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Hafizullah Amin
Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)

#Hafizullah_Amin

Lorenz Oken
Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)

#Lorenz_Oken

Francisco Guilledo
Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)

#Francisco_Guilledo

Hans Rott
Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1884)

#Hans_Rott

Marcia Mae Jones
Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007)

#Marcia_Mae_Jones

Zoran ?in?i?
Zoran ?in?i?, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)

#Zoran_?in?i?

Jack Kramer
Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)

#Jack_Kramer

Val Bettin
Val Bettin, American actor

#Val_Bettin

George Hackenschmidt
George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (d. 1968)

#George_Hackenschmidt

Masaichi Kaneda
Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager

#Masaichi_Kaneda

Otto Toeplitz
Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1940)

#Otto_Toeplitz

Henry Jones (actor)
Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)

#Henry_Jones_(actor)

Cole Kimball
Cole Kimball, American baseball player

#Cole_Kimball

Graham Thorpe
Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist

#Graham_Thorpe

Iago Aspas
Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer

#Iago_Aspas

Boz Burrell
Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (d. 2006)

#Boz_Burrell

William Clark
William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)

#William_Clark

Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes, English director and producer

#Sam_Mendes

Taylor Negron
Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Taylor_Negron

Mrunal Thakur
Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress

#Mrunal_Thakur

Károly Grósz
Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)

#Károly_Grósz

Junior Agogo
Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer

#Junior_Agogo

Sébastien Pocognoli
Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer

#Sébastien_Pocognoli

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor

#Mahmoud_Dowlatabadi

Don Hertzfeldt
Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

#Don_Hertzfeldt

Sebastiano Ricci
Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734)

#Sebastiano_Ricci

Douglas Osheroff
Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Douglas_Osheroff

Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981)
Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer

#Stephen_Hunt_(footballer,_born_1981)

Emperor K?gon
K?gon, Japanese emperor (d. 1364)

#Emperor_K?gon

Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)

#Maria_Mitchell

Alexander of Greece
Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)

#Alexander_of_Greece

Edgerrin James
Edgerrin James, American football player

#Edgerrin_James

Jacques François Dugommier
Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)

#Jacques_François_Dugommier

Stuart Holden
Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player

#Stuart_Holden

Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)

#Anne_Hébert

Tendai Mtawarira
Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player

#Tendai_Mtawarira

Bodene Thompson
Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player

#Bodene_Thompson

Leon Thomas III
Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer

#Leon_Thomas_III

Terry Kiser
Terry Kiser, American actor

#Terry_Kiser

Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan

#Kurmanbek_Bakiyev

Bobby Carpenter (American football)
Bobby Carpenter, American football player

#Bobby_Carpenter_(American_football)

Sammy Jones
Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)

#Sammy_Jones

Austin Rivers
Austin Rivers, American basketball player

#Austin_Rivers

Suzi Gardner
Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Suzi_Gardner

Jamie Jones-Buchanan
Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player

#Jamie_Jones-Buchanan

George de Hevesy
George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)

#George_de_Hevesy

Andrew Melville
Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)

#Andrew_Melville

Howard Kurtz
Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author

#Howard_Kurtz

Dean Cox
Dean Cox, Australian footballer

#Dean_Cox

Gaston Doumergue
Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (d. 1937)

#Gaston_Doumergue

Ann Calvello
Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)

#Ann_Calvello

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Charles I, German duke and prince (d. 1780)

#Charles_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Otto Nothling
Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)

#Otto_Nothling

Frank Worrell
Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)

#Frank_Worrell

Anton Strålman
Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player

#Anton_Strålman

Park Si-eun (actress, born 2001)
Park Si-eun, South Korean actress

#Park_Si-eun_(actress,_born_2001)

Adam Jones (baseball)
Adam Jones, American baseball player

#Adam_Jones_(baseball)

Avi Arad
Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios

#Avi_Arad

Dušan Švento
Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer

#Dušan_Švento

Lionel Bart
Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)

#Lionel_Bart

Yoshi Tatsu
Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer

#Yoshi_Tatsu

Katie Boulter
Katie Boulter, English tennis player

#Katie_Boulter

Beckie Scott
Beckie Scott, Canadian skier

#Beckie_Scott

Chuck D
Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter

#Chuck_D

Aledmys Díaz
Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player

#Aledmys_Díaz

Adam Duritz
Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Adam_Duritz

Madison Bumgarner
Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player

#Madison_Bumgarner

José Padilha
José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter

#José_Padilha

Robert Todd Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)

#Robert_Todd_Lincoln

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673)

#Thomas_Clifford,_1st_Baron_Clifford_of_Chudleigh

Benno Möhlmann
Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager

#Benno_Möhlmann

Helen Sawyer Hogg
Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)

#Helen_Sawyer_Hogg

Sabbatai Zevi
Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)

#Sabbatai_Zevi

Richard Wilson (painter)
Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782)

#Richard_Wilson_(painter)

Julie Bovasso
Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (d. 1991)

#Julie_Bovasso

James Gleick
James Gleick, American journalist and author

#James_Gleick

Christofer Heimeroth
Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer

#Christofer_Heimeroth

Rick Coonce
Rick Coonce, American drummer (d. 2011)

#Rick_Coonce

Fiorenzo Angelini
Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)

#Fiorenzo_Angelini

Michael Penn
Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Michael_Penn

Björn Ferry
Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete

#Björn_Ferry

Coolio
Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor

#Coolio

Ottavio Bottecchia
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)

#Ottavio_Bottecchia

Herman Melville
Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1891)

#Herman_Melville

Karl Kobelt
Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)

#Karl_Kobelt

Emperor Go-Komatsu
Go-Komatsu, Japanese emperor (d. 1433)

#Emperor_Go-Komatsu

Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)

#Pierre_Bourdieu

Claudius
Claudius, Roman emperor (d. 54)

#Claudius

Pete Mackanin
Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Pete_Mackanin

Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dhani_Harrison

Al D'Amato
Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician

#Al_D'Amato

Fiona Stanley
Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic

#Fiona_Stanley

Jan IV of Nassau
Jan IV, count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1475)

#Jan_IV_of_Nassau

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
Wolfgang, German prince (d. 1566)

#Wolfgang,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Köthen

Edurne Pasaban
Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer

#Edurne_Pasaban

Dennis Lawrence
Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach

#Dennis_Lawrence

Tommy Bolin
Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)

#Tommy_Bolin

Demián Bichir
Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer

#Demián_Bichir

Mike Wallace (American football)
Mike Wallace, American football player

#Mike_Wallace_(American_football)

Koichi Wakata
Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer

#Koichi_Wakata

Gerda Taro
Gerda Taro, German war photographer (d. 1937)

#Gerda_Taro

Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)

#Meena_Kumari

John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch, American actor

#John_Carroll_Lynch

Nicke Andersson
Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Nicke_Andersson

Antonio Cotogni
Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (d. 1918)

#Antonio_Cotogni

Pia Haraldsen
Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author

#Pia_Haraldsen

Gregg Berhalter
Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach

#Gregg_Berhalter

Kris Stadsgaard
Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer

#Kris_Stadsgaard

Mustafa Abdellaoue
Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer

#Mustafa_Abdellaoue

Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

#Jerry_Garcia

Patryk Ma?ecki
Patryk Ma?ecki, Polish footballer

#Patryk_Ma?ecki

Dušan T?eštík
Dušan T?eštík, Czech historian and author (d. 2007)

#Dušan_T?eštík

Francesco Gavazzi
Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist

#Francesco_Gavazzi

William B. Travis
William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836)

#William_B._Travis

Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)

#Sugawara_no_Michizane

Jack Delano
Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (d. 1997)

#Jack_Delano

Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (d. 2009)

#Jim_Carroll

Pertinax
Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)

#Pertinax

Dean Wareham
Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dean_Wareham

Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)

#Francis_Scott_Key

Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer

#Jason_Momoa

Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Giancarlo_Giannini

Esteban Paredes
Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer

#Esteban_Paredes

Romain Barras
Romain Barras, French decathlete

#Romain_Barras

Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ramblin'_Jack_Elliott

Meir Kahane
Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)

#Meir_Kahane

Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer

#Bastian_Schweinsteiger

Alan Moore (war artist)
Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (d. 2015)

#Alan_Moore_(war_artist)

Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)

#Lawrence_Eagleburger

Karen Carney
Karen Carney, English women's football winger

#Karen_Carney

Chris Iwelumo
Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer

#Chris_Iwelumo

Emperor Taizu of Jin
Taizu, Chinese emperor (d. 1123)

#Emperor_Taizu_of_Jin

Richard O. Covey
Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#Richard_O._Covey

Hasan ?a?
Hasan ?a?, Turkish footballer and manager

#Hasan_?a?

Elena Vesnina
Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player

#Elena_Vesnina

Álex Abrines
Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player

#Álex_Abrines

David Brand
David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979)

#David_Brand

Raymond Mays
Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)

#Raymond_Mays

Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)

#Dom_DeLuise

Damien Saez
Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Damien_Saez

Robert Cray
Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Robert_Cray

Marek Gali?ski (cyclist)
Marek Gali?ski, Polish cyclist (d. 2014)

#Marek_Gali?ski_(cyclist)

Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II, Polish king (d. 1572)

#Sigismund_II_Augustus

Brandon Kintzler
Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player

#Brandon_Kintzler

Trevor Goddard (cricketer)
Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (d. 2016)

#Trevor_Goddard_(cricketer)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (d. 1829)

#Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck

Todd Bouman
Todd Bouman, American football player and coach

#Todd_Bouman

Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986)
Andrew Taylor, English footballer

#Andrew_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1986)

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)

#Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia

Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)

#Yves_Saint_Laurent_(designer)

Piotr Malarczyk
Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer

#Piotr_Malarczyk

Gregg Jefferies
Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach

#Gregg_Jefferies

Cliff Branch
Cliff Branch, American football player

#Cliff_Branch

Edward Kelley
Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)

#Edward_Kelley

Arthur Hill (actor)
Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)

#Arthur_Hill_(actor)

Chantal Montellier
Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist

#Chantal_Montellier

Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov
Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (d. 1998)

#Dmitry_Nikolayevich_Filippov

Mancini (Brazilian footballer)
Mancini, Brazilian footballer

#Mancini_(Brazilian_footballer)

Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer

#Nwankwo_Kanu

Anthony G. Bosco
Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (d. 2013)

#Anthony_G._Bosco

Stacey Augmon
Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach

#Stacey_Augmon

Joe Elliott
Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Joe_Elliott

John Lester
John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)

#John_Lester

Dan Donegan
Dan Donegan, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter

#Dan_Donegan

Rob Buck
Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2000)

#Rob_Buck

Bob Frankford
Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (d. 2015)

#Bob_Frankford

Julien Faubert
Julien Faubert, French footballer

#Julien_Faubert

Veerle Dejaeghere
Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner

#Veerle_Dejaeghere

Lee Wallace
Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer

#Lee_Wallace

Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)

#Geoffrey_Holder

Fiona Hyslop
Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician

#Fiona_Hyslop

Thomas Woods
Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic

#Thomas_Woods

George Coulthard
George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)

#George_Coulthard

Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer
Tiffany Hwang, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress
Damien Allen, English footballer
Steve Feak, American game designer
David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player
Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter
Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer
Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer
Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator
Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer
Cher Calvin, American journalist
Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach
Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer
David James, English footballer and manager
Quentin Coryatt, American football player
Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player and scout
Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager
Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
James St. James, American club promoter and author
Brandt Jobe, American golfer
Augusta Read Thomas, American composer, conductor and educator

#Augusta_Read_Thomas

Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013)
Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009)
David Gemmell, English journalist and author (d. 2006)
Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant
Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (d. 2017)
Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)
Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic
W. D. Hamilton, Egyptian born British biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000)
Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (d. 2014)
Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer
John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (d. 2012)
Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress (d. 2018)
Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (d. 2006)
Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (d. 2018)
George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (d. 2000)
Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)
Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992)
Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009)
T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (d. 2013)
J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)
Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)
Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (d. 1974)
Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995)
Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (d. 1980)
Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (d. 1979)
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1961)
Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (d. 1917)
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)
Mary Jefferson Eppes, daughter of Thomas Jefferson who died in childbirth (d. 1804)
Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)
John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (d. 1421)
Hyeonjong, Korean king (d. 1031)