Marit Westergaard (67)
August 12th, 1956

Norwegian linguist – Marit Westergaard was born in Tromsø Municipality (Municipality in Troms, Norway) on August 12th, 1956 and is 67 years old today.

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*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

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Lee Yang

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*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

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Dietmar Schauerhammer

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*August 12th, 1955, Neustadt an der Orla

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Andrea Dakó

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*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

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Jean Nouvel

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*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

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Laurent Fignon

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*August 12th, 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris †August 31st, 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris

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Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

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Martin Aeschlimann

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*August 12th, 1957, Liestal

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Tanita Tikaram

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*August 12th, 1969, Münster

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Dana Ivey

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*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

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Max Straubinger

German politician

*August 12th, 1954, Simbach

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Toby Penty

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*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

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Elisabetta Casellati

Italian lawyer and politician (born 1946)

*August 12th, 1946, Rovigo

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Heintje Simons

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*August 12th, 1955, Kerkrade

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Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

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George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

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Richard Spiegelburg

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*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

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Pat Metheny

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*August 12th, 1954, Lee's Summit

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Kip Holden

American politician

*August 12th, 1952, New Orleans

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Erwin Schrödinger

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*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

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Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

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Lisa Rohde

American rower

*August 12th, 1955, Wakefield

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Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

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Toby Perkins

British politician (born 1970)

*August 12th, 1970, Reading

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CY Leung

Chinese politician

*August 12th, 1954, British Hong Kong

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Larry Carpenter

American director

*August 12th, 1948, Brockport

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Mark Knopfler

British musician

*August 12th, 1949, Glasgow

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Milena Vicenová

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*August 12th, 1955, Přerov

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Cindy Klassen

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*August 12th, 1979, Winnipeg

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Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

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Charles M. Huber

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*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

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Sheila McCarthy

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*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

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Stephan Barratt-Due

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*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

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Tom Hanks

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*July 9th, 1956, Concord

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Theresa May

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*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

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Liem Swie King

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*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

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Carrie Fisher

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*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

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Ian Curtis

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*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

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*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

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Ulrike Meyfarth

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*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

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Martyn Ware

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*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

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Gunnar Brands

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*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

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Donna Strickland

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*May 27th, 1956, Guelph

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Justus Carrière

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*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

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Michel Houellebecq

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*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

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Bryan Cranston

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*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

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Minken Fosheim

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*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

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Imelda Staunton

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*January 9th, 1956, Archway district

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Andreas Bornschein

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*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

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Inge Aures

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*July 10th, 1956, Presseck

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Han Jian

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*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Stefan Grüttner

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*December 25th, 1956, Wiesbaden

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

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Klaus Draeger

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*September 3rd, 1956, Constance

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Bernhard Daldrup

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*June 1st, 1956, Sendenhorst

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Alan Phillips

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*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

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Wendy Clarkson

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Sugar Ray Leonard

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Eric Roberts

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Marit Westergaard