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Whitfield Diffie
Whitfield Diffie, American cryptographer and academic

#Whitfield_Diffie

Liza Weil
Liza Weil, American actress

#Liza_Weil

Isaac Heinemann
Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1957)

#Isaac_Heinemann

Marques Colston
Marques Colston, American football player

#Marques_Colston

Sébastien Lefebvre
Sébastien Lefebvre, Canadian singer and guitarist

#Sébastien_Lefebvre

Justus Jonas
Justus Jonas, German priest and academic (d. 1555)

#Justus_Jonas

Sören Bertram
Sören Bertram, German footballer

#Sören_Bertram

Elizabeth Gloster
Elizabeth Gloster, English lawyer and judge

#Elizabeth_Gloster

Gudrun Sjödén
Gudrun Sjödén, Swedish designer

#Gudrun_Sjödén

Ekaterina Bychkova
Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player

#Ekaterina_Bychkova

Marion Motley
Marion Motley, American football player and coach (d. 1999)

#Marion_Motley

Karl Sanders
Karl Sanders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Karl_Sanders

Carmine Crocco
Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (d. 1905)

#Carmine_Crocco

Jeremy Abbott
Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater

#Jeremy_Abbott

Willard Miller
Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1959)

#Willard_Miller

Johan Gadolin
Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (d. 1852)

#Johan_Gadolin

Megumi Nakajima
Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer

#Megumi_Nakajima

Pete Wentz
Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter, bass player, actor, and fashion designer

#Pete_Wentz

Frederick Lorz
Frederick Lorz, American runner (d. 1914)

#Frederick_Lorz

Alifa Rifaat
Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (d. 1996)

#Alifa_Rifaat

Umberto Maglioli
Umberto Maglioli, Italian racing driver (d. 1999)

#Umberto_Maglioli

Ray Lankford
Ray Lankford, American baseball player

#Ray_Lankford

Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian-American basketball player

#Zydrunas_Ilgauskas

Peter Wtewael
Peter Wtewael, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1660)

#Peter_Wtewael

Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

#Brian_McKnight

Lamon Brewster
Lamon Brewster, American boxer

#Lamon_Brewster

Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary

#Bill_Moyers

Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Italian ruler (d. 1478)

#Ludovico_III_Gonzaga,_Marquis_of_Mantua

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd President of Equatorial Guinea

#Teodoro_Obiang_Nguema_Mbasogo

James Connolly
James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader (d. 1916)

#James_Connolly

Yulia Lipnitskaya
Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater

#Yulia_Lipnitskaya

Emily Seebohm
Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer

#Emily_Seebohm

Nancy Stafford
Nancy Stafford, American model and actress

#Nancy_Stafford

Mike Fisher (ice hockey)
Mike Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mike_Fisher_(ice_hockey)

Avigdor Lieberman
Avigdor Lieberman, Moldavian-Israeli soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel

#Avigdor_Lieberman

Benedetto Giustiniani
Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian clergyman (d. 1621)

#Benedetto_Giustiniani

Art Donovan
Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)

#Art_Donovan

Russ Ortiz
Russ Ortiz, American baseball player

#Russ_Ortiz

Bill Hayes (actor)
Bill Hayes, American actor and singer

#Bill_Hayes_(actor)

Werner Schildhauer
Werner Schildhauer, German runner

#Werner_Schildhauer

Carole Fredericks
Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones) (d. 2001)

#Carole_Fredericks

Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich, Argentinian pianist

#Martha_Argerich

Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comorian businessman and politician, President of Comoros

#Ahmed_Abdallah_Mohamed_Sambi

Jaan Kikkas
Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1944)

#Jaan_Kikkas

Dave Bolland
Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player

#Dave_Bolland

Pu Songling
Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)

#Pu_Songling

Alberto Malesani
Alberto Malesani, Italian footballer and manager

#Alberto_Malesani

Matthew Scarlett
Matthew Scarlett, Australian footballer

#Matthew_Scarlett

Kenny G
Kenny G, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

#Kenny_G

Ken Follett
Ken Follett, Welsh author

#Ken_Follett

Jeff Garlin
Jeff Garlin, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter

#Jeff_Garlin

John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1946)

#John_Maynard_Keynes

Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1936)

#Federico_García_Lorca

Bata Živojinovi?
Bata Živojinovi?, Serbian actor and politician (d. 2016)

#Bata_Živojinovi?

Dean Amadon
Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (d. 2003)

#Dean_Amadon

Gella Vandecaveye
Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian martial artist

#Gella_Vandecaveye

Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper

#Mark_Wahlberg

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of King Edward III of England and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1402)

#Edmund_of_Langley,_1st_Duke_of_York

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, English colonial administrator and admiral (d. 1658)

#Robert_Rich,_2nd_Earl_of_Warwick

Robert Kraft
Robert Kraft, American businessman, founded The Kraft Group

#Robert_Kraft

William Boyd (actor)
William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972)

#William_Boyd_(actor)

Suze Orman
Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host

#Suze_Orman

Theippan Maung Wa
Theippan Maung Wa, Burmese writer (d. 1942)

#Theippan_Maung_Wa

Ross Wilson (table tennis)
Ross Wilson, English table tennis player

#Ross_Wilson_(table_tennis)

Serhat Ak?n
Serhat Ak?n, Turkish footballer

#Serhat_Ak?n

Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic

#Margaret_Drabble

Martin Gélinas
Martin Gélinas, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Martin_Gélinas

Robert Lansing (actor)
Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)

#Robert_Lansing_(actor)

Sid Barnes
Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)

#Sid_Barnes

Yogi Adityanath
Yogi Adityanath, Indian priest and politician

#Yogi_Adityanath

John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892)

#John_Couch_Adams

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player

#Roger_Tuivasa-Sheck

Nicko McBrain
Nicko McBrain, English drummer and songwriter

#Nicko_McBrain

Stefanos Kotsolis
Stefanos Kotsolis, Greek footballer

#Stefanos_Kotsolis

Duncan Patterson
Duncan Patterson, English drummer and keyboard player

#Duncan_Patterson

Anthony Burger
Anthony Burger, American singer and pianist (d. 2006)

#Anthony_Burger

David Hare (playwright)
David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter

#David_Hare_(playwright)

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (d. 1923)

#Pancho_Villa

Pierre Bruneau (journalist)
Pierre Bruneau, Canadian journalist and news anchor

#Pierre_Bruneau_(journalist)

Conrad Marca-Relli
Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (d. 2000)

#Conrad_Marca-Relli

Dennis Gabor
Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

#Dennis_Gabor

Eddie Joost
Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)

#Eddie_Joost

Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic

#Hélène_Cixous

Radko Gudas
Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman

#Radko_Gudas

Joe Clark
Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada

#Joe_Clark

Sheila Sim
Sheila Sim, English actress (d. 2016)

#Sheila_Sim

Ed Vaizey
Ed Vaizey, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries

#Ed_Vaizey

Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)

#Sarah_Churchill,_Duchess_of_Marlborough

Torry Holt
Torry Holt, American football player and sportscaster

#Torry_Holt

Ramesh Krishnan
Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis player and coach

#Ramesh_Krishnan

Pat Garrett
Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908)

#Pat_Garrett

Wanderléa
Wanderléa, Brazilian singer and television host

#Wanderléa

Erasmo Carlos
Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer-songwriter

#Erasmo_Carlos

Ron Livingston
Ron Livingston, American actor

#Ron_Livingston

Tõnis Lukas
Tõnis Lukas, Estonian historian and politician, 34th Estonian Minister of Education

#Tõnis_Lukas

Christian Lobeck
Christian Lobeck, German scholar and academic (d. 1860)

#Christian_Lobeck

Anke Behmer
Anke Behmer, German heptathlete

#Anke_Behmer

Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist

#Laurie_Anderson

Cam Atkinson
Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player

#Cam_Atkinson

Elena Cornaro Piscopia
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1684)

#Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia

Claire Fox
Claire Fox, English author and academic

#Claire_Fox

Salvatore Ferragamo
Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. (d. 1960)

#Salvatore_Ferragamo

Ralph Benatzky
Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer (d. 1957)

#Ralph_Benatzky

Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney, American politician

#Alex_Mooney

Sam Darnold
Sam Darnold, American football player

#Sam_Darnold

Michael E. Brown
Michael E. Brown, American astronomer and author

#Michael_E._Brown

Fernando Meira
Fernando Meira, Portuguese footballer

#Fernando_Meira

Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987)
Marcus Thornton, American basketball player

#Marcus_Thornton_(basketball,_born_1987)

Lou Brissie
Lou Brissie, American baseball player and scout (d. 2013)

#Lou_Brissie

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher and academic (d. 1976)

#Roy_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (d. 1851)

#Ernest_Augustus,_King_of_Hanover

Tony Richardson
Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)

#Tony_Richardson

Karin Balzer
Karin Balzer, German hurdler

#Karin_Balzer

Richard Butler (singer)
Richard Butler, English singer-songwriter

#Richard_Butler_(singer)

John Carlos
John Carlos, American runner and football player

#John_Carlos

Wayne Boring
Wayne Boring, American illustrator (d. 1987)

#Wayne_Boring

Allvar Gullstrand
Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)

#Allvar_Gullstrand

Cornelius Ryan
Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (d. 1974)

#Cornelius_Ryan

Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
Vernon Gholston, American football player
Eric Traoré, Senegalese footballer
Robert Barbieri, Canadian-Italian rugby player
Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (d. 2005)
Antonio García, Spanish racing driver
Jason White, American race car driver
Giannis Giannoulis, Canadian basketball player
Sandra Stals, Belgian runner
Scott Draper, Australian tennis player and golfer
Mervyn Dillon, Trinidadian cricketer
Pawe? Kotla, Polish conductor and academic
Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
Joe DeLoach, American sprinter
Matt Bullard, American basketball player and sportscaster
Alfie Turcotte, American ice hockey player
Sandrine Piau, French soprano
Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter
Aldo Costa, Italian engineer
Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
Boris Dugan, Estonian footballer and coach
Mark Ella, Australian rugby player
Charles Nolan, American fashion designer (d. 2011)
Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian footballer and manager
Phil Neale, English cricketer, coach, and manager
Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977)
Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee, Scottish politician
Freddie Stone, American singer, guitarist, and pastor
Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
Patrick Head, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Williams F1
Bob Grant, Australian rugby league player
John Du Cann, English guitarist (d. 2001)
André Lacroix, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
Abraham Viruthakulangara, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (d. 2018)
Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
Spalding Gray, American writer, actor, and monologist (d. 2004)
Roy Higgins, Australian jockey (d. 2014)
Moira Anderson, Scottish singer
Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator
Dave Gold, American businessman, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores (d. 2013)
Christy Brown, Irish painter and author (d. 1981)
Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish anthropologist and philosopher
Jacques Demy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
Yves Blais, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2013)
Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer (d. 2006)
Roger Lebel, Canadian actor (d. 1994)
Jorge Daponte, Argentinian racing driver (d. 1963)
Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (d. 2013)
Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator (d. 1994)
Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic (d. 2016)
Eric Hollies, English cricketer (d. 1981)
Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist (d. 1957)
Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere (d. 1992)
William Roberts, English soldier and painter (d. 1980)
Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (d. 1969)
Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)
Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (d. 1935)
William Scamp, English architect and engineer (d. 1872)
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)