1763 – Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat, born in Versailles, France (d. 1834)
1777 – Filippo Traetta, Italian-born American composer and music teacher, born in Venice (d. 1854)
1947 – Terry Sylvester, English guitarist and singer (Hollies, 1969-81 – “YHe Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”;”Lomg Cool Woman In A Black Dress”), born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
1947 – Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- ), born in Leningrad, USSR
1948 – Gillies Mackinnon, Scottish film director and writer (Playboys), born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
1957 – David Lang, American composer (The Little Match Girl Passion – Pulitzer Prize for Music 2008), born in Los Angeles, California
1957 – Dwight Clark, American football wide receiver (“The Catch” 1981 Super Bowl SF 49ers; First team All-Pro 1982; 2 × Pro Bowl) and executive (SF 49ers, Cleveland Browns), born in Kingston, North Carolina (d. 2018)
1979 – Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer, born in Călinești, Romania
1982 – Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (eldest son of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE),
1985 – Sam Levison, American actor and filmmaker (created TV show Euphoria)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 7th January 2024
1877 – Johan Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, and clown (1 great dog), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1958)
1939 – Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby union fullback (54 caps [captain 24]; British and Irish Lions 5 [captain 1968]; Munster RUFC), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2022)
1943 – Richard Armstrong, British conductor, born in Leicester, England
1944 – Ad Nijhuis, Dutch politician (VVD), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
1944 – Mike McGear [McCartney], British singer-songwriter {The Scaffolds – “Lily The Pink”), and photographer, born in Liverpool, England
1948 – Rick Marotta, American session drummer (Carly Simon; Steely Dan; Warren Zevon), and composer, born in New York City
1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress (Crocodile Dundee), born in Fairfield, Connecticut
1961 – Supriya Pathak, Indian actress, born in Mumbai, India
1980 – Ivan L. Moody [Greening] American heavy metal singer and songwriter (Five Finger Death Punch), born in Denver, Colorado
1988 – Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer, born in Sale, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 6th January 2024
1683 – Francois de Lacroix, French priest, composer, maitre de musique (Paris Sainte-Chapelle, 1726-45), born in Senlis, France (d. 1759)
1898 – Jan Filip Boon, Flemish journalist and editor (De Standaard 1929-39), born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1960)
1900 – Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse), born in Chasselay, Rhône, France (d. 1936)
1920 – Doris Stokes, British psychic medium, born in Grantham, United Kingdom (d. 1987)
1940 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian percussionist (Sérgio Mendes; Chicago, 1973-81), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2017)
1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2013)
1947 – Ian Millar, Canadian dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Olympics 1996), born in Halifax, NS, Canada
1954 – Trudie Styler, English actress, born in Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
1959 – Kathy Sledge, American vocalist (Sister Sledge – “We are Family”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1962 – Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Birthdays for 5th January 2024
1614 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1662)
1779 – Stephen Decatur, American naval hero (War of 1812), born in Sinepuxent, Maryland (d. 1820)
1848 – Same Steele, Canadian soldier, born in Purbrook, Canada West (d. 1919)
1882 – Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term “Cold War”, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1958)
1907 – Willi Soukop, sculptor and member of Royal Academy of Arts, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
1925 – Wolf Morris, English actor (Decoy), born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
1945 – Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-British film director, born in Ottawa, Canada
1948 – Parthasarathy Sharma, Indian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50), born in Alwar, India (d. 2010)
1953 – George Tenet, American CIA director, born in NYC, New York
1969 – Paul McGillion, Scottish actor, born in Paisley, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 4th January 2024
1664 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
1759 – Maria Rosa Coccia, Italian composer from the age of 13 and harpsichordist, born in Rome (d. 1833)
1797 – Wilhelm Beer, German amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map), born in Berlin (d. 1850)
1896 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (Sen-R-Ill) (d. 1969)
1905 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), born in Cedartown, Georgia (d. 1992)
1929 – Amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society)
1935 – Kenneth Money, Canadian scientist and CAF astronaut (STS 42-alt), born in Toronto, Ontario
1945 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer
1960 – April Winchell, American actress
1965 – Guy Forget, French tennis player (ATP Tour Finals 1990; France Davis Cup 1991, 96; Fed Cup/Davis Cup captain; Director French Open), born in Casablanca, Morocco
Famous Birthdays for 3rd January 2024
1803 – Douglas William Jerrold, English writer, playwright and wit (Punch Mag), born in London, England (d. 1857)
1845 – Annibal Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1880)
1882 – Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
1893 – Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist and essayist (Gilles), born in Paris, France (d. 1945)
1900 – Maurice Jaubert, French composer, born in Nice (d. 1940)
1920 – Siegfried Buback, German Federal Prosecutor, born in Wilsdruff, Saxony, Germany (d. 1977)
1922 – Morten Nielsen, Danish poet and resistance fighter, born in Ålborg, Denmark (d. 1944)
1932 – Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russian cosmonaut
1932 – Dabney Coleman, American Emmy Award-winning character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Mayor Jeeter”; 9 to 5; Buffalo Bill; Boardwalk Empire), born in Austin, Texas
1966 – Chetan Sharma, Indian cricket fast bowler (23 Tests, 61 wickets; 65 ODI), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Famous Birthdays for 2nd January 2024
1699 – Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), born in Edirne Palace, Edirne (d. 1757)
1870 – Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers; builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden, NYC), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1929)
1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher (“Chinese Opera”), born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania)
1954 – Cynthia Sikes, American actress (Flamingo Road; St Elsewhere), born in Coffeyville, Kansas
1963 – Edgar Martínez, American Baseball HOF third baseman and DH (7 × MLB All-Star; 5 × Silver Slugger Award; AL batting champion 1992, 95; Seattle Mariners), born in NYC, New York
1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 2000, 04, 08; World C’ship gold 1994, 2006), born in Erp, Netherlands
1969 – Christy Turlington, American model (Calvin Klein Eternity), born in San Francisco, California
1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union flanker and captain (50 caps; captain 2002-03; Canterbury Crusaders), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
1975 – Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank – “The Reason”), born in Agoura Hills, California
Famous Birthdays for 1st January 2024
1648 – Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
1767 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
1873 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (The Flies, The Bosses), born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco (d. 1952)
1896 – Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese actor and director (Gate of Hell, A Page of Madness, Jujiro, Jigoku-mon), born in Mie Ken, Japan (d. 1982)
1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1906 – Giovanni D’Anzi, Italian pianist and songwriter (“Malinconia d’amore”), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1974)
1956 – Andy Gill, British guitarist and record producer (Gang of Four – “Damaged Goods”), born in Manchester, England (d. 2020)
1966 – Rawley Valberde, American actor (Amado-Santa Barbara), born in Oceanside, California
1976 – Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress (Project Runway: All-Stars), born in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
1998 – Marlene Lawston, American child actress
Famous Birthdays for 31st December 2023
1857 – Michael “King” Kelly, American Baseball HOF utility (NL batting champion 1884, 86; NL runs scored 1884–86, Chicago White Sox) and manager (Boston Beaneaters, Reds; Cincinnati KKs), born in Troy, NY (d. 1894)
1874 – Ernest Austin, English composer, born in Poplar, London (d. 1947)
1878 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, born in Woodbridge, Ontario (d. 1966)
1931 – Gil Mellé, American jazz saxophonist and composer, born in New York City (d. 2004)
1932 – Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and newspaper editor (La Prensa; El Nuevo Diario), born in Granada, Nicaragua, (d. 2008)
1933 – Fred F. Carter Jr., American country session guitarist, singer, producer and composer (Nashville’s “A-Team”), born in Winnsboro, Louisiana (d. 2010)
1939 – Willye White, American athlete (Olympic silver long jump 1956, 4x100m relay 1964; Sports Illustrated 100 greatest women athletes of 20th century), born in Money, Mississippi (d. 2007)
1939 – Hugh Lewin, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer (Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison), born in Lydenburg, South Africa (d. 2019)
1940 – Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, born in Leningrad
1977 – Psy [Park Jae-sang], South Korean pop star (Gangnam Style), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 30th December 2023
1859 – Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1951)
1884 – Karl Heinrich David, Swiss composer, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1951)
1913 – Svend Simon Schultz, Danish composer and choral director (Danish Radio Choir, 1949-79), born in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark (d. 1998)
1937 – (Noel) Paul Stookey, American singer, songwriter and musician (Peter, Paul, and Mary – “The Wedding Song (There Is Love)”), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1942 – Robert Quine, American rock guitarist (Lou Reed; Matthew Sweet; John Zorn), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2004)
1947 – Janet Mills, American lawyer and politician, first female Governor of Maine (2018-), born in Farmington, Maine
1950 – Dave Stewart, English keyboardist (Hatfield and the North; National Health), born in London, England
1953 – Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
1976 – A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
1983 – Rachel and Ross Trudeau, twins of Jane Pauley and Gerry Trudeau