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1934Brian Kenny, English general (died 2017)[โ ]
General Sir Brian Leslie Graham Kenny, was a senior British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1990 until his retirement in 1993.
1934Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2004)[โ ]
Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a Japanese manga artist. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of manga and anime, his works have had a significant impact in the creation and establishment of many genres. These include: mecha, magical girl, battle manga, ninja, and literary adaptations (Sangokushi). Some of his other works include Giant Robo, Kamen no Ninja Akakage, Princess Comet, and an adaptation of the Chinese classic Water Margin.

1934Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (died 1982)[โ ]
Barack Hussein Obama Sr. was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He is a central figure of his son's memoir, Dreams from My Father (1995). Obama married in 1954 and had two children with his first wife, Kezia. He was selected for a special program to attend college in the United States and studied at the University of Hawaii where he met Stanley Ann Dunham, whom he married in 1961 following the conception of his son, Barack. Obama and Dunham divorced three years later. Obama then went to Harvard University for graduate school, where he earned an M.A. in economics, and returned to Kenya in 1964. He saw his son Barack once more, when his son was about 10.