Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (81)
August 24th, 1942

American mathematician – Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck was born in Cleveland (City in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States) on August 24th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

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Paulo Coelho

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*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

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Sauli Niinistö

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*August 24th, 1948, Salo

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Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

76

Roger De Vlaeminck

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*August 24th, 1947, Eeklo

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Mike Huckabee

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*August 24th, 1955, Hope

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Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

86

Jorge Luis Borges

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*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

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Jean-Michel Jarre

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*August 24th, 1948, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

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Vince McMahon

American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)

*August 24th, 1945, Pinehurst

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Alain-Jacques Valleron

French biostatistician

*August 24th, 1943, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

Paola Pitagora

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*August 24th, 1941, Parma

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Francesca Zambello

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*August 24th, 1956, New York City

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Michel Crépu

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*August 24th, 1954, Étampes

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Christine Ostrowski

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*August 24th, 1945, Plauen

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Rocky Johnson

Canadian professional wrestler (1944-2020)

*August 24th, 1944, Amherst †January 15th, 2020, Lutz

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Joshua Sobol

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*August 24th, 1939, Tel Mond

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John Cipollina

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*August 24th, 1943, Berkeley †May 29th, 1989, San Francisco

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Wolfgang Mager

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*August 24th, 1952, Kamenz

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Jürgen Eschert

East German canoeist

*August 24th, 1941, Magdeburg

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Marlee Matlin

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*August 24th, 1965, Morton Grove

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Bob Sedergreen

Australian musician

*August 24th, 1943, Mandatory Palestine

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Anže Kopitar

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*August 24th, 1987, Hrušica

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Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

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Michael Roth

German politician, member of Bundestag

*August 24th, 1970, Heringen

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Carlo Gambino

American mobster

*August 24th, 1902, Palermo †October 15th, 1976, Massapequa

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Jean Rhys

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*August 24th, 1890, Roseau †May 14th, 1979, Exeter

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Colita

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*August 24th, 1940, Barcelona †December 31st, 2023, Barcelona

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Jim Scancarelli

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*August 24th, 1941, New York City

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Joe Biden

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*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

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Terry Jones

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

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Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

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*August 16th, 1942, Essen

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Stephen Hawking

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

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Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

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Wolfgang Schäuble

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

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Richard Stoltzman

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*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

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Amitabh Bachchan

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*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

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John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

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Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

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Daliah Lavi

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

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Muhammad Ali

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

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

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Per A. Anonsen

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*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

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Søren Steen

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*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

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*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

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Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

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Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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Jimi Hendrix

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*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

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Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

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Thomas Danneberg

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*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

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Sven-Erik Magnusson

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*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

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Bob Hoskins

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

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Michael Bloomberg

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

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

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*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

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Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

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

75

David Ogden Stiers

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*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

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*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck