- 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
- 1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545)
- 1491 - Henry VIII, king of England (d. 1547)
- 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (d. 1640)
- 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
- 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
- 1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
- 1807 - Anton Philipp Reclam, German publisher (d. 1895)
- 1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907)
- 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist and narrator, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1936)
- 1891 - Carl Panzram, serial killer
- 1902 - Richard Rodgers, composer (d. 1979)
- 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics (d. 1972)
- 1906 - Paul-Emile Victor
- 1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker
- 1914 - Lester Flatt, bluegrass musician (d. 1979)
- 1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India 1991 - 1996
- 1926 - Mel Brooks, filmmaker
- 1932 - Pat Morita, actor
- 1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player
- 1938 - Moy Yat, martial artist
- 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics
- 1946 - Gilda Radner, actress (d. 1989)
- 1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer
- 1948 - Kathy Bates, actress
- 1948 - Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court justice
- 1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
- 1954 - Alice Krige, actress
- 1960 - John Elway, American football player
- 1964 - Mark Grace, Major League Baseball player
- 1966 - John Cusack, actor
- 1968 - Adam Woodyatt, actor
- 1972 - Jon Heidenreich, professional wrestler
- 1973 - Adrian Annus, hammer thrower
- 1978 - Simon Larose, tennis player
- 1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player
- 1983 - Yehuda Halper. graduate student in philosophy
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
13 years ago
3 comments:
happy birthday, yehuda!
For some reason I find it significant that Rouseau, Kathy Bates, Mel Brooks and you were all born on the same day.
Many happy returns of the day.
Yehuda - Happy B-day!
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