Vartán Waldir Boghossian (84)
February 27th, 1940

Brazilian priest – Vartán Waldir Boghossian was born in Penápolis (Municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil) on February 27th, 1940 and is 84 years old today.

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Don McKinnon

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Klaus Köste

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Féodor Atkine

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Roger Scruton

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Debra Monk

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Timothy Spall

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*February 27th, 1957, London

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Robert H. Grubbs

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Hans Hermann Reschke

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Felix Gall

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Franco Sbarro

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Oliver Reck

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Helmuth Johannsen

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Ralph Nader

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Paddy Ashdown

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Joanne Woodward

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John Steinbeck

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Thomas Lange

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Kirsten Wenzel

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Kenzō Takada

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Mirella Freni

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Virginia Maskell

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Theodor Hoffmann

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Filippo Timi

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Alphonse Areola

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Barry Curtis

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Reginald Gardiner

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Didier Lombard

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Onur Öymen

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John Lennon

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Lorns Skjemstad

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Jeannie Seely

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Al Jarreau

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Pelé

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Al Pacino

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Michael Parks

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Annie Ernaux

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*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

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James Caan

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Wolfgang Clement

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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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*January 20th, 1940, Prague

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Joseph Brodsky

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*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

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Tilo Prückner

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*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

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Ringo Starr

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John Hurt

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*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Dawson Mathis

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*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

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Manfred Jung

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Peter Fonda

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Nancy Sinatra

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Joachim Gauck

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Nursultan Nazarbayev

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Patrick Stewart

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René Auberjonois

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John Mahoney

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Kip S. Thorne

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David H. Koch

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Vartán Waldir Boghossian