Wednesday, April 13, 2022

August 9 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths


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1201 – Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English historian and merchant (d. 1274)
1537 – Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1604)
1544 – Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606)
1603 – Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1669)
1631 – John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1700)
1648 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
1653 – John Oldham, English poet and translator (d. 1683)
1669 – Eudoxia Lopukhina, Russian wife of Peter the Great (d. 1731)
1674 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
          designed the Veltrusy Mansion
1696 – Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1772)
1722 – Prince Augustus William of Prussia (d. 1758)
1726 – Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (d. 1778)
1757 – Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer (d. 1834)
          designed the Menai Suspension Bridge
1776 – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist (d. 1856)
1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
1788 – Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer (d. 1850)
1797 – Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor (d. 1855)
1805 – Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (d. 1860)
1819:  William T. G. Morton  [American dentist]
1845 – André Bessette, Canadian saint (d. 1937)
1847 – Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain (d. 1876)
1861 – Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (d. 1942)
1867 – Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist (d. 1920)
1872 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria (d. 1962)
1874 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
1874 – Otto Steffen, American gymnast (d. 1957)
1875 – Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1959)
1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (d. 1980)
1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (d. 16 Sep 1980)
1899 – P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (d. 1996)
1901 – Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1902 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
1902 – Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician (d. 1984)
1909 – V. K. Gokak, Indian scholar (d. 1992)
1909 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (d. 1944)
1910:  Rachel Lambert Mellon  [American horticulturalist] (d. 17 Mar 2014)
          redesigned the White House Rose Garden
1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American astrophysicist (d. 1996)
          Nobel Laureate
1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001)
1913 – Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer (d. 2007)
1914 – Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963)
1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author (d. 2001)
1914 – Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (d. 1990)
1914 – Martin Taras, American cartoonist (d. 1994)
1915 – Mareta West, American astrogeologist (d. 1998)
1916:  Peter Wright  [British scientist and counterintelligence officer] (d. 27 Apr 1995)
1918:  Robert Aldrich  [American filmmaker] (5 Dec 1983)
1918 – Kermit Beahan, American colonel (d. 1989)
1918 – Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright (d. 1966)
1918 – Albert Seedman, American police officer (d. 2013)
1919 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician (d. 1987)
          Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1919 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
1920 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author (d. 2007)
1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician (d. 1993)
1921 – Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author
1921 – J. James Exon, American soldier and politician (d. 2005)
          33rd Governor of Nebraska
1922 – Philip Larkin, English poet and author (d. 1985)
1924 – Mathews Mar Barnabas, Indian metropolitan (d. 2012)
1924 – Frank Martínez, American painter (d. 2013)
1925 – David A. Huffman, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
          developed Huffman coding
1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author (d. 2014)
1927 – Robert Malpas, English engineer and businessman
1927 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and author
1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1978)
1928 – Bob Cousy, American basketball player and coach
1928 – Camilla Wicks, American violinist and educator
1928 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (d. 2010)
1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (d. 1979)
1930 – Milt Bolling, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1930 – Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician (d. 2015)
          26th Premier of Quebec
1931 – Chuck Essegian, American baseball player and lawyer
1931 – James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (d. 2014)
1931 – Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman (d. 2014)
          co-founded Redken
1931 – Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach
1932 – Tam Dalyell, Scottish academic and politician
1932 – John Gomery, Canadian jurist
1933 – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese actress, talk show host, and author
1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (d. 2008)
1936 – Julián Javier, American baseball player
1936 – Patrick Tse, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1938 – Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician
          2nd President of Ukraine
1938 – Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
1938 – Otto Rehhagel, German footballer, coach, and manager
1939 – Hércules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer
1939 – Vincent Hanna, Irish journalist (d. 1997)
1939 – The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1939 – Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (d. 2007)
1939 – Bulle Ogier, French actress
1939 – Romano Prodi, Italian politician
          52nd Prime Minister of Italy
1939 – Butch Warren, American bassist (d. 2013)
1941 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986)
1941 – Shirlee Busbee, American author
1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1942 – Jack DeJohnette, American drummer, pianist, and composer
1942 – David Steinberg, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1943 – Ken Norton, American boxer and actor (d. 2013)
1944 – Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (d. 1980)
1944 – Sam Elliott, American actor
1944 – Patricia McKissack, American author
1944 – John Simpson, English journalist and author
1945 – Barbara Delinsky, American author
1945 – Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater (d. 2012)
1945 – Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player (d. 2004)
1945 – Posy Simmonds, English author and illustrator
1946 – Jim Kiick, American football player
1947 – Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager
1947 – Barbara Mason, American singer
1947:  Amanda McBroom  [American musician]
1947 – John Varley, American author
1948:  William M. Daley  [American lawyer, banker, and politician]
          24th White House Chief of Staff, 2011-2012
          32nd United States Secretary of Commerce, 1997-2000
1948 – Bill Campbell, American baseball player
1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author
1949 – Ted Simmons, American baseball player and coach
1951 – James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
1951 – Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
1952 – Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician
1953 – Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
1953 – Jean Tirole, French economist and academic
          Nobel Prize laureate
1953 – Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer
1954 – Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
1955 – Peter Schmuck, American journalist
1955 – John E. Sweeney, American lawyer and politician
1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
1958 – Amanda Bearse, American actress and director
1958 – James Lileks, American journalist
1958 – Calie Pistorius, South African engineer and academic
1958 – Muazzez Ersoy, Turkish classical music singer
1959 – Kurtis Blow, American rapper and producer
1959 – Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
1959 – Michael Kors, American fashion designer
1959 – Toni Servillo, Italian actor and director
1961 – Brad Gilbert, American tennis player
1961 – John Key, New Zealand politician
          38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1962 – Louis Lipps, American football player and radio host
1962 – Kevin Mack, American football player
1962 – John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player
1963 – Whitney Houston, American musician and actress (d. 11 Feb 2012)
1963 – Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1964 – Brett Hull, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1964 – Hoda Kotb, American journalist
1965 – Chin Ka-lok, Hong Kong actor
1966 – Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and coach
1966:  Lars Feld [German economist]
1966 – Linn Ullmann, Norwegian author and journalist
1967 – Deion Sanders, American football and baseball player
1968 – Carmi Martin, Filipino actress
1968 – McG, American director and producer
1968 – Gillian Anderson, American-English actress
1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Sam Fogarino, American drummer
          (Interpol and Magnetic Morning)
1969 – Smaragda Karydi, Greek actress
1969 – Troy Percival, American baseball player and coach
1969 – Estella Marie Thompson, American prostitute
1970 – Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Chris Cuomo, American journalist
1970 – Thomas Lennon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Mack 10, American rapper and actor (Westside Connection)
1971 – James Kim, American technology expert (d. 2006)
1971 – Mark Povinelli, American actor
1971 – Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
1971:  Roman Romanenko  [Russian Cosmonaut]
1971 – Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
1972 – A-mei, Taiwanese singer
1972 – Juanes, Colombian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ekhymosis)
1972 – Ryan Bollman, American actor
1972:  Liz Vassey  [American actress]
1973 – Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1973 – Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and director
1973 – Gene Luen Yang, American author and illustrator
1973 – Håvard Solbakken, Norwegian cross country skier
1974 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player
1974 – Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
1974 – Matt Morris, American baseball player
1974 – Kirill Reznik, American lawyer and politician
1974 – Nicola Stapleton, English actress and singer
1974 – Raphaël Poirée, French biathlete
1975 – Mahesh Babu, Indian actor
1975 – Mike Lamb, American baseball player
1975 – Robbie Middleby, Australian soccer player
1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist
          hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress
1976 – Aled Haydn Jones, Welsh radio host and producer
1976 – Rhona Mitra, English actress and singer
1976 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor (d. 2008)
1976 – Audrey Tautou, French actress
1977 – Tuncay Çalışkan, Turkish-Austrian taekwondoist
1977 – Csaba Csordás, Hungarian footballer
1977 – Jason Frasor, American baseball player
1977 – Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
1977 – Adewale Ogunleye, American football player
1977 – Ime Udoka, American basketball player and coach
1977 – Mikaël Silvestre, French footballer
1978 – Dorin Chirtoacă, Moldavian lawyer and politician
          Mayor of Chișinău
1978 – Daniela Denby-Ashe, English actress
1978 – Ana Serradilla, Mexican actress
1979 – Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player
1979 – Lisa Nandy, English politician
1979 – Tony Stewart, American football player
1980 – Texas Battle, American actor
1980 – Nuria Cabanillas, Canadian-Spanish gymnast
1980 – Charlie David, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Rachel Kramer, Dutch singer
1980 – Ryoo Seung-bum, South Korean actor and singer
1980 – Dominic Tabuna, Nauruan politician
1981 – Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player
1981 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player
1982 – Joel Anthony, American basketball player
1982 – Tyson Gay, American sprinter
1982 – Yekaterina Samutsevich, Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot)
1982 – Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Belorussian cyclist
1983 – Ashley Johnson, American actress and singer
1983 – Shane O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Alicja Smietana, Polish-English violinist
1984 – Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer
1985 – Luca Filippi, Italian race car driver
1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
1985 – Haruka Kinami, Japanese actress
1985 – Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer
1985 – JaMarcus Russell, American football player
1985 – Chandler Williams, American football player (d. 2013)
1986 – Michael Lerchl, German footballer
1986 – Daniel Preussner, German rugby player
1986 – Tyler "Telle" Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player
          (The Word Alive, In Fear and Faith, and Greeley Estates)
1986 – Rafaela Zanella, Brazilian model, Miss Brazil 2006
1987 – Marco Carmona, Mexican illustrator and animator
1987 – Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter
1988 – Anthony Castonzo, American football player
1988 – Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
1989 – Lucy Dixon, English actress
1989 – Jason Heyward, American baseball player
1989 – Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer
1989 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
1989 – Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model
1990 – Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
1990 – Brice Roger, French skier
1990 – Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1990 – Emily Tennant, Canadian actress
1990 – İshak Doğan, Turkish professional footballer
1991 – Alice Barlow, English actress and singer
1991 – Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
1991 – Candela Vetrano, Argentinian actress and singer
1992 – Young Thug, American rapper
1993 – Rydel Lynch, American singer and actress (R5)
1996:  Celine Buckens  [Belgian-British actress]
1999 – Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater
2005 – Caylee Anthony, American murder victim (d. 2008)


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1950:  Allen Jorgensen


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117 – Trajan, Roman emperor (b. 53)
378 – Traianus, Roman general
378 – Valens, Roman emperor (b. 328)
803 – Irene of Athens (b. 752)
833 – Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (b. 786)
1048 – Pope Damasus II
1107 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
1173 – Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician
1250 – Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216)
1534 – Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470)
1580 – Patriarch Metrophanes III of Constantinople (b. 1520)
1601 – Michael the Brave, Romanian prince (b. 1558)
1634 – William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
1720 – Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678)
1744 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
1816 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
1837 – Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)
1886 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
1910 – Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
1919 – Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)
1932 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
1942 – Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
1943 – Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (b. 1893)
1945 – Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
1945 – Harry Hillman, American runner (b. 1881)
1946 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
1948 – Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
1949 – Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
1957 – Carl Clauberg, German physician (b. 1898)
1962 – Hermann Hesse, German-Swiss author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
1963 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)
1967 – Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933)
1969 – Abigail Folger, American heiress and activist (b. 1943)
1969 – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)
1969 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist, founded Sebring International (b. 1933)
1969 – Sharon Tate, American actress (b. 1943)
1969 – Steven Parent, American student (b. 1951)
1969 – C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1972 – Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish academic specialized in administrative law (b. 1897)
1974 – Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (Chase) (b. 1934)
1975 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906)
1978 – James Gould Cozzens, American author (b. 1903)
1979 – Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
1979 – Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)
1980 – Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
1985 – Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1927)
1988 – Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
1988 – Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1990 – Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
1992 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
1995 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Legion of Mary, and Old and in the Way) (b. 1942)
1996 – Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)
1999 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910)
2000 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2000 – Nicholas Markowitz, American murder victim (b. 1984)
2002 – Paul Samson, English guitarist (Samson) (b. 1953)
2003 – Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2003 – Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)
2003 – Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)
2003 – Chester Ludgin, American opera singer (b. 1925)
2003 – R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist, and academic (b. 1931)
2004 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908)
2004 – Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
2004 – David Raksin, American composer and educator (b. 1912)
2005 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
2005 – Judith Rossner, American author (b. 1935)
2006 – Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914)
2006 – James Van Allen, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
2007 – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (b. 1922)
2008 – Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957)
2008 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian author and poet (b. 1941)
2009 – John Quade, American actor (b. 1938)
2010 – Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (The Legendary Blues Band) (b. 1926)
2010 – Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)
2012 – Carl Davis, American record producer (b. 1934)
2012 – Gene F. Franklin, American theorist (b. 1927)
2012 – Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (b. 1934)
2012 – Dale Olson, American publicist (b. 1934)
2012 – David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (b. 1964)
2012 – Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1930)
2012 – Mel Stuart, American director and producer (b. 1928)
2013 – Haji, Canadian-American actress (b. 1946)
2013 – Harry Elliott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
2013 – Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (b. 1923)
2013 – Glen Hobbie, American baseball player (b. 1936)
2013 – Louis Killen, English singer (b. 1934)
2013 – William Lynch, Jr., American politician (b. 1947)
2013 – Phill Nixon, English darts player (b. 1956)
2013 – John H. Ross, American caption (b. 1918)
2014 – J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929)
2014 – Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
2014 – Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (b. 1930)
2014 – Ed Nelson, American actor (b. 1928)
2015:  Frank Gifford  [American football player and sports journalist] (b. 1930)


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