Famous Birthdays on June 10

Q: Who was born on June 10?

Famous people born on June 10 include: Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Mercurino Gattinara, Louis.

Q: What is Faith Evans known for?

Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

224 people 867 – 2001

June 10 has seen 224 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 867 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 10 — Wikipedia

1973 — Faith Evans

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

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Sure! and Christopher Williams, and by the age of 20, signed with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records as the label's first female artist in 1994

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Evans then guest performed alongside 112 on Combs' 1997 single "I'll Be Missing You," which won Best Rap Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards and became the first hip hop song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100

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Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career

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Following her uncredited appearance on labelmate the Notorious B.I.G.'s single "One More Chance", she released her debut studio album, Faith (1995), to critical acclaim and moderate commercial reception

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Her second and third albums, Keep the Faith (1998) and Faithfully (2001), peaked at numbers six and 14 on the Billboard 200, respectively, and saw further critical praise.

Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931)

Emperor Uda was the 59th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Uda's reign spanned the years from 887 through 897.

867

Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani

Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)

Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who worked in Baghdad. He made important innovations in spherical…

940

Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi

Persian poet and philosopher (died 1289)

Fakhr al-Din Iraqi was a Persian Sufi poet of the 13th century. He is principally known for his mixed prose and poetry work, the Lama'at, as well as his divan, most of which were written in the form of a ghazal.

1213

Mercurino Gattinara

Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530)

Mercurino Arborio, marchese di Gattinara, was an Italian statesman and jurist who served, from 1518 to 1530, as the principal chancellor of Charles V, the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor. He was made cardinal…

1465

Louis

Duke of Montpensier (1561–1582) (died 1582)

Louis III de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier was the second Duke of Montpensier, a French Prince of the Blood, military commander and governor. He began his military career during the Italian Wars, and in 1557 was captured…

1513

Leandro Bassano

Italian painter (died 1622)

Leandro Bassano, also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Bassano del Grappa who was awarded a knighthood by the Doge of Venice. He was the younger brother of artist Francesco Bassano the…

1557

Esprit Fléchier

French bishop and author (died 1710)

Esprit Fléchier was a French preacher and author, Bishop of Nîmes from 1687 to 1710.

1632

James Francis Edward Stuart

claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)

James Francis Edward Stuart, also known as the Old Pretender, was the senior House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only surviving son of James II…

1688

Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757)

Princess Caroline of Great Britain was the fourth child and third daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his wife Caroline of Ansbach.

1713

Carl Gustaf Ekeberg

Swedish physician and explorer (died 1784)

Carl Gustaf Ekeberg was a Swedish physician, chemist and explorer. He made several voyages to the East Indies and China as a sea captain. He brought back reports of the tea tree and wrote a number of books.

1716

William Eustis

American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)

William Eustis was an early American medical doctor, politician, and statesman from Massachusetts. Trained in medicine, he served as a military surgeon during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of…

1753

Hermann Schlegel

German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)

Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.

1804

Gustave Courbet

French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the…

1819

Sondre Norheim

Norwegian-American skier (died 1897)

Sondre Norheim, born Sondre Auverson, was a Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. Sondre Norheim is known as the father of Telemark skiing.

1825

Edwin Arnold

English poet and journalist (died 1904)

Sir Edwin Arnold was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia.

1832

Nicolaus Otto

German engineer (died 1891)

Nicolaus August Otto was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion engine. The Association of…

1832

Stephen Mosher Wood

American lieutenant and politician (died 1920)

Stephen Mosher Wood was an American politician. He Wood represented Chase County, Kansas in the Kansas House of Representatives in 1871 and 1875, and was a member of the Kansas Senate in 1876 after replacing S. R.…

1832

Rebecca Latimer Felton

American educator and politician (died 1930)

Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day. She was a prominent member of the Georgia…

1835

Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Danish lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1912)

Count Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido of Holstein-Ledreborg, was a Danish politician who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 1909. He also…

1839

Theodor Philipsen

Danish painter (died 1920)

Theodor Esbern Philipsen was a Danish painter of Jewish ancestry, known for landscapes and animal portraits. He also did small figures in wax and clay.

1840

Heinrich von Herzogenberg

Austrian composer and conductor (died 1900)

Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg was an Austrian composer and conductor descended from a French aristocratic family.

1843

Cora Agnes Benneson

American attorney (died 1919)

Cora Agnes Benneson was an American attorney, lecturer, and writer. She was one of the first women to practice law in New England. Benneson was raised in Quincy, Illinois, to parents involved in local politics,…

1851

Sarah Grand

Irish feminist writer (died 1943)

Sarah Grand was an Irish-English feminist writer active from 1873 to 1922. Her work revolved around the New Woman ideal.

1854

Emanuel Nobel

Swedish-Russian businessman (died 1932)

Emanuel Ludvig Nobel was a Swedish oil baron, the eldest son of Ludvig Nobel and his first wife, Mina Ahlsell, grandson of Immanuel Nobel and nephew of Alfred Nobel.

1859

Mrs. Leslie Carter

American actress (died 1937)

Caroline Louise Dudley, known professionally as Mrs. Leslie Carter, was an American silent film and stage actress who found fame on Broadway through collaborations with impresario David Belasco. She was a beautiful and…

1862

Louis Couperus

Dutch author and poet (died 1923)

Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches.…

1863

Ninian Comper

Scottish architect (died 1960)

Sir John Ninian Comper was a Scottish-born architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects.

1864

Frederick Cook

American physician and explorer (died 1940)

Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer, medical doctor and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. A competing claim was made a year later by…

1865

Margarito Bautista

Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (died 1961)

Margarito Bautista was a Mexican evangelist and religious founder who wrote and preached for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After converting in 1901, Bautista preached for the church through word and…

1878

André Derain

French painter and sculptor (died 1954)

André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder, with Henri Matisse, of Fauvism. His paintings of 1905–1906 are characterized by riotous colourism in the Fauve style. By 1910, however, his work had…

1880

Nils Økland

Norwegian Esperantist and teacher (died 1969)

Nils Andreas Økland was a Norwegian Esperantist and teacher in Stord Municipality, Norway. He spent some years in his youth on the island of Utsira, where his father was a school teacher. Nils Økland was married to…

1882

Leone Sextus Tollemache

English captain (died 1917)

Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache was a captain in the British Army who died during the First World War.

1884

Sessue Hayakawa

Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)

Kintarō Hayakawa, known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was a popular star and matinée idol in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor…

1886

Al Dubin

Swiss-American songwriter (died 1945)

Alexander Dubin was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.

1891

Hattie McDaniel

American actress (died 1952)

Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to…

1893

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. She was born at Peterhof Palace, near Saint Petersburg.

1897

Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (died 1983)

Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt was the daughter of Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, and his wife, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg. She married and divorced a son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, then married and divorced a…

1898

Stanisław Czaykowski

Polish racing driver (died 1933)

Count Stanisław Michel Frederic Marie Czaykowski, also known as Stanislas Czaykowski and Stanislaus Czaykowski was a Polish Grand Prix motor racing driver.

1899

Frederick Loewe

Austrian-American composer (died 1988)

Frederick Loewe was an American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, all of which were made into…

1901

Lin Huiyin

Chinese architect and poet (died 1955)

Lin Huiyin was a Chinese architect, writer, and poet. She is known to be the first female architect in modern China. Her husband was Liang Sicheng, named as the "father of modern Chinese architecture".

1904

Fairfield Porter

American painter and critic (died 1975)

Fairfield Porter was an American painter and art critic. He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family. He was the brother of photographer Eliot…

1907

Dicky Wells

American jazz trombonist (died 1985)[n 1]

William Wells, known professionally as Dicky Wells, was an American jazz trombonist.

1907

Lang Hancock

Australian soldier and businessman (died 1992)

Langley Frederick George Hancock was an Australian iron ore magnate from Western Australia who maintained a high profile in the spheres of business and politics. Famous initially for discovering the world's largest iron…

1909

Frank Demaree

American baseball player and manager (died 1958)

Joseph Franklin Demaree was an American baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants (1939–41), Boston Braves (1941–42), St. Louis Cardinals (1943) and…

1910

Howlin' Wolf

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)

Chester Arthur Burnett, better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chicago…

1910

Ralph Kirkpatrick

American harpsichord player and musicologist (died 1984)

Ralph Leonard Kirkpatrick was an American harpsichordist and musicologist, widely known for his chronological catalog of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas as well as for his performances and recordings.

1911

Terence Rattigan

English playwright and screenwriter (died 1977)

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. He wrote The…

1911

Jean Lesage

Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1980)

Jean Lesage was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 19th premier of Quebec from July 5, 1960, to June 16, 1966. Alongside Georges-Émile Lapalme, René Lévesque and others, he is often viewed as the father…

1912

Tikhon Khrennikov

Russian pianist and composer (died 2007)

Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies,…

1913

Benjamin Shapira

German-Israeli biochemist and academic (died 1993)

Benjamin Shapira was an Israeli biochemist.

1913

Oktay Rıfat Horozcu

Turkish poet and playwright (died 1988)

Ali Oktay Rifat, better known as Oktay Rifat, was a Turkish writer and playwright, and one of the forefront poets of modern Turkish poetry since the late 1930s. He was the founder of the Garip movement, together with…

1914

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Saul Bellow was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National…

1915

Peride Celal

Turkish author (died 2013)

Peride Celal Yönsel, commonly known as Peride Celal or Peride Celâl, was a Turkish novelist and story writer. Her work has won major awards such as the Sedat Simavi Literature Award in 1977, and the Orhan Kemal Novel…

1916

William Rosenberg

American entrepreneur, founded Dunkin' Donuts (died 2002)

William Rosenberg was an American entrepreneur who founded the Dunkin' Donuts franchise in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, one of the pioneers in name-brand franchising, originally named the "Open Kettle" doughnut shop…

1916

Patachou

French singer and actress (died 2015)

Henriette Ragon, better known as Patachou, was a French singer and actress, best-known for popularizing Georges Brassens songs by singing them before he became famous. She was an Officier of the Légion d'honneur.

1918

Barry Morse

English-Canadian actor and director (died 2008)

Herbert "Barry" Morse was a British-Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was known for playing Lt. Philip Gerard, the principal antagonist of the American television series The Fugitive (1963–67), as well as Dr.…

1918

Haidar Abdel-Shafi

Palestinian physician and politician (died 2007)

Haidar Abdel-Shafi was a Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader. He was the head of the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid Conference of 1991 and served in the Palestinian Legislative Council for…

1919

Kevin O'Flanagan

Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (died 2006)

Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan was an Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. He was also a noted sprinter and long jumper…

1919

Prince Philip

Duke of Edinburgh (died 2021)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal…

1921

Jean Robic

French cyclist (died 1980)

Jean Robic was a French road racing cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature and appearance was encapsulated in his nickname Biquet (Kid goat).…

1921

Judy Garland

American actress and singer (died 1969)

Judy Garland was an American actress and singer whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a variety of genres including musicals, comedies, and dramas.…

1922

Bill Kerr

South African-Australian actor (died 2014)

William Henry Kerr was a British and Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian.

1922

Mitchell Wallace

Australian rugby league player (died 2016)

Mitchell Wallace was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Balmain Tigers and Parramatta as a winger.

1922

Paul Brunelle

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)

Paul Brunelle was a singer, songwriter and country guitarist of western Quebec. He is considered the pioneer of country in Quebec and the main source of influence on the artist who would popularize the genre, Willie…

1923

Robert Maxwell

Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991)

Ian Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak-born British-French media proprietor and politician. He was the father of socialite and child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

1923

Friedrich L. Bauer

German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2015)

Friedrich Ludwig "Fritz" Bauer was a German pioneer of computer science and professor at the Technical University of Munich.

1924

Leo Gravelle

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)

Joseph Léo Gérard Gravelle was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 223 games in the National Hockey League between 1946 and 1951. He played with the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens. Gravelle…

1925

Nat Hentoff

American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017)

Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his…

1925

James Salter

American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015)

James Arnold Horowitz, better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he…

1925

Bruno Bartoletti

Italian conductor (died 2013)

Bruno Bartoletti was an Italian operatic conductor. His active international career lasted from 1953 to 2007, and he specialized in the Italian repertory and contemporary works. He was particularly noted for his 51-year…

1926

Lionel Jeffries

English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010)

Lionel Charles Jeffries was an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Spy with a Cold Nose.

1926

Claudio Gilberto Froehlich

Brazilian zoologist (died 2023)

Claudio Gilberto Froehlich was a Brazilian zoologist.

1927

László Kubala

Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002)

László Kubala was a professional footballer. He played as a forward for Ferencváros, Slovan Bratislava, Barcelona, and Espanyol, among other clubs. Regarded as one of the greatest players in history, Kubala is…

1927

Lin Yang-kang

Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (died 2013)

Lin Yang-kang was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after failing to win…

1927

Johnny Orr

American basketball player and coach (died 2013)

John Michael Orr was an American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Michigan, and at Iowa State University. In the…

1927

Eugene Parker

American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022)

Eugene Newman Parker was an American solar and plasma physicist, often called the "father" and "founder" of heliophysics. In 1958, he proposed the existence of the solar wind and predicted that the magnetic field in the…

1927

Maurice Sendak

American author and illustrator (died 2012)

Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Sendak…

1928

James McDivitt

American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022)

James Alton McDivitt Jr. was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat…

1929

Ian Sinclair

Australian farmer and politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence

Ian McCahon Sinclair is an Australian former politician who served as a Member of Parliament for 35 years, and was leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989. He served as either a minister or opposition…

1929

Thomas Taylor

Baron Taylor of Blackburn, British Labour Party politician (died 2016)

Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, was a businessman and Labour politician. He was a member of Blackburn Council for 22 years, serving as its leader from 1972 to 1976. In 1978, he became a member of the House of…

1929

E. O. Wilson

American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)

Edward Osborne Wilson was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist who developed the field of sociobiology.

1929

Aranka Siegal

Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor

Aranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982. She is the author of three books, the best known of which is Upon the Head…

1930

Carmen Cozza

American baseball and football player (died 2018)

Carmen Louis Cozza was an American football and baseball player and coach of football. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1965 to 1996, winning ten Ivy League championships and compiling a…

1930

Theo Sommer

German journalist (died 2022)

Theo Sommer was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for Die Zeit in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for Die Zeit shaped the paper's social-liberal attitude. He…

1930

Chen Xitong

Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013)

Chen Xitong was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the Mayor of Beijing until he was removed from office on charges of corruption in 1995.

1930

Bryan Cartledge

English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia

Sir Bryan Cartledge, is a former British diplomat and academic.

1931

João Gilberto

Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto, was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often…

1931

Pierre Cartier

French mathematician and academic (died 2024)

Pierre Émile Cartier was a French mathematician. An associate of the Bourbaki group and at one time a colleague of Alexander Grothendieck, his interests have ranged over algebraic geometry, representation theory,…

1932

Chuck Fairbanks

American football player and coach (died 2013)

Charles Leo Fairbanks was an American football coach who was a head coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1972 and at the…

1933

Peter Gibson

English lawyer and judge

Sir Peter Leslie Gibson is a British former barrister and Lord Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, and was a judge of the Qatar International Court. Gibson has also served, between April 2006…

1934

Tom Pendry

Baron Pendry, English politician (died 2023)

Thomas Pendry, Baron Pendry, was a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. He was previously the Labour member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1970 to 2001. In 2000, prior to his…

1934

Vic Elford

English racing driver (died 2022)

Victor Henry Elford was an English sports car racing, rallying, and Formula One driver. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points.

1935

Lu Jiaxi

Chinese self-taught mathematician (died 1983)

Lu Jiaxi was a self-taught Chinese mathematician who made important contributions in combinatorial design theory. He was a high school physics teacher in a remote city and worked in his spare time on the problem of…

1935

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Japanese author and illustrator (died 2015)

Yoshihiro Tatsumi was a Japanese manga artist whose work was first published in his teens, and continued through the rest of his life. He is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative manga in Japan,…

1935

Rahul Bajaj

Indian businessman and politician (died 2022)

Rahul Bajaj was an Indian billionaire businessman and politician. He was the chairman emeritus of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group. He was awarded the third-highest civilian award in India, the Padma Bhushan, in 2001.

1938

Violetta Villas

Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)

Czesława Maria Gospodarek, known by her stage name Violetta Villas, was a Polish and international cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter. Her voice was characterized as coloratura soprano, which spanned…

1938

Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak

Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009)

Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak was a mathematician whose research concerned balanced incomplete block designs, bivariegated graphs, graceful graphs, graph equations and frequency partitions. She earned a Ph.D. from the…

1938

Augie Auer

American-New Zealand meteorologist (died 2007)

August Henry "Augie" Auer Jr was an American-born atmospheric scientist and meteorologist in New Zealand.

1940

John Stevens

English drummer (died 1994)

John William Stevens was an English drummer, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble.

1940

Mickey Jones

American drummer (died 2018)

Mickey Jones was an American musician and actor. He played drums with acts such as Trini Lopez and Bob Dylan, with whom he played on his 1966 world tour. He became a founding member of The First Edition with singer…

1941

Shirley Owens

American singer

Shirley Alston Reeves, born Shirley Owens, is an American soul singer who was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles.

1941

Jürgen Prochnow

German actor

Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" in the 1981 war film Das Boot.

1941

David Walker

Australian racing driver

David Walker was an Australian racing driver who drove for Lotus in the 1971 and 1972 Formula One World Championships.

1941

Gordon Burns

Northern Irish journalist

Gordon Henry Burns is a Northern Irish retired journalist and broadcaster. He was the host of The Krypton Factor for its original 18-year run (1977–1995) and was the chief anchorman for the BBC regional news programme…

1942

Chantal Goya

French singer and actress

Chantal de Guerre, known as Chantal Goya, is a French singer and actress.

1942

Arthur Hamilton

Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge

Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton,, is a Scottish judge and served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from November 2005 until 8 June 2012, succeeding Lord Cullen.

1942

Preston Manning

Canadian politician

Ernest Preston Manning is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in…

1942

Simon Jenkins

English journalist and author

Sir Simon David Jenkins FLSW is a British author, a newspaper columnist and editor. He was editor of the Evening Standard from 1976 to 1978 and of The Times from 1990 to 1992.

1943

Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir

Icelandic politician

Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she represented the Reykjanes constituency from July 1996 to May 2003.

1943

Ze'ev Friedman

Polish-Israeli weightlifter (died 1972)

Ze'ev Friedman was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.

1944

Rick Price

English rock bass player (died 2022)

Richard Gordon Price was an English bassist and singer who played with various Birmingham-based rock bands, most notably Sight and Sound, the Move (1969–1971), and Wizzard (1972–1975).

1944

Michel Bastarache

Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist

J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.

1947

Ken Singleton

American baseball player and sportscaster

Kenneth Wayne Singleton is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and designated hitter from 1970 to 1984, most…

1947

Robert Wright

English air marshal

Air Marshal Sir Robert Alfred Wright, is a former senior Royal Air Force officer.

1947

Elías Sosa

Dominican-American baseball player

Elías Sosa Martínez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) as an amateur free agent on March 4, 1968, and played for the Giants…

1950

Dan Fouts

American football player and sportscaster

Daniel Francis Fouts is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) throughout his 15-season career (1973–1987). After a…

1951

Tony Mundine

Australian boxer

Anthony William Mundine OAM is an Australian former boxer, and one of the country's most accomplished Indigenous fighters. The only Australian boxer to compete professionally in four weight divisions, he held the…

1951

Burglinde Pollak

German pentathlete

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1951

Kage Baker

American author (died 2010)

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1952

Eileen Cooper

English painter and academic

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1953

John Edwards

American lawyer and politician

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1953

Garry Hynes

Irish director and producer

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1953

Don Maitz

American artist

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1953

Christine St-Pierre

Canadian journalist and politician

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1953

Moya Greene

Canadian businesswoman

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1954

Rich Hall

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

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1954

Annette Schavan

German theologian and politician

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1955

Andrew Stevens

American actor and producer

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1955

Elain Harwood

English architectural historian (died 2023)

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1958

Yu Suzuki

Japanese game designer and producer

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1958

Carlo Ancelotti

Italian footballer and manager

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1959

Ernie C

American heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, and producer

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1959

Eliot Spitzer

American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York

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1959

Nandamuri Balakrishna

Indian film actor and politician

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1960

Kim Deal

American singer-songwriter and musician

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1961

Maxi Priest

English singer-songwriter

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1961

Gina Gershon

American actress, singer and author

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1962

Anderson Bigode Herzer

Brazilian poet and author (died 1982)

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1962

Wong Ka Kui

Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)

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1962

Tzi Ma

Hong Kong American character actor

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1962

Brent Sutter

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

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1962

Brad Henry

American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma

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1963

Jeanne Tripplehorn

American actress

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1963

Susanne Albers

German computer scientist and academic

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1965

Elizabeth Hurley

English model, actress, and producer

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1965

Joey Santiago

American alternative rock musician

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1965

David Platt

English footballer and manager

David Andrew Platt is an English retired football coach and player who played as a midfielder.

1966

Emma Anderson

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Emma Victoria Jane Anderson is an English musician. She is a songwriter, and was guitarist and singer in the shoegazing/Britpop band Lush.

1967

Darren Robinson

American rapper (died 1995)

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1967

Elizabeth Wettlaufer

Canadian nurse and serial killer

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1967

Bill Burr

American comedian and actor

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1968

Derek Dooley

American football player and coach

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1968

Craig Hancock

Australian rugby league player

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1969

Ronny Johnsen

Norwegian footballer

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1969

Kate Snow

American journalist

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1969

Mike Doughty

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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1970

Katsuhiro Harada

Japanese game designer, director, and producer

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1970

Alex Santos

Filipino journalist

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1970

Shane Whereat

Australian rugby league player

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1970

Sarah Wixey

Welsh sport shooter

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1970

JoJo Hailey

American singer

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1971

Bobby Jindal

American journalist and politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana

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1971

Bruno Ngotty

French footballer

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1971

Erik Rutan

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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1971

Kyle Sandilands

Australian radio and television host

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1971

Steven Fischer

American director and producer

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1972

Radmila Šekerinska

Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia

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1972

Sundar Pichai

Indian-American businessman

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1972

Eric Upashantha

Sri Lankan cricketer

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1972

Flesh-n-Bone

American rapper and actor

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1973

Pokey Reese

American baseball player

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1973

Dustin Lance Black

American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist

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1974

Henrik Pedersen

Danish footballer

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1975

Alari Lell

Estonian footballer

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1976

Esther Ouwehand

Dutch politician

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1976

Hadi Saei

Iranian martial artist

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1976

Adam Darski (Nergal)

Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist

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1977

Mike Rosenthal

American football player and coach

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1977

Raheem Brock

American football player

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1978

Subhash Khot

Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist

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1978

Evgeni Borounov

Russian ice dancer and coach

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1979

Kostas Louboutis

Greek footballer

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1979

Jessica DiCicco

American actress and voice actress

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1980

Matuzalém

Brazilian footballer

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1980

Ovie Mughelli

American football player

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1980

Dmitri Uchaykin

Russian ice hockey player (died 2013)

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1980

Daniele Seccarecci

Italian bodybuilder (died 2013)

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1980

Mat Jackson

English racing driver

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1981

Albie Morkel

South African cricketer

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1981

Andrey Yepishin

Russian sprinter

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1981

Tara Lipinski

American figure skater

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1982

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1982

Ana Lúcia Souza

Brazilian ballerina and journalist

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1982

Jade Bailey

Barbadian athlete

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1983

Marion Barber III

American football player (died 2022)

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1983

Aaron Davey

Australian footballer

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1983

Leelee Sobieski

American actress and producer

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1983

Steve von Bergen

Swiss footballer

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1983

Johanna Kedzierski

German sprinter

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1984

Dirk Van Tichelt

Belgian martial artist

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1984

Betsy Sodaro

American actress

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1984

Richard Chambers

Irish rower

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1985

Celina Jade

Hong Kong-American actress

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1985

Kaia Kanepi

Estonian tennis player

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1985

Dane Nielsen

Australian rugby league player

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1985

Andy Schleck

Luxembourger cyclist

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1985

Vasilis Torosidis

Greek footballer

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1985

Al Alburquerque

Dominican baseball player

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1986

Marco Andreolli

Italian footballer

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1986

Martin Harnik

German-Austrian footballer

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1987

Amobi Okoye

Nigerian-American football player

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1987

Jeff Teague

American basketball player

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1988

David Miller

South African cricketer

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1989

Mustapha Carayol

Gambian footballer

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1989

Alexandra Stan

Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model

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1989

Alexa Scimeca Knierim

American figure skater

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1991

Kate Upton

American model and actress

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1992

Wen Junhui

Chinese singer and actor

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1996

Cheung Ka-long

Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion

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1997

Ryan Papenhuyzen

Australian rugby league player

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1998

Rafael Leão

Portuguese footballer

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1999

Blanche

Belgian singer

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1999

Julien Alfred

Saint Lucian medal-winning 100m sprinter at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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2001

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Faith Evans — American singer-songwriter (born 1973)

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Known forBorn in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career

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1973 — Faith Evans

Sure! and Christopher Williams, and by the age of 20, signed with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records as the label's first female artist in 1994

Evans then guest performed alongside 112 on Combs' 1997 single "I'll Be Missing You," which won Best Rap Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards and became the first hip hop song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100

Born in Lakeland, Florida, and raised in New Jersey, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1991 in pursuit of a recording career

Following her uncredited appearance on labelmate the Notorious B.I.G.'s single "One More Chance", she released her debut studio album, Faith (1995), to critical acclaim and moderate commercial reception

Her second and third albums, Keep the Faith (1998) and Faithfully (2001), peaked at numbers six and 14 on the Billboard 200, respectively, and saw further critical praise.

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