Birthdays 1 - 200 of 250
- 1428 Richard Neville [16th Earl of Warwick], English nobleman and military commander known as Warwick the Kingmaker (d. 1471)
- 1458 Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
- 1511 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician (calculated planetary table)
- 1515 Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland
- 1535 John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Neth royal family
- 1564 Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610)
- 1579 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
- 1602 Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
- 1606 Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher
- 1635 Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
- 1643 René R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer
- 1643 René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), born in Rouen, France (d. 1687)
- 1690 Francois Collin de Blamont, composer
- 1698 Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
- 1709 Frantisek Benda, composer
- 1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64)
- 1721 Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
- 1722 Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
Abigail Adams
1744 Abigail Adams, 2nd US First Lady (1797-1801) (11/11 O.S.), born in Weymouth Massachusetts (d. 1818)

Abigail Adams
- 1753 Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher and mathematician (Scottish common sense), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1828)
- 1761 Dorothy Jordan, Irish-English actress, courtesan, mistress of future King William IV of the United Kingdom, born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1816)
- 1764 Barbara Juliane, baroness von Krüdener, Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1824)
- 1767 Andreas Hofer, Tirol nationalist
- 1771 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/St-Eustatius/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies
- 1780 Conradin Kreutzer, composer
- 1780 Jose Cecilio del Valle, Honduran Politician (d. 1834)
- 1787 Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist and philologist (Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language), born in Braendekilde, Denmark (d. 1832)
- 1805 Benjamin Hugur, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1877)
- 1808 Thomas Cook, British founder and CEO of Thomas Cook & Son travel agency (Cook Travel Bureau), born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1892)
- 1809 Benedict Augustin Morel, Austrian-French psychologist (dementia praecox), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1973)
- 1814 Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
- 1818 Samuel Gibbs French, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1910)
- 1819 George Eliot, [Mary Anne Evans], English author (Middlemarch, Silas Marner), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (d. 1880)
- 1823 Nathan Kimball, American physician, politician, postmaster, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Fredericksburg, Indiana (d. 1898)
- 1832 George Henry Chapman, American newspaper editor, lawyer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Holland, Massachusetts (d. 1882)
- 1835 Frank Crawford Armstrong, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 1838 Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer
- 1842 Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster, Uncle Tom), born in the Netherlands (d. 1908)
- 1842 José Maria de Heredia, Cuban-French sonnet poet (Les Trophées), born in La Fortuna, Cuba (d. 1905)
- 1849 Friedrich von Bernhardi, German historian (Germany & the Next War)
- 1849 Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
- 1852 Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist
- 1856 Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th President of Mormon church
- 1857 George Gissing, English author (Thyrza, Crown of Life)
- 1857 George Gissing, British novelist (New Grub Street, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study), born in Wakefield, England (d. 1903)
- 1859 Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, born in London, England (d. 1924)
- 1868 John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41)
André Gide
1869 Andre Gide, French writer (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947), born in Paris (d. 1951)

André Gide
- 1870 Howard Brockway, composer
- 1873 Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer (brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England)
- 1873 Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), born in Gorakhpur, British India (d. 1955)
- 1874 Herman Harrell Horne, American philosopher (idealism), born in Clayton, North Carolina (d. 1946)
- 1875 Elizabeth Patterson, American actress (I Love Lucy, Climax, Tall Story), born in Savannah, Tennessee (d. 1966)
- 1875 Georges Rency, Belgian poet
- 1877 Endre Ady, Hungarian lyric poet (Még egyzer, Uj versek), born in Ermindszent, Hungary (d. 1919)
- 1877 Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
- 1879 Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), born in Slough, England (d. 1975)
- 1881 Enver Pasja, Turkish general and politician, born in Istanbul (d. 1922)
- 1882 Charles Vildrac, French author, poet and playwright (La Brouille, Michel Auclair, Notes sur la technique poétique), born in Paris, France (d. 1971)
- 1884 Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d. 1953)
- 1888 Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel
Charles de Gaulle
1890 Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1958-69), born in Lille, France (d. 1970)

Charles de Gaulle
- 1891 Bengt Axel von Torne, composer
- 1891 Edward Bernays, PR expert
- 1891 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital)
- 1893 M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin
- 1893 Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (d. 1969)
- 1896 Mario La Broca, composer
- 1896 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]
- 1897 Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)
- 1898 Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)
- 1899 Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael, American composer, singer and actor (In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1981)
- 1900 Hugo Godron, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1971)
- 1900 Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
- 1901 Lee Patrick, American actress (Topper, Maltese Falcon), born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
- 1901 Joaquin Rodrigo, Sagunto Spain, composer
- 1902 Emanuel Feuermann, Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orchestra)
- 1902 Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician (d. 1990)
- 1902 Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
- 1903 Herbert Sally Frankel, economist
- 1904 Roland Winters [Winternitz], American actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers, Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
- 1905 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism)
- 1906 Howard Petrie, American actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), born in Beverly, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
- 1907 Bernard Naylor, English Canadian composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1986)
- 1907 Dick Bartell, baseball player
- 1907 Dora Maar, Tours France, French painter and photographer and lover of Picasso
- 1908 Michael Balfour, English historian, born in Oxford (d. 1995)
- 1909 Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands (1966-83)
- 1909 Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
- 1912 Doris Duke, multi-millionaire (American Tobacco heiress), born in NYC, New York
- 1912 Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist
- 1913 Benjamin Britten, Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera)
- 1913 Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (d. 2006)
- 1914 Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer
- 1917 Jean-Etienne Marie, composer
- 1917 Bridget Bate Tichenor (born Bridget Pamela Arkwright Bate), Mexican surrealist painter, born in Paris, France
- 1918 Claiborne Pell, (Sen-D-RI, 1961- )
- 1919 Wilfred Norman Aldridge, biochemist/toxicologist
- 1920 Anne Crawford, British film actress (Knights of the Round Table), born in Haifa, Palestine (d. 1956)
Rodney Dangerfield
1921 Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen], comedian (Caddyshack), born in Babylon, New York

Rodney Dangerfield
Geraldine Page
1924 Geraldine Page, American actress (Interiors, Beguiled), born in Kirksville, Missouri (d. 1987)

Geraldine Page
- 1925 Gunther Schuller, hornist/ jazz composer (Visitation), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
- 1926 Lew Burdette, baseball player
- 1926 Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1952-56)
- 1927 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player
- 1928 Juno Stover-Irwin, American diver (Olympic silver 1956)
- 1928 Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper (Olympic bronze 1956)
- 1928 Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
- 1929 Aleksandar Popović, Serbian dramatist (d. 1996)
- 1930 John P. Schiffer, American nuclear physicist, born in Budapest
- 1930 Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut (Skylab 3, STS 9)
- 1930 Peter Hall, English stage, film and opera director (Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre director), born in Bury St Edmunds, England (d. 2017)
- 1932 Robert Vaughn, actor (Napolean Solo in Man from UNCLE, I Spy), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
- 1932 Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
- 1935 Ludmila Belousova, Russian pairs skater (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Ulyanovsk, Russia (d. 2017)
- 1935 Michael Callan, [Calinieff], actor (Peter-Occasional Wife), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1936 Hans Zender, German composer and conductor, born in Wiesbaden
- 1936 Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
- 1937 Zenon Jankowski, Poland cosmonaut (Soyuz 30 backup)
- 1938 Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist
- 1939 Allen Garfield, actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1939 Tom West, American astrophysicist
- 1939 Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician (Samajwadi Party), born in Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh
- 1940 Terry Gilliam, comedy author-animator (Monty Python), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1941 Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer
- 1941 Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- 1941 Tom Conti, Scottish actor (Reuben, Reuben, American Dreamer), born in Paisley Scotland
- 1941 Jesse Colin Young, American musician
- 1942 Guion Bluford, Col USAF, NASA astronaut (STS 8, 61A, 39, 53) 1st African American in space, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1942 Steve Caldwell, rocker (Orleans)
Billie Jean King
1943 Billie Jean King, American tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75), born in Long Beach, California

Billie Jean King
- 1943 Floyd Sneed, rock drummer (Three Dog Night-Joy to the World), born in Calgary, Alberta
- 1943 George W [Buddy] Darden, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
- 1943 Mushtaq Mohammad, cricketer (Pakistan leg-spin all-rounder 1959-79)
- 1943 Peter Adair, American filmmaker
- 1943 Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1944 Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
- 1946 Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
- 1946 Hans Kombrink, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Finance (PvdA)
- 1947 Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)
- 1947 Rod Price, rocker (Foghat)
- 1947 Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
- 1948 Radomir Antić, Serbian football manager
- 1949 Richard Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-06), born in New York City
- 1949 David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
- 1950 Greg Luzinski, baseball player (Phillies, White Sox)
- 1950 Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
- 1950 Lyman Bostock, baseball player
- 1950 [Ma]Tina Weymouth, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was), born in Coronado, California
- 1950 Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
- 1951 Kent Nagano, American conductor and opera administrator, born in Berkeley, California
- 1953 Wayne Larkins, cricketer (England opening batsman of 80's)
- 1953 Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
- 1953 Billy M. Sprague, American rocket scientist
- 1954 Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister (2016-), born in Rome
- 1955 James Edwards, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
- 1955 Sue Novara-Reber, cyclist (1975 World sprint champ), born in Flint, Michigan
- 1955 Wayne Tolleson, baseball player
- 1956 Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer (Styx)
- 1956 Richard Kind, American actor
- 1957 Sharon Bailey, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
Jamie Lee Curtis
1958 Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress (Halloween, True Lies), born in Los Angeles, California

Jamie Lee Curtis
- 1958 Lee Guetterman, pitcher (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 1959 Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
- 1959 Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
- 1960 Eg White, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
- 1960 Léos Carax, French film director
- 1961 Joel Ashley Edwards, PGA golfer (1992 BC Open-2nd), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1961 Mariel Hemingway, Ketchum Id, actress (Personal Best, Civil Wars)
- 1961 Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
- 1961 Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
- 1962 Cleo Fields, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
- 1962 Steve DeOssie, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
- 1962 Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
- 1963 Corinne Russell, British model and comedienne (The Benny Hill Show), born in Birmingham, England
- 1963 Helen Reale, American WPVA volleyballer (Manhattan Beach-7th-1994), born in NYC, New York
- 1963 Hugh Millen, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos)
- 1964 Akram Raza, cricketer (Pakistani off-spin all-rounder)
- 1964 Benoit Benjamin, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1964 David Tate, NFL defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
- 1964 Gene Atkins, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
- 1964 Maggie Will, Whiteville NC, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee Classic)
- 1964 Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard (Toronto Argonauts)
- 1964 Stephen Geoffreys, actor (Faternity Vacation), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1964 Robbie Slater, Australian former footballer
- 1965 Eric Allen, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints)
- 1965 Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
- 1965 R Duncan Douglas, American biathelete (Olympics 1994), born in NYC, New York
- 1965 Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
- 1965 Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
- 1966 Brian Robbins, American actor (Eric-Head of the Class), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1966 Nicholas Rowe, actor (Young Sherlock Holmes), born in London, England
Boris Becker
1967 Boris Becker, German tennis star (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89), born in Leimen, Germany

Boris Becker