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Tom Brady
(One of the Greatest American Football Quarterbacks of All-Time With Majority of Quarterback Records to His Credit.)
Tom Brady
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 3, 1977
Sun Sign: Leo

A record six-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Brady is regarded by many as the greatest quarterback ever. At the age of 41, he became the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl in NFL history. Thanks to his good looks, he has also appeared in some television programs and commercial campaigns.

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Keith Carradine
(Best Known for His Role as ‘Tom Frank’ in the Film ‘Nashville’)
Keith Carradine
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Birthdate: August 8, 1949
Sun Sign: Leo
Keith Carradine, part of the famous Carradine family of Hollywood, is best known for his Emmy-nominated role in the series Chiefs and his Satellite Award-nominated role in Deadwood. He won both the Academy and the Golden Globe Award for “Best Original Song” for his Nashville song I'm Easy.
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Dennis Haysbert
(Actor and Voice Actor Known for His Films: ‘Major League’, ‘Absolute Power’ and ‘Wreck-It Ralph’)
Dennis Haysbert
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Birthdate: June 2, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Dennis Haysbert is best known as Pedro Cerrano from the Major League films and Tim Collin from Absolute Power. He also played a fictional American president in the series 24, a role that earned him several award nominations. Some of his other notable projects are Far from Heaven and Incorporated.
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Sean Payton
(Coach)
Sean Payton
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 29, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Greg Gutfeld
(Television personality)
Greg Gutfeld
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Birthdate: September 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Merv Griffin
(Host of 'The Merv Griffin Show' and Creator of the Games Shows 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune')
Merv Griffin
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Birthdate: July 6, 1925
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: August 12, 2007

Merv Griffin was an American media mogul and television show host best known for hosting, The Merv Griffin Show, from 1965 to 1986. He is also credited with creating famous game shows, such as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, through his TV production companies. For his contribution to TV, Merv Griffin was inducted posthumously into the Television Hall of Fame.

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Barry Bostwick
(Actor)
Barry Bostwick
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Birthdate: February 24, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Conrad Bain
(Television Actor)
Conrad Bain
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Birthdate: February 4, 1923
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: January 14, 2013
 9 
Kerry Stokes
(Businessman)
Kerry Stokes
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 13, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo

Kerry Stokes is an Australian businessman best known for his association with one of Australia's largest broadcast repeating corporations, The Seven Network, where he serves as the chairman. He is also known for his immense contribution to the National Gallery of Australia; apart from donating millions of dollars to the national art museum, Stokes has also served as its chairman.

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David Bakhtiari
(American football player)
David Bakhtiari
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 30, 1991
Sun Sign: Libra
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Ed Roberts
(American disability rights activist)
Ed Roberts
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 23, 1939
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: March 14, 1995

Ed Roberts was an American activist best remembered for his contribution to the disability rights movement. Roberts, who became the first student to attend the University of California, Berkeley in a wheelchair, played an important role in inspiring and motivating people with physical disabilities. In 2011, Ed Roberts was inducted into the California Hall of Fame.

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Leslie Cockburn
(Journalist)
Leslie Cockburn
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Birthdate: September 2, 1952
Sun Sign: Virgo
 13 
Austin Hooper
(American Football player)
Austin Hooper
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 29, 1994
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Michael Trucco
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Birthdate: June 22, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 15 
Robbie Magasiva
(Actor)
Robbie Magasiva
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Birthdate: May 21, 1972
Sun Sign: Gemini

Robbie Magasiva is a Samoan-New Zealand actor known for his association with a comedy troupe called Naked Samoans. Apart from acting in popular films like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Robbie Magasiva has also appeared in theatre and on television. Magasiva became a household name in New Zealand when he started co-presenting Tagata Pasifika with Beatrice Faumuina.

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Bud Black
(Baseball manager)
Bud Black
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 30, 1957
Sun Sign: Cancer
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Robert Thornton
(Darts player)
Robert Thornton
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 17, 1967
Sun Sign: Cancer
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Daniel Naroditsky
(American Chess Grandmaster and Author)
Daniel Naroditsky
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 9, 1995
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Tim Follin
(Composer)
Tim Follin
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 19, 1970
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
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Michael Ho
(Hawaiian-Chinese Professional Surfer)
Michael Ho
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 13, 1957
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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John Wetteland
(Baseball Player)
John Wetteland
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 21, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
 22 
Mike Hopkins
(Basketball player, Basketball coach)
Mike Hopkins
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 6, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
 23 
Oliver Hirschbiegel
(Film director)
Oliver Hirschbiegel
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Birthdate: December 29, 1957
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 24 
Devin Asiasi
(American football player)
Devin Asiasi
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 14, 1997
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 25 
Fritz Bayerlein
(Military personnel)
Fritz Bayerlein
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 14, 1899
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: January 30, 1970
 26 
Sam Francis
(Painter)
Sam Francis
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Birthdate: June 25, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: November 4, 1994
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Akira Yoshizawa
(Origamist)
Akira Yoshizawa
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Birthdate: March 14, 1911
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: March 14, 2005

Legendary Japanese origamist Akira Yoshizawa had authored around 18 books and created over 50,000 models in his lifetime. He went from selling tsukudani to winning the Order of the Rising Sun. He had chanced upon origami while teaching geometry to his subordinates at the factory where he worked.

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Frits Philips
(Entrepreneur)
Frits Philips
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: April 16, 1905
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: December 5, 2005

Frits Philips, the only son of Anton Philips - a co-founder of Royal Philips Electronics N.V., served as the fourth Chairman of the BOD of Philips. Frits is also remembered for saving 382 Jews during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War for which he was later recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.

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Marsilius of Padua
(Scholar)
Marsilius of Padua
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Birthdate: 1275 AD
Died: 1342 AD
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Nick Vanos
(Basketball player)
Nick Vanos
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 13, 1963
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: August 16, 1987
Height: 7'1" (216 cm)
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Georges Claude
(Engineer)
Georges Claude
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Birthdate: September 24, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: May 23, 1960

French engineer and inventor Georges Claude was often referred as the Edison of France. He is most noted for inventing and commercializing neon lighting and having a near monopoly on the new technology, for conducting an experiment to generate thermal energy of the ocean and building the first Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant, and for the Claude cycle.  

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Bryn Christopher
(Singer)
Bryn Christopher
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 8, 1985
Sun Sign: Scorpio
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
(Novelist)
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 22, 1929
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: February 21, 2005

Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, and screenwriter. He initially planned to become a doctor but ditched his plans to become a writer instead. He had a successful career and eventually became the editor of the magazine Carteles and director of the Instituto del Cine. He received the Premio Cervantes in 1997. 

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Bill Neukom
(Lawyer)
Bill Neukom
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 1942
Sun Sign: Pisces
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Hadia Tajik
(Pakistani-Norwegian Politician, Jurist, and Journalist)
Hadia Tajik
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 18, 1983
Sun Sign: Cancer

Hadia Tajik is a Pakistani-Norwegian politician, jurist, and journalist. A member of the Labour Party, Tajik is best known for her service as the Minister of Culture from 21 September 2012 to 16 October 2013. Hadia Tajik also served as the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 14 October 2021 to 4 March 2022.