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Famous Birthdays on this Day in History

Birthdays in History for Saturday 11th January 2014

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Birthdays 1 - 260 of 260
347 - Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)
889 - Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
1322 - Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)
1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
1395 - Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)
1403 - Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1449 - Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter
1503 - Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)
1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
1630 - John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d. 1684)
1671 - François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
1703 - Columban Praelisauer, composer
1720 - Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent
1723 - Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (d. 1774)
1727 - Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer
1746 - Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
1746 - William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1750 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer
1755 - Alexander Hamilton, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury, (d. 1804)
1st US Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton (1755) 1757 - Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
1788 - William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
1800 - Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
1801 - John Lodge Ellerton, composer
1807 - Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1807 - Ezra Cornell, founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University)
1808 - Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist
1814 - James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget)
1814 - Richard Griffith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 - John A MacDonald, (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)
1816 - Fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1818 - John Reese Kenly, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1825 - Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878
1831 - James Ronald Chalmers, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1839 - Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar
1842 - William James, US, psychologist/philosopher
1843 - Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
1849 - Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)
1850 - J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)
1850 - Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist
1852 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)
1853 - Gustav Falke, German author/poet (Der Mann im Nebel)
1853 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
1856 - Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer
1857 - Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
1858 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)
1859 - [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
1860 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal)
1864 - Thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)
1867 - Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
1868 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
1870 - Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)
1872 - Paul Graener, composer
1872 - George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)
1873 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949)
1875 - Reinhold Gliere, composer
1876 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1878 - Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)
1879 - Antonio Beltramelli, writer
1880 - Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
1885 - Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
1885 - Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)
1886 - George Zucco, England, actor (Adv of Sherlock Holmes, Capt Fury)
1887 - Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)
1888 - Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)
1889 - Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
1890 - Monte Blue, Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy)
1890 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
1890 - Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1894 - Jaroslav Vogel, composer
1896 - Eva Le Gallienne, London England, actress/director (Resurrection)
1896 - Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)
1897 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
1898 - Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)
1899 - Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991)
1901 - Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)
1901 - Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
1902 - Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer
1903 - Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
1904 - Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly)
1905 - John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer
1905 - Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
1906 - Albert Hofmann, Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD)
1906 - Johannes Paul Thilman, composer
1906 - Robert Nesbitt, impresario
1907 - Pierre Mendès-France, French Premier (1954-55) (d. 1982)
1908 - Lionel Stander, NYC, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours)
1909 - Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer
1909 - Marguerite Kelsey, English model/painter (Haunting)
1910 - Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor
1910 - Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
1910 - Sir Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (d. 1966)
1911 - Nora Heysen, Australian artist (d. 2003)
1911 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
1912 - Donald Barry, Houston Texas, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
1912 - Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
1912 - Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1914 - Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer
1915 - Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier, co-founder Special Air Service (d. 1955)
1916 - Bernard Blier, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor (Les Miserables)
1916 - James H [Jimmy] Quillen, (Rep-R-TN, 1963- )
1918 - Albert Weisser, composer
1919 - Veda Ann Borg, Boston MA, actress (Avalanche, Accomplice)
1920 - John Powell, campaigner
1921 - Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
1922 - Kathleen Byron, London England, actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days)
1922 - Neville Duke, English test pilot
1922 - Tony Charmoli, Minn, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew)
1922 - Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (d. 1986)
1923 - Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman, (d. 2012)
1924 - Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
1924 - Slim Harpo [James Moore], Lobdell, Louisiana, American blues musician
1924 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
1926 - Alexander Gibson, conductor
1926 - Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker, Dutch actress (The Miser)
1926 - Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
1926 - Lev Stepanovich Demin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
1926 - Phil Sidey, broadcaster
1927 - John Hayes, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58)
1927 - Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist
1928 - David L Wolper, producer (Devil's Brigade)
1928 - Mitchell Ryan, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Chase, Executive Suite)
1929 - Nicoletta Orsomando
1929 - Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist
Actor Rod Taylor (1930) 1930 - Rod Taylor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian actor (The Birds, Time Machine)
1930 - Ron Mulock, Australian politician
1931 - Ed Hall, Roxbury Mass, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center)
1931 - Betty Churcher, director of the National Gallery of Australia
1932 - Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
1933 - Goldie Hill, Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1934 - Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, Computer scientist
1935 - Chuck Barksdale, US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)
1935 - Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
1936 - Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie)
1936 - Meindert Leerling, Dutch TV director/MP (RPF)
1936 - Eve Hesse, Hamburg Germany, German born Jewish-American sculptor.
1938 - Fischer S Black Jr, financial theorist
1938 - Michael Fenn, docker/socialist
1938 - Arthur Scargill, Socialist Labour Party (UK) leader
1939 - Anne Heggtveit, Ottawa, Ontario, Canadian alpine skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 - Mark DeVoto, composer
1941 - Gérson, Brazilian footballer
1942 - Clarence Clemons, rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1943 - William Albert Penn, composer
1943 - Henry Cecil, Aberdeen, Scotland, English horse racing trainer
1944 - York Georg Holler, composer
1944 - Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)
1944 - Shibu Soren, Indian politician
1945 - Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
1945 - Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry, Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Dhammayutt Order
1946 - Ludmila Poradnik, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1946 - Naomi Judd, [Diana Ellen], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1946 - Tony Kaye, rocker (Yes)
1946 - John Piper, American theologian
1947 - Anna Calder-Marshall, Kensington England, actress (Zulu Dawn)
1947 - Bryan Robson, English international soccer star
1948 - Madeline Manning-Jackson-Mimms, US 800m runner (Oly-gold-1968)
1949 - Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
1949 - [Frederick] Dennis Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
1949 - Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer
1951 - Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000)
1952 - Ben Daniel Crenshaw, Austin TX, PGA golfer (1976 Bing Crosby)
1952 - Lee Ritenour, Los Angeles California, jazz musician
1952 - Massimo Lopez, Italian comedian
1952 - Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
1952 - Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
1953 - Anna Marchesini, Italian entertainer
1953 - John Sessions, Scottish actor
1954 - Saskia ten Batenburg, Dutch actress (Factory, Hunk)
1956 - Kuniaki Kobayashi, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1956 - Robert Earl Keen, American singer
1957 - Darryl Dawkins, NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets)
1957 - Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
1958 - Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores, Honolulu Hawaii, playmate (Jun, 1982)
1958 - Vicki Peterson, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles)
1958 - Diego León Montoya Sánchez, former Columbian crime boss
1959 - Brett Bodine, auto racer
1961 - Paul Skansi, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawk)
1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author
1962 - Donn Pall, Evergreen Park IL, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, Fl Marlins)
1962 - Julie Moran, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight, Independence Day)
1962 - Kim Coles, Brooklyn New York, American actress (Synclaire-Living Single)
1962 - Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy
1963 - Jason Connery, London England, actor (Robin Hood)
1963 - Kate Gompert, Ames lA, tennis star
1963 - Petra Schneider, E German swimming star (world record 400m)
1963 - Tracy Caulkins, Winona Minn, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1984)
1965 - Barbara Belding, San Diego Cal, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1994)
1965 - Joely Richardson, London England, actress (Body Contact, Wetherby)
1965 - Karl Van Calcar, Torrance California, 3k steeplechase
1965 - Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, model/actress (Fatal Temptation)
1965 - Olivia Barash, Miami Fla, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue)
1965 - Steve Vancil, Oregon City Ore, golfer (1989 City of Portland)
1965 - Roland Scholten, Dutch Darts Player
1966 - Christian Pouget, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1966 - Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
1966 - Kelley Law, Canadian curler
1967 - Jeff Bankett, Pittsburgh Pa, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live)
1967 - Richmond Webb, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Ronnie Stern, St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1968 - Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1968 - Sharon Brown, NYC, actress (Chantal-Generations)
1968 - Tom Dumont, American musician
1969 - Darren Anderson, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Dave Cruikshank, Northbrook Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1969 - Frank Robinson, WLAF defensive back (Scottish Claymores)
1969 - Reemt Pyka, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1969 - Kyle Richards, American actress
1970 - Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star
1970 - Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer
1971 - Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
1971 - Karmeeleyah McGill, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
Singer-Songwriter Mary Jane Blige (1971) 1971 - Mary Jane Blige, New York, American R&B singer-songwriter
1971 - Noah Cantor, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 - Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper
1972 - Amber Medlin, Virginia Beach Virginia, Miss America-Virginia (1996)
1972 - Dexter Seigler, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 - Rey Ordonez, Havana Cuba, infielder (NY Mets)
1972 - Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star (WR/OR 50m freestyle)
1972 - Marc Blucas, American actor
1973 - Dave Dickenson, CFL quarterback (Calgary Stampeders)
1973 - Rahul Dravid, cricket batter (prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96)
1973 - Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
1973 - Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
1974 - Echo Leta Johnson, Austin TX, playmate (Jan, 1993)
1974 - Goran Lozanovski, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 - Rod Jones, NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 - Toderick Malone, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
1974 - Warren Morris, Alexandria LA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 - Jens Nowotny, German footballer
1975 - Brad Badger, guard (Washington Redskins)
1975 - Jacky Verbeek, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
1975 - Rory Fitzpatrick, Rochester, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
1976 - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
1977 - Shomari Buchanan, American football player
1977 - Nadia Turner, American singer
1978 - Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - Emile Heskey, English footballer
1978 - Holly Brisley, Australian actress
1979 - Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director
1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
1980 - Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
1980 - Mike Williams, American football player
1980 - Deanna Wright, American actress
1981 - Jamelia Niela Davis, Birmingham, English singer
1981 - Tom Meighan, British singer (Kasabian)
1982 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer
1982 - Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
1983 - Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
1983 - Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
1985 - Rie fu, Japanese singer
1985 - Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1985 - Newton Faulkner, British singer
1987 - Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider
1988 - Alexandria L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 - Danielle L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 - Erica L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 - Raymond L'Esperance, quintuplet
1988 - Veronica L'Esperance, quintuplet
1993 - Flora Cross, American actress

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