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• 1953 CERobert ZoellickRobert Bruce Zoellick (German: [ˈtsœlɪk]; born July 25, 1953) is an American lawyer and government official…
• 1952 CERobert ZubrinRobert Zubrin (born April 9, 1952) is an American aerospace engineer, author, and advocate for human…
• 1910 CERobert van GulikRobert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: 髙羅佩; pinyin: Gāo Luópèi, 9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch…
• 1945 CERoberta BondarRoberta Lynn Bondar (born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is…
• 1983 CERoberta VinciRoberta Vinci (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrta ˈvintʃi]; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian former tennis…
• 1952 CERoberto BenigniRoberto Remigio Benigni ( bə-NEE-nyee, Italian: [roˈbɛrto beˈniɲɲi]; born 27 October 1952) is an Italian…
• 1967 CERoberto RepoleRoberto Repole (born 29 January 1967) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Turin…
• 1405 CERoberto ValturioRoberto Valturio (1405–1475) was an Italian engineer and writer born in Rimini. He was the author of the…
• 1947 CERobin DunbarRobin Ian MacDonald Dunbar (born 28 June 1947) is a British biological anthropologist, evolutionary…
• 1968 CERobin LiRobin Li Yanhong (Chinese: 李彦宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born 17 November 1968) is a Chinese software engineer and…
• 1984 CERobin SöderlingRobin Bo Carl Söderling (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔ̌bːɪn ˈsø̌ːdɛɭɪŋ]; born 14 August 1984) is a Swedish…
• 1937 CERobin WarrenJohn Robin Warren (11 June 1937 – 23 July 2024) was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher…
• 1957 CERoch Marc Christian KaboréRoch Marc Christian Kaboré (French pronunciation: [ʁɔk maʁk kʁistjɑ̃ kabɔʁe]; born 25 April 1957) is a…
• 1925 CERock HudsonRock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor. One of…
• 1938 CERod LaverRodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked…
• 1945 CERod StewartSir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer and songwriter. Known for his…
• 1956 CERoderick MacKinnonRoderick MacKinnon (born February 19, 1956) is an American biophysicist, neuroscientist, and businessman. He…
• 1898 CERodion MalinovskyRodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: Родио́н Я́ковлевич Малино́вский; Ukrainian: Родіо́н Я́кович…
• 1917 CERodney Robert PorterRodney Robert Porter (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.
• 1882 CERodolfo GrazianiRodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (US: GRAHT-see-AH-nee, Italian: [roˈdɔlfo ɡratˈtsjaːni]; 11 August…
• 1443 CERodolphus AgricolaRodolphus Agricola (August 28, 1443 – October 27, 1485) was a Dutch humanist scholar recognized as the…
• 1220 CERoger BaconRoger Bacon (Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also…
• 1929 CERoger BannisterSir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance…
• 1060 CERoger BorsaRoger Borsa (c. 1061 – 22 February 1111) was the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of…
• 1935 CERoger Bruce ChaffeeRoger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and…
• 1947 CERoger D. KornbergRoger David Kornberg (born April 24, 1947) is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at…
• 1942 CERoger EbertRoger Joseph Ebert ( EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian…
• 1922 CERoger EtchegarayRoger Marie Élie Etchegaray (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe ɛtʃɛɡaʁaj]; 25 September 1922 – 4 September 2019)…
• 1981 CERoger FedererRoger Federer ( FED-ər-ər; Swiss Standard German: [ˈrɔdʒər ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former…
• 1866 CERoger FryRoger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an English painter and critic, and a member of the…
• 1913 CERoger GaraudyRoger Garaudy (French: [ʁɔʒe gaʁodi]; 17 July 1913 – 13 June 2012) was a French philosopher, French…
• 1924 CERoger GuilleminRoger Charles Louis Guillemin (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʒe ʃaʁl lwi ɡijmɛ̃]; January 11, 1924 – February 21…
• 1927 CERoger MooreSir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the fourth actor to…
• 1951 CERoger MyersonRoger Bruce Myerson (born March 29, 1951) is an American economist and a Distinguished Service Professor at…
• 1931 CERoger PenroseSir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and philosopher…
• 1944 CERoger ScrutonSir Roger Vernon Scruton (27 February 1944 – 12 January 2020) was an English philosopher, writer, and social…
• 1913 CERoger SperryRoger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist…
• 1949 CERoger TaylorRoger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He achieved…
• 1943 CERoger WatersGeorge Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist.…
• 1603 CERoger WilliamsRoger Williams (c. 1603 – March 1683) was an English-born New England minister, theologian, author, and…
• 1952 CERoger Y. TsienRoger Yonchien Tsien (Chinese: 錢永健; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist. He was a…
• 1267 CERoger de FlorRoger de Flor (Eastern Catalan pronunciation: [ruˈʒe ðə ˈflɔ, ro-], Western Catalan pronunciation: [roˈdʒeɾ…
• 1243 CERoger-Bernard III, Count of FoixRoger-Bernard III (1243 – 3 March 1302) was the Count of Foix from 1265 to his death. He was the son of Roger…
• 1390 CERogier van der WeydenRogier van der Weyden (Dutch: [roːˈɣiːr vɑn dər ˈʋɛidə(n)]; 1399 or 1400 in Tournai – 18 June 1464 in…
• 1946 CERoh Moo-hyunRoh Moo-hyun (Korean: 노무현, pronounced [no muçʌn]; 1 September 1946 – 23 May 2009) was a South Korean…
• 1932 CERoh Tae-wooRoh Tae-woo (Korean: 노태우, pronounced [no.tʰɛ.u]; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean army…
• 1915 CERoland BarthesRoland Gérard Barthes (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ baʁt]; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary…
• 1888 CERoland GarrosEugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]; 6 October 1888 – 5 October 1918) was a French…
• 1944 CERolf M. ZinkernagelRolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born 6 January 1944) is a professor of experimental immunology at the University…
• 1914 CERomain GaryRomain Gary (born Roman Leibovich Kacew; 21 May [O.S. 8 May] 1914 – 2 December 1980), also known by the pen…
• 1866 CERomain RollandRomain Rolland (French: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ʁɔlɑ̃]; 29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist…
• 1874 CERomaine BrooksRomaine Brooks (born Beatrice Romaine Goddard; May 1, 1874 – December 7, 1970) was an American painter who…
• 1895 CERoman GhirshmanRoman Ghirshman (Russian: Роман Михайлович Гиршман, Roman Mikhailovich Girshman; October 3, 1895 – 5…
• 1896 CERoman JakobsonRoman Osipovich Jakobson (born Roman Iosel-Berovich Yakobson; 10 October [O.S. 28 September] 1896 – 18 July…
• 1897 CERoman VishniacRoman Vishniac (Russian: Роман Соломонович Вишняк, romanized: Roman Solomonovich Visnyak; August 19, 1897 –…
• 1886 CERoman von Ungern-SternbergBaron Nikolai Robert Maximilian Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (Russian: Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг…
• 1885 CERomano GuardiniRomano Guardini (17 February 1885, Verona, Italy – 1 October 1968, Munich, Germany) was an Italian…
• 870 CERomanos I LekapenosRomanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (Greek: Ῥωμανός Λακαπηνός or Λεκαπηνός, romanized: Rōmanos Lakapēnos or…
• 938 CERomanos IIRomanos II (Greek: Ῥωμανός, romanized: Rōmanos; 938 – 15 March 963) was Byzantine Emperor from 959 to 963. He…
• 968 CERomanos III ArgyrosRomanos III Argyros (Greek: Ῥωμανός Ἀργυρός, romanized: Rōmanos Argyros; Latinized Romanus III Argyrus; 968 –…
• 1030 CERomanos IV DiogenesRomanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ῥωμανός Διογένης, romanized: Rōmanos Diogenēs; (c. 1030 – 4 August 1072) was…
• 490 CERomanos the MelodistRomanos the Melodist (Greek: Ῥωμανὸς ὁ Μελωδός; late 5th-century – after 555) was a Byzantine hymnographer…
• 1115 CERomuald GuarnaRomuald Guarna (between 1110 and 1120 – 1 April 1181/2) was the Archbishop of Salerno (as Romuald II) from…
• 770 BCERomulusRomulus (Classical Latin: [ˈroːmʊɫʊs]) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions…
• 301 CERomulus of GenoaRomulus (or Remo) of Genoa (Italian: Romolo; Ligurian: Reumo(l)o) was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the…
• 1935 CERon PaulRonald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, medical doctor, and former…
• 1947 CERon RivestRonald Linn Rivest (born May 6, 1947) is an American cryptographer and computer scientist whose work has…
• 1933 CERon WyattRonald Eldon Wyatt (June 2, 1933 – August 4, 1999) was an American pseudo-archaeologist who claimed to have…
• 1890 CERonald FisherSir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was an English polymath who was active as a…
• 1897 CERonald George Wreyford NorrishRonald George Wreyford Norrish FRS (9 November 1897 – 7 June 1978) was a British chemist who was awarded the…
• 1929 CERonald GoliasRonald Golias (4 May 1929 – 27 September 2005) was a Brazilian comedian and actor.
• 1888 CERonald KnoxRonald Arbuthnott Knox (17 February 1888 – 24 August 1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian…
• 1911 CERonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the…
• 1857 CERonald RossSir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor. He received the 1902 Nobel…
• 1936 CERonald VenetiaanRonald Runaldo Venetiaan (18 June 1936 – 5 November 2025) was a Surinamese politician who served as President…
• 1942 CERonnie James DioRonald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an…
• 1947 CERonnie WoodRonald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling…
• 1822 CERosa BonheurRosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French painter, sculptor and…
• 1871 CERosa LuxemburgRosa Luxemburg ( LUK-səm-burg; Polish: Róża Luksemburg [ˈruʐa ˈluksɛmburk]; German: [ˈʁoːza ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk]; 5…
• 1675 CERosalba CarrieraRosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was an Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she…
• 1928 CERosalie GicandaRosalie Gicanda (1928 – 20 April 1994) was the wife of Rwandan King (Kinyarwanda: mwami) Mutara III…
• 1921 CERosalyn Sussman YalowRosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of…
• 1050 CERoscellinusRoscelin of Compiègne (c. 1050 – c. 1121), better known by his Latinized name Roscellinus Compendiensis or…
• 1898 CERose VallandRose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art curator, member of the…
• 1964 CERosen PlevnelievRosen Asenov Plevneliev (Bulgarian: Росен Асенов Плевнелиев, born 14 May 1964) is a Bulgarian politician who…
• 1915 CERoss MacdonaldKenneth Millar (December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983), known mainly by the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an…
• 1494 CERosso FiorentinoGiovanni Battista di Jacopo (8 March 1495 – 14 November 1540), known as Rosso Fiorentino (meaning "Florentine…
• 601 CERostam FarrokhzādRostam Farrokhzād (Persian: رستم فرخزاد) was a dynast from the Ispahbudhan family, who served as the spahbed…
• 1766 CERostam al-HokamaRostam al-Hokama (Persian: رستم الحکما; 1766–1848) was a scribe and historian during the late Zand and early…
• 1916 CERostislav AlexeyevRostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev (Russian: Ростисла́в Евге́ньевич Алексе́ев; December 18, 1916 – February 9…
• 1760 CERouget de LisleClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (French: [klod ʒozɛf ʁuʒɛ d(ə) lil]; 10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French…
• 1950 CERowan WilliamsRowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950), is a Welsh Anglican bishop…
• 1936 CERoy EmersonRoy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player. He won 12 Grand Slam…
• 1925 CERoy J. GlauberRoy Jay Glauber (September 1, 1925 – December 26, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist. He was the…
• 1923 CERoy LichtensteinRoy Fox Lichtenstein ( LIK-tən-STYN; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American artist. A leading…
• 1893 CERoy O. DisneyRoy Oliver Disney ( DIZ-nee; June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971) was an American entrepreneur. He co-founded…
• 1936 CERoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist known…
• 1888 CERoyal RifeRoyal Raymond Rife (May 16, 1888 – August 5, 1971) was an American inventor and early exponent of…
• 1950 CERoza OtunbayevaRoza Isakovna Otunbayeva (born 23 August 1950) is a Kyrgyzstani politician and diplomat who served as the…
• 210 CERuan JiRuan Ji (210–263), courtesy name Sizong, was a Chinese musician, poet, and military officer who lived in the…
• 1883 CERube GoldbergReuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist, sculptor…
• 1867 CERubén Darío pornoFélix Rubén García Sarmiento (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916), known as Rubén Darío (US: dah-REE-oh…
• 859 CERudakiRudaki (also spelled Rodaki; Persian: رودکی; c. 858 – 940/41) was a poet, singer, and musician who is…
• 1903 CERudolf AbelWilliam August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), better known by the alias Rudolf Ivanovich Abel…
• 1884 CERudolf BultmannRudolf Karl Bultmann (German: [ˈbʊltman]; 20 August 1884 – 30 July 1976) was a German Lutheran theologian and…
• 1891 CERudolf CarnapPaul Rudolf Carnap (German: [ˈkaʁnaːp]; 18 May 1891 – 14 September 1970) was a German philosopher and…
• 1846 CERudolf Christoph EuckenRudolf Christoph Eucken (German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈɔʏkn̩]; 5 January 1846 – 15 September 1926) was a German…
• 1822 CERudolf ClausiusRudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (German pronunciation: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈklaʊzi̯ʊs]; 2 January 1822 – 24 August 1888)…
• 1858 CERudolf DieselRudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English:, German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈkʀɪsti̯an kaʁl ˈdiːzl̩]; 18 March 1858 – 29…
• 1930 CERudolf E. KálmánRudolf Emil Kálmán (May 19, 1930 – July 2, 2016) was a Hungarian-American electrical engineer, mathematician…
• 1736 CERudolf Erich RaspeRudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by…
• 1900 CERudolf HössRudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German: [hœs]; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a…
• 1803 CERudolf KeyserJakob Rudolf Keyser (1 January 1803 – 9 October 1864) was a Norwegian historian, archaeologist and educator.
• 1822 CERudolf LeuckartKarl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (7 October 1822 – 6 February 1898) was a German zoologist and a…
• 1832 CERudolf LipschitzRudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz (14 May 1832 – 7 October 1903) was a German mathematician who made…
• 1929 CERudolf Ludwig MössbauerRudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈmœsˌbaʊ̯ɐ]; 31 January 1929 – 14 September 2011) was a German…
• 1861 CERudolf SteinerRudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (German: [ˈʃtaɪnɐ]; 27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian New…
• 1821 CERudolf VirchowRudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow ( VEER-koh, FEER-khoh; German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf ˈvɪʁço, - ˈfɪʁço]; 13 October 1821 – 5…
• 1805 CERudolf WagnerRudolf Friedrich Johann Heinrich Wagner (30 July 1805 – 13 May 1864) was a German anatomist and physiologist…
• 1883 CERudolf WeiglRudolf Stefan Jan Weigl (2 September 1883 – 11 August 1957) was a Polish biologist, physician and inventor…
• 1858 CERudolf, Crown Prince of AustriaRudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son…
• 1923 CERudolph A. MarcusRudolph Arthur Marcus (July 21, 1923 – July 16, 2026) was a Canadian-born American chemist who received the…
• 1944 CERudy GiulianiRudolph William Louis Giuliani (Italian: [dʒuˈljaːni]; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and…
• 1865 CERudyard KiplingJoseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, novelist…
• 335 CERufinusFlavius Rufinus (Greek: Φλάβιος Ῥουφῖνος; c. 335 – 27 November 395) was a 4th-century Eastern Roman statesman…
• 100 CERufus of ThebesRufus of Thebes (Greek: Ῥοῦφος ό Θηβαίος) is numbered among the Seventy Disciples in Eastern Orthodox…
• 1857 CERuggero LeoncavalloRuggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and…
• 367 CERugilaRugila or Ruga (also Ruas; died second half of the 430s AD), was a ruler who was a major factor in the Huns'…
• 1900 CERuhollah KhomeiniRuhollah Mostafavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served…
• 1901 CERumaitha Al BusaidiRumaitha Al Busaidi is an Omani climate change activist, women's rights activist, radio presenter, marine…
• 700 CERumbold of MechelenSaint Rumbold (or Rumold, Romuold; Dutch: Rombout; French: Rombaut; Latin: Rum(w)oldus, Rumwaldus, Rumboldus…
• 1963 CERumen RadevRumen Georgiev Radev (born 18 June 1963) is a Bulgarian politician and former Bulgarian Air Force officer who…
• 1907 CERun Run ShawSir Run Run Shaw (born Shao Renleng; 19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu…
• 1876 CERupert MayerRupert Mayer (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and a leading figure of the…
• 1942 CERupert SheldrakeAlfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed…
• 1075 CERupert of DeutzRupert of Deutz (Latin: Rupertus Tuitiensis; c. 1075/1080 – c. 1129) was an influential Benedictine…
• 1542 CERuqaiya Sultan BegumRuqaiya Sultan Begum (alternatively spelled Ruqayya or Ruqayyah; c. 1542 – January 1626) was the first and…
• 830 CERurikRurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; Church Slavonic: Рюрикъ, romanized: Rjurikŭ; Old Norse: Hrøríkʀ…
• 1973 CERuslana LyzhychkoRuslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (Ukrainian: Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, IPA: [rʊsˈlɑnɐ steˈpɑn⁽ʲ⁾iu̯nɐ…
• 1950 CERussell A. HulseRussell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in…
• 1964 CERussell CroweRussell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is a New Zealand–born actor and film director. His work on screen has…
• 1230 CERutebeufRutebeuf (or Rustebeuf; fl. 1245 – c. 1285) was a French trouvère (poet-composers who worked in France's…
• 1933 CERuth ArnonRuth Arnon (Hebrew: רות ארנון [ʁut aʁ'non]; born in Tel Aviv on June 1, 1933) is an Israeli biochemist and…
• 1933 CERuth Bader GinsburgJoan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an…
• 1923 CERuth BleierRuth Harriet Bleier (November 17, 1923 – January 4, 1988) was an American neurophysiologist who is also one…
• 1916 CERuth HandlerRuth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and…
• 1946 CERuth ShadyRuth Martha Shady Solís (born 29 December 1946) is a Peruvian anthropologist and archaeologist. She is the…
• 1822 CERutherford B. HayesRutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States…
• 400 CERutilius Claudius NamatianusRutilius Claudius Namatianus (fl. 5th century) was a Roman Imperial poet, best known for his Latin poem, De…
• 1400 CERuy González de ClavijoRuy González de Clavijo (died 2 April 1412) was a Castilian traveler and writer. In 1403–1405, Clavijo was…
• 5 CERuzi YingRuzi Ying (Chinese: 孺子嬰; pinyin: Rúzi Yīng; lit. 'Infant Ying'; 5 – February or March 25 CE), personal name…
• 1711 CERuđer Josip BoškovićRoger Joseph Boscovich (18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician…
• 1980 CERyan GoslingRyan Thomas Gosling ( GOSS-ling; born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Known for his work in both…
• 1938 CERyōji NoyoriRyōji Noyori (野依 良治, Noyori Ryōji; born 3 September 1938) is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in…
• 1892 CERyūnosuke AkutagawaRyūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke; Japanese pronunciation: [ɾʲɯː.no.sɯ̥.ke], 1 March 1892 – 24…
• 1905 CERózsa PéterRózsa Péter, until January 1934 Rózsa Politzer, (17 February 1905 – 16 February 1977) was a Hungarian…
• 1500 CERüstem PaşaRüstem Pasha (Turkish pronunciation: [ɾysˈtæm pa.ʃa]; Ottoman Turkish: رستم پاشا; c. 1505 – 10 July 1561) was…

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• 1916 CES. YizharYizhar Smilansky (Hebrew: יִזְהָר סְמִילַנְסְקִי; 27 September 1916 – 21 August 2006), known by his pen name…
• 595 CESa'd ibn Abi WaqqasSa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri (Arabic: سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصِ بْنِ وُهَيْبٍ اَلزُّهْرِيُّ…
• 601 CESa'id ibn Amir al-JumahiSa'id ibn Amir al-Jumahi (Arabic: سعيد بن عامر الجمحي, romanized: Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir al-Jumaḥī) was a companion…
• 730 CESa'id ibn Aws al-AnsariAbū Zayd Sa’īd ibn Aws al-Anṣārī (أبو زيد سعيد بن أوس الأنصاري; died 830 CE/215 AH) was an Arab linguist and…
• 665 CESa'id ibn JubayrSa‘īd ibn Jubayr (665–714) (Arabic: سعيد بن جبير), also known as Abū ‘Abd Allāh, was originally from Kufa, in…
• 1680 CESaadat Ali Khan ISaadat Khan Nishapuri (born Mir Muhammad Amin; c. 1680 – 19 March 1739) was the first Nawab of the Kingdom of…
• 1210 CESaadiAbu Mohammad Moshrefoldin Mosleh ebn Abdollah ebn Mosharraf (1209/10–1291/92), better known by his pen name…
• 882 CESaadia GaonSaʿadia ben Yosef Gaon or Said bin Yusuf al-Fayyumi (892–942) was a prominent rabbi, gaon, Jewish…
• 1929 CESabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh Ṣabāḥ…
• 1907 CESabahattin AliSabahattin Ali (25 February 1907 – 2 April 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and…
• 1626 CESabbatai ZeviSabbatai Zevi (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי, romanized: Šabbəṯay Ṣəḇī, August 1, 1626 – c. September 17, 1676), or…
• 1913 CESabiha GökçenSabiha Gökçen (Turkish: [sabiˈha ɟøcˈtʃɛn], born Ćorović; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish…
• 1946 CESabine Bergmann-PohlSabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; German: [zaˈbiːnə ˈbɛʁkman poːl]; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor…
• 1976 CESabine HossenfelderSabine Karin Doris Hossenfelder is a German theoretical physicist, science communicator, writer, and…
• 1989 CESabine LisickiSabine Katharina Lisicki (German pronunciation: [zaˈbiːnə lɪˈzɪki]; born 22 September 1989) is a German…
• 530 CESabinianPope Sabinian (Latin: Sabinianus) was the bishop of Rome from 13 September 604 to his death on 22 February…
• 1739 CESachal SarmastSachal Sarmast or Sacho Sarmast (Sindhi: سچو سرمست; c. 1739 – 1827), was an 18th and 19th century Sindhi Sufi…
• 1937 CESaddam HusseinSaddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the…
• 1959 CESade AduHelen Folasade Adu (Yoruba: Fọláṣadé Adú [fɔ̄láʃādé ādú]; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade…
• 1837 CESadi CarnotMarie François Sadi Carnot (English: kar-NOH, French: [maʁi fʁɑ̃swa sadi kaʁno]; 11 August 1837 – 25 June…
• 1970 CESadiq KhanSadiq Aman Khan, Baron Khan of Tooting (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor…
• 1533 CESadiqi BegSadiqi Beg (Persian: صادقی بیگ; c. 1533 – 1610), also referred to as Sadiqi Beg Afshar (صادقی بیگ افشار) was…
• 1216 CESafi al-Din al-UrmawiSafi al-Din al-Urmawi al-Baghdadi (Persian: صفی الدین اورموی) or Safi al-Din Abd al-Mu'min ibn Yusuf ibn…
• 1611 CESafi of PersiaSam Mirza (Persian: سام میرزا; 1611 – 12 May 1642), known by his dynastic name of Shah Safi (Persian: شاه…
• 1942 CESafiur Rahman MubarakpuriSafi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri (6 June 1942 – 1 December 2006) was an Indian Islamic scholar, teacher, and…
• 1550 CESafiye SultanSafiye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: صفیه سلطان; c. 1550 – January/April 1619) was the chief consort and possibly…
• 1500 CESahib I GiraySahib I Giray (1501–1551) was Khan of Kazan for three years and Khan of Crimea for nineteen years. His father…
• 1955 CESahiba GafarovaSahiba Ali gizi Gafarova (Azerbaijani: Sahibə Əli qızı Qafarova; born 19 March 1955) is an Azerbaijani…
• 818 CESahl al-TustariSahl al-Tustarī (Arabic: سهل التستري) or Sahl Shushtarī (Persian: سهل شوشتری) according to Persian custom…
• 1950 CESahle-Work ZewdeSahle-Work Zewde (Amharic: ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ; born 21 February 1950) is an Ethiopian diplomat who served as…
• 1592 CESaib TabriziSaib Tabrizi (Persian: صائب تبریزی, romanized: Ṣāʾib Tabrīzī, میرزا محمّدعلی صائب تبریزی, Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿalī…
• 1877 CESaid NursîSaid Nursi (1877 – 23 March 1960), known also as Said-i Kurdî, was a Kurdish scholar of Islam from Turkey who…
• 1029 CESaid al-AndalusiṢāʿid al-Andalusī (Arabic: صاعِدُ الأندلسي), in full Abū al-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad ibn Abd…
• 1972 CESaif al-Islam al-GaddafiSaif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi (25 June 1972 – 3 February 2026) was a Libyan political figure. He was the…
• 1118 CESaigyōSaigyō Hōshi (西行 法師; Japanese pronunciation: [saꜜi.ɡʲoː, -ŋʲoː], 1118 – March 23, 1190) was a Japanese poet…
• 1828 CESaigō TakamoriSaigō Takamori (Japanese: 西郷 隆盛; 23 January 1828 – 24 September 1877) was a Japanese samurai and politician…
• 300 CESaint AlbanSaint Alban (Latin: Albanus) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he…
• 54 BCESaint AnneAccording to Christian tradition, Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna) was the mother of Mary, the wife of…
• 100 CESaint ApollosApollos (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώς) was a 1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in…
• 550 CESaint BlaneSaint Blane (Old Irish Bláán, died 590) was a bishop and confessor in Scotland, born on the Isle of Bute…
• 675 CESaint BonifaceBoniface (born Wynfreth; c. 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the…
• 1001 CESaint BotvidSaint Botvid was a Christian missionary in Sweden during the 11th century.
• 1480 CESaint CajetanGaetano dei Conti di Thiene (October 1480 – 7 August 1547), known in English as Saint Cajetan ( KAJ-ə-tən)…