Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (85)
August 7th, 1938

Spanish writer – Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín was born in Ourense (Municipality in Galicia, northwestern Spain) on August 7th, 1938 and is 85 years old today.

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Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

81

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

79

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

78

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

*August 7th, 1933, Los Angeles †June 12th, 2012, Bloomington

24

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

78

Franco Columbu

Italian bodybuilder and actor (1941–2019)

*August 7th, 1941, Ollolai †August 30th, 2019, San Teodoro

73

Jean-Luc Dehaene

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999

*August 7th, 1940, Montpellier †May 15th, 2014, Quimper

76

Sofia Rotaru

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

66

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

48

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

64

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

81

Caetano Veloso

Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist

*August 7th, 1942, Santo Amaro

79

David Rasche

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Belleville

84

Anjanette Comer

American actress

*August 7th, 1939, Dawson

41

Abebe Bikila

Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion

*August 7th, 1932, Shewa †October 25th, 1973, Addis Ababa

81

Tobin Bell

American actor (born 1942)

*August 7th, 1942, Queens

88

Arrigo Petacco

Italian historian and journalist

*August 7th, 1929, Castelnuovo Magra †April 3rd, 2018, Porto Venere

26

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

63

Rien Poortvliet

Dutch painter, best known for his drawings of animals and "Gnomes" (1932-1995)

*August 7th, 1932, Schiedam †September 15th, 1995, Soest

57

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

37

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

75

James P. Allison

American immunologist and Nobel laureate

*August 7th, 1948, Alice

92

James Randi

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

*August 7th, 1928, Toronto †October 20th, 2020, Plantation

31

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

65

Bruce Dickinson

English heavy metal singer (born 1958)

*August 7th, 1958, Worksop

86

Jack Good

British producer (1931-2017)

*August 7th, 1931, Greenford †September 24th, 2017, Oxfordshire

26

Kyler Skibidi Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

Also born in 1938

85

Otto Rehhagel

German footballer and manager

*August 9th, 1938, Essen

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

82

Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

*July 20th, 1938, Doncaster †September 10th, 2020, London

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

83

Herbert Achternbusch

German writer, painter and filmmaker (1938–2022)

*November 23rd, 1938, Munich †January 10th, 2022, Munich

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

66

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

84

Fritz Pleitgen

German journalist and author (1938-2022)

*March 21st, 1938, Duisburg †September 15th, 2022, Cologne

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Tommy Chong

Canadian actor and comedian

*May 24th, 1938, Edmonton

79

Gene Michael

Former Major League Baseball player, manager, executive

*June 2nd, 1938, Kent †September 7th, 2017, Oldsmar

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

85

Connie Stevens

American actress and singer

*August 8th, 1938, Brooklyn

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

86

Frank Langella

American actor

*January 1st, 1938, Bayonne

85

Dolores Hart

American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress

*October 20th, 1938, Chicago

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Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

85

Heinz Fischer

8th president of Austria

*October 9th, 1938, Graz

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Enrico Macias

French recording artist; singer,(Born on December 11, 1938 he is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.He was born in Constantine, Algeria.)

*December 11th, 1938, Constantine

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Duane Eddy

American guitarist

*April 26th, 1938, Corning

Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín