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Dashon Goldson
Dashon Goldson, American football player

#Dashon_Goldson

Jason Sudeikis
Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian

#Jason_Sudeikis

John Hessin Clarke
John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)

#John_Hessin_Clarke

Peter Shilton
Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager

#Peter_Shilton

Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach

#Rick_Pitino

Francesca Caccini
Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)

#Francesca_Caccini

James Marsden
James Marsden, American actor

#James_Marsden

Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)

#Agnes_de_Mille

June Foray
June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)

#June_Foray

Francis Grierson
Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)

#Francis_Grierson

Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)

#Jack_Cardiff

Iain Stewart (politician)
Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician

#Iain_Stewart_(politician)

Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author

#Aisha_Tyler

Alex Stepney
Alex Stepney, English footballer and coach

#Alex_Stepney

Trajan
Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)

#Trajan

Ryne Sandberg
Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Ryne_Sandberg

Louise Sauvage
Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer

#Louise_Sauvage

Edrick Lee
Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player

#Edrick_Lee

Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden
Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician

#Muriel_Turner,_Baroness_Turner_of_Camden

Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor

#Frankie_Avalon

Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)

#Greta_Garbo

Fred Willard
Fred Willard, American actor and comedian

#Fred_Willard

Jean Batmale
Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (d. 1973)

#Jean_Batmale

John Jacob Rhodes
John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)

#John_Jacob_Rhodes

Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)

#Gilbert_Burnet

Julio Rosales
Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)

#Julio_Rosales

Chris Heister
Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County

#Chris_Heister

Queen Anne of Romania
Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)

#Queen_Anne_of_Romania

Han Ye-seul
Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress

#Han_Ye-seul

Sol Campbell
Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician

#Sol_Campbell

Takao Doi
Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut

#Takao_Doi

Paul Butler (bishop)
Paul Butler, English bishop

#Paul_Butler_(bishop)

James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)

#James_Gandolfini

James Scullin
James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)

#James_Scullin

Billy Robinson
Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)

#Billy_Robinson

Christian Pulisic
Christian Pulisic, American soccer player

#Christian_Pulisic

Johann Gottfried Walther
Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)

#Johann_Gottfried_Walther

Ralph Backstrom
Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Ralph_Backstrom

Andrew Hansen
Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, singer, and screenwriter

#Andrew_Hansen

Eloísa Mafalda
Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (d. 2018)

#Eloísa_Mafalda

Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)

#Tomás_de_Iriarte_y_Oropesa

Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach

#Tommy_Tuberville

Ken Brett
Ken Brett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)

#Ken_Brett

Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)

#Joe_Kubert

Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright

#Anna_Deavere_Smith

Pope Gregory XVI
Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)

#Pope_Gregory_XVI

Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)

#Phyllis_Kirk

Jorge Sampaio
Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal

#Jorge_Sampaio

Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer

#Holly_Robinson_Peete

Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.

#Mark_Shuttleworth

John Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)

#John_Diefenbaker

Peter Š?astný
Peter Š?astný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician

#Peter_Š?astný

Mário Jardel
Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer

#Mário_Jardel

Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1563)

#Henry_Stafford,_1st_Baron_Stafford

Syd Howe
Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)

#Syd_Howe

Herschel Vespasian Johnson
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)

#Herschel_Vespasian_Johnson

Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)

#Eleanor_of_Portugal,_Holy_Roman_Empress

Keith Morris
Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter

#Keith_Morris

Fay Compton
Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)

#Fay_Compton

Jim McCrery
Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician

#Jim_McCrery

Charles L. Veach
Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)

#Charles_L._Veach

Tara Fitzgerald
Tara Fitzgerald, English actress

#Tara_Fitzgerald

Bun Cook
Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)

#Bun_Cook

Mark Olson (musician)
Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Mark_Olson_(musician)

Grey Owl
Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)

#Grey_Owl

Cappadonna
Cappadonna, American rapper

#Cappadonna

Adolf Schmal
Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)

#Adolf_Schmal

Edwin McMillan
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

#Edwin_McMillan

Bob Bennett (politician)
Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)

#Bob_Bennett_(politician)

Giulio Scandella
Giulio Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player

#Giulio_Scandella

Big Tom
Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)

#Big_Tom

Serge Ibaka
Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player

#Serge_Ibaka

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)

#Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam

Drew Gilpin Faust
Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic

#Drew_Gilpin_Faust

Chris Tarrant (footballer)
Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer

#Chris_Tarrant_(footballer)

Ryan Lowe
Ryan Lowe, English footballer

#Ryan_Lowe

Eddie
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)

#Eddie_"Rochester"_Anderson

Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter

#Mark_Romanek

Lucy Aharish
Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress

#Lucy_Aharish

Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician

#Dizzee_Rascal

Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)

#Dennis_Johnson

Joseph F. Enright
Joseph F. Enright, American captain (d. 2000)

#Joseph_F._Enright

Kristaps Valters
Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player

#Kristaps_Valters

Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)
Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer

#Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)

Jennifer Tisdale
Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer

#Jennifer_Tisdale

Carl Friedberg
Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)

#Carl_Friedberg

Max Meyer (footballer)
Max Meyer, German footballer

#Max_Meyer_(footballer)

Darren Gough
Darren Gough, English cricketer

#Darren_Gough

John Aldridge
John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager

#John_Aldridge

Xzibit
Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host

#Xzibit

Aitor Karanka
Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager

#Aitor_Karanka

Ray Steadman-Allen
Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (d. 2014)

#Ray_Steadman-Allen

Blue Panther
Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler

#Blue_Panther

Marie of France, Duchess of Bar
Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)

#Marie_of_France,_Duchess_of_Bar

Otis Sistrunk
Otis Sistrunk, American football player and wrestler

#Otis_Sistrunk

Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges, American journalist and author

#Chris_Hedges

Leonid Kharitonov (singer)
Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer

#Leonid_Kharitonov_(singer)

Toni Kuko?
Toni Kuko?, Croatian basketball player

#Toni_Kuko?

Iain Lees-Galloway
Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician

#Iain_Lees-Galloway

Kevin Doyle
Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer

#Kevin_Doyle

David Jefferies
David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)

#David_Jefferies

Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall, English singer

#Joanne_Catherall

Anthony Gonzalez
Anthony Gonzalez, American football player

#Anthony_Gonzalez

Justinus Kerner
Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)

#Justinus_Kerner

Léon Foucault
Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (d. 1868)

#Léon_Foucault

Dan Povenmire
Dan Povenmire, American animator

#Dan_Povenmire

Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author

#Steven_Pinker

Doris Blackburn
Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)

#Doris_Blackburn

Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor

#Mark_di_Suvero

Marco Masini
Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter

#Marco_Masini

Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)

#Dee_Dee_Ramone

Lewis Holtby
Lewis Holtby, German footballer

#Lewis_Holtby

Pablo Sorozábal
Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)

#Pablo_Sorozábal

Julio Grondona
Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)

#Julio_Grondona

Tomás Burgos
Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)

#Tomás_Burgos

Robert Blake (actor)
Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Robert_Blake_(actor)

Adam Cohen (musician)
Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Adam_Cohen_(musician)

Kate Booth
Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)

#Kate_Booth

Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)

#Uzeyir_Hajibeyov

Richard With
Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)

#Richard_With

Marc Surer
Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver and sportscaster

#Marc_Surer

Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)

#Samuel_Johnson

Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation

#Lance_Armstrong

Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)

#Eberhard_Louis,_Duke_of_Württemberg

John Mann (musician)
John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#John_Mann_(musician)

Jack Warden
Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)

#Jack_Warden

María de la Cruz
María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)

#María_de_la_Cruz

Bernard Kangro
Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1994)

#Bernard_Kangro

Ben Carson
Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician

#Ben_Carson

Tarah Gieger
Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer

#Tarah_Gieger

Alberto Franchetti
Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)

#Alberto_Franchetti

Alfredo Talavera
Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer

#Alfredo_Talavera

John McAfee
John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee

#John_McAfee

Jens Henschel
Jens Henschel, German footballer

#Jens_Henschel

Mickey Higham
Mickey Higham, English rugby league player

#Mickey_Higham

Lincoln Loy McCandless
Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)

#Lincoln_Loy_McCandless

Josef Tal
Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)

#Josef_Tal

Derek Pringle
Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist

#Derek_Pringle

P. F. Sloan
P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)

#P._F._Sloan

Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)

#Rossano_Brazzi

James O. Richardson
James O. Richardson, American admiral (d. 1974)

#James_O._Richardson

John L. Bates
John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)

#John_L._Bates

J. D. Tippit
J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)

#J._D._Tippit

Darryl Sittler
Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player

#Darryl_Sittler

Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress

#Anna_Netrebko

Ami Onuki
Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and voice actress

#Ami_Onuki

Harvey Haddix
Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)

#Harvey_Haddix

Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress

#Jada_Pinkett_Smith

Boris Said
Boris Said, American race car driver

#Boris_Said

Anton Mauve
Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)

#Anton_Mauve

Toni Wolff
Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)

#Toni_Wolff

Christian VIII of Denmark
Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)

#Christian_VIII_of_Denmark

Joseph Story
Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)

#Joseph_Story

Leslie Morshead
Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)

#Leslie_Morshead

Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Scotty_Bowman

Tony Scott (baseball)
Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach

#Tony_Scott_(baseball)

Kerry Livgren
Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter

#Kerry_Livgren

Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jimmie_Rodgers_(pop_singer)

Rocío Jurado
Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)

#Rocío_Jurado

Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)

#Adrien-Marie_Legendre

Ian Lucas
Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician

#Ian_Lucas

Matt Targett, English footballer
Leono, Mexican wrestler
Arvydas Eitutavi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player
Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
Robert Pruett, American criminal
Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
Kieran West, English rower
Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
Damon Jones, American football player and coach
Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
Mike Compton, American football player and coach
Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
John Powell, English-Canadian composer and conductor
Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
Carolyn Harris, British politician
Stephen Flaherty, American composer
Ian Arkwright, English footballer
Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (d. 2007)
Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
Paul Seed, British television director and former actor
Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
Gailard Sartain, American actor
Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
?enes Erzik, Turkish businessman
Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (d. 2009)
John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (d. 2009)
Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
Bob Toski, American golfer and coach
Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (d. 2012)
Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (d. 1972)
Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
Frank Bell, English soldier and educator (d. 1989)
Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician (d. 1995)
Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
Maurice Maillot, French actor (d. 1968)
Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
William March, American soldier and author (d. 1954)
Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (d. 1984)
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1647)
Haydar Mirza Safavi, Safavid prince (d. 1576)
Andronikos Komnenos, Byzantine prince and general (d. 1130/31)
Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 583)