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Famous Birthdays on July 25


  • 975 Thietmar, German chronicler and Bishop of Merseburg, born in Hildesheim, Saxony (d. 1018)
  • 1016 Casimir I the Restorer, Polish nobleman (Duke of Poland, 1040-58), born in Kraków, Poland (d. c. 1058)
  • 1109 Afonso I the Conqueror, King of Portugal (1143-85), born in Guimarães, Portugal (d. 1185)
  • 1336 Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and third son of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, born in Munich (d. 1404)

King of Scots (1406-37), born in Dunfermline Palace, Scotland [1]

  • 1404 Philip I, Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1427-30), born in Leuven, Burgundian Netherlands (d. 1430)
  • 1421 Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English noble and knight, born in Leconfield. Yorkshire, England (d. 1461)
  • 1517 Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet and scientist, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1582)
  • 1562 Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord, born in Owari Province, Japan (d. 1611)
  • 1575 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and physicist, born in Markt Wald, Germany (d. 1650)
  • 1579 Valerius Otto, German composer, born in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (d. after 1612)
  • 1593 Steven van der Haghen, Dutch admiral, and governor of Ambon (1617-18), born in Amersfoort, Ultrecht, Netherlands (d. 1624) [exact date disputed]
  • 1626 Gerard Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1685)
  • 1639 Thomas Tompion, English clockmaker (cylinder tunnel), born in Northill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1713)
  • 1654 Agostino Steffani, Italian-German diplomat and composer, born in Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice (d. 1728)
  • 1657 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer, born in Esens, Electorate of Hanover (d. 1714)
  • 1658 Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (d. 1703)
  • 1675 James Thornhill, English painter (St. Paul’s Cathedral dome), born in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England (d. 1734) [some sources cite year as 1676]
  • 1683 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch painter, etcher and playwright (Wiskunstenaars), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1756)
  • 1715 Immanuel J. Pyra, German poet (Temple of Real Poetry), born in Kottbus, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1744)
  • 1746 Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish military leader and colonial administrator (Spanish Governor of Louisiana and Cuba, 1777-83, Viceroy of New Spain, 1785-6), born in Macharaviaya, Spain (d. 1786)

American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army) and 1st US Secretary of War (1785-94), born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay

  • 1758 Elizabeth Hamilton, Scottish author (The cottagers of Glenburnie), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1816)
  • 1761 Charlotte von Kalb, German writer, born in Saal an der Saale, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1843)
  • 1772 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1840)
  • 1775 Anna Symmes Harrison, 9th 1st lady (1841), born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1864)
  • 1780 Christian Theodor Weinlig, German composer, teacher and choir master, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1842)
  • 1786 Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1846)
  • 1795 James Barry [Margaret Ann Bulkley], female disguised as a man, surgeon general (British army), born in County Cork, Ireland (d. 1865)
  • 1797 Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Cambridge, born in Offenbach, Germany (d. 1889)
  • 1804 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1880)
  • 1816 Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), born in Unterkaka, Meineweh, Germany (d. 1895)
  • 1822 Schuyler Hamilton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Putnam County, New York (d. 1903)
  • 1824 George B. Vashon, American, lawyer, academic and poet, first African American lawyer in NY, born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (d. 1878)
  • 1824 Richard James Oglesby, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Oldham County, Kentucky (d. 1899)
  • 1832 Simon Hassler, German-American composer, born in Bavaria, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1901)
  • 1839 Francis Garnier, French explorer, born in Saint-Étienne, France (d. 1873)
  • 1840 Flora Adams Darling, American writer and historian, founded Daughters of American Revolution, born in Lancaster, New Hampshire (d. 1910)

American artist (The Gross Clinic), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 1855 Edward Solomon, English pianist and composer, chiefly of operettas, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 1895)
  • 1857 Frank Sprague, American inventor who installed the first U.S. electric trolley system in Richmond, Virgina, born in Milford, Connecticut (d. 1934)
  • 1858 William C. McDonald, American lawyer and politician (1st Governor of New Mexico. 1912-17), born in Jordanville, New York (d. 1918)
  • 1860 Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Duchess of Connaugh and Strathearn, born at Marmorpalais in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1917)
  • 1861 Andrew Cowper Lawson, Scottish-Canadian Geologist who was the first person to identify and name the San Andreas Fault, born in Anstruther, Scotland (d. 1952)
  • 1865 Jac[obus] P. Thijsse, Dutch biologist and educator (Contact with Plants), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1945)
  • 1866 Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist, born in London (d. 1947)
  • 1867 Alexander Rummler, American painter, born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 1959)
  • 1867 Max Dauthendey, German painter and author (Ewige Hochzeit), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1918)
  • 1870 (Jan Derk) Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, writer, and political activist (Young Flanders), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1955)
  • 1870 Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
  • 1874 Sergey Vasilyevich Lebedev, Russian Chemist who invented the first commercially viable and mass-produced synthetic rubber, born in Lublin, Poland (d. 1934)
  • 1878 Heinrich Gebhard, German-American composer, born in Sobernheim, Rhineland-Palatinate (d. 1963)
  • 1882 George S. Rentz, U.S. Navy Chaplain (awarded the Navy Cross during WW II), born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania (d. 1942)
  • 1883 Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, conductor (Boston Pops, 1927-29), and composer (La Giara; Concerto Romana), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1947)

Canadian paleoanthropologist and doctor of anatomy who identified “Peking Man”, born in Toronto, Ontario

  • 1885 Benito Lynch, Irish-Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1951)
  • 1890 Julian Rivero, American actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
  • 1890 Tom O’Brien, American actor (Physical Evidence), born in San Diego, California (d. 1947)
  • 1893 Dorothy Dickson, American actress and dancer (Paying The Piper; Danny Boy), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1995)

Bosnian-Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, born in Obljaj, Bosnia

  • 1894 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
  • 1895 Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz; Voyage to America), born in Ermont, France (d. 1977)
  • 1896 Jack Perrin, American actor, born in Three Rivers, Michigan (d. 1967)
  • 1896 Richard Gale, English general and airborne commander (Normandy), born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1982)
  • 1897 Hermann Ambrosius, German composer and educator who worked with the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1983)
  • 1899 Arthur Lubin, American film director and producer (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
  • 1899 Ralph Dumke, American actor (Movieland Quiz), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1964)
  • 1900 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola), born in Salto, Uruguay (d. 1960)
  • 1901 Lila Lee, American actress (Midnight Girl, Blood & Sand), born in Union Hill, New Jersey (d. 1973)
  • 1901 Walter Breedveld, Dutch writer (Een schip vergaat), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands (d. 1977)
  • 1902 Eric Hoffer, American longshoreman and author (The True Believer), born in New York City (d. 1983)
  • 1903 André Fleury, French organist and composer, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 1995)
  • 1905 Denys Watkins-Pitchford, British writer and illustrator (The Little Grey Men), born in Lamport, Northamptonshire (d. 1990)
  • 1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-British author (Crowds and Power) and winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, born in Ruse, Bulgaria (d. 1994)
  • 1907 (Cornelius) “Johnny” Hodges, American jazz alto saxophonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1970)
  • 1908 Bill Bowes, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 6/33; Bodyline series; Yorkshire CCC), born in Elland, England (d. 1987)
  • 1908 Jack Gilford, American actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2), born in New York City (d. 1990)
  • 1908 Joseph Mitchell, American writer (Joe Gould’s Secret), born in Fairmont, North Carolina (d. 1996)
  • 1908 Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian Carnatic vocalist, born in Tirukkodikaval, Madras Province, British India (d. 2003)
  • 1909 Elizabeth Francis, American supercentenarian, 26th oldest American and world’s 54th oldest at her death (115 years, 89 days), born in Louisiana (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1909 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian opera conductor, musicologist, pianist and composer, born in Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
  • 1913 John Cairncross, British civil servant and spy (5th man – Cambridge Five), born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1995)

American football end (LA Rams, Calgary Stampeders) and actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1915 David Napley, English solicitor, and writer (Not Without Prejudice), born in London (d. 1994)
  • 1915 Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, born in Malate, Manila, Philippines (d. 2004)
  • 1916 Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch stage, screen, and radio actor and director (Dagboek van een herdershond), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
  • 1916 Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1989)
  • 1918 Jane Frank, American artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1986)
  • 1918 Nan Grey [Eschal Miller], American actress (Three Smart Girls, Dracula’s Daughters), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1993)
  • 1919 Hubert Booi, Bonairian-Aruban civil servant, poet (Golgotha; Muchila), playwright, and lyricist (Bonaire and Aruba state anthems), born in Nikiboko, Bonaire (d. 2014)

English chemist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, born in London [1]

  • 1921 John Christopherson, English artist and collector, born in Blackheath, London (d. 1996)
  • 1922 John B. Goodenough, American materials scientist (lithium-ion battery), solid-state physicist and Nobel laureate in chemistry, born in Jena, Germany (d. 2023)
  • 1923 Bill Fitsell, Canadian journalist, writer and historian (International Hockey Hall of Fame curator, historian 1969-2005), born in Barrie, Ontario (d. 2020)

American actress (The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace), born in New York City

  • 1923 Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), born in Piracicaba, Brazil (d. 2020)
  • 1923 Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (Josephine), born in Vaxholm, Uppland, Sweden (d. 2007)
  • 1924 Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (United States Senator from Idaho), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 1984)
  • 1925 (William) “Benny” Benjamin, American session drummer (Motown’s Funk Brothers), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1969) [1]
  • 1925 Jerry Paris, American director (Happy Days) and actor (Dick Van Dyke Show – “Jerry”), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
  • 1925 Scotch Taylor, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal) and executive (president South African Hockey Union), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2004)
  • 1926 Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian classical music and film score composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)
  • 1926 Whitey Lockman, American baseball utility (World Series 1954, MLB All Star 1952 NY Giants) and manager Chicago Cubs 1972-74), born in Lowell, North Carolina (d. 2009)
  • 1927 Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board), born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France (d. 2003)
  • 1927 Midge Decter, American journalist and author (The Liberated Woman & Other Americans), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2022)
  • 1927 Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician (Governor of Punjab, 1973-75; Chief Minister of Punjab, 1975-77), born in Shimla, East Punjab British India (d. 2000)
  • 1927 Stanley Dancer, American harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown), born in West Windsor Township, New Jersey (d. 2005)
  • 1928 Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (The Rites of May), born in Pagsanjan, Philippines (d. 1988)
  • 1929 Ron Lord, Australian soccer goalkeeper (10 caps; Sydney Prague), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2024)
  • 1929 Somnath Chatterjee, Indian communist leader, born in Tezpur, India (d. 2018)
  • 1930 Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and essayist, born in Łuniniec, Poland (d. 1990)
  • 1930 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – “Twisted”), and actress, born in London (d. 2020)
  • 1930 Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2010)
  • 1930 Mitzi Shore [Lillian Saidel], American owner of The Comedy Store and founder of The Comedy Channel, born in Menominee, Michigan (d. 2018)
  • 1930 Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricket batsman (14 Tests, 3 x 50; Canterbury, Central Districts), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1985)
  • 1931 (Cornelis) “Kees” van Dijk, Dutch civil servant and politician (Member of Senate, 1991-99; Minister of the Interior, 1986-89), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
  • 1931 Murray Day, New Zealand sports administrator (President International Squash Rackets Federation 1975-81), born in Hamilton, New Zealand (d. 2022)
  • 1931 Paul Danblon, Belgian composer, opera director, opera administrator and scientific journalist, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2018)
  • 1932 Gibson Kente, South African playwright and composer, born in Duncan Village, Eastern Cape, Union of South Africa (d. 2004)
  • 1932 Paul J. Weitz, American test pilot and NASA astronaut (Skylab 2; STS-6), born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
  • 1933 Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian Communist politician and 39th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1986-90), born in Pravoslaven, Bulgaria (d. 2022)
  • 1934 Claude Zidi, French film director and screenwriter (My New Partner), born in Paris
  • 1934 Don Ellis, American avant garde jazz trumpeter, and Grammy Award-winning film score composer (The French Connection), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
  • 1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman (arms dealing), born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (d. 2017)
  • 1935 Barbara Harris, American Tony Award-winning actress (Plaza Suite; Family Plot), born in Evanston, lllinois (d. 2018)
  • 1935 John Robinson, American College Football HOF coach (University of Southern California 1976–82, 93–97; NCAA C’ship 1978; LA Rams 1983–91), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
  • 1935 Larry Sherry, American baseball pitcher (World Series MVP 1959, LA Dodgers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
  • 1935 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2013)
  • 1936 Glenn Murcutt, Australian architect (winner of Pritzker Architecture Prize 2002), born in London, England
  • 1937 Colin Renfrew, English archeologist known for the Anatolian hypothesis and work on radiocarbon dating, born in Stockton-on-Tees, England (d. 2024)
  • 1937 Dmitry Smolsky, Belarusian orchestral, choral, theater and pop music composer, and teacher (Belarusian State Academy of Music, 1962-2014), born in Minsk, Belorussian SSR (d. 2017)
  • 1938 Renée Victor, American actress (Coco, Weeds), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1939 Richard Trythall, American-Italian pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (Continuums; Parts Unknown), and educator, born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2022)
  • 1940 John Pennel, American athlete (pole vault WR 5.13m, 5.20m 1963; 5.34m 1966; 5.44m 1969), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1993)
  • 1941 Donna Theodore, American stage and screen actress (Shenandoah; Face of Fear), and cabaret singer (A Date with Judy—the Garland Years), born in Pleasanton, California (d. 2024)

African American youth who was kidnapped and lynched in Money, Mississippi, born in Chicago, Illinois

  • 1941 Manuel “Manny” Charlton, Spanish hard rock guitarist (Nazareth – “Love Hurts”), born in La Línea, Andalusia, Spain

American Basketball HOF center (7 x NBA All Star SF/Golden State Warriors), born in Akron, Ohio

  • 1941 Peter Suschitzky, Polish-British cinematographer and photographer, born in London
  • 1941 Raúl Ruiz, Chilean filmmaker (Three Sad Tigers), born in Puerto Montt, Chile (d. 2011)
  • 1942 Bruce Woodley, Australian folk-pop singer-songwriter (“Red Rubber Ball”; “Cloudy”; “I Am Australian”), guitarist, and banjo player (The Seekers – “Georgy Girl”; “I’ll Never Find Another You”), born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1942 Felix Philipp Ingold, Swiss translator and writer, born in Basel, Switzerland
  • 1942 Krister Kristensson, Swedish soccer defender (38 caps; Malmö FF, Trelleborgs FF) and manager (Trelleborgs FF, Lunds BK, Höllvikens GIF), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2023)
  • 1943 Janet Margolin, American actress (Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run; David and Lisa), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1943 Jim McCarty, English rock drummer, and songwriter (Yardbirds – “For Your Love”; Renaissance, 1969-70), born in Liverpool, England
  • 1943 Roy Acuff Jr., American country musician (“Looks Like Baby’s Gone”), born in Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1944 Mijanou van Baarzel, Dutch actress (Klaverweide – “Alicia”), born in The Hague, Netherlands
  • 1944 Molly Bennett Aiken, American foundation administrator (riding for the handicapped), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1944 Tom Dawes, American rock bassist (The Cyrkle – “Red Rubber Ball”), and commercial jingle composer (“Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz” for Alka-Seltzer; “7Up, the Uncola”), born in Albany, New York (d. 2007)
  • 1945 Jim Price, America session and touring horn player, and arranger (Rolling Stones; Bonnie and Delaney; Joe Cocker), born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1946 John Gibson, American media host (The John Gibson Show), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1946 José Areas, Nicaraguan percussionist (Santana, 1969-77 & 1987-89), born in Leon, Nicaragua
  • 1946 Óscar Valdez Argentine soccer striker (9 caps; Valencia CF 163 games) and manager (Valencia CF, Paraguay), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2025)
  • 1946 Rita Marley (née Alpharita Anderson), Jamaican singer (I Threes), and the widow of Bob Marley, born in Santiago de Cuba
  • 1948 Brian Stableford, British sci-fi author (Day of Wrath), born in Shipley, Yorkshire, England
  • 1948 Claude Noel, Tobagonian boxer (WBA Lightweight title 1981), born in Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2023)
  • 1948 Ray Wheatley, Australian boxer (NSW featherweight champion), official (IBF supervisor, referee & judge; VP IBF 2000-12) and broadcaster (Sky Channel, ESPN, 9 Network), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2023)
  • 1948 Steve Goodman, American folk singer and songwriter (“City of New Orleans”; “You Never Even Called Me by My Name”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
  • 1949 Denman Maroney, American jazz pianist and composer (Hyperpiano), born in New Jersey
  • 1950 Mark Clarke, English bassist (Colosseum; Tempest; Uriah Heep), born in Liverpool, England
  • 1951 Vanessa [Connie Witteman], Dutch model and singer, born in Voorburg, Netherlands
  • 1951 Verdine White, American soul-funk, and R&B bassist songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire – “Mighty, Mighty”; “That’s The Way Of The World”), and philanthropist, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1954 Ken Greer, Canadian rock guitarist (Red Rider – “Lunatic Fringe”; “Big League”), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1954 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Schizophrenia), born in Middlesex, England (d. 1994)

American Pro Football HOF running back (NFL MVP 1977; 9 x Pro Bowl; 5 x First Team All Pro; Chicago Bears), born in Columbia, Mississippi

  • 1955 Bantubonke Holomisa, South African Minister of Defense of Transkei, born in Mqanduli, Eastern Cape
  • 1955 Iman [Abdulmajid], Somali-American model and actress (Star Trek 6), born in Mogadishu, Somalia
  • 1955 Ritva Elomaa, Finnish bodybuilder and politician, born in Lokalahti, Finland
  • 1956 Cristóbal Ortega, Mexican soccer midfielder (24 caps; Club América 608 games), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2025)
  • 1956 Frances Arnold, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
  • 1957 Bogdan Musioł, German bobsledder (Olympic gold 4-man 1980; 3 x World C’ship gold), born in Świętochłowice, Poland
  • 1957 Daniel W. Bursch, NASA astronaut (STS 51, 68, 77), born in Bristol, Pennsylvania
  • 1957 Ray Billingsley, American comic strip cartoonist (Curtis), born in Wake Forest, North Carolina
  • 1957 Roger Clinton Jr., American actor and lounge singer, President Clinton’s half-brother, born in Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • 1958 Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist (Frank Boeijen Group), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 1958 Thurston Moore, American guitarist and songwriter (Sonic Youth – “100%”), born in Coral Gables, Florida
  • 1961 Bobbie Eakes, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Warner Robins, Georgia
  • 1961 Illeana Douglas [Hessellberg], American actress (Picture Perfect; To Die For; Six Feet Under), born in Quincy, Massachusetts [some sources give birth year as 1965, some New Haven as birthplace]
  • 1961 Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress (Bold & Beautiful – “Brooke”), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1962 David Korevaar, American concert pianist and educator (University of Colorado), born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1962 Doug Drabek, American baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award & NL wins leader 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates; MLB All Star 1994), born in Victoria, Texas
  • 1963 Denis Coderre, French Canadian politician, born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada
  • 1964 José Bautista, Dominican baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • 1964 Tony Granato, American ice hockey left wing (NHL All-Star 1996-97 NY Rangers) and coach (USA 2017-18, Colorado Avalanche 2002-04, 08-09), born in Downers Grove, Illinois
  • 1965 Marty Brown, American country singer (“It Must Be The Rain”; “Wildest Dreams”), born in Maceo, Kentucky
  • 1965 Torey Lovullo, American baseball manager (NL Manager of the Year 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks), born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1966 Christine C. Quinn, American Democratic Party politician and Speaker of the New York City Council, born in Glen Cove, New York
  • 1966 Lynda Lemay, French Canadian chanson singer, born in Portneuf, Quebec
  • 1966 Maureen Herman, American bassist (Babes in Toyland) and writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1967 Ed Sprague Jr., American baseball infielder (World Series 1992, 93 Toronto Blue Jays; MLB All Star 1999), born in Castro Valley, California

1967 American actor (Joey Tribbiani in “Friends”), born in Newton, Massachusetts

  • 1967 Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian football referee, born in Kaupanger, Norway
  • 1967 Wendy Raquel Robinson, American actress (The Steve Harvey Show), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1968 Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Chickasaw-American pianist and contemporary classical composer (Lowak Shoppala’ – Fire and Light), born in Norman, Oklahoma
  • 1969 Trevor Peres, American heavy metal guitarist (Obituary – “The End Complete”), born in Tampa, Florida
  • 1970 Lord Nicholas Windsor, youngest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
  • 1971 Billy Wagner, American baseball pitcher (7 x MLB All Star; combined no-hitter 2003; Houston Astros; 1,196 Ks), born in Tannersville, Virginia
  • 1971 Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter (“Bad Friend to a Good Man”), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
  • 1973 Dani Filth [Daniel Davey], British lyricist, and heavy metal singer (Cradle of Filth), born in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1973 David Denman, American actor (The Office), born in Newport Beach, California
  • 1973 Kevin Phillips, English soccer striker (8 caps; EPL top scorer [30 goals] 1999–2000 Sunderland), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1973 Mur Lafferty, American podcaster and writer, born in Durham, North Carolina
  • 1974 Gareth Thomas, Welsh ruby player, born in Sarn, Wales
  • 1974 Jay R. Ferguson, American actor (Evening Shade, Mad Men), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1974 Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
  • 1974 Paul Epworth, British Grammy and Academy Award-winning record producer, musician, and songwriter (Adele, Florence and the Machine, and Rihanna), born in Bishop’s Stortford, England
  • 1976 Ana Lily Amirpour, Iranian-American film director (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Bad Batch), born in Margate, England
  • 1976 Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet, born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • 1978 Louise Brown, English woman who was the first person to be born through in vitro fertilization, born in Oldham, England
  • 1979 Ali Carter, English snooker player (World C’ship runner-up 2008, 12; World #2 2010), born in Colchester, England
  • 1980 Diam’s [Mélanie Georgiades], French rapper, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
  • 1980 Toni Vilander, Finnish auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans LMGTE Pro class 2012, 14; FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers 2014; FIA GT C’ship GT2 class 2007, 08), born in Kankaanpää, Finland
  • 1981 Conor Casey, American soccer forward (19 caps; Mainz 05, Colorado Rapids), born in Dover, New Hampshire
  • 1982 Brad Renfro, American actor (The Client), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2008)
  • 1982 Monde Zondeki, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 16 wickets, BB 6/39; Border, Western Province), born in King William’s Town, South Africa
  • 1984 Zawe Ashton, British actress (Fresh Meat), and playwright, born in Hackney, London
  • 1985 James Lafferty, American actor (One Tree Hill-Nathan Scott), born in Hemet, California
  • 1985 Jasmine Lennard, British model and reality TV star (Big Brother), born in Belgravia, Westminster, England
  • 1985 Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian auto racer (Formula E champion 2014-15), born in Heidelberg, West Germany
  • 1985 Shantel VanSanten, American model and actress (For All Mankind), born in Luverne, Minnesota
  • 1987 Michael Welch, American actor (Joan of Arcadia-Luke Girardi), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1988 Anthony Stokes, Irish soccer striker (9 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic FC), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1988 Heather Marks, Canadian model, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1988 Sarah Geronimo, Filipino pop singer (“Tala”) and actress (You Changed My Life), born in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
  • 1989 Noel Callahan, Canadian actor (Romeo!), born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1994 Oleksandr Kozak, Ukrainian footballer (Inhulets Petrove), born in Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 1995 Carlotta Antonelli, Italian actress (Suburra: Blood on Rome), born in Rome, Italy
  • 2001 Bryce Young, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2021, University of Alabama; NFL Draft 2023 #1 pick Carolina Panthers), born in Pasadena, California

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