White Queen (2013) and Tommen…
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1997
American singer-songwriter
Gracie Madigan Abrams is an American singer and songwriter. She signed with Interscope Records in 2019 and gained recognition after releasing her debut extended play, Minor (2020), and its follow-up, This Is What It…
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1999
1999
Japanese entertainer
Tsugumi Aritomo is a Japanese singer, dancer, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group @onefive, and is a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. She is represented by the talent…
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2004
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