Today's Famous Birthdays

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  • 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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1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), born in Ottery St Mary, Devon (d. 1834)
Poet, Critic, and Philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet, Critic, and Philosopher
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • 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

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1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, created dynamite & Peace Prizes, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1896)
Chemist, Engineer & Innovator Alfred Nobel
Chemist, Engineer & Innovator
Alfred Nobel
  • 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

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1928 Whitey Ford [Edward Charles Ford], American hall of fame baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in NYC
MLB Pitcher Whitey Ford
MLB Pitcher
Whitey Ford
  • 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

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1942 Judith Sheindlin, Jurist and Television personality (Judge Judy), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jurist/TV Personality Judith Sheindlin
Jurist/TV Personality
Judith Sheindlin
  • 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

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1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
  • 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

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1980 Kim [KImberly] Kardashian, American TV personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
TV Personality & Model Kim Kardashian
TV Personality & Model
Kim Kardashian
  • 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