Dieter Waltke (69)
December 26th, 1954

German handball player – Dieter Waltke was born in Hille (Municipality in Minden-Lübbecke District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on December 26th, 1954 and is 69 years old today.

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*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

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Hans-Rudiger Gross

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*December 26th, 1953, Senftenberg

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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*December 26th, 1953, Stockholm

23

Isac Elliot

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*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

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Fanny Dombre-Coste

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*December 26th, 1956, Sainte-Adresse

82

Mao Zedong

1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

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Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

81

Georg Buschner

German association football player and manager (1925-2007)

*December 26th, 1925, Gera †February 12th, 2007, Jena

62

John Lynch

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*December 26th, 1961, Corrinshego

52

Jared Leto

American actor and singer

*December 26th, 1971, Bossier City

63

Riki Sorsa

Finnish singer

*December 26th, 1952, Helsinki †May 10th, 2016, Helsinki

74

José Ramos-Horta

2nd and 5th President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate

*December 26th, 1949, Dili

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Uli Stein

German cartoonist and photographer

*December 26th, 1946, Hanover †August 29th, 2020, Wedemark

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Hugo Lloris

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*December 26th, 1986, Nice

22

Marit van Ede

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*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

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Yohan Blake

Jamaican sprinter

*December 26th, 1989, Saint James Parish

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Marinus Wagtmans

Road bicycle racer

*December 26th, 1946, Rucphen

33

Aaron Ramsey

Welsh association football player (born 1990)

*December 26th, 1990, Caerphilly

56

Kathleen Nord

East German swimmer (1965–2022)

*December 26th, 1965, Magdeburg †February 24th, 2022, Elmshorn

68

Bettina Hagedorn

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*December 26th, 1955, Kiel

51

Robert Muchamore

English author

*December 26th, 1972, London

77

Iosif Sifakis

Greek-French computer scientist

*December 26th, 1946, Heraklion

60

Lars Ulrich

Danish drummer

*December 26th, 1963, Gentofte

52

David Kavlin

Argentine TV personality

*December 26th, 1971, Salta Province

41

Aksel Lund Svindal

Norwegian alpine skier

*December 26th, 1982, Lørenskog

71

Alexander Ankvab

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*December 26th, 1952, Sukhumi

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Martin Cooper

American engineer, father of mobile phone

*December 26th, 1928, Art Institute of Chicago

58

Joyce Jillson

American actress, singer, astrologer, writer and newspaper columnist (1945-2004)

*December 26th, 1945, Cranston †October 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

70

Leonel Fernández

Former president of the Dominican Republic

*December 26th, 1953, Santo Domingo

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Valli

French radio host

*December 26th, 1958, New Haven

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69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

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Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

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Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

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Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

69

Rudolf Henke

German politician

*June 5th, 1954, Birkesdorf

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

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Rafael Orozco Maestre

Colombian singer (1954-1992)

*March 24th, 1954, Becerril †June 11th, 1992, Barranquilla

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

69

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

*October 24th, 1954, Sydney

69

Kathleen Turner

American actress

*June 19th, 1954, Springfield

69

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

69

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

69

Jean-Claude Juncker

Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

Dieter Waltke