1623 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman (Chatham)
1805 – William Butler Ogden, first Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
1821 – Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
1941 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter and rock vocalist (Everybody’s Talkin’, Midnight Cowboy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
1949 – Simon Callow, actor (Good Father), born in London, England
1964 – Courteney Cox, American actress (Monica Geller on Friends), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1965 – Annelies Bredael, Belgian rower
1972 – Justin Leonard, American golfer (British Open 1997; 12 PGA Tour titles), born in Dallas, Texas
1973 – Pia Miranda, Australian actress
2015 – Prince Nicolas of Sweden, Duke of Ångermanland, born in Danderyd
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 14th June 2019
1877 – Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (d. 1970)
1889 – Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist
1895 – Cliff Edwards, “Ukulele Ike”, Hannibal Missouri, singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star)
1908 – John Scott Trotter, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
1925 – David Bache, British car designer (Rover), born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1994)
1930 – Charles McCarry, American author and former CIA spy (The Tears of Autumn), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1956 – Sam Irvin, American director and producer
1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese concert pianist (The Painted Veil, Berlin Philharmonic), born in Shenyang, China
1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
Famous Birthdays for 13th June 2019
1655 – Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh, 1st actress in the Netherlands (Onvergelijkelijke Ariana, Amsterdam Schouwburg), born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1661)
1795 – Thomas Arnold, English educator and historian (History of Rome), born in West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (d. 1842)
1879 – Johannes Geelkerken, Dutch theologian and vicar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1960)
1912 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (Regards et jeux dans l’espace), born in Sainte-Catherine de Fossanbault, Canada (d. 1943)
1935 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai 25th Prime Minister (former)
1954 – Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
1963 – Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player (Swedish Open 1986)
1969 – Jamie Walters, American actor and singer (The Heights, Beverly Hills 90210), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1980 – Darius Vassell, English footballer
1985 – Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 12th June 2019
1904 – Eino Roiha, Finnish composer, born in Vyborg (d. 1955)
1908 – Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian television pioneer and president of the CBC, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1988)
1929 – Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist, born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India
1959 – Kenneth Herdigein, Surinamese-Dutch actor (Say A), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1964 – Paula Marshall, American actress (Lindsay Sutton-Chicago Sons), born in Rockville, Maryland
1970 – Lee Mayberry, American NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1970 – Damon Buford, American baseball outfielder (Texas Rangers), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1974 – Kerry Kittles, American NBA guard (NJ Nets), born in Dayton, Ohio
1979 – Wil Horneff, American actor (Ghost in the Machine, Sandlot), born in Englewood, New Jersey
1983 – Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player (Portland Thorns FC), born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 11th June 2019
1815 – Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer born in Calcutta, India (d. 1879)
1842 – Prince Alfred, Liechtenstein noble and politician, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1907)
1900 – Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
1917 – Joseph B Wirthlin, American businessmen, religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2008)
1922 – Erving Goffman, American sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life), born in Mannville, Alberta, Canada (d. 1982)
1940 – Michael Wilkes, British commander (UK Field Army), born in Steep, Hampshire (d. 2013)
1949 – Frank Beard, American country rock drummer (ZZ Top), born in Frankton, Texas
1949 – George Willig, American stuntman (climbed World Trade Center in 1977), born in Queens, New York City
1966 – Tiffany Cohen, swimmer (2 Olympic golds 1984), born in Culver City California
1967 – Clare Carey, American actress (Coach), born in Rhodesia
Famous Birthdays for 10th June 2019
1735 – John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
1825 – Princess Hildegard of Bavaria d. 1864
1865 – Frederick A Cook, American explorer, claimed to have 1st discovered North Pole, born in Callicoon, New York (d. 1940)
1912 – William Gordon Harris, civil engineer
1929 – Edward O Wilson, American sociobiologist, world’s leading authority on ants, born in Birmingham, Alabama
1941 – Shirley Owens Alston, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy), born in Passaic, New Jersey
1968 – Susan Haskell, actress (Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business)
1970 – David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
1987 – Kelly Vitz, American actress
1991 – James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)
Famous Birthdays for 9th June 2019
1573 – Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher
1686 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
1861 – Floris H Verster, [van Wulverhorst], painter/cartoonist/etcher
1896 – Aura Abranches, Portuguese actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1962)
1916 – Robert McNamara, American United States Secretary of Defense (1961-68), played major role in US escalation in Vietnam, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2009)
1925 – Keith Laumer [Anthony LeBaron], American sci-fi author (Retief’s War), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1993)
1927 – Norman Sisisky, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1983-2001), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2001)
1931 – Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup)
1971 – Roderick Lewis, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1977 – Amisha Patel, Indian actress
Famous Birthdays for 8th June 2019
1724 – John Smeaton, British civil engineer, born in Austhorpe, Leeds, England (d. 1792)
1858 – Harry Rowe Shelley, American composer (known for his hymn music), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1947)
1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1940)
1910 – John W. Campbell, American sci-fi writer (Moon is Hell), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1971)
1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L’imperatore di Capri), born in Salò, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2007)
1925 – Eddie Gaedel, American 3’7″ St Louis Browns pinch-hitter (he walked), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1961)
1932 – Hans G. Helms, German writer and composer, born in Teterow, Germany (d. 2012)
1949 – Hildegard Falck, German 800m runner (Olympic gold 1972), born in Nettelrede, Germany
1957 – Scott Raymond Adams, Catskill NY, cartoonist (Dilbert)
1958 – Keenan Ivory Wayans, American comedian (In Living Color), born in NYC, New York
Famous Birthdays for 7th June 2019
1879 – Knud J. V. Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule), born in Jakobshavn, North Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark (d. 1933)
1879 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer, born in Madioen, Java (d. 1963)
1888 – Clarence DeMar [Mr. DeMarathon], American marathon runner and 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, born in Madeira, Ohio (d. 1958)
1891 – Koos [Jacobus Jan] Vorrink, Dutch politician and socialist (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), born in Vlaardingen, Zuid, Holland, Netherlands (d. 1955)
1930 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (World Cup 1958, 1952, 51 caps), born in Itapira, Brazil (d. 2014)
1949 – Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)
1963 – Roberto Alagna, French tenor
1969 – Mark Sohn, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Arlington Heights, Illinois
1972 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
1976 – David Diaz, American light welterweight boxer (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 6th June 2019
1765 – Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant and poet (Dwingelandij), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1834)
1913 – Jiří Hájek, Czech politician and diplomat, born in Krhanice, Czech Republic (d. 1993)
1918 – Tom Scott, Scottish poet (Sea Dirge: A Mither’s Keenin), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author (Flowers in the Attic), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1986)
1959 – Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician
1965 – Sally McDermid, Australian softball outfielder (Olympic bronze 1996)
1968 – Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist
1968 – François Avard, Canadian writer and scenarist
1972 – Marko Kiprusoff, Turku FIN, NHL defenseman (Team Finland, Montreal)
1972 – Dulip Liyanage, cricketer (Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler)