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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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• 1077 – Emperor Zhezong of Song (d. 1100)
• 1334 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383)
• 1341 – Wat Tyler leader of the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (d. 1381)
• 1581 – James Ussher, Irish archbishop (d. 1656)
• 1664 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
• 1672 – Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (d. 1742)
• 1710 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1736)
• 1720 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774)
• 1735 – Claude Martin, French-English general (d. 1800)
• 1785 – Jacob Grimm, German author and philologist (d. 1863)
• 1809 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)
• 1813 – Isaac Pitman, English linguist (d. 1897)
• 1832 – George Tryon, English admiral (d. 1893)
• 1838 – General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (d. 1883)
• 1839 – Carl Humann, German archaeologist (d. 1896)
• 1842 – Frederic T. Greenhalge, American politician, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
• 1848 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
• 1858 – Carter Glass, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)
• 1869 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)
• 1870 – Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (d. 1932)
• 1872 – Ottilie Sutro, American pianist (d. 1970)
• 1874 – Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (d. 1935)
• 1878 – A. E. Coppard, English poet and author (d. 1957)
• 1878 – Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)
• 1881 – Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
• 1882 – Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian set designer (d. 1943)
• 1883 – Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)
• 1889 – M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India
• 1890 – Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American pulp writer and publisher, founder of DC Comics (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Edward Brooker, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)
• 1892 – María Díaz Cortés, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1893 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
• 1894 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)
• 1896 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)
• 1896 – André Masson, French painter (d. 1987)
• 1896 – Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 1968)
• 1900 – James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
• 1901 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (d. 1989)
• 1902 – John McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1909 – J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded the Simplot Company (d. 2008)
• 1910 – Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (d. 1990)
• 1913 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Herman Franks, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Meg Mundy, English-American actress
• 1916 – Slim Gaillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Slim & Slam) (d. 1991)
• 1916 – Lionel Newman, American composer (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Robert Parrish, American director (d. 1995)
• 1920 – William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (d. 1997)
• 1922 – Mart Port, Estonian architect (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (New York Jazz Quartet) (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Sebastian Kappen, Indian priest and theologian (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Meta Vannas, Soviet politician (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman
• 1927 – Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1930 – Sorrell Booke, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Don Shula, American football player and coach
• 1930 – Herbert O. Sparrow, Canadian politician (d. 2012)
• 1931 – William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia
• 1931 – Lala Mara, Fijian wife of Kamisese Mara (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Alfred C. Haynes, American pilot
• 1932 – Thelma Holt, British theatre producer
• 1932 – Roman Personov, Russian physicist (d. 2002)
• 1932 – Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
• 1932 – Carlos Saura, Spanish director
• 1933 – Ilia II of Georgia, Russian patriarch
• 1933 – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, American author
• 1934 – Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia
• 1935 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)
• 1937 – Grace Bumbry, American soprano
• 1937 – Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1937 – Mick O'Connell, Irish footballer
• 1940 – Alexander Chancellor, English journalist
• 1940 – Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Helmut Jahn, German-American architect, designed Liberty Place and Messeturm
• 1940 – Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Jill Pitkeathley, British politician
• 1941 – George P. Cosmatos, Greek director (d. 2005)
• 1941 – John Bennett Perry, American actor and singer
• 1941 – Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)
• 1941 – Maureen Reagan, American actress and activist (d. 2001)
• 1941 – Joe Renzetti, American composer
• 1941 – K. Thurairetnasingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician
• 1942 – Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1942 – John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter (The Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti, and Remember Shakti)
• 1943 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
• 1943 – Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author
• 1943 – Priit Vesilind, Estonian-American writer and photojournalist
• 1944 – Angela Harris, British politician
• 1944 – Charlie Manuel, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor and singer
• 1945 – Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 – Lisa Appignanesi Polish-born British writer.
• 1946 – Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1946 – S. Rajasekharan, Indian poet and critic
• 1947 – Chris Cutler, American-English drummer and songwriter (Henry Cow, Art Bears, News from Babel, Cassiber, The Science Group, and Brainville)
• 1947 – Rick Stein, English chef
• 1948 – Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992)
• 1948 – Wolfgang Mulack, German footballer
• 1948 – Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1948 – Eugeniusz Wycisło, Polish politician
• 1949 – Mick Mills, English footballer
• 1950 – John Louis Evans, American murderer (d. 1983)
• 1950 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Bob Black, American author and activist
• 1951 – Barbara Cochran, American skier
• 1951 – Ronald Corp, English composer, conductor, and priest
• 1953 – Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer
• 1953 – Jackie Ballard, English former charity senior manager, journalist and politician.
• 1953 – Richard Boden, English television director and producer
• 1953 – Vicki Bruce, English psychologist
• 1953 – Dirk Heun, German footballer
• 1953 – Andreas Vgenopoulos, Greek businessman
• 1953 – James Warren, American journalist
• 1954 – Eugene Chadbourne, American guitarist and songwriter (Shockabilly)
• 1954 – Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1955 – Mark Hollis, English singer-songwriter (Talk Talk)
• 1956 – Alex Cline, American drummer
• 1956 – Nels Cline, American guitarist and songwriter (Wilco)
• 1956 – Sarojini Sahoo, Indian feminist writer
• 1956 – Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant)
• 1957 – Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Gurdas Maan, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 – Vesna Zmijanac, Serbian singer
• 1958 – Andy Borowitz, American comedian and author
• 1958 – Matt Frewer, American actor
• 1958 – Gary Jones, Welsh-Canadian actor
• 1958 – Jim Powers, American wrestler
• 1958 – Julian Sands, English actor
• 1960 – Art Paul Schlosser, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer (R.E.M. and Automatic Baby)
• 1960 – April Winchell, American actress
• 1961 – Lee Curreri, American actor and pianist
• 1961 – Sidney Green, American basketball player
• 1962 – Harlan Coben, American author
• 1962 – Laila Elwi, Egyptian actress
• 1962 – Michael France, American screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist and producer (Cocteau Twins)
• 1962 – Joe Kleine, American basketball player
• 1962 – André Rouvoet, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1962 – Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Type O Negative, Carnivore and Fallout) (d. 2010)
• 1963 – Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 – Till Lindemann, German singer-songwriter (Rammstein and First Arsch)
• 1964 – Dot Jones, American actress
• 1965 – Yvan Attal, French actor and director
• 1965 – Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 1965 – Beth Gibbons, English singer-songwriter (Portishead)
• 1965 – Rick Hearst, American actor
• 1965 – Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 1965 – Cait O'Riordan, Nigerian-English bass player and songwriter (The Pogues and The Radiators from Space)
• 1965 – Julia Ormond, English actress
• 1965 – Rob Wilson, English politician
• 1966 – Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter
• 1966 – La Parka II, Mexican wrestler
• 1967 – David Berman, American singer-songwriter (Silver Jews and Ectoslavia)
• 1967 – Johnny Nelson, English boxer
• 1967 – Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
• 1967 – David Toms, American golfer
• 1968 – Mike Wilpolt, American football player and coach
• 1969 – Corie Blount, American basketball player
• 1969 – Mary Macleod, English politician
• 1969 – Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1970 – Paul Watkins, Welsh cellist
• 1971 – Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese floral designer
• 1972 – Charlotte Hudson, English actress
• 1972 – James Longley, American director and producer
• 1973 – Greg de Vries, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
• 1973 – Harmony Korine, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
• 1974 – Ian Moor, English singer
• 1974 – Armin Zöggeler, Italian luger
• 1975 – Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist
• 1975 – Jill Marie Jones, American actress
• 1976 – Benoît Joachim, Luxembourgish cyclist
• 1976 – Ted Lilly, American baseball player
• 1977 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress
• 1977 – David Millar, Maltese-Scottish cyclist
• 1977 – Dan Shanahan, Irish hurler
• 1977 – Ozell Wells, Dominican-American basketball coach, scout, and businessman
• 1977 – Tim Wheeler, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ash)
• 1978 – Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player
• 1978 – Paul Licuria, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Mai Meneses, Spanish singer-songwriter (Nena Daconte)
• 1979 – Shergo Biran, German footballer
• 1979 – Tristan Gommendy, French race car driver
• 1979 – Charity Rahmer, American actress
• 1980 – Greg Cipes, American actor and singer
• 1980 – Bobbi Eden, Dutch porn actress and model
• 1980 – Alexandra Jiménez, Spanish actress
• 1980 – Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1980 – Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
• 1981 – Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer (Sylver)
• 1981 – Hitomi Obara, Japanese wrestler
• 1982 – Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
• 1982 – Richard Logan, English footballer
• 1982 – Lucie Škrobáková, Czech hurdler
• 1982 – Hollie Stevens, American porn actress (d. 2012)
• 1983 – Spencer Chamberlain, American singer-songwriter (Underoath and This Runs Through)
• 1983 – Gemma Hunt, English television host
• 1985 – Danielle Campo, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
• 1985 – Lenora Crichlow, British actress
• 1985 – Al Jefferson, American basketball player
• 1985 – Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
• 1986 – Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
• 1986 – Younès Kaboul, French footballer
• 1986 – James Milner, English footballer
• 1986 – Steve Slaton, American football player
• 1987 – Nikolaj Misiuk, Lithuanian footballer
• 1988 – Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Nabila Jamshed, Indian author
• 1988 – Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer
• 1989 – Jeff Gyasi, Nigerian footballer
• 1989 – Labrinth, English rapper/songwriter
• 1989 – Kevin Pillar, American baseball player
• 1989 – Graham Rahal, American race car driver
• 1990 – Iago Falqué, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player
• 1990 – Toni Kroos, German footballer
• 1990 – Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Tal al-Mallohi, Syrian blogger and activist
• 1991 – Stefan Nenadović, Montenegrin footballer
• 1991 – Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress and dancer
• 1995 – Maddie Hasson, American actress
• 1995 – María Isabel, Spanish singer
• 1996 – Jade Jones, English wheelchair racer
• 1997 – Răzvan Popa, Romanian footballer