Christian Schmid (77)
May 26th, 1947

Swiss journalist – Christian Schmid was born in Rocourt (Village and former municipality in Haute-Ajoie in the canton of Jura, Switzerland) on May 26th, 1947 and is 77 years old today.

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Jeremy Corbyn

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Stevie Nicks

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Margaret Colin

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Mehdi El Glaoui

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Sally Ride

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Simon Armitage

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Miles Davis

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Ramón Calderón

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Ruprecht Polenz

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Alexander Pushkin

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Helena Bonham Carter

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Ward Cunningham

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Horst Tappert

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Lenny Kravitz

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Dayle Haddon

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Ulf Brunnberg

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Gregg Allman

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Ulrich Manthe

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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

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Robert Kiyosaki

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Johan Cruyff

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Glenn Close

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Tom Clancy

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Anne Archer

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Sam Neill

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Michael Levitt

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Salman Rushdie

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Christian Schmid