Madison Smartt Bell (66)
August 1st, 1957

American author – Madison Smartt Bell was born in Nashville (Consolidated city-county in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, and the state capital of Tennessee) on August 1st, 1957 and is 66 years old today.

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Benno Möhlmann

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*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

58

Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

*August 1st, 1965, Reading

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Danny Blind

Dutch association football player and manager (* 1961)

*August 1st, 1961, Oost-Souburg

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John Carroll Lynch

American character actor and film director

*August 1st, 1963, Boulder

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Steve Schirripa

American actor

*August 1st, 1958, Brooklyn

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Bastian Schweinsteiger

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Zoran Đinđić

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

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Keith Taylor

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

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Coolio

American rapper and actor (1963–2022)

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

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Michael Penn

American musician (born 1958)

*August 1st, 1958, Greenwich Village

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Terry Kiser

American actor

*August 1st, 1939, Omaha

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Allen Berg

Canadian racing driver

*August 1st, 1961, Vancouver

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Axel Milberg

German actor

*August 1st, 1956, Kiel

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Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

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

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Shimon Peres

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

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Liz White

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*August 1st, 1979, Rotherham

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Joe Elliott

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*August 1st, 1959, Sheffield

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Julie Bovasso

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

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Ronnie Cocks

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

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Arthur Hill

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

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Jason Momoa

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*August 1st, 1979, Nānākuli

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Arun Lal

Indian cricket player.

*August 1st, 1956, Moradabad

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Pierre Bourdieu

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

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

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Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

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

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James Gleick

American author, journalist, and biographer

*August 1st, 1954, New York City

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Mac Lesggy

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*August 1st, 1962, Bayonne

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Syahrini

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Michael Davis

American producer, film director, writer

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Thomas Jay Ryan

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Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

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John Kassir

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*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

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Stephen Morris

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*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

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Kristin Clemet

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*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

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Osama bin Laden

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Dagfinn Høybråten

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*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

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Peter Aude

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Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

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Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

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Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

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Adrian Borland

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*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

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Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

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Alain Defossé

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*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

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Nick Hornby

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Mari Maurstad

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*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

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Timothy Spall

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*February 27th, 1957, London

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Matthias Klinghardt

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*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

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Christian Michelides

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*July 19th, 1957, Graz

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

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John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

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Tharman Shanmugaratnam

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*January 22nd, 1957, Singapore

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David Silverman

American animator and director

*March 15th, 1957, New York City

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Wolfgang Hoppe

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*November 14th, 1957, Apolda

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Hans Zimmer

German film composer (born 1957)

*September 12th, 1957, Frankfurt

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François Asselineau

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Theo van Gogh

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Amanda Plummer

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*March 23rd, 1957, New York City

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Stephen Dillane

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*March 27th, 1957, Kensington

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Donald Tusk

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Carole Bouquet

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Madison Smartt Bell