Tarō Asō
麻生太郎
Politician from Japan
Celebrities born in the 1940s 3,000 profiles
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Donald Trump
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Sadaharu Oh
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Min Tanaka
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Actor from Japan
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Politician from Japan
Akiko Nagashima
長嶋亜希子
Japanese businessperson from Tokyo
Takeshi Kitano
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Yukio Hashi
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Hifumi Katō
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Hiroshi Moriyama
森山𥙿
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Makiko Tanaka
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Diplomat from Japan
Takashi Kawamura
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Politician from Japan
Kin'ya Kitaōji
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Actor from Japan
Ittoku Kishibe
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Haruomi Hosono
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Haruki Murakami
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Japanese novelist, translator, and essayist
Isao Harimoto
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Tetsuya Watari
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Actor from Japan
Senichi Hoshino
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Firebrand pitcher turned legendary baseball manager and Hall of Famer
Dewi Sukarno
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Socialite from Japan
John Lennon
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Remi Hirano
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Tarento from Japan
Bruce Lee
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American film director
Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Sadakazu Tanigaki
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Meryl Streep
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Baseball ace turned beloved TV personality and Blue Ribbon Award-winning actor
Shima Iwashita
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Actor from Japan
Freddie Mercury
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Singer-songwriter from Tanzania
Mitsuko Baishō
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Actor from Japan
Yōichi Masuzoe
舛添要一
Political scientist from Japan
Reiko Ohara
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Actor from Japan
Charles III
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Kyōzō Nagatsuka
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Actor from Japan
Shūichi Ikeda
池田秀一
Seiyū from Japan
Teruhiko Saigō
西郷輝彦
Singer from Japan
Mariko Kaga
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Actor from Japan
Robert De Niro
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American film director
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Actor from Empire of Japan
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Businessperson from Japan
Masahiko Tsugawa
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Veteran actor, director, and critic from Kyoto
Shinji Tanimura
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Singer from Japan
Kazuo Funaki
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Singer from Japan
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Japanese actress known for her iconic character roles
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Taihō Kōki
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Legendary yokozuna and one of sumo's all-time greats
Hideki Takahashi
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Veteran Japanese actor and singer known for period dramas
Nobuko Miyamoto
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Actor from Japan
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Sociologist from Japan
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Association football player from Japan
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Seiyū from Japan
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美川憲一
Veteran Japanese mood-kayokyoku singer from Nagano
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Politician from Japan
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Harumi Miyako
都はるみ
Singer from Japan
Naomi Uemura
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Japanese solo explorer who conquered the world's wildest frontiers
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Saori Yuki
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Beloved Japanese singer celebrated for her pure, timeless voice
Stephen King
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American television producer
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Ruriko Asaoka
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Legendary Japanese actress and screen icon of the Nikkatsu era
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五木ひろし
Veteran enka singer and composer from Fukui
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Japanese billionaire businessman and founder of Uniqlo
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梶芽衣子
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Rob Reiner
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徳光和夫
Veteran Japanese TV announcer known for emotional on-air moments
Shigesato Itoi
糸井重里
Seiyū from Japan
Sachio Kinugasa
衣笠祥雄
Baseball player from Japan
Toshio Tamogami
田母神俊雄
Air force officer from Japan
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