Birthdays
VIP
1706 – Benjamin Franklin (d. 17 Apr 1790)
American author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason,
postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat,
and a Founding Father of the United States
6th President of Pennsylvania, 1785-1788
U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1782-1783
U.S. Minister to France, 1778-1785
1st United States Postmaster General, 1775-1776
1800: Caleb Cushing (d. 2 Jan 1879)
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat
United States Minister to Spain, 1874-1877
23rd United States Attorney General, 1853-1857
United States Minister to China, 1844-1845
U.S. Representative, D-R, MA, 1935-1843
1863 – David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (d. 26 Mar 1945)
English lawyer and politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1916-1922
Secretary of State for War, 1916
Minister of Munitions, 1915-1916
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1908-1915
1922 – Nicholas Katzenbach (d. 2012)American soldier, lawyer, and politician
65th United States Attorney General
Notable
1463 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (d. 5 May 1525)
Elector of Saxony, 1486-1525
1472 – Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (d. 1508)
Italian noble and Duke of Urbino
1484 – George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
1501 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (d. 1566)
1504 – Pope Saint Pius V (born Antonio Ghislieri) (d. 1 May 1572)
225th Pope of Rome, 1566-1572
1560 – Gaspard Bauhin (d. 1624)
Swiss botanist, physician, and academic
1574 – Robert Fludd (d. 1637)
English physician, astrologer, and mathematician
1600 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca (d. 1681)
Spanish playwright and poet
1612 – Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (d. 12 Nov 1671)
English general and politician
Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War
1640 – Jonathan Singletary Dunham (d. 6 Sep 1724)
American settler of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
eighth great-grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama
1659 – Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1745)
1666 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (d. 1723)
1686 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (d. 1766)
1712 – John Stanley, English organist and composer (d. 1786)
1719 – William Vernon, American businessman (d. 1806)
1728 – Johann Gottfried Müthel, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
1732 – Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
1733 – Thomas Linley the elder English singer and conductor (d. 1795)
1734 – François-Joseph Gossec, French composer and conductor (d. 1829)
1761 – Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet (d. 1832)
Scottish geologist and geophysicist
1789 – August Neander, German historian and theologian (d. 1850)
1793 – Antonio José Martínez (d. 1867)
Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician
1814 – Ellen Wood, English author (d. 1887)
1820 – Anne Brontë, English author and poet (d. 28 May 1849)
1828 – Lewis A. Grant (d. 1918)
American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient
1828 – Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1898)
1829: Catherine (Mumford) Booth (d. 4 Oct 1890)
English co-founder of The Salvation Army
1831 – Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 14 Feb 1903)
Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia
1832 – Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and educator (d. 1906)
1834 – August Weismann (d. 1914)
German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist
1850 – Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (d. 1930)
Brazilian cardinal
1850 – Alexander Taneyev, Russian composer (d. 1918)
1851 – A. B. Frost, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
1853 – Alva Belmont, American-French activist (d. 1933)
1853 – T. Alexander Harrison, American painter (d. 1930)
1857 – Wilhelm Kienzl (d. 1941)
Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor
1857 – Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer (d. 1935)
1858 – Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (d. 1940)
1860 – Douglas Hyde (d. 1949)
Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland
1863 – Constantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (d. 1938)
1865 – Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet (d. 1951)
English general and politician
3rd Governor-General of New Zealand
1867 – Carl Laemmle (d. 1939)
German-American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios
1867 – Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet (d. 1934)
English colonel, pilot, and polo player
1871 – David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty English admiral (d. 1936)
1871 – Nicolae Iorga (d. 1940)
Romanian historian and politician
34th Prime Minister of Romania
1872 – Henri Masson, French fencer (d. 1963)
1875 – Florencio Sánchez (d. 1910)
Uruguayan journalist and playwright
1876 – Frank Hague (d. 1956)
American politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City
1877 – May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
1879 – Burt McKinnie, American golfer (d. 1946)
1880 – Mack Sennett (d. 1960)
Canadian-American actor, director, and producer
1881 – Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1881 – Harry Price, English psychologistst and author (d. 1948)
1882 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor and singer (d. 1946)
1882 – Arnold Rothstein, American businessman (d. 1928)
1883 – Compton Mackenzie (d. 1972)
English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright
1886 – Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (d. 1926)
1886 – Glenn L. Martin (d. 1955)
American pilot, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company
1887 – Ola Raknes (d. 1975)
Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist
1888 – Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
1893: Evelyn Scott (d. 3 Aug 1963)
American novelist, playwright and poet
1895 – John Duff, Canadian race car driver (d. 1958)
1897 – Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (d. 1946)
1899 – Al Capone, American mob boss (d. 1947)
1899 – Robert Maynard Hutchins (d. 1977)
American philosopher and academic
1899 – Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (d. 1960)
1901 – Aron Gurwitsch (d. 1973)
Lithuanian-American philosopher and author
1903 – Warren Hull (d. 1974)
American actor, singer, and game show host
1903 – Johanna Klink, German super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1904: Knox Manning, American actor (d. 26 Aug 1980)
1904 – Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
1905 – Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1905 – Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
1905 – Eduard Oja (d. 1950)
Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic
1905 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
1905 – Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (d. 1960)
1907 – Henk Badings (d. 1987)
Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer
1908 – Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer (d. 1985)
1911 – Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)
1911 – John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. (d. 22 Mar 1981)
American admiral
1911 – George Stigler (d. 1991)
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1914 – Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
1914 – Irving Brecher (d. 2008)
American director, producer, and screenwriter
1914 – Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
1914 – William Stafford, American poet and author (d. 1993)
1916 – Peter Frelinghuysen (d. 2011)
Jr., American lieutenant and politician
1916: Charles Francis Hockett (d. 3 Nov 2000)
American linguist and academic
1917 – Ramón Cardemil, Chilean horse rider (d. 2007)
1917 – M. G. Ramachandran (d. 1987)
Indian actor, director, and politician
5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1918 – Keith Joseph (d. 1994)
English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1918 – George M. Leader (d. 2013)
American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania
1920 – Corsica Joe, French-American wrestler (d. 2010)
1920 – Georges Pichard, French author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1921 – Lorna Cooke deVaron, American conductor and educator
1921 – Herbert Ellis, American actor
1921 – Asghar Khan, Pakistani general and politician
1921 – Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
1922 – Luis Echeverría, Mexican politician, 50th President of Mexico
1922 – Betty Marion White, American actress, singer, and producer
1923 – Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (d. 1962)
1923 – Carol Raye, English-Australian actress
1924 – Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013)
1925 – Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (d. 2000)
1925 – Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)
1925 – Edgar Ray Killen, American Ku Klux Klan organizer
1925 – Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician
1926 – Moira Shearer, Scottish ballerina and actress (d. 2006)
1927 – Thomas Anthony Dooley III (d. 1961)
American physician and humanitarian
1927 – Norman Kaye, Australian actor (d. 2007)
1927 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1927 – Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1927 – E.W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994)
1928 – Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973)
1928 – Vidal Sassoon (d. 2012)
English-American hairdresser and businessman
1929 – Jacques Plante (d. 1986)
Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1929 – Tan Boon Teik (d. 2012)
Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician
Attorney-General of Singapore
1930 – Eddie LeBaron
American football player, manager, and sportscaster
1931 – James Earl Jones, American actor
1931 – Douglas Wilder
American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
1931 – Don Zimmer (d. 2014)
American baseball player, coach, and manager
1932 – Sheree North, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2005)
1933 – Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress (d. 1987)
1933 – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (d. 2003)
French-Pakistani diplomat
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1933 – Shari Lewis (d. 1998)
American actress, puppeteer, and television host
1934 – Donald Cammell (d. 1996)
Scottish-American director and screenwriter
1934 – Stuart Nisbet, American actor
1934 – Zlatko Papec, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1934: Sydney Schanberg, American journalist
1934 – Cedar Walton, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1935 – Ruth Ann Minner
American businesswoman and politician
72nd Governor of Delaware
1936 – John Boyd
English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan
1936 – A. Thangathurai (d. 1997)
Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician
1937 – Alain Badiou, French philosopher and educator
1938 – John Bellairs, American author and academic (d. 1991)
1938 – Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (d. 1988)
1939 – Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 2008)
1939 – Maury Povich, American talk show host, producer, and actor
1940 – Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner
1940 – Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni (d. 2015)
Egyptian-Armenian patriarch
1940 – Tabaré Vázquez
Uruguayan politician, 39th President of Uruguay
1941 – István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect
1941: Mechai Viravaidya, Thai politician and activist
1941 – Gillian Weir, New Zealand-English organist and educator
1942 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer and referee
1942 – Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author
1942 – Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator
1942 – Nigel McCulloch, English bishop
1942 – Nancy Parsons, American actress (d. 2001)
1943 – Geoffrey Deuel, American actor
1943 – Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – René Préval
Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti
1944 – Françoise Hardy, French singer and actress
1944 – Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic
1945 – Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer
1945 – Anne Cutler
Research Professor at the MARCS Institute
University of Western Sydney
1946 – Michèle Deslauriers, Canadian actress
1947 – Jane Elliot, American actress
1948 – Jim Ladd, American radio host and producer
1948 – Davíð Oddsson
Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland
1948 – Anne Queffélec, French pianist
1948 – Michael Rake, English businessman and academic
1949 – Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2003)
1949 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1949 – Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
1949 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (d. 1984)
1949 – Dick Nanninga, Dutch footballer (d. 2015)
1949 – Mick Taylor
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones)
1950 – Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican author and academic
1952: Howard Louis "Howie" Carr, Jr.
American journalist, author, and radio talk-show host
1952 – Darrell Porter (d. 2002)
American baseball player and sportscaster
1952 – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese pianist, composer, producer, and actor
(Yellow Magic Orchestra)
1953 – Jeff Berlin, American bass player
1953 – Carlos Johnson, American singer and guitarist
1954 – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
American lawyer, radio host, and environmentalist
1954 – Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge
1954: Paul Zane Pilzer
American economist, author, and social entrepreneur
1955 – Steve Earle
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1955 – Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
1956 – Damian Green
English journalist and politician
Minister of State for Immigration
1956 – Jonathan Linsley, English actor
1956 – Mitch Vogel, American actor
1956 – Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Q-Tips)
1957 – Nancy Argenta, Canadian soprano
1957 – Keith Chegwin, English television host and actor
1957 – Steve Harvey, American comedian, actor, and game show host
1957 – Ann Nocenti, American journalist and author
1957 – Michel Vaarten, Belgian cyclist
1958 – Tony Kouzarides, English biologist, cancer researcher
1959 – Susanna Hoffs
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
(The Bangles and Ming Tea)
1959 – Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
1960 – John Crawford
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Berlin)
1960 – Chili Davis, Jamaican-American baseball player and coach
1960 – Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress and singer
1960 – Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor, director, and producer
1961 – Maia Chiburdanidze, Georgian chess player
1961 – Brian Helgeland
American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Jun Azumi
Japanese broadcaster and politician
46th Japanese Minister of Finance
1962 – Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and producer
1962 – Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author
1962 – Denis O'Hare, American actor
1962 – Ari Up, German-English singer (d. 2010)
1963 – Kai Hansen
German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1964 – Michelle Fairley, Northern Irish actress
1964 – Michelle Obama
American lawyer and activist
46th First Lady of the United States
1964 – Andy Rourke
English bass player (The Smiths and Freebass)
1965 – Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer and manager
1965 – Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Joshua Malina, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter
1966 – Shabba Ranks, Jamaican-American singer
1966 – António Zeferino, Cape Verdean runner
1967 – Richard Hawley
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Pulp and Longpigs)
1967 – Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
1967 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)
1968 – Svetlana Masterkova, Russian runner
1968 – Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author
1968 – Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar
1968 – Jane Salumäe, Estonian runner
1969 – Naveen Andrews, English actor
1969 – Dave Lamb, English actor, presenter, and comedian
1969 – Lukas Moodysson, Swedish director, screenwriter, and author
1969 – Tijs Michiel Verwest (bka Tiësto)
Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Kamaya Painters)
1970 – Cássio Alves de Barros, Brazilian footballer
1970 – Masaaki Mochizuki, Japanese wrestler
1970 – Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor
1970 – Genndy Tartakovsky
Russian-American animator, director, and producer
1970 – James Wattana, Thai snooker player
1971 – Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
1971 – Richard Burns, English race car driver (d. 2005)
1971 – Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
1971 – Robert James Ritchie (bka Kid Rock)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1971 – Jonathan Smith (bka Lil Jon), American rapper
1971 – Sylvie Testud, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1971 – Paolo Vaccari, Italian rugby player and manager
1971 – Ann Wolfe, American boxer and trainer
1972 – Benno Fürmann, German actor
1972 – Ken Hirai, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1972 – Vittoria Belvedere, Italian actress
1973 – Ryō, Japanese model, actress, voice actress, and singer
1973 – Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor
1973 – Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia
1973 – Liz Ellis, Australian netball player
1973 – Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 – Danny Bhoy, Scottish comedian and actor
1974 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003)
1974 – Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager
1974 – Vesko Kountchev
Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer (Amparanoia)
1974 – Derrick Mason, American football player
1975 – Tom Jenkinson (bka Squarepusher) English singer-songwriter
1975: Coco Lee (born Lǐ Wén)
Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer,
dancer, and actress
1975 – Freddy Rodriguez, American actor and producer
1975 – Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter and producer
1977 – Dante Carver, American actor
1977 – Kevin Thorn, American wrestler
1977 – Leigh Whannell, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Carolina "Pampita" Ardohaín, Argentinian model and actress
1978 – Meilen Tu, American tennis player
1978 – Ricky Wilson, English singer-songwriter (Kaiser Chiefs)
1979 – Oleh Lisohor, Ukrainian swimmer
1979 – Chase Stevens, American wrestler
1980 – Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
1980 – Zooey Deschanel
American singer-songwriter and actress (She & Him)
1980 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish flute player
1980 – Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer
1965 – Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Joshua Malina, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter
1966 – Shabba Ranks, Jamaican-American singer
1966 – António Zeferino, Cape Verdean runner
1967 – Richard Hawley
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Pulp and Longpigs)
1967 – Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
1967 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)
1968 – Svetlana Masterkova, Russian runner
1968 – Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author
1968 – Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar
1968 – Jane Salumäe, Estonian runner
1969 – Naveen Andrews, English actor
1969 – Dave Lamb, English actor, presenter, and comedian
1969 – Lukas Moodysson, Swedish director, screenwriter, and author
1969 – Tijs Michiel Verwest (bka Tiësto)
Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Kamaya Painters)
1970 – Cássio Alves de Barros, Brazilian footballer
1970 – Masaaki Mochizuki, Japanese wrestler
1970 – Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor
1970 – Genndy Tartakovsky
Russian-American animator, director, and producer
1970 – James Wattana, Thai snooker player
1971 – Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
1971 – Richard Burns, English race car driver (d. 2005)
1971 – Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
1971 – Robert James Ritchie (bka Kid Rock)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1971 – Jonathan Smith (bka Lil Jon), American rapper
1971 – Sylvie Testud, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1971 – Paolo Vaccari, Italian rugby player and manager
1971 – Ann Wolfe, American boxer and trainer
1972 – Benno Fürmann, German actor
1972 – Ken Hirai, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1972 – Vittoria Belvedere, Italian actress
1973 – Ryō, Japanese model, actress, voice actress, and singer
1973 – Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor
1973 – Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia
1973 – Liz Ellis, Australian netball player
1973 – Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 – Danny Bhoy, Scottish comedian and actor
1974 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003)
1974 – Yang Chen, Chinese footballer and manager
1974 – Vesko Kountchev
Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer (Amparanoia)
1974 – Derrick Mason, American football player
1975 – Tom Jenkinson (bka Squarepusher) English singer-songwriter
1975: Coco Lee (born Lǐ Wén)
Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer,
dancer, and actress
1975 – Freddy Rodriguez, American actor and producer
1975 – Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter and producer
1977 – Dante Carver, American actor
1977 – Kevin Thorn, American wrestler
1977 – Leigh Whannell, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Carolina "Pampita" Ardohaín, Argentinian model and actress
1978 – Meilen Tu, American tennis player
1978 – Ricky Wilson, English singer-songwriter (Kaiser Chiefs)
1979 – Oleh Lisohor, Ukrainian swimmer
1979 – Chase Stevens, American wrestler
1980 – Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
1980 – Zooey Deschanel
American singer-songwriter and actress (She & Him)
1980 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish flute player
1980 – Modestas Stonys, Lithuanian footballer
1981 – Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer, manager
1981 – Ray J, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1981 – Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
1981 – Diogo Morgado, Portuguese actor
1982 – Hwanhee, South Korean singer and actor (Fly to the Sky)
1982 – Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
1982 – Amanda Wilkinson
Canadian singer (The Wilkinsons and Small Town Pistols)
1983 – Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer
1983 – Johannes Herber, German basketball player
1983 – Rick Kelly, Australian race car driver
1983 – Marcelo Garcia, grappler
1984 – Sophie Dee, Welsh porn actress
1984 – Kelvin Fletcher, English actor and model
1984 – Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
1984 – Samuel Shaw, American wrestler
1985 – Kangin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1985 – Pablo Barrientos, Argentinian footballer
1985 – Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
1985 – Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer and actress (BeForU)
1985 – Betsy Ruth, American wrestler
1985 – Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter (Epica)
1986 – Max Adler, American actor
1986 – Hale Appleman, American actor
1986 – Viktor Stålberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1987 – Oleksandr Usyk, Ukrainian boxer
1988 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
1988 – Will Genia, Australian rugby player
1988: Jonathan Keltz, American actor
1988 – Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
1989 – Hollie-Jay Bowes, English singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Björn Dreyer, German footballer
1989 – Taylor Jordan, American baseball player
1990 – Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
1990 – Kaori Matsumura, Japanese idol and singer (SKE48)
1991 – Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
1991 – Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
1993 – Frankie Cocozza, English singer
1994 – Gasan Magomedov, Russian footballer (d. 2015)
1997 – Jack Vidgen, Australian singer-songwriter
1981 – Ray J, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1981 – Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
1981 – Diogo Morgado, Portuguese actor
1982 – Hwanhee, South Korean singer and actor (Fly to the Sky)
1982 – Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
1982 – Amanda Wilkinson
Canadian singer (The Wilkinsons and Small Town Pistols)
1983 – Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer
1983 – Johannes Herber, German basketball player
1983 – Rick Kelly, Australian race car driver
1983 – Marcelo Garcia, grappler
1984 – Sophie Dee, Welsh porn actress
1984 – Kelvin Fletcher, English actor and model
1984 – Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
1984 – Samuel Shaw, American wrestler
1985 – Kangin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1985 – Pablo Barrientos, Argentinian footballer
1985 – Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
1985 – Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer and actress (BeForU)
1985 – Betsy Ruth, American wrestler
1985 – Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter (Epica)
1986 – Max Adler, American actor
1986 – Hale Appleman, American actor
1986 – Viktor Stålberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1987 – Oleksandr Usyk, Ukrainian boxer
1988 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
1988 – Will Genia, Australian rugby player
1988: Jonathan Keltz, American actor
1988 – Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
1989 – Hollie-Jay Bowes, English singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Björn Dreyer, German footballer
1989 – Taylor Jordan, American baseball player
1990 – Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
1990 – Kaori Matsumura, Japanese idol and singer (SKE48)
1991 – Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
1991 – Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
1993 – Frankie Cocozza, English singer
1994 – Gasan Magomedov, Russian footballer (d. 2015)
1997 – Jack Vidgen, Australian singer-songwriter
Family
Coulee City
Mel Cox (1945)
Jim Klein
Jan Heathman
Douglas Dingman
Mark DeHaven
Charlie Smith
James Meeds
Jackie Evans
Gladys Riddle
Jim Klein
Jan Heathman
Douglas Dingman
Mark DeHaven
Charlie Smith
James Meeds
Jackie Evans
Gladys Riddle
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Groh
Louis & Karin Marseilles
Dick & Terrie Edwards
Louis & Karin Marseilles
Dick & Terrie Edwards
Deaths
VIP
1893 – Rutherford B. Hayes (b. 1822)
American general, lawyer, and politician
19th President of the United States
American general, lawyer, and politician
19th President of the United States
Notable
395 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (b. 347)
1229 – Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165)
1334 – John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (b. 1266)
1345 – Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch
1345 – Martino Zaccaria, Aegean ruler
1369 – Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328)
1468 – Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
1598 – Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
1617 – Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
1654 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (b. 1625)
1705 – John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
1718 – Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
1737 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
1738 – Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
1751 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
1826 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
1834 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
1861 – Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (b. 1821)
1863 – Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
1869 – Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
1874 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai conjoined twins (b. 1811)
1878 – Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
1884 – Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
1887 – William Giblin (b. 1840)
Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania
1891 – George Bancroft (b. 1800)
American historian and politician
17th United States Secretary of the Navy
1903 – Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
1908 – Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
1909 – Francis Smith (b. 1819)
Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania
1911 – Francis Galton (b. 1822)
English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer
1927 – Juliette Gordon Low (b. 1860)
American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
1931 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
1932 – Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
1932 – Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
1933 – Ruurd Leegstra, Dutch rower (b. 1877)
1933 – Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
1936 – Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
1942 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
1947 – Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
1947 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
1951 – Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
1952 – Walter Briggs, Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
1956 – Blind Alfred Reed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1880)
1960 – Andrew Kennaway Henderson, English-New Zealand illustrator (b. 1879)
1961 – Patrice Lumumba (b. 1925)
Congolese politician
1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1963 – Henri Masson, French fencer (b. 1872)
1964 – T. H. White, English author (b. 1906)
1967 – Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (b. 1884)
1970 – Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
1970 – Billy Stewart, American singer and pianist (b. 1937)
1972 – Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
1977 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
1977 – Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
1980 – Barbara Britton, American actress (b. 1919)
1981 – Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
1983 – Doodles Weaver, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1984 – Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
1984 – George Rigaud, Argentinian-Spanish actor (b. 1905)
1987 – Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1988 – Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
1991 – Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
1992 – Frank Pullen, English businessman (b. 1915)
1993 – Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
1994 – Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)
1994 – Helen Stephens (b. 1918)
American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower
1996 – Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
1996 – Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
1997 – Bert Kelly (b. 1912)
Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy
1997 – Clyde Tombaugh (b. 1906)
American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto
1998 – Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (b. 1930)
1999 – Robert Eads, American trans man (b. 1945)
1999 – Samantha Reid, American manslaughter victim (b. 1984)
2000 – Philip Jones, English trumpet player (b. 1928)
2000 – Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
2001 – Gregory Corso, American poet and author (b. 1930)
2002 – Camilo José Cela (b. 1916)
Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
2002 – Bishop Karas, Sudanese-American bishop (b. 1955)
2002 – Queenie Leonard, English-American actress and singer (b. 1905)
2002 – Eddie Meduza, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2002 – Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
2003 – Richard Crenna, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1926)
2003 – Balint Vazsonyi, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1936)
2004 – Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
2004 – Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
2004 – Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (b. 1939)
2004 – Ray Stark, American producer (b. 1915)
2004 – Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
2005 – Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)
2005 – Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
2005 – Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
2005 – Zhao Ziyang (b. 1919)
Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China
2006 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2006 – Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
2007 – Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2007 – Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
2008 – Carlos, French singer and actor (b. 1943)
2008 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
2008 – Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
2008 – Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
2009 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
2010 – Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
2010 – Jyoti Basu (b. 1914)
Indian politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal
2010 – Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (b. 1952)
2010 – Michalis Papakonstantinou (b. 1919)
Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece
2010 – Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2011 – Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
2012 – Ernie Alexander, American educator and politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Aengus Fanning, Irish journalist (b. 1942)
2012 – Carlos Guirao (b. 1954)
Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium)
2012 – Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
2012 – Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
2012 – Piet Römer, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1928)
2012 – Marty Springstead, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
2013 – Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
2013 – Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964)
2013 – Robert F. Chew, American actor (b. 1960)
2013 – Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
2013 – Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (b. 1971)
2013 – James Hood, American activist (b. 1942)
2013 – Fred J. Lincoln, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1938)
2013 – John Nkomo (b. 1934)
Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe
2013 – Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2014 – Mohammed Burhanuddin (b. 1915)
Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq
2014 – Seizō Katō, Japanese voice actor (b. 1927)
2014 – Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)
2014 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (b. 1942)
English businessman and politician
2014 – John J. McGinty III
American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1940)
2014 – Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
2014 – Suchitra Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian actress (b. 1931)
2015 – Origa, Russian-Japanese singer (b. 1970)
2015 – Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2015 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
2015 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2015 – Greg Plitt, American model and actor (b. 1977)
1229 – Albert of Riga, German bishop (b. 1165)
1334 – John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond (b. 1266)
1345 – Henry of Asti, Greek patriarch
1345 – Martino Zaccaria, Aegean ruler
1369 – Peter I of Cyprus (b. 1328)
1468 – Skanderbeg, Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
1598 – Feodor I of Russia (b. 1557)
1617 – Fausto Veranzio, Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
1654 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (b. 1625)
1705 – John Ray, English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
1718 – Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639)
1737 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
1738 – Jean-François Dandrieu, French organist and composer (b. 1682)
1751 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
1826 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
1834 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
1861 – Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (b. 1821)
1863 – Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
1869 – Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
1874 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai conjoined twins (b. 1811)
1878 – Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
1884 – Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
1887 – William Giblin (b. 1840)
Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania
1891 – George Bancroft (b. 1800)
American historian and politician
17th United States Secretary of the Navy
1903 – Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
1908 – Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
1909 – Francis Smith (b. 1819)
Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania
1911 – Francis Galton (b. 1822)
English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer
1927 – Juliette Gordon Low (b. 1860)
American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
1931 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
1932 – Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
1932 – Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
1933 – Ruurd Leegstra, Dutch rower (b. 1877)
1933 – Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
1936 – Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
1942 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
1947 – Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
1947 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
1951 – Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
1952 – Walter Briggs, Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
1956 – Blind Alfred Reed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1880)
1960 – Andrew Kennaway Henderson, English-New Zealand illustrator (b. 1879)
1961 – Patrice Lumumba (b. 1925)
Congolese politician
1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1963 – Henri Masson, French fencer (b. 1872)
1964 – T. H. White, English author (b. 1906)
1967 – Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (b. 1884)
1970 – Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
1970 – Billy Stewart, American singer and pianist (b. 1937)
1972 – Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
1977 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
1977 – Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
1980 – Barbara Britton, American actress (b. 1919)
1981 – Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
1983 – Doodles Weaver, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1984 – Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
1984 – George Rigaud, Argentinian-Spanish actor (b. 1905)
1987 – Hugo Fregonese, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1988 – Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
1991 – Olav V of Norway (b. 1903)
1992 – Frank Pullen, English businessman (b. 1915)
1993 – Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
1994 – Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)
1994 – Helen Stephens (b. 1918)
American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower
1996 – Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
1996 – Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
1997 – Bert Kelly (b. 1912)
Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy
1997 – Clyde Tombaugh (b. 1906)
American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto
1998 – Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (b. 1930)
1999 – Robert Eads, American trans man (b. 1945)
1999 – Samantha Reid, American manslaughter victim (b. 1984)
2000 – Philip Jones, English trumpet player (b. 1928)
2000 – Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
2001 – Gregory Corso, American poet and author (b. 1930)
2002 – Camilo José Cela (b. 1916)
Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
2002 – Bishop Karas, Sudanese-American bishop (b. 1955)
2002 – Queenie Leonard, English-American actress and singer (b. 1905)
2002 – Eddie Meduza, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2002 – Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
2003 – Richard Crenna, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1926)
2003 – Balint Vazsonyi, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1936)
2004 – Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929)
2004 – Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
2004 – Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (b. 1939)
2004 – Ray Stark, American producer (b. 1915)
2004 – Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
2005 – Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960)
2005 – Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
2005 – Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
2005 – Zhao Ziyang (b. 1919)
Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China
2006 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2006 – Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
2007 – Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2007 – Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
2008 – Carlos, French singer and actor (b. 1943)
2008 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
2008 – Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
2008 – Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
2009 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
2010 – Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
2010 – Jyoti Basu (b. 1914)
Indian politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal
2010 – Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (b. 1952)
2010 – Michalis Papakonstantinou (b. 1919)
Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece
2010 – Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2011 – Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
2012 – Ernie Alexander, American educator and politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Aengus Fanning, Irish journalist (b. 1942)
2012 – Carlos Guirao (b. 1954)
Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium)
2012 – Julius Meimberg, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
2012 – Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
2012 – Piet Römer, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1928)
2012 – Marty Springstead, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
2013 – Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
2013 – Jakob Arjouni, German author (b. 1964)
2013 – Robert F. Chew, American actor (b. 1960)
2013 – Yves Debay, Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
2013 – Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (b. 1971)
2013 – James Hood, American activist (b. 1942)
2013 – Fred J. Lincoln, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1938)
2013 – John Nkomo (b. 1934)
Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe
2013 – Lizbeth Webb, English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
2014 – Mohammed Burhanuddin (b. 1915)
Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq
2014 – Seizō Katō, Japanese voice actor (b. 1927)
2014 – Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)
2014 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (b. 1942)
English businessman and politician
2014 – John J. McGinty III
American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1940)
2014 – Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
2014 – Suchitra Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian actress (b. 1931)
2015 – Origa, Russian-Japanese singer (b. 1970)
2015 – Ken Furphy, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2015 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
2015 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2015 – Greg Plitt, American model and actor (b. 1977)
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