1825 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing, born in Øverbø, Norway (d. 1897)
1840 – Thomas F. Toon, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Columbus County, North Carolina (d. 1902)
1861 – Joseph Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem), born in Roermond, the Netherlands (d. 1949)
1901 – Frederick Loewe [Friedrich Löwe], Austrian-born American composer (My Fair Lady; Camelot), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1988)
1913 – John Edmunds, American composer, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, born in Niitaka District, Taiwan (d. 2013)
1947 – Ken Singleton, American baseball player (Orioles), born in Mt Vernon, New York
1954 – Raul Rekow, American percussionist and conguero (Santana, 1976-2013), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2015)
1971 – (Joel) “Jo-Jo” Hailey, American RandB singer (Jodeci – “Come And Talk To Me”; “Cry For You”), born in Monroe, North Carolina
1976 – Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Persian taekwondoka
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Famous Birthdays for 9th June 2022
1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952)
1921 – Agnes Keleti, Hungarian gymnast (Olympic gold 1952, 56), born in Budapest, Hungary
1922 – George Axelrod, American playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop), born in New York City (d. 2003)
1922 – Peter Beazley, British politician (C) (European Parliament), born in Chale, Isle of Wight (d. 2004)
1943 – Joe Haldeman, American sci-fi author (The Forever War), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1944 – Christine Goitschel, French alpine skier (Olympic gold 1964), born in Sallanches, France
1949 – Francis Monkman, British film composer, musician and songwriter (Curved Air; Sky), born in Hampstead, North London
1954 – Pete Byrne Bath, English rocker (Naked Eyes), born in Bath, Somerset
1972 – Wesley Reid Scantlin, American guitarist and singer (Puddle of Mudd), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1974 – Randy Winn, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 2002; TB Devil Rays, Seattle Mariners, SF Giants) and analyst (NBC Sports Bay Area), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 8th June 2022
1756 – Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1823)
1837 – Moritz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf), born in Weissenfels, Germany (d. 1906)
1906 – Nazir Ali, Indian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; first Indian Test 1932), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 1975)
1910 – Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and editor in chief (Novyj Mir), born in Zagorye, Russian Empire (d. 1971) [NS=June 21]
1916 – Francis Crick, English molecular biologist who co-discovered DNA’s structure, with James Watson (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1962), born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
1937 – Norma Shaw, English lawn bowler (World Outdoor C’ship gold 1981; Indoor C’ship gold 1997), born in Wakefield, England (d. 2009)
1964 – Harry Lee “Butch” Reynolds, American 400m runner (world record – 43.29 seconds, 1988-99), born in Akron, Ohio
1969 – Glenn Rogers Jr, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1971 – Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star
1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 7th June 2022
1833 – Alexander Ritter, German composer, born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1896)
1908 – Boris Goldovsky, Russian-American conductor, educator (Tangle wood, 1942-62), and opera broadcast commentator (Metropolitan Opera, 1946-85), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2001)
1911 – Silas Roy Crain, American gospel singer (founder of The Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet), born in Augustine, Texas (d. 1996)
1913 – Dallas Shirley, American Basketball Hall of Fame referee (officiated 2,000+ games in 33-year career), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1994)
1924 – Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American singer and actress (Designing Woman, Kismet), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
1926 – Dick Williams, American singer and choral director (Andy Williams Show), born in Wall Lake, Iowa (d. 2018)
1964 – Andris Vecumnieks, Latvian contemporary classical composer (Concertino Art-I-Shock), conductor, teacher, and musicologist, born in Riga, Latvian SSR
1969 – Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
1973 – Song Yun-ah, South Korean model and actress
1976 – Necro [Ron Braunstein], Jewish American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Birthdays for 6th June 2022
1735 – Anton Schweitzer, German composer, born in Coburg, Germany (d. 1787)
1879 – Patrick Abercrombie, English architect and town planner, born in Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England (d. 1957)
1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author (Flowers in the Attic), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1986)
1926 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (Fidelio), born in Merseburg, Germany (d. 1998)
1957 – Mike Gatting, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, captain 1986-88), born in Kingsbury, England
1959 – Jimmy Jam [James Harris], American songwriter and record producer (Janet Jackson), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1967 – Wasim Haider, cricketer (member Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup squad)
1984 – Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballplayer
1987 – Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician
2000 – Haechan [Lee Dong-hyuck], South Korean k-pop singer and dancer (NCT), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 5th June 2022
1695 – Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect (Schloss Münster), born in Nörde, Warburg, Germany (d. 1773)
1841 – Marie of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange Nassau, born in Wassenaar, Netherlands (d. 1910)
1898 – Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet and dramatist (Blood Wedding), born in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Andalucía, Spain (d. 1936)
1913 – Friedrich Wildgans, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1965)
1937 – Floyd Butler, American soul singer (Friends of Distinction – “Grazing In The Grass”), born in San Diego, California (d. 1990)
1955 – Hugh Marsh, Canadian session, touring, and jazz electric violinist, born in Montreal, Quebec
1956 – Roger Michell, British stage and screen director (Blue/Orange; Notting Hill; Hyde Park On Hudson), born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 2021)
1973 – Sean Moran, American NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills), born in Aurora, Colorado
1977 – Nourhanne, Armenian-Lebanese pop singer (“Habibi ya Einy”)
1978 – Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player
Famous Birthdays for 4th June 2022
1665 – Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1733)
1877 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927), born in Pforzheim, Baden, Germany (d. 1957)
1895 – Dino Conte Grandi, Italian Fascist politician and delegate to league of nations (1925-32), born in Mordano, Italy (d. 1988)
1911 – Austin Andrew Wright, British sculptor, born in Chester, England (d. 1997)
1936 – David Lyon, CEO (Bowater), born in London
1948 – Paquito D’Rivera, Cuban-American Grammy Award-winning clarinetist, saxophonist and jazz and classical composer, born in Havana, Cuba
1955 – Paul Stewart, British writer (The Edge Chronicles, Far Flung Adventures), born in London, England
1956 – John Treacy, Irish marathoner (Olympic silver 1984), born in Villierstown, County Waterford
1959 – Paul Taylor, American rock keyboardist (Winger – “Seventeen; “Can’t Get Enuff”), born in San Francisco, California
1972 – Derian Hatcher, American hockey defenseman (NHL All Star 1997, Dallas Stars), born in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 3rd June 2022
1840 – Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
1864 – Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) and truck (REO) manufacturer, born in Geneva, Ohio (d. 1950)
1895 – Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, Indian statesman and diplomat (Asia and Western Dominance), born in Travancore, British India (d. 1963)
1921 – Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete and influential swimming coach, born in Melbourne (d. 2016)
1943 – Billy Cunningham, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach (NBA champion player and coach Philadelphia 76ers), born in Brooklyn, New York
1954 – Dan Hill, Canadian pop singer and songwriter (“Sometimes When We Touch”; “Can’t We Try”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1965 – Mike Gordon, American rock bassist, banjo player (Phish), and filmmaker, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts
1966 – Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer (brilliant lefty fast bowler) and commentator, born in Lahore, Pakistan
1971 – Aaron Ledesma, MLB baseball infielder, 1995-2000 (Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and 3 other teams), born in Union City, California
1980 – Lazaros Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
Famous Birthdays for 2nd June 2022
1864 – Ben Webster, British actor (Old Curiosity Shop), born in London, England (d. 1947)
1899 – Eric Jan Hanussen [Hermann Steinschneider], Austrian astrologist, clairvoyant, illusionist, and speaking tutor to Hitler, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1933)
1919 – Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (d. 2005)
1924 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist and activist (d. 2007)
1927 – W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (The Man Inside), and animator (Underdog), born in Avondale Estates, Georgia (d. 2013)
1936 – Otis Williams, American doo-wop singer (Charms), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1946 – Roger Freed, baseball player
1963 – Norm Lewis, American stage and screen actor and singer, born in Tallahassee, Florida
1974 – Matt Serra, American mixed martial ar
1976 – Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
Famous Birthdays for 1st June 2022
1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1905 – Robert Newton, British actor (Treasure Island, Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days), born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England (d. 1956)
1930 – Matt Poore, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (14 Tests 355 runs @ 15.43, 9 wickets), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2020)
1931 – Walter Horak, Austrian soccer striker (13 caps; Wiener Sport Club, Sochaux), born in Marchegg, Austria (d. 2019)
1932 – Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, Dutch writer (Dingen die niet Voorbijgaan)
1960 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (3 x World C’ship gold 1978; 2 x World Cup gold 1977), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2006)
1966 – Greg Schiano, American football coach (College: Rutgers; NFL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
1970 – Joshua Compston, English art impresario, born in London, England (d. 1996)
1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008