May 20 – Famous Birthdays
Cher (POP SINGER) 1946
Jack Gleeson (TV ACTOR)
Iker Casillas (SOCCER PLAYER) 1981
January 7 – Famous Birthdays
1364 Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican
1470 Pietro Bembo cardinal/theologian
1537 Hieronymus Fabricius Ab Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)
1547 Melchior Bischoff composer
1554 Paulo Bellasio composer
1593 Jacob Jordaens Flemish barok artist
1743 [François D] Toussaint L’Ouverture (à Breda), leader (Haiti)
1750 Stephen Girard bailed out US bonds during War of 1812
1754 Hans Gram composer
1759 William Thornton architect (Capitol building, Washington DC)
1764 J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer
1768 Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison US 1st lady (1809-17)
1772 William Congreve English officer (design fire rocket)
1799 Honoré de Balzac France, novelist (Pere Goriot, Human Comedy)
1806 John Stuart Mill UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian
1812 Gustav Adolf Mankell composer
1815 Barthélémy Menn Swiss graphic artist/painter
1818 William George Fargo founder (Wells Fargo)
1822 Emile Erckmann [E-Chatrian] French writer (Waterloo)
1822 Frédéric Passy French economist/pacifist; co-winner of 1st Nobel Peace Prize (1901)
1825 Antoinette Brown Blackwell clergy (1st ordained US female minister)
1828 James William Reilly Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1830 Amalia princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry
1830 Hector H Malot French writer (Without Family)
1841 Sara Louisa Oberholtz social reformer, anti-smoking advocate
1844 Henri Julien Felix Rousseau French ambassador/painter (The Dream)
1850 Eaton Faning composer
1851 Emile Berliner Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record)
1851 Rose Hawthorne Lathrop US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
1856 Henri E Cross [Delacroix] French painter
1872 Albert Steinrück German actor (Golem)
1874 Folkert E Posthuma Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry
1876 John Owen Jones composer
1881 Wladyslaw Sikorski premier Poland (WWII general)
1882 Sigrid Undset Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928)
1883 Paul Arntzenius painter/graphic artist/etcher
1889 Felix Arndt composer
1889 Margery Allingham detective story writer
1889 William Lawther union leader
1890 Beniamino Gigli Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde)
1894 Adela Rogers St John journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent)
1895 Reginald J “R” Mitchell English aviation manufacturer (Spitfire)
1899 Estelle Taylor [Boylan] Wilmington DE, actress (8 Commandments)
1899 John M Harlan Chicago IL, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71)
19– Jay Schellen rocker (Hurricane-I’m On To You)
19– Pete McClanahan rocker (Warrior Soul-Last Decade of The Century)
1901 Max Euwe Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)
1901 Otto Waldis Austria, actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World)
1902 Hans Sahl writer
1903 Jerzy Fitelberg composer
1904 Russell Hardie Buffalo NY, actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky)
1905 Gerrit Achterberg Dutch poet (Sailing)
1905 Harry Campion statistician/founder (British Central Statistical Office)
1908 Jimmy [James Maitland] Stewart Indiana PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life)
1909 Edward Moss Hutchinson educationalist
1909 John Arkell director of administration (BBC)
1911 Annie M G Schmidt writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip & Janneke)
1911 Gardner F[rancis] Fox US, sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman)
1912 Joseph Proce 3rd victim of NYC’s Zodiac killer (survives)
1913 Henry Cadbury Brown architect
1913 Ion Dumitrescu composer
1913 William Hewlett cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Co
1915 Moshe Dayan Israeli general/minister of Defense
1915 Peter Copley actor (Victim, King & Country)
1916 Cornelie Coposu politician
1916 John McIntyre theologian
1916 Owen Chadwick chancellor (U of East Anglia)
1917 Enyss Djemil composer
1917 Richard Charles Cobb historian
1919 George Gobel Chicago IL, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife)
1920 Betty Driver England, actress (Coronation St, Pardon the Expression, Penny Paradise)
1920 John Cruickshank banker
1920 William Simpson British trade union leader
1921 John Harrison British Vice Admiral/surgeon
1921 John Marchi (Representative-R-NY)
1921 W Borchert writer
1922 Clifford Butler vice chancellor (Loughborough University of Technology)
1923 Edith Fellows Boston MA, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets)
1923 Hugh Beach British General
1923 Samuel Selvon author
1924 Peter Shore MP (Labour)
1925 D French Slaughter Jr (Representative-R-VA, 1985- )
1926 John Lucarotti scriptwriter
1926 Vic Ames rocker (Ames Brothers)
1927 [Harold] Bud Grant Wisconsin, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Minnesota Vikings)
1927 David Frederick Barlow composer
1927 David Hedison Providence RI, actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
1927 Walter Aschaffenburg composer
1928 David Berriman CEO (Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees)
1929 André Carolus Cirino Suriname/Indian poet
1930 James McEachin Pennert NC, actor (Harry-Tenafly)
1930 Robert Bunyard Commandant (British Police Staff College)
1931 Chiharu Igaya Japan, slalom (Olympics-silver-1956)
1933 Constance Towers actress (Capitol, Shock Corridor, Naked Kiss)
1933 Danny Aiello New York NY, actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing)
1934 Alexei A Leonov cosmonaut (Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz)
1936 Anthony Zerbe Long Beach CA, actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs)
1937 Dave Hill Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis)
1937 Lord “Benjie” Earl of Iveagh British brewer (Guinness)/large landowner
1937 Teddy Randazzo song writer (I’m on the Outside Looking In)
1938 Alan Smithers British professor
1938 Christina Bass-Kaiser Dutch 3K speed skater (Olympics-gold-1972)
1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist
1940 Sadaharu Oh of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career homeruns
1940 Shorty Long soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge)
1940 Stan Mikita NHL center (led NHL in scoring 4 times)
1941 Goh Chok Sole premier of Singapore (1990- )
1941 Maria Liberia-Peters premier of Dutch Antilles (198?-93)
1942 Jill “Paula” Jackson McCamey TX, singer (Paul & Paula-Hey Paula)
1942 Lynn Davies long jumper
1942 Simon Keswick British financier/merchant (Hong Kong)
1943 Deryck Murray cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80)
1943 Ian Vallance CEO (British Telecom)
1943 Tison Street composer
1944 Boudouin de Groot Dutch singer (Good night mister president)
1944 Cipa Dichter Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
1944 David M Walker Columbus GA, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69)
1944 Joe Cocker Sheffield England, rock vocalist (You are so Beautiful, Little Help From My Friends)
1944 Keith Fletcher cricket captain (Essex & England)
1945 Harold E Ford (Representative-D-TN, 1975- )
1945 Lord Hollick CEO (MAI)
1945 Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1945 Wally Herger (Representative-R-CA)
1946 Bakhaavaa Buidaa Mongolia, wrestler (Olympics-silver-1972) disqualified
1946 Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre] El Centro CA, rocker/actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask)
1946 Craig Patrick NHL coach
1947 Iain Vallance CEO (British Telecom)
1948 John Amiel director (Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow)
1948 John R McKernan Jr (Representative-R-ME, 1983-86/Governor-ME)
1948 Samuel Gejdenson (Representative-D-CT, 1981- )
1949 Dave Thomas St Catharines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)
1949 Nick Joe Rahall II (Representative-D-WV, 1977- )
1951 Michael D Crapo (Representative-R-ID)
1951 Thomas D Akers St Louis MO, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61, 79)
1951 William Cullen Bryant actor (Hell Squad)
1952 Warren Cann Victoria British Columbia, rock drummer (Ultravox)
1954 Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina Russia, doctor/cosmonaut
1954 James Henderson country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
1955 Nigel Griffiths MP (Labour)
1955 Steve George rock keyboardist (Mr Mister)
1956 Andrew Hilditch cricketer (Australian opening bat 1979-85)
1956 Tomas Smid Czechoslovakia, tennis star
1958 Jane Wiedlin Oconomowoc WI, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)
1958 Mike Engleman Sonoma CA, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1958 Ronald Prescot Reagan Los Angeles CA, President’s son/TV host (Ron Reagan Show)
1959 Bronson Pinchot New York NY, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop)
1959 Peter Greene Brooklyn NY, producer (After Midnight)
1960 Susan Cowsill Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
1960 Tony Goldwyn Los Angeles CA, actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red)
1961 Clive Allen WLAF kicker (London Monarchs)
1961 Kit Clarke rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary’s Prayer)
1961 Nick Heyward guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts)
1961 Sally Quinlan LPGA golfer
1961 Vaughn Jefferis Matangi New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-bronze-96)
1962 Lydia Cheng New York NY, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2)
1962 Sylvie Rauch Munich German Federal Republic, nude model/actress
1963 Brian Nash Glendale CA, actor (Joel-Please Don’t Eat Daisies)
1963 David Wells Torrance CA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees)
1963 Dipak Chudasama cricketer (Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup)
1964 Earl Charles Spencer Sandringham England, brother of Princess Diana
1964 Jeff Schwarz US baseball pitcher (California Angels, Chicago White Sox)
1964 Paul W Richards Scranton PA, astronaut
1964 Todd Peat WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1965 Bruno Marie-Rose French runner (world record 200 meter indoor)
1965 Fia Porter Mexia TX, actress (Audrey Ames-One Life to Live)
1965 Joe Cioe Cranston RI, Canadian Tour golfer (New Hampshire Open-1992, 93)
1965 Todd Stottlemyre Yakima WA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays)
1966 Lawyer Tillman NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1966 Liselotte Neumann Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer (1988 US Women’s Open)
1966 Mindy Cohn Los Angeles CA, actress (Facts of Life)
1966 Paolo Seganti actor (Damian-As the World Turns)
1967 Beate Reinstadler Stuttgart Germany, tennis star (1989 Futures Israel)
1968 Damon Mays NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 Phil Hansen NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1969 Alberto Mancini Argentina, tennis star
1969 Suzanne Lawrence Humble TX, Miss Texas-America (1991) (4th)
1970 Jason York Nepean, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1970 Missy Cress Burbank CA, female catcher (Colorado Silver Bullets)
1970 Niklas Andersson Kungalv Sweden, NHL forward (Team Sweden, New York Islanders)
1970 Terrell Brandon NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks)
1971 Jonas Berqvist Angelhorn Sweden, hockey forward (Team Sweden, Olympics-98)
1971 Niklas Andersson Kungalv Sweden, NHL left wing (New York Islanders)
1971 Sandy Schreur Dutch soccer player (NEC)
1972 Michael Cox Hannibal MO, 1.5k runner
1974 Brandon Jessie tight end (New York Giants)
1977 Angela Goethals actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)
1979 Tamika Thomas Miss Michigan Teen USA (1996)
