Jochen Leiß (74)
February 8th, 1950

German table tennis player – Jochen Leiß was born in Mettmann (Town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on February 8th, 1950 and is 74 years old today.

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James Dean

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Prince Abdul Rahman

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*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

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Bronte Barratt

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Shelley Thompson

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Bruno Labbadia

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John Grisham

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*February 8th, 1955, Jonesboro

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Seth Green

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*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

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Mary McCormack

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*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

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Henry Czerny

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Cristina Stamate

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Sebastião Salgado

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Wahbi Khazri

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Horst Eckel

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Guillaume Gallienne

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*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Javi García

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*February 8th, 1987, Mula

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John Williams

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*February 8th, 1932, Queens

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William Jackson Harper

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*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

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Niels Arestrup

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*February 8th, 1949, Montreuil

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John Swartzwelder

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*February 8th, 1949, Seattle

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Jules Verne

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*February 8th, 1828, Nantes †March 24th, 1905, Amiens

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Roger Lloyd-Pack

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*February 8th, 1944, Islington †January 15th, 2014, Kentish Town

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Mauricio Macri

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*February 8th, 1959, Tandil

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Robert Klein

American stand-up comedian

*February 8th, 1942, The Bronx

63

Erwin Lotter

German politician (1951-2014)

*February 8th, 1951, Munich †October 7th, 2014, Aichach

71

Mary Steenburgen

American actress, singer and songwriter

*February 8th, 1953, Newport

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Karl-Heinz von Hassel

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*February 8th, 1939, Hamburg †April 19th, 2016, Hamburg

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Franz Marc

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*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

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Julia Barr

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*February 8th, 1949, Fort Wayne

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Benigno Aquino III

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67

Jeff Lowe

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Annette Badland

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*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

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Narendra Modi

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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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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

73

Stevie Wonder

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*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

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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*March 11th, 1950, Manhattan

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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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Jochen Leiß