March 4 - Births

Births

  • 1188 – Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)
  • 1394 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese sponsor of exploration (d. 1460)
  • 1484 – George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, follower of Martin Luther (d. 1543)
  • 1492 – Francesco de Layolle, Italian composer (d. c. 1540)
  • 1602 – Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
  • 1610 – William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)
  • 1651 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (d. 1716)
  • 1655 – Frá Galgario, Italian painter (d. 1743)
  • 1665 – Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
  • 1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
  • 1702 – Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)
  • 1706 – Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
  • 1715 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (d. 1763)
  • 1719 – George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777)
  • 1729 – Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles, French noblewoman (d. 1794)
  • 1745 – Charles Dibdin, English composer (d. 1814)
  • 1745 – Kazimierz Pułaski, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1779)
  • 1756 – Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (d. 1823)
  • 1770 – Joseph Jacotot, French teacher and educational philosopher (d. 1840)
  • 1781 – Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
  • 1782 – Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss folklorist (d. 1830)
  • 1790 – David "Robber" Lewis, American criminal. (d. 1820)
  • 1792 – Samuel Slocum, American inventor (d. 1861)
  • 1793 – Karl Lachmann, German philologist (d. 1851)
  • 1815 – Myrtilla Miner, American educator and abolitionist (d. 1864)
  • 1817 – Edwards Pierrepont, 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
  • 1820 – Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (d. 1856)
  • 1822 – Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician (d. 1880)
  • 1823 – George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
  • 1826 – John Buford, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. 1863)
  • 1826 – Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher (d. 1887)
  • 1826 – Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (d. 1863)
  • 1828 – Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys), Welsh clergyman and author (d. 1870)
  • 1838 – Paul Lacome, French composer (d. 1920)
  • 1847 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist (d. 1904)
  • 1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
  • 1854 – Sir Napier Shaw, British meteorologist (d. 1945)
  • 1856 – Toru Dutt, English and French poet and author (d. 1877)
  • 1856 – Alfred William Rich, English painter (d. 1921)
  • 1861 – Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian (d. 1933)
  • 1862 – Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
  • 1863 – Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist (d. 1947)
  • 1863 – John Henry Wigmore, American jurist (d. 1943)
  • 1864 – David W. Taylor, U.S. Navy architect (d. 1940)
  • 1866 – Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)
  • 1870 – Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (d. 1944)
  • 1871 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (d. 1945)
  • 1873 – Guy Wetmore Carryl, American humorist and poet (d. 1904)
  • 1873 – John H. Trumbull, 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)
  • 1875 – Mihály Károlyi, Prime Minister and President of Hungary (d. 1955)
  • 1875 – Enrique Larreta, Argentine writer, academic, diplomat and art collector (d. 1961)
  • 1876 – Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (d. 1947)
  • 1876 – Theodore Hardeen, Founder of the Magician's Guild (d. 1945)
  • 1877 – Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Russian composer (d. 1957)
  • 1877 – Fritz Graebner, German ethnologist (d. 1934)
  • 1877 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor (d. 1963)
  • 1878 – Egbert van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist (d. 1951)
  • 1878 – Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (d. 1947)
  • 1878 – Arishima Takeo, Japanese writer (d. 1923)
  • 1879 – Josip Murn Aleksandrov, Slovenian poet (d. 1901)
  • 1879 – Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (d. 1951)
  • 1880 – Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
  • 1881 – Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1924)
  • 1881 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American writer (d. 1965)
  • 1881 – Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (d. 1948)
  • 1882 – Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat (d. 1941)
  • 1883 – Maude Fealy, American actress (d. 1971)
  • 1883 – Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (d. 1956)
  • 1884 – Red Murray, American baseball player (d. 1958)
  • 1886 – Paul Bazelaire, French cellist (d. 1958)
  • 1887 – John Alexander Buchanan, Canadian politician and civil engineer (d. 1976)
  • 1887 – Violet MacMillan, American actress (d. 1953)
  • 1888 – Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (d. 1942)
  • 1888 – Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (d. 1972)
  • 1888 – Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
  • 1889 – Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician (d. 1967)
  • 1889 – Jean-Gabriel Domergue, French painter (d. 1962)
  • 1889 – Oren E. Long, American politician (d. 1965)
  • 1889 – Pearl White, American actress (d. 1938)
  • 1889 – Robert William Wood, American landscape artist (d. 1979)
  • 1891 – Charles Arthur "Dazzy" Vance, American baseball player (d. 1961)
  • 1891 – Lois Wilson, founder of Al-Anon (d. 1988)
  • 1893 – Charles Herbert Colvin, American aeronautical engineer (d. 1985)
  • 1893 – Adolph Lowe, German sociologist and economist (d. 1995)
  • 1895 – Jesse Baker, American baseball player (d. 1976)
  • 1895 – Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator (d. 1953)
  • 1896 – Kai Holm, Danish actor (d. 1985)
  • 1897 – Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player (d. 1969)
  • 1898 – Georges Dumézil, French philologist (d. 1986)
  • 1898 – Hans Krebs, German Army General (d. 1945)
  • 1899 – Liana Del Balzo, Italian actress (d. 1982)
  • 1899 – Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962)
  • 1900 – Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter (d. 1971)
  • 1901 – Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist (d. 1986)
  • 1901 – Charles Goren, American bridge player and writer (d. 1991)
  • 1901 – Jean Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy/French poet (d. 1937)
  • 1902 – Fred Mallin, English boxer (d. 1987)
  • 1902 – Rachel Messerer, Russian silent film and theatre actress (d. 1993)
  • 1902 – Russell Reeder, American Army officer and author (d. 1998)
  • 1903 – Carrie Best, Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
  • 1903 – William C. Boyd, American immunochemist (d. 1983)
  • 1903 – Malcolm Dole, American chemist (d. 1990)
  • 1903 – Merwin Graham, American Olympic track and field athlete (d. 1989)
  • 1903 – Dorothy Mackaill, English-born American actress (d. 1990)
  • 1903 – John Scarne, American magician (d. 1985)
  • 1904 – Luis Carrero Blanco, 1st Duke of Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral (d. 1973)
  • 1904 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (d. 1968)
  • 1904 – Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
  • 1904 – Chief Tahachee (Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert), American actor (d. 1978)
  • 1906 – Buck Canel, Argentine American sportscaster (d. 1980)
  • 1906 – Meindert DeJong, American author (d. 1991)
  • 1906 – Avery Fisher, American audio specialist (d. 1994)
  • 1906 – Fionn MacColla, Scottish novelist (d. 1975)
  • 1906 – Georges Ronsse, Belgian bicycle racer (d. 1969)
  • 1906 – Horace Roye, English photographer (d. 2002)
  • 1906 – Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., American businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1907 – Edgar Barrier, American actor (d. 1964)
  • 1907 – Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Richard J. Daley (d. 2003)
  • 1908 – T.R.M. Howard, American civil rights leader (d. 1976)
  • 1908 – Thomas Shaw, American blues musician (d. 1977)
  • 1909 – Harry Helmsley, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1997)
  • 1909 – George Edward Holbrook, American chemical engineer (d. 1987)
  • 1910 – Miriam Kressyn, Polish-born actor (d. 1996)
  • 1910 – Tancredo Neves, Brazilian politician (d. 1985)
  • 1911 – Christer Boucht, Finnish-Swedish lawyer, adventure traveler and writer (d. 2009)
  • 1911 – Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, British peer and actor (d. 1984)
  • 1912 – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (d. 1976)
  • 1912 – Judith Furse, British character actress (d. 1974)
  • 1912 – Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor (d. 1996)
  • 1912 – Carl Marzani, American documentarian (d. 1994)
  • 1912 – Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
  • 1913 – Taos Amrouche, Algerian writer and singer (d. 1976)
  • 1913 – John H. Fremlin, English nuclear physicist (d. 1995)
  • 1913 – John Garfield, American actor (d. 1952)
  • 1914 – Gino Colaussi, Italian footballer (d. 1991)
  • 1914 – Barbara Newhall Follett, American child prodigy novelist (disappeared 1939)
  • 1914 – Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (d. 2002)
  • 1914 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. 2000)
  • 1915 – László Csizsik-Csatáry, Hungarian nazi criminal
  • 1915 – Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport, English politician and businessman (d. 2002)
  • 1915 – Frank Sleeman, Australian administrator and politician (d. 2000)
  • 1915 – Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (d. 1997)
  • 1915 – Robert Thom, American painter and historian (d. 1979)
  • 1916 – William Alland, American actor, producer, writer and director (d. 1997)
  • 1916 – Maurice Argent, American actor (d. 1981)
  • 1916 – Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (d. 2000)
  • 1916 – Hans Eysenck, German-born psychologist (d. 1997)
  • 1916 – Michael Howard, English actor and comedian (d. 1988)
  • 1917 – Clyde McCullough, American baseball player (d. 1982)
  • 1918 – Kurt Dahlmann, retired German pilot, attorney, journalist, newspaper editor and political activist
  • 1918 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player
  • 1919 – Buck Baker, American race car driver (d. 2002)
  • 1919 – Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian politician (d. 1996)
  • 1920 – Jean Lecanuet, French politician (d. 1993)
  • 1920 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (d. 2002)
  • 1921 – Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born composer
  • 1921 – Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
  • 1921 – Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
  • 1922 – Richard E. Cunha, American cinematographer and film director (d. 2005)
  • 1922 – Martha O'Driscoll, American actress (d. 1998)
  • 1922 – Dina Pathak, Gujarati actress (d. 2002)
  • 1923 – Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg
  • 1923 – Piero D'Inzeo, Italian Olympic show jumping rider
  • 1923 – Russell Freeburg, American newspaper editor and author
  • 1923 – Willie Johnson, American guitarist (d. 1995)
  • 1923 – Francis King, English novelist, poet and short story writer (d. 2011)
  • 1923 – Patrick Moore, English astronomer and television presenter
  • 1924 – Kenneth O'Donnell, American politician (d. 1977)
  • 1925 – Paul Mauriat, French musician (d. 2006)
  • 1926 – Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and researcher
  • 1926 – Richard DeVos, American businessman
  • 1926 – James J. Eagan, American politician (d. 2000)
  • 1926 – Pascual Pérez, Argentine boxer (d. 1977)
  • 1926 – Samuel Poyntz, Irish clergyman and author
  • 1926 – Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger (Oscar Rabin Band)
  • 1926 – Prince Dimitri Romanov, Russian prince, philanthropist and author
  • 1926 – Fran Warren (Frances Wolfe), American singer
  • 1927 – Philip Batt, American politician
  • 1927 – Thayer David, American actor (d. 1978)
  • 1927 – Jacques Dupin, French poet
  • 1927 – Robert Orben, American magician
  • 1927 – Dick Savitt, American tennis player
  • 1927 – Cy Touff, American jazz musician (d. 2003)
  • 1928 – Samuel Adler, American composer
  • 1928 – Alan Sillitoe, English writer (d. 2010)
  • 1929 – Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor
  • 1929 – Harold Hassall, former English professional footballer
  • 1929 – Wolfgang Hollegha, Austrian painter
  • 1929 – Josep Mestres Quadreny, Catalan composer
  • 1929 – Darrett B. Rutman, American historian (d. 1997)
  • 1929 – Elaine Shore, American actress (d. 2007)
  • 1929 – Peter Swerling, American theoretician (d. 2000)
  • 1931 – Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
  • 1931 – Bob Johnson, American ice hockey coach (d. 1991)
  • 1931 – William Henry Keeler, American Archbishop
  • 1931 – Larry Keith, American actor (d. 2010)
  • 1931 – Alice Rivlin, American economist
  • 1932 – Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor
  • 1932 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist (d. 2007)
  • 1932 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer (d. 2008)
  • 1932 – Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American car designer (d. 2001)
  • 1932 – Frank Wells, American businessman (d. 1994)
  • 1933 – Ann Burton, Dutch jazz singer (d. 1989)
  • 1933 – John W. Mills, English sculptor
  • 1933 – Nino Vaccarella, Italian racing driver
  • 1934 – Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian composer
  • 1934 – John Duffey, American musician (The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene) (d. 1996)
  • 1934 – Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)
  • 1934 – Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
  • 1934 – Sandra Reynolds, South African tennis player
  • 1934 – Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist
  • 1934 – Gleb Yakunin, Russian priest and dissident
  • 1935 – Edward Dębicki, Polish Romani poet, musician and composer (Terno)
  • 1935 – Bent Larsen, Danish chess player (d. 2010)
  • 1935 – Nancy Whiskey (Anne Alexandra Young Wilson), Scottish folk singer (d. 2003)
  • 1936 – Eric Allendale, West Indian trombonist and songwriter (The Foundations) (d. 2001)
  • 1936 – John Burland, English Engineering professor
  • 1936 – Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish racing driver (d. 1968)
  • 1936 – Robert Garrow, American serial killer (d. 1978)
  • 1936 – Aribert Reimann, German composer
  • 1937 – José Araquistáin, former Spanish football goalkeeper
  • 1937 – William Deverell, Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer
  • 1937 – Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1937 – Leslie Gelb, American foreign policy advisor
  • 1937 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian medical doctor, explorer and TV anchorman. (d. 2003)
  • 1937 – Barney Wilen, French jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
  • 1937 – Richard B. Wright, Canadian novelist
  • 1938 – Anton Stanislaus Balasingham, Political strategist and negotiator (d. 2006)
  • 1938 – Alpha Condé, Guinean politician
  • 1938 – Marshall Cooke, retired Australian politician
  • 1938 – Allan Kornblum, American federal judge (d. 2010)
  • 1938 – Marshall Cooke, Australian politician
  • 1938 – Roy Hazelwood, former FBI profiler of sex crimes
  • 1938 – Angus MacLise, American percussionist (d. 1979)
  • 1938 – Don Perkins, American football player
  • 1938 – Paula Prentiss, American actress
  • 1938 – Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish diplomat and researcher
  • 1939 – Jack Fisher, American baseball player
  • 1939 – Zvi Mazel, Israeli diplomat
  • 1939 – Keith Skues, English radio personality
  • 1939 – Carlos Vereza, Brazilian actor
  • 1940 – Edward Burke, American Olympic athlete
  • 1940 – Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German Federal Constitutional Court judge
  • 1940 – Arild Lund, Norwegian politician
  • 1940 – Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov, Ukrainian flatwater canoer
  • 1940 – Tom Pedigo, American set decorator (d. 2000)
  • 1940 – David Plante, American novelist
  • 1940 – Tamara Wilcox, American actress (d. 1998)
  • 1941 – John Aprea, American actor
  • 1941 – Adrian Lyne, English film director
  • 1941 – Linda Obermoeller, American painter (d. 1990)
  • 1941 – Bobby Shew, American jazz musician
  • 1941 – James Zagel, American judge and novelist
  • 1942 – Ji-Tu Cumbuka, American stage and screen actor
  • 1942 – Gloria Gaither, American gospel singer songwriter
  • 1942 – Charles C. Krulak, American general and the 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
  • 1942 – David Matthews, American keyboardist (Manhattan Jazz Quintet)
  • 1942 – Christopher Shackle, English Modern Languages professor
  • 1942 – Lynn Sherr, American journalist and author
  • 1942 – James Gustave Speth, American lawyer and advocate
  • 1942 – Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-born Hungarian musician, singer and composer (Metro)
  • 1942 – Henk van der Kroon, Dutch politician
  • 1943 – Malcolm Barber, English scholar of medieval history
  • 1943 – Lucio Dalla, Italian singer and songwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1943 – Zoltan Jeney, Hungarian composer
  • 1943 – Ron O'Quinn, American radio disc jockey
  • 1943 – Aldo Rico, Argentine politician
  • 1944 – Glen Baxter, English cartoonist
  • 1944 – Harvey Postlethwaite, English automotive engineer (d. 1999)
  • 1944 – Ulrich Roski, German singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1944 – Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-born American physicist
  • 1944 – Len Walker, English footballer and manager
  • 1944 – Greg Weld, American race car driver (d. 2008)
  • 1944 – Bobby Womack, American singer (The Valentinos)
  • 1945 – Tony Allen, English comedian and writer
  • 1945 – Femi Benussi, Italian film actress
  • 1945 – Tara Browne, British socialite (d. 1966)
  • 1945 – Greg Craig, Washington-based lawyer and current White House Counsel to President Barack Obama
  • 1945 – Dieter Meier, Swiss singer (Yello)
  • 1945 – Frank Novak, American actor
  • 1945 – Tommy Svensson, Swedish football manager
  • 1945 – Tim Weigel, American broadcaster (d. 2001)
  • 1945 – Gary Williams, American basketball coach
  • 1946 – Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur
  • 1946 – Daniel Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
  • 1946 – Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker
  • 1946 – Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American author
  • 1946 – Nora Radcliffe, Scottish politician
  • 1946 – Jean-Claude Schmitt, prominent French medievalist
  • 1947 – David Franzoni, American screenwriter
  • 1947 – Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
  • 1947 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor
  • 1947 – John Hinch, English Professor of fluid dynamics, Cambridge University
  • 1947 – Aura Lewis, South African singer
  • 1947 – Bob Lewis, American musician (Devo)
  • 1947 – Pēteris Plakidis, Latvian composer and pianist
  • 1948 – Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author
  • 1948 – Brian Cummings, American voice actor
  • 1948 – Veljko Despot, Croatian music journalist and record business entrepreneur
  • 1948 – James Ellroy, American writer
  • 1948 – Tom Grieve, American baseball player
  • 1948 – Leron Lee, American baseball player
  • 1948 – Jean O'Leary, American activist and politician (d. 2005)
  • 1948 – Chris Squire, English bassist (The Syn, Yes, XYZ, Conspiracy)
  • 1948 – Shakin' Stevens (Michael Barratt), Welsh singer (Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets)
  • 1949 – Carroll Baker, Canadian country singer and songwriter
  • 1949 – Sergei Bagapsh, former President of the partially recognized de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia (d. 2011)
  • 1949 – Cookie Mueller, American actress and writer (d. 1989)
  • 1949 – Tomislav Trifić, Serbian graphic artist
  • 1950 – Francis Affleck, Canadian race car driver (d. 1985)
  • 1950 – Barrie Cassidy, veteran Australian political journalist
  • 1950 – Ron Climie, American ice hockey player
  • 1950 – Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
  • 1950 – Rick Perry, American politician
  • 1950 – Safet Plakalo, Bosnian playwright
  • 1951 – Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician
  • 1951 – Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1951 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, American novelist (d. 1982)
  • 1951 – Pete Haycock, English guitarist and composer (Climax Blues Band and Electric Light Orchestra Part II)
  • 1951 – Sam Perlozzo, American baseball manager
  • 1951 – Mike Quarry, American boxer (d. 2006)
  • 1951 – Chris Rea, English singer
  • 1951 – Cecilia Todd, Venezuelan singer and performer
  • 1951 – Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993)
  • 1951 – Glenis Willmott, British politician, leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party
  • 1951 – Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer
  • 1952 – Serge Fiori, Canadian singer and songwriter (Harmonium)
  • 1952 – Peter Kuhfeld, English figurative painter
  • 1952 – Ronn Moss, American actor
  • 1952 – Svend Robinson, Canadian politician
  • 1952 – Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer
  • 1953 – Nicholas Campion, English historian
  • 1953 – John Edwards, Australian television producer
  • 1953 – Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussionist
  • 1953 – Scott Hicks, Australian film director
  • 1953 – Paweł Janas, Polish football manager
  • 1953 – Rose Laurens, French singer-songwriter
  • 1953 – Kay Lenz, American actress
  • 1953 – Geoff Nicholson, English novelist
  • 1953 – Peggy Rathmann, American author and illustrator
  • 1953 – Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle road racer
  • 1953 – KRK Ryden (Keith Ryden), American visual artist
  • 1953 – Chris Smith, American politician
  • 1953 – Daniel Woodrell, American crime fiction writer
  • 1954 – Timur Apakidze, Russian Hero of the Russian Federation (d. 2001)
  • 1954 – Mark Chorvinsky, American author and editor (d. 2005)
  • 1954 – François Fillon, French politician, Prime Minister of France
  • 1954 – Ricky Ford, American saxophonist
  • 1954 – Peter Jacobsen, American professional golfer
  • 1954 – Yvan Lachaud, French politician
  • 1954 – Boris Moiseev, Russian singer, choreographer, dancer, writer and actor
  • 1954 – Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress
  • 1954 – Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian writer and dissident
  • 1954 – Willie Thorne, English snooker player
  • 1954 – Adrian Zmed, American actor
  • 1955 – Tim Costello, Australian minister and CEO
  • 1955 – Farhad Daneshjoo, Iranian academic and the current president of Azad University
  • 1955 – Boon Gould (Rowland Charles Gould), English musician (Level 42)
  • 1955 – Joey Jones, Welsh professional footballer
  • 1955 – Dominique Pinon, French actor
  • 1955 – James Weaver, English race car driver
  • 1956 – Kermit Driscoll, American jazz bassist
  • 1957 – Nicholas Coleridge, English entrepreneur
  • 1957 – Jim Dwyer, American journalist
  • 1957 – Ron Fassler, American actor
  • 1957 – Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver
  • 1957 – Pius Njawé, Cameroonian journalist (d. 2010)
  • 1957 – Edouard Vermeulen, Belgian fashion designer
  • 1958 – Patricia Heaton, American actress
  • 1958 – Lennie Lee, British artist
  • 1958 – Massimo Mascioletti, Italian rugby player and coach
  • 1959 – Rick Ardon, Australian news presenter
  • 1959 – Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer
  • 1960 – Iain Hesford, Zambian born English footballer
  • 1960 – Mikko Kuustonen, Finnish singer and songwriter
  • 1960 – Kazimierz Matuszny, Polish politician
  • 1960 – John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer
  • 1960 – Thierry Pastor, French singer
  • 1960 – Christina Sussiek, German athlete
  • 1960 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor
  • 1961 – Alain Coumont, Belgian chef and restaurateur
  • 1961 – Sabine Everts, German track athlete
  • 1961 – Tinker Juarez, bike racer
  • 1961 – Ray Mancini, American boxer
  • 1961 – Mahito Ōba, Japanese voice actor and narrator
  • 1961 – Theodosii Spassov, Bulgarian jazz musician
  • 1961 – Steven Weber, American actor
  • 1961 – Roger Wessels, South African golfer
  • 1962 – Simon Bisley, British comic artist
  • 1962 – Paul Canoville, English footballer
  • 1962 – Jon Durno, bassist (Roman Holliday)
  • 1962 – Greg Kragen, American footballer
  • 1962 – Stephan Reimertz, German art historian and novelist
  • 1962 – Mikko Nissinen, Finnish ballet dancer
  • 1962 – David Sparrow, English actor
  • 1962 – Claire Voisin, French professor of mathematics at the University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie
  • 1963 – Barbara Bubula, Polish politician
  • 1963 – Janey Lee Grace, English singer and disc jockey
  • 1963 – Jason Newsted, American bassist (Metallica, Voivod)
  • 1963 – Daniel Roebuck, American actor
  • 1964 – Scott Baker, American journalist
  • 1964 – David Colclough, Welsh professional poker player
  • 1964 – Brian Crowley, Irish politician
  • 1964 – Cheryl Fergison, English actress
  • 1964 – Karen Knowles, Australian singer and entertainer (The Seekers)
  • 1964 – Tom Lampkin, American baseball player
  • 1964 – Paolo Virzì, Italian screenwriter and director
  • 1965 – Paul W. S. Anderson, English filmmaker
  • 1965 – Andrew Collins, English journalist
  • 1965 – Stacy Edwards, American actress
  • 1965 – Khaled Hosseini, Afghan author and physician
  • 1965 – Maximillian Lenz (WestBam), German rave techno DJ
  • 1965 – Yuri Lonchakov, Russian cosmonaut
  • 1965 – Viktor Shapovalov, Russian auto racing driver
  • 1965 – Jonathan Shearer, Scottish castaway
  • 1966 – Daniela Amavia, American actress and model
  • 1966 – Steve Bastoni, Italian Australian actor
  • 1966 – Patrick Hannan, drummer (The Sundays)
  • 1966 – Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater
  • 1966 – Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and Mayor of Sacramento, California
  • 1966 – Fiona Ma, American politician
  • 1966 – Dav Pilkey, American author
  • 1966 – Grand Puba (Maxwell Dixon), American rapper (Brand Nubian)
  • 1966 – Nick Scandone, American paralympian yachtsman (d. 2009)
  • 1966 – Mike Small, American professional golfer
  • 1966 – Wash West (Wash Westmoreland), English film director
  • 1967 – Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer
  • 1967 – Evan Dando, American musician (The Lemonheads)
  • 1967 – Ivan Lewis, English politician
  • 1967 – Terry Matterson, Australian rugby league football coach
  • 1967 – Derek Mooney, Irish radio and television personality and radio producer
  • 1967 – Andrew Osmond, English writer
  • 1967 – Dave Rayner, English racing cyclist (d. 1994)
  • 1967 – Tim Vine, English actor and comedian
  • 1967 – Sam Taylor-Wood, English conceptual artist
  • 1967 – Kubilay Türkyılmaz, Turkish-Swiss footballer
  • 1967 – Andreas Wistuba, German taxonomist and botanist
  • 1968 – Shafiek Abrahams, South African cricket player
  • 1968 – Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1968 – Jorge Celedón, Colombian musician and singer
  • 1968 – Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Australian cricketer
  • 1968 – Dionna Harris, American softball player and Olympic champion
  • 1968 – Patsy Kensit, English actress
  • 1968 – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek politician
  • 1968 – Graham Westley, English football manager
  • 1969 – Chaz Bono, American actor and activist
  • 1969 – Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian football manager
  • 1969 – Frank Nicotero, American comedian
  • 1969 – Stina Nordenstam, Swedish pop singer and musician
  • 1969 – Patrick Roach, Canadian actor
  • 1969 – Lacy Rose, American pornographic actress
  • 1969 – Matt Tilley, Australian radio personality and comedian
  • 1969 – Annie Yi (Annie Shizuka Inoh), Chinese singer, writer and actress
  • 1970 – Andrea Bendewald, American actress
  • 1970 – Àlex Crivillé, Spanish motorcycle road racer
  • 1970 – Edward Gal, Dutch dressage rider
  • 1970 – Caroline Vis, Dutch professional tennis player
  • 1971 – Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player
  • 1971 – Claire Baker, Scottish politician
  • 1971 – Anders Kjølholm, Danish bass player (Volbeat)
  • 1971 – Fergal Lawler, Irish drummer (The Cranberries)
  • 1971 – Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese racing driver
  • 1971 – Shavar Ross, American filmmaker
  • 1971 – Jason Sellers, American country musician
  • 1971 – Nick Stabile, American actor
  • 1971 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
  • 1972 – Buck 65 (Richard Terfry), Canadian hip hop artist and radio host
  • 1972 – Katherine Center, contemporary American fiction author
  • 1972 – Nocturno Culto, Norwegian musician (Darkthrone)
  • 1972 – Ian Garbutt, English professional golfer
  • 1972 – Pae Gil-Su, North Korean gymnast
  • 1972 – Giorgos Mazonakis, Greek pop singer
  • 1972 – Brittney Powell, German-American actress
  • 1972 – Ivy Queen (Martha Ivelisse Pesante), American composer and singer
  • 1972 – Robert Smith, American footballer
  • 1972 – Jos Verstappen, Dutch racing driver
  • 1972 – Alison Wheeler, British singer (The Beautiful South)
  • 1973 – Massimo Brambilla, Italian football player
  • 1973 – Jennifer Cole, American model, actress and game show/talk show host
  • 1973 – Phillip Daniels, American footballer
  • 1973 – Sadik Harchaoui, Moroccan-Dutch legal academic
  • 1973 – Valery Kobelev, Russian ski jumper
  • 1973 – Mark Lavine, West Indian cricketer (d. 2001)
  • 1973 – Linus of Hollywood (Kevin Dotson), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (Size 14 and Nerf Herder)
  • 1973 – Len Wiseman, American director
  • 1973 – Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Tollywood film director
  • 1974 – Peggy Clydesdale, American artist and painter
  • 1974 – Crowbar (Christopher Ford), American professional wrestler
  • 1974 – ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnæs), Norwegian vocalist (Arcturus and Borknagar)
  • 1974 – Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer
  • 1974 – Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
  • 1974 – Ariel Ortega, Argentine footballer
  • 1974 – Gabriel o Pensador, Brazilian hip hop rapper
  • 1974 – Tommy Phelps, American baseball player
  • 1974 – David Wagner, American wheelchair tennis player
  • 1974 – Bill Young, Australian rugby union footballer
  • 1975 – Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Jacqueline Anderson, American actress and entrepreneur
  • 1975 – Kirsten Bolm, German hurdler
  • 1975 – Julie Dibens, British triathlete
  • 1975 – Patrick Femerling, German-born professional basketball player
  • 1975 – Kristi Harrower, Australian professional basketball player
  • 1975 – Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress
  • 1975 – Eva Martincová, Czech tennis player
  • 1975 – Jerod Turner, American professional golfer
  • 1975 – Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
  • 1975 – Hawksley Workman (Ryan Corrigan), Canadian rock singer-songwriter
  • 1976 – Robbie Blake, English footballer
  • 1976 – Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1976 – Sean Covel, American film producer
  • 1976 – Hayley Evetts, English singer, TV presenter and stage actor
  • 1976 – Brian Diego Fuentes, Argentine footballer
  • 1976 – Alireza Heidari, Iranian Olympic wrestler
  • 1976 – Cho In-Chul, South Korean judoka champion
  • 1976 – Tommy Jönsson, Swedish football player
  • 1976 – Sam Mraovich, American screenwriter and film director
  • 1976 – Christian Nicolay, German javelin thrower
  • 1976 – Regi Penxten, Belgian DJ and record producer (Milk Inc. and Sylver)
  • 1976 – Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey player
  • 1976 – Sabrina Sabrok, Argentine television host, singer, and producer
  • 1976 – Gary Shortland, English figure skater
  • 1976 – Scott Sturgeon, American musician (Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack)
  • 1976 – Jasin Thomason, American guitarist (The Ataris)
  • 1976 – Vic Wunderle, American archer
  • 1977 – Nacho Figueras, Argentine polo player
  • 1977 – Ana Gabriela Guevara, Mexican athlete
  • 1977 – Jeremiah Green, American drummer (Modest Mouse)
  • 1977 – Juha Helppi, Finnish professional poker player
  • 1977 – Ron Horsley, American author and artist
  • 1977 – Laura Jansen, Dutch singer-songwriter
  • 1977 – Christian Jessen, English doctor and television presenter
  • 1977 – Mike Kinsella, American musician (Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz and American Football)
  • 1977 – Daniel Klewer, German footballer
  • 1977 – Grégory Le Corvec, French rugby union footballer
  • 1977 – Tonga Lea'aetoa, New Zealand-Tongan rugby union player
  • 1977 – Jason Marsalis, American jazz musician
  • 1977 – Traver Rains, American designer
  • 1977 – Rockell (Rachel Alexandra Mercaldo), American singer-songwriter
  • 1977 – Dan Wells, American horror fiction author
  • 1977 – Gareth Wyatt, Welsh rugby union player
  • 1978 – Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer
  • 1978 – César Morales, Mexican bantamweight boxer
  • 1978 – Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player
  • 1979 – Neil Best, Irish rugby union footballer
  • 1979 – Ariel Carreño, Argentine footballer
  • 1979 – Karima Delli, French politician
  • 1979 – Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
  • 1979 – Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis and Codeine Velvet Club)
  • 1979 – Günter Friesenbichler, Austrian footballer
  • 1979 – Trenton Hassell, American basketball player
  • 1979 – Geoff Huegill, Australian swimmer
  • 1979 – Vyacheslav Malafeev, Russian footballer
  • 1979 – Mark Anthony Parrish, American actor, producer and activist
  • 1979 – Sarah Stock, Canadian wrestler
  • 1979 – Paul Terry, English footballer
  • 1980 – Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
  • 1980 – Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
  • 1980 – Ben Briand, Australian film director
  • 1980 – Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (d. 2007)
  • 1980 – Alex Ribeiro Garcia, Brazilian professional basketball player
  • 1980 – Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian professional basketball player
  • 1980 – Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1980 – Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
  • 1980 – Michael Henrich, American-born ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Arash Markazi, American sportswriter
  • 1980 – Phil McGuire, Scottish football player
  • 1980 – Kamalinee Mukherjee, Indian film actress
  • 1981 – Carol Banawa, Filipino singer
  • 1981 – Marie Delattre, French sprint canoer
  • 1981 – Laura Michelle Kelly, English actress and singer
  • 1981 – Gareth Knapman, English theatre actor and director
  • 1981 – Greg Lamb, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1981 – Ariza Makukula, Portuguese footballer
  • 1981 – Aketza Peña, Spanish road bicycle racer
  • 1981 – Alastair Ross, Northern Ireland Unionist politician
  • 1981 – Donny Tourette, English punk rock singer (Towers of London)
  • 1981 – Helen Wyman, British cyclist
  • 1982 – Uma Blasini, Puerto Rican beauty queen
  • 1982 – Landon Donovan, American soccer player
  • 1982 – Cate Edwards, American attorney and author
  • 1982 – Ludmila Ezhova, Russian Olympic gymnast
  • 1982 – Yasemin Mori, Turkish alternative rock singer
  • 1982 – Elia Rigotto, Italian road bicycle racer
  • 1983 – Samuel Contesti, French-Italian figure skater
  • 1983 – Adam Deacon, English actor
  • 1983 – Jaque Fourie, South African rugby union footballer
  • 1983 – Jessica Heap, American actress
  • 1983 – Ryan Lonie, Australian rules footballer
  • 1983 – Akeem Omolade, Nigerian footballer
  • 1983 – Dante Senger, Argentine footballer
  • 1984 – Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
  • 1984 – Marin Čolak, Croatian auto racing driver
  • 1984 – Anders Grøndal, Norwegian rally and hill climb driver
  • 1984 – Norbert Hosnyánszky, Hungarian water polo player
  • 1984 – Phillip Inzerillo, American musician (Suburban Legends)
  • 1984 – Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress
  • 1984 – Spencer Larsen, American football player
  • 1984 – Raven Quinn, American musician, singer and songwriter
  • 1984 – Artyom Rebrov, Russian professional footballer
  • 1984 – Zak Whitbread, American soccer player
  • 1985 – Jake Buxton, English professional footballer
  • 1985 – Hrvoje Čale, Croatian footballer
  • 1985 – Guillermo Diaz Puerto Rican professional basketball player
  • 1985 – Scott Michael Foster, American actor
  • 1985 – Mathieu Montcourt, Professional French tennis player (d. 2009)
  • 1985 – Davey Morgan, American illustrator and photographer
  • 1985 – Chinedum Ndukwe, American football player
  • 1985 – Whitney Port, American reality television personality
  • 1985 – Jonas Troest, Danish professional football player
  • 1986 – Shraddha Das, Indian actress
  • 1986 – Margo Harshman, American actress
  • 1986 – K.Michelle (Kimberly Michelle Pate), American singer and songwriter
  • 1986 – Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer
  • 1986 – Erin O'Kelley, American beauty queen
  • 1986 – José Antonio Olvera, Mexican footballer
  • 1986 – Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer
  • 1986 – Dominic Telo, South African cricketer
  • 1986 – Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1986 – Park Min Young, South Korean model and actress
  • 1987 – Ben McKinley, Australian rules footballer
  • 1987 – Tamzin Merchant, British actor and poetess
  • 1987 – William Njovu, Zambian footballer
  • 1987 – Cameron Wood, Australian rules footballer
  • 1988 – Josh Bowman, English actor
  • 1988 – Cody Longo, American film actor
  • 1988 – Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
  • 1988 – Mikuru Uchino, Japanese gravure idol
  • 1988 – Adam Watts, English footballer
  • 1989 – Erin Heatherton, American fashion model
  • 1989 – Bradley Middleton, English footballer
  • 1990 – Andrea Bowen, American actress
  • 1990 – Paddy Madden, Irish footballer
  • 1990 – Marco Martina Rini, Italian footballer
  • 1990 – Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer
  • 1990 – Maximiliano Oliva, Argentine footballer
  • 1991 – Viktor Lundberg, Swedish footballer
  • 1991 – Diandra Newlin, American actress and fashion model
  • 1991 – Stuart O'Keefe, English footballer
  • 1992 – Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
  • 1992 – Bernd Leno, German footballer
  • 1992 – Daniel Lloyd, British racing car driver
  • 1993 – Jenna Boyd, American actress
  • 1993 – Abigail Mavity, American actress
  • 1993 – Yves Michel-Beneche, American actor
  • 1993 – Richard Peniket, English professional footballer
  • 1994 – Callum Harriott, English professional footballer
  • 1995 – Bill Milner, English actor

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