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1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1948 - Tony Iommi, British musician (Black Sabbath)
1955 - Jeff Daniels, American actor
1957 - Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
"Amudeaus!"
1963 - Seal, English singer
Mostly psyched about Copernicus. I keep looking up since I was a kid. Kindred spirit or reincarnated or sometihing, except I would have guessed "I" was the center of the universe! ;)
100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)
40 AD - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93 AD)
1527 - John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609)
1579 - Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
1607 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born artist (d. 1677)
1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
1745 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818)
1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
1776 - Caroline of Baden, queen of Bavaria (d. 1841)
1793 - John Clare, English poet (d. 1864)
1798 - Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Tsarina of Russia (d. 1860)
1808 - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (d. 1893)
1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, American founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (not the current one) (d. 1877)
1841 - Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918)
1858 - Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929)
1859 - Sidney Webb, British socialist (d. 1947)
1864 - John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912)
1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940)
1895 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)
1896 - Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)
1898 - Julius Schreck, member of the Nazi party (d. 1936)
1900 - George Lewis, American musician (d. 1969)
1901 - Eric Portman, English stage and film actor (d. 1969)
1913 - Dave Garroway, American television host (d. 1982)
1918 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
1920 - Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
1921 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
1921 - Friedrich Peter, Austrian poltitician (d. 2005)
1921 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007)
1922 - Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer
1924 - Michel Constantin, French film actor (d. 2003)
1927 - Simone Veil, French politician
1928 - Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
1928 - Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978)
1928 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (d. 2000)
1929 - Alan Civil, English musician (d. 1989)
1929 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast
1931 - Frank Ramsey, American basketball player
1932 - Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate
1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
1935 - Jack Kemp, American football player and politician
1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970)
1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor
1941 - Robert Forster, American actor
1941 - Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker
1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
1942 - Roger McGuinn, American musician
1944 - Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor
1946 - Cheech Marin, American actor
1948 - Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
1950 - George "Pinky" Nelson, American astronaut
1950 - Ma Ying-jeou, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang(KMT)
1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician
1953 - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
1954 - Louise Mandrell, American musician
1954 - Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
1956 - Claude Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler
1956 - Michael Spinks, American former boxer
1957 - Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
1957 - Cameron Crowe, American film director
1957 - Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
1959 - Richard Leman, English field hockey player
1960 - Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye
1961 - Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
1961 - Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer
1962 - Tom Kenny, American voice actor
1963 - Neal Foulds, English snooker player
1963 - Spud Webb, American basketball player
1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey
1967 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress
1967 - Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger
1968 - Robert Gant, American actor
1969 - Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist
1969 - Mark Greenway, British vocalist
1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player
1972 - Sean Waltman, American wrestler
1973 - Ariel Silvio Zárate, Argentine footballer
1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model, sports caster, and Survivor contestant
1976 - Al Santos, American model and actor
1977 - Ashley Scott, American actress
1978 - Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
1982 - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
1982 - Simon Clist, English footballer
1982 - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1982 - Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete
1985 - Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor
1994 - Ridge Canipe, American actor
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OMG, SlipKnot, you have so many people--I'm assuming you researched those.........
The ones I know off the top of my head are--James Monroe, 5th US President, Ann-Margaret (actress), and the late Saddam Hussein.
Oh and also Ghosty on the forum.
april 28 -Quote:
Originally Posted by ceecee79
1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
1545 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
1715 - Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
1868 - Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
1868 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
1903 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
1911 - Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
1912 - Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
1914 - Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
1921 - Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
1922 - William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
1925 - T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
1926 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
1926 - Harper Lee, American author
1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
1930 - James Baker, American politician
1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
1934 - Lois Duncan, American novelist
1937 - Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
1941 - Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
1944 - Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
1944 - Alice Waters, American chef
1946 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress
1948 - Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
1949 - Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
1949 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
1950 - Willie Colon , Puerto Rican salsa legend
1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
1957 - Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
1960 - Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
1960 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
1960 - Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
1963 - Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater
1964 - Barry Larkin, American baseball player
1964 - Mark Steven Robinson, American director
1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1965 - Steven Blum, American voice actor
1966 - John Daly, American golfer
1966 - Too $hort, American rapper
1967 - Kari Wührer, American actress
1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player
1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
1972 - Joseph Bruce, American musician
1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
1973 - Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
1978 - Nate Richert, American actor
1980 - Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
1982 - Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
1986 - George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter
all you gotta do is go to wiki and type in the date
TYVM, that is so interesting.....
Too $hort, lol...(does anyone else remember him!?)
Josh Howard is actually from my area...
and crazy ass John Daly, very interesting.
Right off the top I can think of three:
Steven Soderbergh-movie director
Carl Weathers
Faye Dunaway
I share my birthday with Arnold Schwartzeneger...some 60 years ago he and I were both born. - Granny:hippy:
britney spears :microwave:
yeah man i was just gonna say nice you got same birthday as too short thats awesome im blastin him rite now XD
1291 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer
1345 - King Fernando I of Portugal
1391 - King Duarte of Portugal
1424 - King Wladislaus III of Poland
1538 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian
1599 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer
1620 - John Evelyn, English diarist
1622 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist
1632 - (baptism) Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter
1636 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
1692 - Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist
1705 - Pope Clement XIV
1711 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar
1724 - Christopher Anstey, English writer
1737 - James Lovell, American educator
1795 - John Keats, British poet
1815 - Karl Weierstra?, German mathematician
1825 - Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal
1827 - Richard Morris Hunt, American educator
1831 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist
1835 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel laureate
1835 - Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer
1838 - King Louis of Portugal
1848 - Boston Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1851 - Lovisa of Sweden, queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
1860 - Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
1875 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (d. 1954)
1875 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
1879 - Sara Allgood, Irish actress (d. 1950)
1883 - Marie Laurencin, French painter (d. 1956)
1887 - Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, former Republic of China president (d. 1975)
1887 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970)
1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (d. 1944)
1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (d. 1946)
1895 - Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (d. 1970)
1896 - Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1902 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1950)
1912 - Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator
1914 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (d. 1988)
1914 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (d. 1995)
1916 - Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden
1917 - Thomas Hill, Canadian actor
1918 - Ian Stevenson, American parapsychologist (d. 2007)
1919 ?? Magnus Wenninger, American priest, author of Polyhedron models
1920 - Dick Francis, Welsh novelist
1920 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (d. 1957)
1920 - Helmut Newton, German photographer (d. 2004)
1920 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (d. 2005)
1922 - Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist (d. 2004)
1922 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
1925 - John Pople, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1926 - Jimmy Savile, English entertainer
1927 - Lee Grant, American actress
1928 - Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
1929 - Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
1929 - Bud Spencer, Italian actor
1930 - Michael Collins, American astronaut
1931 - Dan Rather, American television journalist
1933 - Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991)
1937 - Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter
1939 - Ron Rifkin, American actor
1939 - Tom O'Connor, British comedian
1939 - Alui Farka Touré, Malian musician
1941 - Derek Bell, British racing driver
1941 ?? Dan Alderson, American scientist
1942 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1942 - David Ogden Stiers, American actor
1943 - Paul Frampton, English physicist
1944 - Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray, American comedian and actor
1945 - Russ Ballard, English rock singer/songwriter, guitarist (Argent)
1946 - Stephen Rea, Irish actor
1946 - Norman Lovett, British actor
1947 - Deidre Hall, American actress
1947 - Frank Shorter, American runner
1949 - Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
1950 - John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
1950 - Jane Pauley, American news anchor
1950 - Zaha Hadid, British architect
1950 - Antonio Taguba, US Army Major General
1952 - Bernard Edwards, American bass guitarist (Chic) (d. 1996)
1953 - Michael J. Anderson, American actor
1953 - John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
1954 - Ken Wahl, American actor
1957 - Robert Pollard, American rocker
1958 - Jeannie Longo, French cyclist
1958 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
1959 - Neal Stephenson, American author
1959 - Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1960 - Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican delegate to Congress
1960 - Arnaud Desplechin, French film director
1960 - Mike Gallego, American baseball player
1960 - Reza Pahlavi, former crown prince of Iran
1961 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
1961 - Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
1961 - Alonzo Babers, American runner
1961 - Kate Campbell, American musician
1963 - Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
1963 - Dunga, Brazilian footballer
1963 - Johnny Marr, English guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths)
1963 - Fred McGriff, American baseball player
1963 - Dermot Mulroney, American actor
1963 - Rob Schneider, American actor
1964 - Colm O'Ciosoig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
1964 - Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer
1964 - Marty Wright, American professional wrestler
1964 - Darryl Worley, American country singer
1965 - Annabella Lwin, British singer (Bow Wow Wow)
1966 - Adam Horovitz, American rapper (Beastie Boys)
1966 - Koji Kanemoto, Japanese professional wrestler
1966 - Joseph Boyden, Canadian novelist
1968 - Antonio Davis, American basketball player
1968 - Vanilla Ice, American rapper
1969 - Mike O'Malley, American actor
1969 - David Coburn, American actor/voice actor
1970 - Nicky Wu, Taiwanese actor and martial arts expert
1970 - Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
1970 - Rogers Stevens, American guitarist (Blind Melon)
1970 - Mitch Harris, American guitarist (Napalm Death, among others)
1970 - Johnny Moeller, American blues guitarist
1970 - Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
1971 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
1971 - Ian Walker, English footballer
1971 - Toby Anstis, British radio presenter
1972 - Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer
1972 - Matt Dawson, English rugby player
1973 - David Dellucci, American baseball player
1973 - Grigorios Georgatos, Greek footballer
1973 - Beverly Lynne, American erotic film actress
1974 - Muzzy Izzet, Turkish footballer
1975 - Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer
1976 - Piper Perabo, American actress
1976 - José Mar*a Gutiérrez, Spanish footballer
1977 - Séverine Ferrer, French singer
1977 - Sylviane Félix, French athlete
1978 - Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
1978 - Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
1978 - Zachary Knighton, American actor
1979 - Saaphyri Windsor, American reality tv figure
1979 - Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
1980 - Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor,
1980 - Samaire Armstrong, American actress
1981 - Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer
1981 - Frank Iero, American musician (My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth, Pencey Prep; founder of Skeleton Crew)
1981 - Selina (Jiaxuan) Ren, member of Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
1981 - Jon Crocker, American songwriter
1982 - Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
1982 - The Cheeky Girls, British-Romanian singers
1986 - Christie Hayes, Australian actress
1986 - Chris Alajajian, Australian racing driver
1988 - Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
1991 - Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
2005 - Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia, Princess of Asturias
I recently found out i share a birthday with Ken Kesey.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bernard Hopkins
Kobe Tai
King Afonso V of Portugal
only cool ones are...
Oscar De La Hoya
Alice Cooper
Cam'ron
Rosa Parks
and yea..those arent even that cool
slutty chick i went to highschool with
Edit: also the prime minister of india dies on my birthday in 2004
Births
1162 - Leonora of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214)
1474 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515)
1566 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)
1613 - Luisa of Medina-Sidonia, queen of Portugal (d. 1666)
1696 - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)
1713 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (d. 1784)
1714 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (d. 1778)
1768 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (d. 1839)
1820 - John William Dawson, Canadian geologist (d. 1899)
1821 - Rudolf Virchow, German physician, pathologist, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
1853 - Lillie Langtry, British actress (d. 1929)
1862 - Mary Kingsley, English writer and explorer (d. 1900)
1876 - Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
1878 - Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1952)
1880 - Sasha Cherny, Russian poet (d. 1932)
1887 - Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (d. 1947)
1890 - Conrad Richter, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1968)
1900 - Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me) (d. 1997)
1902 - Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
1907 - Yves Allégret, French film director (d. 1987)
1909 - Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
1909 - Herbert Block, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
1911 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001)
1915 - Terry Frost, English artist (d. 2003)
1915 - Cornel Wilde, American actor (d. 1989)
1917 - Laraine Day, American actor
1917 - George Virl Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (d. 2007)
1917 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (d. 1985)
1918 - Robert Hudson Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
1920 - Laraine Day, American actress (d. 2007)
1921 - Yves Montand, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1991)
1923 - Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
1925 - Lenny Bruce, American comedian (d. 1966)
1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1925 - Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (d. 1979)
1926 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (d. 2002)
1927 - Lee Konitz, American jazz saxophonist
1931 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1931 - Raymond Kopa, French footballer
1932 - Jack Colvin, American actor (d. 2005)
1933 - Raynald Frechette, Quebec politician and judge (d. 2007)
1933 - Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad (d. 2005)
1934 - Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
1937 - Sami Frey, French actor
1938 - Hugo Young, English journalist (d. 2003)
1939 - T. J. Cloutier, American poker player
1939 - Melinda Dillon, American actress
1940 - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist
1941 - Paul Simon, American singer and musician (Simon and Garfunkel)
1942 - Jerry Jones, American football team owner
1942 - Pamela Tiffin, American film actress
1942 - Bob Bailey, American baseball player
1944 - Robert Lamm, American musician (Chicago)
1945 - Christophe, French singer
1945 - Dési Bouterse, Surinam politician
1946 - Edwina Currie, British politician
1947 - Sammy Hagar, American singer (Van Halen)
1947 - Jerry Trupiano, American sports broadcaster
1947 - Alan Wakeman, English saxophonist (Soft Machine)
1948 - John Ford Coley, American musician
1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and singer (d. 1997)
1948 - Ted Poe, American politician
1949 - Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster (d. 1996)
1949 - Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver
1952 - John Lone, Hong Kong actor
1953 - Pat Day, American jockey
1954 - George Frazier, American baseball player
1954 - Claude Ribbe, French historian
1954 - Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician
1956 - Chris Carter, American television producer
1958 - Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, American musician and composer
1959 - Marie Osmond, American entertainer
1960 - Joey Belladonna, American musician (Anthrax)
1960 - Tim Brewster, American football coach
1960 - Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary
1961 - Doc Rivers, basketball player and coach
1962 - T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress
1962 - Kelly Preston, American actress
1962 - Jerry Rice, American football star
1963 - Colin Channer, Jamaican writer
1964 - Niè Hǎishèng, Chinese astronaut
1964 - Christopher Judge, American actor
1965 - Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
1967 - Scott Cooper, American baseball player
1967 - Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player
1967 - Steve Vickers, English footballer
1967 - Kate Walsh, American actress
1968 - Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer
1968 - Carlos Marin, Spanish baritone (Il Divo)
1969 - Rhett Akins, American country singer
1969 - Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater
1969 - Cady McClain, American actress
1970 - Serena Altschul, American reporter
1970 - Mel Jackson, American actor and R&B musician
1971 - Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian
1971 - Billy Bush, American TV host
1971 - Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
1972 - Summer Sanders, American swimmer
1973 - Brian Dawkins, American football player
1973 - Matt Hughes, American mixed martial artist
1973 - Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress
1974 - Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer
1974 - Joseph Utsler, American rapper (Insane Clown Posse)
1975 - Tom Anderson, American entrepreneur
1975 - David Kennedy, American musician (Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves)
1977 - Gareth Batty, English cricketer
1977 - Paul Pierce, American basketball player
1977 - Kiele Sanchez, American actress
1978 - Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
1979 - Wes Brown, English footballer
1980 - Ashanti, American singer
1980 - Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
1980 - Scott Parker, English footballer
1980 - Jon Micah Sumrall, American singer (Kutless)
1981 - Ryan Ashford, English footballer
1981 - Kele Okereke, lead singer of Bloc Party
1982 - Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
Deaths(probably more ominous, and telling)
Deaths
54 - Claudius, Roman Emperor (b. 10 BC)
1093 - Robert I, Count of Flanders
1282 - Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222)
1415 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1508 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
1605 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (b. 1519)
1673 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617)
1687 - Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
1694 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German jurist (b. 1632)
1706 - Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682)
1715 - Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (b. 1638)
1759 - John Henley, English minister (b. 1692)
1788 - Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702)
1812 - Sir Isaac Brock, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1769)
1815 - Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (executed) (b. 1767)
1825 - King Maximilian I of Bavaria (b. 1756)
1869 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (b. 1804)
1882 - Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816)
1890 - Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816)
1904 - Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870)
1905 - Sir Henry Irving, the first British actor to be knighted (b. 1838)
1909 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (b. 1849)
1917 - Florence La Badie, American actress
1919 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1926 - Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (b. 1865)
1931 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
1938 - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (b. 1894)
1945 - Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (b. 1857)
1950 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1955 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)
1966 - Clifton Webb, American actor (b. 1889)
1968 - Bea Benaderet, American actress (b. 1906)
1971 - Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (b. 1921)
1974 - Ed Sullivan, American television personality (b. 1901)
1979 - Rebecca Helferich Clarke, English composer and violist (b. 1886)
1987 - Walter Brattain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1987 - Kishore Kumar, Indian Singer (b.1929)
1988 - Mike Venezia, jockey (b. 1945)
1990 - Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
2000 - Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
2001 - Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers) (b. 1949)
2002 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936)
2003 - Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
2005 - Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
2006 - Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
2007 - Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
Right off the top of my head I share the birthday of the USA July 4th. I did a wiki search I'm not going to post them all but the ones that excite me are:
1845 - Thomas Barnardo, Irish humanitarian (d. 1905)
1902 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster (d. 1983)
1916 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American thought to be Tokyo Rose in World War II (d. 2006)
1918 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
1918 - Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist ("Dear Abby")
1930 - George Steinbrenner, American businessman & baseball team owner (New York Yankees)
1960 - Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler (Psycho Sid)
1963 - Matt Malley, American musician (Counting Crows)
1971 - Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician (ex-Barenaked Ladies)
1971 - Koko, sign-language gorilla <-FUCK YEAH!
Shakespeare...
* 867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
* 1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
* 1479 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
* 1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
* 1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
* 1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
* 1800 - Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
* 1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
* 1818 - Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)
* 1826 - Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
* 1830 - John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
* 1832 - H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)
* 1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
* 1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
* 1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
* 1865 - Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
* 1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
* 1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
* 1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
* 1887 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972)
* 1890 - Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957)
* 1899 - Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982)
* 1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959)
* 1903 - James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985)
* 1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
* 1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
* 1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
* 1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
* 1919 - Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
* 1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
* 1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
* 1925 - Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (d. 1978)
* 1926 - Ann B. Davis, American actress
* 1931 - Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d, 1999)
* 1935 - Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993)
* 1935 - Bernard Pivot, French journalist and television host
* 1935 - Robert Rehme, American film producer
* 1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer
* 1937 - Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
* 1939 - Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams
* 1940 - Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
* 1940 - Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American film director
* 1941 - Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)
* 1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor
* 1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998)
* 1943 - Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian
* 1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
* 1944 - Bo Larsson, Swedish soccer player
* 1944 - Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor
* 1945 - Raphael Martos, Spanish singer
* 1945 - Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
* 1948 - Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath)
* 1950 - Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer
* 1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
* 1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
* 1955 - Melinda Culea, American actress
* 1956 - Robert Marien, Quebec actor, singer and songwriter
* 1957 - Richard E. Grant, British actor
* 1957 - Peter Howitt, British actor and film director
* 1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
* 1959 - Ian McCulloch, English singer of Echo & the Bunnymen
* 1959 - Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
* 1959 - Brian Williams, American news anchor
* 1961 - Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler and politician
* 1962 - Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
* 1963 - Heidi Kozak, American actress
* 1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
* 1965 - Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver
* 1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
* 1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
* 1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality
* 1970 - Juan Acevedo, baseball player
* 1970 - Will Arnett, Canadian-American actor
* 1970 - Soheil Ayari, French racer
* 1971 - Mike Redmond, baseball player in the United States
* 1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
* 1972 - Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad)
* 1972 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
* 1972 - James Cracknell, British rowing champion, double Olympic gold medalist
* 1973 - Muhsin Muhammad, American football player
* 1974 - Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
* 1976 - Juan Pablo Sor*n, Argentine footballer
* 1976 - Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
* 1977 - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
* 1978 - Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
* 1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
* 1981 - Craig David, British singer
* 1981 - Danielle Fishel, American actress
* 1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
* 1981 - Chris Duncan, baseball player
* 1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
* 1982 - Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer
* 1983 - Henry Cavill, English actor
* 1983 - Scott Ware, American footballer
* 1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
* 1985 - P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
* 1985 - Shōko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
* 1986 - Sean Rose, American actor
* 1987 - Marija *estić, Bosnian singer
* 1988 - Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996)
* 1988 - Brooke Hogan, American singer
* 1988 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
* 1989 - Chris Brown, American singer
* 1989 - Jeremy Radford (Jew)
oh and one of my dealers
October 11, 1992 Sarah Cannon, daughter of singer Amy Grant
October 11, 1975 Kellie Martin, Riverside California, actress, Life Goes On, Cristy
October 11, 1975 Zach Conrad, Ft. Collins Colo, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1974 Jason Arnott, Collingwood Ontario, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers
October 11, 1973 Sharon Dominguez, Miss Belize Universe 1997
October 11, 1972 Brigitte Soucy, Moncton New Brunswick,volleyballer 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1972 Cherokee Parks, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves
October 11, 1972 Kyoko Ina, Tokyo, Japan, figure skater, 1993 North Atlantic Sr champ
October 11, 1972 Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95
October 11, 1971 Chann McRae, Albany, Georgia, cyclist 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1971 Natalie Jay, Hendon England, actress, Baywatch
October 11, 1970 Chidi Ahanotu, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
October 11, 1970 Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals
October 11, 1970 Nicole Jeray, Cook County, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Champ-22nd
October 11, 1969 Cal Dixon, NFL center/guard for the New York Jets
October 11, 1969 Mike Kerr, WLAF defensive end for the Frankfurt Galaxy
October 11, 1969 Prince Constantijn, CF Aschwin, of Netherlands
October 11, 1969 Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy, 5-time all-around world champion
October 11, 1968 Amy Louise Taylor, [Kallested], actress, Silent Night Deadly Night 5
October 11, 1968 Claude Lapointe, Lachine, NHL center for the Calgary Flames
October 11, 1968 Cynthia Johnston, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
October 11, 1967 Bruce Dickson, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos
October 11, 1967 Charles Ogletree, Greenville, North Carolina, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996
October 11, 1967 Dennis Vaske, Rockford, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders
October 11, 1967 John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996
October 11, 1967 Rob Selby, NFL guard for the Arizona Cardinals
October 11, 1967 Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live
October 11, 1966 Gregg Olson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers
October 11, 1966 Luke Perry, born in Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210
October 11, 1966 Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks, Michigan, NHL defenseman, Team USA, New Jersey Devils
October 11, 1965 Chris Spielman, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills
October 11, 1965 Sean Patrick Flanery, actor, Young Indiana Jones, Powder
October 11, 1962 Eric Johnson, Seaside OR, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Louisiana Open-3rd
October 11, 1962 Joan Cusack, born in Evanston, Illinois, actress, SNL, Addams Family Values
October 11, 1962 Leslie Landon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie
October 11, 1962 Martin Bayless, NFL safety for the Kansas City Chiefs
October 11, 1962 Philip Newport, cricketer, England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91
October 11, 1961 Bryant Young, defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers
October 11, 1961 Steve Young, NFL quarterback, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92
October 11, 1960 Curt Ford, baseball player
October 11, 1960 Joe Nash, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
October 11, 1959 Bob Inglis, Rep-R-South Carolina
October 11, 1959 Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star
October 11, 1957 Blair Cunningham, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Haircut 100
October 11, 1957 Jon Moss, rock drummer, Culture Club
October 11, 1953 David Morse, Beverly Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves
October 11, 1951 Wesley Magoogan, rocker
October 11, 1950 Amos Gitai, actor, Neo-Fascist Trilogy, Golem, Arena of Murder
October 11, 1950 Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star
October 11, 1950 Catlin Adams, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ms Loomis-Square Pegs
October 11, 1950 Patty Murry, Sen-D Washington
October 11, 1950 Thomas J Tauke, Rep-R-IA, 1979-
October 11, 1950 Patty Murray, American Politician
October 11, 1949 Bobby Jones, baseball player
October 11, 1949 Greg Douglas, rock guitarist and vocalist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra
October 11, 1948 Daryl Hall, rocker/songwriter, Hall and Oates-Sara Smile
October 11, 1946 Felton Perry, actor, Magnum Force, Sudden Death
October 11, 1946 Gary Mallaber, Buffalo, New York, rocker, Steve Miller Band-Abracadbra
October 11, 1946 Sawao Kato, Japan, gymnist, Olympics gold 1968, 72, 76
October 11, 1944 Rodney Marsh, athlete
October 11, 1943 Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist, Les Baroques
October 11, 1943 Gene Watson, Palestine, Texas, country singer, Heartaches, Love and Stuff
October 11, 1943 Keith Boyce, cricketer, big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's
October 11, 1943 Ken Boyce, cricketer
October 11, 1943 Per-Gunnar Alldahl, composer
October 11, 1942 Amitabh Bachan, actress, Deewar
October 11, 1942 Malvin Whitfield, Bay City, Texas, track star, Oly-3 gold/silv/br-48, 52
October 11, 1942 Victor H Fazio, Rep-D-California, 1979-
October 11, 1942 Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor
October 11, 1940 David McFadden, Canadian Poet
October 11, 1939 Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers
October 11, 1939 Maria Bueno, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, tennis player, Wimbledon 1959
October 11, 1939 Woiciech Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer
October 11, 1937 Bobby Charlton, English soccer player
October 11, 1937 Georgi Vladimirovich Machinski, cosmonaut
October 11, 1937 Ron Leibman, New York City, actor, Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty and Beast
October 11, 1935 Jan van Vlijmen, composer
October 11, 1935 Roy Scheider, actor, Jaws, Fren Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion
October 11, 1933 Dawn French, actress/comedienne, Supergrass
October 11, 1932 Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby
October 11, 1930 Bill Fischer, baseball player
October 11, 1930 Harry Glass, German DR, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956
October 11, 1930 Sam Johnson, Rep-R-Texas
October 11, 1928 Thomas Burnett Swann, U.S., sci-fi author, Day of Minotaur
October 11, 1926 Earle Hyman, North Carolina, actor, Russell-Cosby, Coriolanus
October 11, 1926 John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's
October 11, 1925 Elmore Leonard, U.S. writer, Glitz, Mr. Majestyk, Touch, 52 Pick-Up
October 11, 1925 Nancy Guild, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Where Was I?
October 11, 1919 Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers
October 11, 1918 Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story
October 11, 1917 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer
October 11, 1914 Edward J Day, U.S. Postmaster General, 1961
October 11, 1913 J J Pickle, Rep-D-TX, 1963-
October 11, 1910 Eugene John Weigel, composer
October 11, 1910 Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier
October 11, 1910 Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President
October 11, 1908 Armen Carapetyan, composer
October 11, 1906 Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colo, NFL hall of fame QB, Spartans, Detroit
October 11, 1902 Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor, Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen
October 11, 1901 Emil Hlobil, composer
October 11, 1901 Gerard Romsee, Flemish nationalist
October 11, 1900 Cal Hubbard, NFL tackle, Giants, Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates
October 11, 1899 A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer, no relation to A E South African fast bowler
October 11, 1897 Arvo Hannikainen, composer
October 11, 1897 George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins
October 11, 1897 Nathan F Twining, USAF general, Neither Liberty nor Safety
October 11, 1897 Russell Collins, New Orleans LA
October 11, 1896 Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar, Fundamentals of Language
October 11, 1895 H Schiebelhuth, writer
October 11, 1894 Albert Stoessel, composer
October 11, 1891 Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop
October 11, 1888 Piero Coppola, composer
October 11, 1885 Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician
October 11, 1885 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright, Nobel 1952
October 11, 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st lady, 1933-1945, crusader, Nobel 1931
October 11, 1884 Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist, benzine from brown coal, Nobel
October 11, 1884 Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer
October 11, 1884 Sig Ruman, [Siegfried Rumann], Hamburg Germany
October 11, 1883 Archibald T Davison, composer
October 11, 1882 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer
October 11, 1882 Will Vesper, German author, Vom grossen Krieg
October 11, 1881 Stark Young, U.S. critic/writer, So Red the Rose
October 11, 1877 John Parsons Beach, composer
October 11, 1876 G von Le Fort, writer
October 11, 1875 Stefan O Iosif, Romania, poet, Beautiful Irine
October 11, 1872 Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court, 1925-41, Chief Justice, 41-46
October 11, 1869 Gordon Frederic Norton, composer
October 11, 1865 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer, Mot Karnaval
October 11, 1863 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer
October 11, 1844 Henry John Heinz, founded prepared-foods company, 57 varieties
October 11, 1841 Freidrich Hegar, composer
October 11, 1835 Hunter Holmes McGuire, Med Director Confederate Army, died in 1900
October 11, 1825 C F Meyer, writer
October 11, 1825 Elkanah Brackin Greer, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1877
October 11, 1821 Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, composer
October 11, 1821 George Williams, England, founder YMCA
October 11, 1820 Alfred Washington Ellet, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1895
October 11, 1815 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people
October 11, 1806 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia, 1842-58
October 11, 1803 Albartus Telting, Frisian poet, Frisianch Jierboeckjen
October 11, 1788 Simon Sechter, composer
October 11, 1782 Steen Steensen Blicher, Denmk, poet/short-story writer, E Binddstouw
October 11, 1768 Adriaan van den Ende, Dutch vicar/educationalist
October 11, 1758 Wilhelm Olbers, discovered asteroids, Pallas and Vesta
October 11, 1747 Marian Paradeiser, composer
October 11, 1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales
October 11, 1671 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway, 1699-1730
October 11, 1661 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect, Anti-Lucretius
October 11, 1611 Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
October 11, 1593 Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam, 1654..71
October 11, 1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
Terrell Owens -- football receiver. 1973
Aaron Carter -- Singer and fruit. 1987
Bob Marley - February 6th, 1945.
billy grahm and the brady bunch dude. (uughhh!)
i thought there would be more for luck#7 scorpio...maybe i didnt look hard enough
donny:rhinoceros:
February 1st-
1901-Clark Gable
1902- Langston Hughes (dies at 65 on his birthday)
1931-Boris Yeltsin
1942-Terry Jones, comedian (Monty Python)
1948-Rick James
1968-Pauley Shore & Lisa Marie Presley
1987- Me!
Jimmy fucking Hendrix man!
top that
December 24 -
3 BC - Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
1166 - King John of England (d. 1216)
1389 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)
1475 - Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)
1491 - Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)
1508 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)
1588 - Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)
1609 - Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (d. 1683)
1635 - Mariana of Austria, second wife of king Philip IV of Spain (d. 1696)
1698 - William Warburton, English Bishop of Gloucester (d. 1779)
1724 - Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (d. 1811)
1745 - Benjamin Rush, doctor and Founding Father of the United States (d. 1813)
1754 - George Crabbe, British poet and naturalist (d. 1832)
1761 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
1784 - Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1803)
1798 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (d. 1855)
1809 - Kit Carson, American frontiersman (d. 1868)
1812 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German jurist (d. 1894)
1818 - James Prescott Joule, British physicist (d. 1889)
1822 - Matthew Arnold, British poet (d. 1888)
1837 - Elisabeth of Bavaria a.k.a Sissi, Empress of Austria (d. 1898)
1843 - Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886)
1845 - King George I of Greece (d. 1913)
1867 - Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1868 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (d. 1941)
1879 - Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Queen Consort to Christian X (d. 1952)
1879 - ?mile Nelligan, Quebec poet (d. 1941)
1880 - Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)
1881 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1886 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962)
1887 - Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (d. 1951)
1893 - Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (Chattanooga Choo Choo - I Only Have Eyes for You) (d. 1981)
1894 - Georges Guynemer, French aviator (d. 1917)
1895 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)
1898 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)
1898 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)
1900 - Joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)
1904 - Joseph Moses Juran, American industrial engineer and philanthropist.
1905 - Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor (d. 1976)
1906 - Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
1907 - I. F. Stone, American journalist (d. 1989)
1910 - Fritz Leiber, American writer (d. 1992)
1914 - Ralph Marterie, American trumpet player and big band leader (d. 1978)
1914 - Herbert Reinecker, German writer
1917 - Kim Jong-suk, Wife of Kim Il-sung, mother of Kim Jung-Il, "The Heroine of the Anti-Japanese Revolution" (d. 1949)
1920 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (d. 1944)
1922 - Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)
1923 - George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
1923 - Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
1924 - Lee Dorsey, American singer (d. 1986)
1924 - Grigory Kriss, Russian Olympic champion fencer
1925 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
1926 - Paul Buissonneau, French-born Quebec theatre director
1929 - Mary Higgins Clark, American author
1931 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer
1931 - Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist and composer
1932 - On Kawara, Japanese conceptual artist
1937 - Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player
1938 - Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
1938 - Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
1941 - John Levene, British actor
1943 - Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
1944 - Daniel Johnson, Jr., Quebec politician, Premier of Quebec
1944 - Mike Curb, American musician, record company executive and politician
1944 - Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay
1944 - Barry Chuckle, British comedian
1945 - Lemmy, British singer, bassist (Motörhead)
1945 - Nicholas Meyer, American author
1945 - Steve Smith, Canadian Comedian, The New Red Green Show, Duct Tape Forever
1946 - Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005)
1946 - Jeff Sessions, American politician
1947 - Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC
1948 - Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player
1949 - Randy Neugebauer, American politician
1949 - Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
1950 - Dana Gioia, American poet
1951 - John D'Acquisto, baseball player
1953 - François Loos, French politician
1954 - José Mar*a Figueres, Costa Rican politician
1955 - Grand L. Bush, American actor
1955 - Clarence Gilyard, American actor
1957 - Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
1957 - Diane Tell, Quebec singer
1958 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer
1959 - Keith Deller, British darts player
1959 - Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
1960 - Glenn McQueen, American animator (d. 2002)
1960 - Carol Vorderman, British television presenter
1961 - Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Republic
1961 - Jay Wright, American basketball coach
1963 - Mary Ramsey, American singer (10,000 Maniacs)
1963 - Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress
1964 - Mark Valley, American actor
1966 - Diedrich Bader, American actor
1967 - Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
1968 - Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist
1969 - Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer
1970 - Amaury Nolasco, American actor
1970 - Will Oldham, American singer and songwriter
1971 - Christopher Daniels, American professional wrestler
1971 - Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
1971 - Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
1972 - Alvaro Mesen, Costa Rican footballer
1973 - Eddie Pope, American soccer player
1973 - Stephenie Meyer, Author
1974 - Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
1974 - Ryan Seacrest, American television host
1978 - Yıldıray Baştürk, Turkish footballer
1979 - Chris Hero, American professional wrestler
1980 - Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
1981 - Dima Bilan, Karachay-Russian pop artist
1982 - Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor
1985 - David Ragan, American race car driver
1986 - Edward Southall, British composer
1986 - Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007 from Japan
* 1374 - Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
* 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer
* 1516 - Queen Mary I of England (d. 1558)
* 1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
* 1543 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
* 1559 - Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (d. 1614)
* 1602 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
* 1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian (d. 1674)
* 1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
* 1642 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
* 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
* 1745 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (d. 1827)
* 1814 - Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
* 1836 - Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (d. 1886)
* 1838 - Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (d. 1916)
* 1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
* 1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933)
* 1849 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (d. 1906)
* 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish humorist (d. 1916)
* 1870 - William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (d. 1924)
* 1871 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
* 1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author (d. 1957)
* 1884 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970)
* 1888 - George Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
* 1890 - Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956)
* 1890 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
* 1892 - Wendell Willkie, American politician (d. 1944)
* 1896 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)
* 1897 - Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)
* 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver (d. 1988)
* 1898 - Luis Muñoz Mar*n, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980)
* 1901 - Reginald Sheffield, British actor (d. 1957)
* 1902 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975)
* 1903 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (d. 1983)
* 1906 - Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
* 1907 - Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (d. 2008)
* 1909 - Wallace Stegner, American writer (d. 1993)
* 1914 - Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (d. 2000)
* 1915 - Phyllis Calvert, British actress (d. 2002)
* 1916 - Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1999)
* 1918 - Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (d. 2008).
* 1919 - Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1920 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (d. 1990)
* 1920 - Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (d. 1997)
* 1922 - Helen Gurley Brown, American editor
* 1922 - Allan Melvin, American actor (d. 2008)
* 1922 - Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (d. 1971)
* 1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)
* 1924 - Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002)
* 1925 - George Kennedy, American actor
* 1925 - Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist
* 1927 - John Warner, American politician
* 1927 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1928 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1929 - Len Deighton, British author
* 1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
* 1930 - Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist
* 1931 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
* 1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate
* 1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player
* 1932 - Miloš Forman, Czech film director
* 1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
* 1933 - Sir Bobby Robson, English football manager
* 1933 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (d. 1975)
* 1935 - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
* 1936 - Jean Auel, American writer
* 1936 - Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1938 - István Szabó, Hungarian film director
* 1938 - Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player
* 1939 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
* 1939 - Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor
* 1939 - Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist
* 1941 - Irma Thomas, American singer
* 1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer
* 1944 - Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
* 1945 - Judy Rankin, American golfer
* 1946 - Michael Buerk, British newsreader
* 1946 - Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor
* 1947 - Dennis DeYoung, American musician (STYX)
* 1947 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
* 1947 - Carlos Lopes, Portuguese athlete
* 1947 - Eliot Lance Engel, American politician
* 1948 - Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
* 1948 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (d. 2005)
* 1949 - Gary Ridgway, American serial killer
* 1950 - John Hughes, American director
* 1950 - Cybill Shepherd, American actress
* 1950 - Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician
* 1951 - Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite
* 1952 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player
* 1952 - Juice Newton, American singer
* 1953 - Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
* 1954 - John Travolta, American actor
* 1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright
* 1955 - Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler
* 1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997)
* 1957 - Marita Koch, German athlete
* 1957 - Vanna White, American game show presenter
* 1958 - Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver
* 1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
* 1960 - Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter
* 1960 - Greta Scacchi, Australian actress
* 1960 - Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1962 - Julie Strain, American actress
* 1963 - Martin Treanor, Irish Writer
* 1963 - Henry Winter, English football journalist
* 1964 - Matt Dillon, American actor
* 1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
* 1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
* 1965 - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (d. 2005)
* 1966 - Guy Ferland, American television director
* 1967 - Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
* 1967 - Tracey Edmonds, American film and television producer
* 1968 - Molly Ringwald, American actress
* 1968 - Tommy Scott, British musician (Space)
* 1969 - Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player
* 1969 - Jason Sutter, American drummer (Smash Mouth, American Hi-Fi)
* 1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace)
* 1970 - Susan Egan, American actress
* 1971 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player
* 1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer
* 1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
* 1974 - Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician
* 1974 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
* 1975 - Sarah Brown, American actress
* 1975 - Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer
* 1975 - Gary Neville, English footballer
* 1976 - Leilani Munter, American race car driver
* 1977 - Kátia, Brazilian footballer
* 1977 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1977 - Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete
* 1978 - Josip Simunic, Croatian footballer
* 1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter
* 1980 - Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player
* 1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
* 1981 - Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer
* 1981 - Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor
* 1981 - Alex Rios, American baseball player
* 1983 - Juelz Santana, American rapper
* 1983 - Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
* 1983 - Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
* 1984 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
* 1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer
* 1985 - Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
* 1986 - Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
* 1988 - Maiara Walsh, American actress
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1972 Emily Robison (singer - dixie chicks)
1960 Timothy Hutton (actor)
1958 Angela Bassett (actress)
1958 Madonna (Ciccone) (singer, actress)
1954 James Cameron (director, screenwriter)
1953 James J T Taylor (singer)
1953 Kathie Lee (Epstein) Gifford (talk show host, singer)
1946 Lesley Ann Warren (actress)
1936 Anita Gillette (Luebben) (actress)
1935 Julie Newmar (Newmeyer) (actress)
1931 Eydie Gorme (singer)
1930 Robert Culp (actor)
1930 Frank Gifford (Football player, sports broadcaster)
1929 Lois Nettleton (actress)
1928 Ann Blyth (actress)
1927 Fess Parker (actor, singer)
1920 Charles Bukowski (author)
1913 Menachem Begin (Israeli Prime Minister)
1910 Mae Clarke (actress)
1868 Bernard McFadden (publisher)
And Elvis died on my birthday. :-(
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1355 - Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster
1378 - Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
1401 - Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, dauphine of France (d. 1436)
1557 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)
1573 - Anna of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1598)
1596 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (d. 1632)
1637 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and poet (d. 1706)
1645 - Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
1650 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718)
1682 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712)
1761 - Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)
1815 - John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
1820 - Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian politician (d. 1892)
1831 - John Jones Ross, Quebec politician (d. 1901)
1832 - Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)
1842 - Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (d. 1922)
1845 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1921)
1858 - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (d. 1927)
1860 - Jules Laforgue, French poet (d. 1887)
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (d. 1965)
1868 - Bernarr McFadden, American publisher (d. 1955)
1876 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942)
1884 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (d. 1967)
1884 - Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
1888 - T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935)
1888 - Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943)
1892 - Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)
1894 - George Meany, American labor union leader (d. 1980)
1895 - Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)
1895 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
1902 - Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974)
1904 - Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1908 - William Maxwell, American novelist and editor (d. 2000)
1911 - E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
1912 - Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995)
1913 - Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1915 - Al Hibbler, American singer (d. 2001)
1916 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
1922 - Ernie Freeman, American pianist and arranger (d. 2001)
1923 - Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright
1924 - Fess Parker, American actor
1925 - Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1928 - Ann Blyth, American actress
1929 - Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (d. 1980)
1929 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
1929 - Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
1930 - Robert Culp, American actor
1930 - Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer
1930 - Tony Trabert, American former tennis player
1931 - Eydie Gormé, American singer
1933 - Julie Newmar, American actress
1933 - Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (d. 1994)
1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, British author
1934 - Ketty Lester, American singer
1934 - Pierre Richard, French actor
1935 - Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
1935 - Cliff Fletcher, Canadian National Hockey League executive
1937 - David Anderson, Canadian politician
1939 - Sir Trevor Mcdonald, Trinidadian-born British television newsreader
1940 - Bruce Beresford, Australian film director
1942 - Barbara George, American singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
1945 - Suzanne Farrell, ballet dancer
1946 - Massoud Barzani, Iraqi Kurdish politician
1946 - Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
1946 - Dick Murdoch, American professional wrestler (d. 1996)
1947 - Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer
1947 - Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
1947 - Marc Messier, Canadian actor
1948 - Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player
1948 - Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher
1949 - Scott Asheton, American musician (The Stooges)
1950 - Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian athlete
1950 - Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
1950 - Stockwell Day, Canadian politician
1950 - Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
1951 - Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
1952 - Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
1953 - Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
1953 - James "J.T." Taylor, American singer (Kool & The Gang)
1954 - James Cameron, Canadian film director
1957 - Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
1958 - Angela Bassett, American actress
1958 - Madonna, American singer and actress
1958 - José Luis Clerc, Argentine tennis player
1960 - Timothy Hutton, American actor
1961 - Christian Okoye, former American football player
1962 - Steve Carell, American actor and comedian
1964 - Jimmy Arias, American tennis player
1966 - Barry Lather, American choreographer, musician and actor
1967 - Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish television personality
1967 - Pamela Smart, American convicted murderess
1968 - Mateja Svet, Slovenian alpine skier
1970 - Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster
1970 - Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995)
1970 - Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
1971 - Stefan Klos, German footballer
1972 - Stan Lazaridis, Australian soccer player
1972 - Emily Robison, American country singer, instrumentalist and songwriter (Dixie Chicks)
1973 - Damian Jackson, American baseball player
1974 - Roger Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
1974 - Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
1974 - Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
1975 - Didier Agathe, French footballer
1975 - George Stults, American actor
1976 - Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
1976 - Dave Ockun, American concert producer
1978 - Eddie Gill, American basketball player
1978 - Fu Mingxia, Chinese female diver
1979 - Michael Stahlman, American rower and coach
1980 - Vanessa Carlton, American singer/songwriter
1980 - Robert Hardy, English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)
1981 - Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
1981 - Taylor Rain, American pornographic actress
1982 - Joleon Lescott, English footballer
1983 - Colin Griffiths, English TV presenter and DJ
1983 - Nikos Zisis, Greek basketball player
1983 - Colt Brennan, University of Hawai'i Quarterback
1985 - Agnes Bruckner, American actress
1986 - Shawn Pyfrom, American actor
1987 - Kyal Marsh, Australian actor
1988 - Kevin Schmidt, American actor
1988 - Rumer Willis, American actress
1988 - Amandah Wilkinson, Australian musician
1991 - Evanna Lynch, Irish actress
1991 - Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Canadian actress