Happy birthday to:
* 1442 – King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
* 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
* 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
* 1686 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
* 1715 – Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
* 1758 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
* 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (d. 1834)
* 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
* 1838 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
* 1863 – Josiah Thomas, Australian politician (d. 1933)
* 1868 – Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
* 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
* 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
* 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
* 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
* 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
* 1900 – Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)
* 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
* 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
* 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
* 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
* 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
* 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
* 1911 – Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
* 1912 – Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
* 1914 – Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
* 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
* 1921 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
* 1922 – William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
* 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
* 1924 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
* 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
* 1925 – T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
* 1926 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
* 1926 – Harper Lee, American author
* 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
* 1928 – Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
* 1930 – James Baker, American politician
* 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1934 – Lois Duncan, American novelist
* 1937 – Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
* 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
* 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
* 1941 – Nico Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker, director and radio producer
* 1941 – K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
* 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
* 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
* 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer
* 1943 – Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
* 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
* 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
* 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef
* 1946 – Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
* 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English author
* 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress
* 1948 – Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
* 1949 – Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
* 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
* 1950 – Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa musician
* 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
* 1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
* 1953 – Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
* 1954 – Ron Zook, American Football Coach
* 1955 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
* 1955 – Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
* 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
* 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
* 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer
* 1960 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
* 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
* 1960 – Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
* 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
* 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
* 1961 – Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
* 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater
* 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player
* 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
* 1965 – Steven Blum, American voice actor
* 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
* 1966 – Too Short, American rapper
* 1967 – Kari Wührer, American actress
* 1968 – Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
* 1968 – Howard Donald, British musician
* 1968 – Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
* 1971 – Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* 1972 – Joseph Bruce, American musician
* 1973 – Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
* 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor
* 1973 – Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
* 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
* 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
* 1974 – Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
* 1977 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
* 1978 – Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
* 1979 – Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
* 1980 – Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
* 1981 – Jessica Alba, American actress
* 1982 – Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
* 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer
* 1986 – George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter
* 1986 – Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
* 1986 – Jennifer Palm Lundberg, reigning Miss World Sweden
* 1988 – Alice Glass, Canadian singer
And of course:
* 1976 – Me.
Thats right...as I'm sure you have figured out by now, I share a birthday with Jessica Alba, who was in Sin City with Bruce Willis, who was in The Jackal with Richard Gere, who was in Primal Fear with Joe Spano, who was in Frost/Nixon with....
KEVIN BACON.
That's five degrees baby!
