Post by twoheadedragon on Apr 10, 2008 14:03:43 GMT
Happy Birthday to:
* 1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
* 1583 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
* 1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
* 1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
* 1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
* 1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
* 1735 - Button Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
* 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
* 1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
* 1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
* 1794 - Matthew Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
* 1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
* 1837 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
* 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
* 1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
* 1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
* 1868 - George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
* 1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
* 1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
* 1882 - Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
* 1887 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
* 1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
* 1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
* 1911 - Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
* 1913 - Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
* 1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
* 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
* 1918 - Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
* 1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
* 1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
* 1923 - Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
* 1924 - Kenneth Noland, American painter
* 1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)
* 1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
* 1929 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1959)
* 1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
* 1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist
* 1930 - Dolores Huerta, American co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America
* 1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress/comedian (d. 2006)
* 1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
* 1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
* 1934 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (d. 2007)
* 1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
* 1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
* 1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
* 1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
* 1941 - Paul Theroux, American author
* 1942 - Ian Callaghan, English footballer
* 1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete
* 1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
* 1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
* 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
* 1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
* 1950 - Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer
* 1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
* 1951 - Steven Seagal, American actor
* 1954 - Peter MacNicol, American actor
* 1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
* 1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
* 1957 - Steve Gustafson, American rock bassist (10,000 Maniacs)
* 1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer
* 1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
* 1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film producer
* 1959 - Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
* 1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
* 1960 - Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
* 1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American singer (Katrina and the Waves)
* 1961 - Joe Cole (roadie), roadie for American band Black Flag, Henry Rollins' best friend (d. 1991)
* 1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player
* 1963 - Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
* 1963 - Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
* 1965 - Tim Alexander, American drummer (Primus)
* 1967 - Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
* 1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor
* 1969 - Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
* 1970 - Matt Barlow, American heavy metal singer (Iced Earth)
* 1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 - Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
* 1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
* 1970 - Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind)
* 1970 - Q-Tip, American rapper
* 1971 - Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
* 1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
* 1973 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
* 1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer and musician (Arab Strap)
* 1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer
* 1974 - Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
* 1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional)
* 1976 - Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
* 1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
* 1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
* 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
* 1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
* 1979 - Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
* 1980 - Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
* 1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
* 1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American rock bassist (Lifehouse)
* 1981 - Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
* 1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
* 1981 - Michael Pitt, American actor
* 1981 - Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1982 - Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1982 - Chyler Leigh, American actress
* 1982 - Andre Ethier, American baseball player
* 1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor
* 1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actress
* 1985 - Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1986 - Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
* 1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
* 1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
* 2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess
* 1389 - Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1464)
* 1583 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
* 1651 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
* 1656 - René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
* 1704 - Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
* 1713 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
* 1735 - Button Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
* 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843)
* 1762 - Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
* 1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
* 1794 - Matthew Perry, American commodore (d. 1858)
* 1829 - William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
* 1837 - Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
* 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
* 1864 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (d. 1932)
* 1867 - George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
* 1868 - George Arliss, English actor (d. 1946)
* 1880 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
* 1880 - Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
* 1882 - Frances Perkins, American politician (d. 1965)
* 1887 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
* 1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
* 1910 - Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
* 1911 - Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
* 1913 - Stefan Heym, German author (d. 2001)
* 1915 - Harry Morgan, American actor
* 1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
* 1918 - Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
* 1921 - Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)
* 1921 - Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
* 1923 - Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
* 1924 - Kenneth Noland, American painter
* 1926 - Junior Samples, American musician (d. 1983)
* 1927 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate
* 1929 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1959)
* 1929 - Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
* 1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz composer/pianist
* 1930 - Dolores Huerta, American co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America
* 1930 - Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress/comedian (d. 2006)
* 1930 - Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
* 1932 - Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
* 1934 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (d. 2007)
* 1934 - Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
* 1936 - John Madden, American football coach and broadcaster
* 1937 - Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
* 1938 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster
* 1941 - Paul Theroux, American author
* 1942 - Ian Callaghan, English footballer
* 1943 - Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete
* 1946 - David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
* 1947 - Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician
* 1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
* 1950 - Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (P-Funk and The Temptations) (d. 1992)
* 1950 - Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer
* 1951 - David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
* 1951 - Steven Seagal, American actor
* 1954 - Peter MacNicol, American actor
* 1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
* 1957 - John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
* 1957 - Steve Gustafson, American rock bassist (10,000 Maniacs)
* 1958 - Bob Bell, British engineer
* 1958 - Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
* 1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, American music producer, musician, and film producer
* 1959 - Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
* 1959 - Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
* 1960 - Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
* 1960 - Katrina Leskanich, American singer (Katrina and the Waves)
* 1961 - Joe Cole (roadie), roadie for American band Black Flag, Henry Rollins' best friend (d. 1991)
* 1962 - Steve Tasker, American football player
* 1963 - Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
* 1963 - Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
* 1965 - Tim Alexander, American drummer (Primus)
* 1967 - Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1968 - Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
* 1969 - Billy Jayne, American actor
* 1969 - Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
* 1970 - Matt Barlow, American heavy metal singer (Iced Earth)
* 1970 - Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 - Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
* 1970 - Kenny Lattimore, American singer
* 1970 - Mike Mushok, American rock guitarist (Staind)
* 1970 - Q-Tip, American rapper
* 1971 - Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
* 1973 - Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
* 1973 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
* 1973 - Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer and musician (Arab Strap)
* 1973 - Christopher Simmons, American designer
* 1974 - Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
* 1975 - Chris Carrabba, American singer (Dashboard Confessional)
* 1976 - Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
* 1979 - Shemekia Copeland, American singer
* 1979 - Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
* 1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
* 1979 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
* 1979 - Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
* 1980 - Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1980 - Charlie Hunnam, British actor
* 1980 - Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
* 1980 - Bryce Soderberg, American rock bassist (Lifehouse)
* 1981 - Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
* 1981 - Liz McClarnon, British singer
* 1981 - Michael Pitt, American actor
* 1981 - Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1982 - Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1982 - Chyler Leigh, American actress
* 1982 - Andre Ethier, American baseball player
* 1983 - Ryan Merriman, American actor
* 1984 - Mandy Moore, American singer/actress
* 1985 - Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1986 - Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
* 1988 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
* 1991 - Amanda Michalka, American actress/singer
* 2007 - Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess