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Birthdays in History for Sunday 29th June 2014

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1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
1482 - Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
1517 - Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist
1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
1738 - Constantin Reindl, composer
1783 - August Alexander Klengel, composer
1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
1803 - John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
1805 - Hiram Powers, US sculptor (Greek Slave)
1824 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels)
1831 - William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1842 - Josef Labor, composer
1849 - Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia
1849 - John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
1850 - Joseph Paul Skelly, composer
1858 - George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal)
1861 - William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota
1863 - James Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization)
1864 - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer
1864 - Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, once thought to be the world's oldest man ever but birth date now disputed (120 y 237 d)
1865 - William E Borah, lawyer/(Sen-R-Id)
1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
1870 - Joseph Carl Breil, composer
1873 - Leo Frobenius, Berlin, Germany, ethnologist and archaeologist
1874 - Georg Gohler, composer
1876 - Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a gov (Wyoming, 1925-27)
1880 - Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff ("July 20th plot")
1881 - Harry Frazee, American baseball team owner (d. 1929)
1881 - Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959)
1885 - Andre Gailhard, composer
1885 - Virginia Pope, (NY Times)
1886 - George Frederick Boyle, composer
1886 - James Van Der Zee, Lenox Ma, African American photographer
1886 - Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin)
1886 - Robert Schuman, French premier
1889 - Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
1893 - Aare Merikanto, composer
1893 - Antoon Schweigmann, Dutch religious poet/resistance fighter
1896 - Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)
1897 - Ottmar Gerster, composer
1897 - Fulgence Charpentier, French-Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1901 - Frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
1901 - Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor
1901 - Nelson Eddy, Providence RI, baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald)
1902 - Carl-Heinz Schroth, Innsbruck, director (Reaching for the Stars)
1902 - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Horror Hospital)
1903 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)
1905 - Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad)
1905 - Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu (Bishop Zulu), Anglican bishop of Zululand and Swaziland, Nquthu, Natal
1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
1907 - Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan)
1907 - Paul O'Dwyer, pres of City Council (D-NYC)
1908 - Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (Last Rose, Xanthippe)
1908 - Rene Gerber, composer
1909 - Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock)
1910 - Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella)
1910 - Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1911 - Bernard Herrmann, New York City, New York, American composer (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Taxi Driver)
1911 - Bernhard, Germany, Prince (Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands)
1912 - John Toland, US, political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971)
1912 - Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango)
1912 - Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
1914 - Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)
1914 - Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
1914 - Dr Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo, African National Congress member of parliament and noted writer of \'Call me Woman\' and other books, Thaba-Nchu in the Orange Free State
1916 - David Donaldson, painter
1916 - Ruth Warwick, St Joseph, Missouri, American actress and singer (Citizen Kane, All My Children)
1918 - Jack Harkness, rose grower
1919 - Slim Pickens, Kingsburg California, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles)
1919 - Lloyd Richards, American director (d. 2006)
1920 - Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist (Clash of Titans), (d. 2013)
1921 - Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue)
1923 - Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)
1924 - Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians)
1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
1925 - Cara Williams, Brooklyn New York, American actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show)
1925 - Hale Smith, composer
1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician
1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1928 - Ian Bannen, Airdrie Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park)
1929 - Michio Mamaia, composer
1929 - Peter George, Akron Ohio, weightlifter (Oly-gold/2 silver-48, 52)
1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress

Film Producer Robert Evans (1930) 1930 - Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)
1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
1931 - Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player
1933 - John Bradshaw, American theologian
1934 - Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI)
1934 - Henning Kronstam, dancer
1936 - David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
1936 - Leonard Lee, US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll)
1938 - Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)
1938 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer
1939 - Alan Connolly, cricketer (Australian pace bowler through 60s)
1939 - Ron Headley, cricketer (son of George, 2 Tests WI v England 1973)
1940 - Louise S Groenman, Dutch MP (D66)
1940 - Viacheslav Artyomov, composer
1941 - Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 - Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist
1941 - John Boccabella, American baseball player
1942 - Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch MP (SGP)
1942 - Larry Snyder, jockey
1942 - Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
1943 - Roger Ruskin Spear, London England, saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)

Pop Singer Little Eva (1943) 1943 - Little Eva (Eva Boyd), Belhaven, North Carolina, American pop singer (Locomotion)
1944 - Collin Peterson, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
1944 - Gary Busey, Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born)
1944 - Sean O'Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop
1945 - Johnnie Richardson, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
1947 - Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
1947 - Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)
1947 - Michael Carter, British actor
1948 - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet)
1948 - Charles McCorquodale, art historian
1948 - Fred Grandy, Sioux City IA, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1986- )/actor (Love Boat)
1948 - Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer(White Snake, Deep Purple)

Comedian Richard Lewis (1947) 1948 - Loncoln Gordon, rocker
1949 - Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
1949 - Ann Veneman, American politician
1951 - Don Rosa, American ilustrator
1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1953 - Billy Hinsche, rocker
1953 - Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again)
1953 - Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1953 - Colin Hay, Kilwinning, Scotland, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work)
1954 - Rick Honeycutt, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1955 - Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, astronaut (STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91)
1955 - Terence M. O'Sullivan, American activist
1956 - Pedro Guerrero, baseball player
1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1957 - Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
1957 - Robert Forster, Australian musician
1958 - Leslie Browne, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
1958 - Richard Mettee, horse trainer
1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete
1959 - Edward F Humenik, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1994 Kmart Greater-2nd)
1959 - Kim Hiett, jockey
1959 - Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (1st to die)
1960 - Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 - Sharon Lawrence [Sharon Elizabeth], Charlotte, North Carolina, American actress (NYPD Blue, Fired Up)
1961 - Kimberlin Brown, American actress
1961 - Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist
1962 - Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (CJ Lamb-LA Law)
1962 - George Zamka, American astronaut
1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil)
1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
1964 - Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Cleveland Browns)
1964 - Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel)
1964 - Wendy Kilbourne, actress (Devon-Midnight Caller) [1964 Approx]
1965 - Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones)
1965 - Paul Jarvis, cricketer (England pace bowler 1988-93)
1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician
1966 - John Part, Canadian darts player
1967 - John Wehner, Pittsburgh PA, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1967 - Melora Hardin, Houston Texas, actress (Family Tree, Best Times)
1967 - Murray Foster, Canadian musician
1968 - Theoren Fleury, Oxbow Sask, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames, Canada)
1969 - Erik Tammer, soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles)
1969 - Simon Brown, cricketer (Durham pace bowler, England 1996)
1969 - Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
1969 - Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
1970 - Troy Drayton, tight end (Miami Dolphins)
1970 - Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
1971 - Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player (NAC)
1971 - Mike Sillinger, Regina, NHL right wing (Vanc Canucks, Anaheim Ducks)
1971 - Wendee Espinosa, Stockton California, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician
1972 - Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1972 - Samantha Smith, Houlton Mo, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street)
1972 - Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
1973 - George Hincapie, Queens NY, road cyclist (Olympics-76th-92, 96)
1974 - Ted Giannous, San Diego, actor (KGB Chicken)
1975 - Mathew Gates, Baldock England, dance skater (& Chalom-1995 Nat Jr champ)
1976 - Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)
1976 - Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician
1977 - Sharon Cripps, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1977 - Tania Joy Gibson, Lake Barrington Ill, Miss America-Illinois (1997)
1977 - Oleg Korenfeld, Russian-born American poet
1977 - Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
1978 - Sam Farrar, American bassist
1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress
1979 - Abs Breen, English singer
1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
1979 - Matthew Bode, Australian Rules football player
1979 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
1980 - Mel Peachey, British television personality
1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
1981 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1981 - Joe Johnson, American basketball player
1983 - Aundrea Fimbres, American singer
1984 - Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
1984 - Christopher Egan, Australian actor
1984 - Derek Lee Rock, American drummer
1985 - Quintin Demps, American football player
1986 - Austin Drage, English singer
1986 - Iya Villania, Filipina actress
1987 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
1988 - Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
1992 - Adam G. Sevani, American actor
1993 - Angela & Amy Lakeberg, US Siamese twin (separated on Aug 20th)
1993 - George Sampson, English dancer

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