Events on 16 October include:
- Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant (1998)
- The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened (1995)
- The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom (1950)
This page gathers 68 events, 257 births and 135 deaths recorded on this day, from the year 456 to 2017.
Events · United Kingdom
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1998
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant. Wikipedia: Augusto Pinochet · 120 languages
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1995
The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened. Wikipedia: Skye Bridge · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1950
The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia: The Chronicles of Narnia · ✓ Wikidata · 57 languages
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1947
The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom. Wikipedia: Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi · 25 languages
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1939
World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain. Wikipedia: World War II · 291 languages
Archive: WORLD WAR II: Casualty Evaucation by jeep — Wellcome Collection · Europeana -
1905
Authorities of the British Raj partitioned the Bengal Presidency, separating the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. Wikipedia: British Raj · 109 languages
Archive: British Raj from "From the Black Sea through Persia and India ... Illustrated by the author". — The British Library · Europeana -
1869
Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women. Wikipedia: Girton College, Cambridge · ✓ Wikidata · 29 languages
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1841
The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario, in Canada. Wikipedia: Church of Scotland · ✓ Wikidata · 41 languages
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1834
Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a fire caused by the burning of wooden tally sticks. Wikipedia: Palace of Westminster · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1817
Italian explorer and archaeologist Giovanni Belzoni, uncovered the Tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. Wikipedia: Giovanni Belzoni · 49 languages
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1780
American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England. Wikipedia: Royalton raid · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
Around the world
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2017
The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija. Wikipedia: Daphne Caruana Galizia · ✓ Wikidata · 53 languages
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2017
Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss. Wikipedia: Hurricane Ophelia (2017) · 18 languages
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2013
In Laos's deadliest air accident, Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashed into the Mekong River, resulting in the deaths of all 49 people aboard. Wikipedia: Lao Airlines Flight 301 · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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2002
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria. Wikipedia: Bibliotheca Alexandrina · ✓ Wikidata · 50 languages
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1999
The magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake strikes Southern California Wikipedia: 1999 Hector Mine earthquake · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1996
Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City. Wikipedia: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster · 1 language
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1995
The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend. Wikipedia: Million Man March · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1991
A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people before fatally shooting himself. Wikipedia: Luby's · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1984
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wikipedia: Desmond Tutu · 119 languages
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1978
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. Wikipedia: October 1978 conclave · 20 languages
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1975
Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, in Portuguese Timor. Wikipedia: Balibo Five · 8 languages
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1975
Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox. Wikipedia: Rahima Banu · 11 languages
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1975
The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget. Wikipedia: 1975 Australian constitutional crisis · 21 languages
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1973
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize would be jointly awarded to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ, sparking international controversy. Wikipedia: Norwegian Nobel Committee · 38 languages
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1970
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis. Wikipedia: War Measures Act · 6 languages
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1968
Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute. Wikipedia: 1968 Olympics Black Power salute · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1968
Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country. Wikipedia: Rodney riots · 2 languages
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1968
Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia: Yasunari Kawabata · 125 languages
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1964
With the success of Project 596, China became the world's fifth nuclear power. Wikipedia: Project 596 · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1964
Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government. Wikipedia: Leonid Brezhnev · 139 languages
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point). Wikipedia: Cuban Missile Crisis · 95 languages
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1953
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks. Wikipedia: Cuba · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1951
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. Wikipedia: Liaquat Ali Khan · ✓ Wikidata · 62 languages
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1949
The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War. Wikipedia: Greek Civil War · 54 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging. Wikipedia: Nuremberg trials · 89 languages
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1944
A four-day air battle over Taiwan ended with a decisive American victory, destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft and military facilities. Wikipedia: Formosa Air Battle · 8 languages
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1943
The Holocaust: The Gestapo conducted a raid on the Roman Ghetto, capturing 1,259 members of the Jewish community, most of whom were sent to Auschwitz. Wikipedia: The Holocaust · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1940
Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established. Wikipedia: Warsaw Ghetto · 57 languages
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1934
Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement. Wikipedia: Long March · ✓ Wikidata · 65 languages
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1926
Háry János, a Hungarian folk opera by Zoltán Kodály, was premiered at the Royal Hungarian Opera House in Budapest. Wikipedia: Háry János · 11 languages
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1923
Roy and Walt Disney (pictured) founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Wikipedia: Roy O. Disney · ✓ Wikidata · 142 languages
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1919
Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party. Wikipedia: German Workers' Party · 41 languages
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1916
Margaret Sanger (pictured) established the United States' first family planning clinic in Brooklyn, New York. Wikipedia: Margaret Sanger · 64 languages
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1909
William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. Wikipedia: William Howard Taft · 147 languages
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1891
A diplomatic incident between the United States and Chile occurred after U.S. sailors were attacked in Valparaíso, nearly leading to war. Wikipedia: Baltimore crisis · 4 languages
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1882
The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business. Wikipedia: Nickel Plate Road · 3 languages
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1875
Brigham Young University was founded in Provo, Utah, United States. Wikipedia: Brigham Young University · 44 languages
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1869
The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered". Wikipedia: Cardiff Giant · 17 languages
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1859
Origins of the American Civil War: Abolitionist John Brown and his supporters launch a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). Wikipedia: Origins of the American Civil War · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1846
William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation. Wikipedia: William T. G. Morton · 41 languages
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1843
William Rowan Hamilton invents quaternions, a three-dimensional system of complex numbers. Wikipedia: William Rowan Hamilton · 83 languages
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1836
Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock. Wikipedia: Battle of Vegkop · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1817
Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela. Wikipedia: Manuel Piar · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1813
The Sixth Coalition attacked French forces led by Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, with over 500,000 troops involved. Wikipedia: War of the Sixth Coalition · ✓ Wikidata · 65 languages
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1805
War of the Third Coalition: Napoleon surrounds the Austrian army at Ulm. Wikipedia: Battle of Ulm · ✓ Wikidata · 34 languages
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1793
War of the First Coalition: The two-day Battle of Wattignies concluded with Jean-Baptiste Jourdan leading French forces to victory over Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Wikipedia: War of the First Coalition · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1793
French Revolution: Queen Marie Antoinette is executed. Wikipedia: Marie Antoinette · ✓ Wikidata · 133 languages
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1780
The Great Hurricane of 1780 finishes after its sixth day, killing between 20,000 and 24,000 residents of the Lesser Antilles. Wikipedia: Great Hurricane of 1780 · 33 languages
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1736
Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth. Wikipedia: William Whiston · 27 languages
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1590
Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover. Wikipedia: Carlo Gesualdo · 48 languages
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1384
Jadwiga (pictured) was officially crowned as "King of Poland" instead of "Queen" to reflect the fact that she was a sovereign in her own right. Wikipedia: Jadwiga of Poland · 60 languages
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1367
Pope Urban V enters Rome, the first pope to do so in more than fifty years since the begin of the Avignon Papacy. Wikipedia: Pope Urban V · 79 languages
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1311
The Council of Vienne convenes for the first time. Wikipedia: Council of Vienne · 34 languages
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955
King Otto I defeats a Slavic revolt in what is now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Wikipedia: Battle on the Raxa · 7 languages
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912
Abd ar-Rahman III becomes the eighth Emir of Córdoba. Wikipedia: Abd al-Rahman III · 60 languages
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690
Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire. Wikipedia: Wu Zetian · 74 languages
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456
Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire. Wikipedia: Ricimer · 42 languages
World days
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World Food Day (International) Wikipedia: World Food Day · 53 languages
Technology
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1882
The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business. Wikipedia: Nickel Plate Road · 3 languages
Science
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1736
Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth. Wikipedia: William Whiston · 27 languages
Business
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Sport
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1996
Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City. Wikipedia: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster · 1 language
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1968
Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute. Wikipedia: 1968 Olympics Black Power salute · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
Culture
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1950
The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia: The Chronicles of Narnia · ✓ Wikidata · 57 languages
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1968
Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia: Yasunari Kawabata · 125 languages
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1926
Háry János, a Hungarian folk opera by Zoltán Kodály, was premiered at the Royal Hungarian Opera House in Budapest. Wikipedia: Háry János · 11 languages
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1923
Roy and Walt Disney (pictured) founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Wikipedia: Roy O. Disney · ✓ Wikidata · 142 languages
Births
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2005
Ruby Rose Turner, American actress Wikipedia: Ruby Rose Turner · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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2003
Scott Ogden, British motorcycle racer Wikipedia: Scott Ogden · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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2001
Willian Pacho, Ecuadorian footballer Wikipedia: Willian Pacho · ✓ Wikidata · 38 languages
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1999
Aaron Nesmith, American basketball player Wikipedia: Aaron Nesmith · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1999
Nicolò Bulega, Italian motorcycle racer Wikipedia: Nicolò Bulega · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1997
Aliou Dieng, Malian footballer Wikipedia: Aliou Dieng · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1997
Charles Leclerc, Monégasque racing driver Wikipedia: Charles Leclerc · ✓ Wikidata · 69 languages
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1997
Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player Wikipedia: Naomi Osaka · ✓ Wikidata · 82 languages
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1996
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, Turkish motorcycle racer Wikipedia: Toprak Razgatlıoğlu · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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1996
Andrea Locatelli, Italian motorcycle racer Wikipedia: Andrea Locatelli (motorcyclist) · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1994
Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia: Adam Elliott · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1994
Halimah Nakaayi, Ugandan middle-distance runner Wikipedia: Halimah Nakaayi · 26 languages
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1993
Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (died 2022) Wikipedia: Jovit Baldivino · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1993
Caroline Garcia, French tennis player Wikipedia: Caroline Garcia · ✓ Wikidata · 40 languages
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1992
Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer Wikipedia: Kostas Fortounis · ✓ Wikidata · 34 languages
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1992
Viktorija Golubic, Swiss tennis player Wikipedia: Viktorija Golubic · ✓ Wikidata · 26 languages
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1992
Bryce Harper, American baseball player Wikipedia: Bryce Harper · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1991
Jonathan Schoop, Curaçaoan baseball player Wikipedia: Jonathan Schoop · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1991
Shardul Thakur, Indian cricketer Wikipedia: Shardul Thakur · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1989
Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player Wikipedia: Dan Biggar · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1988
Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer Wikipedia: Zoltán Stieber · ✓ Wikidata · 35 languages
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1986
Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer Wikipedia: Nicky Adams · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1986
Franco Armani, Argentine footballer Wikipedia: Franco Armani · ✓ Wikidata · 45 languages
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1986
Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer Wikipedia: Derk Boerrigter · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1986
Inna, Romanian singer Wikipedia: Inna · ✓ Wikidata · 57 languages
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1985
Jay Beagle, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Jay Beagle · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1985
Alexis Hornbuckle, American basketball player Wikipedia: Alexis Hornbuckle · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1985
Verena Sailer, German sprinter Wikipedia: Verena Sailer · ✓ Wikidata · 26 languages
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1985
Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer Wikipedia: Casey Stoner · ✓ Wikidata · 43 languages
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1985
Peter Wallace, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia: Peter Wallace (rugby league) · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1984
François Pervis, French track cyclist Wikipedia: François Pervis · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1984
Rachel Reilly, American talk show host and actress Wikipedia: Rachel Reilly · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1983
Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player Wikipedia: Philipp Kohlschreiber · ✓ Wikidata · 36 languages
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1983
Loreen, Swedish singer Wikipedia: Loreen · ✓ Wikidata · 77 languages
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1983
Kenny Omega, Canadian wrestler Wikipedia: Kenny Omega · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1982
Alan Anderson, American basketball player Wikipedia: Alan Anderson (basketball) · ✓ Wikidata · 23 languages
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1982
Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player Wikipedia: Frédéric Michalak · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1982
Cristian Riveros, Paraguayan footballer Wikipedia: Cristian Riveros · ✓ Wikidata · 34 languages
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1982
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indian actor, singer, and producer Wikipedia: Prithviraj Sukumaran · 24 languages
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1981
Brea Grant, American actress and writer Wikipedia: Brea Grant · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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1981
Martin Halle, Danish footballer Wikipedia: Martin Halle · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1981
Boyd Melson, American boxer Wikipedia: Boyd Melson · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1981
Anthony Reyes, American baseball player Wikipedia: Anthony Reyes · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1980
Sue Bird, Israeli-American basketball player Wikipedia: Sue Bird · ✓ Wikidata · 37 languages
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1980
Jeremy Jackson, American actor and singer Wikipedia: Jeremy Jackson · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1980
Caterina Scorsone, Canadian-American actress Wikipedia: Caterina Scorsone · 33 languages
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1980
Timana Tahu, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia: Timana Tahu · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1977
John Mayer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia: John Mayer · ✓ Wikidata · 61 languages
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1977
Björn Yttling, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, producer and member of Peter, Bjorn and John Wikipedia: Björn Yttling · 5 languages
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1975
Ernesto Noel Aquino, Honduran footballer Wikipedia: Ernesto Aquino · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1975
Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer Wikipedia: Brynjar Gunnarsson · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1975
Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer Wikipedia: Jacques Kallis · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1975
Kellie Martin, American actress, director, and producer Wikipedia: Kellie Martin · ✓ Wikidata · 27 languages
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1974
Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer Wikipedia: Aurela Gaçe · ✓ Wikidata · 31 languages
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1974
Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia: Paul Kariya · ✓ Wikidata · 27 languages
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1973
Justin Credible, American wrestler Wikipedia: Justin Credible · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1973
David Unsworth, English footballer and manager Wikipedia: David Unsworth · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1972
Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author Wikipedia: Adrianne Frost · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1972
Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia: Darius Kasparaitis · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1972
Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host Wikipedia: Kordell Stewart · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1971
Frank Cuesta, Spanish television presenter Wikipedia: Frank Cuesta · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1971
Chad Gray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Chad Gray · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1971
Paul Sparks, American actor Wikipedia: Paul Sparks · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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1970
Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist Wikipedia: Kazuyuki Fujita · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1970
Mehmet Scholl, German footballer and manager Wikipedia: Mehmet Scholl · ✓ Wikidata · 49 languages
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1969
Roy Hargrove, American trumpet player and composer (died 2018) Wikipedia: Roy Hargrove · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1969
Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler Wikipedia: Takao Omori · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1969
Terri J. Vaughn, American actress and producer Wikipedia: Terri J. Vaughn · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1969
Wendy Wilson, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia: Wendy Wilson · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1968
Randall Batinkoff, American actor and producer Wikipedia: Randall Batinkoff · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1968
Mark Lee, Singaporean actor and singer Wikipedia: Mark Lee (Singaporean actor) · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1968
Francesco Libetta, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor Wikipedia: Francesco Libetta · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1968
Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer Wikipedia: Todd Stashwick · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1968
Elsa Zylberstein, French actress Wikipedia: Elsa Zylberstein · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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1967
Michael Laffy, Australian footballer Wikipedia: Michael Laffy · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1967
Davina McCall, English television host and actress Wikipedia: Davina McCall · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1966
Olof Lundh, Swedish journalist Wikipedia: Olof Lundh · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1966
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress, singer, and director Wikipedia: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1965
Kang Kyung-ok, South Korean illustrator Wikipedia: Kang Kyung-ok · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1965
German Titov, Russian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia: German Titov (ice hockey) · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1965
Tom Tolbert, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia: Tom Tolbert · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1964
Shawn Little, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2012) Wikipedia: Shawn Little · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1964
James Thompson, American-Finnish author (died 2014) Wikipedia: James Thompson (crime writer) · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1963
Brendan Kibble, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia: Brendan Kibble · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1963
Timothy Leighton, English physicist and academic Wikipedia: Timothy Leighton · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1962
Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (died 2010) Wikipedia: Manute Bol · ✓ Wikidata · 36 languages
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1962
Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor Wikipedia: Flea (musician) · ✓ Wikidata · 57 languages
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1962
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian opera singer (died 2017) Wikipedia: Dmitri Hvorostovsky · ✓ Wikidata · 45 languages
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1962
Nico Lazaridis, German footballer Wikipedia: Nico Lazaridis · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1962
Tamara McKinney, American skier Wikipedia: Tamara McKinney · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1961
Chris Doleman, American football player (died 2020) Wikipedia: Chris Doleman · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1961
Marc Levy, French author Wikipedia: Marc Levy · ✓ Wikidata · 42 languages
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1961
Scott O'Hara, American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (died 1998) Wikipedia: Scott O'Hara · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1961
Randy Vasquez, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia: Randy Vasquez · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1960
Guy LeBlanc, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (died 2015) Wikipedia: Guy LeBlanc (keyboardist) · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1960
Bob Mould, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia: Bob Mould · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1959
Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician Wikipedia: Kevin Brennan, Baron Brennan of Canton · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1959
Brian Harper, American baseball player Wikipedia: Brian Harper · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1959
Gary Kemp, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Wikipedia: Gary Kemp · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1959
Philip Maini, Northern Irish mathematician at the University of Oxford Wikipedia: Philip Maini · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1959
Tessa Munt, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia: Tessa Munt · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1959
Jamie Salmon, English-New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster Wikipedia: Jamie Salmon · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1959
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian flute player and composer Wikipedia: Erkki-Sven Tüür · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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1959
John Whittingdale, English politician Wikipedia: John Whittingdale · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1958
Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager Wikipedia: Roy McDonough · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1958
Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia: Tim Robbins · ✓ Wikidata · 70 languages
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1957
Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator Wikipedia: Priidu Beier · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1956
Marin Alsop, American violinist and conductor Wikipedia: Marin Alsop · ✓ Wikidata · 30 languages
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1956
John Chavis, American football player and coach Wikipedia: John Chavis (American football) · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1956
Meg Rosoff, American-English author Wikipedia: Meg Rosoff · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1956
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (died 1992) Wikipedia: Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1955
Kieran Doherty, Irish Republican and politician, died on hunger strike (died 1981) Wikipedia: Kieran Doherty (hunger striker) · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1955
Ellen Dolan, American actress Wikipedia: Ellen Dolan · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1954
Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger Wikipedia: Lorenzo Carcaterra · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1954
Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland Wikipedia: Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1954
Serafino Ghizzoni, Italian rugby player Wikipedia: Serafino Ghizzoni · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1954
Corinna Harfouch, German actress Wikipedia: Corinna Harfouch · ✓ Wikidata · 33 languages
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1953
Tony Carey, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia: Tony Carey · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1953
Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer and manager Wikipedia: Paulo Roberto Falcão · ✓ Wikidata · 52 languages
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1953
K. S. Kugathasan, Sri Lankan politician Wikipedia: K. S. Kugathasan · 2 languages
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1953
Brinsley Forde, British singer and actor Wikipedia: Brinsley Forde · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1952
Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia: Christopher Cox · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1952
Cordell Mosson, American bass player (died 2013) Wikipedia: Cordell Mosson · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1952
Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2019) Wikipedia: Crazy Mohan · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1952
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, English politician Wikipedia: Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1950
Angry Grandpa, American internet personality (died 2017) Wikipedia: Angry Grandpa · ✓ Wikidata · 23 languages
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1950
Károly Horváth, Romanian-Hungarian cellist, flute player, and composer (died 2015) Wikipedia: Károly Horváth · 5 languages
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1948
Alison Chitty, English production designer and costume designer Wikipedia: Alison Chitty · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1948
Bruce Fleisher, American golfer (died 2021) Wikipedia: Bruce Fleisher · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1948
Hema Malini, Indian actress, director, producer, and politician Wikipedia: Hema Malini · ✓ Wikidata · 70 languages
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1948
Leo Mazzone, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia: Leo Mazzone · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1947
Nicholas Day, English actor Wikipedia: Nicholas Day (actor) · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1947
Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach (died 2024) Wikipedia: Terry Griffiths · ✓ Wikidata · 28 languages
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1947
Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026) Wikipedia: Bob Weir · ✓ Wikidata · 27 languages
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1947
David Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia: David Zucker · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1946
Geoff Barnett, English footballer (died 2021) Wikipedia: Geoff Barnett (footballer) · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1946
Suzanne Somers, American actress and producer (died 2023) Wikipedia: Suzanne Somers · ✓ Wikidata · 40 languages
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1945
Stefan Buczacki, English horticulturalist, botanist, and television host Wikipedia: Stefan Buczacki · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1945
Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (died 2021) Wikipedia: Roger Hawkins (drummer) · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1945
Paul Monette, American author and poet (died 1995) Wikipedia: Paul Monette · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1944
Kaizer Motaung, South African footballer and manager Wikipedia: Kaizer Motaung · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1944
Elizabeth Loftus, American psychologist Wikipedia: Elizabeth Loftus · ✓ Wikidata · 37 languages
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1943
Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia: Fred Turner (musician) · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1941
Mel Counts, American basketball player Wikipedia: Mel Counts · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1941
Tim McCarver, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023) Wikipedia: Tim McCarver · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1941
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician Wikipedia: Emma Nicholson · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1940
Barry Corbin, American actor and producer Wikipedia: Barry Corbin · ✓ Wikidata · 27 languages
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1940
Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (died 2003) Wikipedia: Dave DeBusschere · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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1940
Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2009) Wikipedia: Ivan Della Mea · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1938
Carl Gunter, Jr., American politician (died 1999) Wikipedia: Carl Gunter Jr. · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1938
Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (died 1988) Wikipedia: Nico · ✓ Wikidata · 54 languages
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1937
Emile Ford, Saint Lucia-born British singer and first Black British musician to sell over one million copies of a single (died 2016) Wikipedia: Emile Ford · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1936
Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter (died 2022) Wikipedia: Peter Bowles · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1936
Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (died 1994) Wikipedia: Andrei Chikatilo · ✓ Wikidata · 49 languages
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1936
Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer (died 1997) Wikipedia: Mladen Košćak · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1936
Akira Machida, Japanese lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan (died 2015) Wikipedia: Akira Machida · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1934
Peter Ashdown, English race car driver Wikipedia: Peter Ashdown · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1933
Nobuyo Ōyama, Japanese voice actress (died 2024) Wikipedia: Nobuyo Ōyama · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1932
John Grant, English journalist and politician (died 2000) Wikipedia: John Grant (British politician) · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1932
Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (died 1996) Wikipedia: Henry Lewis (musician) · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1932
Lucien Paiement, Canadian physician and politician (died 2013) Wikipedia: Lucien Paiement · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1931
Charles Colson, American lawyer and politician (died 2012) Wikipedia: Charles Colson · ✓ Wikidata · 27 languages
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1931
Valery Klimov, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2022) Wikipedia: Valery Klimov (violinist) · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1931
P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (died 2013) Wikipedia: P. W. Underwood · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1930
John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest (died 2021) Wikipedia: John Polkinghorne · ✓ Wikidata · 30 languages
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1930
Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress (died 2023) Wikipedia: Carmen Sevilla · ✓ Wikidata · 23 languages
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1929
Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress Wikipedia: Fernanda Montenegro · ✓ Wikidata · 56 languages
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1928
Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian (died 2010) Wikipedia: Mary Daly · ✓ Wikidata · 42 languages
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1928
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (died 2016) Wikipedia: Ann Morgan Guilbert · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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1927
Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015) Wikipedia: Günter Grass · ✓ Wikidata · 137 languages
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1927
Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress Wikipedia: Rosa Rosal · 10 languages
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1926
Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (died 2024) Wikipedia: Charles Dolan · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1926
Ed Valigursky, American illustrator (died 2009) Wikipedia: Ed Valigursky · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1925
Daniel J. Evans, American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (died 2024) Wikipedia: Daniel J. Evans · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1925
Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (died 2022) Wikipedia: Angela Lansbury · ✓ Wikidata · 75 languages
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1924
Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor (died 2014) Wikipedia: Gerard Parkes · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1923
Linda Darnell, American actress (died 1965) Wikipedia: Linda Darnell · ✓ Wikidata · 42 languages
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1923
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (died 1980) Wikipedia: Bert Kaempfert · ✓ Wikidata · 19 languages
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1923
Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (died 2010) Wikipedia: Bill McLaren · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1922
Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (died 2012) Wikipedia: Max Bygraves · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1922
Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (died 2001) Wikipedia: Leon Sullivan · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1921
Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (died 2013) Wikipedia: Matt Batts · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1921
Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (died 2003) Wikipedia: Sita Ram Goel · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1921
MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (died 2010) Wikipedia: MacKenzie Miller · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1920
Paddy Finucane, Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (died 1942) Wikipedia: Paddy Finucane · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1919
Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (died 2003) Wikipedia: Kathleen Winsor · 15 languages
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1918
Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (died 1990) Wikipedia: Louis Althusser · ✓ Wikidata · 76 languages
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1918
Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (died 2013) Wikipedia: Abraham Nemeth · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1918
Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (died 2008) Wikipedia: Tony Rolt · ✓ Wikidata · 22 languages
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1912
Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (died 2009) Wikipedia: Clifford Hansen · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1911
Otto von Bülow, German commander (died 2006) Wikipedia: Otto von Bülow · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1908
Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (died 2006) Wikipedia: Olivia Coolidge · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1908
Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania (died 1985) Wikipedia: Enver Hoxha · ✓ Wikidata · 104 languages
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1907
Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic (died 1973) Wikipedia: Richard Titmuss · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1906
León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996) Wikipedia: León Klimovsky · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1905
Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager (died 1990) Wikipedia: Ernst Kuzorra · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1904
Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (died 1968) Wikipedia: Björn Berglund · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1903
Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist (died 2003) Wikipedia: Cécile de Brunhoff · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1903
Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982) Wikipedia: Big Joe Williams · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1900
Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (died 1979) Wikipedia: Edward Ardizzone · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1900
Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet (died 1988) Wikipedia: Primo Conti · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1900
Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager (died 1971) Wikipedia: Goose Goslin · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1898
William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (died 1980) Wikipedia: William O. Douglas · ✓ Wikidata · 28 languages
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1897
Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (died 2008) Wikipedia: Louis de Cazenave · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1890
Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance (died 1922) Wikipedia: Michael Collins (Irish leader) · ✓ Wikidata · 72 languages
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1890
Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (died 1902) Wikipedia: Maria Goretti · ✓ Wikidata · 45 languages
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1890
Paul Strand, American photographer and director (died 1975) Wikipedia: Paul Strand · ✓ Wikidata · 37 languages
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1888
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953) Wikipedia: Eugene O'Neill · ✓ Wikidata · 107 languages
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1888
Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling (died 1979) Wikipedia: Paul Popenoe · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1886
David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (died 1973) Wikipedia: David Ben-Gurion · ✓ Wikidata · 134 languages
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1884
Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (died 1916) Wikipedia: Rembrandt Bugatti · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1881
William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (died 1955) Wikipedia: William R. Orthwein · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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1876
Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1913) Wikipedia: Jimmy Sinclair (cricketer) · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1873
Juho Kekkonen, Finnish forestry manager and tenant farmer (died 1928) Wikipedia: Juho Kekkonen (forester) · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1872
Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (died 1942) Wikipedia: Walter Buckmaster · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1869
Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author (died 1930) Wikipedia: Claude H. Van Tyne · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1867
Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (died 1963) Wikipedia: Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1863
Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937) Wikipedia: Austen Chamberlain · ✓ Wikidata · 68 languages
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1861
J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar (died 1927) Wikipedia: J. B. Bury · ✓ Wikidata · 31 languages
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1861
Richard Sears, American tennis player (died 1943) Wikipedia: Richard Sears (tennis) · ✓ Wikidata · 23 languages
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1855
Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (died 1931) Wikipedia: Samad bey Mehmandarov · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1854
Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian (died 1938) Wikipedia: Karl Kautsky · ✓ Wikidata · 69 languages
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1854
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (died 1900) Wikipedia: Oscar Wilde · ✓ Wikidata · 224 languages
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1852
Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (died 1913) Wikipedia: Carl von In der Maur · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1847
Maria Pia of Savoy, Queen Consort of Luis I of Portugal (died 1911) Wikipedia: Maria Pia of Savoy · ✓ Wikidata · 34 languages
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1841
Itō Hirobumi, Japanese lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1909) Wikipedia: Itō Hirobumi · ✓ Wikidata · 73 languages
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1840
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1900) Wikipedia: Kuroda Kiyotaka · 44 languages
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1832
Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican liberal intellectual, novelist (died 1896) Wikipedia: Vicente Riva Palacio · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1831
Lucy Stanton, American activist (died 1910) Wikipedia: Lucy Stanton (abolitionist) · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1827
Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (died 1901) Wikipedia: Arnold Böcklin · ✓ Wikidata · 56 languages
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1819
Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (died 1886) Wikipedia: Austin F. Pike · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1818
William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (died 1882) Wikipedia: William Forster (Australian politician) · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1815
Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (died 1905) Wikipedia: Francis Lubbock · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1806
William P. Fessenden, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1869) Wikipedia: William P. Fessenden · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1804
Benjamin Russell, American painter and educator (died 1885) Wikipedia: Benjamin Russell (artist) · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1803
Robert Stephenson, English railway and civil engineer (died 1859) Wikipedia: Robert Stephenson · ✓ Wikidata · 41 languages
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1802
Isaac Murphy, American educator and politician, 8th Governor of Arkansas (died 1882) Wikipedia: Isaac Murphy · 10 languages
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1795
William Buell Sprague, American minister, historian, and author (died 1876) Wikipedia: William Buell Sprague · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1789
William Burton, American physician and politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (died 1866) Wikipedia: William Burton (American politician) · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1762
Paul Hamilton, American soldier and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1816) Wikipedia: Paul Hamilton (politician) · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1758
Noah Webster, American lexicographer (died 1843) Wikipedia: Noah Webster · ✓ Wikidata · 54 languages
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1754
Morgan Lewis, American general, lawyer, and politician, 3rd Governor of New York (died 1844) Wikipedia: Morgan Lewis (politician) · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1752
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (died 1827) Wikipedia: Johann Gottfried Eichhorn · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1729
Pierre van Maldere, Belgian violinist and composer (died 1768) Wikipedia: Pieter van Maldere · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1726
Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and educator (died 1801) Wikipedia: Daniel Chodowiecki · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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1714
Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist and academic (died 1795) Wikipedia: Giovanni Arduino · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1710
András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (died 1790) Wikipedia: András Hadik · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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1679
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer (died 1745) Wikipedia: Jan Dismas Zelenka · ✓ Wikidata · 32 languages
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1678
Anna Waser, Swiss painter (died 1714) Wikipedia: Anna Waser · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1620
Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor (died 1694) Wikipedia: Pierre Puget · ✓ Wikidata · 33 languages
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1605
Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer (died 1677) Wikipedia: Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1588
Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian (died 1657) Wikipedia: Luke Wadding · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1535
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (died 1585) Wikipedia: Niwa Nagahide · 15 languages
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1483
Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1542) Wikipedia: Gasparo Contarini · 21 languages
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1430
James II of Scotland (died 1460) Wikipedia: James II of Scotland · 60 languages
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1396
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (died 1450) Wikipedia: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk · 20 languages
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1351
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan (died 1402) Wikipedia: Gian Galeazzo Visconti · ✓ Wikidata · 38 languages
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2024
Ollie Olsen, Australian musician, composer and sound designer (born 1958) Wikipedia: Ollie Olsen · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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2024
Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (born 1993) Wikipedia: Liam Payne · ✓ Wikidata · 68 languages
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2024
Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas (born 1962) Wikipedia: Yahya Sinwar · ✓ Wikidata · 73 languages
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2023
Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937) Wikipedia: Martti Ahtisaari · ✓ Wikidata · 103 languages
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2017
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (born 1964) Wikipedia: Daphne Caruana Galizia · ✓ Wikidata · 53 languages
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2017
Roy Dotrice, British actor (born 1923) Wikipedia: Roy Dotrice · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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2017
John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (born 1946) Wikipedia: John Dunsworth · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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2017
Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (born 1965) Wikipedia: Sean Hughes (comedian) · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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2016
Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (born 1921) Wikipedia: Calvin Gotlieb · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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2015
Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (born 1925) Wikipedia: Richard J. Cardamone · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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2015
James W. Fowler, American psychologist and academic (born 1940) Wikipedia: James W. Fowler · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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2015
William James, Australian general and physician (born 1930) Wikipedia: William James (Australian general) · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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2015
Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (born 1927) Wikipedia: Vera Williams · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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2015
Memduh Ün, Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (born 1920) Wikipedia: Memduh Ün · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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2014
Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919) Wikipedia: Ioannis Charalambopoulos · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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2014
Allen Forte, American musicologist and theorist (born 1926) Wikipedia: Allen Forte · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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2014
Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (born 1934) Wikipedia: Seppo Kuusela · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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2014
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (born 1926) Wikipedia: John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough · ✓ Wikidata · 17 languages
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2013
Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (born 1938) Wikipedia: Govind Purushottam Deshpande · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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2013
George Hourmouziadis, Greek archaeologist and academic (born 1932) Wikipedia: George Hourmouziadis · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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2013
Ed Lauter, American actor (born 1938) Wikipedia: Ed Lauter · ✓ Wikidata · 36 languages
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2013
Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (born 1916) Wikipedia: Laurel Martyn · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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2013
Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (born 1925) Wikipedia: Robert Rheault · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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2013
Saggy Tahir, Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (born 1944) Wikipedia: Saggy Tahir · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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2012
Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (born 1921) Wikipedia: Frank Moore Cross · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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2012
John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (born 1936) Wikipedia: John A. Durkin · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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2012
Mario Gallegos, Jr., American firefighter and politician (born 1950) Wikipedia: Mario Gallegos Jr. · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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2012
Bódog Török, Hungarian handball player and coach (born 1923) Wikipedia: Bódog Török · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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2012
Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (born 1926) Wikipedia: Eddie Yost · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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2011
Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (born 1978) Wikipedia: Dan Wheldon · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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2010
Eyedea, American rapper and producer (born 1981) Wikipedia: Eyedea · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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2010
Barbara Billingsley, American actress (born 1915) Wikipedia: Barbara Billingsley · ✓ Wikidata · 23 languages
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2008
Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (born 1921) Wikipedia: Dagmar Normet · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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2007
Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (born 1921) Wikipedia: Deborah Kerr · ✓ Wikidata · 71 languages
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2007
Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter (born 1981) Wikipedia: Toše Proeski · ✓ Wikidata · 51 languages
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2006
John Victor Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (born 1916) Wikipedia: John Victor Murra · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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2006
Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (born 1936) Wikipedia: Valentín Paniagua · ✓ Wikidata · 37 languages
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2004
Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (born 1925) Wikipedia: Pierre Salinger · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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2003
Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (born 1919) Wikipedia: Avni Arbaş · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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2003
Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer (born 1915) Wikipedia: Stu Hart · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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2003
László Papp, Hungarian boxer (born 1926) Wikipedia: László Papp · ✓ Wikidata · 38 languages
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2001
Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1928) Wikipedia: Etta Jones · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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2000
Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (born 1934) Wikipedia: Mel Carnahan · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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2000
Rick Jason, American actor (born 1923) Wikipedia: Rick Jason · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1999
Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (born 1921) Wikipedia: Jean Shepherd · ✓ Wikidata · 9 languages
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1998
Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (born 1943) Wikipedia: Jon Postel · ✓ Wikidata · 30 languages
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1997
Audra Lindley, American actress (born 1918) Wikipedia: Audra Lindley · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1997
James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (born 1907) Wikipedia: James A. Michener · ✓ Wikidata · 50 languages
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1996
Jason Bernard, American actor (born 1938) Wikipedia: Jason Bernard · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1996
Eric Malpass, English author (born 1910) Wikipedia: Eric Malpass · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1992
Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (born 1898) Wikipedia: Shirley Booth · ✓ Wikidata · 61 languages
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1990
Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (born 1919) Wikipedia: Art Blakey · ✓ Wikidata · 40 languages
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1990
Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist and educator (born 1914) Wikipedia: Jorge Bolet · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1989
Walter Farley, American author and educator (born 1915) Wikipedia: Walter Farley · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1989
Scott O'Dell, American journalist and author (born 1898) Wikipedia: Scott O'Dell · 23 languages
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1989
Cornel Wilde, American actor (born 1912) Wikipedia: Cornel Wilde · ✓ Wikidata · 36 languages
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1986
Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (born 1921) Wikipedia: Arthur Grumiaux · ✓ Wikidata · 24 languages
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1983
Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (born 1895) Wikipedia: Jakov Gotovac · 25 languages
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1982
Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (born 1915) Wikipedia: Mario Del Monaco · ✓ Wikidata · 34 languages
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1981
Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (born 1915) Wikipedia: Moshe Dayan · ✓ Wikidata · 79 languages
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1981
Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (born 1906) Wikipedia: Eugene Eisenmann · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1979
Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (born 1903) Wikipedia: Johan Borgen · ✓ Wikidata · 26 languages
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1978
Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (born 1913) Wikipedia: Dan Dailey · ✓ Wikidata · 30 languages
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1975
Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (born 1885) Wikipedia: Vittorio Gui · 19 languages
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1973
Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (born 1909) Wikipedia: Gene Krupa · ✓ Wikidata · 32 languages
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1972
Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (born 1932) Wikipedia: Nick Begich Sr. · ✓ Wikidata · 15 languages
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1972
Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (born 1914) Wikipedia: Hale Boggs · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1972
Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (born 1886) Wikipedia: Leo G. Carroll · ✓ Wikidata · 23 languages
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1971
Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (born 1919) Wikipedia: Robin Boyd (architect) · ✓ Wikidata · 6 languages
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1968
Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (born 1914) Wikipedia: Ellis Kinder · ✓ Wikidata · 2 languages
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1966
George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (born 1899) Wikipedia: George O'Hara (actor) · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1964
Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1906) Wikipedia: Patsy Callighen · ✓ Wikidata · 3 languages
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1962
Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (born 1884) Wikipedia: Gaston Bachelard · ✓ Wikidata · 61 languages
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1959
Minor Hall, American drummer (born 1897) Wikipedia: Minor Hall · ✓ Wikidata · 4 languages
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1959
George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1880) Wikipedia: George C. Marshall · ✓ Wikidata · 105 languages
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1958
Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (born 1897) Wikipedia: Robert Redfield · ✓ Wikidata · 12 languages
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1957
John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (born 1887) Wikipedia: John Anthony Sydney Ritson · ✓ Wikidata · 1 language
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1956
Jules Rimet, French businessman (born 1873) Wikipedia: Jules Rimet · ✓ Wikidata · 62 languages
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1951
Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1895) Wikipedia: Liaquat Ali Khan · ✓ Wikidata · 62 languages
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1947
Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (born 1868) Wikipedia: Anna B. Eckstein · ✓ Wikidata · 8 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Hans Frank · ✓ Wikidata · 66 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Frick · ✓ Wikidata · 57 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Alfred Jodl · ✓ Wikidata · 69 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Ernst Kaltenbrunner · ✓ Wikidata · 61 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Wilhelm Keitel · ✓ Wikidata · 75 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Alfred Rosenberg · ✓ Wikidata · 74 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Fritz Sauckel · ✓ Wikidata · 50 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Arthur Seyss-Inquart · ✓ Wikidata · 63 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Julius Streicher · ✓ Wikidata · 59 languages
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1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial: Wikipedia: Joachim von Ribbentrop · ✓ Wikidata · 89 languages
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1942
Ulysses Argetsinger, American politician and lawyer (born 1866) Wikipedia: Ulysses Argetsinger
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1937
Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (born 1899) Wikipedia: Jean de Brunhoff · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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1936
Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (born 1859) Wikipedia: Effie Adelaide Rowlands · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1913
Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (born 1885) Wikipedia: Ralph Rose · ✓ Wikidata · 29 languages
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1909
Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (born 1856) Wikipedia: Jakub Bart-Ćišinski · ✓ Wikidata · 25 languages
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1908
Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (born 1837) Wikipedia: Joseph Leycester Lyne · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1904
Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (born 1882) Wikipedia: Haritina Korotkevich · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1888
John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (born 1815) Wikipedia: John Wentworth (Illinois politician) · ✓ Wikidata · 10 languages
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1877
Théodore Barrière, French playwright (born 1823) Wikipedia: Théodore Barrière · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1822
Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (born 1724) Wikipedia: Eva Marie Veigel · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1810
Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (born 1772) Wikipedia: Nachman of Breslov · ✓ Wikidata · 30 languages
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1799
Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (born 1760) Wikipedia: Veerapandiya Kattabomman · ✓ Wikidata · 11 languages
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1796
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (born 1726) Wikipedia: Victor Amadeus III · ✓ Wikidata · 46 languages
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1793
Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (born 1755) Wikipedia: Marie Antoinette · ✓ Wikidata · 133 languages
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1793
John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (born 1728) Wikipedia: John Hunter (surgeon) · ✓ Wikidata · 33 languages
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1791
Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (born 1739) Wikipedia: Grigory Potemkin · ✓ Wikidata · 59 languages
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1774
Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (born 1750) Wikipedia: Robert Fergusson · ✓ Wikidata · 16 languages
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1755
Gerard Majella, Italian saint (born 1725) Wikipedia: Gerard Majella · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1750
Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (born 1687) Wikipedia: Silvius Leopold Weiss · ✓ Wikidata · 28 languages
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1730
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (born 1658) Wikipedia: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac · ✓ Wikidata · 26 languages
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1730
Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Greek politician, 139th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1666) Wikipedia: Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha · ✓ Wikidata · 20 languages
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1680
Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian field marshal (born 1609) Wikipedia: Raimondo Montecuccoli · ✓ Wikidata · 39 languages
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1679
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish-English soldier and politician (born 1621) Wikipedia: Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery · ✓ Wikidata · 13 languages
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1660
John Cook, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (born 1608) Wikipedia: John Cook (regicide) · ✓ Wikidata · 7 languages
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1655
Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (born 1591) Wikipedia: Joseph Solomon Delmedigo · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1649
Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1621) Wikipedia: Isaac van Ostade · ✓ Wikidata · 21 languages
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1637
Johann Rudolf Stadler, Swiss clock-maker (born 1605) Wikipedia: Johann Rudolf Stadler · ✓ Wikidata · 5 languages
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1628
François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (born 1555) Wikipedia: François de Malherbe · ✓ Wikidata · 49 languages
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1621
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (born 1562) Wikipedia: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck · ✓ Wikidata · 39 languages
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1594
William Allen, English cardinal (born 1532) Wikipedia: William Allen (cardinal) · ✓ Wikidata · 18 languages
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1591
Gregory XIV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1535) Wikipedia: Pope Gregory XIV · ✓ Wikidata · 80 languages
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1555
Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (born 1487) Wikipedia: Hugh Latimer · 27 languages
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1555
Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (born 1500) Wikipedia: Nicholas Ridley (martyr) · 20 languages
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1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (born 1472) Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder · 60 languages
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1523
Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (born c.1450) Wikipedia: Luca Signorelli · 50 languages
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1438
Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (born 1383) Wikipedia: Anne of Gloucester · 11 languages
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1355
Louis the Child, king of Sicily (born 1338) Wikipedia: Louis, King of Sicily · 21 languages
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1333
Nicholas V, antipope of Rome (born 1260) Wikipedia: Antipope Nicholas V · 38 languages
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1323
Amadeus V, count of Savoy (born 1249) Wikipedia: Amadeus V of Savoy · 27 languages
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1284
Shams al-Din Juvayni, Persian statesman, vizier and minister of finance of the Ilkhanate Wikipedia: Shams al-Din Juvayni · ✓ Wikidata · 14 languages
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1130
Pedro González de Lara, Castilian magnate Wikipedia: Pedro González de Lara · 7 languages
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1027
Fujiwara no Kenshi, Japanese empress (born 994) Wikipedia: Fujiwara no Kenshi (994–1027) · 10 languages
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976
Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (born 915) Wikipedia: Al-Hakam II · ✓ Wikidata · 41 languages
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786
Lullus, archbishop of Mainz (born 710) Wikipedia: Lullus · 18 languages
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385
Fu Jian, Chinese emperor (born 337) Wikipedia: Fu Jian (337–385) · 19 languages
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