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Adolph Herseth
Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (d. 2013)

#Adolph_Herseth

Jack Perrin
Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1967)

#Jack_Perrin

James I of Scotland
James I, king of Scotland (d. 1437)

#James_I_of_Scotland

Lila Lee
Lila Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1973)

#Lila_Lee

Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author (d. 1983)

#Eric_Hoffer

Maria Weston Chapman
Maria Weston Chapman, American abolitionist (d. 1885)

#Maria_Weston_Chapman

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1889)

#Princess_Augusta_of_Hesse-Kassel

Afonso I of Portugal
Afonso I, king of Portugal (d. 1185)

#Afonso_I_of_Portugal

Daryl Halligan
Daryl Halligan, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

#Daryl_Halligan

Tony Granato
Tony Granato, American ice hockey player and coach

#Tony_Granato

Jon Barry
Jon Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Jon_Barry

Lionel Terray
Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (d. 1965)

#Lionel_Terray

Iman (model)
Iman, Somalian-English model and actress

#Iman_(model)

Thietmar of Merseburg
Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg (d. 1018)

#Thietmar_of_Merseburg

Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970)

#Johnny_Hodges

Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (d. 1810)

#Santiago_de_Liniers,_1st_Count_of_Buenos_Aires

Kenny Thomas (basketball)
Kenny Thomas, American basketball player

#Kenny_Thomas_(basketball)

Jean-Marie Seroney
Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (d. 1982)

#Jean-Marie_Seroney

Alexander Rummler
Alexander Rummler, American painter (d. 1959)

#Alexander_Rummler

El Zorro (wrestler)
El Zorro, Mexican wrestler

#El_Zorro_(wrestler)

Alice Parizeau
Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (d. 1990)

#Alice_Parizeau

Frank Church
Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)

#Frank_Church

Ali Carter
Ali Carter, English snooker player

#Ali_Carter

Jac. P. Thijsse
Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist (d. 1945)

#Jac._P._Thijsse

Jerry Paris
Jerry Paris, American actor and director (d. 1986)

#Jerry_Paris

Roger Creager
Roger Creager, American singer-songwriter

#Roger_Creager

Jutta Zilliacus
Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician

#Jutta_Zilliacus

Julia Laffranque
Julia Laffranque, Estonian lawyer and judge

#Julia_Laffranque

Bill Bowes
Bill Bowes, English cricketer (d. 1987)

#Bill_Bowes

Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian Serb revolutionary (d. 1918)

#Gavrilo_Princip

Geoffrey Zakarian
Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author

#Geoffrey_Zakarian

Jim McCarty
Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer

#Jim_McCarty

Francis Garnier
Francis Garnier, French captain and explorer (d. 1873)

#Francis_Garnier

Whitey Lockman
Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2009)

#Whitey_Lockman

Nenad Krsti?
Nenad Krsti?, Serbian basketball player

#Nenad_Krsti?

Adnan Khashoggi
Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2017)

#Adnan_Khashoggi

Julian Hodgson
Julian Hodgson, Welsh chess player

#Julian_Hodgson

Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

#Elias_Canetti

John Goossens
John Goossens, Dutch footballer

#John_Goossens

Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)

#Steve_Goodman

Gilbert Parent
Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (d. 2009)

#Gilbert_Parent

Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty, American actress (d. 2008)

#Estelle_Getty

Kevin Phillips (footballer)
Kevin Phillips, English footballer

#Kevin_Phillips_(footballer)

Igli Tare
Igli Tare, Albanian footballer

#Igli_Tare

Marcos Assunção
Marcos Assunção, Brazilian footballer

#Marcos_Assunção

Jim Corbett
Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (d. 1955)

#Jim_Corbett

Jody Craddock
Jody Craddock, English footballer and coach

#Jody_Craddock

Paul J. Weitz
Paul J. Weitz, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)

#Paul_J._Weitz

Nate Thurmond
Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (d. 2016)

#Nate_Thurmond

Walter Payton
Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (d. 1999)

#Walter_Payton

Mark Clarke
Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player

#Mark_Clarke

Theodore Haak
Theodore Haak, German scholar (d. 1690)

#Theodore_Haak

Platon (Kulbusch)
Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (d. 1919)

#Platon_(Kulbusch)

Abraham Gneki Guié
Abraham Gneki Guié, Ivorian footballer

#Abraham_Gneki_Guié

Annastacia Palaszczuk
Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland

#Annastacia_Palaszczuk

Ruth Peetoom
Ruth Peetoom, Dutch minister and politician

#Ruth_Peetoom

Diana Johnson
Diana Johnson, English politician

#Diana_Johnson

Maxfield Parrish
Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (d. 1966)

#Maxfield_Parrish

Agostino Steffani
Agostino Steffani, Italian composer and diplomat (d. 1728)

#Agostino_Steffani

Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov, Russian ice hockey player

#Evgeni_Nabokov

Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producer

#Matt_LeBlanc

George S. Rentz
George S. Rentz, American commander (d. 1942)

#George_S._Rentz

Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (d. 1240)

#Ibn_Arabi

Herbert Scarf
Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (d. 2015)

#Herbert_Scarf

Shawn Riggans
Shawn Riggans, American baseball player

#Shawn_Riggans

Kat? Kiyomasa
Kat? Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)

#Kat?_Kiyomasa

Frank J. Sprague
Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor (d. 1934)

#Frank_J._Sprague

Max Dauthendey
Max Dauthendey, German author and painter (d. 1918)

#Max_Dauthendey

Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer

#Frances_Arnold

José Areas
José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer

#José_Areas

Robert Zoellick
Robert Zoellick, American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State

#Robert_Zoellick

Jani Rita
Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player

#Jani_Rita

Pieter Langendijk
Pieter Langendijk, Dutch playwright and poet (d. 1756)

#Pieter_Langendijk

Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)

#Henry_Percy,_3rd_Earl_of_Northumberland

Toni Duggan
Toni Duggan, English footballer

#Toni_Duggan

Lauren Faust
Lauren Faust, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

#Lauren_Faust

Somnath Chatterjee
Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2018)

#Somnath_Chatterjee

Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy, English-Scottish sculptor and photographer

#Andy_Goldsworthy

Lars Werner
Lars Werner, Swedish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

#Lars_Werner

Hulk (footballer)
Hulk, Brazilian footballer

#Hulk_(footballer)

Brian Twyne
Brian Twyne, English archivist (d. 1644)

#Brian_Twyne

Casimir I the Restorer
Casimir I the Restorer, duke of Poland (d. 1058)

#Casimir_I_the_Restorer

Nelson Piquet Jr.
Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver

#Nelson_Piquet_Jr.

Sheena McDonald
Sheena McDonald, Scottish journalist

#Sheena_McDonald

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)

#Joseph_P._Kennedy_Jr.

Tom Hiariej
Tom Hiariej, Dutch footballer

#Tom_Hiariej

Dani Filth
Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter

#Dani_Filth

Doug Drabek
Doug Drabek, American baseball player and coach

#Doug_Drabek

Verdine White
Verdine White, American bass player and producer

#Verdine_White

Woody Strode
Woody Strode, American football player and actor (d. 1994)

#Woody_Strode

Glenn Murcutt
Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic

#Glenn_Murcutt

Anthony Stokes
Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer

#Anthony_Stokes

Brian Gibson (musician)
Brian Gibson, American bass player

#Brian_Gibson_(musician)

Fritz Honegger
Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1999)

#Fritz_Honegger

Mark Hunter (politician)
Mark Hunter, English politician

#Mark_Hunter_(politician)

Erika Steinbach
Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician

#Erika_Steinbach

Hernando de Aragón
Hernando de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza (d. 1575)

#Hernando_de_Aragón

Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)

#Arthur_II,_Duke_of_Brittany

Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Thurston_Moore

Thomas Eakins
Thomas Eakins, American painter, sculptor, and photographer (d. 1916)

#Thomas_Eakins

Tommy Skjerven
Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian footballer and referee

#Tommy_Skjerven

Eran Zahavi
Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer

#Eran_Zahavi

Steve Podborski
Steve Podborski, Canadian skier

#Steve_Podborski

Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum, American journalist and author

#Anne_Applebaum

James Lafferty
James Lafferty, American actor and athlete

#James_Lafferty

Edward Cummins
Edward Cummins, American golfer (d. 1926)

#Edward_Cummins

Loukas Mavrokefalidis
Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player

#Loukas_Mavrokefalidis

Alphonsus Rodriguez
Alphonsus Rodriguez, Jesuit lay brother and saint (d. 1617)

#Alphonsus_Rodriguez

Jax Jones
Jax Jones, English DJ, singer and songwriter

#Jax_Jones

Beatriz Segall
Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (d. 2018)

#Beatriz_Segall

Manny Charlton
Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter

#Manny_Charlton

Eduardo Souto de Moura
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga

#Eduardo_Souto_de_Moura

Jack Gilford
Jack Gilford, American actor (d. 1990)

#Jack_Gilford

Henry Knox
Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (d. 1806)

#Henry_Knox

Richard Bachman (ice hockey)
Richard Bachman, American ice hockey player

#Richard_Bachman_(ice_hockey)

Natalia Vieru
Natalia Vieru, Russian basketball player

#Natalia_Vieru

Maria Gripe
Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007)

#Maria_Gripe

Constantinos Charalambidis
Constantinos Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer

#Constantinos_Charalambidis

Larry Sherry
Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)

#Larry_Sherry

Jack Thompson (activist)
Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist

#Jack_Thompson_(activist)

Masaharu Anesaki
Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar (d. 1949)

#Masaharu_Anesaki

Dolphy
Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (d. 2012)

#Dolphy

Jason Dundas
Jason Dundas, Australian TV host

#Jason_Dundas

Rita Marley
Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer

#Rita_Marley

Stacey Kemp
Stacey Kemp, English skater

#Stacey_Kemp

Hugo Rodallega
Hugo Rodallega, Colombian footballer

#Hugo_Rodallega

Billy Wagner
Billy Wagner, American baseball player and coach

#Billy_Wagner

Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930)

#Arthur_Balfour

Maureen Herman
Maureen Herman, American bass player

#Maureen_Herman

Nat Butcher
Nat Butcher, Australian rugby league player

#Nat_Butcher

Illeana Douglas
Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Illeana_Douglas

Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg
Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1547)

#Albrecht_VII,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg

Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (d. 1703)

#Archibald_Campbell,_1st_Duke_of_Argyll

Toni Vilander
Toni Vilander, Finnish race car driver

#Toni_Vilander

Conor Casey
Conor Casey, American soccer player

#Conor_Casey

Alfredo Casella
Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1947)

#Alfredo_Casella

Justice Howard
Justice Howard, American photographer

#Justice_Howard

Philip I, Duke of Brabant
Philip I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1430)

#Philip_I,_Duke_of_Brabant

Denis Coderre
Denis Coderre, Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal

#Denis_Coderre

James Butler (artist)
James Butler, English sculptor and educator

#James_Butler_(artist)

Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan, American actor (d. 1974)

#Walter_Brennan

Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese rugby player and wrestler

#Kenzo_Suzuki

Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2010)

#Maureen_Forrester

Bruce Woodley
Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Bruce_Woodley

Mohammed Helmy
Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (d.1982)

#Mohammed_Helmy

Paul Langerhans
Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888)

#Paul_Langerhans

Sergei Simonov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
Thodoris Karapetsas, Greek footballer
Paulinho, Brazilian footballer
Fernando, Brazilian footballer
Mitchell Burgzorg, Dutch footballer and rapper
Brad Renfro, American actor and musician (d. 2008)
Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer
Y?ichi Komano, Japanese footballer
Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player
David Wachs, American actor and producer
Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire
Louise Brown, first human to be born via IVF
Gerard Warren, American football player
Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet and critic
Jean-Claude Darcheville, Guianan-French footballer
David Penna, Australian rugby league player and coach
Tracy Murray, American basketball player
Shi Tao, Chinese journalist and poet
Rudi Bryson, South African cricketer
Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player
Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Breuk Iversen, American designer and journalist
Carin Bakkum, Dutch tennis player
M?ris Martinsons, Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor
Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic
Randall Bewley, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
Jochem Ziegert, German footballer and manager
Ken Greer, Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer
Joseph A. Tunzi, Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley
Ljupka Dimitrovska, Macedonian-Croatian pop singer (d. 2016)
P. Selvarasa, Sri Lankan politician
John Gibson, American radio host
Nicole Farhi, French fashion designer and sculptor
Sally Beauman, English journalist and author (d. 2016)
Emmett Till, American lynching victim (d. 1955)
Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (d. 2013)
Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic
Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver
John Robinson, American football player and coach
Barbara Harris, American actress and singer (d. 2018)
Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter
Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1978)
Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress
Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer and manager (d. 1985)
Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1995)
Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works
Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (d. 2008)
Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (d. 1988)
Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 10th Governor of Punjab (d. 2000)
Midge Decter, American journalist and author
Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (d. 1998)
Dick Passwater, American race car driver
Benny Benjamin, American R&B drummer (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1969)
Scotch Taylor, South African cricketer and hockey player (d. 2004)
Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1958)
Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (d. 1986)
Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (d. 2004)
Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (d. 1990)
Georges Grignard, French race car driver (d. 1977)
Ruth Krauss, American author and poet (d. 1993)
Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (d. 1952)
Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (d. 1968)
Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic (d. 1947)
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer (d. 1714)
Joseph Williamson, English politician (d. 1701)
Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650)
George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (d. 1596)
Jakob Wimpfeling, Renaissance humanist (d. 1528)
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1404)
Hawys Gadarn, Welsh noblewoman (d. 1353)