Adelheid Winking-Nikolay (79)
August 13th, 1944

German biologist and politician – Adelheid Winking-Nikolay was born in Naumburg (Town in the district Burgenlandkreis, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) on August 13th, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

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Kathleen Battle

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Janet Yellen

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Madhur Jaffrey

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Thomas Pogge

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Sebastian Stan

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Harold B. Mattingly

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*August 13th, 1923, Finchley †August 23rd, 2015, Truro

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Howard Marks

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David Crane

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Dagmar von Kurmin

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*August 13th, 1933, Riga †August 1st, 2020, Bonn

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Pat Harrington Jr.

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Sridevi

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Hissène Habré

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*August 13th, 1942, Faya-Largeau †August 24th, 2021, Dakar

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Ertha Pascal-Trouillot

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*August 13th, 1943, Pétion-Ville

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Frederick Sanger

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*August 13th, 1918, Rendcomb †November 19th, 2013, Cambridge

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Vyjayanthimala

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*August 13th, 1936, Chennai

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Jean-Claude Andruet

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*August 13th, 1942, Montreuil

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Karine Jean-Pierre

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*August 13th, 1974, Fort-de-France

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Kathleen Cassello

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*August 13th, 1958, Wilmington †April 12th, 2017, Munich

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Niko Kranjčar

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*August 13th, 1984, Zagreb

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Corey Patterson

American baseball player

*August 13th, 1979, Atlanta

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Roberto Micheletti

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*August 13th, 1943, El Progreso

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Alan Shearer

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*August 13th, 1970, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Julian Fantino

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Claudia McNeil

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*August 13th, 1917, Baltimore †November 25th, 1993, Lillian Booth Actors Home

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Udo Kier

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*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

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Poul Michelsen

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*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

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Nils Ole Oftebro

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*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

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Jonathan Demme

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*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

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John Rhys-Davies

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Syed Mohammed Arif

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Joachim Schimpke

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*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

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Michael Douglas

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*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

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Gerhard Schröder

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Gert Audring

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*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

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Dieter Planck

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*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

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Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

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Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

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Judi Rollick

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*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

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Alexander Van der Bellen

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*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

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Volker Lechtenbrink

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*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

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David Chandler

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*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

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Helena Štáchová

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*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

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Serge Haroche

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*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

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Dieter Hertrampf

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*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Mary Robinson

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Chris Hillman

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*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

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Arne Lindtner Næss

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George Lucas

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*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

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Françoise Hardy

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*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

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Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

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Rakel Surlien

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*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

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Wolfgang Bochow

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László Csendes

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Sibylle Tönnies

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Adelheid Winking-Nikolay