1802 – Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Czech Republic (d. 1881)
1862 – Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1927)
1871 – Vicente Arregui Garay, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1925)
1909 – Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1996)
1929 – Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, British diplomat and vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps) (d. 2017)
1940 – Jerry “The Geator” Blavat, American disc jockey and music promoter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2006)
1952 – Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title 1980-81), born in Mohlakeng, South Africa (d. 2020)
1961 – Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs), born in Carshalton, Surrey, England
1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German auto racer (World Formula 1 Drivers Champion 2010-13), born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd July 2021
1489 – Thomas Cranmer, England reformer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-55), martyr, born in Aslockton, England (d. 1556)
1737 – François Léonard Rouwyzer, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht (d. 1827)
1819 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), born in Renescure, France (d. 1900)
1889 – Cor Hermus, Dutch actor, director and writer (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes, A Mother), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1953)
1904 – René Lacoste, French tennis player (7 Grand Slam titles, Lacoste clothing), born in Paris, France (d. 1996)
1908 – Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, born in Germiston, South Africa (d. 1996)
1918 – “Sheikh” Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, born in Giza (d. 1995)
1952 – Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe)
1961 – Alba Parietti, Torino Italy, actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima)
1970 – Monie Love, English rapper
Famous Birthdays for 1st July 2021
1633 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian, born in Bäretswil, Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1698)
1901 – Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, English philanthropist (Prisoners’ Wives Service), born in London (d. 1996)
1903 – Amy Johnson, British pilot, first female pilot to fly alone Britain to Australia, born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 1941)
1910 – Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), born in Derma, Mississippi (d. 1975)
1912 – Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal and President of Iraq (1968-79), born in Tikrit, Ottoman Empire (d. 1982)
1915 – Willie Dixon, American blues musician (“Hoochie Coochie Man”), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 1992)
1930 – Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier and first female General officer in US Marine Corps, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2013)
1932 – Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock vocalist (Rockin’ Robin), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1990)
1959 – Anne Smith, American tennis player (10 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Dallas, Texas
1975 – Sufjan Stevens, American musician (Illinois), born in Detroit, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 30th June 2021
1768 – Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, First Lady of the United States (1817-25) as the wife of the fifth President James Monroe, born in NYC, New York (d. 1830)
1791 – Félix Savart, French surgeon and physicist (law of Biot and Savart), born in Mézières, France (d. 1841)
1818 – Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1901)
1912 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 2003)
1933 – Lea Massari, Italian actress (Anna-L’avventura), born in Rome, Lazio, Italy
1936 – Pauls Dambis, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Latvia
1966 – Louie Aguiar, American NFL punter (KC Chiefs), born in Livermore, California
1968 – Philip Anselmo, American heavy metal musician (Pantera), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1969 – Jim Montgomery, Canadian NHL center (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Montreal, Quebec
1969 – Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricket opening batsmen (MVP-1996 World Cup), born in Matara, Sri Lanka
Famous Birthdays for 29th June 2021
1824 – Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels)
1901 – Frieda Inescort, Scottish actress (Pride and Prejudice), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1976)
1935 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball catcher and manager (first NPB batter to win Triple Crown 1965; Nankai Hawks), born in Kyōtango Kyoto, Japan (d. 2020)
1941 – Margitta Gummel-Helmbold, German track and field athlete (Olympic gold GDR women’s shot put 1968), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2021)
1941 – Kwame Toure [Stokely Carmichael], American activist (Black Power movement), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1998)
1943 – Little Eva [Eva Boyd], American pop singer (Locomotion), born in Belhaven, North Carolina (d. 2003)
1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist (Berlin Phil), born in Rheinfelden, West Germany
1969 – Erik Tammer, American soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Utrecht, Netherlands
1972 – Samantha Smith, American peace activist and actress (invited to the Soviet Union during Cold War), born in Houlton, Maine (d. 1985)
1981 – Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver, born in Orán, Province of Salta, Argentina (d. 2005)
Famous Birthdays for 28th June 2021
1503 – Giovanni Della Casa, Italian poet (Galateo), born in La Casa, Mugello, Tuscany (d. 1556)
1787 – Harry Smith, English military commander and leader of British-Indian forces (Battle of Aliwal), born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1860)
1852 – Hans Huber, Swiss composer, born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau (d. 1921)
1922 – Erik Bauersfeld, American voice actor (Star Wars’ Admiral Ackbar “Its a trap”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
1928 – Peter Heine, South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950’s), born in Winterton, Natal, South Africa (d. 2005)
1931 – Lucien Victor, Belgian road racing cyclist, born in Oekene, Belgium (d. 1995)
1937 – Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire in the American League (1969-79), born in Endicott, New York (d. 1995)
1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (Olympic gold 1964), born in Akkrum, Netherlands
1956 – Noel Mugavin, Australian rules football player, born in Koroit, Victoria
1973 – Ingrid Seynhaeve, Belgian model (Look of the Year 1991), born in Brussels, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 27th June 2021
1615 – Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1674)
1696 – William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier, born in Kittery, Maine (d. 1759)
1842 – Jamie Anderson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1877-79), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland (d. 1905)
1850 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (Gram–Schmidt process), born in Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1919)
1914 – Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (co-founding the Inland Waterways Association), born in London (d. 1981)
1948 – Angel Penna Jr., horse trainer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1958 – Robert Newman, American actor (Joshua Lewis-Guiding Light), born in Los Angeles, California
1959 – Lorrie Morgan, American country singer (Out of Your Shoes), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1961 – Tim Whitnall, English actor (Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story), born in Canvey Island, Essex, England
1974 – Christian Kane, American actor (Leverage, The Librarians), born in Dallas, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 26th June 2021
1865 – Bernard Berenson, American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance), born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1959)
1885 – Anna Maria Franciska van Wageningen-Salomons, Dutch author (Girl Student), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1980)
1895 – George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season; Montreal Canadiens), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1950)
1898 – Chesty Puller, US Marine Corps lieutenant general and the most decorated Marine in history, born in West Point, Virginia (d. 1971)
1923 – David Haslam, British rear admiral (hydrographer), born in Derby, England (d. 2009)
1929 – Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, born in Lancaster (d. 1995)
1939 – Ansar Ilgamovich, Russian cosmonaut, born in Satka, Russia
1956 – Chris Isaak, American rock singer-songwriter (Wicked Game), born in Stockton, California
1966 – Kirk McLean, NHL goalie (Vancouver Canucks), born in Toronto, Ontario
1977 – Mark Jindrak, American Professional Wrestler (Marco Corleone), born in Auburn, New York
Famous Birthdays for 25th June 2021
1814 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist, born in Metz, France (d. 1896)
1887 – George Abbott, American theater producer and film director (Damn Yankees; Pajama Game), born in Forestville, New York (d. 1995)
1929 – Eric Carle, American illustrator, collage artist, and writer of children’s books (The Very Hungry Caterpillar), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2021)
1930 – George Murdock, American actor, born in Salina, Kansas (d. 2012)
1936 – B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (1998-99) who liberalized Indonesia’s press and political party laws, born in Parepare, South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies (d. 2019)
1939 – Harold Melvin, American soul and RandB singer (The Blue Notes – “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”) , born in Philadelphia (d. 1997)
1964 – John McCrea, American singer and musician (Cake), born in Sacramento, California
1971 – Ryan Carey, Canadian CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Carleton Place, Ontario
1974 – Leeland McElroy, American football running back (Arizona Cardinals), born in Beaumont, Texas
1982 – Rain [Jung Ji-hoon], Korean singer and actor (Full House), born in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 24th June 2021
1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (one of the founders of experimental psychology), born in Wittenberg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1878)
1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1919-26), born in Manassa, Colorado (d. 1983)
1904 – Phil Harris [Wonga Philip], American actor and singer (Anything Goes, Robin Hood), born in Linton, Indiana (d. 1995)
1930 – William B. Ziff, Jr., American magazine publishing executive, (modern Bride; Popular Electronics, PC MAgazine), born in Chicago, Illinos (d. 2006)
1944 – Jeff Beck, British rock guitarist (Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group), born in Wallington, Surrey
1946 – Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast (STS 51C, 51L-Chal disaster)
1947 – Peter Weller, Stevens Point WI, actor (Robocop, Of Unknown Origin)
1960 – Nate Carr, freestyle wrestler (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Erie Pennsylvania
1965 – Danielle Spencer, actress (Dee Thomas-What’s Happening), born in The Bronx, New York
1973 – Alexander Beyer, German actor