This thread sounds stupid, but I am dying of curiosity. I am born on November 3rd and I am sharing my birthday with none other than Steven Wilsonnotworthynotworthy God, I am blessednotworthynotworthy Yours?
Uhm... I did a quick search and I share birthday with Martie Maguire from Dixie Chicks... AND Luciano Pavarotti
1503 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1559) 1566 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633) 1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) 1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) 1643 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683) 1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (d. 1704) 1647 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) 1686 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) 1696 - Maurice Greene, English composer (d. 1755) 1720 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) 1762 - King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) 1774 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843) 1856 - "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917) 1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (d. 1929) 1866 - Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1954) 1867 - Edith Hamilton, German classicist (d. 1963) 1872 - Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956) 1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. 1958) 1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (d. 1943) 1880 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d. 1925) 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959) 1883 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938) 1885 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959) 1885 - Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968) 1886 - Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952) 1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961) 1889 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981) 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977) 1902 - Mohammad Hatta, Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (d. 1980) 1904 - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918) 1906 - Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. 1985) 1906 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (d. 1972) 1907 - Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (d. 1988) 1909 - Richard Bare, American director 1910 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006) 1910 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970) 1911 - Cantinflas, Mexican actor (d. 1993) 1912 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. 1997) 1914 - Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher (d. 2001) 1914 - Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I'll Never Smile Again) (d. 1981) 1915 - Michael Kidd, American choreographer (d. 2007) 1918 - Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (d. 1944) 1919 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971) 1924 - Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (d. 2007) 1924 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988) 1925 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 2004) 1925 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 1975) 1925 - George Wetherill, American scientist (d. 2006) 1926 - John Derek, American actor (d. 1998) 1926 - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. 2005) 1926 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. 2002) 1927 - Porter Wagoner, American singer (d. 2007) 1928 - Charles Blackman, Australian artist 1928 - Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001) 1928 - Dan Curtis, film and television producer and director 1929 - Buck Owens, American singer (d. 2006) 1930 - George Soros Hungarian-American financier and political activist 1930 - Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician 1931 - William Goldman, American screenwriter 1932 - Charlie O'Donnell, American game show announcer 1932 - Somdej Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Boromarajininat HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand 1933 - Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and team owner 1935 - John Cazale, Italian-American actor (d. 1978) 1937 - Walter Dean Myers, African-American author 1938 - Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian Mayor of Quebec 1939 - George Hamilton, American actor 1939 - Roy Romanow, Canadian politician 1939 - Michael D. Antonovich, American politician 1941 - Réjean Ducharme, Quebec novelist and playwright 1943 - Deborah Walley, American actress (d. 2001) 1944 - Peter Hofmann, German tenor 1947 - Ron Mael, American musician (Sparks) 1947 - Sam Rosen, American sportscaster 1949 - Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician 1949 - Mark Knopfler OBE, Scottish guitarist (Dire Straits) 1950 - Jim Beaver, American actor and writer 1951 - Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist 1952 - Chen Kaige, Chinese film director 1954 - Sam J. Jones, American actor 1954 - Pat Metheny, American guitarist 1955 - Ann M. Martin, American author 1955 - Terry Taylor, American retired professional wrestler 1956 - Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor 1959 - Amanda Redman, English actress 1960 - Laurent Fignon, French cyclist 1961 - Roy Hay, British guitarist and keyboardist (Culture Club) 1961 - Lawrence Hayward, English musician (Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart) 1962 - Miss Cleo, American psychic 1963 - Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper 1965 - Peter Krause, American actor 1966 - Les Ferdinand, English footballer 1967 - Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer 1967 - Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker 1967 - Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer 1968 - Andras Jones, American actor 1969 - Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor 1970 - Anthony Swofford, American novelist 1970 - Jim Schlossnagle, baseball coach 1970 - Charles Mesure, British actor 1971 - Michael Ian Black, American comedian 1971 - Rebecca Gayheart, American actress 1971 - Pete Sampras, American tennis player 1972 - Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer 1972 - Takanohana, Sumo yokozuna 1973 - Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist 1973 - Jonathan Coachman, American professional wrestler and executive 1973 - Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player 1973 - Richard Reid (shoe bomber) 1973 - Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress 1973 - Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr - son of Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr 1973 - Grey DeLisle, American voice actress 1974 - Matt Clement, American baseball player 1975 - Casey Affleck, American actor 1975 - David Filmore, American actor 1976 - Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Finnish guitarist 1976 - Antoine Walker, American basketball player 1976 - Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls) 1976 - Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player 1976 - Richard McCourt, English children's television presenter 1976 - Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player 1977 - Plaxico Burress, American football player 1977 - Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer 1977 - Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer 1978 - Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player 1978 - Chris Chambers, American football player 1979 - D.J. Houlton, American baseball player 1979 - Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater 1980 - Maggie Lawson, American actress 1980 - Dominique Swain, American actress 1980 - Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born musician (Relient K) 1980 - Jade Villalon, American singer/songwriter 1981 - Tony Capaldi, Northern Ireland footballer 1981 - Djibril Cissé, French footballer 1982 - Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer 1983 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli Eric Peterson of Testament C.C. Deville of Poison Ian Astbury of The Cult Steve Hogarth of Marillion David Byrne of Talking Heads Jack Bruce of Cream Hunter Burgan of AFI Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block
Famous People born on June 22nd: 1903 John Dillinger (gangster) 1936 Kris Kristofferson (actor, singer) 1949 Meryl Streep (actress) 1953 Cyndi Lauper (singer) 1973 Carson Daly (TV presenter) On This Day In History: 1940 France sues for peace with Germany. 1941 Operation Barbarossa: Germany attacks the Soviet Union. 1978 Charon, the moon of Pluto is discovered. 22 June is also: National Chocolate Eclair Day
No musicians, but I do share it with Louis Pasteur and Johannes Kepler. That;s all I remember. December 27th is not a very nice birthday.
The only musicians are: Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian musician (Ulver, ex-Borknagar) Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967) Though I do have a couple of Emperors and Adam Sandler. Interesting deaths: Mao Zedong, Founder and first leader of the People's Republic of China (b. 1893)
"Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist (b: October 23, 1959) Dwight Yoakam, American singer, songwriter, and actor (b: October 23, 1956)
Let's see... May 15th... Brian Eno Andrew Eldritch - The Sisters of Mercy Seth Putnam - Anal Cunt (gotta just love that band name!) Devin Bronson - Avril Lavigne (not sure I want to claim this one...) Ahmet Zappa (SWEET! I share my birthday with a Zappa!) Not the most impressive list of musicians, but for fellow fans of American football... Emmitt Smith Desmond Howard Rod Smith Ray Lewis Ryan Leaf (aka "Cryan Leaf")
I couldn't be arsed searching.. Someone search 16th October. I've heard before that Oscar Wilde was born on the 16th October.. But never cared.
16th October Births 26th December Births (my birthday) In contrast to Frosties, Mao Zedong was born on the 26th as well as Lars Ulrich.