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Birthdays in History for Monday 22nd June 2015

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1478 - Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)
1611 - Pablo Bruna, composer
1613 - Lambert Pietkin, composer
1674 - Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo
1680 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1684 - Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer
1701 - Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)
1704 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1741 - Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer
1742 - Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer
1757 - George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver Island
1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
1796 - Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [OS]
1805 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Il Apostolato Popolare)
1814 - James Henry Lane, MC (Union), (d. 1866 [or Jul 28 1833])
1824 - Frederic Louis Ritter, composer
1830 - Theodor Leschetizky, composer
1837 - Paul Morphy, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1840 - Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
1845 - Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
1845 - Richard John Seddon, Eccleston, England, the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand
1855 - Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
1856 - Henry Rider Haggard, Norfolk, England, author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn)
1859 - Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music)
1861 - Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
1864 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician
1869 - Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39)
1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1876 - Gwen (Gwendolen) John, Haverfordwest, Wales, Welsh painter
1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1883 - Jose Rolon, composer
1884 - James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 - Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)
1887 - Julian S Huxley, biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog, born in London, England
1888 - Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
1891 - Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
1891 - Harry Seymour, NY, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot)
1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1892 - N. Howell Furman, American Chemist whose work on separating uranium contributed to the development of the atomic bomb
1893 - Osvald Chlubna, composer
1895 - James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, Rabula, Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape.
1896 - Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1897 - Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization)
1897 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front)
1899 - Dorothy Devore, Fort Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)
1899 - Michal Kalecki, Polish economist
1900 - Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
1901 - Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1901 - Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession)
1901 - Willem Jacobus du Plooy Erlank (Eitemal), Wolmaransstad, Transvaal, poet and professor in Afrikaans and Dutch literature at the University of Stellenbosch
1902 - Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56)
1902 - David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!)
1902 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
1903 - Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA

Gangster John Dillinger(1903)1903 - John Dillinger, Indianapolis Indiana, notorious bank robber
1905 - Walter Leigh, composer
1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Englewood New Jersey, American author and aviator (Gift from the Sea)
1906 - Billy Wilder, dir (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17), born in Vienna, Austria
1906 - Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1908 - George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher
1909 - Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)
1909 - Mike Todd, [Avrom Goldbogen], Minneapolis Minnesota, US theatre and film director ("Around the World in 80 Days"), (d. 1958)
1910 - Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
1911 - Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
1911 - Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)

Aviation Pioneer and Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh(1906)1912 - Vit Nejedly, composer
1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1913 - Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
1914 - Lilo Hardel, writer
1916 - Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
1918 - Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife) [or Jan 22]
1918 - Cicely Saunders, Barnet, Hertfordshire, English Nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice (d. 2005)
1920 - Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920 - Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
1920 - Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), born in Chicago, Illinois
1921 - Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983-1997), (d. 2013)
1921 - Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
1921 - Joseph Papp, Bkln, stage producer/director (Pirates of Penzance)
1922 - Bill Blass, Ft Wayne Ind, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)

Nurse and Social Worker Cicely Saunders (1918)1923 - Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
1926 - Ruth Zechlin, composer
1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1928 - Ralph Waite, White Plains New York, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons)
1931 - Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
1931 - Hennadiy Udovenko, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, politician and diplomat (UN General Assembly President, 1997-8), (d. 2013)
1932 - Michael Horvit, composer
1932 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 - Prunella Scales, English actress
1933 - Dianne Feinstein, 1st female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
1933 - Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
1933 - Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
1934 - Arthur Miller, legal reporter
1935 - V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
1936 - Kris Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
1936 - Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1938 - Andrew Brown, film Producer
1939 - Bobby Harrison, England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1940 - Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)
1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1941 - Ed Bradley, Journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1941 - Michael Lerner, Brooklyn NY, actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
1942 - Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP (VVD)
1942 - Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
1943 - Jimmy Castor, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch), born in NYC, New York
1943 - Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austria, actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
1944 - Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1944 - Peter Asher, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), born in London, England
1944 - Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal)
1945 - Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1946 - Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22]
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1947 - David L Lander, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley)
1947 - Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
1947 - Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed)

NBA Guard Pete Maravich(1947)1947 - "Pistol" Pete Maravich, Aliquippa Pennsylvania, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
1947 - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1947 - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1948 - Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
1948 - Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
1948 - Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby PA, singer/guitarist (Hello it's Me)
1949 - Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1949 - Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
1949 - Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
1949 - Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
1949 - Meryl Streep, Summit, New Jersey, American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
1950 - Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor

Actress Meryl Streep (1949)1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time)
1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1954 - Amparo Munoz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
1954 - Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 - Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
1954 - Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet) [or Jan 22]
1954 - Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), born in NYC, New York
1955 - LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
1956 - Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1956 - Green [Gartside], rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
1956 - Tim Russ, Wash DC, actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
1956 - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1956 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1957 - Garry Beers, Australian rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1957 - John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
1957 - Nick Santagata, jockey
1958 - Bruce Campbell, Birmingham, Michigan, American actor/producer/director (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II)
1959 - Wayne Federman, American comedian
1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
1960 - Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
1960 - Tracy Pollan, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox, born in NYC, New York
1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
1961 - Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
1961 - Jimmy Somerville, Glasgow Soctland, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1961 - Stephen Batchelor

NBA Swingman Clyde Drexler (1962)1962 - Clyde "Glide" Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1962 - Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
1963 - Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1963 - Randy Couture, Everett Wash, 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
1963 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 - Amy Brenneman, New London Ct, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue)
1964 - Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
1964 - Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
1964 - Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
1964 - Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964 - Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
1964 - Tommy Cunningham, rocker (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
1964 - Dan Brown, Exeter, New Hampshire, American author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code)

Author Dan Brown (1964)1965 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1965 - Uwe Boll, German film director
1966 - Camille Benjamin, tennis star, born in Cleveland, Ohio
1966 - Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1966 - Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
1966 - Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 - Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1967 - Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 - Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
1968 - Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1968 - Paula Irvine, Hollywood California, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
1969 - Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 - Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 - David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1970 - Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
1971 - Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
1971 - Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)

Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub(1971)1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, Trenton, Michigan, American actress (Chloe O'Brian-24)
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1973 - Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 - Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 - Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
1974 - Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1974 - Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997)
1974 - Donald Faison, American actor
1974 - Joseph Vijay, Indian actor
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road cyclist
1975 - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1976 - Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road cyclist
1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1981 - Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 - Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1981 - Monty Oum, American Animator (RWBY), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2015)
1982 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1984 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
1985 - Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
1985 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player

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