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Frances Cress Welsing
Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2016)

#Frances_Cress_Welsing

Loulou Gasté
Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995)

#Loulou_Gasté

Lovro Zovko
Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player

#Lovro_Zovko

Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (d. 1898)

#Stéphane_Mallarmé

Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer (d. 2017)

#Shashi_Kapoor

Chad Cordero
Chad Cordero, American baseball player

#Chad_Cordero

Werner Mölders
Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)

#Werner_Mölders

Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic

#Linda_Partridge

Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jerry_Cantrell

Dick Smith (entrepreneur)
Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic

#Dick_Smith_(entrepreneur)

Mike Quackenbush
Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion

#Mike_Quackenbush

William Cosmo Monkhouse
William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)

#William_Cosmo_Monkhouse

Philippe de La Hire
Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)

#Philippe_de_La_Hire

Guy Carbonneau
Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Guy_Carbonneau

John Kander
John Kander, American pianist and composer

#John_Kander

Costante Girardengo
Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)

#Costante_Girardengo

Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)

#Neville_Chamberlain

Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram, American tennis player

#Rajeev_Ram

Mark Donohue
Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975)

#Mark_Donohue

Dane Cook
Dane Cook, American comedian, actor, director, and producer

#Dane_Cook

Brian Scalabrine
Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Brian_Scalabrine

Rieko Ioane
Rieko Ioane, New Zealand rugby union player

#Rieko_Ioane

Ana Beatriz
Ana Beatriz, Brazilian race car driver

#Ana_Beatriz

Francis Lieber
Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1872)

#Francis_Lieber

Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1977)
Danny Murphy, English footballer and sportscaster

#Danny_Murphy_(footballer,_born_1977)

Frederick III of Denmark
Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)

#Frederick_III_of_Denmark

Peter Jones (entrepreneur)
Peter Jones, English businessman

#Peter_Jones_(entrepreneur)

B. J. Wilson
B. J. Wilson, English rock drummer (d. 1990)

#B._J._Wilson

Wayne Arthurs (tennis)
Wayne Arthurs, Australian tennis player

#Wayne_Arthurs_(tennis)

Polykarp Leyser the Elder
Polykarp Leyser the Elder, German theologian (d. 1610)

#Polykarp_Leyser_the_Elder

Takuya Terada
Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model

#Takuya_Terada

Alexei Yagudin
Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater

#Alexei_Yagudin

Larry Perkins
Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver

#Larry_Perkins

Jang Na-ra
Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress

#Jang_Na-ra

Patrick Chesnais
Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Patrick_Chesnais

John Plankinton
John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (d. 1891)

#John_Plankinton

Adam Elsheimer
Adam Elsheimer, German painter (d. 1610)

#Adam_Elsheimer

Galeazzo Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1944)

#Galeazzo_Ciano

Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player

#Zdeno_Chára

E. O. Plauen
E. O. Plauen, German cartoonist (d. 1944)

#E._O._Plauen

Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (d. 2011)

#Fred_Shuttlesworth

Tomo Ohka
Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player

#Tomo_Ohka

Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player

#Stéphanie_Cohen-Aloro

Agnes Sime Baxter
Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician (d. 1917)

#Agnes_Sime_Baxter

Vince Lia
Vince Lia, Australian footballer

#Vince_Lia

Kenny Lynch
Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor

#Kenny_Lynch

Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (d. 1918)

#Wilfred_Owen

Richard Biggs
Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)

#Richard_Biggs

Charlotte Elliott
Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor (d. 1871)

#Charlotte_Elliott

Bernard Cronin
Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author (d. 1968)

#Bernard_Cronin

F. W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate

#F._W._de_Klerk

Tomas Žvirgždauskas
Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer

#Tomas_Žvirgždauskas

Jeff LaBar
Jeff LaBar, American guitarist

#Jeff_LaBar

Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player

#Courtney_Pine

Ethan Carter III
Ethan Carter III, American wrestler

#Ethan_Carter_III

Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif, American actor

#Brad_Dourif

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (d. 1743)

#Giuseppe_Ottavio_Pitoni

Brian Griese
Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster

#Brian_Griese

Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni, American swimmer

#Rebecca_Soni

Timo Mäkinen
Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver (d. 2017)

#Timo_Mäkinen

James Conlon
James Conlon, American conductor and educator

#James_Conlon

Willy Sagnol
Willy Sagnol, French footballer and manager

#Willy_Sagnol

Rudi Altig
Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2016)

#Rudi_Altig

Åse Kleveland
Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture

#Åse_Kleveland

Peter Graves
Peter Graves, American actor and director (d. 2010)

#Peter_Graves

James McMurtry
James McMurtry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#James_McMurtry

Adam Pally
Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Adam_Pally

James Plaskett
James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player

#James_Plaskett

Grant Hart
Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#Grant_Hart

Christoph Friedrich Nicolai
Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller (d. 1811)

#Christoph_Friedrich_Nicolai

Sre?ko Kosovel
Sre?ko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1926)

#Sre?ko_Kosovel

Gian Francesco Malipiero
Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (d. 1973)

#Gian_Francesco_Malipiero

Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone, French sprinter

#Leslie_Djhone

George Plimpton
George Plimpton, American journalist and actor (d. 2003)

#George_Plimpton

Lily Collins
Lily Collins, English-American actress

#Lily_Collins

René Clément
René Clément, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)

#René_Clément

Temur Ketsbaia
Temur Ketsbaia, Georgian footballer and manager

#Temur_Ketsbaia

Giovanna Antonelli
Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer

#Giovanna_Antonelli

Mike Webster
Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)

#Mike_Webster

Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus, American lawyer and politician

#Reince_Priebus

Sutton Foster
Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Sutton_Foster

Lillian Vernon (businesswoman)
Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (d. 2015)

#Lillian_Vernon_(businesswoman)

Ryan Truex
Ryan Truex, American race car driver

#Ryan_Truex

Tom Starke
Tom Starke, German footballer

#Tom_Starke

Cornelis Ketel
Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (d. 1616)

#Cornelis_Ketel

Jo Churchill
Jo Churchill, British politician

#Jo_Churchill

Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress

#Queen_Latifah

Carl Gottlieb
Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter

#Carl_Gottlieb

Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player

#Kimmo_Timonen

Scott Podsednik
Scott Podsednik, American baseball player

#Scott_Podsednik

Ole Barndorff-Nielsen
Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician

#Ole_Barndorff-Nielsen

Fernando Rodney
Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player

#Fernando_Rodney

John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)

#John_C._Calhoun

Clem Hill
Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer (d. 1945)

#Clem_Hill

Charley Pride
Charley Pride, American country music singer and musician

#Charley_Pride

Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)

#Grover_Cleveland

Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host

#Michael_Reagan

Susan Tyrrell
Susan Tyrrell, American actress (d. 2012)

#Susan_Tyrrell

Ciara Bravo
Ciara Bravo, American actress

#Ciara_Bravo

David Lloyd (cricketer)
David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster

#David_Lloyd_(cricketer)

Francis, Duke of Anjou
Francis, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)

#Francis,_Duke_of_Anjou

William Sulzer
William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York (d. 1941)

#William_Sulzer

Simon Bradstreet
Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate (d. 1697)

#Simon_Bradstreet

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (d. 2012)

#Amnon_Lipkin-Shahak

Ingemar Stenmark
Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier

#Ingemar_Stenmark

Manuel de Faria e Sousa
Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)

#Manuel_de_Faria_e_Sousa

Terrmel Sledge
Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player and coach

#Terrmel_Sledge

Christer Fuglesang
Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut

#Christer_Fuglesang

Luci Christian
Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter

#Luci_Christian

Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer

#Bill_Frisell

Alex Caffi
Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver

#Alex_Caffi

Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist

#Fabian_Cancellara

Sam Williams (rugby league)
Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player

#Sam_Williams_(rugby_league)

Miguel Herrera
Miguel Herrera, Mexican footballer and manager

#Miguel_Herrera

Andy Cutting
Andy Cutting, English accordion player and composer

#Andy_Cutting

Lykke Li
Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter

#Lykke_Li

Tora Berger
Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete

#Tora_Berger

Fidel V. Ramos
Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines

#Fidel_V._Ramos

Simone Padoin
Simone Padoin, Italian footballer

#Simone_Padoin

Dylan Mattingly
Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dylan_Mattingly

Christian Goldbach
Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1764)

#Christian_Goldbach

Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician (d. 2019)

#Unita_Blackwell

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic (d. 1908)

#Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military commander (d. 1447)

#John_Holland,_2nd_Duke_of_Exeter

Kicking Bear
Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (d. 1904)

#Kicking_Bear

Miki Berenyi
Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Miki_Berenyi

Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (d. 1913)

#Rudolf_Diesel

Ben Cohen (businessman)
Ben Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben and Jerry's

#Ben_Cohen_(businessman)

James McCulloch
James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria (d. 1893)

#James_McCulloch

Miguel Poblet
Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (d. 2013)

#Miguel_Poblet

William Johnson (artist)
William Johnson, American painter (d. 1970)

#William_Johnson_(artist)

Rick Martel
Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler

#Rick_Martel

Laure Savasta
Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Laure_Savasta

Sophia Myles
Sophia Myles, English actress

#Sophia_Myles

Fernandão
Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Fernandão

Luc Besson
Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp

#Luc_Besson

Ron Atkinson
Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager

#Ron_Atkinson

Andy Sonnanstine
Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player

#Andy_Sonnanstine

Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair, American speed skater

#Bonnie_Blair

Randal Cremer
Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)

#Randal_Cremer

Antoine Chanzy
Antoine Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)

#Antoine_Chanzy

Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal (d. 1659)

#Jérôme_le_Royer_de_la_Dauversière

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American architect and engineer (d. 1938)

#Nathanael_Greene_Herreshoff

Pat Eddery
Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (d. 2015)

#Pat_Eddery

Madame de La Fayette
Madame de La Fayette, French author (d. 1693)

#Madame_de_La_Fayette

Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1970)

#Edward_Everett_Horton

Egon Bahr
Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (d. 2015)

#Egon_Bahr

Mary Tudor, Queen of France
Mary Tudor, Queen of France (d. 1533)

#Mary_Tudor,_Queen_of_France

Paul Marsden
Paul Marsden, English businessman and politician

#Paul_Marsden

John Updike
John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 2009)

#John_Updike

Sébastien Frey
Sébastien Frey, French footballer

#Sébastien_Frey

Nikolai Berdyaev
Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian (d. 1948)

#Nikolai_Berdyaev

Timo Glock
Timo Glock, German race car driver

#Timo_Glock

Niclas Sahlgren
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company (d. 1776)

#Niclas_Sahlgren

Edgar Cayce
Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic (d. 1945)

#Edgar_Cayce

Robert Donat
Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)

#Robert_Donat

Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (d. 1864)

#Christian_Friedrich_Hebbel

Eugène Jansson
Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter (d. 1915)

#Eugène_Jansson

Hiroh Kikai
Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer

#Hiroh_Kikai

Adam Levine
Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality

#Adam_Levine

Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (d. 1969)

#Henri_Decoin

Paul Marc Rousseau
Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer

#Paul_Marc_Rousseau

Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967)

#Smiley_Burnette

Samuel Pisar
Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author (d. 2015)

#Samuel_Pisar

Kitty Ussher
Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician

#Kitty_Ussher

Shaun Udal
Shaun Udal, English cricketer

#Shaun_Udal

Andy Granatelli
Andy Granatelli, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2013)

#Andy_Granatelli

John Zachary Young
John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (d. 1997)

#John_Zachary_Young

Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
Marvin Humes, English singer
Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress
Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
Mantorras, Angolan footballer
Doug Warren, American soccer player
Kasib Powell, American basketball player
Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
Mariaan de Swardt, South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
Mike Bell, American wrestler (d. 2008)
Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
Brian Watts, Canadian golfer
Isabel Noronha, Mozambican film director
Vanessa L. Williams, American model, actress, and singer
Volker Weidler, German race car driver and engineer
Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor and director
Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist
Brian Fisher, American baseball player
Irene Cara, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
Michael Andrews, Australian rugby league player
Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 1990)
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam (d. 2008)
Jeff Stelling, English journalist and game show host
Francis G. Slay, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (d. 2015)
Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Will Durst, American journalist and actor
Timothy N. Philpot, American lawyer, author, and judge
Paul Barber, English actor
Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2005)
Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
Michel Leclère, French race car driver
Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2009)
Frank McRae, American football player and actor
Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright (d. 1988)
Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
Jean-Pierre Wallez, French violinist and conductor
Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (d. 2006)
Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
John Fraser, Scottish actor
James J. Andrews, American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
James Pickles, English journalist, lawyer, and judge (d. 2010)
Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian musician (d. 2017)
Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic (d. 2006)
Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (d. 2004)
Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery (d. 2007)
Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer (d. 1985)
Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian mystic, author & philosopher (d. 1990)
Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (d. 1956)
Jacob Bunn, American businessman (d. 1897)
Miloš Obrenovi?, Serbian prince (d. 1860)
Al-Zamakhshari, Persian scholar and theologian (d. 1144)