People born on December 16 203
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Manuel III of Trebizond
b. 1364 – d. 1417
Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)
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Catherine of Aragon
b. 1485 – d. 1536
Catherine of Aragon (d. 1536)
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Hans Bol
b. 1534 – d. 1593
Hans Bol, Flemish artist (d. 1593)
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Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey
b. 1582 – d. 1642
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)
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John Selden
b. 1584 – d. 1654
John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)
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Livia della Rovere
b. 1585 – d. 1641
Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1641)
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Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
b. 1614 – d. 1674
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
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Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1630-1715)
b. 1630 – d. 1715
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)
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George Whitefield
b. 1714 – d. 1770
George Whitefield, English preacher and saint (d. 1770)
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Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini
b. 1716 – d. 1798
Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)
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Elizabeth Carter
b. 1717 – d. 1806
Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)
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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
b. 1742 – d. 1819
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
b. 1770 – d. 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
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Jane Austen
b. 1775 – d. 1817
Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)
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François-Adrien Boieldieu
b. 1775 – d. 1834
François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)
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Johann Wilhelm Ritter
b. 1776 – d. 1810
Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
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John Ordronaux (privateer)
b. 1778 – d. 1841
John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)
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Mary Russell Mitford
b. 1787 – d. 1855
Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)
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Leopold I of Belgium
b. 1790 – d. 1865
Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
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Viktor Bunyakovsky
b. 1804 – d. 1889
Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)
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Léon Walras
b. 1834 – d. 1910
Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)
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Ernst von Bergmann
b. 1836 – d. 1907
Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)
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Antonio de La Gándara
b. 1861 – d. 1917
Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
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George Santayana
b. 1863 – d. 1952
George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)
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Olavo Bilac
b. 1865 – d. 1918
Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
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Wassily Kandinsky
b. 1866 – d. 1944
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
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Amy Carmichael
b. 1867 – d. 1951
Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)
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Hristo Tatarchev
b. 1869 – d. 1952
Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)
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Bertha Lamme Feicht
b. 1869 – d. 1943
Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)
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Anton Denikin
b. 1872 – d. 1947
Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
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Jack Hobbs
b. 1882 – d. 1963
Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
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Zoltán Kodály
b. 1882 – d. 1967
Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
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Walther Meissner
b. 1882 – d. 1974
Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
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Károly Kós
b. 1883 – d. 1977
Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
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Max Linder
b. 1883 – d. 1925
Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
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Seibo Kitamura
b. 1884 – d. 1987
Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
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Alexander I of Yugoslavia
b. 1888 – d. 1934
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
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Alphonse Juin
b. 1888 – d. 1967
Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)
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Kim Chwa-chin
b. 1889 – d. 1930
Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)
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Marie Hall Ets
b. 1895 – d. 1984
Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)
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Anna Anderson
b. 1896 – d. 1984
Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)
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Noël Coward
b. 1899 – d. 1973
Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
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Lucille Lortel
b. 1900 – d. 1999
Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)
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V. S. Pritchett
b. 1900 – d. 1997
V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)
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Margaret Mead
b. 1901 – d. 1978
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
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Rafael Alberti
b. 1902 – d. 1999
Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
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Hardie Albright
b. 1903 – d. 1975
Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
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Harold Whitlock
b. 1903 – d. 1985
Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
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Piet Hein (scientist)
b. 1905 – d. 1996
Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
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Barbara Kent
b. 1907 – d. 2011
Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
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Remedios Varo
b. 1908 – d. 1963
Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
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Freddie Brown (cricketer)
b. 1910 – d. 1991
Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
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George Ignatieff
b. 1913 – d. 1989
George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
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Nabi Bux Khan Baloch
b. 1917 – d. 2011
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
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Pete T. Cenarrusa
b. 1917 – d. 2013
Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
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Arthur C. Clarke
b. 1917 – d. 2008
Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)
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Ruth Johnson Colvin
b. 1917
Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
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Frederick Rotimi Williams
b. 1920 – d. 2005
Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
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Eulalio González
b. 1921 – d. 2003
Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
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Cy Leslie
b. 1922 – d. 2008
Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
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Menahem Pressler
b. 1923
Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
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Ernst Florian Winter
b. 1923 – d. 2014
Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
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Nicolas Sidjakov
b. 1924 – d. 1993
Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
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James McCracken
b. 1926 – d. 1988
James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
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A. N. R. Robinson
b. 1926 – d. 2014
A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
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Jeffrey Stone
b. 1926 – d. 2012
Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
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Peter Dickinson
b. 1927 – d. 2015
Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
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Randall Garrett
b. 1927 – d. 1987
Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
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Terry Carter
b. 1928
Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
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Philip K. Dick
b. 1928 – d. 1982
Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
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Nicholas Courtney
b. 1929 – d. 2011
Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
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Bill Brittain
b. 1930 – d. 2011
Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)
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Sam Most
b. 1930 – d. 2013
Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
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Bill Young
b. 1930 – d. 2013
Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
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Quentin Blake
b. 1932
Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
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Grace Alele-Williams
b. 1932
Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
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Morris Dees
b. 1936
Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Joyce Bulifant
b. 1937
Joyce Bulifant, American actress
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Edward Ruscha
b. 1937
Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
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Frank Deford
b. 1938
Frank Deford, American journalist and author
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Liv Ullmann
b. 1938
Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
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Philip Langridge
b. 1939 – d. 2010
Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
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Gordon Miller (athlete)
b. 1939
Gordon Miller, English high jumper
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Lesley Stahl
b. 1941
Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
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Roger Wheeler (British Army officer)
b. 1941
Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
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Donald Carcieri
b. 1942
Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
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Steven Bochco
b. 1943
Steven Bochco, American screenwriter and producer
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Jeff Kanew
b. 1944
Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
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Don Meyer
b. 1944 – d. 2014
Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
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Patti Deutsch
b. 1945 – d. 2017
Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
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Tony Hicks
b. 1945
Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
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Benny Andersson
b. 1946
Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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Charles Dennis
b. 1946
Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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Trevor Pinnock
b. 1946
Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
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Tom Stern (cinematographer)
b. 1946
Tom Stern, American cinematographer
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Ben Cross
b. 1947
Ben Cross, English actor
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Vincent Matthews (athlete)
b. 1947
Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
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Martyn Poliakoff
b. 1947
Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
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Billy Gibbons
b. 1949
Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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Heather Hallett
b. 1949
Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
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Claudia Cohen
b. 1950 – d. 2007
Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)
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Roy Schuiten
b. 1950 – d. 2006
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
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Sally Emerson
b. 1951
Sally Emerson, English author and poet
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Mike Flanagan (baseball)
b. 1951 – d. 2011
Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
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Robben Ford
b. 1951
Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
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Mark Heard
b. 1951 – d. 1992
Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
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Aykut Barka
b. 1951 – d. 2002
Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
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Joel Garner
b. 1952
Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
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Francesco Graziani
b. 1952
Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
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Rebecca Forstadt
b. 1953
Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
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Xander Berkeley
b. 1955
Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
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Carol Browner
b. 1955
Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
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Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
b. 1955
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
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Chiharu Matsuyama
b. 1955
Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux
b. 1956 – d. 2004
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
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H. D. Kumaraswamy
b. 1957
H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
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Antonio Vega (singer)
b. 1957 – d. 2009
Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
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Bart Oates
b. 1958
Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
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Alexander Lebedev
b. 1959
Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
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Steve Mattsson
b. 1959
Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
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Pat Van Den Hauwe
b. 1960
Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
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André Andersen
b. 1961
André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
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Shane Black
b. 1961
Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
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Bill Hicks
b. 1961 – d. 1994
Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
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LaChanze
b. 1961
LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
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Jon Tenney
b. 1961
Jon Tenney, American actor and director
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Maruschka Detmers
b. 1962
Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
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William Perry (American football)
b. 1962
William Perry, American football player and wrestler
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Benjamin Bratt
b. 1963
Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
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Cathy Johnston-Forbes
b. 1963
Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
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James Mangold
b. 1963
James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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Heike Drechsler
b. 1964
Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
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John Kirwan (rugby)
b. 1964
John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
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Georgie Parker
b. 1964
Georgie Parker, Australian actress
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Billy Ripken
b. 1964
Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
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Chris Jones (1990s outfielder)
b. 1965
Chris Jones, American baseball player and manager
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Melanie Sloan
b. 1965
Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
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Paul McGinley
b. 1966
Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
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Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1966)
b. 1966
Clifford Robinson, American basketball player
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Dennis Wise
b. 1966
Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
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Donovan Bailey
b. 1967
Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
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Indrek Kaseorg
b. 1967
Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
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Miranda Otto
b. 1967
Miranda Otto, Australian actress
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Wendy Doolan
b. 1968
Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
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Lalah Hathaway
b. 1968
Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
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Greg Kovacs
b. 1968 – d. 2013
Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
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Simon Grayson
b. 1969
Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
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Adam Riess
b. 1969
Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
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Michelle Smith
b. 1969
Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
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Dmitri Tymoczko
b. 1969
Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
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Craig White
b. 1969
Craig White, English cricketer and coach
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Valerie Chow
b. 1970
Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
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Seyhan Kurt
b. 1971
Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
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Michael McCary
b. 1971
Michael McCary, American R&B singer
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Charles Gipson
b. 1972
Charles Gipson, American baseball player
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Paul Leyden
b. 1972
Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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Travis Morrison
b. 1972
Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
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Themba Mnguni
b. 1973
Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
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Jason Molina
b. 1973 – d. 2013
Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
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Scott Storch
b. 1973
Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
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Valentin Bădoi
b. 1975
Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
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Kaba Diawara
b. 1975
Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
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Benjamin Kowalewicz
b. 1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Paul Maynard
b. 1975
Paul Maynard, English politician
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Jen Golbeck
b. 1976
Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
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Éric Bélanger
b. 1977
Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
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Sylvain Distin
b. 1977
Sylvain Distin, French footballer
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John Morris (curler)
b. 1978
John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
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Gunter Van Handenhoven
b. 1978
Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
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Luke Harper
b. 1979
Luke Harper, American wrestler
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Trevor Immelman
b. 1979
Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
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Mihai Trăistariu
b. 1979
Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
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Jessie Ward
b. 1979
Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
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Danish Kaneria
b. 1980
Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
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Krysten Ritter
b. 1981
Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
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Gareth Williams (Scottish footballer)
b. 1981
Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
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Antrel Rolle
b. 1982
Antrel Rolle, American football player
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Anna Sedokova
b. 1982
Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
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Stanislav Šesták
b. 1982
Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
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Kelenna Azubuike
b. 1983
Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player
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Frankie Ballard
b. 1983
Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Theo James
b. 1984
Theo James, English actor
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Stanislav Manolev
b. 1985
Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
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James Nash (racing driver)
b. 1985
James Nash, English race car driver
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Alcides Escobar
b. 1986
Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
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Zoltán Kovács (footballer, born 1986)
b. 1986 – d. 2013
Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
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Pärt Uusberg
b. 1986
Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor
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Mame Biram Diouf
b. 1987
Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
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Beau Dowler
b. 1987
Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
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Hallee Hirsh
b. 1987
Hallee Hirsh, American actress
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Mats Hummels
b. 1988
Mats Hummels, German footballer
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Anna Popplewell
b. 1988
Anna Popplewell, English actress
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Mirei Kiritani
b. 1989
Mirei Kiritani, Japanese model, actress, and journalist
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Ulrikke Eikeri
b. 1992
Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
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Anamul Haque
b. 1992
Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Moe Miura
b. 1992
Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer (9nine)
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Pietro Perdichizzi
b. 1992
Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
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Tom Rogic
b. 1992
Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
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Elliot Lee
b. 1994
Elliot Lee, English footballer
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Nicola Murru
b. 1994
Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
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José Rodríguez Martínez
b. 1994
José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
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Zara Larsson
b. 1997
Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
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Mira Antonitsch
b. 1998
Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player