Wilhelm von Homburg

Norbert Grupe, better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II, the henchman James in Die Hard, and Souteneur in Werner Herzog's Stroszek.

25 August 1940

Born on the same birth day (25 August): Allyre Sirois • Crispin Tickell • Damon Jones • Jan-Berry Burger • Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness • Kayo Dottley • Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias • Philipp Mißfelder • Rob Halford

Born in the same month (August 1940): Adam Makowicz • Bill Musselman • Coriún Aharonián • Don LaFontaine • Frances Stewart (economist) • Glenys Page • Gudrun Ensslin • Jack Thompson (actor) • Jean-Luc Dehaene • John Waller (fight director) • Mahmoud Dowlatabadi • Richard Sanders (actor) • Robbie Basho • Roger Cook (songwriter) • Roger Newman • Roman Gabriel • Rubén Hinojosa • William Cohen