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Birthdays in History for Sunday 21st June 2015

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1002 - Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)
1226 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)
1528 - Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)
1577 - Giovanni Del Turco, composer
1596 - Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov
1639 - Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)
1640 - Abraham Mignon, still life painter
1646 - Maria Francisca of Nemours, queen of Portugal (d. 1683)
1668 - Cajetan Kolberer, composer
1712 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
1730 - Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
1732 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer and 9th son of Johann Sebastian Bach
1740 - Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)
1750 - Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French artist (d. 1818)
1759 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)
1763 - Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher
1764 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (d. 1840)
1774 - Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)
1781 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
1782 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (d. 1852)
1788 - Princess Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1850)
1790 - Wilhelm Speyer, composer
1791 - Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
1798 - Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
1805 - Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer
1805 - Charles Thomas Jackson, American scientist, polymath (d. 1880)
1811 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
1812 - Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875)
1817 - James Brewerton Ricketts, Bvt Major General (Union Army), (d. 1887)
1818 - Ernst II, duke of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha (1844-93)/composer
1818 - Joseph Abel Haskin, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1874)
1823 - Edward Elmer Potter, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1889)
1823 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
1825 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
1839 - Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer (Epitaph of a small winner)
1839 - Johannes P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician
1839 - John Decatur Barry, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1867)
1839 - Machado de Assis, writer
1844 - Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st railway Congo)
1851 - Daniel Carter Beard, US, organized 1st boy scout troop
1859 - Henry O Tanner, artist
1862 - Henry Holden Huss, composer
1862 - Johannes Schlaf, writer
1862 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943)
1863 - Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
1864 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
1865 - Albert Herbert Brewer, composer
1868 - Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist (d. 1946)
1870 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (d. 1915)
1873 - Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Sea & Jungle)
1876 - Willem H Keesom, physicist (helium vast)
1879 - Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)
1880 - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
1880 - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (d. 1941)
1882 - Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)
1882 - Lluís Companys i Jover, Spanish politician (d. 1940)
1883 - Feodor Gladkov, Russian socialist writer (Cement) (d. 1958)
1884 - Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British fieldmarshal North-Africa
1887 - Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)
1889 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
1890 - Frank Sherman Land, The order of DeMolay founder (d. 1959)
1891 - Hermann Scherchen, conductor (Nature of Music), born in Berlin, Germany
1891 - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (Nuove Struttura)

Theologian, Ethicist, Magazine Editor Reinhold Niebuhr (1892)1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr, US, theologian (Nature & Destiny of Man)
1893 - Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973)
1894 - Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)
1896 - Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967)
1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)
1899 - Pavel Haas, composer
1900 - Gunnar Ek, composer
1902 - Wilhelm Maler, composer
1902 - Howie Morenz, Mitchell Quebec, Canadian professional ice hockey player
1903 - Al[bert] Hirschfield, St Louis Mo, cartoonist (NINA, NY Times)
1903 - Dorothy Stickney, Dickinson ND, actress (And So They Were Married)
1903 - Helene Costello, dancer/actress (Love Toy)
1903 - Louis Krasner, violinist
1903 - Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1905 - Jacques Goddot, French publisher (Tour de France)

Writer Jean-Paul Sartre(1905)1905 - Jean Paul Sartre, existentialist/writer (Le Mur, Nobel 1964; declined)
1906 - Luis Maria Millet, composer
1906 - Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
1908 - William Frankena, American philosopher (d. 1994)
1909 - Kurt Schwaen, composer
1910 - Bela Tardos, composer
1910 - Charles Jones, composer
1910 - Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet (d. 1971)
1912 - Mary McCarthy, US, novelist (Group)
1913 - Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter
1914 - Jan Decadt, composer
1914 - William Vickrey, economist
1916 - Joe Bamford, British manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1918 - James Bysse Joll, historian
1918 - Eddie Lopat, American baseball player (d. 1992)
1919 - Gérard Pelletier, French Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997)
1919 - Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect
1920 - Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service (QARANC)
1921 - Frank Scott, Fargo ND, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1921 - Jane Russell, Bemidji MN, full-figured actress (Outlaw)
1921 - Jean Kent, actress (Adv of Sir Francis Drake), born in London, England (d. 2013)
1921 - Joan Tetzel, actress (Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning), born in NYC, New York
1921 - Jean de Broglie, French politician
1922 - Jim McConnon, cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954)
1922 - Judy Holliday, comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), born in NYC, New York
1923 - John Compton, Lynchburg Tn, actor (Shannon-D.A.'s Man)
1924 - Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist
1924 - Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalytic thinker
1925 - Maureen Stapleton, Troy NY, actress (Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite)
1925 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)
1926 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)
1927 - Carl Burton Stokes, (Mayor-Cleve)/TV newscaster, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1927 - Jackie Collum, baseball player
1928 - Judith Raskin, soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), born in NYC, New York
1928 - V G Yershov, cosmonaut
1929 - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*)
1929 - John Morgan, British ambassador (to Mexico)
1929 - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
1930 - Gerald Kaufman, British MP (shadow Foreign Secretary)
1930 - Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Phila)
1930 - Patricia Lindop, radio biologist
1930 - Peter Marshall, police commissioner (London)
1931 - Lawrence K Grossman, News president (NBC-TV)
1931 - Margaret Heckler, US Secretary of Health & Human Services (1983-85)
1932 - Bernard Ingham, press secretary (Margaret Thatcher)
1932 - Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer
1932 - Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, US jazz singer (Little Green Apples) d. 2001
1933 - Bernie Kopell, actor (Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl), born in NYC, New York
1934 - Wulf Kirsten, writer
1935 - Francoise Sagan, [Quoirez], Cajarc France, novelist (Bonjour Trieste)
1935 - Monte Markham, Manatee Fla, actor (Second Hundred Years, Dallas)
1937 - Anna Davies, prof of Comparative Philology (Oxford U)
1937 - John Edrich, cricketer (England left-handed batsman, 310* v NZ 1965)
1938 - Dan Burton, (Rep-R-IN, 1983- )
1938 - James Botten, cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 S Afr series v England)
1938 - Ron Ely, Hereford, Texas, American actor (Tarzan, Doc Savage)
1939 - Charles Boone, composer
1939 - Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician
1940 - Mariette Hartley, actress (Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned), born in NYC, New York
1940 - Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher
1941 - Pia J Barendrecht, Indonesian/Dutch actress (Pinokkio)
1941 - Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor
1942 - Marg Margolies-Mezvinsky, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
1942 - William Bradford Reynolds, Conn, US asst attorney general
1942 - Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official
1942 - Henry S. Taylor, American writer
1943 - Salomé, Spanish singer
1944 - Corinna Tsopel, Athens, actress (Man Called Horse)/Miss Universe (64)
1944 - Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete
1944 - Jon Hiseman, rocker
1944 - Miguel Danus, Vicens rocker
1944 - Ray Davies, singer/guitarist (Kinks-Come Dancing), born in London, England
1945 - Chris Britton, England, rock guitarist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1945 - Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher, poet
1946 - Brenda Holloway, US singer/songwriter (When I'm Gone)
1946 - Kate Hoey, British MP (Lab)
1946 - Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP (Sect of State for Defense)
1946 - Maurice Saatchi, English advertising CEO (Saatchi & Saatchi)
1946 - Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author
1947 - Dana Rohrabacher, (Rep-R-California)
1947 - Lex van Delden, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange)
1947 - Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ca, actress (Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie)
1947 - Michael Gross, actor (Family Ties, FBI murders), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 - Joseph "Joey" Molland, British rock guitarist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), born in Liverpool, England
1947 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer
1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
1948 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
1949 - Jim Bacchus, (Rep-D-Florida)
1950 - Joey Kramer, hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic), born in NYC, New York
1950 - Terry Miskolczi, Dunnville ON, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Alberta-3rd)
1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet
1950 - Gérard Lanvin, French actor
1951 - Nils Lofgren, guitarist/singer/songwriter (East Street Band), born in Chicago, Illinois
1952 - Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director

Pakistani Politican Benazir Bhutto (1953)1953 - Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Muslim nation (Pakistan)
1953 - Charlie Moore Jr, baseball player
1953 - Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy)
1953 - Michael Bowen, American actor
1953 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
1954 - Anne Kirkbride, Oldham Lancashire, English actress (Deidre-Coronation Street)
1954 - Jeremy Coney, cricketer (NZ captain turned them into world-beaters)
1954 - Robert Pastorelli, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Eldin-Murphy Brown)
1954 - Müjde Ar, Turkish actress
1954 - Mark Kimmitt, US Army general
1954 - Robert Menasse, Austrian writer
1955 - David Marshall Grant, Westport CT, actor (Legs, French Postcards)
1955 - Leigh J McCloskey, actor (Dallas, Executive Suite, Gen Hosp), born in Los Angeles, California
1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer
1956 - Mikhail Burtsev, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Rick Sutcliffe, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs)
1957 - Berke Breathed, cartoonist (Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland)
1957 - Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer (Big Country-Wonderland)
1957 - Vladimir Romanovsky, Slonim, Belarus, sprint canoer (Oly gld 1972), (d. 2013)
1958 - Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut (SK: Soyuz TM-28)
1959 - Kathy Mattea, country singer (Love at the Five & Dime)
1959 - Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center (Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns)
1961 - Kip Winger, rocker (Winger-17)
1961 - Manu Chao, Spanish musician
1961 - Sascha Konietzko, German musician
1961 - Karen Barber, ice skater
1962 - Marc Copage, actor (Corey Baker-Julia), born in Los Angeles, California
1962 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician
1962 - Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
1963 - Jeff Musselman, baseball player
1963 - Mike Sherrard, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1964 - Doug Savant, Burbank California, actor (Matt Fielding-Melrose Place)
1964 - Kari Kennell, Colorado, playmate (Feb, 1988)/actress (Eric's Revenge)
1964 - Sammi Davis-Voss, Kidderminster England, actress (Hope & Glory)
1964 - David Morrissey, British actor
1965 - Michael Dolan, actor (Hamburger Hill, Liberace), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1965 - Larry Wachowski, film director
1965 - Yang Liwei, Chinese astronaut
1966 - David Williams, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers, NY Jets)
1966 - Nan Woods, actress (1 More Saturday Night)
1966 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist
1966 - Mancow Muller, American radio personality
1967 - Derrick Coleman, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
1967 - Michele Smith, Califon NJ, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1967 - Robert Drummond, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
1967 - Tim Simenson, rocker (Bomb the Bass)
1967 - Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American billionaire
1967 - Jim Breuer, American comedian
1968 - Alastair Campbell Mackintosh, Hamilton NZ, coxless rower (Olympics-96)
1968 - Brandon Douglas, actor (Dr Quinn, Father's Homecoming), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1968 - Darryl Shannon, Barrie, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1968 - Henry Newby, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1968 - Alisyn Camerota, American journalist
1968 - Sonique, British DJ
1968 - Gretchen Carlson, American journalist
1969 - Chris Perez, CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1969 - Donovan Osborne, Roseville CA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 - Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier
1970 - Brandon Moore, NFL tackle (NE Patriots)
1970 - John Roethlisberger, Afton Minn, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1970 - Pete Rock, American rapper/producer
1971 - Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal
1971 - Nicole Stevenson, Australian backstroker (Oly-bronze-92, 96), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1971 - Tyrone Drakeford, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
1971 - Anette Olzon, Swedish singer
1972 - Andrew Jordan, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 - Billy Milner, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1972 - Heath Rylance, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 - Jamal Ellis, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire)
1972 - Marv Marshall, NFL/WLAF receiver (Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Tony Berti, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Alon Hilu, Israeli writer
1972 - Neil Doak, former Irish cricketer
1973 - Alyson Annan, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1973 - Juliette Lewis, actress (Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear), born in Los Angeles, California
1973 - Merlakia Jones, WNBA guard/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
1973 - Sammie Burroughs, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 - Rob Kelly, safety (New Orleans Saints)
1974 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality
1974 - Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver
1974 - Rob Kelly, American football player
1974 - Neely Jenkins, American musician
1976 - Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera, Miss Universe-Bolivia (1996)
1976 - Antonio Cochran, American football player
1976 - Mike Einziger, American musician
1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer
1977 - Jochen Hecht, Mannheim GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1978 - Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
1978 - Jack Guzman, American actor
1978 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress
1978 - Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin football player
1979 - Chris Pratt, American actor
1980 - Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
1980 - Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
1981 - Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
1981 - Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player

Duke of Cambridge; RAF Search and Rescue helicopter pilot Prince William (1982)1982 - Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, son of Prince Charles & Lady Diana, born in London, England
1983 - Edward Snowden, American NSA contractor who leaked classified information from the agency, born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
1985 - Anthony Morelli, American football player
1985 - Byron Schammer, AFL footballer
1987 - Dale Thomas, AFL footballer
1987 - Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer
1987 - Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer

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