In the year 1970, Guyana, having gained independence in 1966, becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations (Feb 22), Apollo 13 returns to Earth (Apr 17) after the misfortunate lunar expedition, the Beatles release their 12th and final album, Let It Be (May 8), in Washington D.C. 100,000 people demonstrate against the Vietnam War (May 9), Norway announces that it has rich oil deposits off its North Sea coast (Jun 2), the first New York City Marathon takes place (Sep 13) – and all these fine people were born:
1970-xxxx Mark Bowden* author on body language and human behavior/member of The Behavior Panel - Northampton, England
1970-0101 Fiona Dolman* actress - Findhorn, Moray, Scotland
1970-0106 Julia Chen* news anchor/television show host/ producer - New York, NY USA
1970-0108 Mika Lehkosuo* football player/manager - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0114 Frazer Irving* comic book artist - Ilford, Essex, England
1970-0116 Clint Alberta* (b Morrill) filmmaker/with Métis father - Edmonton, AB Canada (2002/32)
1970-0117 Cathy Belton* actress - Galway, Ireland
1970-0117 Bart Freundlich* screenwriter/director/producer - Manhattan, NY USA
1970-0117 Dominic Purcell* actor - Wallasey, England
1970-0120
1970-0125 Milt Stegall* Am. football player - Cincinnati, OH USA
1970-0126 Kirk Franklin* songwriter/ choir director/gospel singer - Fort Worth, TX USA
1970-0129 Paul Ryan* politician - Janesville, WI USA
1970-0130
1970-0131 Minnie Driver* actress - London, England
1970-0131 Karri Kivi* hockey player/coach - Turku, Finland
1970-0203 Anthony Russo* film director/screenwriter/actor - Cleveland, OH USA
1970-0204 Kevin Cheveldayoff* hockey player/manager - Saskatoon, SK Canada
1970-0210 Staffan Larsson* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Sweden
1970-0213 Mika Halvari* athlete/shot putter - Kemi, Finland
1970-0215 Robert Cimetta* hockey player/911 WTC South Tower survivor - Toronto, ON Canada
1970-0216 Peter Schlickenrieder* cross-country skier/coach - Tegernsee, West Germany
1970-0217 Tommy Moe* ski racer/OG - Missoula, MT USA
1970-0218 Massimo Taibi* football goalie - Palermo, Italy
1970-0220
1970-0226 Linda Lampenius* violinist/actress - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0226 Heli Rantanen* athlete (javelin)/OG - Lammi, Finland
1970-0303 Julie Bowen* actress - Baltimore, MD USA
1970-0303 John Carter Cash* singer/songwriter - Nashville, TN USA
1970-0305
1970-0307 Jeff Hordley* actor (Emmerdale) - Crumpsall, England
1970-0307 Rachel Weisz* actress - London, England
1970-0309 Simon Monjack* director/husband of Brittany Murphy - Hillingdon, London, England (2010/40)
1970-0310 Mari Perankoski* actress/screenwriter - Varkaus, Finland
1970-0312 Troy Winbush* actor - Manhattan, NY USA
1970-0314 Thomas Fogdö* alpine skier - Gällivare, Sweden
1970-0318 Queen Latifah* singer/actress - Newark, NJ USA
1970-0320 Michael Rapaport* actor - New York, NY USA
1970-0324 Lara Fynn Boyle* actress/producer - Davenport, IA USA
1970-0328 Vince Vaughn* actor - Minneapolis, MN USA
1970-0329
1970-0330 Karim Ahmad Khan* lawyer/Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court/w Pakistani father - Edinburgh, Scotland
1970-0330 Jone Nikula* television and radio personality/writer - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0331 Damon Herriman* actor - Adelaide, SA Australia
1970-0401
1970-0406 Olaf Kölzig* German hockey goalie/coach - Johannesburg, South Africa
1970-0407 MacKenzie Scott* novelist/venture philanthropist/ex-wife of Jeff Bezos - San Francisco, CA USA
1970-0408 JR Bourne* actor - Toronto, ON Canada
1970-0409 Tricia Penrose* actress (Heartbeat)/singer - Kirkby, Lancashire, England
1970-0411 Trevor Linden* hockey player - Medicine Hat, AB Canada
1970-0412 Retta* (b Marietta Sirleaf) stand-up comedian/actress - Newark, NJ USA
1970-0413 Ricky Schroder* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA
1970-0414 Michelle McNamara* true crime author/married to Patton Oswalt - Oak Park, IL USA (2016/46)
1970-0415 Dominic Brunt* actor (Emmerdale) - Lancashire, England
1970-0419 Lo Kauppi* actress/ director/television presenter - Stockholm, Sweden
1970-0420 Shemar Moore* actor - Oakland, CA USA
1970-0420 Chris Pfeiffer* motorcycle stunt rider - Schongau, West Germany (2022/51)
1970-0422 Regine Velasquez* singer/ actress - Tondo, Manila, Philippines
1970-0424
1970-0426 Melanie Trump* (b Melanija Knavs) fashion model/1stLady - Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
1970-0428 Nicklas Lidström* hockey player (NHL 100)/3GC - Krylbo, Sweden
1970-0428 Diego Simeone* football player/manager - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970-0429 Andre Agassi* tennis player - Las Vegas, NV USA
1970-0429 Uma Thurman* actress - Boston, MA USA
1970-0430 Tarja Leveelahti* sprinter - Finland
1970-0501
1970-0503 Bobby Cannavale* actor - Union City, NJ USA
1970-0505 Vivianne Lynda Ruiz* Spanish-Australian dancer/homicide victim/to Australia at age 12 - Spain (1991/21)
1970-0506 Kavan Smith* actor - Edmonton, AB Canada
1970-0508 Marko Asell* wrestler/OS/politician - Ylöjärvi, Finland
1970-0510 Dallas Roberts* actor - Houston, TX USA
1970-0511 Kevin Scannell* professor of mathematics and computer science - Boston, MA USA
1970-0515 Nicola Walker* actress - Stepney, London, England
1970-0516 Gabriela Sabatini* tennis player/entrepreneur - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970-0517 Hisham Tawfiq* firefighter/actor - New York, NY USA
1970-0518 Tina Fey* actress/writer (SNL)/playwright - Upper Darby Township, PA USA
1970-0520 Louis Theroux* British-American documentarian/author/son of Paul Theroux - Singapore
1970-0522 Mark Bingham* United 93 victim - Phoenix, AZ USA (2001/30)
1970-0522 Naomi Campbell* model/actress/singer - London, England
1970-0525 Lindsay Greenbush* child actress/ - Los Angeles, CA USA
1970-0525 Sidney Greenbush* child actress/ - Los Angeles, CA USA
1970-0525 Octavia Spencer* actress - Montgomery, AL USA
1970-0527 Joseph Fiennes* actor - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1970-0531
1970-0601
1970-0604 Izabella Scorupco* Swedish actress/model - Bialystok, Poland
1970-0605 John Marquez* actor (Doc Martin)/ writer - Coventry, England
1970-0607 Mike Modano* hockey player (NHL 100)/executive/ philanthropist - Livonia, MI USA
1970-0610
1970-0615 Leah Remini* actress - Brooklyn, NY USA
1970-0616 Clifton Collins Jr.* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA
1970-0616 Phil Mickelson* golfer - San Diego, CA USA
1970-0619 Rahul Gandhi* politician/son of Rajiv Gandhi - New Delhi, India1970-0620
1970-0625 Erki Nool* decathlete/OG/politician - Vöru, Estonia, Soviet Union
1970-0626 Nick Offerman* actor (Parks and Recreation) - Minooka, IL USA
1970-0627 Jim Edmonds* baseball player/entrepreneur - Fullerton, CA USA
1970-0627 Jo Frost* nanny/educator/television personality - London, England
1970-0628 Mike White* actor/filmmaker/survivor S37 contestant - Pasadena, CA USA
1970-0630
1970-0701 Henry Simmons* actor - Stamford, CT USA
1970-0703 Teemu Selänne* hockey player (NHL 100)/OS/SC/entrepreneur - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0704 Marti Matulis* actor - Orange, CA USA
1970-0706
1970-0707 Atli Örvarsson* film score composer - Akureyri, Iceland
1970-0709 Neil Nongkynrih* concert pianist/conductor - Jaiaw Langsning, Assam, India (2022/51)
1970-0714 Antonia Kidman* journalist/TV-presenter/sister of Nicole Kidman - Melbourne, VIC Australia
1970-0719 Nicola Sturgeon* politician/First Minister of Scotland - Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
1970-0730 Christopher Nolan* film director/producer - Westminster, London, England
1970-0802 Tony Amonte* hockey player - Hingham, MA USA
1970-0802 Kevin Smith* actor/film director/comic book writer - Red Bank, NJ USA
1970-0803 Masahiro Sakurai* 桜井 政博 video game designer/director/ songwriter - Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
1970-0804 Ron Lester* actor - Kennesaw, GA USA (2016/45)
1970-0806 M. Night Shyamalan* film director - Mahé, Pondicherry, India
1970-0806 Tanya Wexler* film director - Chicago, IL USA
1970-0808 JR Bourne* actor - Toronto, ON Canada
1970-0809 Rod Brind’Amour* hockey player/WG - Ottawa, ON Canada
1970-0811 Paul Durousseau* serial killer - Beaumont, TX USA
1970-0812
1970-0815 Pia Penttala* psychotherapist/ author - Kouvola, Finland
1970-0817 Jim Courier* tennis player/ commentator - Sanford, FL USA
1970-0818 Malcolm Jamal-Warner* actor/ director/producer - Jersey City, NJ USA
1970-0818 Darren Pettie* actor - Andalusia, AL USA - IMDb -
1970-0819 Joseph “Fat Joe” Cartagena* rapper/actor - The Bronx, NY USA
1970-0819 Gary Yourofsky* animal rights & vegan activist - Detroit, MI USA
1970-0820
1970-0821 Samuli Putro* musician/ songwriter - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0823 River Phoenix* actor - Madras, OR USA (1993/23)
1970-0826 Melissa McCarthy* actress/producer/fashion designer - Plainfield, IL USA
1970-0827 Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto* Finnish ultrarunner - Stockholm, Sweden
1970-0829 Chris Daugherty* construction worker/Survivor S9 Contestant - West Jefferson, OH USA
1970-0831 Debbie Gibson* singer-songwriter/ record producer - Brooklyn, NY USA
1970-0901
1970-0902 Henrik Norlén* actor - Karlstad, Sweden
1970-0904 Mike Gabler* heart valve specialist/Survivor contestant - Houston, TX USA
1970-0906 Anna Hanski* singer - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0907 Colin Lawrence* British-Canadian actor - London, England
1970-0907 Gino Odjick* hockey player/of Algonquin descent - Maniwaki, QC Canada (2023/52)
1970-0908 Lars Vogt* pianist/conductor/academic teacher - Düren, West Germany (2022/51)
1970-0910
1970-0918 Dan Bylsma* hockey player/ coach - Grand Haven, MI USA
1970-0921 Tony Bland* the 96th victim of the Hillsborough disaster - Liverpool, England (1993/22)
1970-0924 Aleksi Bardy* screenwriter/film producer - Helsinki, Finland
1970-0924 Karen Forkel* athlete (javelin/OB) - Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
1970-0926 Caleb Goddard* son of Jack Nicholson - Los Angeles, CA USA
1970-0930 Mette Ivie Harrison* Mormon novelist - Summit, NJ USA
1970-1001
1970-1003 Anne Kukkohovi* model/businesswoman/TV-host - Finland
1970-1008 Matt Damon* actor/w Finnish grandfather - Cambridge, MA USA
1970-1009 Jason Butler Harner* actor - Elmira, NY USA
1970-1009 Annika Sörenstam* golf player - Bro, Sweden
1970-1010
1970-1013 Paul Potts* singer/winner of BGT1 - Bristol, England
1970-1014 Jon Seda* boxer/ actor - Manhattan, NY USA
1970-1019 Caroline Catz* (b Caplan) actress/narrator - Manchester, Lancashire, England
1970-1019 Pertti Salovaara* radio reporter/politician - Raahe, Finland
1970-1020
1970-1023 Grant Imahara* engineer/television host (Myth Busters) - Los Angeles, CA USA (2020/49)
1970-1023 Milana Misic* singer/optician - Espoo, Finland
1970-1024 Raúl Esparza* actor/ voice actor - Wilmington, DE USA
1970-1025 Adam Goldberg* actor - Santa Monica, CA USA
1970-1030 Billy Brown* actor - Ingelwood, CA USA
1970-1031
1970-1102 Lucy Hawking* writer/science educator/ philanthropist/ daughter of Stephen Hawking - England
1970-1103 Dawn Marie Psaltis* pro wrestler/actress - Rahway, NJ USA
1970-1105 Tamzin Outhwaite* actress/ presenter/narrator - Ilford, Essex, England
1970-1106 Ethan Hawke* actor - Austin, TX USA
1970-1108 Michael Jackson* actor/grip/gaffer - Ottawa, ON Canada
1970-1110 Nicholas McCarthy* film director - NH, USA
1970-1112 Tonya Price* (b Harding) figure skater - Portland, OR USA
1970-1113 Hanna-Riikka Siitonen** singer/ actress/daughter of Matti Siitonen - Helsinki, Finland (2018/47)
1970-1118 Megyn Kelly* journalist/attorney/talk show host - Champaign, IL USA
1970-1120 Scott Dozier* convicted murderer - Boulder City, NV USA (2019/48)
1970-1124 Shanti Roney* actor/w English father - Spånga, Sweden
1970-1201 Jouko Ahola* strongman/power-lifter/actor - Hämeenlinna, Finland
1970-1201 Sarah Silverman* stand-up comedian - Bedford, NH USA
1970-1201 Kristian Smeds* playwright /theater director - Tornio, Finland
1970-1205
1970-1206 Alex Kuczynski* journalist/reporter/daughter of president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski - Lima, Peru
1970-1210
1970-1212 Jennifer Connelly* model/actress - Cairo, NY USA
1970-1212 Regina Hall* actress - Washington D.C., USA
1970-1215
1970-1218 Bridie Carter* actress (McLeod’s Daughters) - Melbourne, VIC Australia
1970-1218 Earl “DMX” Simmons* rapper/songwriter/ actor - Mount Vernon, NY USA (2021/50)
1970-1219
1970-1220 Travis Green* hockey coach - Castlegar, BC Canada
1970-1220 Sandra Lee* dermatologist/“Dr. Pimple Popper” - Flushing, NY USA
1970-1221 Erik Matti* Filipino filmmaker - Bacolod, Philippines
1970-1222 Ted Cruz* American attorney/politician - Calgary, AB Canada
1970-1226 Danielle Cormack* actress - Auckland, New Zealand
1970-1228 Tapani Kalliomäki* actor - Tampere, Finland
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