Hans Pizka (82)
March 17th, 1942

Austrian hornist – Hans Pizka was born in Metz (City in Grand Est, France) on March 17th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

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Saina Nehwal

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Peter Aust

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*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

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Rötger Feldmann

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*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

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John Sebastian

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*March 17th, 1944, New York City

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Lennox Burgher

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*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

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Giovanni Trapattoni

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*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

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Gary Sinise

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*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

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Patrick Ebert

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*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

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Patrick Duffy

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*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

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Mari Maurstad

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*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

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Hanskarl Rotzinger

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*March 17th, 1940, Constance †March 15th, 2017, Constance

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Gian Töndury

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*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

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Silke Spiegelburg

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*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

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Thomas Strobl

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*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

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Kasper Ødum

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Hans Wollschläger

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*March 17th, 1935, Minden †May 19th, 2007, Bamberg

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Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

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Kurt Russell

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*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

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Isabel Herttrich

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Romina Gabdullina

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*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

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Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

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William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

*March 17th, 1948, Conway

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Jeff Banks

British fashion designer

*March 17th, 1943, Ebbw Vale

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Rudolf Nureyev

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*March 17th, 1938, Razdolnoe †January 6th, 1993, Levallois-Perret

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Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

*March 17th, 1962, Glasgow

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Wilfried Auerbach

Austrian rower

*March 17th, 1960, Linz

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Kyle Korver

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*March 17th, 1981, Lakewood

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Lisa Sophie Gericke

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*March 17th, 1995, Brandenburg an der Havel

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Nat King Cole

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*March 17th, 1919, Montgomery †February 15th, 1965, Santa Monica

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Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

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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*August 16th, 1942, Essen

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Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

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

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Katherine Justice

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*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

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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

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

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Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

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John Cale

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*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

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Paul McCartney

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*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

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Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

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

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Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

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

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Per A. Anonsen

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*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

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

82

Michel Mayor

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*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

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

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

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*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

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Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

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

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

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Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

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Bob Hoskins

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*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

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Michael Bloomberg

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*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

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Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

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

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David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

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

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Hans Pizka