Jean-Jacques Lafon (68)
October 5th, 1955

French singer-songwriter – Jean-Jacques Lafon was born in Toulouse (French commune in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitania) on October 5th, 1955 and is 68 years old today.

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Duncan Regehr

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Karen Allen

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Howard Schmidt

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Sascha Lewandowski

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Kate Winslet

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Michael Morpurgo

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Jens Doberschütz

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Jenna Russell

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A. R. Penck

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Donald Pleasence

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Peter Ackroyd

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Bob Geldof

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Glynis Johns

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Bernie Mac

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Joakim Brodén

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Denis Diderot

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Ron Nyswaner

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*October 5th, 1956, Clarksville

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Brian Johnson

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Harold Faltermeyer

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Heather Headley

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Jesse Eisenberg

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Rui Costa

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James Rizzi

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Pete Shelley

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Guillermo Lasso

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Tim Berners-Lee

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Lasse Lindtner

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*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

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Steve Jobs

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Steve Jones

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Nicolas Sarkozy

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*January 28th, 1955, Paris

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Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

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Caroline Loeb

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*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Saw Swee Leong

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*July 16th, 1955, Penang

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Uwe Reinders

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*January 19th, 1955, Essen

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Jimmy LaFave

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*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

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Steve Mann

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Jair Bolsonaro

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*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

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Adolf Sauerland

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*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

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Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

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Martin Jehne

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*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

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Isabelle Adjani

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*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

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Whoopi Goldberg

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*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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Kid Vinil

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Gary Sinise

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Kevin Costner

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Sven-Erik Österberg

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Brendan Gleeson

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Reba McEntire

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Rowan Atkinson

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Bruce Willis

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Gilbert Gottfried

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Laurie Metcalf

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Jean-Jacques Lafon