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Who was born in 1934

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Leonid Kravchuk

Leonid Kravchuk

19342022

Ukrainian politician and economist who served as the first President of Ukraine, leading the nation to independence from the Soviet Union

February

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Bettino Craxi

Bettino Craxi

19342000

Italian politician who served as the 45th Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 and leader of the Italian Socialist Party

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

19341992

American writer, poet, and activist who championed the liberation of all oppressed peoples through her powerful words and deeds

Niklaus Wirth

Niklaus Wirth

19342024

Swiss computer scientist, engineer, and inventor who designed the Pascal programming language and won the Turing Award in 1984 for his contributions to programming language development

Bill Russell

Bill Russell

19342022

American professional basketball player and coach, renowned as the centerpiece of the Boston Celtics' dynasty that won 11 NBA championships

John Surtees

John Surtees

19342017

British motorcycle and Formula One legend, and the only person to win World Championships on both two and four wheels

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron

19342021

American baseball player known as "Hammerin' Hank" who broke Babe Ruth's career home run record and was a leading voice for civil rights

March

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Richard Chamberlain

Richard Chamberlain

19342025

American actor and singer who transitioned from a teen idol in Dr. Kildare to a renowned classical stage actor and "King of the Mini-Series"

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

19342023

American actor, filmmaker, and musician who earned an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Tony Award during a seven-decade career

Eugene Cernan

Eugene Cernan

19342017

American NASA astronaut, naval aviator, and engineer who was the eleventh and last human to walk on the Moon

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

19342024

Israeli-American psychologist and economist who won the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize for integrating psychological insights into economic science, becoming known as the 'grandfather of behavioral economics'

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Yasuo Takamori

19342016

Japanese association football player and manager who played for the Japan national team

April

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Masao Uchino

19342013

Japanese association football player and coach known for his contributions to the Japan national team

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Kenzo Ohashi

19342015

Japanese association football player and coach who represented his nation on the field and contributed to the sport's growth through his leadership

Roman Herzog

Roman Herzog

19342017

German politician, jurist, and judge who served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999, and the first president elected after German reunification

May

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Alexey Leonov

Alexey Leonov

19342019

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to conduct a spacewalk on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission

Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt I. Samuelsson

19342024

Swedish biochemist who shared the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances

July

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Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

19342022

American actress best known for her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

19342025

Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded the Armani luxury fashion house, renowned for minimalist, deconstructed silhouettes that redefined contemporary elegance and shaped celebrity style

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

19342008

American film director, producer, and actor known for critically acclaimed studio films and receiving two Academy Awards

August

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

19342017

Iranian politician and cleric, a founding father of the Islamic Republic, who served as president and championed economic liberalization

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Gyoji Matsumoto

19342019

Japanese association football player who represented his country on the national team, later becoming a coach and teacher of higher education

September

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Udo Jürgens

Udo Jürgens

19342014

Austrian singer and composer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, composed nearly 1,000 songs, and sold over 104 million records

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

19342025

French actress, singer, and animal rights activist known for her iconic presence and advocacy

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

19342020

American actor and singer known for his distinctive character roles in films like The Thing and Cocoon, and for his commercial work with Quaker Oats and Liberty Medical

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

19342016

Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist known for his deep, introspective lyrics on faith, love, and mortality, honored with the Order of Canada and multiple Hall of Fame inductions

David J. Thouless

David J. Thouless

19342019

British condensed-matter physicist who won the 2016 Nobel Prize for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and quantum matter

Brian Epstein

Brian Epstein

19341967

British personal manager and impresario known for discovering and managing The Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967

Clive Granger

Clive Granger

19342009

British economist and Nobel laureate recognized for his significant contributions to nonlinear time series analysis and the analysis of financial and macroeconomic data

Chuck McCann

Chuck McCann

19342018

American voice actor, comedian, and television host known for his work in children's television, commercials, and animated characters like Sonny the Cuckoo Bird

October

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Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meinhof

19341976

German journalist, sociologist, writer, and founding member of the Red Army Faction

November

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Garry Marshall

Garry Marshall

19342016

American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer known for creating Happy Days and directing popular films like Pretty Woman

Charles Manson

Charles Manson

19342017

American criminal and cult leader known for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders and his music recordings

Vavá

Vavá

19342002

Brazilian association football player nicknamed 'Peito de Aço', celebrated as one of the greatest strikers of his generation for Vasco da Gama, Atlético Madrid, Palmeiras, and the Brazil national team

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan

19341996

American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator known for his profound influence on public understanding of the universe

Kira Muratova

Kira Muratova

19342018

Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and actress known for her distinctive and unusual directorial style

December

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Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

19342024

British actress celebrated for her extensive career spanning over seven decades, known for her wit and iconic roles, and a recipient of the Triple Crown of Acting

Stanisław Šuškievič

Stanisław Šuškievič

19342022

Belarusian nuclear physicist and politician who became the first head of state of independent Belarus, instrumental in forming the Commonwealth of Independent States