Birthdays
VIP
Notable
1401 – Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1573: Mathurin Régnier (d. 22 Oct 1613)
French satirist
1596 – Peter Mogila (d. 1646)
Romanian-Ukrainian metropolitan
1603 – Roger Williams (d. 1684)
English-American minister, theologian, and politician
9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island
1672 – Benjamin Schmolck (d. 1737)
German pastor and composer
1714 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (d. 1774)
1728 – Hermann Raupach (d. 1778)
German harpsichord player and composer
1778 – Anders Sandøe Ørsted (d. 1860)
Danish jurist and politician
3rd Prime Minister of Denmark
1795 – John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (d. 1883)
1795 – Leopold von Ranke (d. 1886)
German historian, author, and academic
1803 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter (d. 1894)
1804 – Benjamin Disraeli (d. 19 Apr 1881)
English lawyer and politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1805 – Thomas Graham (d. 1869)
Scottish chemist and academic
1808: Clara Lucas Balfour (d. 3 Jul 1878)
English temperance campaigner, lecturer and author
1811 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (d. 1882)
1815 – Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879)
1818 – Amalia of Oldenburg (d. 1875)
1820 – William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894)
1830 – Bartolomé Masó (d. 1907)
Cuban soldier and politician
1832 – John H. Ketcham (d. 1906)
American general and politician
1840 – Namık Kemal (d. 1888)
Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist
1843 – Thomas Bracken (d. 1898)
Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician
1849: James Lane Allen (18 Feb 1925)
American novelist and short story writer
1850 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900)
1850 – William Wallace Lincoln (d. 1862)
American son of Abraham Lincoln
1851 – Thomas Chipman McRae (d. 1929)
American lawyer and politician
26th Governor of Arkansas
1859 – Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (d. 1936)
1860: Henrietta Szold (d. 13 Feb 1945)
American Jewish Zionist leader
founder of Hadassah
1866 – Maud Gonne (d. 1953)
English-Irish actress and activist
1868 – George W. Fuller, American engineer (d. 1934)
1872 – Sidney Ainsworth, English-American actor (d. 1922)
1872 – Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)
1872 – Albert Payson Terhune (d. 1942)
American journalist and author
1872 – Trevor Kincaid, American scientist (d. 1970)
1873 – Blagoje Bersa (d. 1934)
Croatian composer and educator
1876 – Jack Lang (d. 1975)
Australian politician
23rd Premier of New South Wales
1877 – Jaan Sarv (d. 1954)
Estonian mathematician and scholar
1878 – Jan Łukasiewicz (d. 1956)
Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher
1885 – Frank Patrick (d. 1960)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1888 – Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (d. 1914)
1889 – Sewall Wright (d. 1988)
American geneticist and biologist
1890 – Hermann Joseph Muller (d. 1967)
American geneticist and biologist
Nobel Prize laureate
1891 – John William McCormack (d. 22 Nov 1980)
American lawyer and politician
53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1892 – Amy Clarke (d. 1980)
English poet, author, and academic
1892 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969)
1892 – Rebecca West (d. 15 Mar 1983)
English journalist and author
1896: Eric Johnston (22 Aug 1963)
American businessman
1896 – Leroy Robertson (d. 1971)
American composer and educator
1903 – Maria Balcerkiewiczówna (d. 1975)
Polish-English actress
1905 – Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)
1908 – Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (d. 2008)
1909 – Seichō Matsumoto (d. 1992)
Japanese journalist and author
1911 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1913 – Arnold Friberg (d. 2010)
American illustrator and painter
1914 – Frank Fenner (d. 2010)
Australian microbiologist and virologist
1914 – Ivan Generalić, Hungarian-Croatian painter (d. 1992)
1915 – Joe Mantell, American actor (d. 2010)
1915 – Werner von Trapp (d. 11 Oct 2007)
Austrian-American singer
1917 – Diana Athill, English author
1917 – Heinrich Böll (d. 1985)
German soldier and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Donald Regan (d. 10 Jun 2003)
American colonel and politician
66th US Treasury Secretary
11th White House Chief of Staff
1918 – Kurt Waldheim (d. 14 Jun 2007)
Austrian colonel and politician
4th UN Secretary-General
9th President of Austria
1919: Larry Eisenberg
American short story author and writer of comic verse
1920 – Bob Bindig (d. 2007)
American illustrator and historian
1920 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (d. 1988)
1921 – Alicia Alonso
Cuban ballerina and choreographer
founded the Cuban National Ballet
1921 – Robert Lipshutz (d. 2010)
American lawyer and politician
17th White House Counsel
1922 – Itubwa Amram (d. 1989)
Nauruan pastor and politician
1922 – Paul Winchell (d. 24 Jun 2005)
American ventriloquist and voice actor
1923 – Richard Hugo, American poet and educator (d. 1982)
1924 – Rita Reys, Dutch singer (d. 2013)
1925 – Olga Aroseva, Russian actress (d. 2013)
1926 – Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno (d. 22 Jan 2012)
American football player and coach
1928 – Ed Nelson, American actor (d. 2014)
1931 – David Baker, American composer and educator
1931 – Moira Orfei, Italian actress (d. 2015)
1932 – U. R. Ananthamurthy (d. 2014)
Indian author, poet, and critic
1932 – Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
1933 – Denis E. Dillon (d. 2010)
American jurist and politician
1933 – Robert Worcester
American businessman, founder of MORI
1934 – Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
1935 – John G. Avildsen
American director, producer, and cinematographer
1935 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (d. 1967)
1935 – Yusuf Bey, American activist (d. 2003)
1935 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer
1935 – Edward Schreyer
Canadian academic and politician
22nd Governor General of Canada
1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress, producer, and activist
1937 – Donald F. Munson, American politician
1938 – Larry Bryggman, American actor
1938 – Frank Moorhouse
Australian journalist, author, and screenwriter
1938 – John Quayle, English actor
1939 – Lloyd Axworthy
Canadian academic and politician
2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Wafic Saïd
Syrian-Monacan businessman and philanthropist
1940 – Arvi Lind, Finnish journalist
1940 – Ray Hildebrand
American singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
1940 – Frank Zappa (d. 4 Dec 1993)
American composer, guitarist, and record producer
(The Mothers of Invention)
1942 – Hu Jintao
Chinese engineer and politician, 6th President of China
1942 – Reinhard Mey, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Anthony Summers, Irish journalist and author
1942 – Carla Thomas, American singer
1943 – André Arthur, Canadian journalist and politician
1943 – Lena Bergman, Swedish actress
1943 – Albert Lee
English guitarist and songwriter
(Heads Hands & Feet and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1943 – Jack Nance, American actor (d. 1996)
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1944 – Bill Atkinson, English footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas
American pianist, composer, and conductor
1944 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (d. 2007)
1946: Donald Arthur Carson
Canadian Reformed Evangelical theologian
1946 – Roy Karch
American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
1946 – Kevin Peek (d. 2013)
Australian guitarist and songwriter (Sky)
1946 – Carl Wilson (d. 1998)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Beach Boys)
1947: Zoe Lofgren
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1995-present
1947 – Paco de Lucía (d. 2014)
Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
(Paco de Lucía Sextet)
1947 – Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and manager
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
1948 – Dave Kingman, American baseball player
1948: Thierry Mugler
French fashion designer and perfume designer
1948 – Willi Resetarits
Austrian singer-songwriter, actor, and activist
1948: Zev Yaroslavsky
American politician, D.
Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,
1994-2014
1949 – Nicholas Penny, English historian and academic
1949 – Thomas Sankara (d. 1987)
Burkinabé captain and politician
5th President of Burkina Faso
1949 – Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
1950 – Jeffrey Katzenberg
American screenwriter and producer
co-founded DreamWorks Animation
1950 – Lillebjørn Nilsen
Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Gitarkameratene)
1950 – David Thacker, English director and screenwriter
1951 – Nick Gilder
English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Sweeney Todd)
1951 – Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
1952 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
1953 – András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
1953 – Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter
1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
1954 – Tsurutaro Kataoka
Japanese boxer, television personality, actor, and artist
1955 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
(Southern All Stars)
1956 – Dave Laut, American shot putter (d. 2009)
1957 – Tom Henke, American baseball player
1957 – Rolf Kanies, German actor
1957 – Ray Romano
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner (d. 1998)
American sprinter and actress
1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball player and coach
1960 – Sherry Rehman
Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat
25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
1960 – Tim Rucks (d. 2015)
American football player and coach
1960 – Andy Van Slyke, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Henry Ford Kamel (d. 2012)
Ghanaian banker and politician
1961 – Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor and director
1961 – The Patriot, American wrestler
1961 – Rein Raud, Estonian scholar and author
1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
1963 – Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
1964 – Rob Kelly, English footballer and manager
1964 – Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director
1964 – Daniel Suarez, American author
1964 – Fabiana Udenio, Argentinian-Italian actress
1965 – Andy Dick
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Anke Engelke
Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Stuart Mitchell, Scottish pianist and composer
1965 – Masahiro Motoki, Japanese actor
1966 – Martin Bayfield
English rugby player, actor, and stuntman
1966 – Adam Schefter, American journalist and sportscaster
1966 – Kiefer Sutherland
English-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1966 – Karri Turner, American actress
1967 – Ervin Johnson, American basketball player
1967 – Fritz Karl, Austrian actor
1967 – Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mikheil Saakashvili
Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
French-American model, actress, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Jack Noseworthy, American actor
1969 – Mihails Zemļinskis
Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
1971 – Matthieu Chedid
French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Margarita Drobiazko, Lithuanian ice dancer
1971 – Fenton Keogh, Australian chef
1971 – Brett Scallions
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Fuel, Manzarek–Krieger, and Circus Diablo)
1971 – Jamie Theakston, English actor and television host
1972 – Gloria De Piero, English journalist and politician
1972 – LaTroy Hawkins, American baseball player
1972 – Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
1972 – Claudia Poll, Nicaraguan-Costa Rican swimmer
1972 – Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Indian journalist and politician
1972 – Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1973 – Irakli Alasania
Georgian colonel and politician
Georgian Minister of Defense
1973 – Mike Alstott, American football player
1973 – Karmen Stavec, German-Slovenian singer
1974 – Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
1976 – Mirela Maniani, Albanian-Greek javelin thrower
1976 – Lukas Rossi
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Rock Star Supernova and Daylight Division)
1977 – A. J. Bowen, American actor and producer
1977 – Toby Rand, Australian singer-songwriter (Juke Kartel)
1978 – Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
1978 – Mike Vitar, American actor
1979 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1979 – Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress, singer, and director
1979 – Kristjan Sarv, Estonian actor
1980 – Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player
1981 – Frankie Abernathy (d. 2007)
American purse designer
cast member on The Real World: San Diego
1981 – Mohammed Jabarah, Kuwaiti terrorist
1981 – Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
1981 – Sanita Pušpure, Latvian-Irish rower
1981 – Lynda Thomas
Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
1982 – Primo, Puerto Rican and Canadian wrestler
1982 – Mike Gansey, American basketball player
1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player
1982 – Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist
1982 – Tom Payne, English actor
1983 – Steven Yeun, South Korean-American actor
1984 – Andrea Jeremiah, Indian actress and singer
1984 – Sarah Mutch, Canadian model and actress
1984 – Darren Potter, Irish footballer
1985 – James Stewart, Jr., American motorcycle racer
1985 – Tom Sturridge, English actor
1985 – Kotaro Yanagi, Japanese actor
1986 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (d. 2015)
1986 – Rachel Shenton, English actress
1987 – Denis Alekseyev, Russian sprinter
1987 – Ryza Cenon, Filipino actress and dancer
1987 – Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress
1987 – Brad Howard, Australian footballer
1987 – Michael Lohan Jr., American actor
1988 – Yasmin, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and DJ
1988 – Alexa Goddard, English singer
1988 – Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
1989 – Tamannaah, Indian model and actress
1989 – Mark Ingram, Jr., American football player
1990 – Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Greek footballer
1994 – Eva Paalma, Estonian tennis player
1573: Mathurin Régnier (d. 22 Oct 1613)
French satirist
1596 – Peter Mogila (d. 1646)
Romanian-Ukrainian metropolitan
1603 – Roger Williams (d. 1684)
English-American minister, theologian, and politician
9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island
1672 – Benjamin Schmolck (d. 1737)
German pastor and composer
1714 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (d. 1774)
1728 – Hermann Raupach (d. 1778)
German harpsichord player and composer
1778 – Anders Sandøe Ørsted (d. 1860)
Danish jurist and politician
3rd Prime Minister of Denmark
1795 – John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (d. 1883)
1795 – Leopold von Ranke (d. 1886)
German historian, author, and academic
1803 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter (d. 1894)
1804 – Benjamin Disraeli (d. 19 Apr 1881)
English lawyer and politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1805 – Thomas Graham (d. 1869)
Scottish chemist and academic
1808: Clara Lucas Balfour (d. 3 Jul 1878)
English temperance campaigner, lecturer and author
1811 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (d. 1882)
1815 – Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879)
1818 – Amalia of Oldenburg (d. 1875)
1820 – William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894)
1830 – Bartolomé Masó (d. 1907)
Cuban soldier and politician
1832 – John H. Ketcham (d. 1906)
American general and politician
1840 – Namık Kemal (d. 1888)
Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist
1843 – Thomas Bracken (d. 1898)
Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician
1849: James Lane Allen (18 Feb 1925)
American novelist and short story writer
1850 – Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900)
1850 – William Wallace Lincoln (d. 1862)
American son of Abraham Lincoln
1851 – Thomas Chipman McRae (d. 1929)
American lawyer and politician
26th Governor of Arkansas
1859 – Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (d. 1936)
1860: Henrietta Szold (d. 13 Feb 1945)
American Jewish Zionist leader
founder of Hadassah
1866 – Maud Gonne (d. 1953)
English-Irish actress and activist
1868 – George W. Fuller, American engineer (d. 1934)
1872 – Sidney Ainsworth, English-American actor (d. 1922)
1872 – Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956)
1872 – Albert Payson Terhune (d. 1942)
American journalist and author
1872 – Trevor Kincaid, American scientist (d. 1970)
1873 – Blagoje Bersa (d. 1934)
Croatian composer and educator
1876 – Jack Lang (d. 1975)
Australian politician
23rd Premier of New South Wales
1877 – Jaan Sarv (d. 1954)
Estonian mathematician and scholar
1878 – Jan Łukasiewicz (d. 1956)
Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher
1885 – Frank Patrick (d. 1960)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1888 – Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (d. 1914)
1889 – Sewall Wright (d. 1988)
American geneticist and biologist
1890 – Hermann Joseph Muller (d. 1967)
American geneticist and biologist
Nobel Prize laureate
1891 – John William McCormack (d. 22 Nov 1980)
American lawyer and politician
53rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1892 – Amy Clarke (d. 1980)
English poet, author, and academic
1892 – Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969)
1892 – Rebecca West (d. 15 Mar 1983)
English journalist and author
1896: Eric Johnston (22 Aug 1963)
American businessman
1896 – Leroy Robertson (d. 1971)
American composer and educator
1903 – Maria Balcerkiewiczówna (d. 1975)
Polish-English actress
1905 – Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)
1908 – Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (d. 2008)
1909 – Seichō Matsumoto (d. 1992)
Japanese journalist and author
1911 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1913 – Arnold Friberg (d. 2010)
American illustrator and painter
1914 – Frank Fenner (d. 2010)
Australian microbiologist and virologist
1914 – Ivan Generalić, Hungarian-Croatian painter (d. 1992)
1915 – Joe Mantell, American actor (d. 2010)
1915 – Werner von Trapp (d. 11 Oct 2007)
Austrian-American singer
1917 – Diana Athill, English author
1917 – Heinrich Böll (d. 1985)
German soldier and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Donald Regan (d. 10 Jun 2003)
American colonel and politician
66th US Treasury Secretary
11th White House Chief of Staff
1918 – Kurt Waldheim (d. 14 Jun 2007)
Austrian colonel and politician
4th UN Secretary-General
9th President of Austria
1919: Larry Eisenberg
American short story author and writer of comic verse
1920 – Bob Bindig (d. 2007)
American illustrator and historian
1920 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (d. 1988)
1921 – Alicia Alonso
Cuban ballerina and choreographer
founded the Cuban National Ballet
1921 – Robert Lipshutz (d. 2010)
American lawyer and politician
17th White House Counsel
1922 – Itubwa Amram (d. 1989)
Nauruan pastor and politician
1922 – Paul Winchell (d. 24 Jun 2005)
American ventriloquist and voice actor
1923 – Richard Hugo, American poet and educator (d. 1982)
1924 – Rita Reys, Dutch singer (d. 2013)
1925 – Olga Aroseva, Russian actress (d. 2013)
1925: Paul Kurtz (d. 20 Oct 2012)
American philosopher, skeptic, and secular humanist
1926: Elisabeth Elliot (d. 15 Jun 2015)
American missionary and author
1926 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (d. 2011)1926 – Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno (d. 22 Jan 2012)
American football player and coach
1926: Frederick Segrest (bka Freddie Hart)
American country musician and songwriter
1928 – Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (d. 1999)1928 – Ed Nelson, American actor (d. 2014)
1931 – David Baker, American composer and educator
1931 – Moira Orfei, Italian actress (d. 2015)
1932 – U. R. Ananthamurthy (d. 2014)
Indian author, poet, and critic
1932 – Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
1933 – Denis E. Dillon (d. 2010)
American jurist and politician
1933 – Robert Worcester
American businessman, founder of MORI
1934 – Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
1935 – John G. Avildsen
American director, producer, and cinematographer
1935 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (d. 1967)
1935 – Yusuf Bey, American activist (d. 2003)
1935 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer
1935 – Edward Schreyer
Canadian academic and politician
22nd Governor General of Canada
1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress, producer, and activist
1937 – Donald F. Munson, American politician
1938 – Larry Bryggman, American actor
1938 – Frank Moorhouse
Australian journalist, author, and screenwriter
1938 – John Quayle, English actor
1939 – Lloyd Axworthy
Canadian academic and politician
2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Wafic Saïd
Syrian-Monacan businessman and philanthropist
1940 – Arvi Lind, Finnish journalist
1940 – Ray Hildebrand
American singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
1940 – Frank Zappa (d. 4 Dec 1993)
American composer, guitarist, and record producer
(The Mothers of Invention)
1942 – Hu Jintao
Chinese engineer and politician, 6th President of China
1942 – Reinhard Mey, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Anthony Summers, Irish journalist and author
1942 – Carla Thomas, American singer
1943 – André Arthur, Canadian journalist and politician
1943 – Lena Bergman, Swedish actress
1943 – Albert Lee
English guitarist and songwriter
(Heads Hands & Feet and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1943 – Jack Nance, American actor (d. 1996)
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1944 – Bill Atkinson, English footballer and referee (d. 2013)
1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas
American pianist, composer, and conductor
1944 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (d. 2007)
1946: Donald Arthur Carson
Canadian Reformed Evangelical theologian
1946 – Roy Karch
American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
1946 – Kevin Peek (d. 2013)
Australian guitarist and songwriter (Sky)
1946 – Carl Wilson (d. 1998)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Beach Boys)
1947: Zoe Lofgren
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1995-present
1947 – Paco de Lucía (d. 2014)
Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
(Paco de Lucía Sextet)
1947 – Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and manager
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
1948 – Dave Kingman, American baseball player
1948: Thierry Mugler
French fashion designer and perfume designer
1948 – Willi Resetarits
Austrian singer-songwriter, actor, and activist
1948: Zev Yaroslavsky
American politician, D.
Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,
1994-2014
1949 – Nicholas Penny, English historian and academic
1949 – Thomas Sankara (d. 1987)
Burkinabé captain and politician
5th President of Burkina Faso
1949 – Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
1950 – Jeffrey Katzenberg
American screenwriter and producer
co-founded DreamWorks Animation
1950 – Lillebjørn Nilsen
Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Gitarkameratene)
1950 – David Thacker, English director and screenwriter
1951 – Nick Gilder
English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Sweeney Todd)
1951 – Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
1952 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
1953 – András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
1953 – Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter
1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
1954 – Tsurutaro Kataoka
Japanese boxer, television personality, actor, and artist
1955 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
(Southern All Stars)
1956 – Dave Laut, American shot putter (d. 2009)
1957 – Tom Henke, American baseball player
1957 – Rolf Kanies, German actor
1957 – Ray Romano
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner (d. 1998)
American sprinter and actress
1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball player and coach
1960 – Sherry Rehman
Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat
25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
1960 – Tim Rucks (d. 2015)
American football player and coach
1960 – Andy Van Slyke, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Henry Ford Kamel (d. 2012)
Ghanaian banker and politician
1961 – Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor and director
1961 – The Patriot, American wrestler
1961 – Rein Raud, Estonian scholar and author
1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
1963 – Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
1964 – Rob Kelly, English footballer and manager
1964 – Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director
1964 – Daniel Suarez, American author
1964 – Fabiana Udenio, Argentinian-Italian actress
1965 – Andy Dick
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Anke Engelke
Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Stuart Mitchell, Scottish pianist and composer
1965 – Masahiro Motoki, Japanese actor
1966 – Martin Bayfield
English rugby player, actor, and stuntman
1966 – Adam Schefter, American journalist and sportscaster
1966 – Kiefer Sutherland
English-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1966 – Karri Turner, American actress
1967 – Ervin Johnson, American basketball player
1967 – Fritz Karl, Austrian actor
1967 – Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mikheil Saakashvili
Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
1968: Khrystyne Haje, American actress
1969 – Julie DelpyFrench-American model, actress, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Jack Noseworthy, American actor
1969 – Mihails Zemļinskis
Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
1971 – Matthieu Chedid
French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Margarita Drobiazko, Lithuanian ice dancer
1971 – Fenton Keogh, Australian chef
1971 – Brett Scallions
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Fuel, Manzarek–Krieger, and Circus Diablo)
1971 – Jamie Theakston, English actor and television host
1972 – Gloria De Piero, English journalist and politician
1972 – LaTroy Hawkins, American baseball player
1972 – Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
1972 – Claudia Poll, Nicaraguan-Costa Rican swimmer
1972 – Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Indian journalist and politician
1972 – Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1973 – Irakli Alasania
Georgian colonel and politician
Georgian Minister of Defense
1973 – Mike Alstott, American football player
1973 – Karmen Stavec, German-Slovenian singer
1974 – Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
1976 – Mirela Maniani, Albanian-Greek javelin thrower
1976 – Lukas Rossi
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Rock Star Supernova and Daylight Division)
1977 – A. J. Bowen, American actor and producer
1977 – Toby Rand, Australian singer-songwriter (Juke Kartel)
1978 – Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
1978 – Mike Vitar, American actor
1979 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1979 – Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress, singer, and director
1979 – Kristjan Sarv, Estonian actor
1980 – Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player
1981 – Frankie Abernathy (d. 2007)
American purse designer
cast member on The Real World: San Diego
1981 – Mohammed Jabarah, Kuwaiti terrorist
1981 – Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
1981 – Sanita Pušpure, Latvian-Irish rower
1981 – Lynda Thomas
Mexican singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
1982 – Primo, Puerto Rican and Canadian wrestler
1982 – Mike Gansey, American basketball player
1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player
1982 – Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist
1982 – Tom Payne, English actor
1983 – Steven Yeun, South Korean-American actor
1984 – Andrea Jeremiah, Indian actress and singer
1984 – Sarah Mutch, Canadian model and actress
1984 – Darren Potter, Irish footballer
1985 – James Stewart, Jr., American motorcycle racer
1985 – Tom Sturridge, English actor
1985 – Kotaro Yanagi, Japanese actor
1986 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (d. 2015)
1986 – Rachel Shenton, English actress
1987 – Denis Alekseyev, Russian sprinter
1987 – Ryza Cenon, Filipino actress and dancer
1987 – Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress
1987 – Brad Howard, Australian footballer
1987 – Michael Lohan Jr., American actor
1988 – Yasmin, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and DJ
1988 – Alexa Goddard, English singer
1988 – Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
1989 – Tamannaah, Indian model and actress
1989 – Mark Ingram, Jr., American football player
1990 – Ioannis Fetfatzidis, Greek footballer
1994 – Eva Paalma, Estonian tennis player
1996: Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
1996: Charlie Tahan, American actor
Family
Coulee City
1950: Richard Jenkin
Betty Kendrick
Mary Isaak
Douglas Arney
Jeffery Malone
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
1937 – Frank B. Kellogg (b. 1856)
American lawyer and politician
45th United States Secretary of State
Nobel Prize laureate
American lawyer and politician
45th United States Secretary of State
Nobel Prize laureate
Notable
882 – Hincmar, French archbishop (b. 806)
1308 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1244)
1375 – Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (b. 1313)
1504 – Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (b. 1442)
1549 – Marguerite de Navarre (b. 1492)
French wife of Henry II of Navarre
1597 – Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
1807 – John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
1824 – James Parkinson (b. 1755)
English physician and paleontologist
1869 – Friedrich Ernst Scheller (b. 1791)
German jurist and politician
1873 – Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
1889 – Friedrich August von Quenstedt (b. 1809)
German geologist and palaeontologist
1900 – Roger Wolcott (b. 1847)
American lawyer and politician
39th Governor of Massachusetts
1907 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)
1920 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (b. 1856)
Somalian general, founded the Dervish state (b. 1856)
1933 – Knud Rasmussen (b. 1879)
Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer
1935 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1935 – Kurt Tucholsky
German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
1937 – Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
1940 – F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1896)
American novelist and short story writer
1941 – David Howard, American film director (b. 1896)
1945 – George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
1952 – Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
1953 – Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler (b. 1888)
1957 – Eric Coates (b. 1886)
English-American viola player and composer
1958 – Lion Feuchtwanger (b. 1884)
German-American author and playwright
1959 – Kitaōji Rosanjin (born Fusajirō Kitaōji) (b. 1883)
Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter
1962 – Gary Hocking (b. 1937)
Welsh-Rhodesian motorcycle racer
1963 – Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
1964 – Carl Van Vechten (b. 1880)
American author and photographer
1965 – Claude Champagne (b. 1891)
Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer
1967 – Stuart Erwin, American actor (b. 1903)
1968 – Vittorio Pozzo (b. 1886)
Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1971 – Charles C. Banks, English fighting pilot (b. 1893)
1974 – James Henry Govier (b. 1910)
English painter and illustrator
1974 – Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
1976 – Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (b. 1913)
1982 – Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri (b. 1900)
Pakistani poet and composer
1982 – Ants Oras (b. 1900)
Estonian-American author and academic
1983 – Paul de Man (b. 1919)
Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic
1986 – Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (b. 1931)
1987 – John Spence, American singer (No Doubt) (b. 1969)
1988 – Paul Jeffreys (b. 1952)
English bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe)
1988 – Nikolaas Tinbergen (b. 1907)
Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist
Nobel Prize laureate
1989 – Rotimi Fani-Kayode (b. 1955)
Nigerian-English photographer
co-founded Autograph ABP
1990 – Clarence Johnson (b. 1910)
American engineer, designed the Lockheed U-2 and
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
1991 – Sheldon Mayer (b. 1917)
American author and illustrator
1992 – Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)
1992 – Albert King (b. 1924)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1992 – Nathan Milstein (b. 1903)
Russian-American violinist and composer
1995 – Charlie Tumahai (b. 1949)
New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player
(Be-Bop Deluxe, Mississippi, and Herbs)
1997 – Amie Comeaux, American singer and actress (b. 1976)
1998 – Roger Avon, English actor (b. 1914)
1998 – Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (b. 1931)
1998 – Ernst-Günther Schenck (b. 1904)
German colonel and physician
2001 – Dick Schaap, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
2003 – Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1924)
2004 – Autar Singh Paintal (b. 1925)
Indian physiologist and neurologist
2005 – Elrod Hendricks (b. 1940)
American baseball player and coach
2006 – Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1914)
2006 – Saparmurat Niyazov (b. 1940)
Turkmen engineer and politician
1st President of Turkmenistan
2007 – Ken Hendricks (b. 1941)
American businessman, founded ABC Supply
2009 – Edwin G. Krebs (b. 1918)
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2009 – Christos Lambrakis (b. 1934)
Greek journalist and businessman
2010 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
2012 – Vivian Anderson, American baseball player (b. 1921)
2012 – Boyd Bartley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2012 – Lee Dorman (b. 1942)
American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
2012 – David Lomon, English soldier (b. 1918)
2012 – Daphne Oxenford, English actress (b. 1919)
2013 – Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (b. 1928)
2013 – Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (b. 1929)
Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist
2013 – David Coleman (b. 1926)
English sportscaster and game show host
2013 – John Eisenhower (b. 1922)
American historian, general, and diplomat
45th United States Ambassador to Belgium
2013 – Richard Hart (b. 1917)
Jamaican-English historian, lawyer, and politician
2013 – Rodolfo P. Hernández (b. 1931)
American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
2014 – Jane Bown, English photographer (b. 1925)
2014 – Horacio Ferrer, Uruguayan poet and composer (b. 1922)
2014 – Udo Jürgens (b. 1934)
Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
2014 – Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
2014 – Frank Truitt
American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2014 – Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)
Family
Coulee City
Other
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