Category: Famous Birthdays

1736 – Daniel Morgan, American soldier and politician (Battle of Cowpens, Whiskey Rebellion), born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey (d. 1802)
1883 – Ralph Morgan [Wupperman], American actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), born in New York City (d. 1956)
1906 – Elisabeth Lutyens, English composer, born in London (d. 1983)
1918 – Sebastian Cabot, British actor (Kismet; Family Affair – “Mr. French”, Time Machine), born in London, England (d. 1977)
1924 – Robert Michael White, American test pilot (X-15), born in New York City (d. 2010)
1927 – Alan Leslie “Fluff” Freeman, Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality (Pick of the Pops), born in New South Wales, Australia (d. 2006)
1946 – Fred Dryer, American NFL defensive end (Pro Bowl 1975; First-team All-Pro 1974; NY Giants, LA Rams) and actor (Hunter), born in Hawthorne, California
1952 – Jesse Harms, American musician and songwriter (The Waboritas), born in Massachusetts
1961 – Richard Mofe-Damijo, Nigerian actor (The Black Book), born in Aladja, Nigeria
1961 – Kimberly Foster, American actress (It Takes Two), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas

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1764 – János Lavotta, Hungarian violinist and composer, born in Pusté Úľany, Slovakia (d. 1820)
1793 – Pavel Ivanovich Pestel, Russian officer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1826)
1933 – Terence Cooper, British actor (Casino Royale), born in Carnmoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (d. 1997)
1945 – Humberto Benítez Treviño, Mexican politician and Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico, born in Zacualpan, Mexico
1946 – Gerard ‘t Hooft, Dutch physicist (1999 Nobel Prize for Physics -for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions), born in Den Helder, Netherlands
1949 – Marilyn Cole, English Playmate model (Jan, 1972, Playmate of the Year 1973), born in Portsmouth, England
1970 – Doug Bochtler, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
1975 – Chris Gratton, Canadian NHL center (Canada World C’ships gold 1997; Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Brantford, Ontario
1980 – Pauly D [Paul DelVecchio Jr.], American TV personality and DJ (Jersey Shore), born in Providence, Rhode Island
1995 – P.V. Sindhu, Indian badminton player (World C’ship gold women’s singles 2019; Olympic silver 2016, bronze 2020), born in Hyderabad, India

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1790 – George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest, born in Gwernvale, Brecknockshire, Wales (d. 1866)
1826 – Stephen Foster, American composer (Oh! Susanna; Swanee River; Beautiful Dreamer), born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
1885 – Lucy Diggs Slowe, American educator (Dean of Women, Howard University, 1922-37), tennis champion (American Tennis Association, 1917), and sorority co-founder (Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1908), born in Berryville, Virginia (d. 1937)
1909 – Madeleine Barot, French activist and theologian, born in Châteauroux, France (d. 1995)
1910 – (William Thomas) “Champion Jack” Dupree, American boxer, blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer-songwriter (Walkin’ The Blues), and WWII P.O.W., born in Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1992)
1910 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (functionalism, self-fulfilling prophecy) and criminologist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
1948 – René Arnoux, French formula-1 racer (6th place-1980), born in Pontcharra, Isère, France
1951 – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American Democratic politician and Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (1995-2003), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1962 – Pam Shriver, American tennis star (1991 US Open doubles/Olympic gold 1988), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1976 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer, born in Saitama, Japan (d. 2003)

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1850 – Alfredo Keil, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1907)
1909 – Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1996)
1909 – Earl Butz, 18th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76), born in Albion, Indiana (d. 2008)
1913 – Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, British Royal Navy officer, born in Inverness, Scotland (d. 1996)
1944 – Paul Young, Scottish actor (Another Time Another Place), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1945 – Michael Martin, British politician and Speaker of the House of Commons (2000-09), born in Glasgow (d. 2018)
1949 – Jan Smithers, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati – “Bailey”), born in Hollywood, California
1964 – Peyton Reed, American film director (Yes Man; Ant-Man), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1970 – Serhiy Gonchar, Ukrainian road cyclist (UCI World C’ships gold Time Trial 2000), born in Rivne, Ukraine
1970 – Benedict Wong, English actor (Wong in Marvel films), born in Eccles, England

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1820 – George Law Curry, American newspaper publisher and Governor of Oregon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1878)
1900 – Tyrone Guthrie, British actor, producer, writer and director, born in Tunbridge Wells, England (d. 1971)
1915 – Bert Decorte, Flemish poet, born in Retie, Flanders, Belgium (d. 2009)
1927 – Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1996)
1937 – Dee [David] Palmer, English keyboard player and composer (Jethro Tull, 1972-80), born in Hendon, London
1955 – Kevin Michael Grace, Canadian journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario
1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer (Olympic gold 100m backstroke 1992), born in Calgary, Alberta
1975 – Éric Dazé, Canadian NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks; NHL All Star MVP 2002), born in Montreal, Quebec
1981 – Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
1991 – Burna Boy [Damini Ogulu], Nigerian singer-songwriter (African Giant), born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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1560 – Charles III de Croÿ, Prince of Chimay and Duke of Aarschot, born in Beaumont, Hainaut (d. 1612)
1858 – Willard Metcalf, American painter known chiefly for his Impressionist landscape work, and instructor, born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1925)
1922 – Don Whitmire, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Alabama, Navy – All American at both), born in Giles County, Tennessee (d. 1991)
1940 – John Gould, British songwriter and composer for musical theater, born in Newquay, England
1940 – Craig Brown, Scottish soccer wing half (Rangers, Dundee, Falkirk) and manager (Scotland 1993-2001; Preston NE, Motherwell, Aberdeen), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2023)
1943 – Jeff Wayne, American-British musician and composer, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York
1950 – David Duke, American white nationalist politician and K.K.K. member, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1952 – Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, American pop, funk and jazz session and touring drummer, (Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean”; George Duke; Herbie Hancock), composer, and producer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2018)
1991 – Michael Wacha, American baseball pitcher (NLCS MVP 2013; MLB All Star 2015 St. Louis Cardinals), born in Iowa City, Iowa
2003 – Tate McRae, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer (You Broke Me First), born in Calgary, Alberta

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1879 – Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1955)
1908 – Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, born in Hucknall, England (d. 1995)
1930 – Mac Benson, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, born in Wilmington, Delaware
1930 – Joyce Wieland, Canadian experimental filmmaker and conceptual artist (1st women to have a retrospective at the Canadian National Gallery), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 1998)
1936 – Tony Musante, American actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2013)
1939 – Lindembergue Cardoso, Brazilian composer, and music educator (Brazilian Contemporary Music Ensemble), born in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil (d. 1989)
1954 – Bryn Burrows, British rock drummer (Fabulous Poodles – “Mirror Star”), born in England
1967 – Sheila Hudson, American triple jumper (US record 1992), born in Wurzburg, Germany
1982 – Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand), born in Bolton, England
1988 – Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach (NBA C’ship 2024 Boston Celtics), born in Johnston, Rhode Island

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1864 – Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law) and historian, born in Poggio Mirteto, Italy (d. 1932)
1897 – Ottmar Gerster, German composer (rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar), born in Braunfels, Germany (d. 1969)
1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), born in Lyon, France (d. 1944)
1912 – John Toland, American political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971), born in La Crosse, Wisconsin (d. 2004)
1929 – Paul Webb, American college basketball coach (Randolph–Macon College 1956-75, Old Dominion University 1975-85), born in Petersburg, Virginia (d. 2023)
1929 – Pete George, American weightlifter (Olympic gold middle-heavyweight 1952, silver 1948, 56), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2021)
1940 – Nancy Ramey, American swimmer (WR 100m butterfly 1:09.1 1959; 200m butterfly 2:40.5 1958; Olympic silver 100m butterfly 1956), born in Seattle, Washington
1942 – Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter (This Day Tonight), born in Perth, Australia (d. 2019)
1973 – George Hincapie, American road cyclist (Olympics-76th-92, 96), born in Queens, New York
1981 – Joe Johnson, American basketball player, born in Little Rock, Arkansas

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1847 – Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Icelandic composer (Lofsöngur – National Anthem of Iceland), born in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland (d. 1927)
1883 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (1931-32 and 1935-36) and Head of Vichy France (1942-44), born in Châteldon, France (d. 1945)
1891 – Esther Forbes, American novelist (Johnny Tremain), born in Westborough, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
1906 – Safford Cape, American-Belgian conductor, composer and music historian, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1973)
1924 – Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch journalist and VARA radio host, born in Hamburg (d. 1989)
1939 – Klaus Schmiegel, German-American chemist (invented Prozac), born in Chemnitz, Germany
1946 – David Duckham, English rugby union outside back (36 Tests England, 3 British and Irish Lions; Coventry RFC), born in Coventry, England (d. 2023)
1956 – Noel Mugavin, Australian rules football player, born in Koroit, Victoria
1971 – Bobby Hurley, American basketball guard (Sacramento Kings) and coach (Uni of Buffalo, Arizona State Uni), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1973 – Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete, born in Szeged, Hungary

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1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, American author (Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan), born in Leucas, Greece (d. 1904)
1882 – Eduard Spranger, German psychologist and educator, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1963)
1916 – Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitar pioneer, accordionist, and composer, born in Borge, Østfold, Norway (d. 1998)
1922 – Herbert Ziergiebel, German writer, born in Nordhorn, Germany (d. 1988)
1931 – Ryszard Kwiatkowski, Polish composer (Polyphonic Music), born in Jaranów, Włocławek, Poland (d. 1993)
1951 – Sidney M. Gutierrez, Mjr USAF and NASA astronaut (STS 40, 59), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1958 – Lisa Germano, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Geek the Girl), born in Mishawaka, Indiana
1975 – Porter Collins, American rower (World C’ship gold 1995 M4+, 1998-99 M8+), born in New York City
1976 – Leigh Nash, American pop singer and songwriter (Sixpence None The Richer -“Kiss Me”), born in New Braunfels, Texas
1984 – Khloé Kardashian, American reality television star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California

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