What happened on 5th January?

On this day, 213 notable people were born on 5th January — spanning from 1209 to 2009. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

05/01/2009

Walker Scobell, American actor

Walker Scobell is an American actor. Born in Virginia, he made his professional acting debut at age 13 and gained immediate recognition for his lead roles in the science fiction streaming films The Adam Project and Secret Headquarters. Scobell received continued recognition with his leading titular role in the Disney+ fantasy series Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023–present).

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05/01/2004

Shane Wright, Canadian ice hockey player

Shane Wright is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite being projected as the likely first overall pick leading up to the 2022 NHL entry draft, Wright was selected fourth overall by the Kraken.

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05/01/2001

Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer

Mykhailo Petrovych Mudryk is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the Ukraine national team. He is serving a four-year suspension from football for testing positive in a doping test, which runs until 2028.

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Ellis Simms, English footballer

Ellis Reco Simms is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Coventry City.

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05/01/2000

Gastón Martirena, Uruguayan footballer

Gastón Nicolás Martirena Torres is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Primera División club Racing Club.

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05/01/1999

Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer

Mattias Olof Svanberg is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Sweden national team.

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Filip Ugrinić, Swiss footballer

Filip Ugrinić is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Valencia and the Switzerland national team.

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05/01/1998

Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer

Carles Aleñá Castillo is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Deportivo Alavés.

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Corey Horsburgh, Australian rugby league player

Corey Horsburgh is an Australian rugby league footballer who primarily plays as a lock or prop for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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05/01/1997

Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer

Jesús Vallejo Lázaro is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Segunda División club Albacete.

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05/01/1996

James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player

James Fisher-Harris is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL), and New Zealand and the New Zealand Māori at international level. He co-captains the Warriors and the Māori, and is the sole captain of the New Zealand national team. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers, with whom he won four straight NRL premierships from 2021 to 2024.

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Nicolás Tripichio, Argentine footballer

Nicolás Martín Tripichio is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right-back for San Lorenzo in the Argentine Primera División.

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Tyler Ulis, American basketball player and coach

Tyler Ulis is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas. He played college basketball at the University of Kentucky. In 2015, he led his team in assists, made the 2015 SEC All-Freshman Team, and led the 2014–15 Kentucky team that won its first 38 games before losing to Wisconsin in the final four of the 2015 NCAA tournament. As a sophomore, Ulis was a Consensus first-team All-American and earned the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and SEC Defensive Player of the Year recognition.

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05/01/1995

Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player

Toafofoa Sipley is a Niue international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League.

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05/01/1994

Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player

Lachlan Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as second-row forward for the South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL and Warrington Wolves in the Super League.

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Zemgus Girgensons, Latvian ice hockey player

Zemgus Girgensons is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 14th overall, in the 2012 NHL entry draft by the Buffalo Sabres. With this selection, Girgensons became the highest-drafted Latvian in NHL history, 16 spots higher than previous highest selection, Sandis Ozoliņš, in 1991. Girgensons was voted to the NHL All-Star Game in 2015.

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Matt Grzelcyk, American ice hockey player

Matthew Grzelcyk is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Boston Bruins with the 85th overall pick in the third round of the 2012 NHL entry draft, with whom he spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career, and has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Tyrone Phillips, Australian rugby league player

Tyrone Phillips is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback, centre and winger

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Gustavo Scarpa, Brazilian footballer

Gustavo Henrique Furtado Scarpa is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Atlético Mineiro.

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05/01/1993

Phillip Dorsett, American football player

Phillip Howard Dorsett II is an American professional football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. He has also played for the New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans, and Denver Broncos.

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Franz Drameh, English actor

Franz Alhusaine Drameh is an English actor. His film debut was in Clint Eastwood's fantasy drama, Hereafter (2010). He also appeared in British film Attack the Block (2011) and the 2014 blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow. He played Jefferson Jackson/Firestorm in The CW's The Flash’s second season as well as the first three seasons of Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2018), and portrayed Boots in the Apple TV+ series See (2019–2021).

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Stefan Rzadzinski, Canadian race car driver

Stefan Rzadzinski is a Canadian racing driver from Edmonton, Alberta.

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05/01/1992

Mike Faist, American actor, singer, and dancer

Michael David Faist is an American actor. He is the recipient of a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy Award, with nominations for a Tony and a British Academy Film Award.

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Suki Waterhouse, English actress, singer-songwriter, and model

Alice Suki Waterhouse is an English actress, singer, and model. Waterhouse began a career in modeling at the age of 16, and she went on to model for several major fashion labels such as Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Laura Mercier, and Ferragamo. Her first feature film as an actress was a minor role in Pusher (2012), and she has since appeared in films such as Love, Rosie (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), The Bad Batch (2016), Assassination Nation (2018), and Detective Pikachu (2019). Waterhouse portrayed Karen Sirko in the musical drama miniseries Daisy Jones & the Six (2023).

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05/01/1991

Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer

Denis Alibec is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Farul Constanța.

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Eric Fisher, American football player

Eric William Fisher is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Central Michigan Chippewas, and was selected first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2013 NFL draft. He played for the Chiefs for eight seasons from 2013 to 2020, making two Pro Bowls and winning Super Bowl LIV over the San Francisco 49ers. He spent his last two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins.

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05/01/1990

C. J. Cron, American baseball player

Christopher John Cron Jr. is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies. He bats and throws right-handed.

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Leroy Fer, Dutch footballer

Leroy Johan Fer is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Gulf United. He formerly represented the Netherlands national team, making eleven appearances between 2010 and 2014.

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José Iglesias, Cuban-American baseball player

Jose Antonio Iglesias Alemán is a Cuban-born American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets and San Diego Padres. He made his MLB debut in 2011. Listed at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and 195 pounds (88 kg), he bats and throws right-handed.

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Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player

Mark Nicholls is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer.

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José Luis Palomino, Argentine footballer

José Luis Palomino is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Talleres. Palomino is capable in both aerial play and tackling.

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05/01/1989

Eduardo Escobar, Venezuelan-American baseball player

Eduardo José Escobar is a Venezuelan-American professional baseball third baseman for the Centauros de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Major League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Angels.

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Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer

Krisztián Németh is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hungarian club MTK Budapest.

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05/01/1988

Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist

Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni Awang @ Muda is a Malaysian professional track cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. He is also the first Malaysian to have competed in the Olympics five times.

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Luke Daniels, English footballer

Luke Matthew Daniels is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League club Barrow, where he also serves as goalkeeper coach.

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Mandip Gill, English actress

Mandip Gill is an English actress and narrator. Her first television role came in 2012 when she was cast as Phoebe McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. After departing the series in 2015, Gill went on to have guest roles in Cuckoo, Doctors, The Good Karma Hospital and Casualty. In October 2017, the BBC announced that Gill had been cast as companion Yasmin Khan in the 2018 series of Doctor Who. She appeared in every episode of Jodie Whittaker's tenure as the Thirteenth Doctor, in series 11, 12 and 13 as well as a series of specials in 2022.

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Nikola Kalinić, Croatian footballer

Nikola Kalinić is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was also formerly sports director of Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split.

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Miroslav Raduljica, Serbian basketball player

Miroslav Raduljica is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He currently plays as a forward for FK Železničar Inđija of the Serbian SuperLiga. He has also represented the Serbian national team in international competition. Standing at 2.13 m, he plays at the center position.

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05/01/1987

Dexter Bean, American race car driver

Dexter John Bean is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Camaro SS for DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports, and also crew chiefs for the team on occasion. He also last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports. He has also previously competed part-time in both the NASCAR Cup Series in 2009. Prior to competing in those series, he ran full-time for three years in what is now the ARCA Menards Series, where he finished third in the standings in 2007.

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Kristin Cavallari, American television personality

Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari is an American television personality, fashion designer, businesswoman, author, and actress. She first rose to fame in 2004 as a cast member on the popular MTV reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (2004–2005), then on the spin-off MTV reality television series The Hills (2006–2010), and was later given her own E! reality series in which to star, Very Cavallari (2018–2020). She also starred as an actress on television shows and in films, including National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year. In 2017, Cavallari founded the company Uncommon James, which sells jewelry, homeware, and beauty products.

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Stuart Flanagan, Australian rugby league player

Stuart Flanagan is a former Hungary international rugby league footballer who last played for the Appin Dogs and previously Cronulla Sharks in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays at hooker.

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Brian Mushana Kwesiga, Ugandan-born entrepreneur, engineer, and civic leader

Brian Mushana Kwesiga is a Ugandan-born engineer and civic leader based in the United States.

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Jason Mitchell, American actor

Jason Mitchell is an American actor. Mitchell started his career acting in minor roles in films such as the action-thriller Contraband (2012), and the neo‑noir Broken City (2013). He is best known for portraying rapper Eazy-E in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton. The film is considered his career breakthrough, for which he received numerous award nominations including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture. Mitchell has also appeared in the Key and Peele comedy film Keanu (2016), the Netflix film Barry (2016), James Franco's The Disaster Artist (2017), and the blockbuster Kong: Skull Island (2017). He has also appeared in critically acclaimed films such as Kathryn Bigelow's crime drama Detroit (2017), Dee Rees' historical drama Mudbound (2017) and Janicza Bravo's black comedy Zola (2021).

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Alexander Salák, Czech ice hockey player

Alexander Salák is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers in 2009. Internationally Salák has played for the Czech national team at three World Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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05/01/1986

Deepika Padukone, Indian actress

Deepika Prakash Padukone is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. Her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018 and awarded her the Time100 Impact Award in 2022.

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05/01/1985

Filinga Filiga, New Zealand rugby league player

Filinga Filiga is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Bulldogs in the National Rugby League.

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Anthony Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player

Anthony Stewart is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, having played in the NHL, AHL, and KHL. He was born in Quebec, and his family moved to Toronto while he was a child. Stewart played minor hockey in Toronto, winning three all-Ontario championships. After his minor hockey career, he was selected by the Kingston Frontenacs in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) draft. After two seasons with Kingston, he was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the first round of the 2003 NHL entry draft, at 25th overall. He spent four years in the Panthers' system, dividing his time between the NHL and the American Hockey League (AHL), after which he joined the Atlanta Thrashers for two years. When the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg to become the new Winnipeg Jets, they did not offer him a new contract, and he signed with the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent. After one season in Carolina he was traded to the Kings, but spent most of the season in the minor leagues. He signed a professional tryout contract with the San Jose Sharks to begin the 2013–14 NHL season, but was not offered a contract. He subsequently signed with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the KHL. His younger brother Chris also played in the NHL, and retired after the 2019–2020 season playing for Philadelphia Flyers.

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Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer

Diego Daniel Vera Méndez is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Colón FC in the Uruguayan Segunda División.

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05/01/1984

Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter

Derrick Atkins is a Bahamian sprinter. Atkins specializes in the 100 metres event and also holds the national record, with a time of 9.91 seconds. He is the second cousin of former world record holder Asafa Powell.

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Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player

Matthew Ballin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and also the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Ballin is currently an assistant coach for the Brisbane Broncos with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final, under head coach Michael Maguire he works with the back 5. Ballin is also the assistant coach for the Queensland Maroons. He has played one game for Queensland in State of Origin. He played at hooker and previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 and 2011 Premierships.

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Bronx Goodwin, Australian rugby league player

Bronx Goodwin is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger or fullback.

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05/01/1982

Nori Aoki, Japanese baseball player

Norichika Aoki is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

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Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier

Janica Kostelić is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. She is a four-time Olympic gold medalist. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and four combined titles. Kostelić's accomplishments in professional skiing have led some commentators, writers, and fellow ski racers to regard her as the greatest female ski racer of all time.

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05/01/1981

Deadmau5, Canadian musician

Joel Thomas Zimmerman, known professionally as Deadmau5, is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. His musical style mostly includes progressive house and electro house genres, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman mostly appears and performs with a custom helmet called the "mau5head". He has received seven Grammy Award nominations and won four Juno Awards for his songs.

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Brooklyn Sudano, American actress

Brooklyn Sudano is an American actress and director. She starred as Vanessa Scott in the ABC comedy series My Wife and Kids and later played the leading role in the 2006 drama film Rain. Sudano has appeared in films such as Alone in the Dark II (2008), Turn the Beat Around (2010) and With This Ring (2015), and starred in the NBC action series, Taken (2017).

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05/01/1980

Luke Bailey, Australian rugby league player

Luke Bailey is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia national and New South Wales State of Origin representative front row forward, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for the St. George Illawarra Dragons before signing with the Gold Coast Titans for their debut season in the NRL in 2007.

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Brad Meyers, Australian rugby league player

Bradley Meyers, also known by the nicknames of "Big Red", or "Two Step", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian national representative forward, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos and the Gold Coast Titans, and in the Super League for the Bradford Bulls, with whom he won 2005's Super League X Championship.

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05/01/1979

Jason Basham, American stock car racing driver

Jason Basham is an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series. He is the son of longtime ARCA competitor Darrell Basham, whose team he drove for over the course of his career and also brother of Mike Basham who also competed in ARCA.

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Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player

Kyle Charles Calder was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and Anaheim Ducks.

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Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italian pole vaulter

Giuseppe "Peppe" Gibilisco is an Italian coach and former pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He also competed in four-man bobsleigh in two race of the 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup finishing 25th and 28th.

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Scott Kremerskothen, Australian cricketer

Scott Paul Kremerskothen is an Australian former cricketer who played for Tasmania. He played his club cricket for Clarence District Cricket Club.

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05/01/1978

January Jones, American actress

January Kristen Jones is an American actress. She is best known for playing Betty Draper in Mad Men (2007–2015), for which she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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05/01/1977

Gavin Lester, Australian rugby league player

Gavin Lester is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Sydney Roosters, as a wing.

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05/01/1976

Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer

Diego Tristán Herrera is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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05/01/1975

Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer

Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and three Grammy Awards. In addition, he has been nominated for twelve Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Cooper appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list three times and on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. His films have grossed $13 billion worldwide, and he has been placed in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors four times.

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Warrick Dunn, American football player

Warrick De'Mon Dunn is an American former professional football player who was a running back for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL draft, after playing college football for the Florida State Seminoles. Dunn was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1997 and earned three Pro Bowl selections in his career. After his playing career, Dunn took a minority stake in the Falcons' ownership group led by Arthur Blank.

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Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout

Michael James Grier is an American former professional ice hockey winger and current general manager of the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres, and San Jose Sharks. Primarily a checking forward, he played 1,060 games over 14 seasons. He was the first African-American NHL player to train exclusively in the United States, and the league's first black general manager.

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05/01/1974

Jessica Chaffin, American actress, comedian, and writer

Jessica Chaffin is an American actress, comedian, writer and podcaster best known as part of the comedy duo Ronna and Beverly with Jamie Denbo. She is also known for her recurring roles as Coco Wexler on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, Marie Faldonado in the CBS sitcom Man with a Plan and appearing in the films Spy and The Heat. She starred as Beth in the NBC sitcom Abby's.

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Iwan Thomas, Welsh sprinter and coach

Iwan Gwyn Thomas is a Welsh sprinter who represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in the 400 metres, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is a former European, Commonwealth Games and World 4 × 400 metres relay champion.

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05/01/1973

Derek Cecil, American actor

Derek Cecil is an American actor. He played the role of Seth Grayson on the Netflix series House of Cards, starred in the short-lived series Push, Nevada and The Beat, and made several appearances in the series Pasadena and Banshee.

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Uday Chopra, Indian actor and filmmaker

Uday Raj Chopra is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of filmmaker Yash Chopra. He made his acting debut in the 2000 film Mohabbatein and featured in several other films including Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Dhoom (2004), Dhoom 2 (2006) and Dhoom 3 (2013).

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05/01/1972

Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas, also known mononymously as Sakis, is a Greek singer, actor, businessman and former pole vaulter.

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05/01/1971

Stian Carstensen, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and composer

Stian Carstensen is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist musician, entertainer and with Jarle Vespestad (drums) and Nils-Olav Johansen, central member of the Balkan-jazz orchestra Farmers Market.

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05/01/1970

Nigel Gaffey, Australian rugby league player

Nigel Gaffey is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for the Canberra Raiders, the Sydney City Roosters, the South Queensland Crushers and the Penrith Panthers, as a second-row and lock. He is the son of former Cronulla Sharks player Len Gaffey.

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05/01/1969

Marilyn Manson, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director

Brian Hugh Warner, known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer and the only original member remaining of the same-titled band he founded in 1989. The band members initially created their stage names by combining the first name of an American female sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, and the last name of a male serial killer, Charles Manson.

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Paul McGillion, Scottish actor

Paul McGillion is a Canadian actor, who has worked in television, film and theatre. He appeared on the television series Stargate Atlantis as Dr. Carson Beckett.

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Shaun Micheel, American golfer

Shaun Carl Micheel is an American professional golfer who is best known for his surprise victory at the 2003 PGA Championship.

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Shea Whigham, American actor

Shea Whigham is an American actor best known for portraying Elias "Eli" Thompson in the drama series Boardwalk Empire. He also appeared in the first season of True Detective and the third season of Fargo and in numerous films, including Silver Linings Playbook, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Joker.

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05/01/1968

Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress, dancer, and choreographer

Carrie Ann Inaba is an American television personality, dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer. She is best known for her work on ABC's Dancing with the Stars for which she has served as a judge since 2005. She co-hosted and moderated the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk from 2019 to 2021. She started her career as a singer in Japan, but became best known for her dancing, introducing herself to American audiences as one of the original Fly Girls on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color from 1990 to 1992.

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Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player and engineer

Joseph Juneau is a Canadian former professional hockey player and engineer, born in Pont-Rouge, Quebec. He played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres, Ottawa Senators, Phoenix Coyotes and the Montreal Canadiens.

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05/01/1967

Joe Flanigan, American actor

Joe Flanigan is an American writer and actor best known for his portrayal of the character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis.

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05/01/1965

Vinnie Jones, British footballer and actor

Vincent Peter Jones is a British actor, presenter, and former professional footballer.

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Stuart Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach

Stuart Raper is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He has since become a sideline commentator for the NRL with Foxsports. He is widely known for his father being Rugby League legend Johnny Raper and he also is the only Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks coach to win the President's Cup (under-21s) for the club in 1994.

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Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper

Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with 2.42 m in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim. He is also a former two-time world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38 m (1985) and 2.41 m (1987). He is the 1987 World Champion and a three-time Olympic medallist.

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05/01/1963

Jeff Fassero, American baseball player and coach

Jeffrey Joseph Fassero is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and minor league coach. He played for nine MLB teams and was an Opening Day starter several times for both the Montreal Expos and Seattle Mariners.

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05/01/1962

Suzy Amis, American actress and model

Suzy Amis Cameron is an American former actress, author, and activist.

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Danny Jackson, American baseball player and manager

Danny Lynn Jackson is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1997. He played for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres.

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Arie Setiabudi Soesilo, Indonesian sociologist

Arie Setiabudi Soesilo is an Indonesian sociologist and academic administrator at the University of Indonesia (UI). He served as the university's deputy rector for student affairs from 2002 to 2005 and as the dean of the social and political sciences faculty from 2013 to 2021.

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05/01/1961

Iris DeMent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Iris Luella DeMent is an American singer-songwriter and musician. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award twice.

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05/01/1960

Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer and sportscaster

Glenn Peter Strömberg is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting his career in 1979 with IFK Göteborg, he helped the club win the 1981–82 UEFA Cup before signing with Benfica in 1983. In 1984, he joined the Serie A club Atalanta for which he served as the team captain for four seasons until his retirement in 1992. A full international between 1982 and 1990, he won 52 caps and scored 7 goals for the Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded Guldbollen in 1985 as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

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05/01/1959

Clancy Brown, American actor

Clarence James Brown III is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.

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Nancy Delahunt, Canadian curler

Nancy Dale Delahunt is a Canadian former curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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05/01/1958

Jiří Hrdina, Czech ice hockey player

Jiří Hrdina is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. He spent 10 seasons in the Czechoslovak First League with Sparta ČKD Praha and HK Dukla Trenčín and five in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins. Of his four full NHL seasons, Hrdina is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, playing on NHL championship teams in 1989, 1991 and 1992.

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Ron Kittle, American baseball player and manager

Ronald Dale Kittle is an American former left fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was known for his home run hitting power, and was named the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year. Kittle played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees (1986–87), Cleveland Indians (1988) and Baltimore Orioles (1990). He batted and threw right-handed. Kittle was also a manager for the minor league Schaumburg Flyers.

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05/01/1957

Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league player

Kevin "Horrie" Hastings is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback, hooker and lock during the 1970s and 1980s.

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George Moroko, Australian rugby league player

George Moroko is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Western Suburbs, Cronulla and St. George in the early 1980s.

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05/01/1956

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German academic and politician, 12th President of Germany

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician who has served as President of Germany since 2017. He was previously Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009. Steinmeier was Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2016.

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05/01/1955

Mamata Banerjee, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the eighth chief minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. She was the first and only woman to hold that office. Being the founder and president of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), she previously served as a Union Cabinet Minister.

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05/01/1954

Alex English, American basketball player and coach

Alexander English, nicknamed "the Blade", is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and businessman.

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László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter

László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.

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05/01/1953

Pamela Sue Martin, American actress

Pamela Sue Martin is an American actress who is notable for starring as Nancy Drew on the television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979) and as socialite Fallon Carrington on ABC soap opera Dynasty (1981–1984), winning a Bambi Award for the latter in 1984. Her last appearance was in the 2019 pilot episode of the Nancy Drew reboot, as a character named Harriet Grosset.

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Mike Rann, English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia

Michael David Rann is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was the 44th premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011. He was later Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2014, and Australian ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San Marino from 2014 to 2016.

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George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence

George John Tenet is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the director of central intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy at Georgetown University.

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05/01/1952

Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and chairman

Ulrich "Uli" Hoeneß is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a forward. He played for West Germany at one World Cup and two European Championships, winning one tournament of each competition. During his playing career, he was primarily associated with Bayern Munich, where he won three Bundesliga titles and three European Cups.

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05/01/1950

Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (died 1991)

Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. He served as professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago from 1988 to his death, and had previously taught the history of Romanian culture at the University of Groningen.

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Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, is a British barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 2001 and 2007. His resignation, announced on 22 June 2007, took effect on 27 June, the same day that Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down. Goldsmith was the longest serving Labour attorney general. He is currently a partner and head of European litigation practice at US law firm Debevoise & Plimpton and Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.

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John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

John Paul Manley is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003. He was Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to 2004.

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Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Christopher Stein is an American musician and songwriter known as the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the 1982 hip hop film Wild Style, and writer of the soundtrack for the 1980 film Union City, as well as an accomplished photographer.

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05/01/1948

Ted Lange, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Theodore William Lange III is an American actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles as bartender Isaac Washington in the TV series The Love Boat (1977–1986) and Junior in That's My Mama (1974–75).

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05/01/1947

Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio

Richard Michael DeWine is an American politician and attorney serving as the 70th governor of Ohio since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, as a United States senator from Ohio from 1995 to 2007, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991.

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Mercury Morris, American football player (died 2024)

Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris was an American professional football player who was a running back and kick returner. He played for eight years, primarily for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League (AFL) first as a rookie in 1969. Then he played in the American Football Conference (AFC) after the 1970 merger with the National Football League (NFL).

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05/01/1946

Diane Keaton, American actress, director, and businesswoman (died 2025)

Diane Keaton was an American actress. Her career spanned more than five decades, during which she rose to prominence in the New Hollywood movement. She collaborated frequently with Woody Allen, appearing in eight of his films. Keaton's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. She was honored with the Film at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2007 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2017.

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05/01/1944

Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician (died 2025)

Carolyn McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 4th congressional district from 1997 to 2015. A native of the suburban Long Island community of Mineola, New York, she worked as a nurse and was a registered Republican. However, she was motivated to enter politics after her husband was killed and her son was wounded in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting. She became an advocate for gun control legislation, and in 1996, she was elected to the House as a Democrat, defeating a Republican incumbent. She served a total of nine terms.

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Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania

Edward Gene Rendell is an American politician, author, and former prosecutor who served as the 45th governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011. He previously served as chair of the national Democratic Party from 1999 to 2001, as mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000, and as District Attorney of Philadelphia from 1978 to 1986.

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05/01/1943

Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge

Mary Genevieve Gaudron is an Australian lawyer and judge, who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia. She was the Solicitor-General of New South Wales from 1981 until 1987 before her appointment to the High Court. After her retirement in 2002, she joined the International Labour Organization, serving as the President of its Administrative Tribunal from 2011 until 2014.

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Murtaz Khurtsilava, Georgian footballer and manager

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtsilava is a Georgian former footballer who played as a defender.

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05/01/1942

Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor (died 2024)

Maurizio Pollini was an Italian pianist and conductor. He was known for performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and the Second Viennese School, among others. He championed works by contemporary composers, including Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Benjamin, Roberto Carnevale, Gianluca Cascioli and Bruno Maderna. Several compositions were written for him, including Luigi Nono's ... sofferte onde serene ..., Giacomo Manzoni's Masse: omaggio a Edgard Varèse, and Salvatore Sciarrino's Fifth Sonata. As a conductor he was instrumental in the Rossini revival at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, conducting La donna del lago from a new critical edition in 1981. He also conducted from the keyboard.

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Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host

Charles Peete Rose Jr. is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show Charlie Rose on PBS and Bloomberg LP. On the show, he interviewed writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, businesspersons, leaders, scientists, intellectuals, and fellow journalists. The show was known for its distinguished stature and intellectual tone.

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Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (died 2024)

Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah was a Kuwaiti royal and politician who served as the prime minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as minister of defense as well as deputy prime minister. In April 2021 a Kuwaiti court ordered his detention on corruption charges.

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05/01/1941

Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer (died 2008)

Robert Smith Cunis was a cricketer who played 20 Test matches for New Zealand as a pace bowler between 1964 and 1972, and was later coach of the New Zealand team from 1987 to 1990. His son Stephen played cricket for Canterbury between 1998 and 2006.

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Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (died 1986)

Charles Robert McKinley Jr. was an American former world no. 1 men's amateur tennis champion of the 1960s. He is remembered as an undersized, hard-working dynamo, whose relentless effort and competitive spirit led American tennis to the top of the sport during a period heavily dominated by Australians.

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Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as its honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential and accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.

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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2011)

Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian cricket team.

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05/01/1940

Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist

Athol George Guy is an Australian musician and former politician who was a member of the Australian folk-pop music group the Seekers, for whom he played double bass and sang. He is recognisable by his black-framed "Buddy Holly" style glasses and, during live performances, often acted as the group's compère.

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Pim de la Parra, Surinamese-Dutch film director (died 2024)

Pim de la Parra was a Surinamese-Dutch film director.

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05/01/1939

M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (died 1997)

Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.

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05/01/1938

Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the rey emérito by the press.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright (died 2025)

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.

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05/01/1936

Florence King, American journalist and memoirist (died 2016)

Florence Virginia King was an American novelist, essayist and columnist.

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Terry Lineen, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)

Terence Raymond Lineen was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre three-quarter, Lineen represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1957 to 1960. He played 35 matches for the All Blacks including 12 internationals.

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05/01/1934

Murli Manohar Joshi, Indian politician

Murli Manohar Joshi is an Indian politician and physicist. He is one of the founding members and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as its President from 1991 to 1993. In addition to his role in the BJP, he is a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindutva paramilitary organisation. Joshi is a former Member of Parliament from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency. He is a former professor of physics in University of Allahabad. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources & Development Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.

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Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (died 2013)

Philip Rabinowitz, better known as Phil Ramone, was a South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer, and co-founder of A & R recording studio. Its success led to expansion into several studios and a record production company. He was described by Billboard as "legendary", and the BBC as a "CD pioneer".

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05/01/1932

Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (died 2016)

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

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Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (died 2014)

Charles Henry Noll was an American professional football player and head coach. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, his sole head coaching position was for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1991. When Noll retired after 23 years, only three other head coaches in NFL history had longer tenures with one team.

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05/01/1931

Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (died 1989)

Alvin Ailey Jr. was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) in 1958, and the Clark Center for the Performing Arts in 1959. He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance.

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Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet, and author (died 2025)

Alfred Brendel was a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer and lecturer, based in London. He is noted for his performances of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Franz Liszt. He made three recordings of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas and was the first pianist to record Beethoven's complete works for solo piano.

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Walt Davis, American athlete (died 2020)

Walter Francis "Buddy" Davis was an American athlete. After winning a gold medal in the high jump at the 1952 Olympics he became a professional basketball player.

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Robert Duvall, American actor and director (died 2026)

Robert Selden Duvall was an American actor, filmmaker, and producer, best known for his roles in films of the later 20th century. Duvall began acting professionally on stage in 1952, performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island until 1959, with a one-year break while serving in the U.S. Army. In his early theater career, he made contacts that then led to a career on television in the 1960s on shows such as The Defenders, Playhouse 90, and Armstrong Circle Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the play Wait Until Dark in 1966, and, in 1977, he returned from screen acting to the stage in David Mamet's play American Buffalo, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination.

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05/01/1930

Kevin Considine, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)

Kevin William Considine was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s.

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05/01/1929

Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (died 2014)

Taavi Aulis Rytkönen was a Finnish footballer. He became the country's first professional player when he signed for France's Toulouse FC in 1952.

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05/01/1928

Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (died 2016)

Imtiaz Ahmed PP, was a cricketer who played for Pakistan's first Test team in 1952 and in 40 subsequent Test matches. He played in Pakistan's first 39 Test matches, setting a record for the most consecutive Tests played from a team's inaugural match.

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (died 1979)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto NPk was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 until his overthrow in 1977. He was also the founder and first chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from 1967 until his execution in 1979.

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Denise Bryer, English actress (died 2021)

Denise Bryer was an English actress, known for her voice roles on television and radio.

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Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (died 2021)

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale was an American politician who was the 42nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1964 to 1976, and was the Democratic nominee in the 1984 presidential election.

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05/01/1927

Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru and author, founded Iraivan Temple (died 2001)

Sivaya Subramuniyaswami was an American Hindu religious leader known as Gurudeva by his followers. Subramuniyaswami was born in Oakland, California and adopted Hinduism as a young man. He was the 162nd head of the self-claimed Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara and Guru at Kauai's Hindu Monastery which is a 382-acre (155 ha) temple-monastery complex on Hawaii's Garden Island.

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05/01/1926

Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (died 2008)

Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as secretary-general of the opposition Workers' Party from 1971 to 2001 and was the de facto Leader of the Opposition between 1981 and 1986. He was also an elected Member of Parliament for Anson SMC between 1981 and 1986, and a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) from 1997 to 2001.

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Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner (died 2007)

Veikko Leo Karvonen was a Finnish long-distance runner who mainly competed in the marathon. He won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1954 European Championships he won the gold medal in the marathon and the following year won the Boston Marathon.

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W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (died 2009)

William De Witt Snodgrass was an American poet who also wrote under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons. He won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (died 2000)

Hosea Lorenzo Williams was an American civil rights leader, activist, ordained minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician. He was considered a member of famed civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle. Under the banner of their flagship organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, King depended on Williams to organize and stir masses of people into nonviolent direct action in myriad protest campaigns they waged against racial, political, economic, and social injustice. King alternately referred to Williams, his chief field lieutenant, as his "bull in a china shop" and his "Castro." Vowing to continue King's work for the poor, Williams is well known in his own right as the founding president of one of the largest social services organizations in North America, Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless. His famous motto was "Unbought and Unbossed."

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05/01/1925

Lou Carnesecca, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

Luigi P. Carnesecca was an American men's college basketball coach at St. John's University. Carnesecca also coached at the professional level, leading the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) for three seasons. Carnesecca was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.

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05/01/1923

Virginia Halas McCaskey, American football executive (died 2025)

Virginia Halas McCaskey was an American football executive who was the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1983 until her death in 2025. She was the daughter of team founder George Halas and inherited ownership upon his death in 1983. Under her stewardship, the team won Super Bowl XX in 1986.

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Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records (died 2003)

Samuel Cornelius Phillips was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf. Phillips played a major role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s, launching the career of Presley. In 1969, he sold Sun to Shelby Singleton.

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05/01/1922

Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral (died 2001)

Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot, was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence Force Staff from 1979 to 1982.

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05/01/1921

Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (died 1990)

Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten.

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Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat (died 2019)

Jean was Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until his abdication in 2000. He was the first Grand Duke of Luxembourg of French agnatic descent.

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John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine (died 2012)

John Hathaway Reed was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 67th governor of Maine, holding office during the 1960s. He was once an Aroostook County potato farmer. Reed was a Republican who took office following the death of Governor Clinton Clauson.

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05/01/1920

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator (died 1995)

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to The New York Times, he was perhaps the most reclusive, enigmatic and obsessive among the handful of the world's legendary pianists.

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05/01/1919

Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (died 2012)

Hector Abhayavardhana was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist theoretician, a long-standing member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and a founder-member of the Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma.

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Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player (died 1992)

Severino Gazzellone, known as Severino Gazzelloni, was an Italian flutist.

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05/01/1917

Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat (died 2006)

Francis Leonard Kellogg was an American diplomat, a special assistant to the Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford Administrations and a prominent socialite in New York City.

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Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (died 1966)

Wieland Wagner was a German opera director, and a grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the musical stage works, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the 19th-century models.

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Jane Wyman, American actress (died 2007)

Jane Wyman was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress, four Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 1960 she received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for both motion pictures and television. She was the first wife of actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

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05/01/1915

Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer (died 2004)

Arthur H. Robinson was an American geographer and cartographer, who was a professor in the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1947 until he retired in 1980. He was a prolific writer and influential philosopher on cartography; one of his most notable accomplishments is the Robinson projection of 1961.

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05/01/1914

Doug Deitz, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)

Douglas Phillip Charles Deitz (1914–1994) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

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George Reeves, American actor and director (died 1959)

George Reeves was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Clark Kent/Superman in the television series Adventures of Superman (1952–1958).

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05/01/1911

Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter (died 2001)

Jean-Pierre Aumont was a French film and theatre actor. He was a matinée idol and a leading man during the 1930s, but his burgeoning career was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in the Free French Forces, and receiving both the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his actions.

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05/01/1910

Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist (died 1949)

John Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.

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05/01/1909

Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1995)

Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999) was a Swiss-born American artist. She was best known for her murals and for her association with the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, for whom she produced the only existing photographs of Rivera's mural Man at the Crossroads, painted in 1933 and destroyed in January 1934 at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

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Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 1994)

Stephen Cole Kleene was an American mathematician and logician. One of the students of Alonzo Church, Kleene, along with Rózsa Péter, Alan Turing, Emil Post, and others, is best known as a founder of the branch of mathematical logic known as recursion theory, which subsequently helped to provide the foundations of theoretical computer science. Kleene's work grounds the study of computable functions. A number of mathematical concepts are named after him: Kleene hierarchy, Kleene algebra, the Kleene star, Kleene's recursion theorem and the Kleene fixed-point theorem. He also invented regular expressions in 1951 to describe McCulloch-Pitts neural networks, and made significant contributions to the foundations of mathematical intuitionism.

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05/01/1908

George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (died 1963)

George Dolenz was an American film actor born in Trieste, in the city's Slovene community.

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05/01/1907

Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (died 1969)

Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals. Iso-Hollo was one of the last "Flying Finns", who dominated distance running between the World Wars.

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05/01/1906

Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic (died 1978)

Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called one of the most influential archaeologists of the 20th century. She was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1962 to 1973, having undertaken her own studies at Somerville College, Oxford.

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05/01/1904

Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (died 1997)

Jeane Dixon was one of the best-known American psychics and astrologers of the 20th century, owing to her prediction of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions, and a best-selling biography.

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Erika Morini, Austrian violinist (died 1995)

Erika Morini Siracusano was an Austrian and American violinist.

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05/01/1903

Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator (died 1957)

Harold Charles Gatty was an Australian navigator and aviation pioneer. Charles Lindbergh called Gatty the "Prince of Navigators." In 1931, Gatty served as navigator, along with pilot Wiley Post, on the flight which set the record for aerial circumnavigation of the world, flying a distance of 15,747 miles (24,903 km) in a Lockheed Vega named the Winnie Mae, in 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes.

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05/01/1902

Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (died 1989)

Hubert Beuve-Méry was a French journalist and newspaper editor who was born in Paris and died in Fontainebleau. Before the Second World War, he was associated with the Vichy regime until December 1942, when he joined the Resistance. In 1944, he founded Le Monde at the behest of Charles de Gaulle. Following the liberation of France, Beuve-Méry built Le Monde from the ruins of Le Temps by using its offices, printing presses, masthead and those staff members who had not collaborated with the Germans.

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Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author (died 1989)

Stella Dorothea Gibbons was an English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932), which has been reprinted many times. Although she was active as a writer for half a century, none of her later 22 novels or other literary works—which included a sequel to Cold Comfort Farm—achieved the same critical or popular success. Much of her work was long out of print before a modest revival in the 21st century.

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05/01/1900

Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (died 1955)

Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy, known as just Yves Tanguy, was a French Surrealist painter, known for his abstract landscapes.

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05/01/1897

Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author (died 1945)

Kiyoshi Miki was a Japanese philosopher, literary critic, scholar and university professor. He was an esteemed student of Nishida Kitarō and a prominent member of the Kyoto School.

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05/01/1893

Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher (died 1952)

Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, and guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF)/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), a religious meditation and Kriya Yoga organization, to disseminate his teachings. A chief disciple of the yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread yogic teachings to the West. He immigrated to the US at the age of 27, intending to demonstrate a unity between Eastern and Western religions and advocate for a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality. His longstanding influence on the American yoga movement, and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led yoga experts to consider him the "Father of Yoga in the West". He lived his final 32 years in the US.

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05/01/1892

Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse (died 1984)

Agnes Hannah von Kurowsky Stanfield was an American nurse who inspired the character "Catherine Barkley" in Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.

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05/01/1886

Markus Reiner, Israeli physicist and engineer (died 1976)

Markus Reiner was an Israeli scientist and a major figure in rheology.

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05/01/1885

Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (died 1940)

Humbert Wolfe CB CBE was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant.

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05/01/1882

Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist (died 1958)

Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. was an American editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table. Swope spent most of his career at the New York World. He was the first and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting. Swope was called the "best reporter in America" by Lord Northcliffe of the London Daily Mail.

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Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (died 1955)

Edwin James Barclay was a Liberian politician, poet, and musician who served as the 18th president of Liberia from 1930 until 1944. He was a member of the True Whig political party, which dominated the political governance of the country for decades. Under Barclay's leadership, Liberia was an ally of the United States during World War II.

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05/01/1881

Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter (died 1934)

Pablo Emilio or Pau Emili Gargallo, known simply as Pau or Pablo Gargallo, was a Spanish sculptor and painter.

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05/01/1880

Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (died 1951)

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner was a Russian composer and pianist.

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05/01/1879

Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic (died 1946)

Hans Eppinger Jr. was an Austrian physician of part-Jewish descent who performed experiments upon Nazi concentration camp prisoners.

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05/01/1876

Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1967)

Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman and politician who served as the first chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a newly founded Christian democratic party, which became the dominant force in the country under his leadership. Adenauer is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union.

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05/01/1874

Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)

Joseph Erlanger was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements.

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05/01/1871

Frederick Converse, American composer and academic (died 1940)

Frederick Shepherd Converse, was an American composer of classical music, whose works include four operas and five symphonies.

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05/01/1867

Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1922)

Dimitrios Gounaris was a Greek politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 25 February to 10 August 1915 and 26 March 1921 to 3 May 1922. The leader of the People's Party, he was the main right-wing opponent of his contemporary Eleftherios Venizelos.

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05/01/1865

Fatima Cates, British Muslim convert and activist (died 1900)

Fatima Elizabeth Cates was a British Muslim convert and activist, who co-founded the Liverpool Muslim Institute. She was one of the first women in Britain to convert to Islam.

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05/01/1864

Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager (died 1911)

Robert Lee Caruthers, nicknamed "Parisian Bob", was an American right-handed pitcher and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The star pitcher on five league champions in a ten-year career, he was the top pitcher in the American Association, leading that league in wins and shutouts twice each, winning percentage three times, and earned run average once. His 175 wins in the Association were the second most of any pitcher, and his league ERA of 2.62 was the lowest of any pitcher with at least 2,000 innings in the league; he was also the only pitcher to have 40-win seasons for two different Association teams. His career winning percentage was the highest of any pitcher prior to 1950 with at least 250 decisions.

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05/01/1855

King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (died 1932)

King Camp Gillette was an American businessman who invented a bestselling safety razor and was the founder of the Gillette razor company. Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped steel. Gillette is often erroneously credited with inventing the so-called razor-and-blades business model, in which razors are sold cheaply to increase the market for blades. However, Gillette Safety Razor Company adopted the business model from its competitors.

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05/01/1846

Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)

Rudolf Christoph Eucken was a German philosopher. He received the 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life", after he had been nominated by a member of the Swedish Academy.

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Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (died 1878)

Mariam Baouardy, OCD, was a Palestinian Discalced Carmelite nun of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. Born to parents from the town of Hurfiesh in the upper Galilee, later moved to I’billin, she was known for her service to the poor. In addition, she became a Christian mystic who suffered the stigmata.

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05/01/1838

Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (died 1922)

Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his textbook Cours d'analyse de l'École polytechnique.

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05/01/1834

William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer (died 1861)

William John Wills was a British surveyor who also trained as a surgeon. He was the second-in-command of the Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. He and the expedition leader Robert O'Hara Burke both died of exhaustion on the expedition's return journey.

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05/01/1808

Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist (died 1881)

Anton Füster, also spelled as Fister was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, pedagogue, radical political activist and author of Slovene origin. He was one of the leaders of the Viennese March Revolution of 1848.

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05/01/1793

Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician (died 1855)

Harvey Putnam was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and served in the New York Senate.

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05/01/1781

Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (died 1836)

José Gaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) was a Tejano who served three terms as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early colonists. Gaspar Flores was a member of a group opposing the dictatorial actions of the President of Mexico, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and is known to have attended their first meeting in Bexar as well as the first revolutionary convention ever held in the city on November 15, 1834. He was one of the 35 men who signed the anti-Centralist document which was presented at the convention.

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05/01/1779

Stephen Decatur, American commander (died 1820)

Stephen Decatur Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War; he brought the younger Stephen into the world of ships and sailing early on. Shortly after attending college, Decatur followed in his father's footsteps and joined the U.S. Navy at age 19 as a midshipman.

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Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (died 1813)

Zebulon Montgomery Pike was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory, first in 1805–1806 to reconnoiter the upper northern reaches of the Mississippi River, and then in 1806–1807 to explore the southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements of New Mexico and Texas. Pike's expeditions coincided with other Jeffersonian expeditions, including the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Red River Expedition in 1806.

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05/01/1767

Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic (died 1832)

Jean-Baptiste Say was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business. He is best known for Say's law—also known as the law of markets—which he popularized, although scholars disagree as to whether it was Say who first articulated the theory. Moreover, he was one of the first economists to study entrepreneurship and conceptualized entrepreneurs as organizers and leaders of the economy. He was also closely involved in the development of the École spéciale de commerce et d'industrie (ESCP), historically the first business school to be established.

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05/01/1735

Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (died 1800)

Major-General Claude Martin was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in the British East India Company's Bengal Army. Martin was born in Lyon, France, into a humble background, and was a self-made man who left a substantial lasting legacy in the form of his writings, buildings and the educational institutions he founded posthumously. There are now ten schools named after him, two in Lucknow, two in Calcutta and six in Lyon. The small village of Martin Purwa in India was also named after him.

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05/01/1640

Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (died 1713)

Paolo Francesco Lorenzani was an Italian composer of the Baroque Era. While living in France, he helped promote appreciation for the Italian style of music.

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05/01/1620

Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian military commander (died 1664)

Miklós Zrínyi was a Croatian and Hungarian military leader, statesman and poet. He was a member of the House of Zrinski, a Croatian-Hungarian noble family. He is the author of the first epic poem, The Peril of Sziget, in Hungarian literature.

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05/01/1592

Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (died 1666)

Shah Jahan I, also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. His reign marked the zenith of Mughal architectural and cultural achievements.

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05/01/1587

Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (died 1641)

Xu Xiake, born Xu Hongzu (徐弘祖), courtesy name Zhenzhi (振之), was a Chinese explorer, geographer, and travel writer of the Ming dynasty, known best for his famous geographical treatise, and noted for his bravery and humility. He traveled throughout China for more than 30 years, documenting his travels extensively. The records of his travels were compiled posthumously in The Travel Diaries of Xu Xiake, and his work translated by Ding Wenjiang. Xu's writing falls under the old Chinese literary category of 'travel record literature', which used narrative and prose styles of writing to portray one's travel experiences.

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05/01/1548

Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (died 1617)

Francisco Suárez was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement. His work is considered a turning point in the history of second scholasticism, marking the transition from its Renaissance to its Baroque phases. According to Christopher Shields and Daniel Schwartz, "figures as distinct from one another in place, time, and philosophical orientation as Leibniz, Grotius, Pufendorf, Schopenhauer and Heidegger, all found reason to cite him as a source of inspiration and influence."

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05/01/1530

Gaspar de Bono, monk of the Order of the Minims (died 1571)

Gaspar de Bono i Montsó, O.M., was a Valencian friar of the Order of Minims and Catholic priest. He is venerated as blessed by the Catholic Church.

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05/01/1209

Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English prince, nominal King of Germany (died 1272)

Richard was an English prince who was King of the Romans from 1257 until his death in 1272. He was the second son of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. Richard was nominal Count of Poitou from 1225 to 1243, and he also held the title Earl of Cornwall from 1225. He was one of the wealthiest men in Europe and joined the Barons' Crusade, where he achieved success as a negotiator for the release of prisoners and assisted with the building of the citadel in Ascalon.

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