Dana Ward (74)
August 23rd, 1949

American academic – Dana Ward was born in San Jose (County seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States) on August 23rd, 1949 and is 74 years old today.

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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

76

Willy Russell

British dramatist, lyricist and composer

*August 23rd, 1947, Whiston

76

Linda Thompson

British singer

*August 23rd, 1947, London

89

Philippe Mestre

French politician and writer

*August 23rd, 1927, Talmont †April 25th, 2017, 6th arrondissement of Paris

73

Roza Otunbayeva

President of Kyrgyzstan

*August 23rd, 1950, Bishkek

41

Kobe Bryant

American basketball player (1978–2020)

*August 23rd, 1978, Philadelphia †January 26th, 2020, Calabasas

85

Michel Rocard

French politician (1930–2016)

*August 23rd, 1930, Courbevoie †July 2nd, 2016, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

75

Rudy Ruettiger

American football player and motivational speaker

*August 23rd, 1948, Joliet

89

Dick Bruna

Dutch writer and illustrator

*August 23rd, 1927, Utrecht †February 16th, 2017, Utrecht

49

Konstantin Novoselov

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

*August 23rd, 1974, Nizhny Tagil

86

Marian Seldes

American stage, film, radio, and television actress (1928 – 2014)

*August 23rd, 1928, Manhattan †October 6th, 2014, New York City

69

Halimah Yacob

8th President of Singapore

*August 23rd, 1954, Singapore

45

Andrew Rannells

American actor and singer

*August 23rd, 1978, Omaha

78

Thomas A. Steitz

American biochemist

*August 23rd, 1940, Milwaukee †October 9th, 2018, Branford

69

Augustin Deleanu

Romanian footballer (1944-2014)

*August 23rd, 1944, Măgurele †March 27th, 2014, Bucharest

68

David Learner

British actor

*August 23rd, 1955, Hammersmith

46

Jared Fogle

American former Subway spokesperson

*August 23rd, 1977, Indianapolis

62

Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

*August 23rd, 1961, Paris

52

Akhmad Kadyrov

Russian Chechen politician and Islamic religious leader (1951–2004)

*August 23rd, 1951, Karaganda †May 9th, 2004, Grozny

60

Park Chan-wook

South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1963)

*August 23rd, 1963, Seoul

32

Keith Moon

English rock musician, drummer of The Who (1946–1978)

*August 23rd, 1946, Central Middlesex Hospital †September 7th, 1978, Mayfair

23

River Phoenix

American actor and musician (1970–1993)

*August 23rd, 1970, Madras †October 31st, 1993, West Hollywood

59

Johan Bruyneel

Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer

*August 23rd, 1964, Izegem

88

Robert Curl

American chemist

*August 23rd, 1933, Alice †July 3rd, 2022, Houston

41

Natalie Coughlin

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

*August 23rd, 1982, Vallejo

83

Gene Kelly

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912-1996)

*August 23rd, 1912, Pittsburgh †February 2nd, 1996, Beverly Hills

46

Thomas Dempster

British philologist, historian, poet and etruscologist

*August 23rd, 1579, Aberdeenshire †September 6th, 1625, Bologna

71

Kirby Dick

American film director, producer and screenwriter

*August 23rd, 1952, Phoenix

76

Goran Sultanović

Serbian actor

*August 23rd, 1947, Zemun

Also born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

75

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

Dana Ward