Category: Famous Birthdays

1561 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera “Dafne”, born in Rome (d. 1633)
1904 – Jaap [Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus] Burger, Dutch politician and chairman (PvdA), born in Willemstad, Netherlands (d. 1986)
1908 – John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, born in Liverpool, Lancashire (d. 1996)
1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (Dulles Airport (Virginia); Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri); IBM Building (Rochester, Minnesota); MIT Chapel (Cambridge, Massachusetts)), born in Kirkkonummi, Finland (d. 1961)
1955 – Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color), born in Netherlands
1956 – Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country), born in Rochelle, Illinois
1977 – Mayra Verónica, Cuban-American model and actress, born in Havana, Cuba
1983 – Andrew Garfield, British American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Los Angeles, California
1987 – Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB), born in Indore, India
1995 – Liana Liberato, American actress (Light as a Feather), born in Galveston, Texas

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1521 – Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti), born in Florence (d. 1589)
1689 – Samuel Richardson, English novelist (Pamela), born in Mackworth, Derbyshire, England (d. 1761)
1816 – Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, born in Dommeldange, Luxembourg (d. 1894)
1934 – Renee Richards [Richard Rankind], American trans-sexual tennis player and coach (took USTA to court and won), born in New York City
1935 – Story Musgrave, American physician and NASA astronaut (STS-6, -51-F, -33, -44, -61, -80), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1948 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese film producer (anime, co-founder Studio Ghibli), born in Nagoya, Japan
1959 – Steve Grimmett, British heavy metal singer (Grim Reaper), born in Swindon, England
1962 – Valerie Kaprisky, French actress (Breathless, Public Woman), born in Paris, France
1975 – Chynna Clugston Flores, American comic book creator (Blue Monday), born in Fresno, California
1991 – Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian football player (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), born in Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia

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1720 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, last English peer to be hanged for murdering his steward (d. 1760)
1885 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (d. 1964)
1903 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d’amour), born in Paris (d. 1983)
1935 – Gail Fisher, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Mannix – “Peggy”), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2000)
1943 – Martin Mull, American comic singer-songwriter and character actor (Fernwood 2-Night; Roseanne; Clue), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
1967 – John Jurkovic, American football defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Friedrichshafen, Germany
1969 – Isaac Austin, American NBA basketball center, 1991-2002 (Miami Heat and 6 other teams), born in Gridley, California
1971 – Kevin Bouie, American football running back (Philadelphia Eagles, Ariz Cardinals), born in Pahokee, Florida
1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer (WI left-handed batsman 1994-), born in Unity Village, Guyana
1992 – Mawaan Rizwan, Pakistani-British comedian and actor (Taskmaster), born in Lahore, Pakistan

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1840 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English writer (Irish Land League), traveller and Arabian stud founder, born in Petworth, England (d. 1922)
1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter, arranger, bandleader, and composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
1930 – James Gerald Gulliver, Scottish businessman (Argyll Foods), born in Campbeltown, Scotland (d. 1996)
1953 – Kevin Rowlands, British rock vocalist (Dexy’s Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen”), born in Wednesfield, England
1959 – David Koresh, American cult leader (Branch Davidians sect), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1993)
1966 – Maysa [Leak], American jazz and RandB singer, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1966 – Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Boston Bruins) and executive (GM Boston Bruins), born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick
1985 – Yū Aoi, Japanese actress (Hula Girls), born in Kasuga, Japan
1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
1990 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress (Clique), born in London, England

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1397 – Albert II of Habsburg, King of Bohemia, Hungary and Germany, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1439)
1877 – Karl Hoschna, Tin Pan Alley-era composer (Every Little Movement), born in Kuschwarda, Bohemia (d. 1911)
1892 – Harold Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (Prince Valian), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 1982)
1929 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (Peace Piece; Waltz For Debbie), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 1980)
1937 – Lorraine Gary, American actress (Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 4), born in New York City
1952 – (Terry) “Topper” Price, American blues, jazz and rock vocalist and harmonica player (The Upsetters), born in Plateau, Alabama (d. 2007)
1954 – George Galloway, British politician, broadcaster, and writer, born in Dundee, Scotland
1965 – Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur TX, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1970 – Quinton McCracken, outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
1974 – Ryan Longwell, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Seattle, Washington

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1856 – J. Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and 1st Labour representative in British Parliament, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1915)
1860 – Florence Harding [DeWolfe], US 1st lady (1921-23), born in Marion, Ohio (d. 1924)
1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich, Baron Wrangel, Russian baron general (White Armies, WW II), born in Novalexandrovsk, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1928)
1890 – Elvin M. Jellinek, American physiologist and pioneer in the study of alcoholism, born in New York City (d. 1963)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician and Taoiseach (1966-73 and 1977-79), born in Shandon, Cork, Ireland (d. 1999)
1920 – (Henry) “Huntz” Hall, American radio, stage, and screen actor (Dead End Kids: The Bowery Boys; Gas Pump Girls), born in New York City (d. 1999)
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (Downbeat Magazine’s Pianist of the Year, 1950-62), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2007)
1926 – Georgann Johnson, American actress (Marge-Mr Peepers, Star Trek, Midnight Cowboy), born in Decorah, Iowa (d. 2018)
1939 – Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer (“Daddy Don’t Run So Fast”), born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1984 – Edward “Ted” Dwane, British folk-rock double bassist (Mumford and Sons), born in London

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1586 – William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist, born in Alford, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1642)
1887 – Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (Falscher Start), born in Riga, Russian Empire (d. 1937)
1928 – Laurens van Deenen, Dutch biochemist, born in Maastricht, Germany (d. 1994)
1929 – Lorez Alexandria [Taylor] American jazz and gospel singer (Alexandria the Great), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
1930 – Earl Weaver, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1970 Baltimore Orioles), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2013)
1931 – Frederic Raphael, American-British writer (After the War, California Time), born in Chicago, Illinois
1952 – Mark C. Lee, American NASA astronaut (STS 30, 47, 64, 82, sk: 98), born in Viroqua, Wisconsin
1972 – Jay Manuel, Canadian make-up artist, born in Springfield, Illinois
1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress (Friends with Benefits; That ’70s Show – “Jacki'”), born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
1998 – Doechii [Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon], American singer and rapper (Yucky Blucky Fruitcake), born in Tampa, Florida

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1867 – William Alexander Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur), born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1957)
1901 – Ian Whyte, Scottish composer and conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra), born in Dunfermline, Scotland (d. 1960)
1904 – Charles “Buddy” Rogers, American musician and actor (An Innocent Affair, Wings), born in Olathe, Kansas (d. 1999)
1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist (Nobel Prize for medicine 1969 genetic structure of viruses), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1991)
1921 – Louis Frémaux, French conductor (Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, 1956-65; City of Birmingham Symphony, 1969-78; Sydney Symphony, 1979-82), born in Aire-sur-la-Lys, France (d. 2017)
1942 – Hissène Habré, Dictator of Chad (1982-90) and convicted war criminal, born in Faya-Largeau, Chad, French Equatorial Africa (d. 2021)
1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian NHL forward (Team Canada Olympics 1998, Montreal), born in Midland, Ontario, Canada
1975 – James Carpinello, American actor (Rock of Ages), born in Albany, New York
1982 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor (Captain America: The Winter Soldier; I, Tonya), born in Constanța, Romania
1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater (Olympic gold 2006, 10), born in Chicago, Illinois

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1644 – Georg Christoph Leuttner, German ecclesiastical composer, born in Tölz, Bavaria (d. undoubtedly)
1914 – Jan Bakker, Dutch WWII resistance fighter and journalist (Parool), born in Giethoorn, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1930 – Ronald Herron, English architect (Archigram), born in London (d. 1994)
1939 – Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister of Nepal (2014-2015), born in Biratnagar, Morang (d. 2016)
1950 – Simon Groom, British television presenter (Blue Peter, 1978-86), and producer (Angels and Devils; The Flying Scotsman), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
1955 – Ann M. Martin, American author, known for The Baby-sitters Club series, born in Princeton, New Jersey
1967 – Andy Hui, Hong Kong Canto-pop and Mando-pop singer-songwriter, and actor, born in British Hong Kong
1972 – Rebecca Gayheart, American model (Noxzema), and actress (Loving, 1992-93 – “Hannah”; Urban Legend), born in Hazard Kentucky
1972 – Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player (Olympic bronze 1996)
1972 – Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer

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1613 – Cristoph Kaldenbach, Prussian poet, born in Schwiebus, Prussia (now Świebodzin, Poland) (d. 1698)
1748 – Joseph Schuster, German composer, born in DresdenSaxony (now Germany) (d. 1812)
1862 – Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, pianist, songwriter (I Love You Truly; A Perfect Day), born in Janesville, Wisconsin (d. 1946)
1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist focusing on the Lower Mississippi Valley, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
1904 – Jess Stacy, American jazz pianist (Benny Goodman, 1935-39; the Great Gatsby), born in Bird’s Point, Missouri (d. 1995)
1919 – June Hutton [Cowan], American pop vocalist (Charlie Spivak Orchestra; The Pied Pipers, 1944-50 – “I’ll Never Smile Again”; Afterglow), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
1933 – Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet, widened women’s role in the services, born near Invergordon, Scotland (d. 2011)
1954 – Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1973 – Edgardo Alfonzo, Venezualan MLB infielder, 1995-2006 (NY Mets; San Francisco Giants, and 2 other teams), born in Miranda, Venezuela
1976 – Erick Lindgren, American poker player (WSOP Player of the Year 2008), born in Burney, California

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