June 7 - Births

Births

• 1529 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and writer (d. 1615)
• 1757 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1806)
• 1761 – John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821)
• 1770 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828)
• 1778 – Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840)
• 1811 – James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (d. 1870)
• 1831 – Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892)
• 1837 – Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler (d. 1903)
• 1840 – Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (d. 1927)
• 1845 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930)
• 1848 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903)
• 1862 – Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1947)
• 1863 – Bones Ely, professional baseball player (d. 1952)
• 1868 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and watercolourist (d. 1928)
• 1879 – Knud Rasmussen, Greenlander explorer (d. 1933)
• 1879 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (d. 1963)
• 1880 – Thorleif Lund, Norwegian actor (d. 1956)
• 1883 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (d. 1948)
• 1886 – Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Alexander de Seversky, Russian-born aviation pioneer (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Douglas Campbell, American World War I flying ace (d. 1990)
• 1896 – Robert S. Mulliken, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
• 1896 – Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (d. 1958)
• 1897 – George Szell, Hungarian conductor (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (d. 1973)
• 1900 – Glen Gray, American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (d. 1963)
• 1902 – Herman B Wells, American college president and chancellor of Indiana University (d. 2000)
• 1905 – James J. Braddock, Irish-American boxer and one-time Heavyweight Champion of the World (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland (d. 2002)
• 1909 – Virginia Apgar, American physician and developer of the Apgar test (d. 1974)
• 1909 – Peter W. Rodino, American politician (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Jessica Tandy, English-born American actress (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Mike Sebastian, American football player (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer (d. 2007)
• 1911 – Brooks Stevens, American industrial designer (d. 1995)
• 1917 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Dean Martin, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Georges Marchais, French politician (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder; adopted daughter of Babe Ruth (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Leo Reise, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1975)
• 1923 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian jurist (d. 2000)
• 1925 – John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (d. 1953)
• 1928 – Dave Bowen, Welsh international football manager (d. 1995)
• 1928 – James Ivory, American film director
• 1928 – Reg Park, British bodybuilder (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (d. 1983)
• 1929 – John Napier Turner, Canadian seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1931 – Malcolm Morley, English painter
• 1933 – Herb Score, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Harry Crews, American author
• 1935 – Thomas Kailath, American engineer
• 1937 – Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor
• 1938 – Goose Gonsoulin, American football player
• 1940 – Tom Jones, Welsh singer
• 1943 – Nikki Giovanni, American poet
• 1943 – Ken Osmond, American actor
• 1945 – Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria
• 1946 – Jenny Jones, Canadian-born American talk show host
• 1947 – Don Money, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 1950 – Gary Graham American actor
• 1951 – Terry O'Reilly Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
• 1952 – Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer, Nobel laureate
• 1953 – Colleen Camp, American actress
• 1953 – Johnny Clegg, South African musician
• 1953 – Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster
• 1954 – Louise Erdrich, American author
• 1955 – William Forsythe, American actor
• 1955 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1956 – Antonio Reid, American music producer
• 1957 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican musician
• 1957 – Paddy McAloon, English singer and songwriter (Prefab Sprout)
• 1958 – Prince, American musician
• 1958 – Surakiart Sathirathai, Thai Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1960 – Bill Prady, American television producer
• 1961 – Dave Catching, American musician
• 1962 – Michael Cartellone, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1962 – Thierry Hazard, French singer and songwriter
• 1962 – Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver
• 1963 – Roberto Alagna, French tenor
• 1964 – Judie Aronson, American actress
• 1964 – Gia Carides, Australian actress
• 1965 – Mick Foley, American wrestler
• 1965 – Jean-Pierre François, French footballer and singer
• 1965 – Damien Hirst, English artist
• 1965 – Christine Roque, French singer
• 1966 – Eric Kretz, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
• 1966 – Stéphane Richer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Dave Navarro, American musician
• 1969 – Adam Buxton, British TV presenter and DJ
• 1969 – Prince Joachim of Denmark
• 1969 – Kim Rhodes, American actress
• 1970 – Cafu, Brazilian footballer
• 1970 – Andrei Kovalenko, Russian hockey player
• 1970 – Mike Modano, American ice hockey player
• 1971 – Terrell Buckley, American football player
• 1971 – Alex X. Mooney, American politician
• 1972 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
• 1973 – Song Yun-ah, South Korean model and actress
• 1974 – Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
• 1974 – Bear Grylls, British adventurer and former soldier, now Chief Scout
• 1974 – Cassius Khan, Canadian musician
• 1975 – Shane Bond, New Zealand cricket player
• 1975 – Allen Iverson, American basketball player
• 1976 – Necro, American rapper
• 1976 – Cassidy Rae, American actress
• 1977 – Marcin Baszczyński, Polish footballer
• 1977 – Preston Campbell, Australian Rugby League Player
• 1977 – Joe Horgan, American baseball player
• 1977 – Odalis Pérez, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 – Tony An, Korean singer (H.O.T)
• 1978 – Mini Anden, Swedish model
• 1978 – Adrienne Frantz, American actress
• 1978 – Bill Hader, American comedian
• 1979 – Brian Donnelly, Canadian artist
• 1979 – Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Evelina Papantoniou, Greek fashion model and actress
• 1980 – Ed Moses, American swimmer
• 1981 – Stephen Bywater, British footballer
• 1981 – Tyler Johnson, American baseball player
• 1981 – Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player
• 1981 – Kevin Kyle, Scottish footballer
• 1981 – Larisa Oleynik, American actress
• 1982 – Virgil Vasquez, American baseball player
• 1983 – Milan Jurčina, Slovakian hockey player
• 1983 – Mark Lowe, American baseball player
• 1985 – Shannon Shorr, American poker player
• 1985 – Charlie Simpson, English singer (Busted, Fightstar)
• 1985 – Simon Whaley, English footballer
• 1988 – Michael Cera, Canadian actor
• 1988 – Milan Lucic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Allison Schmitt, American swimmer
• 1993 – Jordan Fry, American actor
• 1993 – Park Ji-yeon, South Korean singer and actress
• 1996 – Jasper Harris, English actor