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Abigail Van Buren
Occupation: Advice columnist
Date of Birth: 4th July 1918
Place of Birth: Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Abraham Maslow
Occupation: Psychology professor
Date of Birth: 1st April 1908
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Adrian Boult
Occupation: Conductor
Date of Birth: 8th April 1889
Place of Birth: Chester, Cheshire, England
Adrian Durham
Occupation: Radio broadcaster and football journalist
Date of Birth: 13th May 1969
Place of Birth: Peterborough, England
Allen Allensworth
Occupation: Slave, soldier and chaplain
Date of Birth: 7th April 1842
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Ambrose Burnside
Occupation: General and governor
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1824
Place of Birth: Liberty, Indiana, U.S.
Anthony Casso
Occupation: Mafioso
Date of Birth: 21st May 1940
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Antonio Vivaldi
Occupation: Composer and virtuoso violinist
Date of Birth: 4th March 1678
Place of Birth: Venice, Republic of Venice
Babe Ruth
Occupation: Professional baseball player
Date of Birth: 6th February 1895
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Bill Bojangles Robinson
Occupation: Dancer and actor
Date of Birth: 25th May 1878
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Birgit Nilsson
Occupation: Soprano operatic singer
Date of Birth: 17th May 1918
Place of Birth: Västra Karup, Skåne, Sweden
Blanche K. Bruce
Occupation: Plantation owner and politician
Date of Birth: 1st March 1841
Place of Birth: Farmville, Virginia, U.S.
Bob Denard
Occupation: Soldier of fortune
Date of Birth: 29th April 1929
Place of Birth: Bordeaux, France
Brendan Behan
Occupation: Poet, novelist, and playwright
Date of Birth: 9th February 1923
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Brian Jones
Occupation: Musician, singer and songwriter
Date of Birth: 28th February 1942
Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Butterfly McQueen
Occupation: Dancer and actress
Date of Birth: 7th January 1911
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Carly Simon
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and author
Date of Birth: 25th June 1945
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Carol Potter
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 21st May 1948
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S.
Charles Aznavour
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actor and diplomat
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1924
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Charles Barry
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1795
Place of Birth: Westminster, London
Charles L Hull
Occupation: Psychologist and author
Date of Birth: 24th May 1884
Place of Birth: Akron, New York, U.S.
Charles Stewart Parnell
Occupation: Irish nationalist politician
Date of Birth: 27th June 1846
Place of Birth: Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Occupation: Author and political activist
Date of Birth: 20th June 1858
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Che Guevara
Occupation: Revolutionary, doctor and author
Date of Birth: 14th June 1928
Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina
Daniel F Malan
Occupation: Politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1874
Place of Birth: Riebeek-Wes, Cape Colony
Darryl McDaniels
Occupation: Rapper and music producer
Date of Birth: 31st May 1964
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, U.S.
Dean Martin
Occupation: Actor, singer and comedian
Date of Birth: 7th June 1917
Place of Birth: Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Dennis Weaver
Occupation: Actor and environmentalist
Date of Birth: 4th June 1924
Place of Birth: Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
Didier Drogba
Occupation: Professional footballer
Date of Birth: 11th March 1978
Place of Birth: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Dizzy Dean
Occupation: Baseball player and sportscaster
Date of Birth: 16th January 1910
Place of Birth: Lucas, Arkansas, U.S.
Donald Trump
Occupation: Real estate executive and 45th U.S. president
Date of Birth: 14th June 1946
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, U.S.
Douglas MacArthur
Occupation: Soldier and general of the U.S. army
Date of Birth: 26th January 1880
Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Drew Barrymore
Occupation: Actress, author and producer
Date of Birth: 22nd February 1975
Place of Birth: Culver City, California, U.S.
Edward De Vere
Occupation: Poet and playwright
Date of Birth: 12th April 1550
Place of Birth: Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
Edward Lear
Occupation: Artist, author, illustrator and poet
Date of Birth: 12th May 1812
Place of Birth: Holloway, Middlesex, England
Edwin Henry Landseer
Occupation: Artist, painter and sculptor
Date of Birth: 7th March 1802
Place of Birth: London, England
Ellen DeGeneres
Occupation: Comedienne, talk show host and producer
Date of Birth: 26th January 1958
Place of Birth: Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.
Emil Cioran
Occupation: Philosopher and author
Date of Birth: 8th April 1911
Place of Birth: Resinár, Austria-Hungary
Emile Zola
Occupation: Novelist and playwright
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1840
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Emilio Aguinaldo
Occupation: Military leader, politician and president
Date of Birth: 22nd March 1869
Place of Birth: Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
Erich Fromm
Occupation: Psychologist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 23rd March 1900
Place of Birth: Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Ernest Lawson
Occupation: Artist and landscape painter
Date of Birth: 22nd March 1873
Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Farrah Fawcett
Occupation: Actress, model, and artist
Date of Birth: 2nd February 1947
Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Federico Garcia Lorca
Occupation: Poet and playwright
Date of Birth: 5th June 1898
Place of Birth: Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Ferenc Puskás
Occupation: Footballer, coach and manager
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1927
Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
Francisco Goya
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 30th March 1746
Place of Birth: Fuendetodos, Spain
Francis Crick
Occupation: Physicist and neuroscientist
Date of Birth: 8th June 1916
Place of Birth: Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England
Francis Galton
Occupation: Sociologist, psychologist and anthropologist
Date of Birth: 16th February 1822
Place of Birth: Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England
Frank Lloyd Wright
Occupation: Architect and designer
Date of Birth: 8th June 1867
Place of Birth: Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.
Frederik Willem De Klerk
Occupation: Politician and president
Date of Birth: 18th March 1936
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Gary Player
Occupation: Golfer
Date of Birth: 1st November 1935
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
George Bernard Shaw
Occupation: Critic, playwright and author
Date of Birth: 26th July 1856
Place of Birth: Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
George Formby
Occupation: Singer, musician and actor
Date of Birth: 26th May 1904
Place of Birth: Wigan Lancashire U.K.
George III
Occupation: Monarch, King of Great Britain
Date of Birth: 4th June 1738
Place of Birth: Norfolk House, London
George Orwell
Occupation: Novelist and polemic journalist
Date of Birth: 25th June 1903
Place of Birth: Motihari, Bihar, British India
George Stephenson
Occupation: Engineer and inventor
Date of Birth: 9th June 1781
Place of Birth: Wylam, Northumberland, England
Gina Lollobrigida
Occupation: Actress and sculptor
Date of Birth: 4th July 1927
Place of Birth: Subiaco, Italy
Giorgio Armani
Occupation: Fashion designer
Date of Birth: 11th July 1934
Place of Birth: Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Occupation: General, nationalist and freedom fighter
Date of Birth: 4th July 1807
Place of Birth: Nice, First French Empire
Gustav Kirchhoff
Occupation: Physicist
Date of Birth: 12th March 1824
Place of Birth: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Gwendolyn Brooks
Occupation: Poet, teacher and author
Date of Birth: 7th June 1917
Place of Birth: Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Haile Selassie
Occupation: Regent and emperor
Date of Birth: 23rd July 1892
Place of Birth: Ejersa Goro, Ethiopian Empire
Hal Needham
Occupation: Stuntman, actor, screenwriter and director
Date of Birth: 6th March 1931
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Harold Macmillan
Occupation: Soldier, politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 10th February 1894
Place of Birth: Belgravia, London, England
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Occupation: Author
Date of Birth: 14th June 1811
Place of Birth: Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Harrison Ford
Occupation: Actor and movie producer
Date of Birth: 13th July 1942
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Helen Mirren
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: 26th July 1945
Place of Birth: Chiswick, London, England
Henry Addington
Occupation: Politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 30th May 1757
Place of Birth: Holborn, Middlesex, England
Henry Cowell
Occupation: Pianist and composer
Date of Birth: 11th March 1897
Place of Birth: Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Henry Ford
Occupation: Industrialist and car maker
Date of Birth: 30th July 1863
Place of Birth: Greenfield Township, Michigan, U.S.
Henry Kissinger
Occupation: Politician and diplomat
Date of Birth: 27th May 1923
Place of Birth: Fürth, Germany
Henry Raeburn
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 4th March 1756
Place of Birth: Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland
Hugo Chavez
Occupation: Soldier, politician and president
Date of Birth: 28th July 1954
Place of Birth: Sabaneta, Venezuela
Ian McEwan
Occupation: Novelist and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 21st June 1948
Place of Birth: Aldershot, England
Ice Cube
Occupation: Rapper, actor, producer and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 15th June 1969
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Igor Stravinsky
Occupation: Composer, conductor and pianist
Date of Birth: 17th June 1882
Place of Birth: Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Ilie Nastase
Occupation: Tennis player
Date of Birth: 19th July 1946
Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania
Imelda Marcos
Occupation: Politician and first lady of the Philippines
Date of Birth: 2nd July 1929
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
Isaac Babel
Occupation: Journalist, writer and playwright
Date of Birth: 13th July 1894
Place of Birth: Odessa, Russian Empire
Isaac Newton
Occupation: Physicist, mathematician and astronomer
Date of Birth: 4th January 1643
Place of Birth: Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Isabella Rossellini
Occupation: Actress, model and author
Date of Birth: 18th June 1952
Place of Birth: Lazio, Rome, Italy
Isaiah Berlin
Occupation: Historian, political theorist and philosopher
Date of Birth: 6th June 1909
Place of Birth: Riga, Russian Empire
Iwan Bloch
Occupation: Dermatologist, psychiatrist, sexologist and author
Date of Birth: 8th April 1872
Place of Birth: Delmenhorst, Grand Ducal Oldenburg, Germany
James Cagney
Occupation: Actor and dancer
Date of Birth: 17th July 1899
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S.
James Parkinson
Occupation: Surgeon, geologist and social and political activist
Date of Birth: 11th April 1755
Place of Birth: Shoreditch, London, England
Jane Bolin
Occupation: Attorney and judge
Date of Birth: 11th April 1908
Place of Birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Jason Miller
Occupation: Playwright, character actor and director
Date of Birth: 22nd April 1939
Place of Birth: Long Island City, New York, U.S.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Occupation: Philosopher
Date of Birth: 28th June 1712
Place of Birth: Grand Rue, Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Jimmy Boyle
Occupation: Author, artist and sculptor
Date of Birth: 17th May 1944
Place of Birth: Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
Jo Ann Robinson
Occupation: Teacher and civil rights activist
Date of Birth: 17th April 1912
Place of Birth: Culloden, Georgia U.S.
Joey Gallo
Occupation: Self employed gangster
Date of Birth: 7th April 1929
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Johns Hopkins
Occupation: Investor and Philanthropist
Date of Birth: 19th May 1795
Place of Birth: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S.
Joseph Peter Grace
Occupation: CEO and industrialist
Date of Birth: 25th May 1913
Place of Birth: Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Karl Lagerfeld
Occupation: Fashion designer, artist and photographer
Date of Birth: 10th September 1933
Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
Katherine Dunham
Occupation: Dancer, choreographer and author
Date of Birth: 22nd June 1909
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Keith Moon
Occupation: Drummer, songwriter and actor
Date of Birth: 23rd August 1946
Place of Birth: Wembley, London U.K.
Keith Relf
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and musician
Date of Birth: 22nd March 1943
Place of Birth: Richmond, Surrey, England
Kelly Monaco
Occupation: Model and actress
Date of Birth: 23rd May 1976
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Kenny Rogers
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and actor
Date of Birth: 21st August 1938
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Kevin Spacey
Occupation: Actor and producer
Date of Birth: 26th July 1959
Place of Birth: South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Kim Jong Il
Occupation: Supreme Leader of North Korea
Date of Birth: 16th February 1941
Place of Birth: Vyatskoye, Soviet Union
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Occupation: Entrepreneur and founder of Biocon
Date of Birth: 23rd March 1953
Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Knute Rockne
Occupation: American football coach
Date of Birth: 4th March 1888
Place of Birth: Voss, Norway
Lavrentiy Beria
Occupation: Soviet politician and chief of the secret police
Date of Birth: 29th March 1899
Place of Birth: Merkheuli, Sukhum Okrug, Russian Empire
Lech Kaczynski
Occupation: Polish politician and and former president
Date of Birth: 18th June 1949
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland
Lena Horne
Occupation: Singer, dancer and actress
Date of Birth: 30th June 1917
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Leo Sayer
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and musician
Date of Birth: 21st May 1948
Place of Birth: Shoreham On Sea, Sussex, England
Les Paul
Occupation: Musician, songwriter and inventor
Date of Birth: 9th June 1915
Place of Birth: Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Liam Neeson
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 7th June 1952
Place of Birth: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Lillian Hellman
Occupation: Playwright and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 20th June 1905
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Lord Byron
Occupation: Poet, peer and philanderer
Date of Birth: 22nd January 1788
Place of Birth: London, England
Lucille Clifton
Occupation: Poet and writer
Date of Birth: 27th June 1936
Place of Birth: Depew, New York, U.S.
Luigi Pirandello
Occupation: Playwright, novelist and poet
Date of Birth: 28th June 1867
Place of Birth: Girgenti, Sicily, Italy
Marian Wright Edelman
Occupation: Lawyer and childrens rights activist
Date of Birth: 6th June 1939
Place of Birth: Bennettsville, South Carolina, U.S.
Marilyn Monroe
Occupation: Actress, singer and model
Date of Birth: 1st June 1926
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Marquis de Sade
Occupation: Writer, philosopher and philanderer
Date of Birth: 2nd June 1740
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Martha Washington
Occupation: Plantation owner and first lady of the U.S.
Date of Birth: 13th June 1731
Place of Birth: Chestnut Grove, Virginia U.S.
Martin Luther King Jr
Occupation: Church minister and leader of the civil rights movement
Date of Birth: 15th January 1929
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Mary White Ovington
Occupation: Journalist, author, Social and political activist
Date of Birth: 11th April 1865
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Matthew C Perry
Occupation: Naval officer and Commodore of the United States Navy
Date of Birth: 10th April 1794
Place of Birth: Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Mel Blanc
Occupation: Actor, voice actor and comedian
Date of Birth: 30th May 1908
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Michael Caine
Occupation: Actor, producer and author
Date of Birth: 14th March 1933
Place of Birth: Rotherhithe, London, England
Michio Kaku
Occupation: Theoretical physicist, author and professor
Date of Birth: 24th January 1947
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, U.S.
Mickey Spillane
Occupation: Novelist and actor
Date of Birth: 9th March 1918
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Morgan Freeman
Occupation: Actor and producer
Date of Birth: 1st June 1937
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Nancy Wilson
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and musician
Date of Birth: 16th March 1954
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Occupation: Emperor and military general
Date of Birth: 15th August 1769
Place of Birth: Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Occupation: Plantation owner, slave trader and soldier
Date of Birth: 13th July 1821
Place of Birth: Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Occupation: Novelist and writer
Date of Birth: 4th July 1804
Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
Neil Diamond
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician and actor
Date of Birth: 24th January 1941
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nelson Mandela
Occupation: Lawyer, activist and politician
Date of Birth: 18th July 1918
Place of Birth: Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa
Nelson Rockefeller
Occupation: Businessman and politician
Date of Birth: 8th July 1908
Place of Birth: Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Nicholas Murray Butler
Occupation: Philosopher and president of Columbia University
Date of Birth: 2nd April 1862
Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Occupation: Canon, astronomer and mathematician
Date of Birth: 19th February 1473
Place of Birth: Toruń, Prussia (Now Poland)
Nikki Giovanni
Occupation: Poet, writer and professor
Date of Birth: 7th June 1943
Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Nikola Tesla
Occupation: Physicist and inventor
Date of Birth: 10th July 1856
Place of Birth: Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia)
Octavio Paz
Occupation: Poet and diplomat
Date of Birth: 31st March 1914
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
O.J. Simpson
Occupation: American footballer and actor
Date of Birth: 9th July 1947
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California
Oliver Reed
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 13th February 1938
Place of Birth: Wimbledon, London, England
Olivia De Havilland
Occupation: Actress and writer
Date of Birth: 1st July 1916
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Omar Sharif
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 10th April 1932
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Oprah Winfrey
Occupation: Talk show host, actress and producer
Date of Birth: 29th January 1954
Place of Birth: Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.
Orlando Bloom
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 13th January 1977
Place of Birth: Canterbury, Kent, England
Orson Welles
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 6th May 1915
Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Oscar Hammerstein II
Occupation: Librettist and theatrical producer
Date of Birth: 12th July 1895
Place of Birth: New York City, U.S.
Oscar Wilde
Occupation: Author, playwright and poet
Date of Birth: 16th October 1854
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Otto Von Bismarck
Occupation: Prussian president and Chancellor of the German Empire
Date of Birth: 1st April 1815
Place of Birth: Schönhausen, Province of Saxony, Prussia
Pancho Villa
Occupation: Bandit, soldier and revolutionary
Date of Birth: 5th June 1878
Place of Birth: San Juan del Rio, Durango, Mexico
Pat Boone
Occupation: Singer, composer and actor
Date of Birth: 1st June 1934
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Patrick Lichfield
Occupation: Photographer
Date of Birth: 25th April 1939
Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England
Paulette Goddard
Occupation: Actress and model
Date of Birth: 3rd June 1910
Place of Birth: Whitestone Landing, Queens, New York, U.S.
Paul Gauguin
Occupation: Artist and painter
Date of Birth: 7th June 1848
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Paul Newman
Occupation: Actor, director, race car driver and philanthropist
Date of Birth: 26th January 1925
Place of Birth: Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Peter Carl Faberge
Occupation: Jeweller
Date of Birth: 30th May 1846
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Peter Lorre
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 26th June 1904
Place of Birth: Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary
Peter Paul Rubens
Occupation: Artist, painter and diplomat
Date of Birth: 28th June 1577
Place of Birth: Siegen, Nassau-Dillenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Peter The Great
Occupation: Tsar and Emperor of Russia
Date of Birth: 9th June 1672
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Philip Michael Thomas
Occupation: Actor and singer
Date of Birth: 26th May 1949
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Qian Xuan
Occupation: Artist, poet and painter
Date of Birth: 1235
Place of Birth: Wuxing, Zhejiang Province, China
Qi Baishi
Occupation: Artist, painter and poet
Date of Birth: 1st January 1864
Place of Birth: Xiangtan, Hunan, China
Queen Cleopatra VII
Occupation: Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Date of Birth: 69 BC
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Queen Elizabeth I
Occupation: Queen of England
Date of Birth: 7th September 1533
Place of Birth: Greenwich Palace, Greenwich, England
Queen Latifah
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actress, TV host and producer
Date of Birth: 18th March 1970
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Queen Rania Of Jordan
Occupation: Queen, author, and peoples advocate
Date of Birth: 31st August 1970
Place of Birth: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Queen Rani Of Jhansi
Occupation: Queen and rebel leader
Date of Birth: 19th November 1828
Place of Birth: Varanasi, India
Quentin Crisp
Occupation: Actor, writer, raconteur and artists model
Date of Birth: 25th December 1908
Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey, England
Quentin Tarantino
Occupation: Director and screenwriter
Date of Birth: 27th March 1963
Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Quincy Jones
Occupation: Record producer, composer and musician
Date of Birth: 14th March 1933
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Ram Mohan Roy
Occupation: Reformist
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1772
Place of Birth: Radhanagar, Bengal, British India
Raul Alfonsin
Occupation: Lawyer, politician and president of Argentina
Date of Birth: 12th March 1927
Place of Birth: Chascomús, Argentina
Richard Strauss
Occupation: Composer and conductor
Date of Birth: 11th June 1864
Place of Birth: Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Ringo Starr
Occupation: Drummer, singer and actor
Date of Birth: 7th July 1940
Place of Birth: Dingle, Liverpool, U.K.
Robert Durst
Occupation: Real estate
Date of Birth: 12th April 1943
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Robert Falcon Scott
Occupation: Naval officer and polar explorer
Date of Birth: 6th June 1868
Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon, England
Robert L Johnson
Occupation: Businessman
Date of Birth: 8th April 1946
Place of Birth: Hickory, Mississippi, U.S.
Robert Mugabe
Occupation: Revolutionary, politician, prime minister and president
Date of Birth: 21st February 1924
Place of Birth: Kutama, Southern Rhodesia
Robert The Bruce
Occupation: Rebel leader and King Of Scotland
Date of Birth: 11th July 1274
Place of Birth: Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ruben Gonzalez
Occupation: Musician
Date of Birth: 26th May 1919
Place of Birth: Santa Clara, Cuba
Samuel Beckett
Occupation: Novelist, playwright and poet
Date of Birth: 13th April 1906
Place of Birth: Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland
Sirhan Sirhan
Occupation: Stable boy, jockey and assassin
Date of Birth: 19th March 1944
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Sirimavo Bandaranike
Occupation: Politician and prime minister
Date of Birth: 17th April 1916
Place of Birth: Ratnapura, British Colony of Ceylon
Spencer Dryden
Occupation: Musician and drummer
Date of Birth: 7th April 1938
Place of Birth: New York, U.S.
Stan Laurel
Occupation: Actor, comedian, writer and director
Date of Birth: 16th June 1890
Place of Birth: Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Steve McQueen
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 24th March 1930
Place of Birth: Beech Grove, Indiana, U.S.
Sugar Minott
Occupation: Singer, songwriter and record producer
Date of Birth: 25th May 1956
Place of Birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Sukarno
Occupation: Freedom fighter and president of Indonesia
Date of Birth: 6th June 1901
Place of Birth: Surabaya, East Java, Dutch East Indies
Susan Hayward
Occupation: Actress and singer
Date of Birth: 30th June 1917
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Suzanne Lenglen
Occupation: Tennis Player
Date of Birth: 24th May 1899
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Tallulah Bankhead
Occupation: Actress of stage and screen
Date of Birth: 31st January 1902
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Terry Crews
Occupation: American footballer, artist and actor
Date of Birth: 30th July 1968
Place of Birth: Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Thabo Mbeki
Occupation: 2nd president of South Africa
Date of Birth: 18th June 1942
Place of Birth: Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Thomas Arne
Occupation: Composer and musician
Date of Birth: 12th March 1710
Place of Birth: Covent Garden, London, England
Thomas Eakins
Occupation: Artist, painter and educator
Date of Birth: 25th July 1844
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Thomas Hardy
Occupation: Novelist and poet
Date of Birth: 2nd June 1840
Place of Birth: Stinsford, Dorset, England
Thomas Jefferson
Occupation: Lawyer, politician and president
Date of Birth: 13th April 1743
Place of Birth: Shadwell, Colony of Virginia, British America
Thomas Mann
Occupation: Novelist and short story writer
Date of Birth: 6th June 1875
Place of Birth: Lübeck, German Empire
Tony Curtis
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