Births

Births

• 1469 – Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
• 1676 – Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
• 1694 – Elisha Williams, American minister, politician, and academic (d. 1755)
• 1695 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)
• 1728 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777)
• 1736 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist (d. 1790)
• 1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (d. 1810)
• 1743 – Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
• 1775 – William Joseph Behr, German publicist (d. 1851)
• 1789 – Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (d. 1833)
• 1792 – Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan politician, 4th President of Uruguay (d. 1857)
• 1819 – Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)
• 1826 – Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (d. 1875)
• 1845 – Mary Ann Nichols, English victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
• 1854 – Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (d. 1932)
• 1862 – Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (d. 1926)
• 1864 – Anna Ulyanova, Russian politician (d. 1935)
• 1865 – Arthur James Arnot, Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (d. 1946)
• 1873 – Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the Audion tube (d. 1961)
• 1874 – Zona Gale, American author and playwright (d. 1938)
• 1875 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)
• 1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1918)
• 1882 – James Franck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
• 1885 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (d. 1972)
• 1890 – Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (d. 1970)
• 1891 – Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author (d. 1960)
• 1894 – Sparky Adams, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1896 – Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (d. 2012)
• 1896 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (d. 1990)
• 1897 – Yun Bo-seon, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (d. 1990)
• 1898 – Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (d. 1991)
• 1900 – Hellmuth Walter, German engineer (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Eleanor Dark, Australian author (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Hans Kammler, German engineer and SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1901 – Jimmy Rushing, American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils) (d. 1972)
• 1901 – Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (d. 1987)
• 1901 – Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992)
• 1904 – Christopher Isherwood, English-American author (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Albert Sabin, Polish-American medical researcher, developed the polio vaccine (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Lester Lanin, American bandleader (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Bill Hunt, Australian cricketer (d. 1983)
• 1908 – Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Gilly Flower, English actress (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Eric Davies, South African cricketer (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 1910 – Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author (d. 1984)
• 1919 – Gerard Campbell, American academic (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Brant Parker, American illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1921 – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and publisher
• 1922 – Irving R. Levine, American journalist (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist (d. 1999)
• 1927 – B. V. Doshi, Indian architect
• 1928 – Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Naïm Kattan, Iraqi-Canadian author and critic
• 1928 – Yvette Vickers, American model, actress, and singer (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach
• 1931 – Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player
• 1934 – Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1937 – Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Kenji Utsumi, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Jet Black, English drummer (The Stranglers)
• 1939 – Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Todor Kolev, Bulgarian actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
• 1940 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Nik Turner, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hawkwind, Inner City Unit, and Space Ritual)
• 1941 – Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (The Searchers) (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Jane Merrow, English actress
• 1941 – Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
• 1941 – Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress
• 1942 – Vic Dana, American singer and dancer
• 1942 – Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English politician
• 1943 – Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Stephen Greif, English actor
• 1944 – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
• 1944 – Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Velvet Underground)
• 1944 – Alan Parker, English guitarist and composer
• 1945 – Jo Freeman, American lawyer and scholar
• 1945 – Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1946 – Zhou Ji, Chinese politician
• 1946 – Priit Pärn, Estonian animator and director
• 1946 – Chantal Renaud, Canadian singer, actress, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter (Ashford & Simpson)
• 1946 – Mark Snow, American composer
• 1947 – Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor and singer
• 1947 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Leon Redbone, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1950 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Jüri Okas, Estonian architect
• 1951 – Edward Witten, American physicist
• 1952 – Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1952 – Will Shortz, American puzzle creator and editor
• 1953 – Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
• 1954 – Tracy Krohn, American businessman
• 1954 – Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
• 1954 – Steve Wright, English radio host
• 1956 – Brett Cullen, American actor
• 1956 – Mark Mangino, American football player and coach
• 1957 – Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 – Nikky Finney, American poet
• 1957 – Rick Hansen, Canadian wheelchair racer
• 1958 – Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
• 1959 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Wanda De Jesus, American actress
• 1960 – Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (Buckshot LeFonque)
• 1960 – Nancy Martinez, Canadian singer
• 1960 – Ola Ray, American actress and model
• 1961 – Daniel Lévi, Algerian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1961 – Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
• 1962 – Bob Mionske, American cyclist and lawyer
• 1963 – David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
• 1963 – Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
• 1963 – Patrice Oppliger, American communications academic
• 1964 – Dave Boyes, Canadian rower
• 1964 – Peter Bromby, Bermudian sailor
• 1964 – Kevin Burns, Geneva, Illinois mayor
• 1964 – Allegra Huston, English-American author
• 1964 – Bobby Jurasin, Canadian football defensive linemen
• 1964 – Chad Kreuter, Major League Baseball catcher
• 1964 – Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer
• 1964 – Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
• 1964 – Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
• 1965 – Carolina Arregui, Chilean actress
• 1965 – Chris Burke, American actor and singer
• 1965 – Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1965 – Jon Hensley, American actor
• 1965 – Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician
• 1966 – Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
• 1966 – Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (Garbage, Angelfish, and Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie)
• 1967 – Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician
• 1968 – Chris Boardman, English cyclist
• 1968 – Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
• 1969 – Christopher Douglas American actor
• 1969 – Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, American model
• 1970 – Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian race walker
• 1970 – Melissa McCarthy, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
• 1970 – Brett Schultz, South African cricketer
• 1971 – Thalía, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (Timbiriche)
• 1973 – Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012)
• 1974 – Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Meredith Eaton, American actress
• 1975 – Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player
• 1975 – Momar Njie, Gambian footballer
• 1976 – Zemfira, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh)
• 1977 – Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer
• 1977 – Liam Botham, English rugby player
• 1977 – Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1977 – Tran Thu Ha, Vietnamese singer, producer, and dancer
• 1977 – Simone Motta, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Morris Peterson, American basketball player
• 1977 – Allan Simpson, American baseball player
• 1977 – Dominic Treadwell-Collins, English television producer
• 1978 – Raja Kashif, English singer
• 1979 – Jamal Lewis, American football player
• 1979 – Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1979 – Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer
• 1979 – Allison Robertson, American guitarist (The Donnas)
• 1979 – Yağmur Sarıgül, Turkish guitarist and songwriter (maNga)
• 1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor
• 1980 – Brendan Harris, American baseball player
• 1980 – Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Chris Pine, American actor
• 1981 – Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
• 1981 – Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
• 1981 – Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
• 1981 – Jesse Martin, German-Australian sailor
• 1981 – Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
• 1982 – Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
• 1982 – David Long, New Zealand guitarist and composer (The Mutton Birds)
• 1982 – Jayson Nix, American baseball player
• 1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Toshiaki Imae, Japanese baseball player
• 1983 – Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
• 1985 – Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
• 1985 – Brandon McDonald, American football player
• 1985 – David Price, American baseball player
• 1986 – Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 1986 – Colin Kazim-Richards, English-Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Big K.R.I.T., American rapper and producer
• 1986 – Cassie Ventura, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1987 – Riley Steele, American porn actress
• 1988 – Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 – Tori Black, American porn actress
• 1988 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
• 1988 – Evan Ross, American actor and singer
• 1988 – Danielle Savre, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1988 – Wayne Simmonds, Canadians ice hockey player
• 1989 – Héloïse Guérin, French model
• 1989 – James Harden, American basketball player
• 1990 – Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1991 – Tommy Bastow, English actor and singer (FranKo)
• 1991 – Jessica Diggins, American skier
• 1991 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor
• 1992 – Hayley Hasselhoff, American actress
• 1992 – Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
• 1993 – Keke Palmer, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Marko Livaja, Croatian footballer