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June 13, 1934

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Bill Blakeley

1934Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)[†]

Billy Buie Blakeley was an American basketball coach. He coached at the high school, college, and professional levels.

Lucjan Brychczy

1934Lucjan Brychczy, Polish footballer and coach (died 2024)[†]

Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. Born in New Bytom, Upper Silesia, where after starting at local lower league clubs, he played for nearby the then third division Piast Gliwice.

Manuel Clouthier

1934Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician (died 1989)[†]

Manuel de Jesús Clouthier del Rincón was a Mexican agriculturalist, businessman and politician. His 1988 presidential campaign challenged the dominance of Mexico's PRI party in the nation's politics, with rhetoric and protests before, during and after the elections. Although officially coming in third, he remained a prominent political force in Mexico until his death in a car accident a year after the elections.

James Anthony Griffin

1934James Anthony Griffin, American bishop[†]

James Anthony Griffin is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Griffin served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1983 to 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 1979 to 1983.

1934Uriel Jones, American drummer (died 2009)[†]

Uriel Jones was an American musician. Jones was a recording session drummer for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Leonard Kleinrock

1934Leonard Kleinrock, American computer scientist and engineer[†]

Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Kleinrock made several important contributions to the field of computer science, in particular to the mathematical foundations of data communication in computer networking. He has received numerous prestigious awards.