Karl Lüönd (79)
May 12th, 1945

Swiss journalist – Karl Lüönd was born in Flüelen (Municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland) on May 12th, 1945 and is 79 years old today.

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Gabriel Byrne

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George Carlin

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*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

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Liu Xiaolong

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Erik Durm

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Song Yang

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Luke Benward

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Daniel Libeskind

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Bettina Stark-Watzinger

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*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

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Emilio Estevez

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Steve Winwood

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*May 12th, 1948, Birmingham

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Gabriel Fauré

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Domhnall Gleeson

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*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

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Chris Patten

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George Karl

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Barry Ackroyd

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Katharine Hepburn

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*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

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Klaus Solmecke

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Dorothy Hodgkin

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*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

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Jonah Lomu

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*May 12th, 1975, Auckland †November 18th, 2015, Auckland

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Hans-Peter Kemper

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Rolf Zuckowski

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Sara Kestelman

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*May 12th, 1944, London

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

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*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

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Micheline Lanctôt

Canadian actor and director

*May 12th, 1947, Frelighsburg

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Florence Nightingale

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*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

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Ving Rhames

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*May 12th, 1959, New York City

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Tobias Schröter

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Hans Ils

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Vernon Wells

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Manuel Neuer

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*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

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Franz Beckenbauer

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*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

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Gerd Müller

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Thilo Sarrazin

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*February 12th, 1945, Gera

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Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

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Victoria Bond

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Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

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Lasse Berghagen

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Rodrigo Duterte

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Helen Mirren

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*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

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Bob Marley

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*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

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Manfred Clauss

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*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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Radovan Karadžić

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*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

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John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

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Peter Patzak

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*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

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Claus Ryskjær

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*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

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Barkley L. Hendricks

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Bernd Fritz

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Barry Bostwick

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Jean Nouvel

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Adrienne Barbeau

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*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

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Eric Clapton

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Linda Hunt

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*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

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Patrick Modiano

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Alain Juppé

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Eddy Merckx

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Karl Lüönd