Famous people who share your Birthday

[geoffrie]

Hey Mark - read the title of the thread - FAMOUS people - not everyone born on that day.

Although I'll admit - petra is a superstar ....
February 2, 1979 Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics

 

[CWS]

Kevin Costner
Cary Grant
Oliver Hardy
A.A. Milne
Daniel Webster

The day before: Benjamin Franklin
The day after; Robert E. Lee

 

[caudio51]

anyone got a link of a good page that gives you a listing?

 

[michaelbrehm]

anyone got a link of a good page that gives you a listing?

Just go to Wikipedia and search for the date.

For example for Feb 8th http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feb_8

 

[cvm4]

Very cool! I just typed famous birthdays in google and used the first one.

 

[N8NOE]

October 14th:

1644: William Penn, English Quaker who gave his name to Pennsylvania
1890: Dwight.D Eisenhower, Wartime General and 34th US President
1894: E.E Cummings, American poet
1928: Roger Moore, British actor
1940: Cliff Richard (singer)

Ralph Lauren, born October 14, 1939 Fashion designer.

e. e. cummings born October 14, 1894 Poet and humorist., famous for his play on words.

Thomas Dolby, born October 14, 1958 Singer, songwriter. "She Blinded Me with Science".

Usher, born October 14, 1978 Singer, songwriter.

 

[ATCDub]

November 2,

Daniel Boone 1742 Bad-ass mofo
James Polk 1795 11th Pres.
Warren Harding 1865 29th Pres.
Me 1966 TBA

and a bunch of people I've never heard of. Okay some I'd heard of but they were'nt that famous.

 

[AZsteelman]

September 17 - a day that shall live in infamy!

* 64 - Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus; lover of Domitian.
* 879 - King Charles III of France (d. 929)
* 1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
* 1271 - Wenceslas II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
* 1550 - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
* 1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)
* 1630 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
* 1639 - Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
* 1657 - Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (d. 1704)
* 1677 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)
* 1687 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)
* 1730 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (d. 1794)
* 1739 - John Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
* 1743 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician (d. 1794)
* 1820 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889)
* 1826 - Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
* 1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1935)
* 1869 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d. 1938)
* 1881 - Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (d. 1955)
* 1883 - William Carlos Williams, American writer (d. 1963)
* 1884 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (d. 1920)
* 1890 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator
* 1897 - Earl Webb, baseball player (d. 1965)
* 1900 - John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)
* 1900 - Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)
* 1903 - Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
* 1906 - Edgar Wayburn, American Environmentalist
* 1907 - Warren Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
* 1912 - Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress, comiedienne
* 1918 - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (d. 1997)
* 1922 - Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (d. 1979)
* 1923 - Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)
* 1927 - George Blanda, American football player
* 1928 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (d. 1998)
* 1929 - Sir Stirling Moss, English race car driver
* 1930 - Edgar Mitchell, astronaut
* 1931 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
* 1933 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003)
* 1934 - Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
* 1935 - Ken Kesey, American author (d. 2001)
* 1937 - Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
* 1938 - Bobby Wine, American Major League Baseball player
* 1939 - David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
* 1941 - Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman (d. 2005)
* 1942 - Des Lynam, English television presenter
* 1944 - Reinhold Messner, Austrian mountain climber
* 1946 - Billy Bonds, English footballer
* 1947 - Tessa Jowell, British politician
* 1948 - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (d. 2000)
* 1948 - John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
* 1950 - Narendra Modi, Indian politician
* 1951 - Cassandra Peterson, American actress
* 1954 - Joël-François Durand, French composer
* 1955 - Charles Martinet, American actor
* 1956 - Rita Rudner, American comedian
* 1959 - Charles Lawson, Northern Irish actor

*1959 - AZsteelman - HELL OF A NICE GUY! BOW TO HIM PEASANTS!:stretchgr :bouncetau :bouncetau

* 1960 - Damon Hill, English race car driver
* 1960 - John Franco, American baseball player
* 1961 - Ty Tabor, American guitarist and singer (King's X)
* 1962 - Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director
* 1965 - Bryan Singer, American director
* 1965 - Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer
* 1966 - Doug E. Fresh, American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer
* 1968 - Anastacia, American singer
* 1969 - Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
* 1971 - Adriana Sklenaříková, Slovak supermodel
* 1974 - Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
* 1974 - Mirah, American musician
* 1975 - Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
* 1975 - Austin St. John, American actor
* 1975 - Constantine Maroulis, American Idol Finalist
* 1976 - Daniella Rush, Czech pornographic actress
* 1977 - Simone Perrotta, Italian football player
* 1978 - Shawn Horcoff, Canadian Ice Hockey player
* 1979 - Akin Ayodele, American football player
* 1979 - Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
* 1980 - Danny Haren, baseball player
* 1981 - Bakari Koné, Ivory Coast Footballer
* 1983 - Jennifer Peña, American singer
* 1984 - Eugenia Volodina, Russian supermodel
* 1985 - Alexander Ovechkin, Russian hockey player
* 1991 - Jordan McCoy, American Juniors Finalist

 

[AZsteelman]

now how'd that get in there???

 

[Greg]

Ooooooo....I got Axl Rose too. :rofl:

 

[tobby4]

I got nothin cool

 

[AZsteelman]

I got nothin cool

that's ok...we already knew that! :rofl:

 

[tobby4]

I thought you were going to have a moment...

 

[AZsteelman]

done!

 

[tobby4]

oh i forgot its been more than 2 minutes

 

[caudio51]

March 12
Births

* 1270 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)
* 1386 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (d. 1428)
* 1478 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
* 1607 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)
* 1613 - André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)
* 1620 - Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)
* 1626 - John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)
* 1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (d. 1671)
* 1647 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
* 1685 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (d. 1753)
* 1710 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
* 1718 - Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798)
* 1806 - Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
* 1821 - Sir John Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
* 1824 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
* 1831 - Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (d. 1901)
* 1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer (d. 1938)
* 1863 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (d. 1945)
* 1888 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (d. 1950)
* 1890 - William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (d. 1965)
* 1895 - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948)
* 1907 - Arthur Hewlett, actor (d. 1997)
* 1907 - Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer
* 1908 - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
* 1912 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (d. 2006)
* 1918 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (d. 1989)
* 1921 - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (d. 2003)
* 1921 - Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (d. 1986)
* 1922 - Jack Kerouac, American writer (d. 1969)
* 1922 - Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (d. 1999)
* 1923 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater
* 1923 - Wally Schirra, astronaut
* 1923 - Mae Young, professional wrestler
* 1923 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
* 1925 - Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
* 1925 - Harry Harrison, American author
* 1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
* 1928 - Edward Albee, American dramatist
* 1929 - U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist
* 1931 - Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder
* 1932 - Barbara Feldon, American actress and model
* 1932 - Andrew Young, American civil rights activist
* 1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer
* 1940 - M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
* 1942 - Ratko Mladić, Republika Srpska leader
* 1945 - Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, American gangster
* 1946 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
* 1947 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
* 1947 - Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
* 1948 - James Taylor, American musician
* 1949 - Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast
* 1953 - Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
* 1953 - Ron Jeremy, American actor
* 1956 - Steve Harris, English musician (Iron Maiden)
* 1956 - Dale Murphy, baseball player
* 1960 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
* 1962 - Darryl Strawberry, baseball player
* 1963 - Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner
* 1965 - Steve Finley, baseball player
* 1965 - Steve Levy, American sports journalist
* 1965 - Shawn Gilbert, baseball player
* 1968 - Aaron Eckhart, American actor
* 1969 - Graham Coxon, English musician
* 1970 - Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot)
* 1972 - Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
* 1972 - James Maritato, American professional wrestler
* 1975 - Kelle Bryan, female singer in band named Eternal
* 1976 - Simon Young, British music journalist
* 1977 - Marcus 40 (Mark Hendry), New Zealand actor
* 1978 - Masuimi Max, American model
* 1978 - Casey Mears, American auto racer
* 1978 - Claudio Sanchez, musician (Coheed and Cambria)
* 1979 - Pete Doherty, musician (The Libertines and Babyshambles)
* 1979 - Nidia Guenard, former WWE Diva
* 1979 - Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
* 1985 - Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer
* 1985 - Tosh Townend, American skateboarder
* 1986 - Danny Jones, British singer (McFly)
* 1985 - Dominic Marchese, Great American Pole Vaulter

 

[caudio51]

Ron Jeremy and Sammy the bull, awesome

 

[ATCDub]

Don't forget Gustav Kirchhoff. Cesium and Rubidium is some pretty bad-ass stuff, especially if your a tumor.

 

[Volusianator]

September 29th

Gene Autry - cowpoke
Bum Phillips - football coach
Bryant Gumble - sportscaster
Andrew "Dice" Clay - comedian
Jerry Lee Lewis - entertainer
Anita Ekberg

Also in history on my birthdate:

1982
Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products.

1988
The space shuttle Discovery was launched, the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.

1978
John Paul I died one month after becoming pope.

 

[Craig Mac]

Never even looked it up before, here are some highlights:

Alois Hitler born on June 7, 1837 (Hitler's father)
Paul Gauguin born on June 7, 1848
Dean Martin born on June 7, 1917
Tom Jones born on June 7, 1940
Thurman Munson born on June 7, 1947
Liam Neeson born on June 7, 1952
Prince born on June 7, 1958
Mick Foley born on June 7, 1965
Jim Gaffigan born on June 7, 1966
Dave Navarro born on June 7, 1967
Mike Modano born on June 7, 1970
Allen Iverson born on June 7, 1975 (grew up in same town)

and my personal favorite:
Anna Kournikova born on June 7, 1981