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Pascal Zuberbühler
Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach

#Pascal_Zuberbühler

Zden?k Mácal
Zden?k Mácal, Czech-American conductor

#Zden?k_Mácal

Jesper Jansson
Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer

#Jesper_Jansson

Johnny Wardle
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)

#Johnny_Wardle

Kenny Anthony
Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

#Kenny_Anthony

Aaron Cruden
Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player

#Aaron_Cruden

Orson Hyde
Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 1878)

#Orson_Hyde

Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl, American drummer

#Dave_Weckl

Charles Bryant (actor)
Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (d. 1948)

#Charles_Bryant_(actor)

Steven Jacobs (television presenter)
Steven Jacobs, Australian television host and actor

#Steven_Jacobs_(television_presenter)

Gaston Miron
Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (d. 1996)

#Gaston_Miron

Rachel Nichols (actress)
Rachel Nichols, American actress and producer

#Rachel_Nichols_(actress)

Slade Gorton
Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington

#Slade_Gorton

Kristján Einar
Kristján Einar, Icelandic race car driver

#Kristján_Einar

Karl Brandt
Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (d. 1948)

#Karl_Brandt

Uesugi Kagekatsu
Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese daimy? (d. 1623)

#Uesugi_Kagekatsu

Josh Jackson (rugby league)
Josh Jackson, Australian rugby league player

#Josh_Jackson_(rugby_league)

Jeff Francoeur
Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player

#Jeff_Francoeur

David Bowie
David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2016)

#David_Bowie

Noah Cyrus
Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer

#Noah_Cyrus

Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter

#Sarah_Polley

Keiz? Hayashi
Keiz? Hayashi, Japanese general and civil servant (d. 1991)

#Keiz?_Hayashi

Frank Nelson Doubleday
Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (d. 1934)

#Frank_Nelson_Doubleday

Sigismond Thalberg
Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1871)

#Sigismond_Thalberg

Galina Ulanova
Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (d. 1998)

#Galina_Ulanova

Samuel von Pufendorf
Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist (d. 1694)

#Samuel_von_Pufendorf

Amber Benson
Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer

#Amber_Benson

James Longstreet
James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (d. 1904)

#James_Longstreet

Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1629)

#Jan_Pieterszoon_Coen

Michael Mancienne
Michael Mancienne, English footballer

#Michael_Mancienne

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)

#S._W._R._D._Bandaranaike

Carl Pavano
Carl Pavano, American baseball player

#Carl_Pavano

Charles Murray (political scientist)
Charles Murray, American political scientist and author

#Charles_Murray_(political_scientist)

Arthur Ford (psychic)
Arthur Ford, American psychic, founded the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (d. 1971)

#Arthur_Ford_(psychic)

Walther Bothe
Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

#Walther_Bothe

John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (d. 1595)

#John_Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Saxony

Mike Cameron
Mike Cameron, American baseball player

#Mike_Cameron

Mike Süsser
Mike Süsser, German chef and author

#Mike_Süsser

Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer

#Shirley_Bassey

Koke (footballer, born 1992)
Koke, Spanish footballer

#Koke_(footballer,_born_1992)

Adrian Mutu
Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer

#Adrian_Mutu

Apostolos Vellios
Apostolos Vellios, Greek footballer

#Apostolos_Vellios

Ron Moody
Ron Moody, English actor and singer (d. 2015)

#Ron_Moody

Soupy Sales
Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)

#Soupy_Sales

Sascha Bigalke
Sascha Bigalke, German footballer

#Sascha_Bigalke

Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal (d. 1709)

#Luis_Manuel_Fernández_de_Portocarrero

Ivan Gunduli?
Ivan Gunduli?, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1638)

#Ivan_Gunduli?

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic

#Robert_May,_Baron_May_of_Oxford

Lee Yi-kyung
Lee Yi-kyung, South Korean actor

#Lee_Yi-kyung

Willie Anderson (basketball)
Willie Anderson, American basketball player

#Willie_Anderson_(basketball)

Jeff Francis
Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player

#Jeff_Francis

Henrik Shipstead
Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (d. 1960)

#Henrik_Shipstead

Gaby Hoffmann
Gaby Hoffmann, American actress

#Gaby_Hoffmann

Shin Ji-min
Shin Ji-min, South Korean singer and rapper

#Shin_Ji-min

Dorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams, American character actress (d. 1988)

#Dorothy_Adams

Kadi Burhan al-Din
Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (d. 1398)

#Kadi_Burhan_al-Din

John H. Moffitt
John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1926)

#John_H._Moffitt

Elisabetta Sirani
Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (d. 1665)

#Elisabetta_Sirani

Walker Cooper
Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)

#Walker_Cooper

Su Shi
Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (d. 1101)

#Su_Shi

Jason Giambi
Jason Giambi, American baseball player

#Jason_Giambi

Merlyn Myer
Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist (d. 1982)

#Merlyn_Myer

Giuseppe Favalli
Giuseppe Favalli, Italian footballer

#Giuseppe_Favalli

Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes, Australian footballer

#Adam_Goodes

Stefanie Dolson
Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player

#Stefanie_Dolson

Mike Reno
Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer

#Mike_Reno

Mel Reynolds
Mel Reynolds, American academic and politician

#Mel_Reynolds

Lowell Mason
Lowell Mason, American composer and educator (d. 1872)

#Lowell_Mason

Stefan Savi?
Stefan Savi?, Montenegrin footballer

#Stefan_Savi?

Larry Storch
Larry Storch, American actor and comedian

#Larry_Storch

Fanny Bullock Workman
Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1925)

#Fanny_Bullock_Workman

Georgy Malenkov
Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1988)

#Georgy_Malenkov

Hans von Bülow
Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894)

#Hans_von_Bülow

Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)

#Jacques_Anquetil

Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author

#Terry_Brooks

Sebastiano Conca
Sebastiano Conca, Italian painter (d. 1764)

#Sebastiano_Conca

Willy Millowitsch
Willy Millowitsch, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)

#Willy_Millowitsch

Dale D. Myers
Dale D. Myers, American engineer (d. 2015)

#Dale_D._Myers

Edmond-Charles Genêt
Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat (d. 1834)

#Edmond-Charles_Genêt

Bob Eubanks
Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer

#Bob_Eubanks

Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (d. 1970)

#Gypsy_Rose_Lee

Tom Watson (Labour politician)
Tom Watson, English politician

#Tom_Watson_(Labour_politician)

Konstantinos Kypriotis
Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist (d. 1995)

#Konstantinos_Kypriotis

François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)

#François-Henri_de_Montmorency,_duc_de_Luxembourg

Bill Graham (promoter)
Bill Graham, German-American businessman (d. 1991)

#Bill_Graham_(promoter)

Nacho Duato
Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer

#Nacho_Duato

Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1913)

#Alfred_Russel_Wallace

John Bigler
John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (d. 1871)

#John_Bigler

Emanuele Calaiò
Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer

#Emanuele_Calaiò

Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter and academic (d. 1912)

#Lawrence_Alma-Tadema

Bruce Sutter
Bruce Sutter, American baseball player

#Bruce_Sutter

William G. Conley
William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1940)

#William_G._Conley

Franz Pachl
Franz Pachl, German chess player and composer

#Franz_Pachl

Ulrich von Jungingen
Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (d. 1410)

#Ulrich_von_Jungingen

Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1930)

#Miguel_Primo_de_Rivera

Chris Masters
Chris Masters, American wrestler and actor

#Chris_Masters

Yevgeny Nesterenko
Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian opera singer and educator

#Yevgeny_Nesterenko

R. Kelly
R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player

#R._Kelly

John McTiernan
John McTiernan, American director and producer

#John_McTiernan

Fearless Nadia
Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1996)

#Fearless_Nadia

Luke Williams (wrestler)
Luke Williams, New Zealand-American wrestler

#Luke_Williams_(wrestler)

Lawrence Walsh
Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2014)

#Lawrence_Walsh

Frederick Abberline
Frederick Abberline, English police officer (d. 1929)

#Frederick_Abberline

David Gates (author)
David Gates, American journalist and novelist

#David_Gates_(author)

Alexandra Ripley
Alexandra Ripley, American author (d. 2004)

#Alexandra_Ripley

Scott Pye
Scott Pye, Australian race car driver

#Scott_Pye

Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Ron_Sexsmith

Kadir Topba?
Kadir Topba?, Turkish architect and politician, 31st Mayor of Istanbul

#Kadir_Topba?

David Lang (composer)
David Lang, American composer and academic

#David_Lang_(composer)

Samuel Schmid
Samuel Schmid, Swiss lawyer and politician, 90th President of the Swiss Confederation

#Samuel_Schmid

Seol Ki-hyeon
Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager

#Seol_Ki-hyeon

Hanae Mori
Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer

#Hanae_Mori

Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (d. 2018)

#Stephen_Hawking

Torry Castellano
Torry Castellano, American drummer

#Torry_Castellano

Patrick J. Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)

#Patrick_J._Hurley

Gene Freese
Gene Freese, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

#Gene_Freese

Walraven II van Brederode
Walraven II van Brederode, Dutch nobleman (d. 1531)

#Walraven_II_van_Brederode

Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un, North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea

#Kim_Jong-un

Richard Courant
Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (d. 1972)

#Richard_Courant

Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham, American publisher, founded Lapham's Quarterly

#Lewis_H._Lapham

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)

#James_Craig,_1st_Viscount_Craigavon

Evelyn Lear
Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (d. 2012)

#Evelyn_Lear

Trent Waterhouse
Trent Waterhouse, Australian rugby league player

#Trent_Waterhouse

Lawrence Rowe
Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer

#Lawrence_Rowe

Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj, Indian composer and producer

#Harris_Jayaraj

Iuliu Maniu
Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1953)

#Iuliu_Maniu

Keith Arkell
Keith Arkell, English chess player

#Keith_Arkell

Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1889)

#Wilkie_Collins

Simon Episcopius
Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1643)

#Simon_Episcopius

Bruce Mitchell (cricketer)
Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (d. 1995)

#Bruce_Mitchell_(cricketer)

John Podesta
John Podesta, American lawyer and politician, 20th White House Chief of Staff

#John_Podesta

Josh Hazlewood
Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer

#Josh_Hazlewood

Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer

#Stipe_Pletikosa

Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict, American actor and director (d. 1984)

#Richard_Benedict

Vitaliy Hoshkoderya
Vitaliy Hoshkoderya, Ukrainian footballer

#Vitaliy_Hoshkoderya

Joseph Weizenbaum
Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (d. 2008)

#Joseph_Weizenbaum

Dennis Wheatley
Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (d. 1977)

#Dennis_Wheatley

David Silva
David Silva, Spanish footballer

#David_Silva

Emily Greene Balch
Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)

#Emily_Greene_Balch

Kerwin Mathews
Kerwin Mathews, American actor (d. 2007)

#Kerwin_Mathews

Virgil Spier
Virgil Spier, Dutch sprinter and hurdler

#Virgil_Spier

Robin Ellis
Robin Ellis, English actor

#Robin_Ellis

Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1977)

#Elvis_Presley

Jorge Enríquez
Jorge Enríquez, Mexican footballer

#Jorge_Enríquez

Yvette Mimieux
Yvette Mimieux, American actress

#Yvette_Mimieux

Robby Krieger
Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter

#Robby_Krieger

Paul Hester
Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)

#Paul_Hester

Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education

#Betsy_DeVos

Baltasar Gracián
Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (d. 1658)

#Baltasar_Gracián

José Ferrer
José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (d. 1992)

#José_Ferrer

Henning Solberg
Henning Solberg, Norwegian race car driver

#Henning_Solberg

Maximilian Kolbe
Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (d. 1941)

#Maximilian_Kolbe

Mike Harwood
Mike Harwood, Australian golfer

#Mike_Harwood

Willie Tasby
Willie Tasby, American baseball player

#Willie_Tasby

Winnaretta Singer
Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist (d. 1943)

#Winnaretta_Singer

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)

#Prince_Albert_Victor,_Duke_of_Clarence_and_Avondale

Giacinto Scelsi
Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet (d. 1988)

#Giacinto_Scelsi

A. J. Muste
A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist (d. 1967)

#A._J._Muste

Adrián López
Adrián López, Spanish footballer

#Adrián_López

Pavel Filonov
Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (d. 1941)

#Pavel_Filonov

Linnie Marsh Wolfe
Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (d. 1945)

#Linnie_Marsh_Wolfe

Kelucharan Mohapatra
Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)

#Kelucharan_Mohapatra

Francisco González Bocanegra
Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (d. 1861)

#Francisco_González_Bocanegra

Antti Kalliomäki
Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician

#Antti_Kalliomäki

James Tedesco
James Tedesco, Australian rugby league player

#James_Tedesco

John Curtin
John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)

#John_Curtin

Theophilus Shepstone
Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (d. 1893)

#Theophilus_Shepstone

Manuel Locatelli Italian footballer
Giovanni Galbieri, Italian sprinter
Emiliano Tabone, Argentinian footballer
Jeff Allen, American football player
Hassan Adhuham, Maldivian footballer
Carmen Klaschka, German tennis player
Jeon Ji-ae, South Korean actress
Stephen Simpson, South African race car driver
Jon Daly, Irish footballer
Ioannis Kokkodis, Greek swimmer
Mirella van Melis, Dutch cyclist
Tomasz Schafernaker, Polish-English meteorologist
Francesco Coco, Italian footballer
Kenneth Andam, Ghanaian sprinter and businessman
Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
Jacob Sager Weinstein, American author and humorist
Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
Rod Maybon, Australian rugby league player
Rachel Friend, Australian actress and journalist
J. Hunter Johnson, American game designer, author, and translator
Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer and manager
Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
Marc Quinn, English sculptor
Shoaib Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
Lee Tomboulian, American pianist, accordion player, composer, and educator
Keith Rodden, American NASCAR crew chief
Kim Duk-koo, South Korean boxer (d. 1982)
Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach
Joan Kingston, Canadian nurse, educator, and politician
Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator
Karen Tei Yamashita, American author and academic
Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter
Terry Sylvester, English singer and guitarist
Don Bendell, American rancher and author
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord
Nancy Bond, American author and academic
Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
Junichir? Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer
Mark Bretscher, English biologist and academic
Alan Wilson, English mathematician and academic
Ruth Maleczech, American actress (d. 2013)
Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
Roy Kinnear, British actor (d. 1988)
Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter
Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist
Nolan Miller, American fashion and jewelry designer (d. 2012)
Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar
Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (d. 2015)
Luther Perkins, American country guitarist (d. 1968)
Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (d. 2015)
Lazzaro Donati, Italian artist (d. 1977)
Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (d. 1972)
Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010)
Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (d. 2011)
Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 1986)
Gordon Kahl, American tax protester and cop-killer (d. 1983)
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994)
Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (d. 2006)
Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (d. 1995)
Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (d. 1992)
Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (d. 1995)
William Hartnell, English actor (d. 1975)
Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (d. 1969)
Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997)
Tampa Red, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1981)
Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (d. 1987)
Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (d. 1967)
Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1972)
Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (d. 1986)
Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (d. 1972)
Arturs Alberings, Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (d. 1934)
Emma Booth, English author (d. 1903)
James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
Karl Eduard Heusner, German admiral (d. 1891)
Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop (d. 1831)
Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (d. 1844)
John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (d. 1815)
Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1616)