16bc........................Famous Birthdays (16/11/2013) 42 BC - Tiberius, Roman Emperor (d. 37 AD) 1436 - Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521) 1569 - Paul Sartorius, composer 1587 - Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha) 1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673) 1609 - Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669) 1615 - Guillaume Dumanoir, composer 1642 - Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt admiral of Zeeland 1643 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703) 1653 - Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1707-09) 1684 - Abraham Alewijn, Dutch poet/playwright (Puiterveense Helleveeg) 1715 - Girolamo Abos, composer 1717 - Jean-Baptiste Le Rond dAlembert, French Enlightenment philosophe/mathematician (Encyclopédie), (d. 1783) 1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer 1730 - Gualtherius Wouter van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician 1757 - Daniel Read, composer 1758 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (d. 1841) 1762 - Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess 1766 - Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist (Paris Conserv) 1780 - Robert Archibald Smith, composer 1793 - Francis Danby, Irish painter 1807 - Francois Hainl, composer 1810 - Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer 1822 - Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1827 - James Southerton, cricketer (Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49) 1829 - Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS] 1835 - Elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891) 1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908) 1840 - Frederick Scotson Clark, composer 1841 - Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923) 1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927) 1854 - Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician 1860 - Edmund Schuecker, composer 1861 - Vaclav Suk, composer 1862 - Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer (the Terror) 1870 - Alfred Hill, composer 1873 - William Christopher Handy, Alabama, jazz star (St Louis Blues) (d. 1958) 1874 - Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August)/wife of Henri Dons 1880 - Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28] 1883 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer (In Tempore Belli) 1885 - Michael Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984) 1887 - Philip Frohman, US architect 1888 - Burnet Corwin Tuthill, NYC, composer (Laurentia) 1888 - Clinton Golden, Penn, founder (United Steelworkers of America) 1888 - Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author/poet (Gogol) 1889 - August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist 1889 - George S Kaufman, Pittsburgh Pa, playwright (This is Show Business) 1889 - Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer 1890 - Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer 1890 - Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines (1949-53) 1890 - George Seldes, journalist 1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978) 1892 - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953) 1893 - Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist 1894 - Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician 1894 - Mabel Normand, [Muriel Fortescue], Boston MA, comedienne (Mickey) 1895 - Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist (South-West) 1895 - Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author (An American Verdict) 1895 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963) 1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield California, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50) 1896 - Oswald Mosley, baron/British nazi 1896 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (d. 1984) 1897 - Halliwell Hobbes, Stratford-on-Avon England, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) 1897 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951) 1899 - Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC) 1902 - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist 1904 - Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condons Floor Show) 1904 - Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian 1904 - Nnamdi Benjamin Zik Azikiwe, politician 1905 - Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden 1907 - Burgess Meredith, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, The Penguin in Batman, Rocky), (d. 1997) 1912 - Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, author (Weird White) 1912 - George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners) 1916 - Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) 1917 - John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Saints Day) 1919 - Udo Kasemets, composer 1920 - Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer 1922 - Royal Dano, NYC, actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II) 1922 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist 1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate 1924 - Joep J P de Boer, Dutch MP (CDA) 1924 - Mel Patton, American athlete 1926 - Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer 1927 - Barbara Payton, Cloquet MN, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde) 1928 - Clu Gulager, Holdenville Oklahoma, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man) 1929 - Renate Rubinstein, [Tamar], German/Neds author/columnist (Tamar) 1930 - Alice Adams, sculptor 1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author (Christmas in Biafra), (d. 2013) 1930 - Salvatore Riina, Sicilian mafioso 1931 - Bob Gibson, rocker 1931 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (d. 2006) 1931 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician 1932 - Barbara Romack, LPGA golfer 1933 - Guy Stockwell, NYC, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise) 1935 - Elizabeth Drew, journalist (Politics & Money: The Road to Corruption) 1935 - France-Albert Rene, president of Seychelles (1977- ) 1936 - Shirvani Chalayev, composer 1936 - John Moore, Australian politician 1938 - Richard Landry, composer 1938 - Toni Brown, US guitarist/singer/keyboardist (Joy of Cooking) 1938 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002) 1940 - Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976) 1941 - Ann Dore McLaughlin, US Secretary of Labor (1987- ) 1941 - Dan Penn, US songwriter/producer/gospel singer (Out in Left Field) 1942 - Donna McKechnie, Pontiac Michigan, actress/dancer (Company) 1942 - Willie Carson, Scottish jockey 1943 - Winfred Blue Lovett, US singer (Manhattans-One Life to Live) 1944 - Charles Jay Hammer, actor (Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light) 1944 - David OSullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76) 1944 - Hugo Dittberner, writer 1944 - Joanna Pettit, London, actress (Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent) 1944 - Oliver Braddick, British psychologist 1945 - Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co) 1945 - Steve Railsback, Dallas, Texas, American actor (The Stunt Man, Escape 2000) 1946 - Barbara Leigh, Ringgold Ga, actress (Vampirella) 1947 - Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer 1948 - Aline Issermann, director (Amant Magnifiquew) 1948 - Chi Coltrane, US pianist/singer 1948 - Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic 1949 - Pattie Santos, rocker 1949 - William Ackerman, composer .........................
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:14:03 +0000
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