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Bimbo Coles
Bimbo Coles, American basketball player and coach

#Bimbo_Coles

Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (d. 1754)

#Henry_Fielding

Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)

#Isabella_I_of_Castile

Ann McKechin
Ann McKechin, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

#Ann_McKechin

Julius Sterling Morton
Julius Sterling Morton, American journalist and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 1902)

#Julius_Sterling_Morton

Keith Boanas
Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager

#Keith_Boanas

Catherine Mary Stewart
Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress

#Catherine_Mary_Stewart

Dušan Šakota
Dušan Šakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player

#Dušan_Šakota

Jonathan Trott
Jonathan Trott, South African-English cricketer

#Jonathan_Trott

Paul Davies
Paul Davies, English physicist and author

#Paul_Davies

Ryan Stiles
Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer

#Ryan_Stiles

Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist (d. 1927)

#Sacco_and_Vanzetti

Magnús Ver Magnússon
Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic weightlifter and strongman

#Magnús_Ver_Magnússon

Vittorio Jano
Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)

#Vittorio_Jano

Solomon Caesar Malan
Solomon Caesar Malan, Swiss-English orientalist (d. 1894)

#Solomon_Caesar_Malan

Amelle Berrabah
Amelle Berrabah, English singer-songwriter

#Amelle_Berrabah

Jos Hooiveld
Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer

#Jos_Hooiveld

Mart Laar
Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia

#Mart_Laar

Courtney Friel
Courtney Friel, American journalist

#Courtney_Friel

Jancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson, English journalist and critic

#Jancis_Robinson

Reinhard III, Count of Hanau
Reinhard III, Count of Hanau (1451-1452) (d. 1452)

#Reinhard_III,_Count_of_Hanau

Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 2000)

#Jack_Nitzsche

Steve Fossett
Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007)

#Steve_Fossett

David Masters
David Masters, English cricketer

#David_Masters

Anders Nyström
Anders Nyström, Swedish guitarist and songwriter

#Anders_Nyström

Alessandro Rolla
Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1841)

#Alessandro_Rolla

Kaká
Kaká, Brazilian footballer

#Kaká

Indro Montanelli
Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)

#Indro_Montanelli

Vangelis Mantzios
Vangelis Mantzios, Greek footballer

#Vangelis_Mantzios

Pope Alexander VIII
Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)

#Pope_Alexander_VIII

Demetrio Stratos
Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1979)

#Demetrio_Stratos

Ngani Laumape
Ngani Laumape, New Zealand rugby player

#Ngani_Laumape

J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1967)

#J._Robert_Oppenheimer

Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (d. 1503)

#Elizabeth_of_York,_Duchess_of_Suffolk

Remi Ayodele
Remi Ayodele, American football player

#Remi_Ayodele

Harold Jeffreys
Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)

#Harold_Jeffreys

Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier, English operatic singer (d. 1953)

#Kathleen_Ferrier

Cassidy Freeman
Cassidy Freeman, American actress and musician

#Cassidy_Freeman

Eric Mabius
Eric Mabius, American actor

#Eric_Mabius

Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer

#Issey_Miyake

Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)

#Ellen_Glasgow

Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2017)

#Glen_Campbell

Peter Zezel
Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (d. 2009)

#Peter_Zezel

José Quiñones Gonzales
José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941)

#José_Quiñones_Gonzales

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Australian footballer

#Anthony_McDonald-Tipungwuti

Milka Duno
Milka Duno, Venezuelan race car driver and engineer

#Milka_Duno

Willie Robertson
Willie Robertson, American hunter and businessman

#Willie_Robertson

Doug Jarrett
Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)

#Doug_Jarrett

Dan Cloutier
Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Dan_Cloutier

Kenny Stills
Kenny Stills, American football player

#Kenny_Stills

Igor Budan
Igor Budan, Croatian footballer

#Igor_Budan

Izidor Cankar
Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat (d. 1958)

#Izidor_Cankar

Mel Carter
Mel Carter. American singer and actor

#Mel_Carter

Terry Francona
Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Terry_Francona

Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor

#Jeffrey_Dean_Morgan

Ana María Shua
Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet

#Ana_María_Shua

Charlotte Rae
Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (d. 2018)

#Charlotte_Rae

Amber Heard
Amber Heard, American actress and producer

#Amber_Heard

Zarley Zalapski
Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player

#Zarley_Zalapski

David Mateos
David Mateos, Spanish footballer

#David_Mateos

Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Paul_Carrack

Aron Gunnarsson
Aron Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer

#Aron_Gunnarsson

Anthony Llewellyn
Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (d. 2013)

#Anthony_Llewellyn

Steven L. Bennett
Steven L. Bennett, American captain and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1972)

#Steven_L._Bennett

Marcel Ritzmaier
Marcel Ritzmaier, Austrian footballer

#Marcel_Ritzmaier

Yvette Chauviré
Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016)

#Yvette_Chauviré

Michael Wittmann
Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (d. 1944)

#Michael_Wittmann

John Johnson (architect, born 1732)
John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (d. 1814)

#John_Johnson_(architect,_born_1732)

Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer

#Jack_Nicholson

Emily Davies
Emily Davies, British suffragist and educator, co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University

#Emily_Davies

Kristin Fairlie
Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress

#Kristin_Fairlie

James Stirling (architect)
James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992)

#James_Stirling_(architect)

Zoltán Gera
Zoltán Gera, Hungarian footballer

#Zoltán_Gera

Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia (d. 1924)

#Vladimir_Lenin

Ofer Talker
Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer and manager

#Ofer_Talker

John Pritchard (bishop)
John Pritchard, English bishop

#John_Pritchard_(bishop)

Mark van Bommel
Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer

#Mark_van_Bommel

Germaine de Staël
Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher (d. 1817)

#Germaine_de_Staël

Princess Margaret of Prussia
Princess Margaret of Prussia (d. 1954)

#Princess_Margaret_of_Prussia

Carlos Sastre
Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist

#Carlos_Sastre

Laurel Aitken
Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005)

#Laurel_Aitken

François Berléand
François Berléand, French actor

#François_Berléand

Nicolas Douchez
Nicolas Douchez, French footballer

#Nicolas_Douchez

Wilhelm Schickard
Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)

#Wilhelm_Schickard

Joel Monaghan
Joel Monaghan, Australian rugby league player

#Joel_Monaghan

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)

#Prince_Gustaf_Adolf,_Duke_of_Västerbotten

Louise Harel
Louise Harel, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Louise_Harel

Róbert Bárány
Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

#Róbert_Bárány

Jason Miller (playwright)
Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (d. 2001)

#Jason_Miller_(playwright)

Giuseppe Torelli
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1709)

#Giuseppe_Torelli

Rafael Sperafico
Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2007)

#Rafael_Sperafico

Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn Lynch, American football player

#Marshawn_Lynch

Jasper Cillessen
Jasper Cillessen, Dutch footballer

#Jasper_Cillessen

Lewis Powell (conspirator)
Lewis Powell, American soldier, attempted assassin of William H. Seward (d. 1865)

#Lewis_Powell_(conspirator)

Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

#Aaron_Spelling

Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy
Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier (d. 1762)

#Paul_II_Anton,_Prince_Esterházy

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1763)

#John_Carteret,_2nd_Earl_Granville

Randall L. Stephenson
Randall L. Stephenson, American businessman

#Randall_L._Stephenson

Rutledge Wood
Rutledge Wood, American racing analyst and television personality

#Rutledge_Wood

Kaneto Shindo
Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Kaneto_Shindo

Mickey Morandini
Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager

#Mickey_Morandini

Phil Smith (basketball)
Phil Smith, American basketball player (d. 2002)

#Phil_Smith_(basketball)

David J. C. MacKay
David J. C. MacKay, English physicist, engineer, and academic

#David_J._C._MacKay

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1804)

#Immanuel_Kant

Esteban Tuero
Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver

#Esteban_Tuero

Jason Stollsteimer
Jason Stollsteimer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jason_Stollsteimer

Louise Glück
Louise Glück, American poet

#Louise_Glück

Hanfried Lenz
Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)

#Hanfried_Lenz

David Luiz
David Luiz, Brazilian footballer

#David_Luiz

Charles-Denis Bourbaki
Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (d. 1897)

#Charles-Denis_Bourbaki

John Waters
John Waters, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#John_Waters

Shavo Odadjian
Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-American bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Shavo_Odadjian

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland

#Donald_Tusk

Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (d. 1977)

#Vladimir_Nabokov

Pierre Hétu
Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)

#Pierre_Hétu

Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Peter_Frampton

Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 1999)

#Yehudi_Menuhin

Otto Rank
Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic (d. 1939)

#Otto_Rank

Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, English economist and academic

#Nicholas_Stern,_Baron_Stern_of_Brentford

Ada Rehan
Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (d. 1916)

#Ada_Rehan

DeJuan Blair
DeJuan Blair, American basketball player

#DeJuan_Blair

Georg Lurich
Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman (d. 1920)

#Georg_Lurich

Jan de Hartog
Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002)

#Jan_de_Hartog

Bettie Page
Bettie Page, American model and actress (d. 2008)

#Bettie_Page

Sabine Appelmans
Sabine Appelmans, Belgian tennis player

#Sabine_Appelmans

Jordi Murphy
Jordi Murphy, Irish international rugby player

#Jordi_Murphy

Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Indian civil servant and politician, 22nd Governor of West Bengal

#Gopalkrishna_Gandhi

James Sullivan (governor)
James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)

#James_Sullivan_(governor)

Daniel Johns
Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Daniel_Johns

Henri La Fontaine
Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)

#Henri_La_Fontaine

Alo Mattiisen
Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (d. 1996)

#Alo_Mattiisen

Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1979)

#Charles_Mingus

Sidney Nolan
Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (d. 1992)

#Sidney_Nolan

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)

#William_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg

Lloyd Honeyghan
Lloyd Honeyghan, Jamaican-English boxer

#Lloyd_Honeyghan

Spencer Prior
Spencer Prior, English footballer

#Spencer_Prior

Antoine of Navarre
Antoine of Navarre (d. 1562)

#Antoine_of_Navarre

Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd, American actress and talk show panelist

#Sherri_Shepherd

Mickey Vernon
Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)

#Mickey_Vernon

Michael Atiyah
Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (d. 2019)

#Michael_Atiyah

Madis Kallas
Madis Kallas, Estonian decathlete and activist

#Madis_Kallas

Richard Glücks
Richard Glücks, German SS officer (d. 1945)

#Richard_Glücks

Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin, English footballer and sportscaster

#Dion_Dublin

Micha? ?ew?akow
Micha? ?ew?akow, Polish footballer

#Micha?_?ew?akow

Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich, American author

#Janet_Evanovich

Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
Braydon Smith, Australian boxer (d. 2015)
Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper and actor
Óscar González, Mexican boxer (d. 2014)
Dee Gordon, American baseball player
Matt Jones, American football player
Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress
Aleksander Saharov, Estonian footballer
Aidas Reklys, Lithuanian figure skater
David Purcey, American baseball player
Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician
Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
Clarke Dermody, New Zealand rugby player
Matt Orford, Australian rugby league player
Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach
Paul Henderson, Australian footballer
Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
Adem Poric, English-Australian footballer
Sergei Hohlov-Simson, Estonian footballer and manager
Owen Finegan, Australian rugby player and coach
Erkki Bahovski, Estonian journalist
Jo Angel, Australian cricketer
Harvey Williams, American football player
Miguel Leal, Portuguese footballer and manager
Paul Baxter, English footballer
Rosalind Gill, English sociologist and academic
Danièle Sauvageau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Dewey Nicks, American photographer and director
David Collier, English businessman
Richard Broadbent, English businessman
Valeri Bondarenko, Estonian footballer and coach
Dave Loveridge, New Zealand rugby player
Aivars Kal?js, Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Scottish lawyer and politician
Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist
Scott W. Williams, American mathematician and professor
John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2012)
Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician (d. 2014)
Mary Prior, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bristol
Giorgio Agamben, Italian philosopher and academic
Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician
Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2013)
John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009)
Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman (d. 2015)
Bhama Srinivasan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
Paul Chambers, African-American bassist and composer (d. 1969)
Christopher Ball, English linguist and academic
Ronald Hynd, English dancer and choreographer
John Buchanan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Nova Scotia
Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2016)
Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to India (d. 2015)
Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)
Peter Kane Dufault, American soldier, pilot, and poet (d. 2013)
Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist and academic (d. 1973)
Richard Diebenkorn, American soldier and painter (d. 1993)
Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2011)
Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
William Jay Smith, American poet and academic (d. 2015)
Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (d. 2008)
Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic (d. 1971)
Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2000)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, Sephardic Jewish-Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
Ivan Yefremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
Eric Fenby, English composer and educator (d. 1997)
Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991)
Nellie Beer, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1966-67 (d. 1988)
Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist (d. 1965)
Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)