Date | Event |
---|---|
15 |
Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) |
1301 |
Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) |
1501 |
Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) |
1513 |
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535) |
1534 |
Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) |
1564 |
William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) |
1583 |
Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general |
1625 |
Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland |
1667 |
Jean-Louis Lully, Paris France, composer |
1705 |
Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766) |
1717 |
Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) |
1725 |
Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803) |
1739 |
Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II |
1748 |
Philipp Meissner, composer |
1755 |
John Marshall, Germantown Virginia, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35) |
1762 |
William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets) |
1773 |
Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer |
1801 |
Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862) |
1802 |
Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868) |
1806 |
George Alexander Osborne, composer |
1817 |
Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras) |
1821 |
Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda) |
1824 |
Truman Seymour, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1891 |
1825 |
Frances E W Harper, famous African |
1827 |
Henry Warner Slocum, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 |
1829 |
James St Clair Morton, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 |
1829 |
Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885) |
1833 |
Henry Alanson Barnum, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
1848 |
Pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle) |
1858 |
Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939) |
1859 |
Julius Klengel, cellist/composer |
1860 |
Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist |
1870 |
Georges Claude, inventor (neon light) |
1871 |
Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960) |
1878 |
C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947) |
1884 |
Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963) |
1884 |
Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953) |
1885 |
Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) |
1886 |
James Burke, NYC, actor (Mystery Theater, Great Guy) |
1890 |
Alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen) |
1890 |
Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977) |
1892 |
Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Wandering Jew) |
1892 |
Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956) |
1893 |
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Coutchman, Texas, blues singer and guitarist, (d. 1929) |
1893 |
Julia Faye, Richmond VA, actress (10 Commandments, Samson & Delilah) |
1894 |
Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968) |
1895 |
Andre Cournand, physician |
1896 |
F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby), (d. 1940) |
1898 |
Charlotte D baroness of Pallandt, Dutch sculptress |
1898 |
Howard Florey, Adelaide Aust, pathologist/phamacologist; purified penicillin (Nobel '45), (d. 1968) |
1899 |
Eduardo Hernandez Moncada, composer |
1899 |
Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970) |
1900 |
Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955) |
1902 |
Cheryl Crawford, producer (Touch of Venus, Brigadoon) |
1902 |
Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure, and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (d. 1989) |
1904 |
Cemal Resit Rey, composer |
1904 |
Owen Saunders, mechanical engineer |
1905 |
Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993) |
1906 |
Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong) |
1907 |
Pierre Moulaert, composer |
1909 |
Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966) |
1910 |
Cao Yu, dramatist |
1910 |
Frank Pelleg, composer |
1910 |
Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor (Every Man is My Enemy) |
1910 |
Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder (LSE) |
1911 |
Konstantin Chernenko, USSR leader |
1912 |
Don Porter, Miami Oklahoma, actor (Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show) |
1912 |
Ian Serraillier, children author |
1914 |
Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture) |
1914 |
Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor |
1914 |
Herb Jeffries, Detroit Mich, actor (Where's Huddles) |
1914 |
Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991) |
1915 |
Larry Gates, St Paul Minn, actor (Guiding Light, Body Snatchers) |
1915 |
Margarita J Aliger, Russian poetess (Zoja) [OS] |
1915 |
Seymour Egerton, CEO (Coutis Bank) |
1916 |
John Lapsley, British air marshal |
1917 |
Colin Cowe, senior bursar (Magdalen College Oxford) |
1917 |
William Putnam Bundy, London, editor (Lvaggerier & Vagaries) |
1918 |
Audra Lindley, Los Angeles California, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers) |
1918 |
Richard Hoggart, author/warden (Goldsmith's College London) |
1919 |
Dayton Allen, NYC, comedian (Steve Allen Show) |
1919 |
Vaclav Nelhybel, Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer (Everyman) |
1921 |
Jim McKay, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports) |
1921 |
Leonard Overton, British glider pilot (Arnhem 1944) |
1921 |
Leonard Lopes-Salzedo, London England, British composer |
1922 |
Cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata) |
1922 |
David Lane, CEO (Commission for Racial Equality) |
1922 |
Theresa Merritt, Newport News Va, actress (Mama-That's My Mama) |
1923 |
Ladislav Fuks, writer |
1923 |
Mervyn Brown, diplomat |
1923 |
Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950) |
1924 |
Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge |
1924 |
Sheila MacRae, London England, actress (Jackie Gleason Show), (d. 2014) |
1924 |
Simpson Guillen, cricketer (wicket-keeper for West Indies & NZ) |
1924 |
Walter Fufido, Bronx NY, Iwo Jima casualty (WW II) |
1924 |
Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast |
1924 |
Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998) |
1925 |
Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004) |
1927 |
Richard Swift, composer |
1929 |
George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University) |
1929 |
Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician |
1930 |
John Watts Young, SF California, astronaut (Gem 3 10, Apol 10 16, STS 1 9) |
1930 |
Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (d. 1998) |
1930 |
Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977) |
1931 |
Anthony Newley, England, actor (Dr Doolitte, Garbage Pail Kids)/composer |
1931 |
Brian Glanville, author/journalist |
1931 |
Cardiss Collins, (Rep-D-Illinois, 1973-97), (d. 2013) |
1932 |
Svetlana Beriozova, ballerina |
1932 |
Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian |
1933 |
Catherine Pestell, principal (Somerville College Oxford) |
1934 |
Bernard Nevill, textile designer |
1934 |
John Brunner, [Kilian Houston], UK, sci-fi author (100th Millennium) |
1934 |
Manfred Worner, German general/sect-gen (NATO, 1988-94) |
1934 |
Robert Lang, actor (Night Watch)/director |
1934 |
Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer |
1935 |
Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer |
1935 |
Lawrence Urquhart, CEO (Burmah Castrol) |
1935 |
Sean McCann, Canadian actor |
1936 |
Jim Henson, Greenville Miss, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), (d. 1990) |
1937 |
Alan Grose, British vice-admiral |
1940 |
Barbara Allbut, Orange NJ, rock vocalist (Angels) |
1940 |
Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994) |
1941 |
John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers) |
1941 |
Linda Eastman McCartney, NYC, photographer and musician (Wings-Ram) and wife of Paul McCartney |
1942 |
Gerry Marsden, rock vocalist (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry crossed Mersey) |
1942 |
Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut Meister, Orange NJ, rocker (Angels) |
1943 |
Lee Aaker, Los Angeles California, actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin) |
1944 |
Diana Körner, German actress |
1945 |
Catherine Burns, NYC, actress (Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher) |
1945 |
David A[llen] Drake, US, sci-fi author (Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot) |
1945 |
Lou Dobbs, American journalist |
1946 |
"Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman |
1946 |
Carson Van Osten, rocker |
1946 |
Jacqueline Courtney, NJ, actress (Another World, One Life to Live) |
1946 |
Jerry Donahue, rocker (Fairport Convention) |
1946 |
Marc Edward Neikrug, composer |
1946 |
Pat Pocock, cricketer (intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85) |
1946 |
Richard Spring, British MP |
1946 |
Robert Jackson, MP/minister of British Civil Service |
1947 |
Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor |
1948 |
Bernadette Hingley, British priest |
1948 |
Gordon Clapp, North Conway NH, actor (Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue) |
1948 |
Phil Hartman, Brantford Ontario, actor (SNL, Peewee's Playhouse) |
1948 |
Heinz Chur, German composer |
1950 |
Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer (son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's) |
1950 |
Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress |
1951 |
Terry Metcalf, Seattle, NFL, CFL running back (St Louis, Toronto) |
1951 |
Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar |
1952 |
Joseph P Kennedy II, (Rep-D-Massachusetts) |
1952 |
Mark Sandman, American musician (Morphine), (d. 1999) |
1954 |
Stephen Jones, art historian |
1955 |
Riccardo Illy, Italian politician |
1956 |
Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1980) |
1958 |
Kevin Sorbo, actor (Hercules Legendary Journeys, Kull The Conquerer) |
1959 |
Steve Whitmire, American voice actor |
1961 |
Dillard Pruitt, Greenville SC, PGA golfer (1991 Chattanooga Classic) |
1961 |
Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster |
1961 |
John Logan, American screenwriter |
1962 |
Arden Knoll, Saskatoon Sask, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Klondike-2nd) |
1962 |
Jack Dee, British comedian |
1962 |
Mike Phelan, English former footballer |
1962 |
Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress |
1964 |
Gene Watkins, Waco Texas, American actor (James Walsh-As the World Turns) |
1964 |
Rafael Palmeiro, Havana Cuba, 1st baseman (Baltimore Orioles) |
1965 |
Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords) |
1966 |
Atul Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman 1994- ) |
1966 |
Bernard Gilkey, St Louis MO, outfielder (NY Mets) |
1966 |
Kevin Koslofski, Decatur Ill, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers) |
1966 |
Paul Michael Valley, actor (Ryan Harrison-Another World) |
1966 |
Michael J. Varhola, American author |
1967 |
Chris Swan, rower (Olympics-1996) |
1967 |
Frank Cornish, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles) |
1967 |
Roland Jansen, soccer player (Willem II) |
1969 |
Andrew Greene, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1969 |
Gene Hunt, R&B musician (Acid Man) |
1969 |
John Morton, WLAF WR (Frankfurt Galaxy) |
1969 |
Lisa Matthews, Peoria Ill, playmate (Apr, 1990) |
1969 |
Megan Ward, Los Angeles California, actress (Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies) |
1969 |
Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot) |
1969 |
Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer |
1969 |
Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model |
1970 |
Jeanette Kollasch, Evanston Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo-17th-1995) |
1970 |
Kristin Talbot, Schuylerville NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994) |
1970 |
Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970 |
Paul Spoljaric, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays) |
1970 |
Winfred Tubbs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints) |
1971 |
Shane Conrad, actress (Cody-High Mountain Rangers) |
1971 |
Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve) |
1972 |
Jeff Hill, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals) |
1973 |
Rodrick Rhodes, NBA forward (Houston Rockets) |
1973 |
Eddie George, American football player |
1974 |
Kiwane Garris, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets) |
1974 |
Matt McKeon, Florissant MO, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96) |
1975 |
Kyle Turley, former National Football League offensive lineman |
1976 |
Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player |
1976 |
Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler |
1977 |
Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer |
1978 |
Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant |
1978 |
Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer |
1979 |
Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer |
1979 |
Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian |
1979 |
Justin Bruening, American actor |
1980 |
Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer |
1980 |
John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer |
1980 |
Daniele Bennati, Italian professional road racing cyclist |
1980 |
Dean Canto, Australian racing driver |
1981 |
Drew Gooden, National Basketball Association player |
1981 |
Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver |
1982 |
Morgan Hamm, American gymnast |
1982 |
Paul Hamm, American gymnast |
1982 |
Jeff Karstens, American baseball player |
1983 |
Randy Foye, American basketball player |
1984 |
Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer |
1986 |
Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television |
1987 |
Spencer Treat Clark, American actor |
1987 |
Matthew Connolly, English footballer |
1988 |
Karl Alzner, Canadian hockey player |
1988 |
Kyle Sullivan, American actor |
1988 |
Lisa Wang, American gymnast |
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