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Birthdays in History for Monday 29th September 2014

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Birthdays 1 - 311 of 311
106 BC - Pompey the Great [Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus], Roman political and military leader (1st Triumvirate and Consul), (d. 48 BC)
1240 - Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)
1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)
1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)
1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)
1402 - Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint
1511 - Michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta)
1518 - Tintoretto, Italian painter
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote), (d. 1616)
1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
1561 - Roomen, mathematician

Author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547) 1571 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
1583 - Johan VIII, the Younger, count of Nassau-Siegen/field marshall
1620 - John L baron of Elderen, 63rd prince-bishop of Luik (1688-94)
1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)
1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)
1640 - Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized
1654 - Vincenz Lubeck, composer
1674 - Jacques Hotteterre, composer
1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)
1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)
1714 - Peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1761-75)
1718 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat (plot against Peter III)
1727 - Henry Harington, composer
1746 - Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer
1753 - Johann Gottfried Schict, composer

British Naval Officer Horatio Nelson (1758) 1758 - Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero (Trafalgar)
1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
1794 - William Michael Rooke, composer
1803 - Charles-Francois Sturm, French mathematician (Sturm's Theorem)
1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)
1810 - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, London, novelist
1812 - Gopel, mathematician
1815 - Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver
1829 - Bradley Tyler Johnson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1829 - Giles Alexander Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
1830 - John Parker Hawkins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1914
1831 - John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers)
1838 - Henry Hobson Richardson, St James LA, Romanesque revival architect
1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)
1848 - Caroline Ardelia Yale, US, educated deaf
1849 - Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer
1853 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)
1854 - Martin Pluddemann, composer
1855 - Michele Esposito, composer
1857 - Conrad T van Deventer, lawyer/2nd-Member of parliament
1858 - Leopoldo Mugnone, composer
1863 - Franz Zorell, German RC exegetist/lexicographer
1863 - Hugo Haase, German SPD-German parliament/revolutionary
1864 - Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Bilbao Spain, philosopher (Ensayos, Teatro)
1867 - Philip Kleintjes, people's rights leader
1879 - Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer
1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist
1884 - Boris Asafiev, composer
1887 - Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin)
1891 - Gerda Bjorne, Varmland Sweden, actress (Familjen Bjork, Hemsoborna)
1893 - Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor (Phila Orch)
1893 - Phillip Tead, Somerville Mass, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade)
1894 - Franco Capuana, composer
1895 - Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)
1895 - Louise Granville, Sydney Australia, entertainer
1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)
1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976)
1899 - Billy Butlin, South Africa, holiday camp promoter
1899 - Jolie Gabor, mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa, & Eva
1900 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)

Father of the Atomic Bomb Enrico Fermi (1901) 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Rome, Italian/American nuclear physicist, gone fission/fermium (Nobel 1938)
1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
1903 - Karl August Andersen, composer
1903 - Ted Decorsia, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon)
1904 - Dorothy Emmet, philosopher
1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)
1905 - Francis Joseph Quinn, academic
1907 - Gene Autry, Tioga Tx, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner (California Angels)
1907 - Michael Shepley, Plymouth England, actor (Dick & the Duchess)
1907 - Richard Harkness, Artesian SD, newscaster (Story of the Week, NBC)
1908 - Greer Garson, North Ireland, actress (Pride & Prejudice, Chips)
1908 - James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer
1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)
1909 - Andrew Herron, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1910 - Virginia Bruce, actress (Action in Arabia)
1911 - Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher
1912 - Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor (Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel)
1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Ferrara Italy, director (Blow-up, Red Desert)
1912 - Viscount Lambert
1913 - Silvio Piola, soccer star
1913 - Stanley E Kramer, NYC, producer/director (Inherit the Wind)
1915 - Ann Nagel, Boston MA, actress (Don Winslow of the Navy)
1915 - Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark)
1915 - Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1916 - Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist
1916 - Minao Shibata, composer
1916 - Trevor Howard, England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Ryan's Daughter)
1918 - Don Castle, TX, actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol)
1918 - Harold Laurence Walters, composer
1919 - Masao Takemoto, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1960)
1920 - Sergei F Bondarchuk, director/actor (Boris Godunov, Step, Otello)
1920 - Vaclav Neummann, conductor
1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate
1921 - Miklos Jancso, Vac Hungry, director (Muzsika, Aube, Pacifist)
1922 - Lizabeth Scott, Scranton, Pa, actress (Dark City, Desert Fury)
1923 - Ellen Malcolm, painter
1923 - O A "Bum" Phillips, football coach (Houston Oilers/New Orlean Saints)
1924 - David Atkinson, British air marshal
1925 - Steve Forrest, Huntsville, Texas, American actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT), (d. 2013)
1925 - John Balcombe, Lord Chief Justice of Appeal
1925 - John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx)
1925 - Trevor Hughes, water engineer
1926 - Phyllis Taylor, educationist
1927 - Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-52, 56)
1927 - Paul McCloskey, (Sen-R-California)
1928 - Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author/poet
1928 - Lord Avebury [Eric Reginald Lubbock], English politician (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70)
1929 - Murray McLaggan, British Lord-Lieutenant (Mid Glamorgan)
1930 - Colin Dexter, author
1930 - Morag Timbury, director (Central Public Health Laboratory)
1930 - Peter Miller, CEO (Lloyd's of London)
1930 - Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's)
1930 - Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor (Aust Orch Sydney-1976)
1930 - Billy Strange [William], Long Beach, California, singer-songwriter (A Little Less Conversation), (d. 2012)
1931 - Anita Ekberg, Malmö Sweden, actress (La Dolce Vita)/Miss Sweden (1950)
1931 - E S Orr Ewing, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown
1931 - Eddie Barth, Phila, actor (Shaft, Simon & Simon)
1931 - James Watson Cronin, nuclear physicist
1931 - Joseph M McDade, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963- )
1932 - Canon Paul Oestreicher, CEO (British section, Amnesty International
1932 - Jeremy Isaacs, general director (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
1932 - Mary Moon, Headmistress (Manchester High School for Girls)
1932 - Peter Stormonth Darling, CEO (Mercury Asset Management Group)
1932 - Robert Benton, Texas, writer/director (Kramer vs Kramer)
1932 - Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist (pop art)
1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)
1933 - Samora Machel, president Mozambique (1975-86)
1934 - Lance Gibbs, cricketer (prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets)
1934 - Lindsay Kline, cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957)
1934 - Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
1935 - David Hannay, diplomat

Country Singer Jerry Lee Lewis (1935) 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin')
1936 - Michael Partridge, British civil servant
1936 - Mylene Demongeot, Nice France, actress (3 Murderesses)
1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
1937 - Alice Mahon, British MP
1937 - R B Heywood, director (British Antarctic Survey)
1938 - Henry Keswick, British businessman (CEO-Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd)
1938 - Mike McCormick, MLB Pitcher (SF Giants, Cy Young 1967)
1938 - Wim Kok, NVV/FNV-chairman/Dutch soc-dem party-premier (1994- )
1939 - Eberhard Koellner, German DR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31 backup)
1939 - Larry Linville, Ojai California, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie)
1939 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart)
1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic
1939 - Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
1940 - Jimmy Knapp, trade unionist
1940 - John Dawes, rugby coach
1940 - Mike Eischeid, NFL punter (Oakland Raiders)
1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
1941 - Colin Niven, Headmaster (Alleyn's School)
1941 - David Steele, cricketer (England batsman, courageous v Lillee 1975)
1941 - Don Nix, US saxophonist (Last Night)
1941 - Kermit Zarley, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1970 Canadian Open)
1942 - Donna Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Man Without a Star)
1942 - Ian McShane, Blackburn England, actor (Roots, Bare Essence)
1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, France, fusion violinist (Frank Zappa)
1942 - Madeline Kahn, Boston Mass, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety)
1942 - Rajinder Goel, cricketer (slow lefty who didn't play for India)
1942 - Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright
1942 - William Nelson, (Rep-D-Fla, 1979- )/astronaut (STS 61C)
1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist
1942 - Bill Nelson, American politician
1943 - Lech Walesa, Popowo Poland, leads Polish Solidarity (Nobel 1983)
1943 - Manuel Fernandez, rocker
1943 - Peter Rigby, CEO (Specialist Computer Holdings)
1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
1944 - Mike Post, composer (Rockford Files, Hill St Blues, Magnum PI)
1944 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart, Monkees)
1944 - Torben Jensen, Denmark, actor (Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn)
1945 - Kyriacos Sfetsas, composer
1945 - Nadezhda Chizova, USSR, shot putter (Oly-gold/silv/bronze-68/72/76)
1945 - Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of British Public Records
1945 - Tatiana Tauer, harpist
1946 - Alasdair Fraser, QC/director (Public Prosecutions for N Ireland)
1946 - Nick Taylor, singer/guitarist (Bloodrock)
1946 - Patricia Hodge, actress (Heat of the Day, Shell Seekers, Sunset)
1947 - Altie Taylor, soccer star
1947 - Lyndon Harrison, MEP
1947 - R J Evans, FBA, historian
1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor
1948 - Bryant Gumbel, New Orleans La, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show)
1948 - John M McHugh, (Rep-R-NY)
1948 - Mark Farner, Mich, guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion)
1948 - Mike Pinear, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1948 - Viktor Krovopouskov, USSR, sabres/fencer (Olympic gold, individual and team, 1976, 1980)
1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
1949 - Steve Busby, footballer
1949 - Tony Hoty, Cleve OH, actor (Ransom, Paper)
1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer
1951 - David Murray, cricketer (WI wicket-keeper)
1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster
1952 - Monika Zehrt, German DR, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
1952 - R A Hodges, archaeologist
1952 - Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator
1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician
1953 - Drake Hogestyn, Ft Wayne Indiana, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Montreal, director/writer (Leola, Night Zoo)
1953 - Warren Cromartie, baseball player
1954 - Cindy Morgan, [Cichorski], Chicago Ill, actress (Tron)
1954 - Stephen Platt, editor (New Statesman & Society)
1955 - Ken Weatherwax, actor (Pugsley-Addams Family)
1955 - Mark Mitchell, actor (Larger than Life, Lift Off, Ground Zero)
1955 - Vicki Fergon, Palo Alto CA, LPGA golfer (1979 Lady Stroh's)
1955 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor
1956 - James Donald Halsell Jr, Monroe La, astronaut (STS 65, 74, 83, 94)
1956 - Sebastian Coe, Hammersmith, London, British 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1980, 84)
1956 - Suzzy Roche, rocker (Roches)
1957 - Andrew "Dice" Clay, [Silverstien], comedian (Adv of Ford Fairlane)
1957 - Chris Broad, cricketer (prolific England opening batsman 1984-89)
1957 - Craig Lefferts, MLB Pitcher
1957 - Mari Wilson, British singer
1957 - Tim Flannery, DJ/MLB player (SD Padres)
1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer
1959 - Leslie Graves, Silver City, New Mexico, American actress (Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2)
1960 - John MacBeth Paxson, NBA Guard (Chicago Bulls)
1960 - Rob Deer, MLB Outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1960 - Wendy White, Atlanta Ga, tennis player
1961 - Julia Gillard, Australian politician
1962 - Roger Bart, American actor
1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist
1963 - Les Claypool, US funk metal singer/bassist (Primus-Suck on This)
1964 - Brad Lohaus, NBA forward/center (NY Knicks)
1964 - John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1964 - Julie Peterson, Havre de Grace Md, playmate (Feb, 1987)
1965 - Fora van Leijenhorst, Curacaos/Neth dancer (Josephine)
1965 - Trent Yawney, Hudson Bay, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1966 - Hersey Hawkins, NBA guard (Seattle Supersonics, Olympic-bronze-1988)
1966 - Jason Gould, son of Barbra Striesand & Elliot Gould
1966 - Jill Whelan, Oakland Cal, actress (Vicki-Love Boat, Young & Restless)
1966 - Ken Norton Jr, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers)
1966 - Rudy Poeschek, Kamloops, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1967 - Dave Silvestri, St Louis MO, infielder (NY Yankees, Montreal Expos)
1968 - Luke Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
1968 - Matt Goss, rocker (Bros-I Owe You Nothing)
1968 - Mika Hakkinen, racing driver
1968 - Patrick Burns, American television presenter
1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor
1969 - Erika Eleniak, Glendale Ca, playmate (Jul, 1989)/actress (Baywatch)

LPGA Golfer Kelly Robbins (1969) 1969 - Kelly Robbins, Mt Pleasant Michigan, LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald's LPGA
1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
1969 - Angelo Barretto, Filipino racecar driver
1970 - Chris Mims, NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers)
1970 - Danny de Supervise, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1970 - Derrick Oden, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 - Emily Lloyd, London England, actress (Wish You Were Here, In Country)
1970 - Joseph Hudson, Philadelphia PA, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1970 - Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, actress (Dark Horse, SFW)/Robert's daughter
1970 - Nicolas Pereira, Salto Uruguay, tennis pro
1970 - Tina Fischer, Bad Nauheim Germany, golfer (European Amat champ 1994)
1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
1971 - Adrion Smith, CFL cornerback (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 - Derrick Davis, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Donald Smith, CFL cornerback (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 - Jay Kearney, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Ray Buchanan, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer
1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
1972 - Butler By'not'e, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Jorgen Jonsson, hockey forward (Team Sweden 1998)
1972 - Trent Zenkewicz, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer
1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver
1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player
1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player
1973 - Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter
1974 - Danielle DuClos, actress (Midnight Run, Zits)
1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer
1975 - Heather Pease, Monterey California, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player
1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player
1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player
1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist
1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor
1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer
1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player
1978 - Mandy Groff, Miss Nebraska Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, Phila, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
1979 - Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist
1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player
1980 - Sarah Sucher, Miss Iowa Teen USA (1997)
1980 - Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire, City and Colour)
1980 - Zachary Levi, American actor
1980 - Patrick Agyemang, English footballer
1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player
1982 - Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter
1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player
1985 - Calvin Johnson, American football player
1986 - Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 - Emily Evelyn Chase, daughter of Jayni & Chevy
1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player
1988 - Justin Nozuka, singer/songwriter
1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
2008 - Emma Tallulah Behn, member of the extended Norwegian royal family

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