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March 31, 1947

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1947Wendy Overton, American tennis player[†]

Wendy Overton is an American former professional tennis player active in the 1970s. She is known mostly for her performance in doubles.

Kristian Blak

1947Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer[†]

Kristian Blak is a Danish composer, musician, and record executive based in the Faroe Islands.

Don Foster, Baron Foster of Bath

1947Don Foster, English academic and politician[†]

Donald Michael Ellison Foster, Baron Foster of Bath, is a British politician and life peer who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Comptroller of the Household from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath from 1992 to 2015.

César Gaviria

1947CĂ©sar Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia[†]

César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the President of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004 and National Director of the Colombian Liberal Party from 2005 to 2009. During his tenure as president, he summoned the Constituent Assembly of Colombia that enacted the Constitution of 1991.

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

1947Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and economist (died 2011)[†]

Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt was an Israeli business management guru. He was the originator of the Optimized Production Technique, the Theory of Constraints (TOC), the Thinking Processes, Drum-Buffer-Rope, Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) and other TOC derived tools.