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Aldis Hodge
Aldis Hodge, American actor

#Aldis_Hodge

Donald Hall
Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic (d. 2018)

#Donald_Hall

Francisco Lagos Cházaro
Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) (d. 1932)

#Francisco_Lagos_Cházaro

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)

#Ernesto_Teodoro_Moneta

Benjamin Franklin White
Benjamin Franklin White, American singer and composer (d. 1879)

#Benjamin_Franklin_White

Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1968)

#Upton_Sinclair

?brahim Ka?
?brahim Ka?, Turkish footballer

#?brahim_Ka?

Jason Bacashihua
Jason Bacashihua, American ice hockey player

#Jason_Bacashihua

Tim Rogers (musician)
Tim Rogers, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tim_Rogers_(musician)

Javier Marías
Javier Marías, Spanish journalist, author, and academic

#Javier_Marías

Ángel Sánchez (infielder)
Ángel Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#Ángel_Sánchez_(infielder)

Alannah Currie
Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter

#Alannah_Currie

Deborah Roberts
Deborah Roberts, American journalist

#Deborah_Roberts

Tar? As?
Tar? As?, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan

#Tar?_As?

Victor Ponta
Victor Ponta, Romanian jurist and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania

#Victor_Ponta

Oskar Kaplur
Oskar Kaplur, Estonian wrestler (d. 1962)

#Oskar_Kaplur

Jordan Tata
Jordan Tata, American baseball player

#Jordan_Tata

Sidney Olcott
Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1949)

#Sidney_Olcott

Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Nuno_Bettencourt

Richard Dry
Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1869)

#Richard_Dry

Ildebrando Pizzetti
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic (d. 1968)

#Ildebrando_Pizzetti

Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1968)
Ijaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer and coach

#Ijaz_Ahmed_(cricketer,_born_1968)

Sexy Star
Sexy Star, Mexican wrestler

#Sexy_Star

Dante Hall
Dante Hall, American football player

#Dante_Hall

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author

#Patrick_Poivre_d'Arvor

Gogi Grant
Gogi Grant, American singer (d. 2016)

#Gogi_Grant

Juan Pablo Montoya
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver

#Juan_Pablo_Montoya

Olga Dahl
Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (d. 2009)

#Olga_Dahl

Brian Joubert
Brian Joubert, French figure skater

#Brian_Joubert

Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)

#Chico_Hamilton

Billy Bang
Billy Bang, American violinist and composer (d. 2011)

#Billy_Bang

Brian Fortuna
Brian Fortuna, American dancer and choreographer

#Brian_Fortuna

Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Mahesh_Bhatt

Anne McIntosh
Anne McIntosh, Scottish lawyer and politician

#Anne_McIntosh

Anne Meara
Anne Meara, American actress and playwright (d. 2015)

#Anne_Meara

Vladimir Karpets
Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist

#Vladimir_Karpets

Jennifer Tour Chayes
Jennifer Tour Chayes, American mathematician and computer scientist

#Jennifer_Tour_Chayes

Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley, Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2016)

#Joe_Temperley

Jason Bay
Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player

#Jason_Bay

Asia Argento
Asia Argento, Italian actress

#Asia_Argento

Red Auerbach
Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)

#Red_Auerbach

Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager

#Henrik_Larsson

Meral Okay
Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Meral_Okay

Richard Witschge
Richard Witschge, Dutch footballer and coach

#Richard_Witschge

Colin Fraser Barron
Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1958)

#Colin_Fraser_Barron

David Pegg
David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)

#David_Pegg

Tito Tebaldi
Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player

#Tito_Tebaldi

Fernando Rey
Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (d. 1994)

#Fernando_Rey

Kenneth More
Kenneth More, English actor (d. 1982)

#Kenneth_More

John Harle
John Harle, English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer

#John_Harle

Lisa Bloom
Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist

#Lisa_Bloom

Birgitta Dahl
Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment

#Birgitta_Dahl

Shriram Sharma
Shriram Sharma, Indian philosopher and activist (d. 1991)

#Shriram_Sharma

Markandey Katju
Markandey Katju, Indian lawyer and judge

#Markandey_Katju

N'Bushe Wright
N'Bushe Wright, American actress and dancer

#N'Bushe_Wright

Masashi Hamauzu
Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese pianist and composer

#Masashi_Hamauzu

John F. Reynolds
John F. Reynolds, American general (d. 1863)

#John_F._Reynolds

Tomás Garrido Canabal
Tomás Garrido Canabal, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1943)

#Tomás_Garrido_Canabal

Greg Valentine
Greg Valentine, American wrestler

#Greg_Valentine

Sidney Dillon Ripley
Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic (d. 2001)

#Sidney_Dillon_Ripley

Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear
Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear, English police officer

#Geoffrey_Dear,_Baron_Dear

Jo Pavey
Jo Pavey, English runner

#Jo_Pavey

Ryan Simpkins (rugby league)
Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player

#Ryan_Simpkins_(rugby_league)

Joseph Alessi
Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator

#Joseph_Alessi

Ryan Tandy
Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby league player (d. 2014)

#Ryan_Tandy

Jason Nightingale
Jason Nightingale, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jason_Nightingale

Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (d. 2014)

#Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao

Eric Gale
Eric Gale, American guitarist and producer (d. 1994)

#Eric_Gale

Emperor Takakura
Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)

#Emperor_Takakura

Rajinder Puri
Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (d. 2015)

#Rajinder_Puri

Chulalongkorn
Chulalongkorn, Siamese king (d. 1910)

#Chulalongkorn

Joanna Doma?ska
Joanna Doma?ska, Polish pianist and educator

#Joanna_Doma?ska

Charles Reidpath
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (d. 1975)

#Charles_Reidpath

Enrico Mizzi
Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1950)

#Enrico_Mizzi

Erwin Koeman
Erwin Koeman, Dutch retired football player and coach

#Erwin_Koeman

Caroline Flint
Caroline Flint, English politician, Minister of State for Europe

#Caroline_Flint

Joel Gertner
Joel Gertner, American wrestling announcer

#Joel_Gertner

Herbert Putnam
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (d. 1955)

#Herbert_Putnam

Monica Zetterlund
Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)

#Monica_Zetterlund

Dennis Viollet
Dennis Viollet, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)

#Dennis_Viollet

Chuck Panozzo
Chuck Panozzo, American bass player

#Chuck_Panozzo

Gary Cole
Gary Cole, American actor

#Gary_Cole

Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader

#Steve_Coleman

Rachel Roberts (actress)
Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980)

#Rachel_Roberts_(actress)

Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt, American political commentator

#Ainsley_Earhardt

Micha? ?yro
Micha? ?yro, Polish footballer

#Micha?_?yro

Jim Al-Khalili
Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic

#Jim_Al-Khalili

Henry Arthur Jones
Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright and critic (d. 1929)

#Henry_Arthur_Jones

Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian emperor (d. 1806)

#Jean-Jacques_Dessalines

Ben Shepherd
Ben Shepherd, American musician and songwriter

#Ben_Shepherd

Joanna Cameron
Joanna Cameron, American actress and model (The Secrets of Isis)

#Joanna_Cameron

Aaron Burkart
Aaron Burkart, German race car driver

#Aaron_Burkart

Maxwell Perkins
Maxwell Perkins, American editor (d. 1947)

#Maxwell_Perkins

Freya Ross
Freya Ross, Scottish runner

#Freya_Ross

Olga Ferri
Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (d. 2012)

#Olga_Ferri

Dominika Peczynski
Dominika Peczynski, Swedish singer and television host

#Dominika_Peczynski

Hayato Fujita
Hayato Fujita, Japanese wrestler

#Hayato_Fujita

Ananda Mahidol
Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Thailand (d. 1946)

#Ananda_Mahidol

Andrew Davies (writer)
Andrew Davies, Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer

#Andrew_Davies_(writer)

Chris Mooney (journalist)
Chris Mooney, American journalist and academic

#Chris_Mooney_(journalist)

Libero Liberati
Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)

#Libero_Liberati

Matthias Erzberger
Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (d. 1921)

#Matthias_Erzberger

Maurice Gamelin
Maurice Gamelin, French general (d. 1958)

#Maurice_Gamelin

Henry Samueli
Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation

#Henry_Samueli

Leah Pinsent
Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress

#Leah_Pinsent

Rob Holding
Rob Holding, English footballer

#Rob_Holding

Laura Dekker
Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor

#Laura_Dekker

William H. Illingworth
William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer (d. 1893)

#William_H._Illingworth

Arthur, Prince of Wales
Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)

#Arthur,_Prince_of_Wales

Colette Bonheur
Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (d. 1966)

#Colette_Bonheur

Guy Lafleur
Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player

#Guy_Lafleur

Obdulio Varela
Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1996)

#Obdulio_Varela

Mia Martini
Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995)

#Mia_Martini

Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, Italian actress

#Sophia_Loren

Sergei Bobrovsky
Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player

#Sergei_Bobrovsky

Feliciano López
Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player

#Feliciano_López

Ferenc Szisz
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944)

#Ferenc_Szisz

José Rivero
José Rivero, Spanish golfer

#José_Rivero

John Dankworth
John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2010)

#John_Dankworth

Christian the Younger of Brunswick
Christian the Younger of Brunswick (d. 1623)

#Christian_the_Younger_of_Brunswick

George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer

#George_R._R._Martin

Arn Anderson
Arn Anderson, American wrestler and trainer

#Arn_Anderson

Phillip Phillips
Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Phillip_Phillips

Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet (d. 1992)

#Red_Mitchell

Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly, American sculptor and educator

#Dale_Chihuly

Jean-Jacques Olier
Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest and mystic, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (d. 1657)

#Jean-Jacques_Olier

Randy Bradbury
Randy Bradbury, American bass player

#Randy_Bradbury

James Dewar
James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1923)

#James_Dewar

Kate Harrington (poet)
Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (d. 1917)

#Kate_Harrington_(poet)

Julian Draxler
Julian Draxler, German footballer

#Julian_Draxler

Patrizio Buanne
Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer

#Patrizio_Buanne

Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1500)

#Philipp_I,_Count_of_Hanau-Münzenberg

Ayano ?moto
Ayano ?moto, Japanese singer and dancer

#Ayano_?moto

Patrick Pentland
Patrick Pentland, Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Patrick_Pentland

Isaac Cofie
Isaac Cofie, Ghanaian footballer

#Isaac_Cofie

Kristen Johnston
Kristen Johnston, American actress

#Kristen_Johnston

Ian Desmond
Ian Desmond, American baseball player

#Ian_Desmond

Martino Martini
Martino Martini, Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (d. 1661)

#Martino_Martini

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (d. 1852)

#Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen

Gérald Tremblay
Gérald Tremblay, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Montreal

#Gérald_Tremblay

Kan Bahlam I
Kan Bahlam I, Mayan ruler (d. 583)

#Kan_Bahlam_I

Gain (singer)
Gain, South Korean singer

#Gain_(singer)

Ioana Loredana Ro?ca, Romanian tennis player
John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
Jack Lawless, American drummer
Mami Yamasaki, Japanese model and actress
Athanasios Tsigas, Greek footballer
David McMillan, American football player (d. 2013)
Scott Minto, Australian rugby league player
Héctor Camacho Jr., Puerto Rican-American boxer
Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer
Ronald McKinnon, American football player
Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player and coach
Philippa Forrester, English television and radio presenter, producer and author
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (d. 2004)
Matthew Nelson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Gunnar Nelson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Martin Harrison, American football player
Roger Anderson, American wrestler
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Danish badminton player
Anil Dalpat, Pakistani cricketer
Dave Hemingway, English singer-songwriter and drummer
Lee Hall, English playwright and screenwriter
Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director
Johnny Kidd, English wrestler
Betsy Brantley, American actress
Steve Tom, American actor
Rocky Mattioli, Italian-Australian boxer
John Panozzo, American drummer (d. 1996)
Victoria Mallory, American singer and actress (d. 2014)
Rey Langit, Filipino journalist and radio host
Bruce Pasternack, American businessman
Chris Ortloff, American journalist and politician
Jude Deveraux, American author
Pete Coors, American businessman and politician
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality
Paul Madeley, English footballer (d. 2018)
Jeremy Child, English actor
Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (d. 2015)
Sammy McMillan, Irish footballer
Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author
William Finley, American actor (d. 2012)
Jane Manning, English soprano and educator
Garry Johnson, English general
Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (d. 2012)
Jim Taylor, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2018)
Keith Roberts, English author and illustrator (d. 2000)
Jeff Morris, American actor (d. 2004)
David Marquand, English academic and politician
Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor
Hamit Kaplan, Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (d. 1976)
Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
Richard Montague, American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1971)
Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (d. 2007)
Bobby Nunn, American R&B singer (d. 1986)
James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (d. 2001)
Jackie Paris, American singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
Albert Marre, American director, and producer (d. 2012)
Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (d. 1989)
Horace Gould, English race car driver (d. 1968)
Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011)
Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003)
Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
Stevie Smith, English author and poet (d. 1971)
Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1973)
Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science (d. 1937)
Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (d. 1962)
Linda Eenpalu, Estonian activist and politician (d. 1967)
Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1945)
Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist (d. 1941)
Susanna Rubinstein, Austrian psychologist (d. 1914)
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor (d. 1895)
Maurice, Count de Benyovszky, Slovak-Hungarian explorer (d. 1786)
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
Gottfried Scheidt, German organist and composer (d. 1661)
Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1590)
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1559)
Kyunyeo, Korean poet (d. 973)