June 1 - Births

Births

• 719 – Yang Yuhuan (d. 756)
• 1076 – Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)
• 1300 – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)
• 1480 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
• 1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
• 1563 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (d. 1612)
• 1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
• 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
• 1653 – Georg Muffat, French composer (d. 1704)
• 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
• 1754 – Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Austrian governor of the Duchy of Milan and Duke of Breisgau (d. 1806)
• 1762 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
• 1771 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
• 1790 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
• 1796 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist (d. 1832)
• 1800 – Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
• 1801 – Brigham Young, American colonizer and religious leader (d. 1877)
• 1804 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (d. 1857)
• 1815 – Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
• 1825 – John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general (d. 1864)
• 1831 – John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (d. 1879)
• 1833 – John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1911)
• 1843 – Henry Faulds, Scottish fingerprinting pioneer (d. 1930)
• 1844 – John J. Toffey, American army officer (d. 1911)
• 1878 – John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
• 1881 – Charles Kay Ogden, English writer and linguist (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Frank Morgan, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1898 – Molly Picon, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1899 – Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
• 1901 – John Van Druten, English screen writer (d. 1957)
• 1901 – Hap Day, Canadian hockey player and manager (d. 1990)
• 1903 – Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian bishop (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Frank Whittle, English inventor of the jet engine (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Yechezkel Kutscher, Slovakian-born Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
• 1912 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
• 1915 – John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1917 – William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader and arranger (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Joan Caulfield, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1922 – Joan Copeland, American actress
• 1924 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher
• 1925 – Marie Knight, American gospel singer (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Andy Griffith, American actor
• 1926 – Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1928 – Georgi Dobrovolski, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
• 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian (d. 2003)
• 1929 – James Billington – American librarian
• 1930 – John Lemmon, English logician (d. 1966)
• 1930 – Edward Woodward, English actor (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and social critic (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Charles Wilson, American politician (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Haruo Remeliik, 1st President of Palau (d. 1985)
• 1934 – Pat Boone, American singer
• 1935 – Reverend Ike, American televangelist (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Joe Doyle, Irish politician
• 1936 – Bekim Fehmiu, Albanian actor (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Gerald Scarfe, British illustrator
• 1937 – Morgan Freeman, American actor
• 1937 – Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress
• 1937 – Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
• 1939 – Cleavon Little, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1940 – René Auberjonois, American actor
• 1940 – Kip Thorne, American physicist
• 1944 – Robert Powell, English actor
• 1945 – Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
• 1945 – Linda Scott, American singer
• 1946 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
• 1947 – Jonathan Pryce, British actor
• 1947 – Ron Dennis, F1 team principal (McLaren)
• 1947 – Ronnie Wood, English guitarist (Rolling Stones)
• 1948 – Powers Boothe, American actor
• 1948 – Tomáš Halík, Czech priest and public intellectual
• 1948 – Michel Plasse, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Tom Sneva, American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 winner
• 1950 – Wayne Nelson, American musician (Little River Band)
• 1953 – David Berkowitz, American serial killer known as the Son of Sam
• 1953 – Ronnie Dunn, American musician (Brooks & Dunn)
• 1955 – Tony Snow, American news anchor, former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 58^th Yokozuna
• 1956 – Lisa Hartman, American actress
• 1957 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
• 1958 – Ahron Bregman, Israeli journalist
• 1959 – Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator
• 1959 – Alan Wilder, British musician (Depeche Mode and Recoil)
• 1960 – Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
• 1960 – Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician
• 1961 – Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
• 1961 – Peter Machajdik, Slovakian composer
• 1963 – Mike Joyce, English drummer (The Smiths)
• 1964 – Tribhuvan, Indian Poet and journalist
• 1964 – Mark Curry, American comedian and actor
• 1965 – Larisa Lazutina, Russian cross-country skier
• 1965 – Nigel Short, English chess player
• 1966 – Greg Schiano, American football coach
• 1967 – Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
• 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
• 1968 – Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
• 1968 – Karen Mulder, Dutch model
• 1969 – René Liu, Taiwanese actress and singer
• 1969 – Teri Polo, American actress
• 1970 – Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
• 1970 – R. Madhavan, Indian actor
• 1971 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
• 1971 – Roldán González, Cuban singer
• 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
• 1972 – Mike Dunham, American hockey player
• 1973 – Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
• 1973 – Adam Garcia, Australian actor
• 1973 – Derek Lowe, American baseball player
• 1973 – Heidi Klum, German model
• 1974 – Ashok Jadeja, Indian fraudster
• 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
• 1974 – Melissa Sagemiller, American actress
• 1974 – Akis Zikos, Greek footballer
• 1975 – James Storm, American professional wrestler
• 1975 – Michal Grosek, Czech hockey player
• 1977 – Danielle Harris, American actress
• 1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress
• 1977 – Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
• 1977 – Richard Williams, British racing driver
• 1979 – Santana Moss, American football player
• 1980 – Oliver James, British actor
• 1981 – Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1981 – Brandi Carlile, American singer and songwriter
• 1981 – Smush Parker, American basketball player
• 1982 – Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player
• 1983 – Jake Silbermann, American actor
• 1984 – Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian athlete
• 1984 – Oliver Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
• 1985 – Mário Hipólito, Angolan footballer
• 1985 – Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopian athlete
• 1985 – Nick Young, American basketball player
• 1986 – Dayana Mendoza, Venezuelan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2008 winner
• 1986 – Ben Smith, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1987 – Zoltán Harsányi, Slovakian footballer
• 1987 – Jerel McNeal, American basketball player
• 1988 – Javier Hernandez Balcazar, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese pop singer