Michael Rothschild (81)
August 2nd, 1942

American economist – Michael Rothschild was born in Chicago (City and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America) on August 2nd, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

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*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

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Florian Stetter

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*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

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Jules Hoffmann

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*August 2nd, 1941, Echternach

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Arun Vishnu

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*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

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Tang Yuanting

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*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

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Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

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*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

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Peter O'Toole

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*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

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Xu Huaiwen

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*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

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Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

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Wes Craven

American film director, screenwriter, and producer (1939–2015)

*August 2nd, 1939, Cleveland †August 30th, 2015, Los Angeles

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Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

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Max Wright

Actor from the United States (1943-2019)

*August 2nd, 1943, Detroit †June 26th, 2019, Englewood

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Ron Brierley

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*August 2nd, 1937, Wellington

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Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

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Muriel Robin

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*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

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Mary-Louise Parker

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*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

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Rosario Maddaloni

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*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

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Xing Aiying

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*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

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Niclas Nøhr

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*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

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Jim Capaldi

English musician and songwriter (1944–2005)

*August 2nd, 1944, Evesham †January 28th, 2005, London

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Kira Kattenbeck

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*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

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Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

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Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

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Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

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Elavenil Valarivan

Indian sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1999, Cuddalore

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Peter-Michael Kolbe

West German rower

*August 2nd, 1953, Hamburg †December 8th, 2023, Lübeck

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Doris Coley

American singer (1941–2000)

*August 2nd, 1941, Goldsboro †February 4th, 2000

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Benjamin Barber

Walt Whitman Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University

*August 2nd, 1939, New York City †April 24th, 2017, Manhattan

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Stefan Effenberg

German association football player

*August 2nd, 1968, Niendorf

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Linda Fratianne

American figure skater

*August 2nd, 1960, Northridge

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

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Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

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

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Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

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Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*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

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

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

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Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

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Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*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

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*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

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

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Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*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

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Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

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

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*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

German actor (1942–2023)

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

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Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

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

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Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942–2014)

*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

British musician

*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

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David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

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

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Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Michael Rothschild