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Birthdays in History for Monday 9th June 2014

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1508 - Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
1510 - Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem
1573 - Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher
1580 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
1588 - Johann Andreas Herbst, composer
1595 - King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
1597 - Pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter
1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)
1661 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
1672 - Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
1686 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
1768 - Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
1781 - George Stephenson, Newcastle England, inventor (RR locomotive)
1791 - John Howard Payne, US, author/actor/diplomat (Home Sweet Home)
1792 - Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary
1810 - Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer
1812 - Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (Fehling's reagens)
1812 - Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune)
1828 - Carlo Marsili, composer

Russian Tsar Peter the Great (1672) 1829 - Gaetano Braga, composer
1833 - John Rogers Cooke, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1836 - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st woman mayor in England (Aldeburgh)
1843 - Bertha von Suttner, Austria, novelist/pacifist (Nobel 1905)
1845 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
1849 - Joseph Vezina, composer
1849 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (d. 1921)
1854 - Gerardus J P J Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society)
1861 - Floris H Verster, [van Wulverhorst], painter/cartoonist/etcher
1865 - Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige)
1865 - Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, French composer
1875 - Henry Dale, London, physiologist (Nobel-1936)
1877 - Rudolf Borchardt, writer
1879 - Dudley Digges, Irish actor
1879 - Oscar Back, Austrian-Dutch viola player
1882 - Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
1884 - Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor
1886 - Kusaku Yamada, composer
1888 - Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer
1888 - Hugo Kauder, composer
1890 - Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours)
1891 - Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)
1893 - Samuel N Behrman, US screenwriter (Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs)
1893 - Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
1896 - Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)
1896 - Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute)
1898 - Curzio Malaparte, [Kurt E Suckert], Italian author (Kaputt)
1898 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
1900 - Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender)
1900 - Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot
1901 - George Price, cartoonist
1901 - Marion Gering, actress (Sarumba, Rumba, Ready for Love, 24 Hours)
1905 - Harry "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Aus quick 1 Test Bodyline series)
1905 - Walter Kraft, composer
1906 - Tonio Selwart, Germany, actor (Barefoot Contessa, Naked Maja)
1908 - J F Williams-Wynne, Lord-Lieutenant (Gwynedd)
1908 - Robert Cummings, Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder)
1909 - Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher
1910 - Geoffrey Musson, British General
1910 - Vbilmos Demian, composer
1911 - George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)
1912 - Edgar Evans, tenor
1912 - Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso)
1913 - Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army
1913 - Patrick Steptoe, scientist (developed in vitro fertilization)
1914 - Barbara Mullen, Boston MA, actress (Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners)
1914 - Hermann Haller, composer
1915 - Jane Cowan, cello teacher
1915 - Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar)
1915 - Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss) Waukesha Wisconsin, American musician and inventor
1916 - Robert S McNamara, US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head (World Bank)
1917 - Eric J. Hobsbawm, Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt, Marxist historian (The Age of Revolution; Capital; and Empire), (d. 2012)
1918 - Rob de Vries, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/dir/actor (Ciske de Rat)
1919 - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player
1920 - Isobel June Braybrooke English, novellist
1921 - Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
1921 - Arthur Hertzberg, American Jewish scholar (d. 2006)
1922 - George Axelrod, playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop)
1922 - P G Beazley, MEP
1922 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
1922 - Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist - Radio and TV animator (d. 1988)
1924 - Christine Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1964)
1924 - Peter Heatly, CEO (Commonwealth Games Federation)
1924 - Tony Britton, Birmingham England, actor (Day of Jackal, Girl in my Soup)
1925 - Roy Hughes, MP
1925 - [John] Keith Laumer, [Anthony LeBaron], US, sf author (Retief's War)
1926 - Mona Freeman, Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress)
1926 - Roy Smalley, shortstop (Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Twins, Yankees)
1927 - Franco Donatoni, composer
1927 - Norman Sisisky, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
1928 - Geraint Gruffydd, director (U of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies)
1929 - Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander, Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song)
1929 - June O'Dell, deputy CEO (Equal Opportunities Commission)
1929 - Keith A St H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1960)
1929 - Robert E Badham, (Rep-R-CA, 1977- )
1930 - Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, US, sci-fi author (Thongor of Lemuria)
1930 - Marvin Kalb, NYC, educator/newscaster (CBS/NBC, Meet the Press)
1930 - Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
1931 - Bill Virdon, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)/mgr (NY Yankees)
1931 - Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup)
1931 - Joe Santos, American actor
1932 - Douglas Smith, CEO (Acas)
1933 - Dick Orkin, Williamsport Pa, actor (Tim Conway Show)
1933 - Don Young, (Rep-R-AK, 1973- )
1933 - Patrick Symons, British vice-admiral
1934 - Donald Duck, famous fowl
1934 - Helga Haase, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934 - Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night)
1934 - Joe Santos, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus)
1934 - Michael Mates, MP
1934 - Pal Karolyi, composer
1934 - Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist
1935 - Diana Van Der Vlis, actress (Lovespell, Girl in Black Stockings)
1936 - Mick O'Dwyer, Gaelic footballer and manager
1937 - Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer (WI fast bowler 1962)
1937 - Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
1938 - Anne Kenny, Mudgee NSW, golfer (1968, 71 Australian Champ)
1938 - Charles Wuorinen, NYC, composer (Pulitzer 1980)
1938 - Jeremy Hardie, CEO (W H Smith Group)
1938 - Peter Sanders, CEO (Commission for Racial Equality)
1938 - Roger Hurn, CEO (Smith's Industries)
1939 - David Hobbs (auto racer)
1939 - Derek Hunt, CEO (MFI Furniture Group)
1939 - Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano
1939 - Charles Webb, author
1940 - Dick Vitale, US, sportscaster (ESPN, ABC "Oh Baby!")
1941 - Billy Hatton, rocker
1941 - Jon Lord, England, keyboardist (Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake), (d. 2012)
1941 - Peter Wilson, CEO (Gallaher)
1942 - Nicholas Lloyd, editor (Daily Express)
1942 - Richard Hutton, cricketer (son of Len, 5 Tests 1971)
1943 - Charles Saatchi, English magnate (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1943 - Joe [William] Haldeman, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart)
1943 - Joe Haldeman, science fiction writer
1944 - 23 puppies, (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944 - Brigid Bazlen, Wisc, actress (Pam-Too Young to go Steady)
1944 - Viscount Craigavon
1944 - record litter of 23 puppies is born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1945 - Faina Myelink, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1972)
1945 - Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
1945 - Nike Wagner, German woman of the theater
1946 - Peter Kilfoyle, British MP
1947 - John Gurda, American historian
1948 - Jim Bailey, NCAA punter (most punts in season-101, Va Milt Academy)
1948 - Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Ca, cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978)
1948 - Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
1949 - Douglas Henderson, British MP
1951 - Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (I Don't Know How)
1951 - Dave Parker, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978)
1951 - James Newton Howard, American film composer
1952 - Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004)
1954 - Pete Byrne Bath - English rocker (Naked Eyes)
1954 - George Pérez, American comic book artist
1954 - Gregory Maguire, American fantasy writer
1956 - Patricia Cornwell, American author
1957 - Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
1958 - Donald Michael Santini, Mass, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1959 - Peter Fowler, Hornsby NSW, Australasia golfer
1959 - Christian Wulff, German politician, currently prime minister of Lower Saxony.
1960 - Nancy Taylor, SF CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-54th)
1960 - Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist

Actor Michael J. Fox (1961) 1961 - Michael J. Fox, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadian actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf)
1961 - Aaron Sorkin, American writer
1962 - Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian)
1963 - Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street, Ed Wood)
1963 - Gilad Atzmon, Israeli jazz musician and author
1964 - Gloria Reuben, Toronto, actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER)
1964 - Wayman Tisdale, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns)
1964 - Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
1965 - Gloria Reuben, actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER)
1965 - Jeff Williams, Santa Monica California, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1965 - Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner
1966 - Anthony Martino, CFL punter (Calgary Stampeders)
1967 - Robert Reading, Buffalo NY, 110m hurdler
1968 - Tom Rouen, NFL punter (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1969 - Keith Alex, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)

Actor Johnny Depp (1963) 1969 - Mitch McLee, [Douglas Lee Mitchell], Miles Mi, drummer (Southgang)
1969 - Eric Wynalda, American footballer
1970 - Harry Van Hofwegen, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
1970 - Russ Romaniuk, Winnipeg, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
1971 - D'Marco Farr, defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)
1971 - Joey Gullion, Gallopolis OH, Nike golfer (NIKE SC Classic-18th)
1971 - Roderick Lewis, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1971 - Romano Sion, soccer player (Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen)
1971 - Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
1971 - Rick Renstrom, American guitarist
1972 - Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler (brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- )
1972 - Steven Salter, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Wardell Rouse, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1972 - Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
1973 - Chris Villarrial, center/guard (Chicago Bears)
1973 - Grant Marshall, Mississauga, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars)
1973 - Orlondo Steinauer, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1973 - Tedy Bruschi, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1973 - Laura Ponte, Spanish model and royal
1973 - Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
1974 - Jana Nejedly, Prague Czech, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96)
1974 - Jon Harris, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 - Samoth, Norwegian guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon)
1974 - Tim Shaw, British radio personality
1974 - Randy Winn, American baseball player
1975 - Andrew Symonds, cricketer (Birmingham, brilliant Qld & Gloucs batsman)
1975 - Carolyne Lepage, Montreal Quebec, 48 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1975 - Paul Agostino, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1975 - Otto Addo, Ghanaian footballer
1975 - Jeff Saturday, American football player
1977 - Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen
1977 - Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
1977 - Amisha Patel, Indian actress
1977 - Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
1978 - Elizabeth Reid, Fairfax Va, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
1978 - Lucia Povraznikova, Miss Slovak republic Universe (1997)
1978 - Shandi Finnessey, game hostess
1978 - Miroslav Klose, German footballer
1978 - Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse)
1978 - Michaela Conlin, American actress
1980 - Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
1980 - Lehlohonolo Seema, Lesotho footballer
1980 - Udonis Haslem, American basketball player

Actress Natalie Portman (1981) 1981 - Natalie Portman [Natalie Hershlag], Jerusalem, Israeli/American actress (Professional, Everyone Says I Love You)
1981 - Vic Zhou, JVKV band member, Taiwanese actor, singer and model.
1981 - Anoushka Shankar, Famous sitarist and daughter of Ravi Shankar
1982 - Amber Yoder, Miss Indiana Teen USA (1997)
1982 - Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
1982 - Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
1983 - Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player
1984 - Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
1984 - Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1984 - Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
1984 - Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer
1985 - Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
1985 - Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
1986 - Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
1986 - Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress
1988 - Mae Whitman, American Actress
1991 - Abraham Joseph Groening, son of Simpson creator Matt Groening
1993 - Danielle Chuchran, American actress

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