21bc.......................Famous Birthday (13/12/2013) 1521 - Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/Montalto], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) 1533 - Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) 1553 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) 1585 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) 1640 - Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) 1662 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) 1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) 1720 - Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) 1724 - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist 1732 - Jean-Claude Trial, composer 1740 - Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer 1770 - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer 1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864) 1797 - Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) 1804 - Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873) 1810 - Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty) 1816 - Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882 1816 - E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor 1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady (1861-65) 1819 - Edwin George Monk, composer 1835 - Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) 1836 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904) 1838 - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer 1843 - George Stephanescu, composer 1850 - G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) 1850 - Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer 1853 - Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter 1856 - Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920) 1858 - Jakab Gyula Major, composer 1860 - Lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925) 1863 - Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar 1864 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947) 1865 - Gustav Luders, composer 1867 - Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917) 1870 - Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940) 1871 - Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian 1871 - Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska) 1871 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (d. 1945) 1874 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst) 1877 - Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer 1883 - Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (d. 1950) 1886 - Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law) 1887 - George Polya, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1985) 1889 - Clarence Loomis, composer 1890 - Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please) 1892 - Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon) 1893 - Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day) 1897 - Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson) 1898 - Daniel Lazarus, composer 1899 - Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild) 1899 - Yusef Greiss, composer 1900 - Jonel Perlea, composer 1900 - Norman Foster, Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls) 1901 - Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS] 1901 - John Wijga, painter/illustrator 1902 - Paul Kurzbach, composer 1902 - Talcott Parsons, US sociologist 1903 - Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966) 1903 - Jewgeni Petrow, writer 1903 - John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter 1906 - Ingemar Liljefors, composer 1906 - Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist 1908 - Victor Babin, composer 1910 - Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers) 1910 - Van Heflin, Walters Oklahoma, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary) 1911 - Kenneth Patchen, Niles, Ohio, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest), (d. 1972) 1912 - Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13] 1913 - Archie Moore, Benoit, Mississippi, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), (d. 1998) 1913 - Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People) 1913 - John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian 1914 - Alan L Bullock, British historian 1914 - George Tiger Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guvnor) 1914 - Samuel Larry K Parks, Olathe KS, actor (Jolson-Jolson Story) 1915 - Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77) 1915 - Mark Stevens, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Big Town, Martin Kane) 1915 - Ross MacDonald, detective novelist (Goodbye Look) 1915 - Curd Jürgens, German-born Austrian actor (d. 1982) 1915 - Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Vilnius, Lithuania, Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1917 - Dave Street, Los Angeles California, actor/singer (Broadway Open House) 1917 - John Hart, American actor 1919 - Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942) 1920 - Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Fathers Little Dividend) 1920 - Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified 1920 - George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89) 1920 - Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92) 1923 - Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP) 1923 - Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain, painter, sculptor, and theorist (Dau al Set), (d. 2012) 1924 - Larry Doby, 1st black in baseballs AL (Cleve Indians) 1925 - Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show) 1925 - Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar) 1926 - Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers) 1926 - George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete 1928 - W Gordon Smith, playwright 1928 - Jack Tramiel, Lodz Poland, American Businessman (Amiga, Commodore 64), (d. 2012) 1929 - Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors Hospital) 1929 - Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Dolls House) 1930 - Genevieve Page, actress (Day & the Hour) 1930 - Robert Prosky, Phila, actor (Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St Blues) 1934 - Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive, (d. 2012) 1935 - Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1935 - Thomas Wakefield, writer 1935 - Joe Christopher, American baseball player 1935 - Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player 1936 - Karim Aga Khan, leader of the Nizari Ismailis, prince and billionaire 1936 - J. C. Martin, American baseball player 1937 - Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus) 1938 - Alvin Curran, composer 1938 - Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic) 1938 - Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations) 1939 - Clive Brain, educationalist 1940 - Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress (Parsifal, LAdolescente) 1940 - Steve Harmon, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts) 1941 - Anouska Hempel, Forbes NZ, actress (Tiffany Jones) 1941 - John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, Thats Incredible) 1942 - Anna Eshoo, American politician 1943 - Arturo Ripstein, director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot) 1943 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher (Red Sox) 1943 - Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002) 1944 - Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor 1945 - Kathy Garver, American actress 1945 - Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (d. 1977) 1947 - Les Joslin, cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2) 1947 - Darlene Cates, American actress 1948 - Jeff Skunk Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues) 1948 - Kathy Garver, Long Beach California, actress (Cissy-Family Affair) 1948 - Lillian Board, England, 400m (Olympic-silver-1968) 1948 - Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees) 1948 - Brian Wilson, Scottish politician 1949 - Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Womans Chess Grandmaster (1976) 1949 - R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damianos Lute, Raphael) 1949 - Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music) 1949 - Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television) 1949 - Walter Clyde Owen, rocker 1949 - Paula Wilcox, English actress 1950 - Davey OList, rocker (Roxy Music) 1950 - Heather North, Pasadena California, actress (Barefoot Executive) 1950 - Wendie Malick, actress (Just Shoot Me) 1951 - Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear) 1952 - John Francome, English jockey 1952 - Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog), American professional wrestler (d. 1998) 1953 - Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Dunhill Cup) 1953 - Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights) 1953 - Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist and current United States Chairman of the Federal Reserve 1953 - Bill Castro, Dominican baseball player 1954 - John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade) 1954 - Steve Forbert, rocker 1954 - Tamora Pierce, American author 1956 - Dale Berra, baseball infeilder (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees) 1956 - Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976) 1956 - Majida El Roumi, Lebanese singer 1957 - Steve Buscemi, actor (Fargo) 1957 - Morris Day, American singer (The Time) 1957 - Jean-Marie Messier, French businessman 1958 - Clark Brandon, NYC, actor (Fast Food) 1958 - Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live) 1958 - Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chicago IL, actress (Ice Castles) 1959 - John Whitaker, Van Nuys California, actor (Family Affair, Snowball Expr) 1959 - Marianne Gravatte, Hollywood CA, playmate of year (Oct, 1982) 1959 - Jim Barrell, American professional wrestler 1960 - Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades Ca, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96) 1960 - Richard Dent, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles) 1960 - Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian actor 1961 - Gary Zimmerman, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer 1961 - Irene Saez, Miss Universe 1981 and Venezuelan politician 1962 - Karen Witter, CA, actress (Tina-One Life to Live)/playmate (Mar, 1982) 1962 - Kendra Slewenski, English netballer 1965 - Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets) 1965 - Marko Mäetamm, Estonian artist 1966 - Ross Burden, New Zealand celebrity chef 1966 - Don Roff, American writer and filmmaker 1967 - Chris OLoughlin, Los Angeles, California, fencer (Olympics-96) 1967 - Deborah Driggs, Oakland Ca, playmate (Mar, 1990) 1967 - Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color) 1967 - Jenn Thompson, NYC, actor (Dee-Harper Valley PTA) 1967 - Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves) 1967 - Scott Zolak, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots) 1967 - Bo Pelini, American football coach 1968 - Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem) 1968 - Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star (1992 Taipei) 1969 - Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) 1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward (Detroit, Oly-S-1998) 1969 - Tony Curran, Glasgow, UK, Scottish actor (Gladiator, Underworld: Evolution) 1969 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer (d. 2007) 1970 - Basit Ali, cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-) 1970 - Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence RI, Miss America-RI (1996) 1970 - George Van Os Jr, Houston Texas, team handball left back (Oly-1996) 1970 - Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, Dayton OH, 400m hurdler (Oly-bronze-96) 1971 - Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1971 - Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi 1971 - Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts) 1972 - Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons) 1972 - GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997) 1973 - Christie Clark, LA, actress (Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life) 1973 - Shandon Anderson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz) 1974 - Chris Lewis, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders) 1974 - Sara Cox, English TV and radio presenter 1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand) 1975 - Matt LeCroy, Anderson SC, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 - Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996) 1975 - Tom DeLonge, American guitarist,(blink-182, Angels & Airwaves) 1976 - Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer 1976 - Søren Friis, Danish footballer 1976 - Josh Fogg, American baseball player 1977 - Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer 1977 - Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer 1978 - Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone) 1978 - BJ Penn, American mixed martial artist 1979 - Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997) 1981 - Chelsea Hertford, actress (Major Dad) 1981 - Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence) 1982 - Anthony Callea, Australian singer/songwriter 1982 - Ricky Nolasco, American baseball player 1982 - Tuka Rocha, Brazilian racing driver 1982 - Freddie Weinke, American football player 1982 - Dominik Werling, German footballer 1983 - Matt Deis, American bassist 1983 - Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer 1988 - Darcy Blake, Welsh footballer 1989 - Taylor Swift, Reading, Pennsylvania, American singer/songwriter (Our Song) 1991 - Jay Greenberg, American composer 2005 - Prince Aymeric of Belgium 2005 - Prince Nicolas of Belgium All Rights Reserved ™
Posted on: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:24:43 +0000
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