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Jyothika
Jyothika, Indian actress

#Jyothika

George Ohsawa
George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic (d. 1966)

#George_Ohsawa

Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Hauritz, Australian cricketer

#Nathan_Hauritz

Om Puri
Om Puri, Indian actor (d. 2017)

#Om_Puri

Mike Tindall
Mike Tindall, English rugby player

#Mike_Tindall

Eric Stuart
Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor

#Eric_Stuart

Vickie Winans
Vickie Winans, American gospel music singer-songwriter and music producer

#Vickie_Winans

Peter Svensson
Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter

#Peter_Svensson

Alexander Levintal
Alexander Levintal, Russian economist and politician, Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

#Alexander_Levintal

Mongkut
Mongkut, Thai king (d. 1868)

#Mongkut

Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach

#Martina_Navratilova

Baldassare Galuppi
Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)

#Baldassare_Galuppi

Abraham van Riebeeck
Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)

#Abraham_van_Riebeeck

Craig Bartlett
Craig Bartlett, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

#Craig_Bartlett

Vanessa Briscoe Hay
Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Vanessa_Briscoe_Hay

Greg Warren (American football)
Greg Warren, American football player

#Greg_Warren_(American_football)

Milo Yiannopoulos
Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker

#Milo_Yiannopoulos

Ramiz Alia
Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (d. 2011)

#Ramiz_Alia

Ivanoe Bonomi
Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)

#Ivanoe_Bonomi

Min Ko Naing
Min Ko Naing, Burmese activist

#Min_Ko_Naing

Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist

#Esperanza_Spalding

Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo, American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor

#Ne-Yo

Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar (d. 1714)

#Matthew_Henry

A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (d. 1963)

#A._J._Liebling

Anna Jagiellon
Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1596)

#Anna_Jagiellon

John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (d. 1476)

#John_de_Mowbray,_4th_Duke_of_Norfolk

David Normington
David Normington, English civil servant and politician

#David_Normington

Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (d. 1994)

#Melina_Mercouri

Prince Eugene of Savoy
Eugene of Savoy, Austrian prince and statesman (d. 1736)

#Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy

George C. Scott
George C. Scott, American actor and director (d. 1999)

#George_C._Scott

Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)

#Lee_Harvey_Oswald

Mika Ninagawa
Mika Ninagawa, Japanese photographer and director

#Mika_Ninagawa

Amish Tripathi
Amish Tripathi, Indian author

#Amish_Tripathi

Ien Dales
Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1994)

#Ien_Dales

Lady Mary Wroth
Lady Mary Wroth, English poet (d. 1651)

#Lady_Mary_Wroth

Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns, American boxer

#Thomas_Hearns

Ivan Cavaleiro
Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer

#Ivan_Cavaleiro

Kirby Chambliss
Kirby Chambliss, American pilot

#Kirby_Chambliss

Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn, American skier

#Lindsey_Vonn

Dawn Wells
Dawn Wells, American model and actress, Miss Nevada 1959

#Dawn_Wells

Ric Nordman
Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician (d. 1996)

#Ric_Nordman

Freida Pinto
Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model

#Freida_Pinto

Mehmet Esat BĂŒlkat
Mehmet Esat BĂŒlkat, Ottoman general (d. 1952)

#Mehmet_Esat_BĂŒlkat

Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Go-Shirakawa, Japanese emperor (d. 1192)

#Emperor_Go-Shirakawa

Arie de Jong
Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author (d. 1957)

#Arie_de_Jong

David Twohy
David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#David_Twohy

Pope Pius II
Pius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1464)

#Pope_Pius_II

Tyler Posey
Tyler Posey, American actor and musician

#Tyler_Posey

Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver

#Pascal_Wehrlein

Peter Boyle
Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)

#Peter_Boyle

Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#Chuck_Berry

Simon Gotch
Simon Gotch, American wrestler

#Simon_Gotch

John George IV, Elector of Saxony
John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)

#John_George_IV,_Elector_of_Saxony

Raymond Lambert
Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)

#Raymond_Lambert

Tessa Schram
Tessa Schram, Dutch director and actress

#Tessa_Schram

Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (d. 1200)

#Zhu_Xi

Jan Erik Vold
Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator

#Jan_Erik_Vold

Lucien Petit-Breton
Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (d. 1917)

#Lucien_Petit-Breton

Alex Cora
Alex Cora, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, sportscaster and manager

#Alex_Cora

Milcho Manchevski
Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian-American director and screenwriter

#Milcho_Manchevski

Jan Gies
Jan Gies, Dutch activist (d. 1993)

#Jan_Gies

Flavio Cotti
Flavio Cotti, Swiss lawyer and politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation

#Flavio_Cotti

Midhat Pasha
Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1883)

#Midhat_Pasha

Nic Potter
Nic Potter, English bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)

#Nic_Potter

Josh Sawyer
Josh Sawyer, American video game designer

#Josh_Sawyer

Robert Harting
Robert Harting, German discus thrower

#Robert_Harting

Rhod Gilbert
Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian

#Rhod_Gilbert

Sidney Holland
Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1961)

#Sidney_Holland

Camilla Williams
Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (d. 2012)

#Camilla_Williams

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian martial artist, actor, and producer, and screenwriter

#Jean-Claude_Van_Damme

Huell Howser
Huell Howser, American television host and actor (d. 2013)

#Huell_Howser

Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)

#Pierre_Trudeau

Mauricio Funes
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador

#Mauricio_Funes

Allen Ripley
Allen Ripley, American baseball player (d. 2014)

#Allen_Ripley

Jon Lindstrom
Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Jon_Lindstrom

Nicholas Culpeper
Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist (d. 1654)

#Nicholas_Culpeper

Irwin M. Jacobs
Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer, businessman, and entrepreneur

#Irwin_M._Jacobs

Dick Taverne
Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician

#Dick_Taverne

Kunal Kapoor
Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor

#Kunal_Kapoor

Damon Scott
Damon Scott, British entertainer

#Damon_Scott

Billy Murdoch
Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)

#Billy_Murdoch

Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil, American songwriter

#Cynthia_Weil

Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)

#Victor_Sen_Yung

Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer, American football player and coach

#Frank_Beamer

Brittney Griner
Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player

#Brittney_Griner

Rita Verdonk
Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, former Dutch Minister of Justice

#Rita_Verdonk

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (d. 2019)

#Jaime_Lucas_Ortega_y_Alamino

Rick Moody
Rick Moody, American author and composer

#Rick_Moody

Charles le Beau
Charles le Beau, French historian and author (d. 1778)

#Charles_le_Beau

Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician

#Dafydd_Elis-Thomas

Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow, American Pilgrim leader (d. 1655)

#Edward_Winslow

Lucas AlamĂĄn
Lucas AlamĂĄn, Mexican politician and historian (d. 1853)

#Lucas_AlamĂĄn

Ntozake Shange
Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018)

#Ntozake_Shange

Ryan Nelsen
Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand-American soccer player and coach

#Ryan_Nelsen

Ernst Didring
Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)

#Ernst_Didring

Andrew Garcia
Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Andrew_Garcia

Erin Moran
Erin Moran, American actress (d. 2017)

#Erin_Moran

Kenji Wu
Kenji Wu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor

#Kenji_Wu

Jerry Royster
Jerry Royster, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Jerry_Royster

Heinrich von Kleist
Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (d. 1811)

#Heinrich_von_Kleist

Takashi Sakai
Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (d. 1946)

#Takashi_Sakai

Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)

#Anita_O'Day

Christine Murrell
Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (d. 1933)

#Christine_Murrell

Yoenis CĂ©spedes
Yoenis CĂ©spedes, Cuban baseball player

#Yoenis_CĂ©spedes

Kees Fens
Kees Fens, Dutch author and critic (d. 2008)

#Kees_Fens

Luca Marenzio
Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (d. 1599)

#Luca_Marenzio

Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of CÎte d'Ivoire (d. 1993)

#Félix_Houphouët-Boigny

William Lambarde
William Lambarde, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1601)

#William_Lambarde

Brad Miller (baseball)
Brad Miller (baseball), American professional baseball infielder

#Brad_Miller_(baseball)

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)

#Pierre_Choderlos_de_Laclos

Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

#Mike_Ditka

Ludovico Scarfiotti
Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1968)

#Ludovico_Scarfiotti

D. T. Suzuki
D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar (d. 1966)

#D._T._Suzuki

Tibor DĂ©ry
Tibor DĂ©ry, Hungarian author and translator (d. 1977)

#Tibor_DĂ©ry

Dan Lilker
Dan Lilker, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Dan_Lilker

Alex Tagliani
Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver

#Alex_Tagliani

Dante (footballer)
Dante, Brazilian footballer

#Dante_(footballer)

Nelson Vivas
Nelson Vivas, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager

#Nelson_Vivas

Molly Geertsema
Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1991)

#Molly_Geertsema

Zac Efron
Zac Efron, American actor and singer

#Zac_Efron

Sigvart Dagsland
Sigvart Dagsland, Norwegian singer, pianist and composer

#Sigvart_Dagsland

Frederick August Otto Schwarz
Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (d. 1911)

#Frederick_August_Otto_Schwarz

Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1705)

#Luca_Giordano

Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster

#Robbie_Savage

Mikhail Kuzmin
Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)

#Mikhail_Kuzmin

Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist (d. 1940)

#Ze'ev_Jabotinsky

Isabel Briggs Myers
Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)

#Isabel_Briggs_Myers

Hans Köchler
Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher, author, and academic

#Hans_Köchler

Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)

#Miriam_Hopkins

Talitha Getty
Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971)

#Talitha_Getty

Chris Albertson
Chris Albertson, Icelandic-American historian, journalist, and producer

#Chris_Albertson

Pam Dawber
Pam Dawber, American actress and producer

#Pam_Dawber

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician

#Flora_Fraser,_21st_Lady_Saltoun

Inger Stevens
Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (d. 1970)

#Inger_Stevens

Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski, German-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1991)

#Klaus_Kinski

Dave Price
Dave Price, American journalist and game show host

#Dave_Price

Manuel da NĂłbrega
Manuel da NĂłbrega, Portuguese-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1570)

#Manuel_da_NĂłbrega

Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci, American politician (d. 2018)

#Frank_Carlucci

Howard Shore
Howard Shore, Canadian composer, conductor, and producer

#Howard_Shore

Mark Sampson
Mark Sampson, Welsh footballer and manager

#Mark_Sampson

Catherine Ringer
Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

#Catherine_Ringer

George Hendrick
George Hendrick, American baseball player and coach

#George_Hendrick

Jim Talent
Jim Talent, American lawyer and politician

#Jim_Talent

Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

#Henri_Bergson

Robert Dove
Robert Dove, American lawyer and politician

#Robert_Dove

Nick Houghton
Nick Houghton, English general

#Nick_Houghton

Chris Shays
Chris Shays, American politician

#Chris_Shays

Gianfranco Ravasi
Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar

#Gianfranco_Ravasi

Lotte Lenya
Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)

#Lotte_Lenya

Pascual Jordan
Pascual Jordan, German physicist and theorist (d. 1980)

#Pascual_Jordan

Jessie Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)

#Jessie_Mae_Hemphill

Josh Gracin
Josh Gracin, American country music singer and former member of the United States Marine Corps

#Josh_Gracin

Chuck Lorre
Chuck Lorre, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Chuck_Lorre

Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1999)

#Bobby_Troup

Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan, American author and screenwriter

#Terry_McMillan

Timmy Mallett
Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host

#Timmy_Mallett

Justus Lipsius
Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist and scholar (d. 1606)

#Justus_Lipsius

James Brooks (painter)
James Brooks, American painter and educator (d. 1992)

#James_Brooks_(painter)

Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017)

#Konstantinos_Mitsotakis

Bristol Palin
Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality

#Bristol_Palin

Zakir Naik
Zakir Naik, an Indian Islamic preacher; founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)

#Zakir_Naik

Francis Dutton
Francis Dutton, German-Australian politician, 7th Premier of South Australia (d. 1877)

#Francis_Dutton

Robert L. Stevens
Robert L. Stevens, American inventor and steamship builder (d. 1856)

#Robert_L._Stevens

Volker NeumĂŒller
Volker NeumĂŒller, German talent manager

#Volker_NeumĂŒller

Laci Green
Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist

#Laci_Green

Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer

#Zhou_Xun

Vytautas Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian musicologist and politician

#Vytautas_Landsbergis

Christine Charbonneau
Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

#Christine_Charbonneau

Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick III, German emperor (d. 1888)

#Frederick_III,_German_Emperor

Jerry Cooke (photographer)
Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (d. 2005)

#Jerry_Cooke_(photographer)

Logan Pearsall Smith
Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic (d. 1946)

#Logan_Pearsall_Smith

Len Braund
Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1955)

#Len_Braund

Job Cohen
Job Cohen, Dutch scholar and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam

#Job_Cohen

Jaroslav DrobnĂœ (footballer)
Jaroslav DrobnĂœ, Czech footballer

#Jaroslav_DrobnĂœ_(footballer)

Michael Dingsdag
Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer

#Michael_Dingsdag

Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (d. 1866)

#Thomas_Love_Peacock

Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Curtis_Stigers

Mike Starink
Mike Starink, Dutch television host and actor

#Mike_Starink

Lina Radke
Lina Radke, German runner and coach (d. 1983)

#Lina_Radke

Doug Mirabelli
Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player and coach

#Doug_Mirabelli

Basil Hall Chamberlain
Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (d. 1935)

#Basil_Hall_Chamberlain

Violeta Chamorro
Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan publisher and politician, President of Nicaragua

#Violeta_Chamorro

Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms, American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2008)

#Jesse_Helms

Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis, American trumpet player, composer, and educator

#Wynton_Marsalis

Freja Beha Erichsen
Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model

#Freja_Beha_Erichsen

Michael Stich
Michael Stich, German tennis player and sportscaster

#Michael_Stich

N. D. Tiwari
N. D. Tiwari, Indian politician (d. 2018)

#N._D._Tiwari

Charles Stross
Charles Stross, English journalist, author, and programmer

#Charles_Stross

Drew Crawford, American basketball player
Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
Wilma Elles, German actress and fashion designer

#Wilma_Elles

Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player
Birsen Yavuz, Turkish sprinter and hurdler
David Vuillemin, French motorcycle racer
Flavia Colgan, Brazilian-American journalist
Sarah Winckless, English rower
Rachel Nichols, American journalist and sportscaster
Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
James Foley, American photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
Stephen Allan, Australian golfer
Mark Morrison, West German-born British hip hop and R&B musician
Nick O'Hern, Australian golfer
Stuart Law, Australian cricketer and coach
Sam Sorbo, American actress, author, and talk radio host
Vincent Spano, American actor, director, and producer
Gladstone Small, Barbadian-English cricketer
John Nord, American wrestler
Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Megumi Ishii, Japanese actress and politician
Mark Welland, English physicist and academic
Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host (d. 2012)
Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
B?o Ninh, Vietnamese soldier and author
Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer and photographer
Paul Geroski, American-English economist and academic (d. 2005)
Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and coach
Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and author (d. 2006)
Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter
Luc Jouret, Belgian religious cult leader in Switzerland (d. 1994)
Gary Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1997)
Paul Chuckle, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
Birthe RĂžnn Hornbech, Danish police officer and politician, Danish Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs
Martha Burk, American psychologist and author
Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, English businessman
Ronnie Bright, American R&B and doo-wop singer (d. 2015)
Forrest Gregg, American football player and coach
Roger Climpson, English-Australian journalist
Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009)
Frank Stanmore, Australian rugby league player (d. 2005)
Hillard Elkins, American producer and manager (d. 2010)
Maurice El Mediouni, Algerian pianist and composer
Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2018)
Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (d. 2013)
Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2014)
Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (d. 1972)
Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2004)
Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981)
Evelyn Berckman, American author, known for her detective and Gothic horror novels (d. 1978)
Sarah Bavly, Dutch-Israeli nutritionist, author and educator (d. 1993)
H. L. Davis, American author and poet (d. 1960)
Paul Vermoyal, French actor (d. 1925)
Max Gerson, German-born American physician (d. 1959)
James Truslow Adams, American historian and author (d. 1949)
Henry Powle, English politician (d. 1692)
Philipp III, count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1538)