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In the year 1957

1,738 Notable birthdays

Robert Townsend

American actor and director.

Born February 6th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Chicago.

David Crane

American writer and producer.

Born August 13th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Philadelphia.

Denise Nickerson

American actress (1957-2019).

Born April 1st, 1957 in New York City.

Died July 10th, 2019 at 62 years old in Aurora (pneumonia). [ref]

Robert Sapolsky

American neuroendocrinology researcher (b. 1957).

Born April 6th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Brooklyn.

Peter Murphy

English rock vocalist.

Born July 11th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Northampton.

Maxi Jazz

British rapper (1957–2022).

Born June 14th, 1957 in Brixton. [ref]

Died December 23rd, 2022 at 65 years old in London. [ref]

Janet Napolitano

American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator (born 1957).

Born November 29th, 1957 (age 68 years) in New York City.

Steven Jay Russell

American con artist and prison escapee era uruguayo.

Born September 14th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Elizabeth City.

Steve Porcaro

American keyboardist and composer.

Born September 2nd, 1957 (age 68 years) in Hartford.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

American actor.

Born October 31st, 1957 (age 68 years) in Seattle.

Taylor Negron

American actor (1957–2015).

Born August 1st, 1957 in Glendale.

Died January 10th, 2015 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer).

John Kassir

American actor and comedian.

Born October 24th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Baltimore.

Bill Cassidy

American physician and politician (born 1957).

Born September 28th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Highland Park.

Nick Hornby

English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957).

Born April 17th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Redhill.

Theo van Gogh

Dutch film director (1957–2004).

Born July 23rd, 1957 in The Hague. [ref]

Died November 2nd, 2004 at 47 years old in Amsterdam (stab wound, gunshot wound). [ref]

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez

Colombian drug trafficker.

Born May 2nd, 1957 (age 69 years) in Medellín.

C. P. Radhakrishnan

Vice president of india since 2025.

Born May 4th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Tiruppur.

Kathryn Hunter

British actor and theatre director.

Born April 9th, 1957 (age 69 years) in New York City.

Raghubir Yadav

Indian film, stage and television actor.

Born June 25th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Jabalpur.

Butch Vig

American musician and record producer.

Born August 2nd, 1957 (age 68 years) in Viroqua.

Mark E. Smith

English singer (1957–2018).

Born March 5th, 1957 in Salford.

Died January 24th, 2018 at 60 years old in Prestwich (kidney cancer, lung cancer).

Amy Aquino

American actress.

Born March 20th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Teaneck.

Dwane Casey

American professional basketball coach.

Born April 17th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Morganfield.

Bruce Rauner

Governor of illinois from 2015 to 2019.

Born February 18th, 1957 (age 69 years) in Chicago.

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwean footballer and manager.

Born October 6th, 1957 (age 68 years) in Durban.

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