Births

Births

• 1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566)
• 1524 – François Hotman, French lawyer (d. 1590)
• 1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
• 1724 – Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
• 1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
• 1754 – Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
• 1757 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1775)
• 1769 – Georges Cuvier, French biologist (d. 1832)
• 1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)
• 1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)
• 1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (d. 1893)
• 1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)
• 1829 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
• 1836 – Marie Henriette of Austria (d. 1902)
• 1843 – William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
• 1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
• 1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
• 1849 – William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)
• 1852 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)
• 1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)
• 1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
• 1867 – Edgar de Wahl, Baltic German linguist (d. 1948)
• 1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950)
• 1872 – Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1957)
• 1875 – William Eccles, English physicist (d. 1966)
• 1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
• 1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect (d. 1959)
• 1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (d. 1932)
• 1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)
• 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
• 1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
• 1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)
• 1901 – Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
• 1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)
• 1903 – William Primrose, Scottish viola player (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
• 1908 – Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Leila Danette, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 1910 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
• 1911 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski-jumper (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
• 1919 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician (d. 1984)
• 1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Jean Darling, American actress and singer
• 1922 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (d. 2011)
• 1922 – George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 – Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator
• 1927 – Martial Solal, French pianist and composer
• 1928 – Marian Seldes, American actress and singer
• 1929 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet (d. 2009)
• 1929 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Vera Miles, American actress
• 1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician, 160th Prime Minister of France
• 1931 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
• 1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)
• 1932 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Defence for Zimbabwe (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian, singer, and pianist
• 1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California
• 1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster
• 1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (d. 2001)
• 1938 – Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
• 1941 – Jim Ford, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1942 – Letta Mbulu, South African singer
• 1943 – Nelson DeMille, American author
• 1943 – Pino Presti, Italian bass player and composer
• 1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1945 – Rita Pavone, Italian singer
• 1945 – Bob Peck, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1945 – Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 1978)
• 1947 – Rex Allen, Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – David Robb, English-Scottish actor
• 1947 – Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
• 1947 – Terje Rypdal, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (The Vanguards)
• 1948 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)
• 1948 – Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Romania
• 1948 – Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
• 1948 – Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist
• 1949 – William Lane Craig, American apologist and theologian
• 1949 – Geoff Capes, English shot putter and strongman
• 1949 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
• 1949 – Shelley Long, American actress and producer
• 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot)
• 1950 – Alan Tam, Hong Kong singer and actor (The Wynners)
• 1951 – Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter (Survivor)
• 1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
• 1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan
• 1952 – Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 – Santillana, Spanish footballer
• 1953 – Bobby G, English singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 1953 – Ernst Savkovic, German footballer
• 1954 – Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
• 1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (d. 1991)
• 1956 – Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician
• 1956 – Robert L. Manahan, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1956 – Hans-Jürgen Salewski, German footballer
• 1956 – Skipp Sudduth, American actor
• 1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
• 1958 – Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
• 1958 – Joanna Storm, American porn actress
• 1959 – Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Orange Juice)
• 1959 – George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player
• 1960 – Rodney Greenblat, American graphic designer
• 1960 – Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Heavy Bones)
• 1960 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor, singer, and director
• 1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist (Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and Army of Anyone)
• 1961 – Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
• 1961 – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
• 1961 – Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
• 1962 – Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Minister of Justice for Canada
• 1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor (Happy Mondays and Black Grape)
• 1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1963 – Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
• 1963 – Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
• 1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
• 1964 – Johan Bruyneel, Belgian cyclist
• 1964 – Kong Hee, Singaporean pastor, founded the City Harvest Church
• 1964 – Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese wrestler
• 1964 – Wendy Pepper, American fashion designer
• 1965 – Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Charley Boorman, English actor and producer
• 1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
• 1967 – Ant, American comedian and actor
• 1967 – Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
• 1968 – Laura Claycomb, American soprano
• 1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer
• 1969 – Geneviève Brouillette, Canadian actress
• 1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
• 1969 – Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
• 1970 – KK, Indian singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Brad Mehldau, American pianist and composer
• 1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor
• 1970 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
• 1971 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
• 1971 – Bone Crusher, American rapper
• 1971 – Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
• 1972 – Erika Bella, Hungarian porn actress
• 1972 – Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
• 1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1972 – Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
• 1973 – Casey Blake, American baseball player
• 1973 – Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
• 1974 – Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
• 1974 – Christian Beranek, American actor, producer, and author
• 1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
• 1974 – Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
• 1974 – Shifty Shellshock, American singer-songwriter and actor (Crazy Town)
• 1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (Blue Murder)
• 1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealand-American basketball player and manager
• 1976 – Scott Caan, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Pat Garrity, American basketball player
• 1977 – Jelena Rozga, Croatian singer (Magazin)
• 1977 – Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer
• 1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
• 1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter (The Strokes)
• 1978 – Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
• 1978 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
• 1979 – Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
• 1979 – Ritchie Neville, English singer and actor (Five)
• 1979 – Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
• 1979 – Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
• 1980 – Diamondog, Angolan rapper and journalist
• 1980 – Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 – Rex Grossman, American football player
• 1980 – Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
• 1981 – Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
• 1981 – Ozzy Lusth, Mexican reality show contestant on Survivor: Cook Islands
• 1981 – Carmen Luvana, American porn actress
• 1982 – YTCracker, American rapper and DJ
• 1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
• 1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player
• 1982 – Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1982 – Trevor Wright, American actor
• 1983 – J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1983 – James Collins, Welsh footballer
• 1983 – Ruta Gedmintas, English actress
• 1983 – Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
• 1983 – Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
• 1983 – Tony Moll, American football player
• 1983 – Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
• 1983 – Marianne Steinbrecher, German-Brazilian volleyball player
• 1984 – Kristy Bruce, English actress
• 1984 – Glen Johnson, English footballer
• 1986 – Neil Cicierega, American comedian, filmmaker and musician
• 1986 – Kim Feenstra, Dutch model
• 1986 – Khosi Mokhesi, Lesotho swimmer
• 1986 – Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 – SkyBlu, American rapper and producer (LMFAO)
• 1986 – Vic Wild, American-born Russian gold medal Olympian snowboarder
• 1987 – Nikki Gil, Filipino actress and singer
• 1988 – Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
• 1988 – Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
• 1988 – Kim Matula, American actress
• 1989 – Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer
• 1989 – Lianne La Havas, English singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
• 1990 – Wesley Singerman, American voice actor
• 1995 – Eliza Pineda, Filipino actress and singer
• 1996 – Cesar Flores, Canadian actor
• 1996 – David Gore, American actor
• 2001 – Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor