1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (China), born in Macerata, Italy (d. 1610)
1706 – Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1772)
1860 – Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13)
1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (19 Grand Slam titles), born in Centerville California (d. 1998)
1927 – Alice Bauer, American golfer (co-founder LPGA), born in Eureka, South Dakota (d. 2002)
1940 – Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russian cosmonaut
1955 – Tony Dungy, American football coach
1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
1988 – Kayky Brito, Brazilian actor.
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 5th October 2019
1713 – Denis Diderot, French enlightenment philosopher (Encyclopédie), born in Langres, Champagne (d. 1784)
1905 – John Hoyt, American actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary), born in Bronxville, New York (d. 1991)
1920 – Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian
1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish writer (Burned Child), born in Älvkarleby, Uppsala County, Sweden (d. 1954)
1930 – Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian cosmonaut (Vostok IV, Soyuz 14), born in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union (d. 2009)
1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center, team owner (3-time NHL MVP, Pittsburgh Penguins owner), born in Montreal, Quebec
1966 – Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician and marathon runner (Toronto, Houston Marathon 1995), born in Lisbon, Portugal
1970 – Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC), born in Cadier en Keer, Netherlands
1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer, born in Liège, Belgium
1988 – Maja Salvador, Filipina actress, born in Aparri, Philippines
Famous Birthdays for 4th October 2019
1804 – Nicholas “Felix” Wanostrocht, English amateur cricket batsman (Kent, Surry), born in Camberwell, London, England (d. 1876)
1865 – Max Halbe, German playwright (Jugend), born in Güttland, Gdańsk (d. 1944)
1909 – James B. Pritchard, American theologist and archaeologist, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1997)
1916 – George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
1918 – Red Munger, American baseball (MLB All Star 1944, 47, 49; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1996)
1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech soccer midfielder (105 caps; Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal), born in Prague, Czech Republic
1980 – Sarah Fisher, American auto racer and team owner (first woman to claim a pole position in a major American open-wheel race, IRL 2002), born in Columbus, Ohio
1981 – Scott Hammond, American photographer
1983 – Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
1988 – Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer (Glee, Supergirl), born in Littleton, Colorado
Famous Birthdays for 3rd October 2019
1728 – Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont, French spy and transvestite, born in Tonnerre, France (d. 1810)
1789 – Francis Gregory, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1866)
1854 – William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (help cure yellow fever), born in Toulminville, Alabama (d. 1920)
1928 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese Secretary-General (1975-90), born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana
1946 – Bob Dotson, newscaster (Primetime Sunday), born in St Louis, Missouri
1948 – Michael Medved, American film critic
1967 – Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist
1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter (No Doubt), born in Fullerton, California
1969 – Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L’Arc~en~Ciel)
1976 – Kirsi Haenninen, Finnish ice hockey defenseman and pesäpallo player (Olympics bronze 1998), born in Joensuu, Finland
Famous Birthdays for 2nd October 2019
1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Savage, Maryland (d. 1938)
1912 – Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, English British Army officer (awarded Victoria Cross), born in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England (d. 2008)
1919 – Geoffrey Luttrell, English landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2007)
1930 – Günter Kochan, German composer, born in Luckau, Germany (d. 2009)
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Jo-el Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
1952 – George Meegan, British adventurer who walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska, born in London
1960 – Django Bates, British jazz musician, born in Beckenham, Kent
1964 – Michael Brooks, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 1992; Denver Broncos), born in Ruston, Louisiana
1970 – Colin Rivas, Galician artist
Famous Birthdays for 1st October 2019
1549 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Flemish Roman Catholic nun, born in Almendral de la Cañada, Old Castile, Crown of Castile (d. 1626)
1577 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint, born in Sigmaringen, Germany (d. 1622)
1770 – Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799), born in Civitacampomarano, Molise, Italy (d. 1823)
1842 – Charles Cros, French inventor and poet (Le Hareng Saur), born in Fabrezan, France (d. 1888)
1928 – Laurence Harvey [Larushka Skine], Lithuanian-born South African actor (Alamo, Romeo and Juliet), born in Joniškis (d. 1973)
1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1933 – Olga Pozzi Escot, composer
1946 – Ewa Klobukowska, Polish athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1964), born in Warsaw, Poland
1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
1988 – Cariba Heine, Australian actress
Famous Birthdays for 30th September 2019
1550 – Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1856 – Andrejs Jurjans, composer
1862 – Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer
1871 – Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer
1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1977 for work on amorphous semiconductors), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
1917 – Yuri “Petrovich” Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
1925 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian and lyricist, born in La Rioja Province, Argentina (d. 2009)
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet
1942 – Dewey Martin, Canadian rock vocalist and drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
1964 – Stephen N Frick, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 29th September 2019
1674 – Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, born in Paris (d. 1762)
1838 – Henry Hobson Richardson, Romanesque revival architect, born in St James, Louisiana (d. 1886)
1842 – Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
1854 – Martin Pluddemann, composer
1864 – Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Bilbao Spain, philosopher (Ensayos, Teatro)
1931 – E S Orr Ewing, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown
1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
1952 – Max Sandlin, American politician
1970 – Derrick Oden, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 – Emily Lloyd, actress (Wish You Were Here, In Country), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 28th September 2019
1852 – John [Denton Pinkstone] French, 1st Earl of Ypres and British field marshall (WW I), born in Ripple, Kent, England (d. 1925)
1864 – Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1928)
1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1928 – Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the “Queen of the Blues”, born in Millington, Tennessee (d. 2009)
1937 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1943 – Joel Higgins, American actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons), born in Bloomington, Illinois
1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean and Marilyn), born in Tenafly, New Jersey
1968 – Jerry Evans, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos)
1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
1996 – Celeste and Johnny Edison, Assyria and Pele’s twins, boy and girl
Famous Birthdays for 27th September 2019
1809 – Raphael Semmes, American Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), born in Charles County, Maryland (d. 1877)
1906 – William Empson, English poet and critic (Milton’s God), born in Hawdon, Yorkshire, England (d. 1984)
1918 – Malcolm Shepherd [2nd Baron Shepherd], Politician (L) and Leader of the House of Lords (1974-76), born in Blackburn, Lancashire (d. 2001)
1933 – Kathleen Nolan, American actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside), born in St Louis, Missouri
1936 – Gordon Honeycombe, British broadcaster/author, born in Karachi, Colonial India (d. 2015)
1938 – Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London
1941 – Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
1965 – Alexis Stewart, American radio personality, born in New York City
1966 – Stephanie D Wilson, astronaut, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1970 – Mark Caldero, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma