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Famous Birthdays on June 30


  • 1468 Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (1525-32), born in Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1532)

King of France (1483-98) who invaded Italy, born in Château d’Amboise, France

  • 1503 John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532-47), born in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1554)
  • 1641 Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1719)
  • 1669 Mauritius Vogt, German composer, born in Königshofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1730)
  • 1671 Teodorico Pedrini, also known as De Lige, Italian Vincentian priest, musician, composer, and missionary at the imperial court of China (1711-46), born in Fermo, Marche, Papal States (d. 1746)
  • 1685 Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), born in Gaispoint, Germany (d. 1766)
  • 1685 John Gay, English poet and dramatist (The Beggar’s Opera), born in Barnstaple, England (d. 1732)
  • 1722 Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, born in Benátky nad Jizerou, Bohemia (d. 1795)
  • 1723 Christian Ernst Graf, Dutch composer, born in Rudolstadt, County of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1804)
  • 1743 Niels Schiørring, Danish musician and composer, born in Favrskov Municipality, Denmark (d. 1798)
  • 1748 Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer, born in Paris (d. 1845)
  • 1755 Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, French politician of the French Revolution, born in Fox-Amphoux, France (d. 1829)
  • 1768 Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, First Lady of the United States (1817-25) as the wife of the fifth President James Monroe, born in New York City (d. 1830)
  • 1789 Horace Vernet, French painter of battles and Orientalist subjects, born in Paris (d. 1863)
  • 1791 Félix Savart, French surgeon and physicist (law of Biot & Savart), born in Mézières, France (d. 1841)
  • 1803 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death’s Jest-Book), born in Clifton, Somerset, England (d. 1849)
  • 1807 Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany (d. 1887)
  • 1810 Stanko Vraz [Jakob Frass], Slovenian-Croatian poet (illyrism), born in Cerovec in Lower Styria, Austrian Empire (d. 1851)
  • 1817 Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist and director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, born in Halesworth, Suffolk (d. 1911)
  • 1818 Edward John Hopkins, British chorister, organist (Temple Church, 1843-98), and composer, born in Westminster, England (d. 1901)
  • 1819 William A. Wheeler, American politician (19th Vice President of the United States), born in Malone, New York (d. 1887)
  • 1823 Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Parsi entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1901)
  • 1823 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer and dramatist (2 Tudors), born in ‘s-Graveland, North Holland (d. 1906)

Scottish golfer (British Open 1860, 63, 66, 75), born in Wallyford, East Lothian

  • 1843 Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat and scholar, born in Clapton, London, England (d. 1929)
  • 1846 Ricardo Drigo, Italian composer, born in Padua, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom (d. 1930)
  • 1847 Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Dutch tobacco magnate and administrator for the Deli Company in Sumatra, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1923)
  • 1856 Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1923)
  • 1860 Gyula Andrássy, Jr., Hungarian politician and Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (1918-20), born in Tőketerebes, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (d. 1929)
  • 1868 C. V. France, British actor (The Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail), born in Bradford, England (d. 1949)
  • 1869 Caroline Willard Baldwin, American physicist (A Photographic Study of Arc Spectra), and educator, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1928)
  • 1879 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1955)
  • 1884 Georges Duhamel, French author (Vie et aventures de Salavin, 5 vol.), born in Paris (d. 1966)
  • 1890 Gertrude McCoy, American silent screen actress (Blue Bird), born in Sugar Valley, Georgia (d. 1967)
  • 1890 Horace Chapman, South African cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Natal), born in Durban, Natal (d. 1941)
  • 1891 Ed “Strangler” Lewis, American professional wrestler, born in Nekoosa, Wisconsin (d. 1966)
  • 1891 Man Mountain Dean [Frank Simmons Leavitt], American professional wrestler, born in New York City (d. 1953)
  • 1892 László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1963)
  • 1892 Oswald Pohl, German head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, born in Duisburg-Ruhrort, Prussia, German Empire (d. 1951)
  • 1892 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner, Wooden Crosses, Pastoral Symphony), born in Philippeville, Constantine, France (d. 1963)
  • 1893 Harold Laski, English economist, academic, and poitical leader (Labour Party chairman,1945-46), born in Manchester, England (d. 1950)

German politician (Head Of State, German Democratic Republic), born in Leipzig, Saxony, German Empire

  • 1898 George Chandler, American actor (Fury, Lassie, The Fatal Glass of Beer), born in Waukegan, Illinois (d. 1985)
  • 1899 František Tomášek, 34th Archbishop of Prague and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, born in Studénka, Austria-Hungary (d. 1992)
  • 1899 Madge Bellamy [Margaret Derden Philpott], American actress (White Zombie, The Iron Horse), born in Hillsboro, Texas (d. 1990)
  • 1900 Beatrix Loughran, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1924, 1928, 1932), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1975)
  • 1904 Glenda Farrell, American actress (Golddiggers of 1935: Grand Slam; Exposed), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 1971)
  • 1905 Nestor Paiva, American-Portuguese actor (Zorro, The Creature from the Black Lagoon), born in Fresno, California (d. 1966)
  • 1906 Anthony Mann, American film actor and director (El Cid, Winchester ’73, The Glenn Miller Story), born in San Diego, California (d. 1967)
  • 1906 Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal (1911-55), born in Kathmandu, Nepal (d. 1955)
  • 1907 Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian nationalist and military leader, born in Krakovets, Galicia, Austria–Hungary (d. 1950)
  • 1908 Charles Camproux, French linguistic and author (Bestiari), born in Marseilles, France (d. 1994)
  • 1908 Lucino Tinio Sacramento, Filipino composer, born in Licab, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (d. 1984)
  • 1908 Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, born in Hucknall, England (d. 1995)
  • 1908 Winston Graham, British writer (Poldark novels), born in Manchester (d. 2003)
  • 1909 Juan Bosch, 43rd President of the Dominican Republic (1962-63) and writer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 2001)
  • 1911 Czesław Miłosz, Polish-American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980), born in Szetejnie, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 2004)
  • 1911 Virginia D. Smith, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska), born in Randolph, Iowa (d. 2006)
  • 1912 Dan Reeves, American NFL team owner (Cleveland/LA Rams), born in New York City (d. 1971)
  • 1912 Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 2003)
  • 1912 Madhaviah Krishnan, Indian naturalist and wildlife photographer, born in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 1996)
  • 1912 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (d. 1982)
  • 1913 Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 2007)
  • 1913 Harry Wismer, American sports broadcaster (NBC Blue Network, ABC, voice of Washington Redskins) and AFL team owner (NY Titans), born in Port Huron, Michigan (d. 1967)
  • 1914 Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese army officer and politician (President of Portugal, 1974-76 – unelected appointee of ruling military junta), born in Chaves, Portugal (d. 2001)
  • 1914 Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, born in Glina, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1997)
  • 1917 Lena Horne, American actress and Grammy Award-winning singer (Cabin in the Sky; Stormy Weather; The Wiz), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2010)
  • 1917 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, born in Ingelmunster, Belgium (d. 1980)

American actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1918 Stuart Foster, American singer (Galen Drake Show), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1968)
  • 1919 Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and known as “Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon.”, born in Bristow, Iowa (d. 2007)
  • 1919 Lee Krieger, American actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1967)
  • 1920 Sam Moskowitz, American writer and historian of science fiction, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)
  • 1920 Zeno Colò, Italian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1952), born in Abetone, Tuscany, Italy (d. 1993)
  • 1921 Gordon Reynolds, English organist and master of the Choristers at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, born in Hull, England (d. 1995)
  • 1924 Walter Frankenstein, German-Swedish engineer and Holocaust survivor who spent 25 months hiding in Berlin, born in Flatow, Germany (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1925 Will Gay Bottje, American composer, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2018)
  • 1926 Paul Berg, American biochemist (development of recombinant DNA techniques, Nobel Chemistry 1980), born in New York City (d. 2023)
  • 1926 Peter Alexander [Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer], Austrian actor and singer (Who Wants to Sleep?), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2011)
  • 1927 Harvey Vernon [Chet Smith], American actor (Teen Wolf, Jasper-Carter Country), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 1996)
  • 1927 James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (The Lion in Winter, They Might Be Giants), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
  • 1927 Joe Skeen, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico), born in Roswell, New Mexico (d. 2003)
  • 1927 Pat McCormick, American comedy writer (Red Skeleton; Get Smart; The Tonight Show; Don Rickles Show), and actor (Smokey and the Bandit), born in Lakewood, Ohio (d. 2005)
  • 1927 Shirley Fry, American tennis player (French Open 1951; Wimbledon,rnUS Open 1956; Australian Open 1957; 11 x Grand Slam doubles titles; world #1 1956), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2021)
  • 1928 Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany (d. 1996)
  • 1929 Alexander Kelly, British classical pianist, composer, and pedagogue (Royal Academy of Music, 1960-92), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
  • 1929 Micki Grant [Minnie Perkins], American theater singer, actress, and composer (Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope; Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2021)
  • 1930 Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), born in Perkins, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
  • 1930 Joyce Wieland, Canadian experimental filmmaker and conceptual artist (1st women to have a retrospective at the Canadian National Gallery), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 1998) [1]
  • 1930 June Valli, American singer (Your Hit Parade), born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1930 Mac Benson, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, born in Wilmington, Delaware
  • 1930 Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, born in Amroha, British India (d. 1987)
  • 1930 Thomas Sowell, American economist, social theorist, political commentator, and writer, born in Gastonia, North Carolina
  • 1930 W. C. Gorden, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Jackson State University, 1976-91, record 119–48–5), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2020)
  • 1931 Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist, composer, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
  • 1931 Bert Eriksson, Flemish neo-Nazi, born in Antwerp (d. 2005)
  • 1931 Hans Gruijters, Dutch journalist and politician (Mayor of Lelystad, 1980-96; co-founder of D66 party), born in Helmond, Netherlands (d. 2005)
  • 1931 James Loughran, Scottish conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony, 1965-71; The Hallé, 1971–83), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2024)
  • 1932 Martin Mailman, American composer, born in New York City (d. 2000)
  • 1933 Lea Massari, Italian actress (Anna-L’avventura), born in Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 1933 Mike Smith, English cricket batsman and captain (50 Tests; last England dual international [1 rugby union cap]), born in Westcotes, Leicestershire
  • 1933 Orval Tessier, Canadian ice hockey coach (Chicago Blackhawks 1982-85) and center (Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins), born in Cornwall, Ontario (d. 2022)
  • 1934 Harry Blackstone, Jr., American stage magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion), born in Three Rivers, Michigan (d. 1997)
  • 1935 [Jacob] “Jack” Rosenthal, American journalist and government official, born in Tel Aviv, Israel (d. 2017)
  • 1936 Assia Djebar [Fatma-Zohra Imalhayène], Algerian writer and filmmaker, born in Iol, Algeria (d. 2015)
  • 1936 Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer and songwriter (“Garden State Stomp”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
  • 1936 Nancy Dussault, American actress (Muriel-Too Close for Comfort), born in Pensacola, Florida
  • 1936 Pauls Dambis, Latvian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, born in Riga, Latvia
  • 1936 Tom Frost, American rock climber (founder gear & apparel company Patagonia), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)
  • 1936 Tony Musante, American actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2013)
  • 1938 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek folk singer (first Greek artist to record or re-record the authentic, “prohibited” rebetika songs in the early 1970s with their original lyrics), born in Drama, Greece (d. 1999)
  • 1938 Billy Mills, American 10k (Olympic gold 1964), born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota
  • 1938 Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi), born in Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
  • 1938 Mike Hellawell, English soccer outside right (2 caps; Birmingham City 178 games), born in Keighley, England (d. 2023)
  • 1938 Mirko Novosel, Croatian Basketball HOF coach (EuroLeague C’ship 1985, 1986; European Coach of the Year 1985 Cibona Zagreb; 7 × Yugoslav Cup), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 2023)
  • 1939 Eleanor Smeal, American cofounder of the Feminist Majority Foundation and president (National Organization for Women), born in Ashtabula, Ohio
  • 1939 John Fortune [John C. Wood], English satirist and comedian (Bremner, Bird and Fortune), born in Bristol, England (d. 2013)
  • 1939 Lindembergue Cardoso, Brazilian composer, and music educator (Brazilian Contemporary Music Ensemble), born in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Bahia, Brazil (d. 1989)
  • 1940 Brian Aldridge, New Zealand cricket umpire (26 Tests, 45 ODIs), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2021)
  • 1940 Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer and songwriter, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2007)
  • 1941 John Jameson, English cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai), born in Bombay, British India
  • 1941 Larry Hall, American rocker (“Sandy”), born in Hamlet, Ohio (d. 1997)
  • 1941 Mike Leander, English songwriter and record producer, born in Walthamstow, Essex, England (d. 1996)
  • 1941 Peter Pollock, South African cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 116 wickets, BB 6/38, 1 x 50; Eastern Province), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  • 1941 Willem Albert Wagenaar, Dutch psychologist known for his work on human memory (Paradoxes of Gambling Behaviour), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2011) [1]
  • 1942 Robert Ballard, American explorer and discoverer (discovered Titanic wreck in 1985), born in Wichita, Kansas
  • 1943 Florence Ballard, American pop and R&B singer (The Supremes, 1959-67 – “Buttered Popcorn”; “Where Did Our Love Go”), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1976)
  • 1944 Glenn Shorrock, British-Australian rock vocalist (Little River Band – “Reminiscing”; “Lonesome Loser”), born in Chatham, Kent, England
  • 1944 Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist, physician and author (Life After Life), born in Porterdale, Georgia
  • 1944 Ron Swoboda, American baseball outfielder and sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets), born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1945 Sean Scully, Irish-born British-American artist (Opulent Ascension), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1946 Billy Brown, American R&B vocalist (The Moments – “Love on a Two-Way Street”; Ray, Goodman & Brown – “Special Lady”), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
  • 1946 Giles Swayne, British classical composer (Cry; Havoc; Riff-Raff), born in Liverpool, England
  • 1947 Jasper van ‘t Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux), born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
  • 1947 Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia (d. 2001)
  • 1949 Andy Scott, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (The Sweet – “Love Is Like Oxygen”; “The Ballroom Blitz”), born in Wrexham, Wales
  • 1949 Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut, born in Hanoi, Vietnam (d. 1981)
  • 1949 Eric Goetz, American shipbuilder (America’s Cup 1995), born in New York City
  • 1949 Mark Michaels, American rock and jazz session guitarist, educator, and author (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar), born in Flushing, Queens, New York City
  • 1950 Donna Jean Willmott, FALN member (FBI most wanted), born in Akron, Ohio
  • 1950 Leonard Whiting, English actor (Romeo and Juliet), and singer, born in London
  • 1950 Omprakash Valmiki, Indian Dalit writer and poet (Joothan), born in Muzaffarnagar, India (d. 2013)
  • 1951 Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper and singer (We Love Orange), born in Amsterdam (d. 2004)
  • 1951 Geoff Wheel, Welsh rugby union lock (32 Tests; Mumbles RFC, Swansea RFC), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2024)
  • 1951 Stanley Clarke, American Grammy Award-winning jazz-fusion bassist (Return To Forever – “No Mystery”; solo – “School Days”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1951 Stephen S. Oswald, American NASA astronaut (STS 42, 56, 67), born in Seattle, Washington
  • 1952 Athanassios S. Fokas, Greek mathematician, born in Cefalonia, Greece
  • 1952 David Garrison, American Broadway and television actor (Wicked), born in Long Branch, New Jersey
  • 1953 Hal Lindes, American-English rock guitarist (Dire Straits, 1980-85), and film score composer (The Boys Are Back), born in Monterey, California
  • 1954 Bryn Burrows, British rock drummer (Fabulous Poodles – “Mirror Star”), born in England
  • 1954 Pierre Charles, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica, born in Grand Bay, Dominica (d. 2004)
  • 1954 Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian politician, President of Armenia (2008-18), born in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
  • 1956 David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1956 Ronald Winans, American gospel singer (Winans), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
  • 1956 [Philip] Adrian Wright, British composer and keyboard player (Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”; “Human”), born in Wakefield, England
  • 1957 Chris Van Jaarsveld, Dutch heavy metal guitarist (Sleeze Beez), born in the Netherlands
  • 1957 Ilene Chaiken, American television writer and producer (The L Word, Empire), born in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
  • 1957 Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR), born in Columbia, Tennessee
  • 1958 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish orchestral conductor (Giro), born in Helsinki, Finland
  • 1959 Michel Dion, Canadian Rifle shooter (Olympics 24-92, 96), born in Quebec City, Québec
  • 1959 Vincent D’Onofrio, American actor (Full Metal Jacket), born in New York City
  • 1960 Brendan O’Brien, American Grammy Award-winning sound engineer and record producer (Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, Chris Cornell, and Bruce Springsteen), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1960 Murray Cook, Australian children’s singer (The Wiggles), born in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
  • 1960 Randy Ladouceur, Canadian ice hockey defenseman, 1983-96 (Detroit Red Wings, captain: Hartford Whalers & Anaheim Mighty Ducks), and coach, born in Brockville, Ontario
  • 1961 Karolyn Kirby, American beach volleyball player (Goodwill-gold-94), born in Brookline, Massachusetts
  • 1962 Julianne Regan, English-Irish rocker (All About Eve – “Martha’s Harbour”; “Flowers In Our Hair”), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
  • 1962 Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 4 x Gold Glove; World Series 1993 Toronto Blue Jays), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic (d. 2020)
  • 1962 Vladimir Mikolaevich Dezhurov, Russian stronaut (Mir 18, STS-71), born in Zubovo-Polyansk, Yavas, Mordovia
  • 1963 Rupert Graves, English actor (Handful of Dust, Maurice, Sherlock), born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
  • 1963 Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist and songwriter, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1965 Gary Pallister, English footballer (Manchester United), born in Ramsgate, Kent, England
  • 1965 Mitch Richmond, American NBA guard (Sac Kings, Olympic gold 1988, 96), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 1965 Steve Duchesne, Canadian NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators), born in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
  • 1966 Louie Aguiar, American NFL punter (KC Chiefs), born in Livermore, California
  • 1966 Marton Csokas, New Zealand actor (Guy de Lusignan-Kingdom of Heaven), born in Invercargill, New Zealand

1966 American boxer (youngest ever heavyweight champion 1986-90, 20 years, 4 months, 22 days), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1967 Rudi Steyn, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman 1995), born in Kimberley, South Africa
  • 1967 Sheila Hudson, American triple jumper (US record 1992), born in Wurzburg, Germany
  • 1968 Dan Peltier, American baseball outfielder (SF Giants), born in Clifton Park, New York
  • 1968 Philip Anselmo, American heavy metal musician (Pantera), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1969 Jim Montgomery, Canadian ice hockey coach (Dallas Stars, St Louis Blues, Boston Bruins; NHL All-Star Game coach 2023, 24), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1969 Ken Gernander, American NHL center (NY Rangers), born in Coleraine, Minnesota
  • 1969 Kristina Farrar Stookey, American 470 sailor (Olympic 4th 1996), born in Martha Vineyard, Massachusetts

1969 Sri Lankan cricket opening batsmen (MVP-1996 World Cup), born in Matara, Sri Lanka

  • 1970 Brian Bloom, American actor (As the World Turns), born in Merrick, New York
  • 1970 Mark Grudzielanek, American MLB infielder (Montreal Expos), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1971 Anette Michel, Mexican actress (La otra mitad del sol), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • 1971 Monica Potter, American actress (The Last House on the Left), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1972 Garret Anderson, American baseball outfielder who was MLB All-Star 2002, 03 (MVP), 05; World Series 2002 California Angels, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1972 James Martin, English celebrity chef (Saturday Kitchen), born in Malton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
  • 1972 Molly Parker, Canadian actress (House of Cards), born in Maple Ride, British Columbia
  • 1973 Chan Ho Park, South Korean pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Kong Ju City, Korea
  • 1973 Dodda Ganesh, Indian cricketer and pace bowler (Karnataka & India), born in Bengaluru, India
  • 1974 Hezekiel Sepeng, South African athlete, born in Potchefstroom, South Africa

1975 German Formula 1 race car driver, born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

  • 1978 Ben Cousins, Australian Football League player (Richmond), born in Geelong, Victoria
  • 1979 Matisyahu [Matthew Miller], Hasidic Jewish Reggae singer and rapper (“One Day”), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania
  • 1979 Rick Gonzalez, Hispanic-American actor (Arrow), born in New York City
  • 1980 Rade Prica, Swedish footballer, born in Ljungby, Sweden
  • 1981 Can Artam, Turkish racing driver, born in Istanbul, Turkey
  • 1981 Desi Lydic, American actress and writer known for “The Daily Show”, born in Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1982 Andy Knowles, British musician (Franz Ferdinand), born in Bolton, England
  • 1982 Ashley Walters, English actor (Top Boy; Bulletproof), and rapper (So Solid Crew – “21 Seconds”), born in London
  • 1982 Dan Jacobs, American heavy metal guitarist (Atreyu), born in Orange County, California
  • 1982 Lizzy Caplan, American actress (Mean Girls, Marlena Diamond-Cloverfield), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1982 Willam Belli, American drag queen, model, reality television personality (Nip/Tuck, RuPaul’s Drag Race), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1983 Brendon James, British pop drummer (Thirteen Senses – “Into The Fire”), born in Cornwall
  • 1983 Cheryl [Tweedy], British singer (Girls Aloud), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • 1983 Katherine Ryan, Canadian Irish comedian, born in Sarnia, Ontario
  • 1983 Marlin Jackson, American football player, born in Sharon, Pennsylvania
  • 1983 Patrick Wolf, English singer-songwriter, pianist, ukulele player, and poet, born in London
  • 1984 Fantasia [Barrino], American singer (American Idol, “Back to Me”), born in High Point, North Carolina
  • 1984 Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer, born in San José, Costa Rica
  • 1985 Cody Runnels, American wrestler, born in Marietta, Georgia
  • 1985 Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine footballer, born in San Isidro, Argentina

1985 American swimmer (record 23 Olympic gold medals), born in Baltimore, Maryland

  • 1985 Rafal Blechacz, Polish classical pianist, born in Nakło nad Notecią, Poland
  • 1986 Victoria Crawford [Alicia Fox], American wrestler and model, born in Ponte Vedra, Florida
  • 1988 Joe Mazzulla, American basketball coach (NBA C’ship 2024 Boston Celtics), born in Johnston, Rhode Island
  • 1990 Daro Behroozi, American funk saxophonist and clarinetist (Lucky Chops), born in New York City
  • 1991 Kaho [Indō], Japanese actress (A Gentle Breeze in the Village), born in Tokyo, Japan

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