Which musician shares your birthday?

* 1515 - Philip Neri, Italian churchman (d. 1595)
* 1620 - Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)
* 1664 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
* 1693 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
* 1710 - Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792)
* 1810 - Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist (d. 1878)
* 1858 - Lovis Corinth, German painter (d. 1925)
* 1858 - Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain (d. 1929)
* 1858 - Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (d. 1941)
* 1870 - Emil Orlik, Czech painter (d. 1932)
* 1880 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (d. 1919)
* 1882 - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (d. 1967)
* 1893 - Hans Fallada, German writer (d. 1947)
* 1899 - Hart Crane, American poet (d. 1932)
* 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
* 1903 - Roy Neuberger, American financier
* 1908 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (d. 1996)
* 1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
* 1920 - Constance Dowling, American actress (d. 1969)
* 1920 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violinist (d. 2001)
* 1923 - Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate
* 1922 - Kay Starr, American singer
* 1924 - Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1925 - Anne Meacham, American actress
* 1926 - Paul Burke, American actor
* 1926 - Norman Jewison, Canadian film director
* 1926 - Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general
* 1926 - Queenie Watts, English actress (d. 1980)
* 1928 - Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
* 1929 - Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
* 1932 - Ernie Warlick, American football player
* 1933 - John Gardner, American author (d. 1982)
* 1935 - Norbert Blüm, German politician
* 1935 - Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (d. 2006)
* 1938 - Janet Reno, 79th United States Attorney General
* 1939 - John Negroponte, 1st United States Director of National Intelligence
* 1943 - Edward Herrmann, American actor
* 1944 - Tony Scott, British film director
* 1944 - Paul Wellstone, American politician (d. 2002)
* 1945 - John Lowe, English darts player
* 1945 - Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (d. 2008)
* 1946 - Kenneth Starr, American lawyer
* 1948 - Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
* 1948 - Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, English singer
* 1948 - Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
* 1949 - Al Hrabosky, baseball player
* 1950 - Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
* 1951 - Robin Williams, American comedian/actor
* 1952 - John Barrasso, American politician, junior senator from Wyoming
* 1953 - Brian Talbot, British footballer
* 1953 - Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor
* 1955 - Howie Epstein, American musician (d. 2003)
* 1955 - Taco Ockerse, Indonesian singer
* 1957 - Jon Lovitz, American comedian
* 1957 - George Landress, American songwriter and music producer
* 1959 - Paul "Fatty" Vautin, Australian rugby league player
* 1960 - Lance Guest, American actor
* 1960 - Fritz Walter, German footballer
* 1961 - Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi folk singer
* 1961 - "Big" Jim Martin, American musician (Faith No More)
* 1963 - Kevin Poole, English footballer
* 1964 - Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper
* 1965 - Gudni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
* 1965 - Mike Bordick, American baseball player
* 1966 - Arija Bareikis, American actress
* 1968 - Brandi Chastain, American soccer player
* 1968 - Lyle Odelein, Canadian hockey player
* 1969 - Emerson Hart, American musician (Tonic)
* 1970 - Shawn Stasiak, American professional wrestler
* 1971 - Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper
* 1971 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer
* 1971 - Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host
* 1974 - Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player
* 1975 - Mike Sellers, National Football League fullback
* 1978 - Josh Hartnett, American actor
* 1978 - Justin Bartha, American actor
* 1978 - Damian Marley, Jamacian musician
* 1978 - Gary Teale, Scottish football player
* 1979 - David Carr, American football player
* 1979 - Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
* 1980 - Tailor James, Canadian model
* 1980 - C. C. Sabathia, American baseball player
* 1981 - Titus Bramble, English footballer
* 1981 - Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
* 1981 - Blake Lewis, American Idol finalist
* 1981 - Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
* 1983 - Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
* 1983 - Kellen Winslow II, American football player
* 1984 - Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
* 1985 - Von Wafer, American basketball player
* 1988 - Chris Mitchell (footballer), Falkirk F.C Player
* 1989 - Jamie Waylett, British actor
* 1989 - Rory Culkin, American actor
* 1989 - Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer
* 1992 - Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
 
I'm May 20
* 1315 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)
* 1470 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
* 1554 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
* 1593 - Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
* 1660 - Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)
* 1663 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
* 1706 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
* 1726 - Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
* 1737 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
* 1759 - William Thornton, West Indian-born architect (d. 1828)
* 1768 - Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (d. 1849)
* 1769 - Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
* 1772 - Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
* 1799 - Honoré de Balzac, French novelist (d. 1850)
* 1806 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (d. 1873)
* 1818 - William Fargo, co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company (d. 1881)
* 1822 - Frédéric Passy, French economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1912)
* 1830 - Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
* 1838 - Jules Méline, French statesman (d. 1925)
* 1851 - Emil Berliner, German-born recording pioneer (d. 1929)
* 1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)
* 1882 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
* 1883 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
* 1894 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
* 1895 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (d. 1937)
* 1897 - Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983)
* 1899 - Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)
* 1899 - John Marshall Harlan II, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
* 1901 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (d. 1981)
* 1906 - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
* 1908 - James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
* 1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer (d. 1986)
* 1913 - William Hewlett, American engineer (d. 2001)
* 1914 - Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (d. 1995)
* 1914 - Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
* 1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (d. 1981)
* 1916 - Trebisonda Valla, Italian athlete (d. 2006)
* 1916 - Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
* 1917 - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)
* 1917 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
* 1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
* 1919 - Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (d. 1983)
* 1919 - George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)
* 1920 - John Cruickshank, Scottish airman, won Victoria Cross
* 1920 - Betty Driver, English singer and actress
* 1921 - Wolfgang Borchert, German writer (d. 1947)
* 1921 - Hal Newhouser, American baseball player (d. 1998)
* 1925 - Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
* 1926 - Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
* 1926 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (d. 1994)
* 1927 - Bud Grant, American football coach
* 1927 - Franciszek Macharski, Polish Cardinal
* 1927 - David Hedison, American actor
* 1928 - Jack Kevorkian, controversial American medical doctor
* 1930 - Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach
* 1931 - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
* 1931 - Paul Evans, American furniture designer and sculptor (d.1987)
* 1932 - Bob Florence, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (d. 2008)
* 1936 - Anthony Zerbe, American actor
* 1936 - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae and dub artist
* 1938 - Marinella, Greek singer and actress
* 1940 - Stan Mikita, Slovak-born ice hockey player
* 1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player
* 1940 - Shorty Long, American musician (d. 1969)
* 1941 - Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean Senior Minister
* 1941 - John Strasberg, American actor
* 1941 - Manuel Isaias Lopez, Mexican child psychiatrist
* 1942 - Carlos Hathcock, American Marine sniper (d. 1999)
* 1942 - Jill Jackson, American singer
* 1943 - Al Bano, Italian singer
* 1944 - Joe Cocker, British singer
* 1944 - Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
* 1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
* 1945 - Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
* 1946 - Cher, American singer :erk: :erk: do you beeeleeve in lafe affter luv?
* 1947 - Greg Dyke, British broadcast executive
* 1949 - Dave Thomas, Canadian comedian & actor
* 1950 - Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1950 - Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
* 1951 - Mike Crapo, American politician
* 1952 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
* 1953 - Robert Doyle, Australian politician
* 1954 - Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
* 1954 - David Paterson, American politician
* 1954 - Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of John McCain
* 1955 - Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
* 1956 - Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian author
* 1956 - Dean Butler, American actor
* 1956 - William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
* 1958 - Ron Reagan, American talk show host
* 1958 - Jane Wiedlin, American singer (The Go-Go's)
* 1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer (d. 1997)
* 1959 - Bronson Pinchot, American actor
* 1960 - John Billingsley, American actor
* 1960 - Chuck Brodsky, American musician
* 1960 - Tony Goldwyn, American actor
* 1961 - Clive Allen, English footballer
* 1962 - Mike Jeffries, American soccer coach
* 1963 - David Wells, American baseball player
* 1965 - Ted Allen, American television host
* 1966 - Mindy Cohn, American actress
* 1966 - Dan Abrams, American TV reporter
* 1966 - Gina Ravera, American actress
* 1967 - Gabriele Muccino, Italian film director
* 1967 - Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
* 1967 - Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
* 1968 - Timothy Olyphant, American actor
* 1968 - Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby union and rugby sevens footballer
* 1969 - Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler
* 1970 - Louis Theroux, British television presenter
* 1970 - Terrell Brandon, American basketball player
* 1971 - Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
* 1971 - Tony Stewart, American race car driver
* 1972 - Tina Hobley, British television actress
* 1972 - Busta Rhymes, American singer and rapper<<<:erk:x4578957894
* 1973 - Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
* 1975 - Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
* 1975 - Mark Zupan, American quadriplegic rugby player
* 1976 - Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1976 - Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player
* 1977 - Matt Czuchry, American actor
* 1977 - Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
* 1977 - Miriam Parrish, American television actress
* 1977 - Angela Goethals, American actress
* 1977 - Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1980 - Austin Kearns, American Baseball player
* 1981 - Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
* 1981 - Calico Cooper, American actress and dancer
* 1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
* 1981 - Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
* 1982 - Petr &#268;ech, Czech footballer
* 1982 - Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
* 1983 - Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
* 1986 - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
* 1986 - LaLa Brown, American singer (d. 2007)
* 1988 - Carla Humphries, Filipina actress
* 1993 - Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
 
September 23rd,


The musicians I knew..
1930 - Ray Charles, American musician (d. 2004)
1943 - Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
1947 - Neal Smith, American musician (Alice Cooper)
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
1972 - Jermaine Dupri, American music producer and rapper

And ofcourse, 63 BC - Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14)

Something totally different, and weird.. Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first recognized in 1999 and is observed mainly in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Piss off Bisexuals.. Its my freakin B-Day!
 
Some good:
Danny Elfman
Irmin Schimdt (of Can)
Pelle Almqvist (of The Hives)

Some bad:
Noel Gallagher
Melissa Etheridge
Blaze Bayley (sorry, I prefer Dickinson)

Some ugly:
Melanie Brown (aka Scary Spice)
LaToya Jackson

Some cool:
1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot.
1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
 
1332 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (d. 1406)
1519 - Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
1576 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)
1601 - Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)
1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)
1626 - William II, Prince of Orange (d. 1650)
1651 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
1652 - Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1722)
1738 - Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (d. 1796)
1756 - King Maximilian I of Bavaria (d. 1825)
1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (d. 1877)
1818 - Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (d. 1894)
1819 - Julia Ward Howe, American composer (d. 1910)
1820 - Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
1827 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892)
1836 - Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
1837 - Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
1837 - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (d. 1887)
1860 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)
1864 - Ante Trumbi&#263;, Croatian politician (d. 1938)
1867 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
1871 - Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1958)
1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)
1878 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (d. 1927)
1879 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
1884 - Max Brod, Austrian author (d. 1968)
1888 - Louis Durey, French composer (d. 1979)
1891 - Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (d. 1965)
1893 - Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentarian (d. 2005)
1894 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961)
1894 - Dashiell Hammett, American author (d. 1961)
1897 - John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1900 - U&#322;adzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (d. 1933)
1904 - Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (d. 1997)
1907 - Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (d. 1964)
1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician (d. 1978)
1911 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)
1911 - Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
1912 - John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
1912 - Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
1912 - Terry Moore, American baseball player (d. 1995)
1913 - Wols, German painter (d. 1951)
1915 - Herman Wouk, American writer
1918 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
1921 - Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (d. 1960)
1922 - Christopher Lee, English actor
1923 - Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1923 - Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
1925 - Tony Hillerman, American writer
1930 - John Barth, American novelist
1930 - William S. Sessions, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1933 - Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur
1934 - Harlan Ellison, American author
1935 - Lee Meriwether, Miss America and actress
1935 - Ramsey Lewis, American pianist
1935 - Mal Evans, British Beatles assistant (d. 1976)
1936 - Louis Gossett Jr., American actor
1936 - Marcel Masse, Canadian politician
1937 - Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (d. 1999)
1939 - Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
1942 - Lee Baca, American law enforcement official
1943 - Cilla Black, English singer and presenter
1943 - Bruce Weitz, American actor
1944 - Christopher Dodd, American politician
1944 - Alain Souchon, French singer and songwriter
1945 - Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
1946 - Lewis Collins, English actor
1946 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish musician (d. 2005)
1947 - Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer
1948 - Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
1951 - Ana Belén, Spanish singer and actress
1954 - Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
1954 - Jackie Slater, American football player
1955 - Richard Schiff, American actor
1955 - Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
1956 - Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor
1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
1957 - Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer
1958 - Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House)
1958 - Linnea Quigley, American actress
1961 - Peri Gilpin, American actress
1962 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball player
1962 - Steven Brill, American film writer and director
1964 - Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
1965 - Todd Bridges, American actor
1967 - Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
1968 - Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player
1968 - Frank Thomas, American baseball player
1969 - Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver
1969 - Dondre Whitfield, American actor
1970 - Tim Farron, British politician
1970 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor
1970 - Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
1970 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1971 - Paul Bettany, English actor
1971 - Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
1971 - Kaur Kender, Estonian author
1971 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)
1971 - Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
1971 - Monika Schnarre, Canadian model
1972 - Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer
1972 - Todd Demsey, American golfer
1973 - Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian
1974 - Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon's Call)
1974 - Danny Wuerffel, American football player
1975 - André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
1975 - Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
1975 - Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox)
1975 - Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
1976 - RJD2, American hip-hop producer
1976 - Anita Blonde, Hungarian porn star
1977 - Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
1977 - Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
1977 - Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer
1978 - Adin Brown, American soccer player
1979 - Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer
1981 - Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
1981 - Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer
1981 - Miloy, Angolan footballer
1981 - Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
1983 - Bobby Convey, American soccer player
1984 - Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player
1984 - Blake Ahearn, NBA basketball player
1985 - Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player
1990 - Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater
 
Jesse F. Keeler (Death From Above 1979)
Jan Kuehnemund (Vixen)
Mic Michaeli (Europe)
Hank Garland (country guitar virtuoso)
 
Haha, thanks man. I love the original Star Trek, so I'm pleased by that coincidence. =] I think William Shatner gets a bad rap, somewhat unfairly. He is rather arrogant - or at least he was - but now he's pretty self-deprecating and funny about it. He makes a living out of impersonating himself.
 
june 15

# 1973 Neil Patrick Harris (actor)
# 1964 Courteney Cox (actress)
# 1963 Helen Hunt (actress)
# 1954 Jim Belushi (actor)
# 1949 Jim Varney (actor)
# 1941 Harry (Edward) Nilsson III (singer)
# 1937 Waylon Jennings (Country Music)
 
nobody that good, singer wise. Tarja and Vibeke, ex- from Nightwish and Tristania respectively. Vibeke was born the same day I was. Tarja's a year older.
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August 17th
1887 - Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
1887 - Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1888 - Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963)
1890 - Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1890 - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator (d. 1920)
1893 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
1896 - Leslie Groves, American military engineer (d. 1970)
1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
1904 - Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
1909 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)
1911 - Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (d. 1995)
1913 - W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
1913 - Rudy York, American baseball player (d. 1970)
1913 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
1914 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988)
1919 - Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1920 - Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress
1921 - Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, British historian (d. 1994)
1926 - Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)
1926 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, American U-2 pilot (d. 1977)
1930 - Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
1930 - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
1933 - Eugene F. Kranz, American NASA executive
1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986)
1935 - Oleg Tabakov, Russian actor
1936 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
1938 - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
1938 - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek politician
1939 - Luther Allison, American musician
1939 - Anthony Valentine, British actor
1940 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (d. 2006)
1941 - Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
1941 - Boog Powell, American baseball player
1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
1944 - Lawrence Joseph Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, Billionaire
1946 - Martha Coolidge, American film director
1947 - Gary Talley, American guitarist (Box Tops)
1947 - Sylvia Nasar, German-born American economist and author
1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician
1949 - Sib Hashian, American drummer (Boston)
1949 - Norm Coleman, American politician
1951 - Robert Joy, Canadian actor
1951 - Alan Minter, British boxer
1952 - Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver
1952 - Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1953 - Judith Regan, American book publisher
1953 - Kevin Rowland, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners)
1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist
1955 - Richard Hilton, American heir
1956 - Gail Berman, American film executive
1956 - Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
1957 - Robin Cousins, British figure skater
1958 - Belinda Carlisle, American singer
1958 - Kirk Stevens, Canadian snooker player
1959 - David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
1960 - James Daly, American journalist
1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
1962 - Gilby Clarke, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
1963 - S. Shankar, Indian film director.
1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician
1966 - Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer
1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder
1966 - Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Kevin Max, American singer (dc_talk)
1968 - Ed McCaffrey, American football player
1968 - Helen McCrory, English actress
1969 - Christian Laettner, American basketball player
1969 - Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer
1970 - Jim Courier, American tennis player
1970 - Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist
1970 - Oyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
1971 - Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1972 - Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1972 - Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
1974 - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese drummer (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1974 - Nicola Kraus, American novelist
1975 - Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
1975 - &#304;lhan Mans&#305;z, Turkish footballer
1976 - Scott Halberstadt, American actor
1977 - Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977 - Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
1977 - William Gallas, French footballer
1978 - Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania)
1978 - Karena Lam, Hong Kong actress
1979 - Antwaan Randle El, American football player
1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor
1980 - Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
1980 - Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980 - Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1981 - Kristin Holt, American television personality
1982 - Melissa Anderson, American professional wrestler
1982 - Phil Jagielka, English footballer
1983 - Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1984 - Dee Brown, American basketball player
1985 - Y&#363; Aoi, Japanese actress
1986 - Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986 - Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1988 - Erika Toda, Japanese actress
1990 - Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
1990 - Colin Bates, American actor
1996 - Ella Cruz, Filipina actress