Famous Birthdays on 11st June

1403 - John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)1456 - Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)1540 - Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)1572 - Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)1588 - George Wither, English writer (d. 1667)1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer1696 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)1697 - Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist1704 - Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer1713 - Edward Capell, English critic (d. 1781)1719 - Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik1723 - J G Palitzsch, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz1740 - Luigi Gatti, composer1741 - Joseph Warren, American doctor and soldier (d. 1775)1776 - John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)1807 - James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 18821808 - Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 18821815 - Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer (d. 1879)1816 - Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 18901822 - Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 18891823 - James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 18951829 - Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)1840 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser1842 - Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician1842 - Carl von Linde, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1934)1846 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920)1847 - Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)1861 - Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer1863 - Eduard David, German undersecretary (constitution of Weimar)1864 - Richard Georg Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Don Quixote)1865 - Jan H Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam)1867 - Charles Fabry, discoverer (ozone layer in upper atmosphere)1874 - Richard Stohr, composer1876 - Alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at History)1877 - Renee Vivien, English-born poet (d. 1909)1879 - Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager1879 - Roger Bresnahan, baseball player (d. 1944)1879 - Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)1880 - Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (Rep-Montana)1883 - Frank O King, Cashton Wisc, cartoonist (Gasoline Alley)1886 - David Steinman, NYC, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough)1886 - Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress (Suddenly it's Spring)1888 - Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1927)1889 - Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director (Keystone Kops)1892 - Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic1894 - Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner), Canadian magician, The Professor (d. 1992)1895 - Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)1897 - Bruno Frei, writer1899 - George Frederick McKay, composer1899 - Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes)1900 - Lawrence E Spivak, Bkln NY, news panelist (Meet the Press)1902 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer1903 - Ernie Nevers, NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals)1904 - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano)1904 - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer1904 - Emil Frantisek Burian, composer1906 - Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop1907 - Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Man in the Moon)1907 - Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader1907 - Paul Mellon, US, oil magnate/pres (Washington National Gallery of Art)1910 - Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II, Apocalypse Now)1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer (Calypso)1911 - Russ Hodges, Dayton Tn, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights)1912 - Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer1912 - William Baziotes, painter (abstract expressionist)1913 - John Elliott Terry, managing director (National Film Finance Corp)1913 - Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze, composer1913 - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)1914 - Gerald Mohr, NYC, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue)1914 - Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist (Church & Emperor)1914 - Jack Mann, pilot/hostage1915 - David Kindersley, font designer/cutter1915 - Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (d. 1999)1917 - James Bostock, painter/engraver1917 - Joseph B. Wirthlin, LDS apostle1918 - Nelson Mandela, President (South Africa)1919 - Richard Todd, Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident)1920 - Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72)1920 - Hazel Scott, Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott)1920 - Irving Howe, US, writer/critic (World of Our Fathers)1920 - Robert Hutton, Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket)1921 - Beatrice "Fiet" van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer1921 - Michael Meyer, UK, novelist/Ibsen translator (Hedda Gabler)1922 - Erving Goffman, sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life)1922 - John Bromfield, South Bend In, actor (Easy to Love)1922 - Michael Cacoyannis, director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women)1922 - Tony Charmoli, director/choreographer (Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye)1923 - Gerard Vaughn, MP (Conservative)1924 - Ed Farhat, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)1925 - William Styron, Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice)1926 - Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian1926 - Carlisle Floyd, Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk)1927 - Beryl Grey, prima ballerina1927 - Eric St Eval Atkinson, cricketer (bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59)1927 - John Aspinall, owner (casino, zoos)1927 - Josef Anton Reidl, composer1927 - Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman (1922 Committee)1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium1928 - Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (CDA)1930 - Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup)1930 - Charles B Rangel, (Rep-D-NY, 1971- )1931 - Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, lord advocate1931 - Lucianna Paluzzi, Rome Italy, actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball)1931 - Tab Hunter, NYC, actor (Tab Hunter Show)1931 - Audrey Schuh, American soprano1932 - Athol Fugard, Middleburg S Africa, anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot)1932 - Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state1933 - Jud Strunk, Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In)1933 - Gene Wilder, American actor1934 - Anthony Evans, British high court judge1934 - Pookie Hudson, vocalist (Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite-Spaniels)1934 - Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark1935 - Gene Wilder, [Jerome Silbermann], Milwaukee, actor (Silver Streak)1935 - Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer (played 1 Test Pakistan v WI 1958)1936 - Chad Everett, South Bend In, actor (Medical Center, Airplane II)1936 - George Bryan Ingham, artist1936 - Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (d. 1981)1937 - Johnny Brown, St Petersburg Fla, comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams)1937 - Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine1939 - Barry George Barrington Porter, politician1939 - Barry Porter, MP (Conservative)1939 - Christina Crawford, author, Joan's daughter (Mommie Dearest)1939 - Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix)1939 - Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist1939 - Wilma Burgess, country-pop singer1939 - Bernard Purdie, American session drummer1940 - Joey Dee, Passaic NJ, singer (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris)1942 - Somachandra De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84)1944 - Alan Horworth, MP1944 - Barry Stevens, British/Neth, choreographer (Personals, Young Again)1944 - James "Ox" D A van Hoften, Fresno Calif, astronaut (STS 11, STS 20)1945 - Adrienne Barbeau, Sacramento Calif, actress (Maude, Swamp Thing)1946 - Jenny Pittman, horse trainer1946 - John Lawton, British rock singer (Uriah Heep)1946 - Michael Wilkes, commander (UK Field Army)1947 - Glenn Leonard, R&B singer (Temptations)1947 - Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), later Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration1947 - Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician1948 - Anthony Nelson, British Sec of Treasury1948 - Skip Alan, [Alan Skipper], drummer (Them, Pretty Things)1948 - Stephen Schnetzer, Boston Mass, actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World)1949 - Frank Beard, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Legs, Fandango)1949 - George Willig, stuntman (climbed World Trade Center in 1977)1949 - Tom Pryce, British racing driver (d. 1977)1949 - Benjamin Vasserman, Estonian graphic artist1950 - Debbie "Pokey" Watson, US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)1950 - Lindsey de Paul, singer1950 - Michael Swan, Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns)1951 - Collis King, cricketer (WI all-rounder late 70s)1951 - Jan Fransen, Dutch MP (VVD)1951 - Maren Seidler, Bkln NY, shot putter (Olympics-11th-1968)1951 - Mark D Siljander, (Rep-R-MI, 1981- )1951 - Mithra Wettimuny, cricketer (brother of Sidath 2 Tests for SL v NZ 1983)1951 - Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese appropriation artist1952 - Donnie Van Zant, rock vocalist (.38 Special)1952 - Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)1953 - Peter Bergman, actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band)1954 - Gary Fencik, NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)1954 - John Dyson, cricketer (NSW & Australian opening batsman)1955 - Tony Allcock, bowler1955 - Yuriy Sedykh, Soviet hammer thrower1956 - Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)1957 - Bruce Plummer, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 West Coast)1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician1958 - Deborah Vidal, Ponce Puerto Rico, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile-19th)1959 - Hugh Laurie, actor (Strapless)1961 - Caroline Quentin, English actress1961 - María Barranco, Spanish actress1962 - Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)1962 - Erika Salumäe, Estonian cyclist, Olympian1963 - Max Stevens, Millmeran QLD, Australasia golfer1963 - Tommy Barnhardt, NFL punter (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, TB Bucs)1963 - Bruce Kimball, American diver1963 - Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (d. 2000)1964 - Kim Gallagher, Phila, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)1964 - Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver1965 - Anthony Painter, Milton NSW, Australasia golfer1965 - Giola Bruno, rocker (Expose)1965 - Joe Cain, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears, Seattle Seahawks)1965 - Manuel Uribe Garza, morbidly obese Mexican1966 - Scott Mellanby, Montreal, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)1966 - Tiffany Cohen, Culver City Calif, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1984)1967 - Clare Carey, actress (Kelly Fox Rosebrock-Coach)1967 - John Doherty, pitcher1967 - Mario Chitarroni, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)1968 - Staci Baldwin, Miss Washington USA (1996)1969 - Johan Hansma, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)1969 - Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer (Josephine)1969 - Peter Dinklage, American actor1969 - Steven Drozd, American drummer1969 - Matt McGrath, American actor1970 - Brock Marion, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)1970 - Roman Kontsek, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)1970 - William Selby, Monroeville MI, infielder (Boston Red Sox)1970 - Chris Rice, singer/songwriter1971 - Dion Foxx, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)1971 - Duane Dmytryshyn, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)1972 - Andrew Peterson, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)1972 - Joe O'Brien, WLAF defensive tackle (Scottish Claymores)1973 - Lance Johnstone, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)1973 - Robby Kiger, Encino Calif, actor (Josh Fox-Crazy Like a Fox)1973 - Tony McKenzie, WLAF guard (London Monarchs)1974 - Emilee Klein, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic-2nd)1974 - Tanya Pogatchnik, Miss Montana USA (1996)1974 - Tatiana Ignatieva, Minsk Belarus, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sopot POL)1975 - Choi Ji Woo, South Korean actress and model1975 - Thomas Bimis, Greek diver1976 - Scott Guyton, Tokoroa NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)1976 - Tai Anderson, American musician (bass player for Third Day)1977 - Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer1977 - Ryan Dunn, American actor1977 - Shane Meier, Canadian actor1978 - Joshua Jackson, actor (Mighty Ducks)1978 - Leah Sexton, Miss Missouri Teen USA (1996)1978 - Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel1980 - Yhency Brazoban, Dominican born baseball player1981 - Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer1982 - Eldar Rønning, Norwegian cross-country skier1982 - Johnny Candido, American professional wrestler1982 - Joey Graham, American basketball player1982 - Steven Graham, American basketball player1982 - Diana Taurasi, American basketball player1983 - José Reyes, Dominican baseball player1983 - Chuck Hayes, American basketball player1984 - Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer1984 - Andy Lee, Irish Boxer1985 - Anja Rubik, Polish supermodel1985 - Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer1986 - Brighton Hertford, actress (BJ Jones-General Hospital)1986 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor1987 - TiA, Japanese R&B singer1988 - Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model1989 - Jeff Linton Osbourne, son of Jeffrey & Sheri1994 - Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress