Today's Famous Birthdays
- 1008 Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)
- 1350 Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)
- 1490 Bernardo Pisano, composer
- 1537 Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)
- 1558 Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)
- 1558 Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
- 1576 Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)
- 1602 William Chillingworth, English religious leader (d. 1644)
- 1686 Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer
- 1710 Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman (d. 1785)
- 1712 William Shippen, American physician and statesman (d. 1801)
- 1725 Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
- 1742 Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor
- 1759 Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer
- 1762 John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811
- 1763 John Ross, English composer and organist, born in Newcastle upon Tyne (d. 1837)
- 1792 Christian Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1860)
- 1798 A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal
- 1798 Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49)
- 1801 Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss statesman (d. 1873)
- 1807 John Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist
- 1808 John Liptrot Hatton, composer
- 1813 Lyman Trumbull, MC (Union) (d. 1896)
- 1815 William Joseph Hardee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1873)
- 1822 Joseph Haydn Potter, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1892)
- 1832 Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin)
- 1840 Helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian
- 1844 George W Cable, American writer (Northampton Years)
- 1845 Amintore Galli, composer
- 1855 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)
- 1855 August Sauer, Austria literature historian (Euphorion)
- 1855 Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Death of My Cat) [or 9/12]
- 1860 Elmer A Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass)
- 1865 Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1866 Antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer
- 1866 James Ramsay MacDonald, (L) British PM (1924, 1929-35)
- 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)
- 1874 Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (d. 1942)
- 1875 Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, (75 pseudonames), British occultist
- 1878 Karl Buresch, Austria politician
- 1880 Healey Willan, composer
- 1880 Louis Hémon, French novelist (d. 1913)
- 1881 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer
- 1881 William Nigh, American director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), born in Berlin Wisconsin (d. 1955)
- 1882 Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer
- 1884 Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps)
- 1886 Karl Dane, Danish-American comedian and actor (Son of the Sheik), born in Copenhagen (d. 1934)
- 1887 Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet (d. 1951)
- 1890 Luis de Freitas Branco, composer
- 1891 Edith Stein, German philosopher
- 1892 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (d. 1975)
- 1893 Pall Isolfsson, composer
- 1893 Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)
- 1894 Charles Hodge, California, NYU professor (Answers for Americans)
- 1894 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen
- 1896 Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)
- 1902 Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion)
- 1903 Grayson Kirk, educator, born in Jeffersonville, Ohio
- 1904 Ding Ling, Chinese writer (d. 1986)
- 1904 Lester Dent, American writer (d. 1959)
- 1905 Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher
- 1906 Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer
- 1906 Joe Cronin, baseball (Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres)
- 1906 Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar
- 1907 Wolfgang Fortner, composer
- 1908 Ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street)
- 1908 Paul Engle, American writer (d. 1991)
- 1909 Josephine Hutchinson, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur), born in Seattle, Washington
- 1909 Zellig S Harris, US linguist
- 1910 Robert Fitzgerald, American poet and translator (d. 1985)
- 1910 Bob Sheppard, American baseball announcer
- 1911 Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78)
- 1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman)
- 1911 Maribel Vinson, American figure skater (9x US National Champion), born in Winchester, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
- 1913 William James Moyce, armaments scientist
- 1916 Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (d. 1994)
- 1917 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)
- 1918 Emil Cossetto, composer
- 1919 Andre Casanova, composer
- 1919 Gilles Beaudoin, Quebec politician (d. 2007)
- 1920 Christy Ring, Irish hurler (d. 1979)
- 1921 Jaroslav Drobny, Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954)
- 1923 Jean Nidetch, businesswoman and founder of Weight Watchers, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1923 Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager
- 1924 Doris Grau, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1925 Bill Parkhouse, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59)
- 1925 Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier (court jester of beliefs)
- 1925 Guitar Gabriel Robert Lewis Jones, singer/guitarist
- 1925 William Steinkraus, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 sil/br-52/56/60/64/68/72)
- 1925 Denis Lazure, Quebec politician (d. 2008)
- 1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy)
- 1927 Antonia Rey, actress (True Colors, Wise Guys), born in Havana, Cuba
- 1928 Thomas Burnett Swann, US, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur)
- 1928 Al Held, US, painter/sculptor (hard edge-style)
- 1929 Robert Coles, Milton Mass, author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973)
- 1929 Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter (d. 2007)
- 1930 Jack S Gottlieb, composer
- 1931 Raoul Pleskow, composer
- 1932 Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician (Bahamian Diet)
- 1932 Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director (Man is Not a Bird)
- 1932 Jake Edwin Garn, (Sen-R-Utah, 1974- )/astronaut (STS 51D)
- 1932 Mayer Joel Mandelbaum, composer
- 1932 Ned Jarrett, Conover, North Carolina, American race car driver and announcer (50 Grand National victories)
- 1933 Broos van Erp, Dutch MP (VVD)
- 1933 Guido Molinari, Canadian painter (d. 2004)
- 1934 Richard Meier, American architect
- 1934 Albert Shiryaev, Russian mathematician
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- 1935 Sam Moore, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave-Soul Sister), born in Miami, Florida
- 1935 William Raspberry, Okolona, Mississippi, columnist (Pulitzer 1994), (d. 2012)
- 1936 Tony Kubek, shortstop (NY Yankees)/sportscaster (NBC-TV, Madison Square Garden)
- 1937 Robert Mangold, American artist
- 1938 Bob Miller, American NHL broadcaster
- 1939 Carolee Schneemann, Fox Chase Pennsylvania, American performance artist
- 1941 Craig A Washington, (Rep-D-Texas)
- 1941 Michael Mansfield, English barrister
- 1942 Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress (Casino Royale, Lord Jim)
- 1942 Melvin Franklin, Montgomery Alabama, musician (The Temptations)
- 1944 Angela Rippon, British television personality
- 1945 Aurore Clément, French actress (Paris, Texas), born in Soissons, Aisne
- 1945 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2015)
- 1946 Ashok Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78)
- 1947 Chris Wallace, newscaster (NBC Weekend News), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1947 George Lam, Hong Kong singer
- 1948 Rick Parfitt, Surrey England, pop guitarist/singer (Status Quo-Wanderer)
- 1949 Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Venezuelan international terrorist
- 1949 Stan Hansen, American professional wrestler
- 1950 Susan Anton, Oak Glen California, actress (Golden Girl, Spring Fever)
- 1950 Robin Askwith, English actor
- 1950 Dave Freudenthal, American politician
- 1950 Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor
- 1951 Bernie Ruoff, West Germany, CFL kicker (Winnipeg, Hamilton)
- 1951 Ed Royce, American politician (Rep-R-California)
- 1951 Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer (1982 Dinah Shore)
- 1952 Danielle Proulx, Quebec actress
- 1953 Serge Lepeltier, French politician
- 1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer (Evening Rush Hour)
- 1955 Pat Dinizio, rock vocalist (Smithereens)
- 1955 Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
- 1955 Jane Siberry, Canadian musician
- 1956 David Vanian, British singer, (The Damned)
- 1957 Kristen Bjorn, British film director
- 1958 Jeff Keith, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
- 1958 Bryn Merrick, British musician, (The Damned)
- 1959 Abigail Kingsley Alling, executive (Biosphere 2), born in NYC, New York
- 1959 Anna Escobedo Cabral, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
- 1960 Lionel Washington, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
- 1960 Stephen Brent Lowery, PGA golfer (1994 Sprint), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1962 Dhammika Ranatunga, cricketer (bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan batsman 1990)
- 1962 Sid Fernandez, pitcher (NY Mets, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1962 Carlos Bernard, American actor
- 1962 Chris Botti, American jazz musician
- 1962 Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian President
- 1963 Michael Zordich, NFL strong safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1963 Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
- 1963 Lane Frost, American professional bull rider, (d. 1989)
- 1963 Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director
- 1963 Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer, (d. 2012)
- 1964 Darrick Heath, Hempstead NY, team handball left back (Olympics-1996)
- 1964 Fanie De Villers, cricketer (great South African pace bowler 1993- )
- 1964 Jo Ann Willette, actress (Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius)
- 1965 Chris Chandler, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons)
- 1965 J Daigneault, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1965 Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek CA, Nike golfer (NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd)
- 1965 Todd Krygier, Chicago Heights, NHL left wing (Anaheim, Washington)
- 1965 Scott O'Grady, American military officer
- 1966 Mel Rojas, MLB pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Haina, Dominican Republic
- 1966 Wim Jonk, Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
- 1966 Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author
- 1966 Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2015)
- 1967 Becky Iverson, Escanaba MI, LPGA golfer (1995 Friendly's Classic)
- 1968 Adam Rich, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy), born in NYC, New York
- 1968 Charles Anthony, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
- 1968 Leon Lett, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1968 Mike Trombley, Springfield MA, pitcher (Minnesota Twins)
- 1968 Bill Auberlen, American race car driver
- 1969 Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder (Olympics-96)
- 1969 Dave Chaytors, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
- 1969 David Collins, Bethpage NY, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
- 1969 Jose Valentin, Manati Puerto Rico, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
- 1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park Md, Miss Maryland-America (1991)
- 1969 Nancy Ann Kerrigan, Woburn Mass, figure skater (Olympics-silver-1994)
- 1969 Terry Ray, NFL strong safety (NE Patriots)
- 1969 Martie Maguire, American musician (Dixie Chicks)
- 1970 Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America (Kansas-Top 10-1996)
- 1970 Charlie Ward, NBA guard (NY Knicks)/Heisman Trophy winner (1993)
- 1970 Herman Arvie, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
- 1970 Karen Courtland, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994), born in Orange, New Jersey
- 1970 Kimberly Hoskins, Yuma Arizona, Miss Arizona-America (1991)
- 1970 Kirk Cameron, Panorama City California, actor (Mike-Growing Pains)
- 1970 Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
- 1971 Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1971 Pavol Rybar, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
- 1971 Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor, composer and singer
- 1971 Tony Fiore, American baseball player
- 1972 Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals)
- 1972 Neriah Davis, playmate (Mar, 1994), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1972 Singor Mobley, safety (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1972 Tom van Mol, soccer player (PSV)
- 1972 Irina Pantaeva, Russian supermodel and actress
- 1972 Juan Manuel Silva, Argentine racing driver
- 1972 Tom Van Mol, Belgian football player
- 1973 Rodney Mack, professional wrestler
- 1974 Karmyn Tyler, Miss America-Louisiana (1996), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1974 Miroslav Satan, Topolcany CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Edmonton)
- 1974 Rachyl Hoskins, Miss USA-Kentucky (1997)
- 1974 Stephen Lee, English snooker player
- 1974 Marie Wilson, Canadian actress
- 1975 Scott Von Der Ahe, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1976 Sarah Lane, American television personality
- 1977 Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe (1997)
- 1977 Bode Miller, American alpine ski-racer
- 1977 Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer
- 1977 Jay Jenkins, American rapper also known as "Young Jeezy"
- 1978 Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
- 1979 Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)
- 1981 Shola Ameobi, English footballer
- 1981 Tom Guiry, American actor
- 1981 Brian Kerr, Scottish footballer
- 1981 Sneha, Indian actress
- 1982 Molly Bennett, Irish singer
- 1983 Alex Brosque, Australian footballer
- 1985 Mike Green, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 Marcus T. Paulk, American actor
- 1986 Sergio Peter, German footballer
- 1990 Henri Lansbury, English footballer
- 1992 Taylor Horn, American singer and actress
- 1992 Josh Hutcherson, American actor (Hunger Games films), born in Union, Kentucky
- 1997 Prince Boris of Bulgaria
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