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January 20, 1934

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Hennie Aucamp

1934Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (died 2014)[โ€ ]

Hennie Aucamp was a South African Afrikaans poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic. He grew up on a farm in the Stormberg highlands and matriculated at Jamestown, Eastern Cape before continuing his higher education at the University of Stellenbosch. He died in Cape Town at age 80 on 20 March 2014 after suffering a stroke.

Tom Baker

1934Tom Baker, English actor[โ€ ]

Thomas Stewart Baker MBE is an English actor and writer. He is best known for having played the fourth and longest-serving incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981.