Famous Birthdays 1253 - Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) 1563 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer 1577 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) 1582 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) 1623 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) 1626 - Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) 1688 - Domenico Zipoli, composer 1696 - August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen 1704 - Willem Bentinck, orangist 1711 - Jupiter Hammon, 1st black American to publish poetry (Complete Works) 1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792) 1720 - Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer 1725 - John Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton) 1729 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer 1730 - Ernestus Weinrauch, composer 1734 - Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II 1806 - Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist 1811 - Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich) 1813 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837) 1815 - Emanuel Geibel, writer 1817 - Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) 1817 - Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist (Fugitive Negro) 1844 - Miguel Nieto, composer 1845 - Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library 1848 - William Candy Cummings, created curve ball 1853 - Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920) 1859 - William Buck Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds) 1860 - Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer 1864 - Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks) 1865 - James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (d. 1950) 1875 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer (Yes & No!) 1878 - Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai 1878 - Henri Mulet, composer 1883 - A S Neill, British headmaster (Summerhill) 1885 - Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber 1886 - Spring Byington, Colo Springs, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride) 1890 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928) 1892 - Herbert Norman Howells, composer 1892 - Otakar Jeremias, composer 1892 - Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (d. 1943) 1893 - Jean Binet, composer 1893 - Fritz Ascher, Berlin Germany, German Expressionist artist 1895 - Doris Humphrey, Oak Park Ill, dancer (Dances of Women) 1898 - Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer 1898 - Shinichi Suzuki, Nagoya, Japanese music teacher (Suzuki Method) 1898 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet (5th Seal) 1900 - Jean Arthur, New York, American actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington) (d. 1991) 1903 - Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies) 1903 - Jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show) 1903 - Nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts) 1905 - Franco Albini, Italian architect 1906 - Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987) 1908 - Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969) 1909 - Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer 1912 - John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978) 1914 - Albert Markos, composer 1914 - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman) 1914 - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur Playwright Arthur MillerPlaywright Arthur Miller (1915) 1915 - Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible), (d. 2005) 1916 - Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY) 1916 - Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer 1917 - Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Pecks Bad Girl, Jigsaw) 1917 - Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war) 1917 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991) 1918 - Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey) 1919 - John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51) 1919 - Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist 1920 - Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity) 1920 - Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels) 1920 - Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer 1921 - George Mackey Brown, poet 1921 - Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952) 1921 - Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review) 1921 - Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart) 1922 - Louis Benjamin, showman 1922 - Pierre Juneau, Montreal, Canada, film and broadcast executive, (d. 2012) 1922 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001) 1923 - Barney Kessel, American musician (d. 2004) 1926 - Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz California, actress (My 3 Sons) 1926 - Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red) 1926 - Karl Gordon Henize, Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51-F) 1928 - Ivan Marinov, composer 1928 - James Junior Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953) 1928 - Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP (DP) 1929 - Ram Da-Oz, composer 1930 - Angelo Paccignini, composer 1930 - Jimmy Breslin, Queens NYC, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday) 1930 - Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003) 1931 - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer 1932 - Gundaris Pone, composer 1932 - Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956) 1932 - William J Hughes, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975- ) 1933 - William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut (Apollo 8) 1933 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (d. 1985) 1934 - Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode) 1934 - Johnny Haynes, English footballer (d. 2005) 1935 - Alan Brown, cricketer (England opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961) 1936 - David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio) 1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist 1937 - Paxton Whitehead, English actor
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