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Famous Birthdays on October 20


  • 1435 Andrea Della Robbia, Italian sculptor, nephew of Luca, born in Florence (d. 1525)
  • 1475 Giovanni Rucellai, Italian humanist and poet (The Bees – one of the 1st famous poems in blank verse), born in Florence (d. 1525)
  • 1496 Claude de Lutherans, 1st duke of Guise, French general (Battle of Marignano), born in Condé-sur-Moselle, France (d. 1550)
  • 1616 Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian, discovered the lymphatic system, born in Malmø, Sweden (d. 1680)
  • 1620 Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch Golden Age painter, chiefly of landscapes and riverscapes (Cows in a River), born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1691)

English astronomer and architect (St. Paul’s Cathedral), born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire

  • 1637 Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs), born in Mechelen (d. 1709)
  • 1656 Nicolas de Largillière, French painter, born in Paris, France (d. 1746)
  • 1660 Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman, born in England (d. 1723)
  • 1677 Stanislaus I [Leszczyński], Polish regent (King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1704-09, King of Poland, 1733-36; Duke of Lorraine and Bar, 1737-66), born in Lwów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1766)ST
  • 1679 Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer, Grand Chancellor of Prussia, born in Heidelberg (d. 1755)
  • 1711 Timothy Ruggles, American leading Tory politician who supported the British during the American Revolutionary War, born in Rochester, Massachusetts (d. 1795)
  • 1719 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer, pioneering statistician and economist, born in Elbing, Prussia (d. 1772)
  • 1740 Belle van Zuylen, Dutch-Swiss writer (Three Women), born at Castle Zuylen near Utrecht (d. 1805)
  • 1759 Chauncey Goodrich, American politician, U.S. Senator from Connecticut, born in Durham, Connecticut Colony (d. 1815)
  • 1780 Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma and Guastalla, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, born in Ajaccio, Corsica (d. 1825)
  • 1785 George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian, born in Manchester, England (d. 1873)
  • 1788 Philip Knapton, English composer and organist (Caller Herrin), born in York, England (d. 1833)
  • 1792 Anton Bernhard Furstenau, German composer and flutist, born in Münster, Prince-Bishopric of Münster Holy Roman Empire, (d. 1852)
  • 1792 Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, British army officer (Opium Wars, Sepoy-uprising), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1863)
  • 1808 Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (founded journal Globus), born in Braunschweig, Saxony (d. 1875)
  • 1812 Austin Flint, American physician and heart research pioneer (Austin heart murmur), born in Petersham, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
  • 1819 Daniel E. Sickles, American lawyer, politician (US Representative from New York, 1857-61 and 1893-95), diplomat, and Civil War Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1914) [1]
  • 1819 Karol Mikuli, Polish composer, pianist, and friend of Frederic Chopin, born in Czerniowice, Bukovina (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) (d. 1897)
  • 1819 The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith, born in Shiraz, Iran (d. 1850)
  • 1820 Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, American Major General in the Confederate Army (let General John M. Schofield escape), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1886)
  • 1820 George Jerrison Stannard, American farmer, teacher, governmental official and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Georgia, Vermont (d. 1886)
  • 1822 Mansfield Lovell, American Major General in Confederate Army (Commander when New Orleans fell), born in the Dictrict of Columbia (d. 1884)
  • 1823 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown’s School Days), born in Uffington (d. 1896)
  • 1832 Constantin Lipsius, German architect (Lipsius-Bau), born in Leipzig (d. 1894)
  • 1843 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art historian (saved Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pear Earring”), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1916)
  • 1854 Alphonse Allais, French humorist and author (Pass the Bile), born in Honfluer, France (d. 1905)

French poet and adventurer (The Drunken Boat, Illuminations), born in Charleville, France

  • 1858 John Burns, English politician and trade Unionist, born in London, England (d. 1943)
  • 1859 George Studd, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; Middlesex), born in Netheravon, Wiltshire, England (d. 1945)

American philosopher, educational theorist and writer (learn by doing), born in Burlington, Vermont

  • 1864 James F. Hinkle, American politician, sixth Governor of New Mexico, born in Franklin County, Missouri (d. 1951)
  • 1867 Fini Henriques, Danish composer and violinist (Vølund Smed), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1940)
  • 1870 Charles Frederick Goldie, New Zealand painter, known for his portraits of Maori, born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1947) [1]
  • 1871 Frederick Burton, American actor (The Big Trail, One Way Passage), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1957)

American composer (Holiday Quick Step), born in Danbury, Connecticut [1]

American businessman (New York Central Railway), born in New York City

  • 1877 Josephine McGill, American composer and folksong collector, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1919)

Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire

  • 1884 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in New York City (d. 1966)
  • 1887 Yasuhiko Asaka, Japanese Imperial Prince (1906-47) and Imperial Japanese Army commander (WWII), born in Kyōto, Japan (d. 1981)
  • 1889 Margaret Dumont, American actress and Marx Brothers’ comic foil (Day at the Races), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
  • 1890 Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1941)

British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), born in Bollington, Cheshire, England

  • 1893 Charley Chase, American comedian, actor and director, known for such silent shorts as “Mighty Like a Moose”, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1940)

1st Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-64) and the 1st President of Kenya (1964-78), born in Ichaweri, British East Africa

  • 1894 Olive Thomas, American actress (The Flapper), born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania (d. 1920)
  • 1895 Rex Ingram, American actor (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tarzan of the Apes, The Ten Commandments), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1969)
  • 1897 Yevsei Liberman, Ukrainian Soviet economist (Plan, profit, bonuses), born in Slavuta, Russia (d. 1983)
  • 1897 Yi Un of Korea, last crown prince of Korea, born at Deoksu Palace, Seoul (d. 1970)
  • 1899 Evelyn Brent, American actress (Panama Lady, Last Command), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
  • 1899 Marnix Gijsen [Jan-Albert Goris], Belgian writer (Grote God Pan), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1984)
  • 1900 Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer, and music critic, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1987)
  • 1900 Wayne Morse, American politician (Senator-(R&D)-Oregon 1945-69), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1974)
  • 1901 Adelaide Hall, American-English musical theatre, cabaret, and jazz singer (Cotton Club; “Creole Love Call” with Duke Ellington), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1993) [1]
  • 1901 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, born in Linden, Germany (d. 1977)
  • 1902 Addison Richards, American actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 1964)
  • 1903 John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1985)
  • 1904 Anna Neagle, English actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell), born in London, England (d. 1986)
  • 1904 Marian Nixon [Marja Nissinen], American silent and sound film actress (Hands Up!; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms; Winner Takes All), born in Superior, Wisconsin (d. 1983)

Canadian politician (Father of Medicare), born in Falkirk, Scotland

  • 1907 Arlene Francis, American actress and radio and television personality (What’s My Line?), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2001)
  • 1908 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), born in Kellyville, Texas (d. 1989)
  • 1909 Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese Nihonga style painter, and designer, born in Asakusa, (d. 1993)
  • 1910 Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), born in Richmond Hill, New York (d. 2010)
  • 1911 Will Rogers Jr, American politician (D-Representative 1943-44) writer, political commentator, and actor (Down to Earth), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1913 Angelo Ephrikian, Armenian-Italian violinist, conductor, and musicologist (early Italian music), born in Treviso, Italy (d. 1982)
  • 1913 Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
  • 1913 Grandpa Jones, American country music singer and banjo wizard (Hee-Haw), born in Niagra, Kentucky (d. 1998)
  • 1913 Johnny Best, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Artie Shaw; Glenn Miller), born in Shelby, North Carolina (d. 2003)
  • 1914 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers and actor (The Five Heartbeats), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2006)
  • 1915 Giora Schuster, German-Israeli composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 2006)
  • 1916 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1989)
  • 1917 Efrain Jonckheer, Premier of the Dutch Antilles, born in Curaçao (d. 1987)
  • 1917 Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker (A Cop), born in Paris, France (d. 1973)
  • 1917 Ken Cranston, English cricket all-rounder (8 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/12; Lancashire CCC), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2007)
  • 1918 Robert Lochner, German journalist (help JFK with “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech), born in New York City (d. 2003)
  • 1919 Tracy Hall, American inventor (grew synthetic diamond), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2008)
  • 1920 Dov Noy, Polish-born Jewish scholar of Jewish folklore, born in Kolomyia, Poland (d. 2013) [1]
  • 1921 Hans Warren, Dutch writer, poet and critic (Secret Diary), born in Borssele, Netherlands (d. 2001)
  • 1921 Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist and politician (kidnapped and murdered while Vice-Premier of Quebec), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1970)
  • 1922 John Anderson, American actor (Psycho, Ride the High Country, Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in Clayton, Illinois (d. 1992)
  • 1923 Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), born in New York City (d. 1986)
  • 1923 Joe Minogue, British journalist (Guardian), and D-Day army engineer, born in Salford, England (d. 1996) [1]
  • 1923 Robert Craft, American conductor, writer and friend of Stravinsky, born in Kingston, New York (d. 2015)
  • 1924 Kenneth W. Gatland, British pioneering aerospace scientist, born in the United Kingdom (d. 1997)
  • 1924 Stanley Booth-Clibborn, British Anglican Bishop of Manchester, born in London, England (d. 1996)
  • 1925 Art Buchwald, American columnist and author (Have I Ever Lied to You), born in Mt Vernon, New York (d. 2017)
  • 1925 Herman Roelstraete, Belgium composer, born in Lauwe, Belgium (d. 1985)
  • 1925 Roger Hanin, French actor (Navarro), born in Algiers, Algeria (d. 2015)
  • 1925 Theodore Hall, American Physicist and atomic spy for the Soviet Union, born in New York City (d. 1999)
  • 1925 Tom Dowd, American recording engineer and producer (innovator of multitrack recording), born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 2002)
  • 1926 Ursula Happe, German swimmer (Olympic gold 200m backstroke 1956), born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 2021)
  • 1927 Joyce Brothers, American pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun), born in New York City (d. 2013)
  • 1927 Oskar Pastior, Romanian-born German writer (Oulipo), born in Sibiu (d. 2006)
  • 1928 Li Peng, Chinese leader, Premier of China (1987-98), born in Shanghai French Concession (d. 2019)
  • 1931 Jules Eskin, American cellist (Boston Symphony, 1964-2016), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
  • 1931 Ken Morrison, English supermarket tycoon (Morrisons), born in Bradford, England (d. 2017)

American Baseball HOF outfielder (1956 Triple Crown; 20 x MLB All Star; 7 × World Series; 3 × AL MVP; NY Yankees), born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma

  • 1931 Zeke Bratkowski, American football quarterback (Super Bowl I, II; NFL C’ship 1965–67; Green Bay Packers HOF), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 2019)
  • 1932 “Rosey” Roosevelt Brown, American NFL hall of fame tackle (NY Giants), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 2004)
  • 1932 William Christopher, American comedian and actor (M*A*S*H & AfterMASH – “Father Mulcahy”), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2016)
  • 1933 Barrie Chase, American dancer and actress (Cape Fear (1962); It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), born in Kings Point, New York
  • 1934 Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist and composer (“Freedom Jazz Dance”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
  • 1934 Michael Dunn, American actor (House of the Damned, Ship of Fools), born in Shattuck, Oklahoma (d. 1973)
  • 1934 Michiko, Empress of Japan (1989-2019) by marriage to Emperor Akihito and the first commoner to marry into the Japanese royal family, born in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1934 Timothy West, English actor (Brass), born in Bradford, England
  • 1935 Jerry Orbach, American actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
  • 1936 Joanna Simon, American mezzo-soprano (1962-86), and Emmy Award-winning arts journalist (PBS, 1986-92), born in New York City (d. 2022) [1]
  • 1937 Emma Tennant, English writer (Pemberley: or, Pride and Prejudice Continued), born in London (d. 2017)

1937 Dominican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (10 × MLB All-Star; NL wins leader 1968; MLB ERA leader 1969; no-hitter 1963; SF Giants), born in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic

  • 1937 Wanda Jackson, American country singer (“Let’s Have a Party”), born in Maud, Oklahoma
  • 1938 Iain Macmillan, Scottish Abbey Road photographer, born in Carnoustie, Scotland (d. 2006)
  • 1939 Jay Siegel, American rock bassist (Tokens – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”), born in Brooklyn, New York City
  • 1939 Raymond Jones, British rock bassist (Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas), born in Oldham, England (d. 2000)
  • 1940 Kathy Kirby, English singer (“Secret Love”), born in Ilford, England (d. 2011)
  • 1940 Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States, born in Long Branch, New Jersey
  • 1942 Earl Hindman, American actor (Home Improvement – “Wilson”; Ryan’s Hope, 1975-89 – “Bob Reid”), born in Bisbee, Arizona (d. 2003)
  • 1942 Joe Bourne, American jazz and gospel singer (“Upbeat and Sweet”), and visual artist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1943 Dunja Vejzović, Croatian soprano, born in Zagreb, Croatia
  • 1944 Clive Hornby, British soap opera actor (Jack Sugden in “Emmerdale”), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2008)
  • 1944 William Hugh Albright, American composer and musician, born in Gary, Indiana (d. 1998)
  • 1945 Ric Lee, British blues-rock drummer (Ten Years After – “Love Like a Man”), born in Mansfield, England
  • 1945 Thomas Pasatieri, American opera composer (Frau Margot; Black Widow), born in New York City
  • 1946 Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian novelist, poet, and playwright (Nobel Prize for Literature, 2004 -The Piano Teacher), born in Mürzzuschlag, Austria
  • 1946 Lucien Van Impe, Belgian road cyclist (Tour de France General classification 1976; mountains classification x 6), born in Mere, Belgium
  • 1947 Bernard Lapasset, French rugby union executive (Chairman World Rugby 2008-16; President French Federation of Rugby Union 1991-2008), born in Tarbes, France (d. 2023)
  • 1947 Younis Ahmed, cricketer (batted for Pakistan in 1969 & again in 1987), born in Jalandhar, India
  • 1948 Andrei Suraikin, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic silver 1972), born in Leningrad, USSR
  • 1948 Robert A. Borski, American politician (Rep-D-PA, 1983-2003), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1948 Sandra Dickinson [née Searles], American-British stage, screen, cartoon, and radio actress (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – “Trillian”), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1949 Valery Borzov, Ukrainian sprinter (Olympic gold 1972), born in Sambir, USSR
  • 1949 Wayne Collett, American 400m runner (Olympic silver 1972), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
  • 1950 Elodie Lauten [Genevieve Schecroun], French-American composer (The Death of Don Juan), born in Paris (d. 2014)
  • 1950 Isaac Curtis, NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Santa Ana, California

American classic rock singer and songwriter (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “American Girl”; Traveling Wilburys – “Last Night”; solo -“I Won’t Back Down”), born in Gainesville, Florida [1] [2] [3]

  • 1950 William Russ, American actor and director (Boy Meets World, Wiseguy, The Young and the Restless, Another World), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
  • 1951 Al Greenwood, American keyboardist (Foreigner – “Feels Like the First Time”), born in New York City
  • 1951 Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (Leicester City) and player, born in Rome
  • 1951 Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish politician and diplomat, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 1952 Dave McLelland, Canadian NHL goaltender (Vancouver Canucks), born in Penticton, British Columbia
  • 1952 Melanie Mayron, American actress (30 Something, Car Wash, Missing), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1953 Bill Nunn, American actor (Do the Right Thing), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)

1953 American MLB 1st baseman (St Louis Cardinals, NY Mets), born in San Francisco, California

  • 1954 Günter Müller, German sound artist, improvisor and percussionist, born in Munich, West Germany
  • 1954 Lee Roy Selmon, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive end (NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1979; First-team All-Pro 1979, 80, 82; 6× Pro Bowl; TB Buccaneers), born in Eufaula, Oklahoma (d. 2011)
  • 1954 Steve Orich, American orchestrator and composer (Jersey Boys), born in New York City
  • 1955 Aaron Pryor, American welterweight boxing champion, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2016)
  • 1955 David Profumo, English novelist (Bringing the House Down), born in London, England
  • 1955 Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host (All You Need Is Love), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1955 Sheldon Whitehouse, American politician (Senator-D-Rhode Island 2007-), born in New York City
  • 1955 Thomas Newman, American film score composer (The Shawshank Redemption; Finding Nemo; Six Feet Under; WALL-E), born in Los Angeles, California

1956 English film director (Trainspotting; Slumdog Millionaire), born in Manchester, England

  • 1957 Chris Cowdrey, English cricket batsman and captain (6 Tests, 3 ODIs; son of Colin), born in Farnborough, London
  • 1957 Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress (Anni tahtoo äidin) and singer (“Matka Höyhensaarille”), born in Helsinki, Finland
  • 1958 Dave Krieg, NFL quarterback played 19 seasons, for seven teams (Seattle Seahawks, 1980-91; K.C. Chiefs. 1992-3), born in Iola, Wisconsin
  • 1958 Eric Scott, American actor (Ben in The Waltons), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1958 Ivo Pogorelić, Croatian pianist (1978 Casagrande winner), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
  • 1958 Lynn Flewelling, American fantasy author (Nightrunner series), born in Maine
  • 1958 Mark King, English rock bassist and vocalist (Level 42 – “Standing in the Light”; “Love Games”), born in Cowes, England
  • 1958 Razor Ramon [Scott Hall], American pro wrestler (9 x WCW World Tag Team Champion; WWE HOF 2014), born in St. Mary’s County, Maryland (d. 2022)
  • 1958 Ricky Byrd, American rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1958 Valerie Faris, American film director (The Cutting Edge, Little Miss Sunshine), born in Los Angeles, county, California
  • 1958 Viggo Mortensen, American Actor (Lord of the Rings, The Road), born in New York City
  • 1959 Janice McCaffrey, Canadian 10k walker (Olympics 25-92, 96), born in Etobicoke, Ontario
  • 1959 Mark Little, Australian actor and comedian (Neighbours), born in Brisbane
  • 1959 Shuping Wang, Chinese doctor who exposed China’s HIV crisis, born in Fugou County, Henan, China (d. 2019)
  • 1959 Vasti Jackson, American electric blues guitarist, music director, and record producer, born in McComb, Mississippi
  • 1960 Brian Hansen, American NFL punter (Pro Bowl 1984; NO Saints, Cleveland Browns, NY Jets), born in Hawarden, Iowa
  • 1960 Lepa Brena ‘Yugoslavia’s Madonna’, Yugoslav singer, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia
  • 1961 Ian Rush, Welsh footballer (Liverpool), born in St Asaph, Wales
  • 1961 Les Stroud, Canadian survival expert (Survivorman), born in Etobicoke, Ontario
  • 1961 Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress (Sailor Moon), born in Maruko, Japan
  • 1962 Ray Childress, American NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1962 Stuart Bruce, English recording engineer (Band Aid -“Do They Know It’s Christmas?”: Loreena McKennitt), born in Northolt, Middlesex, England
  • 1963 Julie Payette, Canadian scientist, astronaut and Governor General (2017-2021), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1963 Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian politician and cricketer (Indian opening batsman), born in Patiala, Punjab, India
  • 1963 Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer, born in Gorgogyri, Greece
  • 1964 Zap Mama [Marie Daulne], Belgian-Congolese Afro-pop and world music singer-songwriter, born in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 1965 Chad Hennings, American NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys), born in Elberon, Iowa
  • 1965 Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian NHL goalie (Team Russia, Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Moscow, Russia
  • 1965 Norman Blake, Scottish musician (Teenage Fanclub), born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • 1965 William Zabka, American actor (The Karate Kid), born in New York City
  • 1966 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born militarist jihadist and Al-Qaeda leader, born in Zarqa, Jordan (d. 2006)
  • 1966 Allan Donald, South African cricketer (great South African fast bowler), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • 1966 Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -“Heartbreak Station”; “Nobody’s Fool”), born in Johnston, New York
  • 1966 Patrick Volkerding, American founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution, born in North Dakota
  • 1966 Stefan Raab, German entertainer (TV Total), born in Cologne, West Germany
  • 1967 Harvey Pulliam, American MLB outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1967 Luck Mervil, Haitian-Québécois actor and singer-songwriter, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • 1967 Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor and director (La città ideale.), born in Palermo, Italy
  • 1967 Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor (Armed Reaction, Faan hak sin fung), born in Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • 1967 Susan Tully, British television director and actress (Michelle Fowler in “EastEnders”), born in London

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