Cristina Bajo (86)
June 17th, 1937

Argentinian writer – Cristina Bajo was born in Córdoba Province (Province of Argentina) on June 17th, 1937 and is 86 years old today.

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Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

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Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

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Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

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Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

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Ken Loach

English film director and screenwriter

*June 17th, 1936, Nuneaton

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Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

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Ron Carter

New Zealand businessman and engineer

*June 17th, 1935, Auckland

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Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

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Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 17th, 1942, Cairo

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Lane Bradbury

American actress

*June 17th, 1938, Buckhead

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George Akerlof

American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics

*June 17th, 1940, New Haven

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Newt Gingrich

American politician and author (born 1943)

*June 17th, 1943, Harrisburg

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Walter Froneberg

German politician (1932-2017)

*June 17th, 1932, Hattingen †March 9th, 2017, Wetzlar

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Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

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Krzysztof Zanussi

Polish producer and film director

*June 17th, 1939, Warsaw

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

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Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

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Yvon Gattaz

French businessman

*June 17th, 1925, Bourgoin-Jallieu

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Joachim Król

German actor

*June 17th, 1957, Herne

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Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

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Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

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Tigran Petrosian

Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion

*June 17th, 1929, Tbilisi †August 13th, 1984, Moscow

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Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

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Iztok Čop

Slovenian rower

*June 17th, 1972, Kranj

47

Lee Baxter

Swedish association football player

*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

80

Chantal Mouffe

Belgian post-marxist political theorist

*June 17th, 1943, Charleroi

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Ken Livingstone

English politician (born 1945); Mayor of London from 2000 until 2008

*June 17th, 1945, Lambeth

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Helen Glover

British rower

*June 17th, 1986, Truro

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Cédric Kahn

French film director

*June 17th, 1966, Crest

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François Jacob

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*June 17th, 1920, Nancy †April 19th, 2013, 14th arrondissement of Paris

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87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

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Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

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Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

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Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

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Morgan Freeman

American actor, director, and narrator (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

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Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

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Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

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Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

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Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

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Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

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Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

79

Radu Gabrea

Romanian film director and screenwriter (1937-2017)

*June 20th, 1937, Bucharest †February 9th, 2017

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George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

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Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

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Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

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Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

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Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

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Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

*April 6th, 1937, Bakersfield †April 6th, 2016, Palo Cedro

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Tom Courtenay

English actor

*February 25th, 1937, Kingston upon Hull

Cristina Bajo