Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
Martin Powell is an English musician. In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass player in the band My Dying Bride but was turned down as the band had just filled the posi…
Martin Powell, English keyboard player and songwriter
Scott Walker is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who currently serves as the co-owner and team president of the Guelph Storm in the OHL. He previously held the posi…
Scott Walker, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Omar Hashim Epps is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, prior to making his film debut alongs…
Omar Epps, American actor
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, is the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne. He is the only son and second child of King Harald V and Queen Sonja.
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Peter Mattias Forsberg is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Peter the Great" and "Foppa", Forsberg was…
Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean is a West Indian cricketer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He featured in the role of a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played both Tests and ODI…
Nixon McLean, Caribbean cricketer
Roberto Gaston Orcí was a Mexican film and television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fa…
Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (died 2025)
Claudio Alejandro Reyna is an American former professional football player and former executive. He most recently served as sporting director of Austin FC.
Claudio Reyna, American soccer player
Brian Chippendale is an American musician and artist, known as the drummer and vocalist for the experimental noise rock band Lightning Bolt and for his graphic art. Chippendale is …
Brian Chippendale, American singer and drummer
Ece Temelkuran is a Turkish journalist and author.
Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtrac…
Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter
Kathryn Marie Hahn is an American actress and comedian. She gained prominence appearing as a supporting actress in a number of comedy films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days …
Kathryn Hahn, American actress
Francis Healy is a Scottish musician. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the band Travis, having written nearly all of the songs on their first six studio albums along with thei…
Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael John Sweeney is an American former Major League Baseball designated hitter and first baseman. Sweeney played his first 13 seasons in the majors with the Kansas City Royals,…
Mike Sweeney, American baseball player and sportscaster
Anthony Nomar Garciaparra is an American former Major League Baseball player and current SportsNet LA analyst. He retired after fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball, spending …
Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player and sportscaster
Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American activist. She became internationally known in the late 1990s after U.S. president Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with her duri…
Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, producer and actor, with over 1,300 credited songs. He started his career as a music director in the fil…
Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
Andrea Scanavacca is a former Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position was as a fly half.
Andrea Scanavacca, Italian rugby player and manager
Amanda Birgitte Stretton is an English racing driver, broadcaster and motoring journalist.
Amanda Stretton, English racing driver and journalist
David Denman is an American actor. He played Roy Anderson on the NBC sitcom The Office, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award.
David Denman, American actor
Daniel Lloyd Davey, known professionally as Dani Filth, is an English singer who is the lead vocalist, lyricist and founding member of the extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.
Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter
Kevin Mark Phillips is an English former professional footballer who was most recently the head coach of National League club AFC Fylde.
Kevin Phillips, English footballer
Igli Tare is an Albanian football executive and former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was most recently the sporting director of Serie A club Milan.
Igli Tare, Albanian footballer
Kathrin Romany Beckinsale is an English actress. The only child of the actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted in the series premiere of the 1975 daytime drama Couples.
Kate Beckinsale, English actress