Famous Birthdays on October 21

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• 1449 George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)
• 1527 Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
• 1570 Wolfgang Schonsleder, German composer (Missa super Laudate), born in Munich, Duchy of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1651)
• 1574 Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, born in Crevalcore (d. 1625)
• 1581 Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)
• 1582 John Ernest of Nassau-Siegen, Germany military officer and son of John VII, born in Siegen (d. 1617)
• 1650 Jean Bart, French naval captain, privateer, and sea hero (Escape from Plymouth), born in Dunkirk, France (d. 1702)
• 1660 Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)
• 1672 Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina and diplomat, born in Vileyka Raion, Belarus (d. 1742)
• 1675 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
• 1680 Francisco José Coutinho, Portuguese composer, born in Portugal (d. 1724)
• 1687 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
• 1712 Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780)
• 1725 Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
• 1751 David Moritz Michael, Moravian conductor and composer, (Die Wasserfahrt -The Water Journey), born in Kühnhausen, Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1827)
• 1757 Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
• 1761 Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer and general (head of Napoleon's topographical department), born in Saint-Pol, France (d. 1824)
• 1762 Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch military leader (Brigadier-General) and Governor-General (Dutch-East Indies, 1808-11; Dutch Gold Coast, 1811-15), born in Hattem, Gelderland, Dutch Republic (d. 1818)
• 1767 Francesco Ruggi, Italian opera and sacred music composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1845)

• 1775 Guiseppi Baini, Italian priest, conductor, and sacred music composer, born in Rome (d. 1844)
• 1790 Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer (Poetical Mediations) and politician (briefly led the Second Republic 1848), born in Mâcon, France (d. 1869)
• 1803 George Wright, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1865)
• 1803 Solon Robinson, American journalist (New York Tribune), writer (Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated), and agriculturist, born in Tolland, Connecticut (d. 1880)
• 1807 Miguel Hilarion Eslava, Spanish composer and priest (Chapel Master Royal Chapel Madrid), born in Burlada, Spain (d. 1878)
• 1807 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer, born in Mulhouse, Alsace (d. 1880)
• 1823 Emilio Arrieta, Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (Marina), born in Puente la Reina, Spain (d. 1894)
• 1827 Peter Paul Maria Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian and writer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1904)

• 1839 Georg von Siemens, German banker and politician (helped found Deutsche Bank), born in Torgau, Prussia (d. 1901)
• 1843 Mark Antokolsky, Russian sculptor (Peter the Great monument), born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1902)
• 1846 Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (Cuore), born in Oneglia, Piedmont-Sardinia (d. 1908)
• 1847 Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"), born in Colleretto Parella, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1906)
• 1851 George Ulyett, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; 949 runs, 50 wickets), born in Pitsmoor, Yorkshire (d. 1898)
• 1858 Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India Christian social reformer (Mukti Orphanage), born in Kanara, British India (d. 1922)
• 1873 George Peabody Gooch, English historian and politician, born in London, England (d. 1968)
• 1874 Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-French economist, born in Rusçuk, Ottoman Empire (d. 1956)
• 1879 Joseph Canteloube, French composer and musicologist (collected French folksongs), born in Annonay, France (d. 1957)
• 1879 Willie Anderson, Scottish golfer (US Open 1901, 1903-05), born in North Berwick, Scotland (d. 1910)
• 1880 Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), born in St Helens, Lancashire (d. 1961)
• 1880 Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist/filmmaker (Symphonie Diagonale), born in Lund, Sweden (d. 1925)

• 1885 Egon Wellesz, Austrian-British composer (Alkestis; The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo), teacher, and musicologist (Byzantine), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1974)
• 1885 Jan Altink, Dutch Expressionist painter (co-founder of Ploeg), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1971)
• 1890 Gerrit Engelke, German writer and poet (Love Letters), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1918)
• 1891 Ted Shawn, American modern dance pioneer and choreographer (Dance We Must), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1972)
• 1894 Rampo Edogawa, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
• 1895 Edna Purviance, American silent film actress, worked with Charlie Chaplin (The Kid), born in Paradise Valley, Nevada (d. 1958)
• 1895 J Delos Jewkes, American light opera, vaudeville, choral (Mormon Tabernacle), film and television bass singer, and actor (Stars And Stripes Forever; The Music Man; The Andy Griffith Show), born in Orangeville, Utah (d. 1984)
• 1895 Shukichi Mitsukuri, Japanese composer (10 Haikai de Basho), born in Tokyo (d. 1971)
• 1898 Amedeo, Italian Duke of Aosta, military officer and Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East-Africa (1937-43), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1942)
• 1898 Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wresler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
• 1901 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium), born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1971)
• 1902 Hilarion Rubio, Filipino composer, born in Bacoor, Cavite (d. 1985)
• 1902 Lillian Bronson, American actress (Next Voice you Hear), born in Lockport, New York (d. 1995)
• 1904 Edmond Hamilton, American sci-fi author ("City at World's End"; "The Star Kings"), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1977)
• 1904 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (d. 1967)
• 1905 Carleton Young, American actor (Reefer Madness, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), born in Westfield, New York (d. 1994)
• 1906 Lillian Asplund, last American Titanic survivor (d. 2006)
• 1907 Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek surrealist painter and poet (Do Not Distract the Driver), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1985)
• 1907 Pieter Van der Bijl, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 125; Western Province, Oxford University CC), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1973)
• 1908 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), born in Vilnius, Lithuania (d. 1993)
• 1908 Howard Ferguson, British-Irish pianist, composer, teacher and musicologist, born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) (d. 1999)
• 1911 Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), born in London, England (d. 1994)
• 1912 (Carlos) "Don" Byas, American swing and be-bop jazz saxophonist, and bandleader, born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
• 1912 Georg Solti [György Stern], Hungarian-British conductor, winner of 31 Grammy awards (Chicago Symphony, 1969-91), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1997)
• 1914 Martin Gardner, American mathematician and scientific writer (Scientific American math & puzzles columnist), born in Hendersonville, North Carolina (d. 2010)
• 1916 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1974)
• 1916 Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Japanese composer and educator, born in Tokyo (d. 1991)
• 1917 John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, a creator of bebop & modern jazz (A Night In Tunisia), born in Cheraw, South Carolina (d. 1993)
• 1919 Claire Sterling, American journalist and writer (The Terror Network), born in Queens, New York (d. 1995)
• 1919 Daniel John Cunningham, British physiologist (human breathing control), born in Kausali, India (d. 1996)
• 1921 Jarmil Burghauser [Mokrý], Czech composer, choirmaster, conductor, and musicologist, born in Pisek, Czech Republic (d. 1997)
• 1921 Sir Malcolm Arnold, British trumpeter, and classical and film score composer (The Bridge On The River Kwai), born in Northampton, England (d. 2006)
• 1922 Liliane de Bettencourt, French heir to L'Oreal and richest woman in the world from 2016, born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
• 1924 Celia Cruz, Cuban-American Grammy Award-winning guaracha, salsa, and bolero singer (La Sonora Matancera, 1950-65), known as 'the Queen of Salsa', born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2003)
• 1924 Joyce Randolph (née Sirola), American actress (The Honeymooners - "Trixie Norton"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2024) [1]
• 1925 (Isiah) "Doctor" Ross, American blues singer and one-man band, known as 'the Harmonica Boss' ("Cat Squirrel"), born in Tunica, Mississippi (d. 1993)
• 1925 Louis J. Robichaud, Canadian premier of New Brunswick (d. 2005)
• 1925 Norman Paris, American pianist, arranger, accordion player, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), and composer ("Big Blue Marble"; "I've Got A Secret"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
• 1926 Bob Rosburg, American golfer, analyst (PGA Championship 1959), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2009)
• 1926 Don Elliott [Helfman], American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, mellophone player, and vocalist, born in Somerville, New Jersey (d. 1984)
• 1926 Leonard Rossiter, British actor (Rising Damp, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1984)
• 1926 Marga Richter, American classical pianist and composer (Landscapes of the Mind; Out of Shadows and Solitude), born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin (d. 2020)
• 1927 Nadia Nerina [Nadine Judd], South African-British ballerina (Sadler's/Royal Ballet, 1949-68), born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa (d. 2008)
• 1928 Ardico Magnini, Italian soccer defender (20 caps; Fiorentina 225 games), born in Pistoia, Italy (d. 2020)
• 1928 Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player (Lakers, HOF), born in Parlier, California (d. 2013)

• 1928 Yú Guāngzhōng [Yu Kwang-chung], Taiwanese poet, essayist, and translator (Nostalgia), born in Nanjing, Republic of China (d. 2017)
• 1929 George Stinney, African-American wrongfully executed at 14 for murder, born in Pinewood, South Carolina (d. 1944)
• 1929 Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi author (The Left Hand of Darkness, Tombs of Atuan), born in Berkeley, California (d. 2018)
• 1931 Jim Parks, English cricket wicketkeeper (46 Tests, 114 dismissals, 2 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 108no; Sussex CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Haywards Heath, England (d. 2022)
• 1931 Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director known as the "Elvis Presley of India" (Amaran, Brahmachari, Vidhaata), born in Bombay, British India (d. 2011)
• 1933 Francisco Gento, Spanish soccer winger (Spain 43 caps, Real Madrid 427 games) and manager (Grenada FC), born in El Astillero, Spain (d. 2022)
• 1933 Georgia Brown [Lilian Klot], British cabaret stage, and screen singer and actress (Oliver!; Shoulder To Shoulder), born in East End of London, England (d. 1992)
• 1933 Matt Bennett, American actor (Hickey & Boggs; The Unholy Rollers), born in Greenup, Kentucky (d. 1991)
• 1934 Jerry Lewis, American politician (Rep-R-California, 1979-2013), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2021)
• 1935 (George) Derek Bell, Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist, and composer (The Chieftans; "Three Images of Ireland in Druid Times"), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2002)
• 1935 Bobby Few, American jazz pianist and vocalist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021)
• 1935 Don Rader, American big band jazz trumpeter and arranger (Woody Herman; Maynard Ferguson; Count Basie; Les Brown), born in Rochester, Pennsylvania
• 1936 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)
• 1937 Norman Wright, American doo-wop tenor vocalist (Del-Vikings - “Come Go With Me”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
• 1939 Boro Jovanović, Croatian tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1962 runner-up [Nikola Pilić]), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 2023)
• 1940 Don Ritter, American politician (Rep-R-PA, 1979-93), born in New York City
• 1940 Frances FitzGerald, American journalist/author (Fire in the Lake), born in New York City
• 1940 Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
• 1940 Julie Parrish, Middlesboro Ky, actress (Good Morning World, Capitol)
• 1940 Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz], British rock keyboardist ("Mighty Quinn"; "Blinded By The Light"), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
• 1940 Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic gold 1964)
• 1941 Kevin Freeman, American equestrian (Olympic silver team eventing 1964, 68, 72), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2023)
• 1941 Marina Ripa, countess/writer (My First 40 Years), born in Rome, Italy
• 1941 Steve Cropper, American rock and soul guitarist (Booker T & MGs; The Blues Brothers), songwriter ("Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"), and producer (Otis Redding), born in Willow Springs, Missouri
• 1942 Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
• 1942 Elvin Bishop, American blues-rock guitarist and songwriter ("Fooled Around and Fell in Love"), born in Glendale, California,

• 1942 Les AuCoin, American politician (Rep-D-OR, 1975-93), born in Portland, Oregon
• 1942 Orlando Aravena, Chilean soccer midfielder who played 6 internationals (Deportes La Serena, Ñublense) and manager of Chile (1987-89), born in Talca, Chile (d. 2024)
• 1943 Paula Kelly, American dancer, choreographer, and actress (Night Court, 1984 - "Liz"), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2020)
• 1943 Ron Elliott, American guitarist and songwriter (The Beau Brummels - "Just A Little"), born in Healdsburg, California
• 1943 Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian, born in Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
• 1944 Janet Ahlberg (née Hall), British children's book illustrator (The Jolly Postman; Each Peach Pear Plum), born in Yorkshire, England (d. 1994)
• 1945 Everett McGill, actor (Jezebel's Kiss, Silver Bullet), born in Miami, Florida
• 1945 Kathy Young, American pop singer ("A Thousand Stars" with the Innocents), born in Santa Ana, California
• 1945 Nikita Mikhalkov, director (Dark Eyes, Slave of Love)
• 1946 Goyo Rubio, Spanish soccer defender (22 caps; Real Madrid 317 games), born in Puente del Arzobispo, Spain (d. 2020)
• 1946 Lee Loughnane, American horn player and songwriter (Chicago), born in Elmwood Park, Illinois
• 1946 Lux Interior [Erick Lee Purkhiser], American punk rock singer (The Cramps), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2009)
• 1946 Phil Chen, Chinese-Jamaican rock session and touring bassist (Jeff Beck, 1974-76; Rod Stewart, 1977-80; Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2021)
• 1946 Phil Ryan, Welsh keyboardist and composer (Man, Pete Brown), born in Port Talbot, Wales (d. 2016)
• 1946 Tetsu Yamauchi, Japanese rock bass guitarist (Free; The Faces), born in Fukuoka, Japan
• 1948 Moses J "Moss" Mayekiso, South African union/SACP-leader
• 1948 Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
• 1948 Tom Everett, American actor

• 1949 Jonathon Silver, English entrepreneur and arts patron, born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England (d. 1997)
• 1949 Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion 1970-73), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1973)
• 1949 Michel Brière, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1969-70 (Pittsburgh Penquins), born in Malartic, Quebec (d. 1971)
• 1949 Shulamit Ran, Israeli-American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Symphony), and music educator (University of Chicago, 1973-2015), born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
• 1950 David Lascelles, Earl of Harewood, grandson of English Princess Mary

• 1951 Thom Panunzio, American audio engineer (Bruce Springsteen; The Roches; Tom Petty, No Doubt), and record producer (Alice Cooper; Joan Jett; Iggy Pop), born in the USA
• 1952 Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
• 1952 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead, 1979-90), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1990)
• 1952 Patti Davis [Patricia Ann Reagan], American actress, writer, and daughter of Ronald and Nancy, born in Los Angeles, California
• 1953 Charlotte Caffey, American rock guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist (The Go-Go's - "We Got The Beat"), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1953 Eleonora Giorgi, actress (Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice), born in Rome, Italy
• 1953 Keith Green, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and pianist ("There Is a Redeemer"; "(Until) Your Love Broke Through"), and minister, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1982)
• 1953 Peter Mandelson, British politician
• 1954 Brian Tobin, Canadian premier of Newfoundland
• 1955 Eric Faulkner [Falconer], Scottish rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1955 Fred Hersch, American jazz pianist, composer, educator (New England Conservatory), and HIV/AIDS activist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1955 Rich Mullins, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter ("Awesome God"), born in Richmond, Indiana (d. 1997)

• 1957 Julian Cope [Kevin Stapleton], British pop musician (Eve's Volcano), born in Deri, Monmouthshire, Wales
• 1957 Steve Lukather, American rock singer, guitarist, arranger, producer (Toto - "Africa"; Ringo's All-Starr Band, since 2012), born in San Fernando Valley, California
• 1957 Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1958 Andre Geim, Russian-British physicist (2010 Nobel Prize for isolation of Graphene), born in Sochi, Russia [1]
• 1959 George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
• 1959 Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor (The Last Samurai; Letters from Iwo Jima), born in Hirokami, Japan
• 1959 Tony Ganios, American Actor
• 1961 Dimitri Vassilakis, Greek jazz saxophonist, composer (Labyrinth), and educator, born in Athens, Greece
• 1961 Mark Finch, film festival organiser

• 1964 Jon Carin, American session and touring keyboardist and guitar player (Pink Floyd; The Who), and producer, born in New York, New York
• 1965 Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish soccer midfielder (36 caps Spain, 5 Basque Country; CA Osasuna, FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao), born in Pamplona, Spain
• 1966 Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star
• 1966 Tommy Tolles, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1996 3rd, Masters 1997 3rd), born in Ft Myers, Florida
• 1967 Bill Berg, Canadian NHL left wing (NY Rangers), born in St. Catharines, Ontario
• 1967 John Flaherty, American baseball catcher (Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Yankees) and broadcaster (YES Network, NY Yankees), born in New York City
• 1967 Paul Ince, English footballer
• 1967 Stanley Richard, NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
• 1969 Mo Lewis, American NFL linebacker (NY Jets), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1970 Tony Mortimer, British pop singer and songwriter (East 17 - "Stay Another Day"), born in Stepney, London
• 1971 Astrella Celeste [Leitch] Scottish-American composer and Donovan's daughter, born in Beverly Hills, California
• 1971 Damien Martyn, cricketer (WA & Australian middle-order batsman)
• 1971 Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick & Bianca Jagger, born in Paris, France
• 1971 Nick Oliveri, American rock bassist and singer (Queens Of The Stone Age, 1998-2004), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1971 Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer
• 1971 René Ponk, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1971 Shane Hannah, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1971 Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C'ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2022)
• 1972 Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
• 1972 Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
• 1972 Masakazu Morita, seiyu and actor
• 1972 Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwritern and multi-instrumentalist musician (The Fiery Furnaces), born in Oak Park, Illinois
• 1972 Orlando Thomas, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1973 Charlie Lowell, American folk-rock keyboardist (Jars of Clay), born in Rochester, New York
• 1973 Dan Neil, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
• 1973 Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist, composer, and poet, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia
• 1975 Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
• 1975 Toby Hall, American baseball player
• 1976 Jeremy Miller, American actor (Ben Seaver-Growing Pains), born in Covina, California
• 1976 Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter (Sermon On The Rocks), born in Moscow, Idaho
• 1976 Lavinia Miloşovici, Romanian gymnast
• 1976 Mélanie Turgeon, French Canadian alpine skier
• 1977 Matthew Ramsey, American country music songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist (Old Dominion -"Break Up With Him"; "Snapback"), born in Buchanan, Virginia
• 1978 Jimmy López Bellido, Peruvian classical composer (Synesthésie; Warped Symmetry; Aurora), born in Lima, Peru
• 1978 Joey Harrington, American football player
• 1978 Will Estes, American actor

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