Famous Birthdays In History

774 Kūkai Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism (d. 835)

1452 Lucrezia Crivelli mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1508)

1502 Francesco Corteccia Italian composer (d. 1571)

1578 Frances Howard Duchess of Richmond (d. 1639)

1612 Murad IV Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)

1625 Edward Montagu 1st Earl of Sandwich (d. 1672)

1667 Johann Bernoulli Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1748)

1733 Jeremiah Dixon English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)

1740 Jeanne Baré French explorer (d. 1803)

1741 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808)

1752 Samuel Smith American general and politician (d. 1839)

1768 Charlotte Corday French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)

1768 Joseph Anton Koch Austrian painter (d. 1839)

1773 Jacob Aall Norwegian economist and politician (d. 1844)

1777 Thomas Campbell Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844)

1777 Henry Trevor 21st Baron Dacre English general (d. 1853)

1781 Mauro Giuliani Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1828)

1784 Denis Davydov Russian general and poet (d. 1839)

1812 Thomas Lanier Clingman American general and politician (d. 1897)

1818 Agostino Roscelli Italian priest and saint (d. 1902)

1824 Alexandre Dumas fils French novelist and playwright (d. 1895)

1833 Thomas George Bonney English geologist mountaineer and academic (d. 1923)

1834 Miguel Grau Seminario Peruvian admiral (d. 1879)

1835 Giosuè Carducci Italian poet and educator Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)

1848 Loránd Eötvös Hungarian physicist and politician Minister of Education of Hungary (d. 1919)

1848 Friedrich Ernst Dorn German physicist (d.1916)

1853 Vladimir Korolenko Ukrainian journalist author and activist (d. 1921)

1853 Elizabeth Plankinton American philanthropist (d. 1923)

1854 Takahashi Korekiyo Japanese accountant and politician 20th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)

1857 José Celso Barbosa Puerto Rican physician sociologist and politician (d. 1921)

1857 Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge English Egyptologist Orientalist and philologist (d.1934)

1858 George Lyon Canadian golfer and cricketer (d. 1938)

1866 António José de Almeida Portuguese physician and politician 6th President of Portugal (d. 1929)

1867 Enrique Granados Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1916)

1870 Hilaire Belloc French-born British writer and historian (d. 1953)

1872 Stanislav Binički Serbian composer conductor and pedagogue. (d. 1942)

1879 Francesco Gaeta Italian poet (d. 1927)

1877 Ernő Dohnányi Hungarian pianist composer and conductor (d. 1960)

1882 Geoffrey de Havilland English pilot and engineer founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (d. 1965)

1886 Ernst May German architect and urban planner (d. 1970)

1889 Vera Karalli Russian ballerina choreographer and actress (d. 1972)

1890 Benjamin Miessner American radio engineer and inventor (d. 1976)

1890 Armas Taipale Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1976)

1891 Jacob van der Hoeden Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (d. 1968)

1893 Ugo Agostoni Italian cyclist (d. 1941)

1894 Mientje Kling Dutch actress (d. 1966)

1896 Robert George Scottish air marshal and politician 24th Governor of South Australia (d. 1967)

1896 Henri Longchambon French lawyer and politician (d. 1969)

1899 Percy Hornibrook Australian cricketer (d. 1976)

1902 Yaroslav Halan Ukrainian playwright and publicist (d. 1949)

1903 Nikolay Cherkasov Russian actor (d. 1966)

1903 Michail Stasinopoulos Greek jurist and politician President of Greece (d. 2002)

1903 Mārtiņš Zīverts Latvian playwright (d. 1990)

1904 Lyudmila Rudenko Soviet chess player (d. 1986)

1906 Jerzy Giedroyc Polish author and activist (d. 2000)

1906 Herbert Jasper Canadian psychologist and neurologist (d. 1999)

1907 Ross Alexander American stage and film actor (d. 1937)

1907 Carl McClellan Hill American educator and academic administrator (d. 1995)

1907 Irene Fischer Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (d. 2009)

1908 Joseph Mitchell American journalist and author (d. 1996)

1910 Julien Gracq French author and critic (d. 2007)

1910 Lupita Tovar Mexican-American actress (d. 2016)

1911 Rayner Heppenstall English author and poet (d. 1981)

1912 Vernon Elliott English bassoon player composer and conductor (d. 1996)

1913 George L. Street III American captain Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2000)

1914 August Sang Estonian poet and translator (d. 1969)

1915 Mario Del Monaco Italian tenor (d. 1982)

1915 Josef Priller German colonel and pilot (d. 1961)

1916 Elizabeth Hardwick American literary critic novelist and short story writer (d. 2007)

1916 Skippy Williams American saxophonist and arranger (d. 1994)

1916 Keenan Wynn American actor (d. 1986)

1918 Leonard Rose American cellist and educator (d. 1984)

1920 Henry D. "Homer" Haynes American comedian and musician (d. 1971)

1921 Garry Davis American pilot and activist created the World Passport (d. 2013)

1921 Émile Genest Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)

1922 Adolfo Celi Italian actor director and screenwriter (d. 1986)

1922 Norman Lear American screenwriter and producer

1923 Mas Oyama South Korean-Japanese martial artist (d. 1994)

1924 Vincent Canby American historian and critic (d. 2000)

1924 Otar Taktakishvili Georgian composer and conductor (d. 1989)

1927 Guy Carawan American singer and musicologist (d. 2015)

1927 Pierre Granier-Deferre French director and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1927 Will Jordan American comedian and actor (d. 2018)

1927 C. Rajadurai Sri Lankan journalist and politician 1st Mayor of Batticaloa

1927 John Seigenthaler American journalist and academic (d. 2014)

1928 Joseph Kittinger American colonel and pilot (d. 2022)

1929 Jean Baudrillard French sociologist and philosopher (d. 2007)

1929 Harvey Fuqua American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)

1929 Jack Higgins English author and academic (d. 2022)

1929 Marc Wilkinson French-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2022)

1930 Joy Whitby English director producer and screenwriter

1930 Shirley Williams English academic and politician Secretary of State for Education (d. 2021)

1931 Khieu Samphan Cambodian academic and politician 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia

1931 Jerry Van Dyke American actor (d. 2018)

1932 Forest Able American basketball player

1932 Diane Webber American model dancer and actress (d. 2008)

1933 Nick Reynolds American singer and bongo player (d. 2008)

1933 Ted Whitten Australian football player and journalist (d. 1995)

1935 Hillar Kärner Estonian chess player (d. 2017)

1935 Billy McCullough Northern Irish footballer

1936 J. Robert Hooper American businessman and politician (d. 2008)

1937 Anna Dawson English actress and singer

1937 Don Galloway American actor (d. 2009)

1937 Robert Holmes à Court South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (d. 1990)

1938 Gary Gygax American game designer co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008)

1939 William Eggleston American photographer and academic

1939 Michael Longley Northern Irish poet and academic

1939 Paulo Silvino Brazilian comedian composer and actor (d. 2017)

1940 Pina Bausch German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)

1941 Christian Boesch Austrian opera singer

1941 Johannes Fritsch German viola player and composer (d. 2010)

1942 Édith Butler Canadian singer-songwriter

1942 Bobbie Gentry American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1942 John Pleshette American actor director and screenwriter

1942 Dennis Ralston American tennis player (d. 2020)

1943 Jeremy Greenstock English diplomat British Ambassador to the United Nations

1944 Jean-Marie Leblanc French cyclist and journalist

1944 Barbara Thomson English saxophonist and composer (d. 2022)

1946 Peter Reading English poet and author (d. 2011)

1947 Kazuyoshi Miura Japanese businessman (d. 2008)

1947 Giora Spiegel Israeli footballer and coach

1947 Betty Thomas American actress director and producer

1948 James Munby English lawyer and judge

1948 Henny Vrienten Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player

1949 Maury Chaykin American-Canadian actor (d. 2010)

1949 André Dupont Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1949 Rory MacDonald Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player

1949 Robert Rankin English author and illustrator

1950 Simon Jones English actor

1951 Roseanna Cunningham Scottish lawyer and politician Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs

1951 Bob Diamond American-English banker and businessman

1951 Rolf Thung Dutch tennis player

1952 Marvin Barnes American basketball player (d. 2014)

1952 Roxanne Hart American actress

1953 Chung Dong-young South Korean journalist and politician 31st South Korean Minister of Unification

1953 Yahoo Serious Australian actor director producer and screenwriter

1954 Philippe Alliot French race car driver and sportscaster

1954 G. S. Bali Indian lawyer and politician

1954 Mark Stanway English keyboard player

1954 Ricardo Uceda Peruvian journalist and author

1955 Cat Bauer American journalist author and playwright

1955 John Howell English journalist and politician

1955 Bobby Rondinelli American drummer

1956 Carol Leifer American actress comedian screenwriter and producer

1957 Bill Engvall American comedian actor and producer

1958 Kimmo Hakola Finnish composer

1959 Joe DeSa American baseball player (d. 1986)

1959 Hugh Green American football player

1959 Yiannos Papantoniou French-Greek economist and politician Greek Minister of National Defence

1960 Jo Durie English tennis player and sportscaster

1960 Conway Savage Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2018)

1960 Emily Thornberry English lawyer and politician

1961 Ed Orgeron American football coach

1962 Neil Brooks Australian swimmer

1962 Karl Mueller American bass player (d. 2005)

1963 Donnie Yen Chinese-Hong Kong actor director producer and martial artist

1964 Rex Brown American bass player and songwriter

1965 José Luis Chilavert Paraguayan footballer

1966 Steve Tilson English footballer and manager

1967 Rahul Bose Indian journalist actor director and screenwriter

1967 Juliana Hatfield American singer-songwriter and musician

1967 Hans Mathisen Norwegian guitarist and composer

1967 Neil Smith English cricketer

1967 Craig Wolanin American ice hockey player

1968 Maria Grazia Cucinotta Italian actress and producer

1968 Tom Goodwin American baseball player and coach

1968 Sabina Jeschke Swedish-German engineer and academic

1968 Julian McMahon Australian actor and producer

1968 Ricardo Rosset Brazilian race car driver

1969 Jonty Rhodes South African cricketer and coach

1970 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Danish actor and producer

1970 David Davies English-Welsh politician

1971 Matthew Johns Australian rugby league player sportscaster and television host

1971 Anna Menconi Italian Paralympic archer

1972 Clint Robinson Australian kayaker

1972 Maya Rudolph American actress

1972 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Malaysian surgeon and astronaut

1973 Cassandra Clare American journalist and author

1973 Erik Nys Belgian long jumper

1973 Gorden Tallis Australian rugby league player and coach

1974 Eason Chan Hong Kong singer actor and producer

1974 Pete Yorn American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975 Serkan Çeliköz Turkish keyboard player and songwriter

1975 Shea Hillenbrand American baseball player

1975 Fred Mascherino American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975 Alessandro Pistone Italian footballer

1976 Scott Mason Australian cricketer (d. 2005)

1977 Foo Swee Chin Singaporean illustrator

1977 Björn Dreyer German footballer

1977 Jonathan Rhys Meyers Irish actor

1978 Diarmuid O'Sullivan Irish hurler and manager

1979 Marielle Franco Brazilian politician feminist and human rights activist (d. 2018)

1979 Jorge Arce Mexican boxer

1979 Sidney Govou French footballer

1979 Shannon Moore American wrestler and singer

1980 Allan Davis Australian cyclist

1980 Wesley Gonzales Filipino basketball player

1981 Susan King Borchardt American basketball player

1981 Collins Obuya Kenyan cricketer

1981 Dash Snow American painter and photographer (d. 2009)

1981 Christopher Weselek German rugby player

1982 Neil Harbisson English-Catalan painter composer and activist

1983 Lorik Cana Albanian footballer

1983 Martijn Maaskant Dutch cyclist

1983 Goran Pandev Macedonian footballer

1983 Soccor Velho Indian footballer (d. 2013)

1984 Antoine Bethea American football player

1984 Tsuyoshi Nishioka Japanese baseball player

1984 Max Scherzer American baseball player

1984 Taylor Schilling American actress

1984 Kenny Wormald American actor dancer and choreographer

1985 Husain Abdullah American football player

1985 Matteo Pratichetti Italian rugby player

1985 Ajmal Shahzad English cricketer

1986 DeMarre Carroll American basketball player

1986 Ryan Flaherty American baseball player

1986 Ryan Griffen Australian footballer

1987 Jacoby Ford American football player

1987 Marek Hamšík Slovak footballer

1987 Jordan Hill American basketball player

1987 Sarah Parsons American ice hockey player

1988 Adam Biddle Australian footballer

1988 Yoervis Medina Venezuelan baseball player

1988 Ryan Tannehill American football player

1989 Maya Ali Pakistani actress

1990 Nick Hogan American race car driver and actor

1990 Paolo Hurtado Peruvian footballer

1990 Cheyenne Kimball American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1990 Stephen Li-Chung Kuo Taiwanese-American figure skater

1990 Kriti Sanon Indian actress

1991 Wandy Peralta Dominican baseball player

1993 Reagan Campbell-Gillard Australian rugby league player

1993 Max Power English footballer

2003 Elvina Kalieva American tennis player

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