Category: Famous Birthdays

1881 – Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer and librarian, born in Filipstad, Sweden (d. 1967)
1881 – Valery-Nicolas Larbaud, French novelist and translator (Enfantines), born in Vichy, France (d. 1957)
1884 – Ehm Welk [Thomas Trimm], German writer, born in Biesenbrow, Brandenburg (d. 1966)
1921 – Iris Apfel, American businesswoman, interior designer and fashion icon, born in Queens, New York City (d. 2024)
1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer, born in Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece (d. 2001)
1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor (M*A*S*H, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice), born in Queens, New York
1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1979 – Emily Hampshire, Canadian actress (Schitt’s Creek), born in Montreal, Québec
1990 – Sam Stern, British chef and author, born in Yorkshire, United Kingdom
1993 – Liam Payne, English pop singer (One Direction- “What Makes You Beautiful”), born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 2024)

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1754 – Peter Winter, German composer, born in Mannhein, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1825)
1798 – Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, U.S. Army (Union Navy), born in Monmouth County, New Jersey (d. 1863)
1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant, born in Aberlour, Scotland (d. 1900)
1878 – George Whipple, American physician and biomedical researcher (Nobel-1934), born in Ashland, New Hampshire (d. 1976)
1884 – Peter Fraser, Scottish-born New Zealand statesman and 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940-49), born in Hill of Fearn, Scotland (d. 1950)
1891 – Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
1909 – Lamberto Maggiorani, Italian factory worker turned actor (Antonio in “Bicycle Thieves”), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1983)
1916 – C. Wright Mills, American sociologist and writer (The Power Elite), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1962)
1945 – Bruno Nuytten, French film director (Camille Claudel), born in Melun, Île-de-France, France
1969 – Mary McCartney, British photographer and daughter of Beatle Paul and Linda McCartney, born in London, England

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1545 – Alexander Farnese, Italian nobleman, mercenary, Governor of Spanish Netherlands (1578-92), and Duke of Parma (1586-92), born in Rome. Papal States (d. 1592)
1583 – Simon Besler, German composer, born in Brieg, Silesia (d. 1633)
1637 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland, born in Salisbury, England (d. 1715)
1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist, born in Köln, Germany (d. 1985)
1911 – Kathleen “Kay” Walsh, British actress (The Horse’s Mouth, Oliver Twist), born in Chelsea, London, England (d. 2005)
1919 – John Donkin Dormand, Baron Dormand of Easington, British politician (Labour Party), born in Haswell, County Durham, England (d. 2003)
1928 – Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald’s and the San Diego Padres, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2003)
1954 – John Lloyd, English tennis player (French Open mixed doubles 1982, Wimbledon 1983, 84; former husband of Chris Evert), born in Leigh-on-Sea, England
1969 – Avril Haines, American lawyer, 1st female Director of National Intelligence (2021-), born in New York City
1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish soccer right-back (27 caps Republic of Ireland; Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Derby County), born in Dublin, Ireland

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1918 – Katherine Johnson, American NASA mathematician (portrayed in film Hidden Figures), born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (d. 2020)
1925 – Sangharakshita [Dennis Lingwood], Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order, born in London, England (d. 2018)
1930 – Joe Solomon, West Indian cricket batsman (27 Tests, 1 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 100no; British Guiana, Berbice), born in Port Mourant, Guyana (d. 2023)
1931 – Guy Vander Jagt, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1966-93), born in Cadillac, Michigan (d. 2007)
1957 – Rick Hansen, Canadian wheelchair athlete (Paralympic gold 1980, 2 x 1984), born in Port Alberni, British Columbia
1961 – Jimmy Olander, American country guitarist and banjo player (Diamond Rio – “Meet in Middle”), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1978 – Amanda Schull, American actress (12 Monkeys), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor (Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich), born in New York City
1985 – David Price, American baseball pitcher (2012 Cy Young Award TB Rays; 5 × All-Star; World Series 2018 Boston Red Sox), born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1988 – Evan Ross [Naess], American actor (96 Minutes), and singer, born in Greenwich, Connecticut

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1664 – Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1755)
1891 – Alberto Savinio [Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico], Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1952)
1912 – Erich Honecker, German politician and Head of State of East Germany (1971-89), born in Neunkirchen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1994)
1916 – Frederick Robbins, American pediatrician and bacteriologist (Nobel 1954), born in Auburn, Alabama (d. 2003)
1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1958-69; Israel Philharmonic; London Symphony), and composer (West Side Story; Chichester Psalms), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
1947 – Mink Stole [Nancy Stoll], American actress (films of John Waters), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1954 – Elvis Costello [Declan Patrick McManus], English rock singer and songwriter (Allison; Watching The Detectives; The Other Side Of Summer), born in Paddington, London
1962 – Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians; 5-time MLB All-Star), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese rock bassist (The Mad Capsule Markets), born in Yokohama, Japan

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1579 – John Amner, English composer, born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1641)
1936 – William J. Coyne, American politician (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981-2003), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1945 – Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter, born in Pinehurst, North Carolina
1945 – Marsha P. Johnson [born Malcolm Michaels Jr.], African-American gay liberation and AIDS activist, drag queen, and transgender pioneer (Gay Liberation Front, S.T.A.R.), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1992)
1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown – “Frank”), born in Brooklyn, New York
1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican-British poet (Mi Revalueshanary Fren) and activist, born in Chapelton, Jamaica
1953 – Ron Holloway, American jazz, funk, and rock tenor saxophonist (Gil Scott-Heron; Tedeschi Trucks Band), born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Franz Viehböck, Austrian 1st cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13), born in Vienna, Austria
1974 – Órla Fallon, Irish traditional singer, Celtic harpist, and songwriter (Celtic Woman, 2004-2009; Anúna, 1996), born in Knockananna, County Wicklow, Ireland
1979 – Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese Mandopop and dance music singer, born in Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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1524 – Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer and diplomat (Anti-Tribonien), born in Paris (d. 1590)
1889 – Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1914)
1911 – Albert Alberts, Dutch writer and journalist (French battle), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1996)
1911 – Carl Dolmetsch, French music director (Haslemere Festival), born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France (d. 1997)
1922 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter, television writer and producer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2011)
1928 – Gerd Natschinski, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2015)
1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist (Nobel Prize, 1996), born in Alice, Texas (d. 2022)
1942 – Mimis Papaioannou, Greek soccer forward (61 caps; AEK Athens 480 games), born in Nea Nikomedeia, Greece (d. 2023)
1952 – Vicky Leandros [Vasiliki Papathanasiou], Greek pop singer (Eurovision, 1972 – “Après Toi”; “My Sweet Lord”), and politician, born in Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece
1967 – Nancy Cox, American news anchor, Miss Kentucky (1991), born in Campbellsville, Kentucky

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1753 – Christian Friedrich Ruppe, German-Dutch composer, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe, born in Salzungen, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826)
1827 – Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, born in Vermont (d. 1906)
1827 – Joseph Anthony Mower, American Major General (Union Army), born in Woodstock, Vermont (d. 1870)
1845 – William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1924)
1868 – Willis Rodney Whitney, American Chemist, founder of the General Electric research laboratory, and pioneer of industrial scientific research, born in Jamestown, NY (d. 1958)
1940 – John Banham, British businessman, director-general CBI, born in Cornwall (d. 2022)
1941 – Michael Aldrich, British inventor (online shopping), born in Brocket Hall, England (d. 2014)
1965 – Tom Gibis, American voice actor (Shikamaru Nara-Naruto), born in West St. Paul, Minnesota
1968 – Michael Curry, American basketball forward and coach (Detroit Pistons), born in Anniston, Alabama
1969 – Hipolito Pichardo, Dominican MLB pitcher. 1902-2002 (Kansas City Royals, and 2 other teams), born in Jicomé, Dominican Republic

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1780 – Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and linguist (Slovenian Grammar), born in Repnje, Slovenia (d. 1844)
1909 – Ethel Caterham, oldest British person ever and current verified oldest living person in the world (115 years), born in Shipton Bellinger, England
1914 – Dallas Pratt, American collector (The American Museum in Britain), born in Islip, New York (d. 1994)
1928 – Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
1929 – Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, born in Schweizer-Reneke (d. 2017)
1939 – Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter (“Runaround Sue”; “The Wanderer”), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2015)
1943 – Clydie Mae King, American session and touring vocalist (Ray Charles; Bob Dylan; Humble Pie; Lynyrd Skynrd), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2019)
1944 – Perry Christie, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas, born in Nassau, Bahamas
1947 – Carl Giammarese, American rock guitarist (The Buckinghams – “Kind Of A Drag”), born in Chicago, Illinois
1959 – Jim McMahon, American College Football HOF quarterback (Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears; Davey O’Brien Award 1981 BYU), born in Jersey City, New Jersey

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1764 – Charles Ferdinand Bentinck, Dutch military officer (Governor of Suriname 1809-11), born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1811)
1811 – Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), born in Orford, New Hampshire (d. 1890)
1916 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player, born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1984)
1926 – Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1978)
1941 – Rich Brooks, American football coach (University of Oregon 1977-94; St. Louis Rams 1995-96), born in Forest, California
1961 – Greg Egan, Australian science fiction and hard science author, born in Perth, Australia
1967 – Andy Benes, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Evansville, Indiana
1978 – Sanna Lankosaari, Finnish ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics 1998), born in Kemi, Finland
1980 – Corey Carrier, American actor (Young Indiana Jones), born in Middleborough, Massachusetts
1992 – Demi Lovato, American actress (Camp Rock) and singer-songwriter (“Unbroken”), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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