Reijo Hakanen (80)
August 20th, 1943

Finnish ice hockey player – Reijo Hakanen was born in Kangasala (City in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland) on August 20th, 1943 and is 80 years old today.

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John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

82

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

*August 20th, 1941, Požarevac †March 11th, 2006, Scheveningen

79

Leendert van Dis

Dutch rower

*August 20th, 1944, Amsterdam

81

Reinhold Batschi

Romanian rower and rowing coach

*August 20th, 1942, Sânpetru

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

65

Isaac Hayes

American musician and actor (1942–2008)

*August 20th, 1942, Covington †August 10th, 2008, Memphis

46

Rajiv Gandhi

Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989

*August 20th, 1944, Mumbai †May 21st, 1991, Sriperumbudur

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

80

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress (1936-2017)

*August 20th, 1936, Ponce †March 3rd, 2017, New York City

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

86

Andrei Konchalovsky

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer

*August 20th, 1937, Moscow

77

Laurent Fabius

87th Prime Minister of France

*August 20th, 1946, 16th arrondissement of Paris

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

27

Denis Dayan

Racing driver

*August 20th, 1942, Casablanca †July 2nd, 1970, Rouen

88

Ron Paul

American politician (born 1935)

*August 20th, 1935, Pittsburgh

75

Robert Plant

English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

*August 20th, 1948, West Bromwich

70

Axel Dirx

German politician (1946-2017)

*August 20th, 1946, Wuppertal †February 9th, 2017

77

Dušan Kabát

Slovak soccer player and coach

*August 20th, 1944, Sereď †May 19th, 2022, Prague

84

Calogero Mannino

Italian politician

*August 20th, 1939, Asmara

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

81

Emilio Leal

Mexican rower

*August 20th, 1942, Mexico City

67

Desmond Swayne

British politician (born 1956)

*August 20th, 1956, Bern

52

Gilbert Moses

American director

*August 20th, 1942, Cleveland †April 15th, 1995, New York City

87

Hideki Shirakawa

Japanese scientist (1936-)

*August 20th, 1936, Tokyo

56

Jacqueline Susann

American writer and actress (1918-1974)

*August 20th, 1918, Philadelphia †September 21st, 1974, New York City

Also born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

27

Jim Morrison

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

*December 8th, 1943, Melbourne †July 3rd, 1971, Paris

81

Holland Taylor

American actress

*January 14th, 1943, Philadelphia

73

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

*November 5th, 1943, Fort Sheridan †July 27th, 2017, Midway

67

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

*March 8th, 1943, Marylebone †May 2nd, 2010, Kent

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

80

Jerry Bruckheimer

American film and television producer (born 1943)

*September 21st, 1943, Detroit

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

80

Leslie Uggams

American actress and singer

*May 25th, 1943, New York City

Reijo Hakanen