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June 22, 1932

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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary

1932Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Princess of Iran (died 2001)[โ€ ]

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen of Iran from 1951 to 1958. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it became clear that she was infertile. She rejected the Shah's suggestion that he might take a second wife in order to produce an heir, as he rejected her suggestion that he might abdicate in favor of his half-brother. In March 1958, their divorce was announced. After a brief career as an actress, and a liaison with Italian film director Franco Indovina, Soraya lived alone in Paris until her death.

Yevgeny Kychanov

1932Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (died 2013)[โ€ ]

Evgenij Ivanovich Kychanov was a Soviet-Russian orientalist, an expert on the Tangut people and their mediaeval Xi Xia Empire. From 1997 to 2003 he served as the director of the Saint Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Amrish Puri

1932Amrish Puri, Indian actor (died 2005)[โ€ ]

Amrish Puri was an Indian actor, who was one of the most notable and important figures in Indian cinema and theatre. He acted in more than 450 films, established himself as one of the most popular and iconic actors in Indian cinema. Puri is remembered for playing various roles in a variety of film genres, especially iconic villainous roles in Hindi cinema, as well as international cinema. He reigned supreme in villainous roles in the 1980s and 1990s, when his dominating screen presence and distinctive deep voice made him stand out amongst the other villains of the day. Puri was active in both art cinema such as in some of Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani's films as well as in mainstream cinema. Puri won three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actor in eight nominations. He also holds most Filmfare Award for Best Villain nominations.

Prunella Scales

1932Prunella Scales, English actress[โ€ ]

Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales is an English retired actress. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty, in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers and Queen Elizabeth II in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution, for which she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award.

John Wakeham

1932John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, English businessman and politician, Leader of the House of Lords[โ€ ]

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was chancellor of Brunel University between 1998 and 2012, and since then has been its chancellor emeritus.