Those who dont know. Today is my 54th Birthday. Some popular people who share my birthday are Agnes Moorehead (Endora from Bewitched), Wally Cox (voice of Underdog), Bobby Van (Game show host) 846 - Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) 1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) 1421 - Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) 1550 - Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer 1586 - Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) 1608 - George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland 1637 - Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) 1640 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723) 1642 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703) 1685 - Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712) 1721 - James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809) 1721 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) 1731 - S von Laroche, writer 1732 - Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84) 1743 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer 1752 - Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844) 1768 - Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer 1775 - Nicolas Isouard, composer 1776 - Paul Friedrich Struck, composer 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) 1792 - Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) 1792 - King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849) 1805 - Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875) Magician Jean Eugène Robert-HoudinMagician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805) 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) 1806 - Louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer 1808 - Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future) 1808 - Johann Christian Gebauer, composer 1809 - Stephen Thomas, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 1812 - Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884) 1816 - Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 1822 - John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1823 - Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900) 1831 - Joshua Woodrow Sill, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 The Gray Ghost John Singleton MosbyThe Gray Ghost John Singleton Mosby (1833) 1833 - John Singleton Mosby, Powhatan County, Virginia, lawyer/Col (Confederate Army), (d. 1916) 1835 - Wilhelm Rudolf Fittig, Hamburg, German Chemist (synthesizing organic compounds) 1841 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870) 1843 - Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher 1846 - Henryk Jarecki, composer 1849 - August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945) 1853 - Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931) 1863 - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914) 1864 - William S. Hart, American actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) 1872 - Mikulas Moyzes, composer 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941) 1876 - Fred Duesenberg, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1932) 1884 - Rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44) 1885 - Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General) Poet Joyce KilmerPoet Joyce Kilmer (1886) 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, New Brunswick, New Jersey, poet (Trees), (d. 1918) 1887 - Joseph Lamb, composer 1887 - Lynn Fontanne, Woodford England, Bdwy actress (Dulcy, Arms & the Man) 1888 - Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949) 1890 - Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946) 1890 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951) 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955) 1892 - F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame) 1892 - Lina Carstens, Wiesbaden Germany, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug) Occultist and Author Dion FortuneOccultist and Author Dion Fortune (1890) 1893 - Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960) 1896 - Arnold Foster, composer 1896 - George Trafton, NFL center (Chicago Bears) 1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist (S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm) 1897 - John Axel Fernstrom, composer 1897 - O W Cisek, writer 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist 1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, sociologist/economist (Nobel 1974) 1898 - Herman Shumlin, actor (Watch on the Rhine) 1899 - Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith 1899 - Nikolai Batalov, Moscow Russia, actor (Mother) Actress Agnes MooreheadActress Agnes Moorehead (1900) 1900 - Agnes Moorehead, Clinton, Massachusetts, American actress (Endora-Bewitched) 1902 - Virgilio Mortari, composer 1903 - Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946) 1904 - Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1905 - James J. Braddock, American boxer (d. 1974) 1906 - Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician 1908 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2003) 1909 - Alan McGilvray, cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930s) and commentator (ABC) 1909 - Kenneth Watkins, woodland conservationist 1911 - Alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary 1913 - Eleanor Holm, NYC, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) 1914 - Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener) 1916 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986) 1917 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977) 1917 - Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (d. 2008) 1918 - Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner 1918 - Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope) 1918 - Peter A Juten, office clerk/resistance fighter 1918 - Willem Oosterheers, resistance fighter 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983) 1919 - Jimmy Bivins [James], Cleveland, Ohio, Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer, (d. 2012) 1920 - Dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice), (d. 2012) 1920 - George Porter, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002) NFL Quarterback Otto GrahamNFL Quarterback Otto Graham (1921) 1921 - Otto Graham, Waukegan Illinois, NFL Quarterback (Cleveland Browns) 1921 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004) 1922 - John Henry Cound Brunt, English soldier, Victoria Cross holder (d. 1944) 1924 - Wally Cox, Detroit, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares) 1924 - Sergey Yablonsky, Moscow, Soviet and Russian mathematician and one of the founders of the Soviet school of mathematical cybernetics and discrete mathematics (d. 1998) 1925 - Andy Robustelli, NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants) 1926 - Martti Katajisto, Parkano Finland, actor (Mar Oksalla Ylimmaellae) 1927 - Jacques Bondon, composer 1928 - Bert Geoffrey Achong, inventor (electron microscopist) 1928 - Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980) 1929 - King Moody, NYC, actor (Shtarker-Get Smart) 1929 - Mark Kopytman, composer 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor 1929 - Frank Springer, American comics artist 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker 1931 - Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (d. 1996) 1933 - Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, composer 1933 - Jim Pothecary, cricketer (South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour) 1934 - Nick Bockwinkel, wrestler (WCW/AWA) 1935 - Jean Lapointe, Quebec comedian, singer and senator 1936 - Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist 1936 - David Ossman, Santa Monica, California, American writer and comedian (The Firesign Theatre) 1937 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006) 1938 - Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor 1939 - Tomés Svoboda, Paris France, Czech composer (Etude) 1940 - Steve Alaimo, Rochester NY, rocker (Mashed Potatoes) 1940 - Lawrence Bergman, Quebec politician 1941 - Helen Cornelius, Hannibal Mo, country singer (Nashville on the Road) 1941 - John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz) 1941 - Richard Speck, mass murderer (killed 8 student nurses in 1966) 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer 1943 - Mike Smith, London England, rocker/pianist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over) 1944 - Jonathan King, rocker 1945 - James Naughton, Middleton CT, actor (Stranger is Watching) 1945 - Larry Bowa, 2nd baseman (Phillies) 1945 - Dan Harrington, American poker player 1945 - Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker 1946 - Frank Hayes, cricketer (106* England v WI on debut 1973) 1947 - Miroslav Vitous, rocker 1947 - Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician 1948 - Don Nickles, (Sen-R-Okla) 1948 - JoBeth Williams, Houston Texas, actress (Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist) 1948 - Jonathan King, London, singer (Everyones Gone to the Moon) 1948 - Marius Mueller-Westernhagen, Duesseldorf Germany, rocker (Stinker) 1949 - Peter Willey, cricketer (England batsman late 70s early 80s) 1949 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986) 1949 - Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (d. 2007) 1950 - Daniel Sahuleka, Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist (Viva la Libertad) 1950 - Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer 1951 - Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager 1952 - Ric Charlesworth, cricketer (WA opener, Aust hockey capt)/MP (Labour) 1952 - Terence Knox, Richland Wash, actor (Peter-St Elsewhere) [or 2/16/50] 1952 - Craig Newmark, American founder of craigslist 1953 - Gina Hecht, Houston Texas, actress (Melanie-Hizzoner, Mork & Mindy) 1953 - Kin Shriner, Indiana, actor (Scott-General Hospital, Rituals) 1953 - Thomas Hulce, Plymouth Mi, actor (Amadeus, Equus, Echo Park) 1953 - Wil Shriner, NYC/Indiana, talk show host (Wil Shriner Show) 1953 - Gary Ward, American baseball player 1954 - Chris Stamey, rocker 1954 - Miles Chapin, NYC, actor (French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse) 1955 - Bill Lloyd, Bowling Green Ky, singer (Foster & Lloyd-Crazy Over You) 1955 - Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman (Zimbabwes 1st Test side) 1955 - Rick Buckler, [Paul Richard Buckler], rock drummer (Jam) 1955 - Steven Wright, droll comedian (Steven Wright Live) 1955 - Tish Hinojosa, San Antonia Tx, country singer (Something in the Rain) 1956 - Peter Buck, US pop guitarist (REM-Murmur) 1956 - Randy Rhoads, rocker 1957 - Luis Mariano Delis Fournier, Cuba, discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1980) 1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator 1959 - Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of Nintendo 1960 - Jasmina Perazic Gipe, WNBA guard/forward (NY Liberty) 1961 - David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies) 1962 - Ben Watt, rocker (Everything but the Girls-Sir Idlewood) 1962 - Janine Turner, Lincoln Neb, actress (Maggie-Northern Exposure) 1964 - Will Johnson, CFL defensive end (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1965 - Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer 1966 - Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete 1967 - Kevin Appier, Lancaster CA, pitcher (KC Royals) 1967 - Spanky Marcus, Hollywood California, actor (Jimmy Joe-Mary Hartman) 1967 - Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer 1969 - Elmore Spencer, NBA center (Portland Trail Blazers) 1969 - Greg Knox, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders) 1969 - Todd Black, Kenton Ohio, 800m runner 1969 - Wayne Smith - Motorcycle racer 1970 - Eric Mahlum, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts) 1970 - Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer 1970 - Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base) 1971 - Ainsley Robinson, Oshawa Ontario, 62 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Oly-96) 1971 - David Defiagbon, Sapele Nigeria, Canadian boxer (Olympics-silver-96) 1971 - Matt Maloney, NBA guard (Houston Rockets) 1971 - Richard Krajicek, Neth, tennis star (Wimbledon-1996) 1971 - Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star (1992 Japan doubles) 1971 - Thomas Bailey, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals) 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese seiyuu 1971 - José Contreras, Cuban baseball player 1972 - Brendan Garard, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96) 1972 - Gary Bandy, NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons) 1972 - James Logan, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks) 1972 - Mike Gruttadauri, corner (St Louis Rams) 1973 - Tim Kohn, guard/tackle (Oakland Raiders) 1974 - Arjan Ebbinge, soccer player (FC Groningen) 1975 - Natalie Titcume, Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1975 - Noel Clarke, English actor and writer 1976 - Alicia Machado, Venezuela, Miss Universe (1996) 1976 - Lindsay Price, Arcadia CA, actress (Bold & Beautiful, All My Children) 1976 - Colleen Haskell, American television personality 1977 - Kevin Cash, American baseball player 1977 - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer 1977 - Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer 1978 - K. D. Aubert, American actress 1978 - Chris Basak, American baseball player 1978 - Darrell Jackson, American football player 1979 - Tim Cahill, Australian footballer 1980 - Steve Lovell, British footballer 1980 - Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player 1982 - Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist and 2007 Tour de France winner 1982 - Ryan Carnes, American actor 1982 - Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer 1982 - Robbie Gould, American football player 1985 - Dulce María, Mexican actress and singer 1985 - Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian Cricketer 1986 - Matt Niskanen, American National Hockey League Player 1995 - Joy Gruttmann, German singer 2000 - Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
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