Births
1079 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
1518 – Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
1605 – Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)
1646 – Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
1673 – John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
1693 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
1694 – Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
1720 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
1807 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
1814 – Esther Morris, American jurist (d. 1902)
1824 – Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1880)
1839 – Nelson Miles, American general (d. 1925)
1857 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1875 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1879 – Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1879 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)
1880 – Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961)
1881 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1882 – Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
1884 – Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. 1933)
1889 – Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
1891 – Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952)
1892 – Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)
1898 – Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990)
1901 – Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 – Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1904 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1905 – André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
1907 – Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)
1908 – Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1990)
1909 – Bill Voce, England cricketer (d. 1984)
1910 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
1911 – Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002)
1915 – James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (d. 2010)
1920 – Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
1920 – Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (d. 2006)
1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
1921 – William Asher, American film producer
1921 – John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. 1979)
1921 – Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)
1921 – Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)
1921 – Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
1922 – Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)
1922 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. 1985)
1922 – Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian
1925 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician (d. 2003)
1926 – Richard Anderson, American actor
1927 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1928 – Don Burrows, Australian musician
1929 – Ronald Biggs, British criminal
1929 – Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004)
1930 – Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1930 – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach
1931 – Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist
1932 – Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator
1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer
1933 – Joe Tex, American singer (d. 1982)
1933 – Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (d. 2007)
1935 – Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer
1935 – John Laws, Australia radio personality
1936 – Keith Barron, English actor
1936 – Frank Howard, American baseball player
1937 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor
1937 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish musician (d. 1987)
1938 – Jacques Hétu, French Canadian composer
1938 – Connie Stevens, American singer and actress
1939 – Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat
1939 – Phil Balsley, baritone singer with The Statler Brothers
1940 – Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist
1940 – Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist, member of The Dave Clark Five
1944 – Brooke Bundy, American actress
1944 – John Holmes, American pornographic actor (d. 1988)
1944 – Uli Derickson, TWA Flight 847 survivor
1944 – John Renbourn, English musician
1944 – Michael Johnson (singer), American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
1947 – José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player
1947 – Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian
1947 – Larry Wilcox, American actor
1947 – Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician
1948 – Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut
1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor
1949 – Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
1950 – Ken Kutaragi, Founder of PlayStation
1950 – Willie Hall, American drummer
1951 – Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
1951 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1951 – Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer
1952 – Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
1952 – Robin Quivers, American radio personality
1952 – Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1952 – Anton Fig, South African musician
1952 – Doug Melvin, Canadian Major League Baseball executive
1953 – Nigel Mansell, English race car driver
1953 – Don Most, American actor
1953 – Mark Lazarowicz, British Politician
1955 – Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
1955 – Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
1956 – David Grant, English singer and vocal coach
1956 – Branscombe Richmond, American actor
1956 – Chris Foreman, English guitarist (Madness)
1956 – Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
1957 – Dennis Drew, keyboardist for the band 10,000 Maniacs
1958 – Deborah Norville, American television host
1960 – Ulrich Maly, German politician
1961 – The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2)
1961 – Daniel House, American musician and music executive
1961 – Bruce Matthews, American football player
1961 – Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
1962 – Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 – Kool Moe Dee, American rapper
1963 – Jon Turteltaub, American director
1963 – Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
1964 – Anastasia Ashman, American writer
1964 – Paul Taylor, England cricketer
1965 – Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality
1965 – Aaron Abeyta, American musician
1965 – Angus Fraser, England cricketer
1966 – Chris Eubank, English boxer
1966 – John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 – Eric Angle, American wrestler
1967 – Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
1967 – Rena Mero, American wrestler
1967 – Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
1968 – Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer
1968 – Huey Morgan, American singer / guitarist (Fun Lovin' Criminals)
1969 – Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress
1969 – Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 – Yvie Burnett, British television vocal coach
1970 – Trev Alberts, American football player
1970 – Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
1972 – Joely Collins, Canadian actress
1972 – Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach
1972 – Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
1972 – Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1973 – Toby Allen, Australian singer (Human Nature)
1973 – Shane Lee, Australian cricketer
1973 – Senta Moses, American actress
1973 – Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
1974 – Scott D'Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager
1974 – Brian Harvey, English singer
1974 – Andy Priaulx, British racing driver
1976 – JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
1976 – Tawny Cypress, American actress
1976 – Drew Lachey, American singer
1976 – Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1976 – Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
1977 – Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1977 – Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
1977 – Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1977 – Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist
1978 – Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
1978 – Louis Saha, French footballer
1978 – Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
1978 – Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
1979 – Richard Harwood, British cellist
1979 – Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Icelandic handball player
1979 – Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir
1979 – Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
1979 – Dan Smith, English musician (Noisettes)
1980 – Craig Breslow, American baseball player
1980 – Mike Hindert, American musician
1980 – Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
1980 – Pat Noonan, American soccer player
1980 – Michael Urie, American actor and director
1980 – Denisse Guerrero, Mexican Singer (Belanova)
1981 – Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
1981 – Meagan Good, American actress
1981 – Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
1981 – Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
1981 – Harel Skaat, Israeli singer
1983 – Guy Burnet, British actor
1984 – Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
1984 – Martrez Milner, American football player
1984 – Devon McTavish, American soccer player
1985 – Brett Ratliff, American football player
1985 – Toby Flood, English Rugby Union player
1986 – Pierre Garçon, American football player
1986 – Peyton List, American actress
1986 – Chris Pressley, American football player
1986 – Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukranian tennis player
1987 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress
1987 – Pierre Boulanger, French actor
1988 – Princess Beatrice of York, British royal
1988 – Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1989 – Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
1989 – Hannah Miley, British swimmer
1995 – Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer
Shane Lee and The Edge stand out there.
Subject: Happy Birthday Thread 
Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:35 pm
