Sunday, March 31, 2013

Famous Births on 1 Apr

Famous Births on 1 Apr

1220 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
1543 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
1578 - William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657)
1610 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
1640 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
1647 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
1697 - Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
1753 - Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821)
1765 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
1776 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
1815 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (d. 1898)
1815 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
1834 - Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872)
1854 - Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949)
1856 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1866 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1868 - Edmond Rostand, French dramatist (d. 1918)
1875 - Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932)
1880 - Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
1882 - Paul Anspach, Belgian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1991)
1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930)
1885 - Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
1893 - Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (d. 1980)
1895 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
1897 - Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 - William James Sidis, American genius (d. 1944)
1899 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968)
1900 - Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
1901 - Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
1902 - Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
1906 - Aleksandr Yakovlev, Russian engineer and aeroplane designer (d. 1989)
1908 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970)
1909 - Eddy Duchin, American popular pianist & bandleader (d. 1951)
1914 - Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (d. 2002)
1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (d. 2004)
1917 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1919 - Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate
1920 - Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1921 - Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player
1922 - William Manchester, American historian (d. 2004)
1924 - Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
1924 - Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003)
1926 - Anne McCaffrey, American author
1926 - Charles Bressler, American tenor
1927 - Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980)
1928 - George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
1929 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
1929 - Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer
1929 - Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator
1929 - Milan Kundera, Czech-born writer
1930 - Grace Lee Whitney, American actress
1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, German writer
1931 - Ita Ever, Estonian actress
1932 - Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
1932 - Debbie Reynolds, American actress
1933 - Dan Flavin, American artist (d. 1996)
1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate
1934 - Don Hastings, American actor
1934 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1935 - Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
1936 - Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, president of the Confederation in 1989 and 1996 (d. 1998)
1938 - Ali MacGraw, American actress
1938 - John Quade, American actor
1939 - Rudolph Isley, American singer
1939 - Phil Niekro, American baseball player
1940 - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1942 - Samuel R. Delany, American author
1942 - Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey
1944 - Rusty Staub, American baseball player
1945 - John Barbata, American drummer
1946 - Ronnie Lane, English musician (d. 1997)
1946 - Arrigo Sacchi, Italian football coach
1947 - Norm Van Lier, American basketball player
1947 - M, English singer
1947 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
1949 - Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
1949 - Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer
1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer
1950 - Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1951 - John Philip Abizaid, U.S. Army General, former CENTCOM commander
1952 - Annette O'Toole, American actress
1952 - Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director
1954 - Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (d. 1992)
1955 - Gregg Jarrett, American television anchor
1955 - Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani statesman
1957 - David Gower, English cricketer
1958 - D. Boon, American musician d. (1985)
1960 - Michael Praed, British actor
1962 - Dave Ulliott, English poker player
1962 - Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player
1964 - Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
1965 - Mark Jackson, American basketball player
1965 - Robert Steadman, English composer
1966 - Chris Evans, English disc jockey
1967 - Phil Demmel, American musician
1968 - Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
1968 - Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director
1969 - Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer
1970 - Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model
1971 - Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver
1971 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
1971 - Jessica Collins, American actress
1971 - Method Man, American rapper
1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, American film directors
1972 - Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician
1973 - Joe Francis, American adult video producer
1973 - Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst
1973 - Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
1973 - Christian Finnegan, American comedian
1974 - Richard Christy, American drummer
1974 - Hugo Benjamín Ibarra, Argentine footballer
1974 - Sandra Völker, German swimmer
1975 - George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
1975 - John Butler, Australian singer and musician
1976 - David Oyelowo, English-Nigerian actor
1977 - Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
1978 - Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player
1979 - Ivano Balić, Croatian handballer
1980 - Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
1980 - Bijou Phillips, American actress
1980 - YÅ«ko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper
1981 - Aimee Chan, Miss Hong Kong 2006
1981 - Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist
1981 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer
1981 - Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
1982 - Sam Huntington, American actor
1982 - Gemma Hunt, British children's television presenter
1982 - Taran Killam, American comedian and actor
1983 - Ã"lafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
1983 - Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
1983 - Matt Lanter, American actor and model
1984 - Olga Rei, Russian television personality
1984 - Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1985 - Josh Zuckerman, American actor
1986 - Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater
1987 - Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
1987 - Li Ting, Chinese diver
1988 - Courtney McCool, American gymnast
1988 - Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 - Robin Lopez, American basketball player
1989 - Vietoris Krisztián, German racecar driver

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Famous Births on 31 Mar

Famous Births on 31 Mar

1360 - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)
1425 - Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)
1499 - Pope Pius IV (d. 1565)
1504 - Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)
1519 - King Henry II of France (d. 1559)
1536 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)
1576 - Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (died 1644)
1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650)
1621 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)
1651 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
1675 - Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758)
1718 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781)
1723 - King Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766)
1730 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
1732 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
1777 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. 1859)
1778 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (d. 1858)
1794 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (d. 1852)
1809 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (d. 1883)
1811 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (d. 1899)
1819 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1901)
1847 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (d. 1878)
1855 - Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)
1871 - Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (d. 1922)
1872 - Serge Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (Ballets Russes) (d. 1929)
1872 - Alexandra Kollontai, Russian ambassador to Norway (d.1952)
1876 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (d. 1927)
1878 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
1884 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (d. 1946)
1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930)
1890 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian film actor (d. 1976)
1893 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (d. 1954)
1906 - Shin'ichiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1907 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (d. 1990)
1908 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)
1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1915 - Albert Hourani, English historian (d. 1993)
1915 - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man (d. 1997)
1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress
1916 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. 1979)
1919 - Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
1922 - Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1924 - Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. 1998)
1924 - Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (d. 2002)
1925 - Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
1926 - John Fowles, English author (d. 2005)
1927 - César Chávez, American labor activist (d. 1993)
1927 - William Daniels, American actor
1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer and songwriter (d. 1975)
1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (d. 2007)
1929 - Bertram Fields, American lawyer
1931 - Miller Barber, American golfer
1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
1933 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
1934 - John D. Loudermilk, American singer and songwriter
1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor
1934 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate
1935 - Judith Rossner, American author
1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader
1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer
1936 - Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor
1938 - Arthur B. Rubinstein, American composer
1938 - David Steel, Scottish politician
1938 - Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor
1938 - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (d. 1993)
1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director
1940 - Barney Frank, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
1940 - Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator from Vermont
1942 - Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
1942 - Michael Savage, American talk radio host and commentator
1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
1944 - Pascal Danel, French singer and songwriter
1944 - Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer
1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
1947 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia
1948 - Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress
1948 - Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player
1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (d. 1998)
1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
1955 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
1957 - Marc McClure, American actor
1957 - Alan Duncan, British politician
1958 - Tony Cox, American actor
1959 - Ali McMordie, Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
1962 - John Taylor, American football player
1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer
1964 - Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
1965 - Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player
1965 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006)
1965 - Steven T. Seagle, American comic-book writer
1966 - Roger Black, English athlete
1968 - Celine Dion, French Canadien singer
1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 - Samantha Brown, American television host
1969 - Steve Smith, American basketball player
1969 - Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish politician
1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
1972 - Andrew Bowen, American actor
1972 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish film director
1972 - Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower
1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2000)
1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo)
1974 - Benjamin Eicher, Swiss film director
1975 - Adam Green, American film director
1976 - Josh Saviano, American actor
1976 - Ashton Moore, American porn actress
1977 - Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1977 - Garth Tander, Australian racing driver
1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper
1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer
1979 - Josh Kinney, American baseball player
1979 - Amey Date, Indian playback singer
1980 - Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player
1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor
1981 - Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
1982 - Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
1982 - Philippe Mexès, French footballer
1982 - Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter
1983 - Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
1984 - James Jones, American football player
1986 - Cveta Majtanović, Serbian singer, winner of Pop Idol.
1988 - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer
250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)