Famous Births on 1 Jul

Famous Births on 1 Jul

1481 - Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)
1506 - Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)
1534 - Frederick II of Denmark (d. 1588)
1574 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)
1586 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)
1633 - Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)
1646 - Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)
1676 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
1723 - Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (d. 1802)
1725 - Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807)
1742 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)
1788 - Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (d. 1867)
1804 - George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)
1807 - Thomas Green Clemson, American university founder (d. 1888)
1818 - Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (d. 1865)
1834 - Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet (d. 1908)
1863 - William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (d. 1892)
1869 - William Strunk Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)
1872 - Louis Blériot, French aviator (d. 1936)
1873 - Alice Guy-Blaché, American film director (d. 1968)
1879 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1954)
1883 - Arthur Borton, English soldier (d. 1933)
1899 - Charles Laughton, English actor (d. 1962)
1899 - Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)
1902 - William Wyler, French-born film director (d. 1981)
1903 - Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)
1906 - Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)
1906 - Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (d. 1992)
1908 - Peg Entwistle, Welsh actress (d. 1932)
1909 - Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
1911 - Sergei Sokolov, Soviet marshal
1912 - David R. Brower, American environmentalist (d. 2000)
1912 - Sally Kirkland, American fashion editor (d. 1989)
1913 - Frank Barrett, baseball player (d. 1998)
1915 - Willie Dixon, American musician (d. 1992)
1915 - Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon (d. 2001)
1916 - Olivia de Havilland, British-born actress
1917 - Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)
1920 - Harold Sakata, American actor (d. 1982)
1921 - Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (d. 1980)
1925 - Farley Granger, American actor
1926 - Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate
1926 - Hans Werner Henze, German composer
1926 - Carl Hahn, German automotive executive
1929 - Gerald Edelman, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1930 - Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American filmmaker (d. 2005)
1930 - Bobby Day, American singer (d. 1990)
1931 - Leslie Caron, French actress
1932 - Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (d. 2007)
1934 - Jamie Farr, American actor
1934 - Jean Marsh, English actress
1934 - Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)
1934 - Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter
1938 - Craig Anderson, baseball player
1939 - Karen Black, American actress
1941 - Alfred G. Gilman, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Twyla Tharp, American choreographer
1941 - Rod Gilbert, Canadian hockey player
1942 - Mike Malloy, American talk radio host
1942 - Andraé Crouch, American singer
1942 - Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
1943 - Jeff Wayne, musician
1945 - Deborah Harry, American musician (Blondie)
1945 - Mike Burstyn, Israeli-American actor
1947 - Shirley Hemphill, American actress (d. 1999)
1947 - Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
1949 - John Farnham, Australian singer
1950 - David Duke, American politician, K.K.K. member
1951 - Fred Schneider, American singer (The B-52's)
1951 - Anne Feeney, American protest singer
1951 - Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer
1952 - Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
1952 - Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 - Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
1955 - Keith Whitley, American singer (d. 1989)
1956 - Alan Ruck, American actor
1957 - Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
1960 - Evelyn King, American singer
1961 - Michelle Wright, Canadian musician
1961 - Carl Lewis, American athlete
1961 - Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist
1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)
1961 - Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut (d. 2003)
1962 - Andre Braugher, American actor
1963 - Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More and Imperial Teen)
1964 - Bernard Laporte, French rugby player & coach
1965 - Harald Zwart, Norwegian film director
1966 - Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer
1967 - Pamela Anderson, Canadian model
1968 - Tim Abell, American actor
1970 - Henry Simmons, American actor
1970 - Melissa Peterman, American actress
1971 - Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer
1971 - Julianne Nicholson, American actress
1971 - Steven W. Bailey, American actor
1971 - Jamie Walker, American baseball player
1972 - Alex Machacek, Austrian musician
1972 - Claire Forlani, English actress
1975 - Sufjan Stevens, American musician
1976 - Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer
1976 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer
1976 - Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
1976 - Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer
1977 - Birgit Schuurman, Dutch musician
1977 - Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist
1977 - Liv Tyler, American actress
1977 - Jarome Iginla, Canadian hockey player
1979 - Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist
1980 - Patrick Aufiero, American hockey player
1981 - Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-born Australian Rules footballer
1981 - Demetria McKinney, American Actress
1982 - Adrian Ward, American football player
1982 - Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
1982 - Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
1982 - Romola Garai, English actress
1982 - Carmella DeCesare, American model
1982 - Hilarie Burton, American actress
1983 - Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M)

Famous Births on 30 Jun

Famous Births on 30 Jun

1286 - John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (d. 1347)
1470 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
1503 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
1641 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (d. 1719)
1685 - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
1755 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (d. 1829)
1789 - Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
1803 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (d. 1849)
1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, German narrator, lyricist, and philosopher (d. 1887)
1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist (d. 1911)
1823 - Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901)
1843 - Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (d. 1929)
1884 - Georges Duhamel, French author (d. 1966)
1891 - Ed "Strangler" Lewis, American professional wrestler (d. 1966)
1891 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (d. 1953)
1892 - Oswald Pohl, German Nazi leader (d. 1951)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, German politician (d. 1973)
1899 - Madge Bellamy, American actress (d. 1990)
1899 - Harry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1971)
1906 - Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (d. 1967)
1906 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (d. 1981)
1907 - Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian politician (d. 1950)
1908 - Winston Graham, British writer (d. 2003)
1911 - Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (d. 2003)
1912 - Dan Reeves - Owner of the Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams (d. 1971)
1913 - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)
1913 - Harry Wismer, owner of the New York Jets (d. 1967)
1914 - Francisco da Costa Gomes, 16th President of Portugal (d. 2001)
1917 - Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975)
1917 - Lena Horne, American actress and singer
1919 - Ed Yost, American inventor (d. 2007)
1926 - Paul Berg, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 - James Goldman, American screenwriter (d. 1998)
1931 - Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi (d. 2005)
1931 - Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1933 - Lea Massari, Italian actress
1933 - Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey player
1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (d. 1997)
1936 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2002)
1936 - Tony Musante, American actor
1936 - Nancy Dussault, American actress
1938 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1939 - José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet
1940 - Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
1941 - Peter Pollock, South African cricket player
1942 - Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 - Robert Ballard, Oceanographer
1943 - Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (d. 1976)
1944 - Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist
1944 - Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
1944 - Glenn Shorrock, Australian singer-songwriter; co-founding member of Little River Band
1944 - Ron Swoboda, American baseball player
1950 - Leonard Whiting, British actor
1951 - Stanley Clarke, American musician
1952 - David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
1952 - Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician
1953 - Hal Lindes, British-American musician (Dire Straits)
1954 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004)
1955 - David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
1957 - Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR)
1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
1959 - Brendan Perry, British musician (Dead Can Dance)
1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor
1960 - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)
1962 - Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player
1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
1964 - Alexandra Christina Manley, Former Danish princess, now countess
1965 - Gary Pallister, English footballer
1965 - Steve Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Mitch Richmond, American basketball player
1966 - Mike Tyson, American former boxer
1966 - Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor
1968 - Philip Anselmo, American musician
1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player
1970 - Brian Bloom, American actor
1971 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress
1971 - Monica Potter, American actress
1972 - James Martin, English celebrity chef
1973 - Chan-ho Park, South Korean baseball player
1974 - Melanie Lambert American ice skater
1975 - Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1)
1978 - Owen Lafave, ex-husband of Debra Lafave
1978 - Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player
1979 - Matisyahu, Hasidic Jewish Reggae singer
1979 - Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor
1979 - Travis Minor, National Football League Runningback
1980 - Rade Prica, Swedish footballer
1981 - Ben Utecht, American football Player
1981 - Karolina Sadalska, Polish kayaker
1981 - Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
1981 - Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
1982 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress
1982 - Mitch Maier, American baseball player
1982 - Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1982 - Dan Jacobs, American guitarist (Atreyu)
1983 - Brendon James, British drummer (Thirteen Senses)
1983 - Marlin Jackson, American football player
1983 - Patrick Wolf, British musician
1983 - Cheryl Cole, British singer (Girls Aloud)
1984 - Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer
1984 - Fantasia Barrino, American singer
1985 - Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist
1985 - Michael Phelps, American swimmer
1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer
1985 - Cody Runnels, American wrestler
1986 - Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
1991 - Kaho,Japanese actress

Famous Births on 29 Jun

Famous Births on 29 Jun

1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
1482 - Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
1517 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
1803 - John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
1849 - John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
1858 - George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)
1861 - William Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)
1863 - Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and hall-of-famer (d. 1934)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 1986)
1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
1880 - Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
1881 - Harry Frazee, American baseball team owner (d. 1929)
1881 - Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959)
1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
1889 - Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
1893 - Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958)
1897 - Fulgence Charpentier, French-Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
1901 - Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
1903 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)
1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
1908 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
1910 - Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1910 - Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
1912 - John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
1912 - Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
1914 - Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
1914 - Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
1915 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
1919 - Lloyd Richards, American director (d. 2006)
1919 - Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker
1921 - Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)
1923 - Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer
1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
1924 - Ezra Laderman, American composer
1925 - Cara Williams, American actress
1925 - Hale Smith, American composer and editor
1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician
1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1928 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
1929 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)
1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
1930 - Robert Evans, American film producer
1931 - Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
1932 - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician
1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player
1933 - John Bradshaw, American theologian
1934 - Corey Allen, American filmmaker and actor
1935 - Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
1936 - Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player
1939 - Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
1939 - Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor (d. 2002)
1940 - Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
1941 - Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
1941 - John Boccabella, American baseball player
1942 - Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
1943 - Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
1944 - Gary Busey, American actor
1944 - Sean O'Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop
1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
1947 - Michael Carter, British actor
1947 - Richard Lewis, American comedian
1948 - Ian Paice, English drummer
1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
1949 - Ann Veneman, American politician
1951 - Don Rosa, American ilustrator
1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1953 - Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer
1954 - Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player
1955 - Terence M. O'Sullivan, American activist
1955 - Charles J. Precourt, American astronaut
1956 - Pedro Guerrero, baseball player
1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal
1957 - María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
1957 - Robert Forster, Australian musician
1958 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer
1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete
1961 - Kimberlin Brown, American actress
1961 - Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist
1961 - Sharon Lawrence, American actress
1962 - Amanda Donohoe, British actress
1962 - George Zamka, American astronaut
1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
1964 - Stedman Pearson, British singer
1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician
1966 - John Part, Canadian darts player
1967 - Jeff Burton, American racing driver
1967 - Murray Foster, Canadian musician
1967 - Melora Hardin, American actress, singer
1968 - Theoren Fleury, Canadian hockey player
1969 - Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
1969 - Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
1970 - Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
1970 - Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress
1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician
1971 - Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
1972 - Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
1972 - Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
1973 - George Hincapie, American cyclist
1976 - Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician
1977 - Oleg Korenfeld, Russian-American poet
1977 - Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
1978 - Sam Farrar, American bassist
1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress
1979 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
1979 - Matthew Bode, Australian Rules football player
1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
1979 - Abs Breen, English singer
1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
1980 - Mel Peachey, British television personality
1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
1981 - Joe Johnson, American basketball player
1981 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1983 - Aundrea Fimbres, American singer
1984 - Derek Lee Rock, American drummer
1984 - Christopher Egan, Australian actor
1984 - Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
1985 - Quintin Demps, American football player
1986 - Austin Drage, English singer
1986 - Iya Villania, Filipina actress
1987 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
1988 - Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
1992 - Adam G. Sevani, American actor
1993 - George Sampson, English dancer

Famous Births on 28 Jun

Famous Births on 28 Jun

1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
1491 - King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
1503 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
1641 - Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien, queen of Poland (d. 1716)
1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
1719 - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785)
1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
1824 - Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1873 - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1944)
1875 - Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941)
1883 - Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
1884 - Lamina Sankoh, early Sierra Leonean nationalist (d. 1964)
1891 - Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930)
1891 - Esther Forbes, American writer (d. 1968)
1891 - Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (d. 1974)
1902 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
1909 - Eric Ambler, English writer (d. 1998)
1912 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (d. 2007)
1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996)
1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (d. 2007)
1913 - Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
1914 - Aribert Heim, Austrian physician
1917 - Katherine Rawls, American swimming champion (d. 1982)
1920 - A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright
1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
1922 - Michael Vale, American actor (d. 2005)
1923 - Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver
1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
1927 - Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1928 - Dr Hans Blix, Swedish head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission 2000-2003
1928 - Harold Evans, English journalist and writer; editor of The Sunday Times
1930 - Itamar Franco, President of Brazil
1931 - Junior Johnson, American NASCAR driver
1932 - Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
1933 - Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician
1934 - Carl Levin, United States Senator
1935 - John Inman, English actor (d. 2007)
1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player
1937 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
1937 - George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
1937 - Richard Bright, American actor (d. 2006)
1938 - John Byner, American comedian
1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (d. 2001)
1938 - Leon Panetta, American White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton
1940 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1940 - Roderick Wright, ex-Scottish bishop (d. 2005)
1941 - Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (d. 2006)
1941 - Al Downing, American baseball player
1942 - Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party (d. 1993)
1942 - David Miner, American musician and record producer
1943 - Donald Johanson, American paleoanthropologist
1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1945 - David Knights, English musician (Procol Harum)
1946 - Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician.
1946 - Gilda Radner, American comedienne (d. 1989)
1946 - Bruce Davison, American actor
1947 - Robert Bondi, American politician
1947 - Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef
1947 - Anny Duperey, French film and television actress
1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer
1948 - Kathy Bates, American actress
1950 - Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
1954 - Alice Krige, South African actress
1955 - Shirley Cheriton, English actress
1955 - Eric Gates, English footballer
1955 - Thomas Hampson, American baritone
1956 - Noel Mugavin, Australian Rules Football player
1957 - Mike Skinner, American racecar driver
1957 - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
1957 - Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1958 - Félix Gray, French singer and songwriter
1960 - John Elway, American football player
1963 - Beverley Craven, English singer-songwriter
1964 - Mark Grace, American baseball player
1965 - Jessica Hecht, American actress
1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress
1966 - John Cusack, American actor
1967 - Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
1967 - Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
1968 - Adam Woodyatt, English actor
1968 - Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
1969 - Danielle Brisebois, American actress
1969 - Ayelet Zurer, Israeli actress
1970 - Mike White, American filmmaker and actor
1970 - Steve Burton, American actor
1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
1971 - Tichina Arnold, American actress
1971 - Fabien Barthez, French footballer
1971 - Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer
1971 - Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality
1971 - Ron Mahay, American baseball player
1971 - Aileen Quinn, American actress
1972 - Alessandro Nivola, American actor
1972 - Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
1973 - Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete
1974 - Rob Dyrdek, Professional skateboarder
1975 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician, Dissection
1976 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player
1976 - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
1977 - Harun Tekin, Turkish musician, Mor ve Ötesi
1977 - Chris Spurling, American baseball player
1977 - Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers)
1978 - Simon Larose, Canadian professional tennis player
1979 - Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer
1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
1979 - Florian Zeller, French novelist and playwright
1983 - Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer
1985 - Phil Bardsley, English football player
1986 - Kellie Pickler, American singer
1986 - Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
1988 - Lacey Schwimmer, American dancer
1990 - Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
1994 - Madeline Duggan, English actress
1994 - Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan

Famous Births on 27 Jun

Famous Births on 27 Jun

1040 - King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)
1350 - Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor
1462 - King Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
1550 - King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)
1696 - William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)
1717 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)
1838 - Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
1846 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish independence fighter (d. 1891)
1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-born author (d. 1904)
1850 - Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (d. 1919)
1869 - Kate Carew, American caricaturist (d. 1961)
1869 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian/American anarchist and feminist (d. 1940)
1869 - Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
1880 - Helen Keller, American deaf and blind activist (d. 1968)
1882 - Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and educator (d. 1963)
1884 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (d. 1962)
1888 - Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946}
1888 - Lewis Bernstein Namier, English historian (d. 1960)
1892 - Paul Colin, French poster designer (d. 1985)
1899 - Juan Trippe, American airline entrepreneur (d. 1981)
1905 - Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1907 - John McIntire, American actor (d. 1991)
1908 - João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian writer (d. 1967)
1913 - Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (d. 1993)
1914 - Robert Aickman, English author (d. 1981)
1914 - Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (d. 1988)
1921 - Muriel Pavlow, British actress
1923 - Jacques Berthier, French composer (d. 1994)
1924 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer
1924 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (d. 2003)
1925 - Doc Pomus, American blues singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
1927 - Bob Keeshan, American actor (d. 2004)
1928 - Rudy Perpich, American politician (d. 1995)
1929 - William Afflis, American wrestler (d. 1991)
1930 - Ross Perot, American businessman and politician
1931 - Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1931 - Charles Bronfman, Canadian industrialist
1932 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (d. 2006)
1932 - Eddie Kasko, baseball player
1932 - Magali Noël, French actress
1935 - Laurent Terzieff, French actor
1935 - Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (d. 2007)
1936 - Lucille Clifton, American poet
1938 - Kathryn Beaumont, British voice actress
1938 - Shirley Anne Field, British actress
1938 - Tommy Cannon, British comedian
1939 - Rahul Dev Burman, Indian composer and actor (d. 1994)
1941 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (d. 1996)
1941 - Bill Baxley, American politician
1941 - James P. Hogan, British science fiction author
1941 - Avi Lerner, Israeli-born American film producer
1942 - Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
1942 - Bruce Johnston, American musician (The Beach Boys)
1943 - Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player
1943 - Kjersti Døvigen, Norwegian actress
1944 - Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist
1948 - Camile Baudoin, American musician
1949 - Vera Wang, American fashion designer
1951 - Julia Duffy, American actress
1951 - Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
1952 - Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993)
1955 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
1956 - Heiner Dopp, German field hockey player
1956 - Brad Childress, American football coach
1956 - Ted Haggard, American evangelical preacher
1958 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (d. 1996)
1958 - Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
1958 - Brian Helicopter, Musician, bass guitarist (The Shapes, HellsBelles, Rogue Male)
1958 - Lisa Germano, American singer, songwriter and musician
1959 - Dan Jurgens, American comic book writer
1959 - Lorrie Morgan, American country music singer
1961 - Meera Syal, British-Indian comedienne and actress
1961 - Margo Timmins, Canadian folk-rock singer (Cowboy Junkies)
1962 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
1963 - Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver
1963 - Paul Roos, Australian rules footballer
1964 - Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch film producer and director
1964 - Chuck Person, American basketball player
1966 - J. J. Abrams, American television writer and producer
1967 - Sylvie Fréchette, French-Canadian synchronized swimmer
1968 - Pascale Bussières, French-Canadian actress
1970 - Jim Edmonds, American baseball player
1970 - John Eales , Australian Rugby Player
1971 - Yancey Arias, American actor
1971 - Jo Frost, English nanny and television host
1974 - Big Moe, American musician (Screwed Up Click)
1974 - Christian Kane, American actor and singer
1975 - Sarah Evanetz, Canadian swimmer
1975 - Ace Darling, American professional wrestler
1975 - Daryle Ward, American baseball player
1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor
1976 - Johnny Estrada, American baseball player
1977 - Raúl, Spanish footballer
1977 - Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footbaler
1978 - Anna Kumble, British Singer, also known as Lolly
1979 - John Warne, American musician (Relient K; Ace Troubleshooter)
1979 - Kim Gyu-ri, South Korean actress
1980 - Kevin Pietersen, English cricketer
1980 - Craig Terrill, American football player
1983 - Alsou, Russian singer
1983 - Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
1983 - Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
1984 - Khloe Kardashian, American reality television star
1984 - Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress
1984 - Julie Ordon, Swiss model
1984 - Gökhan Inler, Swiss footballer
1984 - Rocio Guirao Diaz, Argentinian Model
1985 - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player
1985 - Coby Linder, American Pop Punk Drummer (Say Anything)
1985 - Nico Rosberg, German race car driver
1985 - James Hook, Welsh rugby player
1986 - LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter
1986 - Drake Bell, musician/ songwriter / American actor
1987 - Ed Westwick, American actor
1988 - Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
1989 - Matthew Lewis, English actor
1989 - Travis Curtis, American Artist/ Amateur Skateboarder
1990 - Aselin Debison, Canadian singer
1991 - Madylin Sweeten, American actress

Famous Births on 26 Jun

Famous Births on 26 Jun

1575 - Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)
1681 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)
1689 - Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
1694 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)
1702 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
1703 - Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)
1730 - Charles Messier, French Astronomer (d. 1817)
1817 - Branwell Bronte, British painter and poet (d. 1848)
1819 - Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893)
1824 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)
1838 - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali Novelist (d. 1894)
1854 - Robert Laird Borden, Canadian politician (d. 1937)
1865 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959)
1866 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923)
1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954)
1880 - Natalia, Princess Brassova (d. 1952)
1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1895 - George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1950)
1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978)
1898 - Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (d. 1971)
1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
1902 - Hugues Cuénod, Swiss Tenor
1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964)
1904 - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951)
1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974)
1906 - Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (d. 2008)
1907 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1908 - Salvador Allende, Former President of Chile (1970-1973) (d. 1973)
1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997)
1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956)
1913 - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (d. 2008)
1914 - Laurie Lee, British writer (d. 1997)
1915 - Paul Castellano, American mafia boss (d. 1985)
1915 - Charlotte Zolotow, American author
1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003)
1921 - Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent (d. 1945)
1922 - Eleanor Parker, American actress
1923 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955)
1924 - Costas Axelos, Greek philosopher
1925 - Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1970)
1928 - Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996)
1928 - Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
1929 - Milton Glaser, American Designer
1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor
1933 - Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1934 - Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist
1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965)
1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician
1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal
1937 - Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor
1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1938 - Gerald North, American climatologist
1940 - Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The Fifth Dimension)
1941 - Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist
1942 - Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer and Minister of Culture
1943 - John Beasley, American actor
1943 - Georgie Fame, British singer
1945 - Malachi York, Nuwaubian leader
1951 - Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer
1953 - Robert Davi, American actor
1954 - Steve Barton, American actor (d. 2001)
1955 - Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
1956 - Chris Isaak, American singer
1957 - Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal)
1957 - Philippe Couillard, Quebec neurosurgeon and politician
1959 - Mark McKinney, Canadian actor
1960 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist
1961 - Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin)
1961 - Greg LeMond, American cyclist
1962 - Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter and film director
1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
1963 - Richard Garfield, American game designer
1967 - Todd Pletcher, American horse trainer
1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player
1969 - Mike Myers, American baseball player
1969 - Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
1969 - Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead)
1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker
1970 - Irv Gotti, American record producer
1970 - Sean Hayes, American actor
1970 - Matt Letscher, American actor
1970 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor
1970 - Nick Offerman, American actor
1971 - Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
1972 - Garou, Canadian singer
1972 - Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper
1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer
1973 - Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor
1973 - Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1974 - Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer
1974 - Jason Kendall, American baseball player
1974 - Jeff Frankenstein, American musician (Newsboys)
1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player
1974 - Matt Striker, American professional wrestler
1975 - Jonah Sorrentino, American hip hop artist
1975 - Terry Skiverton, English football player
1976 - Ed Jovanovski, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player
1976 - Joe Landon, American pornographic actor
1977 - Mark Jindrak,American Professional Wrestler
1977 - Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist
1978 - Alexandra, French singer, L5's singer
1979 - Wálter Herrmann, Argentinian basketball player
1979 - Andy O'Brien, English footballer
1979 - Ryo Fukuda, Japanese racing driver
1980 - Sinik, French singer and rapper
1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player
1980 - Michael Vick, American football player
1980 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor
1984 - Elijah Dukes, American baseball player
1984 - Raymond Felton, American basketball player
1984 - Deron Williams, American basketball player
1984 - Jose Juan Barea, American basketball player
1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader
1986 - Drake Bell, American actor, musician
1986 - Casey Desmond, American singer
1987 - Carlos Iaconelli, Brazilian racing driver
1987 - Samir Nasri, French footballer
1992 - Jennette McCurdy, American actress
2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands

Famous Births on 25 Jun

Famous Births on 25 Jun

1242 - Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittanny (d. 1275)
1328 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397)
1560 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
1612 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
1715 - Joseph-François Foulon, French politician (d. 1789)
1755 - Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
1814 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
1852 - Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect (d. 1926)
1858 - Georges Courteline, French dramatist (d. 1929)
1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956)
1863 - Emile Francqui, Belgian soldier (d. 1935)
1864 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
1865 - Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929)
1884 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German art promoter (d. 1979)
1886 - Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Force commander (d. 1950)
1887 - George Abbott, American playwright (d. 1995)
1894 - Hermann Oberth, German physicist (d. 1989)
1900 - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India (d. 1979)
1902 - Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, brother of Emperor Showa (d.1953)
1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950)
1903 - Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
1907 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1908 - Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (d. 2000)
1911 - William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
1912 - William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
1913 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005)
1921 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer
1924 - Sidney Lumet, American film director
1925 - Ted Stepien, American business (d. 2007)
1925 - June Lockhart, American actress
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973)
1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
1928 - Michel Brault, Quebec film director, screenwriter and producer
1928 - Peyo, Belgian illustrator (d. 1992)
1928 - Bill Russo, American jazz composer (d. 2003)
1929 - Eric Carle, American author
1930 - Mary Beth Peil, American singer
1930 - George Murdock, American actor
1932 - Peter Blake, British artist
1933 - James Meredith, American civil rights activist
1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
1935 - Eddie Floyd, American singer
1936 - Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia
1939 - Clint Warwick, English musician (The Moody Blues) (d. 2004)
1939 - Allen Fox, American Tennis Player
1939 - Harold Melvin, American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
1940 - A.J. Quinnell, British writer (d. 2005)
1941 - Denys Arcand, Canadian film director
1942 - Michel Tremblay, Canadian playwright
1944 - Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer
1945 - Carly Simon, American singer
1946 - Ian McDonald, English musician (King Crimson and Foreigner)
1946 - Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator
1947 - Jimmie Walker, American actor (Good Times)
1950 - Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
1952 - Tim Finn, Kiwi singer/songwriter
1952 - Alan Green, Northern Irish BBC sports broadcaster/commentator
1954 - David Paich, composer (Toto)
1954 - Daryush Shokof, Iranian filmmaker
1956 - Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author
1956 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1959 - Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist
1959 - Paris Themmen, American actor
1960 - Craig Johnston, Australian soccer player
1961 - Ricky Gervais, English comedian
1962 - Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
1963 - George Michael, British musician
1963 - John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
1963 - Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author
1964 - Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
1964 - Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
1964 - Greg Raymer, Professional poker player
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese (DRC) basketball player
1968 - Oleg Taktarov, Russian martial artist
1969 - Zim Zum, American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist)
1969 - Matt Gallant, American television host
1970 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress
1970 - Ariel Gore, American journalist and author
1970 - Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
1970 - Roope Latvala, Finnish musician
1971 - Michael Tucker, American baseball player
1971 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
1971 - Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect
1971 - Angela Kinsey, American actress
1971 - Scott Maslen, Actor
1972 - Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
1972 - Mike Kroeger, Canadian musician (Nickelback)
1973 - Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
1974 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
1974 - Jim LaMarca, American bass guitarist (Chimaira)
1975 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
1975 - Chenoa, Spanish singer
1975 - Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1975 - Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
1976 - Dubravka Vukotić, Montenegrin female actor
1976 - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
1978 - Aftab Shivdasani, Bollywood actor
1978 - Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search winner
1978 - Luke Scott, American baseball player
1979 - Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
1979 - Busy Philipps, American actress
1979 - Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
1979 - Katie Doyle, American actress and reality television star
1979 - Brandi Burkhardt, American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen
1980 - Maja Latinović, Serbian model
1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress
1981 - Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
1981 - Pooja Umashankar, Indian actress
1982 - Rain, Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
1983 - Todd Cooper, British swimmer
1984 - Indigo, American actress
1986 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
1986 - Charlie Davies, American soccer player
1988 - Amanda Dowler, British murder victim (d. 2002)
1993 - Barney Clark, English actor

Famous Births on 24 Jun

Famous Births on 24 Jun

1244 - Henry I of Hesse (d. 1308)
1343 - Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
1386 - Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
1485 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (d. 1558)
1519 - Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)
1533 - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (d. 1588)
1535 - Joan of Spain, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1573)
1542 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite mystic and poet (d. 1591)
1546 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (d. 1610)
1663 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
1687 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, German scholar (d. 1757)
1694 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (d. 1748)
1704 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (d. 1771)
1774 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)
1777 - John Ross, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1856)
1795 - Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (d. 1878)
1803 - George James Webb, English-born composer (d. 1887)
1804 - Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
1811 - John Archibald Campbell, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1889)
1813 - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (d. 1887)
1825 - Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1844)
1826 - George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898)
1842 - Ambrose Bierce, American author (disappeared 1914)
1850 - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, British field marshal (d. 1916)
1860 - Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (d. 1878)
1882 - Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (d. 1953)
1882 - Carl Diem, German Olympic official (d. 1962)
1883 - Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1886 - George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949)
1888 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (d. 1964)
1893 - Roy O. Disney, a founder of the Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
1895 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
1897 - Daniel K. Ludwig, American shipping magnate (d. 1992)
1900 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
1901 - Harry Partch, American composer (d. 1974)
1904 - Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1995)
1906 - Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
1906 - Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (d. 1971)
1907 - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (d. 1989)
1908 - Hugo Distler, German composer (d. 1942)
1908 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
1908 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (d. 1976)
1911 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine Formula One driver and five-time World Driving Champion (d. 1995)
1911 - Ernesto Sábato, Argentinian writer
1912 - Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (d 1994)
1914 - Pearl Witherington CBE, British WW II secret agent (d. 2008)
1915 - Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (d. 2001)
1922 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1924 - Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2008)
1927 - Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 - Claude Chabrol, French film director
1930 - William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (d. 2006)
1931 - Billy Casper, American golfer
1934 - Jean-Pierre Ferland, Québec singer
1935 - Terry Riley, American composer
1938 - Lawrence Block, American writer
1939 - Michael Gothard, English actor (d. 1992)
1941 - Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and novelist
1942 - Michele Lee, American actress
1944 - Chris Wood, English musician (d. 1983)
1944 - John "Charlie" Whitney, English guitarist (Family, Streetwalkers, Axis Point)
1944 - Arthur Brown, English musician
1944 - Jeff Beck, English musician (The Yardbirds)
1945 - Colin Blunstone, English musician (The Zombies)
1945 - George Pataki, American politician
1945 - Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player
1946 - David Collenette, Canadian politician
1946 - Robert Reich, American politician and political commentator
1946 - Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1947 - Peter Weller, American actor
1947 - Mick Fleetwood, English musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1948 - Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player (Yes)
1949 - John Illsley, English bassist (Dire Straits)
1950 - Mercedes Lackey, American author
1950 - Nancy Allen, American actress
1951 - David Rodigan, radio DJ/actor
1952 - Stephen Pusey, British-born artist
1953 - Ivo Lill, Estonian artist
1955 - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Guru of Siddha Yoga
1955 - Betsy Randle, American actress
1956 - Joe Penny, English actor
1958 - John Tortorella, American ice hockey coach
1958 - Jean Charest, Premier of Québec
1960 - Trisha Meili, the "Central Park Jogger"
1960 - Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician
1960 - Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director
1961 - Dennis Danell, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2000)
1961 - Iain Glen, Scottish actor
1961 - Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Curt Smith, English musician and songwriter (Tears for Fears)
1963 - Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (d. 2007)
1963 - Preki, Serbian-born American soccer player
1963 - Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, Russian writer
1964 - Gary Suter, American ice hockey player
1965 - Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player
1966 - Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter
1966 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1967 - Sherry Stringfield, American actress
1967 - Scott Oden, American writer
1967 - Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
1967 - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, German musician (Rammstein)
1967 - Bill Huard, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer
1970 - Glenn Medeiros, American singer
1971 - Christopher Showerman, American actor
1972 - Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
1972 - Denis Zvegelj, Slovenian rower
1973 - Ji Jin Hee, South Korean actor
1973 - Alexander Beyer, German actor
1975 - Carla Gallo, American actress
1975 - Marek Malik, Czech ice hockey player
1976 - Louisa Leaman, English author
1976 - Brock Olivo, American football player
1977 - Cas Jansen, Dutch actor
1977 - Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
1978 - Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
1978 - Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer
1978 - Ariel Pink, American musician
1978 - Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
1978 - Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
1978 - Luis García, Spanish footballer
1979 - Petra Němcová, Czechoslovakian-born model
1979 - Craig Shergold, British internet folklore subject
1979 - Mindy Kaling, American actress and TV producer
1980 - Minka Kelly, American actress
1980 - Andrew Jones, Australian racing driver
1980 - Liane Balaban, Canadian actress
1980 - Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Brian Fitzgerald, American writer
1982 - Kevin Nolan, English footballer
1982 - Mark Penney, Canadian film director
1982 - Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Clint Bajada, Maltese television and radio presenter
1983 - John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino Actor
1984 - J.J. Redick, American basketball player
1985 - Kyle Searles, American actor
1985 - Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese gravure idol
1986 - Stuart Broad, English cricketer
1986 - Phil Hughes, American baseball player
1986 - Solange Knowles, American singer
1987 - Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
1987 - Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer
1990 - Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player

Famous Births on 23 Jun

Famous Births on 23 Jun

1373 - Queen Joan II of Naples (d. 1435)
1433 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
1456 - Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)
1534 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
1596 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)
1612 - André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
1668 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
1683 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)
1703 - Maria Leszczyńska, queen of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
1716 - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)
1750 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
1763 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
1799 - John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
1800 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
1824 - Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)
1884 - Cyclone Taylor, ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1888 - Bronson M. Cutting, American politician (d. 1935)
1889 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)
1894 - Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
1894 - King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)
1902 - Mathias Wieman, German actor (d. 1969)
1903 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
1905 - Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
1907 - James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1907 - Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne
1909 - David Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
1910 - Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
1910 - Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (d. 1987)
1910 - Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008)
1912 - Alan Turing, English mathematician, often considered to be the father of modern computer science (d. 1954)
1916 - Len Hutton, English cricketer (d. 1990)
1919 - Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
1922 - Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1925 - Miriam Karlin, English actress
1927 - Bob Fosse, American choreographer (d. 1987)
1929 - June Carter Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
1935 - Maurice Ferre, former mayor of Miami
1936 - Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece
1937 - Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets)
1937 - Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland
1940 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)
1940 - Lord Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chancellor
1940 - Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 1962)
1941 - Richard M. Richie Roberts, Former Marine and New Jersey Police Detective, Criminal Defense Attorney
1941 - Robert Hunter, American lyricist and poet (The Grateful Dead)
1943 - James Levine, American conductor
1943 - Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer, Turing Award laureate
1945 - John Garang, Sudanese leader and politician (d. 2005)
1945 - Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and writer.
1946 - Ted Shackleford, American actor
1947 - Bryan Brown, Australian actor
1948 - Myles Goodwyn, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (April Wine)
1948 - Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1948 - Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author
1949 - Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
1950 - Douglas C. Lord, Canadian businessman
1951 - Michèle Mouton, French race car driver
1955 - Jean Tigana, French footballer
1955 - Pierre Corbeil, Canadian politician
1955 - Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits and Danzig)
1955 - Maggie Greenwald, American film director and writer
1955 - Jordan, British actress and model
1956 - Tony Hill, American football player
1956 - Randy Jackson, American music producer
1957 - Frances McDormand, American actress
1960 - Donald Harrison, American musician
1960 - Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer
1961 - Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
1962 - Kevin Yagher, TV/film special effects technician
1962 - Chuck Billy, American singer (Testament)
1962 - Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey player
1963 - Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
1963 - Steve Shelley, American musician (Crucifucks and Sonic Youth)
1964 - Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
1964 - Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter
1965 - Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)
1966 - Chico DeBarge, American musician (DeBarge)
1966 - Richie Ren, Taiwanese musician
1967 - Helen Geake, British archaeologist
1967 - Paul King, New Zealand politician
1969 - Martin Klebba, American actor
1970 - Martin Deschamps, Quebec rock singer
1970 - Robert Brooks, American football player
1970 - Yann Tiersen, French musician
1971 - Felix Potvin, Canadian hockey player
1972 - Selma Blair, American actress
1972 - Ron Corning, American television anchor
1972 - Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
1973 - Marie N, Latvian singer
1974 - Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
1975 - Kevin Dyson, American football player
1975 - KT Tunstall, Scottish singer and songwriter
1976 - Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress
1976 - Brandon Stokley, American football player
1976 - Patrick Monahan, British comedian
1976 - Joe Becker, American musician
1976 - Wade Barrett, American soccer player
1976 - Patrick Vieira, French footballer
1977 - Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter
1977 - Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer
1977 - Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
1978 - Memphis Bleek, American rapper
1978 - Matt Light, American football player
1978 - Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)
1979 - LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
1980 - Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
1980 - Becky Cloonan, American comic book artist
1983 - Jason Berrent, American performer
1983 - Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Duffy, Welsh Singer
1988 - Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
1988 - Isabella Leong Lok-Sze, Hong Kong singer, actress and model
1996 - Charlie Jones, British actor
47 BC - Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt

Famous Births on 22 Jun

Famous Births on 22 Jun

1680 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1684 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
1704 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1738 - Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1757 - George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798)
1767 - Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
1805 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
1837 - Paul Morphy, American chess master (d. 1884)
1845 - Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
1856 - H. Rider Haggard, English author (d. 1925)
1861 - Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
1864 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1879 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1884 - James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
1885 - Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
1888 - Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
1892 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1897 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
1897 - Norbert Elias, German sociologist (d. 1990)
1898 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
1899 - Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
1902 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
1903 - Carl Hubbell, baseball player (d. 1988)
1903 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
1906 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (d. 2001)
1906 - Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (d. 2002)
1907 - Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
1909 - Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
1910 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computer pioneer (d. 1995)
1910 - Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
1912 - Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1916 - Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
1919 - Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
1920 - Paul Frees, American voice actor (d. 1986)
1921 - Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1922 - Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
1922 - Geza Vermes, Hungarian author and scholar of religious history and the Dead Sea Scrolls
1922 - Bill Blass, American fashion designer (d. 2002)
1927 - Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1930 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1932 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 - Prunella Scales, English actress
1933 - Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
1933 - Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
1933 - Dianne Feinstein, American politician
1936 - Kris Kristofferson, American singer/songwriter and actor
1936 - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1939 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1940 - Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1940 - Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker/poet
1941 - Michael Lerner, American actor
1941 - Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
1943 - Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
1943 - Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1944 - Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor
1944 - Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
1946 - Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1947 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
1947 - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1947 - David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
1947 - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1947 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
1948 - Todd Rundgren, American songwriter and record producer
1949 - Meryl Streep, American actress
1949 - Lindsay Wagner, American actress
1949 - Alan Osmond, American singer
1952 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1953 - Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1953 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
1954 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (d. 1977)
1955 - Green Gartside, Welsh singer songwriter
1956 - Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1956 - Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1956 - Tim Russ, American actor
1957 - Danny Baker, English comedy writer and radio presenter
1957 - Garry Gary Beers, Australian bassist from group INXS
1958 - Bruce Campbell, American actor
1959 - Wayne Federman, American comedian
1959 - Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
1959 - Mike O'Meara, host of The Mike O'Meara Show and former co-host of Don and Mike Show
1960 - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
1961 - Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1961 - Stephen Batchelor
1962 - Clyde Drexler, former American NBA player
1962 - Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
1962 - Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician (Primal Scream)
1963 - Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
1963 - John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 - Dan Brown, American author
1964 - Amy Brenneman, American actress
1965 - Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1966 - Michael Park, WRC co-pilot (d. 2005)
1966 - Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
1968 - Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player
1970 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
1970 - Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
1971 - Kurt Warner, American football player
1971 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
1973 - Carson Daly, American television personality
1974 - Donald Faison, American actor
1974 - Joseph Vijay, Indian actor
1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1975 - Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1976 - Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 - Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1978 - Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
1978 - Champ Bailey, American football player
1979 - Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 - Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1979 - Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1981 - Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1982 - Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
1982 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
1984 - Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1984 - Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
1985 - Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
1985 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986 - Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1988 - Kieran Lee, English football player

Famous Births on 21 Jun

Famous Births on 21 Jun

1002 - Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
1226 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)
1528 - Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)
1535 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
1646 - Maria Francisca of Nemours, queen of Portugal (d. 1683)
1712 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
1730 - Motoori Norinaga, Japanese scholar (d. 1801)
1732 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791)
1759 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)
1763 - Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845)
1764 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (d. 1840)
1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins, Congressman, Governor of New York, and sixth Vice President of the United States (d. 1825)
1781 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
1782 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (d. 1852)
1788 - Princess Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1850)
1791 - Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
1798 - Wolfgang Menzel, German writer (d. 1873)
1805 - Charles Thomas Jackson, American scientist, polymath (d. 1880)
1811 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
1812 - Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875)
1823 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
1825 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
1828 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904)
1839 - Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (d. 1908)
1850 - Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
1858 - Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (d. 1928)
1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937)
1862 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943)
1863 - Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
1864 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
1868 - Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist (d. 1946)
1870 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (d. 1915)
1876 - Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist (d. 1956)
1879 - Gemma Doyle, Victorian Debutante, developer of the Realms theology (d. 1949)
1880 - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker (d. 1941)
1880 - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
1882 - Rockwell Kent, American artist (d. 1971)
1882 - Lluís Companys i Jover, Spanish politician (d. 1940)
1883 - Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer (d. 1958)
1884 - Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (d. 1981)
1887 - Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)
1889 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
1890 - Frank Sherman Land, The order of DeMolay founder (d. 1959)
1891 - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979)
1891 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966)
1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (d. 1971)
1893 - Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973)
1896 - Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967)
1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)
1902 - Howie Morenz, professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
1903 - Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. 1980)
1906 - Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
1908 - William Frankena, American philosopher (d. 1994)
1910 - Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet (d. 1971)
1912 - Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989)
1912 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot and officer of the Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence (d. 2000)
1914 - William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1916 - Joseph Cyril Bamford, English inventor and industrialist (d. 2001)
1916 - Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1977)
1918 - James Clyde Mitchell, English sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1995)
1919 - Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect
1919 - Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess master and teacher (d. 1968)
1919 - Gérard Pelletier, French Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997)
1921 - Judy Holliday, American actress (d. 1965)
1921 - Jane Russell, American actress
1921 - Jean de Broglie, French politician
1923 - Jacques Hébert, French Canadian author, journalist and politician
1924 - Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
1924 - Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalytic thinker
1924 - Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and pioneering museum director (d. 2006)
1925 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)
1925 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)
1926 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)
1927 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
1929 - Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
1929 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977)
1930 - Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician
1930 - Mike McCormack, American professional football player
1931 - Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
1932 - Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer
1932 - O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)
1935 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (d. 2004)
1938 - Ron Ely, American actor
1939 - Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician
1940 - Mariette Hartley, American actress
1940 - Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher
1941 - Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor
1941 - Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
1942 - Henry S. Taylor, American writer
1942 - Dan Henning, American football player
1942 - Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official
1943 - Salomé, Spanish singer
1944 - Ray Davies, English musician (The Kinks)
1944 - Corinna Tsopei, Greek beauty pageant winner, the first Greek Miss Universe
1945 - Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher, poet
1946 - Brenda Holloway, American musician
1946 - Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author
1947 - Joey Molland, English musician (Badfinger)
1947 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1947 - Michael Gross, American actor
1947 - Meredith Baxter, American actress
1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer
1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
1948 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
1950 - Gérard Lanvin, French actor
1950 - Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and musician
1950 - Joey Kramer, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith)
1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet
1951 - Nils Lofgren, American musician
1952 - Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director
1953 - Augustus Pablo, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
1953 - Michael Bowen, American actor
1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)
1954 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
1954 - Robert Menasse, Austrian writer
1954 - Anne Kirkbride, English actress
1954 - Mark Kimmitt, US Army general
1954 - Müjde Ar, Turkish actress
1955 - Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
1955 - Leigh McCloskey, American actor
1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer
1957 - Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author
1957 - Lucien DeBlois, professional ice hockey player
1958 - Gennady Padalka, cosmonaut
1959 - Tom Chambers, American basketball player
1959 - Marcella Detroit, singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister)
1959 - Kathy Mattea, American country singer
1961 - Karen Barber,Ice Skater and Dancing on Ice Judge
1961 - Sascha Konietzko, German musician
1961 - Manu Chao, Spanish musician
1961 - Kip Winger, American musician
1962 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician
1962 - Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
1964 - Doug Savant, American actor
1964 - David Morrissey, British actor
1964 - Sammi Davis, British actress
1965 - Larry Wachowski, film director
1965 - Yang Liwei, Chinese astronaut
1966 - Nan Woods, American actress
1966 - Mancow Muller, American radio personality
1966 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist
1967 - Jim Breuer, American comedian
1967 - Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American billionaire
1967 - Derrick Coleman, American basketball player
1968 - Gretchen Carlson, American journalist
1968 - Alisyn Camerota, American journalist
1968 - Sonique, British DJ
1969 - Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier
1970 - Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress
1970 - Pete Rock, American rapper/producer
1971 - Anette Olzon, Swedish singer
1971 - Marianne Lie Berg, Norwegian philosopher
1972 - Alon Hilu, Israeli writer
1972 - Neil Doak, former Irish cricketer
1973 - Juliette Lewis, American actress
1974 - Rob Kelly, American football player
1974 - Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver
1974 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality
1976 - Antonio Cochran, American football player
1976 - Mike Einziger, American musician
1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer
1977 - Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
1978 - Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin football player
1978 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress
1978 - Jack Guzman, American actor
1978 - Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
1979 - Kostas , Greek footballer
1979 - Chris Pratt, American actor
1980 - Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
1980 - Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
1981 - Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
1981 - Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Prince William of Wales, British prince
1984 - Franck Perera, French racing driver
1984 - Alicia Alighatti, American pornographic actress
1985 - Anthony Morelli, American football player
1985 - Byron Schammer, AFL footballer
1987 - Dale Thomas, AFL footballer
1987 - Kim Ryeowook, Korean pop singer
1987 - Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer

Famous Births on 20 Jun

Famous Births on 20 Jun

1005 - Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)
1389 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)
1583 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (d. 1675)
1647 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
1717 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
1733 - Betty Washington- sister of George Washington
1737 - Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese military (d. 1786)
1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
1763 - Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)
1770 - Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author (d. 1840)
1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist (d. 1820)
1786 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet (d. 1859)
1808 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
1819 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer (d. 1880)
1858 - Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (d. 1932)
1860 - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1861 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (d.1947)
1872 - George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
1885 - Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
1887 - Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
1889 - John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer (d. 1951)
1891 - John A. Costello, second Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 1976)
1894 - Lloyd Hall, American chemist (d. 1971)
1896 - Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor (d. 1982)
1897 - Elisabeth Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1973)
1899 - Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (d. 1943)
1905 - Lillian Hellman, American playwright (d. 1984)
1907 - Jimmy Driftwood, American songwriter and musician (d. 1998)
1908 - Billy Werber, American baseball player
1909 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (d. 1959)
1911 - Gail Patrick, American actress (d. 1980)
1912 - Anthony Buckeridge, English author (d. 2004)
1915 - Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (d. 2002)
1915 - Terence Young, British film director (d. 1994)
1916 - Jean-Jacques Bertrand, premier of Quebec (d. 1973)
1917 - Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (d. 2006)
1918 - George Lynch, American auto racer (d. 1997)
1918 - Zoltán Sztáray, Hungarian writer
1920 - Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
1924 - Chet Atkins, American guitar player and producer (d. 2001)
1924 - Audie Murphy, American Medal of Honor recipient and actor (d. 1971)
1924 - Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
1928 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (d. 1964)
1928 - Jean-Marie Le Pen, French politician
1930 - Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish artist
1930 - Paul Pender, American boxer
1931 - Olympia Dukakis, Greek-American actress
1931 - Martin Landau, American actor
1932 - Robert Rozhdestvensky, Russian poet (d. 1994)
1933 - Danny Aiello, American actor
1934 - Wendy Craig, English actress
1934 - Rossana Podestà , Italian actress
1935 - Neal Knox, gun rights activist (d. 2005)
1935 - Len Dawson, former football player
1936 - Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2002)
1937 - Jerry Keller, pop singer and songwriter
1938 - Mickie Most, British record producer (d. 2003)
1939 - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1940 - Eugen Drewermann, German theologian
1940 - John Mahoney, English actor
1941 - Ulf Merbold, German physicist and astronaut
1941 - Stephen Frears, English film director
1942 - Brian Wilson, American musician; founder of The Beach Boys
1944 - Cheryl Holdridge, American actress
1944 - David Roper, English actor
1945 - Anne Murray, Canadian singer
1946 - Bob Vila, television presenter
1946 - Xanana Gusmão, President of East Timor
1946 - Andre Watts, American pianist
1947 - Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
1947 - Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1947 - Candy Clark, American actress
1947 - Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
1948 - Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
1949 - Lionel Richie, American musician (The Commodores)
1949 - Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1951 - Bill Simon, American businessman and politician
1951 - Paul Muldoon, Northern Irish poet
1951 - Tress MacNeille, American voice actress
1952 - Willy Rampf, German F1 technical director (BMW Sauber)
1952 - Vikram Seth, Indian poet
1952 - Larry Riley, American actor (d. 1992)
1952 - John Goodman, American actor
1953 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
1953 - Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
1954 - Michael Anthony, American musician (Van Halen)
1954 - Ilan Ramon, Israeli combat pilot and astronaut (d. 2003)
1954 - Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer
1956 - Peter Reid, English former footballer
1957 - Koko B. Ware, American professional wrestler
1958 - Chuck Wagner, American actor
1958 - Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
1960 - John Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)
1963 - Amir Derakh, American musician (Orgy)
1963 - Don West, American professional wrestling announcer
1964 - Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
1964 - Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
1967 - Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
1968 - Robert Rodriguez, American film director
1969 - MaliVai Washington, American former tennis player
1970 - Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco
1970 - Andrea Nahles, German politician
1970 - Bruce Woodcock, American computer games analyst
1971 - Josh Lucas, American actor
1971 - Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1971 - Rodney Rogers, American basketball player
1972 - Paul Bako, American baseball player
1973 - Brian Maloney, Austin Designer and creator of snerst.com
1973 - Chino Moreno, American musician (Deftones)
1974 - Attila Czene, Hungarian swimmer
1974 - Jami Ferrell, American model and actress
1975 - Daniel Zítka, Czech footballer
1976 - Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
1976 - Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
1976 - Carlos Lee, Panamanian baseball player
1976 - Jerome Fontamillas,Filipino American musician (Switchfoot)
1977 - Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
1978 - Bobby Seay, American baseball player
1978 - Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
1978 - Frank Lampard, English footballer
1978 - Quinton Jackson, American Mixed Martial Artist
1978 - LaVar Arrington, American football player
1979 - Lani Billard, Canadian actress
1979 - Cael Sanderson, Olympic Wrestler
1979 - Charles Howell III, Professional Golfer
1979 - Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
1980 - Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 - Fabian Wegmann, German road racing cyclist
1980 - Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
1980 - Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
1981 - Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
1983 - Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
1983 - Josh Childress, American basketball player
1983 - Darren Sproles, American football player
1985 - Souleymane Mamam, Togolese footballer
1985 - Darko Miličić, Serbian basketball player
1986 - DJ Biz, Computer DJ
1988 - Shefali Chowdhury, Welsh actress
1989 - Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
1990 - Tim Commandeur, Australian musician
1997 - Maria Lark, Russian-born American actress

Famous Births on 19 Jun

Famous Births on 19 Jun

1301 - Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333)
1507 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (d. 1566)
1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625)
1606 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649)
1623 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)
1633 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712)
1717 - Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850)
1771 - Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician (d. 1859)
1792 - Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850)
1815 - Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872)
1816 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist (d. 1899)
1834 - Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892)
1846 - Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
1850 - David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (d. 1932)
1851 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
1858 - Sam Walter Foss, American librarian and poet (d. 1911)
1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896)
1861 - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, British soldier (d. 1928)
1865 - Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948)
1874 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (d. 1941)
1877 - Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961)
1884 - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer (d. 1974)
1896 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986)
1897 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1897 - Moe Howard, American actor (d. 1975)
1898 - James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968)
1900 - Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (d. 1986)
1902 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
1903 - Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
1903 - Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965)
1903 - Hans Litten, German jurist (d. 1938)
1905 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
1906 - Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
1906 - Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1907 - Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985)
1909 - Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (d. 1948)
1910 - Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1910 - Abe Fortas, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1982)
1912 - Don Gutteridge, American baseball player
1912 - Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (d. 2005)
1914 - Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979)
1914 - Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000)
1914 - Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (d. 2003)
1915 - Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (d. 2004)
1917 - Joshua Nkomo, Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 1999)
1919 - Louis Jourdan, French actor
1919 - Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
1922 - Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate
1924 - Leo Nomellini, American football player (d. 2000)
1925 - Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer (d. 2006)
1928 - Barry Took, English comedy writer (d. 2002)
1928 - Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
1929 - Thelma Barlow, English actress
1930 - Gena Rowlands, American actress
1932 - Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (d. 1972)
1932 - Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
1933 - Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut
1936 - Marisa Galvany, American soprano
1936 - Shirley Goodman, American singer (d. 2005)
1936 - Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer
1938 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
1938 - Ian Smith, Australian actor
1939 - Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
1940 - Shirley Muldowney, Racecar Driver
1941 - Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President
1941 - Conchita Carpio-Morales, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1942 - Jos Brink, Dutch actor (d. 2007)
1942 - Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, musician
1944 - Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate
1945 - Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician
1947 - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
1947 - Salman Rushdie, Indian author
1948 - Phylicia Rashad, American actress
1948 - Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
1950 - Ann Wilson, American musician
1951 - Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian terrorist
1951 - Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
1953 - Larry Dunn, American musician
1954 - Kathleen Turner, American actress
1956 - Doug Stone, American singer
1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
1959 - Mark DeBarge, American singer, songwriter and trumpeter
1960 - Luke Morley, British guitarist
1962 - Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer and choreographer
1963 - Rory Underwood, English rugby union footballer
1964 - Boris Johnson, British politician
1964 - Brian Vander Ark, American musician
1965 - Sadie Frost, English actress
1965 - Luc Donckerwolke, Belgian car designer
1966 - Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur
1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
1967 - Mia Sara, American actress
1968 - Alastair Lynch, Australian rules footballer
1969 - Lara Spencer, American TV personality
1969 - Thomas Breitling, American entrepreneur
1970 - Antonis Remos, Greek singer
1970 - Brian Welch, American guitarist
1970 - Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician
1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete
1972 - Brian McBride, American soccer player
1972 - Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress
1972 - Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
1972 - Robin Tunney, American actress
1973 - Jahine Arnold, American football player
1973 - Yasuhiko Yabuta, Japanese baseball player
1974 - Doug Mientkiewicz, American baseball player
1975 - Anthony Parker, American basketball player
1975 - Hugh Dancy, English actor
1976 - Bryan Hughes, English footballer
1976 - Patrick Surtain, American football player
1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player
1977 - Veronika Vařeková, Czech supermodel
1978 - Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
1978 - Zoe Saldana, American actress
1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
1978 - Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler
1979 - John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer
1979 - Quentin Jammer, American football player
1979 - John Ford, American software engineer
1980 - Adel Abdulaziz, Emiratie football player
1980 - Dante Robinson, American football player
1980 - Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
1982 - Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
1982 - Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor
1982 - David Pollack, American football player
1983 - Mark Selby, British snooker player
1984 - Paul Dano, American actor
1985 - John Decyk, American martial artist
1986 - Marvin Williams, American basketball player
1987 - Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
1991 - Pontus Ekhem, Swedish hockey player
1995 - Blake Woodruff, American actor

Famous Births on 18 Jun

Famous Births on 18 Jun

1269 - Princess Eleanor of England (d. 1298)
1318 - Princess Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
1466 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
1511 - Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
1517 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
1552 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)
1667 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
1716 - Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809)
1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
1757 - Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
1812 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
1815 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
1839 - William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (d. 1920)
1845 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922)
1854 - E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926)
1863 - George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)
1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960)
1882 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (d. 1949)
1884 - Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970)
1886 - Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)
1891 - Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)
1895 - Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian
1895 - Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
1904 - Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (d. 1991)
1904 - Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
1907 - Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998)
1908 - Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
1908 - Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
1908 - Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969)
1910 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
1910 - Ray McKinley, jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1995)
1910 - Dick Foran, American actor (d. 1979)
1913 - Sammy Cahn, American composer (d. 1993)
1913 - Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
1915 - Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
1916 - Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005)
1917 - Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1917 - Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981)
1918 - Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 - Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1920 - Ian Carmichael, English actor
1922 - Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
1924 - George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
1927 - Eva Bartok, Hungarian-born British actress
1927 - Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
1928 - David T. Lykken, American scientist
1929 - Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002
1932 - Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 - Geoffrey Hill, English poet
1934 - Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2004)
1935 - Hugh McColl, American banker
1936 - Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1992)
1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player
1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator
1937 - Vitali Zholobov, Soviet cosmonaut
1938 - Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer
1939 - Lou Brock, American baseball player
1939 - Jean-Claude Germain, French Canadian author, journalist and historian
1940 - Michael Sheard, British actor (d. 2005)
1942 - Roger Ebert, American film reviewer
1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (The Beatles)
1942 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
1942 - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
1942 - Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (d. 1980)
1943 - Raffaella Carrà , Italian singer
1944 - Sandy Posey, American singer
1946 - Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler (d. 1988)
1946 - Fabio Capello, Italian football coach
1946 - Russell Ash, British author
1948 - Éva Marton, Hungarian operatic soprano
1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
1949 - Lech Kaczyński, Polish president, 2005-present
1949 - Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish prime minister, twin brother of Lech Kaczyński
1950 - Jackie Leven aka Sir Vincent Lone Scottish singer and songwriter
1952 - Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
1952 - Carol Kane, American actress
1956 - Brian Benben, American actor
1957 - Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish football manager
1960 - Ralph Brown, British actor
1961 - Andrés Galarraga, baseball player
1961 - Alison Moyet, English pop singer
1962 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1963 - Dizzy Reed, aka Darren Arthur Reed keyboardist for (former) Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver
1963 - Bruce Smith, American football player
1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003)
1965 - Kim Dickens, American actress and model
1966 - Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
1967 - Pasquale Bruno, Italian American entrepreneur
1969 - Christopher Largen, American author
1969 - Vito LoGrasso, American professional wrestler
1969 - PÃ¥l Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
1970 - Greg Yaitanes, American television and film director
1971 - Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1971 - Jason McAteer, England-born Irish footballer
1972 - Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model.
1973 - Julie Depardieu, French actress
1973 - Eddie Cibrian, American actor
1973 - Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
1974 - Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
1975 - Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player
1975 - Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer
1975 - Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
1975 - Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter
1975 - Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer
1976 - Blake Shelton, American Country Singer
1976 - Witte Wartena, Dutch artist
1976 - Alana de la Garza, American actress
1978 - Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
1980 - Antonio Gates, American football player
1980 - Tara Platt, American actress
1980 - Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer and songwriter
1980 - Craig Mottram, Australian middle distance runner
1981 - Ella (Jiahua) Chen, member of the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
1981 - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
1982 - Sean Conant, Irish-American artist
1984 - Mateus, Angolan footballer
1984 - Janne Happonen, Finnish skijumper
1986 - Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
1989 - Renee Olstead, American singer and actress
1991 - Willa Holland, American actress
2006 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg

Famous Births on 17 Jun

Famous Births on 17 Jun

1239 - King Edward I of England (d. 1307)
1603 - Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
1691 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
1693 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
1704 - John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)
1714 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
1714 - César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784)
1718 - George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
1742 - William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
1808 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
1810 - Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876)
1811 - Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
1818 - Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
1818 - Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
1832 - Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919)
1839 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities (d. 1931)
1858 - Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
1861 - Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
1861 - Omar Bundy, U.S. army general and soldier (d. 1940)
1863 - Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)
1867 - John Robert Gregg, inventor of shorthand system (d. 1948)
1867 - Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922)
1880 - Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)
1881 - Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
1882 - Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
1888 - Heinz Guderian, German General (d. 1954)
1898 - M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
1898 - Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
1900 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945)
1902 - Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989)
1902 - Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1903 - Ruth Wakefield, inventor of the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977)
1904 - Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)
1907 - Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1907 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
1909 - Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
1909 - Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004)
1910 - Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
1910 - George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1914 - John Hersey, American author (d. 1993)
1915 - David "Stringbean" Akeman, American banjo player and actor (d. 1973)
1915 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
1917 - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
1918 - Ajahn Chah, Buddhist meditation master (d. 1992)
1920 - Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981)
1920 - François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate
1923 - Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
1927 - Martin Böttcher, German conductor
1929 - Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
1930 - Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
1931 - John Baldessari, American artist
1932 - John Murtha, American politician
1932 - Peter Lupus, American actor (Mission: Impossible)
1933 - Harry Browne, American free-market libertarian writer, politician, and investment analyst (d. 2006)
1933 - Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
1933 - Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
1936 - Ken Loach, British film director
1940 - George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate
1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1943 - Newt Gingrich, American politician
1943 - Barry Manilow, American musician
1943 - Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer
1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
1945 - Ken Livingstone, English politician
1945 - Tommy Franks, American General
1945 - Frank Ashmore, American actor
1946 - Peter Rosei, Austrian writer
1947 - Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
1947 - George S. Clinton, American composer and musician
1947 - Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (d. 2000)
1948 - Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
1948 - Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
1949 - Snakefinger, British-born musician (d. 1987)
1950 - Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
1951 - Joe Piscopo, American actor
1952 - Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
1957 - Phil Chevron, Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
1957 - Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
1957 - Jon Gries, American actor
1957 - Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
1958 - Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor
1958 - Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician
1958 - Bobby Farrelly, American film director
1958 - Jello Biafra, American musician and activist
1960 - Thomas Haden Church, American actor
1960 - Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver
1962 - Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
1963 - Greg Kinnear, American actor
1964 - Erin Murphy, American actress
1964 - Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
1964 - Michael Gross, German swimmer
1965 - Dermontti Dawson, American football player
1966 - Jason Patric, American actor
1967 - Eric Stefani, American musician
1968 - Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 - Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
1970 - Michael Showalter, American comedian
1970 - Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 - Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian
1970 - Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress
1970 - Jason Hanson, American football player
1971 - Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
1971 - Mildred Fox, Irish politician
1972 - Sebastian White, musician and artist
1973 - Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican Business Consultant
1973 - Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
1973 - Louis Leterrier, French film director
1973 - Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1974 - Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
1975 - Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005)
1975 - Joshua Leonard, American actor
1975 - Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress
1976 - Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker & cyclo-crosser
1977 - Roger Manganelli, American bassist (Less Than Jake)
1977 - Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor
1977 - Mark Tauscher, American football player
1978 - Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
1978 - Isabelle Delobel, French European ice dancer
1979 - Nick Rimando, American soccer player
1980 - Kimeru, Japanese singer
1980 - Venus Williams, American tennis player
1981 - Shane Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder
1981 - Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
1981 - Amrita Rao, Bollywood Actress
1982 - Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
1983 - Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue)
1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
1983 - Connie Fisher, English stage actress
1984 - John Gallagher Jr. American stage actor
1985 - Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player
1985 - Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
1988 - Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player