1744 – Georg Augustin Holler, German composer (d. 1814)
1809 – Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1879)
1897 – Henry Wadsworth, American actor (The Thin Man, Applause, Fast and Loose), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1974)
1907 – Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
1915 – Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), born in Chartham, England (d. 1977)
1926 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born actress (Crimson Pirate), born in Kecs kemet, Hungary (d. 1998)
1926 – Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa (1999-2008), 1st vice-president (1994-99) and economist, born in Mbewuleni, Eastern Cape
1947 – Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L’Annee des Meduses)
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Famous Birthdays for 17th June 2021
1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps – The Rite of Spring; The Firebird), born in Oranienbaum, Russia (d. 1971) [OS 5th June]
1888 – Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1953)
1926 – Alan Walters, British political economist (Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher), born in Leicester, England (d. 2009)
1926 – Manuel Enríquez, Mexican composer, born in Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico (d. 1994)
1932 – Derek Ibbotson, English 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 2017)
1946 – Marcy Kaptur, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Toledo, Ohio
1958 – Daniel McVicar, American actor (Clarke-Bold and Beautiful), born in Independence, Missouri
1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French ice dancer (World Champion 2008), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
1981 – Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
1982 – Jodie Whittaker, British actress (1st female “Doctor Who”), born in Skelmanthorpe, England
Famous Birthdays for 16th June 2021
1644 – Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans (d. 1670)
1754 – Salawat Yulayev, Bashkir national hero, poet (d. 1800)
1813 – Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
1917 – Katharine Graham, American newspaper publisher (Washington Post), born in NYC, New York
1920 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
1949 – Peppy Castro [Emil Thielhelm], American rock vocalist (Balance), born in NYC, New York
1954 – Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats)
1955 – Tree Rollins, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Winter Haven, Florida
1978 – Lyndsey Marshal, British film/stage/television actress
1987 – Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Norwegian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 15th June 2021
1330 – Edward the Black Prince [Edward of Woodstock], English prince and knight, born in Woodstock Palace, England (d. 1376)
1624 – Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (d. 1704)
1901 – Peter Shankland, English filmmaker and historian
1949 – Russell Hitchcock, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1951 – Steve Walsh, American progressive rock singer (Kansas), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1969 – Ice Cube [O’Shea Jackson], American rapper and actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda), born in Los Angeles, California
1971 – Nasheet Waits, American jazz drummer, born in New York City
1972 – Lianne Bennion, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Seattle, Washington
1978 – Zach Day, American baseball player
1983 – Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist, born in Munich, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 14th June 2021
1883 – Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian New Testament scholar, born in Presles, Belgium (d. 1968)
1914 – Pauline Moore [Joless Love], American actress (Colorado, Young Mr. Lincoln), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1916 – Karl-Rudi Griesbach, German composer, born in Breckerfeld, Germany (d. 2000)
1923 – Theodore Bloomfield, American conductor, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1998)
1923 – Donald Smith, English cricket batsman (3 Tests; Sussex), born in Broadwater, Sussex, England (d. 2021)
1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1981-), born in NYC, New York
1951 – Paul Boateng, British Labour politician 9British High Commissioner to South Africa), born in Hackney, England
1958 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater (5 Olympic gold medals 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress (Ryan’s Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch), born in NYC, New York
1974 – Phillip Rhys, British actor
Famous Birthdays for 13th June 2021
1763 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian statesman, born in Santos, São Paulo (d. 1838)
1879 – George Gunn, English cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1958)
1925 – Hans Fellner, bookseller, born in Vienna (d. 1996)
1928 – John Nash, American mathematician (subject of movie “A Beautiful Mind”) and Nobel laureate, born in Bluefield, West Virginia
1942 – James Carr, American singer (To Love Somebody), born in Como, Mississippi (d. 2001)
1944 – Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007-16), born in Injō, Japanese Korea
1954 – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist (Minister of Finance 2011-15), born in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State
1954 – Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer and singer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1965 – Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, born in Our Lady of Loreto Clinic, Madrid, Spain
1980 – Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 12th June 2021
1892 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1973)
1902 – Hendrik Elias, Flemish historian and Mayor of Ghent (1941-44), born in Machelen, Belgium (d. 1973)
1926 – Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler, born in Islington, Greater London, England (d. 2006)
1930 – Barbara Harris, 1st US Episcopal female bishop, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
1946 – John Steinbeck IV, American journalist, author and son of John Steinbeck, born in New York City
1959 – Scott Thompson, Canadian comedian (The Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show), born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada
1962 – Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist and author (12 Rules for Life), born in Edmonton, Alberta
1963 – Jerry Lynn, American professional wrestler, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1969 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Omen, Bikini), born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary (d. 2007)
1974 – Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player, born in Neagari, Ishikawa, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 11th June 2021
1914 – Jack Mann, British fighter pilot and hostage, kidnapped by Islamists in Lebanon in May 1989, born in Northampton, England (d. 1995)
1917 – James Bostock, English wood engraver and artist, born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England (d. 2006)
1921 – Beatrice “Fiet” van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2012)
1926 – Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer (Slow Dusk), born in Latta, South Carolina
1932 – Timothy Sainsbury, British politician and businessman
1933 – Gene Wilder [Jerome Silberman], American actor (Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2016)
1939 – Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket batter and captain (22 Tests, 23 ODOs; captain winning England team in inaugural Women’s World Cup 1973), businesswoman and philanthropist, born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 2017)
1947 – Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), later Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration
1948 – Stephen Schnetzer, American actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1977 – Shane Meier, Canadian actor (The Matthew Shepard Story), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 10th June 2021
1879 – Benjamin Lambord, American composer, born in Portland, Maine (d. 1915)
1901 – Frederick Loewe [Friedrich Löwe], Austrian-born American composer (My Fair Lady, Camelot), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1988)
1917 – William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
1921 – Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Great Britain’s Elizabeth II, born in Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece (d. 2021)
1935 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, born in Milan (d. 2015)
1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American politician (Governor of New York 2007-8), born in the Bronx, New York
1959 – Timothy Van Patten, American actor (White Shadow, Master), born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 – Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
1968 – Bill Burr, American comedian and podcaster (F Is for Family, I’m Sorry You Feel That Way), born in Canton, Massachusetts
1981 – Hoku, American singer and actress
Famous Birthdays for 9th June 2021
1849 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
1912 – Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), born in Cardiganshire (d. 2007)
1925 – Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn, British politician (L), born in Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire (d. 2003)
1930 – Marvin Kalb, American educator and newscaster (CBS/NBC, Meet the Press), born in NYC, New York
1938 – Peter Sanders, British head of the Commission for Racial Equality
1941 – Peter Wilson, CEO (Gallaher)
1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist, born in Hamilton, Ontario
1974 – Samoth, Norwegian guitarist (Emperor, Zyklon)
1984 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
1993 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress