Friday, May 30, 2008

22/04

Births
1451 - Queen Isabella of Castile and Leon (d. 1504)
1610 - Pope Alexander VIII (d. 1691)
1658 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (d. 1709)
1690 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (d. 1763)
1692 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
1707 - Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754)
1711 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779)
1724 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)
1744 - James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808)
1766 - Madame de Staël, French author (d. 1817)
1812 - Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist (d. 1894)
1816 - Charles Denis Bourbaki, French general
1832 - Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902
1840 - Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)
1844 - Lewis Thornton Powell, would-be assassin of Secretary of State William H. Seward (d. 1865)
1852 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1912)
1854 - Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1943)
1860 - Ada Rehan, American stage actress (d. 1916)
1868 - Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
1870 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (d. 1924)
1872 - Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (d. 1954)
1873 - Ellen Glasgow, American author (d. 1945)
1876 - Robert Bárány, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
1876 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Russian politician (d. 1970)
1884 - Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (d. 1939)
1889 - Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator (d. 1945, by suicide)
1891 - Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)
1891 - Nicola Sacco, American anarchist (d. 1927)
1891 - Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
1899 - Vladimir Nabokov, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1904 - Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
1905 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (d. 1991)
1906 - Eddie Albert, American actor (d. 2005)
1906 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, second in line to the Swedish throne (d. 1946)
1907 - Ivan Efremov, Russian paleontologist and author (d. 1972)
1909 - Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, Nobel laureate
1909 - Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (d. 2001)
1910 - Norman Steenrod, American mathematician (d. 1971)
1912 - Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. 1953)
1914 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch writer (d. 2002)
1914 - Michael Wittman, German soldier and tank ace (d. 1944)
1916 - Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (d. 1999)
1918 - Mickey Vernon, baseball player
1919 - Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001)
1922 - Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979)
1922 - Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
1923 - Avis Bunnage, English actress (d. 1990)
1923 - Bettie Page, American model
1923 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer (d. 2006)
1925 - George Cole, English actor
1926 - Charlotte Rae, American actress
1926 - James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992)
1927 - Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
1935 - Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
1936 - Glen Campbell, American musician
1936 - Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
1937 - Jack Nicholson, American actor
1937 - Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000)
1939 - Mel Carter, American singer
1939 - Jason Miller, American playwright (d. 2001)
1939 - Theodor Waigel, German politician and finance minister
1943 - Louise Glück, American poet and 12th US Poet Laureate
1944 - Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)
1946 - John Waters, American film writer
1946 - Louise Harel, Quebec politician
1946 - Nicole Garcia, French actress and director
1946 - Steven L. Bennett, USAF Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1972)
1950 - Peter Frampton, English musician
1950 - Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
1951 - Paul Carrack, English musician
1951 - Ana María Shua, Argentine poet
1952 - Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress
1952 - François Berléand, French actor
1953 - Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
1955 - Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director and producer
1957 - Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister
1958 - Ken Olandt, American actor
1959 - Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
1959 - Ryan Stiles, Canadian-born actor
1960 - Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
1960 - Gary Rhodes, English chef
1960 - Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
1962 - Jeff Minter, English video game programmer
1965 - Lauri Hendler, actress
1965 - Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
1966 - Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
1967 - Sheryl Lee, American actress
1967 - Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and actress
1967 - Harvey Williams, American football player
1968 - Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Dion Dublin, English footballer
1970 - Andrea Giani, Italian volleyball player
1970 - Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
1971 - Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
1971 - Eric Mabius, American actor
1972 - Owen Finegan, Australian rugby union footballer
1973 - Adem Poric, Australian former footballer
1973 - Ofer Talker, Israeli footballer
1974 - Diego Costa, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1974 - Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
1975 - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
1975 - Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
1976 - Michał Żewłakow, Polish footballer
1976 - Paul Henderson, Australian soccer player
1976 - Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Mark van Bommel, Dutch footballer
1977 - Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
1978 - Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
1978 - Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
1979 - Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1979 - Zoltan Gera, Hungarian footballer
1980 - Nicolas Douchez, French footballer
1980 - Courtney Friel, presenter of World Poker Tour
1980 - Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
1980 - Aaron Michael Metchik, American actor
1981 - Ken Dorsey, American football player
1982 - Kaká, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Tim Hamilton, Slovak adult movie actor
1983 - Matt Jones, American football player
1984 - Michelle Ryan, English actress
1984 - Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
1986 - Dusan Sakota, Serbian-Greek basketball player
1986 - Amber Heard, American actress
1986 - Marshawn Lynch, American Football player

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