SAVE UP TO
75% ON
TOP NAME
PERFUMES &
COLOGNES

Dave Chapelle's
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!

Follow @halfbday

• 1261 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)
• 1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)
• 1462 – Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)
• 1501 – Queen Munjeong of Korean (d. 1565)
• 1552 – Edward Coke, English judge and politician (d. 1634)
• 1635 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)
• 1648 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)
• 1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
• 1663 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
• 1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)
• 1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
• 1701 – Johan Agrell, Swedish-German composer (d. 1765)
• 1710 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771)
• 1761 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
• 1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)
• 1764 – George Duff, Scottish navy officer (d.1805)
• 1796 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)
• 1801 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)
• 1820 – George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman (d. 1897)
• 1841 – William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877)
• 1844 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
• 1851 – Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
• 1859 – Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
• 1871 – Hellmer Hermandsen, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1958)
• 1872 – Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
• 1872 – Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer. (d. 1927)
• 1873 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1947)
• 1873 – John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)
• 1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect (d. 1955)
• 1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)
• 1882 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
• 1884 – Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian author (d. 1937)
• 1887 – Charles Nordhoff, English-American author (d. 1947)
• 1888 – Charles January, American soccer player (d. 1970)
• 1890 – Nikolai Reek, Estonian military commander (d. 1942)
• 1894 – John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Lucian Grigorescu, Romanian painter (d. 1965)
• 1894 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Denise Robins, English author (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician (d. 2012)
• 1901 – Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)
• 1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
• 1902 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
• 1902 – Langston Hughes, American poet and author (d. 1967)
• 1904 – S. J. Perelman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1906 – Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (d. 1993)
• 1908 – George Pal, Hungarian- American animator and producer (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist (d. 1998)
• 1909 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1910 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1917 – A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (d. 2012)
• 1917 – José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944)
• 1918 – Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Patricia Robins, English author
• 1921 – Peter Sallis, English actor
• 1922 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Richard Hooker, American author (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli football coach and manager (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Shane Devine, American judge (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Jimmy Andrews, Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Galway Kinnell, American poet
• 1928 – Sam Edwards, British physicist
• 1928 – Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American politician (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Stuart Whitman, American actor
• 1930 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 11th President of Bangladesh
• 1930 – Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi politician, 9th President of Bangladesh
• 1930 – Peter Tapsell, English politician
• 1931 – Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Bob Smith, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Jan Ramberg, Swedish lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Nicolae Breban, Romanian author
• 1934 – Bob Shane, American singer and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
• 1935 – Dory Dixon, Jamaican-Mexican wrestler
• 1936 – Azie Taylor Morton, American politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Antonis Christeas, Greek basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1937 – Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Everly Brothers)
• 1937 – Garrett Morris, American comedian and actor
• 1937 – Ray Sawyer, American singer-songwriter (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
• 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist
• 1939 – Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 1978)
• 1939 – Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Del McCoury, American singer and guitarist (Del McCoury Band)
• 1939 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (The Crusaders)
• 1940 – Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1940 – Hervé Filion, Canadian harness racer
• 1940 – Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi politician
• 1941 – Karl Dall, German comedian, singer, and television host
• 1941 – Jerry Spinelli, American author
• 1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 – Masa Saito, Japanese wrestler
• 1942 – Muna Wassef, Syrian actress
• 1943 – Fred Barnes, American journalist
• 1943 – Anne Weyman, English executive
• 1944 – Paul Blair, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Lucian Boia, Romanian historian
• 1944 – Mike Enzi, American politician
• 1944 – Petru Popescu, Romanian-American director, producer, and author
• 1944 – Dick Snyder, American basketball player
• 1944 – Burkhard Ziese, German football manager (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Chris Clark, American singer
• 1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Gerhard Welz, German footballer
• 1947 – Mike Brant, Cypriot-Israeli singer (d. 1975)
• 1947 – Ian Gibson, British businessman
• 1947 – Adam Ingram, Scottish politician
• 1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer
• 1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
• 1948 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (d. 2004)
• 1948 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
• 1950 – Elizabeth France, English civil servant, Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints
• 1951 – Christina Dodwell, British explorer and writer
• 1951 – Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 – Andrew Smith, English politician
• 1952 – Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Dennis Condrey, American wrestler
• 1952 – Jenő Jandó, Hungarian pianist
• 1953 – Brendan Batson, English footballer
• 1954 – Marijke Amado, Dutch television host
• 1954 – Chuck Dukowski, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Black Flag, Würm, Black Face, and October Faction)
• 1954 – Bill Mumy, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1955 – Ernie Camacho, American baseball player
• 1955 – Ginny Elliot, English equestrian
• 1955 – Teresa Pearce, English politician
• 1956 – Brahmanandam, Indian actor
• 1956 – Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (X, The Knitters, and Auntie Christ)
• 1956 – Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 – Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
• 1957 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2007)
• 1958 – Luther Blissett, English footballer
• 1958 – Margie Abbott, New Zealand-Australian wife of Tony Abbott
• 1958 – Ryō Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1958 – Eleanor Laing, Scottish politician
• 1958 – Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
• 1961 – Volker Fried, German field hockey player
• 1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
• 1962 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Boøwy and Complex)
• 1963 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
• 1964 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Warrant and Saints of the Underground) (d. 2011)
• 1964 – Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Linus Roache, English actor
• 1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
• 1965 – Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1993)
• 1965 – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• 1966 – Michelle Akers, American soccer player
• 1966 – Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer
• 1966 – Donna Edmondson, American model
• 1966 – Rob Lee, English footballer
• 1967 – Meg Cabot, American author
• 1967 – Shishupal Natthu Patle, Indian politician
• 1968 – Kent Mercker, American baseball player
• 1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Pauly Shore, American comedian and actor
• 1969 – Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
• 1969 – Andrew Breitbart, American publisher and author (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Brian Krause, American actor and screenwriter
• 1969 – Joshua Redman, American saxophonist and composer
• 1969 – Patrick Wilson, American drummer (Weezer, The Special Goodness, and The Rentals)
• 1969 – Thomas Ong, Singaporean actor
• 1970 – Nico, Romanian singer
• 1970 – Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese race car driver
• 1970 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)
• 1971 – Harald Martin Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer
• 1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor
• 1971 – Tomomi Hayashi, Japanese-Estonian architect
• 1971 – Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer
• 1971 – Jill Kelly, American porn actress, director, and producer
• 1971 – Alison Mowbray, English rower
• 1971 – Hynden Walch, American actress
• 1971 – Ron Welty, American drummer (The Offspring and Steady Ground)
• 1971 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
• 1972 – Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (d. 1999)
• 1972 – Yoshi DeHerrera, American television host
• 1973 – Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player
• 1973 – Yuri Landman, Dutch instrument maker
• 1973 – Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
• 1973 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
• 1974 – Walter McCarty, American basketball player
• 1974 – David Meca, Spanish swimmer
• 1975 – Big Boi, American rapper and producer (Outkast and Purple Ribbon All-Stars)
• 1975 – Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Ekaterini Thanou, Greek sprinter
• 1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player
• 1977 – Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
• 1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1978 – Domenick Davies, Welsh-German rugby player
• 1978 – Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor (Hi-5)
• 1978 – Ken Johnson, American basketball player
• 1979 – Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
• 1979 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1979 – Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress
• 1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 – Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1980 – Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
• 1981 – Rob Austin, English race car driver
• 1981 – Christian Giménez, Argentine footballer
• 1981 – Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
• 1981 – Raimo Pajusalu, Estonian volleyball player
• 1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
• 1982 – Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
• 1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Kim Jong-wook, South Korean singer
• 1983 – Iveta Benešová, Czech tennis player
• 1983 – Kevin Martin, American basketball player
• 1983 – Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (MGMT)
• 1984 – Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1984 – Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1985 – Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
• 1985 – Rachael Scdoris, American runner and dog musher
• 1985 – Karine Sergerie, Canadian martial artist
• 1985 – Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
• 1986 – Lauren Conrad, American author and fashion designer
• 1987 – Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• 1987 – Wu Jingyu, Chinese martial artist
• 1987 – Montario Hardesty, American football player
• 1987 – Heather Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 1989 – Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer
• 1990 – Laura Marling, English singer-songwriter (Noah and the Whale)
• 1991 – Luca Caldirola, Italian footballer
• 1993 – Diego Mella, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player
• 1994 – Harry Styles, English singer (One Direction)
• 1994 – Skylar Laine, American singer-songwriter