7th July Birthday!

Got this from www.wikipedia.com! I shared my birthday with the following big shots!


1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
1528 - Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)
1656 - Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)
1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826)
1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
1766 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and Nobel laureate (d. 1926)
1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian politician (d. 1919)
1851 - Charles Tindley, American Gospel Music Composer (d. 1933)
1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
1874 - Erwin Bumke, German jurist (d. 1945)
1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian painter (d. 1985)
1893 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
1900 - Earle E. Partridge, American military officer (d. 1990)
1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974)
1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973)
1901 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film producer (d. 1970)
1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1904 - Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d. 1970)
1906 - Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1906 - Anton Karas, Viennese musician (d. 1985)
1907 - Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
1908 - Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d. 1994)
1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (d. 2007)
1915 - Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander, African American Novelist and poet (d. 1998)
1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadorian politician (d. 2003)
1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996)
1921 - Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
1921 - Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer
1924 - Mary Ford, American singer (d. 1977)
1929 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
1930 - Henry (Hank) Mobley, American Jazz composer and saxophonist (d. 1986)
1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician
1931 - David Eddings, American author
1932 - Josef Zawinul, Austrian composer and musician (d. 2007)
1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner
1933 - David McCullough, American historian and author
1936 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980)
1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator
1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles)
1941 - Michael Howard, British politician
1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
1943 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (d. 2007)
1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician
1947 - Howard Rheingold, American author
1947 - Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family)
1947 - Víctor Manuel, Spanish songwriter and singer
1948 - Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress
1955 - Len Barker, American baseball player
1957 - Jonathan Dayton, American film director
1957 - Berry Sakharof, Turkish-born Israeli guitarist (Minimal Compact)
1959 - Jessica Hahn, American model
1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
1960 - Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
1963 - Vonda Shepard, American singer
1965 - Paula Devicq, Canadian actress
1965 - Mo Collins, American actress
1965 - Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist
1967 - Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
1968 - Jorja Fox, American actress
1968 - Jeff VanderMeer, American writer
1969 - Sylke Otto, German luger
1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Nathalie Simard, French Canadian singer
1969 - Cree Summer, Canadian voice actress
1969 - Robin Weigert, American actress
1970 - Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
1970 - Erik Zabel, German cyclist
1970 - Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
1971 - Alistair Potts, British rower
1972 - Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
1972 - Manfred Stohl, Austrian rally driver
1973 - José Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
1974 - Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1974 - Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Tony Benshoof, American luger
1975 - Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer
1979 - Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
1979 - Carl Breeze, British racing driver
1980 - Deidre Downs, American beauty queen
1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
1981 - Synyster Gates, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1981 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
1982 - Cassidy, American rapper
1982 - George Owu, Ghanaian football player
1982 - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)
1983 - Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer
1984 - Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
1984 - Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
1988 - Kaci Brown, American singer
1989 - Giannoulis Fakinos, Greek footballer
1995 - Chloe Greenfield, American actress