Famous Birthdays on this Day in History

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    Famous Birthdays on this Day in History


    26th April


    121 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus A Verus], Emperor of Rome (161-180)
    570 - Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi'a sect. Other sources suggest April 20.
    1319 - Jean II, the Good, king of France (1350-64)
    1538 - Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet (Trattato)
    1564 - William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, baptism and presumed birth date, playwright and poet
    1567 - Nicolas Forme, composer
    1573 - Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
    1603 - Francesco Nigetti, composer
    1637 - Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
    1648 - Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706)
    1662 - Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
    1710 - Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)
    1711 - David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature)
    1718 - Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy)
    1726 - Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
    1774 - Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)
    1776 - Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)
    1782 - Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
    1785 - John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
    1787 - Ludwig Uhland, writer
    1796 - Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
    1798 - Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher (Journal)
    1798 - James Beckwourth, American explorer (d. 1867)
    1801 - Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
    1804 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (d. 1876)
    1806 - Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
    1808 - Martha Finley, children's book author
    1812 - Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
    1820 - Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
    1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer (designed Central Park)
    1822 - Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
    1826 - George Hull Ward, American general (d. 1863)
    1826 - Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General (d. 1872
    1827 - Charles Edward Hovey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
    1834 - Artemus Ward, (Charles Farrar Browne), humorist
    1834 - Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer
    1836 - Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
    1839 - Cyrus Hamblin, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
    1841 - Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
    1856 - Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
    1860 - Alphonse M A J Ariëns, Dutch pastor
    1863 - Arno Holz, writer
    1863 - Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter
    1868 - Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
    1868 - Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)
    1873 - Otto zur Linde, German author (Charon)
    1874 - J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v Australia 1902)
    1875 - Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Mar 26]
    1878 - Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again)
    1878 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
    1879 - Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928)
    1880 - Mikhail Fokine, Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
    1884 - Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers)
    1886 - Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues" American singer (d. 1939)
    1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
    1888 - Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer
    1888 - Anita Loos, American screenwriter, novelist (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and playwright (d. 1981)
    1889 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austria, philosopher (Tractatus)
    1890 - Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, US actor/director (My Old Dutch)
    1893 - Draza Mihajlovic, Serbian WWII hero and war criminal (d. 1946)
    1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)
    1896 - Ernst Udet, WWI pilot and film actor, Luftwaffe officer (d. 1941)
    1897 - Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)
    1897 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
    1898 - Edward PF Eagan, Denver, boxer (Oly-gold-20)/bobsledder (Oly-gold-32)
    1898 - John Grierson, documentary film maker
    1898 - Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)
    1899 - Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail)
    1900 - Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)
    1900 - Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje)
    1900 - James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953)
    1900 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
    1903 - Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
    1903 - Niven Busch, US screenwriter (Postman Always Rings Twice)
    1904 - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal)
    1905 - Charles K Feldman, [Gould], NYC, producer (Casino Royale)
    1905 - Denis O'Dea, Dublin, actor (Esther & the King, Treasure Island)
    1905 - Jean Vigo, France, actor/director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante)
    1906 - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns, comedienne (George Burns Show)
    1906 - Leopold Spinner, composer
    1907 - Theun de Vries, writer (February; PC Hooft prize 1981)
    1909 - Richard Howorth, cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles)
    1910 - Erland von Koch, composer
    1910 - Ernst Tittel, composer
    1910 - Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper)
    1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, director (Godzilla)
    1911 - Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany (Bei Thea, Liebrauen)
    1912 - A. E. van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn) (d. 2000)
    1914 - Bernard Malamud, US, novelist (Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967)
    1914 - Charlie Chester, British comedian (Never Say Die)
    1914 - Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor
    1914 - James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland)
    1914 - Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer
    1915 - Bertha Law, West Bromwich, England, (Mother of Keith - ethanedwards)
    1916 - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer
    1916 - Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman)
    1916 - Vic Perrin, American actor (d. 1989)
    1917 - I[eoh] M[ing] Pei, Canton, China, architect (1961 Brunner Prize)
    1917 - Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher (NY Giants, 8th best won-lost pct)
    1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
    1918 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler (Olym-gold-1948)
    1918 - Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar (Leeds University)
    1918 - Stafford Repp, California, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road)
    1920 - Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
    1921 - Harry Knutton, Maj-Gen/dir-general (London City & Guilds Institute)
    1921 - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
    1921 - Margaret Gowing, professor (history, science)
    1922 - James Holt, medieval historian
    1922 - Margaret Scott, founder (Australian Ballet School)
    1922 - Mike Kellin, Hartford Ct, actor (Honestly Celeste, Fitz & Bones)
    1922 - Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer
    1922 - Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
    1922 - Jeanne Sauvé, French Canadian politician (d. 1993)
    1923 - Oliver Millar, Surveyor (Queen's Pictures)
    1924 - Russell Nype, Zion Ill, singer/actor (Burton Farley-Dorothy)
    1925 - Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
    1925 - Frank Hahn, Berlin, Germany, British economist (Hahn's Problem), (d. 2013)
    1926 - David Coleman, sports commentator
    1926 - Michael Joughin, CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric)
    1926 - Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer
    1926 - Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)
    1926 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)
    1927 - Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress (Things to Come)
    1927 - Jack Douglas, comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)
    1928 - Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)
    1929 - Richard Mitchell, American author and professor (d. 2002)
    1930 - Derek Waring, actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country)
    1930 - Justin Gosling, principal (St Edmund Hall Oxford)
    1930 - Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
    1932 - Francis Lai, French film music composer
    1932 - Michael Smith, English-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
    1933 - Carol Burnett, San Antonio Tx, comedian/actress (Annie, 4 Seasons)
    1933 - Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (d. 2005)
    1934 - J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman (Sierra Club)
    1936 - Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
    1937 - Robert Boozer, Omaha Neb, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1960), (d. 2012)
    1938 - Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, Guitar Player (Peter Gunn, Cannonball)
    1938 - Maurice Williams, rocker
    1938 - Willie Wood, bowler
    1939 - Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
    1940 - Giorgio Moroder, composer (Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun)
    1941 - John Battle, MP
    1941 - John Mitchell, American composer
    1942 - Bobby Rydell, Phila Pa, rock singer (Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie)
    1942 - Claudine Auger, Paris France, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
    1942 - Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
    1942 - Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat
    1943 - Claudine Auger, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball)
    1943 - Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
    1943 - Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect
    1944 - David O'B Martin, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
    1944 - Martha Rockwell, Providence RI, skier (Mount Washington)
    1944 - Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
    1945 - Giorgio Moroder, producer/singer/songwriter (150 gold discs)
    1945 - V K Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup)
    1945 - Sylvain Simard, Quebec politician
    1947 - Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64)
    1947 - Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser
    1947 - Warren Clarke, English actor
    1948 - Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer)
    1948 - Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
    1949 - Jimmy Hall, rocker (Wet Willie)
    1949 - Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer
    1949 - Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
    1950 - Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign)
    1950 - Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
    1951 - Lynne Jones, MP
    1952 - Popo Simon Molefe, secretary-general (South Africa UDF)
    1955 - Mike Scott, American baseball player
    1956 - Koo Stark, [Kathleen Dee-Anne], photographer/actress (Emily)
    1958 - Giancarlo Esposito, actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY)
    1958 - Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver
    1958 - John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute
    1958 - Jeffrey Guterman, American mental health counselor
    1959 - Ann O'Neill, Toowoomba QLD, golfer (1989 Downs District Champ)
    1959 - John Corabi, American Musician
    1960 - Roger Taylor, rock drummer (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
    1961 - Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
    1961 - Joan Chen, [Chen Chong], Shanghai China, actress (Heaven & Earth)
    1961 - Nancy Scranton, Centralia IL, golfer (1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
    1962 - Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker (Hipsway)
    1962 - Michael Damian, San Diego, singer (Rock on)/actor (Young & Restless)
    1962 - Colin Anderson, English footballer
    1962 - Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
    1963 - Bill Wennington, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
    1963 - Michael Damian, actor/singer (Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
    1963 - Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
    1963 - Jet Li, Beijing, Chinese actor and martial artist (Romeo Must Die, Unleashed)
    1964 - Tod Bass, LA California, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
    1965 - Kevin James, American comedian
    1966 - Andrea Temesvari, Budapest Hungary, tennis star (1985 US Clay Courts)
    1966 - Yoshihiro Togashi, Mangaka who created YuYu Hakusho
    1967 - Klaus Merk, Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender (Team Germany 1998)
    1967 - Matt Peterson, Chicago IL, Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-7th)
    1967 - Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Academy Award nominated British actress
    1967 - Glen Jacobs, American professional wrestler
    1968 - Ahmed Elmaghraby, Suez Egypt, US field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
    1970 - Melania Trump, Slovenian model
    1970 - Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer (TLC)
    1971 - Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets)
    1971 - Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts)
    1972 - Francisco Cordova, Veracruz Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
    1972 - Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard (Scot Claymores, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
    1972 - Natrone Means, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1972 - Avi Nimni, Israeli Footballer
    1972 - Kiko Narváez, Spanish footballer
    1973 - Damien Munoz, Miss USA-Colorado (1997)
    1973 - Mark Davis, NBA guard/forward (Phila 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
    1973 - Tracy Kathleen Hayes, Wheaton Ill, Miss America (Illinois-5th-1996)
    1973 - Chris Perry, English footballer
    1974 - Ivana Milicevic, Croatian-American actress
    1974 - Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
    1975 - Jabbar Threats, defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1975 - Trudi Ferguson, Miss Universe-Jamaica (1996)
    1975 - Nathan "Joey" Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
    1975 - Nerina Pallot, British singer
    1976 - Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
    1977 - Jason Earles, American actor
    1977 - Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
    1977 - Chris Johnston, Irish rugby player
    1977 - Tom Welling, American actor
    1978 - Avant, American singer
    1978 - Joe Crede, American baseball player
    1978 - Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
    1979 - Sean Fox, actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl)
    1979 - Janne Wirman, Finnish musician (Children of Bodom)
    1979 - Ariane Moffatt, Quebec singer and songwriter
    1980 - Jordana Brewster, Panama, actress (Nikki Graves-As the World Turns)
    1980 - Marne Patterson, Sherman Oaks Cal, actress (Nicole-Something So Right)
    1980 - Channing Tatum, American actor
    1981 - Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer
    1981 - Ms. Dynamite, English musician
    1982 - Joanne Gobure, Nauruan poet
    1982 - Cooper Wallace, National Football League tight end
    1982 - Brock Gillespie, American basketball player
    1982 - Jon Lee, British singer (S Club)
    1983 - José María López, Argentine racing driver
    1983 - Jessica Lynch, American P.O.W.
    1984 - Ryan O'Donohue, Pomona Ca, actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back)
    1984 - Mija Martina, Bosnian singer
    1985 - John Isner, American Tennis player
    1985 - Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer, member of See Ya
    1987 - Jessica Lee Rose, American-born New Zealand actress, famous YouTube star lonelygirl15


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    27th April


    1410 - John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia
    1623 - Johann Adam Reincken, composer
    1650 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)
    1701 - Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia
    1707 - John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
    1718 - Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)
    1724 - Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
    1724 - Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)
    1737 - Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)
    1748 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)
    1755 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)
    1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
    1767 - Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)
    1791 - Samuel Morse, Charlestown, Massachusetts, American inventor (telegraph, Morse code) and painter
    1802 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer
    1803 - Alfred Julius Becher, composer
    1806 - Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
    1812 - Friedrich von Flotow, composer
    1812 - William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)
    1820 - Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)
    1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
    1824 - William Richard Bexfield, composer
    1828 - Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher
    1835 - John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]
    1840 - Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)
    1848 - King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)
    1850 - Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)
    1853 - Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
    1861 - Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer
    1861 - Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)
    1865 - Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)
    1869 - William Victor Harris, composer
    1871 - Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer
    1873 - Harry M O'Connor, Chicago IL, actor (Stranger than Fiction)
    1875 - Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (Un homme si simple)
    1875 - Freddie Fane, cricketer (Hobbs' 1st Test opening partner)
    1875 - Lumsden Hare, Ireland, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess)
    1878 - Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)
    1883 - Hubert Harrison, St Croix Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter
    1884 - Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], actor (Bluejackets)
    1888 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
    1892 - Louis Victor de Broglie, physicist (studied electrons)
    1893 - Norman Bel Geddes, Adrian Mich, theatrical designer (Rivals, Dead End)
    1893 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (d. 1939)
    1894 - Nicolas Slonimsky, composer
    1894 - George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
    1896 - Rogers Hornsby, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
    1896 - Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor (nylon)
    1900 - Walter Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator)
    1902 - Kitty Kelly, NYC, actress (Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors)
    1903 - Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown)
    1903 - Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist
    1904 - Arthur F Burns, economist/chairman (Federal Reserve Board)
    1904 - Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective (Nicholas Blake)
    1904 - Ragnar Skrede, Norwegian poet (Lauvfall)
    1905 - Julian Stryjkowski, writer
    1905 - Philip Radcliffe, composer
    1906 - Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher
    1906 - Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (d. 1966)
    1909 - Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (That Infidel Place)
    1911 - Colin Gordon, Ceylon, actor (John-Baron)
    1911 - Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Tintin)
    1912 - Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary (Les Gens Heureux)
    1912 - Frederick Rand Weissman, philanthropist
    1912 - Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria)
    1913 - Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (d. 2004)
    1914 - Albert Soboult, French historian
    1916 - Jan Rychlik, composer
    1916 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
    1918 - John Alfred Scali, journalist/correspondent (ABC)
    1918 - Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles & Beads)
    1918 - Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building (Oh, Lady! Lady!)
    1918 - Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy
    1919 - Walter Ritchie, sculptor
    1920 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
    1920 - Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
    1920 - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997)
    1922 - Daphne Anderson, London, actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice)
    1922 - Jack Klugman, Phila (Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus), (d. 2012)
    1922 - Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor
    1927 - Connie Kay, jazz drummer
    1927 - Coretta Scott King, Marion Ala, civil rights leader
    1927 - John Joseph Moakley, (Rep-D-Massachusetts, 1973- )
    1927 - Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (d. 1988)
    1929 - Nina Ponomareva Romaschkova, USSR, discus thrower (Oly-gold-1952, 60)
    1930 - Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs
    1931 - Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist/son of David Oistrach
    1931 - Krzystzof Komeda, composer
    1932 - Casey Kasem, Detroit Mich, radio personality (American Top 40)
    1932 - Charles Adkins, US, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
    1932 - Chuck Knox, NFL coach (Rams, Bills, Seahawks)
    1932 - Francois Bayle, composer
    1932 - Maxine Brown, rocker (Browns)
    1932 - Petar Ozgijan, composer
    1932 - Anouk Aimée, French actress
    1932 - Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
    1936 - Khalid Wazir, cricketer (son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954)
    1936 - Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer
    1937 - Phil Jones, newsman (CBS)
    1937 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
    1938 - Earl Anthony, bowler (PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3)
    1939 - Jerry Mercer, Montreal Canada, rock drummer (April Wine)
    1939 - Judy Carne, Northhampton Engl, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange)
    1939 - Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polish Cardinal
    1941 - Friedrich Goldmann, composer
    1941 - Jan D Blaauw, Dutch MP (VVD)
    1941 - Judith Blegen, Missoula Mont, opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute)
    1941 - Jennings Michael Burch, American author
    1941 - Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
    1942 - Gordon Roddick, English cosmetic manufacturer (Body Shop)
    1942 - Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6, TM-18)
    1943 - Eugene Polyakov, dancer
    1943 - Helmut Marko, auto racer (Le Mans Grand Prix)
    1944 - Cuba Gooding, US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool)
    1944 - Herb Pedersen, Berkley Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
    1944 - Michael Fish, British TV weatherman
    1945 - August Wilson, US, playwright (Fences, Pulitzer 1987)
    1946 - John Maclean, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79)
    1947 - Ann Peebles, Missouri, singer (I Can't Stand the Rain)
    1947 - Herbie Murrell, US singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything)
    1947 - Pete Ham, Swansea Wales, rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It)
    1947 - Peter Gena, composer
    1947 - George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
    1948 - Katie Pierson, NJ, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack)
    1948 - Frank William Abagnale, Jr., con artist turned security consultant.
    1948 - Amrit Bohra, Nepalese politician
    1949 - Doug Sheehan, Santa Monica California, American actor (Ben-Knots Landing, Joe Kelly-General Hospital)
    1949 - Yoshiaki Fujiwara, wrestler (NJPW/PWF/UWF)
    1951 - Ace Frehley, Bronx NY, heavy metal rocker (Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet)
    1951 - Boris Kinberg, rock percussionist (Mink Deville)
    1952 - Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
    1952 - George Gervin, American basketball player
    1952 - Larry Elder, American political commentator
    1953 - Ellen L Shulman Baker, Fayetteville NC, MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50, 71)
    1953 - Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
    1955 - Cora Ann Mahalick, NJ, news anchor (WNYW-TV)
    1956 - Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago Ill, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
    1956 - Bryan Harvey, American musician
    1957 - Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
    1958 - Keith Denunzio, rocker
    1959 - Marco Pirroni, London, rock guitarist (Adam & The Ants)
    1959 - Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], Glasgow Scotland, singer (Sugar Walls)
    1959 - Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist
    1962 - Denise Baldwin, Atlanta, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury Classic)
    1962 - Patricia Plumer, Covina California, 1.5k/5k runner
    1962 - Patricia Susan Plumer Levere, Covina, California, 3K runner
    1962 - Ángel Comizzo, Argentine footballer
    1962 - James LeGros, American actor
    1963 - Arther van Dijk, drummer (Ivy Green)
    1963 - Grant Show, actor (Jake-Melrose Place, Rick-Ryan's Hope)
    1963 - Schae Harrison, Orange California, actress (Darla-Bold & Beautiful)
    1963 - Cali Timmins, Canadian actress
    1963 - Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who
    1964 - Paul Osbaldiston, CFL kicker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
    1965 - Courtenay Becker-Dey, Greenwich Conn, Europe yachter (Oly-bronze-1996)
    1966 - Peter McIntyre, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1995)
    1967 - Bridgette Gordon, WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs, Olympic-gold-88)
    1967 - Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth
    1967 - Aki Avni, Israeli entertainer
    1967 - Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician
    1967 - Erik Thomson, Australian actor
    1967 - Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter
    1968 - Adrian Cooper, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
    1969 - Brett Steven, Bermuda, NZ tennis player (Olympics-96)
    1969 - Francine "Frankie" McRae, Australian softball outfielder (Oly-br-96)
    1969 - Mica Paris, rocker (So Good)
    1969 - Tyrone Rodgers, CFL defensive linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
    1969 - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
    1969 - Darcey Bussell, British ballerina
    1969 - Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer
    1970 - Mikiko Hagiwara, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
    1970 - Tim Hanshaw, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
    1971 - Craig Keith, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1971 - Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
    1971 - James Burton, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
    1971 - Ricky Sutton, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons)
    1971 - Tess Daly, British television presenter
    1972 - Alison McKnight, Bakersfield California, 100m hurdler/heptathlete
    1972 - David Lascher, NYC, actor (Josh-Clueless, Kidz in the Wood)
    1972 - Ethan Brooks, NFL/WAFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Rhein Fire)
    1972 - Silvia Farina, Milan Italy, tennis star (1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles)
    1972 - Tim Ruddy, NFL center (Miami Dolphins)
    1972 - Tommy Thompson, NFL punter (SF 49ers)
    1973 - Andre Govan, Culver City California, actor (Monster Squad)
    1974 - Carlos Fortes, soccer player (Sparta)
    1974 - Pete Chryplewicz, tight end (Detroit Lions)
    1974 - Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler
    1975 - Andre Gower, actor (Baby Makes 5, Fathers & Sons, Mr President)
    1975 - Kenny Harris, safety (Arizona Cardinals)
    1975 - Michael Booker, cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
    1975 - Rabih Abdullah, former National Football League player
    1975 - Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
    1976 - Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
    1976 - Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
    1976 - Sally Hawkins, English film actress
    1977 - Khalid Zoubaa, French runner
    1977 - Jerry Trainor, American actor
    1978 - Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress
    1979 - Will Boyd, American musician
    1979 - Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer
    1980 - Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
    1980 - Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver
    1980 - Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
    1980 - Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
    1981 - Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
    1981 - Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer
    1981 - Joey Gathright, American baseball player
    1982 - Katrina Johnson, American actress
    1983 - Ari Graynor, American actress
    1984 - Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
    1984 - Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist
    1984 - Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player
    1984 - Daniel Holdsworth, Australian Rugby League player
    1986 - Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer
    1987 - William Moseley, British actor
    1987 - Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
    1987 - Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
    1989 - Emily Rios, American actress
    1992 - James Duke Mason, son of singer Belinda Carlisle & Morgan Mason

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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    28th April


    1442 - Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)
    1545 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
    1592 - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral
    1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
    1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
    1715 - Franz Sparry, composer
    1748 - Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
    1750 - Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer
    1753 - Franz K Achard, German physicist
    1757 - Claus Nielsen Schali, composer
    1758 - James Monroe, Westmoreland Va, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25)
    1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
    1770 - Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/minister of Foreign affairs
    1774 - Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse
    1795 - Charles Sturt, England, explorer (Australia)
    1809 - Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist
    1810 - Daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
    1812 - Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
    1815 - Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
    1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
    1825 - James Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
    1826 - Alexander Stadtfeld, composer
    1838 - Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)
    1842 - Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89)
    1846 - Johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids)
    1848 - Ludvig Schytte, composer
    1864 - William F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory)
    1868 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
    1870 - Hermann Suter, composer
    1873 - Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
    1874 - Karl Kraus, writer
    1874 - Sidney Toler, Warrensburg MO, actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight)
    1876 - Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats
    1878 - Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)
    1879 - Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher
    1879 - Franz Arnold, writer
    1882 - Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist
    1886 - Erich Salomon, German photographer
    1888 - Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)
    1889 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
    1889 - Bryant Washburn, Chicago, actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga)
    1889 - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral
    1892 - Georges Antoine, composer
    1892 - John Jacob Niles, composer
    1892 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger)
    1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
    1900 - Bruno Apitz, writer
    1900 - Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud")
    1900 - Maurice Thorez, secretary-general (French Communist Party)
    1901 - Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)
    1902 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
    1906 - Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)
    1906 - Pierre [Louis] Boileau, Paris France, novelist (Vertigo)
    1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
    1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
    1908 - Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop
    1908 - Jack Fingleton, cricketer (Australian opener of 30's)
    1908 - Michael T Fitzmaurice, Chicago IL, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours)
    Industrialist Oskar SchindlerIndustrialist Oskar Schindler (1908) 1908 - Oskar Schindler, Zwittau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary, Austrian businessman and subject of the novel Schindler's Ark and the film Schindler's List. (d. 1974)
    1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
    1911 - Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)
    1911 - Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
    1912 - Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II)
    1914 - Skuli Halldorsson, composer
    1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
    1917 - Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life)
    1917 - Robert Woodruff Anderson, New York, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father)
    1917 - Robert Cornthwaite, St Helen Oregon, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds)
    1920 - Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch)
    1921 - Rowland Evans, White Marsh Pa, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
    1922 - Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician (Volksunie)
    1922 - Iser J Koepermann, Russian/US world checkers champ (1958-68, 75-76)
    1922 - William S Broomfield, (Rep-R-MI, 1956- )
    1922 - William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
    1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
    1923 - Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels)
    1923 - Wolfgang Steffen, composer
    1924 - Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president (Zambia, 1964-91)
    1924 - Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
    1925 - Richard C Sarafian, NYC, director/actor (Foley Square)
    1926 - Harper Lee, author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
    1926 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
    1927 - Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire (Twinings Tea)
    1928 - Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter
    1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
    1929 - Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)
    1930 - Christopher John Magenis Headington, composer
    1930 - James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury (1985-88), Sec State (1989-92)
    1932 - Marek Kopelent, composer
    1933 - Karl Heinz Wahren, composer
    1933 - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer
    1934 - Lois Duncan, American novelist
    1936 - John Martin Tchicai, composer, (d. 2012)
    Iraqi President Saddam HusseinIraqi President Saddam Hussein (1937) 1937 - Saddam Hussein, [At-Takriti], Al-Awja, president of Iraq (1979-2003)
    1938 - Beverly F Albert, architect
    1938 - Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John)
    1941 - Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Bye Bye Birdie, Tommy)
    1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
    1941 - Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
    1941 - Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
    1942 - Ghislaine Hermanez, architect
    1942 - Mike Brearley, cricketer (outstanding England captain 1977-81)
    1943 - Fantastic Johnny C[orley], US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway)
    1943 - John Oliver Creighton, Orange Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48)
    1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
    1944 - Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
    1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
    1944 - Alice Waters, American chef
    1945 - Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969)
    1946 - Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
    1947 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
    1948 - Marcia Strassman, NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter)
    1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
    1948 - Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
    1949 - Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Mass, astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79)
    1949 - Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
    1949 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
    1950 - Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
    1950 - Willie Colon, Bronx NY, actor (Last Flight)
    1952 - Mary McDonnell, Wilkes-Barre PA, actress (Sneakers, Independence Day)
    1953 - Julie Cole, LPGA golfer
    1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
    1953 - Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
    1954 - Ron Zook, American Football Coach
    1955 - Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure)
    1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
    1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
    1956 - Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster
    1956 - Paul S Lockhart, Amarillo Tx, Major USAF/astronaut
    1957 - Leopold Eyharts, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27)
    1957 - Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
    1958 - Hal Evan Sutton, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1982 Walt Disney)
    1958 - Nancy Lee Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara)
    1960 - Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color)
    1960 - John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
    1960 - Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
    1960 - Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
    1960 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
    1960 - Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
    1961 - Cathy Gerring, Ft Wayne IN, LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open)
    1961 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
    1962 - Evguenni Rochtchin, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
    1964 - Barry Larkin, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Cin Reds)
    1964 - Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward
    1964 - Mark Hager, Australian field hockey forward/capt (Olympics-4th-88, 96)
    1964 - Mark Steven Robinson, American director
    1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
    1965 - Steven Blum, American voice actor
    1966 - Jim Poole, Rochester NY, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
    1966 - John Patrick Daly, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1995 British Open)
    1966 - Too Short, American rapper
    1967 - Monique Noel, Salem Oregon, playmate (May, 1989)
    1967 - Pete Stoyanovich, NFL kicker (Miami Dolphins, KC Chiefs)
    1968 - Andy Flower, cricketer (Zimbabwe keeper & victorious Test captain)
    1968 - Damion Lyons, CFL cornerback (BC Lions)
    1968 - Mark Carrier, NFL safety (Chic Bears, Detroit Lions)
    1968 - Howard Donald, British musician
    1969 - Merlelynn Lange-Harris, Toronto Ontario, basketball center (Oly-96)
    1970 - Jason Belser, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
    1970 - Mark Harris, wide receiver (San Francisco 49ers)
    1970 - Nicklas Lidstrom, Vasteras SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Detroit)
    1970 - Richard Fromberg, Australia, tennis star
    1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
    1971 - Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
    1971 - Meredith McGrath, Midland Mich, tennis star (1996 Essen doubles)
    1971 - Mihai Apostal, Bucharest Romania, Canadian kayaker (Olympics-96)
    1971 - Simbi Khali, actress (Nina-Third Rock From the Sun)
    1971 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
    1972 - Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
    1972 - Jean-Paul van Gastel, soccer player (Willem II)
    1972 - Michelle Menzies, Barrie Ont, Canadian ice pairs (1995, 96 Can champs)
    1972 - Joseph Bruce, American musician
    1973 - Earl Holmes, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
    1973 - Marc[us] Blake Schneider, Lubbock TX, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
    1973 - Melvin Hayes, NFL tackle (NY Jets, Tennessee Oilers)
    1973 - Serge Zwikker, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
    1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
    1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
    1973 - Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
    1974 - Sergei Stas, NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
    Actress Penélope CruzActress Penélope Cruz (1974) 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spanish actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno)
    1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
    1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
    1975 - James Thrash, wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
    1975 - Martin Lewis, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
    1977 - Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
    1978 - Nate Richert, St Paul Minn, actor (Harvey-Sabrina)
    1978 - Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
    1979 - Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
    1980 - Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
    1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress
    1982 - Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
    1983 - Roger Johnson, English footballer
    1986 - George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

    29th April


    534 - Taliesin, Welsh poet, according to legend in Mabinogion
    1584 - Melchior Teschner, composer
    1636 - Esaias Reusner, composer
    1660 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer
    1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)
    1667 - John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)
    1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)
    1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)
    1745 - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)
    1758 - Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820).
    1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
    1771 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
    1780 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
    1783 - David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)
    1784 - Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
    1806 - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher
    1808 - Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer [or 1883]
    1815 - Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
    1818 - Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81)
    1830 - Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels
    1837 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891)
    1842 - Karl Millöcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899)
    1854 - Henri Poincaré, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher
    1855 - Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]
    1855 - Edmund van der Straeten, composer
    1857 - Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)
    1857 - Frantisek Ondricek, composer
    1860 - Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk)
    1862 - Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer
    1863 - William Randolph Hearst, publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I)
    1863 - Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
    1863 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922)
    1871 - Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children)
    1872 - Eyvind Alnaes, composer
    1872 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
    1873 - Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage)
    1875 - Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)
    1876 - Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930)
    1879 - Thomas Beecham, England, composer (found London Philharmonic)
    1882 - Hendrik N Werkman, painter/printer/resistance fighter (Hot printing)
    1885 - Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter)
    1885 - Wallingford Riegger, Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle)
    1893 - Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet
    1893 - Harold C Urey, Ind, physicist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934)
    1895 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts)
    1896 - Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer
    1896 - Walter Mehring, writer
    1899 - Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)
    1899 - Karl Yngve Skold, composer
    1899 - Natalie Talmadge, actress (Our Hospitality)
    1901 - George Osborne Sayles, historian
    1901 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89)
    1902 - Theodore Chanler, composer
    1903 - Frank Parker, NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party)
    1904 - Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate
    1904 - Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
    1907 - Fred Zinneman, Austria, director (From Here to Eternity, Julia)
    1907 - Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer (Deux Amours, Marlene)
    1908 - Jack [Stewart] Williamson, US, sci-fi author (Cometeers)
    1908 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter
    1909 - Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader
    1909 - Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], Ky, actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch)
    1910 - John Beavan, newspaper editor
    1912 - Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor
    1912 - Richard Carlson, MN, actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi)
    1912 - Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic
    1913 - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist
    1913 - Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster
    1914 - Ewan Roberts, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin)
    1915 - Donald Mills, singer (Mills Brothers)
    1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress
    1918 - Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia)
    1919 - Celeste Holm, NYC, actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve), (d. 2012)
    1920 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster
    1920 - Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
    1921 - Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun)
    1922 - George Allen, football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins)
    1922 - Parren J Mitchell, (Rep-D-MD, 1971- )
    1922 - Tommy Noonan, WA, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises)
    1922 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
    1922 - Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001)
    1923 - Irvin Kershner, Phila, director (Never Say Never Again)
    1923 - Maxine Audley, London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards)
    1924 - Al Balding, Toronto Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1952)
    1924 - Renée Jeanmaire, Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson)
    1925 - Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator)
    1925 - Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass
    1925 - Ned Austin, American character actor (d. 2007)
    1926 - Carie Meek, (Rep-D-Florida)
    1927 - Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist/auto company exec
    1927 - Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint (Olympic-silver-1948)
    1928 - Big Jay McNeely, rocker
    1928 - Carl Gardner, Tyler Tx, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
    1929 - Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, composer
    1929 - Vaclav Kucera, composer
    1929 - W Kempowski, writer
    1929 - [John] Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Liberal)
    1929 - Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003)
    1930 - Alf Valentine, cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner)
    1930 - Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player
    1930 - Jean Rochefort, French actor
    1931 - Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28)
    1931 - Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist
    1931 - Lonnie Donegan, Glasgow Scotland, vocalist
    1931 - William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando)
    1931 - Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter
    1932 - King Hu, film director
    1932 - Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup)
    1933 - Darijan Bozic, composer
    1933 - Keith Baxter, South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street)
    1933 - Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist
    1933 - Rod Marvin McKuen, Oakland California, singer/composer (Alone, Beatsville)
    1933 - Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
    1934 - Pedro Pires, premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91)
    1934 - Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player
    1934 - Otis Rush, American musician
    1935 - Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show)
    1935 - Otto M Zykan, composer
    1936 - April Stevens, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
    1936 - Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
    1936 - Lane Smith, Memphis TN, actor (Perry White-Lois & Clark)
    1936 - Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)
    1937 - Jill Paton Walsh, English writer
    1938 - Fred Dibnah, English television personality (d. 2004)
    1938 - Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
    1940 - Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh)
    1941 - Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73)
    1942 - Galina A Kulakova, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1972)
    1942 - Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
    1943 - Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
    1944 - Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
    1944 - Jim Hart, Evanston, Ill, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals)
    1944 - Richard Kline, American actor and director
    1945 - Tammi Terrell, soul singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
    1945 - Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine)
    1945 - Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If)
    1945 - [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer (Ain't No Mt High)
    1946 - Franc Roddam, director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia)
    1947 - Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968)
    1947 - John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976)
    1947 - Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver)
    1947 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
    1948 - Reb Brown, Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break)
    1948 - Bruce Cutler, American attorney
    1949 - Anita Dobson, England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders)
    1949 - Eddie Hart, US, 100m runner (Olympic-1972)
    1949 - Francis Rossi, England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
    1950 - Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
    1950 - Debbie Stabenow, American politician
    1951 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
    1952 - Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort)
    1952 - Nora Dunn, Chic Ill, comedienne (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl)
    1952 - David Icke, English writer
    1952 - Bob McClure, American baseball player
    1953 - Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, TM-27)
    1954 - Bill Paxon, (Rep-R-New York)
    1954 - Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void)
    1954 - Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder
    1955 - Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor
    1955 - Kate Mulgrew, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Capt Janeway-Star Trek Voyager)
    1955 - Wendee Lee, American voice actress
    1955 - Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone
    1956 - Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star)
    1956 - Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
    1957 - Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles)
    1957 - Mark Kendall, American guitarist
    1957 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast (d. 2003)
    1958 - Daniel Day-Lewis, England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot)
    1958 - Eve Plumb, Burbank, actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka)
    1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, Midway City California, actress (Married to the Mob)
    1958 - Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
    1958 - Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster
    1960 - Gerard Joling, Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes)
    1960 - Joseph Guzaldo, Chicago Ill, actor (Stir Crazy)
    1960 - William Lee Glasson Jr, Fresno CA, PGA golfer (1985 Kemper Open)
    1960 - Phil King, English bassist
    1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer
    1960 - Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
    1961 - Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyū
    1962 - Bruce Driver, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
    1962 - Dieter Hegen, Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
    1962 - Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)
    1963 - Mike Babcock, NHL Coach
    1964 - Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor
    1965 - Reggie Miller, NBA player (Indiana Pacers)
    1966 - John VanderWal, Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
    1966 - Phil Tufnell, cricketer (England slow lefty & slower fieldsman)
    1967 - Curtis Joseph, Keswick Ont, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers)
    1967 - Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg, Kirkland Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
    1967 - Mary McCagg, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
    1967 - Rachel Williams, Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle)
    1967 - Master P, American rapper
    1968 - Browning Nagle, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Atlanta Falcons)
    1968 - Carnie Wilson, LA California, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
    1969 - Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
    1969 - Paul Adelstein, American actor
    1970 - Andre Agassi, Las Vegas Nev, tennis star (Oly-gold-96, US Open 1994)
    1970 - Arnaud Briand, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
    1970 - Derrick Frazier, NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles)
    1970 - J R Phillips, West Covina CA, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
    1970 - Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
    1970 - Mark McMillian, NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles, KC Chiefs)
    1970 - William Martin III, Charleston SC, finn yachter (Olympics-23rd-1996)
    1970 - China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
    1971 - Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville NC, pitcher (NY Yanks, Sea Mariners)
    1972 - Gwendolyn Wentland, Flint Michigan, high jumper
    1972 - Dustin McDaniel, American politician
    1973 - David Belle, French physical educator
    1974 - Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
    1974 - Anggun, Indonesian singer
    1974 - Pascal Cygan, French footballer
    1974 - Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player
    1974 - Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist
    1975 - John Macready, LA California, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
    1975 - Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ
    1975 - Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
    1976 - God Shammgod, NBA guard (Wash Wizards)
    1976 - Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil Universe (1997)
    1976 - Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer
    1977 - Claus Jensen, Danish footballer
    1977 - Rocío Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite
    1978 - Mike Bryan, Oxnard California, tennis star (USTA National 18 doubles)
    1978 - Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
    1979 - Ryan Sharp, Scottish racing driver
    1979 - Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer
    1979 - Jo O'Meara, British singer (S Club)
    1979 - Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party)
    1980 - Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
    1980 - Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
    1980 - Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
    1981 - Émilie Mondor, Canadian athlete (d. 2006)
    1981 - George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
    1981 - Alex Vincent, American actor
    1982 - Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic
    1983 - Jay Cutler, American football player
    1983 - Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
    1983 - Sam Jones III, American Actor
    1983 - David Lee, American basketball player
    1984 - Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
    1984 - Taylor Cole, American actress
    1984 - Firass Dirani, Lebanese-Australian actor
    1986 - Renee Alway, American Model
    1987 - Alicia Morton, American actress
    1988 - Younha, Korean pop singer
    1993 - Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter & Mirtle
    2003 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007)
    2003 - Maud Behn, Princess of Norway
    2007 - Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

    30th April


    1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
    1309 - Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)
    1553 - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
    1602 - William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler
    1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint
    1662 - Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
    1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
    1710 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
    1717 - Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
    1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
    1743 - Robert Jasper van de Capellen, master of Marsch/politician
    1767 - Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance
    1770 - David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River)
    1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician
    1790 - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist
    1792 - Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer
    1797 - Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra
    1803 - Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
    1805 - William Kerley Strong, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
    1812 - Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe
    1823 - George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)
    1830 - Davis Tillson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
    1837 - Alfred Gaul, composer
    1846 - Rosalie Amstein, writer
    1853 - Alfred v Berger, writer
    1857 - Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
    1858 - Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1893)
    1864 - Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
    1864 - Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
    1865 - Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
    1869 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
    1870 - Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta)
    1874 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer
    1876 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
    1877 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
    1882 - Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (To the Invisible)
    1883 - David John de Lloyd, composer
    1884 - Albert Israel Elkus, composer
    1885 - Luigi Russolo, composer
    1886 - Frank Merrik, composer
    1888 - John Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
    1889 - Acario Cotapos, composer
    1889 - Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
    1891 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik)
    1893 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
    1895 - Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
    1896 - Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)
    1896 - Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
    1897 - Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
    1899 - Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels)
    1899 - Lucie Mannheim, Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps)
    1901 - Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
    1902 - Andre-Francois Marescotti, composer
    1902 - Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer
    1903 - Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)
    1908 - Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
    1908 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
    1909 - Juliana, Queen of Netherlands (1948-80)
    1909 - F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
    1910 - Al Lewis, actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters)
    1911 - Hans Studer, composer
    1911 - John-Baptist J Walgrave, [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist
    1911 - Luise Rinser, writer
    1912 - Eve Arden, Mill Valley California, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks)
    1912 - Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, soldier/politician
    1913 - Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general (ITA)
    1913 - Edith Fowke, folklorist
    1914 - Sid Weiss, bassist
    1916 - Claude Shannon, information theorist
    1916 - Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer
    1916 - Robert Shaw, Red Bluff California, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale)
    1917 - Bea Wain, US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade)
    1918 - W Donald McNeill, tennis champ (US Open-1940)
    1919 - Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer
    1920 - Duncan Hamilton, driver
    1920 - Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer
    1922 - Anton Murray, cricketer (South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55)
    1923 - Alan Wharton, cricketer (Engld batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13)
    1923 - George Byatt, playwright
    1923 - Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
    1924 - Sheldon Harnick, Chicago, lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof)
    1925 - Corinne Calvet, Paris France, actress (Phantom of Hollywood)
    1925 - Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
    1926 - Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Last Picture Show, Phyllis)
    1926 - Corinne Calvet, France, actress (Apache Uprising)
    1926 - Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day)
    1927 - Johnny Horton, Los Angeles Ca, rocker
    1927 - Lars Hall, Sweden, Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1952)
    1928 - Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
    1929 - Peter Carsten, Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible)
    1930 - Raoul de Keyser, [Dekeyser], Flemish painter
    1931 - William L [Bill] Clay, (Rep-D-MO, 1969- )
    1932 - Anton Larrauri, composer
    1933 - Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
    1934 - Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d.1995)
    1936 - Zohra Lampert, actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra)
    1938 - Gary Collins, Venice California, actor (6th Sense, Home Show), (d. 2012)
    1938 - Larry [Van Cott] Niven, US, sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star)
    1938 - Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
    1939 - Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982)
    1939 - Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Dutch Princess Margriet
    1940 - Burt Young, NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
    1941 - Johnny Farina, rocker (Santo & Johnny)
    1941 - Wilfried Jentzsh, composer
    1943 - Bobby Vee, Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes)
    1943 - Robert L Livingston, (Rep-R-Louisiana, 1977- )
    1943 - Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
    1944 - Jill Clayburgh, NYC, actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough)
    1944 - Richard Shoff, rocker (Sandpipers)
    1945 - Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
    1945 - Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
    1945 - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
    1945 - Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox)
    1945 - Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
    1946 - Donald Schollander, Charlotte NC, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64)
    1946 - Karl XVI Gustav F H, King of Sweden (1973- )
    1946 - Bill Plympton, American animator
    1947 - Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
    1947 - Leslie Grantham, English actor
    1947 - Mats Odell, Swedish politician
    1947 - Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach
    1948 - Perry King, Alliance OH, actor (Andy Warhol's "Bad")
    1948 - Wayne Kramer, guitarist (MC5, Dangerous Madness)
    1949 - Phil Garner, baseball manager
    1951 - Panuta Rosani, Poland, discus (Olympic 1976) drug disqualified
    1952 - Tom Pesek, PC programmer (creator of HAL 9000 program)
    1952 - Jacques Audiard, French film director
    1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
    1954 - Gunther Tiersch, German DR, 8 man cox (Olympic-gold-1968)
    1954 - Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
    1955 - Dimitra Papandreau, Greece, wife of Greek PM Andreas Papandreau
    1955 - Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
    1956 - Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
    1956 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
    1957 - Duane G Carey, St Paul Minn, major USAF/astronaut
    1957 - Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
    1958 - Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
    1959 - Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden)
    1959 - Lauren Howe, LPGA golfer
    1959 - Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
    1959 - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
    1959 - W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
    1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician
    1960 - David Miscavige, American cult leader
    1961 - Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP)
    1963 - Steve Smith, Glasgow Scotland, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
    1964 - Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian since 1988)
    1964 - Jeff Reboulet, Dayton OH, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
    1964 - Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
    1965 - Adrian Pasdar, Pittsfield Mass, actor (C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun)
    1965 - Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter (Olympics-96)
    1966 - Aundray Bruce, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
    1966 - David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants, NE Patriots)
    1966 - Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
    1967 - Steven Mackintosh, British actor
    1968 - Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)
    1968 - Paulo Jr, Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
    1968 - Richard Pilon, Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
    1968 - Roger Mar, Seattle Wash, rapid fire pistol (Olympics-1996)
    1968 - Sandra Beikoff, Mackay QLD, golfer (1990 Sunshine Coast Open)
    1969 - Dexter Rogers, St Petersburg Fla, volleyball opposite hitter (Oly-96)
    1969 - Joey Restivo, Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
    1969 - Warren Defever, American musician, composer
    1970 - Brad Layton, Seymour Ind, rower (Olympics-1996)
    1970 - Debbie D, Phila Pa, actress (Attack of Vampire Mermaid)
    1970 - Ken Stanton, American Radio Personality
    1971 - B J Tyler, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
    1971 - Matt Martin, Hamden, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Oly-US-94)
    1971 - Randy Bierman, WLAF tackle (Scottish Claymores)
    1971 - Ryan Hawblitzel, West Palm Beach Fla, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
    1971 - Ty Hallock, fullback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1971 - John Boyne, Irish novelist
    1971 - Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
    1972 - Kendricke Bullard, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
    1972 - Mario Schaden, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
    1973 - Akon, American R&B Singer
    1974 - Cedric Jones, defensive end (NY Giants)
    1974 - Chris Darkins, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
    1975 - Beverley Peele, model [or Apr 7]
    1975 - Johnny Galecki, Bree Belgium, actor (American Dreamer, David-Roseanne)
    1975 - Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
    1975 - Mike Chat, American actor
    1976 - Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
    1977 - Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
    1977 - Pell James, American actress
    1979 - Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
    1981 - John O'Shea, Irish footballer
    1981 - Emma Pierson, British actress
    1982 - Kirsten Dunst, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man)
    1982 - Lloyd Banks, American rapper
    1982 - Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
    1982 - Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
    1983 - Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
    1983 - Troy Williamson, American football player
    1983 - Yamini, Tamil Singer
    1984 - Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
    1985 - Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
    1986 - Dianna Agron, Savannah, Georgia, American Actress (Quinn Fabray-Glee)
    1987 - Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
    1987 - Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricketer
    1988 - Molloko, SD Zoo, 1st California condor chick conceived in captivity

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    1st May


    1218 - John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
    1218 - Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
    1238 - Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
    1285 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
    1545 - Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
    1567 - Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
    1577 - Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer
    1582 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer
    1592 - Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer
    1594 - John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
    1672 - Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
    1735 - John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp
    1738 - Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (1782-1819) (d. 1819)
    1759 - Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor
    1764 - Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
    1764 - Gottfried Rieger, composer
    1769 - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and British Prime Minister (Tory) (1828-30)
    1771 - George Guest, composer
    1775 - Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer
    1800 - Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
    1804 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
    1807 - John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
    1818 - Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet
    1819 - William Steele, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
    1825 - George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
    1829 - Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
    1830 - Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer
    1831 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
    1835 - Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)
    1839 - Chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
    1850 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
    1851 - Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
    1852 - Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter
    1852 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
    1858 - Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer
    1859 - Bohuslav Jeremias, composer
    1859 - Willem J Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat
    1872 - Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
    1880 - Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
    1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist
    1884 - Felipe Boero, composer
    1884 - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
    1887 - Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)
    1892 - Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor (Voice of Firestone)
    1895 - Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids Michigan, composer (Pulitzer 1946)
    1896 - Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
    1896 - Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
    1896 - J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
    1898 - Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
    1900 - Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)
    1901 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
    1901 - Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
    1905 - Leila Hyams, NYC, actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap)
    1905 - Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet PM (1980-85)
    1905 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
    1906 - Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
    1907 - Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)
    1907 - Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
    1907 - Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
    1908 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)
    1909 - Ethel Jane Cain, original UK Speaking Clock voice
    1909 - George Melachrino, composer
    1909 - Janis Ritsos, writer
    1909 - Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet
    1910 - Cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)
    1912 - Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano
    1912 - Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer
    1912 - Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
    1913 - Walter Susskind, Praha (Prague) Czechoslovakia, conductor
    1913 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
    1915 - Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
    1916 - Glenn Ford, Quebec Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)
    1916 - Jane Jacobs, Scranton, Pa, urbanologist
    1917 - Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling)
    1917 - John Beradino, LA California, actor (Steve Hardy-General Hospital)
    1917 - Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author (Amsterdam Affair)
    1917 - Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
    1918 - Jack Paar, Canton Ohio, American television host of the Jack Paar Show (d. 2004)
    1918 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
    1919 - Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner
    1919 - Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor (Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop)
    1921 - 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
    1921 - Paul Daels, president (Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee)
    1923 - Joseph Heller, Bkln NY, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award)
    1924 - Earl George, composer
    1924 - Enrico Josif, composer
    1924 - Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st US black woman cabinet member
    1924 - Terry Southern, writer
    1925 - Chuck Bednarik, Penn, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker (Phila)
    1925 - Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Boulder Colo, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7)
    1926 - Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
    1927 - Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
    1927 - Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59)
    1927 - Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire
    1927 - Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor)
    1927 - William Mitchell Byers, musician
    1928 - Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/pres (l'ASIFA)
    1928 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
    1929 - Sonny James, [James Loden], Hackelburg AL, rocker (Young Love)
    1929 - Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler (great WI)
    1930 - Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
    1930 - Ollie Matson, NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles)
    1930 - Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles
    1934 - Alette Beaujon, Curacaos poet (Gedichten on the Bay & Elsewhere)
    1934 - Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
    1935 - Ann Robinson, American actress
    1937 - Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer (Doppelspiel)
    1937 - Una Stubbs, English actress
    1939 - Judy Collins, Seattle Wash, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds)
    1939 - Max Robinson, Richmond Virginia, American broadcast journalistr (ABC Evening News) (d. 1988)
    1939 - Ray Aranha, Miami FL, actor (Nick-Married People)
    1940 - Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
    1941 - Barbara Barendrecht, [BHM Wurfbain], actress (Dirty Picture)
    1941 - Juraj Hatrick, composer
    1942 - Stephen Macht, Phila Pa, actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey)
    1943 - Joy Harmon, St Louis Mo, actress (Cool Hand Luke)
    1944 - Rita Coolidge, Nashville Tn, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone)
    1944 - Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
    1946 - Bruce Robinson, actor (Story of Adele H)
    1946 - Jerry Weiss, NYC, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
    1946 - Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service)
    1946 - Nick Fortune, [Nicholas Fortuna], rock bassist (Buckinghams Chicago)
    1946 - Tony Ashton, rocker
    1946 - Valentin Muratov, USSR, floor exercise gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956)
    1946 - John Woo, Hong Kong director
    1947 - Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express)
    1947 - Ghulam Abbas, cricketer (scored 12 & 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967)
    1947 - Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
    1948 - James Wise, US soul singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
    1949 - Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Howie-Fall Guy)
    1949 - Margo Miller, SF California, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
    1949 - Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
    1949 - Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
    1950 - Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
    1950 - Dann Florek, American actor
    1950 - Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
    1951 - Gordon Greenidge, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1974-91)
    1951 - Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
    1953 - Elquemedo Willett, cricketer (WI lefty spinner early 70's)
    1953 - Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra)
    1953 - Mindy Moore, LPGA golfer
    1953 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
    1954 - Michael Scott, reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
    1954 - Ray Parker Jr, Detroit Mich, rock guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters)
    1954 - Taslim Arif, cricketer (Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 v Aust 1980)
    1954 - Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
    1955 - Julien Wiener, cricketer (Australian opening batsman 1979-80)
    1955 - Nick Feldman, English musician
    1956 - Byron Stewart, Baxter Springs Ks, actor (Warren Coolidge-St Elsewhere)
    1957 - Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
    1957 - Paul D Ronney, LA California, ScD/astronaut (STS 83 alt)
    1957 - Rick Darling, cricketer (accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79)
    1957 - Steve Farris, rock guitarist (Mr Mister)
    1957 - Ko Otani, Japanese composer
    1959 - Eddie Johnson, NBA guard/forward (Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers)
    1959 - Paul Smith, rock saxophonist (Haircut 100)
    1960 - Albert McDonald, Dartmouth NS, US canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
    1961 - Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa OK, catcher (Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays)
    1961 - Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed)
    1961 - Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
    1962 - Gary Clark, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
    1962 - Paula Weishoff, Hollywood CA, volleyballer (Oly-Sil-84, br-92, 96)
    1962 - Reggie Pleasant, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
    1963 - Robert Seguso, Minneapolis MN, tennis star
    1964 - Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
    1964 - Ruth Picardie, journalist
    1964 - Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon
    1965 - Jon Warren, Akron Ohio, 1.5k runner
    1966 - Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
    1966 - Charlie Schlatter, NYC, actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel)
    1966 - Johnny Colt, Cherry Point NC, rock bassist (Black Crowes)
    1966 - Mark Coogan, Manhaset NY, marathoner (Olympics-96)
    1966 - Olaf Thon, German football player
    1967 - Bill Schultz, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle (Den Broncos, Scot Claymores)
    1967 - Marvcus Patton, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
    1967 - Scott Coffey, HI, actor (Satisfaction, Shout)
    1967 - Tawni Cable, Salem Oregon, playmate (June 1989)
    1967 - Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka (Oly-1996)
    1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician
    1968 - Anton Scheutjens, soccer player (Roda JC)
    1968 - Lisa Campbell, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
    1968 - Mark Scott, Paramus NJ, rock drummer (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
    1968 - Denise Masino, American Female Bodybuilder
    1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
    1968 - Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
    1968 - D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
    1969 - Billy Owens, NBA forward/guard (Sacramento Kings)
    1969 - Bryan Marchment, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
    1969 - Carrie Stevens, Buffalo NY, playmate (June 1997)
    1969 - Wes Anderson, American director and writer
    1970 - Alex Van Pelt, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
    1970 - Allen DeGraffenreid, WLAF wide receiver (Scotland Claymores)
    1970 - Alundis Brice, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
    1970 - Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silver-92, 96)
    1971 - Ethan Albright, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills)
    1971 - Jamie Marie Swenson, Miss USA-South Dakota (1997)
    1971 - Renee Poetschka, Australian 200m/400m (Olympics-92, 96)
    1971 - Stuart Appleby, Cohuna Australia, Nike golfer (1994 Victorian PGA)
    1971 - Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
    1972 - Bobby Chouinard, Manilla Phillipines, pitcher (Oakland A's)
    1973 - Curtis Martin, NFL running back (NE Patriots)
    1973 - Frank Beede, NFL center (Seattle Seahawks)
    1973 - Oliver Neuville, German footballer
    1974 - Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach California, tennis star
    1974 - Matthew Hatchette, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
    1974 - Vladimir Zavyalov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
    1975 - Austin Croshere, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
    1975 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
    1975 - Jodhi May, London, British actress (A World Apart, The Other Boleyn Girl)
    1975 - Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
    1976 - Darius McCrary, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters)
    1977 - Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin NZ, 100m breast stroke (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Dan Regan, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
    1977 - Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer
    1978 - Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
    1979 - Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
    1979 - Kimberly Grigsby, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1997)
    1979 - Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
    1979 - Ben Easter, American actor
    1980 - Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
    1980 - Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
    1981 - Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
    1981 - Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
    1981 - Wes Welker, American football player
    1982 - Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
    1983 - The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
    1984 - Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
    1984 - Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
    1984 - Farah Fath, American actress
    1985 - Drew Sidora, American actress
    1986 - Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
    1986 - Adam Casey, Australian footballer
    1987 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
    1987 - Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
    1988 - Graeme Owens, English footballer
    1991 - Creagen Dow, American actor
    1997 - Ariel Gade, American actress

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    2nd. May


    1360 - Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)
    1451 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
    1458 - Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
    1551 - William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
    1601 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)
    1660 - Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)
    1695 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
    1702 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
    1729 - Catherine the Great [Catherine II], Stettin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, Empress of Russia (1762-96)
    1729 - Florian Johann Deller, composer
    1737 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
    1740 - Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society
    1750 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
    1752 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer
    1754 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer
    1768 - Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist
    1772 - Novalis, writer
    1773 - Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
    1779 - John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)
    1810 - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer
    1810 - Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1878-1903)
    1817 - Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer
    1821 - Abram Sanders Piatt, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
    1828 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
    1837 - Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)
    1843 - Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
    1844 - Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
    1846 - Zygmunt Noskowski, composer
    1853 - Marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)
    1855 - Theodore Moses Tobani, composer
    1857 - Frederic Cliffe, composer
    1859 - Eugene D'Harcourt, composer
    1859 - Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
    1860 - D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form)
    1860 - Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder (Zionist movement)
    1862 - Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)
    1865 - Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
    1869 - Tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)
    1872 - G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)
    1879 - James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
    1884 - Francois de Vries, Dutch economist
    1885 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (d. 1966)
    1886 - Gottfried Benn, writer
    1887 - Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)
    1887 - Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)
    1890 - E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi author (Triplanetary). Died 1965
    1892 - Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [The Red Baron], Breslau, German World War I fighter ace
    1893 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien) [or May 13, 1912]
    1895 - Alfred Kurella, writer
    1895 - Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield Ct, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads)
    1895 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (d. 1943)
    1896 - Helen of Greece and Denmark, queen of Romania (d. 1982)
    1897 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
    1898 - Jef [Josephus C F] Last, Dutch poet/politician (The Spark)
    1900 - Helen Morgan, singer/actress (Applause, Frankie & Johnny)
    1901 - Bob Wyatt, cricketer (England batsman 1927-37)
    1901 - Lev N Lunts, Russia, writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth)
    1901 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer
    1901 - Willi Bredel, writer
    1902 - Brian Aherne, Worcestershire England, actor (Juarez)
    1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore, LA CA, actress (Peyton Place, Our Little Girl)
    1903 - Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician (Common Sense Book of Baby Care)
    1903 - Oivin Fjeldstad, composer
    1904 - Georgi Dimitrov, composer
    1906 - Aileen Riggin, Newport RI, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1920, 24)
    1906 - Maurice Thiriet, composer
    1906 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
    1907 - Pinky Lee, children's show host (Pinky Lee Show)
    1908 - William Bakewell, LA California, actor (Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show)
    1910 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia)
    1910 - Alexander Bonnyman, U.S. Marine (d. 1943)
    1911 - Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist
    1912 - Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate
    1912 - Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist (Mr Bommel)
    1913 - Nigel Patrick, London Engld, actor/director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold)
    1914 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (opened batting for South Africa v England 1947)
    1915 - Jan Hanus, composer
    1915 - Van Alexander, NYC, orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show)
    1915 - Doris Fisher, American songwriter (d. 2003)
    1915 - Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
    1917 - Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
    1918 - Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat
    1919 - Than Wyenn, NYC, actor (Pete Kelly's Blues)
    1920 - Jacob Gilboa, composer
    1920 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
    1920 - Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)
    1921 - Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary)
    1922 - Abraham Rosenthal, editor (NY Times)
    1923 - Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer
    1924 - Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer
    1924 - Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming)
    1924 - Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (d. 2004)
    1925 - David Ironside, cricketer (S Afr swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54)
    1925 - Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury NJ, actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap)
    1925 - Svatopluk Havelka, composer
    1925 - John Neville, English theatre and film actor
    1926 - Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
    1927 - Ray Barrett, Australian actor
    1929 - Edward Levy Irving, composer
    1929 - Luc Ferrari, composer
    1929 - Sydney Gedye, cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964)
    1929 - Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
    1930 - Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
    1931 - Phil Bruns, American actor and writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), (d. 2012)
    1932 - Bruce Glover, Chicago Ill, actor (Diamonds are Forever)
    1932 - Kees de Galan, Dutch economist
    1932 - Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer
    1932 - Maury Allen, American sportswriter
    1933 - Bunk Gardner, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
    1935 - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58)/son of Ghasi I
    1935 - Hussain ibn Talal, King of Jordan (1952- )
    1935 - Link Wray, rocker (Link Wray & His Ray Men)
    1935 - Lance LeGault, American actor, (d. 2012)
    1935 - Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
    1936 - Michael Rabin, NYC, violinist (In Memorium)
    1936 - Quinn Redeker, Woodstock Ill, actor (Dan Raven, Young & Restless)
    1937 - Gisela Elsner, writer
    1937 - Lorenzo Music, Bkln NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield)
    1938 - Constantine Bereng Seeiso, king Moshushoe II of Lesotho
    1938 - Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
    1939 - Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
    1940 - Bryan Davis, cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965)
    1940 - Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch MP (VVD)
    1941 - Jules Wijdenbosch, premier Suriname
    1941 - Clay Carroll, American baseball player
    1942 - Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
    1944 - F Innerhofer, writer
    1944 - John Verity, rocker (Argent)
    1945 - Bianca Perez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model and socialite
    1945 - Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Kinks-Waterloo Sunset)
    1945 - Goldy McJohn, rocker (Steppenwolf)
    1945 - Randy Cain, US soul singer (4 Gents/Delfonics)
    1945 - Robert Henrit, England, rocker (Argent)
    1945 - Sarah Weddington, American attorney
    1945 - Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
    1946 - Lesley Gore, Tenafly NJ, singer (It's My Party)
    1946 - David Suchet, English actor
    1947 - Bill Lowery, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
    1948 - Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
    1949 - Joey Phillips, percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
    1950 - Lou Gramm, Rochester NY, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is)
    1950 - Duncan Gay, Australian politician
    1952 - Christine Baranski, Buffalo NY, actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage)
    1952 - Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
    1953 - "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975)
    1954 - Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader (UDF)
    1954 - Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
    1955 - Ian Callen, cricketer (one Test Australia v India 1978, six wickets)
    1955 - Jay Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers)
    1955 - Joe Callis, rocker
    1956 - David Rhodes, English guitarist
    1957 - Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles LA, USN/astronaut (sk: STS-91)
    1958 - Kim Jones, Sonoma California, 5k runner
    1959 - Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer
    1960 - Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler & opening batsman)
    1961 - Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
    1961 - Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star
    1961 - Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
    1962 - Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester NY, actress (Amadeus, Funhouse)
    1962 - Nancy Harvey, Swift Current Sask, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
    1962 - Stephen Daldry, English film director
    1962 - Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)
    1962 - Jimmy White, English snooker player
    1963 - Brian Tochi, LA California, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades)
    1963 - Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
    1963 - Kenton Leonard, CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders)
    1964 - Kelly Michael Gibson, New Orleans LA, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-7th)
    1966 - Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
    1967 - Kerryn McCann, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
    1968 - Reggie Slack, CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
    1968 - Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
    1968 - Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
    1968 - Jeff Agoos, American soccer player
    1968 - Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
    1969 - Brian Lara, cricketer (WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994)
    1969 - Glen Young, NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
    1970 - Vania Thomas, Miss US Virgin Islands Universe (1997)
    1971 - Greg Bishop, NFL guard (NY Giants)
    1972 - Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
    1972 - Jennifer Miriam, Oklahoma City OK, playmate (March, 1997)
    1972 - Jill Savery, Fort Lauderdale Fl, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
    1972 - Peter Ogilvie, Vancouver BC, 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
    1972 - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
    1972 - Paul Adcock, English footballer
    1973 - Rich Yurkiewicz, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Amst Admirals)
    1973 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
    1974 - Miles Joseph, West Springfield Mass, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
    1974 - Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
    1974 - Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
    1975 - Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
    1975 - Murray William Burdan, Wellington NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96)
    1976 - Ailleen Damiles, Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic (1996)
    1976 - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
    1977 - Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Mass, figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ)
    1977 - Jenna Von Oy, actress (Seven-Blossom)
    1977 - Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
    1977 - Luke Hudson, American baseball player
    1978 - Steve Bays, Canadian musician
    1979 - Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
    1979 - Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
    1980 - Tim Borowski, German footballer
    1980 - Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
    1980 - Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
    1980 - Zat Knight, English footballer
    1980 - Troy Murphy, American basketball player
    1980 - Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
    1981 - Matt Murray, English footballer
    1981 - Chris Kirkland, English footballer
    1982 - Lorie, French singer
    1983 - Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
    1984 - Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
    1984 - Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
    1985 - Kyle Busch, American race car driver
    1985 - Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
    1985 - Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
    1985 - David Nugent, English footballer
    1985 - Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
    1986 - James Kirk, Canadian actor
    1987 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
    1988 - Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
    1990 - Kay Panabaker, American actor
    1995 - Kelsey Lewis, American actress
    2000 - Angel Sy, Filipina child actor

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 2 times, last by ethanedwards ().

    3rd. May


    612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)
    1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
    1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
    1446 - Margaret of York / Margaret of Burgendy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
    1469 - Niccolo Machiavelli, Florence, Italy, politician/writer (Prince), d. 1527)
    1514 - Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
    1535 - Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer
    1647 - John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)
    1649 - Johann Valentin Meder, composer
    1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736)
    1692 - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
    1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771)
    1708 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
    1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
    1729 - Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
    1737 - Friedrich Schwindl, composer
    1742 - Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
    1744 - Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
    1752 - Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
    1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819)
    1764 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
    1768 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (d. 1838)
    1773 - Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat
    1815 - Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist
    1816 - Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892
    1819 - Nicola De Giosa, composer
    1826 - Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet
    1844 - Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist
    1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)
    1849 - Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
    1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
    1857 - George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
    1859 - Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
    1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
    1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940)
    1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
    1867 - Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George & Alec 12 Tests for Eng)
    1870 - Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
    1873 - Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [OS]
    1873 - [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Den)
    1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945)
    1874 - Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
    1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954)
    1876 - Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
    1876 - John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
    1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925)
    1879 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (d. 1950)
    1886 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
    1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
    1890 - B Traven, writer
    1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969)
    1892 - Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress (It's a Wonderful Life)
    1892 - George Thomson, demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937)
    1893 - Hope Landin, Minneapolis MN
    1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975)
    1895 - Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian (Laudes regiae)
    1895 - Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers)
    1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
    1896 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (d. 1990)
    1896 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
    1897 - V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
    1898 - Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74)
    1898 - Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist/educator
    1899 - Aline MacMahon, McKeesport Pa, actress (Backdoor to Heaven)
    1901 - Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja)
    1902 - Hugo Friedhofer, composer
    1902 - Jack Larue, NYC, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette)
    1902 - Seton I Miller, Chehalis WA, writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul)
    1902 - Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General)
    1903 - Bing Crosby, Tacoma Wash, singer (White Christmas, Going My Way)
    1904 - Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
    1904 - John Breeden, SF CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street)
    1905 - Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria
    1905 - Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste)
    1906 - Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
    1907 - Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
    1910 - Alceo Galliera, composer
    1910 - Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer
    1911 - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter
    1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
    1913 - Earl Blackwell, Atlanta Ga, author (Celebrity Register)
    1913 - William M Inge, US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953)
    1915 - Evencio Castellanos, composer
    1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
    1916 - Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, San Antonio Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1961- )
    1916 - Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (Sodome)
    1916 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006)
    1917 - James Penberthy, composer
    1917 - Betty Comden, American lyricist, (d. 2006)
    1917 - Kiro Gligorov, Macedonia, President of the Republic of Macedonia 1991-1999 (d. 2012)
    1918 - Ted Bates, English former footballer (d. 2003)
    1919 - Pete Seeger, NYC, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)
    1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004)
    1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], Ailey, Georgia, middle/welterweight boxer (1946-52, 55, 58), (d. 1989)
    1921 - Vasco dos Santos Goncalves, Portuguese leftist colonel
    1921 - Joe Ames, American singer (d. 2007)
    1922 - Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)
    1922 - Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
    1923 - Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
    1923 - George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor
    1924 - Mary Carver, LA California, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon)
    1924 - Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
    1924 - Ken Tyrrell, English founder of eponymous F1 racing team (d. 2001)
    1925 - Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol)
    1928 - Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica California, actress (Pat-Love & Marriage)
    1929 - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
    1929 - Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
    1930 - David Evatt Tunley, composer
    1931 - Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
    1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian
    1933 - Collie Smith, cricketer (exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly)
    1933 - James Brown, Barnwell, South Carolina, American soul singer (Hot Pants, Living in America) and originator of funk music (d. 2006)
    1933 - Alex Cord, American actor
    1934 - Georg Kroll, composer
    1934 - Henry Cooper, English boxer
    1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
    1935 - Donald P Hodel, Portland Ore, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89)
    1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor
    1936 - Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)
    1937 - Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry)
    1937 - Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer
    1938 - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
    1939 - Jonathan David Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen)
    1939 - Jose Torres, US, boxer (Olympics)
    1939 - Samantha Eggar, London England, actress (Collector)
    1940 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
    1940 - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
    1941 - Nona Gaprindasvili, USSR, world women's chess champ (1962-78)
    1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president
    1942 - Lynn Farleigh, Bristol England, actress (Lovers of Their Time)
    1942 - Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
    1942 - Dave Marash, American journalist
    1942 - C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho
    1943 - John Costello, historian
    1944 - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist
    1944 - Peter Staples, rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
    1945 - Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
    1946 - Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
    1946 - Norm Chow, American football coach
    1947 - Doug Henning, Ft Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
    1948 - Chris Mulkey, American actor
    1949 - Albert Sacco Jr, Boston Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
    1949 - Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
    1950 - Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
    1951 - Christopher Cross, [Geppert], Texas, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
    1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer
    1952 - Allen Wells, England, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1980)
    1952 - Caitlin Clarke. American actress (d. 2004)
    1953 - Bruce Hall, Champaign Ill, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon)
    1953 - Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star)
    1954 - Gary Young, American drummer (Pavement)
    1955 - David Hookes, cricketer (dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart)
    1955 - Timmy Cappello, rock & sax player (played with Tina Turner, Ringo Starr & The Lost Boys)
    1956 - Marc Bellemare, French Canadian lawyer and politician
    1957 - Cactus Moser, Montrose Co, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
    1957 - Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Wash Caps)
    1958 - Kevin Kilner, American actor
    1958 - Sandi Toksvig, Danish comedian and radio presenter
    1959 - Ben Elton, London UK, actor (Stark, Friday Night Live)
    1959 - David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist (Soft Cell)
    1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician
    1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
    1960 - Amy Steel, American actress
    1961 - Steve McClaren, English football manager
    1961 - Joe Murray, American cartoonist
    1961 - David Vitter American politician
    1962 - Anthony Gilligan, Penrith NSW, Australasia golfer
    1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
    1963 - Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
    1963 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman
    1963 - Sally Whittaker, English actress
    1964 - Ron Hextall, Winnipeg, NHL goalie (Phila Flyers, NY Islanders)
    1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian
    1965 - Nina Garcia, Colombian-American fashion expert and television personality
    1965 - John Jensen, Danish footballer
    1966 - Paul Stevenson, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
    1966 - Peter Abbay, American actor
    1966 - Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor
    1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player
    1966 - M-16 [Ernest Mateen], Brooklyn New York, Cruiserweight boxing champion, (d. 2012)
    1968 - Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre Italy, actress (Big Game Hunter)
    1968 - Jay Darlington, London England, keyboardist (Kula Shaker)
    1968 - Shane Minor, American singer
    1969 - Karen Kraft, San Mateo California, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
    1969 - Daryl F. Mallett, American writer/editor
    1970 - Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle France, tennis star (1992 Aust)
    1970 - Ted Crowley, Concord Mass, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
    1971 - James Roberson, defensive end (Tennessee Oilers)
    1971 - Damon Dash, American label executive
    1971 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva)
    1972 - Brett Hayman, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
    1972 - Josh Taves, defensive end (New England Patriots)
    1972 - Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings)
    1972 - Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
    1972 - Suzi Suzuki, former Japanese adult actress
    1973 - Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
    1973 - Michel Traveller, soccer player (Ajax)
    1974 - Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan
    1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
    1975 - Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
    1975 - Dulé Hill, American actor
    1976 - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
    1977 - Mashima Hiro, Japanese Mangaka of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
    1977 - Ryan Dempster, American baseball player
    1978 - Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol)
    1978 - Christina Hendricks, American actress
    1978 - Lawrence Tynes, American football player
    1979 - Steve Mack, American professional wrestler
    1980 - Marcel Vigneron, American chef (Top Chef)
    1981 - Farrah Franklin, American singer (former member of Destiny's Child)
    1982 - Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American football player
    1983 - Joseph Addai, American football player
    1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
    1983 - Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
    1983 - Myriam Fares, Lebanese singer
    1984 - Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer
    1984 - Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model
    1985 - Greg Raposo, American pop/rock singer

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    4th May


    1006 - Khajeh Abdullah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088), Herat, Khorasan (now Afghanistan)
    1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060)
    1611 - Carlo Rainaldi, composer
    1631 - Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England
    1635 - Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)
    1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)
    1655 - Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder
    1715 - Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
    1733 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
    1738 - Josef Kohaut, composer
    1744 - Marianne von Martinez, composer
    1752 - John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
    1763 - Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer
    1767 - Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
    1769 - Charles Hague, composer
    1772 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)
    1776 - Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist
    1777 - Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer
    1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
    1796 - Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)
    1796 - Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1864
    1796 - William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)
    1820 - Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack
    1820 - Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)
    1822 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)
    1825 - Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist
    1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)
    1826 - Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)
    1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)
    1835 - Edmund Hart Turpin, composer
    1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)
    1860 - Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)
    1867 - Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer
    1870 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)
    1871 - Mynona, writer
    1873 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)
    1875 - Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)
    1875 - Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (1st of great South African googlists)
    1877 - Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115)
    1881 - Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism)
    1882 - Wilhelm Lehmann, writer
    1889 - Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal
    1891 - Frederick Jacobi, composer
    1891 - Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread)
    1893 - Edgar Dearing, Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy)
    1893 - Royal Butler, [Edwin Richey], Atlanta GA, actor
    1902 - Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author
    1902 - Cvjetko Rihtman, composer
    1902 - Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter
    1903 - Luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist)
    1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)
    1905 - Mátyás Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando)
    1906 - Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder)
    1907 - Lincoln Kirstein, American impresario (d. 1996)
    1909 - Howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776)
    1909 - Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright
    1910 - Mady Alfredo, [Maria M the Brieder], actress (Alicia)
    1912 - Lou Brown, Bkln, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show)
    1913 - Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
    1914 - Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)
    1914 - Emmanuel Robles, Algerian-Fren journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs)
    1915 - Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)
    1915 - Pedro Saenz, composer
    1916 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer
    1917 - Edward Toner Cone, composer
    1918 - Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking
    1918 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)
    1919 - Dimiter Petkov, composer
    1919 - Mary Ann McCall, singer
    1921 - John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)
    1921 - Patsy Garrett, Atlantic City NJ, actress (Nanny & the Professor)
    1921 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
    1922 - John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )
    1923 - Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)
    1923 - Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
    1924 - Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey
    1924 - Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer
    1925 - Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)
    1925 - Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
    1926 - G Reinshagen, writer
    1926 - Milton "Milt" Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15)
    1927 - Terry (Owen John) Scott, Watford UK, English actor and comedian (Carry On Films)
    1928 - Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)
    1928 - Hosni Mubarak, Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt, Egyptian president (1981-2011)
    1928 - Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter (Roulette)
    1928 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)
    1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady), (d. 1993)
    1929 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist
    1930 - Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)
    1931 - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio)
    1931 - Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer
    1932 - Fausto Razzi, composer
    1933 - J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
    1934 - Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)
    1936 - El Cordobés, Spanish matador
    1937 - Ron Carter, jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach)
    1937 - Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
    1937 - Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler
    1937 - Dick Dale, American guitarist
    1938 - Tyrone Davis, US R&B singer (Are you serious)
    1938 - William J Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)
    1938 - Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer
    1939 - Amos Oz, Jerusalem, Israel, author (My Michael)
    1939 - Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
    1940 - Dick Curl, Chester Pa, offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons)
    1940 - Robin Cook, American novelist
    1941 - David LaFlamme, Utah, electric violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
    1941 - George F Will, political analyst (Night Line)
    1941 - George Will, American writer
    1942 - Ronnie Bond, drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing)
    1943 - Nickolas Ashford, SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock)
    1943 - Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch)
    1943 - Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter
    1944 - Paul Gleason, Jersey City NJ, actor (Breakfast CLub, Die Hard)
    1944 - Peggy Santiglia McGannon, NJ, rocker (Angels)
    1945 - George Wadenius, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
    1945 - Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers)
    1945 - Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist
    1946 - Renee Powell, LPGA golfer
    1946 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
    1948 - Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year (1984)
    1948 - Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
    1948 - George Tupou V, Tonga, King of Tonga (2006-2012), (d. 2012)
    1949 - Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch MP (PvdA)
    1949 - Sybil Danning, [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress (Chained Heat)
    1949 - Zal Cleminson, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)
    1949 - John Force, American race car driver
    1949 - Graham Swift, British author
    1950 - Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes)
    1950 - Hilly Hicks, LA California, actor (Roll Out, Roots)
    1950 - René CM van Asten, Dutch actor (Herenstraat 10)
    1951 - Gene Greenwood, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
    1951 - Jackie Jackson, [Sigmund], Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
    1951 - Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)
    1951 - Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
    1951 - Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer.
    1952 - Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer
    1954 - Julie Budd, Bkln, singer (Child of Plenty)
    1954 - Pia Zadora, American actress
    1955 - Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
    1956 - Jackie Bertsch, LPGA golfer
    1956 - Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield OH, astronaut (STS 69, 83, 94, sk 100)
    1956 - Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt West Germany, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
    1956 - David Guterson, American author
    1956 - Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
    1956 - Sharon Jones, Augusta Georgia, soul/funk singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)
    1957 - Peter Sleep, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all-rounder 1979-90)
    1957 - Richard E Grant, Swaziland, actor (Posse, Bram Stoker's Dracula)
    1958 - Keith Haring, Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review)
    1959 - Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones)
    1959 - Robert Raymond Tway, Oklahoma City OK, PGA golfer (1986 Shearson)
    1959 - Rohn Stark, NFL punter (Pittsburgh Steelers)
    1959 - Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
    1960 - Martyn Moxon, cricketer (England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89)
    1960 - Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
    1961 - Eugene Daniel, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens)
    1961 - Jay Aston, rocker
    1961 - Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Van Nuys Cal, actress (Erin-Waltons)
    1961 - Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist
    1961 - Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet
    1962 - Tracy Vaccaro, Glendale California, playmate (October, 1983)
    1962 - Oleta Adams, American singer
    1964 - Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star
    1964 - Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism
    1965 - Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
    1966 - Monica Tranel [Michini], Billings Mont, rower (Olympics-96)
    1966 - Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation for breast cancer (d. 2008)
    1967 - Derek MacCready, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
    1967 - John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer (Olympics-bronze-96)
    1967 - Matthew Crane, Kimberton Pa, actor (Matt Cory-Another World)
    1967 - Ana Gasteyer, American actress
    1967 - Kate Garraway, English GMTV Presenter
    1968 - Andre Collins, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
    1968 - Eddie Perez, Cuidad Ojeda Venezuela, catcher (Atlanta Braves)
    1968 - Kevin Todd, Winnipeg, NHL center (LA Kings)
    1968 - Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh
    1969 - Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player
    1969 - Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
    1970 - Dawn Staley, Phila, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
    1970 - Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)
    1971 - Derrick Clark, NFL/WLAF fullback (Broncos, Rhein Fire)
    1971 - Steve Glenn, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
    1971 - Joe Borowski, American baseball player
    1971 - Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
    1972 - Mike Dirnt [Michael Ryan Pritchard], Berkeley, California, American musician (Green Day)
    1972 - Ethan Watts, Phila, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
    1972 - Gretchen Ulion, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
    1972 - Marc Lamb, WLAF T (London Monarchs)
    1973 - Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
    1973 - Matthew Barnaby, Ottawa, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
    1973 - Melissa Boyd, Miss Ohio USA (1996)
    1973 - Michelle Martinez, Dallas Texas, Miss America (Texas-Top 10-1997)
    1973 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
    1974 - Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player
    1975 - Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer
    1975 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)
    1976 - Heather Kozar, Akron OH, playmate (Jan, 1998)
    1976 - Ben Grieve, American baseball player
    1976 - Jason Michaels, American baseball player
    1977 - Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
    1977 - Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer
    1978 - Shaenon K. Garrity, American webcomics writer and artist
    1978 - Brett Burton , Australian Football Player for the Adelaid Crows
    1979 - Wes Butters, British broadcaster
    1979 - Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)
    1979 - Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan born rugby union and rugby league player
    1980 - Andrew Raycroft, NHL goalie
    1981 - Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
    1982 - Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer
    1982 - Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer
    1982 - Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter
    1982 - Rasheeda,American hiphop singer
    1983 - Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress
    1983 - Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
    1984 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)
    1984 - Kevin Slowey, American baseball player
    1984 - Montell Owens, American football player
    1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer
    1985 - Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer
    1987 - Cesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer
    1987 - Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
    1987 - Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer
    1989 - Rory McIlroy, Holywood Northern Ireland, Professional Golfer
    1992 - Courtney Jines, American actress
    1994 - Alexander Gould, American actor
    1994 - Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    5th May


    867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931)
    1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
    1352 - Ruprecht, Roman catholic German king
    1479 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
    1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
    1557 - Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
    1635 - Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
    1657 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer
    1680 - Giuseppe Porsile, composer
    1715 - Daniel Dal Barba, composer
    1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
    1749 - Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer
    1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
    1800 - Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
    1804 - Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
    1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
    1815 - Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
    1817 - George Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
    1818 - Karl Marx, Trier, Prussia, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital), (d. 1883)
    1819 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
    1823 - James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
    1826 - Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
    1830 - John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
    1832 - H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
    1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
    1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
    1835 - Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
    1842 - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer
    1846 - Federico Chueca, composer
    1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
    1848 - Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer
    1849 - Hambletonian, Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
    1854 - Antonio Smareglia, composer
    1862 - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)
    1863 - Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs)
    1865 - Felicjan Szopski, composer
    1865 - Nellie Bly, [Elizabeth Cochran Seaman], American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
    1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
    1867 - Thomas Tertius Noble, composer
    1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949)
    1871 - Alberto Cametti, composer
    1879 - Symon Petlyura, leader Ukraine (pogroms)
    1883 - Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
    1883 - Leopold Samuel, composer
    1883 - Petar Konjovic, composer
    1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
    1884 - Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35)
    1885 - Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State)
    1886 - Manuel Borguno, composer
    1887 - Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA
    1887 - Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth, archbishop of Canterbury
    1889 - Herbie Taylor, cricketer (prolific South African pre- & post-WWI)
    1890 - Christopher Morley, author (Kitty Foil)
    1894 - Kit Guard, Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous)
    1899 - Freeman Gosden, Richmond Va, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy)
    1900 - Charles Jewtraw, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924)
    1900 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt)
    1900 - Mervyn A Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope)
    1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American ragtime singer and guitarist (d. 1959)
    1903 - James Beard, US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices)
    1904 - Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
    1905 - Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front
    1905 - Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958)
    1906 - Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon)
    1907 - Benny Baker, St Joseph MO, actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds)
    1907 - Kenneth Muir, English scholar
    1907 - Yoritsune Matsudaira, composer
    1908 - Jacques Massu, French general (Algeria)
    1908 - Rex Harrison, [Reginald Carey], Engld, actor (My Fair Lady, Cleopatra)
    1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989)
    1909 - Miklos Radnoti, writer
    1910 - William I Martin, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II)
    1911 - Giles Grangier, film director
    1911 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19)
    1911 - Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, specialist in tropical medicine
    1912 - Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], NYC, actress (Barricade, State Fair)
    1912 - W Fenton Morley, preacher
    1913 - Tyrone Power, Cleve, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band)
    1915 - Richard H Rovere, Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper)
    1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
    1916 - Mutal' Burkhanov, composer
    1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994)
    1917 - Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's)
    1918 - Erbie Bowser, pianist
    1919 - George London, Montreal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto)
    1919 - Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
    1919 - Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (d. 1999)
    1920 - John Hidalgo Moya, architect/designer (Skylon)
    1921 - Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer (Marketensters)
    1922 - Jay D Miller, record producer
    1922 - Phil Gordon, Meridian Miss, singer/actor (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies)
    1923 - Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney)
    1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
    1924 - Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
    1924 - Theo Olof, German/Neth violinist/prodigy/concert master
    1925 - Monica Lewis, actress (Box Office)
    1925 - Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (d. 1978)
    1925 - Mykola Plaviuk, Rusiv, Poland, Ukranian president (1978-81), (d. 2012)
    1926 - Ann B Davis, Schenectady NY, American actress (Bob Cummings Show, Alice-Brady Bunch)
    1927 - Charles Rosen, NYC, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
    1927 - Pat Carroll, Shrevport La, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy)
    1927 - Sid O'Linn, cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960)
    1928 - Pierre Schoendoerffer,Chamalieres, France, director and screen-writer (The Anderson Platoon), (d. 2012)
    1929 - John S Ragin, Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME)
    1930 - Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15)
    1931 - Greg, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d, 1999)
    1932 - Aurel Stroe, composer
    1932 - Will Hutchins, Atwater California, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
    1934 - Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
    1935 - Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (Gen Hospital)
    1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer
    1937 - Rob Van Gennep, publisher
    1938 - Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End)
    1938 - Johnnie Taylor, Crawfordsville, Arkansas, R&B and multi-genre singer (Disco Lady, I Believe in You), (d. 2000)
    1938 - Michael Murphy, LA CA, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman)
    1939 - James R Jones, (Rep-D-OK, 1973- )
    1939 - Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams
    1940 - Lance Henriksen, actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)
    1941 - Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
    1941 - Howie Komives, NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
    1942 - Amy Hill, actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore)
    1942 - Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d. 1998)
    1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor
    1943 - Michael Palin, England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)
    1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer
    1944 - Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris France, actor (Detective)
    1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Salisbury England, actor (Sir Edward-Quest, Sliders)
    1944 - Roger Raised, English actor (Nicholas Nickleby)
    1944 - Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
    1945 - Jiri Svoboda, composer (Accumulator 1)
    1945 - Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
    1945 - Kurt Loder, Entertainment reporter
    1946 - Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Lie, Conformist, 1900)
    1948 - Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath)
    1948 - Frank Esier-Smith, rocker
    1949 - Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
    1950 - Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
    1950 - Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
    1951 - Rex Goh, rock guitarist (Air Supply)
    1952 - Louis Cortelezzi, rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille)
    1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
    1953 - Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
    1954 - Angelo Kimball, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
    1954 - John Greg Adams, Scottsdale AZ, PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-2nd)
    1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
    1955 - Melinda Culea, Western Springs Ill, actress (A-Team, Brotherly Love)
    1955 - Robert Feld, Nashville Tn, National Scrabble Champion (1990)
    1956 - Dick Kemper, Amsterdam Neth, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg)
    1957 - Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan Saudi Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop)
    1957 - Thereza Bazaar, rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
    1957 - Peter Howitt, British actor and film director
    1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action.
    1959 - Ian McCullough, rock vocalist (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
    1959 - Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor
    1961 - Hiro Hase, wrestler (NJPW)
    1962 - Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
    1963 - Simon Rimmer, English chef
    1963 - Heidi Kozak, American actress
    1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
    1964 - Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper (1992)
    1964 - Lorraine McIntosh, British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
    1964 - Ulrich Wilson, soccer player (FC Volendam)
    1965 - Paul Frase, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1965 - Glenn Seton, Australian racing driver
    1966 - Mike Stapleton, Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
    1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
    1967 - Brad Baxter, NFL fullback (NY Jets)
    1967 - Charles Nagy, Fairfield CT, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
    1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
    1967 - Maro Mavri, Greek fashion model and actress
    1968 - Craig Hendrickson, CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
    1968 - Michael Titley, WLAF TE (London Monarchs)
    1968 - Robert David Burns, Mission Hills CA, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-5th)
    1968 - Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991)
    1969 - Bryan Ivie, Torrance California, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-br-92, 96)
    1970 - Harold Nash, CFL halfback (Montreal Alouettes)
    1970 - LaPhonso Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
    1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality
    1970 - Juan Acevedo, baseball player
    1970 - Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
    1970 - Will Arnett, Canadian-American actor
    1970 - Soheil Ayari, French racer
    1971 - Harold Miner, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
    1971 - Keith Hamilton, defensive end (NY Giants)
    1971 - Ken Brown, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
    1971 - Reggie Jones, wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
    1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
    1972 - Barrett Brooks, NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
    1972 - Brigitta Boccoli, Milan Italy, actress (Manhattan Baby)
    1972 - Janelle Lynn Canady, Miss Alaska USA (1996)
    1972 - Mikael Renberg, Pitea Swe, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, TB Lightning)
    1972 - Mike Hollis, kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1972 - Ron Snook, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
    1972 - Rushia Brown, WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers)
    1972 - Travis Jervey, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
    1972 - Wendy Kaye, Memphis Tenn, playmate (Jul, 1991)
    1972 - Zigmund Palffy, Skalica Slo, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
    1972 - James Cracknell, British rowing champion, double Olympic gold medalist
    1973 - Johan Hedberg, Nacka SWE, hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Oly-1998)
    1973 - Matt Dubuc, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
    1973 - Muhsin Muhammad, wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
    1973 - Tina Yothers, Whittier California, actresss (Jennifer-Family Ties)
    1974 - Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
    1975 - Christine Buschur, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska (1997)
    1976 - Sage Stallone, Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V)
    1976 - Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
    1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
    1977 - Tiffany Roberts, Petaluma California, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
    1978 - Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
    1978 - Morgan Pehme, American filmmaker and writer
    1978 - Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
    1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
    1980 - Bonnie Lynn Gagnon, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997)
    1980 - Yossi Benayoun, Israeli Footballer
    1980 - DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
    1981 - Danielle Christine Fishel, Mesa AZ, actress (Topanga-Boy Meets World)
    1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel
    1981 - Chris Duncan, baseball player
    1981 - Craig David, Southhampton England, English singer (7 Days, Insomnia)
    1982 - Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater canoer
    1982 - Randall Gay, National Football League player
    1982 - Edyta Sliwinska, Polish ballroom dancer
    1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
    1982 - Dieter Brummer, Australian TV Actor
    1983 - Henry Cavill, English actor
    1983 - Scott Ware, American footballer
    1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
    1984 - Eve Torres, American dancer and model
    1985 - Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
    1985 - Terrence Wheatley, American Football player
    1985 - P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
    1987 - Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
    1988 - Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996)
    1988 - Brooke Hogan, American singer
    1988 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer and songwriter
    1988 - Adele, English singer
    1989 - Chris Brown, American singer
    1990 - Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, NYC, daughter of Caroline

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    6th May


    973 - Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)
    1397 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)
    1501 - Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)
    1581 - Frans Francken, the Younger, painter
    1606 - Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter
    1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)
    1713 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
    1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
    1759 - Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
    1769 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
    1785 - Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
    1786 - Ludwig Borne, writer
    1790 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
    1797 - Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
    1800 - Ferdinand Marcucci, composer
    1800 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
    1801 - George Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
    1802 - Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist
    1806 - Chapin Aaron Harris, US, found America Society of Dental Surgeons
    1809 - William Walker, composer
    1812 - Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp
    1813 - Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
    1814 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist/composer
    1825 - Joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
    1829 - Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England
    1830 - Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet
    1838 - Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
    1843 - Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
    1849 - Wyatt Eaton, artist
    1856 - Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)
    1858 - Georges Adolphe Hue, composer
    1859 - Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
    1859 - Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet (Act of Simple Justice)
    1861 - Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)
    1861 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)
    1868 - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924)
    1868 - Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
    1869 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist
    1870 - Amedos Peter Giannine, San Jose California, founded Bank of America
    1870 - John McCutcheon, cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931)
    1871 - August Reusner, composer
    1871 - Ch Morgenstern, writer
    1871 - Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
    1872 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934)
    1875 - William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff (1949)
    1879 - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
    1879 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist (d. 1952)
    1880 - Baron W Edmund, Archangel & Ironside, British fieldmarshal
    1882 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951)
    1883 - Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher/author [or May 9]
    1888 - Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73)
    1889 - Arthur Morison, typographer
    1890 - Claire Whitney, NY, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine)
    1894 - Filip Lazar, composer
    1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle)
    1895 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
    1895 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974)
    1897 - Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube)
    1898 - Daniel Gerber, Freemont Mi, beloved by babies at mealtime
    1899 - Billy Cotton, British entertainer (d. 1969)
    1902 - Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
    1902 - Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
    1902 - Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
    1903 - Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (d. 1977)
    1904 - Catherine Lacey, London England, actress (Sorcerors)
    1904 - Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974)
    1904 - Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
    1904 - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984)
    1905 - Norman De Tar, composer
    1905 - [Bernard] Toots Shor, raconteur/restauranteur (Toots Shor)
    1906 - Andre Weil, [Bourbaki], French/US mathematician
    1906 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005)
    1907 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets)
    1908 - Necil Kazim Akses, composer
    1909 - Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (d. 2004)
    1910 - Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist
    1912 - Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth)
    1912 - Bill Quinn, NYC, actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family)
    1912 - Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral
    1913 - Carmen Cavallaro, NYC, actor (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe)
    1913 - Gyula David, composer
    1913 - Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist
    1913 - Kenneth Horne, English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire
    1913 - Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
    1913 - Stewart Granger, [James Stewart], London, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
    1915 - George Perle, Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality)
    1915 - John Arnold, British high court judge
    1915 - May Henriquez-Alvarez, Curacao, sculptor
    1915 - Orson Welles [George], Kenosha Wisc, actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), (d. 1985)
    1915 - Theodore H White, historian/writer (Making of President)
    1916 - Adriana Caselotti, animation voice (Show White)
    1917 - Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
    1918 - Godfrey Ridout, composer
    1918 - Sydney Chatton, England
    1919 - Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey
    1920 - John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)
    1921 - Erich Freid, writer
    1921 - Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer
    1921 - Robert Fell, CEO (British Stock Exchange)
    1922 - Alan Ross, editor (London Magazine)
    1922 - Carlos J Moorhead, (Rep-R-CA, 1973- )
    1922 - John Ernest, constructionist artist
    1922 - Pat Harder, Milwaukee, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions)
    1922 - Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (d. 1999)
    1923 - Elizabeth Sellars, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Chalk Garden)
    1923 - Guiseppe Martelli, physicist
    1923 - Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
    1924 - Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport Ct, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto)
    1924 - Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992)
    1925 - Patrick Meany, CEO (Rank Organization)
    1926 - John Hamilton-Jones, CEO (Richmond Enterprises)/British Maj-Gen
    1926 - Marguerite Piazza, New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway), (d. 2012)
    1926 - [Martin] Ross Hunter, Cleveland OH, actor (Ever Since Paris)
    1926 - Gilles Grégoire, Quebec politician, co-founder of the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
    1927 - Ettore Manni, Rome Italy, actor (Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell)
    1927 - Michael Frederick, cricketer (one Test WI v Engld 1954, scored 0 & 30)
    1928 - Robert Poujade, French politician
    1929 - John Polk Allen, Carnegie Oklahoma, CEO (Biosphere 2)
    1929 - John Taylor, bishop (St Albans)/Lord High Almoner to Queen
    1929 - Rosemary Camp, president (Council for British Archaeology)
    1931 - Marvin Leath, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- )
    1931 - Willie Mays, Westfield Alabama, baseball centerfielder (Giants, NY Mets), "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954)
    1932 - Gunther Hauk, composer
    1932 - John Bond, cricket umpire
    1932 - Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector
    1933 - Lord Pender
    1934 - Richard C Shelby, (Rep-D-AL (1979-86)/Sen-D-AL, 1987- )
    1936 - Joanna Dunham, actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood)
    1936 - Sylvia Robinson, rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange)
    1936 - Bernard Lemaire, French Canadian businessman (Cascades)
    1937 - Rubin Carter, American boxer
    1938 - Eleanor Platt, QC
    1938 - Jean Garon, Quebec economist and politician
    1938 - Larry Gogan, Irish radio personality
    1939 - Anthony Blacker, master-general of Ordnance
    1939 - Herbie Cox, rocker (Cleftones)
    1939 - Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina, Russian cosmonaut
    1940 - Henry Habibe, Arubian poet (Kerensentenchi)
    1940 - Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77)
    1941 - Fred J Eckert, (Rep-D-NY, 1985-87)
    1941 - Ghena Dimitrova, actress (Nabucco)
    1942 - Colin Earl, rocker
    1942 - Rin Kaiho, professional Go player
    1943 - Andreas Baader, leader of the German organization Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
    1944 - Anton Furst, American production designer (d. 1991)
    1944 - Masanori Murakami, First Japanese baseball player in major leagues
    1945 - Bob Seger, Dearborn Mich, folk singer (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down)
    1945 - Richard Eyers, LA California, actor (My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West)
    1945 - Victoria Bond, composer
    1946 - Jim Ramstad, (Rep-R-Minnesota)
    1946 - Susan Brown, actress (Gail Baldwin-General Hospital)
    1947 - Andy Roberts, cricketer (NZ batsman 1976)
    1947 - Ben Masters, Corvalis OR, actor (Vic-Another World, Making Mr Right)
    1947 - Dennis Cowan, London, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
    1947 - Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland Ore, high jumper (Oly-gold-68)
    1947 - Sandra Fisher, painter
    1947 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
    1947 - Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
    1948 - Richard Cox, NYC, actor (Mark-Executive Suite)
    1949 - David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon Mich, USN/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 45)
    1950 - Robbie McIntosh, drummer (Avg White Band-Show your Hand)
    1951 - Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990)
    1952 - Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut (STS 65, sk:95)
    1952 - Christian Clavier, French actor
    1952 - Michael O'Hare, American actor
    1953 - Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress (Josephine Baker, Equal Justice)
    1953 - Tony Blair, British Prime Minister (Labour, 1997-2007 )
    1953 - Michelle Courchesne, Quebec politician
    1953 - Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer/manager
    1954 - Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut
    1954 - Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician
    1955 - Donald A Thomas, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 65, 70, 83, 94)
    1955 - John Hutton, MP
    1955 - Tom Bergeron, American game show host
    1958 - Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
    1959 - Charles Hendry, Cuckfield Sussex, British Conservative Party politician
    1959 - Eric D Fingerhut, (Rep-D-Ohio)
    1959 - Kate Collins, Boston Mass, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children)
    1959 - Scott Hood, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Montana Open-2nd)
    1960 - Bart de Boer, Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green)
    1960 - Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego Oregon, actress (Frankie Reed-Sisters)
    1960 - Larry Steinbachek, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
    1960 - John Flansburgh, American musician
    1960 - Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
    1961 - Clay O'Brien, Ray Az, actor (Weedy-Cowboys)
    1961 - George Clooney, Lexington Kentucky, actor (Dr Douglas Ross-ER, Batman)
    1961 - Roma Downey, Derry Ireland, actress (1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel)
    1962 - Neil Foster, cricketer (England right-fast medium)
    1962 - Adam Yellin, American record producer
    1963 - Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina (American Ballet Theater)
    1964 - Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys California, actress (2 of Us, Shoot the Moon)
    1964 - Kim Oden, Ala, US Olympic volleyball player (NCAA Play of Decade-80s)
    1964 - Mike Grob, Billings Montana, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Manitoba-3rd)
    1964 - Mike McGruder, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
    1965 - Bob Bassen, Calgary, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
    1965 - Ken Harvey, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
    1965 - Norman Whiteside, British soccer player
    1965 - Paul Frase, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
    1965 - Tim Simpson, Atlanta GA, Nike golfer (1985 Southern Open)
    1965 - Zahid Sadiq, cricketer
    1967 - Patrick F Manning Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, rower (Olympic-92)
    1968 - Andy Kelly, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
    1968 - Linnea Marie Fayard, Shrevept La, Miss Louisiana-America (1991-5th)
    1968 - Lætitia Sadier, French singer (Stereolab)
    1969 - Mark Thomas, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Bears)
    1969 - Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
    1969 - Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer
    1970 - Emerson Martin, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers)
    1970 - Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
    1971 - Rob Holmberg, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
    1971 - Chris Shiflett, Guitarist for Foo Fighters
    1972 - Dean Larsson, BC Canada, Nike golfer (1994 Monterrey Open-46th)
    1972 - Martin Brodeur, Montreal, NHL goalie (NJ Devils, Team Canada)
    1973 - Clay Williams, OL (Indianapolis Colts)
    1973 - Joe Spiteri, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
    1973 - Wendy Ward, San Antonio Texas, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Classic-15th)
    1976 - Lindsay Page, Madison Wis, figure skater (1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd)
    1977 - Gabriela Aguilar, Miss Costa Rica Universe (1997)
    1977 - Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Trent Steed, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
    1978 - Fredrick Federley, Swedish politician
    1978 - John Abraham, American football player
    1978 - Alexander Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
    1979 - Nikki Hayes, Irish radio personality
    1980 - Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle (Olympics-gold-96)
    1980 - Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast (Oly-96)
    1980 - Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
    1980 - Scott Colton, American professional wrestler
    1980 - Mario Stojić, Croatian basketball player
    1980 - Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM)
    1980 - Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star
    1981 - Matthew Leone, bassist of Madina Lake
    1981 - Nathan Leone, lead singer of Madina Lake
    1981 - Edyta Sliwinska,Polish professional dancer
    1981 - Mark O'Connell, American drummer (Taking Back Sunday)
    1983 - Adrianne Palicki, American actress
    1985 - Chris Paul, All-Star NBA Point Guard
    1986 - Cindy Daniel, Quebec singer
    1986 - Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
    1987 - Moon Geun-young, South Korean actress
    1989 - Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakian tennis player
    1996 - Dominic Scott Kay, American actor

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    7th May


    1328 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)
    1530 - Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots
    1574 - Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)
    1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)
    1700 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist
    1704 - Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
    1724 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)
    1740 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)
    1748 - Olympe de Gouges, playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)
    1763 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general/marshal of France (d. 1813)
    1767 - Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
    1769 - Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
    1774 - William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)
    1787 - Jacques Viger, French Canadian politician, first mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)
    1795 - Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)
    1803 - Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
    1812 - Robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)
    1826 - Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905
    1827 - Francis Engle Patterson, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
    1832 - Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions)
    1833 - Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer
    1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer (1812 Overture, Swan Lake), (d. 1893) [NS]
    1845 - Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
    1847 - Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Lib), British PM (1894-95)
    1857 - William A. MacCorkle, American politician (d. 1930)
    1866 - Cornelis J K van Aalst, president (Dutch Trading Company)
    1867 - Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress (Hope of Blessing)
    1873 - Clarence Dickinson, composer
    1882 - Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer (Mend)
    1883 - Gino Roncaglia, composer
    1883 - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
    1885 - George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
    1887 - Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
    1890 - Billy House, Minn, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I)
    1891 - Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (d. 1988)
    1892 - Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe Ill, polit essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
    1892 - Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
    1893 - Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (d. 1985)
    1897 - Kitty McKane, England, tennis (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)
    1898 - Vera Chapman, writer
    1900 - Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
    1900 - Ralph Truman, London England, actor (Web of Evidence)
    1901 - Gary Cooper, Montana, actor (2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon)
    1901 - L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58)
    1901 - Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
    1902 - Sal Gliatto, baseball player
    1903 - Basil Nield, judge/politician
    1907 - Jef van Durme, composer
    1908 - Ed MacDonald, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
    1908 - Wouter Paap, composer
    1909 - Edwin H Land, inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))
    1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (d. 1993)
    1912 - Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist
    1914 - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (d. 1996)
    1916 - Huw Wheldon, British broadcaster (d. 1986)
    1917 - David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)
    1917 - William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert
    1918 - Argeliers Leon, composer
    1919 - Eva Peron-Duarte [Evita], Argentina, 1st lady/actress, (d. 1952)
    1921 - Gale Robbins, Chic, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex)
    1922 - Darren McGavin, Spokane Wash, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182)
    1922 - Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
    1922 - Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer, photojournalist (d. 2007)
    1923 - Anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
    1923 - Pete V Domenici, (Sen-R-NM, 1973- )
    1924 - Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)
    1926 - Val Bisoglio, NYC, actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME)
    1927 - Jim Lowe, Springfield Mass, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia"
    1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
    1927 - Jim Lowe, American singer
    1928 - John Ingle, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), (d. 2012)
    1928 - Marvin Mitchelson, attorney
    1929 - Dick Williams, baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
    1929 - Sally L Smith, educator/founder (Lab School of Wash)
    1929 - Babe Parilli, American football player
    1930 - Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut
    1930 - Horst Bienek, German poet
    1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
    1931 - Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)
    1931 - Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD)
    1931 - Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
    1932 - Hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer (Oh My Papa)
    1932 - Pete Domenici, Republican senator from New Mexico
    1933 - Johnny Unitas, NFL QB (Balt Colts, San Diego); one of the greats
    1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
    1934 - Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)
    1934 - Donald Russell Holler, composer
    1934 - Heinz Marti, composer
    1934 - Willard Scott, weatherman (Today)
    1935 - Kevin O'Connor, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)
    1935 - Isobel Warren, Canadian author
    1936 - Cornelius Cardew, composer
    1937 - Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player
    1938 - Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956)
    1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)
    1939 - Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge)
    1939 - Marco St John, New Orleans La, actor (Rayford-Ball Four)
    1939 - Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers, director Dutch/CDA-premier (1982-94)
    1939 - Volker Braun, writer
    1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
    1940 - Armando Krieger, composer
    1940 - John Irvin, actor (Moment in Time)
    1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
    1940 - Jim Connors, American Radio personality (d. 1987)
    1941 - Grahame Bilby, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1966)
    1943 - Christopher Taylor White, rocker
    1943 - Peter Horak, jetboat jumper
    1943 - Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes)
    1943 - Peter Carey, Australian author
    1944 - Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
    1944 - John Heard, actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big)
    1944 - Sivi Aberg, actress (Batman TV show)
    1944 - Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (d. 2006)
    1944 - Richard O'Sullivan, British actor
    1945 - Robin Strasser, NYC, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World)
    1945 - Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP (CDA)
    1945 - Christy Moore, Irish folk artist
    1946 - Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
    1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, Palo Alto CA, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead)
    1946 - Richard L Brodsky, US lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (D) (1983- )
    1946 - Brian Turner, English celebrity chef
    1948 - Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander)
    1949 - Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth England, playmate of the year (Jan, 1972)
    1949 - Stuart Marshall, director (Desire)
    1950 - Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
    1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor
    1950 - Tim Russert, Buffalo NY, American television journalist and host of NBC's Meet the Press, (d. 2008)
    1951 - David Whitton, campaigner
    1951 - Robert Hegyes, NJ, actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter)
    1952 - Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless)
    1952 - Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology)
    1953 - Pat McInally, American National Football League player
    1953 - Ian McKay, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
    1954 - Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
    1954 - Amy Heckerling, American director
    1955 - Peter Reckell, Elkhart, actor (Days of our Lifes)
    1955 - Kevin Reed, American theologian
    1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
    1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer
    1956 - Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host
    1957 - Shauna McDonald Brown, TV producer
    1957 - [Christopher St John] "Sinjin" Smith, LA CA, volleyballer (Oly-96)
    1957 - Ray Fernandez, American wrestler (d. 2004)
    1959 - Michael E Knight, Princeton NJ, actor (Date with Angel, All My Child)
    1959 - Robin L Freeman, St Charles MO, PGA golfer (1993 Northern Telecom-3rd)
    1959 - Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astro (STS 40, 52, 67, 80)
    1959 - Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985)
    1960 - Arnon Ohad, co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
    1960 - Adam Bernstein, American music video/television director
    1960 - Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist
    1961 - Linda Somers, Bitburg Germany, US marathoner (Olympics-31st-96)
    1961 - Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)
    1962 - Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel (Chips Something Special)
    1963 - Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
    1964 - Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams)
    1964 - Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Neth writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd)
    1964 - Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers)
    1964 - Doug Benson, American comedian
    1965 - Reuben Davis, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
    1965 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
    1966 - Anderson Cummins, cricketer (in Packer's Valley Barbados & WI quickie)
    1967 - Joe Rice, legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado
    1968 - Joe King, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
    1969 - Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
    1969 - Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
    1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
    1969 - Rick Porras, American co-producer
    1970 - Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
    1970 - Mark Smith, Pasadena CA, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
    1970 - Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champ)
    1971 - Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
    1971 - Dave Karpa, Regina, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
    1971 - Jose Munoz, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
    1971 - Rondell Jones, NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
    1971 - Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
    1972 - Chris Hayes, safety (NY Jets)
    1972 - John Holecek, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
    1972 - Vince Stewart, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
    1972 - Frank Trigg, American Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
    1973 - Dameian Jeffries, NFL defensive end (NO Saints)
    1973 - Kristian Lundin, record producer
    1973 - Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
    1974 - Scott Whittaker, center/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
    1974 - Breckin Meyer, American actor
    1974 - Ian Pearce, English footballer
    1975 - Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower (Olympics-96)
    1975 - Zee, American hip hop artist
    1976 - Nicholas Butcher, LA Ca, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Marko Milic, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
    1977 - Patrick Johnson, American broadcaster
    1978 - Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
    1978 - Brian Clevinger, American author
    1978 - Shawn Marion, American basketball player
    1979 - Katie Douglas, American basketball player
    1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
    1980 - Kate Lawler, English reality television personality and disc jockey
    1982 - Akos Buzsaky, Hungarian Football player
    1984 - Alex Smith, American football player
    1984 - Drew Stanton, American football player
    1984 - James Loney, American baseball player
    1985 - Drew Neitzel, American college basketball player
    1986 - Mark Furze, Australian actor
    1986 - Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys
    1987 - Katie Danza, daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza
    1987 - Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
    1988 - Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious
    1992 - Gavin Hetherington, British actor

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    8th May


    1326 - Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)
    1460 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
    1492 - Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
    1521 - Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
    1527 - Johann Walter, composer
    1587 - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
    1592 - Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
    1622 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
    1629 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
    1632 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
    1641 - Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
    1653 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
    1668 - Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
    1670 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
    1673 - Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
    1703 - Gottlob Harrer, composer
    1735 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)
    1737 - Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
    1738 - Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
    1742 - Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
    1745 - Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
    1750 - Elias Mann, composer
    1753 - Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence
    1763 - John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
    1778 - Johann Gansbacher, composer
    1786 - Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
    1786 - Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
    1803 - Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
    1806 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
    1810 - James Cooper, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
    1814 - Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
    1815 - Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer
    1821 - William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
    1824 - William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
    1825 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
    1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
    1828 - Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
    1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
    1833 - Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
    1836 - Bryan Morel Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
    1839 - Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
    1839 - Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist (O Canada) (d. 1920)
    1842 - Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
    1844 - Hermann Gradener, composer
    1846 - Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
    1850 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
    1853 - Charles Lee Williams, composer
    1853 - Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)
    1857 - Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
    1858 - John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
    1859 - Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
    1873 - Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
    1882 - Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
    1884 - Harry Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953), (d. 1972)
    1886 - Jef van Hoof, composer
    1891 - Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
    1892 - Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
    1893 - Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
    1893 - Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)
    1893 - Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
    1895 - Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
    1895 - Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
    1895 - Jose Gomez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
    1895 - James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (d. 1962)
    1899 - Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
    1899 - [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom)
    1899 - Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
    1901 - Turkey Stearnes, baseball player (d. 1979)
    1902 - Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist
    1902 - Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
    1903 - Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
    1903 - Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian (Grand Chef)
    1904 - John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
    1904 - John Snagge, commentator (BBC)
    1905 - Inglis Gundry, composer
    1905 - Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
    1906 - David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
    1906 - Roberto Rossellini, Rome Italy, director (Open City)
    1908 - Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
    1910 - Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
    1910 - Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
    1911 - Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
    1911 - Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
    1912 - George Woodcock, author
    1912 - Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
    1913 - Sidney James, [Cohen], Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
    1914 - Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
    1914 - Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980)
    1915 - John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
    1916 - Gordon Scarrott, engineer
    1916 - João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist
    1916 - Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
    1919 - Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
    1920 - Maurice Cranston, political scientist
    1920 - Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal
    1920 - Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d. 1991)
    1921 - Graham Leonard, bishop of London
    1921 - Saul Bass, designer
    1922 - Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
    1924 - Tristan Jones, sailor
    1925 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
    1925 - Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
    1926 - David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist
    1926 - Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
    1926 - Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
    1926 - Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
    1926 - Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
    1927 - Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
    1927 - Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
    1928 - Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
    1928 - William Jay Sydeman, composer
    1929 - V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
    1929 - Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician
    1930 - Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
    1930 - Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
    1930 - Heather Harper, soprano
    1931 - Charles M Wilson, composer
    1932 - Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
    1932 - Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
    1932 - Sonny Liston, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1970)
    1933 - Alistair Service, writer/publisher
    1934 - Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
    1934 - Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
    1935 - Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
    1935 - Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
    1935 - Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
    1936 - James Darren, actor (Time Tunnel)
    1936 - Neville Purvis, British vice admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
    1937 - Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
    1937 - Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
    1937 - Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
    1937 - Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
    1937 - Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician
    1937 - Mike Cuellar, baseball player
    1938 - Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
    1938 - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran
    1938 - Jean Giraud, Val-de-Marne, France, comic artist (Alien, Tron), (d. 2012)
    1939 - Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
    1940 - James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
    1940 - Peter Benchley, NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep), (d. 2006)
    1940 - Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
    1940 - Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician
    1940 - Toni Tennille, American singer
    1941 - James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
    1941 - Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
    1941 - John Fred, rocker
    1941 - Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
    1942 - Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
    1942 - Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
    1942 - Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
    1942 - Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
    1942 - Ruth Holland, journalist
    1942 - Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer
    1943 - Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
    1943 - Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
    1943 - Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
    1944 - Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
    1945 - Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
    1945 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
    1946 - André Boulerice, Quebec politician
    1947 - Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
    1947 - Phil Sawyer, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
    1947 - Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker (McCoys)
    1947 - H. Robert Horvitz, Nobel laureate
    1948 - John Reid, MP
    1948 - Maurizio Nichetti, actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
    1948 - Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
    1951 - Chris Frantz, Ky, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
    1951 - Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us)
    1951 - Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
    1952 - Beth Henley, Jackson Miss, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
    1952 - Charles J Camarda, NYC, PhD/astronaut
    1953 - Alex Van Halen, Amsterdam The Netherlands, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
    1954 - David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
    1954 - Pat Meyers, LPGA golfer
    1955 - Stephen Furst, Norfolk Va, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
    1956 - Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek California, soling yachter (Olymp-bronze-96)
    1957 - Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
    1957 - Jeff Wincott, Toronto Canada, actor (Night Heat)
    1957 - Bill Cowher, American football coach
    1958 - Lovie Smith, American football coach
    1959 - Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
    1960 - Franco Baresi, Italian footballer
    1960 - Eric Brittingham, American bassist
    1961 - Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
    1961 - David Winning, Canadian film director
    1961 - Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
    1962 - Terry Baker, CFL kicker (Montreal Alouettes)
    1963 - Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
    1963 - Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
    1963 - Terry Christian, British radio presenter
    1963 - Robin Jarvis, British writer
    1964 - Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto California, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
    1964 - Eric Brittingham, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
    1964 - Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
    1964 - Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
    1964 - Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
    1966 - Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
    1966 - Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer
    1966 - Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
    1968 - Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
    1968 - John Johnson, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
    1968 - Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
    1968 - Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
    1969 - Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
    1969 - Duane Forde, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
    1969 - Swift Burch, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
    1969 - Akebono Taro, sumo wrestler
    1970 - Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
    1970 - Marco Heering, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
    1970 - Michael Bevan, cricketer (dashing NSW & Australian lefty bat)
    1971 - Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
    1971 - Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
    1971 - Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
    1972 - Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
    1972 - Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
    1973 - Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
    1973 - Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist
    1974 - Calvin Branch, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
    1974 - Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)
    1974 - Korey Stringer, NFL tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
    1974 - Jon Tickle, English entertainer
    1975 - Enrique Iglesias, Madrid, Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop (Bailamos, Hero)
    1975 - Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
    1975 - Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver
    1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
    1976 - Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
    1976 - Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)
    1977 - Jennifer Walcott, American Playboy Playmate
    1978 - Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
    1978 - Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN)
    1978 - Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
    1978 - Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
    1978 - Matthew Davis, American actor
    1978 - Josie Maran, American model
    1979 - Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 Natl-13th)
    1980 - Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
    1980 - Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
    1981 - Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
    1981 - Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist
    1981 - Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
    1981 - John Maine, American baseball player
    1982 - Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
    1983 - Matt Willis, British singer
    1984 - Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
    1985 - Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress
    1986 - Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
    1987 - Felix Jones, American football player

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    9th May


    1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
    1265 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
    1596 - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
    1738 - John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet
    1740 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
    1783 - Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader
    1785 - James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
    1793 - Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
    1796 - August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
    1800 - John Brown, Torrington, Connecticut, American revolutionary abolitionist (d. 1859)
    1801 - Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
    1810 - Louis Gallait, historical painter
    1810 - WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I
    1814 - Adolph von Henselt, composer
    1824 - William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
    1829 - Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
    1833 - Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
    1837 - Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
    1843 - Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
    1844 - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
    1846 - Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
    1855 - Julius Rontgen, composer
    1860 - James Matthew (J.M.) Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan). Dies 1937.
    1865 - August de Boeck, composer
    1866 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
    1873 - Howard Carter, London, British archaeologist and egyptologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)
    1873 - Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
    1873 - Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
    1882 - Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
    1882 - George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
    1886 - Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
    1887 - Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer
    1887 - Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957)
    1888 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
    1892 - Eric Westberg, composer
    1892 - Zita, empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
    1893 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)
    1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
    1895 - Richard Barthelmess, NYC, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
    1899 - Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet
    1901 - Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady)
    1901 - George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
    1903 - Walter Dehmel, writer
    1906 - Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
    1907 - Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame)
    1907 - Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
    1907 - Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950)
    1908 - Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007)
    1909 - Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)
    1910 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
    1910 - P E Palia, cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
    1911 - Harry Simeone, Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show)
    1912 - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
    1912 - Per Imerslund, "The aryan idol" (d. 1943)
    1913 - John Hayes, Admiral
    1913 - Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
    1914 - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
    1914 - Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orchestra leader
    1914 - Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
    1914 - Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
    1914 - Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
    1915 - Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
    1916 - Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist
    1916 - Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby
    1916 - Douglas Guest, organist
    1917 - George Fleming, cyclist
    1917 - John Arnatt, actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
    1918 - Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes), (d. 2012)
    1918 - Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69)
    1919 - Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
    1920 - Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
    1920 - William Tenn, American author
    1921 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
    1921 - Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist
    1922 - Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
    1923 - Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
    1924 - Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
    1924 - Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
    1924 - Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
    1924 - Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
    1925 - Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
    1926 - Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England)
    1926 - Francis Kennedy, British diplomat
    1926 - Joshua Hassan, chief minister (Gibralter)
    1926 - Robin Cooke, pres (NZ Court of Appeal)
    1927 - John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
    1927 - Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
    1927 - Ray Katt, baseball player
    1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948), (d. 2012)
    1928 - Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer
    1928 - Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA California, tennis star (US 1948-49)
    1928 - Ralph Goings, American painter
    1929 - Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
    1929 - Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
    1930 - Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
    1931 - Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
    1932 - Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
    1932 - David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
    1932 - Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
    1932 - Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
    1932 - J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
    1933 - Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
    1934 - Alan Bennett, Engld, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
    1934 - John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
    1934 - Roy Massey, Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
    1935 - Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures)
    1936 - Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
    1936 - Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
    1936 - Glenda Jackson, Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love)
    1936 - Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)
    1936 - Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman (CBS)
    1937 - Dave Prater, Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
    1937 - Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
    1937 - José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
    1938 - Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
    1938 - Nokie Edwards, rocker (Ventures)
    1938 - Charles Simic Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
    1939 - Bruce Mather, composer
    1939 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player
    1939 - Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
    1939 - Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
    1939 - Nokle Edwards, rocker
    1939 - Ralph Boston, Laurel Miss, long jumper (Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68)
    1939 - Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
    1939 - Ion Tiriac, Romanian tennis manager
    1940 - Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
    1940 - James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
    1941 - Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter (Oly-silver-60)
    1941 - Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains)
    1941 - Pete Birrell, rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers)
    1942 - John D Ashcroft, (Gov-MO)
    1942 - Mike Millward, rocker
    1942 - Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
    1942 - William Olner, MP
    1943 - Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
    1943 - Maurice Foster, cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
    1943 - Tommy Roe, rocker
    1944 - Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)
    1944 - Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
    1945 - Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
    1946 - Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actr (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
    1947 - Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone)
    1948 - John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville TX, PGA golfer (1978 PGA Champ)
    1948 - Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
    1948 - Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
    1949 - Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
    1949 - Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
    1950 - James A Butts, LA California, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
    1950 - Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
    1950 - Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
    1951 - Alley Mills, Chicago Ill, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
    1952 - Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
    1953 - Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer (Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84)
    1953 - Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
    1953 - Ron Jackson, baseball player
    1953 - Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado)
    1954 - Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star
    1955 - Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science)
    1955 - Myra Blackwelder, LPGA golfer
    1955 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
    1955 - Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, (d. 2012)
    1956 - Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress
    1957 - Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
    1957 - John Stuper, baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
    1958 - Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
    1959 - Andrew Jones, cricketer (highly consistent for NZ at 1st drop)
    1959 - Asantha De Mel, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler)
    1960 - Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test v Pak 1995)
    1960 - Jim Reilly, rocker (Red Rockers)
    1960 - Tony Gwynn, LA CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
    1961 - Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
    1962 - Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me)
    1962 - John Corbett, actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure)
    1962 - Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
    1963 - Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
    1964 - Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)
    1964 - Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
    1965 - Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)
    1965 - Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
    1965 - Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)
    1965 - Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
    1965 - Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
    1966 - Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
    1968 - Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
    1968 - David Benoit, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, NJ Nets)
    1968 - Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner (Oly-2 gold-96)
    1968 - Vince Workman, NFL running back (Packers, Panthers, Colts)
    1969 - Carla Overbeck, Pasadena California, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
    1969 - Renn Crichlow, Ottawa Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-8-92, 96)
    1969 - Amber, Dutch musician
    1970 - Doug Christie, NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
    1971 - Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
    1972 - Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ)
    1972 - Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
    1972 - Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler (Olympics-92, 96)
    1972 - Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
    1972 - Daniela Silivas, Romanian gymnast
    1973 - Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
    1974 - Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
    1974 - Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
    1975 - Brian Deegan, Freestyle Motocross innovator
    1975 - Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
    1975 - Tamia, Canadian singer
    1976 - Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
    1977 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
    1977 - Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
    1978 - Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
    1978 - Aaron Harang, American baseball player
    1979 - Rosario Dawson, American actress
    1979 - Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
    1979 - Andrew W.K., American musician
    1979 - Brandon Webb, American baseball player
    1980 - Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
    1980 - Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)
    1980 - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
    1980 - Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
    1980 - Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
    1981 - Bill Murphy, American baseball player
    1982 - Rachel Boston, American actress
    1983 - Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
    1983 - Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
    1984 - Prince Fielder, American baseball player
    1985 - Jake Long, American football player
    1988 - Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer
    1988 - John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
    1996 - Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    10th May


    1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
    1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
    1604 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
    1697 - Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
    1705 - Gallus Zeiler, composer
    1724 - Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
    1727 - Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
    1730 - George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
    1741 - Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
    1746 - Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
    1754 - Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
    1760 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
    1760 - J P Hebel, writer
    1769 - Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
    1770 - Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
    1775 - Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
    1776 - George Thomas Smart, composer
    1780 - Peter Lichtenthal, composer
    1783 - Niccola Benvenuti, composer
    1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
    1788 - Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)
    1795 - Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
    1800 - Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
    1810 - James Shields, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
    1813 - Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
    1822 - August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
    1823 - John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
    1824 - Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
    1825 - Rudolf Viole, composer
    1830 - Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
    1837 - Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)
    1838 - James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
    1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American stage actor and assassin (President Lincoln)
    1840 - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
    1841 - James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)
    1843 - Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
    1843 - Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
    1847 - Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)
    1850 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
    1855 - Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]
    1857 - Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
    1858 - Frederick Zech Jr, composer
    1866 - Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)
    1867 - Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
    1868 - Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
    1872 - Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
    1873 - Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
    1873 - Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
    1874 - Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
    1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
    1877 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
    1878 - Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
    1879 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
    1882 - Thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
    1885 - Fritz v Unruh, writer
    1885 - Marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)
    1886 - Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
    1886 - Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
    1886 - Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
    1887 - Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)
    1888 - Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
    1889 - Mae Murray, Portsmouth, Virginia, American silent screen actress (d. 1965)
    1894 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
    1897 - Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1923)
    1897 - Ewart Levy
    1897 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
    1898 - Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
    1898 - Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
    1899 - Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
    1899 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)
    1901 - Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
    1902 - David O Selznick, Pittsburgh Pa, producer (Gone With the Wind)
    1902 - Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
    1902 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
    1903 - Kay Petre, early racing driver
    1903 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (d. 1994)
    1904 - David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
    1905 - Angus Paton, civil engineer
    1905 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
    1907 - Harilaos Perpessas, composer
    1908 - Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
    1908 - Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP
    1909 - Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist
    1909 - Lord Collison, British union leader (agriculture workers)
    1909 - Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
    1910 - Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
    1910 - Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
    1911 - Bel Kaufman, American author
    1912 - Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
    1912 - Erik Jorgensen, composer
    1912 - Harold Myers, film journalist
    1914 - Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
    1914 - Lord Smith, British surgeon
    1915 - Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
    1915 - Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
    1915 - Duke of Sutherland
    1915 - Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
    1915 - Salah Abou Seif, director
    1916 - Milton Babbitt, US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament)
    1918 - Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
    1918 - T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
    1918 - George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954)
    1919 - Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
    1919 - Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder
    1919 - Tibor Sarai, composer
    1920 - Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
    1921 - Bert Weedon, rocker
    1921 - Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
    1922 - David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
    1923 - John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
    1923 - Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
    1925 - Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
    1926 - Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
    1926 - Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
    1927 - Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
    1928 - Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president
    1929 - Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
    1929 - Marquess of Downshire
    1930 - June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
    1930 - Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/alchoholic
    1930 - Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
    1931 - Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
    1931 - Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
    1932 - Earl of Rothes
    1932 - Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
    1933 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, author
    1934 - Cliff Wilson, snooker player
    1934 - William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
    1934 - Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar
    1935 - Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners)
    1935 - Larry Williams, rocker
    1936 - Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
    1936 - Gary Owens, Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
    1936 - Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
    1936 - Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
    1936 - Jayne Cortez, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, poet (I see Chano Pozo), (d. 2012)
    1937 - Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
    1937 - Jim Hickman, baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
    1937 - Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
    1938 - Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
    1938 - Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
    1938 - Merritt Ranew, baseball player
    1938 - Michael Shea, director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press sect
    1938 - Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
    1938 - Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
    1938 - Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter and actor
    1940 - Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
    1940 - Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
    1940 - William Cash, MP
    1940 - Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
    1941 - Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
    1941 - Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
    1941 - Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
    1942 - Bill Coday, US singer (You're Gonna Then Me)
    1942 - Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
    1942 - Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
    1943 - Bruce Raymond, jockey
    1943 - James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
    1943 - Andrzej Badenski, Polish athlete (400 metres) (d. 2008)
    1943 - David Clennon, American actor
    1943 - Richard Darman, American economist
    1944 - Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
    1944 - Anne-Marie Pisier
    1944 - Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
    1944 - Jim Abrahams, Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
    1944 - Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
    1944 - Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
    1945 - Justice Laws
    1945 - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
    1946 - Graham Gouldman, Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
    1946 - Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
    1946 - Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
    1946 - Donovan, Scottish musician
    1947 - Jay Ferguson, Burbank California, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
    1947 - Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
    1947 - Paul Nicholas Young, architect
    1947 - Caroline Cooney, American author
    1947 - Thomas Tessier, American author
    1948 - Christopher Gent, CEO (Vodafone Group)
    1951 - Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
    1951 - Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
    1952 - Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
    1952 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
    1953 - Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer
    1953 - Lawrence Lau, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
    1953 - Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
    1953 - John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001)
    1953 - Tito Santana, Mexican-American professional wrestler
    1954 - Jeff Apple, Miami Florida, producer (In the Line of Fire)
    1955 - Bruce Hartzler, Wash DC, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
    1955 - Chris Berman, sportscaster (ESPN)
    1955 - Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon)
    1956 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist (d. 1995)
    1957 - Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier (Oly-gold/silver-80, 84)
    1957 - Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], England, bassist (Sex Pistols)
    1957 - Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier (Oly-Silver-80, 84)
    1958 - Ellen Ochoa, LA California, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
    1958 - Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
    1958 - Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
    1958 - Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Penn)
    1958 - Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
    1959 - Dan Schayes, NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
    1960 - Bono [Paul Hewson], Dublin, Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
    1960 - Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics)
    1960 - Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer (leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80's)
    1960 - Victoria Rowell, Portland ME, actress (Drucilla-Young & Restless)
    1961 - Blyth Tait, England, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
    1961 - Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
    1961 - Teri Copley, Arcadia California, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
    1961 - Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
    1962 - Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
    1962 - Joey Meyer, baseball player
    1962 - Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach FL, infielder (SF Giants)
    1963 - Lisa M Nowak, Wash DC, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
    1964 - Dean Spriddle, Plymouth Engld, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
    1965 - Jim Schreiner, Kailua Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
    1965 - Linda Evangelista, St Catherines Canada, model (Elite)
    1965 - Mike Butcher, baseball player
    1965 - Rony Seikaly, NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
    1965 - Todd Kalis, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
    1966 - Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
    1966 - Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
    1967 - Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
    1967 - Scott Brison, Canadian politician
    1967 - Jon Ronson, British journalist and author
    1967 - Young MC, American rapper
    1968 - Julie Smith, Glendora California, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
    1968 - Erik Palladino, American actor
    1968 - Al Murray, British comedian
    1969 - Curtis Whitley, NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
    1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Amsterdam Neth, soccer player (Ajax)
    1969 - Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
    1969 - Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
    1969 - Pete Schourek, Austin TX, pitcher (Cin Reds)
    1969 - John Scalzi, American writer
    1970 - Andre Stolz, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
    1970 - Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
    1970 - Dallas Roberts, American actor
    1970 - Gabriela Montero, Caracas Venezuela, Venezuelan-American pianist
    1971 - Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
    1971 - Eric Stock, soccer player (NEC)
    1971 - Ronnie Dixon, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, NY Jets)
    1971 - Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
    1972 - Akili Johnson, NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
    1972 - Emma Ridley, Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
    1972 - Farrell Duclair, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
    1972 - Stuart Carlisle, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
    1972 - Radoslaw Majdan, Polish footballer
    1973 - Jerome Williams, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
    1973 - Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
    1974 - Grant Williams, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
    1974 - Janet Reasons, Port Orchard Washington, Miss America-Washington (1997)
    1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
    1975 - Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Oly-98)
    1975 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
    1976 - Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
    1976 - Rob Malda, American internet writer/editor (Slashdot)
    1976 - Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
    1976 - Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
    1977 - Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World-silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
    1977 - Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
    1977 - Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver
    1977 - Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
    1978 - Kenan Thompson, American actor
    1979 - Lee Hyori, South Korean singer
    1981 - Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
    1982 - Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
    1982 - Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
    1982 - Jeremy Gable, American playwright
    1983 - Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
    1983 - Natalia Zabala, Miss Spain 2007
    1984 - Edward Mujica. Venezuelan baseball player
    1985 - Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
    1987 - Anej Lovrecic, Slovenian football (soccer) player
    1989 - Lindsey Shaw, American actress
    1991 - Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe
    1993 - Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
    1993 - Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
    2000 - Shyann McClure, American actress and model
    2004 - The Gosselin Sextuplets

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

    I really enjoyed reading these birthday lists. You list so many with the early ones who contributed to life with their greatness and leaders or inventors and later on list the athletics and celebrities mainly. And though I do enjoy seeing who has those birthdays, we as a society seem to move our focus on people who entertain more than change our lives. Just an interesting observation. Thanks Keith for your list here.

    Cheers :cool: Hondo



    Quote

    "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it"

    - John Wayne quote

    Saturday 11th May 2013


    1568 - Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)
    1571 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
    1654 - Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian
    1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
    1722 - Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)
    1731 - Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
    1733 - Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
    1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
    1763 - János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
    1772 - Henri-Jean Rigel, composer
    1791 - Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
    1799 - John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)
    1801 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
    1807 - Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)
    1811 - Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins
    1811 - Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)
    1817 - Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
    1821 - [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
    1823 - Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter
    1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
    1827 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
    1830 - John Converse Starkweather, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
    1835 - Karlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
    1838 - Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
    1840 - Filippo Capocci, composer
    1841 - Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter
    1852 - Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
    1854 - John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)
    1854 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)
    1855 - Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)
    1858 - Carl Hauptmann, writer
    1861 - Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
    1869 - Francisco Lacerda, composer
    1871 - Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)
    1875 - Harriet Quimby, American aviator (d. 1912)
    1878 - Jan Machiel Reyskens, oldest male resident of the Netherlands. Died 1990 aged 111.
    1881 - Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren)
    1881 - Pascual Rogatis, composer
    1881 - Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)
    1881 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)
    1882 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic
    1888 - Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
    1888 - P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council
    1888 - Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)
    1890 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
    1891 - Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45)
    1892 - Margaret Rutherford, England, actress (Murder Most Foul)
    1894 - Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader (NSB)
    1894 - Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920)
    1894 - Martha Graham, Allegheny Penn, choreographer (Appalachian Spring)
    1895 - Jan Parandowski, writer
    1895 - William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer (Afro-American)
    1896 - Josip Slavenski, composer
    1896 - Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter
    1897 - Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], S Afr writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)
    1897 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
    1899 - Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (d. 1963)
    1901 - Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)
    1902 - Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)
    1903 - Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)
    1904 - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer
    1904 - Salvador Dali, Figueras Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
    1905 - Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner
    1906 - Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)
    1907 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
    1907 - Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)
    1909 - Herbert Murrill, composer
    1910 - Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer
    1911 - Doodles Weaver, LA California, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
    1911 - Edgar Beck, president (John Mowlem)
    1911 - Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier
    1911 - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
    1912 - Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)
    1912 - Phil Silvers, Bkln NY, comedian (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show)
    1913 - Clare Grundman, composer
    1913 - Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show)
    1913 - Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
    1914 - Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (d. 1998)
    1916 - C J Cela, writer
    1916 - Camilo Jose Cela, Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)
    1917 - Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser
    1918 - Richard P Feynman, physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965)
    1918 - Robert Hunt, CEO (Dowty Group)
    1920 - Beryl Bryden, jazz singer
    1920 - Denver Pyle, Bethune Colo, actor (Dukes of Hazzard, Tammy, Doris Day)
    1921 - Ian Percival, QC/MP
    1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
    1922 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)
    1922 - Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
    1923 - Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)
    1923 - Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire
    1923 - Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon
    1924 - Antony Hewish, radio astronomer
    1924 - Jackie Milburn, English soccer star (Newcastle United)
    1924 - Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician
    1925 - Rhodes Boyson, MP
    1925 - Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
    1926 - Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics)
    1926 - Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur)
    1927 - Justice Hollis
    1927 - Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik (Big Party)
    1927 - Zilpha Keatly Snyder, US, sci-fi author (Headless Cupid)
    1927 - Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. 2007)
    1928 - Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
    1928 - Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary
    1929 - Edward Anson, British vice-admiral
    1930 - M J Hamlin, Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Dundee University)
    1930 - Stanley L Elkin, Bkln NY, writer/professor (Living End)
    1930 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
    1930 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. 2007)
    1930 - William Carey, Baltimore, Maryland, American businessman and philanthropist (W.P. Carey & Co. LLC) (d. 2012)
    1931 - Stephen Smalley, rev/dean (Chester)
    1932 - Henriette Santer, clinical Psychologist
    1932 - Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer
    1933 - Louis Farrakhan, minister (black islam nation, million man march)
    1934 - James M Jeffords, (Rep-R-VT, 1975- )
    1935 - Doug McClure, Glendale California, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots)
    1935 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
    1936 - Ulrich Berkes, writer
    1936 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
    1937 - David Allan, cricketer (West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66)
    1938 - Carla Bley, [Carla Borg], Oakland, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
    1938 - Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids Ia, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping)
    1939 - Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher
    1939 - Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
    1940 - Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer
    1940 - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
    1941 - Eric Burdon, Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
    1941 - Ian Redpath, cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
    1941 - Graham Miles, English snooker player
    1942 - Rachel Billington, British writer
    1943 - Arnie Satin, rocker
    1943 - George Edwards, composer
    1943 - Les Chadwick, bassist (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy)
    1943 - Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)
    1943 - Juliet Harmer, English actress
    1944 - John Benaud, cricketer (brother of Richie, Australian bat 1972-73)
    1946 - Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
    1947 - Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer (Allman Brothers)
    1948 - Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968)
    1948 - Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
    1948 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
    1950 - Dane Iorg, baseball player (Philles, Cards)
    1950 - Jeremy Paxman, broadcaster
    1951 - Mike Sleman, rugby player
    1952 - Darrow Igus, Newark NJ, comedian (Fridays, Roll Out)
    1952 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
    1952 - Frances Fisher, English-born actress
    1952 - Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
    1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
    1952 - Warren Littlefield, American television executive
    1953 - Boyd Gaines, Atlanta Ga, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing)
    1953 - David Gest, American television producer
    1954 - Edgar Riley Jr, rocker (Axe K)
    1954 - Judith Weir, composer
    1954 - John Gregory, English football manager
    1954 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
    1955 - Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group)
    1955 - Mark Herndon, Springfield Mass, country drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down)
    1955 - John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
    1956 - Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
    1956 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
    1957 - Luca Urbani, Rome Italy, MD/astronaut (STS 78-alt)
    1958 - Peter Antonie, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
    1958 - Walt Terrell, baseball player
    1959 - Martha Quinn, Albany NY, MTV VJ (Tracey-Bradys)
    1960 - Jorgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower (world record 1986)
    1961 - Cecile Licad, Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981)
    1961 - Diana Lee[-Hsu], Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988)
    1962 - Steve Bono, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
    1963 - Blair Piercy, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Cordova Bay Open)
    1963 - Mark Breland, Bkln NY, welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1984)
    1963 - Natasha Richardson, London England, actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale)
    1963 - Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
    1963 - Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
    1963 - Roark Critchlow, actor
    1964 - Bobby Witt, Arlington VA, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
    1964 - Drew Story, San Clemente California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
    1964 - Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher (Expos)
    1964 - Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
    1964 - John Parrott, snooker player
    1964 - Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ (MTV)
    1965 - Greg Dulli, American musician
    1965 - Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
    1966 - Chris Mohr, NFL punter (Buffalo Bills)
    1966 - Trenidad Hubbard, Chicago IL, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
    1966 - Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
    1967 - Eric Young, New Brunswick NJ, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
    1967 - Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer (son of Ian WA & SA right-handed batsman)
    1967 - Kenneth Gould, Chic Ill, Welterweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988)
    1968 - Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
    1969 - Amy Legacki, Terrytown NY, 10k runner
    1970 - Dean Capobianco, Australian 200m/400m (Olympics-92, 96)
    1970 - Michael Joubert, Australian 400m/800m (Olympics-96)
    1970 - Nicky Katt, American actor
    1970 - Glenn Hugill, British television presenter and producer
    1971 - Corey Fuller, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
    1971 - Yo Murphy, WLAF receiver (Scottish Claymores)
    1972 - Andrew Bonhomme, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
    1972 - Hicham El-Mashtoub, NFL center (Houston Oilers)
    1972 - Stefen Reid, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
    1972 - Anita Hegh, Australian actress
    1973 - Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
    1973 - Michelle Venturella, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
    1973 - Patrick Sapp, NFL offensive linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
    1973 - James Haven, American actor
    1974 - Roger Juffing, soccer player (Fortuna Sittard
    1974 - Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
    1974 - Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
    1974 - Benoît Magimel, French actor
    1974 - Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
    1977 - Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
    1977 - Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
    1977 - Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
    1977 - Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
    1977 - Matthew Newton, Australian actor
    1978 - Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica
    1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
    1979 - Erin Lang, Canadian musician
    1980 - Matthew Lawrence, Phila, actor (Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love)
    1981 - Austin O'Brien, actor (Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man)
    1981 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
    1981 - Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
    1982 - Jonathan Jackson, Orlando Fla, actor (Lucky-General Hospital)
    1982 - Andrew Walter, American football player
    1983 - Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
    1983 - Matt Leinart, American football player
    1983 - Holly Valance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Felicity "Flick" Scully-Neighbours) and singer
    1984 - Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
    1985 - Sifow (Shiho Fujita), Japanese pop star and business woman
    1986 - Abou Diaby, French footballer
    1986 - Ronny, Brazilian footballer
    1986 - Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch Professional Gamer
    1987 - Louis Murphy, American college football player
    1987 - Monica Rosu, Romanian gymnast
    1987 - Justin King, American football player
    1989 - Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
    1989 - Ace Hood, American rapper

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Sunday 12th May 2013


    1401 - Emperor Shoko (d. 1428)
    1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
    1590 - Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
    1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
    1626 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
    1662 - Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
    1670 - Frederick Augustus I/ August II, the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (reputed to have sired 355 children) (d. 1733)
    1679 - Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
    1700 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
    1725 - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
    1739 - Johann Baptist (Jan Krtitel) Vanhal, composer
    1751 - Gaetano Manna, composer
    1754 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
    1767 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)
    1776 - Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
    1790 - [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
    1797 - Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
    1803 - Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)
    1804 - Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish government in Canada (or 1904)
    1806 - Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
    1806 - J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
    1812 - Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
    1812 - Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
    1813 - Johann Czerski, German chaplin
    1820 - Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
    1828 - Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite figure
    1829 - Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
    1842 - Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
    1845 - Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
    1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)
    1863 - Charles Bordes, composer
    1867 - Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)
    1868 - Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
    1874 - Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
    1876 - Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
    1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
    1880 - W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
    1886 - Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
    1886 - Hermann Grabner, composer
    1886 - Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
    1887 - Nandor Zsolt, composer
    1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
    1892 - Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970)
    1894 - Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)
    1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
    1899 - Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
    1900 - Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)
    1901 - Hyam Greenbaum, composer
    1902 - Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
    1903 - Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
    1903 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
    1906 - William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist
    1907 - Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)
    1907 - Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
    1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)
    1910 - Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
    1910 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
    1912 - Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet
    1912 - Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
    1914 - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
    1914 - Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
    1914 - Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
    1915 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
    1916 - Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer
    1917 - Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor
    1918 - Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
    1918 - Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (d. 1953)
    1921 - Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer
    1921 - Giovanni Benelli, archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate
    1921 - Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter
    1921 - Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
    1921 - Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist
    1922 - Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter
    1922 - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
    1923 - Ewart G Abner, record company executive
    1923 - Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
    1923 - Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire
    1924 - Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician
    1925 - John Simon, theater critic (NY Times)
    1925 - Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets)
    1925 - Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)
    1926 - Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
    1926 - Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
    1928 - Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
    1928 - Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
    1928 - Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (d. 2002)
    1929 - Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
    1929 - Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia
    1930 - Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood California, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)
    1931 - Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
    1933 - Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet
    1935 - Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
    1936 - Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
    1936 - Guillermo Endara, President of Panama
    1936 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (d. 2007)
    1936 - Frank Stella, American painter
    1937 - Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
    1937 - George Carlin, Bronx, comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash)
    1937 - Gerry E Studds, (Rep-D-MA, 1973- )
    1938 - Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident
    1938 - Millie Perkins, Passaic NJ, actress (Jane-Knots Landings)
    1938 - Susan Hampshire, London England, actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free)
    1939 - Ronald Ziegler, press secretary (Nixon)
    1939 - Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician
    1939 - Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league footballer
    1941 - Anthony Newman, LA California, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb)
    1941 - Little Jayotis Washington, US R&B singer (Persuasions)
    1941 - Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
    1942 - Barry B[rookes] Longyear, US, sci-fi author (City of Baraboo)
    1942 - Dumitru Dediu, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40 backup)
    1942 - Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd)
    1942 - Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic
    1942 - Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau La, rocker (I Can Help)
    1943 - David Walker, rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring)
    1943 - Linda Dano, LA California, actress (Felicia Gallant-Another World)
    1944 - Eva Demski, writer
    1944 - James Purify, US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
    1945 - Jayotis Washington, rocker
    1945 - Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
    1945 - Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
    1945 - Patrick Ricard, French businessman
    1946 - Ian McLagan, rocker (Faces)
    1946 - Leonard Baichan, cricketer (WI opener, 103 v Pakistan on debut 1975)
    1946 - L. Neil Smith, American science fiction author
    1947 - Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
    1947 - Micheline Lanctôt, American film actor, director and screenwriter
    1947 - catherine yronwode, American writer and editor
    1948 - Lindsay Ann Crouse, NYC, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart)
    1948 - Steve Winwood, England, rock bassist (A Higher Love)
    1950 - Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
    1950 - Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin Ill, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King, Babylon 5)
    1950 - Gabriel Byrne, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hello Again, Cool World)
    1950 - Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
    1950 - Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter (Oly-gold-72)
    1950 - Shozo Fujii, judoka
    1951 - Gunnar Larrson, Sweden, 200m/400m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
    1955 - Kix Brooks, Shreveport La, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man)
    1956 - Homer Simpson, fictional character from the long running television show "The Simpsons"
    1956 - Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
    1956 - Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian
    1957 - Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker, 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers)
    1957 - Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
    1958 - Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
    1958 - Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
    1958 - Kim Greist, Stamford CT, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter)
    1958 - Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist
    1958 - Eric Singer, American drummer
    1959 - Dave Christian, Minn, NHL right wing (Wash Caps, Olympic-gold-1980)
    1959 - Ving Rhames, American actor
    1960 - Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988)
    1960 - Lisa Ondieki, Australian marathoner (Olympics-7th-84, 88, 96)
    1961 - Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen)
    1961 - Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
    1961 - Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
    1961 - Thomas Dooley, German-American Soccer Player
    1962 - Amy Benz, Rochester NY, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd)
    1962 - Emilio Estevez, NYC, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks)
    1962 - Mark Bradshaw, Happy Camp California, diver (Olympics-96)
    1962 - Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph)
    1963 - Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver
    1963 - Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (d. 2001)
    1964 - Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, LA California, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
    1965 - Stacy Wilson, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
    1965 - Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
    1966 - Rafael Bournigal, Azua Dom Rep, infielder (Oakland A's)
    1966 - Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects)
    1966 - Steven Conran, Lithgow NSW, Australasia golfer
    1966 - Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
    1967 - Cara Coughenour, Sioux City IA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
    1967 - Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
    1967 - Robert Blackmon, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks)
    1967 - Warren Rychel, Tecumseh, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
    1968 - Mark Clark, Bath Ill, pitcher (NY Mets)
    1968 - Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
    1968 - Scott Schwartz, American actor
    1968 - Catherine Tate, British comedian
    1969 - Kim Fields Freeman, LA California, actress (Tootie-Facts of Life)
    1969 - Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer
    1969 - Kevin Nalty, famed YouTuber
    1970 - Andreas Hestler, Victoria BC, cyclist (Olympics-96)
    1970 - Andrew Coltart, Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer
    1970 - James Michael Furyk, West Chester PA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
    1970 - Mike Malizia, Utica NY, Nike golfer (1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st)
    1970 - Mike Weir, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Ontario Amateur-1990, 92)
    1970 - Stevie Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
    1970 - Todd Hallett, Shelburne Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-7-92, 96)
    1970 - Samantha Mathis, American actress
    1971 - Craig Novitsky, NFL tackle (NO Saints)
    1971 - Jamie Luner, Palo Alto California, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us)
    1971 - Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
    1971 - Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
    1972 - Annette Albertson, Reno Nevada, Miss America-Nevada (1997)
    1972 - David Oaks, 100m/200m runner
    1972 - Jason Kyle, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
    1972 - Michelle Kahn, Miss Universe-Trinidad & Tobago (1996)
    1972 - Paul Stout, Saugus California, actor (Phillip-Scarecrow & Mrs King)
    1973 - MacKenzie Astin, LA California, actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids)
    1973 - Stefano Margoni, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
    1973 - Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress
    1973 - Travis Lutter, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
    1974 - Anna Ozolins, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
    1974 - Tiffany Stoker, Clovis California, Miss America (California-4th-1996)
    1975 - Lawrence Phillips, running back (St Louis Rams)
    1975 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer
    1976 - Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
    1977 - Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star
    1977 - Monique de Bruin, Porland Oregon, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
    1977 - Graeme Dott, British snooker player
    1977 - Rebecca Herbst, American actress
    1978 - Amy Wheaton, actress (Curse)
    1978 - Thomas Odoyo, cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
    1978 - Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
    1978 - Jason Biggs, American actor
    1978 - Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer
    1978 - Josh Phelps, American baseball player
    1978 - Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume)
    1979 - Erdinç Saçan, Turkish-Dutch politician
    1979 - Andre Carter, American football player
    1979 - Steve Smith, American football player
    1981 - James Graham - Founder HistoryOrb.com
    1981 - Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
    1981 - Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999
    1983 - Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
    1985 - Tally Hall, American soccer player
    1985 - Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
    1986 - Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
    1988 - Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
    1992 - Malcolm David Kelley, American actor
    1995 - Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten, American actors
    1995 - Luke Benward, American actor

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Monday 13th May 2013


    1024 - Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)
    1254 - Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)
    1314 - Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint
    1588 - Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
    1592 - John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist
    1638 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
    1655 - Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)
    1699 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
    1707 - Carl von Linné, Swedish scientist (d. 1778)
    1712 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
    1717 - Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)
    1729 - Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker
    1730 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British PM (1765-66, 1782) and Whig
    1735 - Horace Coignet, composer
    1742 - Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
    1746 - Oliver Brownson, composer
    1753 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
    1756 - Wojciech Zywny, composer
    1761 - Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
    1776 - Charles Ots, composer
    1776 - Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer
    1792 - Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)
    1794 - Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
    1795 - Joshua Ratoon Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
    1795 - Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
    1822 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
    1828 - Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer
    1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor (Confederacy), died in 1894
    1831 - Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies
    1840 - L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)
    1842 - Arthur Seymour Sullivan, London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
    1843 - Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
    1847 - Johannes Haarklou, composer
    1854 - Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch director (Lost & Found, Silvia Silombra)
    1854 - Paul Klengel, composer
    1856 - Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art
    1856 - Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)
    1857 - Ronald Ross, England, pathologist (Nobel 1902)
    1859 - Eugust Enna, composer
    1866 - Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer
    1867 - Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
    1868 - Paolo Gallico, composer
    1874 - Henry Clough-Leiter, composer
    1876 - Raoul Laparra, composer
    1881 - Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer
    1882 - Georges Braque, Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, French cubist painter and sculptor (Bike)
    1883 - Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies)
    1883 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. 1962)
    1886 - Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite)
    1891 - Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl)
    1894 - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
    1896 - Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
    1898 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
    1900 - Jos Panhuysen, author (Pornographer)
    1903 - Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
    1903 - Paul Page, Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth)
    1904 - Alfred Earle Birney, poet
    1904 - Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
    1906 - Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer
    1907 - Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist
    1907 - Daphne du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Parasites)
    1907 - Laurence Kirwan, archaeologist
    1908 - Michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
    1911 - Maxine Sullivan, [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places)
    1911 - Robert Middleman, Cin Oh, actor (Barney-Monroes)
    1911 - Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. 1977)
    1912 - Helen Craig, San Antonio TX, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night)
    1912 - Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
    1912 - Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
    1913 - Sanjiva Reddy, president (India)
    1913 - William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
    1913 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
    1914 - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
    1915 - John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
    1917 - Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
    1917 - Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curacao)
    1918 - John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
    1918 - T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984)
    1920 - Ratu Kasmisere Mara, PM of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )/pres (1994- )
    1920 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
    1921 - Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
    1922 - Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
    1922 - Beatrice Arthur, American actress
    1924 - Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
    1924 - Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
    1926 - Beatrice Arthur, [Frankel], NY, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls)
    1926 - Wallace Breem, British author
    1927 - Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post)
    1927 - Herbert Ross, director/choreographer (Footloose)
    1927 - Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958)
    1928 - Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
    1928 - Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
    1928 - Jim Shoulders, Champion rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
    1930 - Mike Gravel, (Sen-R-Alaska)
    1930 - Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
    1931 - Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)
    1931 - Jim Jones, reverend, poisoned over 100 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre)
    1931 - Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
    1931 - William Utting, chief inspector (British Social Services)
    1931 - Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
    1933 - Alden Ashforth, composer
    1933 - Sid Morrison, (Rep-R-WA, 1981- )
    1933 - Stig Gustav Schonberg, composer
    1934 - Adolf Muschg, writer
    1934 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)
    1935 - Nigel Butterley, composer
    1935 - Yizhak Sadai, composer
    1935 - Dominic Cossa, American baritone
    1936 - Alan Rayfield, governor (Long Latin Prison)
    1936 - Rafael Campos, Santiago Dominican Republic, actor (Tonka)
    1937 - John Cope, MP/Paymaster General
    1937 - Judith Somogi, NYC, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982)
    1937 - Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author (6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber)
    1937 - Zohra Lampert, NYC, actress (Doctor's Hospital)
    1937 - Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
    1937 - Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio
    1938 - Buck Taylor, Hollywood California, actor (Monroes, Gunsmoke)
    1938 - Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
    1938 - Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
    1939 - Anthony Hide, racehorse trainer
    1939 - Harvey Keitel, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
    1939 - Terry Dill, Forth Worth TX, PGA golfer (1992 Bank One Senior Classic)
    1939 - William W Cobey Jr, (Rep-R-NC, 1985-87)
    1939 - Hildrun Claus, German athlete
    1940 - Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
    1940 - Richard Brooks, singer (Impressions)
    1941 - Joe Brown, singer/guitarist
    1941 - Ritchie Valens, singer (Donna, La Bamba)
    1941 - Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress (Cast a Giant Shadow)
    1942 - Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist
    1942 - Vladimir A Dzhanibekov, USSR, cosmo (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
    1943 - Mary Wells, Detroit, singer (My Guy)
    1944 - Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
    1944 - Carolyn Franklin, US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel)
    1944 - Clive Radley, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1978)
    1944 - Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist
    1944 - Armistead Maupin, American author
    1945 - Magic Dick, [Richard Salwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
    1945 - Sam Anderson, American actor
    1946 - Danny Klein, NYC, rock bassist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
    1946 - Tim Pigott-Smith, actor (Sweet William, Jewel in Crown)
    1947 - David Hughes, cricketer
    1947 - Pete "Overend" Watts, rock bassist (Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes)
    1947 - Stephen R Donaldson, US, sci-fi author (Lord Foul's Bane)
    1947 - Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
    1949 - Franklin Ajaye, BKln NY, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
    1949 - John Glover, conductor
    1949 - Overend Watts, rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
    1949 - Zoe Wanamaker, actress (Raggedy Rawney)
    1950 - Danny Kirwan, London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
    1950 - John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man)
    1950 - Stevie Wonder, Saginaw, Michigan, American singer-songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love)
    1951 - Paul Thompson, rock drummer (Roxy Music)
    1951 - Selina Scott, TV newscaster (West 57th)
    1951 - Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont
    1952 - John R Kasich, (Rep-R-OH, 1983- )
    1952 - Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
    1952 - Sew Shivnarine, cricketer (3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain)
    1954 - Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
    1956 - Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
    1956 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
    1957 - Claudie Andre-Deshays, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
    1957 - Eloise Broady, Houston Tx, playmate (Apr, 1988)
    1957 - Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
    1957 - Andrea Klump, German terrorist
    1958 - Frances Barber, Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
    1959 - Robert Earnshaw, racehorse trainer
    1960 - Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn, actor (Pastorale)
    1960 - Shannon Vessup-Millen, LA California, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1991)
    1961 - Dennis Rodman, Trenton, New Jersey, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
    1962 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
    1962 - Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
    1962 - Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
    1962 - Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
    1963 - Julian Brookhouse, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
    1963 - Wally Masur, England, tennis star
    1964 - Sam Randolph, Santa Barbara CA, Nike golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
    1964 - Sara Gomer, England, tennis star
    1964 - Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
    1964 - Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
    1964 - Tom Verica, American actor
    1965 - Chris Washburn, NBAer
    1965 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
    1965 - Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
    1965 - Tasmin Little, English violinist
    1965 - Lari White, American country music singer
    1966 - Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
    1966 - Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
    1966 - Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
    1967 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
    1967 - Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. (d. 2001)
    1968 - Annette DeLuca, North Bergen NJ, LPGA golfer
    1968 - James Harris, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
    1968 - Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
    1968 - Buckethead, Guitarist
    1968 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
    1968 - PMD, American rapper
    1969 - Lyle Mouton, Lafayette Louisiana, outfielder (Chic White Sox)
    1969 - André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk)
    1970 - Doug Evans, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
    1970 - Giuseppe Busillo, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
    1970 - Mark Beaufait, Royal Oak Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
    1970 - Mitch Lyons, NFL tight end (Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers)
    1970 - Selwyn Jones, NFL defensive back (Seahawks, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32)
    1971 - Hamish Pepper, Auckland NZ, laser single handed yachter (Olympics-96)
    1971 - Michael Sirotka, Chicago IL, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
    1971 - Rob Fredrickson, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
    1971 - Tom Nalen, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
    1972 - Darryl Sydor, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
    1972 - Josh Heinrich, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
    1972 - Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
    1973 - Brooke Jennifer Gambrell, Boise Idaho, Miss America-Idaho (1996)
    1973 - Michelle Mouser, Miss USA-Ohio (1997)
    1974 - Albert Connell, wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
    1974 - Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
    1974 - Brian Geraghty, American actor
    1974 - Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat)
    1975 - Chris Crawford, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
    1976 - Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
    1977 - Diane Halber, Torrance California, fig skater (1996 Natl Collegiate champ)
    1977 - Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
    1977 - Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
    1977 - Neil Hopkins, American actor
    1977 - Samantha Morton, English actress
    1977 - Robby Hammock, baseball player
    1978 - Mike Bibby, American basketball player
    1978 - Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
    1978 - Barry Zito, American baseball player
    1978 - Steve Mildenhall, English football player
    1978 - Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
    1979 - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
    1979 - Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5)
    1980 - Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
    1980 - Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
    1981 - Sunny Leone, Canadian model
    1981 - Jimmy Yang, American wrestler
    1981 - Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
    1982 - Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
    1982 - Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
    1983 - Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
    1983 - Casey Donovan, Australian singer
    1983 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
    1983 - Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
    1984 - Caitlin Murphy, Australian actress and Model
    1985 - Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
    1986 - Giuliana Marino, Playboy Playmate of the Year, Germany 2005
    1986 - Robert Pattinson, London, English actor (Cedric Diggory-Harry Potter, Edward Cullen-Twilight)
    1986 - Scott Sutter, Swiss footballer
    1987 - Hunter Parrish, American actor
    1993 - Debby Ryan, American actress

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Tuesday 14th May 2013


    1316 - Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-78). Dies 1378
    1553 - Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
    1652 - Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
    1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
    1679 - Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
    1686 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
    1699 - Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
    1701 - William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
    1707 - Antonio Teixeira, composer
    1710 - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
    1725 - Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
    1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
    1737 - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
    1752 - Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
    1752 - Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
    1771 - Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
    1781 - Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian
    1798 - Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
    1805 - Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
    1814 - Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
    1816 - Gualtiero Sanelli, composer
    1817 - Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
    1830 - George Pierce Doles, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
    1832 - Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
    1836 - James Patrick Major, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
    1846 - Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
    1846 - Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
    1864 - Eleanor Everest Freer, composer
    1867 - Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
    1870 - Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
    1872 - Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
    1878 - James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
    1880 - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
    1881 - Ed Walsh, American baseball pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)
    1881 - G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
    1883 - Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)
    1883 - Julian Eltinge, Mass, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator
    1885 - Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel)
    1888 - Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London)
    1890 - Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (d. 1974)
    1891 - Egon Kornauth, composer
    1892 - Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer
    1892 - Felix Petyrek, composer
    1893 - Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky, composer
    1893 - Louis Verneuil, French playwright (d. 1952)
    1895 - Lew Lehr, Phila, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One)
    1895 - Renato Lunelli, composer
    1897 - Sidney Bechet, US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
    1897 - Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (d. 1948)
    1898 - Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer
    1898 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer
    1899 - Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
    1899 - Earle Combs, American baseball player (d. 1976)
    1900 - Billie Dove, [Lilian Bohny], NYC, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride)
    1900 - Leo Smit, composer
    1900 - Hal Borland, American author (d. 1978)
    1900 - Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
    1901 - Robert Ritter, German psychologist (d. 1951)
    1903 - Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
    1904 - Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (d. 1973)
    1904 - Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
    1905 - Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
    1906 - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi (1964-94)
    1906 - James Flavin, Portland Me, actor (Man With a Camera)
    1907 - Dick Bentley, entertainer
    1907 - Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan)
    1907 - Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (d. 2005)
    1907 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
    1909 - Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR, International Chess Master (1950)
    1911 - Hans Vogt, composer
    1911 - J Borremans, Belgian politician (communist)/MP
    1912 - Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator
    1915 - Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
    1916 - Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
    1916 - Del Moore, American comedian (d. 1970)
    1916 - Marco Zanuso, Italian architect
    1917 - Herta Ryder, literary agent
    1917 - Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel)
    1918 - Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
    1919 - Heloise Bowles, columnist Heloise's mother (Hints from Heloise)
    1919 - Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister (CRM 1965-66)
    1919 - Solange Chaput-Rolland, French-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
    1919 - John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
    1921 - Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor (d. 2007)
    1922 - Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
    1922 - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show)
    1922 - Franjo Tuđman, Croatian politician (d. 1999)
    1923 - Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)
    1923 - Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
    1924 - Joly Braga Santos, composer
    1925 - Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)
    1925 - Tristram Ogilvie Cary, composer
    1925 - Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player
    1926 - Cestmir Gregor, composer
    1926 - Eric Morecambe, London, comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Piccadilly Palace)
    1927 - Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer
    1927 - Herbert W. Franke, Austrian writer
    1928 - Will "Dub Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
    1928 - Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist and inventor
    1929 - Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
    1929 - Henry McGee, British actor (d. 2006)
    1929 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
    1929 - Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer
    1930 - Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- )
    1930 - Phillipo Seed, social work academic
    1931 - Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr, composer
    1932 - Robert Bechtle, American painter
    1933 - John Mortimore, cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64)
    1933 - Lajos Kovacs, Hungary, actor (Wings of Desire)
    1933 - Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector
    1933 - Michael Chevalier, German voice actor
    1934 - Frederik von Pallandt, singer
    1934 - Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
    1936 - Bobby Darin, [Walden Waldo Cassotto], Bronx, singer (Mack the Knife)
    1937 - Dick Howser, shortstop (Kansas City A's), manager (KC Royals)
    1937 - Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris)
    1937 - Peter Frederic Williams, composer
    1939 - M N Fathulin, cosmonaut
    1940 - Chay Blyth, English sailor (Alone in Order to the World)
    1940 - Troy Shondell, American singer
    1940 - 'H'. Jones, British Soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
    1941 - Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
    1942 - Byron L Dorgan, (Rep-D-ND, 1981- )
    1942 - Gerald Mark Shapiro, composer
    1942 - Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire
    1942 - Tony Perez, baseball player
    1942 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete (d. 2003)
    1942 - Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
    1943 - Alan B Mollohan, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
    1943 - Dereck "Lek" Leckenby, guitarist
    1943 - Elizabeth Ray, Marshall NC, congressman Wayne Hays' lover
    1943 - Jack Bruce, Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room)
    1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
    1944 - Francesca Annis, London England, actress (Madame Bovary, Dune)
    1944 - Gene Cornish, Ottawa, rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals)
    1944 - George Lucas, Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)
    1944 - Troy Shondell, rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell)
    1945 - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
    1946 - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer
    1946 - Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits-Kinda Hush)
    1946 - Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor (Jarvik 7 artificial heart)
    1947 - Al Ciner, Chicago Ill, rock guitarist (American Breed)
    1947 - Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
    1947 - Karin Struck, writer
    1947 - Tamara Dobson, Baltimore MD, actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones)
    1948 - Bob Woolmer, cricketer (England batsman mid-70's)
    1948 - Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
    1948 - Walter Olkewicz, Bayonne NJ, actor (Last Resort, Wizards & Warriors)
    1949 - Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
    1950 - Mark Blum, Newark NJ, actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio)
    1951 - Robert Zemeckis, American film director (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future)
    1951 - Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
    1951 - Seasan Hubley, [Susan], NYC, actress (Vice Squad, Hardcore)
    1952 - David Byrne, Dumbarton Scotland, rock guitarist/singer (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House)
    1952 - Donald R McMonagle, Flint Mich, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66)
    1952 - M J Smith, LPGA golfer
    1952 - Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
    1953 - Bill Meek, Upland PA, prone rifle (Olympics-8th-1996)
    1953 - Tom Cochrane, Toronto Canada, rock vocalist/guitarist (Red Rider)
    1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
    1954 - Jens Sparschuh, German writer
    1955 - Peter Kirsten, cricketer (South African middle-order batsman)
    1955 - [Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher (Orioles, Expos, Indians)
    1956 - Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, US, sci-fi author (Hawk of May)
    1956 - Steve Hogarth, Kendal England, vocals (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
    1957 - William G Gregory, Lockport NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 67)
    1957 - Leon White, American professional wrestler
    1958 - Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
    1959 - Connie Brighton, Wichita Falls TX, playmate (Sept, 1982)
    1959 - Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
    1959 - Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco)
    1960 - Carlyle Best, cricketer (WI batsman late 80's)
    1960 - Frank Nobilo, Auckland NZ, Australasia golfer
    1960 - Anne Clark, English singer
    1960 - Steve Williams, American wrestler
    1961 - Tim Roth, London England, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Vincent & Theo)
    1961 - Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
    1961 - Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey coach
    1962 - C C Deville, rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
    1962 - Ian Astbury, Merseyside, rock vocalist (Cult-Fire Woman)
    1963 - Pat Borders, Columbus OH, catcher (California Angels)
    1964 - James M Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Capt USAF/astronaut
    1964 - Nancy Sorel, actress (Generations, Black Foix)
    1964 - Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster
    1965 - Curt Harnett, Toronto Ontario, sprint cyclist (Olympics-bronze-92/96)
    1965 - Dave Widell, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1965 - Joey Cora, Caguas Puerto Rico, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
    1965 - Kelvin Martin, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
    1965 - Eoin Colfer, Irish writer
    1966 - Fab Morvan, France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli)
    1966 - Fabrice Morvan, Guadeloupe, singer (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know)
    1966 - Leroy Blugh, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
    1966 - Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
    1966 - Pooh Richardson, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
    1966 - Marianne Denicourt, French actress
    1966 - Raphael Saadiq, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
    1967 - Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown, Des Moines Iowa, 400m runner
    1967 - Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
    1967 - Tony Siragusa, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Balt Ravens)
    1967 - Valeria Marini, Rome Italy, sports commentator (Italian Soccer)
    1968 - Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
    1969 - David William Wood, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever)
    1969 - Cate Blanchett, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Elizabeth, Galadriel-The Lord of the Rings)
    1970 - Natasha Ryan, LA California, actress (Amy-Ladies' Man)
    1970 - Sylvester Stanley, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
    1971 - Raphael Wiggins, Oakland California, rapper (Lifelines)
    1971 - Sofia Coppola, American director
    1972 - Chad Cascadden, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
    1972 - Gabriel Mann, American actor
    1972 - Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician
    1973 - John Davis, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
    1973 - Shanice, [Wilson], Pittsburgh Pa, vocalist (Discovery, Loving You)
    1973 - Voshon Lenard, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
    1973 - Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer
    1973 - Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
    1973 - Julian White, English rugby union footballer
    1974 - Ken Belanger, Sault-ste-marie Ca, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
    1974 - Keram Malichi-Sanchez, actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard)
    1974 - Jennifer Allan, American model
    1975 - Carmen Klomp, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
    1975 - Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
    1975 - Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer
    1976 - Terrance Cauthen, Trenton NJ, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
    1976 - Hunter Burgan, American musician (AFI)
    1976 - Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
    1976 - Martine McCutcheon, British actress
    1977 - Anca Barna, Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
    1977 - Cesarina Mejia, Miss Dominican Republic Universe (1997)
    1977 - Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
    1977 - Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality
    1977 - Roy Halladay, American baseball player
    1977 - Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
    1978 - Heather Brink, Lincoln Neb, gymnast (Olympics-96)
    1978 - André Macanga, Angolan footballer
    1978 - Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
    1978 - Eddie House, American basketball player
    1978 - Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
    1979 - Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
    1979 - Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer
    1980 - Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
    1980 - Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union footballer
    1980 - Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
    1981 - Sarbel, Greek-born singer
    1982 - Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
    1982 - BeardyMan, English beatboxer
    1983 - Amber Tamblyn, Santa Monica California, actress (Emily Bowen-Gen Hospital)
    1983 - Anahí, Mexican actress and singer (RBD)
    1983 - Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
    1984 - Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer
    1984 - Michael Rensing, German footballer
    1984 - Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
    1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, White Plains, New York, American internet entrepreneur and founder of Facebook
    1985 - Sally Martin, American actress
    1986 - Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
    1987 - Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
    1987 - Francois Steyn, South African rugby union footballer
    1990 - Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
    1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England