October 21 - Births

Births

• 1449 – George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III (d. 1478)
• 1527 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1578)
• 1581 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)
• 1650 – Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
• 1660 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)
• 1675 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
• 1687 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
• 1712 – Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780)
• 1725 – Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
• 1757 – Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)
• 1762 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (d. 1818)
• 1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet (d. 1834)
• 1775 – Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (d. 1844)
• 1790 – Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer (d. 1869)
• 1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
• 1845 – Will Carleton, American poet (d. 1912)
• 1847 – Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian writer (d. 1906)
• 1851 – George Ulyett, English cricketer (d. 1898)
• 1884 – Claire Waldoff, German singer and entertainer (d. 1957)
• 1886 – Eugene Burton Ely, American aviation pioneer (d. 1911)
• 1894 – Rampo Edogawa, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
• 1895 – Edna Purviance, American actress (d. 1958)
• 1898 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and Olympic medalist (d. 1960)
• 1904 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (d. 1967)
• 1906 – Lillian Asplund, last American Titanic survivor (d. 2006)
• 1907 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Sir Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Alfredo Pián, Argentine racing driver (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Martin Gardner, American mathematician and writer (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz musician (d. 1993)
• 1918 – Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Sir Malcolm Arnold, British composer (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Liliane Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal
• 1924 – Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Joyce Randolph, American actress
• 1925 – Louis J. Robichaud, Canadian premier of New Brunswick (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer who made the first ascent of Broad Peak
• 1928 – Whitey Ford, American baseball player
• 1929 – Ursula K. Le Guin, American author
• 1930 – Ivan Stepanovich Silayev, Last prime minister of the Soviet Union
• 1931 – Vivian Pickles, English actress
• 1938 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Geoff Boycott, English cricketer
• 1940 – Manfred Mann, English musician
• 1940 – Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
• 1941 – Steve Cropper, American musician
• 1942 – Elvin Bishop, American musician
• 1942 – Judy Sheindlin, American judge ("Judge Judy")
• 1942 – Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
• 1942 – Lou Lamoriello, New Jersey Devils General Manager
• 1943 – Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian
• 1945 – Everett McGill, American actor
• 1946 – Jim Hill, American sportscaster
• 1946 – Lux Interior, American singer (The Cramps) (d. 2009)
• 1946 – Lee Loughnane, American musician
• 1948 – Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
• 1948 – Tom Everett, American actor
• 1949 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
• 1949 – Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1950 – Ronald McNair, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer
• 1952 – Patti Davis, American actress and novelist, daughter of Ronald Reagan
• 1952 – Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
• 1952 – Brent Mydland, American keyboardist (Grateful Dead) (d. 1990)
• 1953 – Keith Green, American musician (d. 1982)
• 1953 – Peter Mandelson, British politician
• 1953 – Charlotte Caffey, American musician (The Go-Go's)
• 1954 – Brian Tobin, Canadian premier of Newfoundland
• 1955 – Rich Mullins, American musician (d. 1997)
• 1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer
• 1957 – Julian Cope, English musician and writer
• 1957 – Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1957 – Steve Lukather, American musician
• 1959 – George Bell, Dominican baseball player
• 1959 – Tony Ganios, American Actor
• 1959 – Rose McDowall, Scottish musician
• 1959 – Andy Picheta, English film director
• 1959 – Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
• 1962 – David Campese, Australian rugby union footballer
• 1964 – Jon Carin, American musician (Pink Floyd, The Who)
• 1965 – Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer
• 1965 – Hisashi Imai, Japanese musician (BUCK-TICK, Lucy)
• 1966 – Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer
• 1967 – Paul Ince, English footballer
• 1968 – Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer
• 1968 – Kerstin Andreae, German politician
• 1968 – Melora Walters, American actress
• 1969 – Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, crown prince of Bahrain
• 1969 – Mo Lewis, American football player
• 1969 – Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1970 – Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor
• 1971 – Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player
• 1971 – Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
• 1971 – Jade Jagger, Socialite and Jewellery Designer
• 1971 – Nick Oliveri, American musician
• 1971 – Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer
• 1971 – Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
• 1972 – Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
• 1972 – Saffron Burrows, English actress
• 1972 – Masakazu Morita, seiyu and actor
• 1972 – Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
• 1972 – Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
• 1973 – Lera Auerbach, Russian composer
• 1974 – Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
• 1975 – Toby Hall, American baseball player
• 1975 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
• 1976 – Jeremy Miller, American actor
• 1976 – Lavinia Miloşovici, Romanian gymnast
• 1976 – Josh Ritter, American musician
• 1976 – Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian alpine skier
• 1978 – Will Estes, American actor
• 1978 – Joey Harrington, American football player
• 1978 – Henrik Klingenberg, Member of Finnish band, Sonata Arctica
• 1979 – Khalil Greene, American baseball player
• 1979 – Gabe Gross, American baseball player
• 1980 – Kim Kardashian, American socialite, model and reality television star
• 1980 – Brian Pittman, American musician (Relient K)
• 1981 – Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
• 1981 – Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
• 1982 – James White, American basketball player
• 1982 – Matt Dallas, American actor
• 1982 – Ray Ventrone, American football player
• 1982 – Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
• 1982 – Tim Wildsmith, American musician
• 1983 – Zack Greinke, American baseball player
• 1983 – Andy Marté, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Ninet Tayeb, Israeli singer
• 1983 – Shelden Williams, American basketball player
• 1984 – Tom Brandstater, American football player
• 1984 – Kenny Cooper, American footballer
• 1984 – Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1984 – Marvin Mitchell, American football player
• 1984 – Kieran Richardson, English footballer
• 1986 – Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Natalee Holloway, American missing person (missing since 2005)
• 1990 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
• 1992 – Bernard Tomic, Australian tennis player