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Half Baked - DVD

Discover all the world-renowned actors, singers, athletes, political leaders, and other celebrities who share a half birthday on this day. (Source: Wikipedia) And hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family & friends and mark your calendar with alerts at least a week before so you can plan!

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• 1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
• 1547 – Claude of Valois (d. 1575)
• 1606 – Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)
• 1615 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)
• 1651 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)
• 1684 – Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)
• 1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)
• 1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)
• 1780 – Pieter Mauritz Retief,South African Boer leader (d.1838)
• 1790 – Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (d. 1842)
• 1793 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)
• 1795 – Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)
• 1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)
• 1817 – Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
• 1833 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
• 1840 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, created The Thinker (d. 1917)
• 1842 – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 1848 – Eduard Müller, Swiss politician, 51st President of Switzerland (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
• 1866 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
• 1872 – William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)
• 1881 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
• 1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
• 1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)
• 1886 – Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)
• 1889 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)
• 1890 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor (d. 1958)
• 1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet (d. 1960)
• 1897 – Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)
• 1901 – James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)
• 1903 – Jack Oakie, American actor and singer (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)
• 1906 – George Dillon, American poet (d. 1968)
• 1908 – Harry Blackmun, American judge and educator (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
• 1911 – Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)
• 1915 – Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)
• 1916 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Jo Stafford, American singer and actress (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Richard Quine, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Peggy Fenner, English politician
• 1922 – Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer
• 1923 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Vicco von Bülow, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)
• 1927 – František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)
• 1928 – Bob Holness, English radio and television host (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Marjorie W. Sharmat, American author
• 1929 – Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Michael Ende, German anthroposophist and author (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress and singer (d. 1982)
• 1931 – Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1933 – Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician, 6th President of Iraq
• 1934 – Ann Flood, American actress
• 1934 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and murderer
• 1934 – John McGahern, Irish author (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Mills Lane, American boxer, referee, lawyer, and judge
• 1936 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Ina Balin, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1937 – Jack Betts, American actor
• 1937 – Richard H. Truly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
• 1938 – Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
• 1939 – Ruby Nash Garnett, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics)
• 1939 – Terry McDonald, English footballer
• 1939 – Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician
• 1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician and author
• 1941 – Carol Gluck, American historian, author, and academic
• 1943 – Julie Ege, Norwegian model and actress (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Brian Hyland, American singer and guitarist
• 1943 – Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
• 1943 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver
• 1943 – John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Walker Brothers) (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (Booker T and the MG's and The Mar-Keys)
• 1944 – Al Michaels, American sportscaster
• 1944 – Jennifer Page, English businesswoman
• 1945 – Michael Bishop, American author and educator
• 1945 – Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
• 1945 – Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Squires, The Mynah Birds, Northern Lights, and The Ducks)
• 1946 – Krister Henriksson, Swedish actor
• 1947 – Ron Bryant, American baseball player
• 1947 – Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
• 1947 – Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter
• 1948 – Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (Hot Chocolate)
• 1948 – Cliff Harris, American football player
• 1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician, 7th President of Iran
• 1949 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
• 1949 – Jack Reed, American soldier and politician
• 1950 – Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Urmas Lõoke, Estonian architect
• 1952 – Ronald Burkle, American businessman, co-founded the Yucaipa Companies
• 1952 – Max Grodénchik, American actor
• 1953 – Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
• 1953 – Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Rob Lytle, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1954 – Rhonda Shear, American model and actress, Miss Louisiana USA 1975
• 1955 – Les McKeown, Scottish singer (Bay City Rollers)
• 1955 – Katharine Weber, American author
• 1957 – Paul Dennis Reid, American murderer (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (d. 2013)
• 1958 – Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
• 1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author
• 1959 – Vincent Irizarry, American actor
• 1959 – Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer
• 1960 – Maurane, Belgian singer
• 1960 – Ismo Alanko, Finnish singer-songwriter (Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, and Ismo Alanko Säätiö)
• 1961 – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast
• 1961 – Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
• 1961 – Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
• 1962 – Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist
• 1962 – Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1962 – Neal Shusterman, American author
• 1962 – Brix Smith, American singer and guitarist (The Fall and The Adult Net)
• 1962 – Naomi Wolf, American author and activist
• 1963 – Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (The Blanks)
• 1963 – Michael Rogers, American journalist, blogger, and activist
• 1963 – Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
• 1964 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (brute. and The Undertow Orchestra) (d. 2009)
• 1964 – David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter (Megadeth, Avian, F5, Killing Machine)
• 1964 – Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer
• 1965 – Eddie Mair, Scottish journalist
• 1967 – Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist
• 1967 – Michael Moorer, American boxer
• 1967 – Grant Nicholas, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Feeder and Raindancer)
• 1967 – Mihhail Rõtšagov, Estonian chess player
• 1968 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin)
• 1968 – Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1968 – Disco Inferno, American wrestler
• 1968 – Sharon Shannon, Irish accordion player and fiddler
• 1968 – Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter (My Dying Bride)
• 1968 – Nick D'Virgilio, American drummer (Big Big Train and Spock's Beard)
• 1969 – Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author
• 1969 – Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 – Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
• 1970 – Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1970 – Tonya Harding, American figure skater
• 1970 – Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weeping Tile and The Saddletramps)
• 1970 – Craig Parker, Fijian-New Zealand actor
• 1970 – Harvey Spencer Stephens, English actor
• 1971 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist
• 1972 – Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Mayte Garcia, American singer, dancer, and actress (The New Power Generation)
• 1973 – Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
• 1973 – Ethan Zohn, American soccer player
• 1974 – Tamala Jones, American actress
• 1975 – Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress
• 1975 – Katherine Grainger, Scottish-English rower
• 1975 – Jason Lezak, American swimmer
• 1975 – Angela Watson, American actress
• 1976 – Tevin Campbell, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1976 – Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wir sind Helden)
• 1976 – Richelle Mead, American author
• 1976 – Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
• 1977 – Dalene Kurtis, American model
• 1977 – Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
• 1977 – Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist
• 1978 – Aaron Heilman, American baseball player
• 1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
• 1978 – Ashley Williams, American actress
• 1978 – Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and wrestler
• 1979 – Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler
• 1979 – Cote de Pablo, Chilean-American actress and singer
• 1979 – Lucas Glover, American golfer
• 1979 – Corey Maggette, American basketball player
• 1979 – Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire
• 1980 – Trent Acid, American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1980 – Shaun Cooper, American bass player (Taking Back Sunday, Straylight Run, and Destry)
• 1980 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian-American actor, singer, and producer (Dead Man's Bones)
• 1980 – Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player
• 1980 – Ricky Sinz, American porn actor
• 1981 – Annika Becker, German pole vaulter
• 1981 – D. J. Campbell, English footballer
• 1981 – Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress and singer
• 1982 – Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
• 1983 – Carlton Cole, English footballer
• 1983 – Charlie Morton, American baseball player
• 1984 – Omarion, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (B2K)
• 1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
• 1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (2NE1)
• 1984 – Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver
• 1984 – Zi Yan, Chinese tennis player
• 1985 – Arianny Celeste, American model and actress
• 1986 – Robert Müller, German footballer
• 1986 – Nedum Onuoha, English footballer
• 1986 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Alistair Brammer, English actor and singer
• 1988 – Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
• 1990 – Farahnaz Amirsoleymani, American author and illustrator
• 1990 – Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1990 – Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer
• 1990 – Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 – Giulietta, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Trey Burke, American basketball player
• 1992 – Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1994 – Anna Khnychenkova, Ukrainian figure skater