1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Bohemian composer, born in Dobřany, Bohemia (d. 1742)
1863 – Billy Murphy, New Zealand boxer (world featherweight champion 1890; first world champion in any class from NZ), born in Auckland, NZ (d. 1939)
1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1934 – Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir
1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer (world heavyweight champion, 20 successful title defences), born in Cuthbert, Georgia
1950 – Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (only coach to take 3 schools to NCAA Tournament in first year; Loyola [MD], Xavier, Wake Forest), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
1956 – Gary Ross, American film director
1959 – (Hans) “Dolph” Lundgren, Swedish actor (Rocky 4; Masters of Universe: The Expendables), martial artist, and film maker, born in Stockholm, Sweden
1995 – Kelly Catlin, American road cyclist (Olympic silver 2016, World C’ship gold 2016-18), born in St, Paul, Minnesota (d. 2019)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd November 2021
1844 – Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), born in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
1913 – Burton “Burt” Lancaster, American actor (Apartment, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1915 – Sidney Luft, American movie director, born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
1915 – Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (d. 2000)
1921 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds 1952; 5-time All Star), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1994)
1951 – Kathy Hammond, American athlete (Olympic bronze 400m, silver 4x400m relay 1972), born in Sacramento, California
1954 – Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, TV personality (Philadelphia 76ers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1962 – Graham Waterhouse, English cellist and composer (Chieftan’s Salute), born in London
1964 – Britta Lejon, Swedish Social Democratic politician, born in Järfälla Municipality, Sweden
1975 – Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie), born in Bothell, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 1st November 2021
846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (877-79) (d. 879)
1798 – Benjamin Guinness, Irish brewer and philanthropist, born in Dublin (d. 1868)
1815 – Douglas H. Cooper, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Amite County, Mississippi (d. 1879)
1862 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1941)
1887 – Max Trapp, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1971)
1929 – Rudy Kousbroek, Dutch writer and literary (Leopold the Buch), born in Pematang Siantar, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (d. 2010)
1949 – Jeannie Berlin, American actress (Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy’s Complaint), born in Los Angeles, California
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, American actress (Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall), born in NYC, New York
1966 – Jeremy Hunt, British politician and Foreign Secretary (2018-), born in London, England
1981 – LaTavia Roberson, American pop and RandB singer (Destiny’s Child, 1990-99 – “Say My Name”), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 31st October 2021
1827 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, born in Brattleboro, Vermont (d. 1895)
1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer, born in Westerveld, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1916 – Ken Keltner, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1937-50, 7x All-Star (Cleveland Indians; Boston Red Sox), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1991)
1925 – John Pople, English chemist (Nobel Prize 1998), born in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England (d. 2004)
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director (Lord of the Rings – Academy Award, Best Director, 2003), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1966 – Annabella Lwin [Myant Myant Aye], Anglo-Burmese singer (Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy”), born in Rangoon, Burma
1971 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player, born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 2004)
1974 – Serge Heuveling, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
1979 – Saaphyri Windsor, American reality TV figure, born in Los Angeles, California
2005 – Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, King of Asturias and Letizia, Queen of Asturias, born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 30th October 2021
1881 – Lena Christ, German writer (The Rumplhanni), born in Glonn, Bavaria (d. 1920)
1884 – Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), born in Gröbming, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
1912 – Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
1914 – Anna Wing, British stage and screen actress (EastEnders, 1985-88 – “Lou Beale”; Blithe Spirit), born in Hackney, London, England (d. 2013)
1945 – Glenn Poshard, American politician (Rep-D-Illinois), born in Herald, Illinois
1956 – Leslie Webb, equestrian dressage (Olympics 1996)
1969 – Mayumi Hirase, Japanese golfer (18 LPGA of Japan Tour titles), born in Kumamoto, Japan
1973 – Edge [Adam Copeland], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Orangeville, Ontario
1988 – Janel Parrish, American actress (Pretty Little Liars), born in Oahu, Hawaii
1989 – Vanessa White, British pop singer (The Saturdays – Living For The Weekend), born in Yeovil, England
Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2021
1704 – John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, born in Southill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1757)
1913 – Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1922 – Neal Hefti, American orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show) and composer (Li’l Darlin), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 2008)
1930 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France (d. 2002)
1944 – Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue), born in The Hague, Netherlands
1944 – Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer, born in Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy
1957 – Dan Castellaneta, American comedian, and Emmy Award-winning voice actor (The Simpsons -“Homer”), born in Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer, born in Frankfurt, West Germany
1971 – Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou
1984 – Chris Baio, American rock bassist (Vampire Weekend), born in Bronxville, New York
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2021
1751 – Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)
1891 – Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1920)
1897 – Edith Head, Hollywood costume designer (8 Oscars), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1981)
1904 – Louis de Meester, Belgian pianist and classical and electronic music composer (The Great Temptation of St Anthony), born in Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1987)
1909 – Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 2000)
1915 – Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
1919 – Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime and Passion), born in St. Pölten, Austria (d. 2000)
1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (The French Connection), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1988)
1945 – Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
1962 – Bobby Tate, fictional character on Soap
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2021
1800 – Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio (1851-69), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
1814 – Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City, born in Trenton, New York (d. 1891)
1913 – Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, born near Lodge Grass, Montana (d. 2013)
1926 – Nana Joshi [Padmanabh Govind Joshi], Indian cricket wicket-keeper (Indian National Team during 1950’s), born in Baroda, Gujarat, India (d. 1987)
1926 – H. R. Haldeman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1940 – Anthea Joseph, British music promoter, born in London (d. 1997)
1949 – Clifford Antone, American businessman, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2006)
1971 – Zaddick X Longenbach, Greenwalds Pa, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996)
1971 – Mike Ricci, Canadian NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Scarborough, Ontario
1981 – Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier, born in Penticton, British Columbia
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2021
1758 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1811)
1791 – Charles Sprague, American banker and poet (Curiosity), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1875)
1869 – August Halm, German composer, born in Vellberg, Germany (d. 1929)
1936 – Bruce Belland, American singer (Tim Conway Hour), born in Chicago, Illinois
1942 – Dietmar Polaczek, Austrian composer and writer, born in Bendsburg, Upper Silesia (now Będzin, Poland)
1946 – Keith Hopwood, English rock guitarist (Herman’s Hermits), born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England
1965 – Mark McLoughlin, Canadian CFL placekicker (CFL All Star 1994, 96, 99; Grey Cup 1992, 98, 2001; Calgary Stampeders), born in Liverpool, England
1969 – Mark Sweeney, American MLB first baseman (St Louis Cardinals), born in Framingham, Massachusetts
1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, born in Argun, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union (d. 2002)
1984 – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer (PSV), born in Lima, Peru
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2021
1709 – Jan Wagenaar, Dutch merchant and historian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1773)
1934 – Joe Mercer, OBE, English thoroughbred race horse jockey (British flat racing Champion Jockey 1979), born in Bradford, England (d. 2021)
1935 – Zdeněk Pololáník, Czech composer and organist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
1941 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American rock vocalist (“I Am Woman”; “You And Me Against The World”), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. 2020)
1945 – David Schramm, American astrophysicist (pioneer in establishing particle astrophysics as a vibrant research field), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1997)
1963 – Tracy Nelson, American actress (Glitter; Square Pegs; Father Dowling Mysteries – “Sister Stephanie”), born in Santa Monica, California
1964 – Nicholas Bernard Thorp, English musician (Curiosity Killed the Cat), born in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
1968 – Corey Miller, American NFL linebacker (NY Giants), born in Pageland, South Carolina
1970 – J.A. Adande, American sports columnist, born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Tony Torcato, American baseball player, born in Woodland, California