Monday, December 28, 2015

December 29 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1808Andrew Johnson  (d. 31 Jul 1875)
      American general and politician
      17th President of the United States, 1865-1869
      16th Vice President of the United States, 1865
      U.S. Senator, D. TN, 1857-1862, 1775
      Military Governor of Tennessee, 1862-1865
      15th Governor of Tennessee, 1853-1857
      U.S. Representative, D. TN, 1843-1853
1809William Ewart Gladstone  (d. 19 May 1898)
      English lawyer and politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1868–74, 1880–85, 1886, and 1892–94


Notable

765 – Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of the Twelve Imams (d. 818)
1709Elizabeth of Russia  (d. 5 Jan 1762)
      Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias, 1741-1762
1721 – Madame de Pompadour  (d. 15 Apr 1764)
      French mistress of Louis XV of France
1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)
1800 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1 Jul 1860)
1809:  Albert Pike  (d. 2 Apr 1891)
      American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason
1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)
1833:  John James Ingalls  (d. 16 Aug 1900)
      American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Senator, R. KS, 1873-1891
1843Elisabeth of Wied (d. 2 Mar 1916)
      Queen consort of Romania, 1881-1914
1855 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)
1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes  (d. 1894)
      Dutch-French mathematician and academic
1859 – Venustiano Carranza  (d. 1920)
      Mexican revolutionary, President of Mexico 1917-1920
1868:  Roland Allen, English missionary  (d. 9 Jun 1947)
1874 – François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (d. 1949)
1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 22 Oct 1973)
1877 – Max Hess, German-American gymnast (d. 1969)
1879 – Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 19 Feb 1936)
1881 – Scott Leary, American swimmer (d. 1958)
1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
1885 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)
1886 – Norman Hallows, English runner (d. 1968)
1893:  Vera Brittain, Lady Catlin  (d. 29 Mar 1970)
      English writer, feminist, and pacifist
1895 – Oswald Freisler, German lawyer (d. 1939)
1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
1899 – Nie Rongzhen  (d. 1992)
      Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing
1902 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
1903 – Candido Portinari, Brazilian neo-realist painter (d. 1962)
1904 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)
1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
1908 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)
1910 – Ronald Coase  (d. 2013)
      English-American economist, author, and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1911 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
1914 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)
1914 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)
1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian painter (d. 1999)
1915:  Paul McCracken, American economist  (d. 3 Aug 2012)
      chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1969-1971
1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996)
1915 – Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)
1917Tom Bradley  (d. 29 Sep 1998)
      American police officer, lawyer, and politician
      38th Mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-1993
1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
1919 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)
1919:  James Patrick "Jim" Murray, American sportswriter  (d. 16 Aug 1998)
1919 – Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1920:  Josefa Iloilo  (d. 6 Feb 2011)
      Fijian teacher, lay-preacher, politician, and Chief
      President of Fiji, 2000-2006, 2007-2009
1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1995)
1921 – Robert C. Baker, American chef, invented the chicken nugget (d. 2006)
1921 – Dobrica Ćosić  (d. 2014)
      Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1922 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1922 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)
1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop  (d. 1986)
      Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist
1923 – Morton Estrin, American pianist and teacher.
1923 – Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, and businesswoman
1923:  Samuel Holmes "Sam" Sheppard  (6 Apr 1970)
      American osteopathic physician and professional wrestler
1923 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian holocaust survivor and author (d. 2012)
1924 – Joe Allbritton  (d. 2012)
      American businessman and publisher
      founded the Allbritton Communications Company
1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect
1927 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)
1928 – Bernard Cribbins, English actor, singer, and director
1929 – Matt Murphy, American guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
1931 – Yi Gu, Japanese-American son of Yi Bangja (d. 2005)
1931 – Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer
1933 – Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author
1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
1935 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (d. 2013)
1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and singer
1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player and actor (d. 1998)
1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation
1937 – Barbara Steele, English actress and producer
1938 – Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
1938 – Jon Voight, American actor and producer
1940 – Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter and dentist
1941 – Ray Thomas
      English singer-songwriter and flute player (The Moody Blues)
1942 – Rick Danko  (d. 1999)
      Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Band)
1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2012)
1942 – Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
1943 – Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)
1943 – Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
1944:  Gilbert Adair  (d. 8 Dec 2011)
      Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist
1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
1947 – Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)
1947 – Ted Danson, American actor and producer
1947 – Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
1947 – Cozy Powell  (d. 1998)
      English drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (Emerson, Lake & Powell, The Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake,
            and Black Sabbath)
1947 – David Tanner, English rower and coach
1947 – Vincent Winter
      Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)
1948 – Peter Robinson
      Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
1949 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor
1949 – David Topliss, English rugby player and coach (d. 2008)
1950 – Jon Polito, American actor
1951:  Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker  (d. 4 Feb 2004)
1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actor
1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
1953 – Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
1953 – Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
1953 – Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
1953 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)
1954 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
1954 – Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1956 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host
1957 – Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer
1957:  Thorsten Heins, German businessman
      CEO of Powermat Technologies, 2014-present
      CEO of BlackBerry Ltd., 2012-2013
1957 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
1957 – Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach
1957 – Paul Rudnick, American author and screenwriter
1958 – Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1959 – Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress
1959 – Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
1959 – Martin Moran, American actor and author
1959 – Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach
1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian, actress, and author
1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer and referee
1960 – Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
1960 – Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
      Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
1960:  Dave Pelzer, American author
1961 – Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
1961 – Jim Reid
      Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Jesus and Mary Chain and Freeheat)
1961 – Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
1962 – Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player
1963 – Des Foy, English rugby player
1963 – Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
1963 – Sean Payton, American football player and coach
1963 – Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
1964:  Michael Cudlitz, American actor
1964 – Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor
1965 – Dexter Holland
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Offspring)
1965 – Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer
1966 – Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
1966 – Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
1966:  Jason Gould, American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer.
1966 – Martin Offiah, English rugby player and sportscaster
1967 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
1967 – Chris Barnes
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, and Torture Killer)
1967 – Evan Seinfeld
      American bass player, actor, and director (Biohazard and Damnocracy)
1967:  Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski
      American film director, screenwriter, and producer
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress
1969:  Patrick Fischler, American actor
1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
1969 – José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer
1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
1970 – Glen Phillips
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Toad the Wet Sprocket and Works Progress Administration)
1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor
1971 – Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor
1971 – Margot Thien, American swimmer
1972 – Asheru, American rapper
1972 – Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager
1972 – Jude Law, English actor, director, and producer
1972 – Leonor Varela, Chilean-American actress
1973 – Chad Lamont Butler (bka Pimp C)  (d. 4 Dec 2007)
      American rapper and producer (UGK)
1974:  Maria Dizzia, American actress
1973 – Theo Epstein, American businessman
1974 – Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and producer
1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer
1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player
1974 – Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor
1975:  Sarah Lacy, American technology journalist and author
1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player
1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Danny McBride, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress
1978 – Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director
1978 – Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
1978 – Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
1978 – Danny Higginbotham, English footballer
1978 – Steve Kemp, English drummer (Hard-Fi)
1978 – LaToya London, American singer and actress
1978 – Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter
1979 – Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director, and producer
1979 – Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model
1979 – Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter
1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
1981:  Charlotte Riley, English actress
1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player
1981 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
1982 – Alison Brie, American actress and singer
1982 – Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer
1982 – Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
1982 – Dale Morris, Australian footballer
1982 – Norbert Siedler, Austrian racing driver
1983 – Jessica Andrews, American singer-songwriter
1983 – James Kelly, Australian footballer
1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (d. 2009)
1984 – Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
1985 – Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress
1985 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1986 – Joe Anyon, English footballer
1986 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and singer
1987 – Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
1988 – Eric Berry, American football player
1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
1989 – Left Brain      Wikipedia
      American rapper and producer (Odd Future and MellowHype)
1989 – Jane Levy, American actress
1989 – Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
1990 – Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)
1992 – Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model
1993:  Slim Jimmy, American rapper (Dem Outta State Boyz, Rae Sremmurd)
1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino
1995 – Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
1995 – Ross Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (R5)
1996:  Dylan Minnette, American teen actor and musician
1998 – Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor


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VIP

1986 – Harold Macmillan  (b. 1894)
      English captain and politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom


Notable

721 – Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)
1170 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop (b. 1118)
1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
1565 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)
1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
1661 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
1720 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer (b. 1670)
1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
1737 – Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
1887 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
1891 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
1897 – William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
1910 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (b. 1875)
1929 – Wilhelm Maybach  (b. 1846)
      German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach
1934 – Alma Tell, American actress (b. 1898)
1937 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
1949 – Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
1952 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
1953 – Violet MacMillan, American actress (b. 1887)
1959 – Robin Milford, English composer (b. 1903)
1960 – Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
1967 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
1970 – Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
1972 – Joseph Cornell, American artist (b. 1903)
1972 – Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
1980 – Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1984 – Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1941)
1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1988 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
1989 – Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
1993 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (b. 1930)
1995 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)
1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
1998 – Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
2000 – Adele Stimmel Chase, American artist (b. 1917)
2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
2001 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
2002 – Ralph Clanton, American actor (d. 1914)
2003 – Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)
2003 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932)
2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
2004 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2005 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (b. 1922)
2007 – Kevin Greening, English radio host (b. 1962)
2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
2009 – Akmal Shaikh, Pakistani-English businessman and drug trafficker (b. 1956)
2009 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (b. 1960)
2010 – Avi Cohen  (b. 1956)
      Israeli footballer
      manager and chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association
2010 – Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)
2011 – Tyron Perez, Filipino model and actor (b. 1985)
2012 – Mike Auldridge  (b. 1938)
      American singer and guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake)
2012 – Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2012 – Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)
2012 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
2012 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2012 – Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
2013 – C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
2013 – Benjamin Curtis  (b. 1978)
      American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
      (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, and UFOFU)
2013 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
2013 – Wojciech Kilar, Ukrainian-Polish pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author (b. 1951)
2013 – Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (b. 1946)
2013 – Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933)
2013 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier and multiple Olympic champion (b. 1937)
2014 – Saiyid Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (b. 1920)
2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2014 – Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1945)
2014 – Jenny Pat, Hong Kong illustrator and art dealer (b. 1981)
2014 – Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)


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