Walter Eykmann (86)
August 20th, 1937

German politician – Walter Eykmann was born in Sonsbeck (Municipality in Wesel District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on August 20th, 1937 and is 86 years old today.

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John Boardman

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*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

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Míriam Colón

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*August 20th, 1936, Ponce †March 3rd, 2017, New York City

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

88

Ron Paul

American politician (born 1935)

*August 20th, 1935, Pittsburgh

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Hideki Shirakawa

Japanese scientist (1936-)

*August 20th, 1936, Tokyo

82

Jacques Cheminade

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*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

97

Jürgen Kieser

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*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

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Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

*August 20th, 1941, Požarevac †March 11th, 2006, Scheveningen

84

Calogero Mannino

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*August 20th, 1939, Asmara

31

Selena Gomez

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*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

50

Dong Jiong

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*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

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Andrew Garfield

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*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

52

David Walliams

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*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

81

Reinhold Batschi

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*August 20th, 1942, Sânpetru

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Mauricio Casillas

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*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

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Daniel La Torre Regal

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*August 20th, 1997, Lima

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Jacqueline Susann

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*August 20th, 1918, Philadelphia †September 21st, 1974, New York City

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Leendert van Dis

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*August 20th, 1944, Amsterdam

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Isaac Hayes

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*August 20th, 1942, Covington †August 10th, 2008, Memphis

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Philip Voss

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*August 20th, 1936, Leicester †November 13th, 2020, Watford

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Robert Plant

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*August 20th, 1948, West Bromwich

26

Magnus Christensen

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*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

67

Desmond Swayne

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*August 20th, 1956, Bern

49

Amy Adams

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*August 20th, 1974, Aviano

77

Laurent Fabius

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*August 20th, 1946, 16th arrondissement of Paris

46

Rajiv Gandhi

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*August 20th, 1944, Mumbai †May 21st, 1991, Sriperumbudur

67

Benjamin Harrison

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*August 20th, 1833, North Bend †March 13th, 1901, Indianapolis

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Enrico Letta

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Axel Dirx

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87

Olusegun Obasanjo

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*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

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Sigmund Jähn

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Heinz Rennhack

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*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

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Erland Kops

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*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

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*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

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George Steele

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*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

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Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

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Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

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Rita Süssmuth

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*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

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Attilio Nicora

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*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

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Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

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*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

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*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

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*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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Wolfram Hoepfner

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*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

79

Radu Gabrea

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*June 20th, 1937, Bucharest †February 9th, 2017

71

George Carlin

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*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

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Tom Stoppard

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*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

86

Bill Cosby

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*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

87

Valentina Tereshkova

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*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

78

Meena Shah

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Erich Ribbeck

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*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

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87

Tom Courtenay

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Walter Eykmann