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Births
VIP
Notable
1171 – Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230)
1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)
1613 – Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
1702 – Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter (d. 1788)
1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)
1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (d. 5 May 1821)
1771 – Walter Scott, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 21 Sep 1832)
1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)
1791: Duff Green [American teacher, soldier, politician, author, businessman] (d. 10 Jun 1875)
1798 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)
1813 – Jules Grévy, French politician
4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
1922: Henry James Sumner Maine [English historian] (d. 3 Feb 1888)
1824 – John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)
1835: Edward McKendree Bounds [American author,attorney, and clergyman] (d. 24 Aug 1913)
1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
1845; Walter Crane [English artist] (d. 14 Mar 1915)
1846 – Charles Woodruff, American archer (d. 1927)
1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
1858 – E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)
1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
1860 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (d. 1941)
1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher (d. 1924)
31st First Lady of the United States
1863 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1865 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader (d. 1926)
founded Reiki
1866 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
1873 – Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)
1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician (d. 1966)
111th Prime Minister of Greece
1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (d. 1956)
1882 – Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)
1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)
designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero
1885 – Edna Ferber, American author (d. 1968)
1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic (d. 1987)
Nobel Prize laureate
1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
1896 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist (d. 1957)
Nobel Prize laureate
1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist (d. 1985)
founded the Madonna House Apostolate
1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
1898: Lillian Gordy Carter [American celebrity] (d. 30 Oct 1983)
Mother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter
1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
1900 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (d. 1982)
1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
1905 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 13 Aug 2004)
1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1912 – Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974)
1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
1915 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian author (d. 1989)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
5th Taoiseach of Ireland
1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1919 – Dina Wadia, English-Pakistani daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
1922: Lukas Foss [American composer] (d. 2009)
1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer
1924 – Werner Abrolat, Russian-German actor (d. 1997)
1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, (d. 2009)
art director, and fashion designer
1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer and activist
1925 – Mike Connors, American actor and producer
1925 – Münir Özkul, Turkish actor
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969)
1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
1926 – Kenneth Newman, English police officer
1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
6th President of Greece
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer
1929 – Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter
1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist
1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
1931 – Paul McDowell, English actor and screenwriter
1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host (d. 2014)
1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1933: Stanley Milgram [American psychologist] (d. 20 Dec 1984)
1933 – Michael Rutter, Lebanese-English psychiatrist and academic
1934 – Moshe Arad, Israeli diplomat
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
(The Famous Flames)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
1935 – Jim Dale, English-American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
1935 – Vernon Jordan, American lawyer, businessman, and activist
1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player and coach
1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano (d. 2014)
1937: Judy Biggert [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 1999-2013
1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 – Maxine Waters [American educator and politician]
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1991-present
1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish author
1939 – Bill Wratten, English air marshal
1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader (d. 1977)
founded Red Army Faction
1941 – Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
1941 – Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
1941 – Lou Perryman, American actor (d. 2009)
1942: Pete York [English musician]
(The Spencer Davis Group, Hardin and York)
1943 – Eileen Bell, Northern Irish politician
2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist and author
1944: Gianfranco Ferre [Italian fashion designer] (d. 17 Jun 2007)
1944 – Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician
56th Mayor of Pittsburgh
1944 – R. A. W. Rhodes, British political scientist
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
Greek Minister of Health
1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian-French singer and actress
1945 – Duffy Dyer, American baseball player and coach
1945: Alain Juppé [French politician]
Prime Minister of France, 1995-1997
1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, English politician
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 – Raakhee, Indian actress
1947 – Jenny Hanley, English actress
1948 – Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948: Robert Pittenger [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. NC, 2013-present
1948 – George Ryton, Singaporean-English engineer
1949 – Beverly Burns, American captain and pilot
1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
1949 – Edward McMillan-Scott, English politician
1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
(Motörhead, Whitesnake, Black Oak Arkansas, and Thin Lizzy)
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager
1950: Andres Serrano [American photographer and artist]
1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer
(Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, and Brand X)
1953: John Mackey [American businessman]
co-CEO of Whole Foods Market
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet and academic
1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
1956 – Robert Syms, English politician
1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
1958 – Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (d. 2010)
1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian radio host
1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director
1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1961 – Ed Gillespie, American strategist and politician
1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
1961 – Arjun Sarja, Indian actor and director
1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian politician
1962: David Zayas [Puerto Rican-American actor]
1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Simon Hart, Welsh politician
1963 – Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (Deee-Lite)
1963 – Valery Levaneuski, Belarusian activist
1963 – Lisa Opie, English squash player
1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
1964 – Srihari, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
1964 – Jane Ellison, English politician
1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist
co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
1965 – Mark Labbett, British television personality
1965 – Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actress
1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1967 – Tony Hand, British ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor
1968 – Debra Messing, American actress, singer, and producer
1969 – Kevin Cheng, American-Hong Kong singer and actor
1969 – Christian Mixon, American actor and race car driver
1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger)
1969: Erin Gruwell [American educator]
1969 – Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
founded Electus Studios
1970 – Maya Soetoro-Ng, Indonesian-American educator
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1972 – Chris Morrissey, American actor and director
1972 – Matthew Wood, American voice actor and engineer
1973 – Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Indian actor
1973 – Atom Willard, American drummer
(The Offspring, Rocket from the Crypt, Danko Jones, and The Special Goodness)
1974 – Gry Bay, Danish actress and singer
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer
1978 – Tim Foreman, American bass player (Switchfoot)
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
1980 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Natalie Press, English actress
1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean model and actress
1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
1982 – Heather Carolin, American model and actress
1982 – Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Japanese actor
1982 – Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer
1983 – Timati, Russian rapper, producer, and actor
1983 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
1983 – Yōko Honda, Japanese voice actress
1984 – Quinton Aaron, American actor
1984 – Zack Lee, Indonesian actor
1985 – Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor
1985 – Leah Hackett, English actress
1985: Emily Kinney [American actress and musician]
1985 – Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer
1985 – Santiago Stieben, Argentinian actor
1986 – Samantha Crain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Maria Fowler, English model and actress
1986 – Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress
1986 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
1988 – Zaira Nara, Argentinian model and television host
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
1989 – Kristina Karjalainen, Estonian-Finnish model, Miss Estonia 2013
1989 – Carlos Pena, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
1989 – Belinda Peregrín, Spanish-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
1990 – Aglaja Brix, German actress
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
1990 – Toomas Raadik, Estonian basketball player
1990 – Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer
1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
1994 – Natalja Zabijako, Estonian figure skater
1994 – Alice Englert, Australian-born actress
1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper
1995 – Yui Ogura, Japanese voice actress and singer
1912 – Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974)
1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
1915 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian author (d. 1989)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
5th Taoiseach of Ireland
1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1919 – Dina Wadia, English-Pakistani daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
1922: Lukas Foss [American composer] (d. 2009)
1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer
1924 – Werner Abrolat, Russian-German actor (d. 1997)
1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, (d. 2009)
art director, and fashion designer
1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer and activist
1925 – Mike Connors, American actor and producer
1925 – Münir Özkul, Turkish actor
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969)
1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
1926 – Kenneth Newman, English police officer
1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
6th President of Greece
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer
1929 – Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter
1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist
1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
1931 – Paul McDowell, English actor and screenwriter
1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host (d. 2014)
1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1933: Stanley Milgram [American psychologist] (d. 20 Dec 1984)
1933 – Michael Rutter, Lebanese-English psychiatrist and academic
1934 – Moshe Arad, Israeli diplomat
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
(The Famous Flames)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
1935 – Jim Dale, English-American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
1935 – Vernon Jordan, American lawyer, businessman, and activist
1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player and coach
1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano (d. 2014)
1937: Judy Biggert [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 1999-2013
1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 – Maxine Waters [American educator and politician]
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1991-present
1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish author
1939 – Bill Wratten, English air marshal
1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader (d. 1977)
founded Red Army Faction
1941 – Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
1941 – Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
1941 – Lou Perryman, American actor (d. 2009)
1942: Pete York [English musician]
(The Spencer Davis Group, Hardin and York)
1943 – Eileen Bell, Northern Irish politician
2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist and author
1944: Gianfranco Ferre [Italian fashion designer] (d. 17 Jun 2007)
1944 – Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician
56th Mayor of Pittsburgh
1944 – R. A. W. Rhodes, British political scientist
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
Greek Minister of Health
1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian-French singer and actress
1945 – Duffy Dyer, American baseball player and coach
1945: Alain Juppé [French politician]
Prime Minister of France, 1995-1997
1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, English politician
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 – Raakhee, Indian actress
1947 – Jenny Hanley, English actress
1948 – Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948: Robert Pittenger [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. NC, 2013-present
1948 – George Ryton, Singaporean-English engineer
1949 – Beverly Burns, American captain and pilot
1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
1949 – Edward McMillan-Scott, English politician
1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
(Motörhead, Whitesnake, Black Oak Arkansas, and Thin Lizzy)
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager
1950: Andres Serrano [American photographer and artist]
1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer
(Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, and Brand X)
1953: John Mackey [American businessman]
co-CEO of Whole Foods Market
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet and academic
1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
1956 – Robert Syms, English politician
1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
1958 – Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (d. 2010)
1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian radio host
1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director
1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1961 – Ed Gillespie, American strategist and politician
1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
1961 – Arjun Sarja, Indian actor and director
1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian politician
1962: David Zayas [Puerto Rican-American actor]
1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Simon Hart, Welsh politician
1963 – Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (Deee-Lite)
1963 – Valery Levaneuski, Belarusian activist
1963 – Lisa Opie, English squash player
1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
1964 – Srihari, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
1964 – Jane Ellison, English politician
1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist
co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
1965 – Mark Labbett, British television personality
1965 – Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actress
1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1967 – Tony Hand, British ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor
1968 – Debra Messing, American actress, singer, and producer
1969 – Kevin Cheng, American-Hong Kong singer and actor
1969 – Christian Mixon, American actor and race car driver
1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger)
1969: Erin Gruwell [American educator]
1969 – Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
founded Electus Studios
1970 – Maya Soetoro-Ng, Indonesian-American educator
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1972 – Chris Morrissey, American actor and director
1972 – Matthew Wood, American voice actor and engineer
1973 – Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Indian actor
1973 – Atom Willard, American drummer
(The Offspring, Rocket from the Crypt, Danko Jones, and The Special Goodness)
1974 – Gry Bay, Danish actress and singer
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer
1978 – Tim Foreman, American bass player (Switchfoot)
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
1980 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Natalie Press, English actress
1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean model and actress
1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
1982 – Heather Carolin, American model and actress
1982 – Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Japanese actor
1982 – Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer
1983 – Timati, Russian rapper, producer, and actor
1983 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
1983 – Yōko Honda, Japanese voice actress
1984 – Quinton Aaron, American actor
1984 – Zack Lee, Indonesian actor
1985 – Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor
1985 – Leah Hackett, English actress
1985: Emily Kinney [American actress and musician]
1985 – Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer
1985 – Santiago Stieben, Argentinian actor
1986 – Samantha Crain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Maria Fowler, English model and actress
1986 – Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress
1986 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
1988 – Zaira Nara, Argentinian model and television host
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
1989 – Kristina Karjalainen, Estonian-Finnish model, Miss Estonia 2013
1989 – Carlos Pena, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
1989 – Belinda Peregrín, Spanish-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
1990 – Aglaja Brix, German actress
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
1990 – Toomas Raadik, Estonian basketball player
1990 – Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer
1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
1994 – Natalja Zabijako, Estonian figure skater
1994 – Alice Englert, Australian-born actress
1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper
1995 – Yui Ogura, Japanese voice actress and singer
Family
Coulee City
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
423 – Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
465 – Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
1022 – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine magnate and rebel
1038 – Stephen I of Hungary (b. 975)
1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
1118 – Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
founded the College of Sorbonne
1369 – Philippa of Hainault (b. 1314)
1507 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
1528 – Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
1552 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
1621 – John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
1728 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
1880 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant (b. 1831)
Medal of Honor recipient
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878)
1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic (b. 1854)
co-founded St Edmund's College
1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878)
1934 – Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1871)
Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general (b. 1887)
1945 – Fred Hockley, British fighter pilot (b. 1923)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887)
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician (b. 1920)
1st President of Bangladesh
1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian professor of medicine (b. 1896)
1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic (b. 1903)
Nobel Prize laureate
1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot, general, and politician (b. 1904)
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962)
1992 – Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905)
1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist (b. 1919)
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic (b. 1916)
Nobel Prize laureate
2004 – Semiha Berksoy, Turkish actress and singer (b. 1910)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
8th Chief Minister of Gujarat
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
2008 – Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German footballer and manager (b. 1920)
2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
2009 – Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Denis E. Dillon, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2011 – Michael Legat, English author (b. 1923)
2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 – Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
2012 – Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
2012 – Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
2012 – Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
2013 – Bert Lance, American businessman and civil servant (b. 1931)
23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget
2013 – William S. Livingston, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman (b. 1944)
co-founded Inditex and Zara
2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician (b. 1942)
28th Prime Minister of Nepal
2013 – Jacques Vergès, Thai-French lawyer (b. 1925)
2014 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
2014 – James Cama, American martial artist (b. 1957)
2014 – James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (b. 1931)
2015; Julian Bond [American activist] (b. 14 Jan 1940)
465 – Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
1022 – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine magnate and rebel
1038 – Stephen I of Hungary (b. 975)
1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
1118 – Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator (b. 1201)
founded the College of Sorbonne
1369 – Philippa of Hainault (b. 1314)
1507 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
1528 – Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
1552 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
1621 – John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
1728 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
1880 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant (b. 1831)
Medal of Honor recipient
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878)
1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic (b. 1854)
co-founded St Edmund's College
1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878)
1934 – Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1871)
Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general (b. 1887)
1945 – Fred Hockley, British fighter pilot (b. 1923)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887)
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician (b. 1920)
1st President of Bangladesh
1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian professor of medicine (b. 1896)
1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic (b. 1903)
Nobel Prize laureate
1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot, general, and politician (b. 1904)
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962)
1992 – Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905)
1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist (b. 1919)
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic (b. 1916)
Nobel Prize laureate
2004 – Semiha Berksoy, Turkish actress and singer (b. 1910)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941)
8th Chief Minister of Gujarat
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
2008 – Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German footballer and manager (b. 1920)
2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
2009 – Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Denis E. Dillon, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
2011 – Michael Legat, English author (b. 1923)
2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 – Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
2012 – Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
2012 – Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
2012 – Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
2013 – Bert Lance, American businessman and civil servant (b. 1931)
23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget
2013 – William S. Livingston, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman (b. 1944)
co-founded Inditex and Zara
2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician (b. 1942)
28th Prime Minister of Nepal
2013 – Jacques Vergès, Thai-French lawyer (b. 1925)
2014 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
2014 – James Cama, American martial artist (b. 1957)
2014 – James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (b. 1931)
2015; Julian Bond [American activist] (b. 14 Jan 1940)
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