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Births
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1896 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician
11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 26 Jul1970)
11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 26 Jul1970)
my 3rd cousin 1x removed
Notable
920 – Louis IV of France (d. 954)
1169 – Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
1487 – Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
1550 – Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1615)
Spanish general
1547 – George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1596)
1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra (d. 1634)
Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician
1588 – Nicholas Lanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1666)
1624 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
1638 – Maria Theresa of Spain (d. 1683)
1659 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (d. 1695)
1714 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
1753 – John Soane, English architect (d. 1837)
designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall
1758 – Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
1786 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician (d. 1854)
11th President of Mexico
1786 – William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
1788 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (d. 1868)
French archaeologist and author
1801 – Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
1821 – William Jervois, English caption, engineer, and politician (d. 1897)
10th Governor of South Australia
1830: Chauncey Wright [American philosopher and mathematician] (d. 12 Sep 1875)
1834: Philip Gilbert Hamerton [English artist, art critic and author] (d. 4 Nov 1894)
1834: John Robert Seeley [English essayist and historian] (d. 13 Jan 1895)
1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
1839 – Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher (d. 1912)
co-founded Funk & Wagnalls
1839 – Charles Sanders Peirce, American scientist (d. 1914)
philosopher, logician, and mathematician
1844 – Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker (d. 1918)
created the Violet Crumble
1852 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman (d. 1937)
founded the East Asiatic Company
1852 – Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (d. 1935)
1855 – Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (d. 1895)
1860 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
1861 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1941)
1866 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (d. 1930)
1871 – Charles Collett, English engineer (d. 1952)
1872 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (d. 1933)
1875 – George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (d. 1957)
1876 – Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (d. 1942)
1880 – Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966)
1883 – Jock Delves Broughton, English accused murderer (d. 1942)
1884 – Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (d. 1964)
1885 – Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (d. 1955)
1885 – David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1918)
1885 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American author and critic (d. 1950)
1886 – H.D., American author and poet (d. 1961)
1887 – Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician (d. 1978)
3rd President of the Italian Republic
1887 – Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (d. 1976)
1887 – Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1961)
1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
1888 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976)
1889 – Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (d. 1929)
1890 – Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician (d. 1978)
30th Premier of New South Wales
1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1973)
1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic (d. 1962)
Nobel Prize laureate
1893 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1894 – Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
1894 – Jaan Tomp, Estonian politician (d. 1924)
1895 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (d. 1976)
1896 – Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)
1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese general (d. 1946)
1897 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher and author (d. 1962)
1897 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
1898 – Bessie Love, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
1898 – Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
1903 – Cyril Connolly, English journalist, author and critic (d. 26 Nov 1974)
1904 – Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003)
1904 – Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972)
1906 – Karl Wien, German mountaineer (d. 1937)
1907 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (d. 1989)
1908 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician (d. 2004)
33rd Premier of Tasmania
1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
1908 – Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (d. 1996)
1912 – Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
5th Vice President of India
1912 – Mary Walter, Filipino actress (d. 1993)
1913 – Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat (d. 2009)
United States Ambassador to Brazil
1914 – Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine (d. 1990)
English-Irish politician
4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
1914 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005)
1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (d. 1985)
1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009)
1919 – Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (d. 1988)
1920 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (d. 2001)
1921 – Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
1921 – John W. Morris, American general (d. 2013)
1923 – Glen P. Robinson, American businessman (d. 2013)
founded Scientific Atlanta
1924 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
1924 – Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader
26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 2015)
1925 – Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
1925 – Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric
1925 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1926 – Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
1926 – Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (d. 2013)
1927 – Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (d. 2015)
1928 – Roch Bolduc, Canadian politician
1928 – Walter Martin, American minister and author (d. 1989)
founded the Christian Research Institute
1928 – Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche
1929 – Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
1929 – John Golding, British artist, art scholar and curator (d. 2012)
1929 – Tommy Leonetti, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1979)
1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer
1930 – Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player (d. 2006)
1931 – Isabel Colegate, English author
1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor
1932 – Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer
1933 – Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and astronaut (d. 2000)
1933 – Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer
1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 4 Jul 1997)
1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
1934 – Jim Oberstar, American politician (d. 2014)
1934 – Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator
1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet and author
1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
1938 – David Hamilton, English radio and television host
1938: Karl Lagerfeld [German fashion designer, artist, and photographer]
1939 – David Stratton, English-Australian critic and television host
1940 – Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1940 – Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
1940 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (d. 2002)
1941 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor (d. 2014)
founded the Academy of Ancient Music
1941 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer (d. 1997)
invented Game Boy
1942 – Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer
(Three Dog Night)
1943 – Júnior, Filipino-Spanish singer and actor (d. 2014)
1943 – Daniel Truhitte, American actor and singer
1943 – Neale Donald Walsch, American author
1944 – Thomas Allen, English opera singer and academic
1944: Thomas E. Mann [American political scientist]
1945 – Dennis Burkley, American actor (d. 2013)
1945 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author
1945 – Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut
1946 – Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
1946 – Jim Hines, American sprinter
1946 – Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter
1946 – Don Powell, English drummer (Slade)
1947 – David Pountney, English director and manager
1948 – Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author
1948 – Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
1948 – Tony Gatlif, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Judy Geeson, English actress
1948 – Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach
1948: Charles Simonyi [Hungarian-American computer software executive]
1948 – Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host
Spouse of the 15th Prime Minister of Canada
1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
1949 – Babette Cole, English author and illustrator
1949: Stephanie Tubbs Jones [American politician] (d. 20 Aug 2008)
U.S. Representative, D. OH, 1999-2008
1949 – Don Muraco, American wrestler
1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
1949 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (d. 2014)
(Mark & the Escorts)
1950 – Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist
(Asleep at the Wheel and Screamin' Sirens)
1950 – Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project)
1951 – Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic
1951 – Harry Groener, German-American actor and dancer
1951: Albert Wynn [American lawyer and politician]
U.S. Representative, D. MD, 1993-2008
1952 – Medea Benjamin, American activist, co-founded Code Pink
1952 – Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician
48th Canadian Minister of Justice
1953 – Amy Irving, American actress and singer
1953 – John Thurso, Scottish politician
1954 – Jackie Ashley, English journalist
1954 – Lorely Burt, English politician
1954 – Clark Johnson, American actor, director, and producer
1954: Randall Kennedy [American law professor]
1954: Cynthia Lummis [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. WY, 2009-present
1955 – Armin Hahne, German race car driver
1955: Pat Mastelotto [American musician]
1956 – Johnnie Fingers, Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer
(The Boomtown Rats)
1956 – Johnny Hickman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Cracker)
1956 – Erick Zonca, French director and producer
1957 – Kate Burton, Swiss-American actress
1957 – Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter (T'Pau)
1957 – Andreï Makine, Russian-French author
1958 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
(Bananarama and Shakespears Sister)
1959 – Jim Meskimen, American voice actor
1959 – Peter Nelson, American actor and producer
1960 – Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator
1960 – Colin Firth, English actor, singer, and producer
1960 – Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 – David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven)
1960: Amity Shlaes [American author and columnist]
1962 – Co Stompé, Dutch darts player
1962 – Wiljan Vloet, Dutch footballer and manager
1963: Dick Costolo [American businessman]
CEO of Twitter, 2010-2015
1963 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player and actor
1963 – Marian Keyes, Irish author
1963 – Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
(All, Descendents, The Lemonheads, and Only Crime)
1964 – John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician
1964 – Edmund de Waal, English artist
1965 – Robin Goodridge, English drummer
(Bush, Spear of Destiny, and Stone Gods)
1966 – Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1966 – Yuki Saito, Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, essayist, author, and poet
1968 – Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager
1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor (Juice Crew)
1968 – Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player
1969 – Ai Jing, Chinese-American singer and painter
1969 – Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper
1970 – Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager
1970 – Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter (Drop Nineteens)
1971 – Joe Bravo, American jockey
1972 – James Duval, American actor and producer
1972 – Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer and actress
1972: Anurag Kashyap [Indian filmmaker and actor]
1972 – Ghada Shouaa, Syrian heptathlete
1972 – Bente Skari, Norwegian skier
1973 – Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
1973 – Nancy Coolen, Dutch singer and television host (Twenty 4 Seven)
1973 – Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist
1974 – Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer
1974 – Sandra Cacic, Croatian-American tennis player
1974 – Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician
1974 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
1974 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
1975 – Viktor Kassai, Hungarian football referee
1975 – Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster
1975 – Melanie Pullen, American photographer
1976 – Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
1976 – Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
1976 – Matt Morgan, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
1976 – Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player
1978 – Julia Goldsworthy, English politician
1978 – Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1979 – Jacob Young, American actor and singer
1980 – Michelle Alves, Brazilian model
1980 – Jayam Ravi, Indian actor
1980 – Mikey Way, American bassist
(My Chemical Romance and Electric Century)
1981 – Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
1981 – Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Misty Copeland, American ballet dancer and author
1982 – Javi Varas, Spanish footballer
1983 – Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer
1983 – Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player
1984 – Sander Post, Estonian footballer
1984 – Harry Treadaway, English actor
1984 – Luke Treadaway, English actor
1985 – Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer
1985 – James Graham, English rugby player
1985 – Aya Kamiki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Laurent Koscielny, French footballer
1985 – Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
1985 – Shota Matsuda, Japanese actor
1985 – Neil Walker, American baseball player
1986 – Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter
(Pistol Annies)
1986 – Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer
1986 – Hiroki Uchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
(Kanjani Eight and NEWS)
1987 – Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player
1987 – Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1988 – Jared Lee Loughner, American murderer
1988 – Coco Rocha, Canadian model
1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
1989 – Matt Ritchie, English footballer
1989 – Lee Sawyer, English footballer
1990 – Chandler Massey, American actor
1991 – Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer
1991 – Adam Nichols, English singer and guitarist
(Miranda Chartrand and Adam Nichols)
1992 – Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
1998 – Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player
1999 – Ian O'Reilly, Irish actor
1169 – Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
1487 – Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
1550 – Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1615)
Spanish general
1547 – George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1596)
1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra (d. 1634)
Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician
1588 – Nicholas Lanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1666)
1624 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
1638 – Maria Theresa of Spain (d. 1683)
1659 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (d. 1695)
1714 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
1753 – John Soane, English architect (d. 1837)
designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall
1758 – Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
1786 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician (d. 1854)
11th President of Mexico
1786 – William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
1788 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (d. 1868)
French archaeologist and author
1801 – Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
1821 – William Jervois, English caption, engineer, and politician (d. 1897)
10th Governor of South Australia
1830: Chauncey Wright [American philosopher and mathematician] (d. 12 Sep 1875)
1834: Philip Gilbert Hamerton [English artist, art critic and author] (d. 4 Nov 1894)
1834: John Robert Seeley [English essayist and historian] (d. 13 Jan 1895)
1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
1839 – Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher (d. 1912)
co-founded Funk & Wagnalls
1839 – Charles Sanders Peirce, American scientist (d. 1914)
philosopher, logician, and mathematician
1844 – Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker (d. 1918)
created the Violet Crumble
1852 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman (d. 1937)
founded the East Asiatic Company
1852 – Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (d. 1935)
1855 – Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (d. 1895)
1860 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
1861 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1941)
1866 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (d. 1930)
1871 – Charles Collett, English engineer (d. 1952)
1872 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (d. 1933)
1875 – George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (d. 1957)
1876 – Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (d. 1942)
1880 – Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966)
1883 – Jock Delves Broughton, English accused murderer (d. 1942)
1884 – Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (d. 1964)
1885 – Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (d. 1955)
1885 – David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1918)
1885 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American author and critic (d. 1950)
1886 – H.D., American author and poet (d. 1961)
1887 – Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician (d. 1978)
3rd President of the Italian Republic
1887 – Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (d. 1976)
1887 – Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1961)
1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
1888 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976)
1889 – Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (d. 1929)
1890 – Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician (d. 1978)
30th Premier of New South Wales
1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1973)
1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic (d. 1962)
Nobel Prize laureate
1893 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1894 – Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
1894 – Jaan Tomp, Estonian politician (d. 1924)
1895 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (d. 1976)
1896 – Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981)
1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese general (d. 1946)
1897 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher and author (d. 1962)
1897 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
1898 – Bessie Love, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
1898 – Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
1903 – Cyril Connolly, English journalist, author and critic (d. 26 Nov 1974)
1904 – Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003)
1904 – Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972)
1906 – Karl Wien, German mountaineer (d. 1937)
1907 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (d. 1989)
1908 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician (d. 2004)
33rd Premier of Tasmania
1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
1908 – Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (d. 1996)
1912 – Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
5th Vice President of India
1912 – Mary Walter, Filipino actress (d. 1993)
1913 – Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat (d. 2009)
United States Ambassador to Brazil
1914 – Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine (d. 1990)
English-Irish politician
4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
1914 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005)
1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (d. 1985)
1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009)
1919 – Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (d. 1988)
1920 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (d. 2001)
1921 – Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
1921 – John W. Morris, American general (d. 2013)
1923 – Glen P. Robinson, American businessman (d. 2013)
founded Scientific Atlanta
1924 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
1924 – Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader
26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 2015)
1925 – Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
1925 – Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric
1925 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1926 – Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
1926 – Khin Maung Kyi, Burmese economist and scholar (d. 2013)
1927 – Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (d. 2015)
1928 – Roch Bolduc, Canadian politician
1928 – Walter Martin, American minister and author (d. 1989)
founded the Christian Research Institute
1928 – Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche
1929 – Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
1929 – John Golding, British artist, art scholar and curator (d. 2012)
1929 – Tommy Leonetti, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1979)
1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer
1930 – Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player (d. 2006)
1931 – Isabel Colegate, English author
1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor
1932 – Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer
1933 – Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and astronaut (d. 2000)
1933 – Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer
1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 4 Jul 1997)
1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
1934 – Jim Oberstar, American politician (d. 2014)
1934 – Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator
1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet and author
1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
1938 – David Hamilton, English radio and television host
1938: Karl Lagerfeld [German fashion designer, artist, and photographer]
1939 – Cynthia Lennon, English author (d. 2015)
1939 – Hans Sotin, German opera singer1939 – David Stratton, English-Australian critic and television host
1940 – Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1940 – Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
1940 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (d. 2002)
1941 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor (d. 2014)
founded the Academy of Ancient Music
1941 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer (d. 1997)
invented Game Boy
1942 – Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer
(Three Dog Night)
1943 – Júnior, Filipino-Spanish singer and actor (d. 2014)
1943 – Daniel Truhitte, American actor and singer
1943 – Neale Donald Walsch, American author
1944 – Thomas Allen, English opera singer and academic
1944: Thomas E. Mann [American political scientist]
1945 – Dennis Burkley, American actor (d. 2013)
1945 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author
1945 – Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut
1946 – Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
1946 – Jim Hines, American sprinter
1946 – Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter
1946 – Don Powell, English drummer (Slade)
1947 – David Pountney, English director and manager
1948 – Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author
1948 – Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
1948 – Tony Gatlif, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Judy Geeson, English actress
1948 – Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach
1948: Charles Simonyi [Hungarian-American computer software executive]
1948 – Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host
Spouse of the 15th Prime Minister of Canada
1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
1949 – Babette Cole, English author and illustrator
1949: Stephanie Tubbs Jones [American politician] (d. 20 Aug 2008)
U.S. Representative, D. OH, 1999-2008
1949 – Don Muraco, American wrestler
1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
1949 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (d. 2014)
(Mark & the Escorts)
1950 – Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist
(Asleep at the Wheel and Screamin' Sirens)
1950 – Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project)
1951 – Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic
1951 – Harry Groener, German-American actor and dancer
1951: Albert Wynn [American lawyer and politician]
U.S. Representative, D. MD, 1993-2008
1952 – Medea Benjamin, American activist, co-founded Code Pink
1952 – Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician
48th Canadian Minister of Justice
1953 – Amy Irving, American actress and singer
1953 – John Thurso, Scottish politician
1954 – Jackie Ashley, English journalist
1954 – Lorely Burt, English politician
1954 – Clark Johnson, American actor, director, and producer
1954: Randall Kennedy [American law professor]
1954: Cynthia Lummis [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. WY, 2009-present
1955 – Armin Hahne, German race car driver
1955: Pat Mastelotto [American musician]
1956 – Johnnie Fingers, Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer
(The Boomtown Rats)
1956 – Johnny Hickman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Cracker)
1956 – Erick Zonca, French director and producer
1957 – Kate Burton, Swiss-American actress
1957 – Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter (T'Pau)
1957 – Andreï Makine, Russian-French author
1958 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
(Bananarama and Shakespears Sister)
1959 – Jim Meskimen, American voice actor
1959 – Peter Nelson, American actor and producer
1960 – Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator
1960 – Colin Firth, English actor, singer, and producer
1960 – Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 – David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven)
1960: Amity Shlaes [American author and columnist]
1962 – Co Stompé, Dutch darts player
1962 – Wiljan Vloet, Dutch footballer and manager
1963: Dick Costolo [American businessman]
CEO of Twitter, 2010-2015
1963 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player and actor
1963 – Marian Keyes, Irish author
1963 – Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
(All, Descendents, The Lemonheads, and Only Crime)
1964 – John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician
1964 – Edmund de Waal, English artist
1965 – Robin Goodridge, English drummer
(Bush, Spear of Destiny, and Stone Gods)
1966 – Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1966 – Yuki Saito, Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, essayist, author, and poet
1968 – Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager
1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor (Juice Crew)
1968 – Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player
1969 – Ai Jing, Chinese-American singer and painter
1969 – Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper
1970 – Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager
1970 – Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter (Drop Nineteens)
1971 – Joe Bravo, American jockey
1972 – James Duval, American actor and producer
1972 – Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer and actress
1972: Anurag Kashyap [Indian filmmaker and actor]
1972 – Ghada Shouaa, Syrian heptathlete
1972 – Bente Skari, Norwegian skier
1973 – Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
1973 – Nancy Coolen, Dutch singer and television host (Twenty 4 Seven)
1973 – Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist
1974 – Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer
1974 – Sandra Cacic, Croatian-American tennis player
1974 – Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician
1974 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
1974 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
1975 – Viktor Kassai, Hungarian football referee
1975 – Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster
1975 – Melanie Pullen, American photographer
1976 – Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
1976 – Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
1976 – Matt Morgan, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
1976 – Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player
1978 – Julia Goldsworthy, English politician
1978 – Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1979 – Jacob Young, American actor and singer
1980 – Michelle Alves, Brazilian model
1980 – Jayam Ravi, Indian actor
1980 – Mikey Way, American bassist
(My Chemical Romance and Electric Century)
1981 – Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
1981 – Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Misty Copeland, American ballet dancer and author
1982 – Javi Varas, Spanish footballer
1983 – Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer
1983 – Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player
1984 – Sander Post, Estonian footballer
1984 – Harry Treadaway, English actor
1984 – Luke Treadaway, English actor
1985 – Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer
1985 – James Graham, English rugby player
1985 – Aya Kamiki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Laurent Koscielny, French footballer
1985 – Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
1985 – Shota Matsuda, Japanese actor
1985 – Neil Walker, American baseball player
1986 – Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter
(Pistol Annies)
1986 – Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer
1986 – Hiroki Uchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
(Kanjani Eight and NEWS)
1987 – Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player
1987 – Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
1988 – Jared Lee Loughner, American murderer
1988 – Coco Rocha, Canadian model
1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
1989 – Matt Ritchie, English footballer
1989 – Lee Sawyer, English footballer
1990 – Chandler Massey, American actor
1991 – Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer
1991 – Adam Nichols, English singer and guitarist
(Miranda Chartrand and Adam Nichols)
1992 – Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
1998 – Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player
1999 – Ian O'Reilly, Irish actor
Family
1896 – Robert Taschereau Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician
11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 26 Jul1970)
11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 26 Jul1970)
my 3rd cousin 1x removed
Coulee area
Jessica Adams
DawnVoelker
Robert Coates
Myrna Thomas
Phil Ottinger
DawnVoelker
Robert Coates
Myrna Thomas
Phil Ottinger