Saturday, July 9, 2016

July 8 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths


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Births

VIP

1908 – Nelson Rockefeller  (d. 26 Jan 1979)
      American businessman and politician
      41st Vice President of the United States, 1974-1977
      49th Governor of New York, 1959-1973


Notable

1478 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1550)
1528 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)
1545 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)
1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (d. 1651)
1621 – Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (d. 1695)
1760 – Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (d. 1826)
1766 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
1792 – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (d. 1854)
1819 – Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (d. 1907)
1830 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1911)
1830 – Frederick W. Seward  (d. 1915)
      American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State
1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
1836 – Joseph Chamberlain  (d. 1914)
      English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies
1838 – Eli Lilly  (d. 1898)
      American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company
1838 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin  (d. 1917)
      German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company
1839 – John D. Rockefeller  (d. 23 May 1937)
      American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company
1851 – Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1941)
1857 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (d. 1911)
1867 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (d. 1945)
1868:  Vincent McNabb, Irish scholar and priest  (d. 17 Jun 1943)
1878 – Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (d. 1961)
1883 – Oszkár Gerde, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
1885 – Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1977)
1885 – Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948)
1890 – Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (d. 1973)
1892 – Richard Aldington, English author and poet (d. 1962)
1892 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
1893 – R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (d. 1968)
1893:  Friedrich Perls, German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist  (d. 14 Mar 1970)
1894 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1895 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1897 – Johannes Kaiv, Estonian diplomat (d. 1965)
1898 – Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972)
1898:  Alec Waugh, British novelist  (d. 3 Sep 1981)
1900 – George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959)
1904 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (d. 2008)
1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)
1906 – Philip Johnson  (d. 2005)
      American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place
1907 – George W. Romney  (d. 1995)
      American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan
1908 – Louis Jordan  (d. 1975)
      American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (Tympany Five)
1909 – Alan Brown, English soldier (d. 1971)
1911 – Ken Farnes, English cricketer (d. 1941)
1913:  Walter Kerr, American writer and Broadway theater critic  (d. 9 Oct 1996)
1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010)
1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993)
1917 – Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975)
1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)
1917 – J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999)
1918 – Paul B. Fay  (d. 2009)
      American businessman, soldier, and diplomat
      12th United States Secretary of the Navy
1918 – Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (d. 2015)
1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor and singer (d. 2000)
1919 – Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany
1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995)
1920 – Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, Indian civil servant (d. 2013)
1921:  John Money, New Zealand-born American psychologist and author (d. 7 Jul 2006)
1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
1925 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1926 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014)
1926 – John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician
      U.S. Representative, D. MI, 1955-2015
1926 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
1927 – Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician
1930 – Jerry Vale, American singer (d. 2014)
1931:  Roone Arledge, American sports and news broadcasting executive  (d. 5 Dec 2002)
1932 – Franca Raimondi, Italian singer (d. 1988)
1933 – Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007)
1934 – Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (d. 2012)
1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1934 – Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications
1935 – John David Crow, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
1935 – Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (Steve and Eydie)
1935 – Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2010)
1938 – Diane Clare, English actress (d. 2013)
1940 – Karin Hannak, Austrian artist
1940 – Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (The Crickets) (d. 2015)
1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
1942 – Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
1942:  Otto Penzler, American editor
1843:  Faye Wattleton, American feminist activist and author
1944 – Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer (Sea Level and The Allman Brothers Band)
1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
1945 – Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
1946:  Cynthia Gregory, American prima ballerina
1946:  Girija Vyas, Indian politician, poet, and author
1947 – Kim Darby, American actress
1947 – Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1947 – Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
1948 – Raffi Cavoukian (bka Raffi), Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef and actor
1949 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy  (d. 2009)
      Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1951 – Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
1952:  A. Whitney Brown, American writer and comedian
1952 – Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Knud Arne Jürgensen, Danish historian
1952:  Tony Kaye, British director
1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
1952 – Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
1953:  Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and opinion columnist
1955 – Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)
1956 – Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
1956:  Barbara Ann Radnofsky, American politician
1957 – Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter (Quiet Riot and Ratt)
1957 – Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor and singer (The Bacon Brothers)
1958 – Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician
      8th Swedish Minister for the Environment
1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
1958 – Neetu Singh, Indian actress and costume designer
1959 – Robert Knepper, American actor
1959 – Billy Kimball, American screenwriter and producer
1959:  Robert Knepper, American actor
1959 – Pauline Quirke, English actress and screenwriter
1960:  Alison McGhee, American author
1960 – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby player and coach
1961 – Ces Drilon, Filipino journalist
1961 – Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player (Depeche Mode)
1961 – Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1961 – Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer (Isglem)
1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Dead and Trigger Hippy)
1963:  Rocky Carroll, American actor
1963 – Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
1963 – Whilce Portacio, Filipino-American author and illustrator
1964 – Linda de Mol, Dutch actress and screenwriter
1964 – Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
1965 – Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader
1965:  Lee Tergesen, American actor
1966 – Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic
1966 – Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
1966 – Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter
      co-founded Big Idea Entertainment
1967 – Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
1968 – Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1968 – Michael Weatherly, American actor
1969 – Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
      (Luna Sea, X Japan, Juno Reactor, and S.K.I.N.)
1969 – George Fisher, American singer-songwriter
      (Cannibal Corpse, Monstrosity, and Paths of Possession)
1970 – Beck Hansen (bka Beck), American singer-songwriter and producer
1970 – Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
1970 – Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
1971:  Amanda Peterson, American actress
1972 – Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1972 – Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
1973 – Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and producer
1974 – Tami Erin, American actress
1974 – Jeanna Friske, Russian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1974:  Simon Spurr, British fashion designer
1975 – Amara, Indonesian actress, singer and model
1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish singer and guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
1975 – Jamal Woolard, American actor and rapper
1976 – Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
1976 – David Kennedy, American guitarist and songwriter (Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer, Hazen Street, and Over My Dead Body)
1976 – Ellen MacArthur, English sailor
1976 – Grettell Valdéz, Mexican actress
1977 – Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
1977 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
1978 – Rachael Lillis, American voice actress
1978:  Erin Morgenstern, American multimedia artist and the author
1978 – Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer
1979 – Mat McBriar, American football player
1980 – Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
1981 – Oka Antara, Indonesian actor and rapper
1981:  Lance Gross, American actor, model and photographer
1981 – Iyari Limon, Mexican-American actress
1981 – Wolfram Müller, German runner
1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
1981 – Dagmar Oja, Estonian singer
1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress and director
1982:  Schuyler Fisk, American actress and singer-songwriter
1982 – Pendleton Ward, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
1982 – Joshua Alba, American actor
1983 – John Bowker, American baseball player
1983 – Jaroslav Janiš, Czech race car driver
1983 – Daniel Navarro, Spanish cyclist
1983 – Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
1984:  Alexis Dziena, American actress
1984 – Daniella Sarahyba, Brazilian model
1985 – Triin Aljand, Estonian swimmer
1985 – Jamie Cook, English guitarist and songwriter (Arctic Monkeys)
1986 – Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Kenza Farah, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1986:  Jake McDorman, American actor
1987 – Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model
1988:  Finlay Dow-Smith (bka Starsmith), British songwriter, producer, remixer, and DJ
1988 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1988 – Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
1988 – Dave Taylor, Australian rugby player
1989 – Yarden Gerbi, Israeli martial artist
1989 – Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2012)
1991:  Jamie Blackley, British actor
1992 – Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress
1992 – Son Heung-min, South Korean footballer
1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, English pianist
1998:  Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
2000:  Benjamin Stockham, American actor


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Alaina Rae Cochran
Dan Stone
Linette Nansen
Darcy Carstensen
Max Kendrick
Erin Behne
Rebecca Honsowetz
Courtney Bryann Clouter
Margie Stevens
2016:  Mathilde Maeve Sterbentz


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Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Dozier
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Notable

810 – Pepin of Italy (b. 773)
901 – Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827)
975 – Edgar the Peaceful, English king (b. 943)
1153 – Pope Eugene III (b. 1087)
1538 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475)
1390 – Albert of Saxony, Bishop of Halberstadt and German philosopher (b. circa 1320)
1623 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
1689 – Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
1716 – Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
1721 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
1726 – John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
1794 – Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1792)
1850 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
1859 – Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
1873 – Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
1887 – Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
1895 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
1898 – Soapy Smith, American gangster (b. 1860)
1905 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
1913 – Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
1917 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
1930 – Joseph Ward  (b. 1856)
      Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician
      17th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1933 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
1939 – Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
1941 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
1942 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
1942 – Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
1943 – Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
1950 – Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
1952 – August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
1956 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
1957 – Grace Coolidge  (b. 1879)
      American wife of Calvin Coolidge, 37th First Lady of the United States
1965 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
1968 – Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
1971 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1920)
1971 – Frederick Shedden, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
1972 – Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936)
1973 – Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
1973 – Ben-Zion Dinur  (b. 1884)
      Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel
1973 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
1979 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1979 – Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
1981 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
1985 – Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1985 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1986 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903)
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (b. 1896)
1988 – Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
1990 – Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
1991 – James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)
1994 – Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1994 – Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
1994 – Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
1994 – Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
1995 – Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player (b. 1924)
1996 – Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911)
1999 – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2001 – John O'Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (Firehouse Five Plus Two) (b. 1914)
2003 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (b. 1974)
2004 – Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944)
2005 – Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911)
2006 – June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
2007 – Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2008 – John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
2009 – Midnight, American singer-songwriter (Crimson Glory) (b. 1962)
2011 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
2011 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2012 – Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Lionel Batiste, American singer and drummer (Treme Brass Band) (b. 1931)
2012 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
2012 – Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Martin Pakledinaz, American costume designer (b. 1953)
2013 – Dick Gray, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2013 – Dave Hickson, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2013 – Edmund Morgan, American historian and author (b. 1916)
2013 – Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1980)
2013 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (b. 1913)
2013 – Sundri Uttamchandani, Indian author (b. 1924)
2013 – Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (b. 1961)
2014 – Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
2014 – Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (b. 1956)
2014 – Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945)
2014 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2015 – Irwin Keyes, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2015 – Paul J. Lioy, American scientist and academic (b. 1947)
2015 – Ernie Maresca, American singer-songwriter (The Regents) (b. 1938)
2015 – Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
2015 – James Tate, American poet (b. 1943)
2016 – Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani Philanthropist and humanitarian (b. 1928)


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