Birthday of this day Births 465 – Ahkal Mo Naab I , Mayan ruler (d. 524) 1029 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian Caliph (d. 1094) 1321 – Joan of The Tower , Scottish wife of David II of Scotland (d. 1362) 1547 – Garzia de Medici , Tuscan son of Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1562) 1549 – Francesco Maria del Monte , Italian cardinal (d. 1627) 1554 – Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (d. 1592) 1586 – Thomas Hooker , English- American settler, founded the Colony of Connecticut (d. 1647) 1653 – Thomas Pitt, English businessman and politician (d. 1726) 1670 – Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (d. 1748) 1675 – Mary Walcott , American witness at the Salem witch trials (d. 1719) 1717 – Peter III of Portugal (d. 1786) 1718 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1794) 1745 – Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician (d. 1824) 1755 – Sarah Siddons , Welsh-English actress (d. 1831) 1780 – François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician (d. 1838) 1793 – Pavel Pestel , Russian soldier (d. 1826) 1794 – Sylvester Graham, American activist (d. 1851) 1801 – David Farragut , American admiral (d. 1870) 1802 – Pavel Nakhimov , Russian admiral (d. 1855) 1805 – Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte, English-American son of Jérôme Bonaparte (d. 1870) 1805 – Robert FitzRoy , English captain, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (d. 1865) 1810 – P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (d. 1891) 1820 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1872) 1829 – Ignacio Mariscal , Mexican diplomat, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico (d. 1910) 1832 – Pavel Chistyakov, Russian painter (d. 1919) 1841 – William Collins Whitney , American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1904) 1849 – William Thomas Stead , English journalist (d. 1912) 1853 – Cecil Rhodes , English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (d. 1902) 1857 – Clara Zetkin , German theorist and activist (d. 1933) 1860 – Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (d. 1919) 1872 – Édouard Herriot , French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1957) 1874 – Eugen Fischer , German physician (d. 1967) 1879 – Dwight F. Davis , American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (d. 1945) 1879 – Wanda Landowska, Polish- French harpsichord player (d. 1959) 1880 – Jan Kubelík , Czech violinist and composer (d. 1940) 1880 – Constantin Tănase, Romanian actor and playwright (d. 1945) 1882 – Inayat Khan, Indian educator (d. 1927) 1883 – Gustave Lanctôt, Canadian historian (d. 1975) 1885 – Blas Infante , Spanish politician (d. 1936) 1885 – André Lhote , French painter (d. 1962) 1886 – Willem Drees, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1988) 1888 – Herbert Spencer Gasser , American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963) 1889 – Jean Cocteau , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963) 1890 – Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and journalist (d. 1954) 1891 – John Howard Northrop , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) 1891 – Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (d. 1955) 1894 – Ants Lauter, Estonian actor, theatre director and pedagogue (d. 1973) 1895 – Gordon Jacob , English composer (d. 1984) 1898 – Georgios Grivas , Greek army officer (d. 1974) 1899 – Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter, and author (d. 1974) 1900 – Yoshimaro Yamashina , Japanese ornithologist (d. 1989) 1901 – Sergey Obraztsov , Russian puppeteer (d. 1992) 1902 – Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. , American colonel and politician, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1985) 1904 – Harold Acton , English author (d. 1994) 1904 – Ernst Mayr , German-American biologist (d. 2005) 1904 – Milburn Stone , American actor (d. 1980) 1905 – Myles Horton, American educator and activist (d. 1990) 1910 – Georges Vedel , French educator (d. 2002) 1911 – Endel Aruja , Estonian physicist (d. 2008) 1911 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980) 1911 – Georges Pompidou , French politician, 19th President of France (d. 1974) 1912 – Mack David, American songwriter (d. 1993) 1913 – George Costakis , Russian art collector (d. 1990) 1913 – Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966) 1914 – Gerda Gilboe , Danish actress and singer (d. 2009) 1915 – John Woodruff , American runner (d. 2007) 1918 – K. Karunakaran , Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 2010) 1918 – René Lecavalier , Canadian sportscaster (d. 1999) 1918 – Zakaria Mohieddin , Egyptian army officer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2012) 1918 – George Rochberg , American composer (d. 2005) 1920 – Mary Louise Hancock , American politician 1921 – Viktor Kulikov , Russian marshal (d. 2013) 1922 – Bob Duffy , American basketball player 1924 – Niels Jannasch , Canadian historian (d. 2001) 1924 – János Starker , Hungarian- American cellist (d. 2013) 1925 – Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian sculptor 1925 – Jean Raspail, French author and explorer 1928 – Pierre Mauroy , French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2013) 1928 – Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982) 1929 – Katherine Helmond , American actress 1931 – Ismail Mahomed , South African lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (d. 2000) 1931 – John Ure , British diplomat and author 1932 – Howard Dorgan , American author and academic (d. 2012) 1932 – Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2013) 1932 – Billy Laughlin , American actor (d. 1948) 1935 – John Gilmore , American author 1935 – Fergus Millar, Scottish historian 1935 – John Schoenherr, American illustrator (d. 2010) 1936 – Shirley Knight , American actress 1936 – James Mirrlees , Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1938 – Ronnie Self , American singer- songwriter (d. 1981) 1939 – Booker Edgerson , American football player 1940 – Chuck Close , American painter and photographer 1942 – Hannes Löhr, German footballer, coach, and manager 1943 – Curt Blefary , American baseball player and coach (d. 2001) 1943 – Mark Cox , English tennis player, coach and commentator 1943 – Robbie Robertson , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Band ) 1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican lawyer and politician, Attorney General of México 1946 – Pierre-Marc Johnson , Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec 1946 – Paul Smith , English fashion designer 1946 – Gerard t Hooft , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate 1946 – Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov , Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 2013) 1947 – Todd Akin , American soldier and politician 1947 – George Kunz , American football player 1948 – William Hootkins, American actor (d. 2005) 1949 – Ludwig G. Strauss , German physician and academic (d. 2013) 1950 – Huey Lewis, American singer- songwriter and actor ( Huey Lewis and the News and Clover) 1950 – Michael Monarch , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ( Steppenwolf , Detective , and World Classic Rockers ) 1950 – Philip Terzian , American journalist and author 1951 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese singer and actress (d. 2013) 1951 – Goose Gossage , American baseball player 1951 – Roger Wicker , American colonel, lawyer, and politician 1953 – Elizabeth Emanuel ,, English fashion designer 1954 – Leni Björklund, Swedish politician, 28th Minister of Defence for Sweden 1954 – Jimmy Crespo , American guitarist and songwriter ( Aerosmith and Stress ) 1954 – Wayne Hale, American engineer 1954 – Elżbieta Pierzchała, Polish politician 1954 – John Wright , New Zealand cricketer and coach 1955 – Peter McNamara , Australian tennis player and coach 1956 – Horacio Cartes, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay 1956 – Terry Chimes, English drummer (The Clash , Generation X , Hanoi Rocks, and Cowboys International ) 1956 – Billy Jenkins , English blues guitarist and composer 1956 – James Lofton , American football player and coach 1956 – Patsy Pease, American actress 1957 – David Hanson, English politician 1957 – Anne Marie Morris, English politician 1957 – Doug Wilson, Canadian- American ice hockey player and manager 1958 – Paul Daniel , English conductor 1958 – Bill Watterson , American cartoonist 1959 – Marc Cohn , American singer- songwriter and keyboard player 1960 – James M. Kelly , American politician 1960 – Brad Loree , Canadian actor and stuntman 1960 – Pruitt Taylor Vince , American actor 1961 – Isabelle Poulenard , French soprano 1961 – Patrizia Scianca , Italian voice actress 1962 – Sarina Hülsenbeck , German swimmer 1962 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim , Indonesian terrorist (d. 2008) 1963 – Edie Falco, American actress 1963 – Russ Lorenson , American singer and actor 1963 – Yasmin Qureshi, Pakistani- born British politician 1963 – Mark Stockwell , Australian swimmer 1963 – Dorien Wilson , American actor 1964 – Ronald D. Moore , American screenwriter and producer 1965 – Kathryn Erbe, American actress 1965 – Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli pianist 1965 – Julián Sotelo , Spanish javelin thrower 1966 – Susannah Doyle , English actress, director, and playwright 1966 – Claudia Wells , American actress 1966 – Gianfranco Zola , Italian footballer and coach 1967 – Silvia Ziche , Italian author and illustrator 1967 – Vinod Raj, Indian actor, singer, and dancer 1968 – Ken Akamatsu, Japanese illustrator 1968 – Kenji Ito, Japanese composer 1968 – Nardwuar the Human Serviette , Canadian keyboard player ( The Evaporators) 1968 – Hedi Slimane, French fashion designer 1968 – Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist 1968 – Michael Stuhlbarg, American actor 1969 – RZA, American rapper, producer, actor, and director ( Wu-Tang Clan and Gravediggaz) 1969 – Ansgar Brinkmann, German footballer 1969 – Jenji Kohan , American screenwriter and producer 1969 – Armin Kõomägi , Estonian writer and screenwriter 1969 – John LeClair, American ice hockey player 1969 – Jeremy Spake, English businessman 1970 – Mac Dre , American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (d. 2004) 1971 – Derek McInnes , Scottish footballer and manager 1971 – Nicola Stephenson, English actress 1972 – Robert Esmie, Canadian sprinter 1973 – Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer and coach 1973 – Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans ) 1973 – Róisín Murphy , Irish singer- songwriter and producer ( Moloko) 1973 – Alexander Radčenko, Czech handball player 1973 – René Spies , German bobsledder 1974 – Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer 1975 – Hernán Crespo , Argentinian footballer 1975 – Kip Gamblin , Australian dancer and actor 1975 – Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player 1976 – Bizarre, American rapper ( D12 and Outsidaz ) 1976 – Nuno Gomes , Portuguese footballer 1977 – Royce da 59 , American rapper and producer (Bad Meets Evil and Slaughterhouse ) 1977 – Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player 1978 – Britta Oppelt, German rower 1978 – Allan Simonsen , Danish race car driver (d. 2013) 1979 – Tim Coly , German rugby player 1979 – Shane Filan , Irish singer- songwriter (Westlife ) 1979 – Amélie Mauresmo , French tennis player 1979 – Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer and manager 1980 – Pauly D, American DJ 1980 – Eva Green , French actress 1980 – Eirini Kavarnou , Greek swimmer 1980 – David Rozehnal, Czech footballer 1980 – Mads Tolling, Danish- American violinist and composer ( Turtle Island Quartet) 1980 – Jason Wade , American singer- songwriter and guitarist ( Lifehouse ) 1981 – Gianne Albertoni , Brazilian model and actress 1981 – Jesse Crain , Canadian baseball player 1981 – Ryan Hansen, American actor 1982 – Paíto, Mozambican footballer 1982 – Chris Bailey , Australian rugby player 1982 – Vitaliy Borisov , Azerbaijani footballer 1982 – Tuba Büyüküstün, Turkish actress 1982 – Monica Day , American model and broadcaster 1982 – Katerena DePasquale , Ukrainian model 1982 – Fabrício de Souza , Brazilian footballer 1982 – Alexander Dimitrenko , German boxer 1982 – Vladimir Fedotov , Russian footballer 1982 – Julien Féret , French footballer 1982 – Joey Foster , English race car driver 1982 – Lionel Gautherie , French rugby player 1982 – Alberto Gilardino , Italian footballer 1982 – Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist 1982 – Kate Gynther , Australian water polo player 1982 – Dave Haywood , American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Lady Antebellum ) 1982 – Yuri Ivanov , Bulgarian footballer 1982 – Tony Jackson, American football player 1982 – Mohammad Keshavarz , Iranian footballer 1982 – Tamer Moustafa , Egyptian basketball player 1982 – Junri Namigata, Japanese tennis player 1982 – Javier Paredes, Spanish footballer 1982 – Szabolcs Perenyi , Romanian- Hungarian footballer 1982 – Leon Sharf, Ukrainian footballer 1982 – Rubén Taucare , Chilean footballer 1982 – Beno Udrih, Slovenian basketball player 1982 – Aaron Wagner , Canadian football player 1982 – Ata Yamrali , Afghan-German footballer 1982 – Tomer Peretz, Israeli artist 1982 – Hamed Komeili, Iranian actor 1982 – Alain Arroyo , Spanish footballer 1982 – Julien Casoli, French sprinter 1983 – Marco Estrada , Mexican baseball pitcher 1983 – Jonás Gutiérrez, Argentinian footballer 1983 – Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player 1983 – Taavi Peetre , Estonian shot putter (d. 2010) 1984 – Danay García , Cuban- American actress 1984 – Zack Miller , American golf player 1984 – Marion Thees, German skeleton racer 1984 – Yu Yamada , Japanese model, actress, and singer 1985 – Stephanie McIntosh , Australian singer and actress 1985 – Nick OMalley , English bass player ( Arctic Monkeys) 1985 – Lucía Pérez , Spanish singer 1985 – Alexandre R. Picard , Canadian ice hockey player 1985 – Megan Rapinoe, American football player 1986 – Piermario Morosini , Italian footballer (d. 2012) 1986 – Alexander Radulov, Russian ice hockey player 1986 – Adam Young, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Owl City, Sky Sailing , and Swimming with Dolphins ) 1987 – Andrija Kaluđerović , Serbian footballer 1988 – Adriano Buzaid , Brazilian race car driver 1988 – Martin Liivamägi , Estonian swimmer 1988 – Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer 1989 – Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer 1989 – Alona Fomina , Ukrainian tennis player 1989 – Dwight King , Canadian ice hockey player 1989 – Joseph King , American singer- songwriter and guitarist ( Canvas and Deadbeat Darling) 1989 – Sjinkie Knegt , Dutch speed skater 1989 – Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer 1989 – Sean OPry , American model 1991 – Jason Dolley , American actor 1992 – Chiara Scholl , American tennis player 1993 – Hollie Cavanagh , English- American singer 1993 – Yaroslav Kosov, Russian ice hockey player
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