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Birthdays
VIP
Notable
156 BC – Emperor Wu of Han (d. 87 BC)
997 – Emperor Taizong of Song (d. 997)
1003 – Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (d. 1048)
1422 – Federico da Montefeltro (d. 10 Sep 1482)
Italian nobel, son of Guidantonio da Montefeltro
lord of Urbino from 1444 (as Duke from 1474) until his death
1502 – John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
1529 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1615)
1687 – Gaetano Berenstadt, Italian actor and singer (d. 1734)
1702 – Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1761)
1757 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1806)
1761 – John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)
1770 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (d. 1828)
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1778 – Beau Brummell, English cricketer and fashion designer (d. 1840)
1811 – James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician (d. 1870)
1831 – Amelia Edwards, English journalist and author (d. 1892)
1837 – Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (d. 1903)
1840 – Carlota of Mexico (d. 1927)
1845 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1930)
1848 – Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (d. 1903)
1851 – Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (d. 1922)
1857: Samuel McChord Crothers (d. 10 Nov. 1927)
American Unitarian minister and essayist
1862 – Philipp Lenard (d. 1947)
Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1863 – Bones Ely, American baseball player and manager (d. 1952)
1865: Edwin Emery Slosson (d. 15 Oct 1929)
American magazine editor, author, journalist and chemist
1868 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect (d. 1928)
1877: Charles Glover Barkla (d. 23 Oct 1944)
British physicist, 1917 Nobel Prize in Physics
1877 – Roelof Klein, Dutch-American rower and engineer (d. 1960)
1879 – Knud Rasmussen, Danish anthropologist and explorer (d. 1933)
1879 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1963)
1880 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian-Danish actor (d. 1956)
1884 – Ester Claesson, Swedish landscape architect.
1883 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1948)
1886 – Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (d. 1972)
1888 – Clarence DeMar, American runner and educator (d. 1958)
1892 – Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1975)
1893 – Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (d. 1938)
1893: J. B. Morton, English writer (d. 10 May 1979)
1894 – Alexander P. de Seversky (d. 1974)
Georgian-American pilot and engineer
co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
1896 – Douglas Campbell, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1990)
1896 – Robert S. Mulliken (d. 1986)
American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1896 – Imre Nagy (d. 1958)
Hungarian soldier and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary
1897 – George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1970)
1899 – Elizabeth Bowen, Irish-English author and critic (d. 22 Feb 1973)
1900 – Glen Gray (d. 1963)
American saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra)
1902 – Georges Van Parys, French composer (d. 1971)
1902 – Herman B Wells, American banker, author, and academic (d. 2000)
1905 – James J. Braddock, American lieutenant and boxer (d. 1974)
1907 – Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2002)
1909 – Virginia Apgar (d. 1974)
American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test
1909 – Peter W. Rodino, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2005)
1909 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress and singer (d. 1994)
1910 – Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (d. 2014)
1910 – Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach (d. 1989)
1910 – Bradford Washburn (d. 2007)
American mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer
1910 – Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (d. 1990)
1911 – Brooks Stevens (d. 1995)
American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile
1912: Robert A. Cook, American pastor and educator (d. 11 Mar 1991)
1915 – Graham Ingels, American illustrator (d. 1991)
1917 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)
1917 – Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (d. 1995)
1920 – Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician (d. 1997)
1921 – Tal Farlow, American guitarist (d. 1998)
1921 – Dorothy Ruth (d. 18 May 1989)
American horse breeder, daughter of Babe Ruth
1922 – Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1923 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
1925 – John Biddle, American sailor and cinematographer (d. 2008)
1926 – Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician
1927 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (d. 1953)
1927 – Paul Salamunovich, American conductor and educator (d. 2014)
1928 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1995)
1928 – James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1928 – Reg Park, English-South African bodybuilder and actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Randolph Turpin, English boxer (d. 1966)
1929 – John Turner
Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada
1930 – Michael Baughen, English Anglican bishop
Bishop of Chester, 1982-1996
1931 – Malcolm Morley, English-American photographer
1931 – Virginia McKenna, English actress and author
1932 – Tina Brooks, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1974)
1932 – Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (d. 2013)
1933 – Herb Score, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2008)
1933 – John Simpson, English Anglican priest
1934: Billy Al Bengston, American artist
Archdeacon of Canterbury, 1981-1986
Dean of Canterbury, 1986-2000
1934 – David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and academic
1935 – Harry Crews, American author and playwright (d. 2012)
1935 – Thomas Kailath, Indian-American engineer, author, and educator
1937 – Red Grooms, American artist
1937 – Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor and director
1938 – Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (d. 2014)
1938 – Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and politician (d. 2010)
1938 – Ian St John, Scottish footballer and manager
1939 – Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (d. 2013)
1940 – Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor
1940 – Evi Nemeth, American author and engineer (d. 2013)
1940 – Felicity Riddy, New Zealand author and academic
1940 – Ronald Pickup, English actor
1942 – Charles R. Boutin, American lawyer and politician
1943 – Nikki Giovanni, American author, poet, and educator
1943 – Ken Osmond, American actor
1943 – Michael Pennington, English actor and director
1944 – Annette Lu, Taiwanese lawyer and politician
8th Vice President of the Republic of China
1944 – Erling Wicklund
Swedish-Norwegian trombonist, composer, and journalist
1945 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1945 – Wolfgang Schüssel
Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria
1945: Deborah Tannen, American academic
1946 – Jenny Jones, Palestinian-Canadian singer, drummer, and talk show host
1947 – Annette Brooke, British politician
1947 – Don Money, American baseball player and coach
1947 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979)
1947 – Edward C. Prado, American federal judge
1952 – Mia Benson, Swedish screenwriter
1948 – Jim Walton, American businessman
1949 – Christopher W. Morris, Canadian philosopher and academic
1950 – Gary Graham, American actor and producer
1950 – Howard Finkel, American ring announcer
1951 – Terry O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, English politician
1952 – Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor
1952 – Royce Campbell, American guitarist, composer, and producer
1952 – Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor
1952 – Orhan Pamuk
Turkish-American author, screenwriter, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1953 – Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, Scottish lawyer and judge
1953 – Colleen Camp, American actress
1953 – Johnny Clegg
English-South African singer-songwriter and guitarist (Juluka and Savuka)
1953 – Dougie Donnelly, Scottish sportscaster
1954 – Louise Erdrich, American author and poet
1955 – William Forsythe, American actor and producer
1955 – Jon Balke, Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader (Magnetic North Orchestra)
1955 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
1955 – Joey Scarbury, American singer (Believe It or Not)
1956 – L.A. Reid, American songwriter and producer, co-founded LaFace Records
1956: Mark Ryan, British actor
1957 – Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (d. 17 Feb 2016)
English soldier and politician
1957 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer-songwriter and producer
1957 – Paddy McAloon, English singer-songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
1958 – Prince Roger Nelson (bka Prince)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 2016)
1958 – Surakiart Sathirathai, Thai politician and diplomat
1959: Mike Pence, American politician
50th Governor of Indiana, 2013-present
U.S. Representative, R. IN, 2001-2013
1960 – Bill Prady, American screenwriter and producer
1961 – Dave Catching
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
(Earthlings? and Mondo Generator)
1961 – Kym Whitley, American actress and producer
1962 – Michael Cartellone, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Damn Yankees)
1962 – Simon Day, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1962 – Thierry Hazard, French singer-songwriter
1962 – Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese race car driver
1963 – Roberto Alagna, French-Italian tenor and actor
1963 – Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (d. 2014)
1964 – Judie Aronson, American actress
1964 – Gia Carides, Australian actress
1964 – Graeme Labrooy, Sri Lankan cricketer
1964 – Geir Lippestad, Norwegian lawyer and activist
1965 – Mick Foley, American wrestler, actor, and author
1965 – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
1965 – Damien Hirst, English painter and art collector
1965 – Emanuela Pacotto, Italian actress
1965 – Billy Reeves, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Theaudience)
1965 – Christine Roque, French singer
1966 – Eric Kretz, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
(Stone Temple Pilots and Talk Show)
1966 – Stéphane Richer, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Dave Navarro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deconstruction, and The Panic Channel)
1968 – Macha Grenon, Canadian actress
1968: Sarah Parish, English actress
1968: Sara Sheridan, Scottish writer
1969 – Prince Joachim of Denmark
1969 – Alina Astafei, Romanian-German high jumper
1969 – Adam Buxton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Kim Rhodes, American actress
1970 – Cafu, Brazilian footballer
1970 – Helen Baxendale, English actress
1970 – Andrei Kovalenko, Russian ice hockey player
1970 – Mike Modano, American ice hockey player
1970 – Cha Seung-won, South Korean model and actor
1971 – Terrell Buckley, American football player and coach
1971 – Alex Mooney, American lawyer and politician
1972: Bibhu Mohapatra, Indian-American fashion designer
1972 – Curtis Robb, English runner
1972 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
1972 – Maarika Võsu, Estonian fencer
1973 – Hatem Ghoula, Tunisian race walker
1973 – Song Yun-ah, South Korean model, actress, and singer
1974 – Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
1974 – Bear Grylls, English adventurer, author, and television host
1975 – Shane Bond, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1975 – Leigh Colbert, Australian footballer
1975 – Allen Iverson, American basketball player
1975 – Inés Rivero, Argentinian model
1976 – Necro, American rapper, producer, and director
(Secret Society, and The Godfathers)
1976 – Cassidy Rae, American actress
1976 – Mirsad Türkcan, Turkish basketball player
1977 – Marcin Baszczyński, Polish footballer
1977 – Preston Campbell, Australian rugby league player
1977 – Odalis Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
1977 – Erik Weiner, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Tony An, South Korean singer (H.O.T and jtL)
1978 – Mini Andén, Swedish-American model, actress, and producer
1978 – Adrienne Frantz, American actress and singer-songwriter
1978 – Bill Hader, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1978 – Donaldo Méndez, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 – Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer
1979 – Evelina Papantoniou, Greek model and actress
1979 – Anna Torv, Australian actress
1980 – Ed Moses, American swimmer
1981 – Stephen Bywater, English footballer
1981 – Tyler Johnson, American baseball player
1981 – Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
1981 – Kevin Kyle, Scottish footballer
1981 – Larisa Oleynik, American actress
1982 – Kurt Gidley, Australian rugby league player
1982 – Germán Lux, Argentinian footballer
1982: Amy Nuttall, English actress
1982 – Virgil Vasquez, American baseball player
1983 – Ryan Bader, American mixed martial artist
1983 – Milan Jurčina, Slovak ice hockey player
1983 – Mark Lowe, American baseball player
1983 – Piotr Małachowski, Polish discus thrower
1983 – Pierre Pierce, American basketball player
1984 – Jennyfer Jewell, English-New Zealand actress
1984 – Ari Koivunen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Amoral)
1985 – Arkadiusz Piech, Polish footballer
1985 – Shannon Shorr, American professional poker player
1985 – Charlie Simpson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Busted and Fightstar)
1985 – Richard Thompson, Trinidadian sprinter
1985 – Simon Whaley, English footballer
1986 – Keegan Bradley, American golfer
1988 – Michael Cera, Canadian actor
1988 – Milan Lucic, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Ashley Melnick, American model, Miss Texas 2010
1989 – Mitch Robinson, Australian footballer
1989 – Matt Smith, English footballer
1990 – Iggy Azalea, Australian rapper
1990 – Amy Childs, English model
1990: Willie Maxwell (bka Fetty Wap), American rapper
1990 – Allison Schmitt, American swimmer
1991 – Emily Ratajkowski, American model and actress
1991 – Gary Rohan, Australian footballer
1992 – Sara Niemietz, American singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
1993 – George Ezra, English singer-songwriter
1995 – Macky Bagnack, Cameroonian footballer
1998 – Graham Newberry, American-English figure skater
2004 – Clarence Delgado, Filipino child actor
Family
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Randall Spurbeck
Brandon McClung
Robert Robertsen
Katherine Eckhart
Alan Yirak
Kelsey Campbell
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
1975: Bill & Lynn Murray
Deaths
VIP
Notable
555 – Pope Vigilius
929 – Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (b. 877)
1329 – Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (b. 1274)
1358 – Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
1394 – Anne of Bohemia (b. 1367)
1618 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (b. 1577)
English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia
1711 – Henry Dodwell, Irish scholar and theologian (b. 1641)
1779 – William Warburton, English bishop and critic (b. 1698)
1810 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (b. 1765)
1821 – Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebel leader (b. 1780)
1826 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787)
1840 – Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
1840 – Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet (b. 1770)
1853 – Norbert Provencher, Canadian missionary and bishop (b. 1787)
1854 – Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
1859 – David Cox, English painter (b. 1783)
1861 – Patrick Brontë, Anglo-Irish priest and author (b. 1777)
1863 – Antonio Valero de Bernabé, Latin American liberator (b. 1790)
1866 – Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (b. 1780)
1879 – William Tilbury Fox, English dermatologist and academic (b. 1836)
1896 – Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)
1911 – Maurice Rouvier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
1915 – Charles Reed Bishop (b. 1822)
American banker and politician, founded the First Hawaiian Bank
1916 – Émile Faguet, French author and critic (b. 1847)
1927 – Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer (b. 1905)
1927 – Edmund James Flynn
Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)
1931 – Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (b. 1880)
1933 – Dragutin Domjanić, Croatian lawyer, judge, and poet (b. 1875)
1936 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)
1937 – Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
1942 – Alan Blumlein, English engineer (b. 1903)
1945 – Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1870)
1954 – Alan Turing (b. 1912)
English mathematician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist
1963 – ZaSu Pitts, American actress and singer (b. 1894)
1965 – Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
1966 – Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
1967 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
1967 – Dorothy Parker, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1893)
1968 – Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
1970 – E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (b. 1879)
1978 – Charles Moran, American race car driver (b. 1906)
1978 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (b. 1897)
English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1979 – Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1925)
1980 – Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (b. 1883)
1980 – Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter and educator (b. 1913)
1980 – Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (b. 1891)
1985 – Klaudia Taev, Estonian opera singer and educator (b. 1906)
1987 – Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1940)
1988 – Martin Sommer, German SS officer (b. 1915)
1988 – Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
1989 – Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1907)
1989 – William McLean Hamilton (b. 1919)
Canadian politician, Postmaster General of Canada
1992 – Bill France, Sr. (b. 1909)
American race car driver and businessman, co-founded NASCAR
1993 – Dražen Petrović (b. 1964)
Croatian basketball player, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 2002
1995 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (b. 1918)
1995 – Charles Ritchie (b. 1906)
Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom
1996 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (b. 1904)
1999 – Paco Stanley, Mexican television host (b. 1942)
2001 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro (b. 1907)
Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia
2001 – Carole Fredericks (b. 1952)
American singer and actress (Fredericks Goldman Jones)
2001 – Betty Neels, English nurse and author (b. 1910)
2002 – Wayne Cody, American sportscaster (b. 1936)
2002 – Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress and composer (b. 1915)
2002 – B. D. Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (b. 1912)
2002 – Lilian, Princess of Réthy (b. 1916)
2003 – Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (b. 1962)
2003 – Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (b. 1914)
2004 – Tomas Börje Forsberg (bka Quorthon), Swedish guitarist (Bathory) (b. 1966)
2006 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist (b. 1966)
2006 – John Tenta, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1963)
2008 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (b. 1953)
2008 – Jim McKay, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1921)
2008 – Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1916)
2009 – Hugh Hopper (b. 1945)
English bass player and songwriter (The Wilde Flowers and Soft Machine)
2009 – Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2010 – Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (Stereophonics) (b. 1970)
2010 – Omar Rayo, Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
2010 – Adriana Xenides, Argentinian-Australian television host (b. 1956)
2011 – Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
2011 – Nataraja Ramakrishna, Indonesian-Indian dancer (b. 1923)
2012 – John T. Cunningham, American journalist and historian (b. 1915)
2012 – Cotton Owens, American race car driver (b. 1924)
2012 – Lil Phat, American rapper (b. 1992)
2012 – J. Michael Riva, American production designer and art director (b. 1948)
2012 – Phillip V. Tobias, South African palaeontologist and academic (b. 1925)
2012 – Bob Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac and Paris) (b. 1945)
2013 – Lesley Cantwell, New Zealand race walker (b. 1987)
2013 – Charlie Coles, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
2013 – Pierre Mauroy, French educator and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1928)
2013 – Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (b. 1960)
2013 – Mark Starr, English-American wrestler (b. 1962)
2014 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)
2014 – Dora Akunyili, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1954)
2014 – E. W. Foy, American basketball player and coach (b. 1937)
2014 – Jane Gray, Scottish-Australian super-centenarian (b. 1901)
2014 – Jacques Herlin, French actor (b. 1927)
2014 – Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (b. 1928)
2014 – Epainette Mbeki, South African activist (b. 1916)
2014 – James McNair, American comedian (b. 1952)
2015 – Harold LeDoux, American cartoonist (b. 1926)
2015 – Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)
2015 – Sean Pappas, South African golfer and coach (b. 1966)
2015 – Sheikh Razzak Ali, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1928)
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