In the year 1975, Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC (Jan 6), Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Apr 4), the South African government announces that it will provide all black children with free and compulsory education (May 6), Jaws is released in theaters (Jun 20), Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines (Oct 1), _Saturday Night Live _is aired for the first time (Oct 11), Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody is released (Oct 31), Juan Carlos becomes the King of Spain (Nov 22), Rubik’s Cube is patented, several former Portuguese colonies gain independence from Portugal - and all these fine people were born:

1975-0101 Eiichiro Oda* 尾田 栄一郎 manga artist - Kumamoto, Japan 1975-0105 Bradley Cooper* actor/director/producer - Philadelphia, PA USA 1975-0106 Corin Hardy* film director - England 1975-0109 Patrick Sabongui* actor - Montreal, QC Canada 1975-0113 Andrew Yang* businessman/politician/w Taiwanese background - Schenectady, NY USA 1975-0115 Mary Pierce* tennis player - Montreal, QC Canada 1975-0128 Tim Montgomery* athlete (sprinter/OGr) - Gaffney, SC USA 1975-0129 Sara Gilbert* actress - Santa Monica, CA USA 1975-02xx Shahzada Dawood* businessman/ investor/passenger of Titan - Rawalpindi, Pakistan (2023/48) 1975-0205 1975-0209 Rawson Marshall Thurber* actor/ filmmaker - San Francisco, CA USA 1975-0210 John Hynes* hockey coach - Warwick, RI USA 1975-0214 Yul Kwon* lawyer/Survivor S13 contestant - Queens, NY USA 1975-0214 Malik Zidi* actor - Châtenay-Malabry, France 1975-0218 Gary Neville* football player/coach - Bury, Greater Manchester, England 1975-0222 Drew Barrymore* actress/talk show host/granddaughter of John Barrymore - Culver City, CA USA 1975-0223 Wilfred Kibet Kigen* long-distance runner - Eldoret, Kenya 1975-0223 Álvaro Morte* actor (La Casa de Papel) - Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain 1975-0227 Christopher Landon* film director/ producer/screenwriter - Los Angeles, CA USA 1975-0310 Janne Niska* entrepreneur - Finland (2014/38) 1975-0312 Richard Harrington* actor - Merthyr Tydfil, Wales 1975-0315 Eva Longoria* actress/ producer/ activist - Corpus Christi, TX USA 1975-0323 Karl-Johan Persson* businessman (H&M) - Stockholm, Sweden 1975-0324 Thomas Johansson* tennis player/ coach - Linköping, Sweden 1975-0325 1975-0327 Kenny Doughty* actor (Vera) - Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England 1975-0331 Emma Atkins* actress (Emmerdale) - Morecambe, Lancashire, England 1975-0401 1975-0402 Pedro Pascal* Chilean-American actor/to U.S. as a child - Santiago, Chile 1975-0402 Adam Rodriguez* actor/ screenwriter/ director - New York, NY USA 1975-0404 Kevin Weekes* hockey goalie/studio hockey analyst - Toronto, ON Canada 1975-0410 1975-0419 Jussi Jääskeläinen* football goalie - Mikkeli, Finland 1975-0420 1975-0430 Elliott Sadler* racing driver - Emporia, VA USA 1975-0502 David Beckham* football player - Leytonstone, London, England 1975-0503 Christina Hendricks* actress - Knoxville, TN USA 1975-0504 Laci Peterson* (b Rocha) substitute teacher/homicide victim - Modesto, CA USA (2002/27) 1975-0508 Enrique Iglesias* singer/songwriter/ record producer - Madrid, Spain 1975-0508 Jussi Markkanen* hockey goalie - Imatra, Finland 1975-0511 Jani Hassinen* hockey player/massager - Kerimäki, Finland 1975-0512 David Kostelecký*  sport shooter/OG - Brno, Czechoslovakia 1975-0513 Brian Geraghty* actor/of Irish descent - Toms River, NJ USA 1975-0518 Jack Johnson* surfer/musician/record producer - Oahu, HI USA 1975-0519 Maria Sundbom* actress - Uppsala, Sweden 1975-0520 Tahmoh Penikett* actor - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada 1975-0523 LaMonica Garrett* Slamball player/actor - San Francisco, CA USA 1975-0525 Claire Castillon* writer - Boulogne-Billancourt, France 1975-0527 André 3000* (b André Lauren Benjamin) rapper/record producer/actor - Atlanta, GA USA 1975-0530 Marissa Mayer* businesswoman/ investor//of Finnish descent - Wausau, WI USA 1975-0531 Merle Dandridge* American actress/singer - Okinawa, Japan 1975-0531 Toni Nieminen* ski jumper/OG/harness racer - Lahti, Finland 1975-0601 1975-0604 Angelina Jolie* actress/ filmmaker/humanitarian - Los Angeles, CA USA 1975-0604 Theo Rossi* actor/ producer/humanitarian - Staten Island, NY USA 1975-0610 1975-0613 Marianne Miettinen* football player/ manager - Finland 1975-0620 1975-0623 Esther Cuesta* undocumented in U.S./politician - Guayaquil, Ecuador 1975-0625 Linda Cardellini* actress - Redwood City, CA USA 1975-0627 Heli Kruger* (b Koivula) athlete (triple jump/ES)/m to Frantz Kruger - Kauhajoki, Finland 1975-0627 Toby Maguire* actor - Santa Monica, CA USA 1975-0630 1975-0702 Elizabeth Reaser* actress - Bloomfield, MI USA 1975-0706 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson* rapper/ actor/television producer - Queens, NY USA 1975-0707 Adam Nelson* athlete/shotput - Atlanta, GA USA 1975-0710 Stefán Karl Stefánsson* actor/singer - Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (2018/43) 1975-0711 Bruno Gouery* actor/ writer - France 1975-0712 1975-0713 Danni Boatwright* actress/Survivor S11 contestant - Tonganoxie,  KS USA 1975-0713 Iiro Seppänen* magician/producer - Helsinki, Finland 1975-0714 Cristal Snow (b Tapio Huuska)* musician/drag artist/game show host - Naantali, Finland 1975-0717 Alexander Georgiev* checkers player - Russia 1975-0717 Ville “Darude” Virtanen* DJ/ record producer - Eura, Finland 1975-0719 Heather Armstrong* (b Hamilton) web designer/blogger/internet personality - Memphis, TN USA (2023/47) 1975-0720 Judy Greer* actress/director/author - Detroit, MI USA 1975-0 1975-0721 Chris Bisson* actor (Emmerdale)/w Indo-Trinidadian background - Wythenshawe, Manchester, England 1975-0721 David Dastmalchian* actor -  Allentown, PA USA 1975-0724 Eric Szmanda* actor - Milwaukee, WI USA 1975-0725 Evgeni Nabokov* hockey goalie - Ust-Kamenogorsk, Soviet Union 1975-0726 Liz Truss* politician/ MP/Prime Minister - Oxford, England 1975-0731 1975-0801 1975-0803 Felix Brych* football referee/lawyer -  Munich, Germany 1975-0804 Jutta Urpilainen* politician - Lapua, Finland 1975-0805 Eicca Toppinen* musician/Apocalyptica - Vantaa, Finland 1975-0806 Jørgen Aukland* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Tønsberg, Norway 1975-0808 Albin Höglund*  photographer/documentary film maker/partner of Johanna Sällström - Sweden 1975-0809 Anjali Jay* dancer/ actress/writer - Bangalore, India 1975-0810 1975-0812 Casey Affleck* actor/director - Falmouth, MA USA 1975-0816 Taika Waititi* actor/director/ producer - Raukokore, New Zealand 1975-0820 Lisa Hanna* Miss World 1993/Jamaican politician - Kingston, Jamaica 1975-0822 Rodrigo Santoro* actor (Westworld) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1975-0823 Jarkko Ruutu* hockey player - Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland 1975-0829 Hannes Hyvönen* hockey player - Oulu, Finland 1975-0901 Scott Speedman* British-Canadian actor - Hammersmith, London, England 1975-0902 Magdalena Graaf* model/singer/ author - Gothenburg, Sweden 1975-0905 1975-0908 Russ Kun* politician/P - Nauru 1975-0909 Michael Bublé* singer/songwriter/record producer - Burnaby, BC Canada 1975-0915 Iiu Susiraja* (b Pirre Karvinen) fine-art photographer - Turku, Finland 1975-0918 Don Hany* actor - Sydney, NSW Australia 1975-0918 Jason Sudeikis* actor/ screenwriter/producer - Fairfax, VA USA 1975-0919 Noora Karma* (b Karjula) magician/mentalist - Vaasa, Finland 1975-0922 Mireille Enos* actress - Kansas City, MO USA 1975-0923 Lærke Winther Andersen* actress - Denmark 1975-0925 Declan Donnelly* TV-personality (Ant&Dec) - Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1975-0930 Marion Cotillard* actress/ musician/environmentalist - Paris, France 1985-1001 1975-1005 Parminder Nagra* actress - Leicester, Leicestershire, England 1975-1005 Kate Winslet* actress - Reading, Berkshire, England 1975-1006 Oliver Bjerrehuus* model/actor - Copenhagen, Denmark 1975-1009 Sean Lennon* singer/songwriter/actor - New York, NY USA 1975-1009 Joe McFadden* actor (Heartbeat) - Glasgow, Scotland 1975-1010 Marc Menchaca* actor/writer - San Angelo, TX USA 1975-1011 1975-1015 Chukwudi Iwuji* Nigerian-British actor/to England at age 12 - Nigeria 1975-1015 Ria Kataja* actress/sauna therapist - Tampere, Finland 1975-1017 Stina Oscarson* theater director/author/debater - Skellefteå, Sweden (2025/49) 1975-1018 1975-1020 Nadine Kleinert* athlete (shot put)/OS - Magdeburg, Germany 1975-1022 Jesse Tyler Ferguson* actor - Missoula, MT USA 1975-1024 Amy Bailey* dancer/acrobat/actress - Houston, TX USA 1975-1029 Aksel Hennie* actor/ director/screenwriter - Oslo, Norway 1975-1030 1975-1101 1975-1105 Yoann Blanc* French-Swiss actor - Ambilly, France 1975-1105 Keala Settle* actress/ singer - Laie, Hawaii, USA 1975-1113 Aisha Hinds* actress - Brooklyn, NY USA 1975-1116 1975-1117 David Leitch*  actor/ stunt performer/filmmaker - Kohler, WI USA 1975-1118 Anthony McPartlin* TV-personality (Ant&Dec) - Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1975-1118 Jenni Pääskysaari* radio host/TV-personality - Vantaa, Finland 1975-1121 Jimmi Simpson* actor - Hackettstown, NJ USA 1975-1122 Yoshihiro Hattori* 服部 剛丈 fatally shot exchange student -  Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (1992/16) 1975-1122 Yusaku Maezawa* 前澤 友作 billionaire businessman/art collector - Kamagaya, Japan 1975-1125 1975-1128 David Farkas* actor/musician - Akron, OH USA 1975-1128 Jani Tanskanen* artistic gymnast - Jyväskylä, Finland 1975-1129 1975-1130 Amy Carlson* religious leader/“Mother God” - McPherson, KS USA (2021/45) 1975-1130 Mindy McCready* country music singer - Fort Myers, FL USA (2013/37) 1975-1130 Ben Thatcher* Welsh football player - Swindon, England 1975-1201 1975-1205 Paula Patton* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1975-1206 Mia Love* (b Ludmya Bourdeau) Haitian-American politician/w Haitian background - Brooklyn, NY USA (2025/49) 1975-1210 1975-1217 Milla Jovovich* actress - Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Union 1975-1217 Pasi Nurminen* hockey goalie/color commentator - Lahti, Finland 1975-1217 Steve Zissis* actor/screenwriter/producer - New Orleans, LA USA 1975-1225 Rob Mariano* Survivor S22 contestant - Canton, MA USA 1975-1227 Heather O’Rourke* actress - San Diego, CA USA (1988/12) 1975-1230 Tiger Woods* golf player - Cypress, CA USA 1975-1231 Rosa Meriläinen* politician/writer - 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