Wojciech Smoczyński (79)
March 12th, 1945

Polish linguist – Wojciech Smoczyński was born in Głowno (City and urban gmina of Poland) on March 12th, 1945 and is 79 years old today.

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Ole Thestrup

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*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

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Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

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Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

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Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

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André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

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Frank Welker

American actor (born 1946)

*March 12th, 1946, Denver

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Kent Conrad

American politician (born 1948)

*March 12th, 1948, Bismarck

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Ratko Mladić

Convicted war-criminal and former general of the Bosnian Serb military (1991-1996)

*March 12th, 1943, Božanovići

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Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

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James Taylor

American singer and guitarist

*March 12th, 1948, Boston

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André Comte-Sponville

French philosopher

*March 12th, 1952, Paris

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Peter Harry Carstensen

German politician

*March 12th, 1947, Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog

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Knut Bohwim

Norwegian filmmaker (1931-2020)

*March 12th, 1931, Oslo †June 16th, 2020, Oslo

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Lena Frier Kristiansen

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*March 12th, 1983, Randers

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Chen Hsiao-Huan

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1987, Kaohsiung

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Courtney B. Vance

American actor

*March 12th, 1960, Detroit

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Darya Samarchants

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Kharkiv

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Joel Eipe

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1997, Frederiksberg

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Loh Kean Hean

Singaporean badminton player

*March 12th, 1995, Penang

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Ian Holloway

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*March 12th, 1963, Bristol

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David Daniels

American opera singer

*March 12th, 1966, Spartanburg

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Kok Jing Hong

Malaysian badminton player

*March 12th, 2002, Kedah

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Peter Orloff

German recording artist, composer, actor and songwriter

*March 12th, 1944, Lemgo

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Stromae

Belgian singer and producer

*March 12th, 1985, Etterbeek

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Carlos Ramirez

Colombian BMX rider

*March 12th, 1994, Medellín

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Reinhard Weis

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*March 12th, 1949, Tangermünde

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Anna Zak

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*March 12th, 2001, Sochi

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Herbert Wessel

German athlete

*March 12th, 1944, Königsberg

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Oliver Grüner

German rower

*March 12th, 1966, Frankfurt

57

Michael Walter

German luger (1959–2016)

*March 12th, 1959, Pirna †August 6th, 2016

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

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Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

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Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

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Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

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Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

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Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

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Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

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Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

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Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

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Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

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Bob Marley

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*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

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Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

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Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

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Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

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Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

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Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

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Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

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Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

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Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

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Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

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Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Wojciech Smoczyński