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Marco Storari
Marco Storari, Italian footballer

#Marco_Storari

Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2016)

#Juan_Gabriel

Paul Revere & the Raiders
Paul Revere, American rock keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2014)

#Paul_Revere_&_the_Raiders

Michael Sam
Michael Sam, American football player

#Michael_Sam

Gustav Flatow
Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)

#Gustav_Flatow

Lyndsy Fonseca
Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress

#Lyndsy_Fonseca

Diego Balbinot
Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer

#Diego_Balbinot

Éric Gagné
Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player

#Éric_Gagné

Adam Krieger
Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1666)

#Adam_Krieger

Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (d. 1941)

#Al_Bowlly

Jim Lefebvre
Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager

#Jim_Lefebvre

Johann Heinrich Zedler
Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)

#Johann_Heinrich_Zedler

Jonas Alströmer
Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman (d. 1761)

#Jonas_Alströmer

Leslie Grace
Leslie Grace, American singer

#Leslie_Grace

Rand Paul
Rand Paul, American ophthalmologist and politician

#Rand_Paul

Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer

#Eden_Hazard

Frederick D. Gregory
Frederick D. Gregory, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#Frederick_D._Gregory

Sandford Fleming
Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)

#Sandford_Fleming

Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995)

#Gerald_Durrell

Mike Wilds
Mike Wilds, English race car driver and pilot

#Mike_Wilds

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton, English race car driver

#Lewis_Hamilton

David Caruso
David Caruso, American actor

#David_Caruso

Tim Donaghy
Tim Donaghy, American basketball player and referee

#Tim_Donaghy

Kotaro Suzumura
Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic

#Kotaro_Suzumura

Bernadette Soubirous
Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (d. 1879)

#Bernadette_Soubirous

Bobby McDermott
Bobby McDermott, American basketball player (d. 1963)

#Bobby_McDermott

Valeri Kubasov
Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2014)

#Valeri_Kubasov

Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner, American actor

#Jeremy_Renner

Heinrich von Stephan
Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union (d. 1897)

#Heinrich_von_Stephan

William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter (d. 2017)

#William_Peter_Blatty

Hudson Fysh
Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (d. 1974)

#Hudson_Fysh

Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham, English politician, Secretary of State for Health

#Andy_Burnham

Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, English judge and politician, 7th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1943)

#Gordon_Hewart,_1st_Viscount_Hewart

Zöe Salmon
Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999

#Zöe_Salmon

Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Gulbis, American golfer

#Natalie_Gulbis

Tohu Harris
Tohu Harris, New Zealand rugby league player

#Tohu_Harris

Caster Semenya
Caster Semenya, South African sprinter

#Caster_Semenya

Phil Mulkey
Phil Mulkey, American decathlete and coach

#Phil_Mulkey

Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist

#Sammo_Hung

Katie Couric
Katie Couric, American television journalist, anchor, and author

#Katie_Couric

Alenka Bikar
Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician

#Alenka_Bikar

Ha Jae-sook
Ha Jae-sook, South Korean actress

#Ha_Jae-sook

Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster

#Ricky_Stuart

Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper

#Gregor_Schlierenzauer

Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist.

#Aloe_Blacc

B?nel Nicoli??
B?nel Nicoli??, Romanian footballer and manager

#B?nel_Nicoli??

Kevin Mench
Kevin Mench, American baseball player

#Kevin_Mench

Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez, American politician

#Loretta_Sanchez

Mirja Hietamies
Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)

#Mirja_Hietamies

Ichirou Mizuki
Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter

#Ichirou_Mizuki

Kenny Davern
Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006)

#Kenny_Davern

Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage, American actor

#Nicolas_Cage

Tony Conigliaro
Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1990)

#Tony_Conigliaro

Robert Longo
Robert Longo, American painter and sculptor

#Robert_Longo

Vic Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer

#Vic_Darchinyan

Edwin Encarnación
Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player

#Edwin_Encarnación

Émile Borel
Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)

#Émile_Borel

Sadako Sasaki
Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (d. 1955)

#Sadako_Sasaki

Alan Napier
Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)

#Alan_Napier

Marco Simone
Marco Simone, Italian footballer and manager

#Marco_Simone

Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)

#Millard_Fillmore

Sofi Oksanen
Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright

#Sofi_Oksanen

John Thune
John Thune, American lawyer and politician

#John_Thune

Shane Kelly
Shane Kelly, Australian cyclist

#Shane_Kelly

Tomas Ražanauskas
Tomas Ražanauskas, Lithuanian footballer and manager

#Tomas_Ražanauskas

Stefan Babovi?
Stefan Babovi?, Serbian footballer

#Stefan_Babovi?

Ducky Schofield
Ducky Schofield, American baseball player

#Ducky_Schofield

Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt, American painter (d. 1902)

#Albert_Bierstadt

Mike Liut
Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Mike_Liut

John E. Walker
John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#John_E._Walker

Li Shengjiao
Li Shengjiao, Chinese diplomat and international jurist (d. 2017)

#Li_Shengjiao

Eddie LeBaron
Eddie LeBaron, American football player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)

#Eddie_LeBaron

Davide Astori
Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)

#Davide_Astori

Mamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar, Indian-Bengali actress who worked with Satyajit Ray

#Mamata_Shankar

Charles Jenkins Sr.
Charles Jenkins Sr., American sprinter and coach

#Charles_Jenkins_Sr.

George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith
George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1823)

#George_Elphinstone,_1st_Viscount_Keith

Alvin Dark
Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)

#Alvin_Dark

Božin Pavlovski
Božin Pavlovski, Macedonian-Australian, and known European novelist

#Božin_Pavlovski

Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter

#Kenny_Loggins

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player and composer (d. 2014)

#Mohammad-Reza_Lotfi

Oskar Luts
Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1953)

#Oskar_Luts

Orval Faubus
Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)

#Orval_Faubus

Tassos Papadopoulos
Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008)

#Tassos_Papadopoulos

Rex Lee (actor)
Rex Lee, American actor

#Rex_Lee_(actor)

William Clarence Matthews
William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)

#William_Clarence_Matthews

Thomas Henry Ismay
Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company (d. 1899)

#Thomas_Henry_Ismay

Vasily Alekseyev
Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011)

#Vasily_Alekseyev

Ross Grimsley
Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach

#Ross_Grimsley

James Munro (Australian politician)
James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)

#James_Munro_(Australian_politician)

John Gidding
John Gidding, American architect and television host

#John_Gidding

Scott Pendlebury
Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer

#Scott_Pendlebury

Lim Ju-eun
Lim Ju-eun, South Korean actress

#Lim_Ju-eun

Fu Yuanhui
Fu Yuanhui, Chinese swimmer

#Fu_Yuanhui

Jean-Pierre Rampal
Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (d. 2000)

#Jean-Pierre_Rampal

Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player

#Alfonso_Soriano

Francis Poulenc
Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)

#Francis_Poulenc

Kathy Valentine
Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter

#Kathy_Valentine

Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker, American novelist and essayist

#Nicholson_Baker

Miles Addison
Miles Addison, English footballer

#Miles_Addison

Donald Brashear
Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist

#Donald_Brashear

Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam, American general (d. 1790)

#Israel_Putnam

Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather
Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)

#Elizabeth_Louisa_Foster_Mather

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1397)

#Thomas_of_Woodstock,_1st_Duke_of_Gloucester

Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, English accountant and politician

#Angela_Smith,_Baroness_Smith_of_Basildon

Ozzie Albies
Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player

#Ozzie_Albies

Vera de Bosset
Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1982)

#Vera_de_Bosset

Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)

#Charles_Péguy

Red Allen
Red Allen, American trumpet player (d. 1967)

#Red_Allen

Bobbi Trout
Bobbi Trout, American pilot (d. 2003)

#Bobbi_Trout

Pablo Birger
Pablo Birger, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1966)

#Pablo_Birger

John Catron
John Catron, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1865)

#John_Catron

Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king (d. 1844)

#Joseph_Bonaparte

Jon Lester
Jon Lester, American baseball player

#Jon_Lester

Vincent Gardenia
Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (d. 1992)

#Vincent_Gardenia

Mariano Paredes (President of Mexico)
Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (d. 1849)

#Mariano_Paredes_(President_of_Mexico)

Robert LeGendre
Robert LeGendre, American pentathlete and dentist (d. 1931)

#Robert_LeGendre

Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976)

#Adolph_Zukor

Terry Moore (actress)
Terry Moore, American actress

#Terry_Moore_(actress)

Dick Marty
Dick Marty, Swiss lawyer and politician

#Dick_Marty

G. Robert Blakey
G. Robert Blakey, American lawyer and academic

#G._Robert_Blakey

Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (d. 1960)

#Zora_Neale_Hurston

Raila Odinga
Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya

#Raila_Odinga

Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)

#Pope_Gregory_XIII

Johnny Mize
Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)

#Johnny_Mize

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (d. 1922)

#Eliezer_Ben-Yehuda

Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)

#Butterfly_McQueen

Jan Oblak
Jan Oblak, Slovenian footballer

#Jan_Oblak

Aleksandr Dugin
Aleksandr Dugin, Russian sociologist and philosopher

#Aleksandr_Dugin

Johann Philipp Reis
Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (d. 1874)

#Johann_Philipp_Reis

Kim Jong-pil
Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2018)

#Kim_Jong-pil

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)

#William_Louis,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Marquis Daniels
Marquis Daniels, American basketball player

#Marquis_Daniels

Grant Leadbitter
Grant Leadbitter, English footballer

#Grant_Leadbitter

Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

#Nick_Clegg

Mike McGear
Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer

#Mike_McGear

Alex Auld
Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player

#Alex_Auld

Babe Pratt
Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)

#Babe_Pratt

Anna Murray Vail
Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden (d. 1955)

#Anna_Murray_Vail

Jimmy Smith, English footballer
Olga Panova, Russian tennis player
Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
Ianina Zanazzi, Argentinian race car driver
Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
Travis Friend, Zimbabwean cricketer
Reece Simmonds, Australian rugby league player
Ivan Moody, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand rugby player
Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver
Dean Cosker, English cricketer
Todd Day, American basketball player and coach
Doug E. Doug, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and film director
Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter
Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner
Hallie Todd, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Andrew Thomson, Australian lawyer and politician
Ian Mercer, English actor
Kostas Petropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
José María Vitier, Cuban pianist and composer
Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach
Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Helen Worth, English actress
Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager
Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out
Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone
Michael Roizen, American anesthesiologist and author
Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician
Richard Armstrong, English organist and conductor
Danny Steinmann, American director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
Manfred Schellscheidt, German-American soccer player and coach
Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
Anton Norris, Barbadian high jumper and cricketer
Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby player and coach
Fred Whitfield, American baseball player (d. 2013)
Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, and actor (d. 1997)
Lou Graham, American golfer and soldier
Ian La Frenais, English screenwriter and producer
Hunter Davies, Scottish author and journalist
Ben Cropp, Australian hunter and photographer
Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2002)
Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (d. 2010)
Joe Berinson, Australian pharmacist, lawyer, and politician; Attorney-General of Western Australia (d. 2018)
Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)
Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)
Eric Jupp, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2003)
Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (d. 1975)
Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (d. 1997)
Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (d. 2005)
Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
Ulysses Kay, American composer and educator (d. 1995)
W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)
Günter Wand, German conductor and composer (d. 2002)
Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (d. 1988)
James Simpson Jr., American race car driver and politician (d. 1960)
Ioannis Despotopoulos, Greek architect and academic (d. 1992)
John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)
Edwin Swatek, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)
Seo Jae-pil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (d. 1951)
Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (d. 1926)
Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian director and manager (d. 1785)
Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford, English Baron (d. 1603)
Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)