Famous Birthdays for 12th July 2024

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  • 1394 Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (1429-41), born in Japan (d. 1441)
  • 1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar and linguist (David’s holy saint graduals), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1711)
  • 1651 Margaret Theresa of Spain, daughter of Philip IV, wife and niece of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (the child in Velázquez Las Meninas, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1673)
  • 1675 Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice (now Italy) (d. 1742)

English pottery designer and manufacturer (Wedgwood), born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England

  • 1757 Christian Danner, German violinist and composer, born in Schwetzingen, Electoral Palatinate, Holy RomanEmpire (now Germany) (d. 1813)
  • 1802 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)
  • 1803 Peter Chanel, French priest and saint, born in Montrevel-en-Bresse, Ain, France (d. 1841)
  • 1807 Silas Casey, American Major General (Union Army), born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island (d. 1882)
  • 1813 Claude Bernard, French physiologist involved in the founding of modern physiology (blind experiments), born in Saint-Julien, Rhône (d. 1878)

American naturalist and pacifist (Walden Pond), born in Concord, Massachusetts

  • 1821 Cesare Dominiceti, Italian composer, born in Desenzano del Garda, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (now Italy) (d. 1888)
  • 1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate General (American Civil War), born in York District, South Carolina (d. 1889)
  • 1824 Eugène Boudin, French painter (beach scenes), born in Honfleur, France (d. 1898)
  • 1828 N.G. [Nikolay Gavrilovich] Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (What Is to Be Done?), born in Saratov, Russia (d. 1889)
  • 1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (Shulamis), born in Starokostiantyniv, Russian Empire (d. 1908)
  • 1849 William Osler, Canadian physician and author (circulatory system), born in Bond Head, Province of Canada (d. 1919)
  • 1850 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist, born in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (d. 1912)

President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

American inventor (Kodak camera) and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, born in Waterville, New York

  • 1859 Peter Verigin, Russian Doukhobor leader (led Doukhobor community in Canada), born in Slavianka, Russia (d. 1924) [1]
  • 1861 Anton Arensky, Russian composer, born in Novgorod, Russia (d. 1906)
  • 1863 Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin), born in Nice, France (d. 1933)
  • 1863 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (optics), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1906)
  • 1868 Stefan George, German lyric poet (Algabal), born in Büdesheim, Germany (d. 1933)
  • 1870 Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1949)

Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1938-9, State President of Bohemia and Moravia, 1939-1945), born in Trhové Sviny, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

  • 1876 Max Jacob, French poet and writer, born in Quimper, Brittany, France (d. 1944)
  • 1879 Han Yong-woon, Korean Buddhist reformer and poet, born in Yucheon, Hongseong, South Korea (d. 1944)
  • 1880 Tod Browning, American film director (Dracula), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1962)
  • 1881 Ludwig Rubiner, German poet and essayist, born in Berlin (d. 1920)
  • 1883 Joseph Crehan, American actor (The Roaring Twenties, Meeting at Midnight), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1966)
  • 1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (Reclining Nude), born in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy (d. 1920)

American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM), born in Minsk, Russian Empire

  • 1885 George Butterworth, English composer, born in Paddington, London, England (d. 1916)
  • 1886 Jean Hersholt, Danish actor (Heidi, Greed, Men in White, Aryan), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1956)
  • 1889 Marty Friedman, American Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach (tied World C’ship series, New York Whirlwinds 1921), born in New York City (d. 1986)
  • 1892 Bruno Schulz, Polish writer (The Street of Crocodiles), born in Drohobych, Austrian Galicia (d. 1942)
  • 1895 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), born in Hamar, Norway (d. 1962)
  • 1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (Rodgers & Hammerstein – “Oklahoma!”; “South Pacific”; “The King And I”; ” The Sound Of Music”), born in New York City (d. 1960)
  • 1895 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), born in Milton, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
  • 1897 Fred Enke, American College basketball coach (University of Arizona 1925–1961, record 522–344), born in Olmsted County, Minnesota (d. 1985)
  • 1902 Günther Anders, German Jewish philosopher, born in Breslau, German Empire (d. 1992)
  • 1905 Prince John of the United Kingdom, youngest son of English King George V, born in York Cottage, Sandringham (d. 1919)
  • 1908 Alain Cuny, French actor (La Dolce Vita, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle), born in Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1994)
  • 1908 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician (Communist Party of Belgium (PCB)), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1968)
  • 1908 Johan Franco, Dutch composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1988)

American comedian and TV host (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television), born in New York City

  • 1908 Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1934, 38), born in Hot Springs, Arkansas (d. 2002)
  • 1909 “Curly” Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1993)
  • 1909 Fritz Leonhardt, German structural engineer, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1999)
  • 1909 Joey Faye, American comedian (Joey Faye’s Follies), born in New York City (d. 1997)
  • 1909 Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, British Conservative Lower house leader (1941-45), born in Surrey, England (d. 1995)
  • 1911 Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2000)
  • 1912 Brodrick Haldane, Scottish photographer, born in Edinburgh (d. 1996)
  • 1912 Dioniysis Papagiannopoulos, Greek stage and screen actor, born in Diakopto, Achaea, Greece (d. 1984)
  • 1912 Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader (“Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar”), born in Newton, New Jersey (d. 1989)
  • 1913 Willis Lamb, American physicist (Nobel 1955), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2008)
  • 1915 Michael Haddon, Zimbabwe mining engineer and race relations activist, born in KweKwe, Southern Rhodesia (d. 1996)

Soviet sniper during World War II known as ‘Lady Death’ – the most successful female sniper in history with 309 confirmed kills, born in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, Russian Empire

  • 1917 Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (Christina’s World), born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (d. 2009)
  • 1919 Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2003)
  • 1920 Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 2000)
  • 1920 Honoré Desmond Sharrer, American artist (Tribute to the American Working People), born in West Point, New York (d. 2009)
  • 1920 Keith Andes, American actor (Farmer’s Daughter, Away All Boats), born in Ocean City, New Jersey (d. 2005)
  • 1920 Paul Foster, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), born in Grand Cane, Louisiana (d. 1995)

Canadian author (War of 1812), born in Whitehorse, Yukon

  • 1922 Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2003)
  • 1922 Mark Hatfield, American politician (29th Governor of Oregon), born in Dallas, Oregon (d. 2011)
  • 1922 Michael Ventris, English architect who deciphered Linear B, born in Wheathampstead, England (d. 1956)
  • 1923 James E. Gunn, American sci-fi author (The Listeners, Station in Space, Immortal), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2020)
  • 1924 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2003)
  • 1925 Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors), born in Colombus, Ohio (d. 2007)
  • 1925 Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer (Orpheus of Hiroshima, Ellora Symphony), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)
  • 1926 Max Sordam, Suriname warden and writer (Surinamese Dictionary Sranantongo), born in Paramaribo, Dutch Colony of Suriname
  • 1927 (Secondo) “Conte” Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; The Brothers Candoli; The Tonight Show, 1967-92), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 2001)
  • 1927 Pavle Merku, Italian-Slovene composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Trieste (d. 2014)
  • 1928 Barbara Cowsill, American singer and rock band mother (The Cowsills – “Hair”; “We Can Fly”), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1985)
  • 1928 Elias James Corey, American organic chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1990), born in Methuen, Massachusetts [1]
  • 1928 Hayden White, American “literary criticism” historian (Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe), born in Martin, Tennessee (d. 2018)
  • 1928 Kathy Staff [Minnie Higginbottom], British actress (Mary Reilly, Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 2008)
  • 1928 Sir Alastair Burnet [James William Alexander Burnet], British journalist and broadcaster (News at Ten), Born in Sheffield, England (d. 2012)
  • 1930 Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, writer (voice of “Babar the Elephant”), born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland (d. 2023)
  • 1930 Jean Brankart, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1955, Giro d’Italia 1958 runner-up; Belgium national track pursuit champion 1956, 58, 59), born in Momalle, Belgium (d. 2020)
  • 1931 André Laporte, Flemish composer, born in Oplinter, Tienen, Belgium
  • 1931 J. Bob Traxler, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan 1974-93), born in Kawkawlin, Michigan (d. 2019)
  • 1932 Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, born in Sheffield (d. 1996)
  • 1932 Otis Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m [WR 44.9], 4x400m relay [WR 3:02.2] 1960), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • 1933 Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children’s television presenter (Play School, 1964-85), born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England (d. 2017)
  • 1933 Donald E. Westlake, American author (The Hunter), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
  • 1934 Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2013)
  • 1935 Barrie Wilson, Canadian religious scholar (How Jesus Became Christian), born in Montreal, Québec (d. 1995)
  • 1935 Chris Burger, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 37no; Natal), born in Randfontein, South Africa (d. 2014)
  • 1935 Hans Tilkowski, German soccer goalkeeper (39 caps, West Germany; Westfalia Herne, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Husen, Germany (d. 2020)
  • 1936 Frank Ryan, American football quarterback (NFL C’ship 1964, 3 × Pro Bowl, NFL passing TD leader 1964, 66; Cleveland Browns), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2024)
  • 1936 Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)

1937 American actor and comedian (Cosby Show, I Spy, Leonard Part 6), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 1937 Howard “Howie” Casey, British rock saxophonist (Derry and the Seniors), born in Liverpool, England
  • 1937 Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France (1997-2002), born in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • 1937 Michel Louvain, French Canadian singer (“Buenas Noches Mi Amor”), born in Thetford Mines, Quebec (d. 2021)
  • 1937 Mickey Edwards, American Republican congressman (Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1937 Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian billiards player (21 x UMB three-cushion World C’ships; 6 x UMB World one-cushion C’ships), born in Lier, Belgium

American Marine Corps veteran and civil servant (National Security Adviser, 1983-85), involved in the Space Defense Initiative, and Iran-Contra Affair, born in Washington, D.C.

  • 1938 Eiko Ishioka, Costume Designer (Academy Award, Bram Stoker’s Dracula), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2012)
  • 1938 Mickey Stratton, American National Softball HOF catcher (All World Team 1965; 5 x All American), born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 2018)
  • 1938 Ron Fairly, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1973 Montreal Expos, 1977 Toronto Blue Jays; World Series 1959, 63, 65 LA Dodgers) and broadcaster (California Angels radio/television; KNBR SF Giants), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2019)
  • 1939 Phillip Adams, Australian humanist and broadcaster (Late Night Live), born in Maryborough, Victoria
  • 1940 Christos Zanteroglou, Greek soccer defender (13 caps; Olympiacos, Egaleo), born in Nea Ionia, Greece (d. 2023)
  • 1941 Joseph Whipp, American actor (Escape from Alcatraz), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1942 Billy Smith, Australian rugby league halfback (26 Tests; St. George), born in Fremantle, Western Australia
  • 1942 Richard Stoltzman, American clarinetist (Tashi), born in Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1943 Bruce Taylor, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (30 Tests, 111 wickets, BB 7/74, 2 x 100, HS 124; Canterbury, Wellington), born in Timaru, New Zealand (d. 2021)

British rock keyboardist, vocalist, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, 1970-98, 2014-22 – “Don’t Stop”; “You Make Loving Fun”; solo – “Got A Hold On Me”), born in Bouth, Lancashire, England

  • 1943 Ernie Anastos, American news anchor (WCBS, WABC), born in Nashua, New Hampshire
  • 1943 Paul Silas, American College Basketball HOF forward (NBA C’ship 1974, 76 Boston Celtics, 1979 Seattle SuperSonics; 2 x NBA All-Star) and coach (Charlotte/NO Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Bobcats), born in Prescott, Arkansas (d. 2022)
  • 1943 Walter Murch, American film editor and sound engineer (Apocalypse Now), born in New York City
  • 1944 Bill McCollum Jr., American lawyer and politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Brooksville, Florida
  • 1944 Denise Nicholas, American actress (Room 222, Baby I’m Back), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1944 Terry Cooper, English soccer defender (20 caps; Leeds, Middlesborough) and manager (Bristol City, Birmingham City), born in Brotherton, England (d. 2021)
  • 1945 Chuck Daellenbach, American-Canadian tubist (Canadian Brass, 1970-present), born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • 1945 Dimitar Penev, Bulgarian soccer defender (90 caps; CSKA Sofia 329 games) and manager (Bulgaria 55 games, CSKA Sofia), born in Mirovyane, Bulgaria
  • 1945 Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor (Inferno), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy
  • 1946 Graham Roope, English cricket batsman (21 Tests, 7 x 50; Surrey CCC, Berkshire CCC, Griqualand West), born in Fareham, England (d. 2006)
  • 1946 Sian Barbara Allen, American actress (Scream Pretty Peggy), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
  • 1947 György Orbán, Hungarian choral composer and educator, born in Târgu Mureș, Romania
  • 1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 8 dismissals; Hyderabad), born in Hyderabad, India (d. 1999)
  • 1947 Richard C. McCarty, American professor of psychology, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
  • 1947 Wilko Johnson [John Wilkinson], British guitarist, singer and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood, 1971-77 – “She Does It Right”), born in Canvey Island, Essex, England (d. 2022)
  • 1948 Ben Burtt Jr., American sound designer, born in Jamesville, New York
  • 1948 Chizuko Ueno, Japanese sociologist and feminist, known for “The Modern Family in Japan: Its Rise and Fall”, born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan [1]
  • 1948 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American disc jockey, comedian, and actor (Cheers; Murphy Brown), born in Kermit, Texas (d. 2017)
  • 1948 Richard Simmons, American exercise guru (CHiPs, Deal-a-Meal), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1948 Walter Egan, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter (“Magnet And Steel”; “Hot Summer Nights”), born in Queens, New York
  • 1949 Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner (Hendrick Motorsports; 7 x NASCAR Cup Series titles), born in Palmer Springs, Virginia
  • 1950 Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], American rock drummer (Kiss,1980-91), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
  • 1951 Brian Grazer, American film producer, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1951 Cheryl Ladd, American actress (Charlie’s Angels, Purple Hearts), born in Huron, South Dakota
  • 1951 Jamey Sheridan, American actor (Another World), born in Pasadena, California
  • 1951 Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary
  • 1952 Liz Mitchell, Jamaican-British rock vocalist (Boney M), born in Clarendon, Jamaica
  • 1952 Peter Marti, Swiss soccer striker (6 caps; BSC Young Boys, FC Zürich, FC Basel, FC Aarau), born in Langenthal, Switzerland (d. 2023)
  • 1952 Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass guitar player (Iron Butterfly, 1974-77), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1995)
  • 1952 Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer, born in Šabac, Serbia
  • 1954 Wolfgang Dremmler, German soccer defensive midfielder (27 caps West Germany; Eintracht Braunschweig, FC Bayern Munich), born in Salzgitter, Germany
  • 1956 Mario Soto, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1982, 83, 84 Cincinnati Reds), born in Baní, Dominican Republic
  • 1956 Mel Harris [Mary Ellen], American actress (Hope-30 Something), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • 1957 Buddy Foster, American child actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD), born in Virginia
  • 1957 Manabu Kitabeppu, Japanese Baseball HOF pitcher (Hiroshima Toyo Carp; 7 x NPB All-Star; Central League MVP 1986), born in Soo, Kagoshima, Japan (d. 2023)
  • 1957 Rick Husband, American astronaut, commander of STS-107 who died in the Columbia disaster, born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2003)
  • 1958 Michael Robinson, Irish soccer striker (24 caps, Republic of Ireland; Brighton & Hove Albion) and Spanish TV host (Canal+, El día después), born in Leicester, England (d. 2020)
  • 1958 Tonya Williams, Canadian actress (The Young and the Restless), born in London, England
  • 1959 Rolonda Watts, American talk show host and producer (Rolanda), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 1959 Tupou VI, King of Tonga (2012-), born in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
  • 1960 Corynne Charby [Corinne Charbit], French model, actress and pop singer (“Pile ou face” – “Heads Or Tails”), born in Paris, France
  • 1962 Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer (WBC super featherweight title 1984-87; WBA & WBC lightweight titles 1987-89; WBC light welterweight title 1989-94, 1994-96; IBF light welterweight title 1990-91), born in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
  • 1963 Thierry Tulasne, French tennis player (World #10 1986) and coach (Sébastien Grosjean, Gilles Simon), born in Aix-les-Bains, France
  • 1964 Gaby Roslin, English television presenter known for “The Big Breakfast”, born in London
  • 1964 Judi Evans Luciano, American actress (Guiding Light, Days of our Lives), born in Montebello, California
  • 1965 Eric Cullen, Scottish actor (Rab C. Nesbitt), born in Hamilton, Scotland (d. 1996)
  • 1965 Robin Wilson, American rock singer (Gin Blossoms – “Hey Jealousy”; “Allison Road”), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1965 Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricket batsman (37 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 218; Mumbai) and broadcaster (Star India), born in Mangalore, India
  • 1966 Allegra Curtis, model and daughter of Christine Kaufmann and Tony Curtis, born in London, England
  • 1966 Annabel Croft, English tennis player and broadcaster (Eurosport, Sky Sport, BBC), born in Farnborough, England
  • 1967 Adam Johnson, American writer (“The Orphan Master’s Son” – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013), born in South Dakota [1]
  • 1967 Bruny Surin, Canadian athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1996; World C’ship gold 4 x 100m relay 1995, 97), born in Cap Haitien, Haiti
  • 1967 John Petrucci, American progressive rock guitarist (Dream Theater – “Pull Me Under”), born in Kings Park, New York
  • 1967 Richard Herring, English comedian (Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast), born in Pocklington, England
  • 1969 Alan Mullally, English cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 58 wickets; 50 ODIs, 63 wickets; Western Australia, Hampshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC), born in Southend-on-Sea, England
  • 1969 Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death), born in Sonora, Mexico (d. 2006)
  • 1969 Kumiko Ida, Japanese classical pianist (d. 2007)
  • 1970 Brian Lee Byung-Hun, South Korean actor known for “Inside Men” and “Squid Game”, born in Seoul, South Korea
  • 1970 Chad Brown, American football linebacker (First-team All-Pro 1996, 98; Pro Bowl 1996, 98, 99; Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks), born in Altadena, California
  • 1970 Jaason Simmons, Australian actor (Baywatch), born in Hobart, Australia
  • 1970 Juba Kalamka, American artist and activist (Deep Dickollective), born in Chicago, Illinois

1971 American figure skater (Olympic gold 1992; World Championships gold 1991-92), born in Hayward, California

  • 1971 Robert Allenby, Australian golfer (Players C’ship 2010 runner-up; 4 x PGA Tour titles; PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit 1992, 94), born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1972 Brett Reed, American rock drummer (Rancid, 1991-2006 – “Time Bomb”), born in Oakland, California
  • 1972 Jake Wood, English actor (Eastenders), born in London, England
  • 1972 Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 2000, 04, 08; World C’ship gold 2003) and coach (Hungary 2013-16), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
  • 1972 Travis Best, American basketball player (1995-2002 Indiana Pacers), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1973 Christian Vieri, Italian soccer striker (49 caps; Inter Milan), born in Bologna, Italy
  • 1974 Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Smithfield, North Carolina
  • 1974 Sharon den Adel, Dutch symphonic metal singer-songwriter (Within Temptation – “Stand My Ground”), and fashion desiner, born in Waddinxveen, Netherlands
  • 1974 Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek soccer midfielder (77 caps; Olympiacos, Bolton Wanderers) and manager (Paniliakos, Kifisia), born in Athens, Greece
  • 1975 Cheyenne Jackson, American stage and screen actor and singer, born in Spokane, Washington
  • 1976 Anna Friel, British actress (Pushing Daisies), born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester
  • 1976 Kyrsten Sinema, American politician (Senator-D-Arizona 2019-), born in Tucson, Arizona
  • 1976 Tracie Spencer, American pop and R&B singer (“This House”), born in Waterloo, Iowa
  • 1977 Neil Harris, English soccer striker (Millwall 374 games) and manager (Millwall, Cardiff City, Gillingham), born in Orsett, England
  • 1977 Steve Howey, American actor known for “Reba”, born in San Antonio, Texas
  • 1978 (Christopher) “Topher” Grace, American stage and screen actor (That ’70s Show -“Eric”; In Good Company; Home Economics), born in New York City
  • 1978 Claire Chitham, New Zealand actress known for “Shortland Street”, born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1978 Mélanie De Biasio, Belgian jazz singer, composer and flute player (A Stomach Is Burning), born in Charleroi, Belgium
  • 1978 Michelle Rodriguez, American actress (Girlfight, Fast and Furious), born in San Antonio, Texas
  • 1980 Johanna Klum, German TV presenter (VIVA), born in Berlin
  • 1981 Adie [Adrienne Camp], South African contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter (The Benjamin Gate), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • 1982 Antonio Cassano, Italian soccer forward (39 caps; Roma, Real Madrid, Sampdoria, Parma), born in Bari, Italy
  • 1983 Kimberly Perry, American country Singer (The Band Perry – “If I Die Young”; “Better Dig Two”), born in Jackson, Mississippi

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