Walter Brun (81)
October 20th, 1942

Swiss racing driver – Walter Brun was born in Lucerne (City on Lake Lucerne, in central Switzerland) on October 20th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

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Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

91

Fayard Nicholas

Choreographer, dancer, actor

*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles

77

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian writer

*October 20th, 1946, Mürzzuschlag

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

31

Liis Lemsalu

Estonian singer

*October 20th, 1992, Pärnu

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

29

Andries Malan

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1994, Bellville

74

George Harris

Comedian

*October 20th, 1949, Grenada

82

Anneke Wills

British actress

*October 20th, 1941, Berkshire

77

Lucien Van Impe

Cyclist

*October 20th, 1946, Erpe-Mere

33

Andrew Watt

American record producer and songwriter

*October 20th, 1990, New York City

37

Raymond Tam

Australian badminton player

*October 20th, 1986, Hong Kong

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Viggo Mortensen

American actor

*October 20th, 1958, Watertown

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

44

John Krasinski

American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

*October 20th, 1979, Newton

52

Snoop Dogg

American rapper and actor (born 1971)

*October 20th, 1971, Long Beach

72

Kathy Kirby

British singer (1938–2011)

*October 20th, 1938, Ilford †May 19th, 2011, London

21

Niklas Krütten

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*October 20th, 2002, Trier

84

Daniel Prévost

French actor and comedian

*October 20th, 1939, Garches

67

Danny Boyle

English filmmaker

*October 20th, 1956, Radcliffe

66

Tom Petty

American musician

*October 20th, 1950, Gainesville †October 2nd, 2017, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

75

Ian Cullen

British actor (1939-2019)

*October 20th, 1944, The Boldons †November 12th, 2019, Surrey Heath

72

Claudio Ranieri

Italian footballer and manager

*October 20th, 1951, Rome

93

Arlene Francis

American actress and television host (1907–2001)

*October 20th, 1907, Boston †May 31st, 2001, San Francisco

61

Win Braun

German painter (1955-2017)

*October 20th, 1955, Breinig †February 17th, 2017, Stolberg

82

James Chadwick

English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932

*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge

83

Jean Clair

French journalist

*October 20th, 1940, Paris

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

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

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

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Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

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Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*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

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

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Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

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Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

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

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

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

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

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

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

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

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

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

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

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

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Walter Brun