1869 – Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (founded the Swaraj Party), born in Bikrampur, British India (d. 1925)
1876 – Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire), born in Damville, Eure, France (d. 1918)
1891 – Herb McGirr, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (played in NZ’s 1st Test series; 2 Tests, 1 x 50; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1964)
1905 – Joel McCrea, American actor (Foreign Correspondent, Sullivan’s Travels), born in South Pasadena, California (d. 1990)
1905 – George Bissett, South African cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28), born in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1965)
1932 – Arthur L. Liman, American trial lawyer (Oliver North), born in NYC, New York
1932 – Salvatore Bonanno, American mafioso and son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno, born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual, born in Béni Saf, Oran, French Algeria
1953 – Joyce Maynard, American journalist and novelist (Labor Day), born in Durham, New Hampshire
1960 – Mark West, American NBA center (Detroit Pistons), born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 4th November 2023
1631 – Mary, 1st British Princess Royal and the Princess of Orange, born in St James’s Palace, London (d. 1660)
1790 – Carlos Antonio López, 1st President of Paraguay (1844-62), born in Asunción, Paraguay (d. 1862)
1906 – Arnold Cooke, British composer, born in Gomersal, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2005)
1915 – Alistair Cameron Crombie, Australian historian of science, born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1996)
1925 – Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam), born in Dhaka, East Bengal (d. 1976)
1927 – Vittorio Fellegara, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 2011)
1929 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian writer and mental calculator known as the “Human Computer”, born in Bangalore, Mysore, British India (d. 2013)
1950 – Markie Post, American actress (Night Court, 1984-92 – “Christine”; There’s Something About Mary), born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2021)
1966 – Kool Rock-ski [Damon Wimbley], American rapper (Fat Boys – “Jail House Rap”), born in Brooklyn, New York
1987 – T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 1st November 2023
1339 – Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1358-65), born in Vienna (d. 1365)
1618 – Johannes Flittner, German composer, born in Suhl, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1678)
1835 – Godfrey Weitzel, German-American Major General (Union Army), born in Pirmasens, Germany (d. 1884)
1878 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter, born in Hellenurme Manor, Elva Parish, Governorate of Livonia (d. 1925)
1924 – Robert Rapoport, American social anthropologist, born in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
1937 – Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter (“Still”; “Sometimes”; “I Can’t Wait Any Longer”), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, American actress (Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall), born in NYC, New York
1966 – Jeremy Hunt, British politician and Foreign Secretary (2018-), born in London, England
1968 – Kent Graham, American NFL quarterback (New York Giants), born in Winfield, Illinois
1975 – Scott “Skippy” Chapman, American musician (Code of Ethics), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Famous Birthdays for 31st October 2023
1883 – Marie Laurencin, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1956)
1936 – Michael Landon [Eugene Orowitz], American actor (Bonanza – “Little Joe”; Little House on the Prairie – “Charles”; Highway to Heaven – “Jonathan”), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1991)
1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American stage and screen actor (M*A*S*H, 1977-83 – “Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III”; Lilo and Stitch), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 2018)
1946 – Ged Dunn, English rugby league winger (8 Tests; Hull KIngston Rovers 301 games), born in Redcar, England (d. 2021)
1950 – Jane Pauley, American newscaster (Today, NBC Weekend), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1950 – Antonio Taguba, US Army Major General, born in Manila, Philippines
1967 – Adam Schlesinger, American rock musician (Fountains Of Wayne) and songwriter (That Thing You Do), born in New York City (d. 2020)
1975 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer, born in Lausanne, Switzerland
1980 – Samaire Armstrong, American actress (It’s A Boy Girl Thing), born in Tokyo, Japan
1981 – Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer (Give Me [Songs for Lovers]), born in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Famous Birthdays for 30th October 2023
1735 – Edward Miller, English composer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1807)
1861 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor, born in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France (d. 1929)
1899 – Ernst Herman van Rappard, Dutch SS officer and founder (NSNAP), born in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 1953)
1934 – Hamilton Camp, English-American actor (Andrew-He and She, Meatballs 2), born in London (d. 2005)
1935 – Jim Perry, American baseball player, born in Williamston, North Carolina
1942 – Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), born in Motala, Sweden (d. 2019)
1945 – Pamelo Mounk’a, Congolese musician, born in Ouesso, Brazzaville (d. 1996)
1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift), born in NYC, New York
1947 – Chris Komar, American ballet dancer and artistic director (Milwaukee Ballet, 1969-72; Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1972-93), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
1977 – Charmian Faulkner, Australian crime victim (went missing with her mother from St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, in 1980), born in Colac, Victoria, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2023
1882 – Jean Giraudoux, French writer and playwright (The Madwoman of Chaillot), born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France (d. 1944)
1907 – Edwige Feuillère, French film actress, born in Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France (d. 1998)
1924 – Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and writer, born in Lwów, Poland (d. 1998)
1948 – Kate Jackson, American actress (Rookies, Charlie’s Angels), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1955 – Boy Abunda, Filipino journalist and television personality, born in Borongan, Philippines
1956 – Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1968 – Stanley Donwood [Dan Rickwood], British writer and album art designer (Radiohead; Thom Yorke), born in Essex, England
1968 – Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater (Olympics 3 gold-1994), born in Drammen, Norway
1971 – Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou
1987 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume), born in Kashiwazaki, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2023
1466 – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (The Praise of Folly), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1536)
1585 – Cornelius Jansen, French Roman Catholic reform leader (Jansenism), born in Acquoy, County of Holland, Dutch Republic (d. 1638)
1864 – Adolfo Camarillo, American prominent land owner, horse breeder, and rancher, born in Ventura, California (d. 1958)
1879 – Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, Spanish composer, born in Madrid (d. 1953)
1904 – Louis de Meester, Belgian pianist and classical and electronic music composer (The Great Temptation of St Anthony), born in Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1987)
1944 – Dennis Franz, American actor (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue – “Lt. Buntz”), born in Maywood, Illinois
1950 – Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
1962 – Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player
1978 – Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
1985 – Richard Smith, American entrepreneur
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2023
1739 – Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, born in Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1818)
1876 – Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Un Soir Un Train), born in Pamekasan, Dutch Indies (d. 1976)
1910 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), born in Manitoba (d. 1963)
1912 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican composer, often of player piano music (Soundings 4), born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1997)
1913 – Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, born near Lodge Grass, Montana (d. 2013)
1922 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)
1929 – Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1994)
1971 – Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer, born in Nashville, Tennessee
1972 – Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1984 – Irfan Pathan, Indian cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102, 100 wickets, BB 7/59; 120 ODIs; Baroda, Middlesex CCC, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils), born in Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2023
1427 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1496)
1645 – Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727)
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1758)
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (elementary philosophy), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1823)
1929 – Hans Peter Haller, German composer, born in Radolfzell, Germany (d. 2006)
1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and film producer, born in Los Angeles, California
1966 – Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer midfielder (FC Volendam, Heerenveen) and manager (Slavia Prague, Sparta Rotterdam), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1967 – Bobby Houston, American NFL linebacker (NY Jets), born in Washington, D.C.
1981 – Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-born Australian pop and soul singer (“Angels Brought Me Here”‘; “Battle Scars”), and television personality (The Voice Australia, 2019-), born in Klang, Malaysia
1984 – Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer, born in Curitiba, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2023
1102 – William Clito, Count of Flanders (1127-28), born in Rouen, France (d. 1128)
1803 – Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Daisies, Avondlamp), born in Diksmuide, Belgium (d. 1884)
1902 – Eddie Lang [Salvatore Massaro], American jazz guitarist known as the “father of jazz guitar”, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1933)
1903 – Harry Shoulberg, American expressionist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), born in Sequals, Italy (d. 1967)
1933 – Larry J. Hopkins, American politician (Rep-R-KY, 1979-93), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1948 – Dan Gable, American 68kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 1972), born in Waterloo, Iowa
1969 – Eric Guliford, American NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints), born in Kansas City, Kansas
1972 – Esther Duflo, French American economist (2019 Nobel Prize for Economics), born in Paris
1981 – Austin John Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma