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Birthdays in History for Sunday 15th June 2014

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1221 - Frederik II, [Strijdbare], duke of Austria
1330 - Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376)
1542 - Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)
1553 - Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands
1594 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter (d. 1665)
1623 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)
1624 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1636 - Johann David Mayer, composer
1638 - Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist (The Sun)
1640 - Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)
1728 - Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer
1734 - Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer
1749 - George Joseph Vogler, composer
1755 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (d. 1809)
1763 - Franz Danzi, composer
1765 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (d. 1831)
1767 - Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson (1828-37) (died 1828)
1789 - Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
1801 - Benjamin Raymond, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1883)

US President & General Andrew Jackson (1767) 1805 - William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
1809 - François-Xavier Garneau, French-Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
1821 - Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
1833 - Edward Moody McCook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1843 - Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Bergen Norway, composer (Bewitched One)
1864 - Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer/=
1865 - L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker
1865 - Paul Gilson, composer
1867 - K Balmont, writer
1875 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987)
1878 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director/critic (Pygmalion)
1880 - Mahlon Hamilton, VA, actor (Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi)
1882 - Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1946)
1884 - Harry Langdon, Council Bluffs IA, comic/director (Strong Man)
1886 - Charles Wood, composer
1888 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
1893 - Jacob HA van Coeverden, boer/edelman
1894 - Robert Russell Bennett, Kansas City, composer/arranger (Oklahoma!)
1894 - Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
1898 - Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, organist
1898 - Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist
1900 - Otto Clarence Luening, Milwaukee Wisconsin, composer (Sonority Canon)
1900 - Paul J Mares, US, jazz trumpetist/composer (Farewell blues)
1900 - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
1901 - John Wesley Work, composer
1901 - Peter Shankland, film maker/writer
1902 - David Brooks, psychologist
1902 - Erik H Erickson, psychologist (Existentionalist)
1902 - Erik Erikson, psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
1905 - James Robertson Justice, Scotland, actor (Above Us the Waves)
1906 - Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor (Zoelen)
1906 - Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer (d. 1994)
1908 - Sam Giancana, American mafioso (d. 1975)
1910 - Berend Giltay, composer
1910 - David Rose, London England, orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper)
1911 - W.V. Awdry, British children's writer (d. 1997)
1913 - Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman (Anti-Apartheid)
1914 - Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator
1914 - Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator (New Yorker)
1914 - Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1914 - Hilda Terry, American Cartoonist (d. 2006)
1916 - Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor (Chic Daily News, Sunday Times)
1917 - Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)
1917 - Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (d. 2005)
1918 - Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader
1918 - N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad
1919 - Alberto Sordi, Rome Italy, actor (Miser, Taxi Driver in NY)
1919 - Van Barfoot, Edinburg, Mississippi, Army colonel and Medal of Honour recipient, (d. 2012)
1920 - Amy Clampitt, poet
1920 - George Ernest Leslie, trade union official
1920 - Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (d. 2008)
1922 - John Veale, composer
1922 - Mo[rris K] Udall, (Rep-D-AZ, 1961- )
1923 - Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist (Utflykt)
1923 - Errol Garner, American jazz pianist (Misty) (d. 1977)
1924 - Mohammed Ghazali, cricketer (Pak off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54)
1924 - Ezer Weizman, 7th President of Israel (d. 2005)
1925 - Gene Baker, baseball player
1925 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
1926 - Jan Carlstedt, composer
1926 - Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. 2006)
1927 - Hugo Pratt, graphic artist
1927 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humourist and Urdu poet (d. 1978)
1929 - Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist
1929 - Gideon N N Nxumalo, composer
1929 - Nigel Pickering, guitarist (Spanky & Our Gang)
1930 - Marcel Pronovost, professional ice hockey player
1932 - Einar K Enevoldson, US, Nasa test pilot (X-24B)
1932 - Mario M Cuomo, NYC, (Gov-D-NY, 1982-94)
1933 - Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005)
1933 - Mark Jones, English footballer (d. 1958)
1934 - Ruby Nash Cutis, Akron Oh, rocker (Ruby & The Romantics)
1935 - Belinda Lee, Devon England, actress (Who Done It, Runaway Bus)
1935 - Fernand Schokweiler, British judge
1936 - Alexandru Hrisanide, composer
1936 - Claude Brasseur, Paris France, actor (Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair)
1936 - William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate
1937 - Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer (Indian keeper in 60's)
1937 - Ray Coleman, journalist
1937 - Rolf Riehm, composer
1937 - Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
1938 - Billy Williams, baseball player (Cubs)
1939 - Ward Connerly, American political figure
1939 - Brian Jacques, British author
1940 - Willem Frederik Bon, Dutch composer
1941 - Harry Nilsson, Brooklyn New York, American singer/guitarist (Midnight Cowboy)
1942 - Bruce DalCanton, baseball player
1942 - Tony Coelho, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
1942 - Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], Surabaya Indonesia, auth (Happy Hooker)
1943 - Aron Kincaid, Los Angeles California, actor (Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party)
1943 - Johnny Halliday, rocker
1943 - Xaviera Hollander, Dutch author
1944 - Inna Ryskai, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-76)
1944 - Robert Keppel, American criminologist
1945 - Nicola Pagett, actress (Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade)
1945 - Rod Argent, England, keyboardist (Zombies-She's Not There)
1945 - Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator
1945 - Lawrence Wilkerson, American retired military officer
1946 - Janet Lennon, vocalist (Lennon Sisters)
1946 - Judy Pace, Los Angeles California, actress (Young Lawyers)
1946 - Ken Henderson, baseball player
1946 - Roger Tolchard, cricketer (Engl keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977)
1946 - Noddy Holder, British singer (Slade)
1946 - Demis Roussos, Greek singer
1947 - Lee Purcell, Cherry Point NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk)
1947 - Paul Patterson, composer
1948 - Champ Summers, baseball player
1949 - Simon Callow, London England, actor (Good Father)
1949 - Jim Varney, Lexington Kentucky, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern)
1949 - Dusty Baker, baseball player (LA Dodgers)
1949 - Michael Lutz, bassist (Brownsville Station)
1950 - Mark Arnott, Chicago IL, actor (Return of the Secaucus 7)
1950 - Noddy Holder, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize)
1950 - Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
1951 - Tom Forzani, CFL wide receiver (Calgary Stampeders)
1951 - Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas)
1952 - Lorna Young, salesperson
1952 - Sandra Cassel, American actress
1953 - Rita Lee, Federic Wisc, playmate (November, 1977)
1954 - James Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading Places)
1954 - Terri Gibbs, Augusta Ga, blind singer (Somebody's Knockin')
1954 - Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan hotel manager
1954 - Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (d. 1996)
1955 - Cathy Morse, LPGA golfer
1955 - Julie Hagerty, Cincinnati OH, actress (Airplane, Princesses)
1955 - Sally E Silverstone, Walthamstow England, Co-Captain (Biosphere 2)
1955 - Tree Rollins, Winter Haven Fla, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1955 - Polly Draper, Gary, Indiana, American actress (Thirtysomething, Side Effects)
1956 - Ava Cadell, Budapest Hung, actress (Do or Die)
1956 - Lance Parrish, baseball player
1957 - Brad Gillis, rock guitarist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
1957 - Brett Butler, MLB center fielder
1957 - Clio Goldsmith, Paris France, actress (Gift, Heat of Desire)
1957 - Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
1958 - Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88)
1959 - Eileen Davidson, Artesia California, actress (Kristen-Days of our Life)
1960 - Denise Haigh, LPGA golfer
1961 - Kai Eckhardt, German musician (Garaj Mahal)
1961 - Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer
1961 - Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress
1962 - Andrea Rost, Hungarian soprano
1963 - Helen Hunt, Los Angeles California, actress (Jamie-Mad About You, Twister)
1963 - Scott Rockenfield, drummer (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
1963 - Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress

Actress Courteney Cox (1964) 1964 - Courteney Cox, Birmingham, Alabama, American actress (Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends)
1964 - Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer
1965 - Carrie Mitchum, Los Angeles California, actress (Donna-Bold & Beautiful)
1965 - David Bolton, Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Lando Mem Amateur)
1965 - Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
1965 - Adam Smith, American politician
1966 - Idalis DeLeon, American actress/singer
1967 - Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor
1968 - Demtra Hampton, Phila, model (Garda)
1968 - Tim Lester, NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 - Oh Dal-su, South Korean actor
1969 - Cedric Pioline, Neuilly France, tennis star (1996 Coopenhagen)
1969 - Ice Cube, rap singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda)
1969 - Jesse Belanger, St-georges De Beau, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1969 - Maurice Odumbe, cricketer (Kenyan batsman & 1996 World Cup captain)

Rapper Ice Cube (1969) 1969 - Sheldon Kennedy, Brandon, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1969 - Oliver Kahn, German footballer
1970 - Amanda Cromwell, Wash DC, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
1970 - Janie Eickhoff, Long Beach California, US cyclist (Olympic-92)
1970 - Janie Quigley, Long Beach California, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1970 - Zan Tabak, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
1970 - Leah Remini, American actress
1970 - Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
1971 - Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer (batsman), Test debut v Zimbabwe in 1996
1971 - Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Jake Busey, American actor
1971 - Bif Naked, Canadian musician
1972 - Andrew Pettitte, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1972 - DeWayne Patterson, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche)
1972 - Justin C G Leonard, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-3rd)
1972 - Lianne Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Ramiro Mendoza, Los Santos Panama, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1972 - Sandy Mccarthy, Toronto, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1972 - Tony Clark, Newton KS, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1972 - Hank Von Helvete, Turbonegro Frontman
1973 - Dean McAmmond, Grand Cache, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1973 - Matt Stevens, safety (Philadelphia Eagles)

Actor Neil Patrick Harris (1973) 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, actor (Doogie Howser MD)
1973 - Tore André Flo, Norwegian footballer
1973 - Pia Miranda, Australian actress
1973 - Greg Vaughan, American actor
1974 - Any Lynn Ciccolella, Monument Colorado, Miss America-Colorado (1996)
1974 - Scott Tunkin, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1975 - Agathe Neuner, Miss Germany Universe (1997)
1975 - Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
1975 - Rachel Wacholder, American beach volleyballer
1976 - Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol)
1977 - Nina Liu, Australian actress
1977 - Michael Doleac, American basketball player
1978 - RoRo, [Romell Chapman], Atlanta Ga, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
1978 - Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer
1978 - Zach Day, American baseball player
1979 - Alita Dawson, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Julia Schultz, San Diego CA, playmate (Feb, 1998)
1979 - Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian athlete
1979 - Charles Zwolsman Jr., Dutch racing driver
1980 - Christopher Castile, American actor
1980 - Almudena Cid, Spanish gymnast
1980 - Cara Zavaleta, American model
1981 - Cristin Duren, Miss Florida Teen USA (Miss Photogenic-1997)
1981 - William Dean Martin, American musician (Good Charlotte)
1981 - Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
1981 - Jordi Vilasuso, American actor
1982 - Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
1982 - Haley Scarnato, American singer
1983 - Derek Anderson, American football player
1983 - Julia Fischer, German violinist
1983 - Laura Imbruglia, Australian musician
1984 - Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
1985 - Nadine Coyle, Northern Irish singer (Girls Aloud)
1988 - Miku Ishida, Japanese teen idol
1996 - Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro (US open final-93)

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