1869 – William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1946)
1892 – James M. Cain, American novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1977)
1925 – Art McNally, American football referee and administrator (NFL Head of Officiating 1968-91), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 – Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), born in Park Ridge, Illinois (d. 2013)
1946 – June Montiero, American vocalist (Toys-A Lover’s Concerto), born in Queens, New York
1960 – Lynn Jennings, American long distance runner (world 5,000m record 1990), born in Princeton, New Jersey
1961 – Malcolm Elliott, British road cyclist (Tour of Britain 1988), born in Sheffield, England
1962 – Andre Braugher, American actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Chicago, Illinois
1988 – Aleksander Lesun, Russian modern pentathlete (Olympic gold pentathlon 2016), born in Barysaw, Belarus
1992 – Bryant Jones, American actor (Nate Hastings-Young and Restless), born in Camarillo, California
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Famous Birthdays for 30th June 2020
1807 – Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1887)
1901 – Willie Sutton, American bank robber, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
1908 – Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, born in Hucknall, England (d. 1995)
1909 – Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (1962-63) and writer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 2001)
1931 – James Loughran, British conductor, born in Glasgow
1949 – Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
1951 – Stanley Clarke, American rock bassist (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1951 – Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper and singer (We Love Orange), born in Amsterdam (d. 2004)
1969 – Ken Gernander, American NHL center (NY Rangers), born in Coleraine, Minnesota
1981 – Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
Famous Birthdays for 29th June 2020
1397 – John II, King of Aragon and Navarre, born in Medina del Campo, Spain (d. 1479)
1803 – John Newton Brown, American publisher and Baptist teacher, born in New London, Connecticut (d. 1868)
1893 – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and applied statistician (Mahalanobis distance), whose birthdate is celebrated annually in India as “National Statistics Day”, born in Calcutta, Bengal, British India (d. 1972)
1912 – Émile Peynaud, French oenologist, born in Madiran, Gers, France (d. 2004)
1940 – Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer, born in Moscow
1948 – Fred Grandy, American actor (The Love Boat) and politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa), born in Sioux City, Iowa
1951 – Don Rosa, American comic book writer and illustrator (Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1955 – Terence M. O’Sullivan, American labor union activist who is president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), born in San Francisco, California
1956 – Pedro Guerrero, Dominican MLB player (LA Dodgers), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
1990 – Ryu So-yeon, South Korean golfer (US Open 2011, ANA Inspiration 2017), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 28th June 2020
1794 – Allen Frances Gardiner, British naval officer and missionary in inter alia Port Natal, born in Basildon, Berkshire, England (d. 1851)
1886 – Joe Cox, South African cricketer (South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series v England), born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa (d. 1971)
1891 – Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
1909 – Arnold Shaw, American writer on popular music and composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
1931 – Junior Johnson, American auto racer and team owner (Daytona 500 1960; NASCAR Hall of Fame), born in Wilkes County, North Carolina (d. 2019)
1936 – Major R Owens, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1983-2007), born in Collierville, Tennessee (d. 2013)
1946 – Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1989)
1955 – Nikolay Zimyatov, Soviet-Russian nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1976), born in Moscow
1971 – Aileen Quinn, American actress (Annie), born in Yardley, Pennsylvania
1972 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Birthdays for 27th June 2020
1931 – Charles Bronfman, Canadian-American CEO (Seagrams, Montreal Expos) and philanthropist, born in Montreal, Quebec
1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American attorney and politician (47th United States Secretary of the Interior), born in Flagstaff, Arizona
1939 – Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer (Aust pace bowler and late-order bat in 60s), born in Cheltenham, Adelaide, Australia (d. 2000)
1942 – Bruce Johnston [Benjamin Baldwin], American singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Beach Boys, I Write the Songs), born in Peoria, Illinois
1943 – Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), born in Brooklyn, New York
1963 – Paul Roos, Australian rules footballer, born in Melbourne, Australia
1966 – J. J. Abrams, American writer, producer and director (Lost, Star Wars: the Force Awakens), born in NYC, New York
1971 – Jimmy Kemp, American CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Buffalo, New York
1973 – Wendell Davis, American football cornerback (Dallas Cowboys), born in Wichita, Kansas
1974 – Christian Kane, American actor (Leverage, The Librarians), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 26th June 2020
1823 – Frederick Bowen Jewson, Scottish composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1891)
1837 – Victor Girardey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Lauw, France (d. 1864)
1900 – Jo Spier [Joseph Spier], Dutch cartoonist and water color painter, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1978)
1926 – Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer (Bohin Manor) and film director, born in Nowa Wilejka, Wilenskie (d. 2015)
1929 – Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and 8th President of the Italian Republic (1985-92), born in Sassari, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2010)
1946 – Clive Francis, British actor (Masada), born in London, England
1953 – Robert Davi, American actor and opera singer (Die Hard, Gangster Chronicles, License to Kill), born in Queens, New York
1973 – Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor and band leader (Cochise), born in Szczecinek, Poland
1979 – Nathan Followill, American alternative-rock backing vocalist and musician (Kings of Leon), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1984 – Raymond Felton, American basketball player (New York Knicks), born in Marion, South Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 25th June 2020
1709 – Francesco Araja, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1770)
1924 – Sidney Lumet, American film director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
1931 – V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), born in Allahabad, British India (d. 2008)
1940 – Clint Warwick [Albert Eccles], English bassist (Moody Blues), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2004)
1952 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer (It Don’t Come Easy), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1982)
1954 – David Paich, American rock keyboardist (Toto-Africa), born in Los Angeles, California
1955 – Michael Sabatino, American actor (Days of Our Life, Bold and Beautiful), born in Venice, California
1970 – Roope Latvala, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom), born in Helsinki, Finland
1971 – Robert Reichel, Czech hockey forward (NY Islanders, Olympic gold 1998), born in Litvínov, Czech Republic
1971 – Angela Kinsey, American actress (The Office), born Lafayette, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 24th June 2020
1286 – John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, English politician and the last Warenne earl of Surrey (d. 1347)
1882 – Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1953)
1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1919-26), born in Manassa, Colorado (d. 1983)
1920 – Bernhard Krol, composer
1946 – Robert Reich, US Sec of Labor (Clinton)
1947 – Walter Willison, Monterrey Park California, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog)
1949 – John Illsley, English rock bassist (Dire Straits), born in Leicester, England
1980 – Andrew Jones, Australian racing driver
1980 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
2001 – Mo’ne Davis, American Little League baseball pitcher, 1st girl to pitch a shutout, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 23rd June 2020
1749 – Konrad Back, German monastic composer, born in Haigerloch (d. 1810)
1929 – Dave King, Twickenham England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
1931 – Urs Jaeggi, Swiss sociologist and writer, born in Solothurn, Switzerland
1941 – Robert Hunter, American lyricist and singer-songwriter (Grateful Dead), born in Arroyo Grande, California (d. 2019)
1953 – Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic silver 1980)
1962 – Chuck Billy, American vocalist (Testament)
1964 – Joey Allen, Ft Wayne Indiana, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1970 – Kerri Ann Buchberger, Russell Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics 1996)
1978 – Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)
1980 – Melissa Rauch, actress (The Big Bang Theory), born in Marlboro Township, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 22nd June 2020
1757 – George Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver Island
1814 – James Henry Lane, US General during Civil War (Union) and Senator (Kansas), born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana (d. 1866)
1855 – Samuel Morris, Australian cricketer (1st black Australian player), born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1931)
1888 – Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1910 – Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)
1947 – David L Lander, American actor (Squiggy-Laverne and Shirley), born in Brooklyn, New York
1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1964 – Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1969 – Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)