October 7 - Births

Births

• 13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (d. AD 23)
• 1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
• 1573 – William Laud, English archbishop (d. 1645)
• 1576 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
• 1589 – Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
• 1713 – Granville Elliott, English military officer (d. 1759)
• 1728 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1784)
• 1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)
• 1746 – William Billings, American composer (d. 1800)
• 1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
• 1769 – Solomon Sibley, American politician and jurist, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
• 1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
• 1832 – Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
• 1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)
• 1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
• 1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
• 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)
• 1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
• 1870 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)
• 1870 – Uncle Dave Macon, American singer-songwriter, banjo player, and comedian (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Joe Hill, American poet and activist (d. 1915)
• 1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)
• 1884 – Harold Geiger, American pilot (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, American navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Henry A. Wallace, American politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
• 1892 – Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982)
• 1894 – Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)
• 1900 – Heinrich Himmler, German nazi official (d. 1945)
• 1905 – Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (d. 1990)
• 1909 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1995)
• 1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Jo Jones, American drummer (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1917 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Zelman Cowen, Australian politician and academic, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
• 1919 – Georges Duby, French historian (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Georg Leber, German politician (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1922 – William Zinsser, American journalist and critic
• 1923 – Irma Grese, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1923 – Michel Joseph Kuehn, French bishop (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
• 1927 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)
• 1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
• 1929 – Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)
• 1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop
• 1933 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, actor, and activist
• 1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and activist (d. 1976)
• 1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian author
• 1936 – Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
• 1936 – Michael Hurll, English television producer (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician
• 1938 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer, actor, and poet (d. 1992)
• 1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 1939 – Clive James, Australian television host and author
• 1939 – Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 – Bill Snyder, American football coach
• 1940 – Bruce Vento, American politician (d. 2000)
• 1942 – Joy Behar, American talk show host and actress
• 1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player
• 1943 – Oliver North, American military officer, author, and television host
• 1944 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1979)
• 1944 – Donald Tsang, Chinese politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1945 – Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director (10cc, Hotlegs, Godley & Creme, Doctor Father, and The Magic Lanterns)
• 1946 – Bernard Lavilliers, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 1946 – Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
• 1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Bruneian wife of Hassanal Bolkiah
• 1947 – Chris Bambridge, Australian football referee
• 1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and author
• 1948 – Stephen Rucker, American composer
• 1949 – Dave Hope, American bass player (Kansas)
• 1949 – Kieran Kane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The O'Kanes)
• 1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician, 4th President of Tanzania
• 1951 – David J. Halberstam, American sportscaster
• 1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1952 – Mary Badham, American actress
• 1952 – Vladimir Putin, Russian politician, 4th President of Russia
• 1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Tico Torres, American drummer (Bon Jovi)
• 1954 – Kenneth Atchley, American composer
• 1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
• 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist (Silk Road Project)
• 1956 – Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 – Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
• 1959 – Dylan Baker, American actor
• 1959 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
• 1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boøwy)
• 1960 – Viktor Lazlo, French-Belgian singer
• 1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor (Uncanny X-Men)
• 1961 – Matthew Roloff, American farmer and author
• 1961 – Tony Sparano, American football coach
• 1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
• 1962 – William Johnson, English cricketer
• 1964 – Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Dan Savage, American journalist and author
• 1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer
• 1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
• 1966 – Sherman Alexie, American author, poet, and director
• 1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer
• 1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Braxtons)
• 1967 – Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter, musician, and author (The Auteurs, The Servants, and Black Box Recorder)
• 1967 – Ellen ten Damme, Dutch actress and singer
• 1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radiohead and Atoms for Peace)
• 1969 – Bobbie Brown, American model and actress
• 1969 – Benny Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1969 – Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
• 1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model
• 1970 – Nicole Ari Parker, American actress
• 1971 – Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
• 1972 – Loek van Wely, Dutch chess player
• 1972 – Ben Younger, American screenwriter and director
• 1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 – Priest Holmes, American football player
• 1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer
• 1974 – Allison Munn, American actress
• 1974 – Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer (Wizex and Anders Engbergs)
• 1974 – Alexander Polinsky, American actor and singer
• 1975 – Rhino, American wrestler and actor
• 1975 – Jamie Hector, American actor
• 1975 – Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go)
• 1975 – Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
• 1975 – Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor
• 1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1976 – Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter and actor (Little Memphis Blues Orchestra)
• 1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer
• 1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
• 1977 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
• 1977 – Brandon Quinn, American actor
• 1978 – Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Mis-Teeq)
• 1978 – Jake Humphrey, English journalist
• 1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
• 1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
• 1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Tang Wei, Chinese actress
• 1980 – Edison Chen, Canadian actor
• 1980 – Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
• 1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
• 1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer
• 1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
• 1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
• 1983 – Archie Bland, English journalist
• 1983 – Flying Lotus, American music producer, founded Brainfeeder
• 1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
• 1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 – Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
• 1986 – Kaitlyn, American wrestler and model
• 1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player
• 1986 – Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
• 1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
• 1986 – Bree Olson, American porn actress
• 1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
• 1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player
• 1988 – Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
• 1990 – Ayla Kell, American actress
• 1991 – Nicole Jung, American-South Korean singer and actress (Kara)
• 1991 – Zhang Yixing, Chinese singer (Exo)
• 1995 – Slade Pearce, American actor
• 2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho