January 7 - Births

Births

• 1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
• 1502 – Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)
• 1528 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (d. 1572)
• 1647 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
• 1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
• 1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
• 1718 – Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
• 1746 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1823)
• 1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
• 1786 – John Catron, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1865)
• 1796 – Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
• 1800 – Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
• 1827 – Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
• 1831 – Heinrich von Stephan, German labor organizer (d. 1897)
• 1832 – James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
• 1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874)
• 1837 – Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White Star Line shipping company (d. 1899)
• 1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French saint (d. 1879)
• 1845 – King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
• 1858 – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922)
• 1860 – Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
• 1870 – Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)
• 1871 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
• 1873 – Charles Péguy, French poet and essayist (d. 1914)
• 1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. 1976)
• 1875 – Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
• 1875 – Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
• 1876 – William Hurlstone, English composer (d. 1906)
• 1888 – Vera de Bosset, Russian artist, wife of Igor Stravinsky (d. 1982)
• 1891 – Zora Neale Hurston, African-American writer (d. 1960)
• 1895 – Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
• 1895 – Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Arnold Ridley, British playwright and actor (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)
• 1899 – Francis Poulenc, French composer (d. 1963)
• 1900 – John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Alan Napier, English actor (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Bobbi Trout, American aviator (d. 2003)
• 1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
• 1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975)
• 1917 – Ulysses Kay, American composer (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Chester Kallman, American writer (d. 1975)
• 1922 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flutist (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Eric Jupp, British-born Australian composer, arranger, conductor (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager
• 1923 – Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966)
• 1924 – Geoffrey Bayldon, British actor
• 1925 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (d. 1995)
• 1928 – William Peter Blatty, American screenwriter
• 1929 – Terry Moore, American actress
• 1932 – Joe Berinson, Australian politician
• 1933 – Elliott Kastner, U.S. film producer
• 1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos, President of Cyprus (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Charlie Jenkins, American runner
• 1935 – Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1936 – Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter and photographer
• 1936 – G. Robert Blakey, American attorney
• 1938 – Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
• 1938 – Lou Graham, American golfer
• 1939 – Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
• 1941 – Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Manfred Schellscheidt, German American soccer coach
• 1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Frederick D. Gregory, NASA astronaut
• 1942 – Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Vasily Alexeev, Russian weightlifter
• 1942 – Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
• 1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
• 1943 – Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor
• 1944 – Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator
• 1944 – Tony Whitlam, Australian judge
• 1945 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (d. 1990)
• 1945 – Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 1945 – Dick Marty, Swiss politician
• 1945 – Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
• 1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher
• 1947 – Shobha De, Indian writer
• 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer
• 1949 – Marshall Chapman, American singer/songwriter
• 1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress
• 1949 – Steven Williams, American actor
• 1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter
• 1950 – Erin Gray, American actress
• 1950 – Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
• 1950 – Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer
• 1951 – Helen Worth, British actress
• 1952 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor
• 1953 – Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – José María Vitier, Cuban music composer and pianist.
• 1956 – David Caruso, American actor
• 1956 – Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1956 – Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
• 1957 – Nicholson Baker, American novelist
• 1957 – Katie Couric, American television host
• 1957 – Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
• 1957 – Reena Roy, Indian actress
• 1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress
• 1958 – Donna Rice, American sex scandal figure
• 1959 – Jon Larsen, Norwegian musician and composer
• 1959 – Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Go's)
• 1960 – David Marciano, American actor
• 1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician
• 1961 – Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
• 1961 – Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
• 1961 – John Thune, American politician, junior senator of South Dakota
• 1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian politician
• 1962 – Hallie Todd, American actress
• 1963 – Clint Mansell, English musician and composer
• 1963 – Rand Paul, American politician, senator-elect from Kentucky
• 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor
• 1966 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
• 1966 – Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer
• 1967 – Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
• 1967 – Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
• 1967 – Nick Clegg, British Liberal Democrat Leader
• 1969 – David Yost, American actor
• 1970 – Todd Day, American basketball player
• 1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor
• 1970 – Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
• 1971 – C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler
• 1971 – Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
• 1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor
• 1972 – Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
• 1973 – Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer
• 1974 – Alenka Bikar, Slovenian athlete
• 1974 – John Rich, American musician (Big & Rich)
• 1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
• 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
• 1977 – Michelle Behennah, British model
• 1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor
• 1977 – John Gidding, American architect and TV host
• 1978 – Kevin Mench, American baseball player
• 1978 – Emilio Palma, first person born on the Antarctic continent
• 1978 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian shooting victim (d. 2005)
• 1979 – Bipasha Basu, Indian model & actress
• 1979 – Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver
• 1979 – Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model
• 1980 – Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1980 – Roshini, Indian faux pas celebrity
• 1980 – Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish television presenter
• 1981 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
• 1982 – Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1982 – Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
• 1982 – Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
• 1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player (raised in Puerto Rico)
• 1983 – Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
• 1983 – Robert Ri'chard, American actor
• 1983 – Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian beach volleyball player
• 1984 – Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player
• 1984 – Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver
• 1985 – Wayne Routledge, English footballer
• 1986 – Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
• 1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
• 1988 – Haley Bennett, American singer and actress
• 1988 – Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
• 1989 – Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer
• 1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor
• 1990 – Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
• 1990 – Camryn Grimes, American actress
• 1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
• 1991 – Max Morrow, Canadian actor