Famous Birthdays on 6st June

1236 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)1436 - Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables1502 - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)1519 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)1576 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)1580 - Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)1599 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)1606 - Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)1622 - Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857)1625 - Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor1661 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer1671 - Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader1676 - Georg Reidel, composer1695 - Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8,000 Chinese1714 - King Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)1722 - Adrien Trudo Sale, composer1735 - Anton Schweitzer, composer1755 - John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)1755 - Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country1756 - John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence)1765 - Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant/poet (Dwingelandij)1772 - Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress consort (d. 1807)1799 - Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit1799 - Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS)1804 - Petter Conrad Boman, composer1807 - Adrien Francois Servais, composer1813 - Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 18831815 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer1819 - William Howard Glover, composer1826 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist1829 - John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 18881829 - Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)1840 - John Stainer, composer1840 - William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)1841 - Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d.1910)1842 - James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art)1844 - Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (d. 1905)1847 - Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)1850 - Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)1857 - Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (d. 1918)1860 - William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral1862 - Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet1867 - David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder (d. 1931)1868 - Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition1869 - Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor1872 - Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)1875 - Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)1878 - Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)1879 - L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect1880 - William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state1886 - Paul Dudley White, heart specialist1887 - Ruth Benedict, anthropoligist1890 - Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy)1890 - Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d. 1971)1891 - Istvan Kardos, composer1891 - Vladislac Vancura, writer1892 - Pearl S Buck, writer1892 - Donald F. Duncan Sr., American entrepreneur (d. 1971)1893 - Ludovic Feldman, composer1894 - Sabin V Dragoi, composer1896 - Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)1896 - Robert Sheriff, playwright (Journey's End)1896 - Henry Allingham, English first world war veteran1898 - Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet)1898 - Walter Abel, St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl)1900 - Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train)1900 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957)1901 - Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)1902 - Avraham Daus, composer1902 - Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer1902 - Jimmie Lunceford, American bandleader (d. 1947)1903 - Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane)1905 - John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show)1906 - Max Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn)1906 - Stefan Andres, writer1907 - Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43)/manager (1946)1909 - Isaiah Berlin, philosopher1909 - M J Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34)1910 - Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor (Hamlet)1910 - Toshitsugu Ogiwara, composer1913 - Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister1913 - Carlo L. Golino, American scholar (d. 1991)1915 - Vincent Persichetti, Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl)1917 - Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)1917 - Prior Jones, cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52)1918 - Maria Montez, Dominican Rep, actress (Arabian Nights)1918 - Richard Crane, Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6)1918 - Tom Scott, poet/editor1919 - Charles Pringle, British air marshal1922 - Ian Hamilton, composer1923 - V. C. Andrews, American author (d. 1986)1924 - Serge Nigg, composer1924 - Jinyong, Chinese novelist1926 - Klaus Tennstedt, Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio)1926 - Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist (Tumbleweeds)1928 - George Deukmejian, Menands NY, (Gov-Cal)1929 - Boguslaw Schaffer, composer1929 - Viktor Konezki, writer1929 - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (d. 2005)1930 - Frank Tyson, cricketer ("Typhoon" England pace destroyer mid-50's)1931 - Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp1932 - Billie Whitelaw, Coventry England, actress (Omen, Adding Machine)1932 - David R Scott, San Antonio Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15)1933 - Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)1934 - Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)1934 - Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium (1993- )1934 - Philippe Entremont, France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch)1935 - Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back/wide receiver (Browns, Redskins)1935 - Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists1935 - Harry Crews, US writer/actor (Indian Runner)1935 - Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar1935 - Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction)1936 - Levi Stubbs, rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song)1938 - Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne1939 - Gary "US" Bonds, [Anderson], Fla, singer/songwriter (New Orleans)1939 - Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (Reconstruction)1939 - Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president (Childrens Defense Fund)1939 - Nganani Enos J Mabuza, S African leader (Inyandza Natl Movement)1940 - Laudir De Olivera, rocker (Chicago)1940 - Phillip Rhodes, composer1940 - Sandra Morgan, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)1940 - Willie-John McBride, British rugby player1941 - Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist1942 - Howie Kane, rocker1942 - Larry "The Mole" Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat)1942 - Sandra Morgan, US 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)1943 - Asif Iqbal, cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80)1943 - Ken Hatfield, former N.C.A.A. Football Head Coach1944 - Edgar Froese, rocker (Tangerine Dream)1944 - Peter Albin, SF Calif, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Co)1944 - David Penhaligon, British politician1944 - Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1945 - David Dukes, SF, actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War)1945 - David E Bonior, (Rep-D-MI, 1977- )1946 - Chelsea Brown, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln)1946 - Lasse Hallstrom, director (Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA)1947 - Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)1947 - Terry Williams, rocker (First Edition)1947 - David Blunkett, English politician1947 - Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer1948 - Richard Sinclair, English musician (Caravan)1949 - Edgar Warren Williams, composer1949 - Robert Englund, actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V)1949 - Holly Near, American folksinger1950 - Chantal Akerman, actor/director (Akermania, Je Tu II Elle)1951 - Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Okla, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind)1951 - Noritake Takahara, Japanese racing driver1952 - Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker (Yellow Magic Orchestra)1952 - Harvey Fierstein, American actor1953 - Ken Calvert, (Rep-R-California)1953 - Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician1954 - Harvey Fierstein, Brooklyn NY, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy, ID4)1954 - Cynthia Rylant, American author1955 - Dana Carvey, Missoula MT, comedian (SNL, Garth-Wayne's World)1955 - Sandra Bernhard, Flint Mich, actress (King of Comedy, Nancy-Roseanne)1956 - Andy Pycroft, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)1956 - Bjorn Borg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1976-79)1956 - Jay C Buckey, NYC, physician/astronaut (STS 58 alt, sk: 90)1956 - Marilyn Jones, Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing)1957 - Mike Gatting, cricketer (England batsman 1977-95 & captain)1958 - Elaine Crosby, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1989 Mazda Japan Classic)1959 - Amanda Pays, London England, actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits)1959 - Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician1959 - Jimmy Jam, American record producer1959 - Colin Quinn, American comedian1959 - David Schultz, American wrestler (d. 1996)1960 - Gary Graham, actor (Money on the Side)1960 - Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain (1979)1960 - Steve Vai, guitarist (Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake)1960 - Steve Vai, American musician1961 - Bill Bates, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)1961 - Sydney Walsh, actress (Mo-Hooperman)1961 - Tom Araya, Chilean musician (Slayer)1961 - Nir Brand, Israeli composer1961 - Aldo Costa, Italian engineer1963 - Dannette Leininger, Kailua HA, team handball wing (Olympics-92, 96)1963 - Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)1963 - Jason Isaacs, English actor1964 - Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing)1964 - Sherry J Traylor, Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991)1964 - Konnan, Mexican professional wrestler1965 - David Whyte, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)1965 - Sally McDermid, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)1965 - Wendy Wiebe, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)1966 - Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer1966 - Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer1966 - Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie)1967 - Max Casella, actor (Vinnie-Doogie Howser)1967 - Michael Timpson, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears, Philadelphia Eagles)1967 - Wasim Haider, cricketer (member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad)1967 - Paul Giamatti, American actor1968 - Brian Wright, Stillwater Okla, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 NM Open-2nd)1968 - Craig Roberts, Everett WA, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)1968 - Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)1968 - François Avard, Canadian writer and scenarist1968 - Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist1969 - Brian Greenfield, WLAF punter (London Monarchs)1969 - Douglas Lee Mitchell, Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang)1969 - Mike Croel, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)1969 - Sunil Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996)1970 - Randy Jordan, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)1970 - Eugeni Berzin, Russian cyclist1970 - Sarah Dessen, American author1970 - Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer1970 - Anthony Norris, American professional wrestler1971 - Mike Craig, St Mary's, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)1972 - Dulip Liyanage, cricketer (Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler)1972 - Erin Woodley, Mississauga Ontario, synchro swimmer (Olympic-silver-96)1972 - Frankie King, NBA guard (LA Lakers)1972 - Gary Downs, running back (Atlanta Falcons)1972 - Jeff Williams, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)1972 - Marko Kiprusoff, Turku FIN, NHL defenseman (Team Finland, Montreal)1972 - Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer (Lacuna Coil)1973 - Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan pace bowler 1993-)1973 - Jamie Wilson, tackle (Carolina Panthers)1973 - Jon Hesse, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)1973 - Olindo Mare, kicker (Miami Dolphins)1973 - Kat Swift, American politician (Green Party)1974 - Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)1974 - Patrick Hape, tight end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)1974 - Danny Strong, American actor1974 - Sonya Walger, British actress1975 - Niklas Sundstrom, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)1975 - Staci Keanan, [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads)1975 - Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician1975 - Nina Kaczorowski, American actress1976 - Lukas Hass, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box)1976 - Melanie Sibetang, Miss Northern Marianas Universe (1997)1976 - aKido, Canadian musician1976 - Ross Noble, British comedian1976 - Geoff Rowley, British skateboarder1977 - David Connolly, Irish footballer1977 - Bryn Williams, Welsh chef1978 - Carl Barât, English musician (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things)1978 - Judith Barsi, American actress (d. 1988)1978 - Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer1979 - Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1996)1980 - Matt Belisle, American baseball player1980 - Martin Devaney, English footballer1981 - Johnny Pacar, American film actor1983 - Gemma Bissix, British actress1983 - Gianna Michaels, American porn actress1984 - Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballplayer1984 - Shannon Stewart, American model1985 - Drew Galloway, Scottish professional wrestler1987 - Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician1987 - Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer1987 - Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor