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Birthdays
VIP
Notable
1455 – John II of Portugal (d. 25 Oct 1495)
King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1481-1495
1520 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (d. 1575)
1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (d. 20 Aug 1648)
English-Welsh soldier, historian, diplomat, poet and religious philosopher
1589 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1676)
1606 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (d. 21 Oct 1687)
1631 – Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1672)
1652 – Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (d. 1685)
1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (d. 1747)
1756 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (d. 7 Apr 1836)
1778 – Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 19 Jun 1841)
Queen consort of Hanover, 1837-1841
1793 – William Macready, English actor and manager (d. 1873)
1800 – Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1862)
1805 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (d. 1861)
1816 – William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (d. 1858)
1816 – Henry Norris, English civil engineer (d. 1878)
1819 – Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (d. 1912)
1822 – Eduard Ender, Austrian painter (d. 1883)
1825 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1879)
1831 – George Pullman (d. 19 Oct 1897)
American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company
1839 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (d. 1904)
1841 – John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (d. 1914)
1845 – Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1918)
1847 – Alexander Graham Bell (d. 2 Aug 1922)
Scottish-American engineer, invented the Telephone
1848 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (d. 1880)
1860 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
1863 – Arthur Machen, Welsh actor and author (d. 1947)
1866 – Fred A. Busse (d. 1914)
American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago
1868 – Émile-Auguste Chartier (aka Alain) (d. 2 Jun 1951)
French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist
1869 – Henry Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
1871: Frank William Boreham, British Baptist preacher (d. 18 May 1959)
1871 – Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (d. 1957)
1872: Willie Keeler, American baseball player (d 1 Jan 1923)
1873 – William Green, American union leader and politician (d. 1952)
1878 – Leopold Jessner, German director and producer (d. 1945)
1878: Philip Edward Thomas (d. 9 Apr 1917)
British poet, essayist, and novelist
1879 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian journalist and priest (d. 1936)
1880 – Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1962)
1880 – Yōsuke Matsuoka (d. 1946)
Japanese politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Japan
1882 – Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman (d. 18 Jan 1949)
1883 – Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (d. 1971)
1886 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
1887 – Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (d. 1915)
1890 – Edmund Lowe, American actor and singer (d. 21 Apr 1971)
1891 – Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 1949)
1891 – Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1982)
1893 – Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (d. 12 Mar 1998)
1894 – Ethel Grandin, American actress (d. 1988)
1895 – Ragnar Frisch (d. 21 Jan 1973)
Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1895 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (d. 26 Jul 1993)
1896 – Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (d. 1973)
1898 – Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
1901 – Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (d. 2011)
1903 – Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (d. 1967)
1906 – Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (d. 1991)
1910 – Kittens Reichert, American actress (d. 1990)
1910: Richard Malcolm Weaver, Jr. (d. 1 Apr 1963)
American intellectual historian and political philosopher
1911 – Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 7 Jun 1937)
1911 – Hugues Lapointe (d. 1982)
Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1913 – Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1913 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 18 Nov 2005)
1914 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1917 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952)
1917 – Albrecht Fleckenstein, German pharmacologist and physiologist (d. 1992)
1918 – John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat (d. 1995)
1918 – Arthur Kornberg (d. 26 Oct 2007)
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1918: Arnold Newman, American photographer (d. 6 Jun 2006)
1919: Peter Abrahams
South African novelist, journalist and political commentator.
1920 – Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (d. 1994)
1920 – James Montgomery Doohan, Canadian-American actor (d. 20 Jul 2005)
1920 – Ronald Searle, English-French illustrator (d. 2011)
1921 – Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 25 Jan 1960)
1922 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)
1923 – Barney Martin (d. 21 Mar 2005)
American policeman, comedy writer, and actor
1923 – Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
1924 – Lys Assia, Swiss singer and dancer
1924 – Tomiichi Murayama
Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan
1924 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress and singer (d. 1948)
1926 – James Merrill, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1995)
1927 – Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician
1927 – Nicolas Freeling, English author (d. 2003)
1928 – Joe Conley, American actor (d. 2013)
1928 – Howell Evans, Welsh actor and comedian (d. 2014)
1928 – Pierre Michelot, French bassist (Play Bach Trio) (d. 2005)
1930 – Alfredo Alcón, Argentinian actor (d. 2014)
1930 – Heiner Geißler, German lawyer and politician
1930 – Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania
1930 – K. S. Rajah, Singaporean lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
1933 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor and singer (d. 2013)
1933 – Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer and actor
1933 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite
1933: Harry Triguboff, Australian billionaire residential property developer
1934 – Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1934 – Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (d. 1976)
1935 – Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic
1935 – Zhelyu Zhelev (d. 2015)
Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria
1936 – Preston King, American activist and academic
1937 – Bobby Driscoll, American child actor (d. 1968)
1938: Patricia MacLachlan, American children's writer
1939 – Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (d. 2003)
1940 – Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist
1940 – Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (d. 1986)
1940 – Jean-Paul Proust (d. 2010)
French-Monacan police officer and politician
21st Minister of State of Monaco
1940 – Owen Spencer-Thomas, English minister and journalist
1942 – Mike Pender
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Searchers and Mike Pender's Searchers)
1944 – Lee Holdridge, Haitian-American composer and conductor
1945 – George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Hattie Winston, American actress
1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster
1946 – Mike Wood, English Labour Party politician
1947 – Clifton Snider, American poet and author
1947 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (d. 2001)
1947 – Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
1948: Reed Hundt
American attorney
chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 1993-1997
1948 – Snowy White
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, and The Bleeding Heart Band)
1949 – Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist and academic
1949 – Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
1949 – Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
1949 – Gloria Hendry, American actress
1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1950 – Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and screenwriter
1950: Laura Ziskin, American film producer (d. 12 Jun 2011)
1951 – Lindsay Cooper (d. 2013)
English bassoon player and composer
(Henry Cow, News from Babel, and Feminist Improvising Group)
1951 – Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
1952 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (d. 2008)
1953 – Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
1953 – Robyn Hitchcock
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians)
1954: Robert Gossett, American actor
1954 – John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hooters)
1954 – Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955 – Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
1955 – Andy Breckman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Darnell Williams, English-American actor
1956 – Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
1956 – John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer
1957 – Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
1957 – Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1957 – Nicholas Shakespeare, English journalist and author
1958 – Miranda Richardson, English actress
1959 – Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
1959 – Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
1960 – Benedict Carey, American journalist
1960 – Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
1961 – John Matteson, American author and educator
1961 – Perry McCarthy, English race car driver
1961 – Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian and author
1961 – Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1962 – Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
1962 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete long jumper
1962: David Schweikert
U.S. Representative, R. AZ, 2013-present
1962 – Herschel Walker, American football player and mixed martial artist
1963 – Martín Fiz, Spanish runner
1964 – Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964 – Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
1964 – Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler
1965 – Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
1966 – Sophia Aliberti, Greek actress and television host
1966 – Anthony Terrell Smith (bka Tone Lōc)
American rapper, voice actor, and producer
1966 – Timo Tolkki
Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
(Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance, and Symfonia)
1967 – Shankar Mahadevan, Indian singer-songwriter (Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy)
1968 – Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist (Dare)
1968 – Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1968 – Scott Radinsky
American baseball player, coach, and singer (Pulley and Ten Foot Pole)
1970 – Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 – Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1970 – Kristine Kunce, Australian tennis player
1971 – Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
1971 – Christian Eigner, Austrian drummer and songwriter (Depeche Mode)
1971 – Tyler Florence, American chef and author
1972 – Darren Anderton, English footballer
1973 – Xavier Bettel
Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1973 – Alison King, English actress
1973 – Matthew Marsden, English actor
1973 – Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian-American porn actress and model
1974 – Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian television host
1974 – David Faustino, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Aleksandr Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer
1975 – Aleksei Abdulkhalikov, Russian footballer
1975: Tracy Anderson
American multi-platform fitness/wellness entrepreneur and author
1976 – Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
1976 – Keit Pentus-Rosimannus
Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1977 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
1977 – Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Barret Swatek, American actress
1977 – Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
1978 – Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1978 – Ashwin Madia, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1978 – Aarti Mann, American actress
1979 – Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1979 – Alex Zane, English radio and television host
1980 – Christian Coronel, Filipino basketball player
1980 – Mason Unck, American football player
1980: Katherine Waterston, American actress
1981 – Eugene, South Korean singer and actress (S.E.S.)
1981 – David Bailey, American basketball player
1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper and actor (Screwed Up Click)
1981 – Justin Gabriel, South African wrestler and model
1981 – Julius Malema, South African politician
1981 – Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981 – Sung Yu-ri, German-South Korean singer and actress (Fin.K.L)
1982 – Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
1982 – Martin Hauswald, German footballer
1982 – Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Derreck Robinson, American football player
1982 – Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
1983 – Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
1983 – Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1983 – Chris Roberson, American football player
1983: Kim Smith, American fashion model and actress
1984 – Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
1984 – Santonio Holmes, American football player
1984 – Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 – Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1985 – Toby Turner, American comedian and actor
1986 – Jed Collins, American football player
1986 – Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
1986 – Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
1987 – Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
1988 – Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player
1988 – Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
1988 – Michael Morrison, English footballer
1988 – Sibel Özkan, Turkish weightlifter
1988 – Patricia Tumulak
Filipino-American model, Miss Philippines Fire 2009
1988 – Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
1988 – Max Waller, English cricketer
1989 – Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
1989 – Hayley Marie Norman American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1989 – Sef Cadayona, Filipino actor and comedian
1990 – Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
1991 – Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese entertainer
1992 – Jordy Lucas, Australian actress
1992 – Daria Yurlova, Estonian biathlete
1993 – Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
1993 – Nicole Gibbs, American tennis player
1993 – James Roberts, Australian rugby league player
1994 – Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress (9nine)
1995 – Maine Mendoza
Filipina internet celebrity, comedienne, television personality, and actress
Family
Coulee City
1950: Kathy Jordan
1952: Jim Cunningham
1958: Russell Dingman
Errol Burbank II
Tami Spurbeck
Chris Wilson
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
1111 – Bohemond I of Antioch (b. 1058)
1239 – Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Russian prince (b. 1187)
1459 – Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
1554 – John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
1606 – Nyaungyan Min, Burmese king (b. 1557)
1703 – Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (b. 1635)
1706 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1653)
1707 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (b. 1618)
1717 – Pierre Allix, French pastor and author (b. 1641)
1744 – Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (b. 1674)
1765 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687)
1768 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
1792 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
1850 – Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
1894 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
1899 – William P. Sprague, American banker and politician (b. 1827)
1901 – George Gilman (b. 1826)
American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
1920 – Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)
1927 – Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
1927 – J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1929 – Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
1932 – Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
1943 – George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
1953 – James J. Jeffries, American boxer (b. 1875)
1959 – Lou Costello, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1906)
1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
1966 – Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
1966 – William Frawley, American actor and singer (b. 1887)
1966 – Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
1977 – Percy Marmont, English actor (b. 1883)
1982 – Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
1982 – Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
1983 – Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
1986 – Peter Capell, German actor (b. 1912)
1987 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1913)
1988 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
1988 – Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)
1990 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (b. 1898)
1991 – Arthur Murray, Austrian-American dancer and educator (b. 1895)
1991 – William Penney, Baron Penney (b. 1909)
Gibraltarian-English mathematician, physicist, and academic
1993 – Mel Bradford, American author and critic (b. 1934)
1993 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (b. 1910)
1993 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1903)
1993 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (b. 1906)
1994 – John Edward Williams, American author and academic (b. 1922)
1995 – Howard W. Hunter (b. 1907)
American religious leader
14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1996 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
1996 – John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910)
1998 – Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
1999 – Gerhard Herzberg (b. 1904)
German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1999 – Lee Philips, American actor and television director (b. 1927)
2000 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2001 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2001 – Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2001 – Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish track and field athlete (b. 1924)
2002 – Harlan Howard, American songwriter (b. 1927)
2002 – G. M. C. Balayogi (b. 1951)
Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
2003 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
2003 – Luis Marden, American explorer, photographer, and linguist (b. 1913)
2003 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2004 – Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
2005 – Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
2006 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1923)
2006 – Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1918)
2006 – William Herskovic (b. 1914)
Hungarian-American Holocaust survivor and humanitarian
2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
2008 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
2008 – Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (b. 1923)
2009 – Gilbert Parent (b. 1935)
Canadian educator and politician
33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
2010 – Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2010 – Michael Foot (b. 1913)
English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment
2011 – May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (b. 1923)
2011 – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (b. 1912)
2012 – Steve Bridges, American comedian and actor (b. 1963)
2012 – Leonardo Cimino, American actor (b. 1917)
2012 – Frank Marocco, American accordion player and composer (b. 1931)
2012 – Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (b. 1929)
2012 – Ronnie Montrose (b. 1947)
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Montrose and Gamma)
2012 – Alex Webster, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2013 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1940)
2013 – Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, Mexican journalist (b. 1975)
2013 – Johnny Hanks, New Zealand boxer (b. 1934)
2013 – Junior Heffernan, Irish bicyclist and triathlete (b. 1989)
2013 – Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (The Miracles) (b. 1940)
2014 – Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (b. 1930)
2014 – Kurt Chew-Een Lee, American soldier (b. 1926)
2014 – Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (b. 1930)
2014 – William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2014 – Don Shows, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2015 – Lynn Borden, American model and actress (b. 1937)
2015 – Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
2015 – John Mockler, American politician (b. 1941)
2016 – Ilir Hoti (b. 1957)
Albanian economist, profesor and 1st Governor of the Bank of Albania
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