Ján Švehlík (74)
January 17th, 1950

Slovak football player and manager – Ján Švehlík was born in Lovča (Municipality of Slovakia) on January 17th, 1950 and is 74 years old today.

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Jim Carrey

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*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

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Françoise Hardy

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*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

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Gabi Tóth

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*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

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Dwyane Wade

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*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

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Sonja Sutter

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*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

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Jens Bratlie

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*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

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Michelle Obama

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*January 17th, 1964, Chicago

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Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

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*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

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Stefan Ritter

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*January 17th, 1959, Schmalkalden

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Sverre Rotevatn

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Katalin Karikó

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*January 17th, 1955, Szolnok

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

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*January 17th, 1952, Nakano †March 28th, 2023, Tokyo

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James Earl Jones

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*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

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Geir Lundestad

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*January 17th, 1945, Sulitjelma †September 22nd, 2023

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Jenny Wallwork

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Steve Harvey

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*January 17th, 1957, Welch

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Elisabeth Gesche

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*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

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Denis O'Hare

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*January 17th, 1962, Kansas City

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Jeanette Fitzsimons

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*January 17th, 1945, Dunedin †March 5th, 2020, Thames Hospital

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Yao Xue

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*January 17th, 1991, Jingzhou

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Shen Yaying

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*January 17th, 1994, Zhangzhou

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Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1877, Jalpaiguri †November 30th, 1943, Totnes

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Sandra Mason

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*January 17th, 1949, Saint Philip

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Sarah Milne

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*January 17th, 1992, Bardsey

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Rosemarie Hein

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*January 17th, 1953, Leipzig

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Heinz-Dieter Assmann

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*January 17th, 1951, Heusenstamm

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Susanne Uhlen

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*January 17th, 1955, Potsdam

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Amy Sherman-Palladino

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*January 17th, 1966, Los Angeles

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Jeff Lowe

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*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

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Annette Badland

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*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

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Narendra Modi

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*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

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Martin McGuinness

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*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

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Billy Currie

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*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

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Sandra Reemer

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*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

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Øivind Blunck

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*December 28th, 1950, Norway

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Wayne Eagling

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*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

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Peter Funke

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*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

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Rötger Feldmann

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*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

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Pedro Barceló

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*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

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Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

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*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

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Ade Chandra

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*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

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Ed Harris

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*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

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Horace Burrell

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*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

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Harriet Walter

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*September 24th, 1950, London

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Martin Short

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*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

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Stevie Wonder

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*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

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William Sadler

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*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

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Rick Perry

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*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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William H. Macy

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*March 13th, 1950, Miami

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Abdullah Gül

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*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

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Debbie Allen

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*January 16th, 1950, Houston

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Bobby McFerrin

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Jeane Manson

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*October 1st, 1950, Cleveland

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Daniel Auteuil

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*January 24th, 1950, Algiers

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Viktor Yanukovych

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Victoria Principal

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Rainer Arnold

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*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

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Steve Wozniak

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Ján Švehlík