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Famous Birthdays on November 2

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 254

Edward V (1470-1483)

King of England (Apr–Jun 1483) who was deposed and presumed killed by his successor King Richard III, born in Westminster, England

  • 1475 Princess Anne of York, 5th daughter of King Edward IV, born in Palace of Westminster, London (d. 1511)
  • 1528 Peter Lotichius Secundus [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works), born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany (d. 1560)
  • 1549 Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain, born in Cigales, Spain (d. 1580)
  • 1636 Edward Colston, English merchant, philanthropist and slave trader, born in Bristol, England (d. 1721)
  • 1667 James Louis Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland, born in Paris (d. 1737)
  • 1692 Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer, born in Delden, Netherlands (d. 1766)
  • 1696 Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans, born in Herrenberg, Germany (d. 1760)
  • 1699 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1779)
  • 1709 Anne, Princess Royal and Princess Consort of Orange, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, born in Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover (d. 1759)

Daniel Boone (1734-1820)

American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), born in Reading, Pennsylvania

  • 1739 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)
  • 1741 Joan Derk, Baron van der Capellen tot den Pol, Leader of democratic Patriots, born in Tiel, Netherlands (d. 1784)

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)

Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", born in Vienna, Austria

  • 1766 Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Czech field marshal, born in Sedlčany, Czech Republic (d. 1858)
  • 1777 Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor, comedist, translator, editor of humour magazines, born near Nowogródek, Poland (d. 1822)
  • 1777 Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, 5th daughter of King George III, born in Buckingham House, London (d. 1848)
  • 1785 Frederich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1849)
  • 1785 Johann Leopold Fuchs, German pianist and composer, born in Dessau (d. 1853)

James Knox Polk (1795-1849)

11th US President (Democrat: 1845-49), born in Pineville, North Carolina

  • 1808 Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly, French writer and critic, born in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France (d. 1889)
  • 1810 Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, American Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
  • 1813 Abraham van Lier, Dutch theater director (Grand Théâtre des Variétés), born in Amsterdam (d. 1887)

George Boole (1815-1864)

English mathematician and logician (Boolean algebra), born in Lincoln, England

  • 1821 Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor and 5th Governor of New Zealand (1868-73), born in Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ireland (d. 1899)
  • 1822 James Byron Gordon, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina (d. 1864)
  • 1826 Robert Hopkins Hatton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1862)
  • 1826 William Haines Lytle, US politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1863)
  • 1828 Byron Grimes, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Pitt County, North Carolina (d. 1880)
  • 1833 Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian homeopath doctor and founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, born in Paikpara village, Howrah, India (d. 1904)
  • 1837 Émile Bayard, French artist and illustrator, born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, France (d. (1891)
  • 1842 Otto Reubke, German organist, conductor, and composer, born in Hausneindorf, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1913)
  • 1843 Caryl Florio [William James Robjohn], English-American composer, born in Tavistock, Devon, England (d. 1920)
  • 1843 Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, born in Pest (d. 1893)
  • 1844 Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), born in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
  • 1846 Antonio Peña y Goñi, Spanish composer, born in San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1896)
  • 1847 Georges Sorel, French philosopher and theorist of Sorelianism, born in Cherbourg, France (d. 1922)
  • 1857 Joseph Babinski, Polish-French neurologist (Babinski reflex), born in Paris (d. 1932)

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923)

29th President of the United States (1921-23), born in Blooming Grove, Ohio

  • 1876 Eugeniusz Morawski-Dabrowa, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)

Aga Khan III (1877-1957)

Shia Imam who was one of the founders of the All-India Muslim League and later President of the League of Nations (1937-38), born in Karachi, British India

  • 1877 Claire McDowell, American actress (Big Parade), born in New York City (d. 1966)
  • 1877 Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, born in Mdina, Malta (d. 1933)

Victor Trumper (1877-1915)

Australian cricket batsman (48 Tests, top score 214; key figure foundation of rugby league in Australia), born in Sydney, NSW

  • 1879 Marion Jones, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1899, 1902), born in Gold Hill, Nevada (d. 1965)
  • 1880 John Foulds, British cellist, musicologist, and composer (World Requiem; Three Mantras), born in Hulme, Manchester, England (d. 1939)
  • 1882 Leo Perutz, Austrian writer and mathematician, born in Prague (d. 1957)
  • 1883 Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, born in Mošovce, Slovakia (d. 1963)
  • 1883 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1947)
  • 1885 Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), born in Nashville, Missouri (d. 1972)
  • 1886 Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician, born in Ramrail, Tipperah, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1971)
  • 1886 Gheorge Tatarescu, Romanian politician (Prime Minister, 1933-37 and 1939-40; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1945-48), born in Târgu Jiu, Romania (d. 1957)
  • 1886 Philip Merivale, British actor (Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Nothing But Trouble), born in Rehutia, Manickpur, India (d. 1946)
  • 1888 Dutch Zwilling, American baseball outfielder (Federal League HR all-time leader), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1978)
  • 1890 Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), born in Vårdnäs, Linköping (d. 1964)
  • 1891 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals; Derbyshire CCC), born in Scarcliffe, England (d. 1976)
  • 1892 Alice Brady, American silent and talkie film actress (My Man Godfrey; The Gay Divorcee; Zenobia), born in New York City (d. 1939)
  • 1892 Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar), born in Apatin, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
  • 1893 Battista Farina, Italian automobile designer and founder of Pininfarina company, born in Cortanze, Italy (d. 1966)
  • 1894 Alexander Lippisch, German scientist and pioneer of aerodynamics, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1976)
  • 1894 Bill Johnston, American tennis player (US Open 1915, 19; Wimbledon 1923), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1946)
  • 1897 Dennis King, English actor (Devil's Brother), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 1971)
  • 1897 Jacob Bjerknes, Norwegian-American meteorologist (USAF in London), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1975)
  • 1899 Edgar du Perron, Dutch author and poet (Land of Origin), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1940)
  • 1899 Walter Woolf King, American stage and screen baritone, character actor (Golden Dawn; A Night at the Opera; Swiss Miss), and actor's agent, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1984)
  • 1901 James Dunn, American vaudeville performer, stage and screen actor (Bad Girl; Bright Eyes; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), born in New York City (d. 1967)
  • 1901 Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1976)
  • 1902 Gyula Illyés, Hungarian author and poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), born in Felsőrácegres, Pálfa, Hungary (d. 1983)
  • 1902 Marius Holtrop, Dutch economist and President of Netherlands Bank (DNB), 1946-67, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1988)
  • 1903 Travis Jackson, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (World Series 1933; MLB All Star 1934; NY Giants), born in Waldo, Arkansas (d. 1987)
  • 1905 Frederic Lipmann, French watchmaker, born in Besancon, France (d. 1996)
  • 1906 Bengt Edlén, Swedish Astrophysicist who specialized in spectroscopy and discovered the source of unidentified emission lines in solar spectrum, born in Gusum, Sweden (d. 2003)
  • 1906 Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
  • 1906 Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), born in Milan (d. 1976)
  • 1906 Paul Thompson, Canadian ice hockey forward (1926-39), won 3 Stanley Cups (1928 with NY Rangers, 1934 and 1938 with Chicago Black Hawks), and Black Hawks coach (1938-45), born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 1991)
  • 1908 (Roland) "Bunny" Berigan, American session and big band jazz trumpeter (Paul Whiteman; Benny Goodman - "King Porter Stomp"; Tommy Dorsey - "Marie"), vocalist, and bandleader ("I Can't Get Started"), born in Hilbert, Wisconsin (d. 1942)
  • 1908 Fred Bakewell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, top score 107; Northamptonshire), born in Walsall, Staffordshire (d. 1983)
  • 1908 Reginald Beckwith, English actor (Genevieve, Doctor in Love), born in York, England (d. 1965)
  • 1910 Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician and leader of Egypt's Wafd Party (d. 1999)
  • 1911 Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet (Nobel Prize 1979), born in Heraklion, Greece (d. 1996)
  • 1911 Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, born in National City, California (d. 1995)
  • 1912 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, Finnish composer, born in Porvoo, Finland (d. 1986)
  • 1912 Lewis Charles [Cholost], American stage and screen actor (Topaz; The Rose Tattoo), born in New York City (d. 1979)
  • 1912 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, born in Vera Cruz, Mexico (d. 1982)

Burt Lancaster (1913-1994)

American actor (From Here to Eternity; Elmer Gantry; Birdman of Alcatraz; Field of Dreams), born in New York City

  • 1913 Ivor Roberts-Jones, British sculptor (known for sculpted heads of Yehudi Menuhin and George Thomas), born in Oswestry, England (d. 1996)
  • 1914 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1938-39, 42-43; World Series 1940; Cincinnati Reds), born in Prospect Park, New Jersey (d. 1997)
  • 1914 Ray Walston, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
  • 1915 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (d. 2000)
  • 1915 Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer (A Song Of Islands), and educator (Victoria University, 1949-80), born in Whanganui, New Zealand (d. 2001)
  • 1915 Sidney Luft, American movie director, born in New York City (d. 2005)
  • 1916 Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), born in Kos, Greece (d. 1998)
  • 1917 Durward Knowles, Bahamas yachtsman (Olympic gold, Star class 1968), born in Nassau, Bahamas (d. 2018)
  • 1919 Jorge de Sena, Portuguese novelist and poet (Reino da Estupidez), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1978)
  • 1919 Warren Stevens, American actor (Richard Boone Show), born in Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
  • 1920 Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (Gone With The Wind; Whistling in the Dark), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2012)
  • 1920 Bill Mazer, American sports broadcaster (New York institution in sports reporting; sports trivia expert), born in Iziaslav, Ukraine (d. 2013)
  • 1920 Dick Sisler. American baseball utility (World Series 1946 St. Louis Cardinals; MLB All Star 1950), manager (Cincinnati Reds 1964–65) and coach (World Series 1967 St. L. Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1998)
  • 1920 Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, Colombian composer, born in Bogota (d. 2011)
  • 1921 Bill Mosienko, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds 1952; 5-time All Star), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1994)
  • 1921 Fernando Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese composer, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 2004)
  • 1921 Shepard Menken, American voice and character actor (The Wild Wild West), born in New York City (d. 1999)
  • 1921 William Donald Schaefer, American politician (Gov-D-Md), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
  • 1922 John Pinsent, English classical scholar (Greek mythology) (d. 1995)
  • 1924 David Bauer, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame player and builder (priest, school coach; National Team manager), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 1988)
  • 1924 Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (Miles Davis, John Coltrane), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
  • 1926 Lou Donaldson, American bebop jazz saxophonist ("Blues Walk"), and bandleader, born in Badin, North Carolina
  • 1926 Myer "Whitey" Skoog, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1952, 53, 54 Minneapolis Lakers), born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 2019)
  • 1927 John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman (Chairman and CEO of Sainsburys), (d. 2022)
  • 1927 Steve Ditko, American comic artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Strange), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
  • 1928 Geoffrey Pardoe, British engineer (Project Manager for the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme) (d. 1996)
  • 1928 Leon Hart, American College Football Hall of Fame end and fullback (Heisman Trophy 1949, Notre Dame), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
  • 1928 Paul Johnson, English journalist, author and historian, born in Manchester, England (d. 2023)
  • 1929 Amar Bose, American electrical engineer, academic (M.I.T.), sound engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur (Bose Corporation), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
  • 1929 Harold Farberman, American percussionist, conductor, and composer (Medea), born in New York City (d. 2018)
  • 1929 Milan Stibilj, Slovenian composer (Zoom; Apokatastasis - Slovene Requiem), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 2014)
  • 1929 Rachel Ames, American actress (Line Up, Audrey-Gen Hospital), born in Portland, Oregon
  • 1930 Denis G. Barrington, English artist (d. 1997)
  • 1931 Phil Woods, American jazz and session saxophonist (Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu"; Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are"), and composer, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2015)
  • 1932 George Sholty, American harness driver (2,934 career wins; $20 million+ purse money), born in Logansport, Indiana (d. 2000)
  • 1932 Henri Namphy, Haitian general and President of Haiti (1986-88), born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti (d. 2018)
  • 1932 Melvin Schwartz, American Physicist and Nobel Laureate (neutrinos - subatomic particles with no electric charge and virtually no mass), born in New York City (d. 2006)
  • 1932 Romano Mazzoli, American politician (Rep-D-KY, 1971-95), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2022)
  • 1932 Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (Dark Shadows), born in USA (d. 2009)
  • 1934 Bill Gothard, American Christian minister, speaker and Founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), born in Illinois

Ken Rosewall (89 years old)

1934 Australian tennis player (8 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Sydney, New South Wales

  • 1935 Mohammad Munaf, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Karachi, Sind), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2020)
  • 1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice (1977-87), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1999)
  • 1937 Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, American doo-wop vocalist (Cadillacs; The Coasters), born in New York City (d. 2012)
  • 1938 Jay Black [David Blatt], American pop singer (Jay and the Americans - “Come A Little Bit Closer”; “This Magic Moment”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
  • 1938 Patrick Buchanan, American conservative political commentator and politician, born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1938 Queen Sofía [Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark], Queen consort of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, born in Athens, Greece
  • 1938 Ria Beckers, Dutch politician and leader of the progressive Christian party PPR, born in Driebergen, Netherlands (d. 2006)
  • 1939 Howard Wolpe, American politician (Rep-D-MI, 1979-93), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2011)
  • 1939 Pauline Neville-Jones, English politician and diplomat, born in Birmingham, England
  • 1939 Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist, born in San Francisco, California
  • 1939 Tom Thacker, American basketball forward (only player to play on NCAA, ABA and NBA C'ship teams), born in Covington, Kentucky
  • 1940 Ed Budde, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1970, 71; Super Bowl IV KC Chiefs; 5 × AFL All-Star; First-team All-AFL 1966, 69), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2023)
  • 1940 Gigi Proletti, Italian actor, director and singer (Alleluja brava gente), born in Rome, Italy
  • 1940 Jim Bakken, American NFL punter and place kicker (Pro Bowl 1965, 67, 75-76; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1941 Bruce Welch [Cripps], British guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Shadows - "Foot Tapper"; Olivia Newton-John - "Please Mister Please"; Cliff Richard), born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England

Dave Stockton (82 years old)

1941 American golfer who won PGA C'ship 1970, 76, born in San Bernardino, California

  • 1942 (Roberta) "Bobbi" Gibb, American runner (unsanctioned era female winner of Boston Marathon, 1966-68), lawyer, writer, and sculptor, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1942 Ron Reed, American basketball forward (Detroit Pistons) and baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1968 Atlanta Braves; World Series 1980 Philadelphia Phillies), born in LaPorte, Indiana
  • 1942 Shere Hite [Shirley Diana Gregory], American-German sex therapist (Hite Report), born in St Joseph, Missouri (d. 2020)

Stefanie Powers (81 years old)

1942 American actress (Girl From U.N.C.L.E.; Hart to Hart), born in Hollywood, California

  • 1943 Oldrich Pelcak, Czech cosmonaut, born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
  • 1944 Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, American NASA astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75) and MIT professor, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1944 Keith Emerson, English rock keyboardist, composer, and arranger (Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Karn Evil 9"), born in Todmorden, West Yorkshire (d. 2016)
  • 1944 Liesel Westermann, German discus thrower (Olympic silver 1968; world record 63.96m 1969), born in Sulingen, Germany
  • 1944 Patrice Chereau, French opera director and actor (Danton), born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France (d. 2013)
  • 1945 (John David) J.D. Souther, American singer and songwriter ("Heartache Tonight"; "New Kid In Town"), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1945 Larry Little, American Pro Football Hall of Fame guard (5-time Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1972-73; Miami Dolphins), born in Groveland, Georgia
  • 1946 Alan Jones, Australian auto racer, commentator (World Formula 1 champion, 1980), born in Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (Sunnyata; Lou Salomé), born in Venice, Italy (d. 2001)
  • 1946 Tom Paciorek, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1981; Seattle Mariners), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1947 Dave Pegg, British folk and rock bassist and producer (Fairport Convention 1969-79 & 1985-present; Jethro Tull, 1980-85), born in Birmingham, England
  • 1947 David Anthony Ahern, Australian composer, born in Sydney
  • 1947 Hilary Tann, Welsh composer (Shakkei), and educator (Union College, 1980-2023), born in Llwynypia, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 2023)
  • 1948 Dmitri Smirnov, Russian-British classical composer (Solo for Harp; The; Red Bells), and teacher, born in Minsk, USSR (now Belarus) (d. 2020)
  • 1948 Rich Gooch, American rock bassist (Quarterflash - "Harden My Heart"), born in Oregon
  • 1948 Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (WBA light heavyweight title 1974-79), born in Vedia, Buenos Aires (d. 1980)
  • 1949 Alfred Riedl, Austrian soccer striker (4 caps; Austria Wien, Standard Liège) and manager (Austria, Liechtenstein, Vietnam, Palestine, Laos, Indonesia), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2020)
  • 1949 Simon Augustini, Albanian politician (Vice Chairman of the Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSHDK)), born in Sojeva, Uroševac, Yugoslavia
  • 1951 Kathy Hammond, American athlete (Olympic bronze 400m, silver 4x400m relay 1972), born in Sacramento, California
  • 1951 Lindy Morrison, Australian drummer (The Go-Betweens - "Cattle and Cane"), born in Queensland, Australia
  • 1951 Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic (Henry and Clara), born in Glen Cove, New York
  • 1952 Kate Linder, American actress (Esther Valentine--Young & Restless), born in Pasadena, California

Larry Fink (71 years old)

1952 American chairman and CEO of BlackRock, born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1952 Maxine Nightingale, English soul music singer ("Right Back Where We Started From"), born in Wembley, London
  • 1953 Rick Meagher, Canadian ice hockey center (NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy 1990; St. Louis Blues captain), born in Belleville, Ontario
  • 1954 Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, TV personality (Philadelphia 76ers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1955 Chris Burnett, American musician and composer, born in Olathe, Kansas
  • 1955 Frank Gilligan, American singer (Mason Dixon - "Karen Comes Around"), born in Queens, New York
  • 1955 Mark Reynolds, American yachtsman who won Olympic gold, Star class 1992, 2000, born in San Diego, California
  • 1957 Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band), born in Charlottesville, Virginia
  • 1958 Willie McGee, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1983, 85, 87-88; NL MVP 1985; St Louis Cardinals), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1959 Mark May, American College Football Hall of Fame guard and broadcaster (Super Bowl 1982, 87; Washington Redskins), born in Oneonta, NY
  • 1959 Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and filmmaker (The Magdalene Sisters), born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • 1959 Saïd Aouita, Moroccan athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1984), born in Kenitra, Morocco
  • 1960 Bruce Baumgartner, American wrestler (Olympic gold 1984, 92), born in Haledon, New Jersey
  • 1960 Rosalyn Fairbank, South African tennis player (French Open doubles 1981, 83), born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
  • 1960 Tihomir Blaškić, Croatian war criminal, born in Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1961 Jim Tedford, American football coach (Fresno State; BC Lions [CFL]), born in Lynwood, California
  • 1961 k.d. lang [Kathryn Dawn Lang], Canadian Juno and Grammy Award-winning country-pop singer-songwriter ("Constant Craving"; "Hallelujah"), and human rights activist, born in Edmonton, Alberta
  • 1961 Kōki Idoki, Japanese golfer (Senior PGA C'ship 2013), born in Ibaraki, Osaka
  • 1962 Andrew Elt, Dutch rock singer (Sleeze Beez; 7 Miles to Pittsburgh), born in the Netherlands
  • 1962 David Brock, American political commentator (Media Matters for America), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1962 Graham Waterhouse, English cellist and composer (Chieftan's Salute), born in London
  • 1962 Mireille Delunsch, French soprano, born in Mulhouse, France
  • 1963 Bobby Dall, American rocker (Poison - "Every Rose Has a Thorn"), born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  • 1963 Brian Kemp, American politician, Governor of Georgia (2019-), born in Athens, Georgia
  • 1963 Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker (Starry Night Entertainment), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1963 Ines Diers, German swimmer (GDR Olympic gold 400m, 4x100m relay 1980), born in Rochlitz, Sachsen, Germany
  • 1964 Britta Lejon, Swedish Social Democratic politician, born in Järfälla Municipality, Sweden
  • 1964 Kevin Gogan, American NFL guard (Pro Bowl 1994, 97-98; Super Bowl 1992-93, Dallas Cowboys), born in Pacifica, California
  • 1964 Lynn Nottage, American playwright (first woman playwright to win two Pulitzer Prizes - "Ruined" 2009, "Sweat" 2017), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1964 Michael D'Asaro II, American fencer-sabre, born in Brooklyn, New York

Shah Rukh Khan (58 years old)

1965 Indian actor, producer and TV personality (My Name is Khan, Swades), born in New Delhi, India

David Schwimmer (57 years old)

1966 American actor (Friends, Madagascar), born in Queens, New York