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Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic

#Bjørn_Lomborg

Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (d. 1991)

#Danny_Thomas

Trudie Styler
Trudie Styler, English actress and activist

#Trudie_Styler

Percivall Pott
Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)

#Percivall_Pott

Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

#Lou_Holtz

Norman Kirk
Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974)

#Norman_Kirk

Yuji Horii
Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer, created Dragon Quest

#Yuji_Horii

Mickey Hargitay
Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)

#Mickey_Hargitay

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (d. 1431)

#Joan_of_Arc

Heinrich Schliemann
Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (d. 1890)

#Heinrich_Schliemann

Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)

#Malcolm_Young

Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Rolf_M._Zinkernagel

Clarence King
Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)

#Clarence_King

Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and director

#Rinko_Kikuchi

Barry John
Barry John, Welsh rugby player

#Barry_John

Brian Bass
Brian Bass, American baseball player

#Brian_Bass

Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (d. 2012)

#Earl_Scruggs

Emil Steinberger (actor)
Emil Steinberger, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter

#Emil_Steinberger_(actor)

Laurence Hurst
Laurence Hurst, English biologist and academic

#Laurence_Hurst

Bubba Franks
Bubba Franks, American football player

#Bubba_Franks

Early Wynn
Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1999)

#Early_Wynn

Julio María Sanguinetti
Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer and politician, 29th President of Uruguay

#Julio_María_Sanguinetti

John of Ávila
John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint (d. 1569)

#John_of_Ávila

Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton
Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, Scottish peeress (d. 1716)

#Anne_Hamilton,_3rd_Duchess_of_Hamilton

Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster

#Paul_Azinger

Christine Wachtel
Christine Wachtel, German runner

#Christine_Wachtel

Thomas Fincke
Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)

#Thomas_Fincke

Victor Horta
Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (d. 1947)

#Victor_Horta

Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist

#Paolo_Conte

Asante Samuel
Asante Samuel, American football player

#Asante_Samuel

Hugh Mahon
Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1931)

#Hugh_Mahon

Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer

#Elizabeth_Strout

Paul McShane (footballer)
Paul McShane, Irish footballer

#Paul_McShane_(footballer)

Henri Herz
Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1888)

#Henri_Herz

Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (d. 1831)

#Jedediah_Smith

Adeline Genée
Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)

#Adeline_Genée

Richard II of England
Richard II of England (d. 1400)

#Richard_II_of_England

Kari Jalonen
Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach

#Kari_Jalonen

Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich
Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, English surgeon and academic

#Ian_McColl,_Baron_McColl_of_Dulwich

Joseph Petzval
Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)

#Joseph_Petzval

Yiannis Papaioannou
Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (d. 1989)

#Yiannis_Papaioannou

Graeme Hole
Graeme Hole, Australian cricketer (d. 1990)

#Graeme_Hole

Don Gullett
Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach

#Don_Gullett

Clive Woodward
Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach

#Clive_Woodward

Bongani Khumalo
Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer

#Bongani_Khumalo

JB (South Korean singer)
Lim Jae-beom, South Korean singer and actor (Got7)

#JB_(South_Korean_singer)

Inge Vermeulen
Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (d. 2015)

#Inge_Vermeulen

Capucine
Capucine, French actress and model (d. 1990)

#Capucine

Jacobo Timerman
Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)

#Jacobo_Timerman

Michael Foale
Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut

#Michael_Foale

Carolyn D. Wright
Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic (d. 2016)

#Carolyn_D._Wright

Maria of Yugoslavia
Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 (d. 1961)

#Maria_of_Yugoslavia

John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (d. 2004)

#John_Maynard_Smith

E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 2015)

#E._L._Doctorow

Ion Minulescu
Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic (d. 1944)

#Ion_Minulescu

Derrick Morgan (American football)
Derrick Morgan, American football player

#Derrick_Morgan_(American_football)

Arin Hanson
Arin Hanson, American YouTube Celebrity and voice actor

#Arin_Hanson

Mario Rodríguez Cobos
Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentinian philosopher and author (d. 2010)

#Mario_Rodríguez_Cobos

Michael Houser
Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

#Michael_Houser

Hristo Botev
Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (d. 1876)

#Hristo_Botev

Gertrude the Great
Gertrude the Great, German mystic (d. 1302)

#Gertrude_the_Great

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (d. 1645)

#Gaspar_de_Guzmán,_Count-Duke_of_Olivares

Georgios Babiniotis
Georgios Babiniotis, Greek linguist and philologist

#Georgios_Babiniotis

Tom Mix
Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor (d. 1940)

#Tom_Mix

Kim Dae-jung
Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

#Kim_Dae-jung

Ralph Branca
Ralph Branca, American baseball player (d. 2016)

#Ralph_Branca

Andy Carroll
Andy Carroll, English footballer

#Andy_Carroll

Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Rowan_Atkinson

A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist

#A._R._Rahman

Angus Deayton
Angus Deayton, English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster

#Angus_Deayton

Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2002)

#Valeriy_Lobanovskyi

James Farrior
James Farrior, American football player

#James_Farrior

Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player

#Gilbert_Arenas

Casey Fossum
Casey Fossum, American baseball player

#Casey_Fossum

Vic Tayback
Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)

#Vic_Tayback

Vasso Karantasiou
Vasso Karantasiou, Greek volleyball player

#Vasso_Karantasiou

Camila Grey
Camila Grey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Camila_Grey

Kim Wilson
Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player

#Kim_Wilson

Gustav Bauer
Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)

#Gustav_Bauer

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (d. 1744)

#James_Brydges,_1st_Duke_of_Chandos

Louis Freeh
Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

#Louis_Freeh

Margus Hanson
Margus Hanson, Estonian lawyer and politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Defence

#Margus_Hanson

Christoffer Gabel
Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (d. 1673)

#Christoffer_Gabel

Don Edwards
Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)

#Don_Edwards

James Madison Porter
James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)

#James_Madison_Porter

Anselme Payen
Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (d. 1871)

#Anselme_Payen

Steed Malbranque
Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer

#Steed_Malbranque

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian

#Kate_McKinnon

Péter Veres (politician)
Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defense (d. 1970)

#Péter_Veres_(politician)

Petter Northug
Petter Northug, Norwegian skier

#Petter_Northug

Adam Burish
Adam Burish, American ice hockey player

#Adam_Burish

Jacqueline Moore
Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler and manager

#Jacqueline_Moore

Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)

#Sam_Rayburn

Helmut Poppendick
Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)

#Helmut_Poppendick

Olaus Petri
Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman (d. 1552)

#Olaus_Petri

Ndamukong Suh
Ndamukong Suh, American football player

#Ndamukong_Suh

Ludvík Dan?k
Ludvík Dan?k, Czech discus thrower (d. 1998)

#Ludvík_Dan?k

Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson, English chef and author

#Nigella_Lawson

Mike Boit
Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic

#Mike_Boit

Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (d. 1931)

#Kahlil_Gibran

Helius Eobanus Hessus
Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)

#Helius_Eobanus_Hessus

John Singleton
John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)

#John_Singleton

Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen
Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (d. 1709)

#Wolfgang_Dietrich_of_Castell-Remlingen

Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer

#Kapil_Dev

Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1948)

#Fred_Niblo

Norm Charlton
Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach

#Norm_Charlton

Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster

#Nancy_Lopez

Caspar Peucer
Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar (d. 1602)

#Caspar_Peucer

Darlene Hard
Darlene Hard, American tennis player

#Darlene_Hard

Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (d. 1994)

#Jacques_Ellul

Murray Rose
Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2012)

#Murray_Rose

Koo Chen-fu
Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (d. 2005)

#Koo_Chen-fu

Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress

#Gabrielle_Reece

Graham Murray
Graham Murray, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)

#Graham_Murray

Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)

#Bonnie_Franklin

Jesse Leonard Steinfeld
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014)

#Jesse_Leonard_Steinfeld

Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)

#Carl_Sandburg

Dickie Moore (ice hockey)
Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (d. 2015)

#Dickie_Moore_(ice_hockey)

Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model

#Eddie_Redmayne

Jane Dormer
Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria (d. 1612)

#Jane_Dormer

Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director

#Adriano_Celentano

Francis L. Sullivan
Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (d. 1956)

#Francis_L._Sullivan

Norman Reedus
Norman Reedus, American actor and model

#Norman_Reedus

Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery, English miner and politician

#Ian_Lavery

Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)

#Charles_Sumner

Nino Tempo
Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor

#Nino_Tempo

Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1915)

#Alexander_Scriabin

Andreas Moustoxydis
Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)

#Andreas_Moustoxydis

Ted McDonald
Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer (d. 1937)

#Ted_McDonald

Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player

#Alan_Stivell

Claude Favre de Vaugelas
Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (d. 1650)

#Claude_Favre_de_Vaugelas

Baldassare Verazzi
Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)

#Baldassare_Verazzi

Sharon Cuneta
Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress

#Sharon_Cuneta

Richard Zedník
Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player

#Richard_Zedník

Jérémie Renier
Jérémie Renier, Belgian-French actor

#Jérémie_Renier

Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice artist, martial artist, and musician

#Johnny_Yong_Bosch

Günter Rössler
Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (d. 2012)

#Günter_Rössler

John C. Lilly
John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (d. 2001)

#John_C._Lilly

Guy Gardner (astronaut)
Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut

#Guy_Gardner_(astronaut)

Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter, American author

#Karin_Slaughter

Attilio Lombardo
Attilio Lombardo, Italian footballer and manager

#Attilio_Lombardo

Max Bruch
Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (d. 1920)

#Max_Bruch

Gustave Doré
Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)

#Gustave_Doré

David Fleay
David Fleay, Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)

#David_Fleay

Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet and author (d. 2017)

#Juan_Goytisolo

Nathan McIver
Nathan McIver, Canadian ice hockey player

#Nathan_McIver

Julie Chen
Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer

#Julie_Chen

Edward Gierek
Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001)

#Edward_Gierek

Joseph Pitty Couthouy
Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist (d. 1864)

#Joseph_Pitty_Couthouy

Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1938)

#Samuel_Alexander

Georges Jobé
Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer (d. 2012)

#Georges_Jobé

Phyllis Haver
Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)

#Phyllis_Haver

Justin Welby
Justin Welby, English archbishop

#Justin_Welby

Howie Long
Howie Long, American football player and sports commentator

#Howie_Long

Giuseppe Martucci
Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1909)

#Giuseppe_Martucci

Loretta Young
Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)

#Loretta_Young

P. J. Kavanagh
P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (d. 2015)

#P._J._Kavanagh

Will Butcher, American hockey player
Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
Gemma Gibbons, English-Scottish martial artist
Mike Jones, American rapper and actor
Adrian Rainey, Australian rugby league player
Nikki Einfeld, Canadian soprano and actress
Shane Rigon, Australian rugby league player
Jason King, English radio and television host
Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer
Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Irwin Thomas, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Radoslav Látal, Czech footballer and manager
Craig Perks, New Zealand golfer
Murray McLachlan, Scottish pianist
Charles Haley, American football player and coach
Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (d. 1995)
Vangelis Vlachos, Greek footballer and manager
Kevin Rosier, American mixed martial artist and boxer (d. 2015)
Nigel Melville, English rugby player
Eric Grothe, Sr., Australian rugby league player
Mohsen Rastani, Iranian photographer and journalist
Scott Bryce, American actor, director, and producer
Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist and economist
Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
Alex Forsyth, American ice hockey player
Ajayi Agbebaku, Nigerian triple jumper
Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
Moondog Spot, American wrestler (d. 2003)
Dayle Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
Sandy Denny, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (d 1978)
Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
Allen Appel, American author, illustrator, and photographer
Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1979)
Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
Larisa Shepitko, Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actress (d. 1979)
William E. Connolly, American political scientist, theorist, and academic
Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player and scout (d. 2017)
Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer
Sylvia Syms, English actress
Harry M. Miller, Australian talent agent and publicist (d. 2018)
Fred L. Turner, American businessman (d. 2013)
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2003)
John Clive, English author and actor (d. 2012)
Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic
W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and educator (d. 2013)
Kid Gavilán, Cuban-American boxer (d. 2003)
Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (d. 2002)
John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)
Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (d. 2007)
Hugo Broch, German lieutenant and pilot
Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
Eugene Thomas Maleska, American journalist (d. 1993)
Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (d. 1978)
Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic (d. 1989)
Wright Morris, American author and photographer (d. 1998)
Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer (d. 1988)
Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (d. 1953)
Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (d. 1993)
Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (d. 1968)
Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (d. 1969)
James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (d. 1965)
Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1965)
Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1922)
János Zsupánek, Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
William Russell, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
Ludwig Schüler, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1930)
Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (d. 1799)
José de Nebra, Spanish composer (d. 1768)
Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (d. 1750)
Alexander Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (d. 1752)
Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (d. 1720)
Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (d. 1556)
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (d. 1408)