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Samir Ujkani
Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer

#Samir_Ujkani

John Howard Northrop
John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)

#John_Howard_Northrop

Valentí Massana
Valentí Massana, Spanish race walker

#Valentí_Massana

Robert Bacon
Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (d. 1919)

#Robert_Bacon

Thomas Playford IV
Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (d. 1981)

#Thomas_Playford_IV

Georges Pompidou
Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (d. 1974)

#Georges_Pompidou

Blas Infante
Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (d. 1936)

#Blas_Infante

Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Mauresmo, French-Swiss tennis player

#Amélie_Mauresmo

Julio Libonatti
Julio Libonatti, Italian-Argentinian footballer (d. 1981)

#Julio_Libonatti

Shane Filan
Shane Filan, Irish singer-songwriter

#Shane_Filan

Paul Smith (fashion designer)
Paul Smith, English fashion designer

#Paul_Smith_(fashion_designer)

George Nuttall
George Nuttall, American-British bacteriologist (d. 1937)

#George_Nuttall

Enrico Dante
Enrico Dante, Italian cardinal (d. 1967)

#Enrico_Dante

Ken Akamatsu
Ken Akamatsu, Japanese illustrator

#Ken_Akamatsu

János Starker
János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (d. 2013)

#János_Starker

Mads Tolling
Mads Tolling, Danish-American violinist and composer

#Mads_Tolling

Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)

#Diana_Lynn

Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player

#Shohei_Ohtani

Georges Vedel
Georges Vedel, French lawyer and academic (d. 2002)

#Georges_Vedel

Bizarre (rapper)
Bizarre, American rapper

#Bizarre_(rapper)

John Wright (cricketer)
John Wright, New Zealand cricketer and coach

#John_Wright_(cricketer)

Dave Haywood
Dave Haywood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dave_Haywood

Beno Udrih
Beno Udrih, Slovenian basketball player

#Beno_Udrih

Róisín Murphy
Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter and producer

#Róisín_Murphy

Todd Akin
Todd Akin, American politician

#Todd_Akin

Ronald D. Moore
Ronald D. Moore, American screenwriter and producer

#Ronald_D._Moore

Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin, German theorist and activist (d. 1933)

#Clara_Zetkin

Tin Ujevi?
Tin Ujevi?, Croatian poet and translator (d. 1955)

#Tin_Ujevi?

Louise Freeland Jenkins
Louise Freeland Jenkins, American astronomer and academic (d. 1970)

#Louise_Freeland_Jenkins

Hannes Löhr
Hannes Löhr, German footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2016)

#Hannes_Löhr

Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Marc_Cohn

Frederick Lewis Allen
Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and journalist (d. 1954)

#Frederick_Lewis_Allen

Britta Oppelt
Britta Oppelt, German rower

#Britta_Oppelt

Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1794)

#Francis_Seymour-Conway,_1st_Marquess_of_Hertford

Ludwig G. Strauss
Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (d. 2013)

#Ludwig_G._Strauss

Stephan Krehl
Stephan Krehl, German composer (d. 1924)

#Stephan_Krehl

John LeClair
John LeClair, American ice hockey player

#John_LeClair

Garzia de' Medici
Garzia de' Medici, Tuscan son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1562)

#Garzia_de'_Medici

Armin Kõomägi
Armin Kõomägi, Estonian author and screenwriter

#Armin_Kõomägi

Pavel Chistyakov
Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1919)

#Pavel_Chistyakov

Jonás Gutiérrez
Jonás Gutiérrez, Argentinian footballer

#Jonás_Gutiérrez

Pierre-Marc Johnson
Pierre-Marc Johnson, Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec

#Pierre-Marc_Johnson

Ignacio Mariscal
Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican politician and diplomat, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico (d. 1910)

#Ignacio_Mariscal

Yoshimaro Yamashina
Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist, founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (d. 1989)

#Yoshimaro_Yamashina

Eugen Fischer
Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (d. 1967)

#Eugen_Fischer

Roger Wicker
Roger Wicker, American colonel, lawyer, and politician

#Roger_Wicker

Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart, American writer

#Gary_Shteyngart

Henri, Count of Paris (1908-1999)
Henri of Orléans, (d. 1999)

#Henri,_Count_of_Paris_(1908-1999)

Carl Arnold Kortum
Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet (d. 1824)

#Carl_Arnold_Kortum

John Thomas Dunlop
John Thomas Dunlop, American administrator and labor scholar (d. 2003)

#John_Thomas_Dunlop

Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Erbe, American actress

#Kathryn_Erbe

George Borrow
George Borrow, British writer (d. 1881)

#George_Borrow

Peter McNamara
Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player and coach

#Peter_McNamara

Owl City
Adam Young, American singer, songwriter and composer. Commonly known as "Owl City"

#Owl_City

RZA
RZA, American rapper, producer, actor, and director

#RZA

Hernán Crespo
Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer and coach

#Hernán_Crespo

Hedi Slimane
Hedi Slimane, French fashion designer and photographer

#Hedi_Slimane

Marco Estrada (baseball)
Marco Estrada, Mexican baseball player

#Marco_Estrada_(baseball)

Gianfranco Zola
Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer and coach

#Gianfranco_Zola

Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)

#Jean_Cocteau

Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player

#Ai_Sugiyama

Pavel Pestel
Pavel Pestel, Russian officer (d. 1826)

#Pavel_Pestel

Warren Oates
Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)

#Warren_Oates

Leni Björklund
Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Swedish Minister of Defence for Sweden

#Leni_Björklund

David Rozehnal
David Rozehnal, Czech footballer

#David_Rozehnal

Dwight King
Dwight King, Canadian ice hockey player

#Dwight_King

Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist

#Philippe_Gilbert

Herbert Spencer Gasser
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963)

#Herbert_Spencer_Gasser

Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player and educator (d. 1959)

#Wanda_Landowska

Francesco Maria del Monte
Francesco Maria del Monte, Italian cardinal and art collector (d. 1627)

#Francesco_Maria_del_Monte

Pierre Villepreux
Pierre Villepreux, French rugby player and coach

#Pierre_Villepreux

Edward Cassidy
Edward Cassidy, Australian Roman Catholic cardinal priest

#Edward_Cassidy

Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer

#Alberto_Gilardino

Gyula Horn
Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2013)

#Gyula_Horn

Jean Raspail
Jean Raspail, French author and explorer

#Jean_Raspail

Horatio Caro
Horatio Caro, English chess master (d. 1920)

#Horatio_Caro

Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson, American author and illustrator

#Bill_Watterson

Jason Wade
Jason Wade, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jason_Wade

Annie Fischer
Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1995)

#Annie_Fischer

Goose Gossage
Goose Gossage, American baseball player

#Goose_Gossage

François Carlo Antommarchi
François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838)

#François_Carlo_Antommarchi

Paul-Gilbert Langevin
Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critic and physicist (d. 1986)

#Paul-Gilbert_Langevin

Jovan Raškovi?
Jovan Raškovi?, Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)

#Jovan_Raškovi?

Allan Simonsen (racing driver)
Allan Simonsen, Danish race car driver (d. 2013)

#Allan_Simonsen_(racing_driver)

Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali, Iranian jurist, philosopher, and mystic (d. 1111)

#Al-Ghazali

Gustave Lanctot
Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 1975)

#Gustave_Lanctot

Julien Tiersot
Julien Tiersot, French musicologist and composer (d. 1936)

#Julien_Tiersot

Marcus Allbäck
Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer and coach

#Marcus_Allbäck

Jenji Kohan
Jenji Kohan, American screenwriter and producer

#Jenji_Kohan

Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe, American soccer player

#Megan_Rapinoe

Stiliyan Petrov
Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer and manager

#Stiliyan_Petrov

Epeli Nailatikau
Epeli Nailatikau, Fijian chief, President of Fiji

#Epeli_Nailatikau

Al-Mustansir Billah
Al-Mustansir Billah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1094)

#Al-Mustansir_Billah

Curt Blefary
Curt Blefary, American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)

#Curt_Blefary

Steven Sharp Nelson
Steven Sharp Nelson, American cellist

#Steven_Sharp_Nelson

André Lhote
André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (d. 1962)

#André_Lhote

Katherine Helmond
Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (d. 2019)

#Katherine_Helmond

Sylvester Graham
Sylvester Graham, American minister and activist (d. 1851)

#Sylvester_Graham

Michael Blake (author)
Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Michael_Blake_(author)

Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player

#Nicolas_Kiefer

Robert FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy, English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (d. 1865)

#Robert_FitzRoy

Michael Monarch
Michael Monarch, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Michael_Monarch

Charlie Austin
Charlie Austin, English footballer

#Charlie_Austin

David Farragut
David Farragut, American admiral (d. 1870)

#David_Farragut

Alex Zülle
Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist

#Alex_Zülle

?smail YK
?smail YK, German-Turkish singer-songwriter

#?smail_YK

Georgios Grivas
Georgios Grivas, Greek general (d. 1974)

#Georgios_Grivas

Georgios Efrem
Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer

#Georgios_Efrem

K. Karunakaran
K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 2010)

#K._Karunakaran

Willem Drees
Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958) (d. 1988)

#Willem_Drees

Fernando de Szyszlo
Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian painter and sculptor (d. 2017)

#Fernando_de_Szyszlo

A. E. Douglass
A. E. Douglass, American astronomer (d. 1962)

#A._E._Douglass

Alexander Kristoff
Alexander Kristoff, Norwegian cyclist

#Alexander_Kristoff

Constantin T?nase
Constantin T?nase, Romanian actor and playwright (d. 1945)

#Constantin_T?nase

Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player

#Zheng_Jie

Kate Gynther
Kate Gynther, Australian water polo player

#Kate_Gynther

Alexandre R. Picard
Alexandre R. Picard, Canadian ice hockey player

#Alexandre_R._Picard

Sarah Siddons
Sarah Siddons, English actress (d. 1831)

#Sarah_Siddons

Gerard 't Hooft
Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Gerard_'t_Hooft

Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France
Elisabeth of Austria, French queen (d. 1592)

#Elisabeth_of_Austria,_Queen_of_France

Piermario Morosini
Piermario Morosini, Italian footballer (d. 2012)

#Piermario_Morosini

Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia
Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (d. 1918)

#Prince_John_Konstantinovich_of_Russia

Carlos Caszely
Carlos Caszely, Chilean footballer

#Carlos_Caszely

Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight, American actress

#Shirley_Knight

Anthony Berkeley Cox
Anthony Berkeley Cox, English writer (d. 1971)

#Anthony_Berkeley_Cox

Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

#Robbie_Robertson

Susan Wojcicki
Susan Wojcicki, Polish-American technology executive, CEO of YouTube

#Susan_Wojcicki

James Lofton
James Lofton, American football player and coach

#James_Lofton

Javier Paredes
Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer

#Javier_Paredes

William Collins Whitney
William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1904)

#William_Collins_Whitney

Alexander Radulov
Alexander Radulov, Russian ice hockey player

#Alexander_Radulov

Chuck Close
Chuck Close, American painter and photographer

#Chuck_Close

Édouard Herriot
Édouard Herriot, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1957)

#Édouard_Herriot

Mathieu Jaboulay
Mathieu Jaboulay, French surgeon (d. 1913)

#Mathieu_Jaboulay

Nuno Gomes
Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer

#Nuno_Gomes

Jan Kubelík
Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1940)

#Jan_Kubelík

P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1891)

#P._T._Barnum

Abeba Aregawi
Abeba Aregawi, Ethiopian-Swedish runner

#Abeba_Aregawi

Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, countess palatine (d. 1748)

#Countess_Palatine_Dorothea_Sophie_of_Neuburg

Harold Acton
Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994)

#Harold_Acton

Robert Esmie
Robert Esmie, Canadian sprinter

#Robert_Esmie

Milburn Stone
Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980)

#Milburn_Stone

Pierre Mauroy
Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2013)

#Pierre_Mauroy

Ji Chang-wook
Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor

#Ji_Chang-wook

Edie Falco
Edie Falco, American actress

#Edie_Falco

Andrija Kalu?erovi?
Andrija Kalu?erovi?, Serbian footballer

#Andrija_Kalu?erovi?

Joan of the Tower
Joan of the Tower, English wife of David II of Scotland (d. 1362)

#Joan_of_the_Tower

Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Huey_Lewis

Jimmy Carruthers
Jimmy Carruthers, Australian boxer (d. 1990)

#Jimmy_Carruthers

Pavel Nakhimov
Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (d. 1855)

#Pavel_Nakhimov

Dwight F. Davis
Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (d. 1945)

#Dwight_F._Davis

Thomas Pitt
Thomas Pitt, English businessman and politician (d. 1726)

#Thomas_Pitt

Inayat Khan
Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (d. 1927)

#Inayat_Khan

Carlo Contarini
Carlo Contarini, doge of Venice (d. 1656)

#Carlo_Contarini

Doug Wilson (ice hockey)
Doug Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

#Doug_Wilson_(ice_hockey)

Viktor Kulikov
Viktor Kulikov, Russian marshal (d. 2013)

#Viktor_Kulikov

Peter III of Portugal
Peter III, Portuguese king (d. 1786)

#Peter_III_of_Portugal

Horacio Cartes
Horacio Cartes, Paraguayan businessman and politician, President of Paraguay

#Horacio_Cartes

Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (d. 2005)

#Ernst_Mayr

Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (d. 1902)

#Cecil_Rhodes

Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal (d. 1987)

#Bernardus_Johannes_Alfrink

Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker, English-born founder of the Colony of Connecticut (d. 1647)

#Thomas_Hooker

Zakaria Mohieddin
Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian general and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2012)

#Zakaria_Mohieddin

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American colonel and politician, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1985)

#Henry_Cabot_Lodge_Jr.

Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter, and author (d. 1974)

#Marcel_Achard

Baily Cargill, English footballer
Diana Harkusha, Ukrainian lawyer, dancer, model and beauty queen
Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player
Chiara Scholl, American tennis player
Alberto Moreno, Spanish footballer
Martin Liivamägi, Estonian swimmer
Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer
Zack Miller, American golfer
Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
Taavi Peetre, Estonian shot putter (d. 2010)
Szabolcs Perenyi, Romanian-Hungarian footballer
Paíto, Mozambican footballer
Alexander Dimitrenko, Ukrainian-German boxer
Fabrício de Souza, Brazilian footballer
Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer
Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer
Matthew Birir, Kenyan runner
Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer and manager
Mac Dre, American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (d. 2004)
Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Kenji Ito, Japanese pianist and composer
Susannah Doyle, English actress, director, and playwright
Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli-American pianist and educator
Sarina Hülsenbeck, German swimmer
Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor and director
Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (d. 1996)
Carlo Thränhardt, German high jumper
Tony Hadley, English footballer
Jimmy Crespo, American guitarist and songwriter
Caryn Navy, American mathematician and computer scientist
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 2013)
Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Mexico
Mark Cox, English tennis player, coach and sportscaster
Matthias Bamert, Swiss composer and conductor
Terry Cashman, American singer-songwriter and record producer
Bud Andrews, American radio host and producer (d. 2014)
Ronnie Self, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
James Mirrlees, Scottish economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2000)
Chikao Ohtsuka, Japanese voice actor (d. 2015)
Ji?í Reynek, Czech poet and graphic artist (d. 2014)
Tony Lock, English cricketer (d. 1995)
George Moore, Australian jockey (d. 2008)
Nanos Valaoritis, Greek author, poet, and playwright
George Rochberg, American composer and educator (d. 2005)
Brian James, Australian actor (d. 2009)
Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer (d. 2012)
Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist (d. 2018)
Al Timothy, Trinidadian musician and songwriter (d. 2000)
John Woodruff, American runner and commander (d. 2007)
Babe Paley, American socialite (d. 1978)
Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
George Costakis, Russian art collector (d. 1990)
Giorgio Bor? Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980)
Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (d. 1955)
Endel Aruja, Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2008)
Lyman S. Ayres II, American businessman (d. 1996)
Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau, Haitian sociologist and educator (d. 1970)
Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (d. 1973)
Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (d. 1976)
William Thomas Stead, English journalist (d. 1912)
William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1872)
Étienne de Silhouette, French translator and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1767)
Mary Walcott, American accuser and witness at the Salem witch trials (d. 1719)
Achille d'Étampes de Valençay, French military leader (d. 1646)
Giovanni Sforza, Italian nobleman (d. 1510)
Mokjong of Goryeo, Korean king (d. 1009)
Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, Mayan ruler (d. 524)