Birthdays
VIP
1890 – Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson (d. 8 Sep 1953)
American judge and politician13th Chief Justice of the United States
1909 – U Thant (d. 25 Nov 1974)
Burmese diplomat
3rd U.N. Secretary General
Notable
826 – Emperor Montoku (d. 7 Oct 858)
55th emperor of Japan, 850-858
1263 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syirian scholar and theologian (d. 1328)
1440 – Ivan III (The Great) of Russia (d. 27 Oct 1505)
Grand Prince of Moscow, 1462-1505
1552 – Sir Walter Raleigh (d. 29 Oct 1618)
English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer
1561 – Francis Bacon (d. 9 Apr 1626)
English philosopher and politician
Attorney General for England and Wales
1571 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (d. 6 May 1631)
English politician, founded the Cotton library
1572: John Donne, English poet, priest, lawyer (d. 31 Mar 1631)
1592 – Pierre Gassendi (d. 1655)
French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)
1654 – Richard Blackmore (d. 1729)
English physician and poet
1690 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
1729 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (d. 1781)
German author and philosopher (d. 1796)
1733 – Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer
1740 – Noah Phelps
American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1809)
1777: Joseph Hume (d. 20 Feb 1855)
Scottish doctor, scientist, and Radical MP
1781 – François Habeneck (d. 1849)
French violinist and conductor
1788 – George Gordon, Lord Byron (d. 19 Jan 1824)
English poet and playwright
1796 – Karl Ernst Claus (d. 1864)
Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic
1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 11 Dec 1826)
Archduchess of Austria (by birth)
Empress consort of Brazil, 1822-1826
Queen consort of Portugal, 1826
1799 – Ludger Duvernay (d. 1852)
Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician
1831 – Joseph Alfred "Jack" Slade (d. 10 Mar 1864)
American businessman
1831 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 28 Oct 1917)
husband of Princess Helena of the U.K. from 1866
1840 – Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)1849 – August Strindberg (d. 14 May 1912)
Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist
1858 – Beatrice Webb (d. 1943)
English sociologist and economist
1864: Pierre-Jules Renard, French author (d. 22 May 1910)
1869 – José Vicente de Freitas (d. 1952)
Portuguese colonel and politician
97th Prime Minister of Portugal
1873: Alfred Richard Orage (d. 6 Nov 1934)
English teacher, lecturer, writer, editor, publisher
1874 – Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
1874 – Jay Hughes (d. 1924)
American baseball player and coach
1875 – D. W. Griffith (d. 1948)
American director, producer, and screenwriter
1876 – Warren McLaughlin, American baseball player (d. 1923)
1877 – Tom Jones (d. 1923)
American baseball player and manager
1877: Hjalmar Schacht
German economist, banker, and liberal politician
co-founder in 1918 of the German Democratic Party
1879 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d. 1953)
1880 – Bill O'Neill (d. 1920)
Canadian-American baseball player
1880 – Frigyes Riesz (d. 1956)
Hungarian mathematician and academic
1881 – Ira Thomas (d. 1958)
American baseball player and manager
1882 – Theodore Kosloff (d. 1956)
Russian-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1886: Isabel Paterson (d. 10 Jan 1961)
Canadian-American journalist, novelist, political philosopher,
and literary and cultural critic
co-founder of American libertarianism as we know it today
1887 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (d. 1972)
1889 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
1889 – Amos Strunk (d. 1979)
American baseball player and manager
1890 – Vinko Žganec (d. 1976)
Croatian lawyer and musicologist
1891 – Antonio Gramsci (d. 1937)
Italian philosopher and politician
1892 – Marcel Dassault (d. 1986)
French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation
1893: Fulton Oursler (aka Anthony Abbot) (d. 24 May 1952)
American journalist, playwright, editor and writer
1893 – Conrad Veidt (d. 1943)German-American actor, director, and producer
1894: Charles Langbridge Morgan (d. 6 Feb 1958)
British playwright and novelist
1897 – Leslie Sarony (d. 1985)English entertainer, singer and songwriter
1897 – Blind Willie Johnson (d. 1945)
American singer and guitarist
1897 – Rosa Ponselle, American soprano and actress (d. 1981)
1898 – Ross Barnett (d. 1987)
American lawyer and politician
52nd Governor of Mississippi
1898 – Sergei Eisenstein (d. 1948)
Russian director and screenwriter
1898 – Denise Legeay, French actress (d. 1968)
1899 – Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist (d. 1973)
1900 – Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (d. 1980)
1902 – Daniel Kinsey (d. 1970)
American hurdler, coach, and academic
1903 – Fritz Houtermans (d. 1966)
Polish-German physicist and academic
1904 – George Balanchine (d. 1983)
Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director
co-founded the New York City Ballet
1904 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (d. 1941)
1905 – Willy Hartner (d. 1981)
German physicist, historian, and academic
1906 – Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987)
1906 – Robert E. Howard (d. 11 Jun 1936)
American author and poet
1907 – Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (d. 9 Dec 1995)
American pilot and engineer
1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
1907 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
1908 – Edythe Kirchmaier, American centenarian (d. 2015)
1908 – Lev Landau (d. 1968)
Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1908 – Prince Oana (d. 1976)
American baseball player and manager
1909 – Porfirio Rubirosa (d. 1965)
Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat
1909 – Ann Sothern (d. 15 Mar 2001)
American actress and singer
1910: Harold Geneen (d. 21 Nov 1998)
American businessman, CEO of ITT Corporation
1911 – Bruno Kreisky (d. 1990)
Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria
1913 – Henry Bauchau (d. 2012)
Belgian psychoanalyst and author
1913 – William John Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 17 Apr 1977)
1913 – Carl F. H. Henry (d. 2003)
American theologian and publisher
1913 – Kalervo Toivonen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 2006)
1914 – Dimitris Dragatakis (d. 2001)
Greek violinist and composer
1915 – Heinrich Albertz (d. 1993)
German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin
1916 – Bill Durnan (d. 1972)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1916 – Henri Dutilleux (d. 2013)
French pianist, composer, and educator
1916 – Harilal Upadhyay (d. 1994)
Indian author, poet, and astrologist
1917 – Huck Geary, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1918 – Elmer Lach (d. 2015)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1919 – Diomedes Olivo (d. 1977)
Dominican baseball player and scout
1920 – Irving Kristol (d. 18 Sep 2009)
American journalist, author, and academic
founded The National Interest
1920 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1921 – Arno Babajanian (d. 1983)
Armenian pianist and composer
1922 – Howard Moss (d. 1987)
American poet, dramatist and critic
1923 – Diana Dill, Bermudian-American actress (d. 2015)
1924 – J. J. Johnson (d. 4 Feb 2001)
American trombonist and composer
1924 – Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (d. 2015)
1924 – Charles Lisanby (d. 2013)
American production designer
1924 – Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player (d. 1999)
1926 – Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist
1928 – Yoshihiko Amino (d. 2004)
Japanese historian, author, and academic
1928: Birch Bayh
American politician
U.S. Senator, D. IN, 1963-1981
1929 – Petr Eben (d. 2007)
Czech composer, organist and choirmaster
1930 – Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (d. 2013)
1930 – Éamon de Buitléar (d. 2013)
Irish accordion player and director
1931 – Sam Cooke (d. 11 Dec 1964)
American singer-songwriter
1931 – Galina Zybina
Russian shot putter and javelin thrower
1932 – Berthold Grünfeld (d. 2007)
Norwegian psychiatrist and academic
1932 – Piper Laurie, American actress
1933 – Yuri Chesnokov (d. 2010)
Russian volleyball player and coach
1934 – Vijay Anand (d. 2004)
Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1934: Emanuel "Manny" Azenberg
American theatre producer and general manager
1934 – Wilfred Bailey Everett “Bill” Bixby III (d. 21 Nov 1993)
American actor and director
1934 – Graham Kerr, English chef and author
1935 – Seymour Cassel, American actor
1935: Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV
American lawyer and politician
68th Governor of Delaware, 1977-1985
U.S. Representative, R. DE, 1971-1977
1935 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)
1936 – Ong Teng Cheong (d. 2002)
Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore
1936 – Alan J. Heeger
American physicist and chemist; Nobel Prize laureate
1936 – Nyree Dawn Porter (d. 2001)
New Zealand-English actress
1936 – Peter Steen, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1937 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician
1937 – Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author
1938 – Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author
1939 – Shin'ichi Chiba (aka Sonny Chiba)
Japanese actor and martial artist
1939 – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
1939 – Alfredo Palacio
Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
1939: Jeff Smith (d. 7 Jul 2004)
cookbook author and host of The Frugal Gourmet
1939 – J. C. Tremblay (d. 1994)
Canadian ice hockey player and scout1939 – J. C. Tremblay (d. 1994)
1940 – Sir John Vincent Hurt, English actor and singer
1940 – George Seifert, American football player and coach
1940 – Gillian Shephard
English educator and politician
Secretary of State for Education
1940: Eberhard Weber, German bassist and composer
1941 – Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
1942 – Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
1943 – Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1943: Hugh James "Jim" Saxton
American Politician
U.S. Representative, R. NJ, 1984-2009
1943 – Michael Spicer, Baron SpicerEnglish journalist and politician
1944 – Khosrow Golsorkhi
Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974)
1944 – Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor
1945 – Arthur Beetson (d. 2013)
Australian rugby player and coach
1945: Michael Ivan Cristofer
American playwright, filmmaker and actor
1945 – Jean-Pierre Nicolas, French race car driver and manager
1945 – Christoph Schönborn, Bohemian-Austrian cardinal
1945 – Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop
1946 – Malcolm McLaren (d. 8 Apr 2010)
English singer-songwriter and manager
1946 – Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1947 – Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director
1948 – Northern Calloway, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1948 – Gilbert Levine, American conductor and academic
1948: Anne Meagher Northup
American politician
Commissioner, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2009-2013
U.S. Representative, R. KY, 1997-2007
1948 – Roger Williams, Welsh politician
1949 – Steve Perry
American singer-songwriter and producer (Journey)
1949 – Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach
1949 – Phil Miller
English guitarist
(National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole,
and Hatfield and the North)
1949 – Mike Westhues (d. 2013)
American-Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Paul Bew, Northern Irish historian and academic
1950 – Pamela Salem, Indian-English actress
1951: Alveda King
1951 – Steve J. Spears, Australian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2007)
1952 – Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player
1952 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007)
1953 – Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager
1953: Steven Joseph "Steve" Chabot
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. OH, 1995-2009, 2011-present
1953 – Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor
1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter
1954 – Tully Blanchard, American football player, wrestler, and referee
1954 – Chris Lemmon, American actor and author
1955 – Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1955 – Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
1955 – Keiko Takahashi, Japanese actress
1956 – John Wesley Shipp, American actor and director
1956 – Steve Riley, American drummer
1957 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian and actor (d. 1993)
1957 – Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
1959 – Linda Denise Blair, American actress and producer
1960 – Michael Hutchence (d. 1997)
Australian singer-songwriter and actor (INXS and Max Q)
1961 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
1961 – Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter
1962 – Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
17th Sultan of Terengganu
1962 – Dajan Ahmet, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
1962: Melissa Luburich Bean
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. IL, 2005-2011
1962: Tamra Davis, Canadian director
1962 – Jimmy Herring
American guitarist
(Widespread Panic, The Dead, and Phil Lesh and Friends)
1962 – Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director
1962 – Sirous Ghayeghran, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1963 – Andrei Tchmil, Russian-Belgian cyclist and politician
1963 – Javier Ortiz, American baseball player
1964 – Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer
1964 – Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player
1965 – Steven Adler, American drummer and songwriter
1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ, producer, and actor
1965 – Diane Lane, American actress
1965 – Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
1966 – Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby league player and coach
1967 – Nick Gillingham, English swimmer
1967 – Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1967 – Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
1968: Raquel Cassidy, English actress
1968 – Franka Dietzsch, German discus thrower
1968 – Guy Fieri
American restaurateur, author, host and television personality
1968 – Hiroshi Morie (bka Heath)
Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (X Japan)
1968 – Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor
1968 – Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
1969 – Olivia d'Abo, English actress, singer and songwriter
1970 – Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster
1971 – Jan Kaus, Estonian author and critic
1972 – Katie Barberi, Mexican actress
1972: Katie Finneran, American actress
1972 – Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player
1972 – Gabriel Macht, American actor and producer
1972 – Romi Park, Japanese voice actress and singer
1972 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan race car driver (d. 1999)
1972 – Namrata Shirodkar
American activist, minister, and author
1951 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (d. 1989)1951 – Steve J. Spears, Australian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2007)
1952 – Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player
1952 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007)
1953 – Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager
1953: Steven Joseph "Steve" Chabot
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. OH, 1995-2009, 2011-present
1953 – Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor
1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter
1954 – Tully Blanchard, American football player, wrestler, and referee
1954 – Chris Lemmon, American actor and author
1955 – Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1955 – Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
1955 – Keiko Takahashi, Japanese actress
1956 – John Wesley Shipp, American actor and director
1956 – Steve Riley, American drummer
1957 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian and actor (d. 1993)
1957 – Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
1959 – Linda Denise Blair, American actress and producer
1960 – Michael Hutchence (d. 1997)
Australian singer-songwriter and actor (INXS and Max Q)
1961 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
1961 – Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter
1962 – Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
17th Sultan of Terengganu
1962 – Dajan Ahmet, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
1962: Melissa Luburich Bean
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. IL, 2005-2011
1962: Tamra Davis, Canadian director
1962 – Jimmy Herring
American guitarist
(Widespread Panic, The Dead, and Phil Lesh and Friends)
1962 – Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director
1962 – Sirous Ghayeghran, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1963 – Andrei Tchmil, Russian-Belgian cyclist and politician
1963 – Javier Ortiz, American baseball player
1964 – Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer
1964 – Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player
1965 – Steven Adler, American drummer and songwriter
1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ, producer, and actor
1965 – Diane Lane, American actress
1965 – Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
1966 – Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby league player and coach
1967 – Nick Gillingham, English swimmer
1967 – Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1967 – Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
1968: Raquel Cassidy, English actress
1968 – Franka Dietzsch, German discus thrower
1968 – Guy Fieri
American restaurateur, author, host and television personality
1968 – Hiroshi Morie (bka Heath)
Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (X Japan)
1968 – Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor
1968 – Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
1969 – Olivia d'Abo, English actress, singer and songwriter
1970 – Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster
1971 – Jan Kaus, Estonian author and critic
1972 – Katie Barberi, Mexican actress
1972: Katie Finneran, American actress
1972 – Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player
1972 – Gabriel Macht, American actor and producer
1972 – Romi Park, Japanese voice actress and singer
1972 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan race car driver (d. 1999)
1972 – Namrata Shirodkar
Indian model and actress; Femina Miss India 1993
1972 – Norberto Téllez, Cuban runner
1973 – Larry Birkhead, American photographer
1973 – Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer
1974 – Cameron McConville
Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1974 – Joseph Muscat
Maltese journalist and politician
13th Prime Minister of Malta
1975 – Balthazar Getty, American actor and producer
1975 – Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player and coach
1976 – TJ Trinidad, Filipino actor
1977 – Mario Domm
Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Camila)
1977 – Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1977 – Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player
1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
1977 – Matthew Newton
Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1977 – Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer
1978 – Joseph Calleja, Maltese tenor
1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player
1978: Aryn Kyle, American novelist and short story writer
1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
1980 – Christopher Masterson, American actor and producer
1980 – Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese author and scholar
1980 – Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
1981 – Willa Ford
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1981 – Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
1981 – Ben Moody
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1981 – Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
1981 – Guy Wilks, English race car driver
1982 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, Kenyan runner
1984 – Raica Oliveira, Brazilian-American model
1984 – Leon Powe, American basketball player
1984 – Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
1985 – Orianthi, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer
1985 – Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
1986 – Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model and actress
1986 – Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
1986 – Matt Simon, Australian footballer
1986 – Daniel Wayne Smith (d. 2006)
son of model Anna Nicole Smith
1987 – Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
1987 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
1987 – Ray Rice, American football player
1988 – Greg Oden, American basketball player
1989 – Rūta Gajauskaitė, Lithuanian figure skater
1990 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
1991 – Marcus Canty, American singer and dancer
1991 – Stefan Kolb, German footballer
1991 – Alex MacDowall, English race car driver
1993 – Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver
1993 – Tommy Knight, English actor
1993 – Tasuku Nagase, Japanese actor
1996: Sami Gayle, American Actress
1998 – Silentó, American rapper
1972 – Norberto Téllez, Cuban runner
1973 – Larry Birkhead, American photographer
1973 – Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer
1974 – Cameron McConville
Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1974 – Joseph Muscat
Maltese journalist and politician
13th Prime Minister of Malta
1975 – Balthazar Getty, American actor and producer
1975 – Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player and coach
1976 – TJ Trinidad, Filipino actor
1977 – Mario Domm
Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Camila)
1977 – Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1977 – Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player
1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
1977 – Matthew Newton
Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1977 – Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer
1978 – Joseph Calleja, Maltese tenor
1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player
1978: Aryn Kyle, American novelist and short story writer
1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
1980 – Christopher Masterson, American actor and producer
1980 – Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese author and scholar
1980 – Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
1981 – Willa Ford
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1981 – Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
1981 – Ben Moody
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1981 – Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
1981 – Guy Wilks, English race car driver
1982 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, Kenyan runner
1984 – Raica Oliveira, Brazilian-American model
1984 – Leon Powe, American basketball player
1984 – Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
1985 – Orianthi, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer
1985 – Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
1986 – Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model and actress
1986 – Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
1986 – Matt Simon, Australian footballer
1986 – Daniel Wayne Smith (d. 2006)
son of model Anna Nicole Smith
1987 – Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
1987 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
1987 – Ray Rice, American football player
1988 – Greg Oden, American basketball player
1989 – Rūta Gajauskaitė, Lithuanian figure skater
1990 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
1991 – Marcus Canty, American singer and dancer
1991 – Stefan Kolb, German footballer
1991 – Alex MacDowall, English race car driver
1993 – Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver
1993 – Tommy Knight, English actor
1993 – Tasuku Nagase, Japanese actor
1996: Sami Gayle, American Actress
1998 – Silentó, American rapper
Family
Coulee City
Dan Dillon (1950)
Martha Elena Daniel
Gloria Baergen
Blinn Carstensen
Christopher Luute
Bonnie Valentine
Tammy Evans
Donna Gatlin
Bradley McKay
Carol Killingsworth
Martha Elena Daniel
Gloria Baergen
Blinn Carstensen
Christopher Luute
Bonnie Valentine
Tammy Evans
Donna Gatlin
Bradley McKay
Carol Killingsworth
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
1973 – Lyndon B. Johnson (b. 1908)
American lieutenant and politician
36th President of the United States
Notable
1341 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1536 – Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
1552 – Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (b. 1500)
English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England
1575 – James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)
1599 – Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
1666 – Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592)
1750 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
1763 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (b. 1690)
English politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1767 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann (b. 1719)
German meteorologist and geologist
1798 – Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)
1779 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
1779 – Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
1840 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (b. 1752)
German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist
1840 – Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
1879 – Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
1879 – Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
1892 – Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
1900 – David Edward Hughes (b. 1831)
Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone
1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
1901 – Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
1921 – George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
1922 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
1922 – Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)
1925 – Fanny Bullock Workman (b. 1859)
American geographer and mountain climber
1927 – James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
1929 – Emma Cooke, American archer (b. 1848)
1929 – R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
1930 – Stephen Mather (b. 1867)
American businessman and conservationist
co-founded Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company
1931 – László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
1931 – Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
1945 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
1949 – William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
1950 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
1950 – Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921)
1951 – Karl Nessler, German-American hairdresser; invented the Perm (b. 1872)
1951 – Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
1954 – Princess Margaret of Prussia (b. 1872)
1957 – Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
1959 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
1964 – Marc Blitzstein American pianist and composer (b. 1905)
1966 – Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (b. 1890)
1967 – Robert Henriques, English farmer and author (b. 1905)
1968 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)
1971 – Harry Frank Guggenheim (b. 1890)
American businessman and publisher; co-founded Newsday
1975 – Andrew George Burry (b. 1873)
Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist
1977 – Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (b. 1878)
1978 – Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894)
1978 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)
1979 – Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
1980 – Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)
1981 – Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
1982 – Eduardo Frei Montalva (b. 1911)
Chilean lawyer and politician; 28th President of Chile
1982 – Tommy Tucker, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
1982 – Pantelis Zervos, Greek actor (b. 1908)
1983 – Donald Madden, American actor (b. 1928)
1985 – Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
1987 – R. Budd Dwyer (b. 1939)
American educator and politician; 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania
1988 – Parker Fennelly, American actor (b. 1891)
1989 – S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924)
1991 – Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
1993 – Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
1994 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
1994 – Rhett Forrester, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
1994 – Telly Savalas, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1924)
1995 – Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (b. 1949)
1995 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist (b. 1890)
1996 – Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
1997 – Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
1999 – Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)
2000 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
2001 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2002 – Peter Bardens, English keyboard player (b. 1945)
2003 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)
2004 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)
2004 – Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
2005 – César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)
2005 – Carlo Orelli, Italian soldier (b. 1894)
2005 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
2006 – Aydın Güven Gürkan (b. 1941)
Turkish academic and politician
Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security
2007 – Ngô Quang Trưởng, Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
2007 – Abbé Pierre, French priest and activist (b. 1912)
2007 – Liz Renay, American actress, author and performer (b. 1926)
2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (b. 1979)
2008 – Miles Lerman, Polish-American holocaust survivor and activist (b. 1920)
2010 – Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (b. 1922)
2010 – Iskandar of Johor (b. 1932)
2010 – Jean Simmons, English-American actress and singer (b. 1929)
2012 – Rita Gorr, Belgian soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2012 – André Green, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1927)
2012 – Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
2012 – Clarence Tillenius, Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913)
2012 – Dick Tufeld, American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor (b. 1926)
2013 – Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (b. 1929)
2013 – John Cheng, Singaporean actor (b. 1961)
2013 – Leslie Frankenheimer, American set decorator (b. 1948)
2013 – Anna Litvinova, Russian model; Miss Russia 2006 (b. 1983)
2013 – Lucyna Winnicka, Polish actress (b. 1928)
2014 – François Deguelt, French singer (b. 1932)
2014 – Serhiy Nigoyan, Ukrainian activist (b. 1993)
2014 – Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933)
2014 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (b. 1924)
2015 – Wendell H. Ford (b. 1924)
American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky
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