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John Naisbitt American futurist, author of Megatrends 01/15/1929 |
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Giorgio Napolitano Italian president (2006-2015) 06/29/1925 |
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Marcia Nasatir American motion picture producer and film studio executive 05/08/1926 |
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Joe Negri American jazz guitarist and actor, TV's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 06/10/1926 |
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Russell M. Nelson American religious leader, Church of Latter Day Saints president (2018-present) 09/09/1924 |
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Sammy Nestico American composer and arranger 02/06/1924 |
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Bob Newhart American comedian and actor, Elf, TV's The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart 09/05/1929 |
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Thomas Noguchi Japanese-born American medical examiner, nicknamed "Coroner to the Stars" 01/04/1927 |
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Lise Nørgaard Danish journalist, novelist, and screenwriter 06/14/1917 |
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Sam Nujoma Namibian president (1990-2005) 05/12/1929 |
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René de Obaldia French poet, novelist, and playwright 10/22/1918 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor American Supreme Court justice (1981-2006) 03/26/1930 |
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Claes Oldenburg Swedish-born American sculptor 01/28/1929 |
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James Olson American actor, Rachel, Rachel, The Andromeda Strain 10/08/1930 |
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Nancy Olson American actress, Sunset Boulevard, The Absent-Minded Professor 07/14/1928 |
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Jirō Ono Japanese restaurateur and sushi master 10/27/1925 |
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Marcel Ophuls French/American documentarian, The Sorry and the Pity 11/01/1927 |
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David Oreck American businessman, founded the Oreck vacuum cleaner company 09/17/1923 |
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Cynthia Ozick American writer, The Puttermesser Papers 04/17/1928 |
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Geneviève Page French actress, Belle de jour, Mayerling 12/13/1927 |
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Boris Pahor Italian Slovenian-language poet and novelist, Nekropolis 08/26/1913 |
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Janis Paige American actress, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Broadway's The Pajama Game 09/16/1922 |
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Irene Papas Greek actress, Z, The Trojan Women 09/03/1929 (Some sources cite 1926) |
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Karolos Papoulias Greek president (2005-2015) 06/04/1929 |
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Eugene Parker American astrophysicist 06/10/1927 |
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Estelle Parsons American Oscar-winning actress, Bonnie and Clyde, TV's Roseanne 11/20/1927 |
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John Patterson American politician, Alabama governor (1959-1963) 09/27/1921 |
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Virginia Patton American actress, It's a Wonderful Life 06/25/1925 |
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Budge Patty American tennis player 02/11/1924 |
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Philip Pearlstein American painter 05/24/1924 |
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Michelle Perrot French historian, author of The Bedroom: An Intimate History 05/18/1928 |
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William Perry American government official, Secretary of Defense (1994-1997) 10/11/1927 |
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Nehemiah Persoff Palestinian-born American actor, Some Like It Hot, Yentl 08/02/1919 |
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Charles Peters American journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of The Washington Monthly 12/22/1926 |
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Leslie Phillips English actor, Venus, the Harry Potter film series 04/20/1924 |
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Gordon Pinsent Canadian actor, The Rowdyman, Away from Her 07/12/1930 |
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Joan Plowright English actress, The Entertainer, Avalon, Enchanted April 10/28/1929 |
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Christopher Plummer Canadian actor, The Sound of Music, Beginners 12/13/1929 |
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Norman Podhoretz American neoconservative writer and commentator 01/16/1930 |
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Priscilla Pointer American actress, Carrie, TV's Dallas 05/18/1924 |
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Sidney Poitier American Oscar-winning actor, Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night 02/20/1927 |
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John Polanyi German-born Canadian Nobel Prize-winning chemist 01/23/1929 |
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John Polkinghorne English physicist and Anglican priest 10/16/1930 |
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Wanda Półtawska Polish Nazi concentration camp survivor and memoirist 11/02/1921 |
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Arnaldo Pomodoro Italian sculptor 06/23/1926 |
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Martin Pope American physical chemist 08/22/1918 |
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Omara Portuondo Cuban singer and dancer 10/29/1930 |
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Ken Potts American World War II veteran, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona 04/15/1921 |
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Jane Powell American singer, dancer, and actress, Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 04/01/1929 |
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Micheline Presle French actress, Devil in the Flesh, Under My Skin 08/22/1922 |
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Menahem Pressler German-born American pianist 12/16/1923 |
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Leontyne Price American opera singer 02/10/1927 |
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Greek-born English royal, consort of Queen Elizabeth II 06/10/1921 |
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Mary Quant English fashion designer 02/11/1930 (Some sources cite 1934) |
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Queen Ida American zydeco accordionist 01/15/1929 |
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Al Quie American politician, Minnesota representative (1958-1979) and governor (1979-1983) 09/18/1923 |
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Arnulf Rainer Austrian painter 12/08/1929 |
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Fidel Ramos Filipino president (1992-1998) 03/18/1928 |
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Joyce Randolph American actress, TV's The Honeymooners 10/21/1924 |
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Charles Rangel American politician, New York representative (1971-2017) 06/11/1930 |
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Betsy Rawls American golfer 05/04/1928 |
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Line Renaud French singer, actress, and AIDS activist 07/02/1928 |
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Naomi Replansky American poet, The Dangerous World 05/23/1918 |
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Clive Revill New Zealand actor, Avanti!, The Empire Strikes Back 04/18/1930 |
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Peter Mark Richman American actor, TV's Three's Company 04/16/1927 |
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Faith Ringgold American painter 10/08/1930 |
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Maria Riva German-born American actress and memoirist, Marlene Dietrich 12/13/1924 |
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Pat Robertson American evangelist and television host, The 700 Club 03/22/1930 |
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Eddie Robinson American baseball player, coach, and manager 12/15/1920 |
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Rachel Robinson American activist and educator, widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson 07/19/1922 |
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Arthur Rock American venture capitalist 08/19/1926 |
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Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist 09/07/1930 |
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Roy Romer American politician, Colorado governor (1987-1999) 10/31/1928 |
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John Romita, Sr. American comic book artist, co-creator of The Punisher 01/24/1930 |
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Ned Rorem American composer and diarist 10/23/1923 |
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Marion Ross American actress, TV's Happy Days 10/25/1928 |
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Arnold Roth American cartoonist and illustrator 02/25/1929 |
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Patricia Routledge English actress, TV's Keeping Up Appearances 02/17/1929 |
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Gena Rowlands American actress, A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria 06/19/1930 |
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Albert Ruddy Canadian-born American motion picture producer, The Godfather, Million Dollar Baby 03/28/1930 |
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Barbara Rush American actress, The Young Lions, The Young Philadelphians 01/04/1927 |
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William Russell English actor, TV's Doctor Who 11/19/1924 |
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Mitchell Ryan American actor, Lethal Weapon, TV's Dharma & Greg 01/11/1928 |
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Mark Rydell American motion picture director, The Rose, On Golden Pond 03/23/1929 |
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Betye Saar American assemblage artist 07/30/1926 |
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Mort Sahl Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist 05/11/1927 |
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Eva Marie Saint American Oscar-winning actress, On the Waterfront, North by Northwest 07/04/1924 |
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Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada Bolivian president (1993-1997, 2002-2003) 07/01/1930 |
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José Sarney Brazilian president (1985-1990) 04/24/1930 |
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Alfonso Sastre Spanish playwright, Death Squad 02/20/1926 |
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Eugenio Scalfari Italian politician and journalist, co-founder and editor of La Repubblica 04/06/1924 |
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Andrew Schally Polish-born American Nobel Prize-winning endocrinologist 11/30/1926 |
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Jerry Schatzberg American photographer and motion picture director, Scarecrow 06/26/1927 |
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Poul Schlüter Danish prime minister (1982-1993) 04/03/1929 |
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Maarten Schmidt Dutch-born American astronomer 12/28/1929 |
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Rebecca Schull American actress, TV's Wings 02/22/1929 |
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Ted Schwinden American politician, Montana governor (1981-1989) 08/31/1925 |
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Peter Dale Scott Canadian-born poet and political analyst 01/11/1929 |
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Vin Scully American sportscaster 11/29/1927 |
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Vic Seixas American tennis player 08/30/1923 |
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Jean-Pierre Serre French mathematician 09/15/1926 |
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Doc Severinsen American trumpeter and bandleader, The Tonight Show (1967-1992) 07/07/1927 |
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Gene Shalit American film and book critic and television personality, The Today Show (1973-2010) 03/25/1926 |
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Bobby Shantz American baseball player 09/26/1925 |
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Liz Sheridan American actress, TV's ALF, Seinfeld 04/10/1929 |
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Richard M. Sherman American songwriter, "Chim Chim Cher-ee", collaborator with brother Robert B. Sherman 06/12/1928 |
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Toko Shinoda Japanese painter and printmaker 03/28/1913 |
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Carolyn Shoemaker American astronomer 06/24/1929 |
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George Shultz American government official, Secretary of State (1982-1989) 12/13/1920 |
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Henry Silva American actor, Ocean's Eleven, The Manchurian Candidate 09/15/1928 |
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Robert Simanek American Korean War Medal of Honor recipient 04/26/1930 |
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Renée Simonot French actress and dubbing artist 09/10/1911 |
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Isadore Singer American mathematician, co-developed the Atiyah-Singer index theorem 05/03/1924 |
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Fauja Singh Indian-born English marathon runner 04/01/1911 |
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Ali al-Sistani Iranian-born Shiite cleric and community leader 08/04/1930 |
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Stephen Smale American mathematician 07/15/1930 |
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George E. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 05/10/1930 |
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Lois Smith American actress, East of Eden, Twister 11/03/1930 |
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Neal Smith American politician, Iowa representative (1959-1995) 03/23/1920 |
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Vernon L. Smith American Nobel Prize-winning economist 01/01/1927 |
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William Smithers American actor, Papillon, TV's Dallas 07/10/1927 |
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Michael Snow Canadian painter, sculptor, and filmmaker, Wavelength 12/10/1928 |
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Gary Snyder American poet, Turtle Island 05/08/1930 |
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Martial Solal Algerian-born French jazz pianist and composer 08/23/1927 |
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Robert Solow American Nobel Prize-winning economist 08/23/1924 |
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Stephen Sondheim American composer and lyricist, West Side Story, A Little Night Music 03/22/1930 |
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George Soros Hungarian/American investor and philanthropist 08/12/1930 |
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Pierre Soulages French painter and sculptor 12/24/1919 |
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Thomas Sowell American economist 06/30/1930 |
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Daniel Spoerri Romanian-born Swiss artist 03/27/1930 |
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June Squibb American actress, About Schmidt, Nebraska 11/06/1929 |
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Thomas Stafford American astronaut 09/17/1930 |
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Lynn Stalmaster American casting director 11/17/1927 |
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Jack Steinberger German-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist 05/25/1921 |
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Gerald Stern American poet, Leaving Another Kingdom 02/22/1925 |
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Frances Sternhagen American actress, Starting Over, TV's Cheers 01/13/1930 |
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Adlai Stevenson III American politician, Illinois senator (1970-1981) 10/10/1930 |
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Larry Storch American comedian and actor, TV's F Troop 01/08/1923 |
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Tempest Storm American burlesque performer 02/29/1928 |
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Lubomír Štrougal Czechoslovakian prime minister (1970-1988) 10/19/1924 |
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Charles Strouse American composer, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Annie 06/07/1928 |
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Akira Suzuki Japanese Nobel Prize-winning chemist 09/12/1930 |
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M. S. Swaminathan Indian plant geneticist, known as the father of India's Green Revolution 08/07/1925 |
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Nita Talbot American actress, Buck and the Preacher, TV's Hogan's Heroes 08/08/1930 |
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Kane Tanaka Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest validated person 01/02/1903 |
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Alain Tanner Swiss motion picture director, Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 12/06/1929 |
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Ignacio López Tarso Mexican actor, Macario 01/15/1925 |
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Wayne Terwilliger American baseball player, coach, and manager 06/27/1925 |
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Mikis Theodorakis Greek composer 07/29/1925 |
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Thích Nhất Hạnh Vietnamese monk and peace activist 10/11/1926 |
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Wayne Thiebaud American painter and printmaker 11/15/1920 |
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Olav Thon Norwegian real estate magnate 06/29/1923 |
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William Thornton American astronaut 04/14/1929 |
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Jacques Tits Belgium-born French mathematician 08/12/1930 |
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Louise Tobin American singer, "There'll Be Some Changes Made" 11/11/1918 |
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Calvin Tomkins American art critic, staff writer for The New Yorker 12/17/1925 |
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Ruthie Tompson American animator 07/22/1910 |
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Alain Touraine French sociologist 08/03/1925 |
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Tony Trabert American tennis player 08/16/1930 |
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Charley Trippi American football player 12/14/1921 |
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Joe Turkel American actor, The Shining, Blade Runner 07/15/1927 |
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Cicely Tyson American actress, Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 12/19/1924 |
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Brian Urquhart English diplomat, United Nations Under-Secretary-General (1971-1985) 02/28/1919 |
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Tony Vaccaro American photographer 12/20/1922 |
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Dick Van Dyke American actor, Mary Poppins, TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder 12/13/1925 |
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Leroy Van Dyke American country singer, "The Auctioneer", "Walk on By" 10/04/1929 |
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Henri Vernes Belgian action and science-fiction writer, the Bob Morane series 10/16/1918 |
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Ida Vitale Uruguayan poet and critic 11/02/1923 |
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Abdoulaye Wade Senegalese president (2000-2012) 05/29/1926 |
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Robert Wagner American actor, the Austin Powers film series, TV's Hart to Hart 02/10/1930 |
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Murray Walker English journalist and motorsport commentator 10/10/1923 |
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Martin Walser German writer, A Gushing Fountain 03/24/1927 |
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Barbara Walters American journalist and television personality, The Talk 09/25/1929 |
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John Warner American government official, Secretary of the Navy (1972-1974), and politician, Virginia senator (1979-2009) 02/18/1927 |
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Rusty Warren American comedienne and singer, "Bounce Your Boobies" 03/20/1930 |
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James Watson American Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and biophysicist 04/06/1928 |
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William H. Webster American government official, director of the FBI (1978-1987) and CIA (1987-1991) 03/06/1924 |
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George Wein American jazz impresario, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival 10/03/1925 |
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Lina Wertmüller Italian motion picture director, Swept Away, Seven Beauties 08/14/1928 |
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Ruth Westheimer German-born American psychosexual therapist and talk show host 06/04/1928 |
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Gloria Whelan American children's writer, Homeless Bird 11/23/1923 |
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Betty White American actress, TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls 01/17/1922 |
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Jacqueline White American actress, Crossfire, The Narrow Margin 11/27/1922 |
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Torsten Wiesel Swedish Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist 06/03/1924 |
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Patricia Wilde Canadian-born American ballerina and ballet instructor 07/16/1928 |
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Billy Williams English cinematographer, The Exorcist, On Golden Pond, Gandhi 06/03/1929 |
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Cara Williams American actress, The Defiant Ones, TV's Pete and Gladys 06/29/1925 |
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Hershel W. Williams American World War II Medal of Honor recipient 10/02/1923 |
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Beverly Willis American architect 02/17/1928 |
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Kåre Willoch Norwegian prime minister (1981-1986) 10/03/1928 |
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E. O. Wilson American sociobiologist 06/10/1929 |
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William Winter American politician, Mississippi governor (1980-1984) 02/21/1923 |
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Frederick Wiseman American documentarian, In Jackson Heights 01/01/1930 |
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Jane Withers American actress, Bright Eyes, Giant 04/12/1926 |
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Evelyn M. Witkin American geneticist 03/09/1921 |
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Lester Wolff American politician, New York representative (1965-1981) 01/04/1919 |
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Woody Woodbury American comedian and talk show host 02/09/1924 |
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Joanne Woodward American Oscar-winning actress, The Three Faces of Eve, Rachel, Rachel 02/27/1930 |
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Eugene Wright American jazz bassist, member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet 05/29/1923 |
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Yang Chen-Ning Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist 09/22/1922 |
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Chuck Yeager American Air Force officer and test pilot, first person to exceed the speed of sound 02/13/1923 |
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Robert M. Young American documentarian and motion picture director, Dominick and Eugene 11/22/1924 |
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Virginia Zeani Romanian-born American opera singer 10/21/1925 |
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Zhu Rongji Chinese premier (1998-2003) 10/01/1928 |
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Miroslav Zikmund Czech travel writer 02/14/1919 |