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He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Red Sox on May 2, 2012, and played with them through 2014
Famous Birthdays on September 9
241 people
384 – 2003
September 9 has seen 241 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 384 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1988 — Will Middlebrooks
American baseball player
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He also worked as an analyst for a 2024 AL Wild Card series on ESPN Radio
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A fifth round draft pick in the 2007 MLB draft out of Liberty-Eylau High School in Texarkana, Texas, Middlebrooks signed with the Red Sox for $925,000, bypassing his commitment to Texas A&M University
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He represented the United States in the 2011 All-Star Futures Game
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Following Middlebrooks' emergence as the Red Sox's starting third baseman in 2012, the organization traded former All-Star Kevin Youkilis
384
Duke of Austria (died 1395)
Albert III of Austria (9 September 1349 – 29 August 1395), known as Albert with the Braid (Pigtail) (German: Albrecht mit dem Zopf), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1365 until his death.
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1349
9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1464)
Thomas Ros or Roos, 9th Baron Ros of Helmsley was a follower of the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses.
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1427
Japanese shōgun (died 1523)
Ashikaga Yoshitane , also known as Ashikaga Yoshiki , was the 10th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 1521 during the Muromachi period of Japan.
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1466
Duke of Mercœur (died 1602)
Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur and of Penthièvre was a French soldier, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire and a prominent member of the Catholic League, who fought for Breton political independence from…
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1558
French cardinal and politician (died 1642)
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red…
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1585
Dutch general (died 1691)
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, Count of Sølvesborg was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy. Tromp is one of…
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1629
Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
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1700
English historian and politician, Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1780)
Thomas Hutchinson was an American merchant, politician, historian, and colonial administrator who repeatedly served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years leading up to the American Revolution. He…
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1711
Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (died 1808)
Vice-Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman was a Swedish Navy officer, shipwright and scientist. Serving as the manager of the Karlskrona shipyard from 1782 to 1793, Chapman has been credited as the first person to apply…
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1721
Mexican priest, historian, and scholar (died 1787)
Francisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray, SJ was a Mexican Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces in 1767, he went to Italy, where he wrote a valuable work on the…
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1731
Italian physician and physicist (died 1798)
Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity. In 1780, using a frog, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an…
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1737
English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (died 1817)
Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Bligh was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808. He is best known for his role in the mutiny on HMS Bounty,…
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1754
American judge and politician (died 1808)
Benjamin Bourne was a United States representative from Rhode Island, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and a United States Circuit Judge of the United…
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1755
American soldier and politician (died 1818)
James Carr, son of U.S. Congressman Francis Carr, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine, then a District of Massachusetts.
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1777
German poet and author (died 1842)
Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz and Lujo Brentano.
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1778
Polish rabbi (died 1866)
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, also known as the Tzemach Tzedek, was an Orthodox rabbi, leading 19th-century posek, and the third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
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1789
Irish-English archbishop and philologist (died 1886)
Richard Chenevix Trench was an Anglican archbishop and poet.
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1807
American paleontologist and academic (died 1891)
Joseph Mellick Leidy was an American paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist.
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1823
Russian author and playwright (died 1910)
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
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1828
English author (died 1903)
Joseph Henry Shorthouse was an English novelist. His first novel, John Inglesant, was particularly admired as a "philosophical romance". It discusses a religious intrigue in the English 17th century.
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1834
Australian-English cricketer and merchant (died 1926)
Frederick Robert Spofforth, also known as "The Demon Bowler", was an Australian cricket team pace bowler of the nineteenth century. He was the first bowler to take 50 Test wickets, and the first to take a Test…
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1853
English-German philosopher and author (died 1927)
Houston Stewart Chamberlain was a British-German-French philosopher who wrote works about political philosophy and natural science. His writing promoted German ethnonationalism, antisemitism, scientific racism, and…
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1855
English-Canadian journalist and politician (died 1943)
Herbert Henry Ball was a Canadian politician and journalist.
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1863
American author, poet, and critic (died 1934)
Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High…
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1868
Austrian-born American theater and film director (died 1943)
Max Reinhardt was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his radically innovative and avant-garde stage productions, Reinhardt is regarded as one of the most prominent stage…
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1873
American baseball player and manager (died 1924)
Frank Leroy Chance was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Chance played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees from 1898 through 1914. He also served as manager of the…
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1876
English journalist, author, and critic (died 1947)
James Evershed Agate was an English diarist and theatre critic between the two world wars. He took up journalism in his late twenties and was on the staff of The Manchester Guardian in 1907–1914. He later became a drama…
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1877
American poet and critic (died 1914)
Adelaide Crapsey was an American poet. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rochester, New York. Her parents were the businesswoman Adelaide T. Crapsey and the Episcopal priest Algernon Sidney Crapsey, who…
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1878
English-American fencer (died 1958)
Arthur George Fox was an English-American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
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1878
Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines (died 1961)
Sergio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He served the shortest…
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1878
American sportscaster (died 1962)
Charles Louis "Clem" McCarthy was an American sportscaster and public address announcer. He also narrated Pathe News's RKO newsreels. He was known for his gravelly voice and dramatic style, a "whiskey tenor" as sports…
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1882
English soprano and educator (died 1969)
Miriam Licette was an English operatic soprano whose career spanned 35 years, from the mid-1910s to after World War II. She was also a singing teacher, and created the Miriam Licette Scholarship.
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1885
English sculptor and author (died 1970)
Clare Consuelo Sheridan was an English sculptor, journalist and writer, known primarily for creating busts for famous sitters and keeping travel diaries. She was a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill, with whom she had…
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1885
American lieutenant, banker, and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (died 1987)
Alfred Mossman Landon was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential election,…
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1887
American businessman, founded KFC (died 1980)
Harland David Sanders was an American entrepreneur and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He later acted as the company's brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are…
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1890
American composer and producer (died 1973)
Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and a Hollywood film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture twice, in 1951 for An American in Paris and in 1958 for Gigi. Both films were musicals, and both were…
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1894
Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1950)
Humphrey Mitchell, was a Canadian politician and trade unionist.
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1894
Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1976)
William Albert Stanley Oldfield was an Australian cricketer and businessman. He played for New South Wales and Australia as a wicket-keeper. Oldfield's 52 stumpings during his Test career remains a record several…
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1894
American baseball player and manager (died 1973)
Frank Francis Frisch, nicknamed "the Fordham Flash" or "the Old Flash", was an American professional baseball second baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants (1919–1926) and…
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1898
American stage, film and television actor (died 1984)
James Neil Hamilton was an American stage, film and television actor, best remembered for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s, having first played a character by that name in 1928's…
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1899
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1984)
Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during 1918–1938. He was one of the dominant pitchers of the 1920s, and the…
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1899
American academic, founded the National Forensic League (died 1979)
Bruno Ernst Jacob was a professor at Ripon College in Wisconsin and founder of the National Forensic League. He served as the league's executive secretary from 1925 until his retirement in 1969.
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1899
English-American author and screenwriter (died 1954)
James Hilton was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon; Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest; and co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs.…
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1900
Ukrainian military historian (died 1995)
Lev Shankovsky, was a Ukrainian military historian and former Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) soldier, a leading member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. He was a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific…
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1903
English author (died 2009)
Edward Falaise Upward, FRSL was a British novelist and short story writer who, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Initially gaining recognition amongst the Auden Group as a highly…
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1903
American author (died 2008)
Phyllis Ayame Whitney was an American mystery writer who wrote 73 novels, most all of them in the suspense and mystery genre. 39 of her books were for adults, 20 for young adults (juveniles), and 14 written for…
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1903
Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (died 2005)
Feroze Khan was a field hockey player who represented India at the Summer Olympic Games. At the time of his death, he was the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of US athlete James Rockefeller…
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1904
Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (died 1975)
Arthur Laing was a Canadian politician from British Columbia. Though actively involved with the BC Liberals, his primary achievements were federally as a Liberal Member of Parliament. He served in the cabinets of prime…
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1904
American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures (died 1987)
Joseph Edward Levine was an American film distributor, financier and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films. Levine was responsible for the American…
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1905
Indian philosopher and poet (died 1981)
Hussain Sha was the seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham in Pithapuram. He was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. He succeeded his father, Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha Sathguru. He…
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1905
Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator (died 1971)
Ali Hadi Bara was a Turkish sculptor and one of the first artists of the Republican generation in Turkey.
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1906
1907
Italian poet and author (died 1950)
Cesare Pavese was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time.
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1908
Japanese admiral (died 1945)
Shigekazu Shimazaki was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.
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1908
American author, poet, and playwright (died 1972)
Paul Goodman was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism. Goodman was prolific across numerous literary genres and non-fiction topics, including the arts, civil…
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1911
Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (died 2002)
Sir John Grey Gorton was an Australian politician, farmer and airman who served as the 19th prime minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having…
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1911
Australian philosopher and academic (died 2004)
John Arthur Passmore was an Australian philosopher.
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1914
Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (died 2012)
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 1992 to 1999. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), he became an independent politician after the DC's dissolution in 1992, and…
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1918
Swiss footballer and referee (died 1998)
Gottfried Dienst was a Swiss association football referee. He was mostly known as the referee of the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.
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1919
American sportscaster (died 1996)
James George Snyder Sr., better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS program The NFL Today, Snyder predicted the scores of NFL games,…
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1919
Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2008)
Neil Chotem was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and music educator.
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1920
1920
American businessman and philanthropist (died 1970)
Robert Wood Johnson III was an American businessman. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I.
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1920
American composer and producer (died 2000)
Hoyt Stoddard Curtin was an American composer, music producer and the primary musical director for Hanna-Barbera from its beginnings with The Ruff and Reddy Show from 1957 to 1965, and again from 1972 to 1986 until his…
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1922
German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Hans Georg Dehmelt was a German and American physicist, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989, for co-developing the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for which they shared one-half of the prize. Their…
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1922
Greek journalist and politician (died 2020)
Manolis Glezos was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and guerrilla fighter most famous for his role in the Greek Resistance during World War II. After the end of the war, Glezos became a journalist and…
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1922
Brazilian geneticist, entomologist, and engineer (died 2018)
Warwick Estevam Kerr was a Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader, notable for his discoveries in the genetics and sex determination of bees. The Africanized bee in…
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1922
American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek was an American physician and medical researcher who was the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for work on the transmissibility of kuru, implying the existence of…
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1923
American actor (died 2011)
Clifford Parker Robertson III was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for…
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1923
American actress (died 2001)
Jane Greer was an American film and television actress best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past. In 2009, The Guardian named her one of the best actors never to have…
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1924
American actress (died 2019)
Sylvia Miles was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975).
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1924
American captain, surgeon, and religious leader (died 2025)
Russell Marion Nelson Sr. was an American religious leader and surgeon who was the seventeenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his death in 2025. Before becoming church…
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1924
Belgian cyclist (died 2003)
Hendrik Van Steenbergen was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists.
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1924
Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (died 2014)
Louise Abeita Chewiwi was a Pueblo writer, poet and educator who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.
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1926
Egyptian theologian and author (died 2022)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna,…
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1926
American drummer and bandleader (died 2004)
Elvin Ray Jones was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such albums as My Favorite…
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1927
Russian sociologist and economist (died 2013)
Tatyana Ivanovna Zaslavskaya was a Russian economic sociologist and a theoretician of perestroika. She was the prime author of the Novosibirsk Report and several books on the economy of the Soviet Union and in sociology…
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1927
American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2013)
Moses Bosco Anderson SSE was an American prelate in the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1982 to 2003. He was a member of the Society of St. Edmund…
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1928
American painter and sculptor (died 2007)
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism.
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1928
1929
Australian archbishop (died 2024)
Francis Patrick Carroll was an Australian archbishop, the fifth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra–Goulburn, serving between 1983 until his retirement in 2006. Prior to his election as archbishop, Carroll served as…
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1930
English author and publisher (died 2017)
Robin Philip Hyman was a British publisher who was the chairman of Laurence King Publishing from 1991 to 2004.
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1931
1931
American wrestler (died 2010)
Ida Mae Martinez Selenkow was an American professional wrestler in the 1950s, known as Ida Mae Martinez. After her retirement in 1960, she appeared in the 2004 documentary Lipstick & Dynamite about the early years of…
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1931
English physician and politician
Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill is a British Labour Party politician and former government minister, who served as the Member of Parliament for Halifax from 1964 to 1983.
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1931
English actress (died 2011)
Margaret Maud Tyzack was an English actress. Her television roles included The Forsyte Saga (1967) I, Claudius (1976), and George Lucas's Young Indiana Jones (1992–1993). She won the 1970 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress…
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1931
Maltese architect and politician (died 2008)
Carm Lino Spiteri, also known by his nickname Iċ-Ċumpaqq, was a Maltese architect and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives with the Nationalist Party between 1971 and 1987, and again between 1992…
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1932
Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (died 2015)
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
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1934
American poet, playwright, and activist
Sonia Sanchez is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written more than a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and…
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1934
Singaporean neurosurgeon and author (died 2002)
Gopal Baratham was a Singaporean author and neurosurgeon. He was known for his frank style and his ability to write about topics that were often considered controversial in the conservative city-state.
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1935
Jordanian-born English actor
Nadim Joakim Sawalha is a Jordanian-British actor. He has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a career spanning more than 40 years, which include two James Bond films, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and…
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1935
Israeli actor, singer, and producer (died 2023)
Chaim Topol, mononymously known as Topol, was an Israeli actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead character in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof. Topol estimated that he played Tevye…
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1935
Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician
William Peter Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, commonly known as Bill Bradshaw, is a British academic and politician. A Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, he was formerly also a County Councillor in Oxfordshire…
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1936
English anthropologist and academic (died 2017)
John Horsley Russell Davis FBA FRAI was a British anthropologist, ex-Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford.
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1938
1938
American football player
Roland Owen (Ron) McDole is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska…
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1939
Australian businessman
Hugh Matheson Morgan, is an Australian businessman and former CEO of Western Mining Corporation. He was President of the Business Council of Australia from 2003 to 2005. The Howard government appointed him to the board…
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1940
American doo-wop singer (died 1978)
Jose Negroni was an American singer of Puerto Rican descent. He was a rock and roll pioneer and founding member of the rock and roll group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
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1940
Indian cricketer
Syed Abid Ali was an all-rounder Indian cricketer who was a lower-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler. He played an important role in Indian cricket in the 1960s and '70s.
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1941
American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1967)
Otis Ray Redding Jr. was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the…
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1941
American computer scientist, created the C programming language (died 2011)
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist. He created, together with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system, C programming language, and B programming language.
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1941
Iranian-American wrestler and actor (died 2023)
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian and American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, as well as an actor. To date he is the only Iranian-born champion in WWE…
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1942
1942
American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
Daniel Ira Kalb was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was an original member of the 1960s group the Blues Project.
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1942
English footballer, manager and chairman
Frank Clark is an English former footballer and manager, and former chairman of Nottingham Forest. Clark played in over 400 games for Newcastle United before moving to Nottingham Forest where he won the European Cup.
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1943
Dutch motocross racer (died 2008)
Antonius Maria van Heugten was a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 1981 World Champion in the sport, together with his passenger Frits Kiggen.
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1945
American singer
Dione LaRue, known professionally as Dee Dee Sharp, is an American R&B singer.
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1945
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2024)
Douglas Lloyd Ingle was an American musician, best known as the founder, organist, primary composer and lead vocalist for the band Iron Butterfly. He wrote the band's hit song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", which was first…
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1945
1946
Canadian folk-rock bass player (died 2004)
Bruce Palmer was a Canadian musician best known as the bassist in the folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
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1946
American composer and educator
David Rosenboom is a composer, performer, interdisciplinary artist, author, and educator known for his work in American experimental music.
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1947
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Wilton Frederick "Freddy" Weller is an American rock and roll and country music and artist. He recorded for Columbia Records between 1969 and 1980. He had his highest charted single in 1969 with his debut release,…
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1947
American author, poet, and illustrator (died 2015)
Terrance "Terry" Michael Wright was an American author best known as a writer of horror fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry.
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1947
English figure skater (died 1994)
John Anthony Curry, was a British figure skater. He was the 1976 European, World and Olympic Champion. He was noted for combining ballet and modern dance influences into his skating.
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1949
American historian and author
Daniel Pipes is an American former professor, anti-Muslim activist, and commentator on foreign policy and the Middle East. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly…
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1949
American football player and sportscaster
Joseph Robert Theismann is an American former professional football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker, and restaurateur. He rose to fame playing quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian…
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1949
Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired military officer who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president from the military…
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1949
Pakistani squash player and coach
Gogi Alauddin is a former squash player from Pakistan. He was one of the game's leading players in the 1970s.
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1950
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John McFee is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long-time member of The Doobie Brothers.
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1950
Australian economist and politician, 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia
Alexander John Gosse Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and was a member of parliament (MP) for the South Australian division of Mayo…
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1951
1951
English-American actress, author, and singer
Angela Margaret Cartwright is an English actress. As a young performer, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams in the long-running TV series The Danny Thomas Show, and Penny Robinson in the 1960s…
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1952
Norwegian singer and trumpet player
Per Jørgensen is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist with trumpet as his main instrument, also known for his vocal contributions, in collaboration with Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Alex Riel, Jon Christensen, Jon Balke,…
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1952
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
David Allan Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. He won Best British Producer at the 1986, 1987 and 1990…
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1952
Australian actress
Janet Claire Mahoney, known professionally as Janet Fielding, is an Australian actress and talent agent. She starred in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984,…
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1953
American basketball player (died 2023)
Walter Pearl Davis was an American professional basketball player. After his college years with the North Carolina Tar Heels he played as a forward/guard for 15 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA),…
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1954
Canadian voice actor, animator, director, and screenwriter
Michael John Kricfalusi, known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, and former animator and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated television series The Ren & Stimpy Show, which was…
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1955
French pianist and educator
Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a French pianist. He focuses on contemporary music.
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1957
1959
French composer and producer
Éric Serra is a French film composer, known as a frequent collaborator of director Luc Besson. He is a five-time César Award nominee, winning once for The Big Blue (1988).
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1959
English actor and producer
Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man, and has since transitioned into a character actor. He has received several…
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1960
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Robert Hartley is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He most recently served as the head coach of Avangard Omsk of the KHL. He has additionally…
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1960
Italian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
Stefano Righi, known professionally as Johnson Righeira, is an Italian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Italo disco duo Righeira.…
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1960
American football player and coach
Robert Anthony Stoops is an American former football coach who was the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1999 through the 2016 season, and on an interim basis during the 2021 Alamo Bowl. He led the…
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1960
American author
Kimberly Willis Holt is an American writer of children's books. She is best known for the novel When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, which won the 1999 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
It was adapted…
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1960
American lawyer and politician
Christopher Andrew Coons is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Coons served as the county…
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1963
Italian footballer and manager
Roberto Donadoni is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder, who was most recently the head coach of Serie B club Spezia.
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1963
English cricketer
Neil Fairbrother is an English former cricketer who played 75 One Day International matches and 10 Test matches as a batsman for England. Fairbrother, named by his mother after her favourite player, the Australian…
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1963
Bosnian-American author and critic
Aleksandar Hemon is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels Nowhere Man (2002) and The Lazarus Project (2008), and his scriptwriting as a…
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1964
American golfer
Jules Ira "Skip" Kendall is an American professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour Champions and formerly played on the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour.
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1964
American actor, comedian, and musician
Charles Esten Puskar III, also known professionally as Charles Esten, and as Chip Esten, is an American actor, musician, singer-songwriter, and comedian.
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1965
American basketball player and coach
Daniel Lewis Majerle, also known by the nickname "Thunder Dan", is an American former professional basketball player and former coach of the Grand Canyon Antelopes. He played 14 years in the National Basketball…
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1965
American actress
Constance Marie is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Angelina "Angie" Lopez in George Lopez (2002–2007), and Marcela Quintanilla in the film Selena (1997). She portrayed Regina Vasquez in the ABC…
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1965
Dutch footballer
Marcel Benjamin Peeper is a Dutch former footballer who played as either a left back or left midfielder.
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1965
German luger and coach
Georg Hackl, often named Hackl Schorsch, is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst, a reference to what he looks…
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1966
American ice hockey player
Kevin John Hatcher is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 17 seasons between 1984 and 2001 for the Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh…
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1966
American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and musician. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include an Independent Spirit Award, alongside nominations for three Grammy Awards,…
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1966
Australian-Irish rugby player and coach
Brian Anthony Smith is an Australian rugby union coach and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for both Australia and Ireland in rugby union.
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1966
American basketball player and sportscaster
Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr. is an American professional basketball executive and former professional basketball player who is the assistant general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association…
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1967
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Christopher Caffery is an American heavy metal guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Caffery has been releasing solo records singing and playing guitar for almost…
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1967
American wrestler
Mark Shrader is a retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s. Among these included Atlantic…
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1967
Indian actor and producer
Akshay Hari Om Bhatia, known professionally as Akshay Kumar, is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career spanning over 30 years, Kumar…
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1967
American sprinter and coach
Jonathan A. Drummond is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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1968
English footballer
Clive Paul Mendonca is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward between 1986 and 2002, notably for Grimsby Town and Charlton Athletic. Mendonca also played for Sheffield United, Doncaster…
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1968
English actress
Julia Sawalha is an English actress. She is best known for playing Saffron "Saffy" Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) and its 2016 film. Her other television roles include as Lynda Day in Press…
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1968
New Zealand model and actress
Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand model, actress, and the host of Imagination Television's Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including Vogue, Elle, Rolling Stone, Sports…
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1969
Australian politician
Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja AO is an Australian diplomat, gender equality advocate, former Australian of the Year nominee, and former politician. Starting her career in student politics, she became an advisor to the…
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1969
Spanish-Venezuelan actress
Natalia Martínez-Streignard y Negri is a Venezuelan actress and beauty pageant titleholder who competed at Miss Venezuela 1992. Natalia is best known for her work in successful telenovelas such as El Juramento with…
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1970
American actor
Eric Allen Stonestreet is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy…
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1971
American actor and guitarist
Henry Jackson Thomas is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had the lead role of Elliott Taylor in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received…
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1971
American baseball player and coach
Michael William Hampton, Jr. is an American former professional baseball player. Hampton played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher from 1993 through 2010. He pitched for the Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros,…
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1972
English journalist
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is an English newsreader, TV presenter and journalist, best known for her roles as a studio anchor on Sky News, BBC News, Channel 5 and ITV News. As of September 2022, she is the president of…
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1972
Dutch speed skater
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh is a former speed skater from the Netherlands. He finished fourth in the 1998 Olympic 1000 m event. In January 2000 he broke the 1500 m world record in Calgary, Canada, holding the record until it…
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1972
Dutch tennis player
Miriam Oremans is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.
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1972
Spanish professional basketball coach
Xavier Pascual i Vives, commonly known as Xavi Pascual, is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. On 9 May 2010 he became the youngest…
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1972
Dominican baseball player
Félix Antonio Rodríguez is a Dominican former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.
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1972
Croatian-American actor
Goran Višnjić is a Croatian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless, both NBC television series. For ER, he and the cast were nominated for two Screen Actors Guild…
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1972
Japanese baseball player
Kazuhisa Ishii is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and manager and general manager. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yakult Swallows and Saitama Seibu Lions and in Major League…
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1973
Indian captain (died 1999)
Captain Vikram Batra PVC was an Indian Army officer. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War. On 7 July 1999, Batra was killed while…
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1974
Australian footballer and television host
Shane Barry Crawford is a former Australian rules football player, television media personality and author. He played 305 senior games for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). During his…
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1974
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Marcos Curiel is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist of the rock bands P.O.D., The Accident Experiment and Daylight Division. Curiel was born in San Diego, California, in 1974 and is of Mexican descent. He…
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1974
1974
1974
Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Regarded as a pop icon, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook.…
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1975
New Zealand rugby player
Anton David Oliver is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. Previously, he played as a hooker for Marlborough and Otago in the National Provincial Championship and Air New Zealand Cup, and spent twelve seasons with…
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1975
1976
Mexican wrestler
René "Ricky" Gómez Espinoza, better known under the ring name El Intocable, is a Mexican professional wrestler, actor, and model, best known for his work in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) from 1997 until his…
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1976
Finnish basketball player
Hanno Aleksanteri Möttölä is a Finnish basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is currently working as an assistant coach of Canada national team. A power forward, Möttölä played for the Atlanta…
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1976
American composer and conductor
Joey Newman is an American film composer, orchestrator, arranger and conductor working in the fields of film and television.
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1976
Swedish ice hockey player
Kenneth Mattias Öhlund is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning. Öhlund played two seasons in the…
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1976
Finnish footballer and coach
Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder. He is the CEO of HJK Helsinki. He was voted by leading European clubs to be the…
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1976
Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
Kristoffer Rygg, also known as Garm, Trickster G. Rex and God Head, is a Norwegian vocalist, musician and producer known primarily for his work with Ulver, Arcturus, and Borknagar.
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1976
American baseball player and coach
Kyle Ehren Snyder is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher and current pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox.…
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1977
Turkish footballer and manager
Fatih Tekke, known by his given nickname Sultan, is a Turkish football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Trabzonspor. He started his professional career at Trabzonspor and later played for…
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1977
American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Marucci Sports
Kurt Harold Ainsworth is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) and went to Louisiana State University. Ainsworth…
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1978
American basketball player and sportscaster
Shane Courtney Battier is an American former professional basketball player.
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1978
Northern Irish footballer and coach
Wayne Thomas Carlisle is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager of Bath City.
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1979
American actress and singer
Nikki DeLoach is an American actress, best known as Lacey Hamilton in Awkward (2011–2016), MJ in North Shore (2004–2005), and Brenda in Days of Our Lives (2007–2009).
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1979
American baseball player
Justin Todd Coffey is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was born in…
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1980
New Zealand rugby league player
David Fa'alogo is a former professional rugby league footballer played as a prop, second-row and lock in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle Knights in the NRL, the Huddersfield…
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1980
American actress
Michelle Ingrid Williams is an American actress. Known primarily for starring in small-scale independent films with dark or tragic themes, she has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards, two…
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1980
Argentine-American actress
Julieta Susana Gonzalo Martyniuk known professionally as Julie Gonzalo, is an Argentine-American actress and model. She is known for her villainous roles in the films Freaky Friday (2003) and A Cinderella Story (2004),…
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1981
1982
English cricketer
Graham Onions is an English former cricketer. He played for Durham, Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions…
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1982
1982
1983
American baseball player
Hiram Kyle Davies is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals.
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1983
American baseball player
Edwin Jackson Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2003 to 2019 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Detroit Tigers, Arizona…
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1983
English footballer
Cleveland Kenneth Wayne Taylor is a football manager and former professional player
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1983
American soccer player
Bradley Edwin Guzan is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a club ambassador and sporting advisor for Atlanta United.
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1984
English cricketer
James Charles Hildreth is a former English professional cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School, Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace…
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1984
Greek footballer
Michalis Sifakis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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1984
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Martin Bennett Johnson is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the bands Boys Like Girls and the Night Game.
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1985
Croatian footballer
Luka Modrić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and captains the Croatia national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,…
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1985
American basketball player
Earl Joseph "J. R." Smith III is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith played high school basketball at New Jersey basketball powerhouse Saint Benedict's…
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1985
American baseball player
Michael Matthew Bowden is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Saitama Seibu…
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1986
Zimbabwean cricketer
Chamunorwa Justice "Chamu" Chibhabha is a Zimbabwean cricketer who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. In January 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket named him as the captain of Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI)…
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1986
American actor and model
Timothy Granaderos is an American actor and model. He is known for his portrayals of Ash Franklin in the thriller web series Tagged (2016–18), Taylor Price in the TV series In the Vault (2017), and Montgomery de la Cruz…
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1986
Cameroonian basketball player
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is a Cameroonian former professional basketball player who played for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. Mbah a Moute also…
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1986
American hockey player
Keith Michael Yandle is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He also is co-host of the hit podcast, Spittin Chiclets. Yandle was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the fourth round, 105th overall, at…
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1986
Estonian footballer
Markus Jürgenson is an Estonian professional footballer who last played as a right back for Estonian club FCI Levadia.
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1987
German tennis player
Andrea Petkovic is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at…
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1987
1987
Egyptian footballer
Ahmed Eissa Elmohamady Abdel Fattah is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He currently works for Aston Villa in the club's commercial department.
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1987
American actress and model
Nicole Aniston is an American pornographic film actress. She was the 2013 Penthouse Pet of the Year.
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1987
Italian footballer
Danilo D'Ambrosio is an Italian former professional footballer who primarily played as a centre-back or right-back.
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1988
American football player
Alfonzo Dennard is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and…
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1989
American football player
Casey Hayward Jr. is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Hayward was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft…
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1989
American baseball player
Billy Rayshun Hamilton is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Charros de Jalisco of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City…
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1990
New Zealand rugby league player
Shaun Ly Johnson is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a halfback for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League and New Zealand at international level.
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1990
American singer-songwriter and actress
Haley Elizabeth Reinhart is an American singer, songwriter, and actress from Wheeling, Illinois. She first rose to prominence after placing third in the tenth season of American Idol. In July 2011, Reinhart signed a…
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1990
American basketball player (died 2016)
Andrew Smith was an American basketball player. He played in two NCAA Final Fours during his career at Butler, as well as professionally for Neptūnas.
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1990
English footballer (died 2014)
Jordan Benjamin Tabor was an English footballer who primarily played as a left back, but also played as a central midfielder or as a striker in the latter part of his career.
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1990
American actress
Kelsey Asbille Chow, known as her stage name Kelsey Asbille, is an American actress. In 2024, Asbille played the lead role of Iris in the Netflix movie Don't Move. She has played Mikayla in the Disney XD sitcom Pair of…
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1991
American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter
Lauren Ashley Daigle is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. After being signed to the label Centricity Music, she released her debut album, How Can It Be, in 2015. It reached No. 1 on the…
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1991
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Hunter Easton Hayes is an American multi-genre singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is proficient at more than 30 instruments.
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1991
1991
Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira, sometimes known as simply Danilo, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad.
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1991
Australian rugby league player
Shannon Boyd is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL, and has played for Australia at international level.
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1992
Northern Irish actor and singer
Damian Joseph McGinty is an Irish singer and actor. McGinty has been performing for over a decade, and was a member of the group Celtic Thunder for thirteen years, starting when he was fourteen. On 21 August 2011,…
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1992
Australian rugby league player
Cameron Cullen is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Intrust Super Cup. He was primarily known as a five-eighth, halfback and hooker. He…
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1993
American wrestler
Sarah Rowe is an American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she performed under the ring names Sarah Logan and Valhalla.
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1993
Dutch swimmer
Sharon van Rouwendaal is a retired Dutch swimmer and the Olympic gold medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
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1993
Australian rugby league player
Clinton Gutherson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for and is the co-captain of the St. George Illawarra Dragons the National Rugby League.
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1994
American-French basketball player
Gabrielle Lisa Williams is an American-French professional basketball player for the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League and…
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1996
Nigerian-American basketball player
Jordan Ifeanyi Nwora is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Louisville…
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1998
American football player
Richard Pearsall Jr. is an American professional football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and Florida Gators.…
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2000
American basketball player
Hailey Ann Van Lith is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, and…
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2001
American ice hockey player
Luke Warren Hughes is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for two years with the University of…
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2003
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Will Middlebrooks — American baseball player (born 1988)
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Birth year1988
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