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Christian Williams (1676-1764) - 23 Aug 1676 - certain 23 Apr 1764
Daniel Glover (1752-1833) - (1752-1833)
Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) - United States Naval Officer (1785-1819)
Governor General (1809-1881) - Russian noble (1809-1881)
John Cairns (1818-1892) - Scottish minister and writer (1818-1892)
David Swing (1830-1894) - American sermon writer (1830-1894)
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) - English writer
James Gorman (1852-) - American minstrel performer
Jenny Morgenthau (1874-1942) - Holocaust victim (born 1874)
Gabriel Meyer (1875-)
Howard Spencer (1875-1940) - English footballer (1875-1940)
George Matthew Adams (1878-1962) - columnist
Jonathan Mayhew (1883-1953) - United States Army general, Medal of Honor recipient (1883-1953)
Will Cuppy (1884-1949) - US writer
Morris Leopold Ernst (1888-1976) - American attorney (1888–1976)
Wendell Hall (1896-1969) - American musician (1896–1969)
Ray Perkins (1896-1969) - Songwriter, active from 1919 onward.
Sigrid Boo (1898-1953) - Norwegian author
Jim Babb (1899-1968) - American librarian
Malvina Reynolds (1900-1978) - American folk singer (1900–1978)
Viktor Mizin (1903-1976) - Soviet actor (1903-1976)
William Primrose (1904-1982) - Scottish violist (1904-1982)
J. V. Cunningham (1911-1985) - American writer (1911–1985)
Gene Kelly (1912-1996) - whose athletic style did much to change the American public's conception of male dancers.
Eugene Kelly (1912-1996) - American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)
Nelson Rodrigues (1912-1980) - Brazilian writer and playwright (1912–1980)
Paul Krebs (1915-2010)
Carl Pohlad (1915-2009) - American financier (1915–2009)
Ole Martini (1916-) - city council representative for Venstre
Robert Kistner (1917-1990) - American gynecologist (1917–1990)
Per Simonsen (1917-) - CEO of Telenor Connexion
Bernard Fisher (1918-2019) - American surgeon and breast cancer researcher
Woody Williams (1918-1990) - American baseball player
Jørgen Kieler (1919-2017) - former resistance fighter and concentration camp prisoner
Inge Deutschkron (1922-2022) - Holocaust survivor and author
Roland Dumas (1922-2024) - French lawyer and politician (1922–2024)
Robert Fletcher (1922-2021) - costume designer (1922–2021)
George Kell (1922-2009) - American baseball player (1922-2009)
Ephraim Kishon (1924-2005) - Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924–2005)
Robert Solow (1924-2023) - American economist (1924–2023)
Jimmy Toner (1924-2016) - Scottish footballer (1924-2016)
Finn Strand (1925-) - municipal director at the Department for Health and Care, Bergen municipality
Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) - American anthropologist
Kathleen Murray (1928-1969) - American actor (1928-1969)
John Rolli (1928-1993) - American actor (1928-1993)
Vera Miles (1929-) - American actress (born 1929)
Michel Rocard (1930-2016) - French politician (1930–2016)
Kurt Rosenberg (1930-1940) - holocaust victim, b. 1930-08-23
Erling Selvig (1931-) - professor and head of the banking law commission
Eddie Rodriguez (1932-2001) - Filipino film director (1932-2001)
Mark Russell (1932-2023) - American political satirist and comedian
Hal Ziegler (1932-2012) - American politician (1932-2012)
Don Talbot (1933-2020) - Australian Olympic swimming coach and sport administrator (1933-2020)
Pete Wilson (1933-) - US California Governor
Barbara Eden (1934-) - US actor
Leif Frode Onarheim (1934-2021) - deputy chair of the board of Akershus University Hospital
Roy Strong (1935-) -
John Dugard (1936-) - South African judge
Henry Lee Lucas (1936-2001) - American convicted murderer and claimed serial killer (1936–2001)
Donald Steel (1937-) - Golfer, writer, golf course designer (born 1937)
Donald Harris (1938-) - Jamaican-American economist (born 1938)
Robert Kimball (1939-2026) - theater historian
Galen Rowell (1940-2002) - American wilderness photographer, mountaineer and author (1940–2002)
Tom Steitz (1940-2018) - American biochemist (1940–2018)
Odd Reinsfelt (1941-2022) - mayor of Bærum
Peter Gent (1942-2011) - American football player (1942-2011)
Percy Malone (1942-) - American politician
Nelson DeMille (1943-2024) - American writer (1943–2024)
Peter Lilley (1943-) - British Conservative Party politician
Karl-Gunnar Norén (1943-) - author and retiree
Bengt Westerberg (1943-) - founder of LSS
Iccho Itoh (1945-2007) - Japanese politician (1945-2007)
Bob Peck (1945-1999) - British actor (1945-1999)
Rayfield Wright (1945-2022) - American football player (1945-2022)
Keith Moon (1946-1978) - English drummer (Who)
Michel Wieviorka (1946-) - French sociologist
Willy Russell (1947-) - British dramatist, lyricist and composer
Ron Blomberg (1948-) - American baseball player
Merrie Spaeth (1948-) - American political consultant
Mats Svegfors (1948-) - former head of Sveriges Radio
Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948-) - 11th prime minister of Ukraine
Gösta Bergenheim (1949-) - top politician
John T. Chambers (1949-) - CEO of Cisco
Rawhi Fattouh (1949-) - Palestinian politician and senior member of Fatah who has served as Chairman of the Palestinian National Council since 2022
Leslie Van Houten (1949-) - cult member and convicted murderer
Grigorij Karasin (1949-) - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister
Grigory Karasin (1949-) - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister
Stephen Lewis (1949-) - a Law Commissioner, 2015–19
Shelley Long (1949-) - American actress and comedian (born 1949)
Sara Romeo (1949-) - American politician
Rick Spring (1949-) - Australian-American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
Rick Springfield (1949-) - Australian-American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
Tom Copeland (1950-) - ; labor historian focusing on the Centralia Tragedy of 1919, childcare worker, and author (born 1950)
Diane Davis (1950-) - American musician
Torben Jensen (1950-) - owner and CEO of Hellerup Finans
Roza Otunbajeva (1950-) - Prime Minister
Allan Bristow (1951-) - American basketball player, coach, executive
Ed Kennedy (1951-) - American racing driver
Kirsten Kokkin (1951-) - artist
Queen Noor (1951-) - Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist
Terry Austin (1952-) - American comic artist
Simon Brown (1952-) - British QC
Steven Brown (1952-) - American musician
Kirby Dick (1952-) - American film director, producer and screenwriter
Rickey Bustle (1953-) - American football player and coach
Jennifer Cunningham (1953-) - badminton player
Per Ingvarsson (1953-) - marine wildlife surveyor
Bruce Latimer (1953-2025) - American paleontologist
Kevin Marsh (1954-) - British malariologist and global health researcher
Joe Vitt (1954-) - American football coach
Magne Aasbrenn (1955-) - Østfold Mållag
Dave Grossman (1956-) - the founder of Telltale Games
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (1956-) - Norwegian politician
Francesco Caio (1957-) - Italian manager
Ann Livermore (1958-) - American businessperson and corporate director, former Executive Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Company
Ragnhild A. Lothe (1958-) - professor and head of the Department of Cancer Prevention at Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet
Eitan Cabel (1959-) - Israeli politician
Edwyn Collins (1959-) - indie-pop legend
Görel Crona (1959-) - actress
Darrell Nichols (1959-) - American football linebacker
Peter Oppegard (1959-) - figure skater
Gadi Shamni (1959-) - retired Israeli general
Christian Kettel Thomsen (1959-) - Director of the National Bank
Marit Gilleberg (1960-) - municipal director in Os
Anatoly Kucherena (1960-) - Russian attorney, public figure, Doctor of Law, and professor
Wolfgang Plagge (1960-) - composer, pianist and professor of music
Mary Zimmerman (1960-) - American theatre director and playwright
Damien Cox (1961-) - Canadian journalist
Nancy Dell'Olio (1961-) - lawyer
Nancy Dell’Olio (1961-) - Former Strictly contestant
Erez Edelstein (1961-) - Israeli basketball coach
Peter Kam (1961-) - Hong Kong composer
Caroline Manzo (1961-) - Real Housewives of New Jersey star
Sunita Narain (1961-) - Indian environmentalist
Rune Rudberg (1961-) - Norwegian musician
Mike Guentzel (1962-) - American ice hockey player (born 1962)
Tore Hattrem (1962-) - State Secretary
Anne-Lise Marstein (1962-) - former Labour Party deputy mayor of Lom municipality
Shaun Ryder (1962-) - Happy Mondays star and Black Grape frontman
Lu Jianmin (1963-) - actor
Robert Rich (1963-) - American ambient musician and composer
Jane Shepherdson (1963-) - English businesswoman
Kenny Wallace (1963-) - American stock car racing driver
Hans Adolfsson (1964-) - Rector of Stockholm University
Trond Blattmann (1964-) - leader of the National Support Group July 22
Trond Henry Blattmann (1964-) - leader of Nasjonal Støttegruppe
Johan Bruyneel (1964-) - Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer
Steve Holloway (1964-) - football player (born 1964)
Frode Jahren (1964-) - Secretary General of LHL
Anders Kjærulff (1964-) - journalist
Annelie Larsson (1964-) - board member of Karlstad Fotboll
Jeff Manto (1964-) - American baseball player and coach
Dirk Zingler (1964-)
Kim Højlund Christensen (1965-) - Denmark's ambassador to Brazil
Jay Jennings (1965-) - American filmmaker
Mark Mathis (1965-) - football player (born 1965)
Melanie Morgan (1965-2022) - American model, second wife of wrestler Brian Pillman and mother of wrestler Brian Pillman Jr.
Rhonda Cator (1966-) - and badminton player. b.
Christophe Galtier (1966-) - manager of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)
Marianne Gråik (1966-) - chairperson of Jijnjevaerie reindeer herding community
Jon Cooper (1967-) - Canadian-American ice hockey coach
Max Gandrup (1967-) - Country General Manager at Nordnet Denmark
Jim Murphy (1967-) - British politician (born 1967)
Clemens Fuest (1968-) - President of Ifo
Eric McArthur (1968-) - American basketball player
Hajime Moriyasu (1968-) - Japanese national team manager
Petri Pihlajaniemi (1968-) - entrepreneur
Dipak Sarma (1968-2025) - Indian flutist, music director
Ayako Fujii (1969-) - Japanese announcer
Kari Lake (1969-) - former tv host and gubernatorial candidate
Debra Mayer (1969-2015)
Carina Nunstedt (1969-) - the festival director
Lawrence Frank (1970-) - American basketball coach and executive
Jay Mohr (1970-) - American actor and comedian
River Phoenix (1970-1993) - American actor and musician (1970–2026
Mads Fuglede (1971-) - mayoral candidate for Danmarksdemokraterne in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
Alexander Novak (1971-) - Russia's energy minister
Aleksandr Novak (1971-) - Russia's deputy prime minister
Gretchen Whitmer (1971-) - Governor of Michigan
Anthony Calvillo (1972-) - American and Canadian football quarterback
Daniel Färm (1972-) - political editor at the social democratic newspaper Aktuellt i Politiken
Greg Murphy (1972-) - New Zealand racing driver
Petter Singsaas (1972-) - head of Universal
Gunnar Bergström (1973-) - professor of occupational health science Gävle University
Casey Blake (1973-) - American baseball player
Svein Holden (1973-) - Tom Hagen's lawyer
Alan Nicholl (1973-1995) - English footballer (1973-1995)
Mark Bellhorn (1974-) - American baseball player
Samantha Davies (1974-) - Executive producer at BBC Studios
Alejandro Freire (1974-) - Venezuelan baseball player
Benjamin Limo (1974-) - Kenyan distance runner
Tana Ramsay (1974-) - wife of Gordon Ramsay
Serhiy Zhadan (1974-) - author
Serhij Zjadan (1974-) - author, musician and soldier
Joe Andruzzi (1975-) - American football player (born 1975)
Johannes Gustavsson (1975-)
Sigri Sandberg Meløy (1975-) - author and journalist
Jarkko Ruutu (1975-) - ice hockey player
Scott Caan (1976-) - American actor (born 1976)
Pat Garrity (1976-) - American basketball player (born 1976)
Jared Fogle (1977-) - American spokesperson and sex offender
Marc Grunert (1977-)
Luis Rubiales (1977-) - President of the Spanish Football Federation
Kobe Bryant (1978-2020) - American basketball player (1978–2020)
Julian Casablancas (1978-) - American singer
Lennart Christensen (1978-) - partner and advisor at Købersmægler.dk
Andrew Rannells (1978-) - actor
Derrick Blaylock (1979-) - American football player
Ben Braun (1979-) - German actor
Darren Cunningham (1979-) - British electronic musician
Ritchie Neville (1979-) - Member of the band Five
Kyle Nissen (1979-) - Canadian freestyle skier
Joanne Froggatt (1980-) - actress (Anna)
Rex Grossman (1980-) - American football player (born 1980)
Ketil Kronberg (1980-) - Captain for IBK Dalen and full-time plumber
Malin Sundström (1980-) - researcher on consumer buying behavior at the University of Borås
Natalie Coughlin (1982-) - American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Erin Foster (1982-) - American comedy writer and performer
Lauri Hakala (1982-) - Finnish volleyball coach
Johannes Hallbom (1982-) - editor
Brandon Tyler (1982-) - American actor
Athena Farrokhzad (1983-) - poet and organizer
Peria Jerry (1984-) - player of American football
Glen Johnson (1984-) - English association football player (born 1984)
Andreas Jørgensen (1984-) - founder of Mattilbud
Ashley Williams (1984-) - Welsh association football player (born 1984)
Rasmus H.C. Dreyer (1985-) - lecturer and researcher in church history at the University of Copenhagen
Camilla Bilstad Johannessen (1985-) - board member of Grenseløs kjærlighet
Stephen Miller (1985-) - American political advisor and Trump administration official (born 1985)
Adrian Molina (1985-) - American screenwriter
Casey Haines (1986-) - American ice hockey player
Jenny Simpson (1986-) - American 1500m runner
Marine Tondelier (1986-) - green leader
Darren Collison (1987-) - American basketball player (born 1987)
Anne-Marte Kolbjørnshus (1987-) - county council politician
Carl Hagelin (1988-) - player
Jeremy Lin (1988-) - Taiwanese-American basketball player
Lianne La Havas (1989-) - musician
Trixie Mattel (1989-) - Drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race alumna
Josefin Olsson (1989-) - sailor
Brent Owens (1989-) - MasterChef winner and bobcat driver
Therese Lundqvist (1990-) - founder of Julänglar
Norlla Amiri (1991-) - football player
Line S. Jensen (1991-) - captain
Line Sigvardsen Jensen (1991-) - player
Moa Lindstedt (1991-) - music critic
Bea Malecki (1991-) - MMA fighter
Mads Hvilsom (1992-) - football player
Mergim Krasniqi (1992-) - goalkeeper at Gais
Jørgen Rønning (1992-) - first officer at Ryanair
Kristine Breistøl (1993-) - national team player
Erik Øien (1993-) - SV member
Sebastian Borg (1994-) - founder of space company
Signe Marie Fidje Store (1995-) - wrestler
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (1995-) - cyclist
Cameron Norrie (1995-) - tennis player
Kai Widdrington (1995-) - Choreographer/Professional Dancer
Okako Adika (1996-) - basketball player
Linus Söderström (1996-) - Skellefteå AIK goalkeeper
Anders Bruun (1997-) - defense general
Chloe Cherry (1997-) - actress
Graeme Fish (1997-) - former world record holder in cross-country skiing
Elise Jones (1997-) - American actress, model, and former pornographic actress
Julius Thomas (1997-) - German basketball coach
Lil Yachty (1997-) - artist
Anders Halland (1999-) - municipal director
Tobias Halland Johannessen (1999-) - cyclist
Anders Halland Johannessen (1999-) - cycling profile
Jesper Saltvik Pedersen (1999-) - mountaineer
Filip Cederqvist (2000-) - Frölunda player
Saba Mamatsashvili (2002-) - football player
David Mejia (2003-) - american-Peruvian soccer player

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