Famous Birthday

76 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (builder of Hadrian's Wall)


938 - Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)


1275 - Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)


1821 - Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)


1824 - Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising)


1824 - Jules Chevalier, French priest (d. 1907)


1830 - Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)


1844 - Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)


1866 - Matthew Charlton, Australian politician (d. 1948)


1868 - Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)


1897 - Jackson Scholz, American runner (d. 1986)


1901 - Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader


1905 - Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler


1907 - Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)


1918 - Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde)


1920 - E. Donnall Thomas, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine


1945 - Jorgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)


1950 - Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer


1955 - Mohsin Khan, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s)


1959 - Renny Harlin, Finnish film director


1959 - Lisa Holton, American writer


1959 - Fabio Lanzoni, Italian model


1967 - Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist


1971 - Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)


1972 - Oliver Gibson, NFL defensive tackle (Pitts Steelers)


1972 - Steve Danielson, Honolulu, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)


1975 - Eva Longoria, American actress


1976 - Jennifer 8. Lee, American journalist


1977 - Brian Tee, American actor


1982 - Emily Tyndall, American actress


1985 - Eva Amurri, American actress


1985 - Tom Chilton, British racing driver


1991 - Kie Kitano, Japanese actress