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Ángel Romero (footballer)
Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer

#Ángel_Romero_(footballer)

Eric Bedser
Eric Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2006)

#Eric_Bedser

Jim Beattie (baseball)
Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Jim_Beattie_(baseball)

Horace Grant
Horace Grant, American basketball player and coach

#Horace_Grant

Jake Gardiner
Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player

#Jake_Gardiner

Angela Baddeley
Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976)

#Angela_Baddeley

José Oquendo
José Oquendo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

#José_Oquendo

Victoria Abril
Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer

#Victoria_Abril

Willem Janssen (footballer, born 1986)
Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer

#Willem_Janssen_(footballer,_born_1986)

Johannes Aventinus
Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)

#Johannes_Aventinus

Yvonne B. Miller
Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (d. 2012)

#Yvonne_B._Miller

Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster

#Pam_Shriver

Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky, American gangster (d. 1983)

#Meyer_Lansky

Paul Scoon
Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (d. 2013)

#Paul_Scoon

John Alexander (Australian politician)
John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician

#John_Alexander_(Australian_politician)

Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author

#Geraldo_Rivera

Adam Hart-Davis
Adam Hart-Davis, English historian, author, and photographer

#Adam_Hart-Davis

Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic, American author and activist

#Ron_Kovic

Sonia Pierre
Sonia Pierre, Hatian-Dominican human rights activist (d. 2011)

#Sonia_Pierre

Carl Valentine
Carl Valentine, English-Canadian footballer, coach, and manager

#Carl_Valentine

Jeff Lima
Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jeff_Lima

Peter Richardson (cricketer)
Peter Richardson, English cricketer (d. 2017)

#Peter_Richardson_(cricketer)

Adrian Griffin
Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach

#Adrian_Griffin

Rick Casares
Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (d. 2013)

#Rick_Casares

Jan Magnussen
Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver

#Jan_Magnussen

Al Golden
Al Golden, American football player and coach

#Al_Golden

Hal Lanier
Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Hal_Lanier

Benjamin Büchel
Benjamin Büchel, Liechtenstein footballer

#Benjamin_Büchel

Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Melanie_Fiona

Lee Reherman
Lee Reherman, American actor (d. 2016)

#Lee_Reherman

Ulysses S. Grant III
Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (d. 1968)

#Ulysses_S._Grant_III

Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut
Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (d. 2014)

#Metropolitan_Mikhail_of_Asyut

Zdzis?awa Donat
Zdzis?awa Donat, Polish soprano and actress

#Zdzis?awa_Donat

Mitch Miller
Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (d. 2010)

#Mitch_Miller

Elie Saab
Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer

#Elie_Saab

Ciril Zlobec
Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (d. 2018)

#Ciril_Zlobec

Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1945)

#Henry_Armetta

Alec Bedser
Alec Bedser, English cricketer (d. 2010)

#Alec_Bedser

Marte Elden
Marte Elden, Norwegian skier

#Marte_Elden

Guram Kashia
Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer

#Guram_Kashia

Christoph Preuß
Christoph Preuß, German footballer

#Christoph_Preuß

Tibor Varga (violinist)
Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2003)

#Tibor_Varga_(violinist)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (d. 1809)

#Jean-Pierre_Blanchard

Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and academic

#Thomas_Nagel

Irving Caesar
Irving Caesar, American songwriter and composer (d. 1996)

#Irving_Caesar

Stefan Meller
Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)

#Stefan_Meller

Gérard Debreu
Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Gérard_Debreu

Richard Garriott
Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series

#Richard_Garriott

Chuck Tanner
Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)

#Chuck_Tanner

Terrance Knighton
Terrance Knighton, American football player

#Terrance_Knighton

Edi Rama
Edi Rama, Albanian politician

#Edi_Rama

Michael Johnson (footballer, born 1973)
Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager

#Michael_Johnson_(footballer,_born_1973)

Delia Fiallo
Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter

#Delia_Fiallo

George Leonard (Congressman)
George Leonard, American lawyer, jurist and politician (d. 1819)

#George_Leonard_(Congressman)

Oscar I of Sweden
Oscar I of Sweden (d. 1859)

#Oscar_I_of_Sweden

Alec Templeton
Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (d. 1963)

#Alec_Templeton

John McPhee (politician)
John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1952)

#John_McPhee_(politician)

Alfredo Di Stéfano
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2014)

#Alfredo_Di_Stéfano

Ashikaga Yoshiakira
Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1367)

#Ashikaga_Yoshiakira

René Arnoux
René Arnoux, French race car driver

#René_Arnoux

Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (d. 1882)

#Giuseppe_Garibaldi

Francisco Cruceta
Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player

#Francisco_Cruceta

James Anthony Bailey
James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1906)

#James_Anthony_Bailey

Michael Milken
Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist

#Michael_Milken

Giampiero Boniperti
Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer and politician

#Giampiero_Boniperti

Vinny Castilla
Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player and manager

#Vinny_Castilla

Tony Popovic
Tony Popovic, Australian footballer and manager

#Tony_Popovic

Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010)

#Gloria_Stuart

Gertrude Lawrence
Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1952)

#Gertrude_Lawrence

Neil Simon
Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2018)

#Neil_Simon

Emerson Boozer
Emerson Boozer, American football player and sportscaster

#Emerson_Boozer

Hermann Cohen
Hermann Cohen, German philosopher (d. 1918)

#Hermann_Cohen

Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster

#Henri_Leconte

Sam Farr
Sam Farr, American politician

#Sam_Farr

La'Roi Glover
La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster

#La'Roi_Glover

Eppie Lederer
Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host (d. 2002)

#Eppie_Lederer

Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian

#Richard_Rhodes

Murad III
Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)

#Murad_III

Tommy Körberg
Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor

#Tommy_Körberg

Bill Tuttle
Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)

#Bill_Tuttle

Timmie Rogers
Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

#Timmie_Rogers

Peter Rowan
Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Peter_Rowan

Conny Bauer
Conny Bauer, German trombonist

#Conny_Bauer

R. James Harvey
R. James Harvey, American politician

#R._James_Harvey

John Waite
John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Waite

Renny Vega
Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer

#Renny_Vega

Mike Knuble
Mike Knuble, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

#Mike_Knuble

Rein Lang
Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Rein_Lang

John Leake
John Leake, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1720)

#John_Leake

Moa Kikuchi
Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician

#Moa_Kikuchi

Post Malone
Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer

#Post_Malone

Laureano Márquez
Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist

#Laureano_Márquez

Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd, Northern Ireland-born American actor (d. 1977)

#Stephen_Boyd

Vladimir Boisa
Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player

#Vladimir_Boisa

Rudolf Friedrich
Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

#Rudolf_Friedrich

Amantle Montsho
Amantle Montsho, Botswanan sprinter

#Amantle_Montsho

Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)
Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player

#Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)

Lake Underwood
Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2008)

#Lake_Underwood

Mark Slaughter
Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Mark_Slaughter

Keiko Ihara
Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver

#Keiko_Ihara

Devendra Kumar Joshi
Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy

#Devendra_Kumar_Joshi

Miguel Pinto
Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer

#Miguel_Pinto

Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (d. 2006)

#Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino

Óscar Romero (footballer)
Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer

#Óscar_Romero_(footballer)

Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)

#Calvin_Coolidge

Prince Michael of Kent
Prince Michael of Kent

#Prince_Michael_of_Kent

Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)
Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist

#Vladimir_Gusev_(cyclist)

Queen Sonja of Norway
Queen Sonja of Norway

#Queen_Sonja_of_Norway

Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia

#Álvaro_Uribe

Siim Kabrits
Siim Kabrits, Estonian politician

#Siim_Kabrits

Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (d. 1970)

#Rube_Goldberg

Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (d. 1921)

#Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt

Jill Craybas
Jill Craybas, American tennis player

#Jill_Craybas

Wude Ayalew
Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner

#Wude_Ayalew

Polina Bogusevich
Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer

#Polina_Bogusevich

Philip Craven
Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer

#Philip_Craven

Josh McCown
Josh McCown, American football player

#Josh_McCown

Bill Withers
Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Bill_Withers

George Murphy
George Murphy, American actor and politician (d. 1992)

#George_Murphy

Ömer A??k
Ömer A??k, Turkish basketball player

#Ömer_A??k

Victor Babe?
Victor Babe?, Romanian physician and biologist (d. 1926)

#Victor_Babe?

Jeremy Spencer
Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jeremy_Spencer

Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer

#Gina_Lollobrigida

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

#Kathleen_Kennedy_Townsend

Floyd Little
Floyd Little, American football player and coach

#Floyd_Little

Teofisto Guingona Jr.
Teofisto Guingona Jr., Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines

#Teofisto_Guingona_Jr.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1864)

#Nathaniel_Hawthorne

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic (d. 1769)

#Christian_Fürchtegott_Gellert

George Steinbrenner
George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)

#George_Steinbrenner

George Everest
George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (d. 1866)

#George_Everest

Lembit Ulfsak
Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor and director (d. 2017)

#Lembit_Ulfsak

Aurèle Vandendriessche
Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian runner

#Aurèle_Vandendriessche

Marcos Daniel
Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player

#Marcos_Daniel

Kirk Pengilly
Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

#Kirk_Pengilly

Louis-Claude Daquin
Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (d. 1772)

#Louis-Claude_Daquin

Thomas John Barnardo
Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (d. 1905)

#Thomas_John_Barnardo

Pauline Phillips
Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (d. 2013)

#Pauline_Phillips

Tomaž Šalamun
Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (d. 2014)

#Tomaž_Šalamun

Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint, American actress

#Eva_Marie_Saint

Angelique Boyer
Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress

#Angelique_Boyer

Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)

#Roland_Ratzenberger

Daijiro Kato
Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)

#Daijiro_Kato

Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Krylova, Russian ice dancer and coach

#Anjelika_Krylova

Alluri Sitarama Raju
Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (d. 1924)

#Alluri_Sitarama_Raju

Gackt
Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor

#Gackt

Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster, American songwriter and composer (d. 1864)

#Stephen_Foster

Mao Dun
Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author, and critic (d. 1981)

#Mao_Dun

Francis Maude
Francis Maude, English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

#Francis_Maude

Ralph Johnson (musician)
Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist

#Ralph_Johnson_(musician)

Gulzarilal Nanda
Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (d. 1998)

#Gulzarilal_Nanda

Jassem Alwan
Jassem Alwan, Syrian Army Officer (d. 2018)

#Jassem_Alwan

Leona Helmsley
Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (d. 2007)

#Leona_Helmsley

Michel-Jean Sedaine
Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright (d. 1797)

#Michel-Jean_Sedaine

Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player
Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer
Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer
Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player
Kane Tenace, Australian footballer
Miguel Santos Soares, Timorese footballer
Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter
Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer
Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist
Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality
Will Smith, American football player (d. 2016)
Brock Berlin, American football player
Dedé, Angolan footballer
Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer
Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier
Stephen Giles, Canadian canoe racer and engineer
Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
Todd Marinovich, American football player and coach
Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter
Sébastien Deleigne, French athlete
Minas Hantzidis, German-Greek footballer
Gérard Watkins, English actor and playwright
Kiriakos Karataidis, Greek footballer and manager
Harvey Grant, American basketball player and coach
Mark Whiting, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Cle Kooiman, American soccer player and manager
Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
Robert Sinclair MacKay, British academic and educator
Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist
Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer
Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist
Carol MacReady, English actress
Vladimir Tism?neanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host
Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (d. 1972)
Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
Brian Willson, American soldier, lawyer, and activist
Pavel Sedlá?ek, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
Steven Rose, English biologist and academic
Eric Walters, Australian journalist (d. 2010)
Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
Ron Casey, Australian journalist and sportscaster
Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 2001)
Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player (d. 2015)
Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (d. 2011)
Nasser Sharifi, Iranian sports shooter
Paul Bannai, American politician
Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee (d. 2015)
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, (d. 2006)
Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984)
Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer (d. 1997)
Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (d. 1989)
Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and scholar (d. 2003)
Howard Taubman, American author and critic (d. 1996)
John Anderson, American discus thrower (d. 1948)
Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (d. 1993)
Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (d. 1975)
Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (d. 1996)
Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (d. 1991)
Flor Peeters, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1986)
Nellie Mae Rowe, African-American folk artist (d. 1982)
Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 (d. 2007)
Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian (d. 2015)
Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (d. 1997)
Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1975)
Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer (d.1955)
Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky (d. 1899)
Usama ibn Munqidh, Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (d. 1188)
Salonina Matidia, Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (d. 119)