10th January — World Laughter Day

On this day, 209 notable people were born on 10th January — spanning from 626 to 2003. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

10/01/2003

Cesare Casadei, Italian footballer

Cesare Casadei is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Torino.

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10/01/2001

Santi Aldama, Spanish basketball player

Santiago Aldama Toledo is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship.

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10/01/2000

Erik Botheim, Norwegian footballer

Erik Botheim is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF and the Norway national team.

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Reneé Rapp, American singer-songwriter and actress

Reneé Jane Rapp is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020). She reprised the role in the 2024 musical film adaptation and also contributed to its soundtrack. Rapp has also acted in the HBO Max comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2024). She released her debut EP, Everything to Everyone, in 2022, which was followed by her full-length studio album, Snow Angel, in 2023. Rapp's second album, Bite Me, was released on August 1, 2025.

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10/01/1999

Mason Mount, English footballer

Mason Tony Mount is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United.

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Youssouf Fofana, French footballer

Youssouf Fofana is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan.

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10/01/1997

Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player

Patrick Herbert is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

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Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player

Blake Lawrie is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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10/01/1996

Budda Baker, American football player

Bishard "Budda" Baker is an American professional football safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, and was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft. Baker is an eight-time Pro Bowler and a four-time All-Pro member.

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Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player

Matthew Lawrence Dufty is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSW Cup.

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Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player

Dylan Edwards is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level. He is regarded as the best defensive fullback in the game.

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Ahmed Sayed, Egyptian footballer

Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed commonly known as Zizo, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.

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10/01/1993

Tobias Rieder, German ice hockey player

Tobias Rieder is a German professional ice hockey player who is a forward for EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Rieder was originally selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round, 114th overall, of the 2011 NHL entry draft, and made his NHL debut in 2014–15 with the Arizona Coyotes. He has also previously played with the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and Buffalo Sabres.

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10/01/1991

Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player

Chad Townsend is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a halfback for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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10/01/1990

John Carlson, American ice hockey player

John Carlson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL entry draft after playing a year in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Indiana Ice. Before reaching the NHL, Carlson played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the London Knights and played professionally with the Capitals' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hershey Bears. He also participated internationally for the United States in the 2010 World Juniors and 2014 Winter Olympics. Carlson won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Capitals in 2018, as the highest-scoring defenseman during the playoffs.

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Martin Jones, Canadian ice hockey player

Martin Jones is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a goaltender for 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Seattle Kraken, and Toronto Maple Leafs. A standout goaltender in junior with the Calgary Hitmen, Jones was named the Western Hockey League's goaltender of the year in the 2009–10 season and won a silver medal with Canada junior team at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

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Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler

Ishiura Shikanosuke is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture. Wrestling for Miyagino stable, he debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his makuuchi debut in November 2016. His highest rank was maegashira 5, and he has one special prize for Fighting Spirit. He retired from sumo on 1 June 2023.

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Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player

Cody Walker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and halfback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

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10/01/1989

Ali Gabr, Egyptian footballer

Ali Gabr Gabr Mossad is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids and the Egyptian national team as a centre-back.

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10/01/1988

Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner

Leonard Patrick Komon is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner and was the world record holder in the 10 kilometres. His 10K world record in 2010 with a time of 26:44 is a 17 seconds improvement on the previous best. He won a half marathon with 59:14 in 2014 (Berlin), which was the fastest debut half marathon in history at the time.

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10/01/1987

César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer

César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual World Championship gold medals and breaking two world records.

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10/01/1986

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player

Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 Tournoi de Québec, as well as seven doubles titles. She also won 13 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour.

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Marcus Freeman, American football coach

Marcus Louis Freeman is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the 30th head football coach at the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Notre Dame in 2021. Freeman was also an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati, Purdue University, Kent State University, and Ohio State University.

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10/01/1985

Robert Nilsson, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

Robert Åke Nilsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He last played with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).

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10/01/1984

Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer

Marouane Chamakh is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability". Chamakh is also Bordeaux's eleventh highest goalscorer of all time.

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Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper

Ariane Friedrich is a German high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the German outdoor record holder in the event with a best of 2.06 m, although this is 1 cm less than the indoor record held by Heike Henkel.

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Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress

Kalki Koechlin is a French actress who works in films and stage. Known for her unconventional body of work, primarily in Hindi films, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award. Although a French citizen, she has been raised and lived most of her life in India.

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10/01/1982

Julien Brellier, French footballer

Julien Brellier is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder. His former clubs include Hearts and Norwich City.

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Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer

Tomasz Brzyski is a Polish footballer who played as a left back or midfielder who plays for regional league club Cisowianka Drzewce.

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10/01/1981

Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure

Jared Corey Kushner is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th president of the United States Donald Trump. Kushner has served in official and informal roles in the first and second Trump administrations.

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Belinda Snell, Australian basketball player

Belinda Snell is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played 10 seasons in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in addition to the WNBA and Europe.

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10/01/1980

Sarah Shahi, American actress

Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime drama Person of Interest (2012–2016), Billie on the Netflix series Sex/Life (2021–2023), and Dr. Gabriela Torabi in Hulu thriller series Paradise (2025–present). She portrayed the major character Det. Dani Reese in Life, and had a supporting role in Alias. In 2018, she starred in the series Reverie. In 2019, she appeared in a recurring role in City on a Hill on Showtime,, co-stars in 2022's "Black Adam" as Adrianna Tomaz, and appeared in seven episodes of the series The Rookie as hostage rescue specialist Jessica Russo. In 2023, she received praise for her role as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Zahra Bankston in Red, White & Royal Blue.

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Rastislav Staňa, Slovak ice hockey player

Rastislav Staňa is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2000 to 2015, was mainly spent in Europe. Internationally Stana played for the Slovak national team at 6 Ice Hockey World Championships, winning the gold medal in 2002, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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10/01/1979

Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer

Simone Cavalli is a former Italian footballer who played as a forward.

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Silvia Kumpan-Takacs, Austrian politician

Silvia Kumpan-Takacs is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as a member of the National Council since 2024. She has been a city councillor of Rauchenwarth since 2015.

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Henrik Tallinder, Swedish ice hockey player

Henrik Per Tallinder is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils.

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10/01/1978

Brent Smith, American singer and songwriter

Brent Smith is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters of the rock band Shinedown.

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Tamina Snuka, American wrestler

Sarona Moana Marie Reiher Snuka-Polamalu is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE where she performs under the ring name, Tamina.

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Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer

Johannes Jacobus van der Wath is a South African former cricketer who played Limited Over Internationals.

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10/01/1977

A. J. Bramlett, American basketball player

Aaron Jordan Bramlett is an American former professional basketball player.

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Clark Haggans, American football player (died 2023)

Clark Cromwell Haggans was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams as a defensive end, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL draft. Haggans played in the NFL from 2000 through 2012 for the Steelers, Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers.

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10/01/1976

Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health

Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, also known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter, and podcaster. He is currently a presenter on Hot FM and co-hosts the political podcast Keluar Sekejap with Shahril Hamdan. Khairy previously served as Minister of Health from August 2021 to November 2022 under Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

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Adam Kennedy, American baseball player

Adam Thomas Kennedy is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

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10/01/1975

Jake Delhomme, American football player

Jake Christopher Delhomme is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Delhomme played college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, before being signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent after the 1997 NFL draft. Delhomme began his professional career as a practice squad player with the Saints in 1997 and 1998 and played in the NFL Europe for two years in between NFL seasons. Returning to the Saints, Delhomme played his first NFL games in 1999. Delhomme played as the Carolina Panthers starting quarterback from 2003 to 2009. Delhomme held many of Carolina's quarterback records until Cam Newton broke most of them. Delhomme led the team to Super Bowl XXXVIII in his first season with Carolina. After his departure from Carolina, Delhomme also played for the Cleveland Browns in 2010 and Houston Texans in 2011.

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10/01/1974

Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created the comedy television series of the same name for both the BBC and HBO, for which he received six Primetime Emmy nominations.

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Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager

Davide Dionigi is an Italian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Serie B club Reggiana.

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Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach

Steve Marlet is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the France national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at Euro 2004.

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Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager

Bob Peeters is a Belgian football executive and former player and manager. He currently serves as sporting director of Challenger Pro League club Beveren.

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Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor

Hritik Rakesh Nagrath, known professionally as Hrithik Roshan, is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Referred to as the millennial superstar, he has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won many awards, including six Filmfare Awards, of which four were for Best Actor. Starting from 2012, he has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 several times based on his income and popularity.

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10/01/1973

Glenn Robinson, American basketball player

Glenn Alan Robinson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Dog" and "the Chosen One", he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1994 to 2005 for the Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, and San Antonio Spurs. Robinson attended Purdue University and was the first overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft. He is the father of Glenn Robinson III, who played college basketball at the University of Michigan and has also played in the NBA. His daughter is Jaimie Robinson.

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Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer

Félix Juan Trinidad García, professionally known as Tito Trinidad, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes and is considered to be one of the greatest Puerto Rican boxers of all time.

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10/01/1972

Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author

Mohammed Benzakour is a Moroccan-Dutch columnist, essayist, poet, writer and politician. He is the third child in a family of five. At age three, he and mother and siblings settle in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, where his father worked. He graduated from high school at vwo level and studied sociology at Leiden University and later political science and moved to Rotterdam to finish his master. Meanwhile, he joined the Labour Party. He started his journalism career working for De Volkskrant and also published in NRC Handelsblad, De Groene Amsterdammer and Vrij Nederland. He received the ASN Media Prize in 1999 and the Silver Zebra in 2001 for insights in a 'society in motion'. He later published two books, Abou Jahjah: Nieuwlichter of Oplichter. De demonisering van een politiek rebel in 2004 and Osama's Grot, Allah, Holland en ik, a compilation of his columns, articles and essays from 2001 until 2005, the year of publication. In that same year he also won the Peace Prize for Journalism. In 2008 his 'Stinkende Heelmeesters' was published, a compilation of essays, reviews, columns and reports from 2001 to 2008.

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10/01/1970

Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports

Alisa Marić is a Serbian chess player and politician who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). She was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013.

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10/01/1969

Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson

Simone Bagel-Trah is a German businesswoman who serves as chairwoman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel.

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10/01/1968

Zoe Tay, Singaporean actress and model

Zoe Tay Hui Gek is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie".

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10/01/1966

Jeremy Sims, Australian actor

Jeremy Hartley Sims is an Australian actor and director.

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10/01/1964

Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bradley Kenneth Roberts is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies and the only constant member since its inception. He is known for his bass-baritone range. The band is best known internationally for their 1993 album God Shuffled His Feet and single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and best known in Canada for the 1991 single "Superman's Song".

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10/01/1963

Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer

Malcolm Dunford is a former successful New Zealand association football player who frequently represented his country in the 1980s and 90s. A centre back, Dunford played with a number of central defenders including Bobby Almond, Ricki Herbert- stalwarts of New Zealand's successful 1982 World Cup campaign - and Ceri Evans.

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Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (died 2001)

Kira Valentinovna Ivanova was a Soviet Russian figure skater. She was the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1985 World silver medalist, a four-time European silver medalist, and a three-time Soviet national champion.

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10/01/1962

Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician

Michael M. Fortier is a Canadian investment banker, lawyer and former politician who was Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2006 to 2008 and Minister of International Trade in 2008. A member of the Conservative Party, Fortier was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2006 on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, before resigning as a senator to run as a member of Parliament (MP) in the 2008 federal election. He contested Vaudreuil—Soulanges, placing second.

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Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic

Kathryn S. McKinley is an American computer scientist noted for her research on compilers, runtime systems, and computer architecture. She is also known for her leadership in broadening participation in computing. McKinley was co-chair of CRA-W from 2011 to 2014.

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10/01/1961

Evan Handler, American actor

Evan Handler is an American actor who is best known for playing Harry Goldenblatt, a divorce attorney and later husband of Charlotte York, on Sex and the City (2002–2004) and its revival series And Just Like That... (2021–25), and Charlie Runkle, Hank Moody's comically bumbling friend and agent, on Californication (2007–2014). Recently, he starred as Eastern District US Attorney Jacob Warner in the Starz drama Power.

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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is an Italian and American classical violinist and teacher.

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10/01/1960

Richard Bartle, British game designer and academic

Richard Allan Bartle is a British writer, professor and game researcher in the massively multiplayer online game industry. He co-created MUD1 in 1978, and is the author of the 2003 book Designing Virtual Worlds.

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Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter

Gurinder Kaur Chadha, is a Kenyan-born British film director of Indian origin, best known for the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in England. The common theme in her work showcases the trials of Indian women residing in the UK and how they must reconcile their converging traditional and modern cultures. Many of her films address social and emotional issues, especially ones faced by immigrants caught between two worlds.

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Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland

Brian Bernard Cowen is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several ministerial roles between 1992 and 2011, including as Minister for Finance from 2004 to 2008 and Tánaiste from 2007 to 2008.

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Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2024)

Benoît Pelletier was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician in the province of Quebec.

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10/01/1959

Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach

Chandra Danette Cheeseborough is a retired American sprinter. She won two gold medals and a silver at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician

Christopher Van Hollen Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017 and as a Maryland state senator from 1995 to 2003.

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Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer

Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer.

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10/01/1956

Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Shawna Lee "Shawn" Colvin is an American singer and songwriter. She began her career performing in several folk and rock bands throughout the 1970s and 1980s before touring with Suzanne Vega in 1988, which landed her a recording contract with Columbia Records. Her debut studio album Steady On (1989) received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Her subsequent albums Fat City (1992) and Cover Girl (1994) saw moderate commercial success before Colvin's fourth studio album A Few Small Repairs (1996) saw the large success of the single "Sunny Came Home", which received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Colvin's career also gained a following in the 1990s after she performed during all three original iterations of the Lilith Fair music festival. Following the release of her fifth studio album Whole New You (2001), Colvin signed with Nonesuch Records for her next two studio albums These Four Walls (2006) and All Fall Down (2012), both of which saw continued moderate success. Her most recent studio releases include Uncovered (2015) and The Starlighter (2018). William Morrow published Colvin's memoir Diamond in the Rough in 2012 to a positive reception.

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Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author

Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 8 June 1995. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.

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10/01/1955

Michael Schenker, German musician and songwriter

Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of Lovedrive, and then to form MSG. He rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists of the 1970s, and has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar".

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10/01/1954

Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator

Baba Vaziroglu is a prosaist, poet, translator, member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 1981, laureate of Republic Komsomol award, and an Honoured Art Figure of Azerbaijan Republic since 1 August 2005.

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10/01/1953

Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter

Patricia Mae Giraldo is an American singer and songwriter. In the US, she has two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 US Billboard top 40 singles, while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums, and has sold over 36 million albums worldwide. She is a four-time Grammy Award winner. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

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Bobby Rahal, American race car driver

Robert Woodward Rahal is an American racing driver and motorsports executive. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. As co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, he won the Indianapolis 500 in 2004 and 2020 with drivers Buddy Rice and Takuma Sato, respectively.

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10/01/1949

Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)

Kemal Derviş was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations". In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He was vice president and director of the global economy and development program at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

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George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)

George Edward Foreman was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author. In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997, and was nicknamed "Big George". He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. He is the namesake of the George Foreman Grill.

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Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)

Linda Lovelace was an American actress who became famous for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat. She later spoke out about the fact that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, had threatened and coerced her into participation, saying that "if you watch the movie, you are watching me get raped." In her autobiography Ordeal, she described what took place behind the scenes. She later became a born-again Christian and a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement.

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10/01/1948

Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician

Henry Olavi "Remu" Aaltonen is a Finnish drummer and singer. He is the lead musician of the band Hurriganes, but has also pursued a solo singing career.

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Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician

Donald Jay Fagen is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his contributions to Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums, beginning with The Nightfly in 1982, which was nominated for seven Grammys.

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Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster

Bernard Thévenet is a retired professional cyclist. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though both feats are tarnished by Thévenet's later admission of steroids use during his career. He also won the Dauphiné Libéré in 1975 and 1976.

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10/01/1947

George Alec Effinger, American author (died 2002)

George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio.

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James Morris, American opera singer

James Peppler Morris is an American bass-baritone opera singer. He is known for his interpretation of the role of Wotan in Richard Wagner's operatic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Metropolitan Opera video recording of the complete cycle with Morris as Wotan has been described as an "exceptional issue on every count." It was broadcast on PBS in 1990, to the largest viewing audience of the Ring Cycle in human history.

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Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance

Peer Steinbrück is a German politician who was the Chancellor-candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 2013 federal election. Steinbrück served as the eighth Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2002 to 2005, a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2016, and as Federal Minister of Finance in the first Cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2009.

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Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia

Tiit Vähi is an Estonian politician who was Prime Minister of Estonia from 1995 to 1997. He was also acting Prime Minister for several months during 1992 under the transitional government.

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10/01/1945

John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (died 2020)

John Joseph Fahey was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1992 to 1995 and as the federal Minister for Finance from 1996 to 2001. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996 and the federal House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001. Fahey also served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and later became chancellor of the Australian Catholic University.

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Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter

Sir Roderick David Stewart is a British singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. His music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. He was a member of various bands before joining the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also launched a solo career, releasing his debut album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, that year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B. His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its single "Maggie May". His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada. Its single, "You Wear It Well", topped the UK chart and was a moderate hit elsewhere.

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Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination

Gunther von Hagens is a German anatomist, businessman, and lecturer. He developed the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. Von Hagens has organized numerous Body Worlds public exhibitions and occasional live demonstrations of his and his colleagues' work, and has traveled worldwide to promote its educational value. The sourcing of biological specimens for and the commercial background of his exhibits has been controversial.

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10/01/1944

Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s. Jones created the cover art for more than 150 books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine art during and after this time. Fantasy artist Frank Frazetta supposedly described Jones as "the greatest living painter" and she included the quote on her website, but the source of the quote is unknown and Frazetta denied ever having said it when asked. Although Jones first achieved fame as simply Jeff Jones and later as Jeffrey Jones, she transitioned to female and added Catherine as a middle name in 1998.

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William Sanderson, American actor

William Sanderson is an American retired actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film Blade Runner (1982), and had regular roles on several television series, playing Larry on Newhart (1982–1990), E. B. Farnum on Deadwood, and Sheriff Bud Dearborne on True Blood.

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Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (died 2016)

Francis Wayne Sinatra, known professionally as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American jazz and big band singer, songwriter, conductor and actor. He was the second child and only son of singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra, the younger brother of singer and actress Nancy Sinatra, and the older brother of television producer Tina Sinatra.

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10/01/1943

Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)

James Joseph Croce was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After forming a partnership with the songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen in the early 1970s, Croce's fortunes turned. His breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached number one after Croce died. The follow-up album Life and Times included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", Croce's only number-one hit during his lifetime.

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10/01/1942

Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (died 2018)

Graeme Arthur Gahan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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10/01/1941

Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

Sir Thomas Clarke, is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the SNP in the May 2015 general election.

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10/01/1940

Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (died 2013)

Godfrey Matthew Hewitt was a British professor and evolutionary geneticist at the University of East Anglia who was very influential in the development of the fields of molecular ecology, phylogeography, speciation and hybridisation.

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K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music and is the most famous cultural and entertainment industry icon of Kerala from the modern era. In a career spanning six decades, Yesudas is estimated to have recorded more than 50,000 songs in various Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Tulu, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi as well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian. He is referred to by the epithet Gaanagandharvan in reverence for his sweet, ethereal voice. Yesudas holds the world record for singing and recording 16 new songs in different languages in a single day. He has also composed a number of Malayalam film songs during the 1970s and 1980s.

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10/01/1939

David Horowitz, American writer and activist (died 2025)

David Joel Horowitz was an American conservative writer and activist. He was a founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website FrontPage Magazine; and director of Discover the Networks, a website that tracks individuals and groups on the political left. Horowitz also founded the organization Students for Academic Freedom.

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Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

Scott McKenzie was an American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single "San Francisco ".

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Sal Mineo, American actor (died 1976)

Salvatore Mineo Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the coming-of-age drama film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 17, making him the fifth-youngest nominee in the category.

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Bill Toomey, American athlete

William Anthony Toomey is an American former track and field competitor and was the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.

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10/01/1938

Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (died 2012)

Elza Imameddin qizi Ibrahimova was an Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2008), and People's Artist of Dagestan.

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Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician

Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of computer science. Knuth has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms".

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Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

Francis William Mahovlich is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a former Liberal Senator in the Canadian Senate. He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 Mahovlich was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. Mahovlich was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. His brother Peter also played in the NHL. His nickname is "The Big M".

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Willie McCovey, American baseball player (died 2018)

Willie Lee McCovey, nicknamed "Stretch" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for whom he played 19 seasons. McCovey also played for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics in the latter part of his MLB career.

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10/01/1936

Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (died 2002)

Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history.

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Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American astronomer who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arno Penzias "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".

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10/01/1935

Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Ronald Cornett Hawkins was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned 66 years. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He found success in Ontario, Canada, and lived there for most of his life. Hawkins was an institution of the Ontario music scene for over 40 years. He was influential in the evolution of rock music in Canada.

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Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator

Sherrill Milnes is an American dramatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. His voice is a high dramatic baritone, combining good legato with an incisive rhythmic style.

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10/01/1934

Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022)

Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994. Kravchuk's presidency was marked by Ukraine achieving independence from the Soviet Union, the handover of its post-Soviet nuclear arsenal and an economic crisis that ultimately resulted in him losing re-election. Prior to his presidency, he was Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. After leaving office, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine for the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united).

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10/01/1932

Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (died 2020)

Louis Ray Henson was an American college basketball coach. He retired as the all-time leader in victories at the University of Illinois with 423 victories and New Mexico State with 289 victories. Overall, Henson won 779 games putting him in sixteenth place on the all-time list. Henson was also one of only four NCAA coaches to have amassed at least 200 total wins at two institutions. On February 17, 2015, Henson was selected as a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. In August 2015, prior to the reopening of the newly renovated State Farm Center at the University of Illinois, the hardwood floor was dedicated and renamed Lou Henson Court in his honor. The court at the Pan American Center at New Mexico State University is also named in his honor.

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10/01/1931

Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)

Peter Barnes was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His best known work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination.

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Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician (died 2025)

Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids,, COG was a British Labour politician, who served as member of the House of Lords from 1999 to 2019.

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Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (died 2015)

Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991 until his death in 2015. Overall, his career as an elected politician lasted for some 48 years following his election to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1967.

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10/01/1930

Roy E. Disney, American businessman (died 2009)

Roy Edward Disney was an American businessman, media executive, and filmmaker. He was best known for serving as a senior executive for the Walt Disney Company and the chairman of its animation division, both of which were founded by his uncle, Walt Disney, and his father, Roy O. Disney.

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10/01/1928

Philip Levine, American poet and academic (died 2015)

Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets from 2000 to 2006, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011–2012.

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Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (died 2016)

Peter Mathias, was a British economic historian and the former Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford. His research focused on the history of industry, business, and technology, both in Britain and Europe. He is most well known for his publication of The First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain 1700–1914 (1969), which discussed not only the multiple factors that made industrialisation possible, but also how it was sustained.

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10/01/1927

Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (died 2003)

Gisèle MacKenzie was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and commercial spokesperson, best known for her performances on the US television program Your Hit Parade.

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Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1990)

John Alvin Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.

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Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2012)

Otto Anton Stich was a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1984 to 1995 and held the Swiss presidency in 1988 and 1994.

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10/01/1926

Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017)

Musallam Wajih Bseiso was a Palestinian journalist and politician.

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10/01/1925

Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (died 2013)

Billie Sol Estes was an American businessman and financier best known for his involvement in a business fraud scandal that complicated his ties to friend and future U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.

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10/01/1924

Earl Bakken, American inventor (died 2018)

Earl Elmer Bakken was an American engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.

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Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 1996)

Ludmilla Chiriaeff was a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director.

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10/01/1922

Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (died 2001)

William Beveridge Liddell was a Scottish footballer who played his entire professional career with Liverpool. He signed with the club as a teenager in 1938 and retired in 1961, having scored 228 goals in 534 appearances. He was Liverpool's leading goalscorer in the league in eight out of nine seasons from 1949–50 to 1957–58, and surpassed Elisha Scott's club record for most league appearances in 1957.

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10/01/1921

Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (died 2004)

Rodger Morris Ward was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known for winning two National Championships, and two Indianapolis 500s, both in 1959 and 1962. He also won the AAA National Stock Car Championship in 1951.

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10/01/1920

Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (died 2008)

Rosella Hightower was an American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation. One of the Five Moons, she achieved fame in both the United States and Europe, and later enjoyed a career as an instructor and opera director.

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Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (died 2015)

Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda was an Argentine Army general who was the 36th President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971. His presidency was marked by a protectionist economic policy amid the country's financial struggles, and the imposition of the death penalty against terrorists and kidnappers.

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10/01/1919

Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (died 1977)

Terukuni Manzō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ogachi, Akita. He was the sport's 38th yokozuna. He was promoted to yokozuna without any top division tournament titles to his name, although he later attained two.

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Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (died 2009)

Milton Parker was a co-owner of the Carnegie Deli, located at 55th Street and Seventh Avenue next to Carnegie Hall in the New York City borough of Manhattan, serving as the behind-the-scenes preparer of towering pastrami sandwiches while his partner Leo Steiner was the tummler who entertained celebrities, locals and tourists.

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10/01/1918

Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (died 1999)

Leslie Donald Bennett was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.

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Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (died 2008)

Arthur Raymond Chung was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president and head of state of a non-Asian country. A leader in Guyana's fight for independence during the British colonial era, Chung was honoured with Guyana's highest national honour, the Order of Excellence (O.E.).

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10/01/1917

Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (died 2008)

Gerald Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the time, including Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dire Straits, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan. Wexler was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and in 2017 to the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

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10/01/1916

Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Karl Sune Detlof Bergström was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, together with Bengt I. Samuelsson. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane in 1982, for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.

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Eldzier Cortor, American painter (died 2015)

Eldzier Cortor was an American artist and printmaker. His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings, influenced by both traditional African art and European surrealism. He is known for his style of realism that makes accurate depictions of poor, Black living conditions look fantastic as he distorts perspective.

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Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)

Donald Maurice Metz was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played parts of nine seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1939 to 1949. While with the Maple Leafs he won the Stanley Cup five times. Born in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, he was the brother of Leafs teammate Nick Metz.

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10/01/1915

Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (died 1976)

Charles Dean Dixon was an American conductor.

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Cynthia Freeman, American author (died 1988)

Beatrice Cynthia Freeman, later Beatrice Feinberg, best-known under the pen name Cynthia Freeman, was an American romance novelist. She was known for multigenerational romances centered on Jewish family life and the drama of immigration and cultural assimilation.

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10/01/1914

Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (died 2000)

Yu Kuo-hwa was a Taiwanese economist who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.

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10/01/1913

Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1991)

Gustáv Husák was a Slovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989.

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Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (died 1981)

Mehmet Ismail Shehu was an Albanian communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known as a close confidant of Enver Hoxha and served in various high-ranking positions in the government.

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10/01/1912

Della H. Raney, American Army Air Corps officer (died 1987)

Della Hayden Raney was an American nurse in the Army Nurse Corps. Raney was the first African American nurse to report for duty in World War II and the first to be appointed chief nurse. In 1944, she became the first black nurse affiliated with the Army Air Corps promoted to captain, and she was later promoted to major in 1946. Raney retired from the Army in 1978.

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Maria Mandl, Austrian Lagerführerin at Auschwitz koncentration camp (died 1948)

Maria Mandl was an Austrian-born Holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal. From 1942 until her arrest in 1945, she served as the Schutzhaftlagerführerin at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. She also held positions at the Lichtenburg and Ravensbrück camps as Aufseherin (overseer) and Oberaufseherin, respectively.

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10/01/1911

Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (died 2013)

Binod Bihari Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi social worker and anti-colonial revolutionary. An influential member in the Indian independence movement and veteran of the civil society of Bangladesh, he is mostly known for his participation in the Chittagong armoury raid, an armed uprising led by Surya Sen to uproot the British colonial rule in India in 1930.

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Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (died 2004)

Norman George Heatley OBE was an English biologist and biochemist. He was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. Heatley developed the back-extraction technique for efficiently purifying penicillin in bulk.

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10/01/1910

Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (died 1976)

Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon was a French conductor and composer.

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10/01/1908

Jaime Garcia Goulart, Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (died 1997)

Jaime Garcia Goulart was a Portuguese Catholic prelate and missionary in Portuguese Timor who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Dili from 1945 to 1967. Born on the island of Pico in the Azores, he entered the seminary at age 13 and was ordained a priest in 1931. Between 1932 and 1940, he served as a missionary in the Portuguese colonies of Macau and Timor.

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Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)

Paul Henreid was an Austrian-American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for several film roles during the Second World War, including Capt. Karl Marsen in Night Train to Munich (1940), Victor Laszlo in Casablanca (1942) and Jerry Durrance in Now, Voyager (1942).

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Bernard Lee, English actor (died 1981)

John Bernard Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first 11 Eon-produced James Bond films. His film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from the age of six.

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10/01/1907

Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (died 2003)

Gordon Kidd Teal was an American engineer. He invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors. He, together with Morgan Sparks, invented a modification of the process that produced the configuration necessary for the fabrication of bipolar junction transistors. He is most remembered for developing the first silicon transistor while at Texas Instruments.

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10/01/1904

Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (died 1987)

Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer who started his movie career in the silent-film era. Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is best known for his roles in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Hunk and the Scarecrow and in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby.

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10/01/1903

Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (died 1975)

Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War.

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Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (died 1997)

Voldemar Väli was an Estonian two-time Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.

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10/01/1900

Violette Cordery, English racing driver (died 1983)

Violette Cordery was a British racing driver and long distance record breaker.

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10/01/1898

Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (died 1979)

Katharine Burr Blodgett was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge, in 1926.

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10/01/1896

Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (died 1962)

Yong Mun Sen was a Malaysian artist and one of the founders of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, then Malaya. Born Yong Yen Lang in Kuching, Sarawak, he changed his name to Yong Mun Sen in 1922.

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Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (died 1990)

Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar was an Indian writer, editor, art collector and historian. He is best remembered for establishing the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.

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10/01/1895

Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (died 1975)

Percy Wells Cerutty was an Australian athletics coach in the 1950s and 1960s.

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10/01/1894

Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (died 1972)

Pingali Lakshmikantam was an Indian poet and writer.

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10/01/1893

Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1932)

Albert Jacka, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Jacka was the first Australian to be decorated with the VC during the First World War, receiving the medal for his actions during the Gallipoli Campaign. He later served on the Western Front and was twice more decorated for his bravery.

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10/01/1892

Dumas Malone, American historian and author (died 1986)

Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History.

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Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (died 1974)

Melchior Wańkowicz was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about the battle of Monte Cassino.

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10/01/1891

Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (died 1970)

Heinrich Behmann was a German mathematician. He performed research in the field of set theory and predicate logic.

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Ann Shoemaker, American actress (died 1978)

Ann Shoemaker was an American actress who appeared in 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976. She portrayed Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in both the stage and film versions of Sunrise at Campobello.

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10/01/1890

Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (died 1984)

Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone gave her the lead role in The Fire (1916). Over the next nine years, Menichelli made a series of films, often trading on her image as a diva and on her passionate, decadent eroticism. Menichelli became a global star, and one of the most appreciated actresses in Italian cinema, before her retirement in 1924, aged 34.

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10/01/1887

Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (died 1962)

John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet known for his work about the central Californian coast. Much of his poetry was written in narrative and epic form; however, he is also known for his shorter verse and is considered an icon of the environmental movement.

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10/01/1883

Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1966)

Francis Xavier Bushman was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. He gained a large female following and was one of the biggest stars of the 1910s and early '20s.

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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (died 1945)

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian and Soviet writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction.

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10/01/1880

Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (died 1940)

Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He has been called the father of the Republic and was the most prominent leader of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.

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10/01/1878

John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)

John Frederick McLean was an All-American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach. He won a silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with a time of 15.5 seconds. He was also selected as an All-American football player in 1899 while playing for the University of Michigan. He went on to coach the Knox College and University of Missouri football teams in the 1900s. He was dismissed from his coaching position at Missouri in January 1906 after being accused of paying money to a player. Knox College voted him into their athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

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10/01/1877

Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (died 1948)

Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist. He is best known for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator, one of the first inventions designed to eliminate air pollution—and for establishing the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, a foundation that has funded scientific research since 1912.

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10/01/1875

Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (died 1941)

Issai Schur was a Russian mathematician who worked in Germany for most of his life. He studied at the University of Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1901, became lecturer in 1903 and, after a stay at the University of Bonn, professor in 1919.

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10/01/1873

Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (died 1948)

Algernon Maudslay CBE was a British yachtsman and an administrator of refugee, Red Cross and relief organisations. Maudslay represented Great Britain in sailing competitions at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. He was the helmsman of the yacht that won gold medals in the open event and the half- to one-ton class event. During World War I Maudslay was honorary secretary of the War Refugees Committee, supporting Belgian refugees who arrived in Britain. He was active in the Anglo-Belgian Union and served in British and international Red Cross and relief organizations during the post-war decades. Maudslay continued to compete in yachting events and held prominent positions as an administrator in yachting organisations.

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Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (died 1935)

John Joseph O'Neill was an Irish born catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He batted and threw right-handed.

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George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (died 1958)

George Washington F. Orton was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, forty-five minutes later, won the gold medal in the 2500 metre steeplechase. He was the first athlete with a disability to win an Olympic gold medal. At the University of Pennsylvania, for whom he competed while earning his Masters and Doctorate and completed his ability to speak 9 languages, he was captain of Penn's track and field team in 1896 and was a founder and captain of its ice hockey team in 1896–1897, and was known as "The Father of Philadelphia Hockey". He won seventeen U.S. National Track and Field titles.

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10/01/1864

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1931)

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia was a Russian Grand Duke and a member of the Russian Imperial Family.

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10/01/1860

Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (died 1943)

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. He published various works on Canadian exploration and natural history, verse, travel books, and fiction." He continued to be a well-known "man of letters" until his death.

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10/01/1859

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (died 1909)

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, widely known as Francisco Ferrer, was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His execution, following a revolt in Barcelona, propelled Ferrer into martyrdom and grew an international movement of radicals and libertarians, who established schools in his model and promoted his schooling approach.

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10/01/1858

Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (died 1929)

Rudolf Heinrich Zille was a German illustrator, caricaturist, lithographer and photographer.

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10/01/1854

Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (died 1912)

Ramón Corral Verdugo was a Mexican politician who served as the Vice President of Mexico under President Porfirio Díaz from 1904 when it was reestablished until their resignations in May 1911, due to mounting pressure from Liberal forces during the Mexican Revolution. He previously served as Governor of the Federal District and Secretary of the Interior.

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10/01/1853

Jessie Bond, mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(died 1942)

Jessie Charlotte Bond was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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10/01/1850

John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (died 1891)

John Wellborn Root was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated National Historic Landmarks ; others have been designated Chicago landmarks and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1958, he was posthumously awarded the AIA Gold Medal.

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10/01/1849

Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (died 1919)

Robert Crosbie was a theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).

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10/01/1848

Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th governor of Nevada (died 1906)

Reinhold Sadler was an American politician who was the 9th governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Silver Party.

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10/01/1843

Frank James, American soldier and criminal (died 1915)

Alexander Franklin James was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla; who became an outlaw in the post-Civil War period. The older brother of outlaw Jesse James, Frank was also part of the James–Younger Gang.

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10/01/1842

Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (died 1925)

Luigi Pigorini was an Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer.

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10/01/1840

Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (died 1925)

Louis-Nazaire Bégin was a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appointed Archbishop of Quebec by Pope Leo XIII (1898) and created cardinal by Pope Pius X (1914).

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10/01/1834

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli,, better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, Liberal politician, and writer. A strong advocate for individual liberty, Acton is best known for his observation on the dangers of concentrated authority. In an 1887 letter to an Anglican bishop, he famously wrote, 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely', underscoring his belief that unchecked power poses the greatest threat to human freedom. His works consistently emphasised the importance of limiting governmental and institutional power in favour of individual rights and personal liberty.

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10/01/1829

Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1879)

Epameinondas Deligiorgis was a Greek freemason, lawyer and politician - the youngest Prime Minister of Greece, taking office at the age of 36. His parliamentary activity numbered 13 years and he served as Prime Minister of the country 6 times.

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10/01/1828

Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (died 1892)

Herman Koeckemann, formally Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC.,, served as the second vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands — now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu — from 1881 to 1892.

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10/01/1827

Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (died 1871)

Mathilda Fredrika "Amanda" Cajander, née Nygren, was a Finnish deaconess and a pioneer within medical care in Finland.

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10/01/1823

Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (died 1924)

Hajji Mirza Zeynalabdin Taghi oghlu Taghiyev was an Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist.

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10/01/1810

Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (died 1892)

Ferdinand Barbedienne was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder.

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Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (died 1883)

Jeremiah Sullivan Black was an American statesman and lawyer. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1851–1857) and as the Court's Chief Justice (1851–1854). He also served in the Cabinet of President James Buchanan, first as Attorney General (1857–1860), and then Secretary of State (1860–1861).

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William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (died 1866)

William Clark Haines, Australian colonial politician, was the first Premier of Victoria.

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10/01/1802

Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (died 1860)

Karl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega was an Austrian-Albanian nobleman and the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag. During his time, he was the most prominent of Austrian railway engineers and architects.

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10/01/1780

Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (died 1857)

Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein was a German medical doctor, explorer, botanist and zoologist. He explored parts of southern Africa and collected natural history specimens extensively and many new species were described from his collections by European scientists.

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10/01/1776

George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (died 1841)

George Birkbeck was an English physician, academic, philanthropist, pioneer in adult education and a professor of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institute. He is the founder of Birkbeck, University of London and was head of the Chemical Society. He is one of the creators of the earliest chemistry laboratory for undergraduates at University College London, and is also known for the creation of mechanics' institutes in Scotland and London. He was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London in 1825.

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10/01/1769

Michel Ney, French general (died 1815)

Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

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10/01/1760

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (died 1802)

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg was a German composer and conductor from the Classical period.

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10/01/1750

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1823)

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.

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10/01/1715

Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (died 1775)

Christian August Crusius was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian.

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10/01/1702

Johannes Zick, German painter (died 1762)

Johannes (Johann) Zick was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany and active during the Baroque period. He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of the Late Baroque.

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10/01/1654

Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (died 1712)

Joshua Barnes, was an English scholar. His work Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies (1675) was a utopian romance.

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10/01/1644

Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (died 1711)

Louis François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers, known in his lifetime as Chevalier Boufflers, was a prominent French soldier during the reign of Louis XIV of France. He was famed for his excellent defensive leadership during the sieges of Namur and Lille, next to his conduct during the Battle of Malplaquet. He received many honours for his military service, including being created count of Cagny and duke of Boufflers and being named a marshal of France.

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10/01/1607

Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (died 1646)

Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint Sacrement. In 1646, Jogues was martyred by the Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon, near the Mohawk River.

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10/01/1538

Louis of Nassau (died 1574)

Louis of Nassau was a Dutch nobleman, the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau.

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10/01/1480

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)

Margaret of Austria was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. She was variously the Princess of Asturias, Duchess of Savoy, and was born an Archduchess of Austria.

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10/01/0626

Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam (died 680)

Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader. The second son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third Imam in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali al-Sajjad. Husayn is a prominent member of the Ahl al-Bayt and is also considered to be a member of the Ahl al-Kisa and a participant in the event of the mubahala. Muhammad described him and his brother, Hasan, as the leaders of the youth of paradise.

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