Kurmanbek Bakiyev (74)
August 1st, 1949

Kyrgyzstani politician – Kurmanbek Bakiyev was born in Masadan (Place in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan) on August 1st, 1949 and is 74 years old today.

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Ane Dahl Torp

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*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

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Benno Möhlmann

German association football player and manager

*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

58

Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

*August 1st, 1965, Reading

50

Zoran Đinđić

Serbian politician (1952−2003)

*August 1st, 1952, Šamac †March 12th, 2003, Belgrade

73

Loles León

Spain actress

*August 1st, 1950, Barcelona

84

Terry Kiser

American actor

*August 1st, 1939, Omaha

60

John Carroll Lynch

American character actor and film director

*August 1st, 1963, Boulder

62

Danny Blind

Dutch association football player and manager (* 1961)

*August 1st, 1961, Oost-Souburg

39

Bastian Schweinsteiger

German association football player

*August 1st, 1984, Kolbermoor

69

Keith Taylor

British politician (1953-2022)

*August 1st, 1953, Rochford †October 31st, 2022

73

Ronnie Cocks

Maltese footballer and coach (1943-2017)

*August 1st, 1943, Gżira †May 16th, 2017, Gżira

90

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Former King of Saudi Arabia (1924-2015)

*August 1st, 1924, Riyadh †January 23rd, 2015, Riyadh

93

Shimon Peres

Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister and then President of Israel (1923-2016)

*August 1st, 1923, Višnieva †September 28th, 2016, Sheba Medical Center

61

Julie Bovasso

American actress (1930-1991)

*August 1st, 1930, Brooklyn †September 14th, 1991, New York City

73

Roy Williams

American basketball player and coach

*August 1st, 1950, Marion

78

Douglas Osheroff

American physicist

*August 1st, 1945, Aberdeen

84

Arthur Hill

Canadian actor (1922–2006)

*August 1st, 1922, Melfort †October 22nd, 2006, Los Angeles

71

Pierre Bourdieu

French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)

*August 1st, 1930, Denguin †January 23rd, 2002, 12th arrondissement of Paris

59

Coolio

American rapper and actor (1963–2022)

*August 1st, 1963, Monessen †September 28th, 2022, Los Angeles

77

Madeleine Amgwerd

Swiss politician

*August 1st, 1946, Bienne

66

Beate Merk

German politician

*August 1st, 1957, Nordhorn

44

Liz White

English actress

*August 1st, 1979, Rotherham

72

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

*August 1st, 1819, Manhattan †September 28th, 1891, New York City

62

Allen Berg

Canadian racing driver

*August 1st, 1961, Vancouver

44

Jason Momoa

Amerilan actor (born 1979)

*August 1st, 1979, Nānākuli

69

Milan Radulović

Serbian politician

*August 1st, 1948, Malo Polje, Han Pijesak †October 29th, 2017, Belgrade

86

Georges Charpak

French physicist (1924-2010)

*August 1st, 1924, Dubrovytsia †September 29th, 2010, Paris

77

Robert James Waller

American writer (1939-2017)

*August 1st, 1939, Charles City †March 10th, 2017, Fredericksburg

71

Brian Patrick Clarke

American actor

*August 1st, 1952, Gettysburg

63

Michael Stewart

American playwright (1924-1987)

*August 1st, 1924, New York City †September 20th, 1987, New York City

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75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

74

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

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