Happy Birthday to anyone not mentioned in other threads. [Archive]

Hoog

01-20-2014, 11:31am

Happy Birthday to no one in particular!

...and these folks....

225 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/225/) - Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1292 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1292/) - Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1358 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1358/) - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)
1435 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1435/) - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1554 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1554/) - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1586 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1586/) - Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)
1622 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1622/) - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns
1654 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1654/) - Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1664 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1664/) - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
1681 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1681/) - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer
1703 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1703/) - Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
1716 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1716/) - Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits
1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)
1716 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)
1732 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1732/) - Richard H Lee, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)
1743 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1743/) - Pascal Boyer, composer
1761 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1761/) - Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer
1762 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1762/) - Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
1763 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1763/) - Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot
1775 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1775/) - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)
1781 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1781/) - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)
1782 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1782/) - Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1783 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1783/) - Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1798 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1798/) - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)
1804 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1804/) - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1806 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1806/) - Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)
1809 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1809/) - Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
1812 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1812/) - Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 - Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
1813 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1813/) - Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1820 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1820/) - Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women
1831 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1831/) - Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)
1834 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1834/) - George D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1837 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1837/) - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)
1843 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1843/) - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
1844 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1844/) - Johan Peter Selmer, composer
1847 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1847/) - W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
1855 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1855/) - Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer
1865 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1865/) - Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck
1866 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1866/) - Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
1867 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1867/) - Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944)
1870 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1870/) - Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer
1873 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1873/) - Charles A Ellwood, US, sociologist/psychologist
1873 - Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
1876 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1876/) - Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)
1877 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1877/) - Ruth St Denis, Newark NJ, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses)
1878 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1878/) - Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)
1880 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1880/) - Walter W. Bacon, American politician (d. 1962)
1883 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1883/) - Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces
1884 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1884/) - A Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
http://i.historyorb.com/lead-belly.jpg (http://www.historyorb.com/people/lead-belly)Blues Musician [B]Lead Belly (http://www.historyorb.com/people/lead-belly) (1888) 1888 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1888/) - Lead Belly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), (d. 1949)
1889 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1889/) - Allan Haines Loughead, American aviation executive (d. 1969)
1891 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1891/) - Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
1892 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1892/) - Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
1893 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1893/) - Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)
1893 - Georg Åberg, Swedish athlete (d. 1946)
1894 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1894/) - Harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)
1894 - Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis)
1895 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1895/) - Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)
1896 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1896/) - Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
1896 - George Burns, [Nathan Birnbaum], NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)
1896 - Rolfe Sedan, NYC, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)
1896 - Isabel Withers, American actress (d. 1968)
1897 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1897/) - Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)
1898 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1898/) - Colin Clive, [Greig], St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)
1898 - U Razak, Burmese politician (d. 1947)
1899 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1899/) - Alexander Tcherepnin, composer
1899 - Kenjiro Takayanagi, VP (JVC)
1900 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1900/) - Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer
1900 - Doris Deane, WI, entertainer
1900 - Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937)
1903 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1903/) - Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)
1903 - Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian
1904 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1904/) - Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina (Turning Point)
1904 - Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/grandson of Bakunin
1904 - Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
1907 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1907/) - Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)
1908 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1908/) - Ian Peebles, cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31)
1908 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade)
1908 - Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer
1910 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1910/) - Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater)
1910 - Ennio Porrino, composer
http://i.historyorb.com/joy-adamson.jpg (http://www.historyorb.com/people/joy-adamson)Naturalist and Author Joy Adamson (http://www.historyorb.com/people/joy-adamson) (1910) 1910 - Joy Adamson, (born Friederike Viktoria Gessner) Troppau Austria-Hungary, naturalist/author (Born Free)
1910 - Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician
1910 - Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher
1912 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1912/) - Christopher Casson, Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita)
1912 - Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (d. 1970)
1914 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1914/) - Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor (Winston Churchill-Ike)
1915 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1915/) - C W Ceram, [Kurt W Marek], German/US writer (March of Archaeology)
1915 - Joe Hitchcock, darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)
1915 - Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
1916 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1916/) - Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier of Suriname (1963-69)
1916 - Walter Bartley, biochemist
1919 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1919/) - Alex Nicol, Ossining NY, actor (Man From Laramie, Air Cadet)
1919 - Royalton Kisch, British(?) conductor
1919 - Stepan Lucky, composer
1920 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1920/) - DeForest Kelley, Atlanta GA, actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek)
1920 - Peter Clemoes, anglo-Saxon scholar
1920 - Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist
1920 - Sam M Gibbons, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- )
1920 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (d. 2006)
http://i.historyorb.com/federico-fellini.jpg (http://www.historyorb.com/people/federico-fellini)Film director, Scriptwriter Federico Fellini (http://www.historyorb.com/people/federico-fellini) (1920) 1920 - Federico Fellini, Rimini, Kingdom of Italy, film director and scriptwriter (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita)
1921 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1921/) - Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer
1921 - Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
1922 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1922/) - Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords (Conservative)
1922 - Ray Anthony, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, American orchestra leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
1923 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1923/) - Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
1923 - Slim Whitman, American singer, (d. 2013)
1924 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1924/) - Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist
1925 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1925/) - E Cardenal, writer
1925 - Edwin Gordon, NYC, VOA correspondant
1925 - Eugen Gomringer, writer
1925 - George Connol, NFL Hall-of-Famer
1926 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1926/) - David Eugene Tudor, Phila Penn, composer
1926 - Michael Higgins, Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
1926 - Patricia Neal, Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses), (d. 2010)
http://i.historyorb.com/patricia-neal.jpg (http://www.historyorb.com/people/patricia-neal)Actress Patricia Neal (http://www.historyorb.com/people/patricia-neal) (1926) 1926 - Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
1926 - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist
1926 - Qurratulain Hyder, Pakistani novelist (d. 2007)
1927 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1927/) - Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player (1954-72)
1927 - Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist
1928 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1928/) - Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
1928 - William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
1929 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1929/) - Arte Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
1929 - Bob Denard, French mercenary
1930 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1930/) - Edwin Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
1931 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1931/) - Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
1931 - Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator
1931 - Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992)
1932 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1932/) - Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player
1933 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1933/) - Ron Townson, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away)
http://i.historyorb.com/edwin-e-aldrin-jr.jpg (http://www.historyorb.com/people/buzz-aldrin)Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (http://www.historyorb.com/people/buzz-aldrin) (1930) 1934 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1934/) - Tom Baker, British actor (Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror)
1935 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1935/) - Joan Weston, Roller Derby Queen (d. 1997)
1936 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1936/) - Eldred G Maduro, minister (Netherland Antilles)
1937 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1937/) - Dorothy Provine, Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
1938 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1938/) - William Berger, Austrian actor (d. 1993)
1939 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1939/) - Murle Breer, LPGA golfer
1939 - Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1939 - Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000)
1940 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1940/) - Carol Heiss Jenkins, NYC, figure skater (Oly-gold/silver-56, 60)
1940 - Jorge Peixinho, composer
1940 - Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
1941 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1941/) - Pierre Lalonde, Quebec singer and television host
1942 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1942/) - Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)
1943 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1943/) - Roeland HG "Roel" van Duyn, Dutch Provo politician
1943 - Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician
1944 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1944/) - Eddie Shah, English publisher (Today, Post)
1944 - Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
1944 - Lieven Soete, Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
1945 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1945/) - Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10cc-I'm Not in Love)
1945 - Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1945 - Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and correspondent
1946 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1946/) - David Lynch, Missoula Montana, actor/director (Dune, Eraserhead)
1947 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1947/) - George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
1947 - Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
1947 - Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly)
1947 - Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif
1948 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1948/) - Jerry Ross, Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88)
1948 - Mel Pritchard, English rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
1948 - Natan Sharansky, Russian-born physicist and politician
1948 - Nancy Kress, American writer
1949 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1949/) - Kieron Walsh, academic
1950 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1950/) - Henk Batenburgh, cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht)
1950 - Liza Goddard, British actress
1950 - Edward Hirsch. American poet
1950 - Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger
1951 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1951/) - Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut
1951 - Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor
1952 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1952/) - Ian Hill, bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law)
1952 - Paul Stanley, [Eisen], rock guitarist (KISS-Beth)
1955 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1955/) - Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)
1955 - Wyatt Knight, American actor
1955 - Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
1956 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1956/) - Bill Maher, comedian (Politically Incorrect)
1956 - John McNally, Naha Okinawa, US rapid fire pistol (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
1956 - John Phillips Naber, Evanston Ill, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold/silver-76)
1956 - Maria Larsson, Swedish politician
1957 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1957/) - Leonard C Clements, Cherry Point NC, PGA golfer (1994 Bob Hope-2nd)
1958 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1958/) - Lorenzo Lamas, Los Angeles California, actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever)
1959 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1959/) - Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star
1963 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1963/) - Scott Fisher, San Jose California, Australian basketball forward (Oly-96)
1963 - James Denton, American actor
1964 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1964/) - Ozzie Guillen, Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop (Chicago White Sox)
1964 - Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
1964 - Ron Harper, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
1964 - Victoria Sellers, London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords)
1964 - Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer
1965 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1965/) - Brad Brink, US baseball pitcher (SF Giants, Philadelphia Phillies)
1965 - Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
1965 - Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
1965 - Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring)
1965 - John Michael Montgomery, American singer
1966 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1966/) - Bert Weidner, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins)
1966 - Chris Morris, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
1966 - Rich Gannon, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs)
1966 - Tracii Guns, rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
1966 - Rainn Wilson, Seattle, Washington, American actor (The Office, Juno)
1967 (http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1967/) - Joe Pasquale, rocker (Prey)
1967 - Mark Stepnoski, NFL center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)