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J. Willard Marriott
J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985)

#J._Willard_Marriott

Celio Calcagnini
Celio Calcagnini, Italian astronomer (d. 1541)

#Celio_Calcagnini

Wilko de Vogt
Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer

#Wilko_de_Vogt

Tshekedi Khama
Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe (d. 1959)

#Tshekedi_Khama

Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer

#Reinhold_Messner

Cameron King
Cameron King, Australian rugby league player

#Cameron_King

Les Emmerson
Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Les_Emmerson

Hughie Critz
Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980)

#Hughie_Critz

Nadezhda Durova
Nadezhda Durova, Russian soldier (d. 1866)

#Nadezhda_Durova

BeBe Winans
BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer

#BeBe_Winans

Marquis de Condorcet
Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist (d. 1794)

#Marquis_de_Condorcet

Luís Amado
Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Luís_Amado

William Grut
William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012)

#William_Grut

Vincenzo Tommasini
Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)

#Vincenzo_Tommasini

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (d. 1794)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben

Heinrich Kuhl
Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (d. 1821)

#Heinrich_Kuhl

Ib Melchior
Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Ib_Melchior

Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach

#Phil_Jackson

John Rutledge
John Rutledge, American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)

#John_Rutledge

Lupe Ontiveros
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012)

#Lupe_Ontiveros

Mauro Milanese
Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer and manager

#Mauro_Milanese

Bhakti Charu Swami
Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader

#Bhakti_Charu_Swami

Ty Tabor
Ty Tabor, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (King's X)

#Ty_Tabor

Gerald Guralnik
Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)

#Gerald_Guralnik

Bea Miles
Bea Miles, Australian author (d. 1973)

#Bea_Miles

Mandawuy Yunupingu
Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Mandawuy_Yunupingu

Jim Cornette
Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster

#Jim_Cornette

I. L. Patterson
I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (d. 1929)

#I._L._Patterson

Tito Vilanova
Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Tito_Vilanova

Des Lynam
Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author

#Des_Lynam

Earl Van Dorn
Earl Van Dorn, Confederate general (d. 1863)

#Earl_Van_Dorn

Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer

#Ravichandran_Ashwin

Alfred Carpenter
Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)

#Alfred_Carpenter

Shawn Horcoff
Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player

#Shawn_Horcoff

Karel Miljon
Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)

#Karel_Miljon

Stirling Moss
Sir Stirling Moss, English racing driver and sportscaster

#Stirling_Moss

John Franco
John Franco, American baseball player

#John_Franco

Keith Flint
Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (d. 2019)

#Keith_Flint

Sam Esmail
Sam Esmail, American screenwriter

#Sam_Esmail

James Alexander Calder
James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (d. 1956)

#James_Alexander_Calder

Frederick Corbett
Frederick Corbett, British officer and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1912)

#Frederick_Corbett

Jean Taylor
Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic

#Jean_Taylor

Casey Janssen
Casey Janssen, American baseball player

#Casey_Janssen

Alan Krueger
Alan Krueger, American economist and academic

#Alan_Krueger

José Gonçalves (footballer)
José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer

#José_Gonçalves_(footballer)

Bill Black
Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (d. 1965)

#Bill_Black

Jan Eliasson
Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

#Jan_Eliasson

Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver

#Jimmie_Johnson

Demis Nikolaidis
Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer

#Demis_Nikolaidis

Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008)

#Paul_Benedict

Charles the Simple
Charles the Simple, Frankish king (d. 929)

#Charles_the_Simple

Anton Irv
Anton Irv, Estonian captain (d. 1919)

#Anton_Irv

Warren E. Burger
Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)

#Warren_E._Burger

Rita Rudner
Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter

#Rita_Rudner

M. F. Husain
M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)

#M._F._Husain

Tormod Granheim
Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier and explorer

#Tormod_Granheim

Billy Bonds
Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager

#Billy_Bonds

Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter

#Jean-Claude_Carrière

Arthur Saint-Léon
Arthur Saint-Léon, French choreographer (d. 1870)

#Arthur_Saint-Léon

Mike Catt
Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player and coach

#Mike_Catt

Irena Kwiatkowska
Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)

#Irena_Kwiatkowska

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ukrainian writer (d. 1913)

#Mykhailo_Kotsiubynsky

Dan Haren
Dan Haren, American baseball player

#Dan_Haren

J. R. Jayewardene
J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)

#J._R._Jayewardene

Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Dustin_Nguyen

Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
Ranuccio II Farnese, duke of Parma (d. 1694)

#Ranuccio_II_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma

Michael Carbajal
Michael Carbajal, American boxer

#Michael_Carbajal

Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach

#Rasheed_Wallace

Kate Deines
Kate Deines, American soccer player

#Kate_Deines

Edward Fortunatus
Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (d. 1600)

#Edward_Fortunatus

Kyle Chandler
Kyle Chandler, American actor

#Kyle_Chandler

Masahiro Chono
Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager

#Masahiro_Chono

Martha Ostenso
Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist (d. 1963)

#Martha_Ostenso

Hank Williams
Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1953)

#Hank_Williams

Damon Hill
Damon Hill, English racing driver and guitarist

#Damon_Hill

Claude Provost
Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1984)

#Claude_Provost

Gilberto Parlotti
Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)

#Gilberto_Parlotti

Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (d. 1998)

#Roddy_McDowall

Guy Picciotto
Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Guy_Picciotto

Kemal Monteno
Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

#Kemal_Monteno

Minanogawa T?z?
Minanogawa T?z?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971)

#Minanogawa_T?z?

Sean Scannell
Sean Scannell, English footballer

#Sean_Scannell

Thomas J. Bata
Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)

#Thomas_J._Bata

Paul Huntington
Paul Huntington, English footballer

#Paul_Huntington

Sofiane Boufal
Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer

#Sofiane_Boufal

Dorothy Loudon
Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003)

#Dorothy_Loudon

Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Baz_Luhrmann

Nigel Boocock
Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (d. 2015)

#Nigel_Boocock

Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player

#Alexander_Ovechkin

David Souter
David Souter, American lawyer and jurist

#David_Souter

Pixie Geldof
Pixie Geldof, English model and singer

#Pixie_Geldof

Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer

#Doug_E._Fresh

Émile Augier
Émile Augier, French playwright (d. 1889)

#Émile_Augier

David Bintley
David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director

#David_Bintley

Frank Dawson Adams
Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1942)

#Frank_Dawson_Adams

Bobby Wine
Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach

#Bobby_Wine

Almazbek Atambayev
Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan

#Almazbek_Atambayev

James Urbaniak
James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#James_Urbaniak

David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley
David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Northern Irish air marshal and politician

#David_Craig,_Baron_Craig_of_Radley

Bernhard Riemann
Bernhard Riemann, German-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1866)

#Bernhard_Riemann

Tom Waddell (baseball)
Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player

#Tom_Waddell_(baseball)

David Dunbar Buick
David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929)

#David_Dunbar_Buick

Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine, American author

#Gail_Carson_Levine

Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Bryan_Singer

Indarjit Singh
Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist

#Indarjit_Singh

Yuji Naka
Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog

#Yuji_Naka

William Murray McPherson
William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (d. 1932)

#William_Murray_McPherson

Mark Brunell
Mark Brunell, American football player and coach

#Mark_Brunell

Lea Gottlieb
Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012)

#Lea_Gottlieb

Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley, American lawyer and politician

#Chuck_Grassley

Ken Doherty
Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player

#Ken_Doherty

Thomas P. Stafford
Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut

#Thomas_P._Stafford

Mike Parson
Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri

#Mike_Parson

Brendan Oake
Brendan Oake, Australian rugby league player

#Brendan_Oake

Maureen Connolly
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)

#Maureen_Connolly

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (d. 1901)

#Marthinus_Wessel_Pretorius

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, social activist, and politician (d. 1973)

#Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy

Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2018)

#Tessa_Jowell

Sitakant Mahapatra
Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic

#Sitakant_Mahapatra

Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid, American gunman (d. 1881)

#Billy_the_Kid

Guerra Junqueiro
Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1923)

#Guerra_Junqueiro

Janez Janša
Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia

#Janez_Janša

James of Portugal
James of Portugal, Portuguese prince and cardinal (d. 1459)

#James_of_Portugal

Bob Matsui
Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)

#Bob_Matsui

Perry Robinson
Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer

#Perry_Robinson

Akin Ayodele
Akin Ayodele, American football player

#Akin_Ayodele

Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player

#Tomáš_Berdych

Johann August Apel
Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (d. 1816)

#Johann_August_Apel

Chaim Herzog
Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997)

#Chaim_Herzog

Giorgos Koumoutsakos
Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician

#Giorgos_Koumoutsakos

John Kucera
John Kucera, Canadian skier

#John_Kucera

Nate Berkus
Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host

#Nate_Berkus

Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)

#Anne_Bancroft

Heimar Lenk
Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician

#Heimar_Lenk

Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)

#Christian_Lous_Lange

Alfie Deyes
Alfie Deyes, English vlogger

#Alfie_Deyes

Ryo Ishikawa
Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer

#Ryo_Ishikawa

Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India (2001-14) and politician, 14th Prime Minister of India

#Narendra_Modi

Bakari Koné
Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer

#Bakari_Koné

Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed, American author

#Cheryl_Strayed

William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1963)

#William_Carlos_Williams

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (d. 1935)

#Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky

John Prideaux
John Prideaux, English administrator and bishop (d. 1650)

#John_Prideaux

Adam Devlin
Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter

#Adam_Devlin

Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer

#Simone_Perrotta

Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)

#Edgar_Mitchell

Hesham Qandil
Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt

#Hesham_Qandil

Orlando Cepeda
Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#Orlando_Cepeda

Enrique Krauze
Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher

#Enrique_Krauze

Maksim Tank
Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995)

#Maksim_Tank

Paolo De Ceglie
Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer

#Paolo_De_Ceglie

Agostinho Neto
Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)

#Agostinho_Neto

Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (d. 2010)

#Robert_B._Parker

Mason Raymond
Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player

#Mason_Raymond

Oliver Risser
Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer

#Oliver_Risser

Pope Paul V
Paul V, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1621)

#Pope_Paul_V

Theo Loevendie
Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer

#Theo_Loevendie

Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

#Shabana_Mahmood

Patrick van Luijk
Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter

#Patrick_van_Luijk

George Blanda
George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)

#George_Blanda

Thad Bosley
Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach

#Thad_Bosley

Charles Martinet
Charles Martinet, American actor

#Charles_Martinet

Flo Rida
Flo Rida, American rapper

#Flo_Rida

Wayne Riley
Wayne Riley, Australian golfer

#Wayne_Riley

Vera Yevstafievna Popova
Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Russian chemist (d. 1896)

#Vera_Yevstafievna_Popova

John Ritter
John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003)

#John_Ritter

Cassandra Peterson
Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer

#Cassandra_Peterson

Jean-Marie Lustiger
Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)

#Jean-Marie_Lustiger

Justyna Jegio?ka, Polish tennis player
Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (d. 2013)
Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
Mary DeScenza, American swimmer
Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
Sheeri Cabral, American computer scientist and blogger
Pumpkinhead, American rapper (d. 2015)
Craig Spence, Australian golfer
Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player
Andy Edwards, English footballer
Paul Varelans, American MMA fighter and wrestler
Tarvo Seeman, Estonian chess player
John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
Steve Bryles, American businessman and politician (d. 2012)
Scott Simpson, American golfer
Bill Irwin, American wrestler
Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician
Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
Russell Brown, Scottish politician
Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer
Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
Peter Lever, English cricketer
Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993)
Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2001)
Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (d. 1997)
Samuel Ogbemudia, Nigerian army officer and politician (d. 2017)
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, emir of Qatar (d. 2016)
Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (d. 2009)
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016)
Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
Park Honan, American author and academic (d. 2014)
Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001)
Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001)
Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012)
Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet (d. 2014)
Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1996)
Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)
Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)
John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)
Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (d. 1966)
Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (d. 1971)
Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (d. 1986)
Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (d. 1920)
Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)
Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic (d. 1970)
James Tancred, English admiral (d. 1943)
Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1934)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American jurist and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1893)
Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1902)
Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer (d. 1849)
Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen consort of Spain (d. 1714)
Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (d. 1725)
Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (d. 1650)