October 18

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Medieval 13

796

المعتصم بالله، الخليفة الثامن للدولة العباسية.

1000

Burchard I. von Halberstadt, deutscher Kleriker und Politiker

1127

Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan

Emperor Go-Shirakawa abdicated the Japanese throne at 31, then ruled from behind the scenes for 34 years. Born in 1127, he installed puppet emperors—including his own sons—and controlled the court through "cloistered rule." He commissioned the Sanjūsangen-dō temple with 1,000 golden statues. He died in 1192, having proven that power doesn't require a crown.

1130

Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi failed the civil service exam twice, passed at 24, spent his life reinterpreting Confucius. He argued that principle governs all things, that knowledge comes from investigating the world. His Neo-Confucianism became orthodoxy. Chinese students memorized his commentaries for 700 years. Every exam tested his interpretation. He died convinced he'd failed to reform the government.

1239

Rei Estêvão V da Hungria (m.

Rei Estêvão V da Hungria (m. 1272).

1262

Ranulph Neville, 1.

Ranulph Neville, 1. Baron Neville de Raby, englischer Adliger und Militär

1276

Gilbert Talbot, 1.

Gilbert Talbot, 1. Baron Talbot, englischer Adeliger

1314

Giles de Badlesmere, 2.

Giles de Badlesmere, 2. Baron Badlesmere, englischer Adeliger

1326

María de Francia, noble francesa (f.

María de Francia, noble francesa (f. 1341).

1405

Pope Pius II

Pope Pius II wrote erotic novels before he took holy orders. Born Enea Silvio Piccolomini in 1405, he penned "The Tale of Two Lovers," a bestselling romance, in his thirties. He became pope in 1458 and tried to ban his own book. Copies kept circulating. He died in 1464, unable to erase his past.

1444

John de Mowbray

John de Mowbray became Duke of Norfolk at 10 when his father died. He was married at 14 to a six-year-old. He fought for the Yorkists during the Wars of the Roses. He died at 32. His son inherited the title at 7 and died at 19. Medieval nobility measured success in years survived, not years lived.

1469

George Nevill, 5.

George Nevill, 5. Baron Bergavenny, englischer Adeliger, Militär und Politiker

1482

Philipp III

Philipp III ruled Hanau-Lichtenberg for 56 years. He inherited the county at 22. He managed territories, collected taxes, and avoided getting pulled into larger conflicts. He died at 80. Most Renaissance nobles spent their reigns at war. He spent his keeping his head down. The county survived intact.

1500s 26

1508

Lucas Lossius, deutscher lutherischer Theologe und Hymnologe

1517

Manuel da Nóbrega

Manuel da Nóbrega led the first Jesuit mission to Brazil in 1549, arriving with the Portuguese governor-general. Born in 1517, he founded schools, learned indigenous languages, and argued that conversion required education, not just baptism. He clashed with colonists who wanted slave labor, not literate Christians. He died in 1570, having built the structure that would educate Brazil for centuries.

1518

Nicolas de Pellevé, prélat français († 28 mars 1594).

1522

Michael Beuther, deutscher Historiker, Dichter, Jurist und Beamter

1523

Anna Jagiellon

Anna Jagiellon was 52 when she became Queen of Poland. She'd waited three decades while her brothers ruled. She married Stephen Báthory, who did the actual governing. She funded schools and hospitals. She died childless at 73. Her nephews fought over the throne. She'd been the last legitimate Jagiellonian. The dynasty ended with her.

1527

Luca Cambiaso, pintor italiano (m.

Luca Cambiaso, pintor italiano (m. 1585).

1530

William Lambarde

William Lambarde wrote the first published history of an English county. Perambulation of Kent came out in 1576. He was an antiquarian who collected Anglo-Saxon laws and served as a justice of the peace. He gave Queen Elizabeth a tour of the Tower of London's records in 1601. She asked about Richard II. He knew she was thinking about Essex's rebellion. He died three months later.

1547

Justus Lipsius

Justus Lipsius edited and published works by Seneca and Tacitus, reintroducing Stoic philosophy to Renaissance Europe. He taught at universities in the Netherlands and Belgium. He corresponded with scholars across Europe. He died in 1606. Stoicism came back because one scholar spent his life translating old texts. Ideas need translators to survive.

1552

Isabel de Sajonia, princesa sajona (f.

Isabel de Sajonia, princesa sajona (f. 1590).

1553

Luca Marenzio

Luca Marenzio wrote madrigals so chromatic they sounded like they were falling apart. Five voices, twisting harmonies, texts about death and longing. He worked for three cardinals and a duchess. He died at 46, probably of malaria. His music was published in 70 editions across Europe. Monteverdi learned from him. Then everyone forgot his name.

1555

Melchior Eckhart, deutscher evangelischer Theologe

1558

Gerhard Rantzau, dänischer Statthalter im königlichen Anteil Schleswig-Holsteins

1567

Jakob Fugger, Fürstbischof von Konstanz

1569

Giambattista Marini

Giambattista Marini invented a new style of poetry so ornate it was named after him: Marinism. He used elaborate metaphors, puns, wordplay. He was the most famous poet in Europe by 40. Critics hated him. Readers loved him. He influenced English metaphysical poets. Then tastes changed. Baroque excess fell out of fashion. He's unreadable now.

1569

Giambattista Marino, poète italien († 26 mars 1625).

1579

Benedetto Fioretti, teólogo, poeta e educador italiano (m.

Benedetto Fioretti, teólogo, poeta e educador italiano (m. 1642).

1585

Heinrich Schütz, deutscher Komponist und Organist

1587

Lady Mary Wroth

Lady Mary Wroth wrote the first prose romance in English by a woman. The Countess of Montgomery's Urania came out in 1621. It included a sonnet sequence. Someone recognized themselves in the characters and complained. She pulled the book from circulation. Most copies were destroyed. Twenty survive. She never published again.

1587

Philipp Karl von Arenberg, Fürst von Arenberg und Herzog von Aarschot

1592

Johannes Kempf, deutscher Mediziner

1593

Karl Friedrich I., Herzog von Oels und Bernstadt

1595

Lucas van Uden, flämischer Maler und Radierer

1595

Edward Winslow

Edward Winslow came over on the Mayflower, served three terms as Plymouth Colony's governor, and was the only Pilgrim whose face we know — he sat for a portrait in London in 1651. He died four years later on a naval expedition to Jamaica, buried at sea. The portrait's in Plymouth now, the only image of anyone who survived that first winter. One face for 102 passengers.

1600s 29

1600

Gioacchino Assereto, italienischer Maler

1609

Josias Rantzau, deutscher Heerführer, Marschall von Frankreich

1613

Johann Bernhard zur Lippe-Detmold, Landesherr der Grafschaft Lippe-Detmold

1616

Nicholas Culpeper

Nicholas Culpeper translated the Pharmacopoeia from Latin to English in 1649 so poor people could make their own medicines. The Royal College of Physicians called him a traitor. He sold the book for three pence. It became a bestseller. He added astrology to the herbal remedies. He died of tuberculosis at 37. The book's still in print.

1616

Francisco Enríquez de Villacorta, médecin espagnol († 1680).

1619

Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, militaire français († 14 juin 1646).

1630

Henry Powle

Henry Powle served as Speaker of the House of Commons and Master of the Rolls. He was a lawyer who navigated the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution without losing his position. He prosecuted Catholic conspirators, then helped draft the Bill of Rights. He died in office at 62. English politics killed most participants. He died of natural causes.

1631

Michael Wigglesworth, neuenglischer Theologe, Prediger und Dichter

1633

Gabriel Clauder, médico alemão (m.

Gabriel Clauder, médico alemão (m. 1691).

1634

Luca Giordano

Luca Giordano painted so fast his rivals called him "Luca Fa Presto" — Luke Work Quickly. He could finish a ceiling fresco in days. He worked in Naples, Florence, Venice, Madrid, covering ceilings and walls with biblical scenes and mythologies. Speed was his signature. He left behind hundreds of paintings and the nickname that defined his method — fast enough to be prolific, good enough to be remembered.

1643

Johann Eisenhart, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

1653

Abraham van Riebeeck

Abraham van Riebeeck was born in Cape Town, the first European child born in South Africa. His father founded the settlement. He grew up speaking Dutch and Khoekhoe, became a merchant, sailed to Java, and ended up Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He governed 5,000 miles from where he was born, a colonial child who built a colonial empire. Died in Batavia, having never returned to Africa.

1654

Johann Friedrich, Markgraf des Fürstentums Ansbach

1662

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry wrote his biblical commentary while pastoring a small church in Chester. He'd rise at 4 AM to write before his congregation needed him. The six-volume work took him eleven years. He died before finishing Revelation. It's been in print for three centuries. Preachers still quote him without knowing his name — his phrases became the language of Protestant sermon-writing.

1663

Prince Eugene of Savoy

Prince Eugene of Savoy was rejected by Louis XIV's army because he was too small and too weak. Born in 1663, he joined Austria instead and became their greatest general, defeating the Ottomans at Zenta and the French at Blenheim. He won 30 battles across five decades. Louis XIV spent his reign fighting the soldier he'd turned away.

1665

Otto Magnus von Dönhoff, brandenburgisch-preußischer Generalleutnant und Gesandter

1668

John George IV

John George IV of Saxony died at 26 from smallpox after ruling for just six years. He'd converted to Catholicism in secret, enraging his Protestant subjects when they found out. His brief reign destabilized Saxony's confessional politics. His younger brother inherited the mess. Six years on the throne, centuries of religious tension reignited.

1668

Luís III de Bourbon-Condé, aristocrata e militar francês (m.

Luís III de Bourbon-Condé, aristocrata e militar francês (m. 1710).

1669

Ludwig Christof Schefer, Pietist, reformierter Pfarrer und Inspektor in Berleburg

1671

Friedrich IV., Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf

1676

Michael Heinrich Reinhard, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe

1679

Ann Putnam, américaine, témoin du procès des sorcières de Salem († 1716).

1679

Ann Putnam

Ann Putnam Jr. was twelve when the Salem witch trials started. She accused 62 people of witchcraft. Nineteen were executed. She testified at most of the trials. Seven years later, she apologized in church. She said she'd been deluded by Satan. She was the only accuser who ever apologized. She died at 37, unmarried. Her apology is in the church records. The dead stayed dead.

1681

Seongho Yi Ik, koreanischer Politiker und Ökonom

1683

David Splitgerber, preußischer Kaufmann, Fabrikant und Bankier

1683

Augustin Leyser, deutscher Jurist

1691

Hedwig Friederike von Württemberg-Weiltingen, Fürstin von Anhalt-Zerbst

1694

René Louis d’Argenson, französischer Adeliger und Minister

1696

Gian Pietro Riva, Schweizer Schulleiter und Übersetzer

1700s 36

1701

Charles le Beau

Charles le Beau wrote a 30-volume history of the Byzantine Empire. Thirty volumes. He was a professor at the Collège Royal. He spent decades reconstructing a civilization most French scholars ignored. He died having documented a thousand years of Eastern Rome that Western Europe had forgotten.

1706

Baldassare Galuppi

Baldassare Galuppi wrote over 100 operas and became Venice's most popular composer in the 1740s. Catherine the Great invited him to St. Petersburg for three years. Russians called his style too Italian. Venetians called his later work too Russian. He died caught between empires, remembered now mostly because Robert Browning wrote a poem about his music seventy years later.

1728

Peter Frederik Suhm, norwegischer Historiker

1728

August Wilhelm von Vietinghoff, königlich preußischer Generalleutnant

1730

Christian Gottlieb Seydlitz, deutscher Physiker und Logiker

1731

John Dunning, 1.º Barão Ashburton, político e advogado britânico (m.

John Dunning, 1.º Barão Ashburton, político e advogado britânico (m. 1783).

1735

Antonio Maria Lorgna, matemático e engenheiro italiano (m.

Antonio Maria Lorgna, matemático e engenheiro italiano (m. 1796).

1736

Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord, prélat français († 20 octobre 1821).

1738

Michele de Jorio, jurista, abogado y magistrado italiano (f.

Michele de Jorio, jurista, abogado y magistrado italiano (f. 1806).

1738

Andrei Timofejewitsch Bolotow, russischer Agrarwissenschaftler

1739

Ulrich Karl von Froreich, preußischer Generalmajor und Chef des Leibkürassierregiments

1739

Robert Gendre, Schweizer römisch-katholischer Geistlicher

1741

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos was an artillery officer who wrote one novel. Dangerous Liaisons. It scandalized France. He published it anonymously, but everyone knew. He went back to the army, served under Napoleon, died of dysentery in Italy at 62. The novel's still in print 240 years later. He never wrote another.

1744

Olof Schwan, schwedischer Orgelbauer

1749

Johann Gotthelf Leberecht Abel, deutscher Arzt und Kunstsammler

1752

Christian Traugott Koch, deutscher Jurist und Politiker

1753

Joseph Bloomfield, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1753

Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, französischer Jurist und Staatsmann

1761

Franz Seraph von Orsini-Rosenberg, österreichischer General

1762

Lazarus Bendavid, deutscher Mathematiker und Philosoph

1765

Servando Teresa de Mier, fraile dominico y precursor de la Independencia de México (f.

Servando Teresa de Mier, fraile dominico y precursor de la Independencia de México (f. 1827).

1770

Thomas Phillips

Thomas Phillips painted Lord Byron, William Blake, and George Canning. He was the Royal Academy's go-to portraitist for forty years. He painted scientists, poets, and politicians. His Byron portrait became the standard image. He died at 75 with 300 portraits to his name. Nobody remembers the painter. Everyone knows the faces.

1774

Adolf Müllner, deutscher Schriftsteller

1776

John Vanderlyn, pintor estadounidense (f.

John Vanderlyn, pintor estadounidense (f. 1852).

1777

Heinrich von Kleist

Heinrich von Kleist shot himself at 34 in a suicide pact with a terminally ill friend beside the Wannsee. He'd written eight plays and stories, been rejected by Goethe, and failed at everything he tried except writing. His plays weren't performed until decades after his death. The Prince of Homburg and The Broken Jug became German classics. He died unknown and became essential.

1779

Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola, Miniaturmaler und Kupferstecher

1785

Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock worked for the East India Company for 37 years. He wrote seven satirical novels in his spare time, mocking Romanticism and pretension. He was friends with Shelley, who drowned in 1822. Peacock never got over it. His last novel was published in 1860. He spent his final years alone, burning his papers.

1787

Friedrich Wilhelm Heineken, Senator der Hansestadt Bremen

1791

Johann Baptist Stiglmaier, deutscher Erzgießer, Bildhauer, Maler und Medailleur

1792

Lucas Alamán

Lucas Alamán served as Mexico's foreign minister three times. He was a conservative who opposed American expansion and advocated for centralized government. He founded Mexico's National Archives and wrote a five-volume history of the independence movement. He died in 1853 while serving his third term. Mexico spent the next fifteen years in civil war and foreign invasion. He saw it coming.

1792

Friedrich Meurer, deutscher Pharmakologe und Mediziner

1793

Ernst Christian Gottlieb Jens Reinhold, deutscher Philosoph

1794

Ferdinand Schubert, österreichischer Komponist

1796

Hosea Ballou II, acadêmico estadunidense (m.

Hosea Ballou II, acadêmico estadunidense (m. 1861).

1797

Petrona Rosende, periodista y poetisa uruguaya-argentina (f.

Petrona Rosende, periodista y poetisa uruguaya-argentina (f. 1862).

1799

Christian Schönbein, químico germano-suizo (f.

Christian Schönbein, químico germano-suizo (f. 1868).

1800s 158

1800

Sir Henry Taylor, englischer Dramatiker und Kolonialbeamter

1800

Lucas Aguirre, empresario y mecenas español (f.

Lucas Aguirre, empresario y mecenas español (f. 1873).

1801

Camillo Minieri Riccio, historiador y archivista italiano (f. 1882).

1813

Ferdinand von Miller, escultor y fundidor de bronce alemán (f.

Ferdinand von Miller, escultor y fundidor de bronce alemán (f. 1887).

1816

Friedrich Wilhelm Adami, homme de lettres allemand († 5 août 1893).

1818

Charles Nahl, pintor estadounidense (f.

Charles Nahl, pintor estadounidense (f. 1878).

1818

Carl Hugo Hahn, deutscher evangelischer Missionar

1818

Friedrich Eduard Hoffmann, inventor alemán (f.

Friedrich Eduard Hoffmann, inventor alemán (f. 1900).

1820

Heinrich Richter, deutscher Schauspieler, Theaterregisseur und Hochschullehrer

1821

Antônio Coelho de Sá e Albuquerque, político brasileño (f.

Antônio Coelho de Sá e Albuquerque, político brasileño (f. 1868).

1822

Midhat Pasha

Midhat Pasha engineered the 1876 Ottoman Constitution, the empire's first attempt to transition from absolute monarchy to a representative parliamentary system. As Grand Vizier, he sought to modernize the state through administrative decentralization and secular education, sparking a fierce power struggle with Sultan Abdul Hamid II that ultimately led to his exile and death.

1822

Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr., représentant de la Virginie au Congrès des états confédérés († 20 août 1881).

1824

Juan Valera, escritor español (f.

Juan Valera, escritor español (f. 1905).

1825

Verdicenan Kadın, consorte del sultán otomano Abdülmecid I (f.

Verdicenan Kadın, consorte del sultán otomano Abdülmecid I (f. 1889).

1826

Wilhelm Walther, deutscher Künstler

1827

Joaquim da Cunha Freire, político brasileiro.

Joaquim da Cunha Freire, político brasileiro. (m. 1907)

1829

Charles G. Williams, abogado y político estadounidense (f.

Charles G. Williams, abogado y político estadounidense (f. 1892).

1829

Claude-Charles Dallet, misionero católico francés (f.

Claude-Charles Dallet, misionero católico francés (f. 1878).

1830

Matthias Lexer, österreichischer Germanist und Lexikograph

1831

Frederick III

Frederick III was German Emperor for 99 days. Born in 1831, he was already dying of throat cancer when he was crowned in 1888. He couldn't speak, communicating by written notes. He tried to liberalize the government, but his son Wilhelm II reversed everything after Frederick's death. Three months on the throne, then Wilhelm led Germany into World War I.

1832

Matthäus Much, österreichischer Denkmalpfleger und Archäologe

1833

Nikolái Smetskoi, filántropo y empresario ruso (f. 1931).

1854

Karl Kautsky, filósofo tcheco-austríaco (m.

Karl Kautsky, filósofo tcheco-austríaco (m. 1938).

1854

Salomon André, schwedischer Ingenieur und Polarforscher

1854

Billy Murdoch

Billy Murdoch captained Australia in 16 Test matches. He scored the first Test triple century—309 against England in 1884. He later moved to England and played for Sussex. He died in Melbourne at 56 after a train trip. His triple century stood as the highest Test score for 45 years.

Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson argued that time isn't a line — it's a constant accumulation, like a snowball rolling downhill. He wrote that intuition sees truth better than analysis can. His lectures in Paris were so popular they caused traffic jams. He won the Nobel for Literature in 1927. When the Nazis occupied France, they offered him exemption from anti-Jewish laws. He refused and stood in line to register. He died of pneumonia in 1941.

1861

Alfredo de la Iglesia, catedrático y escritor español.

1862

Mehmet Esat Bülkat

Mehmet Esat Bülkat was born in Greece in 1862 to Ottoman parents, fought in the Balkan Wars and World War I, and commanded Turkish forces at Gallipoli. His troops held the high ground against British and ANZAC assaults for eight months. Winston Churchill, who'd planned the invasion, resigned in disgrace. Bülkat died in 1952, having stopped an empire at the beach.

1863

Marcia Pelham, condessa de Yarborough, aristocrata britânica (m.

Marcia Pelham, condessa de Yarborough, aristocrata britânica (m. 1926).

1864

Wilhelm von Auer, preußischer Generalmajor

1864

Camille Douls, explorador francés (f.

Camille Douls, explorador francés (f. 1889).

1865

Henri Adrien Tanoux, pintor francés (f.

Henri Adrien Tanoux, pintor francés (f. 1923).

1865

Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith spent his inherited fortune collecting perfect sentences. He published books of aphorisms he'd polished for years — 'Trivia' and 'More Trivia' and 'All Trivia.' He was Virginia Woolf's friend and Cyril Connolly's mentor. He never married, never held a job, just refined his prose in London and wrote about the art of being idle. He made laziness literature.

1865

Arie de Jong

Arie de Jong created a standardized version of Volapük, a constructed language invented in 1879. He published his reformed grammar in 1931. Nobody cared. Esperanto had already won. De Jong spent 40 years promoting a language spoken by fewer than 30 people. He died at 92. Volapük died with him.

1865

Karl Eugen Neumann, österreichischer Übersetzer, Wegbereiter der buddhistische Bewegung im deutschsprachigen Raum

1866

Maximiliano Crespo Rivera, obispo católico colombiano (f.

Maximiliano Crespo Rivera, obispo católico colombiano (f. 1940).

1866

Rafael Barone, pintor italoargentino (f.

Rafael Barone, pintor italoargentino (f. 1953).

1866

Demetrio Sodi Guergué, periodista, escritor, jurista y político mexicano (f.

Demetrio Sodi Guergué, periodista, escritor, jurista y político mexicano (f. 1934).

1867

Eliecer Parada, militar y político chileno.

1868

Ernst Didring

Ernst Didring wrote novels, plays, and poetry in Swedish. He was prolific. He wrote about Stockholm's working class. He wrote about social issues. He was read widely in Sweden. He died at 63. Almost nobody outside Scandinavia has heard of him.

1869

Johannes Linnankoski

Johannes Linnankoski worked as a journalist and wrote one novel that everyone in Finland read. 'The Song of the Blood-Red Flower,' 1905. A log driver seduces women and abandons them. It was scandalous. It was a bestseller. He wrote four more novels. Nobody remembers them. He died of pneumonia at 44. The first novel never went out of print.

1869

Fernand David, französischer Politiker

1870

August Arteldt, deutscher Politiker

1870

1872

Laura Rodríguez Dulanto, médica peruana (f.

Laura Rodríguez Dulanto, médica peruana (f. 1919).

1873

Federico Carlos Bas Vassallo, abogado y político español (f.

Federico Carlos Bas Vassallo, abogado y político español (f. 1938).

1873

Manuel Vicente Villarán, jurista, catedrático universitario y político peruano (f.

Manuel Vicente Villarán, jurista, catedrático universitario y político peruano (f. 1958).

Grzegorz Fitelberg, polnischer Komponist und Dirigent

1879

Franz Joseph Dölger, deutscher Kirchenhistoriker, Religionswissenschaftler und christlicher Archäologe

1880

Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Ze'ev Jabotinsky spoke 13 languages fluently by age 30. He translated Edgar Allan Poe into Hebrew and Dante into Russian for fun. He founded the Jewish Legion in World War I by personally lobbying the British War Office for months. He argued that Jews needed their own military force, not just promises. Britain gave him 5,000 men. He'd talked an empire into arming a stateless people.

1880

Vlastimil Tusar, político y primer ministro checoslovaco (f.

Vlastimil Tusar, político y primer ministro checoslovaco (f. 1924).

1881

Nikolai Schiljajew, russischer Komponist, Musikwissenschaftler und Pädagoge

1881

Max Gerson

Max Gerson fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and developed a cancer treatment based on diet, coffee enemas, and raw vegetable juice. The medical establishment rejected it. He published case studies. He testified before Congress. The American Medical Association called him a fraud. He died in 1959. The Gerson Therapy still has clinics in Mexico. The science still doesn't support it.

1882

Väinö Kivisalo

Charles-Edmond Perrin, historiador francés (f.

Charles-Edmond Perrin, historiador francés (f. 1974).

1888

Paul Vermoyal

Paul Vermoyal acted in French silent films for a decade. He appeared in over 40 films between 1912 and 1925. He died at 37. Most silent film actors disappeared when sound arrived. He disappeared before sound. The films survive. His name doesn't.

1889

Gertrude Aretz, deutsche Historikerin

1891

Alfredo Arrieta Vaccaro, militar y político argentino (f.

Alfredo Arrieta Vaccaro, militar y político argentino (f. 1950).

1891

María Orticochea, maestra y educadora uruguaya (f.

María Orticochea, maestra y educadora uruguaya (f. 1881).

1892

Tibor Déry joined the Communist Party in 1932, wrote novels supporting the regime, then turned against it during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. He was arrested and sentenced to nine years in prison. He served three. He kept writing until he died at 83. The Party expelled him.

1894

Margaret Molesworth, australische Tennisspielerin

1894

José Barreda Terry, comandante, profesor y político español (f.

José Barreda Terry, comandante, profesor y político español (f. 1936).

1894

Roger Limouse, pintor francés (f.

Roger Limouse, pintor francés (f. 1989).

1894

Esther Walker, actriz estadounidense (f.

Esther Walker, actriz estadounidense (f. 1943).

1894

H. L. Davis

H. L. Davis won the Pulitzer Prize for 'Honey in the Horn' in 1936. It was his first novel. He'd been a ranch hand, surveyor, and poet. He wrote five more novels. None matched the first. He died of a heart attack at 66. Oregon claimed him as their greatest writer. He'd spent most of his life leaving Oregon.

1895

Hans Adolf von Arenstorff, deutscher Generalmajor und Rittergutsbesitzer

1895

José Riveros Martínez, militar revolucionario mexicano (f.

José Riveros Martínez, militar revolucionario mexicano (f. 1926).

1896

Friedrich Hollaender, deutscher Komponist

1897

Isabel Briggs Myers

Isabel Briggs Myers had no degree in psychology. She was a mystery novelist who developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with her mother during World War II, hoping to help women find suitable wartime jobs. Universities rejected it as unscientific. Corporations loved it. Today 50 million people take it annually despite psychologists' continued skepticism. Fiction writer creates personality test that refuses to die.

1897

Eberhard Kinzel, general alemán (f.

Eberhard Kinzel, general alemán (f. 1945).

1897

Štefan Tiso, abogado, político y primer ministro eslovaco (f.

Štefan Tiso, abogado, político y primer ministro eslovaco (f. 1959).

1897

Luis Vargas Rosas, pintor chileno (f.

Luis Vargas Rosas, pintor chileno (f. 1977).

1897

Martha Desrumaux, französische Gewerkschafterin und Résistante

1898

Lotte Lenya was married to Kurt Weill and created the role of Jenny in The Threepenny Opera in 1928. Her voice was harsh, untrained, and unforgettable. After Weill died, she spent 30 years performing his music and protecting his legacy. She also played Rosa Klebb in From Russia with Love. She was 83 when she died. She turned one role into a 50-year career.

1898

Werner Burri, Schweizer Keramiker

1899

Erwin Schoettle, deutscher Politiker und Widerstandskämpfer

1899

Hans Münstermann, deutscher Ökonom

1900s 561

1900

Giuseppe Crivelli, italienischer Ruderer

1900

Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya was married to Kurt Weill and made Mack the Knife famous decades before Bobby Darin. She fled Nazi Germany, reinvented herself on Broadway, and played a Bond villain at 63. Her voice was cigarettes and gravel. Nobody sounded like her.

1900

Walther Hasemann, deutscher Politiker

1901

Annette Hanshaw, cantante de jazz estadounidense (f.

Annette Hanshaw, cantante de jazz estadounidense (f. 1985).

1901

Wolfgang Cramer, deutscher Philosoph

1902

Pascual Jordan

Pascual Jordan co-created quantum mechanics with Heisenberg and Born in 1925, formulating matrix mechanics at age 22. He joined the Nazi Party in 1933. After the war, his political choices overshadowed his physics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize seven times and never won. One of quantum theory's founders, erased by the party he joined at 30.

1902

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins refused to be directed by William Wyler after they'd dated and broken up. She fought with Bette Davis on three films. She turned down the lead in 'Gone with the Wind' because she didn't want to play a Southern belle. Her career stalled in the 1940s while Davis became a legend. She'd been too difficult in an era that demanded compliance.

1903

Lina Radke

Lina Radke won gold in the 800 meters at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam — the first time women were allowed to run the distance. Several runners collapsed after the race. The Olympic committee banned women from running anything over 200 meters for the next 32 years. Radke's victory got women removed from middle-distance running for a generation.

1904

Aarne Juutilainen

Aarne Juutilainen commanded Finnish forces during the Winter War against the Soviet Union. His younger brother Ilmari became Finland's highest-scoring fighter ace. Aarne specialized in guerrilla tactics, leading ski troops in -40°C temperatures. He fought in both the Winter War and Continuation War, helping hold off an enemy with 50 times Finland's population. He survived both wars.

1904

Haim Shirman

Haim Shirman fled Ukraine during the Russian Civil War, settled in Palestine, and became the foremost scholar of medieval Hebrew poetry. He published critical editions of poets who'd been dead for 800 years. He taught at Hebrew University for 30 years. Medieval Hebrew poetry was nearly lost—he recovered it.

1904

A. J. Liebling

A.J. Liebling ate his way through Paris on The New Yorker's expense account and wrote about boxing, war, and press criticism with equal appetite. He covered D-Day, then went back to writing about restaurants. He called television 'the passing time.' He married three times and died at 59 from complications of obesity. He'd turned gluttony into a literary style.

1905

Jan Gies

Jan Gies hid Anne Frank and her family in the annex above his office for two years. He was Miep's husband, the quieter one. He'd bring them food, news, books. After the arrest, he tried to bribe the Gestapo to release them. It didn't work. He lived until 1993, 48 years after the war ended, married to the woman who saved the diary.

1905

Willi Laatsch, deutscher Bodenkundler und Forstwissenschaftler

1905

Josef Ponn, deutscher Skilangläufer

1905

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Félix Houphouët-Boigny steered Côte d'Ivoire from French colonial rule to independence, serving as its first president for over three decades. By prioritizing agricultural exports like cocoa and coffee, he transformed his nation into a regional economic powerhouse known as the Ivorian Miracle. His pragmatic, pro-Western governance defined the country's stability throughout the Cold War era.

1906

James Brooks

James Brooks was 40 when he started painting full-time. He'd worked for the WPA, designing murals during the Depression. He fought in World War II. He came back and joined the Abstract Expressionists. He painted for 46 years. He never achieved Pollock's fame. He didn't need to. He painted until he died at 85.

1907

Jeanne Mandello, artista y fotógrafa experimental alemana (f.

Jeanne Mandello, artista y fotógrafa experimental alemana (f. 2001).

1909

Norberto Bobbio

Norberto Bobbio wrote 50 books on law, politics, and philosophy while remaining a public intellectual in Italy for 70 years. He defended liberal democracy from both fascism and communism. He debated in newspapers until he was 90. He died at 94, having spent nearly a century arguing for reason and tolerance in a country that swung between extremes.

Aurelio Sabattani, prélat italien († 19 avril 2003).

1913

Evelyn Venable, actriz estadounidense (f.

Evelyn Venable, actriz estadounidense (f. 1993).

1913

Wilhelm Schröder, deutscher Politiker

1913

Robert Gilruth

Robert Gilruth ran NASA's Space Task Group from a converted aircraft hangar with 45 people and got Alan Shepard into space in under three years. He directed Project Mercury and Gemini from a facility that didn't officially exist yet. He chose the Houston site for Mission Control. Every moon landing went through his operation. Engineer who built the space program from a repurposed shed.

1914

Raymond Lambert

Raymond Lambert reached 28,215 feet on Everest in 1952. It was the highest anyone had climbed. He turned back 800 feet from the summit. His oxygen failed. He and Tenzing Norgay retreated. Tenzing summited the next year with Hillary. Lambert never tried again. He'd gotten closer than anyone. Close doesn't count.

Marta Emmenegger, Schweizer Journalistin und Sexberaterin

1923

Boris Sagal, US-amerikanischer Regisseur

1924

Allyn Ferguson, compositeur américain de musiques de séries télévisées († 23 juin 2010).

1924

Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster

Buddy MacMaster played Cape Breton fiddle for 70 years. He never left Nova Scotia. He worked for the railroad, played dances on weekends. He didn't record an album until he was 65. He was too busy playing. He taught his niece Natalie everything. She became famous. He stayed home. He died at 89. Cape Breton still plays his tunes.

1924

Anneli Aarika-Szrok, cantante de ópera finlandesa (f.

Anneli Aarika-Szrok, cantante de ópera finlandesa (f. 2004).

1924

Buddy MacMaster

Buddy MacMaster played Cape Breton fiddle for 80 years. He never left Nova Scotia. He played at weddings, dances, and kitchen parties. He recorded 15 albums. His niece, Natalie MacMaster, became famous playing the same style. He was 89 when he died. He spent his entire life playing music for his neighbors.

1924

Vladimir Govorov, militar russo (m.

Vladimir Govorov, militar russo (m. 2006).

1924

Egil Hovland, norwegischer Komponist

1924

Bjørn Larsson, norwegischer Ringer

1924

Zenon Płoszaj, polnischer Geiger und Musikpädagoge

1925

Ben Haden, ministro presbiteriano estadounidense (f.

Ben Haden, ministro presbiteriano estadounidense (f. 2013).

1927

Vello Asi, architecte d'intérieur et graphiste estonien († 20 novembre 2016).

1927

Norman Horrocks, bibliotecario y profesor universitario británico-canadiense (f.

Norman Horrocks, bibliotecario y profesor universitario británico-canadiense (f. 2010).

1927

George C. Scott

George C. Scott refused his Oscar for Patton in 1971, calling the ceremony a "meat parade." He'd already refused an Emmy and a Tony nomination. He wanted to be judged on his work, not competing against other actors. He won anyway. The Academy kept the statue. Scott kept his principles and his reputation as the actor too serious for awards.

1927

Marv Rotblatt

Marv Rotblatt pitched 23 games for the Chicago White Sox across two seasons in the 1940s and 1950s. His career ERA: 5.16. He won one game. He spent most of his career in the minor leagues. Thousands of players get a brief MLB shot and spend their lives saying they made it.

1928

Jean-Pierre Fourcade, personnalité politique française et aquitaine un temps maire de Boulogne-Billancourt jouxtant P…

Jean-Pierre Fourcade, personnalité politique française et aquitaine un temps maire de Boulogne-Billancourt jouxtant Paris.

1929

Arnold Kludas, deutscher Schifffahrtshistoriker, Bibliothekar und Sachbuchautor

1929

Kees Fens

Kees Fens was a Dutch literary critic who reviewed books for newspapers for 50 years. He championed writers, destroyed others, and shaped Dutch literary taste for half a century. He also wrote novels and essays. He died at 79. Critics are forgotten faster than the writers they review. He knew that. He kept writing anyway.

1929

Hillard Elkins

Hillard Elkins produced "Oh! Calcutta!" in 1969, the first mainstream show with full-frontal nudity. Born in 1929, he managed Barbra Streisand early in her career and brought controversial productions to Broadway when theater was still conservative. He fought censorship boards in multiple cities. He died in 2010, having normalized what once required police raids.

1929

Violeta Chamorro

Violeta Chamorro defeated the Sandinistas in Nicaragua's 1990 election. She'd never held office. Her husband had been a newspaper editor assassinated by Somoza's dictatorship. She ran the paper after he died. She became president at 60. She served one term and didn't run again. She'd beaten a revolution by outlasting it.

1930

Frank Carlucci, político estadounidense (f.

Frank Carlucci, político estadounidense (f. 2018).

1930

Hubert Coppenrath, prélat français († 31 juillet 2022).

1930

Michel Drach, cinéaste français († 14 au 15 février 1990).

1930

Flora Fraser

Flora Fraser inherited the title of Lady Saltoun in 1979, making her one of Scotland's few female clan chiefs. The title dates to 1445. She served in the House of Lords until hereditary peers were removed in 1999. She's still alive. The title is 578 years old. She held it for 45.

1930

Esther Hautzig

Esther Hautzig was deported from Poland to Siberia at 10 when the Soviets invaded in 1941. She spent five years in a labor camp. She moved to America after the war and wrote "The Endless Steppe" about her childhood in Siberia. The book has sold over a million copies. Her childhood was a labor camp. She turned it into literature.

1930

Enrique Oltuski

Enrique Oltuski was born in Poland, moved to Cuba as a child, and joined Castro's revolution at 26. He became Minister of Communications after the revolution succeeded. He held various government posts for 50 years. He was Jewish in a Catholic country, Polish in a Cuban revolution, and stayed loyal for half a century.

1931

Geoff Barrowcliffe, englischer Fußballspieler

1931

Chris Albertson

Chris Albertson came from Iceland to New York and became Bessie Smith's biographer, spending decades tracking down people who'd known her. His 1972 biography rescued her from legend and made her human. He produced over 300 albums of jazz reissues, won a Grammy, and kept the voices of dead musicians in print for new generations.

Inger Stevens

Inger Stevens was born in Stockholm, attempted suicide at 13, ran away at 16, and became a Hollywood actress who hid a secret marriage to an African American man for fear it would destroy her career. She died of a barbiturate overdose at 35. The marriage came out after her death, shocking an industry that never knew.

1934

Chuck Swindoll

Chuck Swindoll has pastored the same church in Frisco, Texas since 1998 and written over 80 books that have sold millions. His radio program 'Insight for Living' airs on 2,000 stations worldwide. He ran Dallas Theological Seminary for 13 years. He turned evangelical broadcasting into a quiet empire without scandals or spectacle.

Peter Boyle joined a monastery after high school and spent three years training to become a Christian Brother. He left before taking vows. He said the silence taught him to watch people. He played a monster, a bigot, a curmudgeon. He was Frankenstein's creature and Frank Barone. The monk became the guy everyone recognized but nobody could name.

U Aung Ko, professeur et acteur birman.

1939

Ted Boy Marino, ator e lutador de luta livre profissional ítalo-brasileiro (m.

Ted Boy Marino, ator e lutador de luta livre profissional ítalo-brasileiro (m. 2012).

Jacques Higelin, chanteur français († 6 avril 2018).

1940

Győző Kulcsár, épéiste hongrois, quadruple champion olympique († 19 septembre 2018).

1940

Talitha Getty

Talitha Getty married an oil heir in 1966 and moved to a palace in Marrakech. She wore kaftans and Yves Saint Laurent. She did heroin. She died of an overdose in Rome at 30. Her husband found her. Yves Saint Laurent said she was his muse. She appeared in one film. The photographs made her immortal.

1941

Martha Burk

Martha Burk led the protest against Augusta National Golf Club's men-only membership policy in 2003. The club refused to change. She organized demonstrations during the Masters. The club still didn't change. They finally admitted women in 2012, nine years later. Burk was a psychologist and women's rights advocate. She didn't win immediately. She won eventually.

1941

Timothy Bell

Timothy Bell ran Margaret Thatcher's advertising campaigns for three elections, creating the "Labour Isn't Working" poster that helped her win in 1979. He later did PR for dictators and oligarchs. He went from electing Britain's prime minister to rehabilitating authoritarians. The skills are the same.

1942

Emmanuëlle (Ginette Filion dite), chanteuse canadienne.

1942

Juan Tamariz, ilusionista español.

1942

Bernard Volker, journaliste français.

1942

Gianfranco Ravasi

Gianfranco Ravasi reads Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and ancient Egyptian. Born in Italy in 1942, he became a cardinal and the Vatican's point person on culture, engaging with atheists, scientists, and artists. He tweets daily in multiple languages. He's quoted Bob Dylan in homilies and organized exhibitions of modern art in churches. He made the Vatican talk to the 21st century.

1942

Larry Pickering

Larry Pickering drew cartoons for The Australian that got him sued for defamation eight times. He won most of them. He drew Prime Ministers as criminals and unionists as thugs. He went bankrupt, started a publishing company, and kept drawing until his eighties. Australian political cartooning without Pickering would've been much more polite and much less interesting.

1943

Christine Charbonneau

Christine Charbonneau sang in French and became a star in Quebec during the 1960s. She released over a dozen albums and performed across Canada. She died at 71. Her voice was recorded on vinyl, then cassette, then CD, then digital files. The format changed. The songs didn't.

1943

Edison James, dominikanischer Regierungschef

1943

Birthe Rønn Hornbech

Birthe Rønn Hornbech served as Denmark's Minister of Integration and Ecclesiastical Affairs. She tightened immigration rules and made family reunification nearly impossible. She was forced to resign in 2011 after granting only 10 out of 500 residency applications. She'd interpreted the law so strictly she broke it.

عائشة إبراهيم، ممثلة كويتية.

1944

Hans Büttner, deutscher Politiker

1944

Nelson Freire, pianista brasileño (f.

Nelson Freire, pianista brasileño (f. 2021).

1944

Harry Blum, deutscher Politiker

1945

Chris Shays

Chris Shays was the last Republican congressman from New England, losing his Connecticut seat in 2008 after 21 years. He'd voted for the Iraq War, then became one of its fiercest Republican critics after visiting 21 times. His district had elected Republicans since 1970. He lost by 12 points as his region turned entirely blue.

1945

Huell Howser

Huell Howser arrived in California from Tennessee with a drawl and endless enthusiasm for strip malls, diners, and local museums. He made 'California's Gold' for 23 years, filming 947 episodes about roadside attractions and small-town characters. He left his archive — every episode — to Chapman University. Tennessee transplant who showed Californians their own state.

1945

Yıldo

Yıldo played professional football and volleyball for Galatasaray, then became a comic actor in Turkish films. He appeared in over 100 movies, usually playing the lovable sidekick. Two-sport athlete who found his real career making people laugh in Yeşilçam cinema. He turned athletic fame into comedic longevity.

1945

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto has voiced over 300 anime characters in 40 years. He's been villains, heroes, comedic sidekicks, and everything else. You don't know his face. You know his voice. He's in Cowboy Bebop, Dragon Ball, and Azumanga Daioh. Voice actors in Japan work constantly, recording multiple shows in a single day. He's been doing it since 1978.

1945

Yıldo (Ahmet Yıldırım Benayyat dit), animateur de télévision turc.

1945

Norio Wakamoto, seiyū japonés.

1945

Karin Nenz, deutsche Glasgestalterin

1946

Frank Beamer

Frank Beamer coached Virginia Tech football for 29 years. He went 280-108-4. He lost his first two seasons, going 2-9 twice. The school almost fired him. He won 10 games or more in 13 of the next 20 seasons. He retired in 2015. They'd nearly fired the coach who built the program.

1946

Joe Egan

Joe Egan wrote 'Stuck in the Middle with You' with Gerry Rafferty in 1972. The song hit number six. Stealers Wheel made one more album, then broke up. Egan released two solo albums nobody bought. He stopped recording in 1979. He lived quietly in Scotland for 45 years. Quentin Tarantino put the song in 'Reservoir Dogs.' Egan made nothing from it.

1946

Howard Shore

Howard Shore composed the score for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy using 92 different leitmotifs — recurring musical themes for characters and places. He won three Oscars. He'd started as musical director for 'Saturday Night Live' in 1975, working with John Belushi and Gilda Radner. From late-night sketch comedy to Middle-earth in 25 years.

1946

Michel Graillier, französischer Jazzpianist

1946

James Robert Baker

James Robert Baker wrote savage satires of Hollywood and American culture, including 'Boy Wonder' about a closeted studio executive. He was openly gay in an era when that limited publishing options. He died by suicide at 50 after years of depression. His novels stayed in print underground, cult classics about an industry that never embraced him.

1946

Ernesto Blume, abogado y político peruano.

1946

Adolfo Chuiman, actor peruano.

1946

Job Cohen navigated the Netherlands through a period of intense social friction as Mayor of Amsterdam, championing a pragmatic approach to integration that prioritized dialogue over polarization. His academic background in law informed his steady leadership during the city's most challenging civic debates, shaping how Dutch municipalities manage multiculturalism to this day.

1947

Regina Höfer, deutsche Leichtathletin

1948

Hans Köchler

Hans Köchler has written 30 books on philosophy, international law, and human rights. He's taught at the University of Innsbruck for 40 years. He's also been an observer at UN proceedings and war crimes tribunals. Academic philosophers usually stay in universities. He went to courtrooms and conflict zones. Philosophy applied to the world as it is.

1948

Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange spelled her name without capital letters and wrote 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf' as a series of poems performed by seven women. It ran on Broadway for two years. She'd created a new form — the choreopoem — that was part dance, part poetry, part theater, entirely her own.

1949

Lasse Thoresen, norwegischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge

1949

Gary Richrath

Gary Richrath wrote "Ridin' the Storm Out" and the guitar riff for "Take It on the Run." REO Speedwagon sold 40 million albums with him. He left the band in 1989 over creative differences. They kept touring without him for 26 years. He died in 2015. They're still playing his songs every night.

1949

Joe Egan

Joe Egan co-founded Stealers Wheel, crafting the enduring 1972 hit Stuck in the Middle with You. His sharp ear for melody and cynical lyrical wit defined the band’s folk-rock sound, helping the group bridge the gap between late-sixties pop sensibilities and the emerging singer-songwriter movement of the seventies.

1949

George Hendrick

George Hendrick played 18 seasons in the majors and refused to talk to reporters for most of his career. He was a four-time All-Star who just wouldn't give interviews. No explanation. He hit .278 with 267 home runs in near-total silence. After retirement, he finally started talking. By then, nobody cared why he'd stopped.

1949

Fanny Rubio, poeta y académica española.

1949

Erwin Sellering, deutscher Politiker

1950

Sheila White

Sheila White played Nancy in the 1968 film "Oliver!" She was 18, danced through "Oom-Pah-Pah," and never had another major role. She did TV guest spots for a decade, then quit acting. She became a voice coach. She teaches other actors how to sing. She still gets royalties from "Oliver!" every Christmas.

1950

Om Puri, actor indio (f.

Om Puri, actor indio (f. 2017).

1951

Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan wrote 'Waiting to Exhale' about four Black women navigating love and friendship, and it sold millions in 1992 when publishers said Black women's fiction didn't have an audience. She proved them catastrophically wrong. The film adaptation made $81 million. She'd created a genre the industry claimed didn't exist.

1952

Allen Ripley pitched for five major league teams in six years. He had a 7-12 record and a 4.51 ERA. He was out of baseball by 30. He worked as a pitching coach after that. He died at 61. Baseball encyclopedias have one paragraph about him.

1952

Michael Pan, deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher

1953

Silvia Navarrete, pianista mexicana.

1953

Loes Luca

Loes Luca is a Dutch actress and singer who's appeared in over 40 films and TV shows. She's also released albums and performed in musicals. She's won multiple Dutch acting awards. Dutch entertainment is small: everyone works together, everyone knows everyone, and if you're successful, you do everything. She's been doing it for 40 years.

1953

Georgi Raykov, lutteur bulgare, champion olympique († 12 août 2006).

1954

Jöri Mattli, Schweizer Eishockeyspieler

1954

Stu Mead paints young girls in sexual situations. He's been called a pedophile and a provocateur. He says he's painting trauma and taboo. Germany arrested him in 1998. They dropped the charges. His work shows in galleries in Berlin and New York. Museums won't touch it. He keeps painting. The debate never ends.

1956

Alkistis Protopsalti

Alkistis Protopsalti grew up singing rebetiko, the Greek blues born in hashish dens and refugee camps. She was 22 when she recorded her first album, blending traditional Greek folk with contemporary sounds. Her voice became the soundtrack to modern Greece — weddings, protests, late-night tavernas. She's released over 30 albums spanning five decades, turning ancient melodies into something people under 30 still download.

1956

Jim Talent

Jim Talent served Missouri in the House and Senate, losing his Senate seat by 49,000 votes in 2006 when Democrats swept the midterms. He'd voted with Bush 97% of the time. Missouri had been reliably Republican. That election turned it purple. He never won another race.

1956

Craig Bartlett

Craig Bartlett created 'Hey Arnold!' after years working on 'Rugrats' and 'Pee-wee's Playhouse.' Arnold was a kid with a football-shaped head living with his grandparents in a boarding house. The show ran for 100 episodes. Bartlett filled it with jazz music and urban loneliness. Children's cartoon that felt like childhood actually feels.

1956

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova defected from Czechoslovakia at 18 with two tennis rackets and $70. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 31 doubles titles. She came out as gay in 1981 when it cost her millions in endorsements. She kept winning anyway. She played professional tennis into her fifties. Defector, champion, activist, unstoppable.

1956

Isabelle Autissier, navigatrice française.

1956

Michael Lesch, deutscher Schauspieler

1957

Precious Wilson, jamaikanische Popsängerin

1957

Catherine Ringer

Steve Swayne teaches music at Dartmouth and wrote the definitive biography of Stephen Sondheim's early career. He analyzes musical theater like literature. He's made a career explaining why Sondheim matters to students who've never seen a Broadway show. Academic who treats show tunes as seriously as symphonies.

1959

Chris "Mad Dog" Russo

Chris Russo co-hosted 'Mike and the Mad Dog' on WFAN for 19 years, screaming about New York sports alongside Mike Francesa. They had the highest-rated sports radio show in America. They broke up in 2008 like a divorced couple. Russo went to satellite. Francesa stayed. Neither show matched what they'd built together.

1959

John Nord

John Nord wrestled as 'The Berzerker' in the WWF, entering the ring with a Viking helmet and screaming 'Huss! Huss!' He'd throw his opponents over the top rope and get disqualified. The character lasted two years. He wrestled for another decade under different names. The helmet was briefly famous. He never was.

1959

Milcho Manchevski

Milcho Manchevski's first feature film, Before the Rain, was nominated for an Oscar in 1995. He was 36. He'd been directing commercials in New York. He went back to Macedonia to make a film about ethnic violence. It's told in three parts that form a loop. The ending comes before the beginning. Time circles back on itself like the war.

Jean-Claude Van Damme was a Brussels karate champion who moved to Hollywood with $3,000 and slept in his car. He got his break in 'Bloodsport' at 27. He made 15 action films in eight years, became a cocaine addict, went bankrupt, and rebuilt his career playing washed-up versions of himself. The splits were real. Everything else was harder than it looked.

1960

Dan Johnson, líder religioso y político estadounidense (f.

Dan Johnson, líder religioso y político estadounidense (f. 2017).

1960

Erin Moran

Erin Moran played Joanie on 'Happy Days' from age 13 to 23, then reprised her in 'Joanie Loves Chachi' for 17 episodes. The spinoff flopped. She struggled with money and addiction for decades. She died in a trailer park at 56. Child star who never escaped the show that made her famous.

Gladstone Small

Gladstone Small was born in Barbados, moved to England as a child, and played 17 Tests for England as a fast bowler. He took 55 Test wickets. He was named after a 19th-century British prime minister. His parents named him for a politician who died before they were born. He became an England cricketer anyway.

1961

Daniel Colombo, escritor y comunicador argentino.

1961

Kamil Krejčí, Schweizer Schauspieler, Regisseur und Autor

1961

Othmane Belfaa, algerischer Hochspringer

1961

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis won Grammys in both jazz and classical categories in the same year — 1984 — something nobody had done before. He became artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center at 34 and held the position for three decades. He made jazz institutional. Purists said he killed it. He said he saved it. Both might be true.

1962

Ursula Wiederkehr, deutsche Ruderin

1962

Harriet Hageman, abogada y política estadounidense.

1962

Iris Hanika, deutsche Schriftstellerin

1962

Min Ko Naing

Min Ko Naing led the 1988 student uprising in Burma, organizing protests that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets. Born in 1962, he was arrested after the military coup and spent 15 of the next 24 years in prison, much of it in solitary confinement. He was released in 2012 when the junta finally loosened its grip. He never left Burma.

1962

Vincent Spano

Maria Ceiça, atriz brasileira.

1965

Fulvia Stevenin, italienische Skirennläuferin

1965

Frank Schaff, deutscher Dialogbuchautor, Synchronsprecher und -regisseur

1965

Curtis Stigers

Curtis Stigers sang 'I Wonder Why' in 1991 and it went to number nine. He had one album go platinum. Then the grunge wave buried him. He moved to Europe, recorded jazz standards, and built a second career playing clubs. One-hit wonder in America, working jazz singer everywhere else.

Dave Price hosted the weather segment on "The Price Is Right" for six years, then became a game show host himself. He spent more time talking about prizes than meteorology. His weather career: local news in several markets. His game show career: longer and more lucrative. Forecasting was just the audition.

1966

Slavi Trifonov

Slavi Trifonov hosted Bulgaria's most popular talk show for 16 years, then started a political party called 'There Is Such a People' in 2020. It won 24% of the vote. He refused to form a government. He tried again, failed again. TV host who became a politician by accident and governed like someone who didn't want the job.

1966

Angela Visser

Angela Visser was Miss Universe 1989, the first Dutch woman to win. She was 23. She gave up her crown after the required year and became an actress in the Netherlands. She's been in Dutch TV shows for 35 years now. She's more famous in Holland for her acting than for Miss Universe.

1967

Barbara Tissier, actrice et directrice doublage.

1967

Eric Stuart

Eric Stuart voiced James in Pokémon for eight seasons while fronting a rock band that opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd. He recorded over 600 episodes as the blue-haired villain who wanted to catch Pikachu, then played clubs at night. His band, The Eric Stuart Band, released six albums. Kids knew his voice. Their parents knew his guitar. Nobody connected them until conventions started booking him for both.

Lisa Chappell, neuseeländische Schauspielerin und Sängerin

1968

Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert made a career out of being angry about luggage, travel, and customer service. He's filled arenas in Britain for 20 years. He got cancer and documented the treatment in a BBC program. He's back touring. The Welsh love him. Americans have no idea who he is.

1968

Fernando Soto, actor español.

1968

Lisa Chappell

Lisa Chappell killed off her own character on McLeod's Daughters. She played Claire McLeod for three seasons, then asked producers to write her out dramatically. They drove her off a cliff in a car accident that 2.5 million Australians watched. The episode still holds ratings records. She wanted to try theater. The audience never forgave her for leaving.

1968

Michael Stich

Michael Stich beat Boris Becker in the 1991 Wimbledon final. Both were German. Both were coached by the same man at different times. Becker was the three-time champion and national hero. Stich was ranked 54th. He won in straight sets on Centre Court while Germany watched two of their own. He never won another Grand Slam. That one was enough to retire on.

1969

Álvaro Henríquez, músico chileno.

1969

Volker Neumüller

Volker Neumüller has managed German music acts for over 30 years, representing artists most people outside Germany have never heard of. He's built a career in a music industry that's mostly invisible beyond its own borders. German pop rarely exports. He makes a living from it anyway.

1969

Olegário Benquerença, árbitro de futebol português.

1969

Marco Hofschneider, deutscher Schauspieler

1969

Nelson Vivas

Nelson Vivas played for Arsenal during their 1998 Double-winning season and wore long sleeves in every match, even summer friendlies. Nobody knew why. He played 50 games for Argentina. After retirement, he coached in South America and Europe for two decades. The sleeves remained unexplained.

1969

Pascal Soetens, éducateur sportif et présentateur de SOS ma famille a besoin d'aide.

1970

Doug Mirabelli

Doug Mirabelli was a backup catcher who existed mainly to catch Tim Wakefield's knuckleball. The Red Sox traded him away, realized nobody else could catch Wakefield, and traded for him again mid-season. He arrived at Fenway in a police escort to catch that night's game. One-skill player who became briefly irreplaceable.

1970

Mike Starink

Mike Starink hosted the Dutch version of Wheel of Fortune for 11 years without ever spinning the wheel himself. He stood beside contestants, watched them solve puzzles, handed out prizes. Before that, he'd been a radio DJ and actor. After Wheel ended, he moved to voice acting and corporate hosting. Thousands of people won cars and vacations on his watch. He just smiled and applauded.

1970

Alex Barros, brasilianischer Motorradrennfahrer

1970

José Padilla

José Padilla was a Chicago gang member who converted to Islam, traveled to Pakistan, and was arrested in 2002 at O'Hare Airport accused of planning a dirty bomb attack. He was held without charges for three years as an enemy combatant. Eventually convicted of lesser charges, he's serving 21 years. The dirty bomb plot was never proven. He's still in prison.

1971

Koshalendraprasad Pande

Koshalendraprasad Pande is a spiritual leader in the Swaminarayan Hindu tradition. Born in India in 1971, he was initiated as a sadhu at 14 and rose to lead one of the faith's major sects. He oversees temples across India and abroad. He's never held a job, owned property, or touched money. His entire adult life has been devotion and administration.

1971

Nick O'Hern

Nick O'Hern lost a playoff at the 2004 U.S. Open to Retief Goosen. He lost another playoff at the 2005 Masters to Tiger Woods. He never won a major. He won four times in Australia. He played on the PGA Tour for a decade. He's retired now. Two putts away from two majors.

Helge Braun, deutscher Politiker

1972

Wojciech Kuczok, polnischer Schriftsteller

1972

Lhotse Merriam Hawk, US-amerikanische Sportfunktionärin und Unternehmerin

1972

Karl Nehammer, österreichischer Politiker

1972

Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa photographs flowers so saturated with color they look artificial. She's shot campaigns for Dior and directed Japanese films. Her work is instantly recognizable: hyper-real, hyper-saturated, hyper-feminine. She's been doing it for 30 years. Japanese pop culture looks the way it does partly because of her.

1973

Rachel Nichols

Rachel Nichols hosted ESPN's "The Jump" for seven years, then was caught on a hot mic saying a Black colleague got a job because of diversity efforts. ESPN canceled her show. Her career: two decades of sports journalism, ended by 30 seconds she didn't know were being recorded.

1973

Michalis Kapsis

Michalis Kapsis played center-back for Greece when they won Euro 2004 — the biggest upset in tournament history. Greece beat Portugal twice and France once. Kapsis played every minute of the knockout rounds. He spent most of his career in Greece's domestic league. One summer, he helped pull off the impossible.

1973

Stephen Allan

Stephen Allan has played professional golf for 30 years. He's won tournaments in Australia and Asia. He's never won on a major tour. He's made a living playing golf. Most professional golfers would take that career. Most people have never heard of him.

1973

Erik Niedling, deutscher Fotograf

1973

James Foley

James Foley was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 while working as a freelance journalist. ISIS held him for two years, then released a video of his execution. He was 40. His death made him famous. His reporting from Syria—what he died trying to document—is what he wanted people to see.

1973

Brian Scolaro

Brian Scolaro got his start doing stand-up in Chicago, then landed a recurring role on Stacked as Pamela Anderson's co-worker. He played a bookstore employee hitting on her for 19 episodes. After that came voice work for video games and spots on Kroll Show. He's built a 20-year career being the funny guy in someone else's scene, which is most of acting.

1973

Sarah Winckless

Sarah Winckless won bronze in rowing at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the double sculls. Born in 1973, she'd studied at Cambridge and competed for Great Britain for a decade. She retired after Beijing in 2008 without medaling again. One bronze, one moment on the podium, then back to ordinary life. Most Olympians get exactly that.

Robbie Savage played 346 Premier League games with bleached blonde hair and a reputation for fouling. He earned 39 caps for Wales. He became a TV pundit and columnist, talking about football with the same aggression he played with. Midfielder known more for his mouth and hair than his talent. He turned that into a media career.

1974

Peter Svensson

Peter Svensson co-founded The Cardigans in 1992. He wrote "Lovefool," which was in Romeo + Juliet and played on every radio station in 1996. He played guitar and wrote most of their songs. The band went on hiatus in 2006. He produced other bands. He moved to Brooklyn. The Cardigans reunited occasionally. He's still writing songs. Most of them still aren't as big as "Lovefool."

1974

Candy Lo

Candy Lo was a Cantopop star in Hong Kong who released 15 albums and acted in films, then largely retired from entertainment in her thirties. She'd been famous across Asia. She chose privacy over celebrity. In an industry that demands constant visibility, she disappeared.

1974

Noboru Kaneko, actor japonés.

1974

Jeremy Scahill, periodista estadounidense.

1974

Amy Webb, escritora y directora ejecutiva estadounidense.

1974

Amish Tripathi

Amish Tripathi was a banker at Citi and IDBI for 14 years before publishing his first novel at 35. The Immortals of Meera retold Hindu mythology as fantasy. It sold 3 million copies, becoming one of India's fastest-selling books. He quit banking. He's published nine novels since 2010, all based on Indian mythology, all bestsellers. He started writing because his family suggested it as a hobby.

1974

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun chain-smoked through art films in the 1990s and became China's most acclaimed actress. She's won every major Chinese film award multiple times. She's done 60 films. Western audiences don't know her name. In China, she's been the biggest star for 25 years.

1974

Michael Aničić, deutsch-serbischer Fußballspieler und -trainer

1974

Veronica Brenner, kanadische Freestyle-Skierin

1974

Axelle Lemaire, femme politique française, secrétaire d'État chargée du Numérique et de l'Innovation de 2014 à 2017.

1975

Baby Bash

Baby Bash had a Top 10 hit in 2003 with "Suga Suga," a hazy, sing-song rap track that sounded nothing like the gangsta rap dominating the charts. He's Mexican-American, from Vallejo, California. The song went triple platinum. He never had another hit that big. He's still touring.

1975

Baby Bash, rapper estadunidense.

1975

Alex Cora

Alex Cora played 14 years in the major leagues and is best known for a single at-bat. He fouled off 18 pitches against Matt Clement in 2004. The at-bat lasted 18 pitches, 12 minutes. He singled. Everyone remembers it. He became a manager. He won the World Series with the Red Sox in 2018. Nobody talks about the at-bat anymore.

1975

Josh Sawyer

Josh Sawyer has directed some of the most beloved role-playing games ever made: "Fallout: New Vegas," "Pillars of Eternity," and its sequel. He's worked in games for 25 years. He's never won a major industry award. His games have cult followings. He's still at Obsidian Entertainment, still making RPGs.

Sandra S. Leonhard, deutsche Schauspielerin

1977

Simon Rix, bajista británico de la banda Kaiser Chiefs.

1977

Jyothika, actriz india.

1977

Gloc-9

Gloc-9 is the stage name of Aristotle Pollisco, a Filipino rapper who records in Tagalog and writes about poverty, corruption, and survival in Manila. He's won multiple awards, sold hundreds of thousands of albums, and stayed independent. He raps in a language most of the world doesn't understand. In the Philippines, everyone knows him.

1977

David Vuillemin

David Vuillemin finished second in the 250cc Motocross World Championship three times without ever winning it. He moved to America, raced supercross, and won races but never a title. He retired and became a team manager. Fast enough to almost win everything. Not quite fast enough to win anything.

1977

Ryan Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen captained New Zealand's national team for a decade while playing in the Premier League. He made 49 appearances for the All Whites. After retirement, he coached Toronto FC for one disastrous season — eight wins, seventeen losses. He quit mid-season. Defender who couldn't translate leadership into coaching.

1977

Flavia Colgan

Flavia Colgan was born in Brazil, raised in America, and became a political commentator appearing on Fox News and MSNBC. She's a Democratic strategist who appears on both liberal and conservative networks. Most commentators pick a side and a channel. She goes everywhere.

1977

Paul Stalteri, ancien footballeur international canadien.

1977

Kunal Kapoor

Kunal Kapoor is the fourth-most-famous Kunal Kapoor in Bollywood. There's an older actor with the same name. And a producer. And a chef. He's been in 20 films since 2006. He's good. He's not a star. He keeps working. In Bollywood, the name matters less than the face. His face hasn't broken through yet.

1978

Jyothika Saravanan

Jyothika Saravanan was Tamil cinema's highest-paid actress in the early 2000s, then quit at the peak of her career to raise her children. She stayed away for eight years. She returned in 2015 and picked up where she left. Actress who proved you could leave and come back in an industry that usually doesn't allow it.

1978

Jaime Koeppe

Jaime Koeppe was a fitness model and WWE wrestler who performed under the name "Lena Yada." Born in Canada in 1978, she appeared on magazine covers and wrestled on SmackDown before retiring in 2010. She then became a surfboard shaper in Hawaii. From ring ropes to resin and fiberglass, same focus on craft and body mechanics.

1978

Kenji Wu

Kenji Wu was studying civil engineering when he won a singing competition in Malaysia. He dropped out, signed with Universal Music, and released his first Mandarin album in 2004. It went platinum in Taiwan within weeks. He's released 13 albums since, mixing pop with R&B, and acted in Taiwanese dramas between tours. The bridges he builds now are choruses, not infrastructure.

1978

Frauenarzt, deutscher Rapper

1978

Seven, Schweizer Sänger

1978

Raniery Paulino, político brasileiro.

1978

Wesley Jonathan

Wesley Jonathan played Burrell on 'City Guys' for five seasons and Gary on 'What I Like About You' for four more. He's worked steadily in television for 25 years. Sitcom actor who's been on your screen for decades without you remembering his name. That's most of television.

1978

Mike Tindall

Mike Tindall won the 2003 Rugby World Cup with England, then married Princess Anne's daughter Zara Phillips in 2011. He played 75 tests for England. He's now a royal who does podcasts about rugby. World champion who married into the family and became tabloid fodder.

Jaroslav Drobný

Jaroslav Drobný played over 300 matches in the Czech leagues and earned 18 caps for the national team. He spent his entire career in Czech football, playing for six different clubs. He never played abroad. The Czech Republic has 10 million people. He became a national team regular anyway.

1979

Damon Scott

Damon Scott performed as a children's entertainer across Britain for over two decades, specializing in magic shows and balloon animals. He worked birthday parties, school assemblies, and corporate events. He built a career making kids laugh in community centers and church halls. He's still performing — thousands of shows, millions of balloon dogs, zero fame beyond the circuit.

1979

Camel Meriem, footballeur français.

1979

Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo wrote 'Let Me Love You' for Mario when he was 24. It stayed at number one for nine weeks. Then he launched his own career and had three number-one albums. He wrote hits for Beyoncé and Rihanna while releasing his own. Songwriter who didn't stay behind the scenes.

Raphaël Desroses, basketteur français.

1980

Rebecca Watson

Svitlana Loboda, cantante ucraniana.

1982

Michael Dingsdag

Michael Dingsdag played over 200 matches in the Dutch lower divisions and earned two caps for Suriname. He was born in the Netherlands to Surinamese parents and chose Suriname over the Dutch youth teams. He never played in the Eredivisie. His two international caps: more than most Dutch players get.

1982

Joe Williams, US-amerikanischer Stuntman und Schauspieler

1982

Simon Gotch

Simon Gotch wrestled in WWE as half of The Vaudevillains, a tag team dressed like 1920s strongmen. They wore handlebar mustaches and suspenders. They won the NXT Tag Team Championship in 2015. WWE released him in 2017 after two years on the main roster. He's wrestled independently since, still using the old-timey gimmick that got him noticed and then forgotten.

1982

Mark Sampson

Mark Sampson played in England's lower leagues for 10 years, then became a manager at 28. He coached England's women's team to the World Cup semifinals in 2015. He was fired two years later over allegations of discrimination. His coaching career peaked in three years. His playing career was longer and less successful.

1982

Thierry Amiel

Thierry Amiel finished second on the first season of Nouvelle Star, France's version of American Idol, in 2003. He was 20. His debut single went platinum, his album sold 300,000 copies. Then he disappeared from pop music for years, studying composition and working on musicals. He came back in 2013 with a new sound, older and weirder. Runner-up was enough to build a career on.

1982

Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo wrote "Let Me Love You" for Mario before anyone knew his name. The song hit number one in 2004 and stayed there for nine weeks. Record labels started asking who wrote it. He signed with Def Jam a year later and released his own debut, which also hit number one. He's written for Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Celine Dion since. Most people still don't know he wrote Mario's biggest hit.

1983

1984

Milo Yiannopoulos

Milo Yiannopoulos was banned from Twitter in 2016 for harassment. He lost a book deal in 2017 after defending pedophilia. He declared bankruptcy in 2019. He announced he was ex-gay in 2021. He worked for Marjorie Taylor Greene for two weeks in 2022. He keeps reinventing himself. The attention always finds him. That's the business model.

1984

Freida Pinto

Freida Pinto was a TV host in Mumbai when Danny Boyle cast her in 'Slumdog Millionaire' opposite Dev Patel. The film won eight Oscars. She moved to the U.S. and worked steadily without becoming a major star. One film made her globally famous. Everything after was smaller.

Fernando Tobio, futebolista argentino.

1989

Laci Green

Laci Green posted her first sex education video on YouTube at 19. She's made over 100 videos explaining consent, birth control, and anatomy to millions of teenagers. She was raised Mormon in Utah. The internet became her classroom, awkward questions and all.

1990

Derrick Coleman, jugador de fútbol americano estadounidense.

1990

Daniel Kaiser, deutscher Fußballspieler

1991

Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani was born in Kampala, grew up in New York, and became the first Democratic Socialist elected to the New York State Assembly from Queens in 2020. He was 29. His parents are actors. He wants to abolish ICE and pass universal healthcare. He's running for mayor in 2025. New York hasn't elected a socialist mayor since 1950.

1991

Tyler Posey

Tyler Posey auditioned for Teen Wolf while his mother was dying of breast cancer. He got the role three weeks after she passed. She'd been an actress who'd encouraged every audition. He played a werewolf learning to control his rage for six seasons. He said it helped him process his own.

1991

إبراهيم عالمة، حارس مرمى منتخب سوريا لكرة القدم.

1991

Roly Bonevacia

Roly Bonevacia was born in Curaçao, raised in the Netherlands, and has played for six clubs across three countries. He's earned seven caps for Curaçao despite playing his club career in Europe. Curaçao has 150,000 people. He's one of their most-capped players. Small nations need players who remember home.

1991

Eron Krillo, estnischer Fußballspieler

1991

Morgan Escaré, rugbista francés.

1991

Sebastián Badilla, dramaturgo , director de cine, guionista, escritor , productor y actor chileno.

1991

Toby Regbo

Toby Regbo played young Albus Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.' He was on screen for 90 seconds. He played King Francis II in 'Reign' for four seasons. He's been working steadily for 15 years. He's 33. You'd recognize his face. You wouldn't know his name. That's most of acting.

1992

Barry Keoghan

Barry Keoghan grew up in 13 foster homes in Dublin. He taught himself acting by watching YouTube videos. He was in The Killing of a Sacred Deer at 25, Dunkirk at 25, The Banshees of Inisherin at 30. He's been nominated for an Oscar. He's 32.

1992

Nil Moliner, músico, compositor y cantautor español.

1992

John John Florence

John John Florence won his first major surfing competition at 13. Born in Hawaii in 1992, he grew up on the North Shore, surfing Pipeline before most kids get braces. He became a two-time World Champion by 25. He surfs 80-foot waves at Jaws and films it for documentaries. The ocean is his office.

Ivan Cavaleiro has played professional soccer for 15 years across five countries. He's scored goals in England, Spain, and Portugal. He's never been a star. He's made millions playing soccer. That's most professional careers. Most people have never heard of him.

1993

Chiaki Tomita, japanische Ruderin

1993

Rels B, cantante español.

1993

João Pedro Sorgi, tenista brasileño.

1994

Pascal Wehrlein

Pascal Wehrlein scored a point in Formula One in his rookie season. He drove for Manor, then Sauber. He lost his seat in 2018. He moved to Formula E. He won the championship in 2023. Formula One didn't call him back. He's making $1 million a year in Formula E. He's fine with it.

1994

John McGinn, futebolista escocês.

1994

Enhō Akira

Julia Sinning, modelo y actriz neerlandesa.

1996

Terance Mann

Terance Mann was the 48th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. He averaged four points a game his first two seasons. Then he scored 39 points in a playoff game against Utah in 2021. The Clippers kept him. He's averaged 11 points a game since. Late second-round picks don't usually last six years. Mann has a contract through 2028.

Julia Wróblewska became Poland's youngest soap opera star at 13, playing a troubled teen on M jak miłość. She's appeared in over 400 episodes. The show's been running since 2000. She grew up entirely on camera, aging in real time alongside her character. An entire generation watched her childhood.

1998

Janalynn Castelino

Janalynn Castelino was born in Italy to Indian parents and competed for India at Miss Universe 2021. She's released original music in English and Hindi. She's modeled and acted. She's 26 and building a career across three countries and two languages, representing a diaspora identity that didn't have pageant representation a generation ago.

1999

Lirim Zendeli, piloto de automovilismo alemán.

1999

John Brown, englischer Dartspieler

1999

Lukas Kemesis, litauischer DJ und Musikproduzent

1999

Joseph Stockdale, jinete británico.

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2000

Sophie Thatcher

Sophie Thatcher played a teenage girl stranded in the wilderness and slowly descending into cannibalism in "Yellowjackets." She was 20 when it premiered in 2021. Critics called her a breakout star. She'd been acting in small roles for years before that. Now she's in everything. She's still playing teenagers.

2001

Luana Persíncula, cantante uruguaya.

2001

Kristóf Kollár, piragüista húngaro.

2001

Annelise Manojlovic

Anneth Delliecia, chanteuse indonésienne.

2007

Florian Hellstern, deutscher Fußballtorhüter

2010

Births

المعتصم بالله، الخليفة الثامن للدولة العباسية.

Burchard I. von Halberstadt, deutscher Kleriker und Politiker

Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan

Zhu Xi

Rei Estêvão V da Hungria (m.

Ranulph Neville, 1.

Gilbert Talbot, 1.

Giles de Badlesmere, 2.

María de Francia, noble francesa (f.

Pope Pius II

John de Mowbray

George Nevill, 5.

Philipp III

Lucas Lossius, deutscher lutherischer Theologe und Hymnologe

Manuel da Nóbrega

Nicolas de Pellevé, prélat français († 28 mars 1594).

Michael Beuther, deutscher Historiker, Dichter, Jurist und Beamter

Anna Jagiellon

Luca Cambiaso, pintor italiano (m.

Lucas Bacmeister der Ältere, lutherischer Theologe und Kirchenliedkomponist

Jean Passerat, französischer Schriftsteller und Lyriker

Hermann Lersner, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler und Hochschullehrer

William Lambarde

Justus Lipsius

Isabel de Sajonia, princesa sajona (f.

Luca Marenzio

Melchior Eckhart, deutscher evangelischer Theologe

Gerhard Rantzau, dänischer Statthalter im königlichen Anteil Schleswig-Holsteins

Jakob Fugger, Fürstbischof von Konstanz

Giambattista Marini

Giambattista Marino, poète italien († 26 mars 1625).

Benedetto Fioretti, teólogo, poeta e educador italiano (m.

Heinrich Schütz, deutscher Komponist und Organist

Lady Mary Wroth

Philipp Karl von Arenberg, Fürst von Arenberg und Herzog von Aarschot

Johannes Kempf, deutscher Mediziner

Karl Friedrich I., Herzog von Oels und Bernstadt

Lucas van Uden, flämischer Maler und Radierer

Edward Winslow

Gioacchino Assereto, italienischer Maler

Josias Rantzau, deutscher Heerführer, Marschall von Frankreich

Johann Bernhard zur Lippe-Detmold, Landesherr der Grafschaft Lippe-Detmold

Nicholas Culpeper

Francisco Enríquez de Villacorta, médecin espagnol († 1680).

Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, militaire français († 14 juin 1646).

Henry Powle

Michael Wigglesworth, neuenglischer Theologe, Prediger und Dichter

Gabriel Clauder, médico alemão (m.

Luca Giordano

Johann Eisenhart, deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler

Abraham van Riebeeck

Johann Friedrich, Markgraf des Fürstentums Ansbach

Matthew Henry

Prince Eugene of Savoy

Otto Magnus von Dönhoff, brandenburgisch-preußischer Generalleutnant und Gesandter

John George IV

Luís III de Bourbon-Condé, aristocrata e militar francês (m.

Ludwig Christof Schefer, Pietist, reformierter Pfarrer und Inspektor in Berleburg

Friedrich IV., Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf

Michael Heinrich Reinhard, deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe

Ann Putnam, américaine, témoin du procès des sorcières de Salem († 1716).

Ann Putnam

Seongho Yi Ik, koreanischer Politiker und Ökonom

David Splitgerber, preußischer Kaufmann, Fabrikant und Bankier

Augustin Leyser, deutscher Jurist

Hedwig Friederike von Württemberg-Weiltingen, Fürstin von Anhalt-Zerbst

René Louis d’Argenson, französischer Adeliger und Minister

Gian Pietro Riva, Schweizer Schulleiter und Übersetzer

Charles le Beau

Baldassare Galuppi

Peter Frederik Suhm, norwegischer Historiker

August Wilhelm von Vietinghoff, königlich preußischer Generalleutnant

Christian Gottlieb Seydlitz, deutscher Physiker und Logiker

John Dunning, 1.º Barão Ashburton, político e advogado britânico (m.

Antonio Maria Lorgna, matemático e engenheiro italiano (m.

Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord, prélat français († 20 octobre 1821).

Michele de Jorio, jurista, abogado y magistrado italiano (f.

Andrei Timofejewitsch Bolotow, russischer Agrarwissenschaftler

Ulrich Karl von Froreich, preußischer Generalmajor und Chef des Leibkürassierregiments