May 24 – Famous Birthdays
John C. Reilly (MOVIE ACTOR) 1965
Priscilla Presley (TV ACTRESS) 1945
Bob Dylan (FOLK SINGER) 1941
May 24 – Famous Birthdays
0015 Julius Caesar Germanicus Roman commandant
1544 William Gilbert Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
1605 Nikon [Nikita Minin] patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1610 Giovanni Battista Chinelli composer
1619 Philips Wouwerman(s) Dutch painter
1650 John Churchill 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
1677 Alexandre de Villenueve composer
1736 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer composer
1738 George III king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)
1743 Jean-Paul Marat France, revolutionist
1751 Charles Emanuel II King of Sardina (1796-1802)
1753 Oliver Cromwell Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington
1754 Giacomo Conti composer
1767 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel composer
1781 Louis-François Dauprat composer/horn player
1794 William Whewell British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)
1803 Charles Bonaparte Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano
1807 Cornelis E van Koetsveld vicar/literature
1807 Thomas Duncan painter
1810 Abraham Geiger theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
1811 Charles Clark Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1816 Emanuel Leutze US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
1816 Robert Seaman Granger (Union Army Brevet Major General, died in 1894)
1819 Victoria Alexandrine London England, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
1831 Richard Hoffman composer
1838 Paul Laband German lawyer
1840 Frederick Walker painter
1841 Charles Napier Henry painter
1841 Tito Mattei pianist/composer
1850 Ernest Albert Waterlow water-color painter
1852 Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham author/politician
1854 Louis Mountbatten Admiral (WWI)
1855 Arthur Wing Pinero British playwright
1858 Johan C Braakensiek political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer)
1866 Armando Frid Argentina, live until July 28 1990 (124 years)
1870 Jan Christian Smuts proponent of Commonwealth & League of Nations
1878 Lillian Moller Gilbreth engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)
1881 Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky composer
1882 Creighton Hale Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East)
1886 Paul Paray Le Tréport Normandy, conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble)
1891 Benedictus H Danser Dutch botanist
1891 William F Albright US old testament scholar/archaeologist
1893 W H Walter Baade German/US astronomer (Andromeda)
1895 H S T L “Stork” Hendry cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)
1895 Samuel I Newhouse US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)
1898 Kathleen Hale British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)
1899 Suzanne Lenglen France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
19– Judy Kahan Roslyn Heights NY, actress (Doc, Mary Hartman)
1903 Aram Katchaturian Armenian composer, (Earth)
1903 Hilding Hallnas composer
1904 George Formby [William Booth], British singer/comic (Let George Do It)
1904 Kenneth Buckley British Rear-Admiral
1904 Patrick Johnson physicist
1905 Mikhail Sholokhov USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)
1905 Zdenek Blazek composer
1906 Edmund Sargant solicitor
1906 John Mayo director-general (Help the Aged)
1908 Kresimir Fribec composer
1908 Michael Roberts historian
1909 Guillermo Diaz-Plaja Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)
1909 Louis Fürnberg writer
1909 Wilbur Mills (Representative-D-AR)/involved with Fanne Foxe
1910 Margers Zarins composer
1910 Nils-Eric Fougstedt composer
1912 Joan Hammond British operatic soprano
1912 Joseph Anthony [Deuster] US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow)
1913 Audrey Brown England, 4 X 100 meter runner (Olympics-silver-1936)
1913 Willi Daume Olympic organizer
1914 Clifford Irving Chairman (Isle of Man Government)
1914 George Tabori writer
1914 Lilli Palmer [Peiser] Germany, actress (The Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar)
1916 Roden Cutler Governor (New South Wales)
1917 Derek Hodgson British high court judge
1917 Lord Campbell of Alloway QC
1917 Theodore Hesburgh Syracuse NY, president (Notre Dame)
1918 Coleman A Young civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)
1918 D V Jennings solicitor
1922 Sadao Bekku composer
1923 Paul Bramley oral surgeon
1923 Siobhan McKenna Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
1925 François J [Frank] le Roux chief whip (South African Conservative Party)
1925 Mai Zetterling Sweden, actress (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm)
1926 Len Maddocks cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-50’s)
1927 John Kelly Jr US, sculls (Olympics-bronze-1956), brother of Grace Kelly
1927 Martinus J Mentz South African MP (Conservative)
1927 Timothy Beven CEO (Barclays Bank)
1928 Peter Griffiths MP
1928 Stanley Baxter British comedian (Joey Boy, Fast Lady)
1928 William Trevor British writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune)
1930 Hans-Martin Linde composer
1930 Ivor Richardson Judge (New Zealand Court of Appeals)
1932 Arnold Wesker British playwright (Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen)
1932 Elaine Malbin opera singer
1932 Graham Arnold artist
1932 James Anderton Chief constable (Manchester England)
1932 Terence Heiser British senior civil servant
1933 Christopher Staughton British Lord Justice of Appeal
1933 Hemchandra Tukaram Dani cricketer (Test India vs Pakistan, 1-19, ct 1, DNB)
1933 Joaquín Vaquero Turcios Spanish painter
1933 Tony Mullett director-general (National Criminal Intelligence Service)
1934 Jane Byrne (Mayor-D-Chicago)
1936 Harold Budd composer
1938 Glen Hall cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test vs England 1964)
1938 Tommy Chong Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor (Cheech & Chong)
1939 Dixie Carter actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
1939 Gert J Schutte Dutch MP (GPV)
1940 Joseph Brodsky USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)
1941 Andres Garcia Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, actor (Tiger Shark)
1941 Baroness Hollis of Heigham history lecturer (U of East Anglia)
1941 Bob Dylan [Zimmerman] Duluth MN, singer/songwriter (Blowin’ in Wind)
1941 Brian Dennis composer
1941 Konrad Boehmer composer
1941 Martin Mogg governor (British Durham Prison)
1941 Tony Valentino rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)
1942 Ali Bacher cricketer (South African batsman & captain in 60’s)
1942 Derek Quinn guitarist (Freddie & Dreamers-I’m Telling You Now)
1942 Sarah Dash Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1943 Frank Oz Muppeteer (Grover, Yoda)
1943 Gary Burghoff Bristol CT, actor (Radar-MASH)
1943 James Levine British conductor
1944 Arthur Brown rock vocalist (Fire) [or Jun 24]
1944 Patti LaBelle [Holt] Philadelphia PA, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
1945 Priscilla Presley Brooklyn NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)
1945 Richard Ottaway MP
1945 Steven Norris British MP
1946 Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska Lenningrad, long jumper (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1946 Jeremy Treglown English scholar/editor (TLS)
1946 Steve Upton rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There’s the Rub, Locked In)
1947 Luke Rittner secretary-general (Arts Council)
1947 Mike Reid Altoona PA, country singer (Walk on Faith)
1949 John Illsley rocker (Dire Straits)
1950 Jo Ann Washam LPGA golfer
1951 Pat Bradley golfer (leader in the LPGA career earnings)
1951 Rob Baker rock drummer (Red Rider)
1951 Ronald A Parise Warren OH, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67)
1953 Alfred Molina London, actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears)
1953 Nell [Laura] Campbell Sydney New South Wales Australia, actress (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
1955 Rosanne Cash Memphis TN, country singer (Runaway Train, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)
1955 Thad Ackel horse trainer
1956 Helen Terry rocker (Now You’re Mine)
1957 John G Rowland (Representative-R-CT, 1985- )
1959 George Glanos horse trainer
1960 Pete Metzelaars NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Lions)
1962 Bev Lidyoff Huntington Park CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1994)
1962 Dorothy Trapp equestrian 3-day (Olympics-96)
1963 Gene Anthony Ray Harlem NY, dancer/actor (Leroy-Fame)
1963 Horace Holden Jr Atlanta GA, slalom double canoe (Olympics-96)
1963 Joe Dumars NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1963 Ken Ftach St Louis MO, tennis star
1964 Adrian Moorhouse British 100 meter breaststroker (Olympics-gold-1988)
1964 Elizabeth McColgan British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
1964 Pat Verbeek Sarnia Ontario, NHL forward (Team Canada, New York Rangers)
1965 Chris Jorgis Palo Alto CA, US badminton player (Olympics-92)
1966 Tommy Turner jockey
1966 Tony Jones NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1967 Heavy D rapper
1967 Margaret Crowley Australian 800 meter/1500 meter runner (Olympics-96)
1967 Steve McDonald rocker (Redd Kross)
1968 Jerry Dipoto Jersey City NJ, pitcher (New York Mets)
1969 Martin McCague cricketer (in Ulster AIS product, England quickie 1993-94)
1969 Rich Robinson Atlanta GA, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1970 Jeff Zgonina NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams)
1970 Nick Castaneda Birmingham AL, pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink)
1970 Tommy Page West Caldwell NJ, singer (I’ll Be Your Everything)
1971 Paul Ragusa Bulach Switzerland, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-96)
1971 Troy Barnett NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
1972 Danny Bautista Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
1972 Petra Schwarz-Ritter Vienna Austria, tennis star (1988 Futures-Bari-ITA)
1972 Tito Paul NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals)
1972 Viktor Ujcik Jihlava Czechoslovakia, hockey (Team Czechoslovakia Republic)
1973 Karim Alami Morocco, tennis star
1973 Ville Peltonen Vantaa Finland, NHL forward (Team Finland, San Jose)
1974 Ace Custis NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1974 Marcus Coleman free safety (New York Jets)
1974 Maria Alejandra Vento Caracas Venz, tennis star (1995 Futures-Braz)
1974 Natalie Neaton Royal Oak MI, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1975 Katie King ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98)
1978 Jade Winter Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)
1979 Tracy McGrady NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
1980 Billy L Sullivan Long Island NY, actor (Will Pacino-Something So Right)
1981 Shelby Lyons Oswego NY, pairs skater (& Wells-1995 Midwest champion)
1982 Baby Boy Samane South Africa, son of Christina, heaviest known viable baby (22 lbs 8 oz/10.2 kg)
1996 Matthew Eappen Boston MA, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward
