3rd December — International Day of Persons with Disabilities

On this day, 237 notable people were born on 3rd December — spanning from 1368 to 1995. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

03/12/1995

Julius Honka, Finnish ice hockey player

Julius Honka is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for HC Davos of the National League (NL). Honka was selected by the Dallas Stars in the first round, 14th overall, in the 2014 NHL entry draft.

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Angèle, Belgian singer

Angèle Joséphine Aimée Van Laeken, known simply as Angèle, is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She was one of 2018's biggest breakout acts in French and Belgian pop music, breaking Stromae's record for weeks at the top of the Belgian singles charts with her 2018 single "Tout oublier" which features her brother, Roméo Elvis.

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03/12/1994

Jake T. Austin, American actor

Jake Toranzo Austin Szymanski is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor at the age of seven, Austin is best known for his role as Max Russo on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, and as the original voice of Diego on the Nickelodeon animated series Go, Diego, Go!. Austin was also the original actor who portrayed Jesus Foster on the ABC Family family/teen drama series The Fosters. His feature film credits include co-starring roles in Hotel for Dogs, New Year's Eve, Rio and The Emoji Movie.

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Lil Baby, American rapper

Dominique Armani Jones, known professionally as Lil Baby, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence following the release of his 2017 mixtapes Harder than Hard and Too Hard — the former of which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 entry with its lead single, "My Dawg." He signed with Quality Control Music, an imprint of Motown and Capitol Records to release his debut studio album Harder Than Ever (2018), which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and was supported by the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Yes Indeed". Later that year, he released the collaborative mixtape Drip Harder with fellow Georgia-based rapper Gunna, and his solo mixtape Street Gossip; the former spawned his second top-ten single "Drip Too Hard", while the latter peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.

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Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player

Solomone Kata is a professional dual-code rugby footballer who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers and the Tonga national team.

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Bernarda Pera, American tennis player

Bernarda Pera is a Croatian-American professional tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved career-high rankings of world No. 27 in singles on June 12, 2023, and No. 35 in doubles on February 21, 2022. Before March 2013, Pera represented her country of birth, Croatia.

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03/12/1992

Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer

Cristian Ceballos Prieto is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is currently the assistant head coach of Serie A club Fiorentina.

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Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter, musician and actor[citation needed]

Joseph McManners is an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

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03/12/1991

Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player

Ekaterine Gorgodze is a Georgian professional tennis player. On 23 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 108. On 15 August 2022, she peaked at No. 43 in the doubles rankings.

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03/12/1990

Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer

Christian Benteke Liolo is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro League club Al Wahda.

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Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player

Sharon Fichman is a Canadian former tennis player. She achieved career-high WTA rankings of 77 in singles and 21 in doubles.

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Matt Reynolds, American baseball player

Matthew William Reynolds is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Kansas City Royals, and Cincinnati Reds. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

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03/12/1989

Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer

Selçuk Alibaz is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fethiyespor.

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Alex McCarthy, English footballer

Alex Simon McCarthy is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Southampton. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2026.

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Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist

Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing for KSW. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, he is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion and has also competed for M-1 Global, where he is the former Light Heavyweight Champion.

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03/12/1988

Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist

Melissa Aldana is a Chilean tenor saxophone player, who performs both as a soloist and with her band Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio.

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03/12/1987

Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Michael Anthony Angarano is an American actor. He became known for his roles in the film Music of the Heart (1999) and the television series Cover Me (2000–2001), as well as for playing a recurring role as Elliott in the sitcom Will & Grace. Since then he has starred in a number of films including Sky High (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Haywire (2011), The English Teacher (2013), Sun Dogs (2017), and Oppenheimer (2023). He has also appeared in the television series I'm Dying Up Here (2017–2018) and This Is Us. The latter earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2019.

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Eric Barone, American video game designer and musician

Eric Lorenz Barone, known professionally as ConcernedApe, is an American video game developer and musician.

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Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter

Per Erik Magnus Grönwall is a Swedish hard rock and heavy metal singer. In 2009, he won the Swedish Idol reality television show, receiving several standing ovations from the jury for his performances over the course of the competition. His first single, "Higher", reached gold on digital downloads after only three days. His debut album Erik Grönwall was released just ten days after the finals and debuted at number one on the Swedish albums chart, eventually certified platinum. Both as a solo artist and band member, Grönwall has numerous top 40 hits.

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Brian Robiskie, American football player

Brian Anthony Robiskie is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast

Alicia Marie Sacramone Quinn is a retired American artistic gymnast. She won a silver medal with the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was the 2005 World Champion on floor exercise and the 2010 World Champion on the vault. With a total of eleven World Championship and Olympic medals, Sacramone is the fourth most decorated U.S. female gymnast, behind Simone Biles (41), Shannon Miller (16), and Nastia Liukin (14).

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03/12/1986

James Laurinaitis, American football player

James Richard Laurinaitis is an American football coach and former player. He currently serves as the linebackers coach at the Ohio State University. He played as a linebacker for the St. Louis Rams and New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he was a three-time consensus All-American and won numerous awards. He was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft.

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03/12/1985

Nina Ansaroff, American martial artist

Nina Nunes is an American former mixed martial artist who last competed in the women's flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer

László Cseh is a retired Hungarian competitive swimmer and six-time Olympic medalist. He is a 33-time European Champion. His father, László Cseh Sr., also represented Hungary at the Olympics in swimming. In 2020, Braden Keith of SwimSwam nominated him as number 1 within top 10 male swimmers who have never won Olympic gold.

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Mike Randolph, American soccer player

Michael Horace Randolph is an American soccer player.

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Brian Roberts, American basketball player

Brian Lloyd Roberts is an American former professional basketball player whom played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), among other leagues. He played college basketball for the Dayton Flyers. At a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall, he played the point guard position.

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Amanda Seyfried, American actress

Amanda Michelle Seyfried is an American actress. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2022, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $2.4 billion worldwide.

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Robert Swift, American basketball player

Robert Christen Swift is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Spanish club Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento of the LEB Plata league. He played in the National Basketball Association for the Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder from 2004 through 2009, for the Seattle Aviators and Snohomish County Explosion of the National Athletic Basketball League in 2010, and for the Tokyo Apache of the bj League in 2010–11. He stands at 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) and played the center position.

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Marcus Williams, American basketball player

Marcus Darell Williams is an American former professional basketball player. He played with numerous teams across Europe and Asia. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays the point guard position. He was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets. Prior to becoming professional player, he played college basketball for the University of Connecticut (UConn).

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03/12/1984

Manuel Arana, Spanish footballer

Manuel Jesús Arana Rodríguez is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right winger.

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Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

Avraam Papadopoulos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Greek parents.

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03/12/1983

Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player

Stephen Rex Donald is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who played for the NEC Green Rockets in the Japanese Top League. A first five-eighth or centre, he won 24 international caps for New Zealand. Nicknamed 'Beaver', he is best known for kicking the winning penalty in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final.

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Aleksey Drozdov, Russian decathlete

Aleksey Vasiliyevich Drozdov is a Russian decathlete born in Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.

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Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sherri DuPree is a musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist from Texas. She is one of the primary vocalists and songwriters for the band Eisley. DuPree is also a guest vocalist for many other projects, as well as a visual artist.

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Andy Grammer, American singer, songwriter, and record producer

Andrew Charles Grammer is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has been signed to Mushroom Music Publishing since March 2022.

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James Ihedigbo, American football player

James Ugochu Ihedigbo is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football for the UMass Minutemen.

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03/12/1982

Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player

Manuel Corpas is a Panamanian professional baseball field manager for the Monterey Amberjacks of the Pecos League. He was previously a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs.

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Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer

Michael Essien is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland.

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Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress

Dascha Yolaine Polanco is a Dominican actress. She is known for portraying the role of Dayanara "Daya" Diaz on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, and for the role of Cuca in the 2021 film In the Heights.

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Franco Sbaraglini, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Franco Sbaraglini is a former Italian Argentine rugby union player. His preferred position was at Hooker, although he could also play as a Prop. He played his entire career for Benetton Treviso in the Pro12 competition and the European Heineken Cup. During the 2009 Six Nations Championship Sbaraglini was called up to the Italian national rugby team for the first time. He had previously represented Italy A. He made his debut on 28 February 2009 against Scotland at Murrayfield coming on as a replacement, playing 22 minutes. He was an unused substitute against Wales and France. He retired in 2015. He now owns a restaurant in his native Tucumán in Argentina.

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03/12/1981

Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer

Ioannis Amanatidis is a Greek football manager and former player. As a player, Amanatidis played as a striker and winger, and was active professionally in Germany. He also represented Greece at senior international level. He is the current general manager of Super League 1 club Iraklis.

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Brian Bonsall, American actor and musician

Brian Eric Bonsall is an American rock musician, singer, guitarist and former child actor. Bonsall is the guitarist for punk rock band The Ataris. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Andrew "Andy" Keaton, the youngest child on the NBC sitcom Family Ties from 1986 until 1989, and Alexander Rozhenko, the son of Worf and K'ehleyr, on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1992 to 1994.

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Tyjuan Hagler, American football player

Tyjuan Cedric Hagler is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Colts in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft and later won Super Bowl XLI with the team. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Hagler was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks.

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Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (died 2010)

Edwin Antonio Valero Vivas, also known as El Inca Valero, was a Venezuelan professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2010. He was an undefeated former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA super featherweight title from 2006 to 2008 and the WBC lightweight title from 2009 to 2010. A southpaw known for his highly aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power, Valero remains the only champion in WBC history to win every fight in his career by knockout. In 2010, Valero died by suicide in jail after being arrested on suspicion of killing his wife.

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David Villa, Spanish footballer

David Villa Sánchez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, Villa is the all-time top goalscorer of the Spain national team. He is currently the vice-president of Spanish Tercera Federación club CF Benidorm and a member of the Board of Directors of La Liga club Atlético Madrid.

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03/12/1980

Carrie Bickmore, Australian radio and television host

Carrie Bickmore is an Australian radio presenter, comedian, philanthropist and former television presenter. She currently co-hosts the national drive radio show on the Hit Network, Carrie & Tommy, from 3–6pm weeknights alongside Tommy Little. She was previously a co-host on Network 10's talk show The Project from 2009–2022.

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Anna Chlumsky, American actress

Anna Maria Chlumsky is an American actress. She began acting as a child, and first became known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the film My Girl (1991) and its sequel, My Girl 2 (1994). Following her early roles, she went on hiatus from 1999 to 2005 to attend college. Chlumsky returned to acting with roles in several independent films, including Blood Car (2007) and In the Loop (2009). She portrayed Amy Brookheimer on the HBO television series Veep (2012–2019), which earned her six nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, among other accolades.

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Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer

Jenna Lee Dewan is an American actress and dancer. She started her career as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, and later worked with artists including Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Missy Elliott. She is known for her role as Nora Clark in the 2006 film Step Up. She has also starred on the short-lived NBC series The Playboy Club and had a recurring role on the FX series American Horror Story: Asylum. She portrayed Freya Beauchamp on the Lifetime series Witches of East End, Lucy Lane in The CW series Supergirl and Superman & Lois, and Joanna in Soundtrack on Netflix. Dewan has hosted the reality television shows World of Dance and Flirty Dancing and served as a judge on Come Dance with Me. She currently stars as Bailey Nune on ABC's The Rookie. She also had a recurring role on the FOX medical drama The Resident.

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Zlata Filipović, Bosnian-Irish diarist

Zlata Filipović is a Bosnian-Irish diarist. She kept a diary from 1991 to 1993 when she was a child living in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, later published as a book.

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03/12/1979

Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter

Daniel John Bedingfield is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. His debut studio album, Gotta Get thru This (2002), spawned three UK number ones, "Gotta Get thru This", "If You're Not the One" and "Never Gonna Leave Your Side", and sold 1.6 million copies in that country. His second album, Second First Impression, was released in 2004. Bedingfield was a judge on The X Factor New Zealand in 2013. He has written songs for other artists and has acted in the West End theatre in London, England.

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Rock Cartwright, American football player

Roderick Rashaun Cartwright is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL draft. Cartwright was also a member of the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers. He was named offensive quality control coach of the Cleveland Browns in 2016.

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Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress

Tiffany Sara Cornilia Haddish is an American stand-up comedian, author, and actress. Her breakthrough came with a leading role in the comedy film Girls Trip (2017), which earned her several accolades and was included on The New Yorker's list of the best film performances of the 21st century. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2018, and The Hollywood Reporter listed her among the 100 most powerful people in entertainment in both 2018 and 2019.

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Sean Parker, American entrepreneur and philanthropist

Sean Parker is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster, and was the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime.com, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement. He is the founder and chairman of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, Parker's estimated net worth stood at US$3.0 billion, placing him in the top 1,250 richest individuals in the world.

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03/12/1978

Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer

Daniel Alexandersson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He is the younger brother of Niclas Alexandersson.

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Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player

Jiří Bicek is a Slovak former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils between 2000 and 2004, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2003. By doing so, Bicek became the first Slovak player to win the Stanley Cup. After returning to Europe in 2004, he spent the rest of his career playing in the national leagues of Slovakia, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic

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Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist

Bram Tankink is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 2000 and 2018 for the Löwik Meubelen–Tegeltoko, Domo–Farm Frites, Quick-Step–Innergetic and LottoNL–Jumbo squads.

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Trina, American rapper and producer

Katrina Laverne Kearse is an American rapper who rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles "Nann Nigga", "Shut Up", and "Take It to da House". In 2000, she released her debut album Da Baddest Bitch. Afterwards, she made an appearance on the remix of "One Minute Man" by Missy Elliott and Ludacris. In 2002, she released the Kanye West-produced single "B R Right" featuring Ludacris, from her sophomore album Diamond Princess (2002).

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03/12/1977

Chad Durbin, American baseball player

Chad Griffin Durbin, is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and Detroit Tigers of the American League (AL), and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves of the National League (NL).

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Troy Evans, American football player

Troy Evans is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Evans played for the St. Louis Rams, Houston Texans, and New Orleans Saints, winning a Super Bowl ring with the Saints in 2009.

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Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper and race car driver

Adam Henryk Małysz is a Polish former ski jumper and rally driver. He competed in ski jumping from 1995 to 2011 and is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport. His many accomplishments include four World Cup titles, four individual Winter Olympic medals, four individual World Championship gold medals, 39 individual World Cup competition wins, 96 World Cup podiums, and being the first male ski jumper to win three consecutive World Cup titles. He is also a winner of the Four Hills Tournament, the only three-time winner of the Nordic Tournament, and a former ski flying world record holder.

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Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner

Yelena Anatolyevna Zadorozhnaya is a Russian runner who specializes in the 3000 metres, 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.

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03/12/1976

Mark Boucher, South African cricketer

Mark Verdon Boucher is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Boucher is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time, and holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals. Boucher was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only time the country had won an ICC trophy until the 2025 World Test Championship final.

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Gary Glover, American baseball player

John Gary Glover is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He had a career major league ERA of 5.03 over eight seasons, including time spent with the Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays and Toronto Blue Jays, who selected Glover in the 15th round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball and the Sydney Storm of the Australian Baseball League.

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Cornelius Griffin, American football player

Cornelius Griffin is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2000 NFL draft. He played college football at Pearl River Community College and Alabama.

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Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player

Byron Terence Kelleher is a former rugby union scrum-half who played for Stade Toulouse in the French Top 14 and has played 57 tests for the All Blacks. He was a very aggressive player, who specialized in pick-and-go techniques.

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Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano

Tomotaka Okamoto is a Japanese sopranist.

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03/12/1974

Lucette Rådström, Swedish journalist

Maria Lucette Rådström is a Swedish journalist and television presenter. She has worked for TV4 since 1998, she started her career at ZTV as a presenter for Efter plugget along with Mårten Andersson between 1997 and 1998. She has presented the New Year's Eve celebrations at TV4 along with Rickard Sjöberg in 1998, and Josefin Crafoord in 2005. In 1999, Rådström participated as a "tracking dog" in the game show På rymmen along with Hasse Aro.

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03/12/1973

Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer

Bruno Campos is a Brazilian lawyer and former actor.

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Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer

Holly Marie Combs Ryan is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Kimberly Brock in the CBS series Picket Fences (1992–1996) and had her first leading film role in the slasher Dr. Giggles (1992). The former earned her a Young Artist Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

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MC Frontalot, American rapper

Damian Alexander Hess, better known by his stage name MC Frontalot, is an American rapper and web designer. He is widely credited as a pioneer of the nerdcore genre, blending elements of hip hop with themes from nerd culture.

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Charl Willoughby, South African cricketer

Charl Myles Willoughby is a retired South African cricketer who played two Tests and three One Day Internationals for South Africa between 2000 and 2003. He played for Boland and Western Province before spending two seasons with the Cape Cobras. He has also played English county cricket, and after a season with Leicestershire in 2005, and played for Somerset from 2006 to 2011 and Essex in 2012. He is a left-arm fast-medium pace bowler and a left-handed batsman. He was educated at Wynberg Boys' High School, and Windsor Primary School.

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03/12/1972

Danilo Goffi, Italian runner

Danilo Goffi is a former Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the silver medallist in the marathon at the 1998 European Athletics Championships.

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03/12/1971

Heiko Herrlich, German footballer and manager

Heiko Herrlich is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker.

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Frank Sinclair, English-Jamaican footballer and manager

Frank Mohammed Sinclair is a former professional football player and manager who is a coach in the Academy at Burnley.

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Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer and manager

Hendrik "Henk" Timmer is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Vernon White, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

Vernon Verdell White is an American retired professional mixed martial arts fighter who fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, King of the Cage, Pancrase, the World Fighting Alliance, and the Nevada Lions of the IFL. He is the former King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Championship, and King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Superfight Championship.

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03/12/1970

Paul Byrd, American baseball player

Paul Gregory Byrd, is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who is currently a TV sports broadcaster for Atlanta Braves games on Bally Sports Southeast. While pitching in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1995 to 2009, Byrd was known as being the "nicest guy in baseball". Late in his career, he developed an old-fashioned, early twentieth-century windup in which he swung his arms back and forth to create deception and momentum. Byrd became recognizable and well known for his unique delivery.

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Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach

Lindsey Benson Hunter Jr. is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2010, spending most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. He was also the interim head coach of the Phoenix Suns in 2013. Most recently, he served as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State. In 2025 he was Head Coach of the Sparta Spartans for a few months.

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Christian Karembeu, French footballer

Christian Lali Kake Karembeu is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the sporting director for Olympiacos.

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Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Laura Lynne Schuler is a Canadian ice hockey coach for Minnesota Duluth of the WCHA and former player who was a member of the 1998 Canadian women's Olympic hockey team.

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03/12/1969

Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter

William Geoffrey Steer is a British guitarist and co-founder of the extreme metal band Carcass. He is considered a pioneer and an essential contributor to grindcore and death metal due to his involvement in Napalm Death and Carcass, two of the most important bands of those genres. Presently he plays with Gentlemans Pistols, the reactivated Carcass and appeared as a live second guitarist for Angel Witch from 2011 to 2015.

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Hal Steinbrenner, American businessman

Harold Zieg Steinbrenner is an American businessman best known as the chairman and managing general partner of Yankee Global Enterprises (YGE), which owns the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). In addition to owning the Yankees, YGE also has a 20% minority stake in the American soccer club New York City Football Club of Major League Soccer (MLS), and a 10% minority stake in Italian soccer club AC Milan of Serie A. He and his siblings inherited control of the team from their father, George Steinbrenner, who died in 2010.

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03/12/1968

Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer

Brendan James Fraser is an American and Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy films (1999–present). He took on dramatic roles in Gods and Monsters (1998), The Quiet American (2002), and Crash (2004), and further fantasy roles in Bedazzled (2000), Inkheart and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer

Montell Du'Sean Jordan is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer. Best known for his 1995 single "This Is How We Do It", and "Get It On Tonite", Jordan was the primary male solo artist on Def Jam's Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003. He is also known for his 1998 hit single "Let's Ride" featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker.

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03/12/1967

Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, Burkinabé mathematician

Marie Françoise Ouedraogo is a Burkinabé mathematician. She has previously served in government as permanent secretary of the national policy of good governance.

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03/12/1966

Tatjana Greif, Slovenian politician

Tatjana Greif is a Slovenian politician and former member of the National Assembly. A member of The Left, she represented Maribor – Maribor 4 from May 2022 to April 2026.

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Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer and manager

Flemming Søgaard Povlsen is a Danish football pundit and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Aarhus and a youth product of Viby IF, Povlsen also played in The Netherlands, Spain and Germany, until a knee injury forced him to retire, at only 28 years of age. Before the injury, Povlsen rose to prominence at FC Cologne, before settling at Borussia Dortmund, with whom he won the 1995 Bundesliga and played the final half of his career. At an international level, he was among the profiles on the Denmark squad that won the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship.

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Irina Zhuk, Russian figure skater and coach

Irina Vladimirovna Zhuk is a Russian ice dancing coach and a former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Oleg Petrov, she is the 1985 Skate America silver medalist.

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03/12/1965

Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter

Andrew Ayers Stanton is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films Finding Nemo (2003), WALL-E (2008), Finding Dory (2016), and Toy Story 5 (2026). He also directed and co-wrote the live-action film John Carter (2012) for Walt Disney Pictures and directed the live-action film In the Blink of an Eye (2026) for Searchlight Pictures. For Pixar, Stanton was additionally the co-director and co-writer of A Bug's Life (1998), the co-writer of the first four Toy Story films (1995–2019) and Monsters, Inc. (2001), and occasional voice actor for various films, most notably Crush the Turtle from Finding Nemo.

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Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress

Katarina Witt is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. Her Laureus profile states that "she is remembered most for her overall athleticism, her charismatic appeal and her glamorous image on the ice."

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03/12/1964

Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015)

Darryl Quinn Hamilton was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1988 and 2001 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. Hamilton prepped at Louisiana State University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge and then attended Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

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03/12/1963

Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Joseph Francis Lally is an American bassist, vocalist and record label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi.

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Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (died 2005)

The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo, a woman in an irreversible permanent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery, and, in 1998, he elected to remove her feeding tube. Schiavo's parents disputed her husband's assertions and challenged Schiavo's medical diagnosis, arguing in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration. The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents, which ultimately involved state and federal politicians up to the level of George W. Bush, caused a seven-year delay before Schiavo's feeding tube was ultimately removed.

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03/12/1962

Richard Bacon, English banker, journalist, and politician

Richard Michael Bacon is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk from 2001 until 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party.

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Nataliya Grygoryeva, Ukrainian hurdler

Nataliya Grigoryeva is a retired athlete who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented the Soviet Union and Ukraine, and holds the Ukrainian record.

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Tammy Jackson, American basketball player

Tammy Eloise Jackson is an American former college and professional basketball player who was a center in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for six seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s. Jackson played college basketball for the University of Florida, and played professionally for the Houston Comets and Washington Mystics of the WNBA. She is an Olympic bronze medalist.

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03/12/1961

Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (died 2024)

Basil Ben Baldanza Jr. was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer and president of Spirit Airlines from 2005 to 2016, a period in which he led the transformation of the company into an ultra-low-cost carrier.

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03/12/1960

Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer

Daryl Hannah is an American actress, director, and environmental activist. She has acted in comedic and dramatic roles in more than a hundred film and television productions since the 1970s.

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Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player

Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Considered one of the best hockey players of all time, he, along with Viacheslav Fetisov, were instrumental in forcing the Soviet government to let Soviet players compete in the National Hockey League (NHL). During his career, which lasted from 1977 to 2006, he primarily played the centre position.

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Julianne Moore, American actress and author

Julie Anne Smith, known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in independent films and blockbusters since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled and vulnerable women. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Additionally, she is also the only actress - along with Juliette Binoche) - to have won an acting award at the world's three major film festivals.

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Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach

Michael Allen Ramsey is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 1,070 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings between 1980 and 1997, after helping the United States men's national ice hockey team win the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. A proficient defender who played seventeen seasons in the NHL, most prominently for the Buffalo Sabres, Ramsey was subsequently inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

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03/12/1959

Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host

Eamonn Holmes is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He co-presented ITV's breakfast programme GMTV from 1993 to 2005, before presenting Sunrise on Sky News between 2005 and 2016. From 2006 to 2021 he co-presented ITV's This Morning with his then-wife Ruth Langsford on Fridays and also during school holidays. Since 2022 he has presented the breakfast programme on GB News alongside Isabel Webster. Holmes has also fronted a range of factual and entertainment series, including How the Other Half Lives (2015–2019) and It's Not Me, It's You (2016) for Channel 5.

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03/12/1957

Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician

Maxim Leonidovich Korobov is a Russian businessman whose investments focus on the oil and gas sector. He is the controlling shareholder of SGO Sibgasoil Investments Limited, which has interests in Western Siberia.

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03/12/1956

Émile Gros Raymond Nakombo, Central African politician, Mayor of Bangui

Émile Gros Raymond Nakombo is a Central African politician currently serving as the mayor of Bangui since 2016.

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Ewa Kopacz, Polish physician and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland

Ewa Bożena Kopacz is a Polish politician who has served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was Marshal of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014, the first woman to hold the office, as well as Prime Minister of Poland from 2014 to 2015. In addition, Kopacz was Minister of Health from 2007 until 2011. Since 2001, she has been a member of Civic Platform, which she chaired from 2014 to 2016. Kopacz succeeded Donald Tusk as prime minister, becoming the second woman to hold the office after Hanna Suchocka (1992–1993). Her term as prime minister ended on 16 November 2015, when she was succeeded by Beata Szydło.

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03/12/1955

Steven Culp, American actor

Steven Bradford Culp is an American actor. Culp appeared in films Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), The Emperor's Club (2002), and most notably in the 2000 political thriller Thirteen Days playing Robert F. Kennedy.

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03/12/1954

Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright

Grace Andreacchi is an American-born author known for her blend of poetic language and modernism with a post-modernist sensibility. Andreacchi is active as a novelist, poet and playwright.

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03/12/1953

Franz Klammer, Austrian skier and race car driver

Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. He established an unprecedented period of dominance in the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73 against Bernhard Russi of Switzerland. Klammer won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He also holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel.

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Rob Waring, American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer

Rob Waring is an American-Norwegian Contemporary music composer and performer, commonly associated with symphony orchestras and jazz ensembles.

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03/12/1952

Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Richard Donald Barnes is an American rock vocalist and guitarist and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band 38 Special. Barnes performed lead vocals on nearly all of the group's biggest hits, including "Rockin' into the Night", "Hold On Loosely", "Caught Up in You", "If I'd Been the One", "Back Where You Belong", "Like No Other Night", "Somebody Like You", "Teacher Teacher", "Back to Paradise", "You Keep Runnin' Away" and "Fantasy Girl".

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Benny Hinn, Israeli-American evangelist and author

Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn is an Israeli-born American-Canadian televangelist associated with the charismatic movement. He is best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades," large-scale revival meetings featuring claims of divine healing that are broadcast internationally.

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Duane Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)

Duane Roland was an American guitarist for the Southern hard rock band Molly Hatchet. He was a member of the band from its founding in the mid-1970s until his departure in 1990. After leaving the band he played with the Southern Rock Allstars and Gator Country, which included many of the founding members of Molly Hatchet.

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Mel Smith, English comedian, actor, director, and producer (died 2013)

Melvyn Kenneth Smith was an English actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones with his comedy partner, Griff Rhys Jones. Smith and Jones founded Talkback, which grew to be one of the United Kingdom's largest producers of television comedy and light entertainment programming.

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03/12/1951

Mike Bantom, American basketball player and coach

Michael Allen Bantom is an American former professional basketball player.

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Jim Brewer, American basketball player

James Turner Brewer is an American former professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player.

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Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer (died 1994)

Ray Canty, better known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler who worked for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico such as Jim Crockett Promotions, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and others. He also competed as Blackstud Williams, Super Mario Man, Commando Ray, Masked Superfly and Kareem Muhammad.

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Riki Choshu, Japanese-South Korean professional wrestler

Mitsuo Yoshida, better known by his ring name Riki Choshu , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler, who is best known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as both a performer and a booker. He is considered one of Japan’s most influential wrestlers for his work in the 1980s and 1990s and is known as the first wrestler to popularize the Sasori-Gatame, better known in English as the Scorpion Deathlock or Sharpshooter.

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Rick Mears, American race car driver

Richard Ravon Mears is an American former race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six. Mears is also a three-time Indycar series/World Series champion.

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Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician

Michael Stock is an English songwriter, record producer, musician, and member of the songwriting and production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. He has been responsible for over a hundred top-40 hits in the UK, including 16 number ones, and is recognised as one of the most successful songwriters of all time by the Guinness World Records. As part of Stock Aitken Waterman in the 1980s and 1990s, Stock holds the UK record of eleven number-one records with different acts. On the UK singles chart, he has written 54 top-ten hits, including seven number ones.

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03/12/1950

Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner

Alberto Juantorena is a Cuban former runner. He is the only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles, which he achieved in 1976. He was ranked as the world's best runner in the 400 m in 1974 and 1976–1978, and in the 800 m in 1976–77, and was chosen as the Track & Field News Athlete of the Year in 1976 and 1977.

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03/12/1949

Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017)

Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies Urich was a Canadian actress known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music and Jessica 6 in the TV series Logan's Run.

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Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter

John Michael Thomas is an American rock singer. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship, of the latter of which he is the last remaining original member. Before joining Jefferson Starship, he was a member of Elvin Bishop's band as a backing and occasional lead vocalist. He was the lead singer on Bishop's best-known song, "Fooled Around and Fell in Love".

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03/12/1948

Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter

Jan Hrubý is a Czech rock violinist known primarily for playing with the bands Etc..., Framus Five, and Kukulín.

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Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host

John Maxwell Hutchinson is an English architect, broadcaster, and Anglican deacon. He is a former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

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Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter (died 2025)

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. Dubbed the "Prince of Darkness", he is widely credited as a pioneer of heavy metal music. He co-founded the band Black Sabbath in 1968, and rose to prominence in the 1970s as their lead vocalist. He performed on the band's first eight studio albums, including Black Sabbath, Paranoid and Master of Reality (1971), before he was fired in 1979 due to his problems with alcohol and other drugs.

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03/12/1944

Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ralph McTell is an English singer-songwriter and guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song "Streets of London" (1969), which has been covered by more than two hundred artists around the world.

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Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright

Craig Anthony Raine, FRSL is an English contemporary poet. Along with Christopher Reid, he is a pioneer of Martian poetry, a movement that expresses alienation with the world, society and objects. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1991 to 2010 and is now emeritus professor. He was the editor of Areté from 1999 to 2020.

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António Variações, Portuguese musician (died 1984)

António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, using the stage name of António Variações, he became one of the most culturally significant performing artists of recent Portuguese history. His recorded works blended contemporary music genres with traditional Portuguese rhythms and melodies, creating music which for many is symbolic of the liberalization that occurred in Portuguese society after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. The original and provocative nature of his recorded works has led to him being widely recognized as one of the most innovative artists in the recent history of Portuguese popular music.

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03/12/1943

Joseph Franklin Ada, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Guam

Joseph Franklin Ada is an Guamanian politician who served as the fifth governor of Guam from 1987 to 1995. Before his accession to the governorship, Ada previously served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Guam from 1979 to 1983. He is a member of the Republican Party of Guam. He is the member of the Guam Legislature as the lead speaker from 1975 to 1979 and member as the senator from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987.

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J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (died 2012)

John Philippe Rushton was a Canadian psychologist and author. He taught at the University of Western Ontario until the early 1990s, and became known to the general public during the 1980s and 1990s for promoting anti-Black racism through his widely discredited research on race and intelligence, race and crime, and other purported racial correlations.

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03/12/1942

Mike Gibson, Northern Irish-Irish rugby player

Cameron Michael Henderson Gibson MBE is an Irish former rugby union international player who represented Ireland and the British & Irish Lions.

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Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 2013)

Pedro Virgilio Rocha Franchetti was a Uruguayan footballer who played 52 games for the Uruguay national team between 1961 and 1974. Nicknamed "el Verdugo", he was a highly skillful midfielder and a prolific goalscorer, regarded by Pelé as "one of the 5 best players in the world". He was listed by the IFFHS as the 37th greatest South American player of the XXth century.

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Alice Schwarzer, German journalist and publisher, founded EMMA Magazine

Alice Sophie Schwarzer is a German journalist and prominent feminist. She is founder and publisher of the German feminist journal EMMA. Beginning in France, she became a forerunner of feminist positions against anti-abortion laws, for economic self-sufficiency for women, against pornography, prostitution, female genital mutilation, and for a position on women in Islam. She authored many books, including biographies of Romy Schneider, Marion Dönhoff, and herself.

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David K. Shipler, American journalist and author

David K. Shipler is an American author and journalist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1987 for Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land. Among his other publications the book entitled, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, also has garnered many awards. Formerly, he was a foreign correspondent of The New York Times and served as one of their bureau chiefs. He taught at many colleges and universities. Since 2010, he has published the electronic journal, The Shipler Report. He began co-hosting the podcast, Two Reporters in 2021. A collection of his poems was published in 2023.

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03/12/1940

Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader (died 2025)

Jeffrey Roy Holland was an American educator and a religious leader. He was president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October 14, 2025, until his death. He was the ninth president of Brigham Young University (BYU) and was acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from November 15, 2023 until September 27, 2025, when the First Presidency was dissolved as a result of church president Russell M. Nelson's death.

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03/12/1939

John Paul Sr., Dutch-American race car driver

John Lee Paul is or was an American fugitive, suspected double murderer, and former racing driver known as John Paul Sr. in the motorsport scene. In 1982 he and his son John Paul Jr. (1960–2020) won both U.S. classic endurance races, 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. After his racing career he served a fifteen-year prison sentence for a variety of crimes including drug trafficking and shooting a federal witness. In 2001, he disappeared on his boat while being sought for questioning by officials regarding the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. Paul's status is unknown.

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David Phillips, English chemist and academic

David Phillips, is a British chemist specialising in photochemistry and lasers, and was president of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2010 to 2012.

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03/12/1938

Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)

Jean-Claude Malépart was a French Canadian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1976 and of the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until his death.

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Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (died 1998)

Sally hashim Shlaer was an American mathematician, software engineer and software methodologist, known as co-developer of the 1980s Shlaer–Mellor method for software development.

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03/12/1937

Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman (died 2024)

Robert Arthur Allison was an American professional stock car racing driver and owner. Allison was the founder of the Alabama Gang, a group of drivers based in Hueytown, Alabama, where there were abundant short tracks with high purses. Allison raced competitively in the NASCAR Cup Series from 1961 to 1988, while regularly competing in short track events throughout his career. He also raced in IndyCar, Trans-Am, and Can-Am. Named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers and a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, he was the 1983 Winston Cup champion and won the Daytona 500 in 1978, 1982, and 1988.

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Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author

Morgan Llywelyn is an American-Irish historical interpretation author of historical and mythological fiction and historical non-fiction. Her interpretation of mythology and history has received several awards and has sold more than 40 million copies, and she herself is recipient of the 1999 Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year Award from Celtic Women International.

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03/12/1935

Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician (died 2023)

Eddie Bernice Johnson was an American politician who represented Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2023. Johnson was a member of the Democratic Party.

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03/12/1934

Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot and cosmonaut (died 2017)

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.

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Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (died 2021)

Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, also known by his nom de guerre Chairman Gonzalo, was a Peruvian Maoist revolutionary and guerrilla leader. He founded the organization Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path (PCP-SL) in 1969 and led a rebellion against the Peruvian government until his capture by authorities on 12 September 1992. He was then sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism and treason.

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03/12/1933

Nicolas Coster, British-American actor (died 2023)

Nicolas Dwynn Coster was an American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama with roles as Lionel Lockridge on the series Santa Barbara and Robert Delaney on the series Another World. He also was known as a character actor on nighttime television series, such as Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, T. J. Hooker, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Paul Jozef Crutzen was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist. In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland for their work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studying the formation and decomposition of atmospheric ozone. In addition to studying the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period when human actions have a drastic effect on the Earth. He was also amongst the first few scientists to introduce the idea of a nuclear winter to describe the potential climatic effects stemming from large-scale atmospheric pollution including smoke from forest fires, industrial exhausts, and other sources like oil fires.

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03/12/1932

Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (died 2007)

Takao Fujinami was a Japanese politician who served as the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1983 to 1985. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1993, and again from 1996 to 2003.

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03/12/1931

Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (died 2011)

Franz Josef Degenhardt was a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – a folksinger/songwriter (Liedermacher) with decidedly left-wing politics. He was also a lawyer, bearing the academic degree of Doctor of Law.

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Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress

Jaye P. Morgan is an American singer, actress, and game show panelist.

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03/12/1930

Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (died 2022)

Jean-Luc Godard was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Demy. He was arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era. According to AllMovie, his work "revolutionized the motion picture form" through its experimentation with narrative, continuity, sound, and camerawork.

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Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (died 2014)

Raul Maravilla Gonzalez was the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and was the Secretary of Justice of the Philippines.

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Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor (died 2017)

Yves Trudeau was a Canadian sculptor and a prominent figure in 20th-century art in Quebec, especially public art.

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03/12/1929

John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (died 2013)

John Scribner Dunne, C.S.C. was an American priest and theologian of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He held the John A. O'Brien Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

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03/12/1928

Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (died 2004)

Thomas Michael Foglietta was an American politician and diplomat. He represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1997, and later served as United States Ambassador to Italy from December 1997 to October 2001.

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Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (died 2014)

Muhammad Habibur Rahman was a Bangladeshi jurist and statesman who served as Chief Justice of Bangladesh in 1995. He was chief adviser of the 1996 caretaker government that oversaw the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election. He was a faculty member at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi and University of Dhaka. Besides being a language activist, an advocate of the Bengali language, he wrote extensively and published eight books on the subject. He played a significant role in implementing Bengali in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He wrote Jathashabdo (1974), the first thesaurus in the Bengali language.

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03/12/1927

Andy Williams, American singer (died 2012)

Howard Andrew Williams was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy Awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.

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03/12/1926

Bob Rogers, Australian radio and television host (died 2024)

Robert Barton Rogers OAM was an Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster. He was noted for introducing Top 40 radio programming to Australia in 1958, on 2UE.

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03/12/1925

Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (died 2011)

Ferlin Eugene Husky was an American country music singer who was equally adept at honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, rockabilly and pop tunes.

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03/12/1924

John Backus, American computer scientist, led the team that developed FORTRAN (died 2007)

John Warner Backus was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented and implemented FORTRAN, the first widely used high-level programming language, and was the inventor of the Backus–Naur form (BNF), a widely used notation to define syntaxes of formal languages. He also contributed to the design of ALGOL, and later researched the function-level programming paradigm, presenting his findings in his influential 1977 Turing Award lecture "Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style?"

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Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2011)

Wiel Coerver was a Dutch football manager and the developer of the "Coerver Method", a football coaching technique.

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F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author (died 2022)

Francisco Sionil José was a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in the English language. A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. His works—written in English—have been translated into 28 languages, including Korean, Indonesian, Czech, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian and Dutch. He was often considered the leading Filipino candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver and sailor (died 2012)

Roberto Casimiro Mieres Dasso was a racing driver from Mar del Plata, Argentina. He participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 7 June 1953. He scored a total of 13 championship points.

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03/12/1923

Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2011)

Trevor Edward Bailey was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster.

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Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (died 2010)

Stjepan Bobek was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football striker and later football manager.

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Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress, singer, and dancer (died 2009)

Moyra Fraser was an Australian-born English actress and ballet dancer, who is best known for playing Penny in the long-running sitcom As Time Goes By.

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03/12/1922

Len Lesser, American actor (died 2011)

Leonard King Lesser was an American character actor and comedian, best known for his recurring role as Uncle Leo on Seinfeld. He was also known for his role as Garvin on Everybody Loves Raymond.

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Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (died 1992)

Eli Mandel was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic.

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Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (died 2006)

Sven Vilhem Nykvist was a Swedish cinematographer and filmmaker, best known for his collaboration with directors Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen.

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03/12/1921

Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic (died 2016)

Phyllis Curtin was an American soprano and academic teacher who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s. She is known for her creation of roles in operas by Carlisle Floyd, such as the title role in Susannah and Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. She was a dedicated song recitalist, who retired from singing in 1984. She was named Boston University's Dean Emerita, College of Fine Arts in 1991.

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John Doar, American lawyer and activist (died 2014)

John Michael Doar was an American lawyer and senior counsel with the law firm Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack in New York City.

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03/12/1919

Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author (died 1994)

Charles Burchill Lynch, was a Canadian journalist and author.

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03/12/1918

Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000)

Abdul Haris Nasution was a high-ranking Indonesian general and politician. He served in the military during the Indonesian National Revolution and remained in the military during the subsequent turmoil of the Parliamentary democracy and Guided Democracy. Following the fall of President Sukarno from power, he became the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly under President Suharto. Born into a Batak Muslim family, in the village of Hutapungkut, Dutch East Indies, he studied teaching and enrolled at a military academy in Bandung.

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03/12/1914

Irving Fine, American composer and academic (died 1962)

Irving Gifford Fine was an American composer. Fine's work assimilated neoclassical, romantic, and serial elements. Composer Virgil Thomson described Fine's "unusual melodic grace" while Aaron Copland noted the "elegance, style, finish and...convincing continuity" of Fine's music.

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03/12/1911

Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (died 1979)

Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare screen adaptations, and for the first two installments of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather Part II (1974).

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03/12/1907

Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (died 1976)

Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell was an American vocalist born in Kansas City, Missouri, but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With sisters Martha and Helvetia "Vet", she performed in the 1920s and 1930s as the trio The Boswell Sisters. They started as instrumentalists but became a highly influential singing group via their recordings and film and television appearances.

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03/12/1905

Les Ames, English cricketer (died 1990)

Leslie Ethelbert George Ames was an English cricketer and footballer. He was a wicket-keeper and batsman for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club.

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03/12/1904

Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (died 1976)

Edgar "Gar" Moon was a tennis player from Australia who was best known for winning the 1930 Australian Championships – Men's singles title. He also won the 1932 Men's Doubles title with Jack Crawford. He won all three men's titles at the Australian Championships.

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03/12/1902

Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (died 1976)

Mitsuo Fuchida was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the aerial attack.

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Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (died 1993)

Feliks (Felix) Kibbermann was an Estonian chess master, philologist of German, lexicographer, and pedagogue.

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03/12/1901

Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower (died 1970)

Samuel Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft was an American athlete. He competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the shot put, placing sixth in the discus. He won the IC4A championships in both events in 1922 and 1924. In 1924 he set a world record in the discus, which was not ratified because of high wind. He set an official world record next year at 47.89 m.

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Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (died 2000)

Mildred Olive Wiley was an American high jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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03/12/1900

Bert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)

Albert Redvers George Hawke was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 23 February 1953 to 2 April 1959. He represented the Labor Party.

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Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (died 2004)

Ulrich Inderbinen was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90. Though he was not the first to summit the Matterhorn, he may have done it the best. His fame laid not in conquering mountains but safely guiding visitors to the top.

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Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)

Richard Johann Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".

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03/12/1899

Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1965)

Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double the size of Japan's economy in 10 years, and for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (died 1966)

Howard Oreon Kinsey was an American tennis player in the 1920s. He was originally from St Louis.

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03/12/1897

William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter (died 1977)

William Victor Gropper was an American cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist. A committed radical, Gropper is best known for the political work which he contributed to such left wing publications as The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and Morgen Freiheit.

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03/12/1895

Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1982)

Anna Freud was a British psychoanalyst of Austrian Jewish descent. She was born in Vienna, the sixth and youngest child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays. She followed the path of her father and contributed to the field of psychoanalysis. Alongside Hermine Hug-Hellmuth and Melanie Klein, she may be considered the founder of psychoanalytic child psychology.

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Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (died 1970)

Sheng Shicai was a Chinese warlord who ruled the province of Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944.

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03/12/1894

Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1975)

Deiva Zivarattinam was an Indian politician. He represented Pondicherry in the French Constituent Assembly election in 1945.

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03/12/1891

Thomas Farrell, American general (died 1967)

Major General Thomas Francis Farrell was the Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Field Operations of the Manhattan Project, acting as executive officer to Major General Leslie R. Groves Jr.

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03/12/1887

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1990)

Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni was a member of the Japanese imperial family and general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) who served as prime minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 until his resignation two months later on 9 October. He is the only member of the Japanese imperial family to head a cabinet, and Japan's shortest-serving prime minister, serving for only 54 days.

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03/12/1886

Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)

Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy."

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03/12/1884

Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (died 1963)

Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962 for two terms. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1930 and the Quit India movement of 1942. After the constituent assembly 1946 elections, Prasad served as 1st Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government from 1947 to 1948. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and which served as its provisional Parliament.

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Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1965)

Walther Stampfli was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1940–1947).

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03/12/1883

Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945)

Anton Webern was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist whose modernist music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonal and twelve-tone techniques. His approach was typically rigorous, inspired by his studies of the Franco-Flemish School under Guido Adler and by Arnold Schoenberg's emphasis on structure in teaching composition from the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, the First Viennese School, and Johannes Brahms. Webern, Schoenberg, and their colleague Alban Berg were at the core of what became known as the Second Viennese School.

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03/12/1880

Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (died 1945)

Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock was a German Generalfeldmarschall who served in the German Army during the Second World War. Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, of Army Group B during the Invasion of France in 1940, of Army Group Center during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and of Army Group South on the Eastern Front in 1942.

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03/12/1879

Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (died 1965)

Arapeta Paurini Wharepapa, or Albert Asher as he was more commonly known, was a New Zealand dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. At representative level Asher played rugby union for New Zealand, North Island and Auckland playing on the Wing and played rugby league at representative level for Australasia, New Zealand, Auckland and the New Zealand Māori rugby league team. One of his brothers, Ernie, was also a rugby league international while another, John, became a Ngati Pukenga and Ngati Pikiao leader, and another brother, Thomas also played representative rugby for Tauranga. Katherine Te Rongokahira Parata was a sister.

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Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949)

Charles Hutchison was an American film actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1914 and 1944. He also directed 33 films between 1915 and 1938. Though he directed numerous independent silent features, he is best remembered today as Pathé's leading male serial star from 1918 to 1922. In 1923 he went to Britain and made two films Hutch Stirs 'em Up and Hurricane Hutch in Many Adventures for the Ideal Film Company. He made one last serial in 1926, Lightning Hutch, for distribution by the Arrow Film Corporation. It was meant to be a comeback vehicle, but the production company went into bankruptcy just as it was released.

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Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (died 1959)

Kafū Nagai was a Japanese writer, editor and translator. His novels Geisha in Rivalry and A Strange Tale from East of the River are noted for their depictions of life of the demimonde in early 20th-century Tokyo.

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Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 1970)

Donald Matheson Sutherland, was a Canadian physician and politician.

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03/12/1878

Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (died 1956)

Francis Anthony Nixon was an American small business owner and the father of U.S. president Richard Nixon.

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03/12/1875

Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (died 1955)

Duncan Max Meldrum was a Scottish-born Australian artist and art teacher, best known as the founder of Australian tonalism, a representational painting style that became popular in Melbourne during the interwar period. He also won fame for his portrait work, winning the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1939 and 1940.

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03/12/1872

Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (died 1962)

Arthur Charles Hardy, was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

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William Haselden, English cartoonist (died 1953)

William Kerridge Haselden was an English cartoonist and caricaturist.

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03/12/1867

William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia (died 1933)

William John Bowser was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as the 17th premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916.

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03/12/1864

Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright (died 1924)

Herman Heijermans, was a Dutch playwright, novelist and sketch story writer, who is considered to be the greatest Dutch dramatist of the modern era. He is the most notable playwright from the Netherlands since Joost van den Vondel to have gained widespread recognition outside his own country.

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03/12/1863

Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter (died 1899)

Gussie Lord Davis was an American songwriter born in Dayton, Ohio. Davis was one of America's earliest successful African-American music artists, the first black songwriter to become famous on Tin Pan Alley as a composer of popular music.

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03/12/1857

Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (died 1924)

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties – he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.

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Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1944)

Mathilde Aloisia Kralik von Meyrswalden was an Austrian composer.

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03/12/1856

George Leake, Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Western Australia (died 1902)

George Leake was the third Premier of Western Australia, serving from May to November 1901 and then again from December 1901 to his death.

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03/12/1850

Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (died 1925)

Sir Richard Butler was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1924, representing Yatala (1890–1902) and Barossa (1902–1924). He served as Premier of South Australia from March to July 1905 and Leader of the Opposition from 1905 to 1909. Butler would also variously serve as Speaker of the House of Assembly (1921–1924), and as a minister under Premiers Charles Kingston, John Jenkins and Archibald Peake. His son, Richard Layton Butler, went on to serve as Premier from 1927 to 1930 and 1933 to 1938.

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03/12/1848

William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (died 1904)

William Shiels was an Australian colonial-era politician, serving as the 16th Premier of Victoria.

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03/12/1842

Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (died 1919)

Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. Hearst was the founder of the University of California Museum of Anthropology, now called the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and the co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association.

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Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (died 1899)

Charles Alfred Pillsbury was an American businessman, flour industrialist, and politician. He was a co-founder of the Pillsbury Company.

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Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (died 1911)

Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century. Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics. She was the founder of the home economics movement characterized by the application of science to the home, and the first to apply chemistry to the study of nutrition.

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03/12/1838

Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (died 1916)

Cleveland Abbe was an American meteorologist and advocate of time zones.

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Octavia Hill, English activist and author (died 1912)

Octavia Hill was an English social reformer and founder of the National Trust. Her main concern was the welfare of the inhabitants of cities, especially London, in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born into a family of radical thinkers and reformers with a strong commitment to alleviating poverty, she herself grew up in straitened circumstances owing to the financial failure of her father's businesses. Home educated by her mother, she worked from the age of 14 for the welfare of working people.

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Princess Louise of Prussia (died 1923)

Louise of Prussia was Grand Duchess of Baden from 1856 to 1907 as the wife of Grand Duke Frederick I. Princess Louise was the second child and only daughter of Wilhelm I, German Emperor, and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She was the younger sister of Frederick William ("Fritz"), the future German Emperor Frederick III, and aunt of Emperor Wilhelm II.

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03/12/1833

Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician (died 1915)

Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti.

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03/12/1827

Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 1910)

Lombe Athill was a Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist. Hailing from Ardess, Magheraculmoney in County Fermanagh, he studied at the Trinity College, Dublin, and obtained his licence to practice from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1847. That year, he became the surgeon to a charitable dispensary in Fleet Street, Dublin, and then dispensary doctor of the district of Geashill in King's County from 1848 to 1850. He began working as an assistant physician at the Rotunda Hospital in 1851. In November 1875, he was elected master of the hospital, and was one of the leading experts on gynaecology in the country at the time. He was elected president of the Irish College of Physicians in 1888.

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03/12/1826

George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (died 1885)

George Brinton McClellan was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862, and the unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate in the 1864 presidential election. He was also chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and later president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in 1860.

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03/12/1810

Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist (died 1879)

Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord was an American plantation owner and author from South Carolina, best known as a political essayist who wrote on free trade. Between 1848 and 1856, she authored some thirteen essays and a play, Caius Gracchus, appeared in print, in which McCord articulated a defense of slavery as well as a conservative view of women's place in society.

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03/12/1800

France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (died 1849)

France Prešeren was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Slovene literature. His poems have been translated into many languages.

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03/12/1798

Alfred Iverson Sr., American politician (died 1873)

Alfred Iverson Sr. was a United States representative and Senator from Georgia.

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03/12/1793

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic (died 1867)

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield was an English artist best known for his large-scale paintings of marine art and landscapes. A former sailor he became celebrated for his Romantic seascapes. Like his friend and colleague David Roberts he initially achieved recognition for his role as a scenic designer working at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane during the Regency era.

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03/12/1755

Gilbert Stuart, American painter (died 1828)

Gilbert Stuart was an American painter born in the Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best-known work is an unfinished portrait of George Washington, begun in 1796, which is usually referred to as the Athenaeum Portrait. Stuart retained the original and used it to paint scores of copies that were commissioned by patrons in America and abroad. The image of George Washington featured in the painting has appeared on the United States one-dollar bill for more than a century and on various postage stamps of the 19th century and early 20th century.

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03/12/1730

Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior (died 1794)

Mahadaji Shinde, later known as Mahadji Scindia or Madhava Rao Scindia, was a Maratha statesman and general who served as the Maharaja of Gwalior from 1768 to 1794. He was the fifth and the youngest son of Ranoji Rao Scindia, the founder of the Scindia dynasty. He is reputed for having restored the Maratha rule over North India and for modernizing his army.

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03/12/1729

Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (died 1783)

Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos, also known as Padre Antonio Soler, known in Catalan as Antoni Soler i Ramos was a Spanish composer whose works span the late Baroque and early Classical music eras. He is best known for his many mostly one-movement keyboard sonatas.

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03/12/1722

Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1794)

Hryhorii Skovoroda, also Gregory Skovoroda or Grigory Skovoroda, was a philosopher of Ukrainian Cossack origin who lived and worked in the Russian Empire. He was a poet, a teacher and a composer of liturgical music. His significant influence on his contemporaries and succeeding generations and his way of life were universally regarded as Socratic, and he was often called a "Socrates".

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03/12/1684

Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (died 1754)

Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature. He was also a prominent Neo-Latin author, known across Europe for his writing. He is best known for the comedies he wrote in 1722–1723 for the Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen. Holberg's works about natural and common law were widely read by many Danish law students over two hundred years, from 1736 to 1936.

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03/12/1616

John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (died 1703)

John Wallis was an English clergyman and mathematician, who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus.

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03/12/1590

Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (died 1661)

Daniel Seghers was a Flemish Jesuit brother and painter who specialized in flower still lifes. He is particularly well known for his contributions to the genre of flower garland painting. His paintings were collected enthusiastically by aristocratic patrons and he had numerous followers and imitators.

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03/12/1560

Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (died 1627)

Jan Gruter or Gruytère, Latinized as Janus Gruterus, was a Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian.

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03/12/1483

Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (died 1565)

Nicolaus von Amsdorf was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire.

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03/12/1447

Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (died 1512)

Bayezid II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne to his son, Selim I. Bayezid evacuated Sephardi Jews from Spain following the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada and the proclamation of the Alhambra Decree and resettled them throughout Ottoman lands, especially in Salonica.

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03/12/1368

Charles VI of France (died 1422)

Charles VI, nicknamed the Beloved and in the 19th century, the Mad, was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him throughout his life, including glass delusion.

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