Michalis Violaris (80)
January 9th, 1944

Greek-Cypriot singer – Michalis Violaris was born in Agia Varvara, Nicosia (Community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus) on January 9th, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

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Joan Baez

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Richard Nixon

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*January 9th, 1913, Yorba Linda †April 22nd, 1994, Manhattan

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Imelda Staunton

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Susannah York

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Wakana Nagahara

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Simone de Beauvoir

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Susana Dosamantes

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Lara Fabian

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Wolfgang Rohde

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Levon Ter-Petrosyan

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Brian Friel

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Joely Richardson

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*January 9th, 1965, Marylebone

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John Doman

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Robert Zahn

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Julia Dietze

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Cecilia Gabriela

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Fernando Lamas

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Har Gobind Khorana

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Steve Harwell

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*January 9th, 1967, Santa Clara †September 4th, 2023, Boise

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Freddie Starr

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Nina Dobrev

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Wilbur Smith

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Leo Gullotta

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Lee Van Cleef

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Pierre Guyotat

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Lee Kun-hee

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Nic Jones

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Udo Kier

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Poul Michelsen

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Nils Ole Oftebro

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Jonathan Demme

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John Rhys-Davies

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Syed Mohammed Arif

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Joachim Schimpke

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Michael Douglas

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*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

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Gerhard Schröder

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Gert Audring

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Dieter Planck

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Alice Walker

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Ban Ki-moon

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Judi Rollick

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Alexander Van der Bellen

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Volker Lechtenbrink

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David Chandler

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Helena Štáchová

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Serge Haroche

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Dieter Hertrampf

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Mary Robinson

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Chris Hillman

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Arne Lindtner Næss

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George Lucas

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Françoise Hardy

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Alan Parker

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Rakel Surlien

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Wolfgang Bochow

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László Csendes

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Sibylle Tönnies

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Michalis Violaris