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February 15, 1934

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1934Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (died 1983)[†]

James Henry Bloomfield was an English football player and manager. He made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League, including more than 300 in the First Division with Arsenal, Birmingham City and West Ham United. He was capped by England at under-23 level. He then spent 13 years in management with Orient and Leicester City.

Graham Kennedy

1934Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (died 2005)[†]

Graham Cyril Kennedy AO was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, radio and television host as well as a personality and actor of theatre, television and film.

Niklaus Wirth

1934Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language (died 2024)[†]

Niklaus Emil Wirth was a Swiss computer scientist. He designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science, "for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages".

Abe Woodson

1934Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (died 2014)[†]

Abraham Benjamin Woodson was an American professional football cornerback and kick returner who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mainly with the San Francisco 49ers. He also spent two years with the St. Louis Cardinals.