1894 – Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India (Jan 20th, 1936 until his abdication on Dec 11th, 1936), born in Richmond, England (d. 1972)
1910 – Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (Antigone, The Lark), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1987)
1915 – Dennis Price, English actor (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Separate Tables), born in Twyford, England (d. 1973)
1917 – Peter Knight, English musical arranger, conductor, and composer, born in Exmouth, Devon, England (d. 1985)
1940 – Simon Hobday, South African golfer (US Senior Open 1984), born in Mafikeng, South Africa (d. 2017)
1941 – Richard M. Richie Roberts, American former Marine and New Jersey Police Detective, Criminal Defense Attorney
1955 – Jean Tigana, French footballer
1961 – Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
1970 – Robert Brooks, American NFL wide receiver (Longest pass reception in NFL history, 99 yards; Super Bowl 1996, Green Bay Packers), born in Greenwood, South Carolina
1977 – Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 22nd June 2021
1611 – Pablo Bruna, Spanish blind composer, born in Daroca, Spain (d. 1679)
1741 – Luigi Tomasini, Italian composer (head of Prince Esterházy’s court orchestra), born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 1808)
1840 – Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
1900 – Russell Vis, American Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold freestyle lightweight 1924), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1990)
1901 – Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge and Gower Champion Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)
1902 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress, born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 1950)
1914 – Lilo Hardel, German writer, born in Berlin (d. 1999)
1923 – Rafael “Felo” Ramirez, Cuban-American Spanish language sports announcer (Miami Marlins), born in Bayamo, Cuba (d. 2017)
1978 – Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1982 – Mati Diop, French Senegalese director and actress (Atlantic), born in Paris, France
Famous Birthdays for 21st June 2021
1732 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer and 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1795)
1880 – Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician, born in Alma, Wisconsin (d. 1961)
1883 – Feodor Gladkov, Russian socialist writer (Cement), born in Bolshaya Chernavka, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1958)
1909 – Kurt Schwaen, German composer, born in Katowice, Poland (d. 2007)
1910 – Charles Jones, composer, born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada (d. 1997)
1929 – John Morgan, British ambassador (to Mexico), born in London (d. 2012)
1941 – Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor (Freaks and Geeks), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1957 – Vladimir Romanovsky, Soviet sprint canoeist (Olympic gold 1972), (d. 2013), born in Slonim, Belarus
1970 – John Roethlisberger, American gymnast (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Afton, Minnesota
1972 – Tony Berti, American NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers), born in Rock Springs, Wyoming
Famous Birthdays for 20th June 2021
1634 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1675)
1647 – Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1691)
1861 – Arthur Battelle Whiting, American composer and teacher, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1936)
1891 – John A. Costello, 3rd Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, born in Dublin (d. 1976)
1906 – Bob Howard, American singer and pianist (Sing it Again), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
1915 – Terence Young, British film director (Dr No, Thunderball), born in Shanghai, China (d. 1994)
1928 – Eric Dolphy, jazz musician, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1964)
1929 – Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist (Haydn/Mozart/Schubert), born in Vienna, Austria
1935 – Anthony Pilkington, CEO (Pilkington Pic)
1952 – John Goodman, American actor (Dan Conner on Roseanne, Babe), born in St Louis, Missouri
Famous Birthdays for 19th June 2021
1301 – Prince Morikuni, 9th shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (d. 1333)
1843 – Charles-Édouard Lefebvre, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1917)
1903 – Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
1925 – Charlie Drake [Charles Springall], English comedian (Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash), born in London, England (d. 2006)
1934 – Terence Clark, British diplomat
1959 – Kimberley Leston, British journalist (d. 1995)
1966 – Brian Vander Ark, American singer-songwriter (The Verve Pipe), born in Holland, Michigan
1966 – Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
1972 – Jean Dujardin, 1st French actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor (The Artist), born in Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France
1983 – Mark Selby, British snooker player (world champion 2014, 16-17), born in Leicester, England
Famous Birthdays for 18th June 2021
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)
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