October 7th – Famous Birthdays!

Oct 07

October 7th – Famous Birthdays!

The Tweens News | English

Happy Birthday To:

* 1471 – King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)
* 1573 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)
* 1576 – John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)
* 1589 – Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)
* 1728 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (d. 1784)
* 1746 – William Billings, American composer (d. 1800)
* 1748 – King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
* 1769 – Solomon Sibley, American politician and former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan Territory (d. 1846)
* 1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
* 1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
* 1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian jurist and Chief justice of Canada (d. 1911)
* 1841 – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
* 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)
* 1866 – Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
* 1870 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
* 1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
* 1888 – Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
* 1892 – Dwain Esper, director (d. 1982)
* 1894 – Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)
* 1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
* 1898 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
* 1905 – Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
* 1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician (d. 2001)
* 1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)
* 1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (d. 1983)
* 1910 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
* 1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973)
* 1911 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
* 1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
* 1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (d. 1987)
* 1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)
* 1914 – Sarah Churchill, British actress (d. 1982)
* 1917 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
* 1919 – Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician
* 1919 – Georges Duby, French historian (d. 1996)
* 1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer (d. 1998)
* 1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
* 1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player
* 1922 – William Zinsser, American writer
* 1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Québécois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002)
* 1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)
* 1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (d. 1989)
* 1927 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
* 1928 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)
* 1929 – Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)
* 1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive
* 1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)
* 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
* 1934 – Amiri Baraka, American writer
* 1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist (d. 1976)
* 1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian author
* 1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician
* 1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist
* 1939 – Clive James, Australian television presenter and writer
* 1939 – Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1939 – Bill Snyder, American football coach
* 1940 – Bruce Vento, American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota (d. 2000)
* 1943 – Joy Behar, American television personality
* 1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
* 1943 – Oliver North, American former military officer
* 1944 – Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)
* 1944 – Donald Tsang, current Chief executive of Hong Kong
* 1945 – Kevin Godley, British musician (10cc)
* 1946 – Bernard Lavilliers, French singer
* 1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei
* 1947 – Chris Bambridge, former Australian football referee
* 1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
* 1949 – Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas)
* 1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician
* 1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer
* 1951 – David J. Halberstam, American radio executive
* 1952 – Mary Badham, American actress
* 1952 – Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of the Russian Federation
* 1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
* 1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
* 1953 – Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)
* 1954 – Kenneth Atchley, American composer
* 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist
* 1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist
* 1956 – Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer
* 1957 – Jayne Torvill, British figure skater
* 1958 – Judy Landers, American actress
* 1959 – Dylan Baker, American character actor
* 1959 – Simon Cowell, English recording executive (Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent And American Idol)
* 1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
* 1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician
* 1960 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer
* 1960 – Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer
* 1961 – Matthew Roloff, American reality star
* 1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor
* 1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician
* 1964 – Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
* 1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer
* 1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese racing driver
* 1966 – Sherman Alexie, Native American author and comedian
* 1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer
* 1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer
* 1967 – Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)
* 1967 – Takahiro Izutani, Japanese Composer
* 1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)
* 1969 – Bobbie Brown, American actress, model
* 1969 – Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler
* 1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model
* 1969 – Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer
* 1970 – Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
* 1971 – Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician
* 1972 – Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director
* 1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
* 1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer
* 1973 – Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back
* 1974 – Allison Munn, American actress
* 1974 – Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer
* 1974 – Alexander Polinsky, American actor
* 1975 – Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler
* 1975 – Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go)
* 1975 – Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician
* 1976 – Taylor Hicks, American musician
* 1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer
* 1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
* 1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
* 1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
* 1977 – Brandon Quinn, American actor
* 1977 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
* 1978 – Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)
* 1978 – Jake Humphrey, English television presenter
* 1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
* 1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
* 1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
* 1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
* 1979 – Tang Wei, Chinese actress
* 1980 – Edison Chen, Canadian actor
* 1980 – Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
* 1981 – Doni Schroader, American avant garde composer, pop musician
* 1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
* 1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer
* 1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
* 1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist
* 1983 – Flying Lotus, American electronic music producer
* 1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian Hockey Player
* 1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese singer and actor
* 1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
* 1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
* 1986 – Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
* 1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player
* 1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
* 1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
* 1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player
* 1988 – Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley)
* 1990 – Ayla Kell, American actress
* 2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho