Births

Births

• 1503 – Christian III of Denmark (d. 1559)
• 1566 – Isabella Clara Eugenia Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (d. 1633)
• 1604 – Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)
• 1644 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1704)
• 1647 – Johann Heinrich Acker, German pastor and educator (d. 1719)
• 1686 – John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
• 1696 – Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (d. 1755)
• 1720 – Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
• 1762 – George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)
• 1774 – Robert Southey, English poet (d. 1843)
• 1773 – Karl Faber, Prussian historian (d. 1853)
• 1831 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (d. 1891)
• 1856 – Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
• 1859 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (d. 1929)
• 1860 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (d. 1907)
• 1866 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
• 1866 – Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter (d. 1907)
• 1867 – Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (d. 1963)
• 1872 – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)
• 1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (d. 1943)
• 1880 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
• 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (d. 1959)
• 1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress (d. 1974)
• 1883 – Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1885 – Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Juhan Simm, Estonian composer (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (d. 1981)
• 1891 – C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster (d. 1953)
• 1892 – Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (d. 1977)
• 1896 – Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (d. 1981)
• 1897 – Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)
• 1899 – Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963)
• 1902 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Idel Jakobson, Soviet NKVD officer (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
• 1904 – Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1906 – Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (d. 1970)
• 1910 – Jane Wyatt, American actress and singer (d. 2006)
• 1911 – Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1913 – Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1914 – Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1915 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Ioan Dicezare, Romanian pilot (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
• 1919 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)
• 1921 – Matt Jefferies, American set designer (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (d. 1987)
• 1923 – John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (d. 1988)
• 1925 – Dale Bumpers, American politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas
• 1925 – Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (d. 1986)
• 1925 – Donald Justice, American poet and educator (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 1975)
• 1925 – George Wetherill, American physicist (d. 2006)
• 1926 – John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Wallace Markfield, American author (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Charles Blackman, Australian illustrator
• 1928 – Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Dan Curtis, American director and producer (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Buckaroos) (d. 2006)
• 1930 – George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Soros Fund Management
• 1930 – Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician
• 1931 – William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1932 – Sirikit, Thai wife of Bhumibol Adulyadej
• 1932 – Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
• 1932 – Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Parnelli Jones, American race car driver
• 1933 – Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author (d. 2013)
• 1935 – John Cazale, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1937 – Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City
• 1939 – Michael D. Antonovich, American politician
• 1939 – Skip Caray, American sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 1939 – George Hamilton, American actor and producer
• 1939 – Roy Romanow, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
• 1940 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright
• 1941 – Dana Ivey, American actress and singer
• 1942 – Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician
• 1943 – Deborah Walley, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
• 1945 – Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter (Sparks and Halfnelson)
• 1946 – Deborah Howe, American author (d. 1978)
• 1946 – Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Sam Rosen, American sportscaster
• 1948 – Siddaramaiah, Indian politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1948 – Sue Monk Kidd, American author
• 1949 – Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
• 1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dire Straits and The Notting Hillbillies)
• 1949 – Lou Martin, Irish-English pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer
• 1950 – Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 – Willie Horton, American murderer
• 1952 – Chen Kaige, Chinese actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Kalevi Kull, Estonian biosemiotician
• 1954 – CY Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1954 – Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
• 1954 – François Hollande, French politician, 24th President of France
• 1954 – Sam J. Jones, American actor
• 1954 – Pat Metheny, American guitarist and songwriter (Pat Metheny Group)
• 1955 – Ann M. Martin, American author
• 1955 – Heintje Simons, Dutch singer and actor
• 1955 – Terry Taylor, American wrestler
• 1956 – Bruce Greenwood, Canadian-American actor
• 1956 – Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1957 – Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
• 1958 – Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter (Nena)
• 1959 – Amanda Redman, English actress
• 1960 – Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (d. 2010)
• 1960 – Greg Thomas, Welsh-English cricketer
• 1960 – Eduardo Tokeshi, Peruvian painter
• 1961 – Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Culture Club)
• 1961 – Lawrence Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Felt, Denim, and Go Kart Mozart)
• 1961 – Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
• 1963 – Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna
• 1963 – Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1963 – Britt Morgan, American pornographic actress
• 1964 – Katherine Boo, American journalist and author
• 1965 – Peter Krause, American actor and producer
• 1965 – James DuMont, American actor and producer
• 1967 – Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Big Four)
• 1967 – Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
• 1967 – Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
• 1968 – Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager
• 1968 – Andras Jones, American actor
• 1968 – Ülar Mark, Estonian architect
• 1968 – Kōji Yusa, Japanese voice actor
• 1969 – Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
• 1969 – Tanita Tikaram, German-English singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer
• 1970 – Charles Mesure, English-Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1970 – Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 – Anthony Swofford, American soldier and author
• 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
• 1971 – Pete Sampras, American tennis player
• 1972 – Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
• 1972 – Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
• 1972 – Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper and producer (Hieroglyphics, Deltron 3030, and Gorillaz)
• 1973 – Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi politician
• 1973 – Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
• 1973 – Jonathan Coachman, American basketball player, wrestler, and sportscaster
• 1973 – Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Richard Reid, English terrorist, attempted the 2001 shoe bomb plot
• 1974 – Matt Clement, American baseball player and coach
• 1975 – Casey Affleck, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Beatrice Neumann, German fashion, portrait and erotic photographer
• 1976 – Wednesday 13, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Murderdolls, Bourbon Crow, and Gunfire 76)
• 1976 – Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
• 1976 – Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist (HIM and WhoCares)
• 1976 – Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Richard McCourt, English comedian and actor
• 1976 – Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
• 1976 – Antoine Walker, American basketball player
• 1977 – Plaxico Burress, American football player
• 1977 – Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
• 1977 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean singer and actor (d. 2010)
• 1978 – Chris Chambers, American football player
• 1978 – Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – D. J. Houlton, American baseball player
• 1979 – Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
• 1979 – Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete
• 1980 – Maggie Lawson, American actress
• 1980 – Dominique Swain, American actress
• 1980 – Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Relient K)
• 1980 – Jade Villalon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (Sweetbox)
• 1981 – Tony Capaldi, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Djibril Cissé, French footballer
• 1981 – Riin Tamm, Estonian geneticist
• 1982 – Iza Calzado, Filipino actress
• 1982 – Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
• 1983 – Kana Asumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1983 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Meryem Uzerli, Turkish-German actress
• 1983 – Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
• 1983 – Mark Webster, Welsh darts player
• 1984 – Yua Aida, Japanese model
• 1984 – Martin Goeres, German actor and stuntman
• 1984 – Bryan Pata, American football player (d. 2006)
• 1984 – Marian Rivera, Spanish-Filipino actress and singer
• 1985 – Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
• 1985 – Charlotte Salt, English actress
• 1986 – Kyle Arrington, American football player
• 1986 – Electra Avellan, Venezuelan actress
• 1986 – Elise Avellan, Venezuelan actress
• 1986 – Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1986 – Holley Ann Dorrough, American model
• 1988 – Justin Gaston, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988 – Leah Pipes, American actress
• 1989 – Tom Cleverley, English footballer
• 1990 – Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Enzo Pineda, Filipino actor and dancer
• 1990 – Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1990 – Martin Zurawsky, German footballer
• 1991 – Jesinta Campbell, Australian model, Miss Universe Australia 2010
• 1992 – Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 – Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor
• 1992 – Jacinta Wawatai, New Zealand actress
• 1992 – Cara Delevingne, English model
• 1993 – Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 1993 – Rodrigo Alborno, Paraguayan footballer
• 1993 – Luna (singer), South Korean actress, singer, and dancer (f(x))
• 1996 – Torri Webster, Canadian actress