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January 18, 1933

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Emeka Anyaoku

1933Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, GCON, GCVO, CFR is a Nigerian diplomat. He was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General. Born in Obosi, Anyaoku was educated at Merchants of Light School, Oba, and attended the University College, Ibadan, then a college of the University of London, from which he obtained an honours degree in Classics as a College Scholar. Aside from his international career, Chief Anyaoku continues to fulfil the duties of his office as Ichie Adazie of Obosi, a traditional Ndichie chieftainship.

David Bellamy

1933David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic (died 2019)[†]

David James Bellamy was an English academic, botanist, television presenter, author and prominent environmental campaigner in the UK and globally. His distinctive, energetic style of presenting became well known to UK television audiences in the 1970s and 1980s. Later in life, he made some sceptical statements about climate science.

John Boorman

1933John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Sir John Boorman is a British filmmaker. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014).

Ray Dolby

1933Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (died 2013)[†]

Ray Milton Dolby was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR, which has been said to have "transformed sound reproduction".

William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart

1933William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician (died 2017)[†]

William Howard Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, was a British Liberal Democrat politician, a leading property and human rights lawyer, and a member of the House of Lords.

Frank McMullen

1933Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player (died 2004)[†]

Raymond Frank McMullen was a New Zealand rugby union player and referee. A centre and wing three-quarter, McMullen represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1957 to 1960. He played 29 matches for the All Blacks including 11 internationals. After retiring as a player in 1960, McMullen became a rugby union referee, reaching international level. His appointments included controlling the 1973 test between the All Blacks and the touring English team.

Jean Vuarnet

1933Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (died 2017)[†]

Jean Raoul Célina André Vuarnet was an alpine ski racer from France. An Olympic gold medalist, he is known for inventing the "Tuck" skiing position, and was the first Olympian to win a gold medal using metal skis. Raised in Morzine, he had a childhood interest in skiing, which he pursued. He won a bronze medal in the downhill at the World Championships in 1958 at Bad Gastein, before winning gold in the same event in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Vuarnet was also the author of several books on skiing. He gave his name to the Vuarnet brand in 1961. In 1995, his wife Edith Bonlieu, a fellow Olympian, and their son Patrick both died in a mass murder-suicide of members of the Order of the Solar Temple.