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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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• 624 – Wu Zetian, Chinese empress (d. 705)
• 1490 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1527)
• 1519 – Francis, Duke of Guise (d. 1563)
• 1524 – Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1574)
• 1581 – Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (d. 1653)
• 1646 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
• 1653 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713)
• 1718 – Matthew Tilghman, American politician (d. 1790)
• 1723 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)
• 1740 – Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist (d. 1799)
• 1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (d. 1831)
• 1754 – Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer (d. 1803)
• 1781 – René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (d. 1826)
• 1796 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
• 1816 – Haller Nutt, American planter (d. 1864)
• 1817 – Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1904)
• 1820 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (d. 1898)
• 1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)
• 1821 – Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (d. 1861)
• 1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
• 1844 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913)
• 1848 – Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (d. 1920)
• 1848 – Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (d. 1920)
• 1854 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman, founded Krupp (d. 1902)
• 1860 – Tom Seeberg, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1938)
• 1861 – Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1922)
• 1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese author and poet (d. 1922)
• 1862 – Eugen Schmidt, Danish tug of war competitor (d. 1931)
• 1863 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian author and poet (d. 1927)
• 1864 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest and inventor (d. 1929)
• 1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (d. 1956)
• 1877 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (d. 1904)
• 1877 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (d. 1932)
• 1877 – Isidora Sekulić, Serbian author (d. 1958)
• 1880 – Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (d. 1957)
• 1883 – George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (d. 1969)
• 1885 – Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
• 1887 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947)
• 1887 – Joseph Bech, Luxembourgish politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Ronald Fisher, English statistician, biologist, and geneticist (d. 1962)
• 1891 – Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician (d. 1965)
• 1892 – Marjorie Fielding, British stage and film actress (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965)
• 1900 – Ruth Clifford, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian author (d. 1951)
• 1904 – Hans Morgenthau, German philosopher (d. 1980)
• 1905 – Osvald Käpp, Estonian wrestler (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
• 1908 – Red Barber, American sportscaster (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Ants Eskola, Estonian actor and singer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Bo Yibo, Chinese politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)
• 1910 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1911 – Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Orrin Tucker, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Virginia Sorensen, American author (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Russel B. Nye, American author (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1914 – Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)
• 1916 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player (d. 1940)
• 1916 – Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (d. 1965)
• 1918 – William Bronk, American poet (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Ukrainian politician (d. 1990)
• 1919 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Curt Swan, American illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Duane Gish, American biochemist (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Enrico Banducci, American businessman (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (d. 1969)
• 1922 – Valentino Mazzia, American physician (d. 1999)
• 1923 – John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Alden W. Clausen, American banker (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Margaret Truman, American author (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Hal Holbrook, American actor
• 1928 – Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer
• 1929 – Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1929 – Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002)
• 1929 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English politician (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer
• 1930 – Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1930 – Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Ruth Rendell, English author
• 1933 – Bobby Lewis, American singer
• 1931 – Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Larry Jennings, American magician and author (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author
• 1935 – Christina Pickles, English-American actress
• 1936 – Jim Brown, American football player and actor
• 1938 – Buck Trent, American banjo player
• 1938 – Martha Henry, American-Canadian actress
• 1938 – Yvonne Romain, English actress
• 1939 – John Leyton, English actor and singer
• 1939 – Mary Ann Mobley, American actress, Miss America 1959
• 1939 – Clément Richard, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1940 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
• 1942 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989)
• 1943 – Costas Azariadis, Greek economist
• 1943 – Claire Malis, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Soft Machine)
• 1945 – Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
• 1946 – Dodie Stevens, American singer
• 1946 – Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian author
• 1948 – José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1948 – Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Don Scardino, American actor and director
• 1949 – Fred Frith, English guitarist and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew)
• 1950 – Rickey Medlocke, American musician (Blackfoot and Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1951 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani pilot (d. 1971)
• 1952 – Karin Janz, German gymnast
• 1952 – Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (Energit and Etc...) (d. 1991)
• 1953 – Norman Pace, English actor
• 1954 – Rene Russo, American actress
• 1954 – Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player
• 1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 – Richard Karn, American actor
• 1957 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter and accordion player
• 1958 – Steve Fox, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1958 – Alan Wiggins, American baseball player (d. 1991)
• 1959 – Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician
• 1959 – Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer
• 1959 – Neil Lomax, American football player
• 1960 – Shunji Kosugi, Japanese wrestler
• 1961 – Christopher Ashford-Smith, American wrestler
• 1962 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Triffids and The Blackeyed Susans) (d. 1999)
• 1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director
• 1963 – Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and actor
• 1963 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (d. 1995)
• 1963 – Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
• 1963 – Michael Jordan, American basketball player and actor
• 1963 – Rene Syler, American journalist
• 1964 – Buster Olney, American journalist
• 1965 – Michael Bay, American director and producer
• 1965 – Samuel Bayer, American director and cinematographer
• 1966 – Quorthon, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Bathory) (d. 2004)
• 1966 – Michael Lepond, American bass player (Symphony X and Seven Witches)
• 1966 – Robert Reid, Scottish rally co-driver
• 1966 – Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Chanté Moore, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Wu'er Kaixi, Chinese Dissident, Tienanmen Student Leader
• 1968 – Bryan Cox, American football player
• 1969 – David Douillet, French martial artist and politician
• 1969 – Tuesday Knight, American actress and singer
• 1969 – Willi Kronhardt, German footballer
• 1970 – Tommy Moe, American skier
• 1970 – Dominic Purcell, English-Australian actor
• 1971 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish composer (d. 2005)
• 1971 – Jeremy Edwards, English actor
• 1971 – SaRenna Lee, American porn actress
• 1971 – Denise Richards, American model and actress
• 1971 – Cynthia Caylor, English actress
• 1972 – Yuki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Mean Machine, Judy and Mary, and NiNa)
• 1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer (Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Network, and Foxboro Hot Tubs)
• 1972 – Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
• 1972 – Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
• 1972 – Ralphie May, American comedian and actor
• 1972 – Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
• 1972 – Lars Göran Petrov, Swedish singer and drummer (Entombed and Morbid)
• 1973 – Drew Barry, American basketball player
• 1973 – Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
• 1974 – Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Dir en grey)
• 1974 – Jerry O'Connell, American actor
• 1974 – Bryan White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Harisu, South Korean singer and actress
• 1975 – Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
• 1975 – Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Kelly Carlson, American actress
• 1976 – Lefteris Fafalis, Greek skier
• 1976 – William Roussel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mütiilation)
• 1976 – Scott Williamson, American baseball player
• 1977 – Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian badminton player
• 1978 – Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
• 1979 – Josh Willingham, American baseball player
• 1980 – Aya Endō, Japanese voice actress
• 1980 – Al Harrington, American basketball player
• 1980 – Jason Ritter, American actor
• 1980 – Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
• 1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
• 1981 – Paris Hilton, American model, actress, singer
• 1982 – Brian Bruney, American baseball player
• 1982 – Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1982 – Deyvid Oprja, Estonian alpine skier
• 1982 – Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Gérald Cid, French footballer
• 1983 – Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
• 1983 – Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnamese badminton player
• 1983 – Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1984 – Sadha, Indian actress
• 1984 – AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
• 1984 – Jimmy Jacobs, American wrestler
• 1984 – Stefan Jarosch, German footballer
• 1984 – Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 – Drew Miller, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Sivakarthikeyan,Tamil Film Actor
• 1985 – Anne Curtis, Australian-Filipino actress and singer
• 1985 – Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1986 – Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Ricardo Rodriguez, American wrestler and ring announcer
• 1987 – Thomas Ayasse, French footballer
• 1987 – Aseem Trivedi, Indian cartoonist and activist
• 1987 – Danny Farquhar, American baseball player
• 1987 – Tiquan Underwood, American football player
• 1988 – Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
• 1989 – Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer
• 1989 – Ina Demireva, Bulgarian ice dancer
• 1989 – Stacey McClean, English singer and actress (S Club 8)
• 1989 – Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer
• 1990 – Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
• 1991 – Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1991 – Bonnie Wright, English actress
• 1992 – Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Nicola Leali, Italian footballer
• 1993 – Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1993 – AJ Perez, Filipino actor (d. 2011)
• 1993 – Philip Wiegratz, German actor
• 1994 – Angie Miller, American singer
• 1996 – Sasha Pieterse, South African-American actress