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James Abourezk American politician, South Dakota representative (1971-1973), and senator (1973-1979) 02/24/1931 |
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Joss Ackland English actor, White Mischief, The Mighty Ducks 02/29/1928 |
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Valdas Adamkus Lithuanian president (1998-2003, 2004-2009) 11/03/1926 |
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Cindy Adams American gossip columnist 04/24/1930 |
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Lee Adams American lyricist, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Applause 08/14/1924 |
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Jerry Adler American actor, TV's Mad About You, The Sopranos 02/04/1929 |
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Adonis Syrian-born Lebanese poet and literary critic 01/01/1930 |
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Mario Adorf Swiss-born German actor, The Tin Drum 09/08/1930 |
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Yaacov Agam Israeli sculptor 05/11/1928 |
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Toshiko Akiyoshi Japanese-born American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist 12/12/1929 |
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Hans Albert German philosopher 02/08/1921 |
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Buzz Aldrin American astronaut, second person to walk on the Moon 01/20/1930 |
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Pierre Alechinsky Belgian painter 10/19/1927 |
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Marshall Allen American jazz saxophonist, member of the Sun Ra Arkestra 05/25/1924 |
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Lucine Amara American opera singer 03/01/1925 |
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Ed Ames American singer and actor, TV's Daniel Boone 07/09/1927 |
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Bud Anderson American World War II triple ace fighter pilot 01/13/1922 |
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Claudia Andujar Swiss-born Brazilian photographer and advocate for the Amazon's indigenous people 06/12/1931 |
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Roger Angell American sportswriter and editor, The New Yorker 09/19/1920 |
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Kenneth Anger American actor, filmmaker, Scorpio Rising, and writer, Hollywood Babylon 02/03/1927 |
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Ray Anthony American bandleader and trumpeter 01/20/1922 |
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Iris Apfel American interior designer and fashion icon 08/29/1921 |
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Alfonso Arau Mexican actor and motion picture director, Like Water for Chocolate 01/11/1932 |
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Werner Arber Swiss Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist 06/03/1929 |
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Bill Archer American politician, Texas representative (1971-2001) 03/22/1928 |
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George Ariyoshi American politician, Hawaii governor (1974-1986) 03/12/1926 |
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Bob Arum American boxing promoter 12/08/1931 |
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John Astin American actor, TV's The Addams Family 03/30/1930 |
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David Attenborough English naturalist and television host, Life on Earth 05/08/1926 |
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Frank Auerbach German-born English painter 04/29/1931 |
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Hugues Aufray French singer and songwriter 08/18/1929 |
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Robert Aumann German-born American/Israeli Nobel Prize-winning mathematician 06/08/1930 |
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Burt Bacharach American pianist and songwriter, "Alfie", "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" 05/12/1928 |
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Robert Badinter French lawyer, government official, and anti-death penalty activist 03/30/1928 |
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Barbara Bain American actress, TV's Mission: Impossible, Space: 1999 09/13/1931 |
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Carroll Baker American actress, Baby Doll, Ironweed 05/28/1931 |
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James Baker American government official, Secretary of State (1989-1992) 04/28/1930 |
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Édouard Balladur French prime minister (1993-1995) 05/02/1929 |
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Lynne Reid Banks English writer, The L-Shaped Room, The Indian in the Cupboard 07/31/1929 |
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Bob Barker American game show host, Truth or Consequences, The Price Is Right 12/12/1923 |
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James Barnor Ghanaian photographer 06/06/1929 |
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Barbara Barrie American actress, Breaking Away, TV's Barney Miller 05/23/1931 |
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John Barth American writer, Lost in the Funhouse 05/27/1930 |
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Bonnie Bartlett American actress, TV's Little House on the Prairie, St. Elsewhere 06/20/1929 |
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Howard S. Becker American sociologist, author of Outsiders 04/18/1928 |
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Julius W. Becton, Jr. American government official, Director of FEMA (1985-1989) 06/29/1926 |
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Harry Belafonte American singer, "The Banana Boat Song", actor, and activist 03/01/1927 |
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Benedict XVI German pope (2005-2013) 04/16/1927 |
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Tony Bennett American singer, "Rags to Riches", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" 08/03/1926 |
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Harry Benson Scottish photographer 12/02/1929 |
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Paul Berg American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist 06/30/1926 |
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Alan Bergman American songwriter, "The Way We Were", collaborator with spouse Marilyn Bergman 09/11/1925 |
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Marianne Bernadotte Swedish actress, royal, and philanthropist 07/15/1924 |
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Hans Blix Swedish politician and diplomat, United Nations weapons inspector (2000-2003) 06/28/1928 |
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Herbert Blomstedt American-born Swedish conductor 07/11/1927 |
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Claire Bloom English actress, Limelight, The Haunting 02/15/1931 |
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W. Michael Blumenthal German-born American government official, Secretary of the Treasury (1977-1979) 01/03/1926 |
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Ann Blyth American actress, Mildred Pierce, The Helen Morgan Story 08/16/1928 |
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Richard Bonynge Australian conductor and pianist 09/29/1930 |
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George Booth American cartoonist, regular contributor to The New Yorker 06/28/1926 |
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Frank Borman American astronaut 03/14/1928 |
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Rudy Boschwitz German-born American politician, Minnesota senator (1978-1991) 11/07/1930 |
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Michel Bouquet French actor, Toto the Hero, Renoir 11/06/1925 |
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Nicholas Brady American government official, Secretary of the Treasury (1988-1993) 04/11/1930 |
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Vance D. Brand American astronaut 05/09/1930 |
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Alfred Brendel Czechoslovakian-born Austrian pianist 01/05/1931 |
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Peter Brook English theater and motion picture director, Marat/Sade 03/21/1925 |
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Fred Brooks American computer scientist 04/19/1931 |
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Mel Brooks American actor, screenwriter, and motion picture director, The Producers, Blazing Saddles 06/28/1926 |
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June Brown English actress, TV's EastEnders 02/16/1927 |
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Robert Brown American actor, TV’s Here Come the Brides 11/17/1926 |
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Ashley Bryan American children's writer and illustrator, Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum 07/13/1923 |
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James L. Buckley American politician, New York senator (1971-1977) 03/09/1923 |
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Frederick Buechner American theologian and writer, The Book of Bebb, Godric 07/11/1926 |
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Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 08/30/1930 |
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Eve Bunting Northern Irish-born American children's writer, Smoky Night 12/19/1928 |
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Jack Burke, Jr. American golfer 01/29/1923 |
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Kenny Burrell American jazz guitarist 07/31/1931 |
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi South African politician and Zulu tribal leader 08/27/1928 |
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Bill Butler American cinematographer, Jaws, Grease 04/07/1921 |
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Robert Butler American motion picture and television director, Batman, Hill Street Blues 11/16/1927 |
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Alexander Butterfield American White House aide, revealed existence of Nixon tapes during Watergate scandal 04/06/1926 |
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Dick Button American Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater and skating analyst 07/18/1929 |
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Joseph Califano American government official, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (1977-1979) 05/15/1931 |
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William Campbell Irish-born American Nobel Prize-winning parasitologist 06/28/1930 |
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Roberto Capucci Italian fashion designer 12/02/1930 |
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazilian president (1995-2002) 06/18/1931 |
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Lennart Carleson Swedish mathematician 03/18/1928 |
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Estela De Carlotto Argentinian human rights activist 10/22/1930 |
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Lou Carnesecca American basketball coach 01/05/1925 |
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Leslie Caron French/American actress, An American in Paris, Gigi 07/01/1931 |
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Carleton Carpenter American actor, Three Little Words, Summer Stock 07/10/1926 |
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Pat Carroll American actress, The Little Mermaid, TV's Make Room for Daddy 05/05/1927 |
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Jimmy Carter American president (1977-1981), humanitarian, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 10/01/1924 |
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Rosalynn Carter American First Lady (1977-1981) and humanitarian 08/18/1927 |
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Raúl Castro Cuban president (2008-2018) 06/03/1931 |
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Alain Cavalier French motion picture director and screenwriter, Thérèse 09/14/1931 |
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Lauro Cavazos American government official, Secretary of Education (1988-1990) 01/04/1927 |
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Violeta Chamorro Nicaraguan president (1990-1997) 10/18/1929 |
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Dominic Chianese American actor, The Godfather Part II, TV's The Sopranos 02/24/1931 |
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Noam Chomsky American linguist and political activist 12/07/1928 |
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Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat French mathematician and physicist 12/29/1923 |
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Seymour Chwast American illustrator and graphic designer 08/18/1931 |
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Muazzez İlmiye Çığ Turkish archeologist 06/20/1914 |
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Dick Clark American politician, Iowa senator (1973-1979) 09/14/1928 |
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Robert Clary French-born American actor, TV’s Hogan’s Heroes 03/01/1926 |
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Bill Clay American politician, Missouri representative (1969-2001) 04/30/1931 |
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Phyllis Coates American actress, TV's Adventures of Superman 01/15/1927 |
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Arthur Cohn Swiss motion picture producer, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 02/04/1927 |
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Robert Colbert American actor, TV's The Time Tunnel 07/26/1931 |
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Lou Conter American World War II veteran, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona 09/13/1921 |
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Carole Cook American actress, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, TV's The Lucy Show 01/14/1924 |
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Joan Ganz Cooney American television producer, Sesame Street, The Electric Company 11/30/1929 |
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Leon Cooper American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 02/28/1930 |
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Martin Cooper American engineer, invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone 12/26/1928 |
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Pat Cooper American comedian and actor, Analyze This 07/31/1929 |
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Mara Corday American actress, Tarantula! 01/03/1930 |
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Elias James Corey American Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist 07/12/1928 |
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Roger Corman American motion picture producer and director, The Little Shop of Horrors 04/05/1926 |
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Mary Costa American opera singer, voiced Princess Aurora in Disney's Sleeping Beauty 04/05/1930 |
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Bob Cousy American basketball player and coach 08/09/1928 |
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Harvey Cox American theologian 05/19/1929 |
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Michael Craig English/Australian actor and screenwriter, The Angry Silence 01/27/1929 (Some sources cite 1928) |
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Roger Craig American baseball player, coach, and manager 02/17/1930 |
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Bernard Cribbins English actor, The Mouse on the Moon 12/29/1928 |
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Bill Crow American jazz bassist 12/27/1927 |
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George Crumb American composer, Echoes of Time and the River 10/24/1929 |
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John Cullum American singer and actor, Broadway's Shenandoah, TV's Northern Exposure 03/02/1930 |
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Barbara Dane American singer and social activist 05/12/1927 |
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William Daniels American actor, The Graduate, TV's St. Elsewhere, Boy Meets World 03/31/1927 |
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Richard Davis American jazz bassist 04/15/1930 |
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Laurent de Brunhoff French/American children's writer and illustrator, the Babar the Elephant series 08/30/1925 |
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Len Deighton English writer, The IPCRESS File, Funeral in Berlin 02/18/1929 |
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Carmen de Lavallade American dancer, choreographer, and actress 03/06/1931 |
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Carmen Dell'Orefice American model 06/03/1931 |
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Jacques Delors French statesman, European Commission president (1985-1995) 07/20/1925 |
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Alex Delvecchio Canadian hockey player, coach, and manager 12/04/1931 |
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Mary de Rachewiltz Italian/American poet and translator 07/09/1925 |
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Michel Deville French motion picture director and screenwriter, Death in a French Garden 04/13/1931 |
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Angie Dickinson American actress, Dressed to Kill, TV's Police Woman 09/30/1931 |
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Christoph von Dohnányi German conductor 09/08/1929 |
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Charles Dolan American media mogul, founded Cablevision and HBO 10/16/1926 |
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Lou Donaldson American jazz saxophonist 11/01/1926 |
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Paul Dooley American actor, Breaking Away, Popeye 02/22/1928 |
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Balkrishna Doshi Indian architect 08/26/1927 |
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Peggy Dow American actress, Harvey, Bright Victory 03/18/1928 |
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Frank Drake American astronomer and astrophysicist 05/28/1930 |
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Charles Duncan, Jr. American government official, Secretary of Energy (1979-1981) 09/09/1926 |
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Robert Duvall American Oscar-winning actor, The Godfather, Tender Mercies 01/05/1931 |
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Clint Eastwood American actor and motion picture director, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby 05/31/1930 |
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Bernie Ecclestone English business magnate, former chief executive of the Formula One Group 10/28/1930 |
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Luis Echeverría Álvarez Mexican president (1970-1976) 01/17/1922 |
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Barbara Eden American actress, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, TV's I Dream of Jeannie 08/23/1931 |
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Elizabeth II English monarch, queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952-present) 04/21/1926 |
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott American folk singer and musician 08/01/1931 |
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Daniel Ellsberg American military analyst and researcher, leaked the Pentagon Papers 04/07/1931 |
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Hans Magnus Enzensberger German essayist and poet 11/11/1929 |
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Carl Erskine American baseball player 12/13/1926 |
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Elliott Erwitt French-born American photographer 07/26/1928 |
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Leo Esaki Japanese Nobel Prize-winning physicist 03/12/1925 |
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Amitai Etzioni German-born American sociologist 01/04/1929 |
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Daniel J. Evans American politician, Washington governor (1966-1977) and senator (1983-1989) 10/16/1925 |
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Lygia Fagundes Telles Brazilian writer, The Girl in the Photograph 04/19/1923 |
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Lauch Faircloth American politician, North Carolina senator (1993-1999) 01/14/1928 |
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Mohamed Al-Fayed Egyptian business magnate 01/27/1929 |
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Jules Feiffer American cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter, Carnal Knowledge 01/26/1929 |
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Benjamin Ferencz Romanian-born American lawyer, prosecutor in the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals 03/11/1920 |
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David Ferry American poet, Bewilderment, and translator 03/05/1924 |
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Edward Field American poet, Stand Up, Friend, With Me, and novelist 06/07/1924 |
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Icelandic president (1980-1996) 04/15/1930 |
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Audrey Flack American painter and scupltor 05/30/1931 |
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Kenneth Frampton English architectural historian 11/20/1930 |
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Harry Frankfurt American philosopher, author of On Bullshit 05/29/1929 |
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Jerome Isaac Friedman American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 03/28/1930 |
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Arthur Frommer American travel writer and publisher 07/17/1929 |
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Art Fry American scientist and inventor, co-creator of the Post-it Note 08/19/1931 |
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Yvonne Furneaux French actress, La Dolce Vita, Repulsion 05/11/1928 |
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Ron Galella American paparazzo 01/10/1931 |
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Helen Gallagher American actress, TV's Ryan's Hope 07/19/1926 |
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Johan Galtung Norwegian sociologist, known as the father of peace studies 10/24/1930 |
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Don Garlits American race car driver 01/14/1932 |
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Richard Garwin American physicist, co-designed the first successful hydrogen bomb 04/19/1928 |
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Mitzi Gaynor American singer, dancer, and actress, South Pacific 09/04/1931 |
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Lloyd Geering New Zealand theologian 02/26/1918 |
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Frank Gehry Canadian/American architect 02/28/1929 |
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Ivar Giaever Norwegian-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 04/05/1929 |
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Marla Gibbs American actress, TV's The Jeffersons, 227 06/14/1931 |
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Terry Gibbs American jazz vibraphonist 10/13/1924 |
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Johnny Gilbert American television announcer, Jeopardy! 07/13/1924 (Some sources cite 1928) |
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Françoise Gilot French/American painter, lover and artistic muse of Pablo Picasso 11/26/1921 |
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Jean-Luc Godard French motion picture director, Breathless, Hail Mary 12/03/1930 |
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Benny Golson American jazz saxophonist and composer 01/25/1929 |
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John Goodenough American Nobel Prize-winning solid-state physicist 07/25/1922 |
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Mikhail Gorbachev Russian politician, President of the Soviet Union (1990-1991), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 03/02/1931 |
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Bert I. Gordon American motion picture director, Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants 09/24/1922 |
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Berry Gordy, Jr. American entrepreneur, founded Motown Records 11/28/1929 |
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Kenneth Grange English industrial designer 07/17/1929 |
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Bud Grant American football player and coach 05/20/1927 |
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Lee Grant American Oscar-winning actress, In the Heat of the Night, Shampoo 10/31/1925 (Birth year sources vary) |
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Shecky Greene American comedian and actor 04/08/1926 |
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Alan Greenspan American economist, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1987-2006) 03/06/1926 |
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Dick Groat American basketball and baseball player 11/04/1930 |
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Stanislav Grof Czechoslovakian-born American psychiatrist, pioneer of transpersonal psychology 07/01/1931 |
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Doris Grumbach American writer, Chamber Music 07/12/1918 |
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Sofia Gubaidulina Russian composer, Offertorium 10/24/1931 |
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Ann Hutchinson Guest American dance researcher and notator 11/03/1918 |
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Roger Guillemin French-born American Nobel Prize-winning physiologist 01/11/1924 |
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Clu Gulager American actor, The Killers, TV's The Virginian 11/16/1928 |
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Gustavo Gutiérrez Peruvian priest, pioneer of Latin American liberation theology 06/08/1928 |