Famous Births on 21 Jun

Famous Births on 21 Jun

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