Who was born on your birthday?

[Jackaroo]

* 1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
* 1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
* 1207 - Elisabeth of Hungary (d. 1231)
* 1528 - Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
* 1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)
* 1656 - Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)
* 1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
* 1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
* 1766 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
* 1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
* 1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
* 1851 - Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933)
* 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
* 1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
* 1874 - Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
* 1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
* 1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
* 1891 - Virginia Rappe, Silent Film Actress (d. 1921)
* 1893 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
* 1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
* 1900 - Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
* 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
* 1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
* 1901 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer (d. 1970)
* 1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005)
* 1904 - Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
* 1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d. 1970)
* 1906 - Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
* 1906 - Anton Karas, Austrian musician (d. 1985)
* 1906 - Anna Marie Hahn, German-born American serial killer (d. 1938)
* 1907 - Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
* 1908 - Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d. 1994)
* 1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (d. 2007)
* 1913 - Pinetop Perkins, American blues musician
* 1915 - Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander, American novelist and poet (d. 1998)
* 1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran politician (d. 2003)
* 1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996)
* 1921 - Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
* 1921 - Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
* 1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
* 1924 - Mary Ford, American singer (d. 1977)
* 1925 - Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
* 1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician
* 1927 - Charlie Louvin, American country musician
* 1929 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
* 1930 - Henry (Hank) Mobley, American Jazz composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
* 1931 - David Eddings, American author
* 1932 - Josef Zawinul, Austrian composer and musician (d. 2007)
* 1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
* 1933 - David McCullough, American historian and author
* 1933 - Bruce Wells, British boxer & actor
* 1936 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980)
* 1936 - Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
* 1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
* 1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
* 1941 - Michael Howard, British politician
* 1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
* 1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
* 1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
* 1943 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
* 1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician
* 1946 - Joe Spano, American actor
* 1947 - Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
* 1947 - Howard Rheingold, American author
* 1947 - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
* 1947 - Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)
* 1947 - Víctor Manuel, Spanish songwriter and singer
* 1948 - Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
* 1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress
* 1952 - Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
* 1955 - Len Barker, American baseball player
* 1957 - Jonathan Dayton, American film director
* 1957 - Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
* 1959 - Billy Campbell, American actor
* 1959 - Jessica Hahn, American model
* 1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
* 1960 - Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
* 1963 - Vonda Shepard, American singer
* 1965 - Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
* 1965 - Mo Collins, American actress
* 1965 - Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
* 1966 - Jim Gaffigan, American comedian
* 1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
* 1966 - Neil Tobin, American magician
* 1967 - Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
* 1967 - Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
* 1968 - Amy Carlson, American actress
* 1968 - Jorja Fox, American actress
* 1968 - Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
* 1969 - Sylke Otto, German luger
* 1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1969 - Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer
* 1969 - Cree Summer, American voice actress
* 1969 - Robin Weigert, American actress
* 1970 - Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
* 1970 - Erik Zabel, German cyclist
* 1970 - Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
* 1971 - Alistair Potts, British rower
* 1972 - Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
* 1972 - Manfred Stohl, Austrian rally driver
* 1973 - Troy Garity, American actor
* 1973 - José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
* 1973 - Matt Mantei, American baseball player
* 1973 - Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player
* 1973 - Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka
* 1974 - Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 - Tony Benshoof, American luger
* 1975 - Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
* 1976 - Dominic Foley, Irish footballer
* 1977 - Felix Vasquez, American municipal employee
* 1979 - Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
* 1979 - Carl Breeze, British racing driver
* 1980 - John Buck, American baseball player
* 1980 - Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
* 1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
* 1980 - Kaisa Jouhki, Finnish vocalist (Battlelore)
* 1980 - Dan Whitesides, American drummer (The Used)
* 1981 - Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
* 1981 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
* 1982 - Cassidy, American rapper
* 1982 - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)
* 1982 - George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
* 1983 - Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer
* 1983 - D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)
* 1983 - Ciara Newell, Irish singer
* 1984 - Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
* 1984 - Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
* 1984 - Marie-Mai, Canadian singer
* 1987 - Lena Ma, Canadian beauty pageant contestant
* 1988 - Kaci Brown, American singer
* 1989 - Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer
* 1995 - Chloe Greenfield, Child Actress

Well, I've not heard of any of those. xD

[Morgey]

Feb 17, 2009 14:01:56 GMT -8 Jackaroo said:

Well, I've not heard of any of those. xD

But your list has Ringo Starr! D:

[freesurf]

Jesus

[Jackaroo]

Feb 17, 2009 14:04:30 GMT -8 Morgey said:

But your list has Ringo Starr! D:

Do remind me.

[Anselm]

# 1869 - Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
# 1871 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (d. 1941)
# 1884 - Tenby Davies, Welsh world champion runner (d. 1932)
# 1941 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (d. 1993)
# 1950 - David Cassidy, American singer and actor
# 1974 - Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer
# 1979 - Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer

The American Civil War started on my birthday, and FDR died on my birthday. Nice.

[Morgey]

Feb 17, 2009 14:16:09 GMT -8 Jackaroo said:

Feb 17, 2009 14:04:30 GMT -8 Morgey said:

But your list has Ringo Starr! D:

Do remind me.

The Beatles?

[Mara]

Let's see... I'll just post the "cool"/known/interesting ones.

March 3rd: [also Labour Day in Australia]

Births:
1455 - King John II of Portugal
1583 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher
1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian
1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor [knew this one already]
1940 - Perry Ellis, fashion designer
1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
1958 - Marc Silvestri, American comic book artist and publisher
1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete [awesome!]
1962 - Herschel Walker, American football player
1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
1971 - Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author [knew this one already, and it sucks sharing my day with him]
1977 - Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player [dude, I just put him on my fantasy team]
1978 - Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1982 - Jessica Biel, American actress

Events:
1585 - The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1791 - The United States Mint is created by the Congress of the United States. [score!]
1820 - The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 - For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto.
1849 - The U.S. Congress passes the Gold Coinage Act allowing the minting of gold coins. [more monies!]
1861 - Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1873 - Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1875 - Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premieres at the Opéra Comique of Paris.
1875 - The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette. [hockey!!]
1923 - TIME magazine is published for the first time.
1931 - The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem.
1938 - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. [oil! yay?]
1939 - In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.




Hmm.. interesting...

[Former Member]

22nd March...

Karl Malden
Stephen Sondheim
William Shatner
Roger Whittaker [UK singer]
George Benson
James Patterson [US author]
Matthew Modine
Reese Witherspoon
Beverley Knight [UK singer]

[🎶Sossity🎶]

Some folks i share my day (March 25th) with:

Aretha Franklin

Elton John

Henry II, King of England, 1154-89

Bela Bartok, classical composer

Ed Begley, actor

David Lean, director

Paul Michael Glaser, actor famous as Starsky in Starsky & Hutch.

Nick Lowe, singer, musician ,composer

[Ameline]

Thares nobody awfully famous or well known that share my birthday

but here are some people

1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician
1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress
1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player

[nutz4]

I have many listed for April 4th. Here are just a few:

186 - Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
1821 - Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1868)
1875 - Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964)
1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
1888 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1895 - Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (d. 1991)
1896 - Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (d. 1955)
1908 - Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
1916 - Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1924 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
1928 - Maya Angelou, American writer
1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
1933 - Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
1940 - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
1944 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor
1957 - Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)
1965 - Robert Downey Jr., American actor
1966 - Nancy McKeon, American actor
1968 - Jennifer Lynch, American director
1970 - Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
1973 - David Blaine, American illusionist
1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian/American actor. (d. 2008)

There are more but I decided to end on Heath Ledger.

[NikNakker]

1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)

1439 - Pope Pius III (d. 1503)

1741 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)

1800 - John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)

1837 - Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1895)

1860 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)

1873 - Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)

1874 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)

1882 - George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)

1882 - Henry J. Kaiser, American ship-builder (d. 1967)

1883 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)

1892 - Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)

1893 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman)

1895 - Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)

1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)

1888 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)

1907 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)

1907 - Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)

1912 - Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)

1912 - Per Imerslund, "The aryan idol" (d. 1943)

1914 - Hank Snow, Canadian-born musician (d. 1999)

1918 - Mike Wallace, American journalist

1918 - Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)

1920 - Richard Adams, English author

1920 - William Tenn, American author

1921 - Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)

1921 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)

1924 - Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (d. 1997)

1927 - Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1928 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer (d. 1982)

1928 - Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (d. 1995)

1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater

1930 - Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001)

1934 - Alan Bennett, British author

1936 - Albert Finney, British actor

1936 - Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician

1937 - José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect

1939 - Ralph Boston, American athlete

1939 - Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis player and businessman

1940 - James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer

1942 - John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General

1944 - Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)

1946 - Candice Bergen, American actress

1949 - Billy Joel, American musician

1955 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano

1960 - Tony Gwynn, Hall of Fame baseball player

1962 - David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)

1963 - Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)

1964 - Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey

1965 - Steve Yzerman, Canadian hockey player

1965 - Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant

1968 - Marie-José Perec, French athlete

1969 - Amber, Dutch musician

1970 - Ghostface Killah, American rapper

1972 - Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist

1972 - Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast

1973 - Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress

1975 - George Boateng, Dutch footballer

1976 - Tamia, Canadian R&B singer

1977 - Choi Jeong-yun, South Korean actress

1977 - Maggie Dixon, Women's college basketball coach (d. 2006)

1978 - Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine football player

1978 - Aaron Harang, baseball pitcher

1979 - Rosario Dawson, American actress

1979 - Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)

1979 - Andrew W.K., American musician

1980 - Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor

1980 - Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater

1980 - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver

1982 - Rachel Boston, American actress

[sniperdude]

Hugh Hefner and Jenna Jameson. Yikes. I also see Dennis Quaid.

[The Packle]

A bunch of people I never heard of.

[real_decimic]

January 16^th

* 1245 - Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
* 1409 - René I of Naples (d. 1480)
* 1477 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
* 1501 - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
* 1616 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
* 1626 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
* 1634 - Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
* 1675 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
* 1728 - Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (d. 1800)
* 1807 - Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (d. 1877)
* 1815 - Henry W. Halleck, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
* 1821 - John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice-President and Confederate general (d. 1875)
* 1834 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
* 1836 - King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
* 1838 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
* 1844 - Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
* 1853 - Andre Michelin, French industrialist (d. 1931)
* 1853 - Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (d. 1937)
* 1853 - Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
* 1853 - Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
* 1872 - Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (d. 1966)
* 1872 - Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
* 1874 - Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (d. 1958)
* 1875 - Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
* 1878 - Harry Carey, American silent film actor (d. 1947)
* 1885 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
* 1886 - John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
* 1888 - Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
* 1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
* 1894 - Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
* 1895 - Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
* 1896 - Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
* 1897 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
* 1898 - Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
* 1898 - Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
* 1901 - Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (d. 1973)
* 1901 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
* 1902 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
* 1903 - William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945)
* 1905 - Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
* 1906 - Diana Wynyard, British actress (d. 1964)
* 1907 - Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
* 1907 - Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
* 1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
* 1908 - Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
* 1910 - Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
* 1911 - Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
* 1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (d. 1982)
* 1914 - Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
* 1916 - Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996)
* 1917 - Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
* 1918 - Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
* 1918 - Clem Jones, Australian Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
* 1918 - Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
* 1920 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (d. 1991)
* 1921 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
* 1922 - Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
* 1923 - Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
* 1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
* 1924 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
* 1928 - Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
* 1928 - William Kennedy, American author
* 1930 - Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
* 1930 - Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser
* 1931 - Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)
* 1932 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist (d. 1985)
* 1933 - Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
* 1934 - Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
* 1935 - A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner
* 1937 - Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
* 1937 - Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
* 1938 - Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
* 1942 - René Angélil, Canadian music executive
* 1942 - Barbara Lynn, American singer
* 1943 - Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
* 1943 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
* 1944 - Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter
* 1946 - Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
* 1946 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter
* 1946 - Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
* 1947 - Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
* 1947 - Harvey Proctor, British politician
* 1947 - Dr. Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host
* 1948 - John Carpenter, American film director
* 1948 - Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
* 1948 - Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor
* 1948 - Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
* 1949 - Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
* 1950 - Debbie Allen, American dancer and choreographer
* 1950 - Brian Castro, Australian author
* 1950 - Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
* 1951 - Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
* 1952 - King Fuad II of Egypt
* 1952 - L. Blaine Hammond, NASA astronaut
* 1953 - Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
* 1955 - Jerry M. Linenger, NASA astronaut
* 1956 - Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
* 1956 - Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
* 1956 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
* 1958 - Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
* 1958 - Lena Ek, Swedish politician
* 1959 - Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
* 1959 - Sade, Nigerian-born singer
* 1961 - Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
* 1961 - Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
* 1962 - Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian politician
* 1962 - Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
* 1963 - James May, English television presenter
* 1965 - Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
* 1968 - David Chokachi, American actor
* 1969 - Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
* 1969 - Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
* 1970 - Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
* 1970 - Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies)
* 1970 - Ron Villone, American baseball player
* 1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
* 1972 - Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
* 1972 - Ang Christou, Australian rules footballer
* 1972 - Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
* 1972 - Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
* 1972 - Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
* 1972 - Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
* 1972 - Joe Horn, American football player
* 1972 - Richard T. Jones, American actor
* 1972 - Greg Page, Australian musician and actor
* 1972 - Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
* 1973 - Josie Davis, American actress
* 1974 - Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
* 1974 - Kate Moss, English model
* 1975 - Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
* 1975 - Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
* 1976 - Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
* 1976 - Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
* 1977 - Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka
* 1977 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
* 1978 - Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
* 1979 - Aaliyah, American singer (d. 2001)
* 1979 - Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1979 - Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 - Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
* 1980 - Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights)
* 1980 - Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
* 1980 - Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
* 1981 - Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
* 1981 - Bobby Zamora, English footballer
* 1982 - Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
* 1982 - Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
* 1983 - Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
* 1984 - Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
* 1984 - Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
* 1985 - Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
* 1985 - Joe Flacco, American football player
* 1986 - Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
* 1987 - Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
* 1988 - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
* 1989 - Yvonne Zima, American actress

Never heard of any one of them.