Thomas Hürlimann (73)
December 21st, 1950

Swiss writer – Thomas Hürlimann was born in Zug (Capital of the canton of Zug, Switzerland) on December 21st, 1950 and is 73 years old today.

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Magnus Samuelsson

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Emmanuel Macron

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Dennis Boutsikaris

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Ove Sprogøe

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Kiefer Sutherland

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*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

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Jane Fonda

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*December 21st, 1937, New York City

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Marta Linz

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*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

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Jared Martin

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*December 21st, 1941, Queens †May 24th, 2017, Philadelphia

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Hu Jintao

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*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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Alice Tan Ridley

American singer

*December 21st, 1952, Georgia

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Michael Tilson Thomas

American conductor, pianist and composer

*December 21st, 1944, Los Angeles

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Mikheil Saakashvili

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Thomas Sankara

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Paco de Lucía

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Barry Gordon

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Josh Mostel

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*December 21st, 1946, New York City

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Corinne Touzet

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Khris Davis

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*December 21st, 1987, Lakewood

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William Ruto

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Frank Zappa

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*December 21st, 1940, Baltimore †December 4th, 1993, Los Angeles

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Rolf Sagen

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*December 21st, 1940, Vadheim †April 6th, 2017

54

Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt

German architect and architectural historian

*December 21st, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 13th, 2018, Athens

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John G. Avildsen

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*December 21st, 1935, Oak Park †June 16th, 2017, Los Angeles

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Charles Michel

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*December 21st, 1975, Namur

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Claire Préaux

Belgican classical scholar (1904-1979)

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Steve Perryman

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Linda Mazri

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Michael Horse

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Cem Özdemir

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Jeff Lowe

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Annette Badland

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Martin McGuinness

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Billy Currie

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Øivind Blunck

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*December 28th, 1950, Norway

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Wayne Eagling

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Peter Funke

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Pedro Barceló

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*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

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Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

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Ade Chandra

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*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

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Ed Harris

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*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

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Horace Burrell

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*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

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Harriet Walter

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*September 24th, 1950, London

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Martin Short

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Stevie Wonder

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*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

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William Sadler

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Rick Perry

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William H. Macy

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Abdullah Gül

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Debbie Allen

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Bobby McFerrin

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Jeane Manson

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Daniel Auteuil

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Viktor Yanukovych

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Rainer Arnold

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Thomas Hürlimann