Today's Famous Birthdays
- 1449 George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)
- 1527 Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
- 1570 Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer
- 1574 Nicolo Rubini, composer
- 1581 Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)
- 1582 Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII
- 1650 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)
- 1660 Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)
- 1675 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
- 1680 Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer
- 1687 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
- 1712 Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780)
- 1725 Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
- 1751 David Moritz Michael, composer
- 1757 Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
- 1761 Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer/brigadier general
- 1762 Herman W Daendels, brig-gen/gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1807-11)
- 1767 Francesco Ruggi, composer
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- 1775 Guiseppi Baini, composer
- 1790 Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René)
- 1803 George Wright, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1865)
- 1807 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer, born in Mulhouse, Alsace (d. 1880)
- 1807 Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer
- 1822 Levinus Keuchenius, Dutch minister of Colonies (1888-90)
- 1823 Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer
- 1827 Petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer
- 1839 Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank)
- 1843 Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor (Peter the Great)
- 1846 Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (Cuore)
- 1847 Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian songwriter (libretti opera Puccini)
- 1851 George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93)
- 1858 Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer
- 1873 George P Gooch, English historian/MP
- 1874 Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist
- 1879 Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer
- 1885 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist
- 1885 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg)
- 1890 Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)
- 1891 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US (About Tropical Atl Visschen)
- 1891 Ted Shawn, US dancer/choreographer (Dance We Must)
- 1894 Rampo Edogawa, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
- 1895 Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur
- 1895 Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer
- 1895 Edna Purviance, Paradise Valley NV, silent film actress worked with Charlie Chaplin (The Kid)
- 1898 Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Italian East-Africa
- 1898 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wresler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
- 1901 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium)
- 1902 Hilarion Rubio, composer
- 1902 Lillian Bronson, Lockport NY, actress (Next Voice you Hear)
- 1904 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet)
- 1904 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (d. 1967)
- 1906 Lillian Asplund, last American Titanic survivor (d. 2006)
- 1907 Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
- 1907 Jules Chevalier, French priest (b. 1824)
- 1908 Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet)
- 1908 Howard Ferguson, composer
- 1911 Peter Graves, English actor (Derby Day/Admirable Crichton), born in London, England
- 1911 Vladimir Ussachevsky, Manchurian/US composer (Creation) [NS=Nov 3]
- 1912 Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist
- 1912 Georg Solti, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Fidelio)
- 1914 Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
- 1916 Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)
- 1916 Tomojiro Ikenouchi, composer
- 1917 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
- 1919 Claire Sterling, journalist
- 1919 Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist
- 1921 Jarmil Burghauser, composer
- 1921 Malcolm Arnold, Northampton England, composer (Bridge over River Kwai)
- 1922 Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal
- 1924 Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa. (d. 2003)
- 1925 Joyce Randolph, actress (Trixie-Honeymooners), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1925 Louis J. Robichaud, Canadian premier of New Brunswick (d. 2005)
- 1926 Leonard Rossiter, actor (Britannia Hospital), born in Liverpool, England
- 1926 Marga Richter, composer
- 1927 Nadine Judd, [Nadia Moore/Nerina], South African/British ballerina
- 1928 Vern Mikkelsen, Parlier, CA, basketball player (Lakers, HOF), (d. 2013)
- 1929 Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, US, sci-fi author (Tombs of Atuan)
- 1930 Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London)
- 1931 Jim Parks, cricketer (England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68)
- 1933 Georgia Brown, [Lillian Getel], actress (Study in Terror, Fixer)
- 1934 Jerry Lewis, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )
- 1936 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)
- 1937 Norman Wright, rocker (Del-Vikings)
- 1940 Don Ritter, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
- 1940 Frances FitzGerald, journalist/author (Fire in the Lake), born in NYC, New York
- 1940 Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
- 1940 Julie Parrish, Middlesboro Ky, actress (Good Morning World, Capitol)
- 1940 Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], South Africa, rocker (Mighty Quinn)
- 1940 Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
- 1941 Marina Ripa, countess/writer (My First 40 Years), born in Rome, Italy
- 1941 Steve Cropper, TN, guitarist/songwriter (Booker T & MGs)
- 1942 Elvin Bishop, rock guitarist (Fooled Around & Fell in Love), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1942 Les AuCoin, (Rep-D-OR, 1975- )
- 1942 Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
- 1943 Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
- 1943 Paula Kelly, American dancer and actress (Liz-Night Court), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1943 Ron Elliott, musician (The Beau Brummels), born in Healdsburg, California
- 1943 Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian
- 1944 Janet Ahlberg, illustrator
- 1945 Everett McGill, actor (Jezebel's Kiss, Silver Bullet), born in Miami, Florida
- 1945 Kathy Young, rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky)
- 1945 Nikita Mikhalkov, director (Dark Eyes, Slave of Love)
- 1946 Lee Loughnane, rocker (Chicago)
- 1946 Jim Hill, American sportscaster
- 1946 Lux Interior, American singer (The Cramps)
- 1947 Younis Ahmed, cricketer (batted for Pakistan in 1969 & again in 1987)
- 1948 Moses J "Moss" Mayekiso, South African union/SACP-leader
- 1948 Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
- 1948 Tom Everett, American actor
- 1949 Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron
- 1949 Shulamit Ran, composer
- 1949 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
- 1950 David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
- 1950 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)
- 1952 Brent Mydland, Munich Germany, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots)
- 1952 Patti Davis [Patricia Ann Reagan], singer/actress/writer, Ronald and Nancy's daughter
- 1952 Trevor Chappell, cricketer (bro of several Aussie underarm bowler)
- 1952 Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
- 1953 Charlotte Caffey, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Go-Go's)
- 1953 Eleonora Giorgi, actress (Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice), born in Rome, Italy
- 1953 Keith Green, American musician (d. 1982)
- 1953 Peter Mandelson, British politician
- 1954 Brian Tobin, Canadian premier of Newfoundland
- 1955 Eric Faulkner, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1955 Rich Mullins, American musician (d. 1997)
- 1956 Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Princess Lelia-Star Wars)
- 1957 Julian Cope, [Kevin Stapleton], Welsh pop musician (Eve's Volcano)
- 1957 Steve Lukather, US rock singer/guitarist (Toto-Africa)
- 1957 Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1959 George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
- 1959 Tony Ganios, American Actor
- 1959 Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
- 1960 Lionel Washington, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
- 1961 Mark Finch, film festival organiser
- 1962 Don Fardon, Toowoomba QLD, Australian golfer
- 1962 David Campese, Australian rugby union footballer
- 1964 Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd, The Who)
- 1965 Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer (1992 Jamie Farr-21st)
- 1965 Chima McLean, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Conestoga), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1965 Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto California, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
- 1965 Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer
- 1966 Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star
- 1966 Thomas Louis Tolles Jr, Ft Myers FL, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-3rd)
- 1967 Bill Berg, St Catharines, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
- 1967 Gavin Brian Lovegrove, javelin (Olympics-96), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1967 John Flaherty, catcher (San Diego Padres), born in NYC, New York
- 1967 Stanley Richard, NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
- 1967 Paul Ince, English footballer
- 1968 Francois Gravel, hockey goaltender (Team France 1998)
- 1969 John McMullen, Santa Rosa California, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA-15th)
- 1969 Mo Lewis, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
- 1969 Tracy Yarbrough, Miss Idaho USA (1996)
- 1969 Mo Lewis, American football player
- 1970 Lance Teichelmann, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
- 1970 Marc Wilkins, Mansfield OH, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
- 1971 Astrella Leitch, Celeste rocker, Donovan's daughter
- 1971 Damien Martyn, cricketer (WA & Australian middle-order batsman)
- 1971 Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick & Bianca Jagger, born in Paris, France
- 1971 Rebecca Lynn Gray, Miss America-Indiana (1996), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1971 René Ponk, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- 1971 Shane Hannah, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1971 Nick Oliveri, American musician
- 1971 Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer
- 1972 Orlando Thomas, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
- 1972 Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
- 1972 Saffron Burrows, English actress
- 1972 Masakazu Morita, seiyu and actor
- 1972 Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
- 1972 Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
- 1973 Dan Neil, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1973 Derrick Beatty, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
- 1973 Lera Auerbach, Russian composer
- 1973 Charlie Lowell, American Musician
- 1975 Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 Toby Hall, American baseball player
- 1976 Jeremy Miller, West Covina California, actor (Ben-Growing Pains)
- 1976 Nirachala Kumya, Miss Universe-Thailand (1996)
- 1976 Lavinia Miloşovici, Romanian gymnast
- 1976 Josh Ritter, American musician
- 1976 Mélanie Turgeon, French Canadian alpine skier
- 1977 Christie Lee Woods, Texas, Miss Teen USA (1996)
- 1978 Will Estes, American actor
- 1978 Joey Harrington, American football player
- 1979 Khalil Greene, American baseball player
- 1979 Gabe Gross, American baseball player
- 1980 Brian Pittman, American musician (Relient K)
- 1981 Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
- 1982 James White, American basketball player
- 1982 Matt Dallas, American Actor
- 1983 Zack Greinke, American baseball player
- 1983 Ninette Tayeb, Israeli singer
- 1983 Andy Marté, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, French Canadian short track speed skater
- 1984 Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
- 1984 Marvin Mitchell, American football player
- 1984 Kieran Richardson, English footballer
- 1986 Chibuzor Chilaka, English footballer
- 1986 Alex Kew, British actor
- 1986 Natalee Holloway, U.S teen, disappeared in Aruba
- 1986 Christopher Uckermann, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD
- 1990 Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
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