1805 – Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1821 – John James Peck, American Major General (Union Army), born in Manlius, New York (d. 1878)
1878 – Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs and Other Stories)
1914 – Herman Franks, American baseball player
1916 – Slim Gaillard [Bulee], Edinburgh, Scotland, American Jazz singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
1932 – Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It’s a Living), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2006)
1958 – Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
1960 – Cory Everson, American body builder (6X Ms Olympia), born in Racine Wisconsin
1962 – Patrick Cassidy, American actor and composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Ted Lilly, American baseball player, born in Torrance, California
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 3rd January 2021
1777 – M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
1810 – Antoine T. d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
1836 – Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1870 – Henry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson], Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney), born in East Melbourne, Australia (d. 1946)
1891 – Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]
1901 – Ngô Đình Diệm, President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina (d. 1963)
1916 – Antonio Estevez, composer
1947 – Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut
1953 – Peter Taylor, English soccer winger (4 caps; Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Leicester City, Hull, Crystal Palace), born in Rochford, England
1962 – Gavin Hastings OBE, Scottish rugby union fullback and captain (61 caps Scotland, 6 caps British Lions; Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 2nd January 2021
1912 – Andre Ameller, composer
1925 – Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian philanthropist
1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
1957 – Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)
1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
1970 – Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian pop singer (“I Admit”), born in Târgu Mureș, Transylvania, Romania.
1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech athlete (World C’ship gold 800m 1999), born in Čáslav, Czech Republic
1980 – Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist (The Ultimate Fighter 6 lightweight 2007), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 1st January 2021
1723 – Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer
1881 – Carry van Bridges [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)
1910 – Russell “Russ” Bender, American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster, It Conquered the World), born in NYC, New York (d. 1969)
1921 – Alain Mimoun, Algerian/French distance runner (Olympic marathon gold 1956; 3 x silver 1948, 52), born in Telagh, Algeria (d. 2013)
1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist and Nobel laureate, born in Wichita, Kansas
1930 – Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
1947 – Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1980; WR 1979 2:28.36), born in Vilnius, Lithuania
1973 – Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet and research scholar.
1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress (All My Children), born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays for 31st December 2020
1878 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, born in Woodbridge, Ontario (d. 1966)
1899 – Gaston Glass, American-French actor and producer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
1905 – Jule Styne, English songwriter and composer (1954 Acad Award, 1968 Tony), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1994)
1919 – Tommy Byrne, American baseball player, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2007)
1939 – Willye White, American athlete (Olympic silver long jump 1956, 4x100m relay 1964; Sports Illustrated 100 greatest women athletes of 20th century), born in Money, Mississippi (d. 2007)
1948 – René Robert, Canadian NHL player, born in Trois-Rivières, Canada
1959 – Phill Kline, American politician, born in Kansas City, Kansas
1966 – Paula Barbieri, American model and actress (Dangerous), born in Panama City, Florida
1971 – Erin Warren, American luger (Olympics 1994), born in Winchester Massachusetts
1981 – Jason Campbell, American football player, born in Laurel, Mississippi
Famous Birthdays for 30th December 2020
1851 – Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola
1864 – Alessandro Longo, Italian composer and musicologist, born in Amantea, Italy (d. 1945)
1873 – Alfred “Al” Smith, American politician, 4 time Governor of New York (1919-20 and 1923-28), and 1st Catholic nominee for US President (1928), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1944)
1884 – Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during WW II (1941-44), born in Tokyo (d. 1948)
1958 – Brandon Clark, American actor (Sean-The Fitzpatricks), born in NYC, New York
1964 – Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
1965 – David Baker, UK cyclist, born in Sheffield, England
1972 – Kerry Collins, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback ( Penn State Uni; Pro Bowl 1996, 2008; Carolina Panthers, Tennessee Titans), born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
1973 – Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
1981 – Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
Famous Birthdays for 29th December 2020
1859 – Jack Simpson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1884), born in Earlsferry, Fife (d. 1895)
1936 – Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky, Soviet composer
1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor officially titled “The First Superstar of Indian cinema”, born in Amritsar, Punjab Province (d. 2012)
1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (“As Tears Go By”), born in Hampstead, England
1959 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku), born in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (d. 2004)
1964 – Craig Grebeck, American baseball infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver, born in Osaka, Japan
1972 – Malcolm Seabron, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 28th December 2020
1899 – Eugeniusz Bodo [Bohdan Eugène Junod], Polish film director, producer and comedic actor, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1943)
1927 – Simon Raven, English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion)
1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer (Blood of Requited Love)
1956 – Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
1958 – Joe Diffie, American country singer and guitarist (Home), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2020)
1958 – Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
1966 – Joe Wolf, US NFL player (Arizona Cardinals), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete, born in Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium
1984 – Leroy Lita, Congolese football player, born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1984 – Alex Lloyd, British racing driver, born in Manchester, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 27th December 2020
1814 – James Henry Carleton, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Lubec, Maine (d. 1873)
1917 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
1930 – Meg Greenfield, US politician(?)
1947 – Janet Perry, American soprano
1952 – Jay Hill, Canadian politician
1957 – James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor)
1962 – Bill Self, American basketball coach
1969 – Chyna [Joanie Laurer], American professional wrestler and reality TV star, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2016)
1973 – Wilson Cruz, actor (My So Called Life, Ally McBeal)
1995 – Timothée Chalamet, French American actor (Call Me By Your Name), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 26th December 2020
1687 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer
1782 – Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1862 – Alexander Amfiteatrov, Russian-French-Italian writer, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1923)
1869 – Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, born in Illinois (d. 1958)
1873 – Karel Moor, Czech composer and conductor, born in Belgrade (d. 1945)
1873 – Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels)
1890 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
1916 – Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, born in Linz (d. 2005)
1966 – Rickey Dixon, American College Football Hall of Fame cornerback (Jim Thorpe Award 1987; Oklahoma Sooners; Cincinnati Bengals, LA Raiders), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2020)
1971 – Mark Lathwell, English cricketer (England opening batsman v Australia 1993), born in Bletchley, United Kingdom