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Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (d. 1957)

#Jean_Sibelius

Frédéric Piquionne
Frédéric Piquionne, French footballer

#Frédéric_Piquionne

David Harewood
David Harewood, English actor

#David_Harewood

Toshiaki Kawada
Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler

#Toshiaki_Kawada

Meagan Duhamel
Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater

#Meagan_Duhamel

Steve Elkington
Steve Elkington, Australian-American golfer

#Steve_Elkington

Daniel Fitzhenry
Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player

#Daniel_Fitzhenry

Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator (d. 2011)

#Lucian_Freud

Frederik Buch
Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)

#Frederik_Buch

Dewey Martin (actor)
Dewey Martin, American actor (d. 2018)

#Dewey_Martin_(actor)

Jesse Sene-Lefao
Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jesse_Sene-Lefao

Charles III, Prince of Monaco
Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)

#Charles_III,_Prince_of_Monaco

Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976)

#Lee_J._Cobb

Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)
Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)

#Kateryna_Yushchenko_(scientist)

Berry van Aerle
Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer

#Berry_van_Aerle

Flip Wilson
Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (d. 1998)

#Flip_Wilson

Margaret Geller
Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

#Margaret_Geller

Tyler Mane
Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor

#Tyler_Mane

Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

#Jean_Ritchie

Miros?aw Oko?ski
Miros?aw Oko?ski, Polish footballer

#Miros?aw_Oko?ski

Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher, American actress

#Teri_Hatcher

Geoff Hurst
Geoff Hurst, English footballer and manager

#Geoff_Hurst

Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#Gregg_Allman

Raheem Sterling
Raheem Sterling, English footballer

#Raheem_Sterling

William C. Durant
William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947)

#William_C._Durant

Josh Donaldson
Josh Donaldson, American baseball player

#Josh_Donaldson

Ants Oras
Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)

#Ants_Oras

Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Ingrid_Michaelson

James Galway
James Galway, Irish flute player

#James_Galway

Darren Sheridan
Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager

#Darren_Sheridan

John Waters (actor)
John Waters, English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist

#John_Waters_(actor)

Jimmy Smith (musician)
Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005)

#Jimmy_Smith_(musician)

Kate Voegele
Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

#Kate_Voegele

Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben, American author and environmentalist

#Bill_McKibben

Cara Mund
Cara Mund, Miss America 2018

#Cara_Mund

Peter Andreas Hansen
Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)

#Peter_Andreas_Hansen

Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Jerry_Butler

Ernie Toshack
Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer (d. 2003)

#Ernie_Toshack

Red Berenson
Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Red_Berenson

Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger, American actress

#Kim_Basinger

Anselm Adornes
Anselm Adornes, Belgian merchant, politician and diplomat (d. 1483)

#Anselm_Adornes

Rudolph Pariser
Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist

#Rudolph_Pariser

Chava Alberstein
Chava Alberstein, Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Chava_Alberstein

Ryan Newman (racing driver)
Ryan Newman, American race car driver

#Ryan_Newman_(racing_driver)

Bohuslav Martin?
Bohuslav Martin?, Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959)

#Bohuslav_Martin?

W?adys?aw Kozakiewicz
W?adys?aw Kozakiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach

#W?adys?aw_Kozakiewicz

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1757)

#Horatio_Walpole,_1st_Baron_Walpole

Greg Halford
Greg Halford, English footballer

#Greg_Halford

Simon Finnigan
Simon Finnigan, English rugby league player

#Simon_Finnigan

Christian Wilhelmsson
Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer

#Christian_Wilhelmsson

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)

#Bjørnstjerne_Bjørnson

Jan Ingenhousz
Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799)

#Jan_Ingenhousz

Harold Hongju Koh
Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer, academic, and politician

#Harold_Hongju_Koh

Horace
Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)

#Horace

Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587)

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, German curler

#Andy_Kapp

Robert Sternberg
Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and academic

#Robert_Sternberg

Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979)
Johan Forssell, Swedish lawyer and politician

#Johan_Forssell_(politician,_born_1979)

Tatiana Zatulovskaya
Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player (d. 2017)

#Tatiana_Zatulovskaya

Slick (wrestling)
Slick, American wrestler and manager

#Slick_(wrestling)

Roy Firestone
Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist

#Roy_Firestone

Reed Johnson
Reed Johnson, American baseball player

#Reed_Johnson

Doriano Romboni
Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)

#Doriano_Romboni

Phil Collen
Phil Collen, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Phil_Collen

Oleksiy Pecherov
Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player

#Oleksiy_Pecherov

Bodo Tümmler
Bodo Tümmler, German runner

#Bodo_Tümmler

Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn, Canadian-American author and critic

#Mark_Steyn

Mary Gordon (writer)
Mary Gordon, American author, critic, and academic

#Mary_Gordon_(writer)

John Qualen
John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)

#John_Qualen

Alfredo Aceves
Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player

#Alfredo_Aceves

Bobby Elliott
Bobby Elliott, English drummer

#Bobby_Elliott

Indrek Allmann
Indrek Allmann, Estonian architect

#Indrek_Allmann

Duke Cunningham
Duke Cunningham, American commander and politician

#Duke_Cunningham

Andrius Kubilius
Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania

#Andrius_Kubilius

Rüdiger von der Goltz
Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (d. 1946)

#Rüdiger_von_der_Goltz

Yuliya Krevsun
Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner

#Yuliya_Krevsun

James Tate (writer)
James Tate, American poet (d. 2015)

#James_Tate_(writer)

Charles Lincoln Edwards
Charles Lincoln Edwards, American zoologist (d. 1937)

#Charles_Lincoln_Edwards

Julia Robinson
Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (d. 1985)

#Julia_Robinson

Ian Johnson (cricketer)
Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)

#Ian_Johnson_(cricketer)

Enzo Amore
Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper

#Enzo_Amore

Sebald Heyden
Sebald Heyden, German musicologist and theologian (d. 1561)

#Sebald_Heyden

Conceição Lima
Conceição Lima, São Toméan poet

#Conceição_Lima

Lionel Gilbert
Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)

#Lionel_Gilbert

Paul Ladmirault
Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1944)

#Paul_Ladmirault

Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder, American actor

#Ian_Somerhalder

Astorre II Manfredi
Astorre II Manfredi, Italian lord (d. 1468)

#Astorre_II_Manfredi

Nancy Meyers
Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Nancy_Meyers

Ted Irvine
Ted Irvine, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ted_Irvine

Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Khan, English boxer

#Amir_Khan_(boxer)

Les Ferdinand
Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach

#Les_Ferdinand

Philip Rivers
Philip Rivers, American football player

#Philip_Rivers

Jordon Ibe
Jordon Ibe, English footballer

#Jordon_Ibe

Albert Gleizes
Albert Gleizes, French painter (d. 1953)

#Albert_Gleizes

Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut

#Vladimir_Shatalov

Friedrich Traugott Kützing
Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (d. 1893)

#Friedrich_Traugott_Kützing

John Banville
John Banville, Irish novelist and screenwriter

#John_Banville

Zoe Konstantopoulou
Zoe Konstantopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician

#Zoe_Konstantopoulou

Georges Feydeau
Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)

#Georges_Feydeau

Thomas Cech
Thomas Cech, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Thomas_Cech

Ernst Moro
Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician (d. 1951)

#Ernst_Moro

Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Cuccurullo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Warren_Cuccurullo

Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard, American basketball player

#Dwight_Howard

Drew Doughty
Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player

#Drew_Doughty

Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi, Chinese economist and chancellor (d. 1086)

#Wang_Anshi

Mikey Robins
Mikey Robins, Australian comedian and television host

#Mikey_Robins

Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)

#Wifredo_Lam

Concha Piquer
Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)

#Concha_Piquer

August Belmont
August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1890)

#August_Belmont

Sun Li-jen
Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)

#Sun_Li-jen

Jakov Ignjatovi?
Jakov Ignjatovi?, Hungarian-Serbian author (d. 1889)

#Jakov_Ignjatovi?

Claude Balbastre
Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer (d. 1799)

#Claude_Balbastre

Serena Ryder
Serena Ryder, American singer-songwriter

#Serena_Ryder

Chrisette Michele
Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter

#Chrisette_Michele

Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)

#Jacques_Hadamard

Jeremy Accardo
Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player

#Jeremy_Accardo

Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin (d. 1825)

#Eli_Whitney

Kasim Sulton
Kasim Sulton, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#Kasim_Sulton

Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)

#Camille_Claudel

Cristian Castro
Cristian Castro, Mexican singer

#Cristian_Castro

James Cama
James Cama, American martial artist and educator (d. 2014)

#James_Cama

Mike Buchanan (politician)
Mike Buchanan, British men's rights advocate

#Mike_Buchanan_(politician)

AnnaSophia Robb
AnnaSophia Robb, American actress

#AnnaSophia_Robb

John Oster
John Oster, English-Welsh footballer

#John_Oster

Johannes Aavik
Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)

#Johannes_Aavik

Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson, American essayist, travel and science writer

#Bill_Bryson

Dharmendra
Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician

#Dharmendra

Nick Zinner
Nick Zinner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Nick_Zinner

John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein, American actor, director, and composer

#John_Rubinstein

E. C. Segar
E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (d. 1938)

#E._C._Segar

Niklas Luhmann
Niklas Luhmann, German thinker and social theorist (d. 1998)

#Niklas_Luhmann

Jan Eggum
Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jan_Eggum

Peter Tali Coleman
Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)

#Peter_Tali_Coleman

Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein, American author, academic, and activist

#Norman_Finkelstein

Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host

#Marty_Friedman

David Carradine
David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)

#David_Carradine

Maria Josepha of Austria
Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757)

#Maria_Josepha_of_Austria

Theo Maassen
Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Theo_Maassen

Lim Guan Eng
Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian accountant and politician, 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang and incumbent Minister of Finance.

#Lim_Guan_Eng

Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1938)

#Georges_Méliès

Carmen Martín Gaite
Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet (d. 2000)

#Carmen_Martín_Gaite

Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick, American race car driver

#Kevin_Harvick

Bushwick Bill
Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper Geto Boys (d. 2019)

#Bushwick_Bill

Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter

#Sinéad_O'Connor

François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal)
François de La Rochefoucauld, Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)

#François_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(cardinal)

Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter, American lawyer, journalist, and author

#Ann_Coulter

Mike Mussina
Mike Mussina, American baseball player and coach

#Mike_Mussina

Frits Pirard
Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist

#Frits_Pirard

Adolph Menzel
Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)

#Adolph_Menzel

Greg Howe
Greg Howe, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Greg_Howe

Chigusa Nagayo
Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler

#Chigusa_Nagayo

James Thurber
James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)

#James_Thurber

Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Maximilian_Schell

George Baker (Dutch singer)
George Baker, Dutch singer-songwriter

#George_Baker_(Dutch_singer)

Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1971)

#Jim_Morrison

Zelma Watson George
Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer (d. 1994)

#Zelma_Watson_George

Tim Foli
Tim Foli, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Tim_Foli

Bob Arum
Bob Arum, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank

#Bob_Arum

Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896)

#Christian_Emil_Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs

James MacArthur
James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)

#James_MacArthur

Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801)

#Archduke_Maximilian_Francis_of_Austria

Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1957)

#Diego_Rivera

Yui Yokoyama
Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress

#Yui_Yokoyama

Khaw Boon Wan
Khaw Boon Wan, Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health

#Khaw_Boon_Wan

Raymond Lam
Raymond Lam, Chinese actor and singer

#Raymond_Lam

Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

#Corey_Taylor

Conseslus Kipruto
Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner

#Conseslus_Kipruto

Felipe Gozon
Felipe Gozon, Filipino lawyer and businessman

#Felipe_Gozon

James Blundell (singer)
James Blundell, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#James_Blundell_(singer)

Richard Desmond
Richard Desmond, English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell

#Richard_Desmond

Sam Tagataese
Sam Tagataese, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

#Sam_Tagataese

Dariush Mehrjui
Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Dariush_Mehrjui

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)

#Francis_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Vernon Wells
Vernon Wells, American baseball player

#Vernon_Wells

Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress

#Nicki_Minaj

Aaron Allston
Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (d. 2014)

#Aaron_Allston

Mary Woronov
Mary Woronov, American actress, director, and screenwriter

#Mary_Woronov

Dominic Monaghan
Dominic Monaghan, German-born English actor

#Dominic_Monaghan

Miklós Istvánffy
Miklós Istvánffy, Hungarian politician (d. 1615)

#Miklós_Istvánffy

Abdullah Ercan
Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer and manager

#Abdullah_Ercan

Neel Jani
Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver

#Neel_Jani

Jordan Obita, English footballer
Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
Jana Juricová, Slovak tennis player
Sam Hunt, American singer-songwriter
Emma Green Tregaro, Swedish high jumper
Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
José Peña, Venezuelan sprinter
Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
Anita Weyermann, Swiss runner and journalist
Aleksandra Olsza, Polish tennis player
Brettina, Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress
Tony Simmons, American football player and coach
Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter
Janae Marie Kroczaleski, American powerlifter
Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
Kristin Lauter, American mathematician and cryptographer
Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress and singer
Jeff George, American football player
Óscar Ramírez, Costa Rican footballer and coach
Ricky Walford, Australian rugby league player
Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer and manager
Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer and coach
Bob Greene, American physiologist and author
Michel Ferté, French race car driver
Rob Curling, Malayan-English journalist
Rob Byrnes, American author and blogger
Milenko Zabla?anski, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
Steve Yates, English footballer
Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
Steve Atkinson, English-Hong Kong cricketer
Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1994)
Rick Baker, American actor and makeup artist
Ray Shulman, English violinist, guitarist, and producer
Luis Caffarelli, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic
Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet (d. 2011)
Gérard Blanc, French singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2009)
Vince MacLean, Canadian educator and politician
Bertie Higgins, American singer-songwriter
Larry Martin, American paleontologist and ornithologist (d. 2013)
Bob Brown, American football player
Ed Brinkman, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
Brant Alyea, American baseball player
Soko Richardson, American drummer (d. 2004)
Arne Næss, Jr., German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004)
Peter Parfitt, English cricketer
Michael Hobson, American publisher
Julian Critchley, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012)
Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996)
Nasir Kazmi, Pakistani Urdu poet (d. 1972)
Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990)
McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)
Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (d. 1966)
Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)
John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)
Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright (d. 1970)
Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1938)
Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician (d. 1965)
Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)
Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939)
František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799)
Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
Queen Jeonghui, Queen consort of Korea (d. 1483)