Monday, 9th February 2026 in Lisbon

On this day, 244 notable people were born on 8th February — spanning from 1060 to 2007. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

09/02/2007

Ryan Williams, American football player

Ryan Alexander Coleman-Williams Jr. is an American college football wide receiver for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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09/02/2003

Cooper DeJean, American football player

Cooper Michael DeJean is an American professional football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, receiving unanimous All-American honors in 2023. Selected by the Eagles in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft, DeJean helped the team win Super Bowl LIX as a rookie, where he returned his first career interception for a touchdown in the win.

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09/02/2002

Jalen Green, American basketball player

Jalen Romande Green is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and the best shooting guard in the 2020 class, with ESPN ranking him number one overall. He finished his high school career at Prolific Prep in Napa, California, and he chose to forgo college basketball to join the NBA G League Ignite team in its inaugural season. Green has won three gold medals with the United States at the junior level and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup. Green was selected by the Houston Rockets with the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft. He is the third player in the NBA of Filipino descent, following Raymond Townsend and Jordan Clarkson.

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09/02/2001

Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player

Dylan Cozens is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Cozens was selected seventh overall in the 2019 NHL entry draft by the Buffalo Sabres. Nicknamed "The Workhorse from Whitehorse", he is the first player from the Yukon to be a first-round Western Hockey League (WHL) draft pick, a first-round NHL draft pick, and a member of the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team.

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09/02/1998

Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer

Cem Bölükbaşı is a Turkish racing driver and former sim racer who competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series for Nielsen Racing. He previously drove for DKR Engineering in the 2024 European Le Mans Series.

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Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress

Isabella Gomez is a Colombian-American actress, best known for starring in One Day at a Time. Gomez has previously had minor roles in both Modern Family and Matador. She was later cast in a starring role in HBO Max's Head of the Class, the revival of the former ABC '80s sitcom television series of the same name, which premiered in October 2021.

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09/02/1997

Jaire Alexander, American football player

Jaire Zakar Alexander is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals, and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft, where he spent seven seasons. He signed with the Baltimore Ravens in 2025 before being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles midseason and announced his retirement from football ten days after being traded.

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Saquon Barkley, American football player

Saquon Rasul Quevis Barkley is an American professional football running back for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he set several school records for his offensive production over three seasons before forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL.

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Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player

Valentini Grammatikopoulou is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 15 July 2024, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won a singles and a doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition, 15 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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09/02/1996

Jimmy Bennett, American actor

James Michael Bennett is an American actor. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, The Amityville Horror, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan, Shorts, and as young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. He also starred on the ABC series No Ordinary Family as JJ Powell, a teenager gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.

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Kelli Berglund, American actress

Kelli Michelle Berglund is an American actress. She became known for starring as Bree Davenport in the Disney XD series Lab Rats (2012–2016) and its sequel Lab Rats: Elite Force (2016). She also starred in the comedy series Now Apocalypse (2019) and the drama series Heels (2021–2023), both for Starz.

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Chungha, South Korean singer

Kim Chung-ha, known mononymously as Chung Ha, is a South Korean singer, dancer and choreographer. She finished fourth in Mnet's girl group survival show Produce 101, becoming a member of the resulting girl group I.O.I. Following the dissolution of I.O.I in 2017, Chung Ha debuted as a solo artist with the extended play Hands on Me.

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Sebastián Driussi, Argentinian footballer

Sebastián Driussi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an forward or attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera Division club River Plate.

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09/02/1995

André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player

André Burakovsky is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals, who drafted him 23rd overall in 2013, the Colorado Avalanche, who acquired his rights and consequently signed him during the 2019 offseason, and the Seattle Kraken. Burakovsky is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, winning with the Capitals in 2018 and the Avalanche in 2022.

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Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer

Mario Pašalić is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A side Atalanta. Born in Germany, he plays for the Croatia national team.

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Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer

Sheraldo Rudi Salomo Willem Becker is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Mainz 05, on loan from La Liga club Osasuna. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team.

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09/02/1993

Wataru Endō, Japanese footballer

Wataru Endo is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Japan national team.

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K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player

Kevin Ornell Chapman "K. J." McDaniels Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Clemson University before he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 32nd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.

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Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player

Despina Papamichail is a Greek professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, reached on 20 June 2022. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 93, achieved on 4 December 2023. Papamichail has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 17 singles and 39 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer

Niclas Füllkrug is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club AC Milan, on loan from EFL Championship club West Ham United. He also plays for the Germany national team.

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09/02/1992

Avan Jogia, Canadian actor

Avan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor, author and director. Starting as a child actor, he first received recognition for portraying Danny Araujo in the television film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006). After moving to the United States in his late teens, he landed various roles on television series such as Caprica (2009–2010) and had his breakthrough as Beck Oliver in Victorious (2010–2013).

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09/02/1991

Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (died 2017)

Helena Agnieszka Kmieć was a Polish Catholic missionary who was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit. In May 2024, her sainthood cause was opened and she was named a Servant of God.

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Logan Ryan, American football player

Logan Daniel Ryan is an American former professional football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights as a cornerback and was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft. Ryan also played for the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers. He played cornerback for the first seven seasons of his career before switching to safety in 2020 and playing the position in his last four seasons. Since retiring from playing, Ryan has worked as an NFL color analyst for CBS television broadcasts.

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09/02/1990

Randall Delgado, Panamanian baseball player

Randall Enrique Delgado is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President Lions.

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Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

Tariq Sims is a Fiji international retired rugby league footballer who played as a Second-row, Loose forward and Prop for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League.

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Camille Winbush, American actress

Camille Simoine Winbush is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Emma Aimes on short-lived sitcom Minor Adjustments, Vanessa "Nessa" Thomkins on The Bernie Mac Show and as Lauren Treacy on the popular teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Her work in television has earned her three Image Awards and a Young Artist Award.

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09/02/1989

Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

Maxime Dufour-Lapointe is a Canadian freestyle skier from Montréal, Quebec.

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09/02/1987

Michael B. Jordan, American actor

Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor, producer, and director. His accolades include an Academy Award, three Actor Awards, and a Producers Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Emmy Awards. Jordan was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2020 and 2023, People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2020, and in 2020 was ranked 15th on The New York Times list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century.

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Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer

Davide Lanzafame is an Italian football coach and former professional player, who played as a striker or right winger. He is in charge of Eccellenza amateurs Borgaro.

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Rose Leslie, Scottish actress

Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie is a Scottish actress. She portrayed Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. She played Maia Rindell in three seasons of the CBS All Access legal and political drama The Good Fight and starred as Clare Abshire in HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife.

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Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete

Magdalena "Lena" Holzer is a retired German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the age of 21, she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). With 34 World Cup wins, Neuner is ranked second all-time for career victories on the Biathlon World Cup tour. She has won the Overall World Cup title three times, in 2007–08, in 2009–10 and her final season in 2011–12. At only 25 years old, Neuner retired from the sport in March 2012, citing a lack of motivation and her desire for a normal life.

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09/02/1985

Nigel Dawes, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player

Nigel Alexander Dawes is a Canadian–Kazakhstani former professional ice-hockey winger. He played 212 games in five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Atlanta Thrashers, and Montreal Canadiens.

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David Gallagher, American actor

David Lee Gallagher is an American actor and former model. He began his career as a child actor and model at the age of two, and is known for his roles as Mikey Ubriacco in Look Who's Talking Now, Simon Camden in 7th Heaven, Kevin Harper in Angels in the Endzone, Richie Rich in Richie Rich's Christmas Wish, and Riku in the Kingdom Hearts series. Throughout his career, he has been a five-time Young Artist Award nominee and Teen Choice Award winner.

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09/02/1984

Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer

Maurice Darnell Ager is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans from 2002 until 2006. Ager led the Spartans to the NCAA Final Four as a junior in 2005 and averaged 14 points per game. He led the Big Ten Conference in scoring during his senior season. Ager was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with 28th overall pick of the 2006 NBA draft. He played parts of four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves. Ager also played in the NBA Development League and in Spain.

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Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player

Dioner Favian Navarro Vivas is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays. With the Rays, Navarro was an All-Star in 2008.

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Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler

Shōhōzan Yūya is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Chikujō, Fukuoka. Wrestling for Hanaregoma stable, he made his professional debut in March 2006 and reached the top makuuchi division in November 2011. His highest rank was komusubi, which he achieved on five occasions. He earned three Fighting Spirit prizes, five kinboshi or gold stars for defeating yokozuna, and was runner-up in one tournament before retiring from competition in June 2022.

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09/02/1983

Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer

Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. He is currently manager of Segunda Federación club Beasain.

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09/02/1982

Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer

Domingo Cisma González is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

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Jameer Nelson, American basketball player

Jameer Lamar Nelson Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as the assistant general manager for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Saint Joseph's Hawks, where he was named national college player of the year in 2004. Drafted 20th overall in the 2004 NBA draft, Nelson spent the first ten years of his NBA career with the Orlando Magic. In 2009, he was named an All-Star and made an appearance in the NBA Finals with the Magic. He also played in the NBA for the Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, and Detroit Pistons.

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Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Ami Suzuki is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. Following her late 90s fame as a popular teen idol, Suzuki went on to become known for her self-penned lyrics and music production.

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Chris Weale, English footballer and manager

Christopher Weale is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently Director of Football Coaching at Sherborne School.

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09/02/1981

Tom Hiddleston, English actor

Thomas William Hiddleston is a British actor. He gained international fame portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Thor in 2011 and including the Disney+ series Loki (2021–2023).

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John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member

John Philip Walker Lindh is an American Taliban member who was captured by United States forces as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001. He was detained at Qala-i-Jangi fortress, which was used as a prison. He denied participating in the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi, a violent uprising of the Taliban prisoners, stating that he was wounded in the leg and hid in the cellar of the Pink House, in the southern half of the fort. He was one of the 86 prisoners who survived the uprising, from an estimated 400 prisoners in total. CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann was killed during that uprising. Brought to trial in United States federal court in February 2002, Lindh accepted a plea bargain; he pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released on parole on May 23, 2019, for a three-year period of supervised release.

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Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler

Daisuke Sekimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, He is currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division. where he is a three-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, former one-time BJW Heavyweight Champion former thirteen-time BJW Tag Team Champion and former six-time Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his appearances in Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. while also being a former one-time NWA Pan-Pacific Premium Heavyweight Champion and a two-time Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where former one-time wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion. Other major promotions with DDT Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo, winning singles championships include the where former one-time Gaora TV Champion, former one-time KO-D Openweight Champion and former one-time Strongest-K Champion. Also a successful tag team wrestler, he has held the AJPW World Tag Team Championship three times, the All Asia Tag Team Championship two time and the KO-D Tag Team Championship two times with his most successful tag team combination being with Yuji Okabayashi.

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The Rev, American musician (died 2009)

James Owen Sullivan, also known by his stage name The Rev, was an American musician and songwriter. He was the drummer, pianist, backing vocalist, and occasional co-lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he co-founded in 1999. He was previously the lead vocalist and pianist of the avant-garde metal band Pinkly Smooth and drummer for the ska punk band Suburban Legends from 1998 to 1999.

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09/02/1980

Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer

Angelos Charisteas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress

Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for portraying Annie Newton in The Invisible, Abby Parker in The Deuce, Mother Koril in Star Wars: The Acolyte, and Heather Glenn / Muse in Daredevil: Born Again.

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Manu Raju, American journalist

Manu K. Raju is an American journalist who serves as the chief congressional correspondent at the news network CNN, covering the United States Congress and campaign politics. He is also anchor of the Sunday edition of CNN's Inside Politics with Manu Raju. Raju previously reported for Politico as a senior Capitol Hill correspondent and for other D.C. news outlets as well.

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09/02/1979

Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player

Akinori Iwamura is a former Japanese baseball infielder, who currently is a manager for the Fukushima Red Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. He made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007.

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Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater

Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya is a Russian former figure skater. She is a two-time World champion, two-time Olympic medalist, seven-time European champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time Russian national champion. She won a record total of 17 titles on the Grand Prix circuit.

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Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model

Zhang Ziyi, sometimes credited as Ziyi Zhang, is a Chinese actress, known for playing independent and strong-willed characters. Born and raised in Beijing, Zhang was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in 1996. That year, she made her acting debut in the television film Touching Starlight (1996). After her breakout role in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home (1999), which won her Best Actress at the 23rd Hundred Flowers Awards, she gained international fame for her performance in Ang Lee's wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

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09/02/1977

A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

Alan John Buckley is a Canadian actor. He played crime lab technician Adam Ross on the television series CSI: NY (2005–2013) and Navy SEAL Sonny Quinn on the television series SEAL Team (2017–2024). He also had roles in Supernatural (2006–2014), The Box (2007), Home Sweet Hell (2015), and as the voice of Nash in The Good Dinosaur (2015).

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09/02/1976

Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Charles Peckham Day is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on the FX/FXX dark comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), of which he is also a writer and an executive producer. In 2011, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Satellite Award for the role. Subsequently, he co-created the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–2025) with Rob Mac and Megan Ganz.

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09/02/1975

Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach

Kurt Asle Arvesen is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2011. Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships five times, as well as stages in each of the three Grand Tours.

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Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2008)

Clinton Andrew Grybas was an Australian rules football and sports radio and television commentator.

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Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player

Vladimir Guerrero Alvino, nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos (1996–2003), Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2009), Texas Rangers (2010), and Baltimore Orioles (2011).

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09/02/1974

Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager

Johan Jordi Cruijff is a Dutch-Spanish professional football director, coach and former player. Following an appointment in December 2025, he is the Director of Football at Ajax.

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Brad Maynard, American football player

Bradley Alan Maynard is an American former professional football punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ball State Cardinals, twice earning consensus All-American honors. Maynard was selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft, and was also a member of the Chicago Bears, the Houston Texans and the Cleveland Browns.

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Amber Valletta, American model

Amber Evangeline Valletta is an American model and actress. She began her career as a fashion model, landing her first of 17 American Vogue covers in February 1993. During the 1990s, Valletta reached the status of supermodel, working as the face of Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Escada, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, Gucci, and Versace, and signing multimillion-dollar cosmetics contracts with Calvin Klein and Elizabeth Arden. From 1995 to 1996, Valletta and her friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow hosted the MTV show House of Style.

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John Wallace, American basketball player and coach

John Gilbert Wallace is an American former professional basketball player and current broadcaster on MSG Network. He also hosts a live stream and podcast called "Power Forward w/ John Wallace" on SportsCastr. A 6' 8" forward, Wallace played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in addition to stints in Greece and Italy.

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09/02/1973

Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast

Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya is a former artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union and Belarus of Belarusian origin. She is a three-time Olympic champion, with an individual gold medal on vault from the 1988 Summer Olympics and team gold medals from the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Colin Egglesfield, American actor

Colin Egglesfield is an American actor. He played Josh Madden in the soap opera All My Children, Auggie Kirkpatrick on The CW's reboot of the drama series Melrose Place, and Dex in the film Something Borrowed.

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Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

Makoto Niitsu , known as Makoto Shinkai , is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students.

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09/02/1972

Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager

Darren Ferguson is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who was last the manager of EFL League One club Peterborough United, in his fourth stint as manager of the club. In between his stints with Peterborough, he also managed Preston North End and Doncaster Rovers.

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Jason Winston George, American actor and model

Jason Winston George is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Bourne on the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach, as Jeremiah Thurgood "J.T." Hunter on the UPN television sitcom Eve, as Dr. Otis Cole on ABC's Off the Map, and as Dr. Ben Warren on Grey's Anatomy and its spinoff Station 19.

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09/02/1971

Sharon Case, American actress and model

Sharon Case is an American actress and former model. At the age of 17, Case began working as a model, relocating briefly to Japan, before pursuing an acting career. She is best known for her roles on daytime television soap operas, scoring parts in the serials General Hospital and As the World Turns during the early stages of her career. In 1994, she stepped into the role of Sharon Newman on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, which she still plays. Case, who is considered a leading actress in the series, won the 1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance.

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Matt Gogel, American golfer

Matthew John Gogel is an American professional golfer and golf commentator. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He previously played on the PGA Tour and the Nike Tour.

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Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager

Karl Johan Siward Mjällby is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who played as a centre-back. He represented AIK, Celtic, and Levante during a career that spanned between 1989 and 2006. A full international between 1997 and 2004, he won 49 caps and scored 4 goals for the Sweden national team. Mjällby was the team captain during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and also took part in UEFA Euro 2000 and 2004. He has been assistant manager of Bolton Wanderers and Celtic, working alongside former Celtic team-mate and manager Neil Lennon.

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09/02/1970

Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Glenn Donald McGrath is an Australian former international cricketer whose career spanned 14 years. He was a fast-medium pace bowler and is considered one of cricket's greatest bowlers and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s. McGrath was a member of the Australian team that won three consecutive World Cup trophies, winning the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and the 2007 Cricket World Cup. In the 2003 final, he took the winning wicket of Zaheer Khan. McGrath was also a member of the team that won the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

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09/02/1969

Jimmy Smith, American football player

Jimmy Lee Smith Jr. is an American former professional football who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football for the Jackson State Tigers. With the Cowboys, he won two consecutive Super Bowls over the Buffalo Bills.

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09/02/1968

Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

Gabriela Alejandra Guzmán Pinal is a Mexican pop and rock singer. With more than 30 million records sold throughout her career, winner of a Latin Grammy Award, and nicknamed "La Reina de Corazones" and "La Reina del Rock", she is one of the most successful Mexican female singers. She is also daughter of actress Silvia Pinal and singer Enrique Guzmán.

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Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver

Derek Lamar Strong is an American former professional basketball player who played in ten National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons from 1991 to 2001 for six different teams. A 6'8" power forward from Xavier University, Strong was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the 1990 NBA draft. Strong has successfully transitioned into stock car racing.

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Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress

Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz, known professionally as Gloria Trevi, is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She is one of the best-selling Latin music artists in history, having sold over 20 million records worldwide. Trevi is known for her emotional lyrics, performances, and lasting influence on Latin music, being dubbed the "Mexican Queen of Pop" by Rolling Stone. She is also known for the media coverage surrounding the Trevi–Andrade scandal, involving sexual abuse and forced labour led by her former manager-producer Sergio Andrade.

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09/02/1967

Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister

Gaston Alphonso Browne is an Antiguan politician serving as the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda and leader of the Labour Party since 2014. Before entering politics, he was a banker and businessman.

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Venus Lacy, American basketball player

Venus Lacy is an American former professional basketball who played as a 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) center. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she won championships at every level, but her American professional career was diminished by injuries she sustained in a 1997 car accident.

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Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach

Todd Alan Pratt is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1992 and 2006, primarily serving as a back-up catcher for most of his career. Following his playing career, Pratt has served in a number of coaching roles including in college baseball and also in Minor League Baseball with the Miami Marlins. He is currently manager of the Glacier Range Riders, an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League in Kalispell, Montana.

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Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster

Daniel Shulman is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet as well as the American network ESPN.

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09/02/1966

Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Harald Meldal Eia is a Norwegian comedian, and sociologist. In recent years, Eia has also made TV-documentaries and written books.

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09/02/1965

Dieter Baumann, German runner

Dieter Baumann is a German former athlete and 5000 m Olympic champion at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won the silver medal in the same event (5000 m) at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Julie Warner, American actress

Juliet Mia Warner is an American actress. She is known for playing Danni Lipton on Family Law (1999–2001), Megan O'Hara on Nip/Tuck (2003–2006), Lou in Doc Hollywood (1991), Elaine in Mr. Saturday Night (1992), Michelle in Tommy Boy (1995), Micki in Wedding Bell Blues (1996), and Dean York in Chalk It Up (2016). She also appeared in the 1989 HBO special The Diceman Cometh with comedian Andrew Dice Clay.

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09/02/1964

Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager

Debrah Ann Miceli, better known as Madusa, is an American monster truck driver and retired professional wrestler. She is currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as a producer. In professional wrestling Miceli is also known by the ring name Alundra Blayze, which she used while in the WWF/WWE.

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Dewi Morris, English rugby player

Colin Dewi Morris is a former rugby union footballer, who played scrum half for England.

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Ernesto Valverde, Spanish footballer and manager

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward.

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09/02/1963

Brian Greene, American physicist

Brian Randolph Greene is an American physicist known for his research on string theory. He is a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, director of its center for theoretical physics, and the chairman of the World Science Festival, which he co-founded in 2008. Greene co-discovered mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi–Yau manifolds. He also described the flop transition, a mild form of topology change, and the conifold transition, a more severe transformation of space, showing that topology can smoothly change in string theory.

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Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor

Peter Rowsthorn is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, MC, host and theatre.

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Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

James Travis Tritt is an American country singer-songwriter.

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09/02/1962

Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina

Anik Bissonnette is a Canadian ballet dancer. She began her professional ballet career with the Ballet de Montreal Eddy Toussaint in the 1980s, and became a principal dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 1990.

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09/02/1961

John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster

John Martin Kruk is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from 1986 through 1995. During his career, he was a three-time MLB All-Star. After retiring as a player, Kruk became a baseball analyst for ESPN. He is now a color commentator for Phillies' games on NBC Sports Philadelphia.

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09/02/1960

Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player

William "Holly" Johnson is an English singer, songwriter and artist. He is best known as lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he was a bassist for the band Big in Japan. In 1989, Johnson's debut solo album, Blast, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart. Two singles from the album – "Love Train" and "Americanos" – reached the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. In the 1990s, he also embarked on writing, painting, and printmaking careers.

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David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer

David Judah Simon is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–2008).

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Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut

Peggy Annette Whitson is an American biochemistry researcher, and astronaut working for Axiom Space. She retired from NASA in 2018, after serving as the 13th Chief of the Astronaut Office. Over all her missions, Whitson has accumulated a total of 695 days in space, more than any other American or woman.

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09/02/1958

Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer

Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from its introduction, in 1986, until 1989.

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Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host

Christopher John Nilan is an American former professional ice hockey player and former radio host. Nilan played 688 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season games as a right-wing for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Boston Bruins between 1980 and 1992. He won the Stanley Cup in 1986 with Montreal.

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09/02/1957

Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia

Terence Richard McAuliffe is an American businessman and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, co-chairman of the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Committee, chairman of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.

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Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager

Gordon David Strachan is a Scottish former football coach and player who is currently Technical Director of Dundee. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Coventry City, Southampton, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland.

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09/02/1956

Phil Ford, American basketball player and coach

Phil Jackson Ford Jr. is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1974, and had an All-American college career with the North Carolina Tar Heels.

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Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach

William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and coach who played for the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays over 12 major league seasons. He is best remembered as the Met who hit the ground ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the bottom of the 10th inning of game six of the 1986 World Series.

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09/02/1955

Jerry Beck, American historian and author

Jerry Beck is an American animation historian, author, blogger, and video producer.

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Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer

James Timothy Pursey is an English rock musician. He is the founder and frontman of the punk rock band Sham 69, which he has performed with since 1976, along with releasing material as a solo artist.

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Charles Shaughnessy, English actor

Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy is a British actor and hereditary peer. His roles on American television include Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, Maxwell Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny, and the voice of Dennis the Goldfish on Stanley for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award. He had recurring roles as Christopher Plover on The Magicians and St. John Powell on Mad Men. Shaughnessy was a series regular on ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital in the role of villain Victor Cassadine.

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09/02/1954

Jo Duffy, American author

Mary Jo Duffy is an American comic book editor and writer, known for her work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and DC Comics and Image Comics in the 1990s.

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Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist

Christopher Paul Gardner, Sr. is an American businessman and motivational speaker. He became a stockbroker in the mid-1980s and eventually founded his own brokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co, in 1987. In 2006, Gardner sold his minority stake in the firm and published a memoir. The book was later made into the motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness.

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Kevin Warwick, English scientist

Kevin Warwick is an English engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done research concerning robotics.

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09/02/1953

Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor

Ciarán Hinds is an Irish actor. Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles and has starred in feature films including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Persuasion (1995), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Munich (2005), Amazing Grace (2007), There Will Be Blood (2007), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Silence (2016), First Man (2018), and Belfast (2021), the last of which earned him nominations for Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (died 1985)

Ezechiele "Lele" Ramin, MCCJ was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist. He was described as a martyr of charity by Pope John Paul II after his murder in Brazil while defending the rights of the farmers and the Suruí natives of the Rondônia area against local landowners. His cause for beatification was opened in 2016, granting him the title of a Servant of God.

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Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek

Gabriel Rotello is an American musician, writer and filmmaker. He created New York's Downtown Divas revues in the 1980s, was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of OutWeek magazine, became the first openly gay columnist at a major American newspaper, New York Newsday, and authored the book Sexual Ecology. He now makes documentaries for HBO, The History Channel and other networks.

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09/02/1952

Danny White, American football player and sportscaster

Wilford Daniel White is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback and punter for 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was the third major franchise quarterback in Cowboys history, following Roger Staubach and Don Meredith. White was 62–30 as a starter, was a second team All-Pro selection in 1982, and led the Cowboys to five playoff appearances, with three consecutive appearances in the NFC Championship game from 1980 to 1982. White was also among the last Cowboys quarterbacks in the Tom Landry era, alongside 1988 starter Steve Pelluer.

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09/02/1951

David Pomeranz, American singer, musician, and composer

David Pomeranz is an American singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. He is also an ambassador for Operation Smile, a foundation dedicated to cleft lip and palate and a member of the Church of Scientology.

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09/02/1950

Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician

Richard Franklin Colburn was an American politician who was a Republican state senator for District 37 in Maryland.

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09/02/1949

Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist

Bernard Gallacher is a Scottish retired professional golfer. He captained the Europe team to victory in the 1995 Ryder Cup.

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Judith Light, American actress

Judith Ellen Light is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of A Doll's House. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1977 to 1983, where she played the role of Karen Wolek; for this role, she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1980 and 1981. In 2024, Light won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Poker Face.

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Marcia Garbey, Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist (died 2024)

Marcia Alejandra Garbey Montell was a Cuban athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. She was Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist in 1972 when she finished fourth in Munich.

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09/02/1948

Guy Standing, English economist and academic

Guy Standing is a British labour economist. He is a professor of development studies at SOAS University of London and the University of London. Standing co-founded the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) in 1986. Standing has written widely in the areas of labour economics, active labour market policies, unemployment, labour market flexibility, structural adjustment programs and social protection. Standing created the term precariat to describe an emerging class of workers who are harmed by low wages and poor job security as a consequence of globalisation. Since the 2011 publication of his book The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class, his work has focused on the precariat, deliberative democracy, commons, and has become a major advocate of universal basic income. Standing was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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09/02/1947

Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat

Carla Del Ponte is a Swiss former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in August 1999, replacing Louise Arbour.

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Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)

Joe Ely was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was "one of the main movers" of Austin, Texas's progressive country scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Major Harris, American singer (died 2012)

Major Harris III was an American R&B singer, associated with the Philadelphia soul sound and the Delfonics. His biggest hit as a solo artist was the 1975 single "Love Won't Let Me Wait".

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Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (died 2019)

Michel Lamarche was a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ringnames Alexis Smirnoff and Michel "Justice" Dubois, who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, including the Mid-South, Central States, Georgia and San Francisco territories, as well as brief stints in International Wrestling Enterprise, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1970s and 1980s.

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09/02/1946

Bob Eastwood, American golfer

Robert Fred Eastwood is an American professional golfer who has won numerous amateur and professional tournaments.

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Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster

Vincent Francis Papale is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, primarily on special teams, following two seasons with the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League (WFL). Papale's story was the inspiration behind the 2006 film Invincible in which he was played by Mark Wahlberg.

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Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy

James Henry Webb Jr. is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and is a retired Marine Corps officer. Webb has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2006, having initially been a Republican. He was the first Democratic U.S. senator to be elected in Virginia since 1994 and most recently elected who did not serve as Governor of Virginia.

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09/02/1945

Bill Bergey, American football player (died 2024)

William Earl Bergey was an American professional football linebacker who played for 12 seasons, most notably with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals of the American Football League (AFL) in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, the year before the AFL–NFL merger was completed and continued to play with the Bengals in the NFL until 1973. Bergey signed with the Eagles the following year, where he played seven seasons until retiring in 1981.

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Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and model

Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow is an American actress and activist. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the prime-time television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra. She achieved her career breakthrough and international acclaim as the titular character Rosemary in Roman Polanski's psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968), receiving nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She went on to appear in several films throughout the 1970s, such as Follow Me! (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Death on the Nile (1978). Her younger sister is Prudence Farrow.

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Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, the process that cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components.

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Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic

Carol Saunders Wood is a retired American mathematician, the Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics, Emerita, at Wesleyan University. Her research concerns mathematical logic and model-theoretic algebra, and in particular the theory of differentially closed fields.

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09/02/1944

Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician

Derryn Nigel Hinch is an Australian media personality, politician, actor, journalist and published author. Born in New Zealand, he moved to Australia in 1963 and became known for his career on Melbourne radio and television. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 2016 to 2019.

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Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.

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09/02/1943

Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter

Barbara Ann Lewis is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues.

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Joe Pesci, American actor

Joseph Frank Pesci is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019).

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Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. He is also a former member and chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. He is known for his support for the Georgism public finance theory and for his critical view of the management of globalization, of laissez-faire economists, and of international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

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09/02/1942

Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Carole King Klein is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 during the latter half of the 20th century and 61 songs that reached the UK charts, establishing her as the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts from 1962 to 2005.

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09/02/1941

Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer

Kermit Barron Gosnell was an American serial killer and abortion doctor. At his clinic in West Philadelphia, Gosnell provided illegal late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide after many live births, and ran a prescription pill mill which eventually attracted federal attention. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce labor, the manslaughter of one woman who died of an anesthetic overdose during an abortion procedure, and of several other abortion- and drug-related crimes. Staff at Gosnell's clinic testified that there were hundreds of infants born alive during abortion procedures and subsequently killed either by Gosnell himself or on Gosnell's orders by staff.

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Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician

Sheila James Kuehl is an American politician and retired actress, who served as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District from 2014 to 2022. Kuehl was California's first openly gay state legislator, having previously served in the California State Senate and the California State Assembly, where she was the Assembly's first female speaker pro tem.

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09/02/1940

Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter

Brian Laurence Bennett is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows. He is the father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett.

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J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate

John Maxwell Coetzee AC FRSL OMG is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language. He has won the Booker Prize (twice), the CNA Literary Award (thrice), the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina étranger, and The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and holds a number of other awards and honorary doctorates.

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09/02/1939

Mahala Andrews, English vertebrae palaeontologist (died 1997)

Mahala Andrews was a British vertebrae palaeontologist who worked for the National Museum of Scotland.

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Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer

Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician, and was part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil.

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Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director

Dame Janet Suzman is a South African-born British actress who had a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles on television. In her first film, Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), her performance as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna earned her several honours, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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09/02/1938

Raul Martirez, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (died 2024)

Raul José Quimpo Martirez was a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of San Jose de Antique from 1983 to 2002.

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09/02/1937

Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (died 2007)

Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was an American professional baseball third baseman—who occasionally played shortstop and second base—in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics (1955–1957), New York Yankees (1959–1966), and Atlanta Braves (1967–1971). Boyer also spent four seasons with the Taiyō Whales of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). In his 16-year big league career, Boyer hit 162 home runs, with 654 runs batted in (RBI), and a .242 batting average, in 1,725 games played.

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Fazle Haque, Bengali state minister

Mohammed Fazle Haque is an Indian politician and also was the past Minister of State for Home Ministry as well as Public Works in the government of West Bengal. He was also an MLA, elected from the Sitai constituency in the 2006 West Bengal legislative assembly election. He served 6 terms as an MLA.

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09/02/1936

Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (died 2019)

Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu was a Zimbabwean academic, diplomat, and politician. He joined the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963 as a teacher in Matabeleland, and went on to serve as its representative to the United Nations and North America in the 1970s. After Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, he was a member of the House of Assembly from 1980 to 1985 and served as a senator from 1985 to 1990. He left ZAPU and joined the ruling ZANU–PF party in 1984.

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Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter (died 2019)

Clive Walter Swift was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for his role as Richard Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. He played many other television and film roles.

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Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies.

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09/02/1935

Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author

Robert Lionel Fanthorpe is a retired British priest and entertainer. Fanthorpe also worked as a dental technician, journalist, teacher, television presenter, author and lecturer. Born in Dereham in Norfolk, he lives in Cardiff in South Wales, where he served as Director of Media Studies and tutor/lecturer in Religious Studies at the Cardiff Academy Sixth form college.

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09/02/1932

Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager

Tatsuro Hirooka is a Japanese retired professional baseball player and manager.

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Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer

Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction, with him being the most expensive living painter at one time.

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09/02/1931

Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1989)

Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, isolation, obsession and illness in controversial literature that was pessimistic about the human condition and highly critical of post-war Austrian and European culture. He developed a distinctive prose style often featuring multiple perspectives on characters and events, idiosyncratic vocabulary and punctuation, and long monologues by protagonists on the verge of insanity.

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Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015)

Josef Masopust was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten goals for his national team.

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Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter (died 2018)

Robert Morris was an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was regarded as having been one of the most prominent theorists of minimalism along with Donald Judd, but also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement, and installation art. Morris lived and worked in New York. In 2013 as part of the October Files, MIT Press published a volume on Morris, examining his work and influence, edited by Julia Bryan-Wilson.

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09/02/1930

Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (died 2003)

Garner Ted Armstrong was an American evangelist and the son of Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God, at the time a Sabbatarian organization that taught observance of seventh-day Sabbath and annual Sabbath days based on Leviticus 23.

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09/02/1929

A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014)

Abdul Rahman Antulay was an Indian politician. Antulay was a union minister for Minority Affairs and a Member of Parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha of India. Earlier he had been the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra, but was forced to resign after being convicted by the Bombay High Court on charges that he had extorted money for a trust fund he managed. Later, the Supreme Court of India gave him a clean chit in that case.

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Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (died 2005)

Clement Meadmore was an Australian-American furniture designer and sculptor known for massive outdoor steel sculptures.

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09/02/1928

Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (died 2010)

Frank Frazetta was an American artist known for themes of fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of fantasy art", and one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century. He was also the subject of a 2003 documentary Painting with Fire.

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Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2005)

Marinus Jacobus Hendricus "Rinus" Michels was a Dutch football player and coach. He played his entire career for Ajax, which he later managed, and played for and later managed the Netherlands national team for four spells. Throughout his career, he played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.

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Roger Mudd, American journalist (died 2021)

Roger Harrison Mudd was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He also worked as the primary anchor for the History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend and weekday substitute anchor for CBS Evening News, co-anchor of the weekday NBC Nightly News, and host of the NBC-TV's Meet the Press and American Almanac TV programs. Mudd was a recipient of a Peabody Award, a Joan Shorenstein Award for Distinguished Washington Reporting, and five Emmy Awards.

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09/02/1927

Richard A. Long, American historian and author (died 2013)

Richard A. Long was an American cultural historian and author, who has been called "one of the great pillars of African-American arts and culture". As an academic, he taught at University of Pennsylvania, University of Paris, University of Poitiers, Atlanta University, Emory University, Morgan State College and West Virginia State College, and had worked as a visiting lecturer at universities in Africa and India.

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09/02/1926

Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2011)

Garret Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist, and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 and was twice Leader of the Opposition between 1977 and 1982; he was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. FitzGerald served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1992 and was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1965 to 1969.

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09/02/1925

John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian (died 2024)

John Boswell Cobb Jr. was an American theologian, philosopher and environmentalist. He is often regarded as the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, the school of thought associated with the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. Cobb is the author of more than fifty books. In 2014, Cobb was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (died 2001)

Burkhard Heim was a German theoretical physicist known for proposing a unified field theory called Heim theory, which he claimed could have applications to the development of hyperspace travel.

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09/02/1923

Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (died 1964)

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely acknowledged alcohol dependence, despite attempts to treat it, impacted his creative capacities and contributed to health and social problems which curtailed his artistic output and finally his life. He is widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest writers.

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Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (died 2014)

Theodora Nathalia "Tonie" Nathan was an American radio producer, television producer, and political activist. She was the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a United States presidential election. She was the 1972 vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and running mate of John Hospers, when Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia, cast the historic vote as a faithless elector.

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09/02/1922

Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (died 2010)

Kathryn Grayson was an American actress and coloratura soprano.

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Jim Laker, English cricketer and broadcaster (died 1986)

James Charles Laker was an English professional cricketer. A right-arm off break bowler, Laker is generally regarded as one of the greatest spin bowlers in cricket history.

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C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (died 2014)

Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. He was sometimes popularly known as Captain Nair due to his service in the Indian Army.

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Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (died 2005)

Robert Edward Ogren was an American zoologist.

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09/02/1920

Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2012)

Sir Frederick Richard Allen was a captain and coach of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team. The All Blacks won all 14 of the test matches they played under his coaching.

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Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player (died 1993)

Enrico Schiavetti was an Italian professional football player. Born in Tivoli, he played for 3 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma.

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09/02/1919

John Abramovic, American basketball player (died 2000)

John M. Abramovic Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for the Pittsburgh Ironmen, St. Louis Bombers and Baltimore Bullets. Abramovic was nicknamed "Brooms" and worked in his family's broom manufacturing business after his playing retirement.

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09/02/1918

Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (died 2011)

Lloyd Noel Ferguson was an American chemist.

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09/02/1916

Tex Hughson, American baseball player (died 1993)

Cecil Carlton Hughson was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played his entire career in the American League with the Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed.

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09/02/1914

Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)

Ernest Dale Tubb, nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music.

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09/02/1912

Ginette Leclerc, French actress (died 1992)

Ginette Leclerc was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born in Ile-de-France, France and died in Paris. She was married to the actor Lucien Gallas. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as Le Corbeau (1943), The Baker's Wife (1938), Cab Number 13 (1948), and Tropic of Cancer (1970).

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Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (died 1968)

Futabayama Sadaji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Oita Prefecture. Entering sumo in 1927, he was the sport's 35th yokozuna from 1937 until his retirement in 1945. He won twelve yūshō or top division championships and had a winning streak of 69 consecutive bouts, an all-time record. Despite his dominance he was extremely popular with the public. After his retirement he was head coach of Tokitsukaze stable and chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.

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09/02/1911

William Orlando Darby, American general (died 1945)

William O. Darby was a career United States Army officer who fought in World War II, where he was killed in action at age 34 in Italy. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general. Darby was the founding commander of the First Ranger Battalion, which evolved into the United States Army Rangers. He was subsequently portrayed by James Garner in the 1958 theatrical film about Darby's career titled Darby's Rangers, which was also the title of his memoir, the source for many of his exploits.

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Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (died 1989)

Feeliks Esaias "Esa" Pakarinen was a Finnish actor, singer, accordionist and comedian, best known for the role of Pekka Puupää in the Pekka and Pätkä films from 1953–1960. He was also a skilled, self-taught accordion player.

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09/02/1910

Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)

Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biochemist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"

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09/02/1909

Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (died 2002)

Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson was a Scottish historian and paleographer.

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Heather Angel, English-American actress (died 1986)

Heather Grace Angel was a British actress. She was known for providing the voice of Mrs. Darling, Wendy's mother in Peter Pan (1953) and Alice's sister in Alice in Wonderland (1951).

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Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (died 1955)

Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known for her signature fruit hat outfits that she wore in her American films.

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Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (died 1994)

David Dean Rusk was the United States secretary of state from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the second-longest serving secretary of state after Cordell Hull from the Franklin Roosevelt administration. He had been a high government official in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as the head of a leading foundation.

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09/02/1907

Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (died 1988)

Trường Chinh, born Đặng Xuân Khu was a Vietnamese communist political leader, revolutionary and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese politics for over 40 years, and played a major role in the 1946–1954 war against the French. Trường also played an important role in shaping the politics of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and creating the socialist structure of the new Vietnam.

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Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1978)

Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Clapper played his entire professional career for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947, the first Honoured Member to be living at the time of his induction.

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Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (died 2003)

Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter was a British-Canadian geometer and mathematician. He is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.

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09/02/1906

André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (died 1999)

André Kostolany was a stock market expert, bon vivant and Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. He worked most of his life in France and Germany.

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09/02/1905

David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (died 1981)

David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, KStJ, styled Lord Burghley from birth until 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. He won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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09/02/1901

Brian Donlevy, American actor (died 1972)

Waldo Brian Donlevy was an American actor of film, stage, television, and radio. He appeared both in leading and supporting roles in Hollywood, and was noted for playing dangerous and tough "heavies", often in films noir. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Beau Geste (1939).

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James Murray, American actor (died 1936)

James T. Murray was an American film actor best known for starring in the 1928 film The Crowd.

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09/02/1898

Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (died 1927)

Jūkichi Yagi was a Japanese poet active in the late Taishō period and for the first few years of the Shōwa period, who focused on modern religious themes.

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09/02/1897

Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (died 1935)

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand.

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09/02/1896

Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (died 1982)

Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez was a Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. These pin-ups are sometimes known as Vargas girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists and one of the pioneers of airbrush art. Numerous Vargas paintings have sold and continue to sell for tens of thousands of dollars around the world.

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09/02/1895

Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (died 1959)

Dr. Hermann Louis Brill was a German resistance fighter, doctor of law and politician (SPD).

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09/02/1893

Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1987)

Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas was a Greek poet, lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 1965.

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09/02/1892

Peggy Wood, American actress (died 1978)

Mary Margaret Wood was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best remembered for her performance as the title character in the CBS television series Mama (1949–1957), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; her starring role as Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, in The Story of Ruth (1960); and her final screen appearance as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (1965), for which she received nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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09/02/1891

Ronald Colman, English-American actor (died 1958)

Ronald Charles Colman was an English actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States, where he had a highly successful Hollywood film career. Colman starred in silent films and successfully transitioned to sound, aided by his distinctive, pleasing voice. He was most popular during the 1930s and 1940s. Colman received Oscar nominations for Bulldog Drummond (1929), Condemned (1929) and Random Harvest (1942). He starred in several classic films, including A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Lost Horizon (1937) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Colman also played the starring role in the Technicolor classic Kismet (1944), with Marlene Dietrich. In 1947, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film A Double Life.

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Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (died 1964)

Kristian August Krefting was a Norwegian footballer, military officer, chemical engineer and company owner. He was Norwegian champion with the club Lyn in 1910 and 1911, and was on the Norway national football team at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (died 1980)

Pietro Sandro Nenni was an Italian socialist politician and statesman, the national secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and senator for life since 1970. He was a recipient of the Stalin Peace Prize in 1951. He was one of the founders of the Italian Republic and a central figure of the Italian political left from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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09/02/1889

Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 1928)

Lawrence Semon was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together. He directed and appeared in the 1925 silent film The Wizard of Oz, which had a slight influence on the better-known 1939 talkie The Wizard of Oz released by MGM. The film was included in the 2005 three-disc DVD version of the 1939 film, along with other silent Oz movies.

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09/02/1885

Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (died 1935)

Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre, he is remembered as one of the most important composers of the 20th century for his expressive style encompassing "entire worlds of emotion and structure".

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Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (died 1960)

Clarence Henry Haring was an American historian of Latin America and a pioneer in initiating the study of Latin American colonial institutions among scholars in the United States.

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09/02/1883

Jules Berry, French actor and director (died 1951)

Jules Berry was a French actor.

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09/02/1880

Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1959)

Lipót Fejér was a Hungarian mathematician.

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09/02/1878

Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (died 1959)

John Henry Kirwan was an Irish football player and coach. As a player, he was described as an out and out winger with good pace and skills, playing as an outside-left for, among others, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Ireland. As a football coach he became the first professional manager of Dutch side Ajax. He was the last survivor of the Tottenham team that won the 1901 FA Cup. In his early life he played Gaelic football for Dublin, winning an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1894.

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09/02/1876

Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963)

Arthur Edward Moore was an Australian politician. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ranks of the Labor Party between 1915 and 1957. Although successful in achieving the unity of the conservative forces in Queensland for an extended period, Moore's abilities were tested by the onset of the Great Depression and like many other governments in Australia and elsewhere his was unable to endure the formidable challenges it posed.

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09/02/1874

Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (died 1925)

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.

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09/02/1871

Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (died 1910)

Howard Taylor Ricketts was an American pathologist after whom the bacteria family Rickettsiaceae and the order Rickettsiales are named.

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09/02/1867

Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (died 1916)

Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fiction explored themes of individualism, loneliness, and the conflict between traditional Japanese values and the rapid Westernization of the Meiji era. His major works include I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirō (1908), Kokoro (1914), and his unfinished final novel Light and Dark (1916).

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09/02/1865

Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (died 1940)

Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner, better known by her stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell or Mrs Pat, was an English stage actress, best known for appearing in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw and Barrie. These included Shaw's Pygmalion where she originated the role of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the West End in 1914. She also toured the United States and appeared briefly in films.

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Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (died 1949)

Erich Dagobert von Drygalski was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia.

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09/02/1864

Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1941)

Miina Härma was an Estonian composer, organist, choir director, and music teacher, known for being Estonia's first professional female composer and organist.

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09/02/1863

Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (died 1933)

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898).

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09/02/1859

Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (died 1930)

Akiyama Yoshifuru was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and was considered the father of modern Japanese cavalry. He was the older brother of Vice Admiral Akiyama Saneyuki.

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09/02/1856

Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1921)

Hara Takashi , informally known as Hara Kei, was a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 until his assassination. Hara was the first commoner and first Christian appointed to be Prime Minister of Japan, and was given the moniker of "commoner prime minister" .

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09/02/1854

Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (died 1929)

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs was a Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader in both the Dutch and international women's movements. She led campaigns aimed at deregulating prostitution, improving women's working conditions, promoting peace and calling for women's right to vote.

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09/02/1847

Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (died 1902)

Hugh Price Hughes was a Welsh Methodist clergyman and religious reformer. He served in multiple leadership roles in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He organised the West London Methodist Mission, a key Methodist organisation today. Recognised as one of the greatest orators of his era, Hughes also founded and edited an influential newspaper, the Methodist Times in 1885. His editorials helped convince Methodists to break their longstanding support for the Conservatives and support the more moralistic Liberal Party, which other Nonconformist Protestants already supported.

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09/02/1846

Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (died 1929)

Wilhelm Maybach was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of Designers".

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Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (died 1904)

James Whitaker Wright was a company promoter and swindler, who committed suicide at the Royal Courts of Justice in London immediately following his conviction for fraud.

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09/02/1839

Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1896)

Silas Adams was an American attorney and politician from Kentucky who served for one term as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th congressional district.

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09/02/1837

José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (died 1872)

José Apolonio Burgos y García was a Filipino Catholic priest, accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. He was tried and executed in Manila along with two other clergymen, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora, who are collectively known as the Gomburza.

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09/02/1834

Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (died 1912)

Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn was a German law professor and nationalist author, poet and historian.

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09/02/1830

Abdülaziz, Ottoman Sultan and Caliph (died 1876)

Abdulaziz was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861.

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09/02/1826

Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883)

Ruth Ke‘elikōlani, or sometimes written as Luka Ke‘elikōlani, also known as Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Keanolani Kanāhoahoa or Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Ke‘elikōlani, was a member of the House of Kamehameha who served as Governor of the Island of Hawaiʻi and for a period, was the largest and wealthiest landowner in the Hawaiian Islands. Keʻelikōlani's genealogy is controversial. Her mother's identity is not disputed, while her grandfather Pauli Kaōleiokū's relationship to Kamehameha I is. While her father was legally identified as early as 1864, disputes to that lineage continued as late as 1919. As one of the primary heirs to the Kamehameha family, Ruth held much of the land that would become the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, funding the Kamehameha Schools.

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09/02/1815

Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (died 1894)

Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz was a Spanish painter.

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09/02/1814

Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (died 1886)

Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.

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09/02/1800

Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (died 1844)

Hyrum Smith was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the older brother of the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, and was killed with his brother at Carthage Jail where they were being held awaiting trial.

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09/02/1789

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (died 1849)

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger was a German stenographer; the inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand.

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09/02/1783

Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (died 1852)

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna and later to her son, the future tsar Alexander II.

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09/02/1781

Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (died 1826)

Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today's National Zoological Collection in Munich. Numerous examples of his ethnographic collections, such as dance masks and the like, are now part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Munich.

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09/02/1775

Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1856)

Farkas Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry.

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09/02/1773

William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (died 1841)

William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States from March to April 1841. He died 31 days into his term, making him the shortest serving president and the first president to die in office. Immediately after his death, vice president John Tyler took over, ending the constitutional crisis that had been triggered by the question of presidential succession in the U.S. Constitution.

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09/02/1769

George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1848)

George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U.S. representative, senator, Tennessee Supreme Court justice, U.S. ambassador to Russia and the 5th secretary of the treasury from February to October 1814.

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09/02/1763

Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (died 1830)

Ludwig I succeeded as Grand Duke of Baden on 8 December 1818. He was the uncle of his predecessor Karl Ludwig Friedrich, and his death marked the end of the Zähringen line of the House of Baden. He was succeeded by his half brother, Leopold.

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09/02/1748

Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1817)

Admiral of the Blue Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. In addition to serving as the governor of Newfoundland, he was also a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement. Duckworth, a vicar's son, achieved much in a naval career that began at the age of 11.

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09/02/1741

Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (died 1799)

Henri-Joseph Rigel was a German-born composer of the Classical era who spent most of his working life in France. He was born in Wertheim am Main where his father was musical intendant to the local prince. After an education in the Holy Roman Empire, where his teachers included Niccolò Jommelli, Rigel moved to Paris in 1767. He quickly acquired a reputation in musical circles and published harpsichord pieces, string quartets, symphonies and concertos. He began composing for the Concert Spirituel, most notably four hiérodrames : La sortie d'Egypte (1774), La destruction de Jericho (1778), Jephté (1783) and Les Macchabées. These show the influence of Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Gluck himself praised La sortie d'Égypte. Between 1778 and 1799 Rigel also wrote 14 operas, including the opéra comique Le savetier et le financier (1778).

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09/02/1737

Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (died 1809)

Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. His pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783) framed the Patriot argument for independence from Great Britain at the outset of the American Revolution. Paine advanced Enlightenment-era arguments for human rights that shaped revolutionary discourse on both sides of the Atlantic.

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09/02/1711

Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (died 1762)

Commandant Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla was a Spanish Navy officer who served in the Anglo-Spanish War. He was killed in action during the British siege of Havana in 1762.

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09/02/1666

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (died 1737)

Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney,, styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and the first officer of the British Army to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. After commanding a Scots Army regiment for the cause of William of Orange during the Williamite War in Ireland, he commanded another Scottish regiment in the Low Countries during the Nine Years' War.

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09/02/1651

Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (died 1727)

Procopio Cutò, also known as Francesco Procopio Cutò, Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, or François Procope was an Italian chef, a subject of the Kingdom of Sicily. He founded in 1686 what has become the oldest extant café in Paris, Café Procope. It became the first literary coffeehouse in Paris. For over 200 years the cafe-restaurant attracted notables in the world of arts, politics, and literature.

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09/02/1579

Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (died 1639)

Johannes Meursius was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary.

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09/02/1533

Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (died 1611)

Shimazu Yoshihisa was a powerful daimyō and the 16th Chief of Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, the eldest son of Shimazu Takahisa. He was renowned as a great general, who managed to subjugate Kyushu through the deft maneuvering of his three brothers. Eventually, in 1585, Yoshihisa seceded control of the entire Kyushu region.

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09/02/1441

Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (died 1501)

'Ali-Shir Nava'i, also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī was a Timurid poet, writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi mystic and painter who was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature.

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09/02/1344

Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (died 1363)

Meinhard, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was duke of Upper Bavaria and count of Tyrol from 1361 until his death. He was the son of Duke Louis V of Bavaria with Countess Margaret of Tyrol and as such also the last descendant of the Tyrolean branch of the House of Gorizia.

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09/02/1313

Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (died 1357)

Maria of Portugal was a Portuguese princess who became Queen of Castile upon her marriage to Alfonso XI in 1328. She was the eldest daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife Beatrice of Castile.

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09/02/1274

Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (died 1297)

Saint Louis of Toulouse, also known as Louis of Anjou, was a Neapolitan prince of the Capetian House of Anjou and a Catholic bishop.

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09/02/1060

Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130)

Pope Honorius II, born Lamberto Scannabecchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 December 1124 to his death in 1130.

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