Today's 22 December Famous Birthdays in History

Roman Emperor (284-305) who defeated the Sarmatians and Carpi [born between 242 and 245], born in Salona, Dalmatia, Roman Empire

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Count of Sicily (1105-30) and later King of Sicily (1130-54), born in Mileto, Calabria

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  • 1178 Antoku, 81st Emperor of Japan (1180-85) whose death marks the end of the Heian period, born in Japan (d. 1185)
  • 1400 Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden), born in Florence (d. 1482)
  • 1459 Sultan Cem, third son of Sultan Mehmed II and pretender to the Ottoman throne, born in Rumelia, Ottoman Empire (d. 1495)
  • 1515 Mary of Guise [Mary of Lorraine], French Queen consort of Scots (1538-42) and Regent of Scotland for daughter Mary Queen of Scots (1554-60), born in Bar-le-Duc, France (d. 1560)
  • 1546 Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō, born in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (d. 1604)
  • 1550 Cesare Cremonini, Italian professor of natural philosophy, born in Cento, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1631)
  • 1573 Ernst Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe, born in Dillenburg, Germany (d. 1632)
  • 1624 Tomas Micieres, Spanish composer and chapel master, born in Villaescusa de Ecla, Spain (d. 1662)

French dramatist (Phèdre, Athalie), born in La Ferté-Milon, Picardy

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  • 1684 Johann J Dillenius [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum), born in Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1747)
  • 1690 Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur, born in Manipur (d. 1751)
  • 1694 Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1768)
  • 1696 James Oglethorpe, British soldier, politician, philanthropist, and founder of the US colony of Georgia, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1758)
  • 1700 Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent, born in Amsterdam (d. 1785)
  • 1702 Jean-Étienne Liotard, Swiss-French painter, art connoisseur, and dealer (Madame d'Epinay), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1789)
  • 1723 Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer, born in Köthen, Anhalt-Köthen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1787)
  • 1727 William Ellery, US attorney and signer of the Declaration of Independence (Rhode Island), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1820)
  • 1728 Charles Frederick, Margrave, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden, born in Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1811)
  • 1765 Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1825)
  • 1768 John Crome (Old Crome), English landscape artist, born in Norwich, England (d. 1821)
  • 1789 Levi Woodbury, American attorney, jurist, 13th US Secretary of the Treasury (1834-41), and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1845-51), born in Francestown, New Hampshire (d. 1851)
  • 1794 Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer (1st European to reach Timbuktu), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1826)
  • 1795 Thomas Ainsworth, English founder of Nijverdal & industrialist (Twentse textile), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1841)
  • 1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, American Major General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1862)
  • 1805 John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist, born in Sheffield, United Kingdom (d. 1893)
  • 1807 Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1873)
  • 1812 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress (Romeo & Juliet), born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1890)
  • 1815 Johann Jakob Bachofen, Swiss antiquarian & jurist, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1887)
  • 1815 Lucien Petipa, French ballet dancer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1898)
  • 1819 Franz Abt, German composer and choir conductor, born in Eilenburg, Prussian Saxony (d. 1885)
  • 1819 Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician, born in Montpellier, France (d. 1892)
  • 1821 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, born in Crema, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1889)
  • 1826 James Scott Negley, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
  • 1830 Justin M'Carthy, Irish politician and novelist (Miss Misanthrope), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1912)
  • 1831 Mark Rutherford [Hale White], English writer, born in Bedford, England (d. 1913)
  • 1831 Robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union Army), born in Hunter, New York (d. 1874)
  • 1832 Edward Hatch, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1889)
  • 1844 Izydor Lotto, Polish violinist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1927)
  • 1846 Andreas Hallén, Swedish composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1925)
  • 1850 Constantin Fahlberg, Russian chemist who discovered Saccharin (artificial sweetener), born in Tambov, Russia (d. 1910) [1]
  • 1853 Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan classical pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 1917)
  • 1853 Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician, born in Orensburg, Russia (d. 1919)
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Italian opera composer (La bohème; Tosca; Madame Butterfly), born in Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany

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  • 1860 Austin Norman Palmer, American penmanship innovator, born in Fort Jackson, New York (d. 1927)
  • 1861 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology), born in Clausthal, Germany (d. 1936)

American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, manager and owner (World Series 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930; most managerial wins, losses and games managed in MLB history; Philadelphia A's), born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts

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  • 1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, French military officer and explorer in Africa, born in Thoissey, France (d. 1934)
  • 1866 Mieczyslaw Surzyński Polish organ virtuoso and composer (1904 Organ Concerto), born in Środa, Poland (d. 1924)
  • 1867 František Xaver Šalda, Czechoslovakian literary critic, born in Liberec, Czech Republic (d. 1937)
  • 1867 Joseph Maria Olbrich, Austrian architect (Wiener Sezession), born in Opava, Czech Republic (d. 1908)
  • 1867 Wilhelm Groener, German soldier and politician, born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1939)
  • 1869 Dmitri Egorov, Russian-Soviet mathematician, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1931)
  • 1869 Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (Richard Corey), born in Head Tide, Maine (d. 1935)
  • 1872 Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist, born in Poitiers, France (d. 1961)
  • 1874 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer and musician, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1939)
  • 1875 Antoine Mariotte, French composer (Paysage maritime), born in Avignon (d. 1944)
  • 1875 Johannes "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor (Dead Water), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1960)
  • 1876 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian-French prose writer, novelist, poet, and dramatist (Futurism e Futurista), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1944)
  • 1878 Stephen Timoshenko [Stepan Tymoshenko], Ukrainian-American mechanical engineer (elasticity; strength of materials), and pedagogue, born in Shpotovka, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
  • 1879 Stanislas Bizot, French draughts champion (1925), born in Nice, France (d. 1950)
  • 1881 Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1922)
  • 1883 Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader (coal miners), born in Wookey, Somerset (d. 1931)
  • 1883 Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (Ionisation; Poème électronique), born in Burgundy, France (d. 1965)
  • 1885 (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), born in New York City (d. 1966)
  • 1887 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (number theory), born in Erode, British India (d. 1920)
  • 1888 J. Arthur Rank, English industrialist, born in Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom (d. 1972)
  • 1889 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, born in Baskinta, Lebanon (d. 1988)
  • 1889 Minor Watson, American actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 1965)
  • 1890 Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, born in Droylsden, United Kingdom (d. 1960)
  • 1890 Mark Tobey, American abstract painter (Broadway Norm), born in Centerville, Wisconsin (d. 1976)
  • 1894 Mihail Andricu, Romanian pianist, composer, violinist, and music professor (Bucharest Conservatory, 1926-59), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1974)
  • 1896 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet and writer, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
  • 1898 Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, born in Middlesex, England (d. 1984)
  • 1898 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Soviet physicist, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1974)
  • 1899 Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (M, Faust, A Glass of Water), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1963)
  • 1900 Alan Bush, English composer pianist and teacher, born in London (d. 1995)
  • 1901 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (Lincoln Portrait), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1980)
  • 1902 Joe Adonis, Italian American crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ, born in Montemarano, Italy (d. 1971)

French general and WWII hero known as the "Liberator of Paris", born in Belloy-Saint-Léonard, France

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  • 1903 Barbara Moore, Russian-born British engineer (walked across US in 86 days in 1960), born in Russia (d. 1977)

American biophysicist (Nobel 1967), born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

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  • 1903 Marc Lavry [Levin], Latvian-Israeli composer (Emek; Independence Symphony; Song of Songs], and conductor, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1967) [1]
  • 1904 Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, French physicist (Nobel 1970), born in Lyon, France (d. 2000)
  • 1905 Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and translator & critical essayist (Birds in the Bush), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1982)
  • 1905 Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), born in Paris, France (d. 1972)

English engineer (Colossus), born in Poplar, London

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  • 1907 Peggy Ashcroft [Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft], British actress (Dear Brutus, Happy Days), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 1991)
  • 1907 Yoshio Hasegawa, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1981)
  • 1908 Marius Duintjer, Dutch architect (Kolenkit), born in Veendam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
  • 1908 Max Bill, Swiss architect and artist (Ruban Sans Fin), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1994)
  • 1909 Alan Carney [David Boughal], American actor (Zombies on Broadway, Take it from Me), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
  • 1909 Patricia Hayes, British actress (A Fish Called Wanda), born in Wandsworth, London, England (d. 1998)
  • 1910 Jimmy Boucher, Irish cricket all-rounder (28 first-class matches for Ireland; secretary Irish Cricket Union 1954-73), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1995)
  • 1910 Richard Ainley, British actor (I Dood It, As You Like It, Above Suspicion), born in Middlesex, England (d. 1967)
  • 1911 Grote Reber, American radio astronomer (1st parabolic radio telescope), born in Wheaton, Illinois (d. 2002)
  • 1912 Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, American first lady (1963-1969), born in Karnack, Texas (d. 2007)
  • 1912 Henry Armstrong, American boxer (world featherweight, lightweight, welterweight [19 x title defences] champion), born in Columbus, Mississippi (d. 1988)
  • 1913 Anthony Barber Doncaster, English bookseller, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
  • 1914 Emil Sitka, American actor (Three Stooges shorts), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
  • 1915 Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave it to Beaver), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
  • 1917 Andrew Fielding Huxley, English physiologist (Nobel 1963), born in London, England (d. 2012)
  • 1917 Gene Rayburn [Jeljenić], American radio performer and TV game show host (Match Game), born in Christopher, Illinois (d. 1999)
  • 1917 Piet De Somer, Belgian physician and biologist (U of Leuven), born in Belgium (d. 1985)
  • 1918 Frankie Darro [Frank Johnson], American actor (Radio Ranch, Wild Boys of the Road, Valley of Wanted Men), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
  • 1919 Lillian "Lil" Green, American blues singer and songwriter ("Romance In The Dark"), born in Mississippi (d. 1954) [some sources cite year of birth as 1901, and some 1910]
  • 1921 Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee; "Lonesome 7-7203"), born in Huntington, West Virginia (d. 1963)
  • 1921 Robert Frank Kurka, American composer ("The Good Soldier Schweik"), born in Cicero, Illinois (d. 1957)
  • 1922 Calder Willingham, American novelist and scriptwriter, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1995)
  • 1922 Jack Brooks, American politician, born in Crowley, Louisiana (d. 2012)
  • 1922 Jim Wright, American Democratic politician (48th Speaker of the House, 1987-89; US Representatives from Texas, 1955-89), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2015)
  • 1923 Heinz Bernhard [Löwenstein], German-born British actor and director (Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof), born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1994)
  • 1923 Joseph Muhler, American biochemist and dentist (developed Crest - 1st fluoride toothpaste), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 1996) [1]
  • 1924 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), born in New York City (d. 2017)
  • 1925 Lewis Glucksman, American financier, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2006)
  • 1925 Thomas Christian David, Austrian flutist, conductor, choral director, and composer, born in Wels, Austria (d. 2006)
  • 1926 Lee Salk, Russian-American child psychologist and author, born in New York, New York (d. 1992)
  • 1927 Peggy Castle, American actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), born in Appalachia, Virginia (d. 1973)
  • 1928 Piero Angela, Italian science journalist and television host (Quark), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2022)
  • 1929 Dee Rowe, American college basketball coach (UConn Huskies men's 1969-76), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
  • 1929 Leonard "Red" Balaban, American jazz tuba and sousaphone player, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013) [1]
  • 1929 Wazir Mohammad, Pakistan cricket batsman (20 Tests, 2 x 100; eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammad brothers), born in Junagadh, India (d. 2025)
  • 1930 Bill Jenkins, American engine builder and drag racer (Motorsports Hall of Fame of America), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
  • 1930 Larry Stevenson [Richard], American skateboard innovator (kicktail), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2012)
  • 1930 Per Bredesen, Norwegian soccer forward (18 caps; Ørn Horten FK, Lazio, Udinese, AC Milan, Bari, Messina), born in Horten, Norway (d. 2022)
  • 1932 Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer striker (Wales 17 caps; Leyton Orient, West Ham United, Aston Villa) and manager (USA 1968), born in Powys, Wales (d. 2013)

American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series C'ship 1966, 68, 69; NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1960; Daytona 500 1976), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina

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  • 1935 Anatoly Sass, Russian rower (Olympic gold USSR double sculls 1968), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2023)
  • 1935 John L. Finley, United States Navy aviator, born in Winchester, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
  • 1935 John L. Young, American architect, whistleblower and co-founder of Cryptome, born in Millersview, Texas (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1936 Hector Elizondo, American actor (American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love), born in New York City
  • 1936 James Burke, British science historian and broadcaster (Connections), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
  • 1936 Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1969)
  • 1938 Lucien Bouchard, French Canadian lawyer and politician, born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec
  • 1938 Matty Alou, Dominican baseball outfielder (NL batting champion 1966; MLB All-Star 1968-69; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Haina, Dominican Republic (d. 2011)
  • 1939 James Gurley, American rock lead guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company - "Piece Of My Heart"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009)
  • 1939 Valentin Afonin, Russian soccer defender (42 caps; SKA Rostov-on-Don, CSKA Moscow), born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 2021)
  • 1940 Jim McLaughlin, Irish soccer striker (12 caps Northern Ireland; Shrewsbury Town 297 games) and manager (Dundalk, Derry City), born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland (d. 2024)
  • 1941 Archie Andrews, American comic book character created by Bob Montana (ARCHIE!), "born" in Riverdale
  • 1942 Dick Parry, English session and touring rock saxophonist (Pink Floyd - "Money"), born in Kentford, Suffolk
  • 1943 Paul Wolfowitz, American political scientist and diplomat, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1944 (Michael) "Mo" Foster, British session and touring rock bassist and producer, born in Byfleet, Surrey, England
  • 1944 Colin "Barry" Jenkins, English rock drummer (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), born in Leicester, United Kingdom

1944 American Baseball HOF pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 1972, 77, 80, 82; Triple Crown 1972; 10 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Miami, Florida

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  • 1945 Diane Sawyer, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time), born in Glasgow, Kentucky
  • 1945 Joris J. C. Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister (1994-, VVD), born in the Hague, Netherlands
  • 1945 Marianne van Wijnkoop [Bosscher], Dutch actress (Les Miserables), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1946 Mary McCaslin, American contemporary folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjo player ("Prairie In The Sky"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2022)
  • 1946 Pamela Courson, American woman and long-term companion of Jim Morrison, born in Weed, California (d. 1974)
  • 1947 Brian C. Daley, American sci-fi author (Exploits of Han Solo, Tron), born in Englewood, New Jersey
  • 1947 Dilip Doshi, Indian cricket spin bowler (33 Tests, 114 wickets, BB 6/102; Bengal, East Zone, Nottinghamshire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), born in Rajkot, India (d. 2025)
  • 1948 Chris Old, English cricket fast bowler (46 Tests, 143 wickets, 2 x 50; Warwickshire CCC, Yorkshire CCC, Northern Transvaal), born in Middlesborough, England
  • 1948 Lynne Thigpen, American actress (Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?; An American Daughter), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2003)
  • 1948 Noel Edmonds, British TV personality (Foul-ups, Bleeps & Blunders), born in Ilford, United Kingdom
  • 1948 Rick Nielsen, American rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (Cheap Trick - "I Want You to Want Me"; "The Flame"), born in Elmhurst, Illinois

1948 American baseball first baseman (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1981; NL MVP 1974; LA Dodgers, SD Padres), born in Tampa, Florida

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English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and bassist (Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever), born in Douglas, Isle of Man

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  • 1949 Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), born in Florida (d. 1984)
  • 1949 Ray Guy, American College-Pro Football HOF punter (Southern Miss; Super Bowl 1976, 80, 84; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 7 × Pro Bowl; Oakland/LA Raiders), born in Swainsboro, Georgia (d. 2022)
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  • 1951 Charles de Lint, Canadian sci-fi author (Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow), born in Bussum, Netherlands
  • 1951 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British peer and its 3rd richest person, born in Omagh, Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
  • 1951 Jan Stephenson, Australian golfer (du Maurier Classic 1981; Women's PGA C'ship 1982; US Open 1983), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1953 Bernnadette Stanis, American actress (Thelma-Good Times), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1953 David Leisner, American classical guitarist and composer, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1954 Derick Parry, West Indian cricket all-rounder (12 Tests, 23 wickets, 3 x 50; Leeward Islands, Combined Islands, Cambridgeshire), born in Cotton Ground, Saint Kitts & Nevis
  • 1954 Hugh Quarshie, Ghanaian-British actor (Ric Griffin in "Holby City"), born in Accra, Ghana
  • 1954 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader, born in Durban, South Africa
  • 1957 Carole James, Canadian politician, born in Dukinfield, United Kingdom
  • 1957 Richard "Ricky" Ross, Scottish rock vocalist (Deacon Blue), born in Dundee, Scotland
  • 1957 Susan Powter, Australian-born American motivational speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, and author (The Susan Powter Show), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1958 David Heavener, American actor (Prime Target) and country musician ("I'm a Honky Tonk Man"), born in Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1958 Frank Gambale, Australian jazz fusion guitarist, born in Canberra, Australia
  • 1958 Lenny Von Dohlen, American actor (Love Kills, Electric Dreams), born in Augusta, Georgia
  • 1959 Bernd Schuster, German soccer midfielder (21 caps West Germany; FC Barcelona 170 games, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid) and manager (Real Madrid, Beşiktaş, Málaga), born in Augsburg, Germany
  • 1960 (Emil) Wakin Chau, Hong Kong-born singer and actor, born in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
  • 1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (Gray, SAMO), born in Brooklyn, NYC, New York (d. 1988)
  • 1960 Luther Campbell, American rap artist (2 Live Crew), born in Miami, Florida
  • 1960 Patrick Fitzgerald, American lawyer, born in New York City
  • 1960 Tyrell Biggs, American boxer (Olympic gold super heavyweight 1984; World C'ship gold 1982), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1961 Andrew Fastow, US convicted criminal and businessman (former CFO of Enron), born in Washington, D.C., United States
  • 1961 Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian cosmonaut (1st person to marry in space), born in Khrushchev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

1962 English actor (Schindler's List, The English Patient), born in Ipswich, Suffolk

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  • 1963 Brian McMillan, South African cricket all-rounder (38 Tests, top score 113, 75 wickets; 78 ODIs), born in Welkom, South Africa
  • 1963 Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian soccer defender (81 caps; Inter Milan 517 games), born in Milan, Italy
  • 1963 Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American surrealist painter, born in Hokkaido, Japan
  • 1965 Jonathan Joss, American comedic actor (King of the Hill, Parks and Recreation), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1965 Sergi López, Spanish actor (Pan's Labyrinth, With a Friend Like Harry...), born in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
  • 1966 Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold USSR x 4 1988; World C'ship gold x4 1983, x4 1987), born in Moscow, Russia
  • 1966 Schmier [Marcel Schirmer], German heavy metal singer and bass player (Destruction), born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
  • 1967 Dan Petrescu, Romanian soccer defender (95 caps; Steaua București, Chelsea) and manager (Dynamo Moscow, CFR Cluj), born in Bucharest, Romania
  • 1967 Richey James Edwards, Welsh rock musician and songwriter (Manic Street Preachers), born in Blackwood, United Kingdom (disappeared in 1995; declared d. 2008)
  • 1967 Roland Holder, West Indian cricket batsman (11 Tests, 2 x 50; Barbados), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
  • 1968 Dina Meyer, American film and television actress, born in Forest Hills, New York City
  • 1968 Lauralee "Bug" Bell, American actress (Christine 'Cricket' Blair in "The Young and the Restless"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1969 Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete (Olympic gold 15km individual, 7.5km sprint; World C'ship gold 7.5km 1993), born in Loretteville, Quebec
  • 1970 Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player (PDC World Champion 2015-16), born in Musselburgh, Scotland

1970 Canadian-born US politician (Senate-R-Texas 2013-), born in Calgary. Alberta

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  • 1971 Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor (Joey Jeremiah in "Degrassi High"), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1972 Big Tigger [Darian Morgan], American television host and radio personality, born in Co-op City, New York
  • 1972 Vanessa Paradis, French model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
  • 1973 Katarzyna Duda, Polish concert violinist, born in Warsaw, Poland
  • 1974 Rei Hance [Heather Donahue], American screenwriter and actress (The Blair Witch Project), born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
  • 1975 Chris Adler, American writer, born in Cheverly, Maryland
  • 1975 Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian soccer midfielder (53 caps; PSV Eindhoven, Real Sociedad, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dynamo Moscow) and manager (Dynamo Moscow), born in Krasnodar, Russia
  • 1980 Chris Carmack, American model and actor (Grey's Anatomy, The O.C.), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1983 Jennifer Hawkins-Wall, Australian model, television personality and Miss Universe winner (2004), born in Holmesville, Australia
  • 1984 Basshunter [Jonas Erik Altberg], Swedish record producer and DJ (Now You're Gone), born in Halmstad, Sweden
  • 1986 Jeffery Wood, American actor (Austin Warren-In The House), born in San Diego, California
  • 1989 Jordin Sparks, American singer ("No Air") and American Idol winner (season 6), born in Phoenix, Arizona
  • 1990 Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor (The Chorus, Le grand Meaulnes), born in Brignoles, France
  • 1990 Josef Newgarden, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2023, 24; IndyCar Series 2017, 19; Indy Lights 2011), born in Nashville, Tennessee
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1993 Brazilian professional surfer (WSL World Champion 2014, 18, 21), born in São Sebastião, São Paulo

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  • 1993 Meghan Trainor, American Grammy Award-winning pop singer-songwriter ("All About That Bass"), and television personality (The Voice UK, 2020; Australian Idol, 2023), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • 1998 Casper Ruud, Norwegian tennis player (French Open 2022, 23 & US Open 2022 runner-up), born in Oslo, Norway
  • 1998 Latto [Alyssa Michelle Stephens], American rapper (Big Energy), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • 2000 Joshua Bassett, American actor and singer (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), born in Oceanside, California



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