1893 – Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor and radio play director (Tomorrow It Will Be Better), born in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
1909 – Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, born in Tylorstown, Rhondda, Wales (d. 1986)
1913 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general, born in Sainte-Monique-de-Nicolet, Quebec (d. 1996)
1926 – Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler, born in Islington, Greater London, England (d. 2006)
1928 – Michael Wishart, British figurative painter, born in London (d. 1996)
1964 – Derek Higgins, Irish auto racer (British Formula Ford Champion 1988; Mexican Formula 3 Champion 1995, 97), born in Dublin, Ireland
1970 – Lee Mayberry, American NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1972 – Inger Miller, American 100m runner, born in Los Angeles, California
1980 – Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby union player, born in Padua, Veneto, Italy
1983 – Bryan Habana, South African rugby player (South Africa national team), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Famous Birthdays for 11th June 2023
1697 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist, composer and theorist, born in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1780)
1723 – Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer, 1st saw Halley’s comet on return, born in Prohlis, Dresden, Germany (d. 1788)
1740 – Luigi Gatti, Italian tenor, kapellmeister, priest, and composer, born in Lazise, Verona (d. 1817)
1776 – John Constable, English landscape painter (Hay Wain), born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England (d. 1837)
1874 – Richard Stöhr, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1967)
1880 – Jeannette Rankin, American politician, 1st woman elected to US Congress (R-Montana), women’s rights advocate and pacifist, born in Missoula, Montana (d. 1973)
1907 – Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (Washington National Gallery of Art), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1956 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma [Rudy McDaniel], American jazz bassist (Ornette Coleman), born in Hempstead, New York
1959 – Hugh Laurie, English actor (Strapless, Dr Gregory House-House), born in Oxford, England
1964 – Jean Alesi, French auto racer (201 x F1 GP starts, 1 win [Canadian GP 1995]; International Formula 3000 C’ship 1989), born in Avignon, France
Famous Birthdays for 10th June 2023
1832 – Edwin Arnold, English writer (The Light of Asia), born in Gravesend, Kent (d. 1904)
1888 – Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse), born in Obersinn, Germany (d. 1964)
1929 – James “Jim” McDivitt, American Air Force Brigadier General and NASA astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)
1951 – Dan Fouts, American Pro Football HOF quarterback (First-team All-Pro 1979, 82; Pro Bowl 1979–83, 85; San Diego Chargers) and broadcaster (CBS television, Westwood One radio), born in San Francisco, California
1953 – John Edwards, American politician and lawyer (Senator (R) North Carolina 1999-2005), born in Seneca, South Carolina
1955 – Andrew Stevens, American actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1967 – Emma Anderson, British guitarist and songwriter (Lush, Sing-Sing)
1976 – Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the Party for the Animals
1984 – Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian judoka
1987 – Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 9th June 2023
1891 – Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (“Anything Goes”; “Night And Day”; “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”), born in Peru, Indiana (d. 1964)
1913 – Patrick Steptoe, English scientist (developed in vitro fertilization), born in Oxford, England (d. 1988)
1922 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
1924 – Peter Heatly, Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 2015)
1951 – James Newton Howard, American film composer (The Hunger Games; M. Night Shyamalan films), born in Los Angeles, California
1951 – Dave Parker ‘the Cobra’, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978), born in Grenada, Mississippi
1968 – Tom Rouen, American NFL punter (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
1974 – Jana Nejedly, Canadian tennis player (Olympics 1996), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
1981 – Anoushka Shankar, British-Indian sitar player, composer, and daughter of Ravi Shankar, born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 8th June 2023
1805 – Luigi Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples (d. 1859)
1856 – Natalia Janotha, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1932)
1879 – Ethel Larcombe, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1912), born in Islington, England (d. 1965)
1889 – Josef Hromádka, Czech theologist (Lenin prize 1957), born in Hodslavice, Moravia (d. 1969)
1925 – Eddie Gaedel, American baseball pinch-hitter (shortest player in MLB history 3′ 7″; St. Louis Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1961)
1930 – Yannis Ioannidis, Greek composer, born in Athens, Greece
1954 – Sergei Storchak, Russian deputy finance minister
1971 – Mark Feuerstein, American actor
1985 – Alexandre Despatie, French Canadian diver
1986 – Patrick Kaleta, American hockey player
Famous Birthdays for 7th June 2023
1922 – Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, born in Malmesbury, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (d. 2011)
1924 – Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American singer and actress (Designing Woman, Kismet), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
1928 – James Ivory, American producer, director and screenwriter (Howard’s End; Remains of the Day), born in Berkeley, California
1954 – Louise Erdrich, American author (Love Medicine, The Night Watchman, 2021 Pulitzer Prize), born in Little Falls, Minnesota
1955 – Jon Balke, Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader (Magnetic North Orchestra), born in Furnes, Norway
1956 – Robert Dover, American equestrian dressage (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
1970 – Cafu, Brazilian soccer defender (Brazil 142 caps, Roma, AC Milan), born in Itaquaquecetuba, Brazil
1975 – Allen Iverson, American Basketball HOF guard (NBA Rookie of the Year Award 1997; 11 x NBA All-Star; All-Star game MVP 2001, 05; NBA MVP 2001; 3 × All-NBA First Team; Philadelphia 76ers), born in Hampton, Virginia
2002 – Quannah Chasinghorse, Native American model, born in Tuba City, Arizona
Famous Birthdays for 6th June 2023
1661 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, and Maestro di Cappella (San Petronio, 1696-1756), born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1756)
1875 – Thomas Mann, German novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929), born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1955)
1942 – Sandra Morgan, Australian 4x100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1956), born in Tamworth, New South Wales
1951 – Dwight Twilley, American power pop singer-songwriter (“I’m On Fire”; “Girls”), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1952 – Marsha Blackburn, American politician (Senator-R-Tennessee 2019-, Rep-R-TN 2003-19), born in Laurel, Mississippi,
1954 – Cynthia Rylant, American author
1961 – Tom Araya, Chilean-American heavy metal bass guitarist and lead singer (Slayer), born in Viña del Mar, Chile
1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor
1969 – Sunil Joshi, Indian cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 41 wickets, 1 x 50; Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bangalore), born in Gadag, India
1977 – David Connolly, Irish footballer
Famous Birthdays for 5th June 2023
1831 – Marcus Joseph Wright, American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Purdy, Tennessee (d. 1922)
1906 – John Kemp, 1st Viscount Rochdale, British soldier and businessman (d. 1993)
1922 – Gordon “Specs” Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), born in New York City (d. 2007)
1924 – Kenneth Burslam Gardner, British librarian and orientalist (d. 1995)
1930 – Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)
1938 – Karin Balzer, German athlete (Olympic gold 80m hurdles 1964; bronze 100m hurdles 1972), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2019)
1940 – Tiger Lance, South African cricketer (South African batting all-rounder 1961-67) (d. 2010)
1961 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)
1977 – Chantal Lefebvre, Canadian, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd), born in Ville LaSalle, Quebec
1984 – Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress, born in Cannes, France
Famous Birthdays for 4th June 2023
1803 – Gabriel J. Rains, American army officer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in New Bern, North Carolina (d. 1881)
1878 – Frank Buchman, American theologist (Moral Re-Armament), born in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)
1907 – Patience Strong [Winifred Emma May], English poet and journalist, born in Catford, London (d. 1990)
1925 – Antonio Puchades, Spanish soccer midfielder (23 caps; Valencia 256 games), born in Sueca, Spain (d. 2013)
1926 – Robert Earl Hughes, American man who became heaviest known human (485 kg), born in Monticello, Missouri (d. 1958)
1949 – Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe), born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
1951 – Wendy Pini, American comic book writer (Elfquest), born in San Francisco, California
1952 – Parker Stevenson, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975 – Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnast (Olympic-92)
1977 – Roman Miroshnichenko, Russian jazz-fusion, rock, and world music guitarist, and composer, born in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Famous Birthdays for 3rd June 2023
1771 – Sydney Smith, English preacher, reformer and author, born in Woodford, Essex (d. 1845)
1840 – Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer and poet (Morning Twilight), born in Torhout, Flanders (d. 1926)
1868 – Aristides Agramonte y Simoni, Cuban-American Physician, Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever), born in Camagüey, Cuba (d. 1931)
1869 – Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Count of Flaanders, born in Palais de la Régence, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1891)
1879 – Pieter J. A. Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer (d. 1974)
1913 – Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and soul musician (“Freddie’s Dead”; “Superfly”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
1950 – Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (E.T.), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
1950 – Marlene Elejarde, Cuban athlete 4x100m runner (Olympic silver 1968), born in Havana, Cuba
1971 – Carl Everett, American MLB outfielder, 1993-2006, 2X All-Star(Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and 6 other teams), born in Tampa, Florida