In the year 1974, Lucille Ball airs the finale of Here’s Lucy (Mar 18), Steven King publishes his first novel, Carrie (Apr 5), ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo (Apr 6), the Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time in Troy, Ohio (Jun 26), the Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government (Jul 23), high-wire artist Philippe Petit crosses between the WTC Twin Towers in New York City (Aug 7), Nixon announces his resignation (Aug 8), Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message, to reach Messier 13 around the year 27,000 (Nov 16), Rubik’s Cube is invented by Ernö Rubik in Hungary - and all these fine people were born:
1974-0102 Lari Kotilainen* teacher/ Finnish language reseacher/musician - Kuuskoski, Finland
1974-0102 Juha Lind* hockey player/color commentator - Helsinki, Finland
1974-0103 Alessandro Petacchi* road racing cyclist - La Spezia, Italy
1974-0104 Sonja Richter* actress - Esbjerg, Denmark
1974-0111 Rockmond Dunbar* actor - Berkeley, CA USA
1974-0112 Stewart Wright* actor - Hammersmith, London, England
1974-0114 Kevin Durand* actor - Thunder Bay, ON Canada
1974-0116 Kate Moss* model/businesswoman - Croydon, Greater London, England
1974-0124 Ed Helms* actor/ comedian - Atlanta, GA USA
1974-0130 Christian Bale* actor - Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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1974-0204 Henrik Eriksson* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Sweden
1974-0205 Erica Johansson* long jumper - Landvetter, Sweden
1974-0205 Omarosa Manigault Newman* businesswoman/ political aide - Youngstown, OH USA
1974-0205 Roeg Jacob Racette Sutherland* talent agent/son of of Donald Sutherland – Los Angeles, CA USA
1974-0208 Seth Green* (b Gesshel-Green) actor/ writer/producer - Philadelphia, PA USA
1974-0210 Elizabeth Banks* actress - Pittsfield, MA USA
1974-0211 Alex Jones* radio show host/conspiracy theorist - Dallas, TX USA
1974-0215 Tomi Petteri Putaansuu* musician/Mr Lordi - Rovaniemi, Finland
1974-0216 Mahershala Ali* actor/rapper - Oakland, CA USA
1974-0217 Jerry O’Connell* actor - Manhattan, NY USA
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1974-0222 Tomi Metsäketo* singer - Finland
1974-0224 Bradley Sawatzky* actor - Winnipeg, MB Canada - IMDb
1974-0225 Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir* actress/producer - Reykjavik, Iceland
1974-0226 Sébastien Loeb* rally driver - Haguneau, France
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1974-0301 Mark-Paul Gosselaar* actor - Panorama City, CA USA
1974-0302 Kevin Burkhardt* sportscaster/ television host (Alone) - Bloomfield, NJ USA
1974-0303 David Faustino* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA
1974-0304 Mia Hafrén* actress/ singer - Loviisa, Finland
1974-0305 Kevin Connolly* actor/ director - New York City, NY USA
1974-0305 Eva Mendes* actress - Miami, FL USA
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1974-0307 Jenna Fischer* actress - Fort Wayne, IN USA
1974-0307 Tobias Menzies* actor - North London, England
1974-0310 Jörgen Brink* cross-country skier/biathlete - Delsbo, Sweden
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1974-0316 Anne Charrier* actress - Ruffec, Charente, France
1974-0316 Mikko Peltola* radio personality/bicyclist - Helsinki, Finland
1974-0318 Arsi Harju* athlete (shotput)/OG - Kurikka, Finland
1974-0319 Siobhan O’Sullivan* political scientist/political theorist (animal welfare) - Australia (2023/49)
1974-0321 Joseph Mawle* actor - Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
1974-0325 Laz Alonso* actor - Washington D.C. USA
1974-0328 Themis Tolis* drummer (Rotting Christ) - Athens, Greece
1974-0329 Shaun Dooley* actor/ narrator/voice-over artist - Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
1974-0331 Adrian Holmes* Welsh-Canadian actor - Wrexham, Wales
1974-0331 Jani Sievinen* swimmer - Vihti, Finland
1974-0404 Nicola Wheeler* actress (Emmerdale) - Burnley, Lancashire, England
1974-0407 Antonia Bennett* singer/daughter of Tony Bennett - Los Angeles, CA USA
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1974-0411 Anton Glanzelius* Swedish actor/television producer - Copenhagen, Denmark
1974-0413 K. Sello Duiker* novelist/screenwriter - Orlando, Soweto, South Africa (2005/30)
1974-0415 Danny Pino* actor - Miami, FL USA
1974-0415 Tim Thomas* hockey goalie - Flint, MI USA
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1974-0423 Barry Watson* actor - Traverse City, MI USA
1974-0424 Derek Luke* actor - Jersey City, NJ USA
1974-0427 Mohamed Fahmy* journalist/war correspondent - Cairo, Egypt
1974-0428 Penélope Cruz* actress - Madrid, Spain
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1974-0504 Jake Bergey* lacrosse player - Covington, KY USA
1974-0510 Jari Mönkkönen* artistic gymnast/q-plegic entrepreneur - Jyväskylä, Finland
1974-0515 Russell Hornsby* actor - Oakland, CA USA
1974-0516 Laura Pausini* singer/ songwriter/television personality - Faenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1974-0519 Nawazuddin Siddiqui* actor - Budhana, Uttar Pradesh, India
1974-0520 Stanislav Markelov* human rights lawyer - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, (2009/34)
1974-0524 Thorbjørn Harr* actor (Vikings) - Oslo, Norway
1974-0531 Piotr Kosewicz* Paralympic athlete (discus)/OG - Luban, Poland
1974-0601 Alanis Morissette* singer/musician - Ottawa, ON Canada
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1974-0606 Sonya Walger* actress/w Argentinian father - Hamstead, London, England
1974-0608 Tina McKenzie* wheelchair basketball player - Albury, NSW Australia
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1974-0617 Tarja Kankkunen* (b Jaskari) race walker - Lapua, Finland
1974-0618 Itziar Ituño* actress (La casa de papel) - Basauri, Basque County, Spain
1974-0622 Donald Faison* actor/voice actor - Harlem, NY USA
1974-0623 Joel Edgerton* actor/writer/ filmmaker - Blacktown, NSW Australia
1974-0625 Andrey Sukhovetsky* major general - Russia, Soviet Union (2022/47)
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1974-0627 Christopher O’Neill* financier/husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden - London, England
1974-0708 Jeanna Friske* singer/actress/w German background - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (2015/40)
1974-0710 Brian Thompson* assassinated businessman - Ames, IA USA (2024/50)
1974-0714 David Mitchell* actor/ comedian/writer - Salisbury, England
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1974-0719 Mikko Manner* hockey player/coach/OG - Vaasa, Finland
1974-0726 Tony DeSouza* mixed martial artist - Lima, Peru
1974-0728 Hannah Waddingham* actress/ singer/television presenter - Wandsworth, London, England
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1974-0730 Sandra Diaz-White* two-time Survivor winner - Stamford, CT USA
1974-0730 Hilary Swank* actress - Lincoln, NE USA
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1974-0805 Krista Kiuru* politician - Pori, Finland
1974-0807 Michael Shannon* actor/musician - Lexington, KY USA
1974-0810 Haifaa al-Mansour* film director/the first female Saudi filmmaker - Az Zulfi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1974-0810 Julia Kourotchkina* Miss World 1992/actress - Shcherbinka, Russia, Soviet Union
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1974-0814 Tomer Sisley* (b Gazit) French stand-up comedian/actor/ - West Berlin, West Germany
1974-0816 Shivnarine Chanderpaul* cricketer - Unity Village, Guyana
1974-0820 Amy Adams* American actress - Vicenza, Italy
1974-0829 Sjonni Brink* musician/singer - Iceland (2011/36)
1974-0901
1974-0906 Chad Coleman* actor - Richmond, VA USA
1974-0906 Sanna Kiiski* journalist/enterpreneur (Moomin Cafés) - Kotka, Finland
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1974-0910 Ryan Phillippe* actor - New Castle, DE USA
1974-0912 Kimmo Kapanen* hockey goalie/brother of Sami Kapanen - Vantaa, Finland
1974-0914 Hicham El Guerrouj* athlete/runner/OG - Berkane, Morocco
1974-0915 Krista van Velzen* Dutch politician - St. Nicolaasga, Friesland, Netherlands
1974-0919 Jimmy Fallon* stand-up comedian/actor/television host - Brooklyn, NY USA
1974-0929 Henriette Steenstrup* actress/ comedian - Norway
1974-0930 Ashley Hamilton* actor/singer/ son of George Hamilton - Los Angeles, CA USA
1974-1005 Alex Walkinshaw* actor - Barking, Essex, England
1974-1006 Jeremy Sisto* actor/ producer/writer - Grass Valley, CA USA
1974-1007 Charlotte Perrelli* singer/television host - Hovmantorp, Sweden
1974-1008 Martin Henderson* actor - Auckland, New Zealand
1974-1008 Fredrik Modin* hockey player/3GC - Sundsvall, Sweden
1974-1010 Chris Pronger* hockey player/3GC (NHL 100)/executive - Dryden, ON Canada
1974-1016 Paul Kariya* hockey player/OG - North Vancouver, BC Canada
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1974-1022 Miroslav Šatan* Slovak hockey player - Jacovce, Czechoslovakia
1974-1026 Aki Parviainen* athlete (javelin)/WG - Helsinki, Finland
1974-1028 Joaquin Phoenix* actor - San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
1974-1031 David Dencik* Swedish-Danish actor - Stockholm, Sweden
1974-1103 Ella Kanninen* journalist/television host - Vihti, Finland
1974-1104 Matthew Rhys* actor - Cardiff, Wales
1974-1105 Ryan Adams* musician/singer-songwriter - Jacksonville, NC USA
1974-1109 Alessandro Del Piero* football player/WG - Conegliano, Italy
1974-1109 Sven Hannawald* ski jumper/OG/motor racing driver - Erlabrunn, East Germany
1974-1111 Leonardo DiCaprio* actor - Hollywood, CA USA
1974-1113 Sergey Ryazansky* cosmonaut - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
1974-1116 Maurizio Margaglio* ice dancer/OB/coach - Milan, Italy
1974-1116 Paul Scholes* football player/coach - Oldham, England
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1974-1118 Chloë Sevigny* actress/ filmmaker/fashion designer - Springfield, MA USA
1974-1118 Petter Solberg* rally driver - Askim, Norway
1974-1120 Kurt Krömer* actor/ comedian - Berlin, West Germany
1974-1123 Saku Koivu* hockey player/WG - Turku, Finland
1974-1124 Stephen Merchant* writer/ actor/comedian - Bristol, England
1974-1125 Kenneth Mitchell* actor/ landscape architect - Toronto, ON Canada
1974-1126 Roman Sebrle* athlete (decathlon)/OG - Lanskround, Czechoslovakia
1974-1129 Pavol Demitra* hockey player - Dubnica nad Vahom, Czechoslovakia (2011/36)
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1974-1203 Natalie J. Robb* actress (Emmerdale)/singer - Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
1974-1204 Anke Huber* tennis player - Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
1974-1207 Nicole Appleton* singer/ television presenter - Hamilton, ON Canada
1974-1212 Bernard Lagat* Kenyan-American runner/WG - Kapsabet, Kenya
1974-1212 Nolberto Solano* football player/ manager - Lima, Peru
1974-1213 Juha Juujärvi* teacher/hockey coach/commentator - Oulu, Finland
1974-1217 Sarah Paulson* actress - Tampa, FL USA
1974-1218 Nelly Karim* model/ ballerina/actress - Alexandria, Egypt
1974-1224 Thure Lindhardt* actor - Copenhagen, Denmark
1974-1227 Masi Oka* actor - Tokyo, Japan
1974-1230 Johanna Sällström* actress/survivor of the December 2004 tsunami - Stockholm, Sweden (2007/32)
1974-1231 Tony Kanaan* racing driver - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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