Saturday, December 31, 2011

Famous Births on 1 Jan

Famous Births on 1 Jan

1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1449 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
1467 - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1548)
1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
1511 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1557 - István Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
1600 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
1614 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
1618 - baptised Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
1638 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1648 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
1655 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
1684 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
1704 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
1711 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1745 - Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
1767 - Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
1774 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
1779 - William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
1803 - Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
1814 - Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
1819 - Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (d. 1861)
1823 - Sándor PetÅ'fi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
1833 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
1834 - Ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)
1848 - John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
1852 - Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
1854 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French organizer of the Olympic Games (d. 1937)
1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
1864 - Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
1868 - Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
1874 - Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
1879 - William Fox, Hungarian-born American film producer (d. 1952)
1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
1888 - John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
1889 - Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
1892 - Manuel Roxas, Philippino politician (d. 1948)
1892 - Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
1894 - Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Bengali mathematician (d. 1974)
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1902 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1904 - Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1905 - Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
1905 - Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1909 - Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
1909 - Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1909 - Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
1911 - Basil Dearden, British film director (d. 1971)
1911 - Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist
1911 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1912 - Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
1914 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
1917 - Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1918 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist
1919 - Carole Landis, American film actress (d. 1948)
1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1921 - Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
1922 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1922 - Ernest Hollings, American politician
1923 - Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
1923 - Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
1924 - Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
1925 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
1925 - Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1925 - Raymond Pellegrin, French actor
1926 - Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 - Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist, winner
1927 - Pat Heywood, Scottish actress
1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
1927 - Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1928 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
1930 - Ty Hardin, American film actor
1930 - Gaafar al-Nimeiry, President of Sudan 1971-85
1932 - Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1932 - Giuseppe Patanè, Italian opera conductor (d. 1989)
1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
1933 - Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
1933 - Norman Yemm, Australian actor
1935 - B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1936 - James Sinegal, American businessman
1937 - Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
1938 - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
1938 - Clay Cole, American television host and producer
1939 - Michèle Mercier, French actress
1940 - Frank Langella, American actor
1942 - Alassane Ouattara, Former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
1942 - Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
1942 - Martin Frost, American politician
1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
1943 - Larry Clark, American director
1943 - Don Novello, American actor
1943 - Tony Knowles, 9th Governor of Alaska
1943 - Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1944 - Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager
1944 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
1945 - Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1946 - Rivelino, Brazilian football player
1946 - Rick Hurst, American actor
1946 - Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1947 - Jon Corzine, American politician
1947 - Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
1948 - Pavel Grachev, Russian general
1949 - Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer
1950 - Deepa Mehta, Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter
1950 - Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league coach
1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
1951 - Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
1951 - Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor
1951 - Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1954 - Bob Menendez, American politician
1956 - Kôji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1956 - Mike Mitchell, American basketball player
1956 - Sergei Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut
1956 - Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1957 - Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
1957 - Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer, professor and politician
1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician
1959 - Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1959 - Jennifer Edwards, American actress
1959 - Azali Assoumani, Comorian president
1961 - Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
1961 - Sam Backo, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 - Mark Wingett, British actor
1961 - Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
1962 - Ari Up, German musician (The Slits)
1962 - Sophie Thompson, British actress
1963 - Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
1964 - Juliana Donald, American actress
1964 - Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
1966 - Anna Burke, Australian politician
1967 - John Digweed, English DJ
1967 - Tim Dog, American rapper
1967 - Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
1967 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1968 - Joey Stefano, American adult actor (d. 1994)
1968 - Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
1968 - Davor Å uker, Croatian footballer
1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor
1969 - Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
1969 - Christi Paul, American news anchor
1969 - Sophie Okonedo, British actress
1969 - Morris Chestnut, American actor
1970 - Kimberly Page, American actress
1970 - Shelley O'Donnell, Australian netballer
1970 - Gabriel Jarret, American actor
1971 - Bobby Holik, Czech hockey player
1971 - Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1972 - Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1972 - DJ Shadow, American DJ and songwriter
1973 - Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet & research scholar.
1974 - Catalina Guirado, English model and TV personality
1975 - Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 - Joe Cannon, American soccer player
1975 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist
1976 - Caleb Wyatt, American motocross rider
1976 - Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress
1977 - Keeley Hawes, British actress
1977 - Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1978 - Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritualist
1978 - Tarik O'Regan, British composer
1978 - Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - Jensen Ackles, American actor
1978 - Nina Bott, German actress
1978 - Vidya Balan, Indian actress
1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)
1979 - Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
1979 - Freema Agyeman, British actress
1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
1981 - Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor
1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
1981 - Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 - Eden Riegel, American actress
1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1983 - Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
1983 - Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 - Ali Bastian, English actress and model
1984 - José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 - Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 - Shareefa, American singer
1984 - Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
1985 - Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
1986 - Glen Davis, American basketball player
1987 - Gilbert Brule, Canadian professional hockey player
1987 - Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
1987 - Devin Setoguchi, Canadian professional hockey player
1989 - Marvin Austin, American football player
1991 - Kathleen Herles, American voice actor
1996 - Mary Gibbs, American child actress
1998 - Marlene Lawston, American child actress
766 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)

Friday, December 30, 2011

Famous Births on 31 Dec

Famous Births on 31 Dec

 695 - Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
1378 - Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
1514 - Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
1572 - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
1668 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738)
1720 - Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1788)
1738 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (d. 1805)
1741 - Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)
1763 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
1815 - George Meade, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
1830 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (d. 1895)
1830 - Alexander Smith, Scottish poet (d. 1867)
1857 - King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1860 - Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)
1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
1877 - Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
1878 - Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)
1878 - Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian writer (d. 1937)
1880 - George C. Marshall, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Laureate (d. 1959)
1880 - Fred Beebe, American baseball player (d. 1957)
1881 - Max Pechstein, German painter (d. 1955)
1882 - Martin O'Meara, Australian soldier (d. 1935)
1884 - Bobby Byrne, American baseball player (d. 1964)
1885 - Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
1899 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)
1902 - Lionel Daunais, Quebec singer and composer (d. 1982)
1903 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1992)
1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (d. 1975)
1905 - Jule Styne, English-born composer (d. 1994)
1908 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
1909 - Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000)
1910 - Carl Dudley, American film director (d. 1973)
1912 - Maj-Gen John Frost, British para commander (d. 1993)
1919 - Tommy Byrne, American baseball player
1920 - Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (d. 1999)
1924 - Taylor Mead, American actor
1928 - Siné, French cartoonist
1930 - Odetta, American singer
1931 - Bob Shaw, Irish writer (d. 1996)
1933 - Edward Bunker, American author and actor (d. 2005)
1934 - Akram Awan, Islamic scholar
1937 - Avram Hershko, Israeli biologist, Nobel laureate
1937 - Sir Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor
1938 - Rosalind Cash, American actress (d. 1995)
1940 - Mani Neumeier, German musician (Guru Guru)
1941 - Sarah Miles, English actress
1941 - Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
1942 - Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police)
1943 - John Denver, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997)
1943 - Sir Ben Kingsley, English actor
1943 - Pete Quaife, English bassist (The Kinks)
1944 - Taylor Hackford, American producer and director
1945 - Connie Willis, American writer
1945 - Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan actress and model
1945 - Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-born fashion designer
1946 - Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean human rights advocate
1947 - Burton Cummings, Canadian keyboardist (The Guess Who)
1947 - Tim Matheson, American actor
1947 - Rita Lee, Brazilian Rock Star
1948 - René Robert, National Hockey League player
1948 - Donna Summer, American singer
1949 - Ellen Datlow, American editor
1949 - Susan Shwartz, American writer
1951 - George Thorogood, American musician
1951 - Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
1953 - James Remar, American actor
1953 - Jane Badler, American actress
1954 - Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit architect
1954 - Alex Salmond, Scottish politician
1955 - Dawood Ibrahim, Indian crime boss
1956 - Steve Rude, American comics artist
1958 - Bebe Neuwirth, American actress
1959 - Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (d. 1981)
1959 - Paul Westerberg, American musician (The Replacements)
1959 - Val Kilmer, American actor
1959 - Phill Kline, American politician
1960 - John Allen Muhammad, American serial killer
1960 - Steve Bruce, English football player & manager
1961 - Rick Aguilera, American baseball player
1961 - Nina Li Chi, Chinese actress
1962 - Heather McCartney, British activist
1962 - Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player
1963 - Konishiki, American sumo wrestler
1963 - Scott Ian, American guitarist (Anthrax)
1964 - Michael McDonald, American actor-comedian
1964 - Allen D'Nulderf, American stuntman
1964 - Lowri Turner, British TV presenter
1965 - Julie Doucet, Canadian underground cartoonist
1965 - Gong Li, Chinese actress
1965 - Nicholas Sparks, American author
1966 - Lisa Joyner, American entertainment reporter
1968 - Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian and actor
1969 - Kate Beahan, Australian actress
1969 - Dominik Diamond, Scittish presenter and newspaper columnist
1970 - Carlos Morales Quintana, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
1970 - Bryon Russell, American basketball player
1971 - Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
1971 - Esteban Loaiza, Mexican Major League Baseball player
1971 - Brent Barry, American basketball player
1972 - Joe McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1973 - Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
1973 - Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician (Arab Strap)
1974 - Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist
1974 - Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver
1974 - Ryan Sakoda, Japanese American professional wrestler
1975 - Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer
1976 - Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
1977 - Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer
1977 - Donald Trump Jr., son of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump
1978 - Papoose, American rapper
1979 - Bob Bryar, American drummer (My Chemical Romance, Gerardolopoly)
1979 - Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress
1980 - Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
1980 - Matt Cross, American professional wrestler
1981 - Matthew Pavlich, Australian football player
1981 - Jason Campbell, American football player
1982 - Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
1982 - Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
1987 - Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987 - Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Famous Births on 30 Dec

Famous Births on 30 Dec

1204 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)
1552 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1642 - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
1678 - William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
1722 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
1724 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
1740 - Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (d. 1759)
1785 - Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. 1857)
1819 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
1819 - John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1873)
1838 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (d.1929)
1851 - Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician (d. 1929)
1853 - André Messager, French composer (d. 1929)
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, English writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1869 - Stephen Butler Leacock, English-born Canadian writer and economist (d. 1944)
1873 - Al Smith, American politician (d. 1944)
1878 - William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)
1879 - Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950)
1883 - Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)
1884 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1890 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
1899 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
1904 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
1906 - Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
1913 - Lucio Agostini, Italian-born Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1913 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)
1914 - Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
1914 - Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
1920 - Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
1921 - Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman (d. 1987)
1927 - Bernard Barrow, American actor (d. 1993)
1927 - Robert Hossein, French film actor and director
1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician (d. 2008)
1929 - Rosalind Hurley, British physician, barrister, ethicist and writer (d. 2004)
1929 - Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
1934 - Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
1934 - Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, former US Central Command commander
1934 - Joseph Bologna, American actor
1934 - John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
1935 - Sandy Koufax, American baseball player
1935 - Jack Riley, American actor
1937 - Noel Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
1937 - Jim Marshall, American football player
1937 - John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
1937 - Gordon Banks, English footballer
1939 - Glenda Adams, Australian author (d. 2007)
1939 - Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (d.1983) (Mountain)
1940 - James Burrows, American television director
1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
1942 - Fred Ward, American actor
1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
1942 - Guy Edwards, English racing driver
1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
1942 - Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
1944 - William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander
1945 - Concetta Tomei, American actress
1945 - Lloyd Kaufman, American film director and producer
1945 - Davy Jones, English singer (The Monkees)
1945 - Vernon Wells, Australian actor
1946 - Patti Smith, American singer and poet
1947 - Michael Burns, American historian
1947 - Jeff Lynne, English musician (ELO)
1949 - Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
1950 - Lewis Shiner, American sci-fi/fantasy author
1951 - Doug Allder, English footballer
1951 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish Darts player
1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
1953 - Meredith Vieira, American television journalist
1953 - Harald Schmautz, German-born journalist
1953 - Bill Kazmaier, American powerlifter
1955 - Dindo Yogo, Congolese musician (d. 2000)
1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
1956 - Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress
1957 - Matt Lauer, American newscaster
1958 - Rod Harrington, English darts player
1958 - Steven L. Smith, American astronaut
1959 - Josée Verner, French Canadian politician
1959 - Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
1961 - Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
1961 - Sean Hannity, American talk radio and television host
1961 - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
1962 - Henry Cho, Korean-American comedian
1963 - Milan Å rejber, Czech tennis player
1963 - Chandler Burr, American author
1963 - Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
1964 - Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish musician (BMX Bandits)
1964 - Sylvie Moreau, French Canadian actress
1965 - Heidi Fleiss, American madam
1967 - Carl Ouellet, Canadian professional wrestler
1969 - Dave England, American television personality
1969 - Jay Kay, English musician (Jamiroquai)
1969 - Meredith Monroe, American actress
1971 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor
1972 - Steven Wiig, American actor and musician
1972 - Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
1972 - Kerry Collins, American football player
1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
1973 - Ato Boldon, Trinidadian athlete
1973 - Nacho Vidal, Spanish porn star
1974 - Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (d. 2007)
1975 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
1975 - Scott Chipperfield, Australian soccer player
1976 - Patrick Kerney, American football player
1976 - A.J. Pierzynski, American baseball player
1977 - Laila Ali, American boxer
1977 - Grant Balfour, Australian baseball player
1977 - Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
1978 - Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
1978 - Tyrese, American singer and actor
1978 - Devin Brown , American basketball player
1979 - Flávio, Angolan footballer
1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
1980 - Kenny Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1981 - Matt Ulrich, American football player
1981 - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
1981 - Haley Paige, American porn star (d. 2007)
1981 - Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
1982 - Dathan Ritzenhein, American runner
1982 - Dawan Landry, American football player
1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
1984 - Randall Azofeifa, Costa Rican footballer
1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player
1985 - Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist
1987 - Jake Cuenca, Filipino actor and commercial model
1988 - Leon Jackson, Scottish singer
1989 - Ryan Sheckler, American professional skateboarder
39 - Titus, Roman emperor (d. 81)

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Famous Births on 29 Dec

Famous Births on 29 Dec

1709 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
1721 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
1796 - Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (d. 1877)
1800 - Charles Goodyear, American inventor (d. 1860)
1806 - William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister
1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1809 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
1816 - Carl Ludwig, German physician (d. 1895)
1843 - Elisabeth of Wied (pen name was Carmen Sylva), queen of Romania and writer (d. 1916)
1856 - Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (d. 1894)
1859 - Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
1876 - Pablo Casals, Catalan musician (d. 1973)
1881 - Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
1896 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
1899 - Nie Rongzhen, People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff (d. 1992)
1902 - Nels Stewart, National Hockey League player (d. 1957)
1908 - Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian (d. 1993)
1910 - Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1914 - Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989)
1914 - Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
1915 - Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)
1917 - Tom Bradley, American politician (d. 1998)
1917 - Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005)
1920 - Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress (d. 1995)
1922 - William Gaddis, American writer (d. 1998)
1925 - Pete Dye, American golf course architect
1927 - Andy Stanfield, American athlete (d. 1985)
1928 - Bernard Cribbins, British actor
1931 - Prince Gu of Korea, Korean royalty (d. 2005)
1932 - Inga Swenson, American actress
1934 - Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
1936 - Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
1936 - Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)
1937 - Barbara Steele, British actress
1937 - Wayne Huizenga, American football team owner
1938 - Harvey Smith, English showjumper
1938 - Jon Voight, American actor
1941 - Ray Thomas, British musician (The Moody Blues)
1942 - Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 1999)
1942 - Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
1946 - Marianne Faithfull, British singer
1947 - Ted Danson, American actor
1947 - Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (d. 1998)
1947 - Vincent Winter, British actor (d. 1998)
1949 - Syed Kirmani, Indian cricket player
1949 - David Topliss, rugby league player
1950 - Jon Polito, American actor
1951 - Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
1951 - Yvonne Elliman, American disco singer
1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer
1953 - Stanley Tookie Williams, American author/murderer (executed 2005)
1953 - Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
1954 - Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1954 - Roger Voudouris, American singer
1956 - Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian
1957 - Brad Grey, American film producer
1957 - Paul Rudnick, American screenwriter/playwright
1958 - Nancy J. Currie, American astronaut
1959 - Paula Poundstone, American comedian
1959 - Patricia Clarkson, American actress
1960 - David Boon, Australian Cricketer
1960 - Katerina Didaskou, Greek actress
1960 - Thomas Lubanga, founder and leader of Union of Congolese Patriots
1961 - Kevin Granata, American associate professor at Virginia Tech, victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007)
1961 - Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat)
1962 - Devon White, Jamaican baseball player
1962 - Blake Mitchell, American adult actress
1963 - Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player
1963 - Des Foy, British rugby league player
1963 - Dave McKean, British artist and filmmaker
1963 - Sean Payton, American football coach
1965 - Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring)
1966 - Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer
1967 - Andy Wachowski, American director
1967 - Chris Barnes, American singer
1967 - Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian journalist
1969 - Jennifer Ehle, American actress
1969 - Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
1970 - Kevin Weisman, American actor
1970 - Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
1970 - Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver
1970 - Aled Jones, Welsh singer
1972 - Asheru, American rapper
1972 - Jason Kreis, American soccer player
1972 - Jude Law, British actor
1972 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
1973 - Theo Epstein, American baseball general manager
1973 - Pimp C, American rapper (UGK) (d. 2007)
1974 - Mekhi Phifer, American actor
1974 - Richie Sexson, American baseball player
1975 - Jaret Wright, American baseball player
1976 - Danny R. McBride, American actor, writer, and producer
1977 - Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
1977 - Katherine Moennig, American actress
1978 - Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress
1978 - Kieron Dyer, English footballer
1978 - LaToya London, American singer
1979 - Diego Luna, Mexican actor
1979 - Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed-martial arts fighter
1979 - Ariel Schrag, American Cartoonist
1981 - Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater
1982 - Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Quebec singer
1983 - Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer
1986 - Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model
1988 - Agnes Szavay, Hungary tennis player
1989 - Nathan Forbes, British footballer
1994 - Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Famous Births on 28 Dec

Famous Births on 28 Dec

1164 - Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)
1522 - Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)
1619 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)
1635 - Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)
1655 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)
1665 - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
1763 - John Molson, English-born Canadian brewer (d. 1836)
1778 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
1842 - Calixa Lavallée, French-Canadian composer (O Canada) (d. 1891)
1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
1866 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)
1879 - Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
1882 - Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astronomer (d. 1944)
1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (d. 1931)
1898 - Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1898 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957)
1899 - Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943)
1902 - Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001)
1902 - Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)
1903 - Earl Hines, American musician (d. 1983)
1903 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957)
1905 - Cliff Arquette, American actor (d. 1974)
1908 - Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996)
1910 - Billy Williams, American singer (d. 1972)
1913 - Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor
1914 - Bernard Youens, English actor (d. 1984)
1915 - Pops Staples, American musician (The Staple Singers) (d. 2000)
1922 - Stan Lee, American comic book writer
1924 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
1925 - Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002)
1928 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (d. 2001)
1929 - Brian Redhead, British journalist (d. 1994)
1929 - Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (d. 1970)
1931 - Guy Debord, French writer (d. 1994)
1932 - Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990)
1932 - Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
1932 - Harry Howell, Canadian hockey player
1932 - Roy Hattersley, British politician
1932 - Dorsey Burnette, American singer (d. 1979)
1932 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002)
1933 - John Y. Brown, Jr., American politician
1934 - Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
1934 - Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987)
1936 - Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
1936 - Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
1937 - Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
1938 - Dick Sudhalter, American jazz musician
1939 - Philip Anschutz, American businessman
1940 - Don Francisco, Chilean television host
1942 - Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
1943 - David Peterson, Canadian politician
1943 - Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)
1944 - Johnny Isakson, American politician
1944 - Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1946 - Edgar Winter, American musician
1946 - Pierre Falardeau, Quebec film director
1946 - Tim Johnson, American politician, senior senator from South Dakota
1947 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (d. 2000)
1950 - Alex Chilton, American musician (Box Tops)
1950 - Øivind Blunck, Norwegian comedian and actor
1951 - Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East.
1952 - Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
1953 - Richard Clayderman, French pianist
1954 - Denzel Washington, American actor
1956 - Nigel Kennedy, British violinist
1957 - Anne Sargeant, Australian netballer
1959 - Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
1959 - Phil Abrams, American actor
1960 - Raymond Bourque, Canadian hockey player
1961 - Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and football coach
1962 - Melissa R. Kelly, former Maryland politician
1962 - Michel Petrucciani, French pianist (d. 1999)
1962 - Rachel Z, American pianist
1964 - Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete
1967 - Chris Ware, American cartoonist
1969 - Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
1970 - Francesca Le, American porn star
1971 - Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder
1971 - Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
1972 - Kevin Walker, American soccer player
1972 - Adam Vinatieri, American football player
1972 - Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
1972 - Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
1973 - Alex Dimitriades, Australian actor
1973 - Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
1973 - Seth Meyers, American actor
1974 - Rob Niedermayer, Canadian-born icehockey player.
1974 - Jason Ridge, American porn actor
1975 - B.J. Ryan, American baseball player
1977 - Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
1978 - Chris Coyne, Australian footballer
1978 - John Legend, American musician
1979 - Senna Guemmour, German Singer (Monrose)
1979 - Bill Hall, American baseball player
1979 - James Blake, American tennis player
1980 - Lomana LuaLua, Congo footballer
1980 - Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
1981 - Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
1981 - Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
1981 - Sienna Miller, British actress
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American Test-Tube Baby
1982 - Cedric Benson, American footballer
1982 - François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
1982 - Kevin Pereira, American television host
1982 - Quinton Porter, American footballer
1983 - Mike He, Taiwanese actor
1984 - Beverly Mullins, American Wrestler/Model
1984 - Alex Lloyd, British racing driver
1984 - Leroy Lita, English footballer
1985 - Kamani Hill, American footballer
1986 - Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
1987 - Thomas Dekker, American actor
1989 - Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
1990 - David Archuleta, runner-up of season 7 American Idol

Monday, December 26, 2011

Famous Births on 27 Dec

Famous Births on 27 Dec

1390 - Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
1571 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
1654 - Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1683 - Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)
1715 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
1717 - Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
1721 - François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
1761 - Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (d. 1818)
1773 - George Cayley, English scientist, inventor, and politician (d. 1857)
1776 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)
1796 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
1803 - François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, French Canadian Patriote (d. 1839)
1822 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (d. 1895)
1823 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1896)
1832 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and patron of art (d. 1897)
1864 - René Georges Hermann-Paul, French artist (d. 1940)
1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (d. 1954)
1883 - Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1888 - Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (d. 1954)
1892 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (d. 1917)
1896 - Carl Zuckmayer, German author and dramatist (d. 1977)
1896 - Louis Bromfield, American writer (d. 1956)
1896 - Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
1900 - Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)
1901 - Irene Handl, English actress (d. 1987)
1901 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)
1906 - Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, and actor (d. 1972)
1907 - Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and writer (d. 1999)
1907 - Conrad L. Raiford, Goodwill Ambassador (d. 2002)
1907 - Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)
1910 - Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)
1915 - Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
1915 - William Masters, American gynecologist (d. 2001)
1915 - Mary Kornman, American actress (d. 1973)
1916 - Werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (d. 1953)
1917 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
1918 - John Celardo, American comic strip artist
1920 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005)
1925 - Michel Piccoli, French actor
1926 - Jerome Courtland, American actor, director and producer
1927 - Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director, and writer
1927 - Antony Gardner, British politician
1930 - Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American writer
1931 - Scotty Moore, American guitarist
1934 - Larissa Latynina, Russian gymnast
1939 - John Amos, American actor
1941 - Nolan Richardson, American basketball coach
1941 - Michael Pinder, British musician (Moody Blues)
1942 - Byron Browne, baseball player
1942 - Charmian Carr, American actress
1943 - Cokie Roberts, American journalist
1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician
1943 - Peter Sinfield, British lyricist and producer
1944 - Mick Jones, British musician (Foreigner)
1944 - Barry Elliot British actor
1946 - Lenny Kaye, American guitarist
1946 - Janet Street-Porter, British journalist, producer and presenter
1947 - Bill Eadie, professional wrestler known as "Ax" of Demolition
1947 - Tracy Nelson, American blues singer
1947 - Mickey Redmond, National Hockey League player
1947 - Janet Perry, American soprano
1947 - Willy Polleunis, Belgian athlete
1948 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
1950 - Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer
1950 - Terry Bozzio, American drummer (Missing Persons)
1951 - Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
1952 - Karla Bonoff, American singer and songwriter
1952 - Tovah Feldshuh, American actress
1952 - Jay Hill, Canadian politician
1952 - David Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits)
1955 - Brad Murphey, Australian racing driver
1955 - Barbara Olson, American political commentator (d. 2001)
1959 - Gerina Dunwich, American author
1959 - Andre Tippett, American football player
1960 - Maryam d'Abo, British actress
1960 - Victoria Paige Meyerink, American actress and producer
1960 - Donald Nally, American choral conductor
1962 - Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer
1962 - Bill Self, American basketball coach
1962 - Mark Few, American basketball coach
1962 - Barbara Crampton, American actress
1963 - Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-born director
1964 - Ian Gomez, American actor
1964 - Theresa Randle, American actress
1965 - Salman Khan, Indian actor
1965 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (d. 2007)
1966 - Fabian Núñez, American politician
1966 - Bill Goldberg, American football player and professional wrestler
1966 - Eva LaRue, American actress
1966 - Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
1969 - Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
1969 - Chyna, American professional wrestler
1969 - Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
1970 - Lorenzo Neal, American football player
1970 - Brendon Cook, Australian racing driver
1971 - Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1971 - Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player
1972 - Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor
1972 - Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player
1972 - Matt Slocum, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
1973 - Dee Ferris, British painter
1973 - Wilson Cruz, Puerto Rican actor
1973 - Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer
1974 - Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor
1974 - Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player
1975 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
1976 - Fernando Pisani, Canadian/Italian ice hockey player
1976 - Aaron Stanford, American actor
1977 - Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
1979 - Carson Palmer, American football player
1979 - David Dunn, English footballer
1980 - Claudio Castagnoli, Swiss wrestler
1980 - Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
1981 - Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
1981 - Javine, British singer
1982 - James Mead, American guitarist (Kutless)
1982 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)
1983 - Cole Hamels, American baseball player
1984 - Gilles Simon, French tennis player
1984 - Pleasure P,American R&B Singer. Former member of Pretty Ricky (band)
1985 - Logan Bailly, Belgian football goalkeeper
1985 - Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1986 - Tristan Mathews, Porn Star,Model
1988 - Rick Porcello, American baseball player
1990 - Luis Trujillo, Peruvian Football Player

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Famous Births on 26 Dec

Famous Births on 26 Dec

1194 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
1532 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576)
1536 - Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
1542 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616)
1646 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Tenth Guru of Sikhism (d. 1708)
1687 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (d. 1755)
1716 - Thomas Gray, English writer (d. 1771)
1716 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803)
1723 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807)
1737 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815)
1751 - Clement Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820)
1771 - Julie Clary, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
1780 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872)
1782 - Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1791 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
1819 - E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899)
1822 - Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
1837 - George Dewey, U. S. admiral (d. 1917)
1837 - Morgan Bulkeley, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1922)
1853 - René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932)
1859 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944)
1872 - Norman Angell, British politician, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1873 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
1883 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)
1887 - Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)
1890 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
1891 - Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
1893 - Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
1894 - Jean Toomer, American writer (d. 1967)
1902 - Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1903 - Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
1904 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
1906 - Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1911 - Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
1913 - Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
1914 - Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
1914 - Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
1918 - George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
1921 - Steve Allen, American comedian (d. 2000)
1922 - Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
1924 - Frank Broyles, American athlete, long time athletic director of the University of Arkansas.
1927 - Alan King, American comedian (d. 2004)
1927 - Stu Miller, American baseball player
1927 - Denis Quilley, British actor (d. 2003)
1929 - Régine, French singer and nightclub owner
1930 - Donald Moffat, English-born actor
1930 - Jean Ferrat, French singer and songwriter
1933 - Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer
1933 - Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality
1935 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)
1935 - Norm Ullman, Canadian hockey player
1937 - John Horton Conway, British mathematician
1937 - Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
1938 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
1938 - Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
1939 - Fred Schepisi, Australian film director
1940 - Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Ray Sadecki, American Major league baseball pitcher
1940 - Phil Spector, American music producer
1941 - Daniel Schmid, Swiss film director (d. 2006)
1942 - Gray Davis, former Governor of California
1942 - Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, Guatemalan president
1944 - Jane Lapotaire, British actress
1945 - John Walsh, American talk show host
1947 - James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
1947 - Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
1948 - Candy Crowley, American journalist
1949 - José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
1951 - Richard Skinner, British radio presenter
1953 - Leonel Fernández, Dominican politician and current President of the Dominican Republic
1953 - Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1954 - Ozzie Smith, American baseball player
1954 - Steve Steen, English actor
1955 - Evan Bayh, American politician
1956 - David Sedaris, American essayist
1957 - Dermot Murnaghan, British broadcaster
1958 - Adrian Newey, British engineer
1959 - Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director
1960 - Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
1960 - Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
1961 - John Lynch, Irish actor
1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica)
1964 - Elizabeth Kostova, American author
1966 - Sandra Taylor, American model and actress
1968 - Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler
1970 - James Mercer, American musician (The Shins)
1970 - Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
1971 - Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director
1971 - Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
1971 - Jared Leto, American actor and singer (30 Seconds to Mars)
1972 - Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer
1972 - Robert Muchamore, English children's author
1973 - Reichen Lehmkuhl, American television personality
1974 - Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actor
1974 - Joshua John Miller, American actor
1975 - Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
1976 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
1978 - Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
1979 - Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
1979 - Chris Daughtry, American singer
1979 - Mzbel, Ghanaian singer
1979 - Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
1980 - Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
1982 - Oguri Shun, Japanese Actor/Model
1982 - Kenneth Darby, American National Football League player
1984 - Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
1985 - Yuu Shirota, Japanese Idol
1987 - Adam Walker, British flautist
1990 - Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
1995 - Zach Mills, American actor

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Famous Births on 25 Dec

Famous Births on 25 Dec

1250 - John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)
1461 - Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)
1583 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)
1587 - Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)
1628 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
1652 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)
1665 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
1667 - Ehrengard von der Schulenburg, English royal mistress (d. 1743)
1674 - Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)
1700 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
1711 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)
1716 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
1730 - Philip Mazzei, Italian physician and friend of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1816)
1742 - Charlotte von Stein, German friend of Goethe (d. 1827)
1757 - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839)
1763 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
1771 - Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855)
1810 - Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (d. 1892)
1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
1856 - Pud Galvin, American professional baseball pitcher (d. 1902)
1856 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
1860 - Manuel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (d. 1921)
1861 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
1863 - Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
1864 - Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (d. 1951)
1865 - Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)
1870 - Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics industrialist (d. 1965)
1873 - Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-born American dairy educator (d. 1959)
1874 - Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (d. 1944)
1875 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Austrian archbishop (d. 1955)
1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)
1876 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, Nobel laureate (d. 1959)
1878 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)
1884 - Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
1886 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
1887 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
1889 - Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (d. 1984)
1890 - Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
1891 - Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (d.1980)
1899 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)
1901 - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)
1902 - Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969)
1904 - Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1906 - Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born film producer (d. 1998)
1906 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
1907 - Cab Calloway, American bandleader (d. 1994)
1907 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
1907 - Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1990)
1908 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer (d. 1996)
1908 - Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)
1908 - Quentin Crisp, English author (d. 1999)
1911 - Louise Bourgeois, sculptor
1912 - Tony Martin, American singer and actor
1912 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer (d. 1969)
1913 - Henri Nannen, German journalist (d. 1966)
1914 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (d. 2007)
1915 - Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer
1918 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
1918 - Ahmed Ben Bella, politician, first President of Algeria
1919 - Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
1919 - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
1919 - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
1921 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
1924 - Rod Serling, American television writer (d. 1975)
1924 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
1925 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)
1926 - Enrique Jorrín, Cuban composer and musician (d. 1987)
1927 - Nellie Fox, baseball player (d. 1975)
1928 - Dick Miller, American actor
1929 - Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
1929 - Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
1930 - Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian boxer and father of Andre Agassi
1930 - Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (d.1986)
1932 - Mabel King, American actress (d. 1999)
1935 - Al Jackson, baseball player
1936 - HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent
1936 - Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer (d. 2005)
1937 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986)
1938 - Noel Picard, Quebec ice hockey player
1940 - Pete Brown, English poet and lyricist
1943 - Hanna Schygulla, German actress
1943 - Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian racing driver
1944 - Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
1944 - Kenny Everett, British entertainer (d. 1995)
1944 - Henry Vestine, American musician (d. 1997)
1945 - Mike Pringle, Scottish politician
1945 - Gary Sandy, American actor
1945 - Rick Berman, Star Trek producer
1945 - Noel Redding, English musician (d. 2003)
1946 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
1946 - Larry Csonka, American football player
1946 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
1948 - Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress
1948 - Alia al Hussein, of Jordan (d. 1977)
1948 - Joel Natalino Santana, Brazilian soccer coach
1949 - Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949 - Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
1949 - Sissy Spacek, American actress
1949 - Joe Louis Walker, American musician
1950 - Karl Rove, former American presidential advisor
1950 - Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter
1950 - Manny Trillo, baseball player
1952 - CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress
1952 - Desireless, French singer
1954 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer, from Aberdeen
1954 - Steve Wariner, American country music singer
1955 - Alannah Myles, Canadian singer
1957 - Chris Kamara, English footballer and commentator
1957 - Shane MacGowan, Irish musician
1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player
1958 - Hanford Dixon, American football player
1959 - Michael P. Anderson, astronaut (d. 2003)
1960 - Ron Bottitta, British actor
1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
1962 - Dean Cameron, American actor
1962 - Darren Wharton, British Keyboardist (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
1964 - Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer
1964 - Tim Royes - Music Video Director and Editor
1964 - Bob Stanley, English musician (Saint Etienne), filmmaker and journalist
1967 - Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
1968 - Helena Christensen, Danish model
1968 - Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
1971 - Dido, English singer
1971 - Justin Trudeau, Canadian media personality
1971 - Noel Hogan, Irish musician
1972 - Mac Powell, American musician, singer/songwriter (lead singer of Third Day)
1972 - Josh Freese, American drummer
1973 - Robbie Elliott, English footballer
1973 - Chris Harris, American professional wrestler
1973 - Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist
1974 - Nagma, Indian actress
1975 - Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
1975 - Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
1975 - Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant
1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist and songwriter
1976 - Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ & Producer
1977 - Jim Greco, American skateboarder
1977 - Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress
1977 - Israel Vasquez, Current WBC Super bantamweight champion
1978 - Simon Jones, English cricketer
1978 - Joel Porter, Australian footballer
1980 - Marcus Trufant, American football player (Seattle Seahawks)
1980 - Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress
1980 - Locó, Angolan footballer
1980 - Laura Sadler, British actress (d. 2003)
1981 - Katie Wright, American actress
1981 - Willy Taveras, baseball player
1982 - Shystie, British rapper-songwriter
1982 - Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
1982 - Shawn Andrews, American football player
1984 - Lisa Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
1984 - Jessica Origliasso, Australian Singer (The Veronicas)
1984 - Georgia Moffett, British actress
1984 - Alastair Cook, English cricketer
1984 - Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
1985 - Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
1985 - Perdita Weeks, British actress
1986 - Doug Loft, English footballer
1988 - Eric Gordon, American Basketball Player

Friday, December 23, 2011

Famous Births on 24 Dec

Famous Births on 24 Dec

1166 - King John of England (d. 1216)
1389 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)
1475 - Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)
1491 - Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)
1508 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)
1588 - Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)
1609 - Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (d. 1683)
1635 - Mariana of Austria, second wife of king Philip IV of Spain (d. 1696)
1698 - William Warburton, English Bishop of Gloucester (d. 1779)
1724 - Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (d. 1811)
1745 - Benjamin Rush, doctor and Founding Father of the United States (d. 1813)
1754 - George Crabbe, British poet and naturalist (d. 1832)
1761 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
1784 - Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1803)
1798 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (d. 1855)
1809 - Kit Carson, American frontiersman (d. 1868)
1810 - Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (d. 1873)
1812 - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German jurist (d. 1894)
1818 - James Prescott Joule, British physicist (d. 1889)
1822 - Matthew Arnold, British poet (d. 1888)
1837 - Elisabeth of Bavaria a.k.a Sissi, Empress of Austria (d. 1898)
1843 - Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886)
1845 - King George I of Greece (d. 1913)
1867 - Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1868 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (d. 1941)
1879 - Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Queen Consort to Christian X (d. 1952)
1879 - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (d. 1941)
1880 - Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)
1881 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1886 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962)
1887 - Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (d. 1951)
1893 - Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (Chattanooga Choo Choo - I Only Have Eyes for You) (d. 1981)
1894 - Georges Guynemer, French aviator (d. 1917)
1895 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)
1898 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)
1898 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)
1900 - Joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)
1904 - Joseph Moses Juran, American industrial engineer and philanthropist.
1905 - Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor (d. 1976)
1906 - Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
1907 - I. F. Stone, American journalist (d. 1989)
1910 - Max Miedinger, typeface designer, famous for creating Helvetica in 1957. (d. 1980)
1910 - Fritz Leiber, American writer (d. 1992)
1914 - Ralph Marterie, American trumpet player and big band leader (d. 1978)
1914 - Herbert Reinecker, German writer
1917 - Kim Jong-suk, Wife of Kim Il-sung, mother of Kim Jung-Il, "The Heroine of the Anti-Japanese Revolution" (d. 1949)
1920 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (d. 1944)
1922 - Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)
1923 - George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
1923 - Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
1924 - Lee Dorsey, American singer (d. 1986)
1924 - Grigory Kriss, Russian Olympic champion fencer
1925 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
1926 - Paul Buissonneau, French-born Quebec theatre director
1927 - Mary Higgins Clark, American author
1931 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer
1931 - Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist and composer
1932 - On Kawara, Japanese conceptual artist
1934 - Stjepan Mesić, president of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement and president of Croatia.
1937 - Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player
1938 - Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
1938 - Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
1941 - John Levene, British actor
1943 - Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
1944 - Barry Chuckle, British comedian
1944 - Daniel Johnson, Jr., Quebec politician, Premier of Quebec
1944 - Mike Curb, American musician, record company executive and politician
1944 - Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay
1945 - Steve Smith, Canadian Comedian, The New Red Green Show, Duct Tape Forever
1945 - Nicholas Meyer, American author
1945 - Lemmy, British singer, bassist (Motörhead)
1946 - Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005)
1946 - Jeff Sessions, American politician
1947 - Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC
1948 - Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player
1949 - Randy Neugebauer, American politician
1949 - Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
1950 - Dana Gioia, American poet
1951 - John D'Acquisto, baseball player
1953 - François Loos, French politician
1954 - José María Figueres, Costa Rican politician
1955 - Clarence Gilyard, American actor
1955 - Grand L. Bush, American actor
1957 - Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
1957 - Diane Tell, Quebec singer
1958 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer
1959 - Keith Deller, British darts player
1959 - Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
1960 - Glenn McQueen, American animator (d. 2002)
1960 - Carol Vorderman, British television presenter
1961 - Jay Wright, American basketball coach
1961 - Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Republic
1963 - Jay Bilas, American basketball analyst
1963 - Mary Ramsey, American singer (10,000 Maniacs)
1963 - Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress
1964 - Mark Valley, American actor
1965 - Millard Powers, American musician and songwriter
1966 - Diedrich Bader, American actor
1967 - Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
1968 - Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist
1968 - Marleen Renders, Belgian athlete
1969 - Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer
1970 - Will Oldham, American singer and songwriter
1970 - Amaury Nolasco, American actor
1971 - Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
1971 - Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
1971 - Christopher Daniels, American professional wrestler
1972 - Alvaro Mesen, Costa Rican footballer
1973 - Eddie Pope, American soccer player
1973 - Stephenie Meyer, Author
1974 - Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
1974 - Ryan Seacrest, American television host
1978 - Yıldıray Baştürk, Turkish footballer
1979 - Chris Hero, American professional wrestler
1980 - Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
1981 - Dima Bilan, Karachay-Russian pop artist
1982 - Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor
1982 - Robert Carmine, American singer
1985 - David Ragan, American race car driver
1986 - Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007 from Japan
1986 - Edward Southall, British composer
1992 - Melissa Suffield, English actress
3 BC - Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Famous Births on 23 Dec

Famous Births on 23 Dec

1173 - Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
1513 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1582 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
1597 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639)
1613 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
1621 - Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)
1621 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)
1689 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
1732 - Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792)
1743 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)
1750 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
1758 - Nathan Wilson U.S. Represenative from New York
1777 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)
1790 - Jean François Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832)
1804 - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869)
1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader (d. 1844)
1819 - Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
1822 - Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875)
1843 - Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924)
1854 - Henry B. Guppy, British botanist (d. 1926)
1864 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
1867 - Madam C.J. Walker, American philanthropist and tycoon (d. 1919)
1878 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)
1885 - Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964)
1891 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (d. 1956)
1900 - Otto Soglow, American comics artist (d. 1975)
1902 - Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)
1907 - Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (d. 2005)
1907 - Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942)
1908 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born, Canadian portrait photographer (d. 2002)
1910 - Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (d. 1961)
1911 - James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002)
1911 - Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
1916 - Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter
1918 - Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
1918 - José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001)
1918 - Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor
1919 - Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (d. 2006)
1921 - Guy Beaulne, French Canadian actor and theatre director (d. 2001)
1922 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (d. 2001)
1923 - Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist
1923 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
1923 - James Stockdale, American admiral (d. 2005)
1923 - Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (d. 1954)
1926 - Robert Bly, American poet
1928 - Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
1929 - Dick Weber, American professional tenpin bowler (d. 2005)
1929 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988)
1931 - Ronnie Schell, American actor
1933 - Akihito, Emperor of Japan
1935 - Paul Hornung, American football player
1935 - Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984)
1936 - Frederic Forrest, American actor
1937 - Barney Rosenzweig, American television producer
1938 - Bob Kahn, American Internet pioneer
1940 - Eugene Record, American singer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2005)
1940 - Robert Labine, French-Canadian politician
1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
1941 - Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (d. 1975)
1941 - Ron Bushy, American musician
1941 - Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980)
1942 - John Peterman, American fashion designer
1943 - Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (d. 1987)
1943 - Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
1943 - Ron Allen, American baseball player
1943 - Harry Shearer, American actor
1943 - Mikhail Gromov, Russian-born mathematician
1944 - Wesley Clark, American military officer
1945 - Ron Bushy, American drummer (Iron Butterfly)
1946 - Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano
1946 - Susan Lucci, American actress
1948 - Leslie Moonves, American television executive
1948 - Jack Ham, American football player
1949 - Adrian Belew, American musician
1950 - Michael C. Burgess, American politician
1950 - Ilchi Lee, Korean educator and author
1951 - Anthony Phillips, British musician (Genesis)
1952 - William Kristol, American political commentator
1953 - Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
1956 - Michele Alboreto, Italian Formula one driver (d. 2001)
1957 - Trisha Goddard, English television presenter
1957 - Dan Bigras, Canadian singer
1958 - Victoria Williams, American singer
1958 - Joan Severance, American actress
1958 - Dave Murray, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1959 - Geoff Willis, British engineer
1961 - Carol Smillie, British television personality
1962 - Keiji Muto, Japanese professional wrestler
1962 - Kang Je-gyu, South Korean film director
1962 - Bertrand Gachot, Belgian racing driver
1963 - Jim Harbaugh, American football player
1963 - Donna Tartt, American author
1964 - Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1967 - Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer
1967 - Tim Fountain, British playwright
1968 - Quincy Jones III, Swedish-American musician
1969 - Rob Pelinka, American sports agent
1969 - Martha Byrne, American actress
1969 - Greg Biffle, American racecar driver
1970 - Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater
1970 - Raymont Harris, American football player
1971 - Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
1971 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite
1971 - Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
1971 - Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1971 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor
1974 - Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer
1975 - Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player
1975 - Sky Lopez, American actress
1976 - Brad Lidge, American baseball player
1976 - Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Greek footballer
1976 - Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler
1977 - Paul Shirley, American basketball player
1977 - Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer
1977 - Alge Crumpler, American football player
1978 - Andra Davis, American football player
1978 - Esthero, Canadian musician and singer
1978 - Jodie Marsh, British glamour model
1978 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
1978 - Estella Warren, Canadian model and actress
1979 - Kenny Miller, Scottish football player
1979 - Holly Madison, American model
1979 - Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
1979 - Summer Altice, American model and actress
1980 - Cody Ross, American baseball player
1981 - Beth, Spanish singer
1983 - Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
1983 - Michael Chopra, English footballer
1985 - Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)
1985 - Luke O'Loughlin, Australian actor
1988 - Eri Kamei, Japanese singer
1990 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress, model, and singer
245 - Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Famous Births on 22 Dec

Famous Births on 22 Dec

1095 - Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)
1178 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
1546 - Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)
1550 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
1639 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
1666 - Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)
1690 - Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)
1694 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)
1696 - James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. 1785)
1723 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
1765 - Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)
1805 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893)
1807 - Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (d. 1873)
1819 - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892)
1819 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (d. 1870)
1853 - Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist (d. 1917)
1853 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1919)
1856 - Frank B. Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
1860 - Austin Norman Palmer, American penmanship innovator (d. 1927)
1862 - Connie Mack, American baseball executive (d. 1956)
1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935)
1869 - Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
1872 - Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
1874 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (d. 1939)
1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor (d. 1944)
1883 - Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
1887 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)
1888 - J. Arthur Rank, British film producer (d. 1972)
1898 - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974)
1899 - Gustav Gründgens, German actor (d. 1963)
1900 - Marc Allégret, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1901 - André Kostelanetz, American popular music orchestra leader and arranger (d. 1980)
1903 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
1905 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972)
1905 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
1907 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
1909 - Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
1912 - Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
1915 - Barbara Billingsley, American actress
1917 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (d. 1999)
1921 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, American country singer (d. 1963)
1922 - Jack Brooks, American politician
1922 - Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)
1924 - Frank Corsaro, American stage director
1925 - Lewis Glucksman, American financier (d. 2006)
1934 - David Pearson, American racecar driver
1936 - Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor (d. 1969)
1936 - Hector Elizondo, American actor
1936 - James Burke, British writer
1937 - Eduard Uspensky, Russian writer
1938 - Matty Alou, Dominican baseball player
1938 - Lucien Bouchard, Quebec politician
1939 - James Gurley, American musician
1942 - Dick Parry, English musician (Pink Floyd)
1943 - Paul Wolfowitz, American politician
1944 - Steve Carlton, American baseball player
1945 - Diane Sawyer, American journalist
1946 - Rick Nielsen, American musician (Cheap Trick)
1948 - Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003)
1948 - Steve Garvey, American baseball player
1948 - Noel Edmonds, English game show host
1949 - Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
1949 - Robin Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees)
1951 - Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster
1953 - BernNadette Stanis, actress
1953 - Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 - Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver
1955 - Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
1957 - Carole James, Canadian politician
1958 - Frank Gambale, Australian musician
1958 - David Heavener, American actor and musician
1959 - Bernd Schuster, German footballer
1960 - Patrick Fitzgerald, American attorney
1960 - Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
1960 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
1960 - Wakin Chau, Chinese singer
1961 - Andrew Fastow, American businessman
1962 - Ralph Fiennes, English actor
1963 - Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer
1963 - Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter
1966 - Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
1966 - Dmitry Bilozerchev, Soviet gymnast
1967 - Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer
1967 - Richey James Edwards, Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995)
1967 - Stéphane Gendron, Quebec politician
1967 - Paul Morris, Australian racing driver
1968 - Dina Meyer, American actress
1968 - Lauralee Bell, American actress
1969 - Myriam Bédard, Canadian athlete
1971 - Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor
1972 - Big Tigger, television host
1972 - Vanessa Paradis, French singer
1974 - Heather Donahue, American actress
1975 - Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
1975 - Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer
1975 - Crissy Moran, American erotic actress
1975 - Chris Adler, American actor
1976 - Brian A. Alexander, American screenwriter and director
1976 - Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian athlete
1976 - Jason Lane, American Baseball Player
1977 - Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Chris Carmack, American actor
1983 - Jennifer Hawkins, Australian Miss Universe
1984 - Basshunter, popular Swedish singer
1989 - Jordin Sparks, American singer and American Idol winner
1990 - Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor
1993 - Aliana Lohan, American actress

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Famous Births on 21 Dec

Famous Births on 21 Dec

1118 - Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
1401 - Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428)
1596 - Petro Mohyla, Moldovan Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Kiev and Galicia (d. 1646)
1603 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)
1714 - John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774)
1778 - Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
1795 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (d. 1886)
1804 - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1881)
1805 - Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1811 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1882)
1815 - Thomas Couture French painter and teacher (d. 1879)
1818 - Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen of Greece (d. 1875)
1832 - John H. Ketcham, American politician (d. 1906)
1843 - Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealander poet (d. 1898)
1850 - Zdeněk Fibich, Bohemian composer (d. 1900)
1850 - William Wallace Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
1851 - Thomas Chipman McRae, American politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
1859 - Gustave Kahn, French poet (d. 1936)
1872 - Sidney Ainsworth, British actor (d. 1922)
1872 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. 1956)
1872 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author (d. 1942)
1873 - Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer (d. 1934)
1876 - Jack Lang (John Thomas Lang), Premier of New South Wales (d. 1975)
1878 - Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956)
1879 - Joseph Stalin, U.S.S.R Leader
1885 - Frank Patrick, hockey player (d. 1960)
1889 - Sewall Wright, American biologist (d. 1988)
1890 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and Nobel laureate (d. 1967)
1891 - John William McCormack, American politician (d. 1980)
1892 - Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969)
1892 - Rebecca West, American writer (d. 1983)
1892 - Amy Key Clarke, English mystical poet
1896 - Leroy Robertson, American composer (d. 1971)
1905 - Anthony Powell, British author (d. 2000)
1909 - Seicho Matsumoto, Japanese mystery writer and journalist (d. 1992)
1911 - Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1914 - Ivan Generalić, Austro-Hungarian-born Croatian painter (d. 1992)
1915 - Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
1917 - Heinrich Böll, German writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1917 - Sophie Masloff, American politician
1918 - Kurt Waldheim, Austrian United Nations Secretary-General and Federal President of Austria (d. 2007)
1918 - Donald Regan, American White House Chief of Staff (d. 2003)
1920 - Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina
1920 - Bob Bindig, cartoonist (d. 2006)
1920 - Jean Gascon, Canadian actor (d. 1988)
1921 - Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (d. 2008)
1921 - John Severin, American comics artist
1922 - Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist (d. 2005)
1923 - Intizar Hussain, Urdu writer and columnist of Pakistan
1926 - Joe Paterno, American football coach
1932 - Edward Hoagland, American essayist
1935 - John G. Avildsen, American film director
1935 - Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racecar driver (d. 1967)
1935 - Yusuf Bey (Joseph Stephens), American activist (d. 2003)
1935 - Phil Donahue, American talk show host
1935 - Edward Schreyer, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba
1937 - Donald F. Munson, American politician
1937 - Jane Fonda, American actress
1939 - Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian politician
1940 - Frank Zappa, American musician (d. 1993)
1940 - Ray Hildebrand, American singer (Paul & Paula)
1942 - Hu Jintao, Chinese president
1942 - Reinhard Mey, German singer
1942 - Carla Thomas, American singer
1943 - André Arthur. Quebec radio host
1944 - Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (d. 2007)
1944 - Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor
1944 - Bill Atkinson, English footballer
1946 - Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998)
1946 - Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
1947 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish musician
1947 - Bryan Hamilton, Northern Irish footballer
1948 - Dave Kingman, baseball player
1948 - Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician
1948 - Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
1949 - Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
1950 - Jeffrey Katzenberg, American producer
1950 - Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1951 - Nick Gilder, English musician (Sweeney Todd)
1952 - Joaquín Andújar, baseball player
1953 - Betty Wright, American singer
1954 - Chris Evert, American tennis player
1955 - Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician
1957 - Tom Henke, American baseball player
1957 - Ray Romano, Italian-American comedian
1959 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (d. 1998)
1960 - Andy Van Slyke, baseball player
1960 - Roger McDowell, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
1960 - Louis Demetrius Alvanis, London-based pianist
1961 - Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor
1961 - Ryuji Sasai, Japanese composer
1964 - Rob Kelly, English football manager
1964 - Fabiana Udenio, Argentine actress
1965 - Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
1965 - Anke Engelke, German comedian
1966 - Karri Turner, American actress
1966 - Kiefer Sutherland, British-born Canadian actor
1967 - Mikhail Saakashvili, Soviet-born President of Georgia
1967 - Ervin Johnson, American basketball player
1967 - Terry Mills, American basketball player
1969 - Julie Delpy, French actress
1969 - Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer
1971 - Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel, The X's)
1971 - Fenton Keogh, Australian celebrity chef
1971 - Mathieu Chedid, French musician
1972 - Latroy Hawkins, baseball player
1972 - Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1972 - Dustin Hermanson, baseball player
1973 - Karmen Stavec, German-born Slovenian singer
1973 - Mike Alstott, American football player
1974 - Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
1975 - Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer
1976 - Mirela Manjani, Greek javelin thrower
1978 - Mike Vitar, American actor
1979 - Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress and singer
1980 - Royce Ring, Major League Baseball Player
1981 - Frankie Abernathy, Former The Real World: San Diego castmate. (d. 2007)
1981 - Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
1981 - Lynda Thomas, Mexican singer
1981 - Cristian Zaccardo, Italian football player
1982 - Mike Gansey, American basketball player
1982 - Erica Hayden, American journalist and radio personality
1982 - Philip Humber, American baseball player
1982 - Iljo Keisse, Belgian cyclist
1984 - Darren Potter, Irish footballer
1985 - James Stewart Jr., American motorcycle racer
1987 - Valerie Concepcion, Filipino Actress

Monday, December 19, 2011

Famous Births on 20 Dec

Famous Births on 20 Dec

1494 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1566 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
1579 - (baptized) John Fletcher, English playwright (d. 1625)
1626 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)
1629 - Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
1717 - Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (d. 1787)
1786 - Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
1792 - Nicolas Charlet, French painter (d. 1845)
1833 - Samuel Mudd, American physician (d. 1883)
1838 - Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (d. 1926)
1841 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1860 - Dan Leno, English entertainer (d. 1904)
1861 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
1865 - Elsie De Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (d. 1950)
1868 - Harvey Firestone, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
1873 - Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(d. 1948)
1881 - Branch Rickey, baseball executive (d. 1965)
1886 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974)
1888 - Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (d. 1958)
1890 - Yvonne Arnaud, French-born actress (d. 1958)
1890 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
1898 - Irene Dunne, American actress (d. 1990)
1901 - Robert Van de Graaff, American physicist and inventor (d. 1967)
1902 - Sidney Hook, American philosopher (d. 1989)
1902 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1904 - Spud Davis, baseball player (d. 1984)
1905 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricket player
1907 - Paul Francis Webster, songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 - Dennis Morgan, American actor (d. 1994)
1909 - Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000)
1911 - Hortense Calisher, American author
1916 - Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader
1917 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)
1918 - Jean Marchand, French Canadian trade unionist and politician (d. 1988)
1918 - Audrey Totter, American actress
1922 - George Roy Hill, American film director (d. 2002)
1922 - Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
1924 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician and broadcaster (d. 1980)
1924 - Charlie Callas, American comedian
1925 - Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1925 - Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
1926 - Sir Geoffrey Howe, British politician
1926 - Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician
1927 - Kim Young-sam, President of South Korea
1931 - Mala Powers, American film actress (d. 2007)
1932 - John Hillerman, American actor, Magnum P.I.
1933 - Jean Carnahan, U.S. Senator
1933 - Rik van Looy, Belgian cyclist
1935 - Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricket player
1938 - John Harbison, American composer
1942 - Rana Bhagwandas, Former Pakistani Chief Justice
1944 - Bobby Colomby, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 - Jean Fergusson, English actress
1945 - Peter Criss, American drummer and singer (Kiss)
1946 - Uri Geller, Israeli psychic
1946 - John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)
1946 - Dick Wolf, American television series creator
1947 - Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer
1948 - Alan Parsons, British music producer and artist
1949 - Cecil Cooper, American baseball player
1949 - Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician
1951 - Gilbert Montagné, French musician
1951 - Peter May, Scottish novelist and scriptwriter
1952 - Jenny Agutter, English actress
1954 - Michael Badalucco, American actor
1954 - Sandra Cisneros, American writer
1955 - Ed Kuepper, German-born Australian musician (The Saints, Laughing Clowns)
1956 - Junji Hirata, Japanese professional wrestler
1956 - Blanche Baker, American actress
1957 - Billy Bragg, English singer and songwriter
1957 - Mike Watt, American bassist
1957 - Stephen Bicknell, British organ builder and scholar (d. 2007)
1957 - Joyce Hyser, American actress
1957 - Anna Vissi, Greek-Cypriot singer
1958 - Steve Sailer, American political commentator
1960 - Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian writer
1961 - Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor
1963 - Infanta Elena of Spain
1963 - Joel Gretsch, American actor
1964 - Mark Coleman, American Mixed Martial Artist, UFC Hall of Famer
1965 - Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor
1965 - Rich Gannon, American football player
1966 - Myrra Malmberg, Swedish singer
1966 - Chris Robinson, American singer (Black Crowes)
1966 - Matt Neal , British Race Driver
1968 - Karl Wendlinger, Austrian racing driver
1968 - Joe Cornish, British comedian
1968 - Phil Andrews, British racing driver
1970 - Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress
1970 - Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972 - Anders Odden, Norwegian musician
1973 - Cory Stillman, National Hockey League forward
1974 - Die, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1975 - Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
1975 - Jaydy Michel, Mexican model
1976 - Jang Hyuk, Korean actor
1976 - Aubrey Huff, American baseball player
1976 - Adam Powell, Neopets creator
1976 - Ramon Stoppelenburg, world traveler and Dutch author
1977 - Saukrates, Canadian rapper
1978 - Andrei Markov, Russian ice hockey player
1978 - Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1979 - David DeJesus, American baseball player
1979 - Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
1980 - Ashley Cole, English footballer
1980 - Fitz Hall, English footballer
1980 - Tony, French-born Portuguese footballer
1981 - Chris Edwards, British musician (Kasabian)
1981 - James Shields, American baseball player
1981 - Roy Williams, American football player
1982 - David Cook, American singer, winner of American Idol.
1982 - Mohammed Asif, Pakistani cricket player
1982 - Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982 - David Wright, American baseball player
1983 - Adrián Varela, Mexican singer
1983 - Lara Stone, Dutch model
1983 - Darren Sammy, St. Lucian West Indies cricketer
1983 - Lucy Pinder, British model
1983 - Jonah Hill, American actor
1987 - Tariel Zintiridis, Greek judoka
1989 - Virgilio Falco, Italian politician
1990 - JoJo, American singer

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Famous Births on 19 Dec

Famous Births on 19 Dec

1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
1683 - Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
1699 - William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
1714 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
1778 - Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851)
1784 - Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)
1813 - Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885)
1817 - James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1904)
1831 - Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884)
1852 - Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1931)
1853 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)
1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (d. 1932)
1885 - Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938)
1888 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-born American conductor (d. 1963)
1894 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (d. 1978)
1901 - Rudolf Hell, German inventor (d. 2002)
1902 - Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
1903 - George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
1907 - Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (d. 2004)
1909 - W.A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (d. 2002)
1910 - Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986)
1915 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
1918 - Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980)
1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
1920 - David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987)
1922 - Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987)
1923 - Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1924 - Edmund Purdom, English actor
1924 - Gary Morton, second husband of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
1924 - Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)
1924 - Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
1925 - Tankred Dorst, German dramatist
1925 - Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter
1926 - Bobby Layne, American football player (d. 1986)
1926 - Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
1927 - James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1928 - Nathan Oliveira, American artist
1929 - Howard Sackler, American screenwriter (d. 1982)
1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician
1932 - Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer
1933 - Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete
1933 - Cicely Tyson, American actress
1934 - Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer
1934 - Al Kaline, American baseball player
1934 - Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician
1935 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
1935 - Barbara Bostock, American actress
1936 - Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957
1940 - Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976)
1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1942 - Rufus, French actor
1943 - Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
1944 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002)
1944 - Tim Reid, American actor
1944 - Alvin Lee, English singer/guitarist (Ten Years After)
1944 - Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist, conservationist and politician
1944 - Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
1944 - William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants
1945 - Elaine Joyce, American actress
1946 - Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author and broadcaster
1946 - Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)
1948 - Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Nancy Kyes, American actress
1949 - Sebastian, Danish musician
1956 - Tom Lawless, American baseball player
1957 - Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993)
1957 - John Gulager, American film director
1957 - Kevin McHale, American basketball player
1958 - Limahl, English singer (Kajagoogoo)
1960 - Michelangelo Signorile, American writer
1960 - Mike Lookinland, American actor
1961 - Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, English actor
1961 - Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004)
1962 - Jill Talley, American actress
1963 - Jennifer Beals, American film actress
1963 - Til Schweiger, German actor
1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
1965 - Chito Martínez, Belizean baseball player
1965 - Jessica Steen, American actress
1966 - Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician and producer
1966 - Robert MacNaughton, American stage and screen actor
1966 - Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier
1966 - Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player
1967 - Criss Angel, Illusionist,Actor, Musician, etc.
1967 - Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor
1969 - Richard Hammond, English television presenter
1969 - Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
1969 - Kristy Swanson, American actress
1969 - Villano IV, Mexican professional wrestler
1970 - Tyson Beckford, American model
1971 - Tiffany Towers, Canadian adult film actress
1971 - Amy Locane, American actress
1971 - Liz Cho, American television reporter
1972 - Alyssa Milano, American actress
1972 - Rosa Blasi, American actress
1972 - Warren Sapp, American football player
1973 - Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor
1973 - Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
1974 - Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
1974 - Jake Plummer, American football player
1974 - Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
1975 - Olivier Tebily, Ivorian footballer
1975 - Jon Smith, British writer
1977 - Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
1978 - Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor
1979 - Kevin Devine, American musician
1979 - Paola Rey, Colombian actress
1980 - Marla Sokoloff, American actress
1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
1982 - Vincent Accardi, American musician
1982 - Maurice Williams, American basketball player
1982 - Tero Pitkamaki, Finnish javelin thrower
1983 - Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Ian Kennedy, Major League Baseball pitcher
1985 - Lady Sovereign, English musician
1985 - Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian footballer
1985 - Gary Cahill, English footballer
1986 - Ryan Babel, Dutch Footballer
1987 - Karim Benzema, French footballer
1987 - Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
1988 - Paulina Gretzky, American-born Canadian actress and model
1988 - Peter Winn, English footballer
1991 - Declan Galbraith, English singer