Thomas Astan (81)
September 15th, 1942

German actor and priest – Thomas Astan was born in Schmallenberg (Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on September 15th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

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Victor Zubkov

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Oliver Stone

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*September 15th, 1946, New York City

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*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

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Yoweri Museveni

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*September 15th, 1944, Ntungamo

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*September 15th, 1941, Hercegszántó †October 31st, 2011, Budapest

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Steven R. Monroe

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*September 15th, 1964, New York

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Murray Gell-Mann

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*September 15th, 1929, Lower Manhattan †May 24th, 2019, Santa Fe

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*September 15th, 1944, Cottbus †May 16th, 2017

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Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker

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*September 15th, 1962, Troisdorf

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Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich

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*September 15th, 1901, Munich †June 16th, 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Sylvia Moy

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Carmen Maura

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William Howard Taft

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*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

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Jacques Becker

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Johan Neeskens

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*September 15th, 1951, Heemstede

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Tom Hardy

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*September 15th, 1977, Hammersmith

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Signe Toly Anderson

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*September 15th, 1941, Seattle †January 28th, 2016, Beaverton

36

Aly Cissokho

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*September 15th, 1987, Blois

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Fernando de la Rúa

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*September 15th, 1937, Córdoba †July 9th, 2019, Loma Verde

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Jolin Tsai

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Gerhard Botz

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*September 15th, 1955, Rudolstadt

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Jessye Norman

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Stefan de Walle

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Željko Ivanek

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Norman Spinrad

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Terry Jones

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*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

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Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

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*August 16th, 1942, Essen

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Stephen Hawking

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Katherine Justice

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*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

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Wolfgang Schäuble

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Richard Stoltzman

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*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

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Amitabh Bachchan

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John Cale

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*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

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Paul McCartney

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*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

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Daliah Lavi

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*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

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Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

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Per A. Anonsen

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*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

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Søren Steen

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*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

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*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

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Michel Mayor

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*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

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Aretha Franklin

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Jun'ichirō Koizumi

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*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

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Raman Ghosh

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Hu Jintao

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*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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Jimi Hendrix

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*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

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Pierre Seron

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*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

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Thomas Danneberg

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*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

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*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

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Bob Hoskins

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*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

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Michael Bloomberg

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*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

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Roger Ebert

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David Ogden Stiers

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Fraser Stoddart

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*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Thomas Astan