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American artillery officer in the Union Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama, killed in action at 22 in the Battle of Gettysburg

1863 Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at the battle of Gettysburg at 25
1863 George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, dies of his wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg at 37
1863 Little Crow [Ta-oya-te-duta], Mdewakanton Dakota leader (Treaty of Mendota), shot and killed by settlers at about 53
1863 Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, killed during Pickett’s Charge, Battle of Gettysburg at 45
1863 Samuel K. Zook, American Union general-major, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Gettysburg at 40
1863 William Barksdale, American Confederate Brigadier General, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg while leading his brigade’s attack at 41
1868 Lafayette Curry Baker, American investigator spy and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 41
1873 Josef Michal Poniatowski, Polish composer, dies at 57
1890 Gilman Marston, American Brigadier General (Union Army) and politician (R-NH), dies at 78
1891 Stefano Golinelli, Italian composer, dies at 72
1904 Edouard Beaupré, Canadian circus giant and strongman (fifth-largest known giant at 8ft 3in), dies from a complication of tuberculosis at 23 [1]

Austrian journalist and father of modern political Zionism (World Zionist Organization), dies of cardiac sclerosis at 44

1908 Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (created Uncle Remus stories), dies at 59
1910 Julius Slabbe, Flemish writer and editor (De Halletoren), dies at 64
1912 Robert Hoke, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 75

1918 David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda, Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur, dies at 62
1918 Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), dies at 73
1920 William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (controlled yellow fever during building of the Panama Canal), dies at 65
1929 Dustin Farnum, American actor (Squaw Man, Virginian, The Flaming Frontier), dies at 55
1932 Arthur Hawley Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 73

President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), dies at 80

1934 Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince consort of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1901-34), dies at 58

French automobile pioneer, dies at 57

1940 George Shepstone, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), dies at 64
1942 Louis Franchet d’Espèrey, French general during WWI, dies at 86
1948 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 44
1952 Daniel Zamudio, Colombian organist, composer and folklorist, dies at 64
1952 Henriëtte Bosmans, Dutch composer, dies of cancer at 56
1954 Siegfried Handloser, German military physician (WWI; WWII – Chief of Armed Services Medical Services, 1942-44), and convicted Nazi war criminal, dies of cancer at 69
1957 Dolf Luque, Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1919, 33; MLB wins leader & MLB ERA leader 1923; Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants), dies at 66
1957 Judy Tyler [Judith Mae Hess], American actress (Jailhouse Rock, Bop Girl Goes Calypso) and Miss Stardust (1949), dies in car crash with 2nd husband Gregory Lafayette (19) at 24
1957 Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
1960 Alfred Henry Ackley, American composer, dies at 73
1965 Trigger [Golden Cloud], American film and TV palomino horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25
1966 (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), dies at 80
1966 André Gailhard, French classical music composer, dies at 81
1966 Kees Boeke, Dutch reformist educator (Cosmic View), dies at 81

British blues and rock guitarist, organist and sitar player (Rolling Stones, 1962-69), drowns in his swimming pool at 27

1969 Hermann Grabner, Austrian composer, dies at 83
1970 Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine’s), dies at 84

1971 Renie Riano, British-American vaudeville and screen actress (Jiggs and Maggie films; The Family Jewels), dies after long illness at 71
1972 “Mississippi” Fred McDowell, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of cancer at 68
1972 Hal Walker, American film director (I Married Joan), dies at 76
1973 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1950-68; Toronto Symphony, 1968-73), composer, and Auschwitz survivor, dies at 65
1974 John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (God Without Thunder), dies at 86
1976 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
1977 Hugh Le Caine, Canadian physicist and composer, dies at 63
1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered by Moslem extremists at 64
1978 James Daly, American actor (Medical Center, Planet of the Apes), dies of heart failure at 59
1979 Louis Durey, French composer (L’Offrande Lyrique), dies at 91
1980 James “Buster” Bennett, American blues saxophonist and blues shouter, dies at 66
1981 Ross Martin [Martin Rosenblatt], Polish-American actor (Mr Lucky, The Wild Wild West), dies of a heart attack at 61
1982 Henry King, American film director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies at 96
1983 John Fleming (Jack) Brock, South African nutritional scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, dies at 78
1984 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), dies at 85
1985 Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey coach (Stanley Cup 1941 Boston Bruins; Harvard Uni) and NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings), dies at 80
1985 Frank J. Selke, Canadian Hockey HOF executive (9 x Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens), dies at 92

American singer and one of the earliest crooners (“Vagabond Dreams”; “My Time Is Your Time”), dies at 84

1987 Viola Dana, American silent screen actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
1988 Gabriel Dell, American actor (The Bowery Boys, Steve Allen Show), dies of leukemia at 68
1989 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, 1985-88), and diplomat (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1957–85), dies just short of his 80th birthday
1989 James “Jim” Backus, American actor (Mr Magoo, Rebel Without a Cause, Gilligan’s Island), dies of pneumonia at 76
1990 Maurice Girodias, French publisher and founder (Olympia Press), dies at 71
1991 Irina Nijinska, Russian American dancer, dies at 77
1991 Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), dies at 88
1992 Arline Bletcher, American actress, dies of natural causes at 99
1992 Marc Tannenbaum, American rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
1993 “Curly” Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies of pneumonia at 83

1994 Felix Kelly, New Zealand-born British artist, dies at 80

1994 Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85
1995 Bert Hardy, English photographer (Picture Post), dies at 82
1995 Brad Lee Sexton, American blues-rock bassist (Little Charlie & the Nightcats. 1990-93), dies at 47
1995 Gil Wolman, French artist, dies at 65
1995 Pancho González, American tennis player (US National C’ships singles 1948-49; Wimbledon & French Open Doubles, 1949; 13 x Pro Grand Slam titles), dies of stomach cancer at 67
1996 Pim Jacobs, Dutch jazz pianist, TV host and actor (Gilas), dies at 61
1996 Raaj Kumar, Hindi actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 69
1998 Danielle Bunten Berry [Dan Bunten], American software developer and game programmer (M.U.L.E.), dies of lung cancer at 49
1998 Duncan White, Ceylonese athlete (first Olympic medallist from Ceylon, silver 400m hurdles 1948), dies at 80
1998 George Lloyd, English composer (The Serf; Pervigilium Veneris (The Vigil of Venus); John Socman), dies at 85
1999 Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter and musician (Morphine; Treat Her Right), dies of a heart attack at 46
2000 Harold Nicholas, American dancer known as one of the world’s greatest dancers (Nicholas Brothers), dies of heart failure at 79
2000 Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor, dies of a heart attack at 55
2001 Alette Beaujon, Curacaos poet (Poems on the Bay and Beyond), and psychologist, dies of cancer at 68
2001 Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer (Doctor Who theme, White Noise), dies of renal failure at 64
2001 Johnny Russell, American country songwriter (Act Naturally; Let’s Fall To Pieces Together), singer and comedian dies of complications from diabetes at 61
2001 Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), dies at 70
2003 Charles Henderson Tidbury, British brewing executive (Whitbread & Co), dies at 77
2003 Gaetano Alibrandi, Italian Catholic priest and papal diplomat, dies at 89
2004 Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 3), dies at 73
2004 John Barron, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10; The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies at 83
2005 Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director, dies at 90
2005 Gaylord Nelson, American politician (founder of Earth Day, dies at 89
2006 Benjamin Hendrickson, American stage and screen actor (As The World Turns, 1985-2006 – “Hal Munson”), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 55
2006 Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist (professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford), dies at 65
2006 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American violist and operatic mezzo-soprano, dies of cancer at 52
2007 (Homer) “Boots” Randolph, American session saxophonist (“Yakety Sax”), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 80
2007 Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and red carpet queen, dies at 91
2008 Clive Hornby, English soap actor (Emmerdale), dies of cancer at 63
2008 Colin Cooper, British vocalist and harmonica player (Climax Blues Band – “Couldn’t Get It Right”), dies of cancer at 69 [1]
2008 Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (Bozo the Clown), dies at 83
2008 Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer, dies of leukemia at 52
2009 John A. Keel, American Fortean, television scriptwriter, author of The Mothman Prophecies (b. 1930)
2011 Anna Massey, English actress (De Sade, Doll’s House), dies at 73
2012 Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock), dies from a heart attack at 86
2013 Radu Vasile, Prime Minister of Romania (1998-99), dies at 70
2015 Boyd K. Packer, LDS church apostle, dies at 90
2015 Diana Douglas, Bermudian-born American actress (The Indian Fighter), dies at 92
2015 Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), dies at 89
2015 Phil Walsh, Australian Rules football wing (Brisbane Bears B&F 1987) and coach (Adelaide Crows FC), dies – murdered by son at 55
2016 Noel Neill, American actress (Adventures of Superman), dies at 95
2017 Spencer Johnson, American author (Who Moved My Cheese?), dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
2018 Bill Watrous, American jazz trombonist, dies at 79
2018 Richard Swift [Ochoa], American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), dies of complications from hepatitis at 41
2018 Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak), dies at 78
2019 Arte Johnson, American comedian (Laugh-in, Don’t Call Me Charlie), dies at 90
2019 Duncan Lamont, Scottish jazz and session trumpet and saxophone player, arranger, and songwriter (“I Told You So”), dies at 87
2019 Steve Delaney, American broadcast journalist (NBC News; Monitor Radio), dies at 80
2020 Ardico Magnini, Italian soccer defender (20 caps; Fiorentina 225 games), dies at 91
2020 Emily Howell Warner, American pilot, 1st woman to captain a commercial American airline plane, dies at 80
2020 Leonardo Villar, Brazilian actor (The Given Word), dies at 96
2021 Ted Nash, American rower (Olympic gold coxless four 1960), dies at 88
2022 Ni Kuang, Hong Kong-American screenwriter and novelist (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), dies at 87 [1]
2022 Robert Curl, American chemist (Nobel Prize, 1996), dies at 88
2023 Don Reinhoudt, American powerlifter (IPF World Powerlifting C’ship +110kg 1973, 74, 74, 76; World’s Strongest Man 1979), dies at 78
2023 Vince Tobin, American football coach (head coach Arizona Cardinals 1996-2000), dies at 79
2024 David Hofmans, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Belmont Stakes 1997 Touch Gold; 3 x Breeders Cup races), dies at 81

July 3 Highlights

King of France (1461-83), born in Bourges, France

1442 Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd Emperor of Japan (1464-1500), born in Japan (d. 1500)
1518 Li Shi-zhen, Chinese physician and medical scholar (Compendium of Materia Medica), born in Qizhou, China (d. 1593)
1530 Claude Fauchet, French historian, born in Paris (d. 1601)
1550 Jakob Handl [Petelin], German-Austrian composer (Opus musicum), and Cistercian monk, born in Reifnitz, Carniola (now Ribnica, Slovenia) (d. 1591)

French explorer (Lake Champlain) and founder of Quebec City, born in Hiers-Brouage or La Rochelle, France

1643 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1682)
1676 Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal, born in Dessau, Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1747)
1683 Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint), born in Upham, Winchester, England (d. 1765)
1685 Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer, born in Roos Hall, Beccles, England (d. 1768)
1687 Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch), born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands (d. 1763)
1728 Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer (Adelphi Terrace, London), born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (d. 1792)
1731 Samuel Huntington, American politician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, born in Windham, Connecticut (d. 1796)
1738 John Singleton Copley, American painter of portraits and historical objects, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1815)
1743 Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden, born in Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1813)
1794 Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt), born in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1872)
1796 Nikolai Poveloy, Russian writer and publisher (Sotsjinenija), born in Irkutsk, Russia (d. 1846) [NS]
1802 Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1881)
1814 Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, born in Rauna parish, Russian Empire (d. 1881)
1819 Louis Théodore Gouvy, German-French composer, born in Sarre, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1898)
1828 John Austin Wharton, American lawyer and Major General (Confederate Army), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1865)
1846 Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer, born in Kharkov, Russian Empire (d. 1919)
1850 Alfredo Keil, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1907)

Czech composer, born in Hukvaldy, Moravia, Austrian Empire

1855 Piotr Maszyński, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1934)
1860 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer and lecturer for social reform, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1935)
1860 William Wallace, Scottish composer, born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 1940)
1861 Peter Jackson, Australian heavyweight boxer (International Boxing Hall of Fame), born in Christiansted, US Virgin Islands (d. 1901)
1862 Friedrich Ernst Koch, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1927)
1866 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter, born in Stege, Møn, Denmark (d. 1906)

1871 Vicente Arregui Garay, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1925)
1871 William Henry Davies, Welsh poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp), born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1940)
1872 Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (d. 1919)
1874 Āpirana Ngata, Māori New Zealand politician and lawyer known for promoting and protecting Māori culture and language, born in Te Araroa, New Zealand (d. 1950)
1875 Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German Nazi surgeon, born in Barmen, German Empire (d. 1951)

American father of musical comedy (Phantom President; Give My Regards to Broadway), born in Providence, Rhode Island

1879 Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American scientist and philosopher, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1950)
1879 Philippe Gaubert, French flautist, conductor (Paris Opéra, 1919-41), composer, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire), born in Cahors, France (d. 1941)
1880 Carl Schuricht, German conductor and composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1967)
1881 Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1951)

Czech author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary

1884 Moses Leverock Crossley, Dutch bio-chemist, born in Saba, Dutch West Indies (d. 1971)
1886 Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy admiral (Battle of Midway), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1969)
1892 Wilhelm Rettich, German composer, born in Leipzig, German Empire (d. 1988)
1895 Oles’ Semyonovich Chishko, Russian-Ukrainian composer, born in Dvorichnyi Kut, Ukraine (d. 1976)
1896 Doris Lloyd, Irish-American actress (Bachelor Father, Charley’s Aunt, Sarah & Son), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1968)
1899 Klimenty Arkad’yevich Korchmaryov, Ukrainian composer, born in Verkhnodniprovsk, Ukraine (d. 1958)
1899 Ludwig Guttmann, German-British neurologist, founder of the Stoke Mandeville Games (now the Paralympics), born in Tost, Prussia, German Empire (now Toszek, Poland) (d. 1980)
1899 Otto Reinhold, German composer, and music educator, born in Thum, Saxony, Germany (d. 1965)
1900 John Mason Brown, American drama critic (Tonight on Broadway), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1969)
1901 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), born in East Liverpool, Ohio (d. 1953)
1902 Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; Test selector 1958-63; president NZ Cricket Council 1964-67), born in Brightwater, NZ (d. 1996)

American child psychologist (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood), born in Oakdale, Pennsylvania

1906 F. Gwendolen Rees, Welsh zoologist and parasitologist, born in Abercynon, Wales (d. 1994)
1906 Francis Steegmuller, American biographer (Cocteau), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1994)
1906 George Sanders, Russian actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
1906 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as “The World’s Tallest Man”, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1952)
1907 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Group ’32), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1993)
1907 Gene Gutchë [Romeo Eugene Gutschë], German-American composer (Akhenaten; Bongo Divertimento), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2000)
1908 M. F. K. Fisher, American cook book author, born in Albion, Michigan (d. 1992)
1908 Robert B. Meyner, American politician (44th Governor of New Jersey), born in Easton, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
1908 Thomas Narcejac, French writer (Vertigo), born in Rochefort-sur-Mer, France (d. 1998)
1909 Earl Butz, 18th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76), born in Albion, Indiana (d. 2008)
1909 Lucy Kroll, American talent agent, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1997)
1909 Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1996)
1911 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire (d. 1990)
1913 Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, British Royal Navy officer, born in Inverness, Scotland (d. 1996)
1913 William Deakin, British historian and warden (St Anthony’s College Oxford), born in London (d. 2005)
1915 Jerry Gray [Generoso Graziano], American violinist, arranger (Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller). and composer(“Pennsylvania 6-5000”, “A String of Pearls”), born in East Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1976)
1917 Hélène Cordet, French actress (The Limping Man), born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 1996)
1917 João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (Brazil 1969-70), born in Alegrete, Brazil (d. 1990)
1918 Fred Mulley, British Labour politician, born in Leamington Spa, England (d. 1995)
1920 John Lessard, American neo-classical composer, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2003)
1920 Louise Allbritton, American actress (The Egg and I, Stage Door, Got a Secret), born in Oklahoma City (d. 1979)
1921 Susan Peters [Suzanne Carnahan], American actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1952)
1922 Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles), born in Liege, Belgium (d. 2010)
1922 François Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village), born in Paris (d. 1993)
1922 Tom Hudson, British artist and teacher, born in Horden, County Durham, England (d. 1997)
1923 Bankole Timothy, Sierra Leonean journalist, born in Sierra Leone (d. 1994)
1923 Johnny Hartman, American jazz ballad singer (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – “My One And Only Love”), born in Houma, Louisiana (d. 1983)
1923 Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw & Cavendish, British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 2000)
1923 William Mills, English painter, born in Hampshire (d. 1997)
1924 S. R. [Sellapan Ramanathan] Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (1999-2011), born in Singapore (d. 2016)
1925 Michael Oliver, British cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), born in Borth, Wales (d. 2015)
1926 Johnny Coles, American jazz trumpeter (Little Johnny C), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1997)
1926 Joseph M. Gaydos, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), born in Braddock, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
1926 William Roll, German poltergeist researcher and parapsychologist (The Poltergeist, Unsolved Mysteries), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2012)
1927 Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Liège), born in Teuven, Belgium (d. 2019)
1927 Ken Russell, British film director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic), born in Southampton, Hampshire, England (d. 2011)
1927 William MacMillan, Moderator of the General Assembly of Church of Scotland, born in Keith, Moray, Scotland (d. 2002)
1928 Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance), born in London (d. 2018)
1928 Günter Bruno Fuchs, German writer, poet and artist, born in Berlin (d. 1977)
1928 John Wills, Lord-Lieutenant of Avon 1974-96, born in Bristol (d. 1998)
1929 David Lynch, American singer (Platters – “Twilight Time”; “Only You”; “The Great Pretender”), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1980)
1930 Pete Fountain, American jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk, 1957-59), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2016)
1930 Tommy Tedesco, American jazz and Los Angeles session guitarist (Wrecking Crew; Lalo Schifrin), born in Niagra Falls, New York (d. 1997)
1930 [Karl] Carlos Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Bavarian State Orchestra, 1968-97), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2004)
1931 Andres Burnier [Catharina Irma Dessaur], Dutch criminologist and author (Jongensuur), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
1931 Frits Helmuth, Danish actor My Son Peter; Per), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2004)
1931 Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
1933 Edward Brandt Jr., American physician and public health official, born in Oklahoma (d. 2007)
1934 Manfred Bieler, German writer (The Rabbit is Me), born in Zerbst, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (d. 2002)
1934 Roger Christian, American radio personality and lyricist (“Don’t Worry Baby”; “Little Deuce Coupe”; “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena”), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1991)
1934 Stefan Abadzhiev, Bulgarian soccer forward (27 caps; PFC Levski Sofia), born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2024)
1935 Harrison Schmitt, American geologist and astronaut (Apollo 17), born in Santa Rita, New Mexico
1935 John Swan, 4th Premier of Bermuda (1982-95), born in Bermuda
1936 Anthony Lester, British barrister, Member of the House of Lords who influenced race relations legislation, born in London (d. 2020)
1936 Eric Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 2 x 50, HS 70; Middlesex CCC, Berkshire CCC), born in Dumbarton, Scotland
1936 Leo Wilden, German soccer defender (15 caps West Germany; 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen), born in Düren, Germany (d. 2022)
1937 David Shire, American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores (The Conversation; All the President’s Men), born in Buffalo, New York

1937 Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony), born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia

1938 Rhoda Scott, American soul and jazz Hammond organist, born in Dorothy, New Jersey
1938 Shin Geum Dan, North Korean athlete (400m/800m disputed world records 1962), born in Riwon County, North Korea
1939 Jay Tarses, American actor and writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1940 Fontella Bass, American R&B and soul singer and songwriter (“Rescue Me”), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2012)
1940 Jerry “The Geator” Blavat, American disc jockey and music promoter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2023) [1]
1940 Lamar Alexander, American politician (U.S. Senator from Tennessee), born in Maryville, Tennessee
1940 Lance Larson, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m freestyle relay, silver 100m freestyle 1960; WR 100m butterfly 58.7s 1960), born in Monterey Park, California (d. 2024)
1941 Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian film director and cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), born in Mannadi, Travancore, British India
1941 Gloria Allred, American feminist and civil rights attorney, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1941 Wylie Walker Vale, American endocrinologist who discovered the stress hormone, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2012)
1942 “Dr.” Lonnie Smith, American jazz Hammond B-3 organist (George Benson Quartet; Lou Donaldson), born in Lackawanna, New York (d. 2021) [1]
1942 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality, born in Mexico City (d. 1999)
1943 Gary Waldhorn, British stage and screen comic actor (The Vicar of Dibley; Brush Strokes), born in Paddington, England (d. 2022)
1943 Judith Durham, Australian folk-pop singer (The Seekers – “Georgy Girl”; “A World of Our Own”), born in Essendon, Victoria, Australia (d. 2022)
1943 Kurtwood Smith, American actor (That ’70s Show- “Red”; Robocop; 24), born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin
1943 Norman Thagard, American scientist and astronaut (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir), born in Marianna, Florida
1944 Paul Young, Scottish actor (Another Time Another Place), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1945 Iain MacDonald-Smith, English yachtsman (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman 1968), born in Oxford, England
1945 Michael Cole, American actor (The Mod Squad – “Pete”), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2024) [1]
1945 Michael Martin, British politician and Speaker of the House of Commons (2000-09), born in Glasgow (d. 2018)
1946 John Klemmer, American composer and saxophonist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 Johnny Lee [Ham], American country music singer (“Lookin’ For Love”), born in Texas City
1946 Michael Shea, American sci-fi author (World Fantasy Award: Nifft the Lean, Growlimb), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2014)
1947 Betty Buckley, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Cats – “Memory”; Eight Is Enough – “Abby”; 1776), born in Big Spring, Texas
1947 Dave Barry, American humorist and author, born in Armonk, New York
1947 Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1948 Paul Barrere, American rock guitarist (Little Feat – “Time Loves a Hero”), born in Burbank, California (d. 2019)
1948 Peter Ruzicka, German composer and conductor, born in Dusseldorf, Germany
1948 Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist (Mämmilä), born in Orivesi, Finland
1949 Jan Smithers, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati – “Bailey”), born in Hollywood, California
1949 Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave – “Always and Forever”), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2006)
1949 Robert Paquette, Canadian folk singer-songwriter (“Bleu et blanc”), born in Sudbury, Ontario
1949 Susan Penhaligon, British actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits), born in Manila, Philippines
1950 Damon Harris, American soul singer (The Temptations, 1971-75 – “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2013)
1950 Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricket medium pace bowler (43 Tests, 123 wickets; 114 ODIs, 140 wickets; Wellington), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand
1950 James Hahn, American politician and incumbent judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, born in Los Angeles, California

Haitian dictator and deposed Haitian president-for-life (1971-86) infamous for his brutality, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

1951 Mike Corby, British guitarist and keyboardist (The Babys- “Every Time I Think Of You”), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England

1951 New Zealand cricket all-rounder (86 Tests, 3,124 runs, 431 wickets, 2 x 100, HS 151no; Canterbury, Nottinghamshire), born in Christchurch, Canterbury

1952 Andy Fraser, English rock bassist (Free -“All Right Now”), born in Paddington, London (d. 2015)
1952 Carla Olson, American rock performer, songwriter, performer (Textones; Have Harmony, Will Travel),a nd record producer, born in Austin, Texas
1952 Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (“Gloria”), born in Mount Kisco, New York (d. 2004) [1]
1952 Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title, 1980-81), born in Mohlakeng, South Africa (d. 2020)
1952 Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (57 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 125, 51 wickets; Lahore, Durham CCC), born in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan (d. 2006)
1953 Alynne Amkraut, American entertainer, born in Amityville, New York
1953 Frank Tanana, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1976–78; AL ERA leader 1977; MLB strikeout leader 1975; California Angels), born in Detroit, Michigan
1955 Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-American stage and screen character actor, born in Venezuela
1955 Marc Bonilla, American guitarist (Keith Emerson Band), born in Contra Costa, California
1955 Matt Keough, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1978; AL Comeback Player of the Year 1980; Oakland A’s), born in Pomona, California (d. 2020)
1955 Neil Clark, Scottish rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – “Brand New Friend”), born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1955 Sanma Akashiya, Japanese comedian and TV personality, born in Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
1956 Eddie Edwards, South African tennis player (4 x ATP titles), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1956 Min Aung Hlaing, Burmese general (military ruler of Myanmar), born in Minbu, Burma
1956 Montel Williams, American TV talk show host (Montel), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1956 Vincent Margera, American reality TV personality (Viva La Bam – “Don Vito”), and convicted sex offender, born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
1957 Faye Resnick, American TV personality and author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary), born in Brentwood, California
1958 Aaron Tippin, American country singer (“You’ve Got to Stand for Something”), born in Pensacola, Florida
1958 Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario
1958 Monty Byrom, American rock, blues and country guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer (Billy Satellite; Eddie Money; Big House), born in Corpus Christie, Texas
1958 Siân Lloyd, Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales
1959 Andreas Wisniewski, German actor (The Living Daylights), born in Berlin
1959 Stephen Pearcy, American heavy metal vocalist (RATT – “Round & Round”), born in Los Angeles, California
1959 Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgarian gymnast (Olympic gold horizontal bar 1980), born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1960 Ricardo Perdomo, Uruguayan soccer midfielder (6 caps; Club Nacional de Football, Rayo Vallecano, Unión Española) and coach (Miramar Misiones, Plaza Colonia), born in Punta de Valdez, Uruguay (d. 2022)
1961 Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer, born in Lisbon, Portugal
1961 Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs), born in Carshalton, Surrey, England
1961 Vince Clarke [Martin], British rock keyboardist, and songwriter (Depeche Mode; Erasure), born in South Woodford, Essex, England
1962 Hunter Tylo [Deborah Jo Hunter], American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1962 Thomas Gibson, American actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope), born in Charleston, South Carolina

1962 American actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman), born in Syracuse, New York

1963 Tracey Emin, English artist (Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995), born in Croydon, England
1964 Gary Ryan [Moss], American rock bassist (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts), born in California
1964 Joanne Harris, British author (Chocolat), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
1964 Peyton Reed, American film director (Yes Man; Ant-Man), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
1964 Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress (Lisa Simpson-The Simpsons), born in Paris
1965 Greg Vaughn, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1993, 96, 98, 2001); Silver Slugger Award 1998; Milwaukee Brewers), born in Sacramento, California
1965 Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW), born in Toki City, Gifu, Japan

1966 American baseball outfielder (6 x MLB All Star; Silver Slugger Award 1994, 98; World Series 1997 Florida Marlins; Montreal Expos), born in Atlanta, Georgia

1966 Neil O’Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (WTVF, Nashville), born in Morristown, New Jersey
1967 Brian Cashman, American baseball executive (World Series 1998, 99, 2000, 09 NY Yankees), born in Rockville Centre, New York
1968 Adam Wade, American indie-rock drummer (Shudder To Think; The Jealous Sound), born in Washington, D.C.
1968 Chien-lien Wu [Jacklyn Wu], Taiwanese actress and singer, born in Taipei, Taiwan
1968 Jeff Phillips, American actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light), born in Westwood, New Jersey
1968 Teppo Numminen, Finnish ice hockey defenseman (1,372 NHL games Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes [captain], Buffalo Sabres), born in Tampere, Finland

1970 American Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning theatrical and operatic singer, and stage and screen actress (Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill; Sweeney Todd; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; Private Practice, The Good Wife), born in West Berlin, West Germany

1970 Benedict Wong, English actor (Wong in Marvel films), born in Eccles, England
1970 Serhiy Gonchar, Ukrainian road cyclist (UCI World C’ships gold Time Trial 2000), born in Rivne, Ukraine
1970 Shawnee Smith, American actress (Saw), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
1970 Teemu Selänne, Finnish Hockey HOF right wing (NHL rookie points record [132] 1992-93; 6 x Olympian: 3 x bronze, 1 x silver; Winnipeg Jets, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), born in Helsinki, Finland

1971 Australian founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland

1973 Patrick Wilson, American actor (Angels in America, Insidious), born in Norfolk, Virginia
1975 Matt Haig, British author and journalist (Reasons to Stay Alive, The Midnight Library), born in Sheffield, England [1] [2]
1976 Andrea Barber, American actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 Bobby Skinstad, South African rugby union flanker (42 Tests, 12 as captain; Stormers, Cats, Sharks), born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
1976 Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricket fast bowler (30 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 5/70; 50 ODIs, 58 wickets; Matabeleland), born in Lusaka, Zambia
1976 Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone – “Words”, “No Matter What”), born in Dublin, Ireland
1976 Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist, born in Curitiba, Brazil
1978 Julie Klausner, American comedian, screenwriter, actress (Difficult People), podcaster, and author, born in New York City
1978 Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
1979 Ludivine Sagnier, French actress (Swimming Pool), born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
1979 Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek soccer defender (61 caps; Panathinaikos, Rangers, Eintracht Frankfurt, AEK Athens, Liverpool), born in Trikala, Greece
1980 Asha Srinivasan, Indian-American composer and educator, born in Logan, Utah
1980 Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricket spin bowler (103 Tests, 417 wickets, BB 8/84; Punjab, Surrey CCC, Mumbai Indians, Essex CCC, Chennai SKs, Kolkata KRs), born in Jalandhar, India

1980 American actress (The Newsroom: X-Men: Apocalypse), born in Oklahoma City

1980 Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m freestyle relay 2004; 3 x World C’ship gold), born in Pretoria, South Africa
1982 Kanika, Indian actress (Five Star), born in Thiruvananthapuram, India
1984 Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricket swing bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets; 52 ODIs, 61 wickets; Duronto Rajshahi), born in Jessore, Bangladesh
1985 Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor, born in Yokohama, Japan

1987 German auto racer (World Formula 1 Drivers Champion 2010-13 Red Bull Racing), born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany

1989 Elle King [Tanner Elle Schneider], American country and blues-rock singer-songwriter (“Ex’s & Oh’s”), born in Los Angeles, California
1991 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player (French Open 2021 runner-up), born in Samara, Russia
1991 Peggy Gou [Kim Min-ji], South Korean DJ and record producer, born in Incheon, South Korea
1997 Mia McKenna-Bruce, English actress (How to Have Sex), born in London, england