* 1170 – Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) * 1185 – King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) * 1464 – Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, queen of France (d. 1505) * 1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian philosopher (d. 1558) * 1500 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) * 1516 – Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) * 1564 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (d. 1616) (traditional approximate birth date (in the Julian calendar) based on April 25th baptism) * 1598 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653) * 1621 – William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) * 1628 – Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) * 1676 – King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) * 1720 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) * 1725 – Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) * 1746 – Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) * 1775 – J. M. W. Turner, English painter (d. 1851) * 1791 – James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868) * 1792 – John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) * 1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) * 1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher (d. 1879) * 1813 – Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (d. 1861) * 1813 – Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853) * 1823 – Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861) * 1834 – Artemus Ward, American comic writer (d. 1867) * 1853 – Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920) * 1857 – Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919) * 1858 – Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947) * 1858 – Ethel Mary Smyth, English composer (d. 1944) * 1861 – Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (d. 1936) * 1865 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943) * 1867 – Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1928) * 1872 – Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951) * 1876 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925) * 1880 – Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (d. 1942) * 1882 – Albert Coates, British composer (d. 1953) * 1888 – Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967) * 1889 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942) * 1893 – Frank Borzage, American film director (d. 1952) * 1894 – Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955) * 1895 – Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982) * 1897 – Lucius Clay, American general (d. 1978) * 1897 – Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1972) * 1899 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1979) * 1899 – Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (d. 1982) * 1899 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American author (d.1977) * 1900 – Joseph Green, Polish-born actor and director (d. 1996) * 1900 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959) * 1901 – E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (d. 1988) * 1902 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) * 1903 – Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d. 1974) * 1904 – Duncan Renaldo, Spanish-American actor (d. 1985) * 1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975) * 1907 – Lee Miller, American photographer & model (d. 1977) * 1908 – Myron Waldman, American animator (d. 2006) * 1910 – Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005) * 1917 – Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (d. 2008) * 1918 – Maurice Druon, French author (d. 2009) * 1919 – Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet double-agent (d. 1963) * 1921 – Janet Blair, American actress (d. 2007) * 1921 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player (d. 2003) * 1922 – Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress and occultist (d. 1995) * 1922 – Jack May, voice actor (d. 1997) * 1923 – Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas * 1923 – Avram Davidson, American writer (d. 1993) * 1923 – Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler * 1924 – Chuck Harmon, American baseball player * 1924 – Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007) * 1926 – J. P. Donleavy, Irish American author * 1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress and politician * 1932 – Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (d. 1984) * 1932 – Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990) * 1934 – George Canseco, Filipino music composer (d. 2004) * 1935 – Bunky Green, American musician * 1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988) * 1939 – Jorge Fons, Mexican film director * 1939 – Lee Majors, American actor * 1939 – Ray Peterson, American singer (d. 2005) * 1940 – Michael Copps, American Federal Government official * 1941 – Jacqueline Boyer, French singer * 1941 – Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003 * 1941 – Michael Lynne, American film executive * 1942 – Sandra Dee, American actress (d. 2005) * 1943 – Gail Goodrich, American basketball player * 1943 – Tony Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player * 1943 – Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter * 1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993) * 1947 – Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull) * 1947 – Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician * 1948 – Pascal Quignard, French author * 1948 – Serge Thériault, French-Canadian comedian and actor * 1949 – David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson) * 1949 – Joyce DeWitt, American actress * 1952 – Narada Michael Walden, American musician and producer * 1954 – Michael Moore, American filmmaker * 1955 – Judy Davis, Australian actress * 1955 – Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001) * 1955 – Fumi Hirano, Japanese voice actress and essayist * 1957 – Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer and art director * 1957 – Jan Hooks, American actress * 1957 – Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer * 1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer * 1958 – Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player * 1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress * 1960 – Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991) * 1960 – Claude Julien, French-Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1961 – Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (d. 2001) * 1961 – George Lopez, American actor and comedian * 1962 – John Hannah, Scottish actor * 1963 – Paul Belmondo, French actor and racing driver * 1963 – Magnús Ver Magnússon, Icelandic powerlifter * 1967 – Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player * 1967 – Kim Hee-ae, South Korean actress * 1967 – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress * 1968 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (d. 2001) * 1968 – Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan * 1968 – Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan * 1969 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast * 1969 – Byron Thames, American actor * 1969 – Richard Wolstencroft, Australian Filmmaker * 1969 – Martin López-Zubero, Spanish swimmer * 1970 – Scott Bairstow, Canadian actor * 1970 – Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league footballer * 1970 – Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter * 1970 – Sadao Abe, Japanese actor * 1971 – Charmaine Sinclair, English model * 1971 – Uli Herzner, German American designer * 1972 – Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet * 1972 – Patricia Manterola, Mexican singer * 1972 – Sonya Smith, American actress * 1973 – Patrick Poulin, French-Canadian ice hockey player * 1974 – Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol) * 1974 – Barry Watson, American actor * 1975 – Jón Þór Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Rós) * 1975 – Bobby Shaw, American football wide receiver for the NFL * 1977 – John Cena, American professional wrestler * 1977 – Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player * 1977 – Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – Kal Penn, American actor * 1977 – Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer * 1977 – John Oliver, British comedian * 1979 – Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis) * 1979 – Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model * 1979 – Jaime King, American actress * 1979 – Lauri Ylönen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus) * 1981 – Sean Henn, American baseball player * 1981 – Joanna Krupa, Polish/American model and actress * 1981 – Chris Sharma, American rock climber/boulderer * 1982 – Taio Cruz, English singer * 1983 – Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player * 1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player * 1985 – Angel Locsin, Filipina actress * 1986 – Sven Kramer, Dutch speedskater * 1986 – Jessica Stam, Canadian model * 1987 – Emily Fox, American cup stacker * 1988 – Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer * 1988 – Molly Burnett, American actress * 1989 – Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player * 1990 – Dev Patel, British actor * 1990 – Matthew Underwood, American actorAnd GF93 XD
-Not that I am anyway...
Author
Topic: Birthday Thread (Read 54863 times)