7 June is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 156 – Emperor Wu of Han (d. 87 BC) 997 – Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997) 1003 – Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (d. 1048) 1502 – John III of Portugal (d. 1557) 1529 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (d. 1615) 1687 – Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian singer (d. 1734) 1757 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1806) 1761 – John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer (d. 1821) 1770 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828) 1778 – Beau Brummell, English fashion designer (d. 1840) 1845 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1930) 1848 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903) 1862 – Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947 1886 – Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (d. 1972) 1894 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Georgian-American pilot and engineer, co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (d. 1974) 1897 – George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1970) 1900 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra) (d. 1963) 1902 – Georges Van Parys, French composer (d. 1971) 1909 – Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist, developed the Apgar test (d. 1974) 1909 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress and singer (d. 1994) 1910 – Bradford Washburn, American mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (d. 2007) 1911 – Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile (d. 1995) 1917 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and academic (d. 2000) 1917 – Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1995) 1923 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian judge (d. 2000) 1928 – James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1932 – Tina Brooks, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1974) 1932 – Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian and politician (d. 2013) 1935 – Thomas Kailath, Indian-American engineer, author, and educator 1935 – William Stewart, Scottish biologist and academic 1937 – Neeme Järvi, Estonian-American conductor 1938 – Goose Gonsoulin, American football player 1938 – Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and politician (d. 2010) 1938 – Ian St. John, Scottish footballer and manager 1939 – Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (d. 2013) 1940 – Tom Jones, Welsh-American singer and actor 1940 – Felicity Riddy, New Zealand author and academic 1940 – Ronald Pickup, English actor 1942 – Charles R. Boutin, American politician 1943 – Nikki Giovanni, American author, poet, and educator 1943 – Ken Osmond, American actor 1943 – Michael Pennington, English actor and director 1944 – Annette Lu, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of the Republic of China 1945 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) 1945 – Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria 1946 – Jenny Jones, Palestinian-Canadian singer, drummer, and talk show host 1947 – Annette Brooke, British politician 1947 – Don Money, American baseball player and coach 1947 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979) 1948 – Jim Walton, American businessman 1949 – Christopher W. Morris, Canadian philosopher and academic 1950 – Gary Graham, American actor 1950 – Howard Finkel, American ring announcer 1951 – Terry OReilly, Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1951 – Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, English politician 1952 – Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor 1952 – Royce Campbell, American guitarist, composer, and producer 1953 – Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, Scottish lawyer and judge 1953 – Johnny Clegg, English-South African guitarist (Juluka and Savuka) 1954 – Louise Erdrich, American author and poet 1955 – William Forsythe, American actor and producer 1956 – L.A. Reid, American songwriter and producer, co-founded LaFace Records 1957 – Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, English soldier and politician 1957 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer-songwriter and producer 1957 – Paddy McAloon, English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout) 1958 – Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Revolution and The New Power Generation) 1961 – Dave Catching, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Earthlings? and Mondo Generator) 1962 – Michael Cartellone, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Damn Yankees) 1962 – Thierry Hazard, French singer-songwriter 1963 – Roberto Alagna, French-Italian tenor 1965 – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer 1965 – Damien Hirst, English painter 1965 – Billy Reeves, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Theaudience) 1965 – Christine Roque, French singer 1966 – Eric Kretz, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Stone Temple Pilots and Talk Show) 1967 – Dave Navarro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Janes Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deconstruction, The Panic Channel, and Camp Freddy) 1974 – Cassius Khan, Canadian singer and tabla player 1976 – Necro, American rapper, producer, and director (Secret Society, and The Godfathers) 1978 – Tony An, Korean singer (H.O.T and jtL) 1978 – Adrienne Frantz, American actress and singer 1981 – Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player 1984 – Ari Koivunen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Amoral) 1985 – Charlie Simpson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Busted and Fightstar) 1985 – Richard Thompson, Trinidadian sprinter 1990 – Iggy Azalea, Australian-American rapper 1992 – Sara Niemietz, American singer-songwriter and actress 1993 – Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
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