Alberto Rafael Santofimio Botero (81)
June 17th, 1942

Colombian politician – Alberto Rafael Santofimio Botero was born in Ibagué (Capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia) on June 17th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

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Jeph Jacques

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Eddy Merckx

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Newt Gingrich

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Alan Phillips

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Chantal Mouffe

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*June 17th, 1943, Charleroi

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George Akerlof

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*June 17th, 1940, New Haven

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Jason Patric

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*June 17th, 1966, Queens

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Ken Livingstone

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*June 17th, 1945, Lambeth

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Ron Carter

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*June 17th, 1935, Auckland

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Thomas Haden Church

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*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

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Joachim Król

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*June 17th, 1957, Herne

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Frank Baranowski

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Ken Loach

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Venus Williams

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*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

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Beryl Reid

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Renate Jäger

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*June 17th, 1941, Šilutė

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Arthur Darvill

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*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

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Krzysztof Zanussi

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*June 17th, 1939, Warsaw

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Chris Spedding

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Iztok Čop

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*June 17th, 1972, Kranj

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Yvon Gattaz

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*June 17th, 1925, Bourgoin-Jallieu

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Lane Bradbury

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*June 17th, 1938, Buckhead

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Lee Baxter

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*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

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Helen Glover

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Angelo Rinaldi

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Cédric Kahn

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Joe Biden

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*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

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Terry Jones

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*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

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Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

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Stephen Hawking

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*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

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Katherine Justice

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Wolfgang Schäuble

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*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

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Richard Stoltzman

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*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

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Amitabh Bachchan

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*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

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John Cale

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Paul McCartney

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Daliah Lavi

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*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

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Muhammad Ali

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*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

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Per A. Anonsen

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*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

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Søren Steen

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*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

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*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

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Michel Mayor

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*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

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Aretha Franklin

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*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

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Jun'ichirō Koizumi

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*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

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Raman Ghosh

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*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

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Hu Jintao

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*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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Jimi Hendrix

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*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

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Pierre Seron

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Thomas Danneberg

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Sven-Erik Magnusson

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Bob Hoskins

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Michael Bloomberg

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Mike Pender

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*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

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Roger Ebert

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*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

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David Ogden Stiers

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*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

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Fraser Stoddart

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Alberto Rafael Santofimio Botero