Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

June 21

 

• 1002 – Pope Leo IX (d. 1054)
• 1226 – King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279)
• 1528 – Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1603)
• 1535 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
• 1639 (O.S.) – Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723)
• 1646 – Maria Francisca of Nemours, Queen of Portugal (d. 1683)
• 1676 – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
• 1706 – John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
• 1710 – James Short, British mathematician (d. 1768)
• 1712 – Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790)
• 1730 – Motoori Norinaga, Japanese scholar (d. 1801)
• 1732 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791)
• 1736 – Enoch Poor, American general in the Continental Army (d. 1780)
• 1741 – Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, Italian general in the French Revolution (d.1808)
• 1750 – Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker (d. 1818)
• 1750 (O.S.) – Thomas Spence, English classical writer (d. 1814)
• 1759 – Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817)
• 1763 – Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845)
• 1764 – Sidney Smith, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1840)
• 1774 – Daniel D. Tompkins, American politician (d. 1825)
• 1781 – Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
• 1786 – Charles Edward Horn, British musician (d. 1849)
• 1788 – Princess Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1850)
• 1791 – Robert Napier, British engineer (d. 1876)
• 1792 – Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian (d. 1860)
• 1805 – Charles Thomas Jackson, American polymath (d. 1880)
• 1811 – Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
• 1812 – Moses Hess, French/German-born Jewish socialist and precursor of Zionism (d. 1875)
• 1823 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873)
• 1825 – William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican Bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
• 1828 – Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904)
• 1834 – Frans de Cort, Flemish writer (d. 1878)
• 1834 – Elizabeth Jane Caulfeild, Countess of Charlemont Irish Jewish noblewoman (d. 1882)
• 1839 – Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (d. 1908)
• 1850 – Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1941)
• 1850 – Enrico Cecchetti, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1928)
• 1858 – Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (d. 1928)
• 1859 – Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937)
• 1862 – Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian (d. 1943)
• 1863 – Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932)
• 1864 – Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945)
• 1868 – Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist (d. 1946)
• 1870 – Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (d. 1915)
• 1876 – Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist (d. 1956)
• 1880 – Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d. 1961)
• 1880 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, and banker (d. 1941)
• 1882 – Rockwell Kent, American painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1971)
• 1882 – Lluís Companys i Jover, Spanish politician (d. 1940)
• 1883 – Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer (d. 1958)
• 1884 – Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (d. 1981)
• 1887 – Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956)
• 1889 – Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Tadeusz Jan Kowalski, Polish orientalist (d. 1948)
• 1890 – Frank S. Land, American founder of the Order of DeMolay (d. 1959)
• 1891 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979)
• 1891 – Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966)
• 1892 – Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (d. 1971)
• 1893 – Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Milward Kennedy, British public servant and mystery writer (d. 1968)
• 1896 – Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964)
• 1899 – George Miles Watson, British racehorse breeder (d. 1968)
• 1902 – Howie Morenz, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
• 1903 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d. 2003)
• 1905 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (declined) (d. 1980)
• 1906 – Helene Costello, American actress (d. 1957)
• 1906 – Nusch Éluard, French performer, model, and artist (d. 1946)
• 1906 – Harold Spina, American composer (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Grete Sultan, German musician (d. 2005)
• 1908 – William Frankena, American moral philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet (d. 1971)
• 1912 – Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer (d. 2000)
• 1914 – William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
• 1916 – Joseph Cyril Bamford, English inventor and industrialist (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1977)
• 1918 – Eddie Lopat, American baseball player (d. 1992)
• 1918 – James Clyde Mitchell, English sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Gérard Pelletier, French-Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Vladimir Simagin, Russian chess master (d. 1968)
• 1919 – Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect
• 1921 – Judy Holliday, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1921 – Jane Russell, American actress (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Jean de Broglie, French politician (d. 1976)
• 1921 – William Edwin Self, American actor and television producer (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Jacques Hébert, French-Canadian author, journalist and politician (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor
• 1924 – Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and pioneering museum director (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst
• 1924 – Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born American cinematographer (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Carl Stokes, American politician (d. 1996)
• 1929 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977)
• 1929 – Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian classical guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician
• 1930 – Mike McCormack, American professional football player
• 1931 – Zlatko Grgić, Croatian animator (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Margaret Heckler, American politician, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
• 1931 – Jan Trąbka, Polish scientist, philosopher
• 1932 – O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer
• 1933 – Bernie Kopell, American actor
• 1935 – Françoise Sagan, French writer (d. 2004)
• 1936 – Joseph Gosnell, Canadian Indian tribal leader
• 1938 – Ron Ely, American actor
• 1938 – John W. Dower, American author and historian
• 1939 – Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician
• 1940 – Mariette Hartley, American actress
• 1940 – Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher
• 1941 – Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor
• 1941 – Lyman Ward, Canadian actor
• 1942 – Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official
• 1942 – Dan Henning, American football player
• 1942 – Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, American TV reporter and Congresswoman
• 1942 – Henry S. Taylor, American writer
• 1943 – Salomé, Spanish singer
• 1944 – Ray Davies, English singer and songwriter (The Kinks)
• 1944 – Corinna Tsopei, Greek beauty pageant winner
• 1945 – Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher and poet
• 1945 – Philippe Sarde, French composer
• 1946 – Brenda Holloway, American singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author
• 1947 – Meredith Baxter, American actress
• 1947 – Michael Gross, American actor
• 1947 – Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1947 – Joey Molland, English guitarist (Badfinger)
• 1948 – Ian McEwan, English writer
• 1948 – Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
• 1948 – Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
• 1950 – Anne Carson, Canadian poet
• 1950 – Joey Kramer, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith)
• 1950 – Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer
• 1950 – Enn Reitel, English actor
• 1950 – Gérard Lanvin, French actor
• 1951 – Jim Douglas, American politician
• 1951 – Nils Lofgren, American guitarist, singer, songwriter (E Street Band, Crazy Horse)
• 1952 – Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director
• 1953 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Maurice Boucher, Canadian organized crime boss
• 1953 – Michael Bowen, American actor
• 1954 – Müjde Ar, Turkish actress
• 1954 – Kathy Sullivan, American attorney and politician
• 1954 – Mark Kimmitt, American Army general
• 1954 – Anne Kirkbride, English actress
• 1954 – Robert Menasse, Austrian writer
• 1954 – Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1955 – Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer
• 1955 – Leigh McCloskey, American actor
• 1955 – Aloysius Amwano, Nauruan politician
• 1955 – Jean-Pierre Mader, French singer and songwriter
• 1955 – Michel Platini, French footballer
• 1957 – Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author
• 1957 – Lucien DeBlois, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• 1958 – Gennady Padalka, Russian cosmonaut
• 1959 – Tom Chambers, American basketball player
• 1959 – Marcella Detroit, American singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister)
• 1959 – Kathy Mattea, American country singer
• 1960 – Kevin Harlan, American sportscaster
• 1961 – Kip Winger, American singer and guitarist (Winger)
• 1961 – Manu Chao, French multi-instrumentalist (Mano Negra)
• 1961 – Sascha Konietzko, German singer and synth player (KMFDM)
• 1961 – Karen Barber, English ice dancer
• 1962 – Viktor Tsoi, Soviet guitarist, singer and songwriter (Kino) (d. 1990)
• 1962 – Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
• 1963 – Lucas de Groot, Dutch type designer
• 1963 – Dario Marianelli, Italian composer
• 1964 – Sammi Davis, British actress
• 1964 – David Morrissey, British actor
• 1964 – Dimitris Papaioannou, Greek avant-garde stage director, choreographer and visual artist
• 1964 – Doug Savant, American actor
• 1965 – Larry Wachowski, American film director
• 1965 – Yang Liwei, Chinese astronaut
• 1966 – Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist
• 1966 – Pierre Thorsson, Swedish handball player
• 1966 – Nan Woods, American actress
• 1967 – Jim Breuer, American comedian
• 1967 – Derrick Coleman, American basketball player
• 1967 – Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American businessman
• 1967 – Carrie Preston, American actress
• 1968 – Sonique, British DJ
• 1969 – Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier
• 1970 – Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress
• 1970 – Pete Rock, American rapper and producer
• 1971 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish)
• 1972 – Alon Hilu, Israeli writer
• 1972 – Neil Doak, Irish cricketer
• 1973 – Juliette Lewis, American actress
• 1974 – Natasha Desborough, British radio personality
• 1974 – Neely Jenkins, American bassist and vocalist (Park Ave., Tilly and the Wall)
• 1974 – Rob Kelly, American football player
• 1974 – Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver
• 1976 – Antonio Cochran, American football player
• 1976 – Mike Einziger, American guitarist (Incubus)
• 1976 – Nigel Lappin, Australian rules footballer
• 1977 – Michael Gomez, Irish boxer
• 1977 – Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
• 1978 – Erica Durance, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Jack Guzman, American actor
• 1978 – Jean-Pascal Lacoste, French singer, actor and TV host
• 1978 – Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Dejan Ognjanović, Montenegrin football player
• 1978 – Rim'K, French rapper
• 1979 – Kostas Katsouranis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Chris Pratt, American actor
• 1980 – Luca Anania, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Richard Jefferson, American basketball player
• 1980 – Sendy Rleal, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – David Bortolussi, French-born Italian rugby player
• 1981 – Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)
• 1981 – Garrett Jones, American baseball player
• 1982 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in the line of succession to the British throne
• 1982 – Rob Mills, Australian Singer and Performer
• 1984 – Alicia Alighatti, American pornographic actress
• 1984 – Jujubee, American drag queen and reality TV personality
• 1984 – Franck Perera, French racing driver
• 1985 – Kris Allen, American singer
• 1985 – Anthony Morelli, American football player
• 1985 – Byron Schammer, Australian rules footballer
• 1986 – Hideaki Wakui, Japanese baseball player
• 1987 – Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer
• 1987 – Ryeowook, Korean pop singer
• 1987 – Dale Thomas, Australian rules footballer
• 1988 – Alejandro Ramírez, Costa Rican chess Grandmaster
• 1988 – Paolo Tornaghi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Abubaker Kaki, Sudanese runner
• 1989 – Jascha Washington, American actor
• 1990 – Pietro Baccolo, Italian footballer
• 1997 – Rebecca Black, American pop star
• 2001 – Alexandra Obolentseva, Russian chess player