Born on Sunday, 14th September – Famous Birthdays

14/09/2000

Han, South Korean rapper

Han Ji-sung, known mononymously as Han, is a South Korean rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids and its production unit 3RACHA under JYP Entertainment.

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14/09/1997

Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter

Benjamin Daniele Wahlgren Ingrosso is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. As a child, he appeared in the leading role in several musicals, and in 2006 he won Lilla Melodifestivalen with the song "Hej Sofia". He won the celebrity dancing TV show Let's Dance 2014, and has competed twice in Melodifestivalen in 2017 and 2018 respectively. He won in 2018 and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Dance You Off". Ingrosso has released five studio albums and hosted his own TV series, Benjamin's, on TV4.

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Dominic Solanke, English footballer

Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.

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14/09/1996

Hugh Bernard, English cricketer

Hugh Robert Bernard is an English former professional cricketer who has played for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler and a right-handed batsman. Bernard is a graduate of the Kent Cricket Academy and has featured in Kent's Second XI since 2014 as well as playing club cricket for Folkestone. In June 2015, Bernard signed his first professional contract with Kent. He made his first-class debut on 1 May 2016 against Glamorgan.

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Myles Wright, English professional footballer

Myles Harvey Wright is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Alfreton Town

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14/09/1995

Jevon Carter, American basketball player

Leroy Jevon Carter is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. A point guard for the Mountaineers, Carter was known as one of the top defensive players in college basketball, winning the NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Lefty Driesell Award after both his junior and senior seasons, and winning the inaugural Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in his final season.

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Deshaun Watson, American football player

Derrick Deshaun Watson is an American professional football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers, leading the team to a national championship in 2016. Watson was selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft by the Houston Texans.

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14/09/1994

Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer

Brahim Darri is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger for UAE Second Division League club Palm City. Darri was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey and Qatar.

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Gary Harris, American basketball player

Gary Harris Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.

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Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer

Daniel Michael O'Shaughnessy is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK and the Finland national team as a defender.

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Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer

Krasimir Stanoev is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Lokomotiv Sofia.

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14/09/1993

Brandon Brown, American race car driver

Brandon Lee Brown is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving for several teams including the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro for Brandonbilt Motorsports.

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14/09/1992

Connor Fields, American cyclist

Connor Evan Fields is an American professional BMX racer. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event and finished 7th overall. He represented the United States again at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's BMX event. He won the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, and became the first American to win an Olympic BMX gold.

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Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier

Cassie Sharpe is a Canadian freestyle skier. Sharpe became the Olympic champion in women's halfpipe after winning gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in halfpipe in Kreischberg and won gold and bronze in superpipe at the Winter X Games in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

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Zico, South Korean rapper

Woo Ji-ho, known professionally as Zico (지코), is a South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter. He debuted as the leader of the boy band Block B in 2011 and made his first solo release in 2014.

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14/09/1991

Dee Milliner, American football player

DeMarcus Armon "Dee" Milliner is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2013 NFL draft. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and was recognized as a unanimous All-American in 2012.

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Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model

Im Jin-ah, known professionally as Nana (나나), is a South Korean singer, actress, and model known for her work as a former group member of the South Korean girl group After School and its subgroups, Orange Caramel and After School Red. As an actress, Nana has starred in various television dramas such as Love Weaves Through a Millennium (2015), The Good Wife (2016), Kill It (2019), and Justice (2019).

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Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member

Shayne Robert Topp is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, podcaster, and host. He is most known for starring in Dear Lemon Lima and his work on the YouTube comedy collective Smosh, of which he has been a cast member since 2015 and the co-host of its podcast Smosh Mouth (2023–present). He is also known for his roles as Shayne Zabo on the Disney Channel series So Random! (2011–2012), and as Matt Bradley in seasons 4–10 on the ABC series The Goldbergs (2017–2023).

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14/09/1990

Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer

Douglas Costa de Souza is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie D Group B club ChievoVerona. He is known for his dribbling skills, speed, acceleration, and crossing ability.

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Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer

Petar Filipović is a German former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Austrian club Grazer AK.

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Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer

Belinda Hocking is a retired Australian backstroke swimmer. She is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

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Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer

Cecilie Pedersen is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker. She scored a notable goal against Iceland. She was also known for her high salary.

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14/09/1989

Jimmy Butler, American basketball player

Jimmy Butler III is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets", he is a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, and a five-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He won a gold medal as a member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.

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Tony Finau, American golfer

Milton Pouha "Tony" Finau is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

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Jesse James, American actor

Jesse James is an American retired actor.

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Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model

Lee Jong-suk is a South Korean actor and model. He debuted in 2005 as a runway model and gained recognition as an actor with television series School 2013 (2012) and I Can Hear Your Voice (2013). He received further prominence with dramas Doctor Stranger (2014), Pinocchio (2014), W (2016), While You Were Sleeping (2017), and Big Mouth (2022).

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Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player

Alexander Joseph Killorn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the third round, 77th overall, of the 2007 NHL entry draft. Killorn won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021.

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Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player

Jonathon Calvin Simmons is an American professional basketball player for Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played one season of college basketball for the Houston Cougars before a stint in the semi-professional American Basketball League (ABL) led to him joining the NBA D-League's Austin Toros in 2013. Following two seasons in the D-League, Simmons signed with the San Antonio Spurs after an impressive 2015 NBA Summer League.

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Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler

Miram Aseret Zetter Velazco is a Mexican ten-pin bowler.

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14/09/1988

Martin Fourcade, French biathlete

Martin Fourcade is a retired French biathlete. He is a six-time Olympic champion, a thirteen-time World Champion and a seven-time winner of the Overall World Cup. As of February 2026, he is the second most successful French Winter Olympian of all time after Quentin Fillon Maillet. Fourcade is the all-time biathlon record holder of overall World Cup titles with seven big crystal globes and he's also the all-time record holder of the most consecutive Major Championships titles with at least one non-team gold medal in every major championship from 2011 to 2018.

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Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer

Diogo Ferreira Salomão is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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14/09/1987

Michael Crabtree, American football player

Michael Alex Crabtree Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, twice earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected 10th overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2009 NFL draft. Crabtree was a member of the 49ers for six seasons and spent the remainder of his career with the Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Ravens, and Arizona Cardinals.

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Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer

Kwasi Esono Danquah III, better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.

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14/09/1986

David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player

David Kevin Denis Desharnais is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers. He also played one season with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and his last four seasons of professional hockey with HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL).

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Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Jonathan Monaghan is a contemporary visual artist who creates sculptures, prints, and video art with 3D modeling and animation software.

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Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer

Steven John Naismith is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager to Steve Clarke at the Scotland national team.

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Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer

Barış Özbek is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer

Alan Michael Anthony Sheehan is an Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a left back. He was recently head coach of EFL Championship club Swansea City.

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Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress

Ai Takahashi is a Japanese singer and actress. She debuted in 2001 as a 5th generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Morning Musume, eventually becoming one of the group's lead vocalists. She became the group's leader in 2007, as well as the leader of their musical collective, Hello! Project, in 2009. During her time in Morning Musume, Takahashi was also a member of sub-groups within Hello! Project, such as Mini-Moni, High-King, and several Hello! Project Shuffle Units. In 2011, she graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project.

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Reggie Williams, American basketball player

Reginald Leon Williams II is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for five teams. He played college basketball for the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) where he is the school's all-time leading scorer and led the country in scoring twice.

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14/09/1985

Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter

Alexander George Clare is a British singer and songwriter based in London, UK. His debut album, The Lateness of the Hour, was released in the UK on 8 July 2011 on Island Records and was produced by Mike Spencer and Major Lazer.

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Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter

Paolo Francesco Gregoletto is an American musician best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Trivium.

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Trevis Smith, American football player

Trevis Smith is a former football linebacker who played seven years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Smith was formerly a linebacker for the University of Alabama.

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Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer

Aya Ueto is a Japanese actress, singer and television personality. In 1997, Ueto participated in the seventh Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize. Soon thereafter, Ueto joined the talent agency Oscar Promotion and began taking singing, dancing and acting lessons. In 1999, she formed the girl group Z-1 with three fellow Japan Bishōjo Contest participants. The group disbanded in 2002 and later that year, Ueto signed with Pony Canyon and released "Pureness", her debut single as a lead artist. She has since released five studio albums which have spawned ten Oricon top-ten singles.

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Delmon Young, American baseball player

Delmon Damarcus Young is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Baltimore Orioles. He is the younger brother of former major league outfielder and first baseman Dmitri Young. He was the first-overall pick in the 2003 MLB draft.

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14/09/1984

Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor

Ayushmann Khurrana is an Indian actor and singer who works in Hindi films. Known for his portrayals of ordinary men often battling social norms, he is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards. He has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list of 2013 and 2019, and Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.

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14/09/1983

Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer

Arash Borhani is a retired Iranian football player and coach. He is the all-time top goal scorer of Esteghlal and also the second all-time top goal scorer in Iran's Premier Football League. He was the top goal scorer of 2008–09 Iran's Premier Football League. He was also a member of the Iran national football team. Borhani won a bronze medal in 2006 Asian Games with Iran national under-23 football team.

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Josh Outman, American baseball player

Joshua Stephen Outman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies (2012-2013), Cleveland Indians (2014), and New York Yankees (2014).

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Frostee Rucker, American football player

Frostee Lynn Rucker is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, and was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2006 NFL draft. Rucker has also played for the Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals, and Oakland Raiders.

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14/09/1982

SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter

SoShy, is a French singer and songwriter.

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Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player

Petr Průcha is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers and the Phoenix Coyotes.

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14/09/1981

Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Takamasa Ishihara , better known by his stage name MIYAVI, is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar.

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Stefan Reisinger, German footballer

Stefan Reisinger is a German football manager and former player.

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Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer

Yumi Adachi is a Japanese actress and singer.

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14/09/1980

Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress

Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin, known professionally as Ayọ, is a German singer and actress. Her stage name derives from the Yoruba translation of her given name, Joy.

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Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer

Gareth Maybin is a Northern Irish professional golfer.

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14/09/1979

Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer

Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team.

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Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer

Stefan Stam is a former Dutch footballer who played as a centre back. His previous clubs include AZ, PSV, Eindhoven, AFC, Oldham Athletic, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, FC Den Bosch and Katwijk.

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14/09/1978

Ben Cohen, English rugby union player

Ben Christopher Cohen, is an English activist and former rugby player. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996; in 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two years later to join Sale Sharks.

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Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida

Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2018 as the U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, withdrawing his candidacy in January 2024.

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Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress

Carmen Kass is an Estonian model, actress, and fashion journalist. The American edition of Vogue declared her and Gisele Bündchen the two supermodels of the moment on its January 2000 cover. In 2026, she was appointed editor-in-chief of Elle Baltic (Estonia).

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Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter

Danielle Marie Peck is an American country music artist. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2005, Peck released her self-titled debut album, which produced the Top 30 country hits "I Don't", "Findin' a Good Man", and "Isn't That Everything". A fourth single, "Bad for Me", charted in mid-2007. Peck is now heard as a host on "Y2Kountry," a country music station on Sirius XM radio.

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14/09/1977

Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect

Mattias Agabus is an Estonian architect. He studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning, graduating from the academy in 2001. Mattias Agabus is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects.

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Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014)

Malik Bendjelloul was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

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Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)

Mieko Matsuki , better known by her stage name Miyu Matsuki , was a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kure, Hiroshima, best known for her work in anime. She was affiliated with 81 Produce at the time of her death.

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14/09/1976

Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player

Agustín Calleri is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is Gordo which means Fat in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay.

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Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist

Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs is a Vincentian soca singer. He is best known for his 2003 hit single "Turn Me On", which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

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14/09/1974

Chad Bradford, American baseball player

Chadwick Lee Bradford is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, and Tampa Bay Rays between 1998 and 2009.

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Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner

Hicham El Guerrouj is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder for the 1500 metres and mile, and a former world record holder in the 2000 metres. He is the only man since Paavo Nurmi to win a gold medal in both the 1500 m and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games.

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Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist

Mattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey, The Derelict Dead, and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg bandmate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.

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Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager

Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh is a Nigerian football manager and former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Physical yet technically gifted, he played for top European clubs including Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus.

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Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer

Helgi Sigurðsson is an Icelandic former professional footballer and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented Iceland at international level.

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Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter

Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. With this same team he also participated in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but they were eliminated in the series due to a mistake in the changing area and did not qualify for the final.

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14/09/1973

Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter

Tony Bui is a Vietnamese-born American independent film director in the U.S., most famous for his 1999 film Three Seasons, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and became the first film to win both an Audience Award and a Grand Jury Prize. The film was based on Bui's own experiences dealing with the changing landscape and people of his ancestral home of Vietnam. The film starred Harvey Keitel.

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Terrell Fletcher, American football player

Terrell Antoine Fletcher is an American former professional football player who spent his entire eight-year career as a running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he played football as running back for the Wisconsin Badgers, the 1994 Rose Bowl champions. In 1995, Fletcher was named MVP in the Hall of Fame Outback Bowl. With the Chargers, he rushed for 1,871 yards and gained 1,943 yards receiving, leading all Charger running backs in receptions for five consecutive seasons, from 1996 to 2000. He is the older brother of former Indianapolis Colts tight end Bryan Fletcher. On November 4, 2001, he caught Drew Brees's first completion.

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Linvoy Primus, English footballer

Linvoy Stephen Primus is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor

Michael John Ward is a Québécois comedian. He performs comedy in both French and English.

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14/09/1972

Notah Begay III, American golfer

Notah Ryan Begay III is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few Native American golfers to have played in the PGA Tour. Since 2013, Begay has served as an analyst with the Golf Channel and NBC Sports.

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David Bell, American baseball player and coach

David Michael Bell is an American former professional baseball infielder, coach, and manager who most recently managed the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Over the course of his 12-year MLB playing career, Bell appeared at all four infield positions while playing for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Milwaukee Brewers, but played primarily at third and second. Bell made his MLB debut for the Indians in 1995.

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14/09/1971

Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter

Jeff Loomis is an American musician, best known for his role as lead guitarist in the progressive metal band Nevermore as well as brief tenures in its precursor, Sanctuary. In 2014, he joined Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and in 2021 he joined Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz as well. He left Arch Enemy in 2023. As a solo artist he has released two albums and one EP.

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Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)

Andre Coelho Matos was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. In 2012, he was ranked No. 77 at the list of 100 Greatest Voices of Brazilian Music by Rolling Stone Brasil.

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Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter

Christopher McCulloch, also known by the pseudonym Jackson Publick, is an American storyboard artist, writer, director, producer, and voice actor. He is known for his work on several Tick properties and for the animated television series The Venture Bros. He and Doc Hammer are the Venture Bros. co-creators, writers, editors, and directors, producing the show through their animation company Astro-Base Go. McCulloch voices over 20 characters in the series, including Hank Venture, The Monarch, and Sergeant Hatred.

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14/09/1970

Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist

Francesco Casagrande is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005.

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Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler

Satoshi Kojima is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

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Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist

Jason Martin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. Primarily a halfback, he played for the North Sydney Bears, Newcastle Knights and the North Queensland Cowboys before moving to Paris Saint-Germain in the Super League.

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Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Craig Aloysius Montoya is an American musician. He is best known as the bassist of alternative rock band Everclear during the band's popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He continued to perform with other small acts and tribute bands following his departure from Everclear in the mid-2000s.

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Mark Webber, English guitarist

Mark Andrew Webber is an English rock guitarist.

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14/09/1969

Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach

Denis Charles Betts is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league footballer. He is the head-coach of Wigan Warriors Women and a former assistant coach of the England national team.

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Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician

Konstandinos "Kostas" Koukodimos is a retired Greek long jumper and New Democracy politician, who served as the mayor of Katerini, Macedonia from 2019 to 2023. He was named the 1991 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. His family has hails from Agios Dimitrios, Pieria.

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14/09/1968

Grant Shapps, English politician

Sir Grant Shapps is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from August 2023 to July 2024. Shapps previously served in various cabinet posts, including Conservative Party Co-chairman, Transport Secretary, Home Secretary, Business Secretary, and Energy Secretary under prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Welwyn Hatfield from 2005 to 2024. He was defeated and lost his seat in the 2024 general election.

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14/09/1967

Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter

Jens Lien is a Norwegian film director. He graduated from the London International Film School in 1993.

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John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Timothy Power is an Irish-English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the frontman of the Britpop band Cast, and was the bassist and backing vocalist for the La's from 1986 to 1991. Following the dissolution of Cast in 2001, Power embarked on a solo career.

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14/09/1966

Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)

Iztok Puc was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, Zagreb, Celje and Prule 67. He won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He has won the elite EHF Champions League in 1992 and 1993, both times with Zagreb. He is one of very few handball players who represented three different countries at the Summer Olympics, winning bronze with Yugoslavia in 1988 and gold with Croatia in 1996. In 2009, he was named the best overall player in the history of Slovenian handball. After his death an award named in his honour was introduced and is awarded annually to the most promising young handball players in Slovenia and Croatia, given alternately one year to Slovenian and another year to Croatian player.

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Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician

Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer. In a playing career that spanned ten years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

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14/09/1965

Emily Bell, English journalist and academic

Emily Jane Bell is a British academic and journalist. She is Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, part of the CSJ, in New York City. Before taking up her academic post at the Tow Center in 2010, Bell had worked for The Guardian and Observer newspapers since 1990.

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Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director

Kevin Patrick O'Hare, CBE, is a British retired ballet dancer and current Director of The Royal Ballet. He succeeded Monica Mason in the role in 2012.

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14/09/1963

Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach

Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh is an Indian former cricketer and cricket coach. He represented India in one Test and 136 ODIs between 1989 and 2001. An all-rounder, he was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He has coached the Indian Premier League's Mumbai Indians since 2010 and the Caribbean Premier League's Barbados Tridents since 2013. He has also coached the Deccan Chargers in the IPL's inaugural year.

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14/09/1962

Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman

Robert Herjavec is a Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality.

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Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)

Thomas James Kurvers was an American professional ice hockey defenseman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent eleven seasons in the NHL between 1984 and 1995. He won the 1984 Hobey Baker award as the best collegiate ice hockey player, and won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986. After his playing career, he was an executive for the Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Minnesota Wild.

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Nick Botterill, British business man

Nicholas Byron Botterill is a British businessman, company director, and Conservative politician.

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Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer

Bonnie Jo Campbell is an American novelist and short story writer. Her most recent work is The Waters, published with W. W. Norton and Company.

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14/09/1961

Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician

Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe is a Tanzanian politician and former chairman of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo.

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Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman

Melinda Lou "Wendy" Thomas-Morse is the daughter of American businessman Dave Thomas, the founder of the fast food brand Wendy's. She is the namesake and mascot of the brand. She uses the name Wendy Thomas in her role as a spokesperson for Wendy's.

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14/09/1960

Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer

Ronald Lengkeek is a Dutch former footballer who played all of his career for Sparta Rotterdam.

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Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer

Callum Keith Rennie is a British and Canadian actor. His breakthrough role was as punk rocker Billy Tallent in the music mockumentary Hard Core Logo (1996), followed by a starring role as Det. Stanley Raymond Kowalski on the third and fourth seasons of the television series Due South (1997–99). He then won a Genie Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the Don McKellar film Last Night (1998).

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14/09/1958

Paul Clark, English footballer and manager

Paul Peterson Clark is an English former professional footballer. His clubs included Southend United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham.

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Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager

Jeffrey John Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand from 1983 to 1990, and first-class cricket for South Australia and then Auckland.

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Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Arlindo Domingos da Cruz Filho OMC was a Brazilian musician and songwriter, working in the genre of samba and pagode. Cruz took part in the most important formation of Grupo Fundo de Quintal, and was considered one of the most important figures of the pagode movement.

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Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024)

William Abercromby was a Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder.

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14/09/1957

Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach

Timothy Charles Wallach, nicknamed "Eli", is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman, most notably for the Montreal Expos from 1980 to 1992. A five-time All-Star, Wallach excelled as an offensive and as a defensive player, winning 2 Silver Slugger Awards and 3 Gold Glove Awards. In addition to the Expos, he also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels and coached for the Dodgers and Miami Marlins.

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Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Kepler Christoffel Wessels is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor.

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14/09/1956

Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster

Paul John Walter Allott is a former English cricketer who played county cricket for Lancashire, Minor Counties cricket for Staffordshire and first-class cricket in New Zealand for Wellington, as well as thirteen Test match appearances and thirteen One Day International appearances for England.

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Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece

Konstantinos Alexandrou Karamanlis, commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis, is a Greek retired politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also the president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1989 to 2023.

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Nathalie Roussel, French actress

Nathalie Roussel is a French actress of stage, television and film. She is best known for her role in the 1991 films My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle.

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Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)

Raymond Colin Wilkins was an English football player and coach.

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Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician

Lefteris Zagoritis is a Greek lawyer, politician and former Secretary General of New Democracy. As of 19 September 2015 he is serving as Hellenic Consumers' Ombudsman.

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14/09/1955

Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist

Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-American journalist and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March.

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William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer

William Jackson is a Scottish harpist and composer.

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Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician

Eduardo "Edu" Barrios Manzano is a Filipino actor, television presenter, and politician. He hosted the game shows The Weakest Link, Pilipinas, Game KNB?, 1 vs. 100, Asar Talo Lahat Panalo!, and Game 'N Go.

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Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.

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14/09/1954

Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)

Barry Steven Cowsill was an American musician, songwriter and producer. He was the bassist of the musical group The Cowsills, who had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s.

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David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992)

David Michael Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene. He incorporated personal narratives influenced by his struggle with AIDS as well as his political activism in his art until his death from the disease in 1992.

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14/09/1953

Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)

Thomas Henry Corra, better known as Tom Cora, was an American cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock. He recorded with John Zorn, Butch Morris, and the Ex, and was a member of Curlew, Third Person and Skeleton Crew.

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Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer

Judith White Playfair is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

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14/09/1951

Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer

Volodymyr Melnykov is a Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter, author of lyrics and music for songs,, inventor, mathematician, composer and public figure, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine.

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Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981)

Joseph McDonnell was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.

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14/09/1950

Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)

Paul Francis Kossoff was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free. In 2010, he was ranked number 51 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

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Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver

Masami Kuwashima is a former racing driver from Japan.

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Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician

Michael Byron Nifong is an American attorney who was disbarred after serving as the Durham County District Attorney in North Carolina. He was removed from this position, disbarred, and briefly jailed following court findings concerning his conduct in the Duke lacrosse case. He was found to have conspired with the DNA lab director to withhold exculpatory DNA evidence that would have acquitted the defendants.

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John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989)

John Steptoe was an author and illustrator for children’s books dealing with aspects of the African-American experience. He is best known for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, which was acknowledged by literary critics as a breakthrough in African history and culture.

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14/09/1949

Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)

Steven Earl Gaines was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airplane crash that claimed other band members and crew. His older sister Cassie Gaines, a backup vocalist with the band, also died in the crash.

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Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018)

Edward Calhoun King was an American musician. He was a guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975, and again from 1987 to 1996.

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Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)

Tommy Seebach, born Tommy Seebach Mortensen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a popular Danish singer, composer, organist, pianist and producer. He is best known as front man of Sir Henry and his Butlers and for numerous contributions to the Danish qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, which he won three times. He was the father of songwriter/producer Nicolai Seebach and singer/songwriter/producer Rasmus Seebach.

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Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)

Frederick Dewey Smith, known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith. The couple also collaborated musically.

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Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter

Eikichi Yazawa is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He is the father of singer Yoko Yazawa. He has been nicknamed as "Ei-chan" (永ちゃん), "Boss" and "The King of Rock".

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14/09/1948

Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)

Marc Reisner was an American environmentalist and writer best known for his book Cadillac Desert, a history of water management in the American West.

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14/09/1946

Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer

Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries beginning in the early 1970s. The breadth of their popularity expanded internationally, including in the United States, with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog, which featured their hits "Hair of the Dog" and a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts". They have continued to record and tour internationally for more than 50 years.

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Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)

James Leslie Angle II, known as Jim Angle, was an American journalist and television reporter for Fox News and ABC News. He was part of Fox News' inaugural reporting lineup when the channel was established in 1996.

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Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)

Wolfgang Sühnholz was a German-American soccer coach and former player. He won in the 1971–72 Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and in 1976 the North-American Soccer Bowl with Toronto Metros-Croatia. Later he settled in the United States and worked as a coach.

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Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)

Kjell Gjerseth was a Norwegian political activist, novelist and journalist, a recipient of the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris and the Narvesen Prize.

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14/09/1945

Martin Tyler, English sportscaster

Martin Tyler is an English football commentator and coach. He worked as a commentator for Sky Sports from 1990 to 2023, covering the Premier League and UEFA Champions League, as well as other domestic and international competitions. Tyler had previously commentated for ITV in the 1970s and 1980s. He provided his voice to the football video game series FIFA from 2005 until 2019. In 2003, he was voted the FA Premier League Commentator of the Decade. Since 2005, Tyler has worked as a coach for a number of teams managed by Alan Dowson.

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14/09/1944

Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)

Rowena A. Morrill, also credited as Rowena and Rowina Morril, was an American artist known for her science-fiction and fantasy illustration, and is credited as one of the first female artists to impact paperback cover illustration. Her notable artist monographs included The Fantastic Art of Rowena, Imagine, Imagination, and The Art of Rowena and her work has also been included in a variety of anthologies including Tomorrow and Beyond and Infinite Worlds.

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Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager

Günter Theodor Netzer is a German former professional football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving to Spain in 1973, with Real Madrid. A technically gifted playmaker, Netzer played as an attacking midfielder or as a deep-lying playmaker and is considered one of the greatest midfielders and passers in the game's history. He was voted German Footballer of the Year twice, in 1972 and 1973.

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14/09/1943

Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)

Antti Yrjö Hammarberg, professionally known as Irwin Goodman, was a Finnish rock and folk singer. He started as a protest song singer in the folk boom of the mid-1960s; his humorous songs, often mocking the authorities, became favorites of the Finnish people; Goodman singalike contests are still held by some pubs for entertainment.

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Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Marcos Kostenbader Valle is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. He has produced works in many musical styles, including bossa nova, samba, and fusions of rock, soul, jazz, and dance music with Brazilian styles. Valle is credited for popularizing bossa nova in the 1960s.

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14/09/1942

Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer

Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Hamiet Bluiett. Lake worked in the group Trio 3 with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille. Lake has appeared on more than 80 albums as a bandleader, co-leader, and side musician. He is the father of drummer Gene Lake. Lake has been a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.

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Roger Lyons, English trade union leader

Roger Lyons was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 and re-elected leader of the union in 1997. When the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus in 2002 he subsequently became one of the Joint General Secretaries of Amicus.

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Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter

Bernard MacLaverty is a Northern Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include Cal and Grace Notes. He has written five books of short stories.

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14/09/1941

Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015)

Bruce Hyde was an American educator and actor. He was professor of communication studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. His academic work mainly focused on ontology, specifically ontological approach to education, Martin Heidegger's contribution to communication studies, and the study of ontological rhetoric.

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Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic

Sir Ian McColl Kennedy is a British academic lawyer who has specialised in the law and ethics of health. He was appointed to chair the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in 2009.

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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary. The following year she was the first white student to enroll at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, and served as the local secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

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Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)

Alberto Naranjo [nah-rahn'-ho] was a Venezuelan musician. His mother, the singer Graciela Naranjo, was a radio, film and television pioneer in her homeland. Largely self-taught, Naranjo embarked on a similar musical course, becoming – like his mother – one of Venezuela's icons of contemporary popular music.

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Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)

Alex St. Clair was an American musician.

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14/09/1940

Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)

Ventseslav Konstantinov was a Bulgarian writer, aphorist and translator of German and English literature.

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Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025)

Padmakar Kashinath Shivalkar was an Indian first class cricketer. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Shivalkar spent over 20 years playing for Bombay and is the team's highest wicket taker of all time. He was almost 50 when he retired. In 2016, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.

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14/09/1939

DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)

DeWitt Thompson Weaver Jr. was an American golf consultant and professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.

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14/09/1938

Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Francesco Califano was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. His songs sold about 20 million records during his career.

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Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011)

Thomas Nicol Williamson was a British actor. He was described as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando" and "touched by genius" by John Osborne and Samuel Beckett, respectively.

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14/09/1937

Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building

Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. His notable works include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London (2012), Kansai International Airport in Osaka (1994), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul (2022), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016) and The New York Times Building in New York City (2007). He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.

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14/09/1936

Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)

Harry Danielsen was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Conservative Party, later independent.

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Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)

Terence Daniel Donovan was an English photographer and film director, noted for his fashion photography of the 1960s. A book of his fashion work, Terence Donovan Fashion, was published 2012. He also directed many TV commercials and oversaw the music videos for Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and "Simply Irresistible". The Guardian labelled “Addicted to Love“ as being "fashion's favourite video" since it was released.

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Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

Ferid Murad was an American physician and pharmacologist, His research demonstrated that nitroglycerin relaxes smooth muscle by releasing nitric oxide into the body. This work led to him sharing the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)

Lucas Samaras was a Greek-born American photographer, sculptor, and painter.

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14/09/1935

Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008)

Fujio Akatsuka was a Japanese manga artist. Known as the "King of Gag Manga" (ギャグ漫画の王様, he created many popular manga such as Osomatsu-kun, Himitsu no Akko-chan, and Tensai Bakabon.

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14/09/1934

Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)

Sarah Kofman was a French philosopher.

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Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)

Paul Francis Little was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Little represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1961 to 1964. He played 29 matches for the All Blacks including 10 internationals. He was a member of the Auckland Marist Rugby Club.

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Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

Donald Ray Walser was an American country music singer. He was known for his Texas country and yodeling.

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14/09/1933

Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)

Zoe Ada Caldwell was an Australian actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1968), Medea (1982), and Master Class (1996). Her film appearances include The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Birth (2004), and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011). She was also known for providing the voice of the Grand Councilwoman in the Lilo & Stitch franchise and in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.

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Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)

George Harvey Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States.

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14/09/1932

Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Harry James Sinden is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and executive. He served as a coach, general manager, and team president for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), and was the coach of Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders category. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 1997.

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John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)

John Zenus Ungapake Tembo was a Malawian politician who served for years as President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Tembo comes from the Dedza District in central Malawi, and he was a teacher by profession. Beginning in the 1960s he was an important politician in Malawi, and he was a key figure in the regime of Hastings Banda (1964–1994). He has been variously described as "physically slight, ascetic, fastidious" and "cunning". He was replaced as President of the MCP in August 2013.

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14/09/1930

Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)

Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Tel Aviv University, Yale University, the École normale supérieure, and the University of Chicago.

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Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)

Romola Helen Louise Costantino, Mrs Enyi, was an Australian pianist, accompanist and teacher, who also worked as a music, film and theatre critic.

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Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014)

Eugene Irving Gordon was an American physicist. He was Director of the Lightwave Devices Laboratory of Bell Labs.

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14/09/1929

Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)

John Lawrence Collins Jr. was an American writer and historian.

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14/09/1928

Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)

Jay Cameron was an American jazz reed musician who played the bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, and B-flat clarinet.

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Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)

Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.

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Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)

Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy was a British businessman, courtier, and philanthropist. He is best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent. Ogilvy is also remembered for his role in a business scandal, known as the Lonrho affair, involving the breaking of sanctions against Rhodesia during the 1970s. In later years, he was involved in charity work.

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14/09/1927

Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)

Martin Caidin was an American author, screenwriter, and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.

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Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)

Janet Kathleen Davies was an English actress best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Pike in the long-running sitcom Dad's Army.

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Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)

Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. was an American professional golfer.

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Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)

William James Fanning was an American-Canadian catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Often called "Gentleman Jim", Fanning was the first general manager of the Montreal Expos of the National League, and served the Expos in a number of capacities for almost 25 years. As their field manager in 1981, he guided Montreal into the playoffs for the only time in the 36-year history of the franchise.

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Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)

Edmund Casimir Szoka was an American Catholic prelate who served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and as president of the Governorate of Vatican City State from 1997 to 2006. He previously served as bishop of Gaylord in Michigan from 1971 to 1981 and archbishop of Detroit in Michigan from 1981 to 1990. Szoka was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.

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14/09/1926

Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)

Michel Butor was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator.

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Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)

Richard Ellsasser was an American concert organist, composer, and conductor who was primarily active during the 1940s to 1960s.

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Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)

María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde was the only child of Spain's caudillo, General Francisco Franco and his wife, Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés. In Asturian fashion, she was known by many nicknames, such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita.

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14/09/1924

Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)

Patricia Barringer was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer. Listed at 5' 7", 145 lb., she batted and threw right handed.

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Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)

Gerald Francis Coleman was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated Press, and was an All-Star in 1950 and later that year was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Yankees teams on which he was a player appeared in seven World Series during his career, winning five times. Coleman served as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and the Korean War, flying combat missions with the VMSB-341 Torrid Turtles (WWII) and VMA-323 Death Rattlers (Korea) in both wars. He later became a broadcaster, and he was honored in 2005 by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting contributions.

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Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)

Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol, also known by his pen name Abioseh Nicol, was a Sierra Leone Creole physician, diplomat, and writer. Nicol contributed significantly to diabetes research from his discoveries in his analysis of the breakdown of insulin in the human body. He was able to secure degrees in the arts, science and commercial disciplines and he contributed to science, history, and literature. Nicol was the first black African to graduate with first-class honours from the University of Cambridge and he was also the first black African elected as a fellow of a college of Cambridge University.

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Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999)

Willem "Wim" Polak was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.

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14/09/1923

Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)

Nicholas Georgiadis CBE was a Greek painter, stage and costume designer, best known for his work in ballet, particularly in collaboration with Sir Kenneth MacMillan.

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14/09/1922

Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988)

Michel Auclair was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.

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Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006)

Frances Bergen was an American actress and fashion model. She was the wife of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the mother of actress Candice Bergen and film and television editor Kris Bergen.

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Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)

Alfred Käärmann was an Estonian resistance fighter, also known as a forest brother, as the Estonians call their guerrillas, and author. In 2007 he was decorated with a military honour in recognition of his service. According to The New York Times, Alfred Käärmann's life is "a monument to man's astounding ability to endure the unbearable."

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14/09/1921

Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)

Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before becoming a United States federal judge.

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A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)

Albert Jean de Grandpré was a Canadian lawyer and businessman who served as the president and chief executive officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc.

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Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)

Paul Howard Poberezny was an American aviator, entrepreneur, and aircraft designer. He founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in 1953, and spent the greater part of his life promoting homebuilt aircraft.

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Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)

Darío Víttori was an Italian-born Argentine comic actor. His real name was Melito Dario Spartaco Margozzi. He was born on 14 September 1921 in Montecelio, Lazio, Italy, and died on 19 January 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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14/09/1920

Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)

Mario Benedetti Farrugia, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century.

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Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Lawrence Robert Klein was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1980 specifically "for the creation of econometric models and their application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies." Due to his efforts, such models have become widespread among economists. Harvard University professor Martin Feldstein told the Wall Street Journal that Klein "was the first to create the statistical models that embodied Keynesian economics," tools still used by the Federal Reserve Bank and other central banks.

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Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)

Alberto Pedro Calderón was an Argentine mathematician. His name is associated with the University of Buenos Aires, but first and foremost with the University of Chicago, where Calderón and his mentor, the analyst Antoni Zygmund, developed the theory of singular integral operators. This created the "Chicago School of (hard) Analysis".

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14/09/1919

Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)

Deryck Cooke was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.

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Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)

Gilbert Roche Andrews Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1977 to 1979 for the Don Dunstan Labor government.

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Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)

Olga Lowe was a South African-born British film, stage and television actress. She made her film debut in an uncredited role in the 1949 film Trottie True. Described by The Stage as "an actress of extraordinary versatility," her credits included EastEnders, Where Eagles Dare, Carry On Abroad, Steptoe and Son Ride Again and The Riddle of the Sands.

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Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)

Margaret Kathleen Regan, better known as Kay Medford, was an American actress and singer. For her performance as Rose Brice in the musical Funny Girl and the film adaptation of the same name, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress respectively.

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14/09/1918

Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)

Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.

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Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)

Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.

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14/09/1917

Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)

Rudolf Baumgartner was a Swiss conductor, violinist and music educator. In 1956 he founded the Lucerne Festival Strings chamber orchestra together with Wolfgang Schneiderhan.

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14/09/1916

Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)

Eric Russell Bentley was a British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator. In 1998, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the New York Theater Hall of Fame, recognizing his many years of cabaret performances.

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John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001)

John Whitefoord Heyer was an Australian documentary filmmaker, who is often described as the father of Australian documentary film.

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14/09/1915

John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)

John Lowry Dobson was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy through public lectures including his performances of "sidewalk astronomy". Dobson was also the co-founder of the amateur astronomical group, the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers.

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14/09/1914

Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997)

Mae Boren Axton was an American singer-songwriter. She was known in the music industry as the "Queen Mother of Nashville". She co-wrote the Elvis Presley hit single "Heartbreak Hotel" with Tommy Durden. She worked with Mel Tillis, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Eddy Arnold, Tanya Tucker, Johnny Tillotson, and Blake Shelton.

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14/09/1913

Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)

Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 25th president of Guatemala. He was Minister of National Defense from 1944 to 1950, before he became the second democratically elected President of Guatemala, from 1951 to 1954. He was a major figure in the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution, which represented some of the few years of representative democracy in Guatemalan history. The landmark program of agrarian reform Árbenz enacted as president was very influential across Latin America.

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Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013)

Rubby Sherr was an American nuclear physicist who co-invented a key component of the first nuclear weapon while participating in the Manhattan Project during the Second World War. His academic career spanned nearly eight decades, including almost 40 years working at Princeton University.

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14/09/1911

William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999)

William Howard Armstrong was an American writer of children's literature and educator, best known for his 1969 novel Sounder, which won the Newbery Medal.

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14/09/1910

Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)

A. Lehman Engel was an American composer for television, film, and operas and a conductor of Broadway musicals and operas.

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Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)

John Edward Hawkins was an English actor, who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. He was known for his portrayal of military men, said to "endow the countless figures of authority he played with a formidable screen presence." One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was nominated for four BAFTA Awards for Best British Actor.

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Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)

Ioannis "Yiannis" Latsis, also known as John Spyridon Latsis, was a Greek shipping multi-billionaire business magnate notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities.

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Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)

Rolf Liebermann, was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also the artistic director of the Paris Opera from 1973 to 1980.

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Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)

Hajjah Rangkayo Rasuna Said was a campaigner for Indonesian independence and women's rights, particularly their rights to education and participation in politics. Being politically active herself prior and after Indonesia's independence, Rasuna Said became a member of various political organizations and later served as a member of the Provisional People's Representative Council and the Supreme Advisory Council under Sukarno's tenure. Due to her involvement in Indonesia's struggle for independence, she was recognized posthumously as an Indonesian national heroine.

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14/09/1909

Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)

Sir Peter Markham Scott was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.

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14/09/1907

Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)

George Ivask was a Russian poet and literary critic; in his later years he was an American scholar of Russian literature. Ivask was born to a family of an Estonian-German father and Russian mother and he identified culturally as a Russian.

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14/09/1904

Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)

Francis Amyot was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s. He won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)

Richard Mohaupt was a German composer and Kapellmeister.

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14/09/1903

Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980)

Mart Raud was an Estonian poet, playwright and novelist.

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14/09/1902

Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)

Giorgos Papasideris was a Greek singer, composer, and lyricist. He was born on Salamis Island. After leaving elementary school, he spent his entire career working professionally in the field of traditional Greek folk music, producing many popular recordings. He died of a heart attack in 1977 on Salamis Island. In a district of Salamis City, named Alonia in the birthplace of Papasideris, there is a bust in memory of him.

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Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)

Alice Bigelow Tully was an American singer of opera and recital, music promoter, patron of the arts and philanthropist from New York. She was a second cousin of the American actress Katharine Hepburn.

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14/09/1898

Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)

Lawrence Gellert (1898-1979?), was a music collector, who in the 1920s and 1930s amassed a significant collection of field-recorded African-American blues and spirituals and also claimed to have documented black protest traditions in the South of the United States.

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Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)

Ernest Nash was a student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography. Nash was born as Ernst Nathan in Potsdam, Germany, but later changed his name to Nash when he was living in the United States between 1939 and 1952.

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14/09/1896

José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)

Fray José de Guadalupe Mojica was a Mexican Franciscan friar and former tenor and film actor. He was known in the music and film fields as José Mojica.

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14/09/1892

Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)

Laurence Wilfred Allen was an English World War I flying ace. He was credited with ten confirmed victories while serving as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2 Fighters.

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14/09/1891

Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)

Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov was a Soviet mathematician, who was one of the creators of modern analytic number theory, and also a dominant figure in mathematics in the USSR. He was born in the Velikiye Luki district, Pskov Oblast. He graduated from the University of St. Petersburg, where in 1920 he became a Professor. From 1934 he was a Director of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, a position he held for the rest of his life, except for the five-year period (1941–1946) when the institute was directed by Academician Sergei Sobolev. In 1941 he was awarded the Stalin Prize. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1942. In 1951 he became a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Kraków.

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14/09/1887

Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954)

Karl Taylor Compton was an American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. A researcher in electron physics and early experimenter on the photoelectric effect, Compton spent two decades at Princeton University before accepting the MIT presidency, where he transformed what had been primarily an engineering school into a research university with strong programs in basic science.

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14/09/1886

Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)

Jan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbulent, and impulsive man".

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14/09/1885

Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)

Vittorio Gui was an Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and critic.

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14/09/1883

Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)

Richard Gerstl was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with Mathilde Schoenberg, wife of composer Arnold Schoenberg, which led to Gerstl's suicide.

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14/09/1880

Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)

Metropolitan Benjamin or Veniamin was a bishop of the Russian Church, Orthodox missionary and writer.

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Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)

Charles Archibald Hahn was an American track athlete and is widely regarded as one of the best sprinters of the early 20th century. He is the first athlete to win both the 100 m and 200 m race at the same Olympic Games.

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14/09/1879

Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966)

Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill. Sanger is regarded as a founder and leader of the U.S. birth control movement.

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14/09/1872

John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)

John Olof Dahlgren was an American corporal serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

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14/09/1869

Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953)

Charles Augustus "Kid" Nichols was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1890 to 1906. A switch hitter who threw right-handed, he was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg). He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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14/09/1868

Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)

Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie Botrel was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is La Paimpolaise. During World War I he became France's official "Bard of the Armies".

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14/09/1867

Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)

Charles Dana Gibson was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.

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14/09/1864

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood,, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations and a defender of it, whose service to the organisation saw him awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.

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14/09/1860

Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)

Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction involving hard-working Midwestern farmers.

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14/09/1857

Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)

Julia Barlow Platt was an American embryologist, politician and mayor.

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14/09/1853

Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)

Ponnambalam Arunachalam was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative Council of Ceylon.

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14/09/1850

Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)

Anton Mahnič, also spelled Antun Mahnić in Croatian orthography, was a Croatian-Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church and a philosopher who established and led the Croatian Catholic Movement. Mahnič served as the bishop of Krk from 1897 to his death in 1920.

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14/09/1847

Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931)

Fanny Holland was an English singer and comic actress primarily known as the creator of principal soprano roles in numerous German Reed Entertainments from 1869 to 1895.

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14/09/1843

Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)

Lola Rodríguez de Tió was a Puerto Rican woman who established herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. A believer in women's rights, she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and the independence of Puerto Rico.

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14/09/1837

Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)

Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev was a Russian mathematician, the father of Andrei Bely.

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14/09/1816

Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)

Mary Hall Adams was an American book editor and letter writer. Her writing includes, Never give up, or, How children may be happy and The Rainbow and Other Stories: A Juvenile Gift. For three years, Adams edited the Universalist Church-affiliated Sabbath-School Annual.

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14/09/1804

John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)

John Gould was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates he has been considered the father of bird study in Australia, and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.

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Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)

Louis-Désiré Maigret, SS.CC., served as the first vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France, Maigret was ordained to the priesthood as a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on September 23, 1828, at the age of 24. As part of his missionary work, Father Maigret sailed to the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi to help build its Catholic community of native Hawaiians.

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14/09/1791

Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867)

Franz Bopp was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages.

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14/09/1774

Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)

Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,, known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Fort William (Bengal) presidency from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835.

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14/09/1769

Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859)

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. Humboldt and Carl Ritter are both regarded as the founders of modern geography as they established it as an independent scientific discipline.

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14/09/1737

Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)

Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period and the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.

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14/09/1736

Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)

Robert Raikes was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School in Gloucester. He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.

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14/09/1721

Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)

Eliphalet Dyer was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Windham, Connecticut. He was a delegate for Connecticut to many sessions of the Continental Congress, where he signed the 1774 Continental Association.

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14/09/1713

Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)

Johann Kies was a German astronomer and mathematician. Born in Tübingen, Kies worked in Berlin in 1751 alongside Jérôme Lalande in order to make observations on the lunar parallax in concert with those of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille at the Cape of Good Hope.

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14/09/1656

Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)

Thomas Baker was an English antiquarian.

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14/09/1643

Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)

Jeremiah Dummer was a silversmith, painter, and engraver from the Thirteen Colonies. He created the first paper currency in the Connecticut Colony, and his son Jeremiah Dummer was involved with the foundation of Yale University.

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14/09/1618

Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)

Sir Peter Lely was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. He became a naturalised English subject and was knighted in 1680 by King Charles II.

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14/09/1580

Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago, was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo. This style existed in stark contrast to Góngora's culteranismo.

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14/09/1547

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619)

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Heer van Berkel en Rodenrijs (1600), Gunterstein (1611) and Bakkum (1613), was a Dutch statesman and revolutionary who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.

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14/09/1543

Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)

Claudio Acquaviva, SJ was an Italian Jesuit priest. Elected in 1581 as the fifth Superior General of the Society of Jesus, he has been referred to as the second founder of the Jesuit order.

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14/09/1486

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer.

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14/09/1485

Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)

Anna, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Landgravine of Hesse by marriage to William II of Hesse. She was appointed regent in the guardian regency during the minority of her son Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in 1509-1519.

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14/09/1401

Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)

Maria of Castile was Queen of Aragon and Naples as the spouse of Alfonso V of Aragon. Maria acted twice as the regent of Aragon during the reign of her spouse, as he was absent during most of his reign; those regencies lasted between 1420 and 1423 and between 1432 and 1458. She was also briefly Princess of Asturias in her own right as the heiress presumptive to the throne of Castile. She succeeded her father, Henry III of Castile, as Princess of Asturias in 1402.

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14/09/1388

Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)

Claudius Clavus (Suartho) also known as Nicholas Niger,, , was a Danish geographer sometimes considered to be the first Nordic cartographer.

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14/09/1384

Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)

St. Ephraim the Neomartyr, Ephraim the Martyr, or Ephraim of Mount Amomon, believed to have lived from 1384 to 1426, is venerated as a martyr and miracle-working saint by Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and Greek Orthodox Church. His status as a saint is controversial, as there are no sources testifying to his existence as an historical person. Believers regard him as a "newly revealed" ("νεοφανής") saint, whose existence is a matter of divine revelation rather than historical proof.

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14/09/1246

John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272)

John FitzAlan III, was an English nobleman. He was also Lord and Baron of Clun and Oswestry in the Welsh Marches.

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14/09/1032

Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)

Emperor Daozong of Liao, personal name Chala, sinicised name Yelü Hongji, was the eighth emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.

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14/09/0953

Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)

Guo Zongxun or Chai Zongxun, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gong of Later Zhou, was the third and last emperor of the Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. As the only child of Guo Rong, he ascended the throne in July 959, when his father suddenly died of illness during a northern military expedition attempting to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures from the Khitans Liao dynasty. His reign ended just months later in February 960, when the six-year-old emperor was usurped in a mutiny led by royal guard general Zhao Kuangyin, who founded the Song dynasty.

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14/09/0938

Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)

Abu’l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād ibn al-ʿAbbās, better known as Ṣāḥib ibn ʿAbbād, also known as al-Ṣāḥib (الصاحب), was a Persian scholar and statesman, who served as the grand vizier of the Buyid rulers of Ray from 976 to 995.

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14/09/0768

Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)

Abū al-ʿAbbās Abd Allāh ibn Hārūn al-Maʾmūn, better known by his regnal name al-Ma'mun, was the seventh Abbasid caliph, who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. His leadership was marked by the power and prosperity of the Abbasid Caliphate, al-Ma'mun promoted the Graeco-Arabic translation movement, the flowering of learning and the sciences in Baghdad, and the publishing of al-Khwarizmi's book now known as "Algebra", making him one of the most important caliphs in the Islamic Golden Age. He is also known as a proponent of the rational Islamic theology of Mu'tazilism.

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14/09/0208

Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218)

Diadumenian was the son of the Roman emperor Macrinus and served as his co-ruler for a brief time in 218. His mother, Macrinus' wife, is called Nonia Celsa in the unreliable Historia Augusta, though this name may have been fictional. Diadumenian became caesar in May 217, shortly after his father's accession to the imperial throne. Elagabalus, a relative of the recently deceased Caracalla, revolted in May of the following year, and Diadumenian was elevated to co-emperor. After Macrinus was defeated in the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218, Diadumenian was sent to the court of Artabanus IV of Parthia to ensure his safety; however, he was captured and executed along the way. After his death and that of his father, the Senate declared both of them enemies of Rome and had their names struck from records and their images destroyed — a process known in modern scholarship as damnatio memoriae.

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