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Born on this day
- Footballers born on this date
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28 years ago
Viktor GYOKERES
1998
PLACE OF BIRTH
Sweden
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30 years ago
Dion COOLS
1996
PLACE OF BIRTH
Kuching, Malaysia.
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30 years ago
Oliver McBURNIE
1996
PLACE OF BIRTH
Leeds, England
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34 years ago
Jordan HUGILL
1992
PLACE OF BIRTH
Middlesbrough, England
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35 years ago
Federico SANTANDER
1991
PLACE OF BIRTH
San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
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35 years ago
Lorenzo INSIGNE
1991
PLACE OF BIRTH
Naples, Italy.
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35 years ago
Rajiv VAN LA PARRA
1991
PLACE OF BIRTH
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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41 years ago
Lukas PODOLSKI
1985
PLACE OF BIRTH
Gliwice, Poland.
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43 years ago
Emmanuel EBOUE
1983
PLACE OF BIRTH
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
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43 years ago
N'Dri ROMARIC
1983
PLACE OF BIRTH
Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire
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44 years ago
Matthew GILKS
1982
PLACE OF BIRTH
Rochdale, England.
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45 years ago
Gary TAYLOR-FLETCHER
1981
PLACE OF BIRTH
Widnes, England.
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45 years ago
Giourkas SEITARIDIS
1981
PLACE OF BIRTH
Athens, Greece
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46 years ago
Bobby HASSELL
1980
PLACE OF BIRTH
Derby, England
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46 years ago
Pontus FARNERUD
1980
PLACE OF BIRTH
Helsingborg, Sweden.
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47 years ago
Naohiro TAKAHARA
1979
PLACE OF BIRTH
Shizuoka, Japan
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49 years ago
Alex MANNINGER
1977
PLACE OF BIRTH
Salisburgo, Austria. Died 16th April 2026 aged 48.
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51 years ago
Andy COUZENS
1975
PLACE OF BIRTH
Shipley, England.
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53 years ago
Larus SIGURDSSON
1973
PLACE OF BIRTH
Akureyri, Iceland
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57 years ago
Regi BLINKER
1969
PLACE OF BIRTH
Paramaribo, Surinam.
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58 years ago
Ian TAYLOR
1968
PLACE OF BIRTH
Birmingham, England
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64 years ago
Per FRIMANN
1962
PLACE OF BIRTH
Gladsaxe, Denmark.
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69 years ago
Neil McNAB
1957
PLACE OF BIRTH
Greenock, Scotland
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83 years ago
Alan BLACK
1943
PLACE OF BIRTH
Glasgow, Scotland. Died December 2025 aged 82.
- Athletes born on this date
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23 years ago
Nelly CHEPCHIRCHIR
2003
PLACE OF BIRTH
Kenya.
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25 years ago
Jacob KROP
2001
PLACE OF BIRTH
Kenya.
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30 years ago
Abraham KIBIWOTT
1996
PLACE OF BIRTH
Kenya.
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37 years ago
Pawel FAJDEK
1989
PLACE OF BIRTH
Świebodzice, Poland.
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43 years ago
Olha SALADUHA
1983
PLACE OF BIRTH
Donetsk, Ukraine.
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43 years ago
Satoshi OSAKI
1983
PLACE OF BIRTH
Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
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44 years ago
Abel KIRUI
1982
PLACE OF BIRTH
Samitui village, Nandi district, Kenya
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44 years ago
Gulfiya KHANAFEYEVA
1982
PLACE OF BIRTH
Tatar, Russia.
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58 years ago
Niurka MONTALVO
1968
PLACE OF BIRTH
La Habana, Cuba
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69 years ago
John TREACY
1957
PLACE OF BIRTH
Villerstown, Ireland.
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75 years ago
Bronislaw MALINOWSKI
1951
PLACE OF BIRTH
Nowe, Poland. Died 27th September 1981. Aged 30.
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81 years ago
John SHERWOOD
1945
PLACE OF BIRTH
Selby, England. Died 19th August 2025 aged 80.
- Cricketers born on this date
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35 years ago
Ben STOKES
1991
PLACE OF BIRTH
Christchurch, New Zealand.
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76 years ago
Brian ROSE
1950
PLACE OF BIRTH
Dartford, England.
- Rugby Players born on this date
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31 years ago
Duhan van der MERWE
1995
PLACE OF BIRTH
George, South Africa.
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37 years ago
Bernard Le ROUX
1989
PLACE OF BIRTH
Moorreesburg, South Africa.
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38 years ago
Masataka MIKAMI
1988
PLACE OF BIRTH
Aomori, Japan.
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40 years ago
Chris ROBSHAW
1986
PLACE OF BIRTH
Redhill, England.
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44 years ago
Dan HIPKISS
1982
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ipswich, England
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47 years ago
Daniel VICKERMAN
1979
PLACE OF BIRTH
Cape Town, South Africa. Died 18th. 2017 age 37.
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59 years ago
Andrew BLADES
1967
PLACE OF BIRTH
Australia
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74 years ago
Ciaran FITZGERALD
1952
PLACE OF BIRTH
Galway, Ireland
- Tennis Players born on this date
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41 years ago
Anna-Lena GROENEFELD
1985
PLACE OF BIRTH
Nordhorn, Germany
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61 years ago
Andrea JAEGER
1965
PLACE OF BIRTH
Chicago, U.S.A.
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