1896 – Wilfred Pelletier, Canadian conductor (Voice of Firestone), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1982)
1929 – Ronald Hines, British actor (Not in Front of the Children, Pack of Lies), born in London, England (d. 2017)
1931 – Arne Nordheim, Larvik Norway, conductor/composer (Aftonland)
1940 – John Mahoney, British-born American actor (Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out), born in Manchester, England (d. 2018)
1949 – Lionel Richie, American singer (Commodores, 1968-82; “Easy”; “Three Times A Lady”; solo -“Hello”; “All Night Long”), and TV personality (American Idol, 2018-21), born in Tuskegee, Alabama
1949 – Paul Shaw, Collingwood Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics 1996)
1951 – Peter Gordon, American composer (Love of Life Orchestra), born in New York City
1953 – Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber)
1972 – Martin Keino, Nyeri Kenya, 1.5k runner
1978 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
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Famous Birthdays for 19th June 2022
1792 – Gustav Schwab, German writer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1850)
1815 – Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1872)
1925 – Charlie Drake [Charles Springall], English comedian (Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash), born in London, England (d. 2006)
1942 – Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane, rocker (Spanky and Our Gang-Lazy Day)
1956 – Doug Stone, American singer
1962 – Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, choreographer (Straight Up) and TV personality (American Idol), born in San Fernando, California
1964 – Boris Johnson, British Conservative politician, (Prime Minister, 2019-present; Mayor of London, 2008-2016), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
1969 – Thomas Breitling, American entrepreneur
1972 – Robin Tunney, American actress (The Mentalist), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 18th June 2022
1780 – Michael Henkel, German composer and organist, born in Fulda, Germany (d. 1851)
1898 – Carleton Hobbs, English actor (Sherlock Holmes), born in Farnborough, England (d. 1978)
1907 – Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
1926 – Tom Wicker, American columnist (covered assassination of JFK for NY Times) and author, born in Hamlet, North Carolina (d. 2011)
1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers’ Champion 1967), born in Motueka, New Zealand (d. 1992)
1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, French actor (L’Annee des Meduses), screenwriter, and director, born in La Rochelle, France (d. 2010)
1975 – Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
1976 – Alana de la Garza, American actress
1991 – Willa Holland, American actress (Arrow), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 17th June 2022
1828 – Johan Karel Jakob De Jonge, Dutch historian, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1880)
1878 – Albert Thomas, French socialist politician (Minister of Armament WW1), born in Champigny-sur-Marne (d. 1932)
1902 – Sammy Fain, American popular music composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
1919 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer, born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 2006)
1922 – Jerry Fielding, American jazz musician and composer (Lively Ones, Hogan’s Heroes), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
1940 – George Akerlof, American economist (The Market for Lemons) and 2001 Nobel laureate, born in New Haven, Connecticut
1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds), born in Ocumare de la Costa, Venezuela
1954 – Mark Linn-Baker, American actor (Perfect Strangers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1957 – Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor (Band of Brothers), born in Soest, Netherlands
1966 – Tory Burch, American fashion designer (Tory Burch LLC), born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 16th June 2022
1752 – Meingosus Gaelle, German theologian and church composer, born in Buch (d. 1816)
1890 – Stan Laurel [Arthur Stanley Jefferson], English comedian (Laurel and Hardy films), born in Ulverston, England (d. 1965)
1897 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (The Midnight Express), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1948)
1907 – Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico and the Man, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 1981)
1910 – Richard Barrer, New Zealand-born chemist (father of zeolite chemistry) (d. 1996)
1931 – Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2020)
1934 – Little Caesar [Carl Burnett], American vocalist (Little Caesar and the Romans)
1941 – Dino Ciani, Italian pianist, born in Fiume, Italy (d. 1974)
1942 – David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler’s Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), born in London, England (d. 1995)
1982 – Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
Famous Birthdays for 15th June 2022
1927 – Hugo Pratt, Italian graphic artist, born in Rimini, Italy (d. 1995)
1936 – William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate
1939 – Ward Connerly, American political activist (affirmative action), born in Leesville, Louisiana
1943 – Aron Kincaid, actor (Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party), born in Los Angeles, California
1949 – Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern), born in Lexington, Kentucky
1955 – Sally E Silverstone, Walthamstow England, Co-Captain (Biosphere 2)
1968 – Tim Lester, American NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Miami, Florida
1971 – Jake Busey, American actor
1972 – Hank Von Helvete, Turbonegro Frontman
1973 – Matt Stevens, safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
Famous Birthdays for 14th June 2022
1874 – Edward Bowes, American radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1946)
1930 – Charles McCarry, American author and former CIA spy (The Tears of Autumn), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1943 – John Miles, British racing driver, born in London (d. 2018)
1945 – Rod Argent, English rock musician (The Zombies – “She’s Not There”; Argent – “Hold Your Head Up”), born in St Albans, Hertfordshire
1950 – Jeremy Sinden, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), born in London (d. 1996)
1969 – Eugene Chung, American NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts), born in Prince George’s County, Maryland
1971 – Ramon Vega, former Swiss footballer
1974 – Phillip Rhys, British actor
1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress
1975 – Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
Famous Birthdays for 13th June 2022
1825 – Benjamin J. Hill, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in McMinnville, Tennessee (d. 1880)
1875 – Max d’Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), born in Besançon, France (d. 1959)
1892 – Richard M. Jones, American jazz pianist, accompanist, songwriter (“Trouble In Mind”), record producer (Louis Armstrong) and label manager (Okeh; Decca;Mercuty), born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (d. 1945)
1931 – Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, born in Washington, D.C.
1941 – Esther Ofarim, Israeli pop singer (“T’en vas pas”; “Cinderella Rockerfella”), born in Safed, British Palestine
1942 – James Carr, American singer (“To Love Somebody”), born in Como, Mississippi (d. 2001)
1947 – Harold Danko, American jazz pianist (Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd), and educator (Eastman School), born in Ohio
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor (Breaking the Waves), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1954 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician (Deputy Prime Minister of Poland), born in Stowięcino, Poland (d. 2011)
1974 – Steve-O, American television personality
Famous Birthdays for 12th June 2022
1468 – Juan del Encina, Spanish author and composer, born in Encinas, Spain (d. 1529)
1842 – Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer, born in Oslo, Norway (d.1866)
1859 – Thomas J. Walsh, United States Senator (Montana), born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin (d. 1933)
1906 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet, born in Perugia, Italy (d. 1977)
1930 – Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (Gomer Pyle, Back Home Again in Indiana), born in Sylacauga, Alabama (d. 2017)
1942 – Len Barry [Leonard Borisoff], American singer, songwriter and producer (The Dovells – “Bristol Stomp”; solo – “1-2-3”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
1959 – Jalal-ud-din, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick v Aust 1982), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1961 – Yuri Rozanov, Russian sports broadcaster (NTV Plus, Match TV; TEFI Award 2012), born in Zagorsk, Russia (d. 2021)
1961 – Rod Latham, New Zealand cricketer (NZ opening batsman), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
1969 – Kevin Turner, American NFL fullback (Philadelphia Eagles) and plaintiff against NFL (concussion case), born in Prattville, Alabama (d. 2016)
Famous Birthdays for 11th June 2022
1572 – Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet (Volpone, Alchemist), born in London (d. 1637)
1842 – Prince Alfred, Liechtenstein noble and politician, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1907)
1899 – George Frederick McKay, American composer, born in Harrington, Washington (d. 1970)
1904 – Clarence “Pinetop” Smith, American jazz pianist and singer (Boogie Woogie Piano), born in Troy, Alabama (d. 1929)
1925 – Richard White, New Zealand rugby union player (55 games as an All Black), born in Gisborne, New Zealand (d. 2012)
1928 – Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (CDA), born in Ede, Netherlands (d. 2001)
1931 – Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom, Scottish judge, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1932 – Athol Fugard, South African anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot), born in Middelburg, South Africa
1951 – Mithra Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer (brother of Sidath 2 Tests for SL v NZ 1983), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1990 – Paapa Essiedu, English actor (I May Destroy You), born in London, England