From History: Today's Famous Birthdays
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This is an effort to provide some information on Five selected famous personalities born on this day.
Courtesy of this information goes to onthisday.com, famousbirthdays.com and wikipedia.org and image courtesy, google.com.
1. W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy was an African American composer and musician who was known as "Father of the Blues".
He was one of the musicians who played American blues music who used the elements of folk music in his compositions.
He wrote his autobiography "Father of the Blues".
2. José Saramago
José Saramago Was a Portuguese writer who received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.
Harold Broom (American literary critic) described him as "Most gifted novelist alive in the world today".
More than 2 million copies of his books have been sold with his books getting translated into 25 different languages.
His prominent books include "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", "Memorial do Convento".
Before writing the books, Sarmango worked as car mechanic, a translator, a journalist and then as an editor of a newspaper "Diario de Noticias".
3. Zina Garrison
Zina Garrison is a former American woman tennis player who was runner-up in women's singles at Wimbledon in 1990.
She is a 3 time grand-slam mixed doubles champion also gold medalist in women's doubles and bronze medalist in women's singles of 1998 Seoul Olympics held in South Korea.
She was the first African American woman tennis player to reach the Wimbledon final in 1990.
4. Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis is a former Pakistan cricketer who is a right-arm fast bowler.
He also captained Test and One Day teams for Pakistan.
Together with Wasim Akram, they formed the deadliest fast bowling attack.
He is the youngest bowler to take 400 wickets in One Day Internationals.
He also coached Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL cricket team in 2013 season.
5. Alexander Popov
Alexander Popov is a former Russian swimmer who is considered as greatest sprint swimmer in history.
He won gold in 50m and 100m freestyle at 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics, thus holding the record as the only swimmer to defend both the titles.
He also won 50m and 100m gold at World Championships in 2003.
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