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Birthdays
VIP
Notable
1361 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (d. 16 Aug 1419)
King of Bohemia, 1378-1419
King of Germany, 1376-1400
Elector of Brandenburg, 1373-1378
Duke of Luxembourg, 1383-1388
1564b: Christopher Marlowe (d. 30 May 1593)
English playwright, poet and translator
1584 – Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria (d. 5 Jul 1666)
regent for Elector Ferdinand Maria, 1651-1654
1587 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (d. 1639)
1671 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (d. 4 Feb 1713)
English philosopher, writer, and politician
1672 – Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (d. 25 Oct 1757)
French monk and theologian
1677 – Nicola Fago, Italian composer and educator (d. 1745)
1714: James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 25 Dec 1758)
1720 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (d. 15 Sep 1803)
1724: Gottfried Heinrich Bach (d. 12 Feb 1763)
German son of Johann Sebastian Bach
1746 – Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (d. 18 Jun 1804)
Duchess consort of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1769-1802
1777 – Matija Nenadović (d. 1854)
Serbian priest, historian, and politician
1st Prime Minister of Serbia
1786 – François Arago (d. 1853)
French mathematician and politician
25th Prime Minister of France
1799 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864)
1802 – Victor Hugo (d. 22 May 1885)
French author, poet, and playwright
1808 – Honoré Daumier (d. 1879)
French painter, illustrator, and sculptor
1808 – Nathan Kelley (d. 1871)
American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse
1814 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville (d. 1876)
French geologist and meteorologist
1829 – Levi Strauss (d. 26 Sep 1902)
German-American businessman and fashion designer
founded Levi Strauss & Co.
1832: John George Nicolay
German-born American biographer
secretary of US President Abraham Lincoln
member of the German branch of the Nicolay family
1846 – William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (d. 10 Jan 1917)
American soldier and hunter
1852 – John Harvey Kellogg (d. 14 Dec 1943)
American medical doctor and nutritionist, co-created corn flakes
1857 – Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926)
1858 – Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1917)
1859 – Louise DeKoven Bowen (1953)
American philanthropist and activist
1861 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (d. 10 Sep 1948)
Tsar of Bulgaria, 1908-1918
Prince of Bulgaria, 1887-1908
1861 – Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician (d. 1939)
1866 – Herbert Henry Dow (d. 15 Oct 1930)
Canadian-American businessman
founded the Dow Chemical Company
1877 – Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (d. 1968)
1879 – Frank Bridge, English violist and composer (d. 1941)
1880 – Kenneth Edgeworth (d. 1972)
Irish astronomer, economist, and engineer
1882 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 14 May 1968)
1885 – Aleksandras Stulginskis (d. 1969)
Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania
1887 – Grover Cleveland Alexander (d. 4 Nov 1950)
American baseball player and coach
1887 – William Frawley, American actor and singer (d. 3 Mar 1966)
1887 – Stefan Grabiński, Polish author and educator (d. 1936)
1893 – Wallace Fard Muhammad (d. 1934)
American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam
1893 – I. A. Richards, English educator and critic (d. 1979)
1896 – Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian politician (d. 1948)
1897: Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco (d. 7 Apr 1945)
English writer and socialite
1899 – Max Petitpierre (d. 1994)
Swiss jurist and politician
54th President of the Swiss Confederation
1900 – Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)
1900 – Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (d. 1988)
1901 – Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (d. 2007)
1902 – Jean Bruller (d. 1991)
French author and illustrator
co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit
1903 – Giulio Natta (d. 2 May 1979)
Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1903 – Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (d. 24 Mar 1944)
1906 – Madeleine Carroll, English-Spanish actress (d. 2 Oct 1987)
1907 – Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor, Jr. (d. 3 Oct 1994)
American actor and singer
1908 – Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (d. 26 Aug 1980)
American animator, cartoonist, voice actor, producer,
and director
1908 – Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (d. 2007)
1908 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
1909 – Fanny Cradock, English chef, author, and critic (d. 1994)
1909 – Talal of Jordan (d. 7 Jul 1972)
King of Jordan, 1951-1952
1910 – Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1974)
1910 – Vic Woodley, English footballer (d. 1978)
1911 – Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)
1912 – Dane Clark, American actor and director (d. 11 Sep 1998)
1913 – George Barker, English author and poet (d. 27 Oct 1991)
1914 – Robert Alda (d. 3 May 1986)
American actor, singer, and director
1914: Malcolm Wilson (d. 13 Mar 2000)
50th Governor of New York, 1973-1974
1916 – John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason (d. 24 Jun 1987)
American actor
1918 – Otis R. Bowen (d. 4 May 2013)
American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana
1918 – Theodore Sturgeon (d. 8 May 1985)
American author and critic
1919 – Mason Adams, American actor (d. 26 Apr 2005)
1919 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (d. 2003)
1920 – Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1920 – Tony Randall (d. 17 May 2004)
American actor, director, and producer
1920 – Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (d. 2006)
1921 – Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 11 Mar 2007)
1922 – Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (d. 2007)
1922 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (d. 13 Jan 1976)
1922 – Karl Aage Præst, Danish footballer (d. 2011)
1924 – Mark Bucci, American playwright and composer (d. 2002)
1924 – Noboru Takeshita (d. 2000)
Japanese soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Japan
1925 – Miroslava, Czechoslovakian-Mexican actress (d. 1955)
1926 – Doris Belack, American actress (d. 2011)
1926 – Verne Gagne (d. 2015)
American football player, wrestler, and trainer
1926 – Henry Molaison, American memory disorder patient (d. 2008)
1926 – Cynthia Stone, American actress (d. 1988)
1927 – Tom Kennedy, American game show host
1928 – Antoine "Fats" Domino, Jr.
American singer-songwriter and pianist
1928 – Anatoly Filipchenko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1928 – Ariel Sharon (d. 11 Jan 2014)
Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel
1929 – Bjørn Skau (d. 2013)
Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
1930 – Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
1930 – Carl Haas, American businessman
1931 – Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1931 – Robert Novak
American journalist and author (d. 18 Aug 2009)
1932 – Johnny Cash (d. 12 Sep 2003)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
(The Tennessee Three and The Highwaymen)
1933 – James Goldsmith (d. 1997)
French businessman and politician
1934 – Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter
1935: Jane Wagner, American writer, director and producer
1936 – José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)
1937 – Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (d. 2011)
1937 – Hagood Hardy, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1997)
1937 – Cliff Osmond, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1938 – Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (d. 1957)
1939 – Josephine Tewson, English actress
1940: Azzedine Alaia, Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer
1940 – Oldřich Kulhánek (d. 2013)
Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer
1941 – Paul Levy, American journalist and author
1942 – Jozef Adamec, Slovak footballer and manager
1943 – Bill Duke, American actor and director
1943 – Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
1943 – Bob Hite (d. 1981)
American singer-songwriter (Canned Heat)
1944 – Christopher Hope, South African author and poet
1944 – Ronald Lauder
American businessman and diplomat
United States Ambassador to Austria
1945 – Peter Brock, Australian race car driver (d. 2006)
1945 – Giannis Ioannidis
Greek basketball player, coach, and politician
1945: Marta Kristen, Norwegian-born American actress
1945 – Mitch Ryder
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Detroit Wheels)
1946 – Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian-American chemist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – David Edgar, English playwright and academic
1948 – Sharyn McCrumb, American author
1948 – Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton
Scottish judge and politician
1949 – Simon Crean
Australian politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts
1949 – Elizabeth George, American author and educator
1949 – Emma Kirkby, English soprano
1950 – Ott Arder, Estonian poet and author (d. 2004)
1950 – Jonathan Cain
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
(Journey, The Babys, and Bad English)
1950 – Helen Clark
New Zealand politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1951 – Steve Bell, English cartoonist
1951 – Wayne Goss (d. 2014)
Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland
1951 – Ferhan Şensoy, Turkish actor, director, and playwright
1952 – Jaan Arder (d. 2014)
Estonian singer (Apelsin and Hortus Musicus)
1953 – Michael Bolton
American singer-songwriter and actor (Blackjack)
1954 – Ernst August, Prince of Hanover
Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg
Head of the House of Hanover, 1987-present
1954 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkish footballer and politician, 12th President of Turkey
1955 – John Inge, English bishop
1955 – Andreas Maislinger
Austrian historian
founded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
1956 – Charlélie Couture, French singer-songwriter
1956 – Michel Houellebecq
French author, poet, screenwriter, and director
1956 – Keisuke Kuwata
Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Southern All Stars)
1956 – Jonathan Schmock
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – David Beasley
American lawyer and politician
113th Governor of South Carolina
1957 – Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Karen Berger, American author
1958 – Greg Germann, American actor and director
1958 – Susan J. Helms, American general, engineer, and astronaut
1958 – Tim Kaine
American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Virginia
1959 – Rolando Blackman, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician
37th Prime Minister of Turkey
1960 – Jaz Coleman
English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
(Killing Joke)
1962 – Ahn Cheol-soo
South Korean physician, academic, and politician
1962 – Kelly Gruber, American baseball player
1962 – Atiq Rahimi, Afghan-French journalist and director
1964 – Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
1965 – James Mitchell, American wrestler and manager
1965 – Linnar Viik, Estonian computer and scholar
1966 – Garry Conille
Haitian physician and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1966 – Marc Fortier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966: Jennifer Grant, American actress
1966 – Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer-songwriter and producer
1967 – James Allodi, Canadian actor and director
1967 – Mark Carroll, Australian rugby league player
1967 – Currie Graham, Canadian-American actor
1968 – Tim Commerford
American bass player and songwriter
(Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
1968 – J. T. Snow, American baseball player and sportscaster
1969 – Steve Agee
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer and producer
1970 – Mark Harper
English accountant and politician
Minister of State for Immigration
1971 – Erykah Badu
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Soulquarians)
1971 – Max Martin
Swedish-American singer-songwriter and producer (It's Alive)
1971 – Hélène Ségara, French singer-songwriter and actress
1972: Maziyar “Maz” Jobrani
Iranian-American comedian and actor
1973 – Erinn Bartlett
American model and actress, Miss Teen USA 1991
1973 – Marshall Faulk, American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer and manager
1973 – Jenny Thompson, American swimmer and anesthesiologist
1974 – Sébastien Loeb, French race car driver
1975: Drew Goddard
American screenwriter, director, and producer
1976 – Chad Urmston
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Dispatch and State Radio)
1977 – Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player and coach
1977 – Tim Thomas, American basketball player
1977 – Josh Towers, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 – Shane Williams, Welsh rugby player and coach
1978 – Marc Hynes, English race car driver and coach
1979 – Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Steve Evans, Welsh footballer
1979 – Pedro Miguel da Silva Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1980 – Steve Blake, American basketball player
1980 – Gary Majewski, American baseball player
1981 – Kertus Davis, American race car driver
1981 – Sharon Van Etten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Kaori Yoneyama, Japanese wrestler
1982 – Li Na, Chinese tennis player
1982 – Matt Prior, South African-English cricketer
1982 – Nate Ruess
American singer-songwriter (Fun and The Format)
1983 – Pepe, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1983 – Jerome Harrison, American football player
1984 – Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
1984 – Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer-songwriter
1985 – Gee Atherton, English cyclist
1985: Shiloh Fernandez, American actor
1985 – Miki Fujimoto
Japanese singer and actress
(Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, Gomattō, GAM)
1985 – Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer
1985 – Carolin Nytra, German hurdler
1985 – Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer
1985: Sanya Richards-Ross
Jamaican-American Olympic track and field athlete
1986 – Leandro dos Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Crystal Kay, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1986 – Hannah Kearney, American skier
1986 – Leila Lopes, Angolan-American model, Miss Universe 2011
1986: Teresa Palmer, Australian actress and model
1986 – Juliet Simms
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Automatic Loveletter)
1987 – Jin Hiramaki, Japanese actor, singer, and model
1988 – Matteo Ciofani, Italian footballer
1988 – Reid Flair, American wrestler (d. 2013)
1988 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian bassist (Mopti)
1989 – Gabriel Obertan, French footballer
1990 – Kateřina Cachová, Czech heptathlete
1991 – CL, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer (2NE1)
1991 – Jasmina Kajtazovič, Bosnian tennis player
1992 – Cecilia Estlander, Finnish tennis player
1992 – Mikael Granlund, Finnish ice hockey player
1992 – Ai Shinozaki, Japanese model and singer
Family
Coulee City
Alice Bafus
Brenda Green
Craig Elder
Suzanne Sieg
Other
1948: Gary Gershon
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Gary & Chris Erickson
Deaths
VIP
Notable
420 – Porphyry of Gaza, Greek bishop and saint (b. 347)
1154 – Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)
1266 – Manfred, King of Sicily (b. 1232)
1360 – Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English commander (b. 1328)
1462 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)
1561 – Jorge de Montemor, Spanish author and poet (b. 1520)
1577 – Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
1608 – John Still, English bishop (b. 1543)
1611 – Antonio Possevino, Italian priest and diplomat (b. 1533)
1630 – William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560)
1638 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac
French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581)
1723 – Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
1726 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
1770 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
1790 – Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1730)
1802 – Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
1813 – Robert R. Livingston (b. 1746)
British-American lawyer and politician
1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1781-1783
1815 – Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
1821 – Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
1864 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (b. 1807)
Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East
1883 – Alexandros Koumoundouros (b. 1817)
Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece
1887 – Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (b. 1865)
1889 – Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
1903 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
1913 – Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
1921 – Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
1930 – Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
1931 – Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)
1933 – Princess Thyra of Denmark (b. 1853)
1933 – Spottiswoode Aitken, Silent-era Scottish actor (b. 1868)
1936 – February 26 Incident:
Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1858)
Takahashi Korekiyo, Japanese politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1854)
Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (b. 1874)
1943 – Theodor Eicke, German general (b. 1892)
1947 – Heinrich Häberlin (b. 1868)
Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council
1950 – Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)
1952 – Theodoros Pangalos (b. 1878)
Greek general and politician, President of Greece
1959 – Selig Suskin, Russian-Israeli agronomist (b. 1873)
1961 – Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (b. 1878)
1961 – Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
1966 – Mientje Kling, Dutch actress (b. 1894)
1966 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (b. 1883)
1969 – Levi Eshkol (b. 1895)
Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel
1969 – Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (b. 1883)
1971 – Fernandel, French actor and singer (b. 1903)
1981 – Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)
1981 – Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1896)
1985 – Tjalling Koopmans (b. 1910)
Dutch-American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
1989 – Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (b. 1911)
1990 – Cornell Gunter (b. 1938)
American singer (The Coasters, The Platters, and The Flairs)
1993 – Constance Ford, American actress (b. 1923)
1994 – Bill Hicks, American comedian and singer (b. 1961)
1995 – Jack Clayton, English director and producer (b. 1921)
1997 – Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer (b. 1914)
1997 – David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929)
1997 – Wende Wagner, American actress (b. 1941)
1998 – James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1998 – Theodore Schultz (b. 1902)
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1998 – Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (b. 1923)
2000 – George L. Street III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1913)
2001 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (b. 1906)
2002 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
2003 – Christian Goethals, Belgian race car driver (b. 1928)
2004 – Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Finance (b. 1920)
2004 – Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
2004 – Boris Trajkovski (b. 1956)
Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia
2005 – Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)
2008 – Dick Fletcher, American meteorologist (b. 1942)
2008 – Buddy Miles (b. 1947)
American drummer and songwriter (Band of Gypsys and The Electric Flag)
2009 – Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)
2009 – Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
2009 – Norm Van Lier (b. 1947)
American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
2011 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2011 – James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)
2011 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (b. 1947)
2012 – Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2012 – Don Joyce, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
2012 – Trayvon Martin, American homicide victim (b. 1995)
2013 – Maya Jackson Randall, American journalist (b. 1979)
2014 – Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)
2014 – Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927)
2014 – Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1954)
2014 – Frankie Sardo, Italian-American singer, actor, and producer (b. 1936)
2014 – Tim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)
2015 – Sheppard Frere, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1916)
2015: Rev. Fr. Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC, STD (b. 25 May 1917)
American priest, theologian, and academic
15th President of the University of Notre Dame, 1952-1987
2015 – Earl Lloyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)2015 – Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American engineer and blogger (b. 1972)
2015 – Tom Schweich (b. 1960)
American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri
Family
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