Nedyalko Yordanov (84)
January 18th, 1940

Bulgarian writer – Nedyalko Yordanov was born in Burgas (City in Bulgaria) on January 18th, 1940 and is 84 years old today.

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Werner Liebrich

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*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

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Maulik Pancholy

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Volker Pispers

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*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

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Michael Bliss

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*January 18th, 1941, Leamington †May 18th, 2017, Toronto

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Kevin Costner

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*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

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Dieter Krause

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*January 18th, 1936, Brandenburg an der Havel †August 10th, 2020, Bad Saarow

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Pep Guardiola

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*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

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Steve Lomas

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*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

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Aparna Popat

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Lars Paaske

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Mark Rylance

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*January 18th, 1960, Ashford

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Linda Weni Fanetri

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Elin Bergblom

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John Hume

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*January 18th, 1937, Derry †August 3rd, 2020, Derry

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Denis Grachev

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Gloria Groove

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*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

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Danny Kaye

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*January 18th, 1913, Brooklyn †March 3rd, 1987, Los Angeles

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Rubén Castellanos

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Franz-Olivier Giesbert

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*January 18th, 1949, Wilmington

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Paul Keating

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Christopher H. Bidmead

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Jan Glinker

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Onur Öymen

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John Lennon

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*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

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Jeannie Seely

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Al Jarreau

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Al Pacino

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Michael Parks

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James Caan

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Wolfgang Clement

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*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

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Nancy Pelosi

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Bruce Lee

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*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

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Jana Brejchová

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*January 20th, 1940, Prague

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Joseph Brodsky

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Manfred Jung

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*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

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Tilo Prückner

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*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

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Ringo Starr

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*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

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Patrick Stewart

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*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

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John Hurt

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*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Dawson Mathis

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*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

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Peter Fonda

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Michael Gambon

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Nancy Sinatra

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Joachim Gauck

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René Auberjonois

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