Hermann Otto Solms (83)
November 24th, 1940

German politician – Hermann Otto Solms was born in Lich (Town in Landkreis Gießen in Hesse, Germany) on November 24th, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

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Emir Kusturica

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*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

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Pete Best

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*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

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Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

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Oscar Robertson

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Colin Hanks

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Conleth Hill

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Albert Wolsky

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Yoshinobu Miyake

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Paulius Pultinevičius

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Wayne Jackson

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Philipp August Böckh

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*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

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Pino Donaggio

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*November 24th, 1941, Venice

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*November 24th, 1944, Forest Hills †March 21st, 1974, Manhattan

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Renate Rudolph

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*November 24th, 1949, Leipzig

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Manolo Sanlúcar

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Dwight Schultz

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Jeannie Seely

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Al Jarreau

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Al Pacino

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Michael Parks

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Nancy Pelosi

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Bruce Lee

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Jana Brejchová

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*January 20th, 1940, Prague

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Joseph Brodsky

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Manfred Jung

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Ringo Starr

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