Historical Births Today: 07 October

Births

• 1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)


• 1573 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)


• 1576 - John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)


• 1589 - Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)


• 1713 - Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)


• 1728 - Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (d. 1784)


• 1744 - Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)


• 1748 - King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)


• 1769 - Solomon Sibley, American politician (d. 1846)


• 1786 - Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)


• 1835 - Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)


• 1841 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)


• 1849 - James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)


• 1866 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)


• 1881 - Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)


• 1884 - Major Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (d. 1927)


• 1885 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1962)


• 1888 - Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)


• 1892 - Dwain Esper, director (d. 1982)


• 1894 - Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)


• 1897 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)


• 1898 - Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)


• 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi official (d. 1945)


• 1905 - Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)


• 1907 - Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (d. 2001)


• 1909 - Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)


• 1909 - Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72^nd Mayor of Albany, New York (d. 1983)


• 1910 - Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)


• 1911 - Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973)


• 1911 - Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)


• 1912 - Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)


• 1913 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (d. 1987)


• 1914 - Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)


• 1914 - Sarah Churchill, British actress (d. 1982)


• 1917 - June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)


• 1919 - Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician


• 1921 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)


• 1922 - Grady Hatton, American baseball player


• 1923 - Jean-Paul Riopelle, Québécois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002)


• 1923 - Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps


• 1926 - Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)


• 1927 - R. D. Laing, Scottish psychologist (d. 1989)


• 1927 - Al Martino, American singer and actor


• 1928 - Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)


• 1929 - Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)


• 1931 - Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)


• 1931 - Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate


• 1934 - Amiri Baraka, American writer


• 1934 - Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (d. 1976)


• 1935 - Thomas Keneally, Australian author


• 1936 - Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor


• 1937 - Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician


• 1939 - John Hopcroft, American computer scientist


• 1939 - Clive James, Australian TV presenter and writer


• 1939 - Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1939 - Bill Snyder, American football coach


• 1940 - Bruce Vento, U.S. Congressman from Minnesota (d. 2000)


• 1943 - Joy Behar, American co-host of The View


• 1943 - José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player


• 1943 - Oliver North, U.S. Marine, staff officer, television personality and author


• 1944 - Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)


• 1944 - Donald Tsang, current Chief executive of Hong Kong


• 1945 - Kevin Godley, British musician (10cc)


• 1946 - Bernard Lavilliers, French singer


• 1946 - Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei


• 1948 - Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist


• 1949 - Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas)


• 1950 - Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician


• 1951 - John Mellencamp, American singer


• 1951 - David J. Halberstam, American radio executive


• 1952 - Mary Badham, American actress


• 1952 - Vladimir Putin, Russian politician


• 1952 - Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d.2002)


• 1952 - Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer


• 1953 - Tico Torres, Drummer (Bon Jovi)


• 1954 - Kenneth Atchley, American composer


• 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, French-born cellist


• 1955 - Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist


• 1957 - Michael W. Smith, American singer


• 1957 - Jayne Torvill, British figure skater


• 1958 - Judy Landers, American actress


• 1959 - Dylan Baker, American character actor


• 1959 - Simon Cowell, English recording executive


• 1959 - Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician


• 1959 - Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician


• 1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer


• 1960 - Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer


• 1961 - Matthew Roloff, American actor and reality star


• 1961 - Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor


• 1962 - Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician


• 1964 - Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter


• 1964 - Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author


• 1964 - Paul Stewart, English footballer


• 1965 - Genji Hashimoto, Japanese racing driver


• 1966 - Toni Braxton, American singer


• 1966 - Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer


• 1967 - Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)


• 1968 - Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)


• 1969 - Javier Álvarez, Spanish singer-songwriter


• 1969 - Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler


• 1969 - Maria Whittaker, English model


• 1969 - Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer


• 1970 - Nicole Ari Parker, American actress


• 1971 - Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician


• 1972 - Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director


• 1973 - Dida, Brazilian footballer


• 1973 - Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer


• 1973 - Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back


• 1974 - Allison Munn, American actress


• 1974 - Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer


• 1974 - Alexander Polinsky, American actor


• 1975 - Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler


• 1975 - Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go)


• 1976 - Taylor Hicks, American musician


• 1976 - Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress


• 1976 - Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer


• 1976 - Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer


• 1976 - Charles Woodson, American football player


• 1976 - Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer


• 1977 - Brandon Quinn, American actor


• 1977 - Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress


• 1978 - Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)


• 1978 - Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer


• 1979 - Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast


• 1979 - Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor


• 1979 - Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor


• 1979 - Tang Wei, Chinese actress


• 1980 - Edison Chen, Canadian-born actor


• 1982 - Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer


• 1982 - Jermain Defoe, English footballer


• 1982 - Robby Ginepri, American tennis player


• 1982 - Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist


• 1984 - Ikuta Toma, Japanese Singer/Actor


• 1984 - Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer


• 1985 - Evan Longoria, American baseball player


• 1986 - Lee Nguyen, American soccer player


• 1986 - Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer


• 1986 - Bree Olson, American adult film actress


• 1987 - Jeremy Brockie, Australian footballer


• 1988 - Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley)


• 2001 - Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho