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Steve Mautone
Steve Mautone, Australian footballer and coach

#Steve_Mautone

Cruze Ah-Nau
Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player

#Cruze_Ah-Nau

Robert L. Thornton
Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1964)

#Robert_L._Thornton

Patti Austin
Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter

#Patti_Austin

Anatoly Sobchak
Anatoly Sobchak, Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (d. 2000)

#Anatoly_Sobchak

Hansi Kürsch
Hansi Kürsch, German singer-songwriter and bass player

#Hansi_Kürsch

Louise Forestier
Louise Forestier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

#Louise_Forestier

Charlie Peacock
Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Charlie_Peacock

Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (d. 2001)

#Jorge_Amado

Albert Owen
Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician

#Albert_Owen

Hammy Love
Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)

#Hammy_Love

Ronnie Spector
Ronnie Spector, American singer-songwriter

#Ronnie_Spector

Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1936)

#Alexander_Glazunov

Ferenc Toldy
Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic (d. 1875)

#Ferenc_Toldy

Bona of Savoy
Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1503)

#Bona_of_Savoy

Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English lawyer and judge

#Elizabeth_Butler-Sloss,_Baroness_Butler-Sloss

Mokomichi Hayami
Mokomichi Hayami, Japanese model and actor

#Mokomichi_Hayami

William Harnett
William Harnett, Irish-American painter and educator (d. 1892)

#William_Harnett

Lawrence Dallaglio
Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player and sportscaster

#Lawrence_Dallaglio

Michael Bivins
Michael Bivins, American singer and producer

#Michael_Bivins

Florent Vollant
Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Florent_Vollant

Francesco Zabarella
Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (d. 1417)

#Francesco_Zabarella

Kevin Randleman
Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2016)

#Kevin_Randleman

Chris Read
Chris Read, English cricketer

#Chris_Read

Narayan Rao
Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (d. 1773)

#Narayan_Rao

Jack Haley
Jack Haley, American actor and singer (d. 1979)

#Jack_Haley

Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming, American actress

#Rhonda_Fleming

Samuel Arnold (composer)
Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer (d. 1802)

#Samuel_Arnold_(composer)

Ted Geoghegan
Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter, and producer

#Ted_Geoghegan

Kyle Brown (soccer)
Kyle Brown, American soccer player

#Kyle_Brown_(soccer)

Ryan Eggold
Ryan Eggold, American actor and composer

#Ryan_Eggold

Go Ah-sung
Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress

#Go_Ah-sung

Oliver Rowland
Oliver Rowland, English race car driver

#Oliver_Rowland

John of Bohemia
John of Bohemia (d. 1346)

#John_of_Bohemia

Justin Theroux
Justin Theroux, American actor

#Justin_Theroux

Eusebio Kino
Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1711)

#Eusebio_Kino

Sal Fasano
Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach

#Sal_Fasano

Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer

#Javier_Zanetti

Marcus Fizer
Marcus Fizer, American basketball player

#Marcus_Fizer

Haifaa al-Mansour
Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian director and producer

#Haifaa_al-Mansour

Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck
Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German lawyer and politician (d. 1553)

#Jacob_Sturm_von_Sturmeck

Roy O'Donovan
Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer

#Roy_O'Donovan

Gaudencio Rosales
Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal

#Gaudencio_Rosales

Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner, American television personality and model

#Kylie_Jenner

Sam Gagner
Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player

#Sam_Gagner

Antanas Smetona
Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. (d. 1944)

#Antanas_Smetona

Alexander Perezhogin
Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player

#Alexander_Perezhogin

Gilles de Roberval
Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (d. 1675)

#Gilles_de_Roberval

Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery Jr., American actor (d. 1994)

#Noah_Beery_Jr.

Jon Farriss
Jon Farriss, Australian drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Jon_Farriss

Brendon Julian
Brendon Julian, New Zealand-Australian cricketer and journalist

#Brendon_Julian

Hugh Stowell Brown
Hugh Stowell Brown, English minister and reformer (d. 1886)

#Hugh_Stowell_Brown

Laurence Binyon
Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar (d. 1943)

#Laurence_Binyon

Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player

#Taufik_Hidayat

Charles Darrow
Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (d. 1967)

#Charles_Darrow

Robby Maria
Robby Maria, Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Robby_Maria

?lhan Mans?z
?lhan Mans?z, Turkish footballer and figure skater

#?lhan_Mans?z

Danny Allsopp
Danny Allsopp, Australian footballer

#Danny_Allsopp

Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia

#Juan_Manuel_Santos

John C. Pemberton
John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general (d. 1881)

#John_C._Pemberton

Eddie Fisher (singer)
Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (d. 2010)

#Eddie_Fisher_(singer)

Matjaž Perc
Matjaž Perc, Slovene physicist

#Matjaž_Perc

Leonidas Andrianopoulos
Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2011)

#Leonidas_Andrianopoulos

Roadkill (wrestler)
Roadkill, American wrestler

#Roadkill_(wrestler)

Philippe Albert
Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer and sportscaster

#Philippe_Albert

Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler, American trumpet player and composer

#Michael_Mantler

Richard J. Hughes
Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (d. 1992)

#Richard_J._Hughes

Bill Doolittle
Bill Doolittle, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

#Bill_Doolittle

John Kirk Townsend
John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer (d. 1851)

#John_Kirk_Townsend

Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond, American tennis player

#Lisa_Raymond

Andre Drummond
Andre Drummond, American basketball player

#Andre_Drummond

Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan, English-American journalist and author

#Andrew_Sullivan

Mike E. Smith
Mike E. Smith, American jockey and sportscaster

#Mike_E._Smith

Martha Hyer
Martha Hyer, American actress (d. 2014)

#Martha_Hyer

Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer

#Rosanna_Arquette

Aleksandr Stoletov
Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1896)

#Aleksandr_Stoletov

Angie Harmon
Angie Harmon, American model and actress

#Angie_Harmon

Dilana
Dilana, South African-American singer-songwriter and actress

#Dilana

Christofer Johnsson
Christofer Johnsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Christofer_Johnsson

Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ian_Anderson

Arne Tiselius
Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

#Arne_Tiselius

Madeleine of Valois
Madeleine of Valois (d. 1537)

#Madeleine_of_Valois

Bobby Hatfield
Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

#Bobby_Hatfield

Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1584)

#Eric_II,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

Rosie Winterton
Rosie Winterton, English nurse and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

#Rosie_Winterton

Jim Bakkum
Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor

#Jim_Bakkum

Riddick Bowe
Riddick Bowe, American boxer

#Riddick_Bowe

Mathieu Roy
Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mathieu_Roy

V. V. Giri
V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (d. 1980)

#V._V._Giri

Stephan Groth
Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter

#Stephan_Groth

Tr?n T? X??ng
Tr?n T? X??ng a Vietnamese poet and satirist (d. 1907)

#Tr?n_T?_X??ng

Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian, American actress, singer, writer, and director

#Claudia_Christian

Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (d. 1940)

#Prince_Christopher_of_Greece_and_Denmark

Marcus Foligno
Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player

#Marcus_Foligno

Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)

#Herbert_Hoover

Bernardo Silva
Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer

#Bernardo_Silva

Rémy Martin (rugby union)
Rémy Martin, French rugby player

#Rémy_Martin_(rugby_union)

Guy Mairesse
Guy Mairesse, French race car driver (d. 1954)

#Guy_Mairesse

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (d. 1936)

#Vishnu_Narayan_Bhatkhande

Josh Anderson (baseball)
Josh Anderson, American baseball player

#Josh_Anderson_(baseball)

Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player

#Dianne_Fromholtz

Fred Ho
Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (d. 2014)

#Fred_Ho

Lê Hoàn
Lê Hoàn, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1005)

#Lê_Hoàn

Alfred Döblin
Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (d. 1957)

#Alfred_Döblin

Kakury? Rikisabur?
Kakury? Rikisabur?, Mongolian sumo wrestler

#Kakury?_Rikisabur?

Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter
Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, Duchess of York (d. 1476)

#Anne_of_York,_Duchess_of_Exeter

Emily Symons
Emily Symons, Australian actress

#Emily_Symons

JoAnna Garcia
JoAnna Garcia, American actress

#JoAnna_Garcia

Era Bell Thompson
Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 1986)

#Era_Bell_Thompson

Rocky Colavito
Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Rocky_Colavito

Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

#Tom_Laughlin

Su Yu
Su Yu, Chinese general and politician (d. 1984)

#Su_Yu

Héctor Faubel
Héctor Faubel, Spanish motorcycle racer

#Héctor_Faubel

Henri Nestlé
Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (d. 1890)

#Henri_Nestlé

William Willett
William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (d. 1915)

#William_Willett

James II of Aragon
James II of Aragon (d. 1327)

#James_II_of_Aragon

Jay Cooke
Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (d. 1905)

#Jay_Cooke

Rick Overton
Rick Overton, American screenwriter, actor and comedian

#Rick_Overton

John Starks (basketball)
John Starks, American basketball player and coach

#John_Starks_(basketball)

Alexander Goehr
Alexander Goehr, English composer and academic

#Alexander_Goehr

Lovro Toman
Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (d. 1870)

#Lovro_Toman

Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (d. 1983)

#Norma_Shearer

Jean-François Lyotard
Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (d. 1998)

#Jean-François_Lyotard

Ad van Luyn
Ad van Luyn, Dutch bishop

#Ad_van_Luyn

William Manuel Johnson
William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (d. 1972)

#William_Manuel_Johnson

Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994)

#Arthur_Porritt,_Baron_Porritt

Kalevi Kotkas
Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (d. 1983)

#Kalevi_Kotkas

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1861)

#Camillo_Benso,_Count_of_Cavour

Panait Istrati
Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1935)

#Panait_Istrati

Roy Keane
Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager

#Roy_Keane

Albert II of Germany
Albert II of Germany (d. 1439)

#Albert_II_of_Germany

Fred Ottman
Fred Ottman, American wrestler

#Fred_Ottman

Brenton Thwaites
Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor

#Brenton_Thwaites

Leo Fender
Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)

#Leo_Fender

Ben Sahar
Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer

#Ben_Sahar

Aqeel Abbas Jafari
Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board

#Aqeel_Abbas_Jafari

Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

#Anwar_Ibrahim

John Alvbåge
John Alvbåge, Swedish footballer

#John_Alvbåge

Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1619)

#Francis_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

István Türr
István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (d. 1908)

#István_Türr

Bret Hedican
Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Bret_Hedican

Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer

#Antonio_Banderas

Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico (d. 1831)

#Vicente_Guerrero

Tony Ross
Tony Ross, English author and illustrator

#Tony_Ross

Kenny Perry
Kenny Perry, American golfer

#Kenny_Perry

Hugo Eckener
Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (d. 1954)

#Hugo_Eckener

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1954)

#Angus_Lewis_Macdonald

Wade Barrett
Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor

#Wade_Barrett

Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010)

#Jimmy_Dean

Julia Fordham
Julia Fordham, English singer-songwriter

#Julia_Fordham

Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

#Dagný_Brynjarsdóttir

Kåre Kolve
Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

#Kåre_Kolve

Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter

#Suzanne_Collins

Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer

#Betsey_Johnson

Shin Hye-jeong
Shin Hye-jeong, South Korean singer

#Shin_Hye-jeong

Red Holzman
Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)

#Red_Holzman

Carlos Menditeguy
Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (d. 1973)

#Carlos_Menditeguy

Marie-Claire Alain
Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (d. 2013)

#Marie-Claire_Alain

Brandon Lyon
Brandon Lyon, American baseball player

#Brandon_Lyon

Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles
Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754)

#Alexandrine_Le_Normant_d'Étiolles

Malene Schwartz
Malene Schwartz, Danish actress

#Malene_Schwartz

Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (d. 1968)

#Zofia_Kossak-Szczucka

Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)

#Francesco_II_Gonzaga,_Marquess_of_Mantua

Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor, dancer, model, singer, and idol
Chanel Simmonds, South African tennis player
Nikos Korovesis, Greek footballer
Chris Tremain, Australian cricketer
Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor and singer
Andrea Hlavá?ková, Czech tennis player
Julia Skripnik, Estonian tennis player
Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer
Melissa Barrera, American television host
Jigar Naik, English cricketer
C. B. Dollaway, American mixed martial artist
Julia Melim, Brazilian actress
Yannick Schroeder, French race car driver
Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
Matt Morgan, English comedian, actor, and radio host
Danny Griffin, Irish footballer
Ian Murray, Scottish businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
David Sommeil, French footballer
Rachel Simmons, American scholar and author
Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer and manager
Paul Newlove, English rugby player
Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
Doug Flach, American tennis player
Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor
Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer
Todd Nichols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Gus Johnson, American sportscaster
Charlie Dimmock, English gardener and television host
Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
Aaron Hall, American singer-songwriter
Anton Janssen, Dutch footballer and coach
Phoolan Devi, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2001)
Annely Ojastu, Estonian sprinter and long jumper
Mark Price, English drummer
Jack Richards, English cricketer, coach, and manager
Michael Dokes, American boxer (d. 2012)
Andres Põime, Estonian architect
Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman
José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
Mel Tiangco, Filipino journalist and talk show host
Jim Mees, American set designer (d. 2013)
Peter Endrulat, German footballer
Diane Venora, American actress
Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
Nick Stringer, English actor
Alan Ward, English cricketer
John Spencer, English rugby player and manager
Shafqat Rana, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
Michael Pepper, English physicist and engineer
Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor
Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer and journalist
Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (d. 2012)
Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
Kate O'Mara, English actress (d. 2014)
Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces (d. 2018)
Tevfik K??, Turkish wrestler and trainer
Keith Duckworth, English engineer, founded Cosworth (d. 2005)
Dolores Alexander, American journalist and activist (d. 2008)
Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (d. 2012)
Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (d. 2010)
Gerino Gerini, Italian race car driver (d. 2013)
Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)
Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
Carol Ruth Vander Velde, American mathematician (d. 1972)
George Cooper, English general
Nancy Buckingham, English author
SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer (d. 2015)
Al Alberts, American pop singer (The Four Aces) and composer (d. 2009)
Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (d. 2013)
Ray Smith, English cricketer (d. 1996)
Jeff Corey, American actor and director (d. 2002)
Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and author (d. 1993)
Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)
Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009)
Ward Moore, American author (d. 1978)
Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (d. 1988)
Frank Marshall, American chess player and author (d. 1944)
Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1904)
Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic (d. 1773)
Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (d. 1763)
Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (d. 1629)