Category: Famous Birthdays

1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor who led the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (d. ~1790-93)
1780 – Jason Fairbanks, American murderer, born in Dedham, Massachusetts (d. 1801)
1896 – Roberto Gerhard, Spanish Catalan composer (the Plague), born in Valls, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1970)
1903 – Olive Ann Beech, American businesswoman (Co-Founder of Beech Aircraft Company), born in Waverly, Kansas (d. 1993)
1934 – Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research), born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire (d. 2013)
1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor (The Day of the Jackal), born in Marseille, France
1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma
1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor (Flipper), born in New York City
1968 – Will Smith, American Grammy Award-winning rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – “Parents Just Don’t Understand”), and actor (Men in Black, Independence Day; Hitch; Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975 – Daniel Hyde, British actor (Hollyoaks), born in London, England

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1725 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery, born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland (d. 1803)
1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras), born in Navia, Spain (d. 1901)
1824 – Truman Seymour, American artist and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1891)
1932 – Miguel Montuori, Argentine soccer forward (12 caps Italy; Fiorentina 162 games), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 1998)
1934 – John Brunner, Britsih sci-fi author (100th Millennium), born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1995)
1943 – Lee Aaker, American actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin), born in Los Angeles, California
1944 – Bernd Bransch, German soccer defender (64 caps GDR; Chemie Halle FC, FC Carl Zeiss Jena), born in Halle, Germany (d. 2022)
1945 – David Drake, American lawyer, army veteran, and science fiction author (Hammer’s Slammers; Lord of the Isles), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 2023)
1978 – Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant (The Apprentice), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player, born in Newark, New Jersey

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1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany, born in Oxford, England (d. 1186)
1647 – Joseph Dudley, American President of the Dominion of New England and first Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1720)
1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American pioneering surgeon (introduced anesthesia and antisepsis while addicted to cocaine and opium), born in New York City (d. 1922)
1865 – Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), born in Tarnaörs Hungary (d. 1947)
1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and was the highest-ranking German officer to surrender, born in Guxhagen, Germany (d. 1957)
1897 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter, born in Wanze, Belgium (d. 1994)
1909 – Marianne Straub, Swiss-born English textile designer and weaver (Festival of Britain, Piccadilly line seat pattern), born in Amriswil, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1948 – “Dangerous” Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), born in Connersville, Indiana (d. 2013)
1956 – June Forester, American country singer (Forester Sister – “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes”; “Men”), born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia
1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer (US Masters 1987), born in Augusta, Georgia

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1694 – Philip Dormer Stanhope [Lord Chesterfield], English statesman and letter writer, responsible for introducing the Gregorian calendar, born in London (d. 1752)
1892 – Frank Sullivan, American humorist (NYer Magazine), born in Saratoga Springs, New York (d. 1976)
1927 – Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1965-97), born in Mercedes, Texas (d. 2017)
1929 – Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), born in Québec City, Québec (d. 1986)
1935 – Harriet King, American fencer (4-time US Champion. 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971; Olympics, 1960, 1964,1968, 1972), and magazine editor (American Fencing), born in New York City
1936 – Art Metrano, American comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
1941 – Cesare Salvadori, Italian fencer (Olympic gold sabre team 1972; silver 1964, 68), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2021)
1944 – John S. Tanner, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee 1989-2011), born in Halls, Tennessee
1945 – Ilija Petković, Serbian soccer midfielder (43 caps, Yugoslavia; Troyes, OFK Beograd) and manager (Serbia and Montenegro), born in Knin, Croatia (d. 2020)
1982 – Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m breaststroke 2004, 08), born in Tokyo, Japan

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1527 – Matthäus Ludecus, German clerk, tax collector, and liturgical composer, born in Wilsnach, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1606)
1930 – John Neel, American jazz and film score composer (Blue Martini; Scream of the Butterfly), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1973)
1939 – Trevor James Hold, British composer, writer, and musicologist (John Clare Songbook), born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
1944 – Fannie Flagg, American actress and comediene (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1947 – Geoff Workman, British record producer and engineer (Toto; Queen; The Cars), born in Liverpool, England
1953 – Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), born in Bakersfield, California (d. 1984)
1955 – Gulshan Grover, Indian actor known as the “Bad Man” in Bollywood cinema (I Am Kalam), born in New Delhi, India
1957 – Mark Levin, American conservative talk radio host (The Mark Levin Show), and author (Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America; Unfreedom of the Press), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1967 – Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer and vocalist (Barenaked Ladies – “One Week”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 – Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor (Silver Spoons – “Alfonso”; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – “Carlton’), singer, dancer, and director, born in New York City

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1796 – Franz Wilhelm Ferling, German oboist and composer (48 études for oboe), born in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1874)
1869 – George Robey, English musical theatre actor and comedian, born in South London, England (d. 1954)
1889 – Ion L. Idriess, Australian soldier and author (The Cattle King, Lasseter’s Last Ride), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1979)
1890 – Rachel Bluwstein, Hebrew poet, born in Saratov, Imperial Russia (d. 1931)
1902 – Stevie Smith [Florence Margaret Smith], English poet and novelist (“A Good Time Was Had By All”; “Not Waving but Drowning”) whose life was turned into the play and film “Stevie”, born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 197)
1924 – James Galanos, American fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame 1959), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1949 – Jan Hendriks, Dutch guitarist (Doe Maar), born in Mill, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1950 – James P[aul] Blaylock, American sci-fi author (Elfin Ship, Homunculus), born in Long Beach, California
1971 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish soccer striker (106 caps; Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelona, Helsingborgs IF), born in Helsingborg, Sweden
1976 – Jon Bernthal, American actor (The Walking Dead; The Punisher), born in Washington, D.C.

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1616 – Jacques de Saint-Luc, Flemish composer and lutenist, baptized in Ath, Dutch Republic (d. ca. 1710)
1904 – Bergen Evans, American professor of English ($64,000 Question), born in Franklin, Ohio (d. 1978)
1921 – Joan Tozzer, American figure skater, born in Dedham, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (Yor, the Hunter from the Future), born in Rome (d. 2002)
1933 – David McCallum, Scottish-American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – “Ilyla Kuryakin”; NCIS), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2023)
1943 – Christl Haas, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1964), born in Kitzbühel, Austria (d. 2001)
1952 – Henry Kaiser, American improvisational and world music guitarist (A World Out of Time; Encounters at the End of the World), producer, and photographer, born in Oakland, California
1971 – Jeremy Nunley, American NFL defensive tackle and defensive end (Houston Oilers), born in Winchester, Tennessee (d. 2018)
1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress (The Best Man Holiday), born in New York City
1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player, born in Chania, Crete, Greece

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1574 – Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer and poet, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1640)
1713 – Jean Allamand, Swiss-Dutch natural philosopher, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1787)
1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer, born in San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1988)
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress and Hollywood silent film star (Anna Karenina, Grand Hotel, Camille), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1990)
1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), born in Streatham, London (d. 2000)
1949 – Kerry Livgren, American progressive rock guitarist and songwriter (Kansas – “Carry On Wayward Son”; “Dust in the Wind”), born in Topeka, Kansas
1958 – Don Geronimo [Michael L. Sorce], American radio personality (Don and Mike Show), born in United States of America
1960 – Joshua Angrist, Israeli-American economist (2021 Nobel Prize for Economics), born in Columbus, Ohio
1962 – John Fashanu, English soccer striker (2 caps; Wimbledon FC) and TV presenter (Gladiators; Fash’s Football Challenge; Deal or No Deal Nigeria), born in London, England
1971 – Kate Starre, Australian field hockey utility (Olympic gold 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1994, 98; Champions Trophy gold 1991, 93, 95, 97), born in Armadale, Australia

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1550 – Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, born in Rome (d. 1621)
1711 – Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1783)
1771 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1816)
1800 – Franklin Buchanan, American first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1874)
1879 – Rube Foster, American Baseball HOF manager and executive (Negro National League pennant 1920–22, 26; Chicago American Giants), born in Calvert, Texas (d. 1930)
1906 – Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1999, born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2010)
1918 – Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel (1983-93), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1997)
1940 – Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), born in Limassol, Cyprus (d. 2007)
1961 – Ty Tabor, American progressive metal guitarist and singer (King’s X), born in Pearl, Mississippi
1967 – Malik Yoba, American actor (NY Undercover-Det JC Williams), born in New York City

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1098 – Saint Hildegard von Bingen, German Benedictine nun, magistra, writer, and 1st western composer whose works survive (Ordo virtutum), baptized in Bermersheim, West Franconia, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1179) [exact birth/baptismal date disputed]
1818 – Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, born in London (d. 1910)
1929 – Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021)
1934 – Elgin Baylor, American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (11 x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1959; Minneapolis/LA Lakers), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2021)
1941 – Tommy Carberry, Irish jockey (Grand National 1975, Cheltenham Gold Cup 1970, 71 [L’Escargot]) and trainer (Grand National 1999 [Bobbyjo]), born in Ratoath, Ireland (d. 2017)
1947 – Michael R. McNulty, American politician (Rep-D-NY), born in Troy, New York
1948 – Julia Donaldson, English children’s writer (The Gruffalo), born in London, England
1958 – Neville Southall, Welsh soccer goalkeeper (92 caps; Everton 578 games), born in Llandudno, Wales
1960 – Mickey Tettleton, American baseball catcher (Texas Rangers), born in Oklahoma City
1962 – Julie Larsen Piers, American golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship runner-up 1996), born in Westchester, New York

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