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Birthdays in History for Thursday 7th May 2015

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1328 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)
1530 - Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots
1553 - Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, born in Konigsberg
1574 - Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)
1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)
1700 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist
1704 - Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
1724 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
1740 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)
1748 - Olympe de Gouges, playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)
1763 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general/marshal of France (d. 1813)
1767 - Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
1769 - Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
1774 - William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)
1787 - Jacques Viger, French Canadian politician, first mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
1795 - Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)

Duke of Prussia Albert Frederick (1553)1803 - Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
1812 - Robert Browning, poet (Pied Piper), born in London, England
1826 - Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), (d. 1905)
1827 - Francis Engle Patterson, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1862)
1832 - Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions)
1833 - Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer
1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer (1812 Overture, Swan Lake), (d. 1893) [NS]
1845 - Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
1847 - Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)
1857 - William A. MacCorkle, American politician (d. 1930)
1866 - Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)
1867 - Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress (Hope of Blessing)
1873 - Clarence Dickinson, composer

Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)1882 - Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend)
1883 - Gino Roncaglia, composer
1883 - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
1885 - George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
1887 - Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
1890 - Billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I)
1891 - Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
1892 - Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
1892 - Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
1893 - Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (d. 1985)
1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Moscow, Russian mathematician (topology)
1897 - Kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)
1898 - Vera Chapman, writer
1900 - Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
1900 - Ralph Truman, actor (Web of Evidence), born in London, England
1901 - Gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon)
1901 - L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58)
1901 - Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
1902 - Sal Gliatto, baseball player
1903 - Basil Nield, judge/politician
1907 - Jef van Durme, composer
1908 - Ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
1908 - Wouter Paap, composer

Scientist and Inventor Edwin Land (1909)1909 - Edwin Land, inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))
1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993)
1912 - Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist
1914 - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (d. 1996)
1916 - Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)
1917 - David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)
1917 - William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert
1918 - Argeliers Leon, composer
1919 - Eva Perón [Evita], Argentine First Lady and actress, born in Los Toldos (d. 1952)
1921 - Gale Robbins, Chic, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex)
1922 - Darren McGavin, Spokane Wash, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182)
1922 - Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
1922 - Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (d. 2007)

First Lady of Argentina Eva Perón (1919)1923 - Anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
1923 - Pete V Domenici, (Sen-R-NM, 1973- )
1924 - Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)
1926 - Val Bisoglio, actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME), born in NYC, New York
1927 - Jim Lowe, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia", born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter, (d. 2013)
1927 - Jim Lowe, American singer
1928 - John Ingle, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), (d. 2012)
1928 - Marvin Mitchelson, attorney
1929 - Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
1929 - Sally L Smith, educator/founder (Lab School of Wash)
1929 - Babe Parilli, American football player
1930 - Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut
1930 - Horst Bienek, German poet
1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
1931 - Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)
1931 - Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD)
1931 - Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
1932 - Hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)
1932 - Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico

NFL Quarterback Johnny Unitas (1933)1933 - Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
1934 - Ben Smith, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1934 - Donald Russell Holler, composer
1934 - Heinz Marti, composer
1934 - Willard Scott, weatherman (Today)
1935 - Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)
1935 - Isobel Warren, Canadian author
1936 - Cornelius Cardew, composer
1936 - Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted), born in Collinsville, Mississippi
1937 - Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player
1938 - Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)
1939 - Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge)
1939 - Marco St John, actor (Rayford-Ball Four), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1939 - Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers, director Dutch/CDA-premier (1982-94)
1939 - Volker Braun, writer
1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Armando Krieger, composer
1940 - John Irvin, actor (Moment in Time)
1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
1940 - Jim Connors, American Radio personality (d. 1987)
1941 - Grahame Bilby, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1966)
1943 - Christopher Taylor White, rocker
1943 - Peter Horak, jetboat jumper
1943 - Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes)
1943 - Peter Carey, Australian author
1944 - Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
1944 - John Heard, actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big)
1944 - Sivi Aberg, actress (Batman TV show)
1944 - Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (d. 2006)
1944 - Richard O'Sullivan, British actor
1945 - Robin Strasser, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World), born in NYC, New York
1945 - Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP (CDA)
1945 - Christy Moore, Irish folk artist
1946 - Bill Danoff, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, Palo Alto CA, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead)
1946 - Richard L Brodsky, US lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (D) (1983- )
1946 - Brian Turner, English celebrity chef
1948 - Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander)
1949 - Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth England, playmate of the year (Jan, 1972)
1949 - Stuart Marshall, director (Desire)
1950 - Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor

Television Journalist Tim Russert (1950)1950 - Tim Russert, American television journalist and host of NBC's Meet the Press, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2008)
1951 - David Whitton, campaigner
1951 - Robert Hegyes, NJ, actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter)
1952 - Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless)
1952 - Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology)
1953 - Pat McInally, American National Football League player
1953 - Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
1954 - Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
1954 - Amy Heckerling, American director
1955 - Peter Reckell, Elkhart, actor (Days of our Lifes)
1955 - Kevin Reed, American theologian
1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer
1956 - Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host
1957 - Shauna McDonald Brown, TV producer
1957 - [Christopher St John] "Sinjin" Smith, LA CA, volleyballer (Oly-96)
1957 - Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (d. 2004)
1959 - Michael E Knight, Princeton NJ, actor (Date with Angel, All My Child)
1959 - Robin L Freeman, St Charles MO, PGA golfer (1993 Northern Telecom-3rd)
1959 - Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astro (STS 40, 52, 67, 80)
1959 - Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985)
1960 - Arnon Ohad, co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
1960 - Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director
1960 - Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist
1961 - Linda Somers, Bitburg Germany, US marathoner (Olympics-31st-96)
1961 - Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)
1962 - Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel (Chips Something Special)
1963 - Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
1964 - Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams)
1964 - Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Neth writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd)
1964 - Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers)
1964 - Doug Benson, American comedian
1965 - Reuben Davis, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1965 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1966 - Anderson Cummins, cricketer (in Packer's Valley Barbados & WI quickie)
1967 - Joe Rice, legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado
1968 - Joe King, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1969 - Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
1969 - Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
1969 - Rick Porras, American co-producer
1970 - Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1970 - Mark Smith, Pasadena CA, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1970 - Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champ)
1971 - Cameron McFadzean, Australian canoeist (Olympics-96), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1971 - Dave Karpa, Regina, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 - Jose Munoz, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Rondell Jones, NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
1971 - Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
1972 - Chris Hayes, safety (NY Jets)
1972 - John Holecek, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Vince Stewart, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Frank Trigg, American Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
1973 - Dameian Jeffries, NFL defensive end (NO Saints)
1973 - Kristian Lundin, record producer
1973 - Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
1974 - Scott Whittaker, center/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1974 - Breckin Meyer, American actor
1974 - Ian Pearce, English footballer
1975 - Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower (Olympics-96)
1975 - Zee, American hip hop artist
1976 - Nicholas Butcher, LA Ca, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
1977 - Marko Milic, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1977 - Patrick Johnson, American broadcaster
1978 - Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
1978 - Brian Clevinger, American author
1978 - Shawn Marion, American basketball player
1979 - Katie Douglas, American basketball player
1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
1980 - Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey
1982 - Akos Buzsaky, Hungarian Football player
1984 - Alex Smith, American football player
1984 - Drew Stanton, American football player
1984 - James Loney, American baseball player
1985 - Drew Neitzel, American college basketball player
1986 - Mark Furze, Australian actor
1986 - Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys
1987 - Katie Danza, daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza
1987 - Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
1988 - Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious
1992 - Gavin Hetherington, British actor

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