Famous Births on 7 Jan

Famous Births on 7 Jan

1355 - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
1502 - Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)
1528 - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. 1572)
1647 - Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
1685 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
1706 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
1718 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
1786 - John Catron, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1865)
1796 - Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
1827 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
1830 - Albert Bierstadt, German-American painter (d. 1902)
1831 - Heinrich von Stephan, German labor organizer (d. 1897)
1832 - James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
1834 - Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874)
1844 - Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879)
1845 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
1858 - Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)
1860 - Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
1870 - Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)
1871 - Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
1873 - Charles Péguy, French poet and essayist (d. 1914)
1873 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. 1976)
1875 - Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
1875 - Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
1876 - William Hurlstone, English composer (d. 1906)
1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)
1895 - Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. 1974)
1895 - Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
1896 - Arnold Ridley, British playwright and actor (d. 1984)
1898 - Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)
1899 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (d. 1963)
1900 - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. 1969)
1903 - Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)
1903 - Warren Hull, American actor (d. 1974)
1907 - Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. 1993)
1908 - Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
1910 - Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
1910 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (d. 1984)
1911 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)
1912 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
1912 - Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002)
1913 - Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1916 - Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975)
1917 - Ulysses Kay, American composer (d. 1995)
1922 - Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager
1922 - Eric Jupp, British-born Australian composer, arranger, conductor (d. 2003)
1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist (d. 2000)
1922 - Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (d. 1992)
1923 - Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003)
1924 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966)
1925 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (d. 1995)
1928 - William Peter Blatty, American screenwriter
1929 - Terry Moore, American actress
1932 - Joe Berinson, Australian politician
1933 - Elliott Kastner, U.S. film producer
1934 - Charlie Jenkins, American runner
1934 - Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002)
1935 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
1935 - Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006)
1935 - Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut
1936 - Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter and photographer
1936 - G. Robert Blakey, American attorney
1937 - Paul Revere, American musician
1938 - Lou Graham, American golfer
1938 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
1938 - Rory Storm, British singer (d. 1972)
1939 - Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
1941 - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
1941 - Manfred Schellscheidt, German American soccer coach
1941 - John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 - Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005)
1942 - Vasily Alexeev, Russian weightlifter
1942 - Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
1943 - Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor
1943 - Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
1944 - Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator
1944 - Tony Whitlam, Australian judge
1945 - Dick Marty, Swiss politician
1945 - Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1945 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (d. 1990)
1946 - Jann Wenner, American publisher
1947 - Shobha De, Indian writer
1948 - Kenny Loggins, American singer
1949 - Steven Williams, American actor
1949 - Anne Schedeen, American actress
1949 - Marshall Chapman, American singer/songwriter
1950 - Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter
1950 - Erin Gray, American actress
1950 - Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
1950 - Johnny Lever, Indian actor
1951 - Helen Worth, British actress
1952 - Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor
1956 - Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - David Caruso, American actor
1957 - Nicholson Baker, American novelist
1957 - Katie Couric, American television host
1957 - Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
1957 - Reena Roy, Indian actress
1958 - Linda Kozlowski, American actress
1958 - Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure
1959 - Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Gos)
1960 - Loretta Sanchez, American politician
1960 - David Marciano, American actor
1961 - Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
1961 - Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
1961 - John Thune, American politician
1962 - Aleksandr Dugin, Russian politician
1963 - Clint Mansell, English musician and composer
1964 - Nicolas Cage, American actor
1966 - Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
1967 - Nick Clegg, British Liberal Democrat
1967 - Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
1967 - Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
1969 - David Yost, American actor
1970 - Doug E. Doug, American actor
1970 - Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
1971 - C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler
1971 - Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
1971 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
1972 - Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
1973 - Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer
1974 - John Rich, American musician (Big & Rich)
1976 - Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
1976 - Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
1977 - Michelle Behennah, British model
1977 - Dustin Diamond, American actor
1977 - John Gidding, American architect and TV host (Designed to Sell)
1978 - Kevin Mench, American baseball player
1979 - Ryan Tedder, American singer
1979 - Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model
1979 - Bipasha Basu, Indian model
1981 - Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
1982 - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
1982 - Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
1982 - Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
1983 - Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
1984 - Jon Lester, American baseball player
1985 - Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver
1986 - Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
1988 - Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress
1988 - Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer
1988 - Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
1989 - Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer
1990 - Liam Aiken, American actor
1990 - Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
1990 - Camryn Grimes, American actress
1990 - Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian skijumper
1991 - Max Morrow, Canadian actor