Famous Birthdays In History

85 Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus Roman politician and general (d. 43 BC)

1468 Frederick Jagiellon Primate of Poland (d. 1503)

1564 Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1632)

1556 François Béroalde de Verville French writer (d. 1626)

1593 Mumtaz Mahal Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (d. 1631)

1650 Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort of Denmark (1670-1699) (d. 1714)

1654 Charles Blount English deist and philosopher (d. 1693)

1701 Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)

1718 Thomas Lewis Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (d. 1790)

1748 Adamantios Korais Greek-French philosopher and scholar (d. 1833)

1755 Marc-Antoine Parseval French mathematician and theorist (d. 1836)

1788 Charles Robert Cockerell English architect archaeologist and writer (d. 1863)

1812 William W. Snow American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)

1812 Friedrich von Flotow German composer (d. 1883)

1840 Edward Whymper English-French mountaineer explorer author and illustrator (d. 1911)

1848 Otto King of Bavaria (d. 1916)

1850 Hans Hartwig von Beseler German general and politician (d. 1921)

1853 Jules Lemaître French playwright and critic (d. 1914)

1857 Theodor Kittelsen Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1914)

1861 William Arms Fisher American composer and music historian (d. 1948)

1866 Maurice Raoul-Duval French polo player (d. 1916)

1875 Frederick Fane Irish-born English cricketer (d. 1960)

1880 Mihkel Lüdig Estonian organist composer and conductor (d. 1958)

1882 Jessie Redmon Fauset American author and poet (d. 1961)

1887 Warren Wood American golfer (d. 1926)

1888 Florence La Badie Canadian actress (d. 1917)

1891 Sergei Prokofiev Russian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1953)

1893 Allen Sothoron American baseball player coach and manager (d. 1939)

1894 George Petty American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)

1894 Nicolas Slonimsky Russian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1995)

1896 William Hudson New Zealand-Australian engineer (d. 1978)

1896 Wallace Carothers American chemist and inventor of nylon (d. 1937)

1898 Ludwig Bemelmans Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1962)

1899 Walter Lantz American animator producer screenwriter and actor (d. 1994)

1900 August Koern Estonian politician and diplomat Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989)

1902 Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)

1904 Cecil Day-Lewis Anglo-Irish poet and author (d. 1972)

1904 Nikos Zachariadis Greek politician (d. 1973)

1905 John Kuck American javelin thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)

1906 Yiorgos Theotokas Greek author and playwright (d. 1966)

1910 Chiang Ching-kuo Chinese politician 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)

1911 Bruno Beger German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)

1911 Chris Berger Dutch sprinter and footballer (d. 1965)

1912 Jacques de Bourbon-Busset French author and politician (d. 2001)

1912 Zohra Sehgal Indian actress dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)

1913 Philip Abelson American physicist and author (d. 2004)

1913 Irving Adler American mathematician author and academic (d. 2012)

1913 Luz Long German long jumper and soldier (d. 1943)

1916 Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. American sergeant lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

1917 Roman Matsov Estonian violinist pianist and conductor (d. 2001)

1918 Sten Rudholm Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)

1920 Guido Cantelli Italian conductor (d. 1956)

1920 Mark Krasnosel'skii Ukrainian mathematician and academic (d. 1997)

1920 James Robert Mann American colonel lawyer and politician (d. 2010)

1920 Edwin Morgan Scottish poet and translator (d. 2010)

1921 Robert Dhéry French actor director and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1923 Betty Mae Tiger Jumper Seminole chief (d. 2011)

1924 Vernon B. Romney American lawyer and politician 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)

1925 Derek Chinnery English broadcaster (d. 2015)

1926 Tim LaHaye American minister activist and author (d. 2016)

1926 Basil A. Paterson American lawyer and politician 59th Secretary of State of New York (d. 2014)

1926 Alan Reynolds English painter and educator (d. 2014)

1927 Coretta Scott King African-American activist and author (d. 2006)

1927 Joe Moakley American soldier lawyer and politician (d. 2001)

1929 Nina Ponomaryova Russian discus thrower and coach (d. 2016)

1931 Igor Oistrakh Ukrainian violinist and educator (d. 2021)

1932 Anouk Aimée French actress

1932 Pik Botha South African lawyer politician and diplomat 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (d. 2018)

1932 Chuck Knox American football coach (d. 2018)

1932 Derek Minter English motorcycle racer (d. 2015)

1932 Gian-Carlo Rota Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)

1933 Peter Imbert Baron Imbert English police officer and politician Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (d. 2017)

1935 Theodoros Angelopoulos Greek director producer and screenwriter (d. 2012)

1935 Ron Morris American pole vaulter and coach

1936 Geoffrey Shovelton English singer and illustrator (d. 2016)

1937 Sandy Dennis American actress (d. 1992)

1937 Robin Eames Irish Anglican archbishop

1937 Richard Perham English biologist and academic (d. 2015)

1938 Earl Anthony American bowler and sportscaster (d. 2001)

1938 Alain Caron Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)

1939 Judy Carne English actress and comedian (d. 2015)

1939 Stanisław Dziwisz Polish cardinal

1941 Fethullah Gülen Turkish preacher and theologian

1941 Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti Indian archaeologist

1941 Lee Roy Jordan American football player

1942 Ruth Glick American author

1942 Jim Keltner American drummer

1943 Helmut Marko Austrian race car driver and manager

1944 Michael Fish English meteorologist and journalist

1944 Cuba Gooding Sr. American singer (d. 2017)

1944 Herb Pedersen American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1945 Martin Chivers English footballer and manager

1945 Jack Deverell English general

1945 Helen Hodgman Scottish-Australian author

1945 Terry Willesee Australian journalist and television host

1946 Franz Roth German footballer

1947 G. K. Butterfield African-American soldier lawyer and politician

1947 Nick Greiner Hungarian-Australian politician 37th Premier of New South Wales

1947 Pete Ham Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)

1947 Keith Magnuson Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)

1947 Ann Peebles American soul singer-songwriter

1948 Frank Abagnale Jr. American security consultant and criminal

1948 Josef Hickersberger Austrian footballer coach and manager

1948 Kate Pierson American singer-songwriter and bass player

1949 Grant Chapman Australian businessman and politician

1950 Jaime Fresnedi Filipino politician

1950 Paul Lockyer Australian journalist (d. 2011)

1951 Ace Frehley American guitarist and songwriter

1952 Larry Elder American lawyer and talk show host

1952 Ari Vatanen Finnish race car driver and politician

1953 Arielle Dombasle French-American actress and model

1954 Frank Bainimarama Fijian commander and politician 8th Prime Minister of Fiji

1954 Herman Edwards American football player coach and sportscaster

1954 Mark Holden Australian singer actor and lawyer

1955 Gudrun Berend German hurdler (d. 2011)

1955 Eric Schmidt American engineer and businessman

1956 Bryan Harvey American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

1956 Jeff Probyn English rugby player coach and manager

1957 Willie Upshaw American baseball player and manager

1959 Sheena Easton Scottish-American singer-songwriter actress and producer

1959 Marco Pirroni English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer

1960 Mike Krushelnyski Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1961 Andrew Schlafly American lawyer and activist founded Conservapedia

1962 Ángel Comizzo Argentinian footballer and manager

1962 Seppo Räty Finnish javelin thrower and coach

1962 Im Sang-soo South Korean director and screenwriter

1962 Andrew Selous English soldier and politician

1963 Russell T Davies Welsh screenwriter and producer

1965 Anna Chancellor English actress

1966 Peter McIntyre Australian cricketer

1966 Yoshihiro Togashi Japanese illustrator

1967 Tommy Smith Scottish saxophonist composer and educator

1967 Erik Thomson Scottish-New Zealand actor

1967 Jason Whitlock American football player and journalist

1968 Dana Milbank American journalist and author

1969 Cory Booker African-American lawyer and politician

1969 Darcey Bussell English ballerina

1971 Olari Elts Estonian conductor

1972 Nigel Barker English photographer and author

1972 Almedin Civa Bosnian footballer and coach

1973 Duško Adamović Serbian footballer

1973 Sharlee D'Angelo Swedish bass player and songwriter

1973 Sébastien Lareau Canadian tennis player

1974 Frank Catalanotto American baseball player

1974 Richard Johnson Australian footballer

1975 Rabih Abdullah American football player

1975 Chris Carpenter American baseball player and manager

1975 Pedro Feliz Dominican baseball player

1975 Kazuyoshi Funaki Japanese ski jumper

1976 Isobel Campbell Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist

1976 Sally Hawkins English actress

1976 Walter Pandiani Uruguayan footballer

1976 Faisal Saif Indian director screenwriter and critic

1979 Will Boyd American bass player

1979 Natasha Chokljat Australian netball player

1979 Vladimir Kozlov Ukrainian wrestler

1980 Sybille Bammer Austrian tennis player

1980 Talitha Cummins Australian journalist

1980 Christian Lara Ecuadorian footballer

1981 Joey Gathright American baseball player

1981 Patrik Gerrbrand Swedish footballer

1982 François Parisien Canadian cyclist

1982 Alexander Widiker German rugby player

1983 Ari Graynor American actress and producer

1983 Martin Viiask Estonian basketball player

1984 Pierre-Marc Bouchard Canadian ice hockey player

1984 Daniel Holdsworth Australian rugby league player

1985 José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior Brazilian footballer

1985 Meselech Melkamu Ethiopian runner

1986 Jenna Coleman English actress

1986 Hayley Mulheron Scottish netball player

1986 Dinara Safina Russian tennis player

1987 Taylor Chorney American ice hockey player

1987 Elliott Shriane Australian speed skater

1987 William Moseley English actor

1987 Wang Feifei Chinese singer and actress

1988 Joeri Dequevy Belgian footballer

1988 Kris Thackray English footballer

1988 Semyon Varlamov Russian ice hockey player

1989 Lars Bender German footballer

1989 Sven Bender German footballer

1989 Dmytro Kozban Ukrainian footballer

1990 Trude Raad Norwegian deaf track and field athlete

1991 Isaac Cuenca Spanish footballer

1991 Lara Gut Swiss skier

1992 Keenan Allen American football player

1994 Corey Seager American baseball player

1995 Nick Kyrgios Australian tennis player

1997 Josh Onomah English footballer

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