Famous Birthdays on 5st June

1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)1493 - Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)1523 - Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)1554 - Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592)1640 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)1646 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)1660 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)1664 - Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703)1665 - Nicolas Bernier, composer1686 - Cristoph Raupach, composer1695 - Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect1718 - Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized)1723 - Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)1736 - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp1757 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808)1759 - Theodor Zwetler, composer1760 - Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium)1771 - Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51)1771 - Willem F, count of Bylandt, Dutch military officer1771 - Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851)1781 - Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)1798 - Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer1813 - Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer1819 - John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)1823 - George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)1825 - Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61)1826 - Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer1827 - Beverly Holcombe Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army)1831 - Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 19221850 - Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908)1862 - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911)1863 - Arthur Somervell, composer1868 - James Connolly, Irish socialist (d. 1916)1874 - Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904)1876 - Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)1877 - Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)1878 - Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)1878 - [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader1879 - Adolf Wiklund, composer1879 - Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985)1879 - René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)1882 - Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]1883 - John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist1884 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist1884 - Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)1885 - Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)1887 - Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)1888 - Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)1892 - Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)1894 - Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)1895 - August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)1895 - William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)1898 - Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)1900 - Barbara Gooden, novelist1900 - Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]1901 - Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar1902 - Hugo Huppert, writer1905 - Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)1905 - John Abbott, London, actor (Smogasboard)1906 - Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO)1906 - Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday)1906 - Viscount Rochdale, British CEO1907 - Rolf Bongs, writer1907 - Rudolf Peieris, physicist1908 - Jack Jacob, senior master (British Supreme Court)1909 - Alfred Uhl, composer1911 - Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast)1911 - Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO (ASH)1912 - Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman)1912 - Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)1912 - Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (d. 2003)1913 - Friedrich Wildgans, composer1914 - Beatrice de Cardi, archaeoligist1914 - Rose Hill, singer/actress (Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark)1914 - Stan Jones, Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)1915 - Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf)1915 - Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA)1916 - Eddie Joost, baseball player1916 - Jack Sutherland, journalist1916 - Syd Barnes, cricketer (Australian batsmen of 30's/40's)1917 - Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter1918 - Branimir Sakac, composer1919 - Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68)1919 - Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator1920 - Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation)1920 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)1920 - Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)1921 - Lancelot Pierre, cricketer (1 Test WI v England 1948, 0-28)1923 - Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)1923 - Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963)1924 - Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist1925 - Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)1925 - Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)1925 - William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )1925 - Art Donovan, American football star1928 - Otto V Walter, writer1928 - Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)1928 - Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)1930 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer1930 - Robert Buchanan, founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University)1930 - Roger W Suddards, solicitor1930 - Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996)1931 - Jacques Demy, France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)1931 - John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)1931 - Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher, antroposopher1932 - A R Dawson, rugby player1932 - Christy Brown, Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days)1934 - Bill D Moyers, Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal)1934 - F Curtis Michel, LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut1934 - Gwen Swire, British social worker1934 - Katherine Helmond, actress (Soap, Coach)1935 - Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)1936 - Barry Wilson, deputy chief (British Defense Staff)1936 - M A "Kelly" Seymour, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70)1936 - Connie Hines, American actress1937 - Stanley Lunetta, composer1938 - Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)1938 - Marion Chapman, smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g)1939 - Joe Clark, [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)1939 - Margaret Drabble, British author (Needle's Eye)1940 - H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer (S African batting all-rounder 1961-67)1940 - Moira Anderson, Scotland, singer (Loch Lomond)1941 - Duane Duke Sims, baseball player1941 - Floyd Butler, rocker1941 - Jeffrey Rooker, MP (Labour)1941 - Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)1941 - Spalding Gray, RI, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting)1941 - Robert Kraft, American owner of the New England Patriots1942 - Charles Dodge, composer1942 - Nelson "Bo" Burton Jr, bowler/sportscaster (Pro Bowlers Tour)1942 - Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, pres of Equatoriaal Guinee (1979- )1943 - Ann Craft, researcher/writer1943 - Bill Hopkins, composer1943 - Matthew Lesko, American author1944 - Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968)1944 - Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jan 5]1944 - Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer1945 - Ambar Roy, cricketer (nephew of Pankaj Batted in 4 Tests 1969-70)1945 - Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)1945 - John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute1945 - Klaus Wyborny, actor (Klammer auf Klammer Zu)1945 - John Carlos, American athlete1946 - Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand)1946 - Fuzzy Fuscaldo, rocker (Capt Beefheart)1946 - Gillian Hills, Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange)1946 - Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf)1946 - Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Afredo, Key)1947 - David Hare, playwright (Strapless, Plenty, Wetherby, Fatale)1947 - Eric Molobi, South Africa, activist (ANC)1947 - Laurie Anderson, performance artist (O Superman, Excellent Birds)1947 - Tom Evans, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger)1948 - Frank Estersmith, Australia, rocker (Air Supply)1949 - Ken Follett, Cardiff, Wales, spy author (Eye of the Needle, Lie Down with Lions)1950 - Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)1950 - Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)1950 - J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author1951 - Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer, and television personality.1952 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)1952 - Daniel Katzen, American classical musician1953 - Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer1954 - Michael "Nicko" McBain, Eng hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave)1954 - Phil Neale, cricketer1954 - Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor1955 - Nancy Stafford, Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)1955 - Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player1956 - Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones)1956 - Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Astronaut (STS 58, 76, sk 90)1956 - Richard Butler, English singer (Psychedelic Furs)1957 - Jim Woodward, Wilmington DE, Nike golfer (1994 Miss Gulf Coast-50th)1958 - Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Comoros1959 - Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans)1960 - Leslie Hendrix, American actress1960 - Margo Lanagan, Australian author1961 - Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star1961 - Teri Nunn, Calif, rock vocalist (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)1961 - Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d. 1999)1962 - Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II1962 - Jeff Garlin, American comedian1964 - Laura Charameda, Marshall Mich, cyclist (Olympics-96)1964 - Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)1964 - Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)1965 - Bob Probert, Windsor, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)1965 - Edward Hartman, Skalica CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia)1965 - Karen Sillas, Bkln NY, actress (Prime Suspect)1965 - Sandrine Piau, French soprano1966 - Bill Spiers, Orangeburg SC, infielder (Houston Astros)1966 - Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State)1967 - Joe Deloach, US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)1967 - Matt Bullard, NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)1967 - Ray Lankford, Modesto Calif, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)1967 - Ron Livingston, American actor1969 - Ed Smith, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy)1969 - Keith Powe, WLAF/CFL defensive lineback (Win Blue Bombers, Claymores)1969 - Brian McKnight, American musician1970 - Izabella Scorupco, Bialystok Poland, actress (Golden Eye)1970 - Martin Gelinas, Shawinigan, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)1970 - Todd Burger, guard (Chicago Bears)1971 - Marky Mark Wahlberg, Mass, rap singer (New Kids)/actor1971 - Pedro Garau, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)1971 - Vaughn Parker, NFL guard/tackle (SD Chargers)1971 - Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress1971 - Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver1972 - Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler1972 - Chuck Klosterman, American journalist1972 - Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor1973 - Brady Smith, defensive end (New Orleans Saints)1973 - Clay Williams, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)1973 - Sean Moran, defensive end (Buffalo Bills)1973 - Lamon Brewster, American boxer1973 - Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter1973 - Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka1974 - Chad Allen Lazzari, Cerritos Ca, actor (David-Our House, St Elsewhere)1974 - Chassity Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actress1974 - Russ Ortiz, American baseball player1975 - Zydrunas Ilgauskas, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)1975 - Sandra Stals, Belgian athlete1977 - Chantal Lefebvre, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd)1977 - Christian Martucci, American musician1977 - Nourhanne, Lebanese singer1977 - Navi Rawat, American actress1977 - Liza Weil, American actress1978 - Korina Nikolaou, Miss Cyprus Universe (1997)1978 - Misha Ivetich, Miss Indiana Teen USA (1996)1978 - Fernando Meira, Portuguese football player1979 - Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)1979 - David Bisbal, Spanish singer1979 - Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer1979 - Jason White, American NASCAR driver1980 - Yasser Latif Hamdani, Pakistani constitutional lawyer1980 - Sutee Suksomkit, Thai football player1981 - Jade Goody, British television personality1981 - Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)1983 - Bill Bray, American baseball player1983 - Marques Colston, American football player1984 - Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress1985 - Kenny De Ketele, Belgian cyclist1987 - Lara Bingle, Australian model1987 - Charlie Clements, English actor1992 - Emily Seebohm, Australian Swimmer1995 - Troye Mellet, Australian Actor And Singer2005 - Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain