Junko Hori (82)
February 2nd, 1942

Japanese actress and voice actress – Junko Hori was born in Mukden (Shenyang during the Republic of China (1912-1949) period) on February 2nd, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

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João César Monteiro

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*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

74

Ulrich Frank

German actor and voice actor (1943-2017)

*February 2nd, 1943, Strasbourg †April 17th, 2017, Gauting

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

84

Bo Hopkins

American actor (1938–2022)

*February 2nd, 1938, Greenville †May 28th, 2022, Van Nuys

88

Ilse Jahn

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*February 2nd, 1922, Chemnitz †May 8th, 2010, Berlin

47

Shakira

Colombian singer, songwriter and actress

*February 2nd, 1977, Barranquilla

58

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

*February 2nd, 1882, Rathgar †January 13th, 1941, Zürich

75

Duncan Bannatyne

Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist and author

*February 2nd, 1949, Clydebank

94

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

French official and politician (1926–2020)

*February 2nd, 1926, Koblenz †December 2nd, 2020, Authon

44

Lili Zhou

Badminton player

*February 2nd, 1980, Guangxi

62

Farrah Fawcett

American actress

*February 2nd, 1947, Corpus Christi †June 25th, 2009, Santa Monica

78

Isaias Afwerki

President of Eritrea

*February 2nd, 1946, Asmara

38

Gemma Arterton

British actress

*February 2nd, 1986, Gravesend

28

Zhao Junpeng

Chinese badminton player

*February 2nd, 1996, Nanchang

83

Dick Carlson

American journalist and diplomat (born 1941)

*February 2nd, 1941, Boston

94

Ciriaco De Mita

Italian politician (1928–2022)

*February 2nd, 1928, Nusco †May 26th, 2022, Avellino

70

Hansi Hinterseer

Austrian singer

*February 2nd, 1954, Kitzbühel

89

Elaine Stritch

American actress

*February 2nd, 1925, Detroit †July 17th, 2014, Birmingham

54

Jennifer Westfeldt

American actress

*February 2nd, 1970, Guilford

83

Jim Storm

American rower

*February 2nd, 1941, San Diego

22

Magnus Johannesen

Danish badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Aalborg

77

Ayn Rand

Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

*February 2nd, 1905, Saint Petersburg †March 6th, 1982, Manhattan

72

Park Geun-hye

President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017

*February 2nd, 1952, Daegu

51

Marissa Jaret Winokur

American actress

*February 2nd, 1973, New York City

62

Philippe Claudel

French film director, writer and screenwriter

*February 2nd, 1962, Dombasle-sur-Meurthe

49

Donald Driver

American football player (born 1975)

*February 2nd, 1975, Houston

27

Stefan Gartenmann

Danish footballer

*February 2nd, 1997, Roskilde

83

Bertrand de Orléans e Bragança

Claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne

*February 2nd, 1941, Mandelieu-la-Napoule

78

Alpha Oumar Konaré

President of Mali

*February 2nd, 1946, Kayes

26

Lena Pauels

German association football player

*February 2nd, 1998, Germany

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

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

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

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

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

74

Muhammad Ali

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

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

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

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

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

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*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

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

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

81

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

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

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

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

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

75

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

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