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Harry Lawson
Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (d. 1952)

#Harry_Lawson

Joshua Coyne
Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer

#Joshua_Coyne

Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (d. 1971)

#Friedrich_Günther,_Prince_of_Schwarzburg

Ray Suarez
Ray Suarez, American journalist and author

#Ray_Suarez

Édgar Dueñas
Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer

#Édgar_Dueñas

Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (d. 1959)

#Elisabeth_Moore

Teena Marie
Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

#Teena_Marie

Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford
Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician

#Robert_Lindsay,_29th_Earl_of_Crawford

Neil Jackson
Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Neil_Jackson

Ramiro Funes Mori
Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentinian footballer

#Ramiro_Funes_Mori

Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1776)

#Edward_Cornwallis

William Shield
William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)

#William_Shield

Freddie Welsh
Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer (d. 1927)

#Freddie_Welsh

Daria Gavrilova
Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player

#Daria_Gavrilova

Alex Smithies
Alex Smithies, English footballer

#Alex_Smithies

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)

#Giovanni_Battista_Tiepolo

Tom Butler (bishop)
Tom Butler, English bishop

#Tom_Butler_(bishop)

Paul Martin (ice hockey)
Paul Martin, American ice hockey player

#Paul_Martin_(ice_hockey)

Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician

#Eddy_Grant

Paul Konerko
Paul Konerko, American baseball player

#Paul_Konerko

Volodymyr Bezsonov
Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager

#Volodymyr_Bezsonov

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)

#Louis-Alexandre_Taschereau

Špela Pretnar
Špela Pretnar, Slovenian skier

#Špela_Pretnar

Cansignorio della Scala
Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1375)

#Cansignorio_della_Scala

Louis I of Hungary
Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)

#Louis_I_of_Hungary

Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Daniel_Kahneman

Moussa Saïb
Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager

#Moussa_Saïb

Bo Bichette
Bo Bichette, American baseball player

#Bo_Bichette

Fred (cartoonist)
Fred, French author and illustrator (d. 2013)

#Fred_(cartoonist)

Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1972)

#Ennio_Flaiano

John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)

#John_George_I,_Elector_of_Saxony

Bob Forward
Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bob_Forward

Philip K. Chapman
Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer

#Philip_K._Chapman

El Hadji Ba
El Hadji Ba, French footballer

#El_Hadji_Ba

Walter Kasper
Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian

#Walter_Kasper

Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (d. 1919)

#Rosa_Luxemburg

Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault, French businessman, philanthropist, and art collector

#Bernard_Arnault

Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick, American author and editor

#Mike_Resnick

Vasily Trediakovsky
Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1768)

#Vasily_Trediakovsky

Vazgen Sargsyan
Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)

#Vazgen_Sargsyan

Kenichi Matsuyama
Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor

#Kenichi_Matsuyama

Félix de Blochausen
Félix de Blochausen, Luxembourgian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1915)

#Félix_de_Blochausen

Guillaume Hoarau
Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer

#Guillaume_Hoarau

Karl Rahner
Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984)

#Karl_Rahner

Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

#Michael_Irvin

Carlo Odescalchi
Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal (d. 1841)

#Carlo_Odescalchi

Étienne-Jules Marey
Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer (d. 1904)

#Étienne-Jules_Marey

Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)

#Lucio_Battisti

Taismary Agüero
Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player

#Taismary_Agüero

James Tobin
James Tobin, American economist and academic (d. 2002)

#James_Tobin

Wilhelm von Giesebrecht
Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic (d. 1889)

#Wilhelm_von_Giesebrecht

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1730)

#Antoine_de_la_Mothe_Cadillac

John Frusciante
John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#John_Frusciante

Kevin Connolly (actor)
Kevin Connolly, American actor and director

#Kevin_Connolly_(actor)

Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)

#Rex_Harrison

Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Aasif_Mandvi

Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson
Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology

#Paul_Drayson,_Baron_Drayson

J. Hillis Miller
J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic

#J._Hillis_Miller

Christoph Pezel
Christoph Pezel, German theologian (d. 1604)

#Christoph_Pezel

Roger Marche
Roger Marche, French footballer (d. 1997)

#Roger_Marche

Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison
Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic (d. 1805)

#Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard_d'Ansse_de_Villoison

Sepp Piontek
Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager

#Sepp_Piontek

Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige, English singer and actress

#Elaine_Paige

Jacques Babinet
Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1872)

#Jacques_Babinet

Peter Brandes
Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor

#Peter_Brandes

Jack Cassidy
Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 1976)

#Jack_Cassidy

Benjamin Gompertz
Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician (d. 1865)

#Benjamin_Gompertz

Brad Mills (pitcher)
Brad Mills, American baseball player

#Brad_Mills_(pitcher)

Julian Przybo?
Julian Przybo?, Polish poet, essayist and translator (d. 1970)

#Julian_Przybo?

Barry Tuckwell
Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator

#Barry_Tuckwell

Shay Carl
Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios

#Shay_Carl

Michael von Faulhaber
Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (d. 1952)

#Michael_von_Faulhaber

Harry Maguire
Harry Maguire, English footballer

#Harry_Maguire

Murray Head
Murray Head, English actor and singer

#Murray_Head

Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1638)

#Frederick_I,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Homburg

Danny Drinkwater
Danny Drinkwater, English footballer

#Danny_Drinkwater

Martin Axenrot
Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer

#Martin_Axenrot

Dora Marsden
Dora Marsden, English author and activist (d. 1960)

#Dora_Marsden

Jan van der Heyden
Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (d. 1712)

#Jan_van_der_Heyden

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio
Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal (d. 1600)

#Rodrigo_de_Castro_Osorio

Siegbert Tarrasch
Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (d. 1934)

#Siegbert_Tarrasch

John Wentworth (Illinois)
John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1888)

#John_Wentworth_(Illinois)

Luciano Burti
Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster

#Luciano_Burti

Del Crandall
Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager

#Del_Crandall

Tom Russell
Tom Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tom_Russell

Daniil Trifonov
Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer

#Daniil_Trifonov

Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1947)

#Thomas_Inskip,_1st_Viscount_Caldecote

Letizia Battaglia
Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and journalist

#Letizia_Battaglia

Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter

#Bertrand_Cantat

Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player

#Anna_Chakvetadze

Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)

#Howard_Pyle

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975)

#Pier_Paolo_Pasolini

Yuri Lowenthal
Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Yuri_Lowenthal

Laurent Schwartz
Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (d. 2002)

#Laurent_Schwartz

Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell, American actor

#Dean_Stockwell

Milt Schmidt
Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2017)

#Milt_Schmidt

Vincenzo Galeotti
Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1816)

#Vincenzo_Galeotti

Oh Eun-sun
Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer

#Oh_Eun-sun

Šar?nas Jasikevi?ius
Šar?nas Jasikevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

#Šar?nas_Jasikevi?ius

Barret Jackman
Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player

#Barret_Jackman

Felipe González
Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain

#Felipe_González

Dong Biwu
Dong Biwu, Chinese judge and politician, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1975)

#Dong_Biwu

Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski, Australian footballer

#Sasho_Petrovski

Samantha Eggar
Samantha Eggar, English actress

#Samantha_Eggar

Marius Barbeau
Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (d. 1969)

#Marius_Barbeau

Kinga of Poland
Saint Kinga of Poland (d. 1292)

#Kinga_of_Poland

Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician (d. 1819)

#Benjamin_Ruggles_Woodbridge

Tokyo Sexwale
Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng

#Tokyo_Sexwale

Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host

#Joel_Osteen

Jack Marshall
Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988)

#Jack_Marshall

Mike Hessman
Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach

#Mike_Hessman

Marietta Piccolomini
Marietta Piccolomini, Italian soprano (d. 1899)

#Marietta_Piccolomini

Chris Cohen
Chris Cohen, English footballer

#Chris_Cohen

Princess Mary of Great Britain
Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)

#Princess_Mary_of_Great_Britain

Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster

#Nicole_Pratt

Alexandre Barthe
Alexandre Barthe, French footballer

#Alexandre_Barthe

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (d. 1842)

#Christoph_Ernst_Friedrich_Weyse

Canaan Banana
Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)

#Canaan_Banana

Lee Mears
Lee Mears, English rugby player

#Lee_Mears

José Aboulker
José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (d. 2009)

#José_Aboulker

Paquirri
Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)

#Paquirri

Jonas Carlsson Dryander
Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (d. 1810)

#Jonas_Carlsson_Dryander

Henry Travers
Henry Travers, English-American actor (d. 1965)

#Henry_Travers

João Lourenço
João Lourenço, Angolan president

#João_Lourenço

Charles Wyville Thomson
Charles Wyville Thomson, Scottish historian and zoologist (d. 1882)

#Charles_Wyville_Thomson

Theresa Villiers
Theresa Villiers, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

#Theresa_Villiers

Emmanuel Mudiay
Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player

#Emmanuel_Mudiay

Olav Bjaaland
Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (d. 1961)

#Olav_Bjaaland

Frank Norris
Frank Norris, American journalist and author (d. 1902)

#Frank_Norris

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1959)

#Heitor_Villa-Lobos

Henry II of England
Henry II of England (d. 1189)

#Henry_II_of_England

Gerald Vanenburg
Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager

#Gerald_Vanenburg

Virginia Christine
Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)

#Virginia_Christine

Kent Tekulve
Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Kent_Tekulve

Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes, American model and actress

#Eva_Mendes

David II of Scotland
David II of Scotland (d. 1371)

#David_II_of_Scotland

Kyle Schwarber
Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player

#Kyle_Schwarber

Katarina Frostenson
Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author

#Katarina_Frostenson

Erik Carlsson
Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 2015)

#Erik_Carlsson

Elmer Valo
Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998)

#Elmer_Valo

Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne, English actor and producer

#Paul_Blackthorne

Frederick Cornwallis
Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (d. 1783)

#Frederick_Cornwallis

Filip Meirhaeghe
Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist

#Filip_Meirhaeghe

Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author

#Penn_Jillette

Pierre Wynants
Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef

#Pierre_Wynants

Jan van Beveren
Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach

#Jan_van_Beveren

Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (d. 2011)

#Lynn_Margulis

Robert Cooper Grier
Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1870)

#Robert_Cooper_Grier

Georg Friedrich Daumer
Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (d. 1875)

#Georg_Friedrich_Daumer

Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Fred_Williamson

Taylor Hill (model)
Taylor Hill, American model

#Taylor_Hill_(model)

William Beveridge
William Beveridge, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic (d. 1963)

#William_Beveridge

Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)
Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach

#Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)

Gordon Bajnai
Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary

#Gordon_Bajnai

Ryan Franklin
Ryan Franklin, American baseball player

#Ryan_Franklin

Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)

#Zhou_Enlai

Franz Josef Jung
Franz Josef Jung, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence

#Franz_Josef_Jung

Evgeny Paton
Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer (d. 1953)

#Evgeny_Paton

Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (d. 1594)

#Gerardus_Mercator

Zachary Stevens
Zachery Stevens - American singer-songwriter known for Savatage and Circle II Circle

#Zachary_Stevens

Andres Larka
Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)

#Andres_Larka

Dan Carter
Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player

#Dan_Carter

Yuu Watase
Yuu Watase, Japanese illustrator

#Yuu_Watase

Branko Cvetkovi?
Branko Cvetkovi?, Serbian basketball player

#Branko_Cvetkovi?

John Coke
John Coke, English civil servant and politician (d. 1644)

#John_Coke

Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician (d. 2018)

#Mark_E._Smith

Olusegun Obasanjo
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria

#Olusegun_Obasanjo

Carlos Ochoa
Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer

#Carlos_Ochoa

William Oughtred
William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (d. 1660)

#William_Oughtred

Austen Henry Layard
Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (d. 1894)

#Austen_Henry_Layard

Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg
Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1603)

#Ulrich,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg

Chris Silverwood
Chris Silverwood, English cricketer and coach

#Chris_Silverwood

Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer
Matty Fryatt, English footballer
David Marshall, Scottish footballer
Philipp Haastrup, German footballer
Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player
Jens Jeremies, German footballer
Juan Esnáider, Argentinian footballer and manager
Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (d. 2009)
Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager

#Yannis_Anastasiou

Mark Protheroe, Australian rugby league player
Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout
Greg Berry, English footballer and coach
M.C. Solaar, Afro-French rapper
Danny King, English author and playwright
Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1988)
Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
Marsha Warfield, American actress
Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic
Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout
Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2010)
Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach
Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (d. 2008)
Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress
Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager
Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter
Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (d. 2007)
Roy Gutman, American journalist and author
David Watkins, Welsh rugby player
Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
Graham McRae, New Zealand race car driver
Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer (d. 2010)
Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (d. 1995)
Tony Rundle, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Tasmania
Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dale Douglass, American golfer
Paul Sand, American actor
John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2008)
J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (d. 2003)
Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (d. 2014)
James Noble, American actor (d. 2016)
Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer (d. 1997)
Rachel Gurney, English actress (d. 2001)
Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2006)
Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1990)
Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (d. 2007)
Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)
Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (d. 1999)
László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (d. 1974)
Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (d. 1944)
Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2015)
Henry Daniell, English-American actor (d. 1963)
Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1968)
Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (d. 1941)
Jan K?titel Kucha?, Czech organist, composer, and educator (d. 1829)
Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (d. 1754)
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English Earl (d. 1491)