Xu Genbao (80)
January 16th, 1944

Chinese football manager – Xu Genbao was born in Shanghai (Provincial-level municipality in China, the largest city in the PRC) on January 16th, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

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78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

42

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

37

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

80

Udo Lattek

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

*January 16th, 1935, Boże, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †February 1st, 2015, Cologne

74

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

76

Gregor Gysi

German lawyer and left-wing politician

*January 16th, 1948, Berlin

84

Franz Müntefering

German politician and industrial manager

*January 16th, 1940, Neheim-Hüsten

75

Norbert Kartmann

German politician

*January 16th, 1949, Nieder-Weisel

82

Lothar Metz

East German wrestler

*January 16th, 1939, Meerane †January 23rd, 2021, Rostock

65

Conny Vandenbos

Dutch singer (1937–2002)

*January 16th, 1937, The Hague †April 7th, 2002, Amsterdam

75

Johannes Rau

President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 July 2004

*January 16th, 1931, Wuppertal †January 27th, 2006, Berlin

29

Yebba

American singer

*January 16th, 1995, Arkansas

21

Katherine Valli

Badminton player

*January 16th, 2003, Pittsburgh

81

Gavin Bryars

British musician

*January 16th, 1943, Goole

44

Lin-Manuel Miranda

American actor

*January 16th, 1980, Manhattan

82

Richard Bohringer

French actor, director, producer

*January 16th, 1942, Moulins

43

Bobby Zamora

English association football player (born 1981)

*January 16th, 1981, Barking

81

Brian Ferneyhough

British composer

*January 16th, 1943, Coventry

76

Ethel Merman

American actress and singer (1908-1984)

*January 16th, 1908, Astoria †February 15th, 1984, Manhattan

71

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll

German classical philologist

*January 16th, 1819, Sechshelden †June 19th, 1890, Weilburg

65

Mona Seilitz

Swedish actress (1943-2008)

*January 16th, 1943, Malmö †April 2nd, 2008, Malmö

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

92

Willem Aantjes

Dutch politician (1923–2015)

*January 16th, 1923, Bleskensgraaf †October 22nd, 2015, Utrecht

76

John Carpenter

American director, screenwriter and composer

*January 16th, 1948, Carthage

79

Ewa Demarczyk

Polish singer, actress

*January 16th, 1941, Kraków †August 14th, 2020, Kraków

50

Kate Moss

English supermodel and businesswoman

*January 16th, 1974, Addiscombe

65

Sade Adu

British singer

*January 16th, 1959, Ibadan

55

Roy Jones Jr.

American boxer, rapper and actor

*January 16th, 1969, Pensacola

65

Keith Wayne

American actor, professional wrestler and singer (1945-2010)

*January 16th, 1945, Washington †March 24th, 2010, Toronto

76

Nicole Fontaine

French MEP (1942-2018)

*January 16th, 1942, Grainville-Ymauville †May 17th, 2018, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

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