Famous Birthdays In History

912 Minamoto no Mitsunaka Japanese samurai (d. 997)

1469 William II Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)

1587 Sophie of Saxony Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)

1636 Esaias Reusner German lute player and composer (d. 1679)

1665 James Butler 2nd Duke of Ormonde Irish general and politician Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)

1667 John Arbuthnot Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)

1686 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven English politician Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1742)

1727 Jean-Georges Noverre French actor and dancer (d. 1810)

1745 Oliver Ellsworth American lawyer and politician 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)

1758 Georg Carl von Döbeln Swedish general (d. 1820)

1762 Jean-Baptiste Jourdan French general and politician French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)

1780 Charles Nodier French librarian and author (d. 1844)

1783 David Cox English landscape painter (d. 1859)

1784 Samuel Turell Armstrong American publisher and politician 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)

1810 Thomas Adolphus Trollope English journalist and author (d. 1892)

1814 Sadok Barącz Galician religious leader historian folklorist archivist (d. 1892)

1818 Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)

1837 Georges Ernest Boulanger French general and politician French Minister of War (d. 1891)

1842 Carl Millöcker Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)

1847 Joachim Andersen Danish flautist composer conductor and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (d. 1907)

1848 Raja Ravi Varma Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)

1854 Henri Poincaré French mathematician physicist and engineer (d. 1912)

1858 Georgia Hopley American journalist temperance advocate and the first woman prohibition agent (d. 1944)

1863 Constantine P. Cavafy Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)

1863 Maria Teresia Ledóchowska Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)

1872 Harry Payne Whitney American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)

1872 Forest Ray Moulton American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)

1875 Rafael Sabatini Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)

1878 Friedrich Adler German academic artist and designer (d.1945)

1879 Thomas Beecham English conductor (d. 1961 March 8)

1880 Fethi Okyar Turkish military officer diplomat and politician (d. 1943)

1882 Auguste Herbin French painter (d. 1960)

1882 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman Dutch printer typographer and Nazi resister (d. 1945)

1885 Egon Erwin Kisch Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)

1887 Raymond Thorne American swimmer (d. 1921)

1891 Bharathidasan Indian poet and activist (d. 1964)

1893 Harold Urey American chemist and astronomer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1894 Marietta Blau Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)

1895 Vladimir Propp Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)

1895 Malcolm Sargent English organist composer and conductor (d. 1967)

1899 Mary Petty American illustrator (d. 1976)

1900 Concha de Albornoz Spanish feminist and intellectual exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972)

1900 Amelia Best Australian politician one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979)

1907 Fred Zinnemann Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)

1908 Jack Williamson American author and academic (d. 2006)

1909 Tom Ewell American actor (d. 1994)

1912 Richard Carlson American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1977)

1915 Henry H. Barschall German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)

1917 Maya Deren Ukrainian-American director poet and photographer (d. 1961)

1917 Celeste Holm American actress and singer (d. 2012)

1918 George Allen American football player and coach (d. 1990)

1919 Gérard Oury French actor director and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1920 Edward Blishen English author and radio host (d. 1996)

1920 Harold Shapero American composer (d. 2013)

1922 Helmut Krackowizer Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001)

1922 Toots Thielemans Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)

1923 Irvin Kershner American actor director and producer (d. 2010)

1924 Al Balding Canadian golfer (d. 2006)

1924 Zizi Jeanmaire French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)

1925 John Compton Saint Lucian lawyer and politician 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)

1925 Iwao Takamoto American animator director and producer (d. 2007)

1926 Elmer Kelton American journalist and author (d. 2009)

1927 Dorothy Manley English sprinter (d. 2021)

1927 Bill Slater English footballer (d. 2018)

1928 Carl Gardner American singer (d. 2011)

1928 Heinz Wolff German-English physiologist engineer and academic (d. 2017)

1929 Walter Kempowski German author and academic (d. 2007)

1929 Mickey McDermott American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)

1929 Peter Sculthorpe Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)

1929 Maurice Strong Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)

1929 Jeremy Thorpe English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

1929 April Stevens American pop singer

1930 Jean Rochefort French actor and director (d. 2017)

1931 Frank Auerbach British-German painter

1931 Lonnie Donegan Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

1931 Chris Pearson Canadian politician 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)

1932 Joy Clements American soprano and actress (d. 2005)

1932 David Tindle English painter and educator

1932 Dmitry Zaikin Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 2013)

1933 Ed Charles American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)

1933 Mark Eyskens Belgian economist and politician 61st Prime Minister of Belgium

1933 Rod McKuen American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)

1934 Luis Aparicio Venezuelan-American baseball player

1934 Peter de la Billière English general

1934 Erika Fisch German sprinter and hurdler

1934 Pedro Pires Cape Verdean politician 3rd President of Cape Verde

1935 Otis Rush American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)

1936 Zubin Mehta Indian bassist and conductor

1936 Adolfo Nicolás Spanish priest 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 2020)

1936 Jacob Rothschild 4th Baron Rothschild English banker and philanthropist

1937 Arvo Mets Estonian-Russian poet and translator (d. 1997)

1937 Jill Paton Walsh English author (d. 2020)

1938 Klaus Voormann German artist bass player and producer

1940 Stephanos of Tallinn Estonian metropolitan

1940 Brian Taber Australian cricketer

1941 Jonah Barrington English-Irish squash player

1941 Dorothy Edgington British philosopher

1941 Hanne Darboven German painter (d. 2009)

1942 Lynda Chalker Baroness Chalker of Wallasey English politician Minister of State for Europe

1942 Rennie Fritchie Baroness Fritchie English civil servant and academic

1942 Galina Kulakova Russian skier

1943 Duane Allen American country singer

1943 Brenda Dean Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde English union leader and politician (d. 2018)

1943 Ruth Deech Baroness Deech English lawyer and academic

1944 Francis Lee English footballer and businessman

1945 Brian Charlesworth English biologist geneticist and academic

1945 Hugh Hopper English bass guitarist (d. 2009)

1945 Catherine Lara French singer-songwriter and violinist

1945 Tammi Terrell American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)

1946 Aleksander Wolszczan Polish astronomer

1947 Serge Bernier Canadian ice hockey player

1947 Tommy James American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1947 Johnny Miller American golfer and sportscaster

1947 Jim Ryun American runner and politician

1948 Bruce Cutler American lawyer

1950 Paul Holmes New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)

1950 Phillip Noyce Australian director and producer

1950 Debbie Stabenow American social worker and politician

1951 Rick Burleson American baseball player

1951 John Holmes English diplomat British Ambassador to France

1952 Nora Dunn American actress and comedian

1952 David Icke English footballer and sportscaster

1952 Bob McClure American baseball player and coach

1952 Rob Nicholson Canadian lawyer and politician 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1952 Ron Washington American baseball player and manager

1954 Jake Burton Carpenter American snowboarder and businessman founded Burton Snowboards

1955 Don McKinnon Australian rugby league player

1955 Kate Mulgrew American actress

1956 Karen Barad American physicist and philosopher

1958 Michelle Pfeiffer American actress

1958 Eve Plumb American actress

1958 Gary Cohen American baseball play-by-play announcer

1958 Kevin Moore English footballer (d. 2013)

1960 Bill Glasson American golfer

1960 Robert J. Sawyer Canadian author and academic

1962 Bruce Driver Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1962 Rob Druppers Dutch runner

1962 Stephan Burger German Catholic archbishop

1964 Federico Castelluccio Italian-American actor director producer and screenwriter

1964 Radek Jaroš Czech mountaineer and author

1965 Michel Bussi French geographer author and academic

1965 Peter Rauhofer Austrian-American disc jockey and producer (d. 2013)

1965 Larisa Turchinskaya Russian-Australian heptathlete and coach

1965 Brendon Tuuta New Zealand rugby league player

1966 Christian Tetzlaff German violinist

1966 Phil Tufnell English cricketer and radio host

1967 Marcel Albers Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)

1967 Curtis Joseph Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1968 Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 4th President of Croatia

1968 Carnie Wilson American singer-songwriter

1969 Jack Mackenroth American swimmer model and fashion designer

1972 Dustin McDaniel American lawyer and politician 55th Arkansas Attorney General

1974 Jasper Wood Canadian violinist and educator

1974 Anggun Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter

1975 Rafael Betancourt Venezuelan baseball player

1975 Artem Yashkin Ukrainian footballer

1976 Fabio Liverani Italian footballer and manager

1976 Chiyotaikai Ryūji Japanese sumo wrestler

1977 Zuzana Hejdová Czech tennis player

1977 Claus Jensen Danish international footballer and manager

1977 Titus O'Neil American football player and wrestler

1977 Attila Zsivoczky Hungarian decathlete and high jumper

1978 Tony Armas Jr. Venezuelan baseball player

1978 Bob Bryan American tennis player

1978 Mike Bryan American tennis player

1978 Javier Colon American singer-songwriter and musician

1978 Craig Gower Australian rugby player

1978 Tyler Labine Canadian actor and comedian

1979 Lee Dong-gook South Korean footballer

1979 Ryan Sharp Scottish race car driver and manager

1980 Mathieu Biron Canadian ice hockey player

1980 Kelly Shoppach American baseball player

1981 Lisa Allen English chef

1981 George McCartney Northern Irish footballer

1981 Émilie Mondor Canadian runner (d. 2006)

1983 Jay Cutler American football player

1983 Tommie Harris American football player

1984 Kirby Cote Canadian swimmer

1984 Paulius Jankūnas Lithuanian basketball player

1984 Lina Krasnoroutskaya Russian tennis player

1984 Vassilis Xanthopoulos Greek basketball player

1985 Jean-François Jacques Canadian ice hockey player

1986 Byun Yo-han South Korean actor

1986 Lee Chae-young South Korean actress

1986 Viljar Veski Estonian basketball player

1986 Sisa Waqa Fijian rugby league player

1986 Monique Alfradique Brazilian actress

1987 Knut Børsheim Norwegian golfer

1987 Sara Errani Italian tennis player

1987 Andre Russell Jamaican cricketer

1988 Elías Hernández Mexican footballer

1988 Alfred Hui Hong Kong singer

1988 Taoufik Makhloufi Algerian athlete

1988 Jonathan Toews Canadian ice hockey player

1988 Younha South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer

1989 Candace Owens American conservative influencer political commentator and activist.

1990 James Faulkner Australian cricketer

1990 Chris Johnson American basketball player

1991 Adam Smith English footballer

1991 Jung Hye-sung South Korean actress

1991 Misaki Doi Japanese tennis player

1992 Emilio Orozco American soccer player

1992 Alina Rosenberg German Paralympic equestrian

1994 Christina Shakovets German tennis player

1995 Victoria Sinitsina Russian ice dancer

1996 Katherine Langford Australian actress

1998 Kimberly Birrell Australian tennis player

1998 Mallory Pugh American soccer player

2002 Sinja Kraus Austrian tennis player

2007 Infanta Sofía of Spain Spanish princess

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