Ron Roy (83)
April 29th, 1940

American children's fiction writer – Ron Roy was born in Hartford (City in and capital of Connecticut, United States) on April 29th, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

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Juliette Ah-Wan

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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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Hermann Scheer

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André Wilms

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Michelle Pfeiffer

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Willie Nelson

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Paul Holmes

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*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

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Andre Agassi

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Tom Ewell

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*April 29th, 1952, Kleve

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Klaus Siebert

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Hanne Darboven

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*April 29th, 1941, Munich †March 9th, 2009, Rönneburg

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Semih Şentürk

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*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

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Klaus Voormann

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Dick Chrysler

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Daniel Mayer

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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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Annie Ernaux

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James Caan

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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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Jana Brejchová

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Joseph Brodsky

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Manfred Jung

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Tilo Prückner

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Ringo Starr

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Patrick Stewart

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John Hurt

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Peter Fonda

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Michael Gambon

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Nancy Sinatra

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René Auberjonois

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John Mahoney

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