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Birthdays in History for Thursday 29th May 2014

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1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
1627 - Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)
1630 - Charles II, St. James's Palace, London, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1660-85)
1673 - Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council
1675 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
1716 - Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist
1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
1730 - William Jackson, composer
1731 - Orazio Mei, composer
1736 - Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1741 - Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer
1773 - Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
1791 - Pietro Romani, composer
1794 - Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
1810 - Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1810 - Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
1810 - Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1823 - John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
1824 - Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)

King Charles II (1630) 1825 - David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1826 - Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1827 - Reuben Lindsay Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1837 - Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)
1837 - Luca Fumagalli, composer
1839 - Ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test)
1840 - Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
1841 - Sylvester Magee, last living American slave and oldest person who ever lived, (d. 1971)
1843 - Emile Pessard, composer
1846 - Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education
1851 - Leon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
1852 - Jindrich z Albestu Kaan, composer
1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
1863 - Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
1864 - A H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer
1874 - G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], London, English writer (Man Who Made Gold)
1880 - Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher (Decline of West)
1881 - Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer
1882 - Doris Ulmann, American photographer
1883 - William Beatton Moonie, composer
1885 - Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity)
1890 - Francis de Bourguignon, composer
1892 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal)
1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)
1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Der blaue Engel)
1896 - George L Funke, botanist (Flower Physiology)
1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta)
1897 - Ignace Lilien, composer

Entertainer Bob Hope (1903) 1903 - Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes Hope], Eltham Kent, British born American entertainer
1904 - Robert Knox, bacteriologist
1905 - Fela Sowande, composer
1905 - Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor/director (That Joyous Eve)
1905 - Sebastian Shaw, Holt England, actor (Return of Jedi, Chimera)
1906 - Hans Joachim Schaeuble, composer
1906 - Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones)
1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
1907 - Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic
1907 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
1909 - Neil R[onald] Jones, US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds)
1910 - Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker
1911 - James Marjoribanks, British ambassador
1911 - Louis Wain, agricultural scientist
1912 - John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet (Go to the Mosque)
1912 - Lucie Aubrac [Bernard], Paris, history teacher and French resistance member, (d. 2007)
1913 - Douglas Black, physician
1913 - Iris Adrian, Los Angeles California, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard)
1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
1914 - Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
1915 - David Jenklins, librarian (National Library of Wales)
1915 - Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor (Iceland Symph 1964-65)
1915 - Lord Huntingfield, British agent to UN Secreteriat
1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
1916 - Carl M Story, fiddler

US President John F. Kennedy (1917) 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)
1918 - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show)
1918 - Isabel Dean, Engl, actress (5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom)
1920 - Robin Haydon, British diplomat
1921 - Clifton James, NYC, actor (Buster & Billie, David & Lisa)
1921 - George Terry, chief constable (Sussex England)
1921 - James Clifton, Spokane Wash, actor (Live & Let Die)
1922 - Iannis Xenakis, Braila, Romania, Greek composer/architect/mathematician
1922 - John Heerbecq, Church commissioner
1923 - Earl of Morley, Lord Lt (Devon)
1923 - Richard Worsley, quarter master General
1925 - Kenneth Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
1926 - Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love)
1927 - Carl Toms, stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two)
1927 - Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer
1927 - Trevor Holdsworth, CEO (National Power)
1928 - Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds)
1929 - Anthony Grant, British MP
1929 - Katie Boyle, [Lady Sander Saunders], British broadcaster
1929 - Kennetgh Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
1930 - Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class)
1930 - Eddy Choong, Penang, Malaysia, Chinese badminton player , (d. 2013)
1931 - Carl Toms, stage designer
1932 - Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth
1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
1935 - Andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)
1935 - Denis J Worrall, South African politician/leader (DP)
1935 - Martin Garrod, Commandant General (Royal Marines)
1936 - Arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)
1937 - Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper
1937 - Irmin Schmidt, rocker (Can)
1937 - Peter Kolman, composer
1937 - Charles W. Pickering, American judge
1938 - Francis Thomas (Fay) Vincent, baseball commissioner
1939 - Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
1939 - Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines
1939 - Nanette Newman, writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage)
1940 - Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan
1941 - Douglas Scott, mountaineer
1941 - Roy Crewsdon, Manchester, rocker (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1942 - Kevin Conway, NYC, actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels)
1942 - Pierre Bourque, Former mayor of Montreal
1943 - Bob Edgar, (Rep-D-PA, 1975-87)
1943 - E Thomas Coleman, (Rep-R-MO, 1976- )
1943 - Terry Pavey, editor (TV Times)
1943 - Robert W. Edgar, Theologian and Politician, (d. 2013)
1944 - Helmut Berger, actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray)
1944 - Quentin Davies, MP (C)
1945 - Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State (Scotland)
1945 - Martin Pipe, horse trainer
1945 - Gary Brooker, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1946 - Robin Johnson, Brooklyn, actress (Times Square)
1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
1947 - Mark Nelson, Brooklyn NY, crew member (Biosphere 2)
1947 - Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
1948 - Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital)
1948 - Linda Esther Gray, opera singer
1948 - Michael Berkley, composer/broadcaster
1948 - Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
1949 - Francis Rossi, London, guitarist (Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man)
1949 - Brian Kidd, English footballer
1950 - Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (R U Tuff Enuff)
1950 - Talat Ali, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80)
1951 - Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation
1952 - Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne)

Composer Danny Elfman (1953) 1953 - Danny Elfman, Los Angeles California, composer (Simspon Show Theme)
1953 - Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981)
1953 - Rick Henderson, Beaumont Tx, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
1955 - Jerry Dengler, Colo Springs, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
1955 - John Hinckley Jr, shot & wounded President Reagan (1981)
1955 - Mike Porcaro, rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1955 - Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
1956 - LaToya Jackson, Gary, Indiana, American singer/model (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy
1956 - Greg R, rocker (Bad)
1956 - Larry Blackmon, rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman)
1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
1958 - Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont) [or 5/5]
1958 - Ivar Sisniega, Mexico, pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
1958 - Sam Clancy, WLAF defensive assistant coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1958 - Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
1959 - Mel Gaynor, Glasgow Scotland, rock drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1959 - Rupert Everett, British actor (Princess Daisy, Another Country)
1959 - Tamayo Otsuki, actress (Mrs Yamagami-Davis Rules)
1960 - Adrian Paul, London England, actor (Dance to Win, Highlander)
1961 - David Palmer, heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC)
1961 - Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough)
1961 - Todd Boonstra, Minneapolis Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1962 - Eric Davis, LA CA, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1962 - Gerry Norquist, Portland OR, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-5th)
1962 - John D. LeMay, American actor
1963 - Lisa Whelchel, Fort Worth Texas, actress (Blair-Facts of Life)
1963 - Tracey E Bregman, Munich Germany, actress (Lauren-Bold & Beautiful, Days of Our Life)
1963 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
1963 - Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
1965 - Charlie Hayes, Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees)
1965 - Emilio Sanchez, Madrid Spain, Tennis player (1988 Olympic bronze)
1965 - Jammo Myllys, Savonlinna FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland, Oly-Br-98)
1966 - Floyd Turner, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1967 - Bill Risley, Chicago IL, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1967 - Karina Orum, Denmark, golfer (Scandinavian champion 1989)
1967 - Mike Keane, Winnipeg, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1967 - Ray Bernard, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)

Musician Noel Gallagher (1967) 1967 - Noel Gallagher, Manchester, English pop musician (Oasis)
1968 - Brian Roche, NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
1968 - Duane Young, NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
1969 - Toby Borland, Quitman LA, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1969 - Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star (1992 Belgian Open)
1969 - Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
1970 - Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
1971 - Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
1972 - Bill Curley, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, Minn Timberwolves)
1972 - David Hendrix, NFL strong safety (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Kenny McEntyre, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
1972 - Kevin McDougal, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1972 - Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
1972 - Stanislas Renoult, French singer
1973 - Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1973 - Etdrick Bohannon, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
1973 - Jason Dawe, North York, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1973 - Malcolm Allen, Wauchope NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1973 - Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county California, playmate (Oct, 1992)
1973 - Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
1973 - Anthony Azizi, American actor
1973 - Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
1974 - Barbara Mulej, Kranj Slovenia, tennis star (1992 Futures Germ)
1974 - Kenny Bynum, running back (San Diego Chargers)
1974 - Robyn Petroskey, Minneapolis Minn, figure skater (1996 Midwest champ)
1974 - Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks
1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish Formula One driver
1975 - Alexander Zhurik, hockey defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
1975 - Bianca Langham, Australian field hockey fullback/halfback (Olympic-96)
1975 - Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1975 - Shoshanna Lonstein, NYC, girlfriend (Jerry Seinfeld)
1975 - Anthony Wall, English golfer
1976 - David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
1976 - Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
1976 - Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
1977 - Brent Roberts, Leesville La, diver (Olympics-96)
1977 - Danny Gerard, Mt Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge)
1977 - Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
1977 - Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
1978 - Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
1978 - Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
1978 - Adam Rickitt,British/New Zealand actor
1979 - Luann Roberts, Miss Alabama Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
1979 - Arne Friedrich, German football player
1979 - John Rheinecker, Major League Baseball player
1979 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
1981 - Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
1982 - Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer
1982 - Matt Macri, American baseball player
1983 - Richard Jackson, Redlands California, actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell)
1983 - Rama Claproth, Indonesian blues guitarist
1984 - Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
1986 - Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler
1986 - Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican/American fashion model
1986 - Valy Hedjasi, Afghan singer
1987 - Alessandra Toreson, American actress
1989 - Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley
1990 - Dave Morton, American guitarist
1991 - Kristen Alderson, American actress

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