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Famous Birthdays on February 17

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  • 1444 Rudolphus Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist, scholar (De inventione dialectica), poet, and organist, born in Baflo, Groningen, the Hanseatic League (d. 1485) (alternate date 1443)

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490-1527)

Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (1515-21) and military leader who opposed King of France Francis I and fought for Holy Roman Emperor, born in Montpelier, France

  • 1519 Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
  • 1581 Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic Cardinal. private secretary to Pope Urban, born in Usigni (d. 1653)
  • 1583 Johann Henry Alting, German theologian, born in Emden, Saxony (d. 1644)
  • 1646 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist, born in Rouen, France (d. 1714)
  • 1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi), born in Fusignano, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (d. 1713)
  • 1667 Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, baptized in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1720)
  • 1675 Johann Melchior Conradi, German composer, born in Oettingen, County of Oettingen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1756)
  • 1696 Ernst Gottlieb Baron, German lutenist and composer, born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1760)
  • 1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1753)
  • 1699 Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian architect (Sanssouci) and painter, born in Kuckädel, Poland (d. 1753)
  • 1718 Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
  • 1723 Tobias Mayer, German astronomer "method of lunars" for longitude determination, born in Marbach (d. 1762)
  • 1740 Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and geologist, born in Conches, Switzerland (d. 1799)
  • 1747 Narciso Casanovas, Spanish keyboard player, composer, and Benedictine monk, born in Sabadell, Spain (d. 1799)
  • 1752 Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German playwright (Der Wirrwarr, oder Sturm und Drang) and novelist, born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (d. 1831)
  • 1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, born in Cítoliby, Czech Republic (d. 1792)
  • 1758 John Pinkerton, Scottish anti-Celtic historian, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1826)
  • 1774 Raphaelle Peale, American painter (After the Rain, 1823), born in Annapolis, Maryland (d. 1825)
  • 1781 René Laënnec, French physician who invented the stethoscope, born in Quimper, France (d. 1826)
  • 1796 Giovanni Pacini, Italian opera composer (Saffo), and educator, born in Catania, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1867)
  • 1796 Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
  • 1804 Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1883)
  • 1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, German composer and musician, born in Reichenbach, Prussia (d. 1887)
  • 1816 Haller Nutt, American rich Southern Plantation owner (Longwood house - largest octagonal house in the US), born at Laurel Hill Plantation, Mississippi (d. 1864)
  • 1820 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
  • 1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), born in Verviers, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 1881)
  • 1821 Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan, born in Grange, Ireland (d. 1861)
  • 1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, American Major General (Union Army), born in St. Albans, Vermont (d. 1903)
  • 1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel, French composer, and ethnomusicologist, born in Bourges, France (d. 1871)
  • 1836 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
  • 1837 Francis Jay Herron, American Major General (Union Army), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1902)
  • 1837 Samuel van Houten, Dutch politician and philosopher (child labor laws), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1930)
  • 1844 Aaron Montgomery Ward, American retailer, founded mail-order business (Montgomery Ward), born in Chatham, New Jersey (d. 1913)
  • 1848 Louisa Lawson, Australian writer, publisher (The Dawn) and suffragist who founded The Dawn Club, born in Gulgong, New South Wales (d. 1920)
  • 1849 Selwyn Image, English painter and designer (Arts and Crafts Movement), born in Bodiam Sussex (d. 1930)
  • 1850 Anton Urspruch, German composer, born in Free City of Frankfurt, German Confederartion (d. 1907)
  • 1850 Ludwig Bonvin, Swiss born composer who worked in America, born in Sierre, Switzerland (d. 1939)
  • 1854 Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG - supplied the German Navy), born in Essen, Province of Westphalia (d. 1902)
  • 1855 Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (d. 1915)
  • 1855 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, born in Stolp, Prussia (d. 1929)
  • 1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor, publisher and muckracker (McClure's Magazine), born in County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1949)
  • 1858 Ernest Ford, English composer, born in Warminster, Wiltshire, England (d. 1919)
  • 1861 Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)
  • 1862 Edward German (Jones), English composer (Merrie England), born in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England (d. 1936)
  • 1862 Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
  • 1863 Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
  • 1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, Australian bush poet (Waltzing Matilda, The Man From Snowy River), born near Orange, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1941)
  • 1864 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)
  • 1867 William Cadbury, British chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury), born in Edgbaston, England (d. 1957)
  • 1869 Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Portuguese cartographer and aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1959)
  • 1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish People's Party, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1914)

Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956)

American businessman (Chairman and CEO of IBM, 1914-56), born in Campbell, New York

  • 1877 André Maginot, French politician, advocated for the Maginot Line, born in Paris, France (d. 1932)
  • 1877 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet (L'homme Jeune) (d. 1952)
  • 1877 Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer of North Africa, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1904)
  • 1879 Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American novelist and social reformer (managed 1st US adult education program, helped conscientious objectors), born in Lawrence, Kansas (d. 1958)
  • 1882 Kurt Schindler, German-American composer and conductor, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1935)
  • 1884 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Belgian politician (Minister of Internal Affairs 1940), born in Puurs, Belgium (d. 1945)
  • 1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, Finnish composer (Pohjalaisia), conductor and teacher, born in Oulu, Finland, (d. 1947)
  • 1888 Henrietta "Hetty" Beck, Dutch hearing actress (Bouwmeester Award), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1979)
  • 1888 Otto Stern, German-American physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943), born in Sohrau, Prussia, German Empire (d. 1969)
  • 1888 Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), born in Kibworth Leicestershire, England (d. 1957)
  • 1889 H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil tycoon (East Texas Oil Field), born near Ramsey, Illinois (d. 1974)
  • 1891 Georg Britting, German poet and writer (d. 1964)
  • 1892 Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis [The Kaiser's Coolies]; Stalingrad), born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1955)
  • 1893 Wally Pipp, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1923; AL HR leader 1916, 17; NY Yankees), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1965)
  • 1895 Anita Stewart, American silent film actress (South of Hell Mountain), producer, and mystery novelist, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1961)
  • 1895 Edna Park Edwards, American stage and vaudeville actress, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
  • 1898 Tom Lowry, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; first NZ Test captain), President NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Association 1951-65, born in Fernhill, New Zealand (d. 1976)
  • 1904 Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, international relationship expert, and author (Politics Among Nations), born in Coburg, German Empire (d. 1980)
  • 1904 Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican industrialist and politician (Governor of Puerto Rico, 1969-73), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2003)
  • 1905 Andy Oberlander, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Dartmouth College; National C'ship 1954), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
  • 1905 Orville "Hoppy" Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1944)
  • 1906 Galo Plaza Lasso, Ecuadorian statesman (President of Ecuador 1948-52, head of OAS1968-75), born in New York City (d. 1987)
  • 1906 Ramon Tapales, Filipino composer and conductor, born in Baybay, Philippines (d. 1995)
  • 1907 Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1980)
  • 1907 Charles B. Timmer, Dutch translator and writer (Russia Black on White) (d. 1991)
  • 1907 Charlie Spivak, Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1982)
  • 1907 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American operatic soprano (Wagner; Interrupted Melody), born in Deans Marsh, Australia (d. 1979)
  • 1908 Red Barber, American baseball broadcaster (Cincinnati Reds 1934–38, Brooklyn Dodgers 1939–53, NY Yankees 1954–66), born in Columbus, Mississippi (d. 1992)
  • 1908 Staats Cotsworth, American actor (Hamlet, Peyton Place), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1979)
  • 1909 Jef Scherens, Belgian track cyclist (World C'ships gold sprint 1932-37, 47), born in Werchter, Belgium (d. 1986)
  • 1910 Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer, and conductor (Romanian National Opera, 1944-63), and teacher, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1966)
  • 1910 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (El Dorado, Big Sky, Apache Uprising), born in Gravelly, Arkansas (d. 1979)
  • 1910 Marc Lawrence [Max Goldsmith], American character actor (Man With Golden Gun), born in New York City (d. 2005)
  • 1912 Alice "Andre" Norton, American sci-fi author (The Time Traders, The Zero Stone), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2005)
  • 1913 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera, 1944-65), born in Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2009)
  • 1913 René Leibowitz, Polish-French jazz pianist, classical composer, conductor, and educator, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1972)
  • 1913 Wallace Coulter, American inventor and entrepreneur (Coulter Principle - made complete blood counts possible), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1998) [1]
  • 1914 Albert Westerlinck [Jose J M Aerts pseudoym], Flemish poet, writer and priest, born in Geel, Belgium (d. 1984)
  • 1914 Arthur Kennedy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman; Fantastic Voyage; Peyton Place; Some Came Running), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
  • 1914 Per-Jakez Helias, French Breton writer and actor, born in Pouldreuzig, Brittany (d. 1995)
  • 1914 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1959)
  • 1915 Homer Keller, American classical composer, born in Oxnard, California (d. 1996)
  • 1916 Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and English rugby union winger (4 caps; Leicester Tigers RUFC, Oxford Uni RFC), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1940)
  • 1916 Don Tallon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (21 Tests, 58 dismissals, 2 x 50s; Queensland CA), born in Bundaberg, Australia (d. 1984)
  • 1916 Raf Vallone, Italian actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon), born in Tropea, Italy (d. 2002)
  • 1916 Vivian McGrath, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1937), born in Merrendee, Australia (d. 1978)
  • 1917 Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)
  • 1917 Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (color television), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1965)
  • 1917 Whang-Od [Maria Ogga], Butbut-Filipina tattoo artist considered a National Living Treasure and the last living mambabatok, a traditional Kalinga tattooist who tattooed headhunters, likely born in Buscalan, Kalinga, Philippines [1]
  • 1918 Charles Hayes, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-93), born in Cairo, Illinois (d. 1997)
  • 1918 Olive Gibbs, British politician, anti-nuclear activist and peace campaigner, born in Oxford, England (d. 1995)
  • 1919 Joe Hunt, American tennis player (US National C'ship 1943), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1945)
  • 1919 Kathleen Freeman, American actress (Beverly Hillbillies, 3 Ring Circus), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
  • 1920 Paul Fetler, American composer (December Stillness; Three Poems By Walt Whitman), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
  • 1920 Trevor Oswald Ling, English religious studies, born in London, England (d. 1995)
  • 1922 Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007)
  • 1923 (Boniface) "Buddy" DeFranco, Italian-American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2014)
  • 1923 Alden Winship Clausen, American banker (President of World Bank), born in Hamilton, Illinois (d. 2013)
  • 1924 Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence agent (Operation Long Jump), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 2012)
  • 1924 Margaret Truman, American presidential daughter, writer (Murder at FBI), and pianist, born in Independence, Missouri (d. 2008)
  • 1925 Fritz Behrendt, German-Dutch political cartoonist (Het Parool; De Telegraaf; New York Herald Tribune), born in Berlin, Weimar Republic (d. 2008)
  • 1925 Hal Holbrook, American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award-winning actor (All the President's Men; “Mark Twain Tonight!”), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021) [1]
  • 1925 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor, born in Plymouth, England (d. 2003)
  • 1926 Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2023)
  • 1926 Lee Hoiby, American concert pianist and composer (1957 Arts & Letters; Summer and Smoke), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
  • 1928 Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress (La Divina Infiel; The Shadow of the Bat), and singer ("Es tarde ya" (It's Too Late Now)), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2013)
  • 1929 Chaim Potok [Herman Potok], American novelist (The Promise; The Chosen), and rabbi, born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2022)
  • 1929 Dame Patricia Routledge, British stage and screen actress and singer (Keeping Up Appearances; Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters), born in Tranmere, Birkenhead
  • 1929 Nicholas Ridley, Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, English politician, Minister of Finance, born in Northumberland (d. 1993)
  • 1930 Roger Craig, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1955, 59 - Brooklyn/LA Dodgers, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (SD Padres, 1978-79; SF Giants, 1985-92), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2023)
  • 1930 Ruth Rendell, English thriller writer (Inspector Wexford novels), born in South Woodford, Essex, England (d. 2015)
  • 1930 Usko Merilainen, Finnish composer, born in Tampere, Finland (d. 2004)
  • 1931 Buddy Ryan, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals), born in Frederick, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
  • 1933 Craig L. Thomas, American politician (Senator-R-Wyoming 1995-2007, Rep-R-Wyoming 1989-95), born in Cody, Wyoming (d. 2007)
  • 1934 Alan Bates, British actor (Zorba the Greek; An Unmarried Woman; The Rose), born in Allestree, Derby, England (d. 2003)
  • 1934 Barry Humphries, Australian Tony Award-winning comedian, actor and author known for his stage alter egos (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 2023) [1]

Khun Sa (1934-2007)

Burmese drug lord and warlord, born in Loi Maw, Mongyai, British Burma

  • 1935 Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress (St Elsewhere), born in Halifax, England
  • 1935 Johnny Bush, American country singer, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2020)
  • 1936 Barry Jarman, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (19 Tests; 54 dismissals; South Australia), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2020)

Jim Brown (1936-2023)

American College-Pro Football HOF running back (Syracuse University; Cleveland Browns - NFL Rookie of the Year 1957; NFL MVP 1957, 58, 65; 8 x First-team All-Pro; 9 x Pro Bowl), actor (The Dirty Dozen; ...tick...tick...tick...), and civil rights activist, born in St. Simons, Georgia [1]

  • 1936 John Leyton, British actor and singer ("Johnny Remember Me"), born in Frinton-on-Sea, England
  • 1936 Peter Walker, English cricket batsman (3 Tests; Glamorgan CCC), born in Bristol, England (d. 2020)
  • 1937 Mickey McGill, American doo-wop vocalist (The Dells - "Love is Blue"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1938 Alan Rees, Welsh rugby union fly-half (3 Tests; Maesteg RFC), rugby league five eighth (Leeds RLFC) and cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan CCC), born in Talbot, Wales (d. 2022)
  • 1938 Charles "Buck" Trent, American country and bluegrass banjoist, dobro player, and singer (Hee Haw), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 2023)
  • 1938 Mary Frances Berry, American lawyer and activist, head of US Commission on Civil Rights, born in Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1939 Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress (Miss America-1959, Diff'rent Strokes), Biloxi Mississippi (d. 2014)
  • 1940 Dennis Gamsy, South African cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 5 dismissals; Natal), born in Glenwood, South Africa
  • 1940 Gene Pitney, American vocalist and songwriter ("Town Without Pity"; "Hello Mary Lou"; "He's A Rebel"), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2006)
  • 1940 Vicente Fernández, Mexican Grammy Award-winning singer, known as "El Rey de la Música Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music), actor, and film producer, born in Huentitán El Alto, Jalisco, Mecico (d. 2021)
  • 1940 Willi Holdorf, German athlete (Olympic gold, United Team of Germany, decathlon 1964), born in Blomesche Wildnis, Germany (d. 2020)
  • 1941 Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier (Olympic gold women's downhill 1960), born in Oberstaufen, Germany (d. 2022)

Huey P. Newton (1942-1989)

African-American activist, revolutionary and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, born in Monroe, Louisiana

  • 1944 Bernie Grant, British politician (Labour), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2000)
  • 1944 Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer (Adiemus), born in Penclawdd, Wales
  • 1945 Brenda Fricker, actress (My Left Foot), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1945 Patricia Morrow, American actress (Rita-Peyton Place), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1946 Andre Dussollier, French actor (3 Men & a Cradle), born in Annecy, France
  • 1946 Valdemar Bandolowski, Danish sailor (Olympic gold Soling class 1976, 80), born in Esbønderup, Denmark
  • 1946 Zina Bethune, American actress (Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door), born in New York City (d. 2012)
  • 1947 Ben Cramer, Dutch pop and musical theater singer ("De Clown"), born in Amsterdam. Holland
  • 1947 Dallas Adams, British actor, painter and writer (Terror From Within)
  • 1947 Dodie Stevens [Geraldine Pasquale], American pop singer ("Pink Shoe Laces"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1948 José José [José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz], Mexican singer and actor, known as 'The Prince of Song', born in Mexico City (d. 2019)
  • 1948 Rick Majerus, American college basketball coach (5 × WAC Coach of the Year; Uni of Utah), born in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin (d. 2012)
  • 1949 Fred Frith, English guitarist, violinist and bassist (Skeleton Crew), born in Heathfield, England
  • 1950 Rickey Medlocke, American rock guitarist, vocalist, and drummer (Blackfoot, 1969-97 - "Highway Song"' "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme"; Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1971-72 and 1996-present), born in Jackson, Florida
  • 1951 Lou Ann Barton, American blues singer, born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1952 Karin Büttner-Janz, German artistic gymnast (Olympic gold GDR vault, uneven bars 1968; World C'ships gold uneven bars 1970), born in Lübben, Germany
  • 1954 Brian Houston, New Zealand-Australian founder of megachurch Hillsong, born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1954 Rene Russo, American model and actress ("Nightcrawler", "Ransom", "Lethal Weapon 3 & 4"), born in Burbank, California

Mo Yan (69 years old)

1955 Chinese novelist and nobel laureate (Red Sorghum Clan, The Republic of Wine), born in Gaomi, Shandong, China

  • 1956 Jeffrey Foskett, American session and touring singer and guitarist (The Beach Boys; Brian Wilson; Wondermints), born in San Jose, California (d. 2023)
  • 1956 Richard Karn [Wilson], American actor (Home Improvement) and TV game show host (Family Feud), born in Seattle, Washington
  • 1957 Loreena McKennitt, Canadian world and Celtic harpist, accordion, and piano player, singer, and composer ("The Mummer's Dance"), born in Morden, Manitoba
  • 1958 Heidi Hagman, American actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place), born in New York City
  • 1959 Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
  • 1959 Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay, 4x100m medley 1984; 5 x World C'ship gold 1978, 82) and broadcaster (NBC), born in Winter Haven, Florida
  • 1961 Guy McIntyre, American football guard (Super Bowl 1984, 88, 89 SF 49ers; 5 × Pro Bowl; All-Pro 1992; Philadelphia Eagles), born in Thomasville, Georgia
  • 1962 Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer and 1st woman to climb Mount Everest alone without bottled oxygen (1995), born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1995)
  • 1962 David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Triffids, 1976-89; The Blackeyed Susans, 1989–93), born in Perth, Australia (d. 1999)
  • 1962 Lou Diamond Phillips, Filipino American actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver), born at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines
  • 1962 Samuel Bayer, American music video director, born in Syracuse, New York
  • 1962 Tony Blain, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 21 dismissals, 2 x 50s; Central Districts CA, Canterbury CA), born in Nelson, New Zealand
  • 1963 Jensen Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman and engineer (Nvidia Corporation), born in Tainan, Taiwan
  • 1963 Larry the Cable Guy [Daniel Lawrence Whitney], American comedian (Blue Collar Comedy Tour), born in Pawnee City, Nebraska

Michael Jordan (61 years old)

1963 American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, owner (5-time NBA MVP, 6-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1964 Buster Olney, American sports columnist
  • 1964 Jim Jordan, American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 2007-), born in Troy, Ohio
  • 1965 Clayton Prince, actor (Hairspray, Reuben-Another World), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1965 Jim Bowie, Japanese-American baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)

Michael Bay (59 years old)

1965 American film director (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1966 Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer, born in Eleusis, Greece
  • 1966 Luc Robitaille, NHL left wing (NY Rangers, Pitts Penguins), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1966 Melissa Brooke-Belland, American musician (Voice of the Beehive - "Let it Bee)", born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1966 Michael Lepond, American musician (Symphony X), born in Newark, New Jersey
  • 1966 Quorthon [Thomas Forsberg], Swedish heavy and Viking metal musician, and record producer (Bathory), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2004)
  • 1967 Chanté Moore, American R&B singer, actress and author (Precious), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1967 Gary Shuchuk, Canadian former NHL centre and coach (LA Kings), born in Edmonton, Alberta
  • 1968 Bryan Cox, American NFL linebacker and coach (Pro Bowl 1992, 94, 95; Super Bowl 2001 NE Patriots; Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
  • 1968 Patrick Uterwijk, Dutch heavy metal guitarist (Pestilence - Consuming Impulse), born in The Netherlands
  • 1969 David Douillet, French politician and judoka, born in Rouen, France
  • 1969 David Klingler, American NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders, Cin Bengals), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1969 Joel Steed, American NFL nose tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Frankfurt, Germany
  • 1969 Levon Kirkland, American NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Lamar, South Carolina