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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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• 1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)
• 1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
• 1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
• 1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
• 1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)
• 1727 – James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)
• 1732 – František Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1771)
• 1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
• 1788 – Georgios Stavros, Greek banker, benefactor and revolutionary (d. 1869)
• 1822 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)
• 1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)
• 1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)
• 1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)
• 1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)
• 1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)
• 1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
• 1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian (d. 1928)
• 1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)
• 1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian scholar (d. 1957)
• 1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)
• 1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French Carmelite saint and Doctor of the Church (d. 1897)
• 1877 – Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906)
• 1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai,Indian Freedom Fighter(d.1970)
• 1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)
• 1882 – Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (d. 1917)
• 1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator, historian and politician (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
• 1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
• 1889 – Bertram Stevens, Australian politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and dramatist (d. 1951)
• 1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)
• 1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
• 1893 – Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Dziga Vertov, Russian director (d. 1954)
• 1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian engineer (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, economist, attorney and the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Bob Marshall, American activist (d. 1939)
• 1902 – Dan Keating, Irish soldier (d. 2007)
• 1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian Hindi writer (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)
• 1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American army officer and politician (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, first African-American woman to practice law in Maryland (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian-English SOE agent (d. 1944)
• 1914 – Vivian Stuart, Burmese author (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American actress and producer (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Willi Graf, German activist (d. 1943)
• 1920 – Isaac Asimov, American chemist and author (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Jan Slepian, American children's author
• 1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English local historian and writer
• 1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer (d. 2009)
• 1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Larry Harmon, American clown (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Howard Caine, American director (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Grigoris Varfis, Greek politician
• 1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
• 1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. 1988)
• 1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese spiritual leader
• 1929 – Lehri, Pakistani actor and comedian (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Julius La Rosa, American singer
• 1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Richard Thorp, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)
• 1933 – On Kawara, Japanese painter
• 1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese author
• 1933 – Richard Riley, American politician, 111th Governor of South Carolina
• 1933 – Keith Thomas, Welsh historian
• 1935 – David McKee, English writer and illustrator
• 1935 – K. Navaratnam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician
• 1935 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer (d. 1987)
• 1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1992)
• 1937 – David Bailey, English photographer
• 1938 – Ian Brady, High profile serial killer
• 1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
• 1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician, 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
• 1938 – Robert Smithson, American land art artist.
• 1939 – Doug McAvoy, British trade unionist
• 1940 – Susan Wittig Albert, American author
• 1940 – Jim Bakker, American minister, evangelist, and television host
• 1940 – S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
• 1942 – Dennis Hastert, American politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 – Ray Moore, English radio host (d. 1989)
• 1942 – Hugh Shelton, American general
• 1943 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
• 1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1944 – Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
• 1946 – Richard Cole, English manager
• 1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist
• 1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, critic, and historian
• 1947 – Valery Shary, Belarusian weightlifter
• 1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist
• 1948 – Tony Woodley, English trade unionist
• 1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright
• 1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist
• 1949 – John Turner, English cricketer (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
• 1950 – David Shifrin, American clarinet player
• 1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian football player and coach
• 1950 – Leo van der Goot, Dutch singer and radio host
• 1951 – Stipe Božić, Croatian mountaineer
• 1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player
• 1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter
• 1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and author
• 1952 – Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player
• 1952 – Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter (Four Bitchin' Babes)
• 1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress
• 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Vincent Racaniello American virologist, author, and academic
• 1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch politician and union leader
• 1953 – Manfred Wittke, German footballer
• 1954 – Henry Bonilla, American politician
• 1954 – Dawn Silva, American singer
• 1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor
• 1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
• 1956 – Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1958 – Helen Goodman, English politician
• 1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
• 1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1959 – Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor
• 1960 – Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese illustrator
• 1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
• 1961 – IJsbrand Chardon, Dutch horse rider
• 1961 – Todd Haynes, American director
• 1961 – Craig James, American football player
• 1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 – David Cone, American baseball player
• 1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
• 1964 – Luis d'Antin, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1964 – Michael McCann, British politician
• 1964 – Luis Moro, Cuban-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
• 1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player
• 1966 – Kate Hodge, American actress and producer
• 1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress and singer
• 1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician
• 1967 – Robert Liberace, American artist
• 1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
• 1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor
• 1968 – Evan Parke, Jamaican-American actor
• 1968 – Goichi Suda, Japanese video game designer
• 1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider
• 1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English equestrian
• 1969 – Robby Gordon, American race car driver
• 1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
• 1969 – Patrick Huard, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
• 1969 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer and actor (d. 2013)
• 1969 – Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1969 – Christy Turlington, American model
• 1970 – Royce Clayton, American baseball player
• 1970 – Sanda Ladoși, Romanian singer
• 1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
• 1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1971 – Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
• 1971 – Markus Hoffmann, German actor (d. 1997)
• 1971 – Yutaka Takenouchi, Japanese actor
• 1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter
• 1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
• 1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 – Lucy Davis, English actress
• 1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player
• 1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech soccer player (West Ham United)
• 1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (The Living End and The Wrights)
• 1975 – David Sandström, Swedish musician (Refused, AC4 and Final Exit)
• 1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor, comedian, writer and director
• 1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
• 1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
• 1976 – Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
• 1976 – Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
• 1976 – Phil Radford, Environmental, clean energy and democracy leader, Greenpeace Executive Director
• 1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
• 1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player
• 1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1977 – Aleš Píša, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 – Nikos Soultanidis, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer
• 1978 – Kjartan Sveinsson, Icelandic musician (Sigur Rós)
• 1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress
• 1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer
• 1980 – Annie Bellemare, Canadian figure skater
• 1980 – Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
• 1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
• 1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player
• 1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
• 1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
• 1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
• 1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1984 – Otacilio Jales, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player
• 1985 – Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
• 1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentine footballer
• 1986 – Nathan Cohen, New Zealander rower
• 1986 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player
• 1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer
• 1989 – Romain Dedola, French footballer
• 1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
• 1991 – Katrin Loo, Estonian footballer
• 1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian footballer
• 1992 – Anna Arina Marenko, Russian tennis player
• 2001 – Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)