Rita Süssmuth (87)
February 17th, 1937

German politician – Rita Süssmuth was born in Wuppertal (City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on February 17th, 1937 and is 87 years old today.

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Sarah Wollaston

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*February 17th, 1962, Woking

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Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

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Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

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Alan Bates

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*February 17th, 1934, Allestree †December 27th, 2003, City of Westminster

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

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Barry Humphries

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*February 17th, 1934, Kew †April 22nd, 2023, Darlinghurst

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Megan Sweeney

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*February 17th, 1987, Portland

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Wong Choong Hann

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*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

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Julia McKenzie

British actress, presenter, director, writer

*February 17th, 1941, Enfield

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Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

*February 17th, 1927, Húsavík †February 1st, 2024, Húsavík

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

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Jim Brown

American football player and actor (1936–2023)

*February 17th, 1936, St. Simons †May 18th, 2023, Los Angeles

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

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Hal Holbrook

American actor (1925–2021)

*February 17th, 1925, Cleveland †January 23rd, 2021, Beverly Hills

69

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

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Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

62

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

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Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

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Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

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Pertti Karppinen

Finnish rower

*February 17th, 1953, Vehmaa

63

Angela Eagle

British politician; Labour MP for Wallasey (born 1961)

*February 17th, 1961, Bridlington

64

Fausto Mesolella

Italian composer

*February 17th, 1953, Caserta †March 30th, 2017, Macerata Campania

43

Paris Hilton

American media personality and socialite

*February 17th, 1981, New York City

83

Martha Henry

American-born Canadian actress (1938–2021)

*February 17th, 1938, Detroit †October 21st, 2021, Stratford

46

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

51

Lucy Davis

British actress (born 1973)

*February 17th, 1973, Solihull

88

John Leyton

English singer and actor

*February 17th, 1936, Frinton-on-Sea

63

Ariane Ehrat

Swiss alpine skier

*February 17th, 1961, Schaffhausen

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Ed Sheeran

English singer-songwriter

*February 17th, 1991, Halifax

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Bernhard Eisel

Road bicycle racer

*February 17th, 1981, Voitsberg

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Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

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Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

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Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

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Erland Kops

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*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

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Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

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Morgan Freeman

American actor, director, and narrator (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

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Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

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Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

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Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

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Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

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Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

79

Radu Gabrea

Romanian film director and screenwriter (1937-2017)

*June 20th, 1937, Bucharest †February 9th, 2017

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

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Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

86

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

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Meena Shah

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*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

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Valentina Tereshkova

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*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

86

Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

*April 6th, 1937, Bakersfield †April 6th, 2016, Palo Cedro

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Tom Courtenay

English actor

*February 25th, 1937, Kingston upon Hull

86

Lorraine Gary

American actress

*August 16th, 1937, New York City

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