Born on Monday, 9th June – Famous Birthdays

09/06/2000

Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer

Diego Lainez Leyva is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club UANL and the Mexico national team.

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09/06/1993

George Jennings, Australian rugby league player

George Jennings is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and centre for Western Suburbs Devils - Harrigan Premiership.

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09/06/1992

Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player

Zachary Martin Hyman is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He and his family own the Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League.

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Yannick Agnel, French swimmer

Yannick Agnel is a French former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle events, and is a three-time Olympic medalist. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 200-meter freestyle, gold in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He is the current world record holder in the 400-meter freestyle and the national record holder in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle.

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Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player

Boyd Cordner is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.

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09/06/1991

Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist

Aaron Michael Johnson is an American jazz saxophonist, writer and performance artist.

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09/06/1990

Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier

Matthias Mayer is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion.

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Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress

Antonella Alonso, also known by her stage name LaSirena69, is a Venezuelan-Italian pornographic actress.

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09/06/1989

Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer

Dídac Vilà Rosselló is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

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09/06/1988

Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman

Jason Demers is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the seventh round, 186th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

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Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer

Sara Isaković is a retired Slovenian swimmer. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, aged 20, she placed 2nd in the 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:54.97, becoming the second woman ever to break the 1 min 55 sec mark. It is still, to this day, the only swimming Olympic medal won for Slovenia. Isaković competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer

Sokratis Papastathopoulos, also known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Mae Whitman, American actress

Mae Margaret Whitman is an American actor. She began her career as a child actor, starring in the films When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Independence Day (1996), and Hope Floats (1998), and the television series Chicago Hope (1996–1999) and JAG (1998–2001). She earned mainstream recognition for her performances in the Fox sitcom Arrested Development, the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015)—for which she was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award—and the NBC crime comedy series Good Girls (2018–2021). She also had roles in the films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and The DUFF (2015), the latter earning her a Teen Choice Award nomination.

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09/06/1987

Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver

Jaan Mölder is an Estonian former rally driver.

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09/06/1986

Doug Legursky, American football player

Wayne Douglas Legursky II is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd.

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Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (died 2013)

Yadier Pedroso González, was a right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Cuban national baseball team and La Habana of the Cuban National Series. Pedroso was part of the Cuban team at the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classics.

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Ashley Postell, American gymnast

Ashley Postell is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2002 World champion on the balance beam. After concluding her elite career, she competed for the Utah Red Rocks and became the 2007 NCAA champion on the balance beam.

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09/06/1985

Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player

Richard Kahui is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player. He played for Western Force in Super Rugby AU. He previously played for the Highlanders and Chiefs in Super Rugby, Waikato in the National Provincial Championship, and New Zealand internationally. He played at centre and wing.

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Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is an Indian former actress who works in Hindi films. She has received several awards, including a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award. Kapoor appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list from 2012 to 2016.

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Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player

Sebastian Telfair is an American former professional basketball player. He has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chinese Basketball Association. Telfair was picked thirteenth overall in the 2004 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers on the heels of an eminent high school career playing for Abraham Lincoln High. He had committed to the University of Louisville during his senior year, but decided to turn professional instead. Telfair is a cousin of former NBA player Stephon Marbury.

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09/06/1984

Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player

Yulieski Gurriel Castillo, commonly known as Yuli Gurriel and nicknamed "La Piña", is a Cuban professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, Kansas City Royals, and San Diego Padres, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Gurriel is a former member of Cuba's national team and an Olympic Games gold medalist in 2004.

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Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer

Jake Alexander Newton is a Guyanese footballer who plays as a right back for Folland Sports.

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Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player

Asko Paade is an Estonian basketball player who last played for Estonian basketball team Tartu Ülikool.

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Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer

Masoud Soleimani Shojaei is an Iranian coach and former professional footballer. Shojaei played mainly as an attacking midfielder, he could also play as a winger or forward.

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Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer

Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch former professional footballer. Noted for his playmaking ability, he was considered one of the best midfielders in the world during his prime.

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09/06/1983

Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer

Firas Mohamad Al Khatib is a Syrian former footballer who mainly played as a forward. He is the Syria national team all-time top goalscorer, with 36 goals.

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Josh Cribbs, American football player

Joshua Cribbs is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kent State Golden Flashes and was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent after the 2005 NFL draft. Cribbs is tied for the second-most NFL career record with eight kickoff returns for touchdowns, and also the NFL record with two kickoffs of 100 yards or more returned for touchdowns in a single game. He has also played for the New York Jets, the Oakland Raiders and the Indianapolis Colts. He was most recently a special teams coaching intern for the Cleveland Browns.

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Dwayne Jones, American basketball player

Dwayne Clinton Jones is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Saint Joseph's Hawks of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

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Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player

Danny Adam Richar is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, Richar had a .229 batting average, six home runs, and 18 runs batted in.

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09/06/1982

Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer

Yoshito Okubo is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team, scoring six goals in 60 appearances. He was the J.League Top Scorer and J.League Best XI in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

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Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter

Christina Stürmer is an Austrian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Linz, she rose to fame as the runner-up of the inaugural season of the ORF eins television talent series Starmania. Following her participation, she signed with Universal Music and released her debut single "Ich lebe" which spent nine weeks atop the Austrian Singles Chart. It was followed by the release of her first two albums, Freier Fall (2003) and Soll das wirklich alles sein (2004), both of which debuted atop the Austrian Albums Chart and produced eight top ten hits, including the number-one singles "Mama " and "Vorbei".

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09/06/1981

Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress

Natalie Hershlag, known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an actress, film producer and director with dual Israeli and American citizenship. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Parinya Charoenphol, Thai boxer, model, and actress

Parinya Charoenphol, nicknamed Toom, also known by the stage name Parinya Kiatbusaba and the colloquial name Nong Toom or Nong Tum, is a Thai boxer, former muay Thai champion, model and actress. She is a kathoey (ladyboy), a Thai word referring to what is often considered a distinct gender in Thailand and elsewhere generally considered to be gender-nonconforming men or transgender women. At the age of 18, she underwent gender-affirming surgery.

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09/06/1980

D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player

Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, known professionally as D'banj, is a Nigerian singer, rapper, music executive, event host and television personality. Often regarded as one of the greatest African and Afrobeats artistes of all time, he signed with American rapper Kanye West's record label GOOD Music to release his 2012 single "Oliver Twist", an uptempo dance fusion of EDM and Afrobeats for which he became best known. With record producer Don Jazzy, he co-founded the record label Mo' Hits Records. His stage name is a combination of his first name, Dapo, and his surname, Oyebanjo.

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Mike Fontenot, American baseball player

Michael Eugene Fontenot Jr. is an American former professional baseball infielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, and Philadelphia Phillies. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Fontenot was commonly used at second base, shortstop, or third base during his career. He won a World Series with the Giants in 2010.

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Udonis Haslem, American basketball player

Udonis Johneal Haslem is an American professional basketball executive and former player. He is the vice president of basketball development for the Miami Heat, where he spent his entire 20-year playing career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Haslem is one of only three players in NBA history to play at least 20 years with one team. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, where he was a key member of four NCAA tournament teams. Haslem began his professional career in France with Chalon-sur-Saône and then signed with his hometown team, the Miami Heat, in 2003, leaving as the longest-tenured player in franchise history when he retired 20 years later. Haslem won three NBA championships in 2006, 2012, and 2013.

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Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer

Lehlohonolo Seema is a retired Mosotho footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. He began his coaching career at Bloemfontein Celtic where he was Assistant Manager in 2013. He went on to manage Black Leopards, Lamontville Golden Arrows, Chippa United, Polokwane City and Sekhukhune United in the South African Premiership.

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09/06/1979

Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer

Dario Dainelli is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player

Amanda Lassiter is an American former professional women's basketball player. After graduating from George Washington High School in San Francisco, Lassiter attended college at University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and graduated in 2001. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2001 WNBA draft by the Houston Comets. She has also played for the Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx.

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09/06/1978

Matt Bellamy, English singer, musician and songwriter

Matthew James Bellamy is an English musician and producer. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and lyricist for the English rock band Muse. He is recognised for his eccentric stage persona, wide tenor vocal range and musicianship.

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Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004

Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America, where she won a preliminary award. She placed as first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2004 competition.

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Miroslav Klose, German footballer

Miroslav Josef Klose is a German professional football manager and former player who currently serves as head coach of 1. FC Nürnberg. A striker, Klose is the all-time top scorer for Germany and holds the record for the most goals scored in the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals scored over four editions of the tournament between 2002 and 2014. Klose is best known for his performances with the German national team.

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Heather Mitts, American soccer player

Heather Mitts Feeley is an American former professional soccer defender. Mitts played college soccer for the University of Florida, and thereafter, she played professionally in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league; for the Philadelphia Charge, Boston Breakers, Philadelphia Independence and Atlanta Beat. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and was a member of the U.S. women's national team. She played in four matches in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the U.S. national team finished second. Mitts announced her retirement from soccer via Twitter on March 13, 2013.

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Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Hayden Schlossberg is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on Cobra Kai, the Harold & Kumar films and American Reunion.

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09/06/1977

Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer

Usman Afzaal is an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England, all against Australia in 2001. He is a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional left arm slow bowler.

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Paul Hutchison, English cricketer

Paul Michael Hutchison is an English former first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman, and a left-arm fast-medium bowler.

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Olin Kreutz, American football player

Olin George Kreutz is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. He played college football for University of Washington, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1998 NFL draft and spent 13 seasons with Chicago where he was selected to six Pro Bowls. He also played four games for the New Orleans Saints in 2011. Kreutz was a semi-finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020 after being named to the 2000s All-Decade Team.

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Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player

Predrag Stojaković, known by his nickname Pedja, is a Serbian former professional basketball player and basketball executive. Stojaković played for five teams in an NBA career that spanned from 1998 to 2011. Standing at 6 ft 10 in, he played mostly as a small forward. Stojaković starred for the Sacramento Kings in the 2000s and was named an NBA All-Star three times during his Kings tenure. He is regarded as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, having made 1,760 three-point field goals in his career; this total ranked fourth all-time upon his retirement from the NBA. Stojaković won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.

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09/06/1975

Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer and manager

Nana Otto Addo is a professional football manager and former professional football player. Born in Germany, he played for the Ghana national football team. He was most recently the manager for the Ghana national team and was previously a talent coach and interim first-team assistant coach for Borussia Dortmund.

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Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model

Ameesha Patel is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. Patel is the recipient of several awards such as a Filmfare Award and a Zee Cine Award.

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Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer (died 2022)

Andrew Symonds was an Australian international cricketer, who played all three formats as a batting all-rounder. Commonly nicknamed "Roy", he was a key member of two World Cup–winning squads. Symonds was a part of the team that won both the 2003 Cricket World Cup and, four years later, the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Symonds played as a right-handed, middle-order batsman and alternated between medium pace and off-spin bowling. He was also notable for his exceptional fielding skills.

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09/06/1974

Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen, better known by his stage name Samoth is a Norwegian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the country's black metal scene. He is well known for his distinct guitar work and drumming in the band Emperor, as well as his formation of the death metal band Zyklon. In very early Emperor releases, he was called Samot, and with the formation of Zyklon he became known as Zamoth. Samoth was the owner of the record label Nocturnal Art Productions and had a close relationship with Candlelight Records.

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09/06/1973

Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower and shot putter

Aigars Apinis is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function.

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Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster

Tedy Lacap Bruschi is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats, where he earned two-time consensus All-American. He was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft, and played his entire professional career with them. Bruschi won three Super Bowls and was a two-time second-team All-Pro selection.

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Frédéric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer

Frédéric Choffat is a French-speaking Swiss director.

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Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player

Grant W. Marshall is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger. He played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League, for the Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, and New Jersey Devils. He last played for the Devils' minor league affiliate, the Lowell Devils, during the 2007–08 season. Marshall won two Stanley Cup championships during his career, one with the Stars in 1999 and one with the Devils in 2003. He currently works on behalf of the Devils Alumni Association.

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09/06/1972

Matt Horsley, Australian footballer and coach

Matt Horsley is an Australian retired footballer.

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09/06/1971

Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster

Gilles De Bilde is a Belgian former professional footballer, sports pundit and television personality.

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Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter and sportscaster

Jean Galfione is a French retired pole vaulter. During his pole vaulting career, he won at least one medal in each of the following major international competitions - the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the European Championships and the European Indoors Championships

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Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jackie McKeown is the Scottish former lead singer and guitarist for the Glasgow indie rock band The Yummy Fur who plays in 1990s.

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09/06/1969

André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player

André Racicot, Jr., is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, most famous for his time with the Montreal Canadiens with whom he won the 1993 Stanley Cup as the backup goaltender to Patrick Roy.

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Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster

Eric Boswell Wynalda is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and former player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. Previously, he served as head coach and technical director of Las Vegas Lights FC in the USL Championship and he is the host of WTF: Wynalda Talks Football on SiriusXM FC.

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09/06/1968

Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper and coach

Niki Bakoyianni is a retired Greek high jumper. She was born in Lamia.

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09/06/1967

Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner

Rubén Dario Maza Larez is a long-distance runner from Venezuela.

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Jian Ghomeshi, Iranian-Canadian radio personality

Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vocalist and drummer in the Thornhill-based folk-pop band Moxy Früvous. In the 2000s, he became a television and radio broadcaster. He hosted, among others, the CBC Newsworld program Play (2002–2005), the CBC Radio One program The National Playlist (2005–2006), and the CBC Radio One program Q, which he co-created and hosted from 2007 to 2014.

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09/06/1964

Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress

Gloria Elizabeth Reuben is a Canadian actress, producer, and singer. She is well-known for her role as Jeanie Boulet on the medical drama ER, for which she was twice nominated for an Emmy Award, and for portraying Elizabeth Keckley in the 2012 Steven Spielberg–directed film Lincoln.

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Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (died 2009)

Wayman Lawrence Tisdale was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

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09/06/1963

Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist

Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli-born British saxophonist, novelist, political activist, and writer.

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Johnny Depp, American actor

John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. His films, in which he has often played eccentric characters, have grossed over $10.8 billion worldwide.

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David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter

David Koepp is an American screenwriter and director. He is the fourth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts with a total gross of over $2.97 billion.

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09/06/1962

Yuval Banai, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

Yuval Banai is an Israeli musician, best known as the lead singer of the influential Israeli pop rock band Mashina.

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Ken Rose, American football player

Kenneth Frank Rose is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, and Philadelphia Eagles. Rose graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He played college football for the UNLV Rebels and played alongside Randall Cunningham, among others.

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David Trewhella, Australian rugby league player

David Trewhella is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. After playing junior football in Newcastle, he started his senior football career in Queensland, playing for Redcliffe.

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09/06/1961

Thomas Benson, American football player

Thomas Carl Benson is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners football before being selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 1984 NFL draft. He played nine seasons in the NFL for four teams.

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Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author

Michael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian and American actor and activist. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1982–1989) and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox went on to star in films such as Teen Wolf (1985), The Secret of My Success (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Doc Hollywood (1991) and The Frighteners (1996). He returned to television on the ABC sitcom Spin City in the lead role of Mike Flaherty (1996–2000).

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Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin is an American screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker. As a writer for stage, television, and film, he is recognized for his trademark fast-paced dialogue and extended monologues, complemented by frequent use of the storytelling technique called the "walk and talk". Sorkin has earned numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and two WGA Awards, in addition to a Laurence Olivier Award nomination.

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09/06/1960

Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author

Steven Hillel Paikin is a Canadian journalist, author, and documentary producer. Paikin has primarily worked for TVOntario (TVO), Ontario's public broadcaster, and was formerly the anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda with Steve Paikin.

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09/06/1959

Peter Fowler, Australian golfer

Peter Randall Fowler is an Australian professional golfer. He played on the European Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and the European Senior Tour.

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09/06/1958

David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach

David Chalton Ancrum is an American former college and professional basketball player and coach. Ancrum played college basketball for Utica College. Subsequently, he had a professional basketball career, and he played in several leagues, most notably in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the Greek Basketball League, and the Israeli Premier League. In 1994, he was the Israeli Premier League's Top Scorer.

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09/06/1957

Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic

Randy John Read was a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and professor of protein crystallography at the University of Cambridge.

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09/06/1956

Berit Aunli, Norwegian skier

Berit Kristine Aunli is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is a World (1982) and Olympic (1984) champion and won a total of 15 Norwegian titles (1977—1982).

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Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author

Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Cornwell has also accused Walter Sickert of carrying out the Jack the Ripper killings; Sickert is not considered a serious suspect by most who study the case, and strong evidence shows he spent most of 1888 outside the UK and was in France at the time of most of the Ripper murders. Her books have sold more than 120 million copies.

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Marek Gazdzicki, Polish nuclear physicist

Marek Gaździcki is a Polish high-energy nuclear physicist, and the initiator and spokesperson of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS).

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Joaquín, Spanish footballer

Joaquín Alonso González, known simply as Joaquín, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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John Le Lievre, British squash player (died 2021)

John Robert Le Lievre was an English professional squash player.

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Kayhan Mortezavi, Iranian director

Kayhan Mortezavi is a prominent film art director/production designer, and director. He has also been a university professor at University of Tehran, Alzahra University, Tehran University of Art, and Iran Broadcasting University, (1982–1994). Kayhan Mortezavi has been nominated twice for the best production designer at Fajr International Film Festival, and won the award for the best TV art direction at Sima Festival - IRIB, 1992.

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Francine Raymond, French Canadian singer-songwriter

Francine Raymond is a Francophone Canadian folk-style singer songwriter. In 1994, Raymond's music was distributed by Montreal-based Distribution Select.

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Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician

Nikolay Georgiev Tsonev is a Bulgarian military officer, professor and politician. He served as the Bulgarian Minister of Defence between 2008 and 2009.

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Rudolf Wojtowicz, Polish footballer

Rudolf Wojtowicz is a Polish former professional footballer, who in different periods of his career was a defender or midfielder.

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09/06/1954

Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter

Peter James Byrne is an English singer best known for being a member of the pop and new wave band Naked Eyes.

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Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (died 2020)

Paul William Chapman was a Welsh rock guitarist best known for his work in bands such as UFO and Lone Star. He was well known by his nickname "Tonka", allegedly acquired because of his indestructible qualities.

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Gregory Maguire, American author

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003, which was later adapted into a two-part musical film series with the first film released in 2024 and the second film released in 2025.

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Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician

Elizabeth Evans May is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, lawyer, activist, and author. She has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011. May is the leader of the Green Party of Canada, having first held the position from 2006 to 2019. She returned to the leadership in 2022, initially as co-leader with Jonathan Pedneault and is now serving as the party's sole and outgoing leader following his resignation.

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George Pérez, American author and illustrator (died 2022)

George Pérez was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling Fantastic Four and The Avengers for Marvel Comics. In the 1980s, he penciled The New Teen Titans, which became one of DC Comics' top-selling series. He penciled DC's landmark limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, followed by relaunching Wonder Woman as both writer and penciller. In the meantime, he worked on other comics published by Marvel, DC, and other companies into the 2010s. He was known for his detailed and realistic rendering, and his facility with complex crowd scenes.

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09/06/1953

Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer

Ken Navarro is an American contemporary jazz guitarist from Lafayette, Indiana.

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09/06/1952

Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)

Uzi Hitman was an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, actor, director and television personality.

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Billy Knight, American basketball player

William R. Knight is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Playing with the Indiana Pacers in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was both an ABA and NBA All-Star. He played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers, who retired his No. 34.

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09/06/1951

Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (died 2013)

Michael Patrick Cronan was an American graphic designer, brand strategist, adjunct professor, and fine art painter. He was one of the founders of the San Francisco Bay Area postmodern movement in graphic design, that later became known as the "Pacific Wave".

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James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer

James Newton Howard is an American film composer, orchestrator and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards.

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Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach (died 2025)

David Gene Parker, nicknamed "the Cobra", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right fielder from 1973 to 1991. A seven-time All-Star, Parker won two National League (NL) batting titles and was the 1978 NL Most Valuable Player. He was a member of two World Series championship teams, winning with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979 and the Oakland Athletics in 1989.

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Brian Taylor, American basketball player

Brian Dwight Taylor is an American former professional basketball player who played for the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the Kansas City Kings, Denver Nuggets, and San Diego Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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09/06/1950

Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2013)

Trevor Bolder was an English rock musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with the Spiders from Mars, the backing band for David Bowie, although he also played alongside a variety of musicians from the early 1970s.

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Fred Jackson, American football player and coach

Fred Jackson is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant running backs coach for the University of Michigan. He has worked with Michigan Wolverines running backs for 28 years, from 2022 to the present and from 1992 to 2014. He was also the offensive coordinator in 1995 and 1996, assistant head coach from 1997 to 2002, and associate head coach from 2003 to 2007. Jackson was on Michigan's staff when the team won national championships in 1997 and 2023.

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Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player

Giorgos Kastrinakis is a retired Greek American professional basketball player. He played basketball professionally for many years in the Greek Basket League. At 2.04 m tall, he played as a power forward-center. During his basketball playing career, Kastrinakis was mainly known for his spectacular dunking ability.

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09/06/1949

Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist

Kiran Bedi is a former tennis player who became the first Indian woman to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th lieutenant governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. She remained in service for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007 as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development.

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09/06/1948

Jim Bailey, American football player

James Randall Bailey is an American former gridiron football player. After attending the University of Kansas, he played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a defensive lineman during the 1970s.

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Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician

Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work after a tax evasion scandal. She remained an independent member of the Riksdag until 2006. She co-founded Feminist Initiative in 2005 and was its co-spokesperson from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. She left the party in 2022.

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Tim Sullivan, American novelist (died 2024)

Timothy Robert Sullivan was an American science fiction novelist, screenwriter, actor, film director and short story writer.

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09/06/1947

Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter

Robert Indermaur is a Swiss painter and sculptor. Originally trained as a schoolteacher, Indermaur became a freelance artist in 1969, producing contemporary paintings and sculptures. He rose to prominence in the 1970s, and created pieces for public spaces in both Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Indermaur also ran the Klibühni Schnidrzunft, a regional theatre in Chur, for ten years with his wife and children, including the actress Rebecca Indermaur.

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Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter

Robbie Vincent is an English radio broadcaster and DJ. As a champion of jazz, funk and soul music in the UK during the late 1970s he made an important contribution both live in clubs and on radio. In 1995 he was voted Independent Radio Personality of the Year at the Variety Club of Great Britain annual awards.

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09/06/1946

Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Point (died 2004)

Deyda Hydara was co-founder and primary editor of The Point, a major independent Gambian newspaper. He worked as a radio presenter for Radio Syd during his early years as a freelance journalist before becoming a correspondent for AFP News Agency and Reporters Without Borders.

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James Kelman, Scottish author and playwright

James Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His fiction and short stories feature accounts of internal mental processes of usually, but not exclusively, working-class narrators and their labyrinthine struggles with authority or social interactions, mostly set in his home city of Glasgow. Frequently employing stream of consciousness experimentation, Kelman's stories typically feature "an atmosphere of gnarling paranoia, imprisoned minimalism, the boredom of survival."

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Peter Kilfoyle, English politician

Peter Kilfoyle is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 1991 to 2010.

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Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Giuliomaria Terzi di Sant'Agata is an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mario Monti's government from November 2011 until March 2013, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York between 2008 and 2009 and Ambassador of Italy to the United States between 2009 and 2011. He is currently a Senator of the Republic of Italy and the President of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs elected from the Lombardy constituency as a part of Brothers of Italy. He is also the President of the India-Italy Parliamentary Friendship group.

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09/06/1944

Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician

Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon was a British peer and chartered accountant. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sat as a crossbencher.

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Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster

Wallace Fredrick Gabler III was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, starting at quarterback in 1965. Gabler was a starter in the CFL for the Toronto Argonauts (1966–1969), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1969–1970), and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1970–1972). He passed for 13,080 yards and 61 touchdowns in the CFL.

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09/06/1943

John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver

John Fitzpatrick is a British former racing driver, winning many titles throughout his career. He works within motorsport as a consultant doing corporate events and driver management. He published a book "Fitz-My Life at the Wheel" in 2016.

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Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi

Charles Saatchi is an Iraqi-British businessman and the co-founder, with his brother Maurice, of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The brothers led the business, the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s, until they left the agency in 1995. In the same year, the brothers formed a new agency called M&C Saatchi.

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09/06/1942

Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022)

Anton Burghardt was a German football player and manager.

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Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist

Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd is a British former newspaper editor and broadcaster.

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09/06/1941

Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (died 2024)

Richard Alan Cash was an American global health researcher, public health physician, and internist. He was a pioneer of oral rehydration therapy for lethal diseases such as cholera. This simple, practical therapy is estimated to have saved over 50 million lives since.

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Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2012)

John Douglas "Jon" Lord was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous members in the band between 1968 and 1976, and also from its revival in 1984 until his retirement in 2002. He also played for the bands Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, the Artwoods, the Flower Pot Men and Santa Barbara Machine Head.

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09/06/1940

André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician

André Vallerand is a Canadian administrator, entrepreneur, and former politician. Vallerand served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Robert Bourassa and Daniel Johnson.

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09/06/1939

Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress

Ileana Cotrubaș is a Romanian operatic soprano whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was much admired for her acting skills and facility for singing opera in many different languages.

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Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic

Eric Campbell Fernie is a Scottish art historian.

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David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster

David Wishart Hobbs is a British former racing driver. He worked as a commentator from the mid 1970s for CBS until 1996, Speed from 1996 to 2012 and NBC from 2013 to 2017. In 1969 Hobbs was included in the FIA list of graded drivers, a group of 27 drivers who by their achievements were rated the best in the world. Hobbs was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009.

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Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Richard John Vitale, also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster and former head basketball coach. He is well known for his tenure since 1979 as a college basketball broadcaster for ESPN. He is known for catchphrases such as "This is awesome, baby!" and "diaper dandy", as well as his enthusiastic and colorful remarks during games. He has also written fourteen books and appeared in several films.

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Charles Webb, American author (died 2020)

Charles Richard Webb was an American novelist. His most famous work is the 1963 novel The Graduate, which was made into a 1967 film of the same name.

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09/06/1938

Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman

Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie, CBE is a British economist and businessman.

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Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright

Giles Pollock Havergal CBE was a Scottish theatre director and actor, opera stage director, teacher and adaptor. He was artistic director of Glasgow's Citizens Theatre from 1969 until he stepped down in 2003, one of the triumvirate of directors at the theatre, alongside Philip Prowse and Robert David MacDonald. Their input and influence within the theatre landscape of Glasgow - and the city itself - were significant, inspiring and supporting several notable actors and designers.

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Charles Wuorinen, American composer and educator (died 2020)

Charles Peter Wuorinen was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, chamber music, solo instrumental and vocal works, and operas, such as Brokeback Mountain (2014). His work was termed serialist but he came to disparage that idea as meaningless. Time's Encomium, his only purely electronic piece, received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize. Wuorinen taught at several institutions, including Columbia University, Rutgers University and the Manhattan School of Music.

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09/06/1937

Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic

Harald Rosenthal is a German hydrobiologist and fisheries scientist known for his work in fish farming, ecology, and international cooperation.

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09/06/1936

Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author

Nell Mary Dunn is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She is known especially for a volume of short stories, Up the Junction, and a novel, Poor Cow.

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Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2025)

Michael O'Dwyer was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He most famously managed the senior Kerry county team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county's longest-serving manager, and its most successful at winning major titles. O'Dwyer is regarded as one of the greatest managers in the history of the game. He is one of only three men to manage five different counties. Martin Breheny has described him as "the ultimate symbol of the outside manager".

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George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic

Sir George Charles Radda was a Hungarian-British chemist.

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09/06/1935

Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (died 2013)

Frank Stewart was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, best known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling under the ring name Dutch Savage.

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09/06/1934

Michael Mates, English colonel and politician

Michael John Mates is a Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of East Hampshire from 1974 to 2010. He was a minister at the Northern Ireland Office from 1992 to 1993, resigning after his support for failed businessman Asil Nadir damaged his reputation. After his long career at Westminster, Mates lost the election for police commissioner in Hampshire in August 2012.

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Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. was an American singer who was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", he was considered a master showman and one of the most dynamic singers and performers in the 20th century. Among his hits are "Lonely Teardrops," "Baby Workout," "Reet Petite", "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher". His performance style is often cited as a significant influence on contemporary and later artists such as Elvis Presley, James Brown, and Michael Jackson.

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09/06/1933

Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach (died 2024)

Albert Anthony Cantello was an American javelin thrower as a member of the United States Marine Corps. He was the coach of the men's distance running program at the United States Naval Academy from 1963 to 2018.

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09/06/1931

Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Jackie Mason was an American stand-up comedian and actor.

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Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (died 2006)

Nandini Satpathy was an Indian politician and author. She was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.

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Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021)

William Charles Virdon was an American professional baseball outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Virdon played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1965 and in 1968. He served as a coach for the Pirates and Houston Astros, and managed the Pirates, Astros, New York Yankees, and Montreal Expos.

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09/06/1930

Barbara, French singer (died 1997)

Monique Andrée Serf, known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Barbara became a famous cabaretière in the late 1950s in Paris, known as La Chanteuse de minuit, before she started composing her own tracks, which brought her to fame. Her most famous songs include "Dis, quand reviendras-tu ?" (1962), "Ma plus belle histoire d'amour" (1966) and "L'Aigle noir" (1970), the latter of which is said to have sold over 1 million copies in just twelve hours.

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Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Jordi Pujol i Soley is a retired Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003.

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09/06/1929

Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (died 1954)

John Marshall Alexander Jr., known by the stage name Johnny Ace, was an American rhythm-and-blues singer. He had a string of hit singles in the mid-1950s. He emerged as a prominent figure in postwar R&B and gained fame with hits such as "My Song", "Cross My Heart", and "Pledging My Love". Ace's smooth vocal style and romantic ballads made him a popular artist, particularly on R&B radio stations and jukeboxes. At the height of his career, he toured extensively and was regarded as one of the most promising young stars in the genre.

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09/06/1928

R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic (died 2015)

Robert Geraint Gruffydd FLSW FBA was a scholar of Welsh language and literature. From 1970 to 1979, he was Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was made Emeritus Professor in 1993.

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09/06/1927

George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025)

George Patterson Nigh was an American politician and civic leader from the state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally, short term vacancies in the governor's office twice resulted in Nigh assuming gubernatorial duties while serving as lieutenant governor.

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Jim Nolan, American basketball player (died 1983)

James S. Nolan was an American professional basketball player. Nolan was selected in the second round of the 1949 BAA draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He played for the Warriors for five games in the 1949–50 NBA season and recorded totals of eight points and four assists. He played college basketball and football at Georgia Institute of Technology. He later returned to Georgia and started a coaching career leading the Tech Freshman Basketball team from 1955 to 1957, then became the Lanier football coach in the early 1960s. He is a member of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame.

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09/06/1926

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (died 2010)

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones was an American electric blues bassist and singer. He worked with many blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, the Legendary Blues Band, Mississippi Heat, James Cotton, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Little Walter and Elmore James.

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Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (died 2015)

Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller was a philanthropist who, as the wife of the 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, served as second lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977. She was previously the first lady of New York from 1963 to 1973, during her husband's last three terms in office.

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09/06/1925

Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (died 1993)

John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz. Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer.

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Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (died 2014)

Herman Sarkowsky was a Seattle, Washington, United States businessman, philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, and former sports executive. He was a co-founder of two Pacific Northwest sports franchises, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks.

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09/06/1924

Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (died 2003)

Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Sheik. In wrestling, Farhat, whose career debuted in 1947, is credited as one of the originators of the hardcore style, is also retroactively called The Original Sheik, mostly to distinguish him from the similarly named Iron Sheik who debuted in 1972.

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09/06/1923

Gerald Götting, German politician (died 2015)

Gerald Götting was a German politician and chairman of the East German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1966 until 1989. He served as President of the People's Chamber (Volkskammer) from 1969 to 1976 and deputy chairman of the State Council of East Germany from 1960 to 1989.

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09/06/1922

George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)

George Axelrod was an American screenwriter and producer. His play The Seven Year Itch (1952), was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

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Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and Minister of Education (died 2022)

Christiaan Hendrik "Hein" Eersel was a Surinamese linguist and cultural researcher.

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John Gillespie Magee Jr., Anglo-American pilot and poet (died 1941)

John Gillespie Magee Jr. was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, who wrote the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collision over England in 1941.

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Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (died 1988)

Fernand Seguin, was a Canadian biochemist, professor and host of science programs on radio and television.

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09/06/1921

Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (died 2006)

Arthur Hertzberg was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist.

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Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (died 2015)

Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies.

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09/06/1918

John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (died 2011)

John Hospers was an American philosopher and political activist. Hospers was interested in Objectivism, and was once a friend of the philosopher Ayn Rand, though he later broke with her. In 1972, Hospers became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only minor party candidate to receive an electoral vote in that year's U.S. presidential election.

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09/06/1917

Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (died 2012)

Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism. His best-known works include his tetralogy about what he called the "long 19th century" and the "short 20th century", and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions". He was a life-long Marxist, and his socio-political convictions influenced the character of his work.

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09/06/1916

Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (died 2006)

Jurij Brězan was a Sorbian writer. His works, especially the novels, narrative works and children's books, were available in the two languages German and Upper Sorbian.

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Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (died 1943)

Siegfried Graetschus was a German SS functionary at the Sobibor extermination camp during Operation Reinhard, the deadliest phase of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was assassinated by a prisoner during the Sobibor uprising.

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Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2009)

Robert Strange McNamara was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War. He remains the longest-serving secretary of defense, having remained in office over seven years. He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis.

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09/06/1915

Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (died 1997)

James Allen McDonald was an American professional football player for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. After his playing career, he was the head coach at the University of Tennessee for one season.

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Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)

Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul. Paul taught himself how to play guitar, and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he had an early career in country music. In the 1950s, he and his wife, singer and guitarist Mary Ford, made numerous recordings, selling millions of copies.

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09/06/1912

Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)

Ingolf Dahl was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.

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09/06/1910

Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (died 1990)

Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O'Rourke (1943), and in dramatic films, especially two of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954). He received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance in 1955. On February 8, 1960, he received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture and television industries, at 6816 Hollywood Boulevard and 1718 Vine Street. He used the stage name Robert Cummings from mid-1935 until the end of 1954 and was credited as Bob Cummings from 1955 until his death.

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Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (died 1984)

Sir Edwin William "Ted" Hicks was a senior Australian public servant and diplomat. He was Secretary of the Department of Defence from 1956 to 1968.

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09/06/1908

Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (died 1993)

Luis Kutner was a US human rights activist, FBI informant, and lawyer who was on the National Advisory Council of the US branch of Amnesty International during its early years and created the concept of a living will. He was also notable for his advocacy of "world habeas corpus", the development of an international writ of habeas corpus to protect individual human rights. He was a founder of World Habeas Corpus, an organization created to fight for international policies which would protect individuals against unwarranted imprisonment. Kutner's papers are at the Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University.

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Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (died 1970)

Emmett B. "Branch" McCracken was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Ball State University from 1930 to 1938 and at Indiana University Bloomington from 1938 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1965. At Indiana, McCracken's Hoosiers won the NCAA Championship in 1940 and 1953. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960.

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09/06/1906

Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (died 1997)

Robert Klark Graham was an American eugenicist and businessman who made millions by developing shatterproof plastic eyeglass lenses and who later founded the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank for geniuses, in the hope of implementing a eugenics program.

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09/06/1903

Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (died 1953)

Felice Bonetto was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 16 Grands Prix from 1950 to 1953. Nicknamed "il Pirata", Bonetto won the Targa Florio in 1952 with Lancia.

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Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (died 1996)

Marcia Davenport was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart. Davenport also is known for her novels The Valley of Decision and East Side, West Side, both of which were adapted to film in 1945 and 1949, respectively.

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09/06/1902

Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)

Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals, James' early recordings could make the hair stand up on the back of your neck."

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09/06/1900

Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (died 1984)

Fredrick Malcolm Waring Sr. was an American musician, bandleader, choral director, and radio and television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "The Man Who Taught America How to Sing". He was also a promoter, financial backer and eponym of the Waring Blendor, the first modern electric food blender on the market.

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09/06/1898

Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (died 1952)

Luigi Cristiano Fagioli was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing from 1928 to 1949, and Formula One from 1950 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Abruzzi Robber", Fagioli won the 1951 French Grand Prix with Alfa Romeo aged 53, and remains the oldest driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Fagioli was runner-up in the European Drivers' Championship in 1935 with Mercedes.

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09/06/1895

Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (died 1981)

Archie Bruce "Beak" Weston was an American football player who was a quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1917 and a halfback in 1919. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1917 by Chicago Tribune sports editor Walter Eckersall.

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09/06/1893

Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (died 1963)

Emil Frederick "Irish" Meusel was an American baseball left fielder. He played in the major leagues between 1914 and 1927 for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, and Brooklyn Robins. With the Giants, he played in four consecutive World Series in the early 1920s. He was the brother of major league player Bob Meusel.

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09/06/1891

Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (died 1964)

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films.

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09/06/1890

Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (died 1952)

Leslie James Banks CBE was an English stage and screen actor, director and producer, now best remembered for playing gruff, menacing characters in black-and-white films of the 1930s and 1940s, but also the Chorus in Laurence Olivier's wartime version of Henry V.

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09/06/1885

Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1962)

Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski was a Polish physician, general, and politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and as the 28th Prime Minister of Poland before and at the outbreak of World War II.

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09/06/1882

Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1963)

Robert Kerr was an Irish Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

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09/06/1879

Harry DeBaecke, American rower (died 1961)

Harry Leopold DeBaecke was an American rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

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09/06/1875

Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

Sir Henry Hallett Dale was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve pulses (neurotransmission) he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.

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09/06/1874

Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)

Launceston Elliot was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion.

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09/06/1868

Jane Avril, French model and dancer (died 1943)

Jane Avril was a French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and a frequent subject of painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's art. Extremely thin and "given to jerky movements and sudden contortions", she was nicknamed La Mélinite, after an explosive.

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09/06/1865

Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (died 1914)

Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard was a French composer, somewhat influenced by César Franck and Vincent d'Indy. Magnard became a national hero in 1914 when he refused to surrender his property to German invaders and died defending it.

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Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)

Carl August Nielsen was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.

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09/06/1864

Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (died 1928)

Jeanne Bérangère was a French stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly forty years on the stage and in films during the silent film era.

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09/06/1861

Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem was a French theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the theory of elasticity. Duhem was also a prolific historian of science, noted especially for his pioneering work on the European Middle Ages. As a philosopher of science, Duhem is credited with the "Duhem–Quine thesis" on the indeterminacy of experimental criteria. Duhem's opposition to positivism was partly informed by his traditionalist Catholicism, an outlook that put him at odds with the dominant academic currents in France during his lifetime.

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Gustav Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist (died 1938)

Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann was a prominent Baltic German chemist-physicist who made important contributions in the fields of glassy and solid solutions, heterogeneous equilibria, crystallization, and metallurgy. He first predicted the order-disorder transition in alloys.

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09/06/1851

Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (died 1921)

Charles Joseph Bonaparte was an American lawyer and political activist of French noble descent who advocated for progressive and liberal causes. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he served in the cabinet of the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt.

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09/06/1849

Michael Ancher, Danish painter and academic (died 1927)

Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerrak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen.

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09/06/1845

Frank Norton, American baseball player (died 1920)

Frank Prescott Norton was an American professional baseball player, who played in one game for the Washington Olympics on May 5, 1871. He struck out in his only at-bat and played third base and outfield in the game. He made an error at third, on his only recorded fielding chance.

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09/06/1843

Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)

Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicitas von Suttner was a Bohemian noblewoman, pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian and Czech laureate.

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09/06/1842

Hazard Stevens, American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer (died 1918)

Hazard Stevens was an American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Union army during the American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Huger. Stevens and Philemon Beecher Van Trump made the first documented successful climb of Mount Rainier on August 17, 1870.

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09/06/1837

Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English author (died 1919)

Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene. She is noted especially as the custodian of her father's literary legacy, and for short fiction that places fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond introduced into English the proverb, "If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn."

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Michele Rua, Italian Catholic priest and saint (died 1910)

Michele Rua was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rua was a student under Don Bosco and was also the latter's first collaborator in the order's founding as well as one of his closest friends. He served as the first Rector Major of the Salesians following Bosco's death in 1888. He was responsible for the expansion of the Salesians and the order had grown to a significant degree around the world at the time he died. Rua served as a noted spiritual director and leader for the Salesians known for his austerities and rigid adherence to the rule. It was for this reason that he was nicknamed "the living rule".

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09/06/1836

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (died 1917)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was an English physician and suffragist. She is known for being the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon and as a co-founder and dean of the London School of Medicine for Women, which was the first medical school in Britain to train women as doctors. She was the first female dean of a British medical school, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor in Britain.

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09/06/1812

Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910)

Johann Gottfried Galle was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view and identify the planet Neptune. Urbain Le Verrier had predicted the existence and position of Neptune, and sent the coordinates to Galle, asking him to verify. Galle found Neptune in the same night he received Le Verrier's letter, within 1° of the predicted position. The discovery of Neptune is widely regarded as a dramatic validation of celestial mechanics, and is one of the most remarkable moments of 19th-century science.

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09/06/1810

Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (died 1849)

Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai was a German composer, conductor, and one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor as Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments.

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09/06/1781

George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848)

George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement. His chosen rail gauge, sometimes called "Stephenson gauge", was the basis for the 4-foot-8+1⁄2-inch (1.435 m) standard gauge used by most of the world's railways.

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09/06/1768

Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (died 1835)

Samuel Slater was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson, and the "Father of the American Factory System". In the United Kingdom, he was called "Slater the Traitor" and "Sam the Slate" because he brought British textile technology to the United States, modifying it for American use. He memorized the textile factory machinery designs as an apprentice to a pioneer in the British industry before migrating to the U.S. at the age of 21.

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09/06/1754

Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (died 1815)

Lieutenant-General Francis Humberston Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, was a British politician, soldier, and botanist. He was Chief of the Highland Clan Mackenzie, as which he raised the renowned 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.

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09/06/1732

Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1791)

Giuseppe Demachi was a composer born in Alessandria, Kingdom of Sardinia. He served as a leading violinist in the city of his birth and later in the city of Geneva with the Concerto di Ginevra of the Societé de Musique. He also served in the employ of one Count Sannazzaro in the 1760s and 1770s at Casale Monferrato. Not much is known about his life or death. Other than the records of his birth in 1732, his next known appearance in history is in 1763 when he was listed as playing in Alessandria's orchestra. After 1777 he again falls into obscurity until his last verifiable appearance during some concerts in London in 1791. The date of his death is not known, but is believed to have been shortly after his performances in London.

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09/06/1696

Shiva Rajaram, infant Chattrapati of the Maratha Empire (died 1726)

Shivaji II, was the fourth Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. He was the son of the Maratha Chhatrapati Rajaram I, and his wife Tarabai. He later became the first Raja of Kolhapur assuming the title as Shivaji I of Kolhapur.

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09/06/1686

Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1747)

Count Andrey Ivanovich Ostermann was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth in 1741. He based his foreign policy on the Austrian alliance. General Admiral.

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09/06/1672

Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725)

Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. Peter, as an autocrat, organized a well-ordered police state.

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09/06/1661

Feodor III of Russia (died 1682)

Feodor III or Fyodor III Alekseyevich was Tsar of all Russia from 1676 until his death in 1682. Despite poor health from childhood, he managed to pass reforms on improving meritocracy within the civil and military state administration as well as founding the Slavic Greek Latin Academy.

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09/06/1640

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1705)

Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 after the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV. Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest-ruling emperor of the House of Habsburg. He was both a composer and considerable patron of music.

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09/06/1625

Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" of New Netherland (died 1685)

Sarah Rapelje was the first European Christian female, the "first white child" born in New Netherland.

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09/06/1597

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (died 1665)

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, known for his distinctive paintings of whitewashed church interiors such as Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem (1636) and Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft.

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09/06/1595

Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (died 1648)

Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince of Poland and of Sweden, Władysław IV was the eldest son of Sigismund III Vasa and his first wife, Anna of Austria.

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09/06/1588

Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (died 1666)

Johann Andreas Herbst was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany.

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09/06/1580

Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (died 1655)

Daniel Heinsius was one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance.

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09/06/1424

Blanche II of Navarre (died 1464)

Blanche II was a Navarrese princess and claimant to the throne of Navarre. She was the daughter of John II of Navarre and Blanche I of Navarre, and was recognized early in life as an heir in the line of succession. Her marriage to Henry IV of Castile, arranged to secure peace between Navarre and Castile, ended in annulment. After returning to Navarre, she supported her brother Charles, Prince of Viana in his dispute with their father over the crown. Following her brother’s death, she became a rival claimant but was detained and later transferred to France, where she died under uncertain circumstances.

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09/06/1016

Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (died 1034)

Deokjong, personal name Wang Hŭm, was the 9th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. The son of King Hyeonjong, he was confirmed as Crown Prince in 1022. During his reign, the compilation of national histories that was started during King Hyeonjong's reign was completed, and under the advice of General Kang Kam-ch'an the construction of the second Cheolli Jangseong began.

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