Ton Koopman (79)
October 2nd, 1944

Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist, born 2 October 1944 – Ton Koopman was born in Zwolle (City and municipality in Overijssel, the Netherlands) on October 2nd, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

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Carlos Slepoy

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*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

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Giuliano Sarti

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*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

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Donna Karan

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Alice Walton

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Diamond Platnumz

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Claude Taittinger

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Uta Ranke-Heinemann

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*October 2nd, 1927, Essen †March 25th, 2021, Essen

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Dardan

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Sonning Augstin

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*October 2nd, 1939, Münster

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Angel Espinosa

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*October 2nd, 1966, Holguín †April 12th, 2017, Hialeah Gardens

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Sting

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*October 2nd, 1951, Wallsend

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Suki Kaiser

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Maria Ressa

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*October 2nd, 1963, Manila

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Marion Bartoli

French tennis player

*October 2nd, 1984, Le Puy-en-Velay

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Achille Casanova

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Linval Thompson

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Tyson Chandler

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*October 2nd, 1982, Hanford

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Paul Van Himst

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*October 2nd, 1943, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw

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Sam Dastor

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*October 2nd, 1941, Mumbai

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Divine

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*October 2nd, 1990, Andheri

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Graham Greene

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)

*October 2nd, 1904, Berkhamsted †April 3rd, 1991, Vevey

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Anna Ford

British journalist and television presenter

*October 2nd, 1943, Tewkesbury

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Annie Leibovitz

American photographer (born 1949)

*October 2nd, 1949, Waterbury

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Viktor Anpilov

Russian hardline Communist politician/trade unionist (1945-2018)

*October 2nd, 1945, Belaya Glina †January 15th, 2018, Moscow

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Trevor Brooking

English footballer (born 1948)

*October 2nd, 1948, Barking

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Primož Brezec

Basketball player

*October 2nd, 1979, Postojna

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Bjarke Ingels

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*October 2nd, 1974, Copenhagen

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Tammy Abraham

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*October 2nd, 1997, Camberwell

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Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

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Poul Michelsen

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*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

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Nils Ole Oftebro

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*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

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Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

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John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

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Syed Mohammed Arif

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*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

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Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

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Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

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Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

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Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

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Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

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Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

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Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

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Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

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Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

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Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

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Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

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Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

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Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

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Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

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Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

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George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

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Françoise Hardy

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*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

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Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

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Rakel Surlien

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*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

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Wolfgang Bochow

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*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

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László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

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Sibylle Tönnies

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Ton Koopman