On this date in 1981 I entered the world on Mother’s Day. Yup that’s right Mother’s Day was the day I was born. So I wanted to see who else was born on this day… here is a list of 203 people I share a birthday with. I highlighted ones in Orange that stood out to me.
- 1981 Montréal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits San Fransisco Giants, 4-0 “”The same day I was born someone had a NO-HITER!”"
- 1536 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
- 1697 Jean Marie I’aine Leclair composer
- 1705 Gallus Zeiler composer
- 1724 Johan A Zoutman Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
- 1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
- 1730 George Ross US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
- 1741 Johann Michael Schmidt composer
- 1754 Asmus Jakob Carstens painter
- 1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
- 1760 J P Hebel writer
- 1769 Jean Lannes duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
- 1770 Louis Nicholas Davout French field marshall (defeated Prussians)
- 1776 George Thomas Smart composer
- 1780 Peter Lichtenthal composer
- 1783 Niccola Benvenuti composer
- 1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel optics pioneer/physicist
- 1795 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry historian
- 1800 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer
- 1810 James Shields Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
- 1813 Montgomery Blair Franklin County KY, lawyer (Dred Scot v Sandford)
- 1822 August Ritter von Pettenkofen painter
- 1823 John Sherman MC (Union), died in 1900
- 1824 Charles Henry Van Wyck Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
- 1825 Rudolf Viole composer
- 1830 François M Raoult French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
- 1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback Lieutenant Governor (Louisiana)
- 1838 James 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
- 1838 John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln
- 1843 Benito Pérez Galdós Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Nazáarin)
- 1843 Kaufmann Kohler reform rabbi/theologian
- 1850 Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton Glasgow Scotland, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
- 1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov St Petersburg Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake)
- 1857 Hendrik Zwaardemaker Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
- 1858 Frederick Zech Jr composer
- 1867 Jim Kelly cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
- 1873 Carl J Eldh Swedish sculptor
- 1873 Jan Kalf literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
- 1876 Ivan Cankar Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
- 1877 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer
- 1878 Gustav Stresemann German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
- 1882 Thurston Hall Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
- 1885 Fritz v Unruh writer
- 1885 Mae Murray [Girl with bee-stung lips] Portsmouth VA, actress (High Stakes)
- 1885 Marie Benavente [Maria Wissink] actress (Scapegoat)
- 1886 Karl Barth Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
- 1886 Olaf Stapleton British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
- 1887 Jacobus C Bloem Dutch poet (Sintels)
- 1888 Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steiner Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
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1899 Fred Astaire
- 1894 Dimitri Tiomkin Russia, composer (Academy Award 1954-High & Mighty)
- 1897 Dalton Parry Conyngham cricketer (one Test South Africa vs England 1923)
- 1897 Ewart Levy
- 1898 Ariel Durant writer (Story of Civilization)
- 1898 Herbert Elwell Minneapolis MN, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
- 1899 Fred Astaire Omaha NE, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
- 19– Larry Flash Jenkins Long Island NY, actor (White Shadow, Fletch)
- 1901 Albert Dondeyne Belgian philosopher/theologist
- 1902 David O Selznick Pittsburgh PA, producer (Gone With the Wind)
- 1902 Joachim Prinz author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
- 1903 Kay Petre early racing driver
- 1904 David Brown CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
- 1905 Angus Paton civil engineer
- 1907 Harilaos Perpessas composer
- 1908 Carl Albert (D) speaker of the House
- 1908 Henry Diamond Irish Nationalist MP
- 1909 Lord Harold Francis Collison British union leader (agriculture workers)
- 1909 Maybelle Carter Nickelsville VA, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
- 1910 Jimmy Demaret winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
- 1910 Margot Turner matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
- 1912 Edward Gardner Queen’s Court/MP
- 1912 Erik Jorgensen composer
- 1912 Harold Myers film journalist
- 1914 Charles McGraw New York NY, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
- 1914 Lord Smith British surgeon
- 1915 Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
- 1915 Christian Beyers Naudé South African anti-apartheid fighter
- 1915 Denis Thatcher husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
- 1915 Duke of Sutherland
- 1915 Monica Dickens author/founder (US Samaritians)
- 1915 Salah Abou Seif director
- 1916 Milton Babbitt US mathematician/composer (Widow’s Lament)
- 1918 Margo singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
- 1918 T Berry Brazelton doctor (On Being a Father)
- 1919 Ella Grasso (Governor-D-CT)
- 1919 Louis Sen A Kaw Surinam dam builder
- 1919 Tibor Sarai composer
- 1920 Basil Kelly Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
- 1921 Bert Weedon rocker
- 1921 Nancy Walker Philadelphia PA, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
- 1922 David Orr deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
- 1923 John Dugdal Lord-Lieutenant (Salop)
- 1925 Edward Fursdon British Major-General (defense council)
- 1926 Duncan Watson president (World Blind Union)
- 1929 Brian Corby CEO (Prudential)
- 1929 Fats Domino rocker (Blueberry Hill)
- 1929 Marquess of Downshire
- 1930 June Knox-Mawer British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
- 1930 Pat Summerall NFLer (New York Giants)/Sportscaster (CBS)
- 1931 Lord Michael Mustill of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
- 1932 Earl of Rothes
- 1932 Francoise Fabian Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
- 1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford author
- 1934 Cliff Wilson snooker player
- 1934 William Lithgow Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
- 1935 Henry Fambrough US singer (Spinners)
- 1935 Larry Williams rocker
- 1936 Anthony Mullens British Lieutenant-General (Deputy chief of defense)
- 1936 Gary Owens Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
- 1936 Michael Stone English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
- 1936 Trevor Clay General-Secretary (Royal College of Nursing)
- 1937 Arthur Kopit US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
- 1937 Jim Hickman baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
- 1937 Tamara Press USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Olympics-gold-60)
- 1938 Manuel Santana tennis player (US Open 1965)
- 1938 Maxim Shostakovich Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symphony)
- 1938 Merritt Ranew baseball player
- 1938 Michael Shea director (Hanson Trust)/Queen’s press secretary
- 1938 Peter Davies Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
- 1938 Philip Gordon Winsor composer
- 1940 Arthur Alexander US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
- 1940 Taurean Blacque actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
- 1940 William Cash MP
- 1941 Danny Rapp Philadelphia PA, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
- 1941 Ken Berry baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
- 1941 Win Bischoff CEO (Schroders)
- 1942 Bill Coday US singer (You’re Gonna Then Me)
- 1942 Ingram Douglas Marshall composer
- 1943 Bruce Raymond jockey
- 1943 Donovan [Leitch] Glasgow Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow)
- 1943 James Earl Chaney US civil rights activist
- 1944 Abdul Kadir cricketer (Pakistan batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
- 1944 Jackie Lomax Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
- 1944 Jim Abrahams Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
- 1944 Kathy Farrer LPGA golfer
- 1944 Marie-France Pisier Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
- 1945 Justice Laws
- 1945 Pamelo Mounk’a musician
- 1946 Graham Gouldman Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
- 1946 Maureen Lipman actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
- 1947 Dave Mason Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
- 1947 Jay Ferguson Burbank CA, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
- 1947 Paul Nicholas Young architect
- 1948 Christopher Gent CEO (Vodafone Group)
- 1948 Meg Foster Reading PA, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
- 1951 Ron Banks US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
- 1951 Steve Gunderson (Representative-R-WI, 1981- )
- 1952 Sly Dunbar Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
- 1953 Barbara Moxness LPGA golfer
- 1953 Lawrence Lau actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
- 1953 Steve Thomas rocker (Shooting Star)
- 1954 Jeff Apple Miami FL, producer (In the Line of Fire)
- 1955 Bruce Hartzler Washington DC, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96)
- 1955 Chris Berman sportscaster (ESPN)
- 1955 Homer Simpson animation (Simpsons)
- 1955 Laurence Lau actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
- 1955 Mark David Chapman assassin of John Lennon
- 1957 Phil Mahre Yakima WA, twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-gold/silver-80, 84)
- 1957 Sid Vicious [John Beverly], London England, punk rocker (Sex Pistols)
- 1957 Steve Mahre Yakima WA, twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-silver-80, 84)
- 1958 Ellen Ochoa Los Angeles CA, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
- 1958 Jeannette Kohlhaas LPGA golfer
- 1958 Margaret Ward LPGA golfer
- 1958 Rick Santorum (Representative-R-PA)
- 1959 Dan Schayes NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
- 1960 Bono Vox [Paul Hauson] Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
- 1960 Merlene Ottey Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics)
- 1960 Tauseef Ahmed cricketer (leading Pakistan off-spinner of 80’s)
- 1960 Victoria Rowell Portland ME, actress (Dr Amanda Bentley-Diagnosis Murder, Drucilla-Young and Restless)
- 1961 Blyth Tait England, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
- 1961 Randy Cunneyworth Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
- 1961 Teri Copley Arcadia CA, actress (Mickey-We’ve Got it Made)
- 1962 Garry Daley keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
- 1962 Joey Meyer baseball player
- 1962 Robby Thompson W Palm Beach FL, infielder (San Fransisco Giants)
- 1963 Lisa M Nowak Washington DC, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut
- 1964 Dean Spriddle Plymouth England, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
- 1965 Jim Schreiner Kailua HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
- 1965 Linda Evangelista St Catherines Canada, model (Elite)
- 1965 Mike Butcher baseball player
- 1965 Rony Seikaly NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
- 1965 Todd Kalis NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1966 Jonathan Edwards Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
- 1966 Mikael Andersson Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
- 1968 Julie Smith Glendora CA, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
- 1969 Curtis Whitley NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
- 1969 Dennis Bergkamp Amsterdam Netherlands, soccer player (Ajax)
- 1969 Judson Mills Purcellville VA, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
- 1969 Martin Driever WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
- 1969 Pete Schourek Austin TX, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
- 1970 Andre Stolz Brisbane Queensland, Australasia golfer
- 1971 Andrei Kravtsov Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
- 1971 Eric Stock soccer player (NEC)
- 1971 Ronnie Dixon NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets)
- 1972 Akili Johnson NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
- 1972 Emma Ridley Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
- 1972 Farrell Duclair CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
- 1972 Stuart Carlisle cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
- 1973 Jerome Williams NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
- 1974 Grant Williams NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1974 Janet Reasons Port Orchard WA, Miss America-Washington (1997)
- 1975 Adam Deadmarsh Trail British Columbia, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Olympics-98)
- 1977 Amanda Borden Cincinnati OH, gymnast (World-silver-94, Olympics-gold-96)
- 1991 Emily McEnroe daughter of Tatum O’Neal & John McEnroe
Well thats the end of the list. I only wish I had a cool of a cake as Ben did.
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