Birthdays
I am sure many of you are aware that today is the birthday of Prince William, who is now 24 years old. Well, the following people are being overlooked by the World media. These people also share today as a birthday:
- 1002 - Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
- 1226 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)
- 1535 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
- 1639 (O.S.) - Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)
- 1646 (O.S.) - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and scientist (d. 1716)
- 1676 (O.S.) - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
- 1712 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
- 1732 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791)
- 1736 (O.S.) - Enoch Poor, American general in the Continental Army (d. 1780)
- 1759 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)
- 1763 - Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845)
- 1764 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (d. 1840)
- 1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins, Congressman, Governor of New York, and sixth Vice President of the United States
- 1781 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
- 1782 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (d. 1852)
- 1805 - Charles Thomas Jackson, American scientist, polymath
- 1811 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
- 1812 - Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875)
- 1823 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
- 1825 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford
- 1828 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904)
- 1839 - Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (d. 1908)
- 1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937)
- 1862 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943)
- 1863 - Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
- 1864 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist
- 1876 - Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist
- 1880 - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d.1961)
- 1882 - Rockwell Kent, American artist (d. 1971)
- 1883 - Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Catalonia (d. 1940)
- 1883 - Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer
- 1884 - Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (d. 1981)
- 1887 - Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)
- 1889 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
- 1891 - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979)
- 1891 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966)
- 1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (d. 1971)
- 1893 - Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973)
- 1896 - Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967)
- 1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)
- 1902 - Howie Morenz, professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
- 1903 - Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
- 1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. 1980)
- 1912 - Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989)
- 1914 - William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Gower Champion, dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
- 1919 - Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997)
- 1921 - Judy Holliday, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1921 - Jane Russell, American actress
- 1925 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1926 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
- 1929 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977)
- 1929 - Alexandre Lagoya, classical guitarist (d. 1999)
- 1930 - Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician
- 1931 - Margaret Mary O’Shaughnessy Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- 1932 - O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1932 - Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer
- 1935 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (d. 2004)
- 1938 - Ron Ely, American actor
- 1939 - Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician
- 1940 - Mariette Hartley, American actress
- 1940 - Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher
- 1942 - Henry Taylor, American poet
- 1942 - Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official
- 1943 - Salomé, Spanish singer
- 1944 - Ray Davies, English musician (The Kinks)
- 1945 - Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher, poet
- 1946 - Brenda Holloway, American musician
- 1947 - Meredith Baxter, American actress
- 1947 - Michael Gross, American actor
- 1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer
- 1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
- 1948 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
- 1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet
- 1950 - Joey Kramer, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith)
- 1951 - Nils Lofgren, American musician
- 1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 1954 - Robert Menasse, Austrian writer
- 1954 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1955 - Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
- 1955 - Leigh McCloskey, American actor
- 1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer
- 1957 - Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author
- 1957 - Lucien DeBlois, professional ice hockey player
- 1958 - Gennady Padalka, cosmonaut
- 1959 - Marcella Detroit, singer and songwriter (Shakespear’s Sister)
- 1959 - Kathy Mattea, American country singer
- 1962 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician
- 1964 - Doug Savant, American actor
- 1965 - Larry Wachowski, film director
- 1966 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist
- 1969 - Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier
- 1970 - Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress
- 1972 - Alon Hilu, Israeli writer
- 1973 - Juliette Lewis, American actress
- 1974 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality
- 1976 - Mike Einziger, American musician (Incubus)
- 1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer
- 1979 - Chris Pratt, American actor
- 1981 - Amber Campisi, American model
- 1981 - Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
- 1982 - Prince William of Wales, British prince
- 1989 - Jascha Washington, American actor
That is probably my largest list so far, at 106 items. That should keep you going for a while 