Famous Birthdays on 24st May

15 BC - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)15 - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant1522 - John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)1544 - William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)1605 - Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church1610 - Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer1616 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)1619 - Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter1650 - John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist1671 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)1677 - Alexandre de Villenueve, composer1689 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)1736 - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer1738 - George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist1751 - Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)1753 - Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington1754 - Giacomo Conti, composer1767 - Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer1781 - Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player1794 - William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)1803 - Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano1803 - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)1807 - Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature1807 - Thomas Duncan, painter1810 - Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism1811 - Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 18771816 - Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)1816 - Robert Seaman Granger, (Union Army Bvt Major general, died in 1894)1819 - Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)1830 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)1831 - Richard Hoffman, composer1836 - Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)1838 - Paul Laband, German lawyer1840 - Frederick Walker, painter1841 - Charles Napier Henry, painter1841 - Tito Mattei, pianist/composer1850 - Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter1852 - Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician1854 - Louis Mountbatten, admiral (WW I)1854 - John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918)1855 - Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright1858 - Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer)1863 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)1866 - Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990 (124 years)1868 - Charles E. Taylor, First aircraft maintenance professional (d. 1956)1870 - Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth & League of Nations1870 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938)1870 - Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)1878 - Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)1879 - H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese's and founder (d. 1956)1881 - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer1882 - Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East)1885 - Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist (d. 1948).1886 - Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)1887 - Edward "Mick" Mannock, Irish WWI flying ace (d. 1918)1891 - Benedictus H Danser, Dutch botanist1891 - William F Albright, US old testament scholar/archaeologist1893 - W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda)1895 - H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)1895 - Samuel I Newhouse, US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)1898 - Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)1899 - Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)1899 - Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)1900 - Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)1900 - Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)1901 - José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)1903 - Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)1903 - Hilding Hallnas, composer1904 - George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)1904 - Kenneth Buckley, British rear-admiral1904 - Patrick Johnson, physicist1905 - Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)1905 - Zdenek Blazek, composer1906 - Edmund Sargant, solicitor1906 - John Mayo, director-general (Help the Aged)1908 - Kresimir Fribec, composer1908 - Michael Roberts, historian1909 - Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)1909 - Louis Fornberg, writer1909 - Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe1910 - Margers Zarins, composer1910 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer1911 - Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking (d. 2007)1912 - Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano1912 - Joseph Anthony, [Deuster], US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow)1913 - Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)1913 - Willi Daume, olympic organizer1914 - Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)1914 - George Tabori, writer1914 - Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], Germany, actress (Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar)1916 - Roden Cutler, Governor (New South Wales)1917 - Derek Hodgson, British high court judge1917 - Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC1917 - Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse NY, president (Notre Dame)1918 - Coleman A Young, civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)1918 - D V Jennings, solicitor1922 - Sadao Bekku, composer1923 - Paul Bramley, oral surgeon1923 - Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)1925 - Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip (South Afr Conserv Party)1925 - Mai Zetterling, Sweden, actress (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm)1926 - Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-50's)1926 - Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor1927 - John Kelly Jr, US, sculls (Oly-bronze-1956)/brother of Grace Kelly1927 - Martinus J Mentz, South African MP (Conservative)1927 - Timothy Beven, CEO (Barclays Bank)1928 - Peter Griffiths, MP1928 - Stanley Baxter, British comedian (Joey Boy, Fast Lady)1928 - William Trevor, Brit writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune)1930 - Hans-Martin Linde, composer1930 - Ivor Richardson, Judge (NZ Court of Appeals)1931 - Michael Lonsdale, French actor1932 - Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen)1932 - Elaine Malbin, opera singer1932 - Graham Arnold, artist1932 - James Anderton, Chief constable (Manchester England)1932 - Terence Heiser, British senior civil servant1933 - Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal1933 - Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind v Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB)1933 - Joaquín Vaquero Turcios, Spanish painter1933 - Tony Mullett, dir-general (National Criminal Intelligence Service)1933 - Aharon Lichtenstein, Orthodox Jewish rabbi1934 - Jane Byrne, (Mayor-D-Chic)1934 - Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist1935 - Joan Micklin Silver, American director1936 - Harold Budd, composer1938 - Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner (S African in one Test v England 1964)1938 - Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor (Cheech & Chong)1938 - David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996)1939 - Gert J Schutte, Dutch MP (GPV)1940 - Gary Burghoff, Bristol CT, actor (Radar-M*A*S*H)1940 - Joseph Brodsky, USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)1941 - Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, actor (Tiger Shark)1941 - Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer (U of East Anglia)1941 - Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)1941 - Brian Dennis, composer1941 - Konrad Boehmer, composer1941 - Martin Mogg, governor (British Durham Prison)1941 - Tony Valentino, rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)1942 - Ali Bacher, cricketer (South African batsman & capt in 60's)1942 - Derek Quinn, guitarist (Freddie & Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)1942 - Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)1943 - James Levine, British conductor1943 - Gary Burghoff, American actor1944 - Arthur Brown, rock vocalist (Fire) [or Jun 24]1944 - Patti LaBelle, [Holt], Phila Pa, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)1945 - Priscilla Presley, Bkln NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)1945 - Richard Ottaway, MP1945 - Steven Norris, British MP1946 - Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper (Oly-bron-1972)1946 - Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor (TLS)1946 - Steve Upton, rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In)1947 - Luke Rittner, sect-gen (Arts Council)1947 - Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer (Walk on Faith)1947 - Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive1949 - John Illsley, rocker (Dire Straits)1949 - Jim Broadbent, English actor1950 - Jo Ann Washam, LPGA golfer1950 - Larry Seidlin, American judge1951 - Pat Bradley, golfer (leader in LPGA career earnings)1951 - Rob Baker, rock drummer (Red Rider)1951 - Ronald A Parise, Warren Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67)1953 - Alfred Molina, London, actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears)1953 - Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror)1955 - Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)1955 - Thad Ackel, horse trainer1956 - Helen Terry, rocker (Now You're Mine)1956 - Michael Jackson, Northern Irish clergyman1957 - John G Rowland, (Rep-R-CT, 1985- )1959 - George Glanos, horse trainer1960 - Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, Lions)1962 - Bev Lidyoff, Huntington Park Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1994)1962 - Dorothy Trapp, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-96)1963 - Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem NY, dancer/actor (Leroy-Fame)1963 - Horace Holden Jr, Atlanta GA, slalom double canoe (Olympics-11th-96)1963 - Joe Dumars, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)1963 - Ken Ftach, St Louis Mo, tennis star1963 - Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver1963 - Michael Chabon, American author1963 - Kathy Leander, Swiss singer1963 - Rich Rodriguez, American football coach1964 - Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic-gold-1988)1964 - Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)1964 - Pat Verbeek, Sarnia Ont, NHL forward (Team Canada, NY Rangers)1965 - Chris Jorgis, Palo Alto Calif, US badminton player (Olympic-92)1965 - John C. Reilly, American actor1965 - Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director1966 - Tommy Turner, jockey1966 - Tony Jones, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)1966 - Eric Cantona, French footballer1966 - Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver1967 - Heavy D, rapper1967 - Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-96)1967 - Steve McDonald, rocker (Redd Kross)1968 - Jerry Dipoto, Jersey City NJ, pitcher (NY Mets)1968 - Mo Willems, American author and screenwriter1969 - Martin McCague, cricketer (in Ulster AIS product, Eng quickie 1993-94)1969 - Rich Robinson, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)1970 - Jeff Zgonina, NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams)