Famous Births on 1 Nov

Famous Births on 1 Nov

1339 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)
1526 - Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland (d. 1583)
1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
1539 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
1549 - Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)
1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1585 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
1611 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
1629 - St. Oliver Plunkett, last Catholic martyr to die in England. (d. 1681)
1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)
1643 - John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)
1661 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
1704 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (d. 1779)
1720 - Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)
1727 - Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, founder of the Moscow University (d. 1797)
1762 - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)
1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
1782 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859)
1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887)
1847 - Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (d. 1930)
1860 - Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921)
1871 - Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900)
1877 - Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)
1878 - Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
1878 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)
1880 - Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
1880 - Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)
1880 - Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
1881 - Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964)
1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)
1887 - L. S. Lowry, British painter of industrial scenes (d. 1976)
1889 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)
1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian-born chess player (d. 1946)
1898 - Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (d. 1960)
1902 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
1903 - Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)
1903 - Edward "Carji" Greeves, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1905 - Paul-Émile Borduas, Quebec painter (d. 1960)
1911 - Henri Troyat, French author and historian (d. 2007)
1914 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006)
1920 - James Kilpatrick, American journalist
1920 - Ted Lowe, English former snooker commentator
1921 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (d. 2006)
1923 - Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005)
1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)
1924 - Jean-Luc Pépin, French Canadian politician (d. 1995)
1924 - Süleyman Demirel, 9th President of Turkey
1926 - Lou Donaldson, American jazz alto saxophonist
1929 - Betsy Palmer, American actress
1929 - Nicholas Mavroules, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (d. 2003)
1930 - A. R. Gurney, American playwright
1932 - Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1932 - John Clark, English-born actor/director
1934 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004)
1934 - Gillian Knight, English mezzo-soprano
1934 - William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
1935 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
1935 - Gary Player, South African golfer
1936 - Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
1937 - Bill Anderson, American country music singer and songwriter
1939 - Barbara Bosson, American actress
1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
1940 - Barry Sadler, American singer (d. 1989)
1941 - Alfio Basile, Argentine football coach
1942 - Marcia Wallace, American actress
1942 - Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
1942 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
1943 - Salvatore Adamo, popular singer
1943 - John McEnery, English actor
1944 - Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
1946 - Ric Grech, English rock bassist (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)
1946 - Dennis Muren, American special effects artist
1946 - Lynne Russell, ex-CNN news anchor
1947 - Jim Steinman, American songwriter
1948 - Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Michael D. Griffin, NASA chief administrator
1950 - Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 - Dan Peek, American guitarist (America)
1951 - Ronald Bell, American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang)
1951 - Fabrice Luchini, French actor
1953 - Jan Davis, American astronaut
1955 - Mike Mendoza, British radio personality
1955 - Beth Leavel, American musical theatre actress
1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer
1957 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
1958 - Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter
1958 - Jim Steinmeyer, Illusion creator
1958 - Rachel Ticotin, American actress
1960 - Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player
1961 - Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
1961 - Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer
1962 - Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)
1963 - Kenny Alphin, American guitarist (Big & Rich)
1963 - Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
1963 - Monty Sopp, American professional wrestler
1963 - Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer
1964 - Daran Norris, American actor
1966 - Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
1966 - Willie D, American hip hop artist, famous for being a member of The Geto Boys
1966 - Barbara Becker, German actress; ex-wife of Boris Becker
1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
1967 - Tina Arena, Australian singer
1967 - Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer
1968 - Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor
1969 - Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier
1972 - Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer
1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress
1972 - Jenny McCarthy, American "Playmate of the Year" and TV actress
1973 - Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
1973 - Geoff Horsfield, English footballer
1974 - V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer
1975 - Bo Bice, American singer
1975 - Scott "Skippy" Chapman, American singer/musician/songwriter
1976 - Logan Marshall-Green, American actor
1976 - Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor
1978 - Manju Warrier, Indian actress
1978 - Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
1979 - Coco Crisp, American baseball player
1979 - Delgado, Angolan footballer
1979 - Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
1979 - Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
1982 - Michael Copon, American actor
1983 - Josh Wicks, American soccer player
1983 - Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
1983 - Jon Wilkin, rugby league player
1984 - Natalia Tena, English actress
1985 - Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
1986 - Penn Badgley, American actor
1987 - Caitlin McCarthy, Victoria's secret model
1988 - Ross Montague, English footballer
846 - Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)

Famous Births on 31 Oct

Famous Births on 31 Oct

1291 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer (d. 1361)
1345 - King Fernando I of Portugal (d. 1383)
1391 - King Duarte of Portugal (d. 1438)
1424 - King Wladislaus III of Poland (d. 1444)
1538 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (d. 1607)
1599 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (d. 1680)
1620 - John Evelyn, English diarist (d. 1706)
1622 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (d. 1694)
1632 - (baptism) Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter (d. 1675)
1636 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
1692 - Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)
1705 - Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)
1711 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778)
1724 - Christopher Anstey, English writer (d. 1805)
1737 - James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789)
1795 - John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
1815 - Karl Weierstraß, German mathematician (d. 1897)
1825 - Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal (d. 1892)
1827 - Richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)
1831 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)
1835 - Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer (d. 1923)
1835 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
1838 - King Louis of Portugal (d. 1889)
1848 - Boston Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1851 - Lovisa of Sweden, queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
1860 - Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
1875 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
1875 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (d. 1954)
1879 - Sara Allgood, Irish actress (d. 1950)
1883 - Marie Laurencin, French painter (d. 1956)
1887 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970)
1887 - Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, former Republic of China president (d. 1975)
1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (d. 1944)
1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (d. 1946)
1895 - Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (d. 1970)
1896 - Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1902 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1950)
1912 - Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator (d. 2008)
1914 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (d. 1988)
1914 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (d. 1995)
1916 - Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden
1917 - Thomas Hill, Canadian actor
1918 - Ian Stevenson, American parapsychologist (d. 2007)
1919 - Magnus Wenninger, American priest, author of Polyhedron models
1920 - Dick Francis, Welsh novelist
1920 - Joseph Gelineau French composer
1920 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (d. 1957)
1920 - Helmut Newton, German photographer (d. 2004)
1920 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
1922 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
1922 - Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist (d. 2004)
1922 - Anatoli Papanov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)
1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (d. 2005)
1925 - John Pople, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1926 - Jimmy Savile, English entertainer
1927 - Lee Grant, American actress
1928 - Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
1929 - Bud Spencer, Italian actor
1929 - Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
1930 - Michael Collins, American astronaut
1931 - Dan Rather, American television journalist
1933 - Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991)
1937 - Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter
1939 - Ron Rifkin, American actor
1939 - Tom O'Connor, British comedian
1939 - Alui Farka Touré, Malian musician
1941 - Derek Bell, British racing driver
1941 - Dan Alderson, American scientist
1942 - David Ogden Stiers, American actor
1942 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1943 - Paul Frampton, English physicist
1943 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
1944 - Sally Kirkland, American actress
1944 - Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray, American comedian and actor
1945 - Russ Ballard, English rock singer/songwriter, guitarist (Argent)
1946 - Stephen Rea, Irish actor
1946 - Norman Lovett, British actor
1947 - Frank Shorter, American runner
1947 - Deidre Hall, American actress
1949 - Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
1950 - Antonio Taguba, US Army Major General
1950 - Zaha Hadid, British architect
1950 - Jane Pauley, American news anchor
1950 - Jozef Stolorz, polish art painter
1950 - John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
1951 - Nick Saban, American college football coach
1952 - Bernard Edwards, American bass guitarist (Chic) (d. 1996)
1953 - Michael J. Anderson, American actor
1953 - John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
1954 - Ken Wahl, American actor
1956 - Anders Lago, Swedish Social Democratic politician
1957 - Robert Pollard, American rocker
1957 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
1958 - Jeannie Longo, French cyclist
1959 - Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1959 - Neal Stephenson, American author
1960 - Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican delegate to Congress
1960 - Arnaud Desplechin, French film director
1960 - Mike Gallego, American baseball player
1960 - Reza Pahlavi, former crown prince of Iran
1961 - Kate Campbell, American musician
1961 - Alonzo Babers, American runner
1961 - Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
1961 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
1963 - Rob Schneider, American actor
1963 - Dermot Mulroney, American actor
1963 - Fred McGriff, American baseball player
1963 - Johnny Marr, English guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths)
1963 - Dunga, Brazilian footballer
1963 - Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
1964 - Darryl Worley, American country singer
1964 - Marty Wright, American professional wrestler
1964 - Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer
1964 - Colm Ã" Cíosóig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
1965 - Annabella Lwin, British singer (Bow Wow Wow)
1965 - Rob Rackstraw, voice actor
1966 - Mike O'Malley, American actor
1966 - Joseph Boyden, Canadian novelist
1966 - Koji Kanemoto, Japanese professional wrestler
1966 - Adam Horovitz (Adrock), American rapper (Beastie Boys)
1967 - Vanilla Ice, American rapper
1968 - Antonio Davis, American basketball player
1969 - David Coburn, American actor/voice actor
1970 - Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
1970 - Johnny Moeller, American blues guitarist
1970 - Mitch Harris, American guitarist (Napalm Death, among others)
1970 - Rogers Stevens, American guitarist (Blind Melon)
1970 - Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
1970 - Nicky Wu, Taiwanese actor and martial arts expert
1971 - Toby Anstis, British radio presenter
1971 - Ian Walker, English footballer
1971 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
1972 - Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer
1972 - Matt Dawson, English rugby union footballer
1972 - Eugene Hutz, lead singer of gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello
1973 - Beverly Lynne, American erotic film actress
1973 - Grigorios Georgatos, Greek footballer
1973 - David Dellucci, American baseball player
1973 - Tim Byrdak, American baseball player
1974 - Muzzy Izzet, Turkish footballer
1974 - Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist (d. 2007)
1975 - Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer
1976 - Piper Perabo, American actress
1976 - Guti, Spanish footballer
1977 - Sylviane Félix, French athlete
1977 - Séverine Ferrer, French singer
1978 - Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
1978 - Zachary Knighton, American actor
1978 - Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
1979 - Saaphyri Windsor, American reality tv figure
1979 - Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
1979 - Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican Footballer
1980 - Alondra de la Parra, Mexican founder and artistic director of the New York-based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
1980 - Samaire Armstrong, American actress
1980 - Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor,
1981 - Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer
1981 - Frank Iero, American musician (My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth, Pencey Prep; founder of Skeleton Crew)
1981 - Selina (Jiaxuan) Ren, member of Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
1981 - Jon Crocker, American songwriter
1982 - Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
1982 - The Cheeky Girls, British-Romanian singers
1982 - Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
1983 - Katy French, Irish model (d. 2007)
1986 - Christie Hayes, Australian actress
1986 - Chris Alajajian, Australian racing driver
1986 - Brent Corrigan, American gay porn star
1988 - Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
1990 - James Charles Lewis aka Lil' JJ, American actor/singer
1991 - Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
2000 - Willow Smith, American actress
2005 - Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia, Princess of Asturias

Famous Births on 30 Oct

Famous Births on 30 Oct

1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)
1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (d. 1593)
1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)
1668 - Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)
1735 - John Adams, President of the United States (d. 1826)
1751 - Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816)
1762 - André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794)
1786 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (d. 1871)
1799 - Ignace Bourget, bishop of Montreal (d. 1885)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
1839 - Alfred Sisley, French artist (d. 1899)
1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930)
1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (d. 1897)
1857 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (d. 1904)
1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (d. 1929)
1871 - Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949)
1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945)
1881 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
1882 - William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (d. 1959)
1882 - Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. 1944)
1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972)
1886 - Zoe Akins, American playwright (d. 1958)
1888 - Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek Olympic champion (d. 1913)
1893 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi politician (d. 1945)
1893 - Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. 1972)
1894 - Jean Rostand, French biologist (d. 1977)
1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (d. 1964)
1895 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985)
1896 - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. 1928)
1897 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928)
1898 - Bill Terry, baseball player (d. 1989)
1900 - Ragnar Granit Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1906 - Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)
1906 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1966)
1907 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
1908 - Patsy Montana, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
1909 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966)
1911 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005)
1914 - Anna Wing, English actress
1914 - Richard E Holz, American composer
1915 - Fred Friendly, American journalist (d. 1998)
1916 - Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1917 - Bobby Bragan, American baseball player
1917 - Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994)
1917 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
1922 - Jane White, American actress and singer
1926 - Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver
1927 - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1928 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1930 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992)
1930 - Clifford Brown, American musician (d. 1956)
1931 - Vince Callahan, American politician
1932 - Louis Malle, French film director (d. 1995)
1932 - Barun De, Indian historian
1934 - Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician
1935 - Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer
1935 - Michael Winner, British film director
1935 - Jim Perry, American baseball player
1935 - Robert Caro, American biographer
1936 - Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
1937 - Claude Lelouch, French film director
1939 - Edward Holland, Jr., American singer
1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
1939 - Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Ed Lauter, American actor
1941 - Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1941 - Otis Williams, American singer
1943 - Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor
1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, American musician (Eagles)
1948 - Rusty Goffe, British actor
1951 - Harry Hamlin, American actor
1953 - Charles Martin Smith, American actor
1954 - Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer
1956 - Juliet Stevenson, English actress
1957 - Kevin Pollak, American actor
1957 - Andy Archer, Scottish dramatist
1958 - Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist
1958 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
1958 - Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer
1961 - Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
1962 - Courtney Walsh, West Indian cricketer
1963 - Michael Beach, American actor
1963 - Kristina Wagner, American actress
1964 - Howard Lederer, American poker player
1966 - Scott Innes, American voice actor
1967 - Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician
1968 - Jack Plotnick, American actor
1969 - Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
1970 - Ben Bailey, American host of the game show Cash Cab
1970 - Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
1970 - Nia Long, American actress
1970 - Tory Belleci, American TV Mythbuster
1970 - Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer
1971 - Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer
1973 - Adam "Edge" Copeland, Canadian wrestler
1973 - Silvia Corzo, Colombian newscaster
1973 - Michael Oakes, English footballer
1975 - Maria Thayer, American actress
1975 - Ian D'Sa, Guitarist/Vocalist for Canadian rock band Billy Talent
1976 - Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
1976 - Maurice Taylor, American Basketball Player
1977 - Jason Adelman, American actor
1977 - Charmian Faulkner, Australian crime victim
1978 - Martin Dossett, American football player
1978 - Amanda Swafford, American model
1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress
1979 - Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
1980 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress
1980 - Choi Hong-man, South Korean kickboxer
1981 - Ivanka Trump, American model
1981 - Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
1981 - Ian Snell, American baseball player
1982 - Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
1982 - Manny Parra, American baseball player
1983 - Trent Edwards, American Football Player
1983 - Iain Hume, Canadian footballer
1984 - Eva Pigford, American model
1986 - Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
1987 - Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1988 - Janel Parrish, American actress
1989 - Nastia Liukin, American gymnast
1989 - Seth Adkins, American actor

Famous Births on 29 Oct

Famous Births on 29 Oct

1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
1682 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1690 - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1704 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1735 - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States
1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795)
1815 - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language (d. 1856)
1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1822 - Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
1855 - Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
1861 - Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1875 - Marie of Edinburgh, queen of Romania (d. 1938)
1877 - Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (d. 1966)
1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973)
1879 - Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)
1879 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
1880 - Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960)
1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944)
1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer (d. 1951)
1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945)
1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)
1906 - Fredric Brown, American science fiction and mystery writer (d. 1972)
1907 - Edwige Feuillère, French film actress (d. 1998)
1910 - Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989)
1915 - William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005)
1917 - Eddie Constantine, American actor/singer (d. 1993)
1918 - Bernard Gordon, American writer and producer (d. 2007)
1920 - Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate
1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic
1921 - Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
1922 - Neil Hefti, American jazz musician
1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist
1925 - Robert Hardy, English actor
1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author
1926 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
1930 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor (d. 2002)
1930 - Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992)
1930 - Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer
1931 - Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor
1935 - Takahata Isao, Japanese animated film director
1936 - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model
1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist
1938 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia
1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
1940 - Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
1940 - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop
1942 - Bob Ross, American artist and television host (d. 1995)
1943 - Don Simpson, American film producer (d. 1996)
1944 - Denny Laine, English musician (Moody Blues, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Wings)
1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister
1944 - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos)
1946 - Peter Green, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1946 - Lynn Carey, US-American actress and singer (Mama Lion)
1947 - Helen Coonan, Australian politician
1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
1948 - Kate Jackson, American actress
1949 - James Williamson, American guitarist
1949 - Paul Orndorff, American professional wrestler
1953 - Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (d. 2007)
1955 - Roger O'Donnell, English musician (The Cure)
1956 - Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer
1957 - Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor, Best known as the voice of Homer Simpson
1958 - David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker
1959 - Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Finola Hughes, British actress
1961 - Randy Jackson, American musician
1961 - Joel Otto, National Hockey League player
1964 - Yasmin Le Bon, British model
1967 - Joely Fisher, American actress
1967 - Beth Chapman, Star of Dog the Bounty Hunter
1967 - Rufus Sewell, English actor
1968 - Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater
1968 - Tsunku, Japanese music producer
1969 - Eleni Menegaki, Greek TV presenter
1969 - Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer
1970 - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
1970 - Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer
1971 - Winona Ryder, American actress
1971 - Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor
1971 - Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
1972 - Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress
1972 - Gabrielle Union, American actress
1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur
1973 - Robert Pirès, French footballer
1973 - Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer
1975 - Kelly Lin, Chinese actress
1976 - Mohsen Emadi, Iranian Poet
1976 - Milena Govich, American actress
1976 - Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer
1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
1978 - Travis Henry, American football player
1979 - Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan politician
1980 - Ben Foster, American actor
1980 - B.J. Sams, American football player
1981 - Reema Sen, Indian actress
1981 - Jonathan Brown, Australian rules footballer
1981 - Amanda Beard, American swimmer
1982 - Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress
1982 - Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
1983 - Jason Tahincioglu, Turkish racing driver
1983 - Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
1983 - Dana Eveland, American baseball player
1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player
1984 - Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 - Severino Jefferson, Brazilian football player
1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer
1990 - Carlson Young,American actress

Famous Births on 28 Oct

Famous Births on 28 Oct

1510 - Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)
1585 - Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638)
1667 - Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)
1691 - Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
1697 - Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
1703 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
1718 - Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary (d. 1793)
1767 - Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1852)
1793 - Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
1804 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849)
1818 - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
1845 - Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888)
1846 - Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)
1864 - Adolfo Camarillo, prominent land owner, horse breeder, and rancher (d. 1958
1875 - Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American geographer and editor (d. 1966)
1877 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)
1879 - Channing H. Cox, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)
1881 - Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (d. 1969)
1885 - Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)
1889 - Juliette Béliveau, Quebec comedian (d. 1975)
1891 - Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (d. 1920)
1892 - Dink Johnson, American musician (d. 1954)
1896 - Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981)
1897 - Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
1901 - Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (d. 1979)
1902 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (d. 1986)
1903 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (d. 1966)
1907 - John Harold Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987)
1908 - Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (d. 1995)
1909 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (d. 1992)
1912 - Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)
1914 - Glenn Robert Davis, U.S. Congressman (d. 1988)
1914 - Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (d. 1995)
1917 - Jack Soo, American actor (d. 1979)
1922 - Gershon Kingsley, German composer
1922 - Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (d. 2007)
1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (d. 2003)
1924 - Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
1925 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (d. 2006)
1926 - Bowie Kuhn, American Commissioner of Baseball (d. 2007)
1927 - Dame Cleo Laine, British singer
1928 - Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general
1929 - Joan Plowright, British actress
1929 - Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988)
1929 - John Hollander, American poet
1930 - Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports impresario (F1)
1932 - Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)
1932 - Spyros Kyprianou, a President of Cyprus
1933 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
1935 - Alan Clarke, British film director
1936 - Charlie Daniels, American musician
1936 - Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer
1937 - Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
1938 - David Dimbleby, English television commentator
1938 - Anne Perry, English-born novelist
1939 - Jane Alexander, American actress
1939 - Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast
1940 - Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
1941 - John Hallam, Irish actor
1941 - Hank Marvin, English guitarist
1941 - Curtis Lee, American singer
1942 - Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
1943 - Conny Froboess, German singer
1943 - Charo López, Spanish actress
1944 - Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
1944 - Anton Schlecker, German billionaire
1944 - Dennis Franz, American actor
1945 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (d. 2006)
1945 - Wayne Fontana, British singer (The Mindbenders)
1946 - Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
1946 - John Hewson, Australian politician
1948 - Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1949 - Tracy Reed, American actress
1949 - Bruce Jenner, American athlete
1950 - Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
1950 - Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
1952 - Annie Potts, American actress
1953 - Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
1955 - Bill Gates, American software executive
1956 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran
1956 - Dave Wyndorf, American singer (Monster Magnet)
1957 - Stephen Morris, British musician (Joy Division and New Order)
1958 - William Reid, Scottish musician (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
1960 - Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
1962 - Daphne Zuniga, American actress
1962 - Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player
1962 - Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer
1963 - Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer
1963 - James Miller, the "Fan Man" (d. 2002)
1963 - Lauren Holly, American actress
1965 - Jami Gertz, American actress
1965 - Luigi Miraglia, Italian Latinist
1966 - Steve Atwater, American football player
1966 - Andy Richter, American comedian and actor
1966 - Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director
1967 - Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
1967 - John Romero, American video game designer
1967 - Julia Roberts, American actress
1968 - Marc Lièvremont, French rugby union footballer and coach
1969 - Ben Harper, American musician
1969 - Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
1972 - Brad Paisley, American musician
1972 - Terrell Davis, American football player
1973 - Alvin Burke, Jr., American professional wrestler
1974 - Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and beauty queen
1974 - Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
1974 - Braden Looper, American baseball player
1974 - Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer
1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor
1976 - Karl Tremblay, Canadian singer (Les Cowboys Fringants)
1978 - Marta Etura, Spanish actress
1978 - Justin Guarini, American singer
1979 - Martin Å koula, Czech ice hockey player
1979 - Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus)
1980 - Alan Smith, English footballer
1980 - Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
1980 - Kanzi, Most Literate Non-Human
1980 - Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor
1981 - Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
1981 - Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
1982 - Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
1982 - Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer
1982 - Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
1983 - Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
1984 - Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
1984 - Amanda Paige, American model
1985 - Richard Smith, American entrepreneur
1996 - Naelee Rae, American actress
1996 - Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress

Famous Births on 27 Oct

Famous Births on 27 Oct

1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)
1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
1744 - Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)
1760 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
1814 - Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891)
1838 - John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)
1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916)
1854 - Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)
1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
1865 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958)
1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette author (d. 1960)
1877 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1885 - Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)
1894 - Oliver Leese, British general (d. 1978)
1896 - Edith Brown, survivor of the Titanic (d. 1997)
1904 - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (d. 1974)
1906 - Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975)
1908 - Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984)
1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963)
1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
1915 - Harry Saltzman, American film producer (d. 1994)
1917 - Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993)
1917 - Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (d. 2007)
1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress
1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India
1921 - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist
1922 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998)
1922 - Ralph Kiner, American baseball player
1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress
1924 - Michel Galabru, French actor
1925 - Albert Medwin, American inventor
1925 - Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State (1993-1997)
1926 - H.R. Haldeman, American political personality (d. 1993)
1928 - Gilles Vigneault, Canadian poet, singer and songwriter
1929 - Maurice Robert Johnston, English Lieutenant-General
1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
1933 - Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997)
1934 - Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director
1937 - Lara Parker, American actress
1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer
1940 - John Gotti, American gangster (d. 2002)
1941 - Dick Trickle, American auto racer
1942 - Lee Greenwood, American singer
1945 - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
1945 - John Kane, actor/writer
1946 - Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director
1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
1949 - Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band)
1949 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (d. 2006)
1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer
1951 - Jayne Kennedy, American actress, model, and sportscaster
1951 - Nancy Jacobs, American politician
1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist
1951 - K.K. Downing, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
1952 - Hameed Haroon, Pakistani publisher
1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
1953 - Peter Firth, British actor
1953 - Robert Picardo, American actor
1954 - Jan Duursema, American comic book artist
1955 - Debra Bowen, American politician
1956 - Veronica Hart, American porn actress
1956 - Jaq D. Hawkins, British author, occultist and lecturer
1957 - Jeff East, American actor
1957 - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
1958 - Lee Carter, Alabama Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit
1960 - Tom Nieto, American baseball player
1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model
1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999)
1966 - Matt Drudge, American blogger
1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
1968 - Vinny Samways, English footballer
1970 - Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer
1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
1971 - Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
1971 - Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
1971 - Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
1972 - Lee Clark, English footballer
1972 - Elissa (singer), Lebanese singer
1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker
1972 - Brad Radke, American baseball player
1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea)
1972 - Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambican athlete
1973 - Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
1977 - Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
1977 - Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
1978 - Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
1979 - Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress
1980 - Cassia Riley, American model
1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer
1981 - Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
1981 - Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier
1982 - Patrick Fugit, American actor
1982 - Dennis Moran, American computer hacker
1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
1982 - Keri Hilson, American singer, songwriter
1983 - Brent Clevlen, American baseball player
1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
1984 - Brady Quinn, American football player
1984 - Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
1986 - Matty Pattison, English footballer
1987 - Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
1987 - Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Disputed)

Famous Births on 26 Oct

Famous Births on 26 Oct

1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
1609 - William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723)
1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
1794 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)
1795 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (d. 1872)
1797 - Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
1842 - Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917)
1854 - C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)
1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
1869 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957)
1871 - Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941)
1873 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
1874 - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948)
1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936)
1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
1883 - Napoleon Hill, American Writer and Philosopher (Think and Grow Rich)(d. 1970)
1883 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
1888 - Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader (d. 1934)
1899 - Judy Johnson Hall of Fame baseball player in the Negro Leagues (d. 1989)
1902 - Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994)
1905 - George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal (d. 1989)
1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003)
1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
1912 - Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
1913 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
1915 - Joe Fry, British racing driver (d. 1950)
1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1921 - George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968)
1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author (d. 2007)
1928 - Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists
1929 - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia)
1936 - Shelley Morrison, American actress
1941 - Charlie Landsborough, Singer/Songwriter
1942 - Bob Hoskins, British actor
1945 - Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer
1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
1946 - Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
1946 - Keith Hopwood, British musician (Herman's Hermits)
1947 - Ian Ashley, British racing driver
1947 - Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
1947 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
1948 - Toby Harrah, American Major League Baseball player
1949 - Steve Rogers, Major League Baseball pitcher
1949 - Antonio Carpio, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate
1953 - Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52's)
1953 - Rosa Monckton, notable charity fundraiser
1954 - Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
1956 - Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman
1956 - Rita Wilson, American actress
1957 - Bob Golic, American football player
1959 - Brian Bovell, British actor
1959 - François Chau, Cambodian actor
1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
1960 - June Brigman, American comic book artist
1961 - Dylan McDermott, American actor
1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor
1963 - Natalie Merchant, American singer
1963 - Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002)
1964 - Thomas Cavanagh, Canadian actor
1965 - Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer.
1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer
1966 - Jane Hajduk, American actress
1966 - Steve Valentine, British actor
1966 - Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster
1966 - Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
1970 - Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
1970 - Dian Bachar, American actor
1970 - Lisa Ryder, American actress
1971 - Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
1973 - Seth MacFarlane, American animator
1973 - Taka Michinoku , Japanese professional wrestle
1974 - LISA, Japanese musician
1976 - Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
1977 - Jon Heder, American actor
1978 - Eva Kaili, Greek TV presenter and politician
1978 - CM Punk, American professional wrestler
1978 - Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak)
1978 - Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
1979 - Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (d. 2002)
1980 - Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
1981 - Sam Brown, American comedian
1981 - Guy Sebastian, Australian singer
1982 - Adam Carroll, British racing driver
1983 - Dmitri Sychev, Russian football player
1983 - Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher
1983 - Luke Watson, South African rugby player
1984 - Amanda Overmyer, American Singer, American Idol (season 7)
1984 - Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
1984 - Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
1984 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
1985 - Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
1985 - Monta Ellis, American basketball player
1985 - Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress
1987 - Elise Estrada, Canadian singer

Famous Births on 25 Oct

Famous Births on 25 Oct

1102 - William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)
1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
1510 - Renée of France, french princess (d. 1574)
1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757)
1759 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
1759 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, British politician (d. 1834)
1767 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
1772 - Geraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
1782 - Levi Lincoln, Jr., 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
1802 - Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864)
1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
1811 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832)
1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
1864 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920)
1864 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956)
1867 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d.1937)
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1888 - Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
1888 - Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (d. 1943)
1889 - Abel Gance, French film director (d. 1981)
1889 - Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (d. 1985)
1891 - Father Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster (d. 1979)
1892 - Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972)
1895 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
1902 - Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
1903 - Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman (d. 1976)
1903 - Harry Shoulberg, American painter (d. 1995)
1908 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (d. 2004)
1910 - William Higinbotham, American physicist (d. 1994)
1912 - Minnie Pearl, American comedian and singer (d. 1996)
1913 - Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
1914 - John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972)
1915 - Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician (d. 1999)
1917 - Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive
1921 - King Michael I of Romania
1923 - Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (d. 1990)
1924 - Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
1926 - Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter
1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
1927 - Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, President of Uruguay
1928 - Marion Ross, American actress
1928 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
1931 - Annie Girardot, French actress
1931 - Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and football manager
1932 - Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager
1933 - Eugene "Porky" Lee, American child actor (d. 2005)
1935 - Russell Schweickart, astronaut
1936 - Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian
1939 - Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (d. 2005)
1940 - Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
1941 - Anne Tyler, American novelist
1941 - Helen Reddy, Australian singer
1944 - Jon Anderson, English singer (Yes)
1944 - James Carville, American political stategist and commentator
1947 - Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
1948 - Dan Issel, American basketball player
1948 - Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach
1948 - Daniel Mark Epstein, American poet and biographer
1948 - Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
1949 - Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Chris Norman, English singer
1951 - Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television)
1952 - Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1954 - Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
1955 - Matthias Jabs, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1955 - Glynis Barber, English actress
1955 - Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist
1957 - Nancy Cartwright, American actress
1958 - Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer
1961 - Ward Burton, American auto racer
1962 - Nick Hancock, British television presenter
1962 - Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1962 - Darlene Vogel, American actress
1963 - Tracy Nelson, American actress
1964 - Michael Boatman, American actor
1964 - Nicole, German singer
1964 - Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor
1965 - Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor
1965 - 2 Cold Scorpio, American professional wrestler
1966 - Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Perry Satullo, American professional wrestler
1969 - Oleg Salenko, Russian former footballer
1969 - Josef Beranek, Czech hockey player
1970 - J.A. Adande, American sports columnist
1970 - Peter Aerts, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
1970 - Adam Goldberg, American actor
1970 - Adam Pascal, American actor
1970 - Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
1971 - Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
1971 - Midori Goto, Japanese violinist
1971 - Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
1971 - Simon Charlton, English footballer
1972 - Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor
1974 - Lee Byung-Kyu, Korean baseball player
1975 - Ryan Clement, former XFL quarterback
1975 - Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician
1976 - Steve Jones, Irish footballer
1977 - Birgit Prinz, German footballer
1978 - Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
1979 - Milena Roucka, Canadian former model current professional wrestler of Czech and Costa Rican descent.
1979 - Rob Hulse, English footballer
1979 - Sarah Thompson, American actress
1979 - Tony Torcato, American baseball player
1980 - Mehcad Brooks, American actor and former model
1981 - Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder)
1981 - Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer
1981 - Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
1982 - Jerome Carter, American football player
1982 - Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer
1983 - Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress
1984 - Katy Perry, American singer
1984 - Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens)
1984 - Danny .S., English record producer
1985 - Ciara Harris, American singer
1986 - DJ Webstar, American disc jockey
1986 - Eddie Gaven, American footballer
1987 - Darron Gibson, Irish football player
1995 - Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
2001 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium

Famous Births on 24 Oct

Famous Births on 24 Oct

1378 - David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)
1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723)
1675 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)
1710 - Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)
1763 - Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)
1788 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (d. 1879)
1804 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (d. 1891)
1811 - Ferdinand Hiller, German composer (d. 1885)
1854 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (d. 1907)
1855 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 - Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 - Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (d. 1969)
1872 - Peter O'Connor, Irish athlete (d. 1957)
1875 - Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
1882 - Dame Sybil Thorndike, British actress (d. 1976)
1887 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (d. 1917)
1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (d. 1969)
1891 - Rafael Molina-Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1894 - Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (d. 1987)
1896 - Jack Warner, English actor (d. 1981)
1901 - Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
1903 - Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 - Moss Hart, American dramatist (d. 1961)
1906 - Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968)
1909 - Bill Carr, American athlete (d. 1966)
1911 - Paul Grégoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (d. 1993)
1911 - Sonny Terry, American blues musician (d. 1986)
1913 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (d. 1984)
1915 - Marghanita Laski, British Journalist and Novelist(d. 1988)
1915 - Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
1915 - Roger Milliken, American millionaire
1919 - Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2008)
1920 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (d. 1996)
1923 - Denise Levertov, English-born poet (d. 1997)
1925 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
1926 - Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 - Y. A. Tittle, American football player
1927 - Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer and actor (d. 1992)
1927 - Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor (d. 2001)
1929 - George Crumb, American composer
1929 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004)
1929 - Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist and activist (d. 1977)
1930 - The Big Bopper, American singer (d. 1959)
1930 - Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia
1930 - Johan Galtung, Norwegian peace researcher
1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer
1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 - Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 - Ronald and Reginald Kray, British gangsters (Ronald d. 1995; Reginald d. 2000)
1933 - Norman Rush, American writer
1935 - Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and music professor
1936 - Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones)
1937 - Santo Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1940 - Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
1941 - William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer
1944 - Viktor Prokopenko, Ukranian footballer and coach (d. 2007)
1945 - Anthony Christian, English artist
1945 - Gérald Larose, Quebec labour union executive
1946 - Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993) (Steppenwolf)
1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor
1948 - Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist
1948 - Paul and Barry Ryan, British composers-singers
1949 - Robert Pickton, Canadian charged with the first degree murder of twenty-six women
1950 - Steven Greenberg, American composer
1950 - Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1954 - Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician
1954 - Brad Sherman, American politician
1954 - Thomas J. Mulcair, Quebec politician
1954 - Mike Rounds, American politician
1956 - Dale Maharidge, American author
1957 - Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager
1957 - John Kassir, American actor and comedian
1960 - Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer
1960 - B.D. Wong, American actor
1960 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)
1960 - Joachim "Jo" Winkelhock, German race car driver
1961 - Mary Bono, American politician
1961 - Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist
1962 - Dave Blaney, American race car driver
1962 - Jay Novacek, American football player
1963 - John Hendrie, Scottish footballer
1965 - Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician
1966 - Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate
1967 - Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1968 - Robert Wilonsky, American journalist
1969 - Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
1970 - Rob Leslie-Carter, British Engineer and Project Manager
1971 - Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
1971 - Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1972 - Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
1972 - Scott Peterson, American murderer
1972 - Pat Williams, American football player
1973 - Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer
1973 - Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player/Cricketer
1973 - Mike Matthews, American baseball player
1973 - Madlib, American musician and rapper
1973 - Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1974 - Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Corey Dillon, American football player
1974 - Jamal Mayers, Professional Hockey Player
1975 - Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1976 - Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977 - Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1978 - Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978 - Justin Lee Brannan, American musician
1979 - Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1980 - Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980 - Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980 - Monica, American singer
1980 - James Killian, American football player
1981 - Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress
1981 - Tila Tequila, American model
1982 - Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver
1982 - Macay McBride, American baseball player
1983 - Keyshia Cole, American singer
1983 - Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer
1983 - Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 - Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer
1985 - Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1986 - John Ruddy, English footballer
1986 - Aubrey Graham, Canadian actor and rapper
1987 - Charlie White, American ice dancer
1987 - Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987 - Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
1989 - Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress
51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)

Famous Births on 23 Oct

Famous Births on 23 Oct

1503 - Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
1516 - Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)
1634 - Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)
1698 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (d. 1782)
1705 - Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
1715 - Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
1762 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)
1766 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (d. 1847)
1771 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (d. 1813)
1790 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
1796 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1857)
1801 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (d. 1851)
1805 - John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886)
1813 - Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
1815 - João Maurício Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (d. 1889)
1817 - Pierre Athanase Larousse, French lexicographer (d. 1875)
1835 - Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (d. 1914)
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
1844 - Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
1865 - Neltje Blanchan, American writer (d. 1918)
1869 - John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
1870 - Francis Kelley, Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. 1948)
1873 - William D. Coolidge, American physicist and inventor (d. 1975)
1875 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)
1876 - Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970)
1880 - Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
1885 - Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
1888 - Onésime Gagnon, Canadian politician (d. 1961)
1893 - Gummo Marx, American actor (d. 1977)
1894 - Rube Bressler, baseball player (d. 1966)
1896 - André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)
1900 - Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (d. 1958)
1904 - Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
1908 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1909 - Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992)
1918 - James Daly, American actor (d. 1978)
1919 - Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (d. 1992)
1920 - Ted Fujita, Japanese meteorologist (d. 1998)
1922 - Coleen Gray, American actress
1923 - Aslam Farrukhi, Pakistani scholar and poet
1923 - Ned Rorem, American composer
1923 - Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
1925 - Fred Shero, Canadian hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
1925 - Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (d. 1994)
1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
1927 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher
1928 - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1985)
1928 - Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (d. 1971)
1931 - Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1931 - Diana Dors, British actress (d. 1984)
1931 - William P. Clark, United States Secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan
1935 - Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican golfer
1936 - Philip Kaufman, American film director
1940 - Ellie Greenwich, American singer
1940 - Pelé, Brazilian footballer
1940 - Baby Jane Holzer, American art collector, film producer and Andy Warhol "superstar"
1941 - Igor Smirnov, Moldovan politician
1941 - Mel Winkler, American actor
1942 - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007)
1942 - Michael Crichton, American writer
1944 - Mike Harding, English singer and comedian
1945 - Kim Larsen, Danish singer
1946 - Mel Martinez, American politician
1948 - Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur
1948 - Brian Ross, American journalist
1948 - Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor
1949 - Nick Tosches, American writer
1949 - Michael 'Wurzel' Burston, British musician (Motörhead)
1951 - Charly García, Argentine singer
1951 - Fatmir Sejdiu, President of Kosovo
1952 - Pierre Moerlen, French drummer and percussionist (d. 2005)
1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
1956 - Dwight Yoakam, American singer
1958 - Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, professor, author
1959 - Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor
1959 - Sam Raimi, American film director
1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
1960 - Wayne Rainey, American motorcyclist
1960 - Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author
1961 - Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer
1961 - Don and Ron Harris, American professional wrestlers
1961 - Laurie Halse Anderson, American writer
1962 - Doug Flutie, American football player
1964 - Robert Trujillo, American bassist (Metallica)
1965 - Augusten Burroughs, American writer
1965 - Al Leiter, American baseball player
1966 - Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver
1967 - Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)
1969 - Trudi Canavan, Australian writer
1970 - Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster
1971 - Christopher Horner, American cyclist
1974 - Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
1974 - Jasmin St. Claire, Former pornographic actress
1975 - Odalys García, Cuban actress
1975 - Jessicka, American artist
1975 - Keith Van Horn, American basketball player
1976 - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian
1976 - Cat Deeley, English model and television personality
1978 - Steve Harmison, English cricketer
1978 - Jimmy Bullard, English footballer
1978 - Archie Thompson, Australian footballer
1979 - Simon Davies, Welsh footballer
1979 - Jorge Solís, Mexican professional boxer
1980 - Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1981 - Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch racing driver
1981 - Ben Francisco, American baseball player
1982 - Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
1983 - Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer
1983 - Josh Strickland, American entertainer
1984 - Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
1985 - James Kotecki, American political blogger
1986 - Jessica Stroup, American Actress
1986 - Jake Robinson, English footballer
1986 - Briana Evigan, American actress
1987 - Faye Hamlin, Swedish singer (Play)
1988 - Nicolaj Agger, Danish football player
1990 - Stevie Brock, American singer
1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan

Famous Births on 22 Oct

Famous Births on 22 Oct

1071 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (d. 1126)
1197 - Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
1511 - Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1553)
1558 - Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)
1592 - Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1657)
1688 - Nadir Shah of Persia (d. 1747)
1689 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
1692 - Elizabeth Farnese, second queen of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
1701 - Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
1729 - Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (d. 1798)
1734 - Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
1770 - Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (d. 1831)
1809 - Volney E. Howard, American politician (d. 1889)
1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
1818 - Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, French poet (d. 1894)
1821 - Collis Potter Huntington, American railroad executive (d. 1900)
1844 - Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (d. 1885)
1858 - German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II (d. 1921)
1865 - Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1943)
1870 - Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (d. 1945)
1870 - Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1873 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (d. 1950)
1881 - Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1886 - Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (d. 1970)
1887 - John Reed, American journalist (d. 1920)
1891 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d.1988)
1894 - Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (d. 1961)
1896 - Charles Glen King, American biochemist (d. 1988)
1903 - George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
1903 - Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
1904 - Constance Bennett, American actress (d. 1965)
1905 - Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1969)
1907 - Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (d. 1967)
1908 - John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. 2003)
1912 - Frances Drake, American actress (d. 2000)
1913 - Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1997)
1913 - Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (d. 2008)
1913 - Robert Capa, American war photographer (born in Hungary) (d. 1954)
1913 - Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2002)
1917 - Joan Fontaine, American actress
1918 - Lou Klein, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1919 - Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
1920 - Timothy Leary, American writer (d. 1996)
1921 - Georges Brassens, French singer (d. 1981)
1921 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
1922 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
1923 - Bert Trautmann, German former footballer
1925 - Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist
1927 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (d. 2005)
1928 - Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director
1929 - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (d. 1990)
1929 - Dory Previn, American songwriter
1933 - Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (d. 2007)
1935 - Ann Rule, American true-crime writer
1936 - Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist
1937 - Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982)
1938 - Derek Jacobi, English actor
1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American actor
1939 - George Cohen, English footballer
1939 - Tony Roberts, American actor
1942 - Annette Funicello, American actress
1942 - Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (d. 1966)
1943 - Allen Coage, American professional wrestler
1943 - Catherine Deneuve, French actress
1943 - Jan de Bont, Dutch film director
1945 - Leslie West, American musician
1945 - Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper
1945 - Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
1946 - Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
1946 - Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality
1946 - Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals)
1947 - Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1947 - Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman
1948 - Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
1949 - Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (d. 1990)
1949 - Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician
1949 - Arsène Wenger, French football manager
1952 - Jeff Goldblum, American actor
1956 - Frank DiPino, American baseball player
1959 - Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (d. 2005)
1959 - Marc Shaiman, American composer
1960 - Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains)
1960 - Cris Kirkwood, American musician (Meat Puppets)
1961 - Robert Torti, American actor
1962 - Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
1963 - Brian Boitano, American figure skater
1964 - Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
1964 - Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (d. 1993)
1965 - John Wesley Harding, American musician
1965 - Otis Smith, American football player
1966 - Valeria Golino, Italian actress
1967 - Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (d. 1994)
1967 - Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
1967 - Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
1968 - Shaggy, Jamaican musician
1968 - Stéphane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)
1969 - Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
1969 - Spike Jonze, American director and film producer
1969 - Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer
1972 - D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
1973 - Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer
1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1974 - Tim Kinsella, American musician
1974 - Jeff McInnis, American NBA basketball player
1974 - Miroslav Å atan, Slovak ice hockey player
1975 - Martín Cardetti, Argentine footballer
1975 - Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1976 - Helen Svedin, Swedish model
1976 - Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot)
1978 - Owais Shah, English cricketer
1978 - Dion Glover, American basketball player
1978 - Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
1980 - Garrett Tierney, American musician (Brand New)
1981 - Olivier Pla, French racing driver
1982 - Heath Miller, American football player
1982 - Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Daniel M. Johnson "The Untouchable DJ Drastic", American DJ, music industry professional, and radio presenter
1983 - Glenn Loovens, Dutch footballer
1985 - Zachary Hanson, American musician (Hanson)
1986 - Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player
1987 - Jake Richardson, English footballer
1990 - Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
1992 - Sofia Vassilieva, American actress

Famous Births on 21 Oct

Famous Births on 21 Oct

1449 - George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)
1527 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
1581 - Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1650 - Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
1660 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)
1675 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
1687 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
1712 - Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780)
1725 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
1757 - Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
1762 - Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (d. 1818)
1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet (d. 1834)
1775 - Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (d. 1844)
1790 - Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer (d. 1869)
1821 - Eduard Heine, German mathematician (d. 1881)
1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1847 - Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian writer (d. 1906)
1851 - George Ulyett, English cricketer (d. 1898)
1886 - Eugene Burton Ely, American aviation pioneer (d. 1911)
1894 - Rampo Edogawa, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
1895 - Edna Purviance, American actress (d. 1958)
1898 - Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wresler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
1904 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (d. 1967)
1906 - Lillian Asplund, last American Titanic survivor (d. 2006)
1907 - Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
1907 - Jules Chevalier, French priest (b. 1824)
1912 - Sir Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (d. 1997)
1912 - Alfredo Pián, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
1914 - Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer
1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (d. 1993)
1921 - Sir Malcolm Arnold, British composer (d. 2006)
1922 - Liliane de Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal
1924 - Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa. (d. 2003)
1924 - Joyce Randolph, American actress
1925 - Louis J. Robichaud, Canadian premier of New Brunswick (d. 2005)
1928 - Whitey Ford, American baseball player
1929 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American author
1930 - Ivan Stepanovich Silayev, Last prime minister of the Soviet Union
1938 - Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1940 - Geoff Boycott, English cricketer
1940 - Manfred Mann, English musician
1941 - Steve Cropper, American musician
1942 - Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
1942 - Judy Sheindlin, American judge ("Judge Judy")
1942 - Elvin Bishop, American musician
1943 - Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian
1943 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
1945 - Everett McGill, American actor
1946 - Jim Hill, American sportscaster
1946 - Lux Interior, American singer (The Cramps)
1946 - Lee Loughnane, American musician
1948 - Tom Everett, American actor
1948 - Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
1949 - Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
1949 - Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey coach
1949 - Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
1950 - Ronald McNair, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1952 - Brent Mydland, American keyboardist (Grateful Dead) (d. 1990)
1952 - Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
1952 - Patti Davis, American actress and novelist
1952 - Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer
1953 - Keith Green, American musician (d. 1982)
1953 - Peter Mandelson, British politician
1953 - Charlotte Caffey, American musician (The Go-Go's)
1954 - Brian Tobin, Canadian premier of Newfoundland
1955 - Rich Mullins, American musician (d. 1997)
1956 - Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer
1957 - Julian Cope, English musician and writer
1957 - Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel laureate
1957 - Steve Lukather, American musician
1959 - Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
1959 - Rose McDowall, Scottish musician
1959 - Tony Ganios, American Actor
1959 - George Bell, Dominican baseball player
1962 - David Campese, Australian rugby union footballer
1964 - Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd, The Who)
1965 - Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer
1967 - Paul Ince, English footballer
1968 - Melora Walters, American actress
1969 - Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league footballer
1969 - Mo Lewis, American football player
1969 - Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, crown prince of Bahrain
1971 - Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
1971 - Jade Jagger, Socialite and Jewellery Designer
1971 - Nick Oliveri, American musician
1971 - Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer
1972 - Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
1972 - Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
1972 - Masakazu Morita, seiyu and actor
1972 - Saffron Burrows, English actress
1972 - Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
1973 - Lera Auerbach, Russian composer
1973 - Charlie Lowell, American Musician
1975 - Toby Hall, American baseball player
1975 - Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
1976 - Mélanie Turgeon, French Canadian alpine skier
1976 - Josh Ritter, American musician
1976 - Lavinia MiloÅŸovici, Romanian gymnast
1976 - Jeremy Miller, American TV actor
1978 - Will Estes, American actor
1978 - Joey Harrington, American football player
1979 - Khalil Greene, American baseball player
1979 - Gabe Gross, American baseball player
1980 - Brian Pittman, American musician (Relient K)
1980 - Kim Kardashian, American socialite
1981 - Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
1982 - James White, American basketball player
1982 - Matt Dallas, American Actor
1983 - Zack Greinke, American baseball player
1983 - Ninette Tayeb, Israeli singer
1983 - Andy Marté, Dominican baseball player
1984 - Kieran Richardson, English footballer
1984 - Marvin Mitchell, American football player
1984 - Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
1984 - Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, French Canadian short track speed skater
1986 - Chibuzor Chilaka, English footballer
1986 - Alex Kew, British actor
1986 - Natalee Holloway,U.S teen,disappeared in Aruba
1986 - Christopher Uckermann, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD
1990 - Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player

Famous Births on 20 Oct

Famous Births on 20 Oct

1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512)--
1496 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550)
1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
1656 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
1677 - Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
1700 - Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761)
1711 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795)
1719 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)
1759 - Chauncey Goodrich, U.S. Senator from Connecticut (d. 1815)
1780 - Pauline Bonaparte, princess Borghese, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1825)
1784 - Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1865)
1785 - George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
1808 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
1819 - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)
1819 - Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
1822 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)
1832 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894)
1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
1858 - John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
1859 - John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
1864 - James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico (d. 1951)
1874 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
1889 - Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
1891 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1891 - Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya (d. 1978)
1893 - Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940)
1894 - Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
1895 - Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969)
1897 - Crown Prince Eun of Korea (d. 1970)
1900 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (d. 1974)
1904 - Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986)

Famous Births on 19 Oct

Famous Births on 19 Oct

1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328)
1433 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499)
1562 - Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1633)
1582 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)
1605 - Thomas Browne, English writer (d. 1682)
1610 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688)
1658 - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704)
1680 - John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740)
1688 - William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)
1718 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804)
1720 - John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772)
1721 - Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
1784 - John McLoughlin, Canadian fur trader (d. 1857)
1810 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, American abolitionist (d. 1903)
1851 - Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d. 1895)
1858 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (d. 1937)
1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)
1873 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
1873 - John Barton King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
1876 - Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (d. 1945)
1882 - Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)
1885 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)
1895 - Frank Durbin, last American veteran of the Battle of Verdun (d.1999)
1895 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (d. 1990)
1896 - Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1897 - Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. 1994)
1899 - Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1900 - Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
1900 - Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
1900 - Erna Berger, German soprano (d. 1990)
1901 - Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996)
1903 - Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (d. 1971)
1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
1908 - Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (d. 1981)
1909 - Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (d. 1981)
1909 - Marguerite Perey, French physicist (d. 1975)
1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1910 - Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)
1913 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
1915 - Farid al-Atrash, Syrian composer, musician, and actor (d. 1974)
1916 - Jean Dausset, French immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1916 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985)
1920 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (d. 2003)
1922 - Jack Anderson, American journalist (d. 2005)
1926 - Joel Feinberg, American moral philosopher (d. 2004)
1926 - Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and songwriter
1931 - John le Carré, English novelist
1932 - Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992)
1936 - Tony Lo Bianco, American actor
1936 - James Bevel, American activist
1937 - Peter Max, American artist
1937 - Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
1940 - Michael Gambon, Irish actor
1941 - Simon Ward, British actor
1942 - Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney
1943 - Robin Holloway, British composer
1943 - Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer
1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (d. 1987)
1944 - George McCrae, American soul singer
1945 - Jeannie C. Riley American country and gospel singer
1945 - John Lithgow, American actor
1945 - Patricia Ireland, American attorney and feminist
1945 - Divine, American actor (d. 1988)
1946 - Philip Pullman, English writer
1947 - Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comic strip artist
1948 - Patrick Simmons, American musician
1949 - Lynn Dickey, American football player
1949 - Jamie McGrigor, British politician
1951 - Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematical physicist, recipient of the Bôcher Memorial Prize
1952 - Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer
1954 - Joe Bryant, American basketball player
1954 - Sam Allardyce, English football manager
1954 - Deborah Blum, American writer
1955 - Melpo Kosti, Greek actress
1956 - Didier Theys, Belgian racing driver
1956 - Sunny Deol, Indian actor
1956 - Bruce Weber, American Basketball Coach
1956 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 1993)
1957 - Ray Richmond, American columnist and critic
1957 - Karl Wallinger, Welsh musician
1957 - Doug Kirby, American author and travel guide
1958 - Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
1958 - Lou Briel, Puerto Rican singer and actor
1960 - Jonathan FeBland, English musician and artist
1962 - Tracy Chevalier, American author
1962 - Evander Holyfield, American boxer
1963 - Prince Laurent of Belgium
1964 - Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer
1965 - Brad Daugherty, American basketball player
1965 - Ty Pennington, American television carpenter
1966 - Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director
1966 - Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor
1967 - Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer
1968 - Sinitta, American singer
1969 - Trey Parker, American cartoonist and actor
1969 - Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer
1969 - DJ Sammy, Spanish DJ
1969 - John Edward, American TV Psychic
1970 - Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor
1972 - Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher
1972 - Pras, American musician
1973 - Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player
1973 - Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Michael Young, baseball player
1976 - Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Desmond Harrington, American actor
1976 - Omar Gooding, American actor
1976 - Joy Bryant, American actress
1977 - Louis-José Houde, Canadian stand-up comic
1977 - Jason Reitman, Canadian filmmaker
1977 - Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer
1978 - Henri Sorvali, Finnish musician
1978 - Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
1978 - Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver
1979 - Brian Robertson, American trombonist
1979 - José Luis "Parejita" López, Mexican footballer
1980 - Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
1981 - Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
1982 - Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer

Famous Births on 18 Oct

Famous Births on 18 Oct

1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
1405 - Pope Pius II (d. 1464)
1517 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)
1547 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (d. 1606)
1569 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)
1595 - Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)
1634 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (d. 1705)
1653 - Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)
1662 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
1668 - John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
1679 - Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem Witch Trials (d. 1716)
1701 - Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1706 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)
1741 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
1777 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (d. 1811)
1785 - Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (d. 1866)
1854 - Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1859 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1941)
1865 - Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist (d. 1957)
1865 - Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946)
1868 - Ernst Didring, Swedish author (d. 1931)
1870 - Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japanese scholar (d. 1966)
1873 - Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1951)
1882 - Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (d. 1917)
1893 - Georges Ohsawa, Japanese founder of Macrobiotics (d. 1966)
1894 - H. L. Davis, American author (d. 1960)
1897 - Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological theorist (d. 1980)
1900 - Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (d. 1981)
1902 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
1902 - Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
1903 - Lina Radke, German athlete (d. 1983)
1904 - A. J. Liebling, American journalist (d. 1963)
1905 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (d. 1993)
1906 - James Brooks, American painter (d. 1992)
1909 - Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist (d. 2004)
1913 - Robert Gilruth, American aviation and space pioneer (d. 2000)
1915 - Victor Sen Yung, American actor (d. 1980)
1918 - Bobby Troup, American musician (d. 1999)
1919 - Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
1919 - Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
1919 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
1920 - Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and political activist (d. 1994)
1921 - Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
1924 - Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian musician
1925 - Ramiz Alia, political leader of Albania
1926 - Chuck Berry, American musician
1926 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991)
1927 - George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999)
1928 - Keith Jackson, American football commentator
1929 - Violeta Chamorro, President of Nicaragua
1931 - Chris Albertson, American jazz historian
1932 - Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician
1933 - Forrest Gregg, American football player
1934 - Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (d. 2007)
1934 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (d. 1970)
1934 - Chuck Swindoll, American evangelist
1935 - Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
1937 - Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
1938 - Dawn Wells, American actress
1939 - Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and commentator
1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, purported American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
1939 - Flavio Cotti, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1942 - Larry Pickering, Australian newspaper cartoonist
1943 - Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
1945 - Yıldo, Turkish famous showman and football player
1945 - Huell Howser, American TV host
1945 - Chris Shays, Member of the United States Congress from Connecticut
1946 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter
1946 - Howard Shore, Canadian film composer
1947 - Job Cohen, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam
1947 - Joe Morton, American actor
1947 - Laura Nyro, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997)
1947 - Paul Chuckle, British comedian
1948 - Ntozake Shange, American author
1949 - Gary Richrath, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
1949 - George Hendrick, baseball player
1949 - Joe Egan, British musician (Stealers Wheel)
1950 - Om Puri, Indian actor
1950 - Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006)
1950 - Sheila White, English actress
1951 - Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive
1951 - Terry McMillan, American author
1951 - Pam Dawber, American actress
1952 - Jerry Royster, American baseball player
1952 - Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist
1954 - Liz Burch, Australian actress
1955 - Timmy Mallett, British TV presenter
1955 - David Twohy, American movie director and screenwriter
1955 - Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician
1955 - Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer and songwriter (Pylon (band) & Supercluster (band))
1956 - Jim Talent, American politician
1956 - Craig Bartlett, American animator
1956 - Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born tennis player
1957 - Doug Isaacson, Alaskan politician
1957 - Catherine Ringer, French singer and songwriter (Les Rita Mitsouko)
1958 - Corinne Bohrer, American actress
1958 - Thomas Hearns, American boxer
1958 - Kjell Samuelsson, National Hockey League defenseman
1959 - Steve Swayne, Dartmouth Professor
1959 - Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, American sports talk show host
1959 - John Nord, former American pro wrestler
1959 - Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
1959 - Kirby Chambliss, Aerobatic pilot and Red Bull Air Racer
1960 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
1960 - Erin Moran, American actress
1961 - Wynton Marsalis, American musician
1961 - Rick Moody, American author
1962 - Vincent Spano, American actor
1964 - Dan Lilker, American musician, bassist for Anthrax, S.O.D., Nuclear Assault, and Brutal Truth
1965 - Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
1969 - Nelson Vivas, Argentine former footballer
1970 - José Padilla, American former gang member and alleged supporter of terrorism
1970 - Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player
1972 - Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
1972 - Jake Farrow, actor
1973 - Michalis Kapsis, Greek footballer
1974 - Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
1974 - Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1974 - Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
1975 - Alex Cora, Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 - Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
1977 - Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
1977 - David Vuillemin, Pro Motocross Rider
1978 - Wesley Jonathan, American actor
1978 - Mike Tindall, English rugby union player
1982 - Ne-Yo, an R&B singer
1984 - Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier
1987 - Zac Efron, American actor
1987 - Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
1990 - Carly Schroeder, American actress
1991 - Tyler Posey, American actor
1998 - Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress
2001 - Annelise Manojlovic, English actress

Famous Births on 17 Oct

Famous Births on 17 Oct

1253 - Ivo of Kermartin, French saint (d. 1303)
1563 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (d. 1611)
1577 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)
1582 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)
1623 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)
1688 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (d. 1726)
1711 - Jupiter Hammon, American writer
1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792)
1811 - Albertus van Raalte, Dutch/American religious leader (d. 1876)
1813 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
1817 - Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual (d. 1898)
1853 - Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920)
1864 - Elinor Glyn, British writer (d. 1943)
1865 - James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (d. 1950)
1886 - Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
1890 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
1892 - Theodor Eicke, Nazi official (d. 1943)
1892 - Herbert Howells, English Composer (d. 1983)
1898 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violin teacher (d. 1998)
1898 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer (d. 1971)
1900 - Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
1902 - Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973)
1903 - Nathanael West, American writer (d. 1940)
1906 - Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
1908 - Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)
1912 - Pope John Paul I (d. 1978)
1912 - Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner, American singer/songwriter (d. 1982)
1914 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (d. 1996)
1915 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)
1917 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)
1918 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (d. 1987)
1919 - Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist
1920 - Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer
1920 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
1921 - Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
1921 - Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet gymnast (d. 2001)
1922 - Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive
1922 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian composer (d. 2001)
1923 - Barney Kessel, American musician (d. 2004)
1923 - Charles McClendon, American football coach (d. 2001)
1925 - Harry Carpenter, English sports commentator
1926 - Julie Adams, American film actress
1930 - Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
1930 - Jimmy Breslin, American newspaper columnist and author
1931 - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer
1933 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (d. 1985)
1934 - Johnny Haynes, English footballer (d. 2005)
1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
1937 - Paxton Whitehead, English actor
1938 - Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (d. 2007)
1940 - Peter Stringfellow, British nightclub owner
1940 - Jim Smith, English footballer and manager
1941 - Jim Seals American singer (Seals and Crofts)
1941 - Earl Thomas Conley, American singer
1942 - Gary Puckett, American musician
1946 - Sir Cameron Mackintosh, British stage producer
1946 - Adam Michnik, Polish activist
1946 - Bob Seagren, American athlete
1946 - Michael Hossack, American musician (The Doobie Brothers)
1947 - Michael McKean, American actor
1947 - Gene Green, American politician
1948 - Margot Kidder, Canadian actress
1948 - George Wendt, American actor
1948 - Robert Jordan, American novelist (d. 2007)
1950 - Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
1955 - Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek politician
1956 - Patrick McCrory, American politician
1956 - Mae Jemison, American astronaut
1957 - Lawrence Bender, American film producer
1957 - Steve McMichael, American football player
1958 - Alan Jackson, American singer and songwriter
1959 - Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
1959 - Richard Roeper, American film critic
1959 - Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
1959 - Ron Drummond, American writer
1960 - Rob Marshall, American director
1960 - Guy Henry, English actor
1962 - Mike Judge, Ecuadoran-born cartoonist
1963 - Sergio Goycochea, Argentine footballer
1963 - Norm MacDonald, Canadian comedian
1965 - Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1966 - Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and television personality
1966 - Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
1967 - René Dif, Danish musician (Aqua)
1968 - Ziggy Marley, Jamaican musician
1969 - Wood Harris, American actor
1969 - Ernie Els, South African golfer
1969 - Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
1970 - John Mabry, American baseball player
1970 - Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
1971 - Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer ('N Sync)
1972 - Eminem, American rapper
1972 - Tarkan, Turkish singer
1972 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer
1972 - Joe McEwing, American baseball player
1974 - John Rocker, American baseball player
1974 - Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboarder (HIM)
1974 - Ariel Levy, American feminist writer
1974 - Matthew Macfadyen, British actor
1975 - Francis Bouillon, American hockey player
1976 - Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
1977 - Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
1977 - Bryan Bertino, American film director and screenwriter
1979 - Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
1979 - Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
1979 - Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion)
1980 - Ekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
1980 - Alessandro Piccolo, Italian racing driver
1982 - Nick Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer
1983 - Daniel Booko, American actor
1983 - Ivan Saenko, Russian football player
1984 - Randall Munroe, American webcomic author
1984 - Chris Lowell, American actor
1984 - Jelle Klaasen, Dutch darts player
1987 - Bea Alonzo, Filipina actress
1987 - Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
1989 - Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress
1992 - Sam Concepcion, Filipino performer and actor