— Famous Birthdays on this Day — 1374 - Saint Jadwiga of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1399) 1404 - Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura) 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer 1516 - Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58) 1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) 1543 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608) 1559 - Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian 1602 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) 1609 - Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67) 1632 - Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer 1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) 1642 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) 1677 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn) 1716 - Gaspard Fritz, composer 1745 - Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta, Como, Italy, physicist and inventor (battery) 1751 - Karl Haack, composer 1770 - Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer 1771 - Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer Physicist and Inventor Alessandro VoltaPhysicist and Inventor Alessandro Volta (1745) 1775 - Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist 1776 - John Parry, composer 1781 - Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary 1790 - Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician 1795 - George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist 1805 - Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy) 1814 - Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900) 1815 - Henri Leys, Flemish painter 1817 - Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 1817 - Walter Page Lane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 1819 - Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer 1829 - Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1833 - James Deshler, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 1836 - Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Hooghly Bengal, Indian mystic/hindu leader (preached unity of religions). 1838 - Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist 1841 - Samuel Prowse Warren, composer 1844 - Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School) 1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904) 1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (stained glass windows) 1849 - Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse) 1850 - George Henschel, composer 1853 - August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club) 1857 - Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor 1858 - Louise M A, princess of Belgium 1859 - Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof) 1860 - Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa) 1870 - William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (d. 1924) 1871 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948) 1875 - Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) 1877 - Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water) 1880 - Eric De Lamarter, composer 1883 - Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover) 1884 - Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) 1884 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970) 1887 - Nikos Kasandsakis, Heraklion, Crete, Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ) 1889 - Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht) 1890 - Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born) 1890 - Edward Arnold, NYC, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington) 1890 - Lauri SA Haarla, Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja) 1891 - Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls) 1892 - Wendell Wilkie, American Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World). Died 1944 1895 - George The Gipper Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) 1895 - Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II) 1896 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966) 1897 - Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005) 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena 1898 - KTut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier 1898 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980) 1899 - Arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II) 1901 - Reginald Sheffield, London England, actor (Second Chance) 1902 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975) 1903 - Nikolaj V Podgorny, pres USSR (1965-77) 1906 - Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980) 1907 - Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World) 1907 - Harm van Riel, Dutch politician (Dutch Liberal Party) 1909 - Matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1932) 1909 - Wallace Stegner, novelist/critic (Pulitzer-1971-Angle of Repose) 1913 - Artur Axmann, nazi youth leader 1913 - Dane Clark, Bkln, actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason) 1914 - Edward George Edwards, chemist 1914 - Pee Wee King, Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song) 1915 - Marcel Landowsky, composer 1915 - Phyllis Calvert, Chelsea, London, English actress (The Man in Grey) 1916 - Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator 1916 - Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal (1954- ) 1918 - Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (d. 2008). 1920 - Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games) 1920 - Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers) 1921 - Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason) 1922 - Eric Gairy, first Prime Minister of Grenada (1974-1979) 1922 - Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Maine, US author/publisher and editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, (d. 2012) 1922 - Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (d. 1971) 1923 - Allan Melvin, KC Mo, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family) 1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999) 1924 - Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002) 1925 - George Kennedy, NYC, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight) 1925 - Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist 1926 - Harry Little Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie) 1926 - Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers) 1927 - Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62) 1927 - John W Warner, (Sen-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor 1927 - Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka) 1927 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player 1928 - Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500) 1928 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player 1929 - Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter) 1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968) 1930 - Theodore C Freeman, Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut 1930 - Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist 1931 - Dieter Schonbach, composer 1931 - Johnny Hart, cartoonist 1931 - Maxwell Thurman, US General 1931 - Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo) 1931 - Toni Morrison, Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon) 1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player 1932 - Milos Forman, Czech/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus) 1933 - Bobby Robson, British soccer coach (PSV) 1933 - Elisabeth S Elly Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano 1933 - Mary Ure, Glasgow, Scottish actress (Reflection of Fear, Windoms Way) (d. 1975) Artist & Musician Yoko OnoArtist & Musician Yoko Ono (1933) 1933 - Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer and artist 1934 - [Clyde] Skip Battin, Los Angeles California, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn), (d. 2003) 1934 - Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77) 1935 - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister 1936 - Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist 1936 - Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher 1936 - Jean Auel, American writer 1937 - Jeff Farrell, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960) 1938 - Barry Knight, cricketer (England all-rounder mid-60s) 1938 - Elke Erb, writer 1938 - Manny Mota, baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers) 1938 - István Szabó, Hungarian film director 1939 - Claude Ake, political scientist 1939 - Marlos Nobre, composer 1939 - Petronella CM Carletta Banning, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer) 1939 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player 1939 - Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor 1941 - David Blue, [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupids Arrow) 1941 - Herb Santiago, vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall) 1941 - Irma Thomas, [Lee], US vocalist (Its Raining) 1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer 1945 - Judy Rankin, St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77) 1945 - Michael Nader, St Louis Mo, actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty) 1946 - Michael Buerk, British newsreader 1946 - Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor 1947 - Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 1947 - Dennis De Young, Chicago Il, vocalist (Styx-Babe) 1947 - Eliot L Engel, (Rep-D-NY) 1947 - Princess Maria Christina, [Marijke], of Netherlands 1948 - Bruce Francis, cricketer (Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972) 1948 - Carolyn B Maloney, (Rep-D-NY) 1948 - Sinead Cusack, Ireland, actress (Waterland, Revenge) 1948 - Ketih Knudsen, Ames IA, rocker (Doobie Brothers) 1949 - Gary Ridgway, American serial killer 1950 - Cybill Shepherd, Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show) 1950 - John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller) 1950 - Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician 1951 - Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite 1952 - Juice Newton, [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning) 1952 - Veronica Randy Crawford, US vocalist (One Day Ill Fly Away) 1953 - Derek Pellicci, rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On Its Way) 1953 - Nico Arzbach, rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike) 1953 - Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet) 1954 - John Travolta, Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction) 1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright 1955 - Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler 1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997) 1957 - Marita Koch, German DR, 400m sprinter (Oly-gold-1980) 1957 - Vanna White, [Rosich], N Myrtle Beach SC, TV host (Wheel of Fortune) 1958 - Peter Koech, Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-silver-1988) 1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999) 1960 - Andy Moog, NHL goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988) 1960 - Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief) 1960 - Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer (bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka) 1960 - Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter 1961 - Alycia Moulton, Sacramento CA, tennis star 1962 - Gary Reasons, NFL linebacker (NY Giants) 1962 - Julie Strain, Concord California, actress (Witchcraft IV) 1962 - Simon Fletcher, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos) 1963 - John Gesek, NFL center (Washington Redskins) 1963 - Rob Andrew, English rugby player 1963 - Henry Winter, English football journalist 1964 - Kevin Tapani, Des Moines IA, pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins) 1964 - Lisa Elaine Comshaw, Akron Ohio, actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas Child) 1964 - Matt Dillon, New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas) 1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers) Rapper Dr. DreRapper Dr. Dre (1965) 1965 - Dr. Dre, [Andre Romelle Young], Compton, California, American rapper and record producer 1965 - Peter Martini, journalist 1966 - Kris King, Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets) 1966 - Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95) 1966 - Guy Ferland, American television director 1967 - Colin Jackson, Cardiff Wales, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988) 1967 - Matt Turner, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins) 1967 - Roberto Baggio 1967 - Tracey Edmonds, American film and television producer 1967 - Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka 1968 - Molly Ringwald, Roseville California, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink) 1969 - Alexander Mogilny, Khavarovsk, 1st soviet to defect to NHL (Sabres) 1969 - Igor Larionov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Detroit) 1970 - Tyler Green, US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies) 1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace) 1970 - Susan Egan, American actress 1971 - George Teague, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers) 1971 - Reggie Holt, WLAF safety (London Monarchs) 1971 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player 1972 - Lubomir Rybovic, Kosice CZE, hockey forward (Team Slovakia) 1972 - Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) 1972 - Shani Lynn Nielsen, New Albany IN, Miss America (Indiana-Top 10-1997) 1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer 1974 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star 1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player 1974 - Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician 1975 - Scott Tucker, Birmingham Ala, 400m/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96) 1975 - Gary Neville, English footballer 1976 - Chanda Rubin, Lafayette LA, tennis star (1996 Australian Open doubles) 1976 - Jason Podollan, Vernon, NHL center (Florida Panthers) 1976 - Volker Schenk, WLAF RB (Frankfurt Galaxy) 1976 - Leilani Munter, American race car driver 1977 - Kátia, Brazilian footballer 1977 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter 1977 - Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete 1978 - Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer 1979 - Julia Greville, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) 1980 - Alison Rachel Fitch, Hamilton NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96) 1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter 1980 - Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player 1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player 1981 - Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer 1981 - Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor 1981 - Alex Rios, American baseball player 1983 - Jermaine Jenas, English footballer 1983 - Juelz Santana, American rapper 1983 - Jason Maxiell, American basketball player 1984 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail) 1985 - Anton Ferdinand, English footballer 1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer 1986 - Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer 1988 - Maiara Walsh, American actress 1988 - Shane Lyons, actor and private chef
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