Famous Birthdays on this Day in History

Birthdays in History for Sunday 2nd November 2014

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1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
1475 - Princess Anne of York (d. 1511)
1528 - Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)
1636 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
1667 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
1696 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)
1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
1709 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
1734 - Daniel Boone, Oley Valley, Pennsylvania, frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915), (d. 182)
1739 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer
1741 - Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Neth Democratic Patriots

Queen of France Marie Antoinette (1755)1755 - Marie Antoinette, Vienna, Queen of France(1774-1792), "let them eat cake", (d. 1793)
1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
1777 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
1785 - Frederic Kalkbrenner, composer
1785 - Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer
1795 - James Knox Polk, NC, 11th American President (D) (1845-1849)
1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
1810 - Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883

11th US President James Knox Polk (1795)1812 - Abraham I van Lier, theater director (Gran Theatre-van Lier)
1815 - George Boole, mathematician (Boolean algebra)
1821 - Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
1822 - James Byron Gordon, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1826 - Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1826 - William Haines Lytle, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1828 - Byron Grimes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1833 - Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904)
1837 - Émile Bayard, French artist, illustrator (d. (1891)
1842 - Otto Reubke, composer
1843 - Caryl Florio, composer, Pen-name of William James Rob John
1843 - Elek Erkel, composer
1846 - Antonio Pena y Goni, composer
1847 - George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author (violent revolutions)
1857 - Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex)
1865 - Warren Gamaliel Harding, Ohio, (R) 29th pres (1921-23)

29th US President Warren G. Harding (1865)1865 - Warren G. Harding, Blooming Grove Ohio, American President (1921-1923)
1876 - Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer
1877 - Claire McDowell, NYC, actress (Big Parade)
1877 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (Australia batsman 1899-1912)
1877 - Aga Khan III, Karachi, Shia Imam (1885-1932), (d. 1957)
1877 - Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933)
1879 - Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer (Prince Regent)
1880 - John Foulds, composer
1882 - Leo Perutz, writer
1883 - Frico Kafenda, composer
1883 - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)

48th Shia Imam Aga Khan III (1877)1885 - Harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)
1886 - Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble)
1886 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971)
1890 - Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator
1892 - Alice Brady, NYC, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia)
1892 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar)
1893 - Battista Farina, founder of Pininfarina company (d. 1966)
1894 - William Johnston, tennis champ (US Open-1915)
1894 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)
1897 - Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian (Devil's Brother)
1897 - Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist (USAF in London)
1899 - Eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet
1901 - James Dunn, NYC, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life)
1901 - Paul Ford, Balt Md, actor (Phil Silvers Show)
1902 - Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes)
1902 - Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank)
1903 - Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987)
1905 - Fred Lipmann, watchmaker
1905 - James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
1906 - Luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice)
1906 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959)
1908 - Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor (Genevieve, Doctor in Love)
1910 - Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (d. 1999)
1911 - Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979)
1911 - Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
1912 - Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer
1913 - Burt Lancaster, NYC, actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry)
1913 - Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor
1914 - Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
1915 - Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer
1915 - Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000)
1915 - Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
1917 - Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas)
1919 - Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet (Reino da Estupidez)
1919 - Warren Stevens, Clark's Summit Pa, actor (Richard Boone Show), (d. 2012)
1920 - Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer
1920 - Lewis Charles, NYC, actor (Feather & Father Gang)
1920 - Ann Rutherford, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, actress, (d. 2012)
1921 - Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer
1921 - Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, (Gov-D-Md)
1921 - Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
1921 - Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
1922 - John Pinsent, classical scholar
1924 - Father David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
1924 - Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
1927 - John Sainsbury, English billionaire
1927 - Steve Ditko, American artist
1928 - Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer
1928 - Paul Johnson, British historian
1929 - Harold Farberman, NYC, conductor/composer (Medea)
1929 - Milan Stibilj, composer
1929 - Rachel Ames, Portland Oregon, actress (Line Up, Audrey-Gen Hospital)
1930 - Denis Gerald Barrington, artist
1932 - Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti (1986-88)
1932 - Romano L Mazzoli, (Rep-D-KY, 1971- )

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ken Rosewall (1934)1934 - Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star (US Open 1956)
1934 - Bill Gothard, American speaker
1935 - Mohammad Munaf, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62)
1936 - Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice
1936 - Abdullah the Butcher, wrestler
1937 - Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, NYC, rocker (Cadillacs, Coasters)
1938 - Jay Traynor, rocker (Jay & The Americans)
1938 - Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist
1938 - Ria Beckers-de Bruijn, Dutch MP (PPR)
1938 - Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain
1939 - Howard Wolpe, (Rep-D-MI, 1979- )
1939 - Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat
1939 - Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist
1940 - Gigi Proletti, Italian entertainer
1941 - Bruce Welch, [Cripps], rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis)
1941 - David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino CA, PGA golfer (1970 PGA)

Golfer and Two-Time PGA Champion Dave Stockton (1941)1941 - Dave Stockton, San Bernardino California, golfer and two-time PGA Champion (1970, 1976)
1942 - Shere Hite, St Joseph Missouri, sex therapist (Hite Report)
1942 - Stefanie Powers, Hollywood Ca, actress (Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart)
1943 - Oldrich Pelcak, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut
1944 - Keith Emerson, England (Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery)
1944 - Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Bkln, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75)
1944 - Liesel Westermann, German FR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1968)
1944 - Patrice Chereau, actress (Danton), (d. 2013)
1946 - Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer (1980 World Champion)
1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor/composer (Sunnyata)
1947 - Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave)
1947 - David Anthony Ahern, composer
1948 - Rich Gooch, rock bassist (Quarterflash)
1949 - Simon Augustini, Albanian politician
1951 - Kathy Hammond, US, 400m runner (Olympics-bronze-1972)
1951 - Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
1951 - Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
1952 - Kate Linder, Pasadena Ca, actress (Esther Valentine--Young & Restless)
1952 - Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer
1954 - Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
1955 - Frank Gilligan, Queens NY, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
1955 - Mark Reynolds, San Diego California, star yachter (Olymp-8th-1988, 92, 96)
1955 - Chris Burnett, American musician
1957 - Rita Crockett, San Antonio Tx, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1957 - Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
1958 - Willie McGee, SF CA, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985)
1959 - Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and film maker
1960 - Adam Lingner, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
1960 - Bruce Baumgartner, Haledon NJ, wrestler (Oly-gold/br-84, 88, 92, 96)
1960 - Mardi Jacquet, Chateauroux California, playmate (October, 1980)
1960 - Robert Harold Lohr, Cincinnati OH, PGA golfer (1988 Walt Disney)
1960 - Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star (1993 Futures-Midland MI)
1960 - Saïd Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 - Tihomir Blaškić, Croatian war criminal
1961 - K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, Canadian country singer
1962 - Andrew Elt, singer (Sleeze Beez)
1962 - Donna Spangler, Los Angeles California, wrestler (Coal Miner's Daughter-GLOW)
1962 - David Brock, American political commentator, pundit
1962 - Mireille Delunsch, French soprano
1962 - Simon Hill, English-Australian Football commentator
1963 - Ines Diers, German DR, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980)
1963 - Susie Scott, San Diego Ca, playmate (May, 1983)
1963 - Bobby Dall American rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
1963 - Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
1964 - Kevin Gogan, NFL guard (Oakland Raiders, SF 49ers)
1964 - Michael D'Asaro II, Brooklyn New York, American fencer-sabre
1964 - Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
1965 - Chuck Klingbeil, NFL nose tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1965 - Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
1966 - Orlando Merced, Hato Rey Puerto Rico, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1966 - Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player
1966 - Sean Kanan, actor (AJ-Gen Hospital, Rich Girl, Karate Kid Part 3)
1966 - Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
1966 - Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor
1967 - Chris Port, NFL guard/tackle (NO Saints)
1967 - Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America (1991)
1967 - Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower (Oly-gold/silver-92/96)
1967 - Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
1968 - Brandi Brandt, Santa Clara California, playmate (October, 1987)
1968 - Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate (Aug, 1988)
1968 - Melissa Evridge, Lexington Ky, playmate (Aug, 1990)
1968 - Ultra Naté, American musician
1969 - Dwayne Gordon, NFL linebacker (San Diego Chargers, NY Jets)
1969 - Reginald Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)
1970 - Corbin Lacina, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
1971 - Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Alfred Schreuders, soccer player (RKC)
1972 - Jeni Stephens, Memphis Tennessee, Miss America-Tennessee (1997)
1972 - Marie Josee Gibeau, Lachine Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1972 - Samantha Janus, British entertainer
1972 - Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
1973 - Jason Smith, Calgary, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
1973 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
1974 - Alex Tanaka, actor (Saja-Swan's Crossing)
1974 - Jaroslav Spacek, NHL defenseman (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, (Sweden)
1974 - Ruslan Salei, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98, Anaheim)
1974 - Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball player
1974 - Nelly, American rapper
1974 - Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
1975 - Danny Cooksey, Moore Oklahoma, actor (Sam-Diff'rent Strokes)
1975 - Stéphane Sarrazin, French rally driver
1975 - Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
1976 - Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
1977 - Jason Cerbone, American actor (The Sopranos)
1977 - Randy Harrison, American actor
1978 - Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion
1979 - Julie Lund, Danish actress
1980 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
1981 - Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
1981 - Avy Scott, American actress
1982 - Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
1982 - Charles Itandje, French footballer
1984 - Tamara Hope, Canadian actress
1984 - Julia Stegner, German supermodel
1986 - Erika Jo, American musician
1986 - Lara Sacher, Australian actress
1987 - Danny Cipriani English rugby union player.
1988 - Lindze Letherman, American actress (General Hospital)
1989 - Katelyn Tarver, American singer
1990 - Natasha Smirnoff, daughter of Yakov Smirnov

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