Born On This Day...

In 1443	Pope Julius II (1503-13)
In 1612	English poet/philosopher, Samuel Butler
In 1795	Scottish essayist/historian, Thomas Carlyle (French Revolution)
In 1849	Tribal chief, Crazy Horse (the last great Sioux indian tribe chief)
In 1860	Businessman, George Hormel (Hormel Meat Packing Co.)
In 1861	Actress/singer, Lillian Russell (The Great Mogul)
In 1866	Russian painter, Wassily Kandinsky (pure abstraction)
In 1875	German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (Duino Elegies)
In 1881	Scottish historian, Thomas Carlyle
In 1892	Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco
In 1889	Cowboy actor, Buck Jones (Down Texas Way)
In 1889	Actress, Isabel Randolph (Mrs. Nestor-Our Miss Brooks)
In 1895	Chinese philosopher, Fung Yu-Lan
In 1908	Biologist, A.D. Hershey (viruses that infect bacteria) [d: 5-22-97]
In 1912	World War II pilot, Gregory "Pappy" Boyington [d: 1-11-88]
In 1915	Jazz pianist/composer, Eddie Heywood [d: 1-2-89]
In 1920	Actor, Michael Bates (A Clockwork Orange, Patton) [d: 1-11-78]
In 1921	Actress/opera singer, Deanna Durbin (100 Men And A Girl) [d: 4-13]
In 1924	Scientist, Frank Press (mechanics of earthquakes) (94)
In 1928	Actress, Dena Dietrich (Ehtel-The Ropers, Adam's Rib) (90)
In 1930	British actor/comedian, Ronnie Corbett (Two Ronnies) [d: 3-31-16]
In 1933	Actor, Horst Buchholz (Magnificent Seven, Sahara) [d: 3-3-03]
In 1933	TV host, Wink Martindale (Tic-Tac-Dough, Gambit) (85)
In 1934	Actor, Victor French (Mark-Highway To Heaven) [d: 6-15-89]
In 1937	Actor/producer, Max Baer Jr. (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies) (81)
In 1937	Philanthropist, Stewart Rawlings Mott [d: 6-12-08]
In 1940	Singer, Freddy 'Boom Boom' Cannon (Palisades Park, Action) (78)
In 1941	Tennis player, Marty Riessen (77)
In 1942	Bassist, Bob Mosley (Moby Grape) (76)
In 1943	Actress, Patti Chandler (Bikini Beach) (75)
In 1944	Singer/bassist, Chris Hillman (Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers) (74)
In 1944	Drummer/keyboardist, Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) [d: 12-28-83]
In 1946	Cartoon voicist, Sherry Alberoni (Josie & the Pussycats) (72)
In 1948	Singer, Southside Johnny [Lyon] (& the Asbury Jukes) (70)
In 1949	Actor, Jeff Bridges (King Kong, Jagged Edge, Iron Man) (69)
In 1949	Actress, Pamela Stephenson (Superman III, SNL) (69)
In 1951	Sportscaster, Skip Bayless (ESPN) (67)
In 1951	Guitarist, Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins) (67)
In 1951	Actress, Patricia Wettig (Nancy Weston-thirtysomething) (67)
In 1952	U.S. astronaut, Ronald M. Sega (STS-60, STS-76) (66)
In 1955	Country singer, Brian Prout (Diamond Rio) (63)
In 1955	Jazz singer, Cassandra Wilson (63)
In 1956	Basketball player, Bernard King (Knicks, Nets) (62)
In 1957	Baseball player, Lee Smith (all-time major league saves leader) (61)
In 1962	Singer/songwriter, Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge) (56)
In 1963	Ukrainian pole vaulter, Sergey Bubka (Olympic-Gold-1988) (55)
In 1964	Actress, Chelsea Noble (Days Of Our Lives, Kate-Growing Pains) (54)
In 1964	Actress, Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Paper, Only You) (54)
In 1969	Rap singer, Jay-Z (49)
In 1973	Actress/model, Tyra Banks (Martin/Victoria's Secret) (45)
In 1974	German tennis player, Anke Huber (44)
In 1977	Country singer, Amie Comeaux [d: 12-21-97]
In 1981	Country singer, Lila McCann (37)
In 1984	Wrestler, Brooke Adams (aka Miss Tessmacher) (TNA) (34)
In 1984	Actress, Lindsay Felton (Jenny-Thunder Alley) (34)
In 1985	Baseball player, Carlos Gomez (Mets, Brewers, Rangers) (33)
In 1987	Actor, Orlando Brown (Family Matters, Taht's So Raven) (31)
In 1989	Motorcycle racer, Ryan Dungey (AMA) (29)
In 1992	Singer, Adam Ackerman (4Count) (26)
In 1994	Singer, Niykee Heaton (Bad Intentions) (24)