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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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• 1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1304 – Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer (d. 1368)
• 1463 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
• 1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
• 1545 – John of Austria, son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (d. 1578)
• 1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
• 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
• 1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
• 1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter (d. 1690)
• 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
• 1664 – Thomas Newcomen, English engineer (d.1729)
• 1684 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
• 1693 – James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
• 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
• 1723 – John Burgoyne, English general (d. 1792)
• 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
• 1767 – Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Thai king (d. 1824)
• 1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
• 1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
• 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist (d. 1859)
• 1810 – Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (d. 1885)
• 1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
• 1835 – Julius Vogel, New Zealand politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
• 1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
• 1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
• 1846 – Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
• 1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (d. 1907)
• 1852 – George A. Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
• 1866 – Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961)
• 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
• 1872 – John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (d. 1933)
• 1872 – Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (d. 1951)
• 1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
• 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor, and composer (d. 1972)
• 1877 – Ettie Annie Rout, Australian-New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Charles Daniels, American swimmer (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Chester Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
• 1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director (d. 1991)
• 1898 – Kurt Tank, German engineer and pilot (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Slovene author (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Telford Taylor, American lawyer (d. 1998)
• 1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Eduardo Vañó Pastor, Spanish cartoonist (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Jiří Trnka, Czech puppet maker, animator, and director (d. 1969)
• 1914 – Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Weldon Kees, American poet, author, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
• 1914 – Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
• 1919 – Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-American civil servant (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Nellie Connally, Wife of Texas Governor John Connally
• 1919 – Betty Marsden, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Ernst Reiss, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Gaston Reiff, Belgian runner (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor
• 1921 – Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor
• 1922 – Esperanza Magaz, Cuban-Venezuelan actress (d. 2013)
• 1923 – David Soyer, American cellist (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Bud Day, American pilot and colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Jean Alexander, English actress
• 1926 – John Gunther Dean, German-American diplomat
• 1926 – Balys Gajauskas, Lithuanian politician
• 1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress
• 1928 – Barbara Lawrence, American actress
• 1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Ludwig Zausinger, German footballer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor
• 1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia
• 1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 1933 – Judah Folkman, American scientist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Linda Cristal, Argentinian-American actress
• 1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano and director
• 1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc.
• 1938 – Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow
• 1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer
• 1940 – Ludwig Leitner, German skier (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
• 1942 – Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
• 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, and The Manfreds)
• 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American politician
• 1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian theorist and philosopher
• 1943 – Kent Haruf, American author
• 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (d. 1984)
• 1943 – Terry Semel, American businessman
• 1944 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (All-Stars, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, and Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1994)
• 1945 – Steve Berrios, American drummer (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor
• 1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
• 1946 – John Stapleton, English journalist
• 1947 – Mike Fratello, American basketball coach and sportscaster
• 1947 – Rupert Holmes, English singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 1948 – Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 1948 – François Lacombe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist (Smile, Humpy Bong, and Morgan)
• 1948 – Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer
• 1950 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 1951 – Tony Holiday, German singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
• 1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
• 1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
• 1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
• 1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)
• 1955 – Eddie L. Johnson, American basketball player
• 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher
• 1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player
• 1956 – Peter Pagel, German footballer (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist
• 1956 – Sharon Kane, American bondage model and pornographic actress
• 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Mark Moses, American actor
• 1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress
• 1960 – Nick Esasky, American baseball player
• 1962 – Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
• 1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Teri Weigel, American porn actress
• 1963 – Line Beauchamp, Canadian politician
• 1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 – Dirk Greiser, German footballer
• 1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Andy Crane, English radio and television host
• 1964 – Todd Field, American actor and director
• 1964 – Russell Ingall, Australian race car driver
• 1965 – Kristin Davis, American actress
• 1965 – Lloyd McGrath, English footballer
• 1965 – Jane Swift, American politician, 69th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
• 1966 – René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
• 1966 – Ben Miller, English comedian, actor, and director
• 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
• 1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1967 – Fernando Tejero, Spanish actor
• 1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player
• 1970 – Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets
• 1970 – Jonathan Ward, American actor
• 1970 – Neil Sullivan, English-born Scottish footballer
• 1971 – Josh Bernstein, American explorer, author, and television host
• 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
• 1971 – Thomas Franck, German footballer
• 1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
• 1973 – Chris Fehn, American drummer (Slipknot and Will Haven)
• 1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Christína Papadáki, Greek tennis player
• 1973 – Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast
• 1974 – Chad Hugo, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (N*E*R*D)
• 1974 – Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1976 – Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1976 – Crista Flanagan, American actress
• 1976 – Eric Griffin, American guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday 13)
• 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
• 1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
• 1976 – Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alkaline Trio and Heavens)
• 1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
• 1977 – Jay Kenneth Johnson, American actor
• 1977 – Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer
• 1978 – Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter (Dir en grey)
• 1978 – John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday)
• 1978 – Gary, South Korean singer and rapper (Leessang)
• 1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1978 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
• 1979 – Jesse Billauer, American surfer
• 1979 – Claire Cooper, English actress
• 1979 – Vitor Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Anton Maiden, Swedish singer (d. 2003)
• 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
• 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1982 – Fala Chen, Chinese-American model and actress
• 1982 – Kevin O'Neill, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
• 1983 – Matt McGinley, American drummer (Gym Class Heroes and Kill The Front Man)
• 1983 – Ingemar Teever, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Pieter Dirkx, Belgian director, screenwriter and painter
• 1984 – Sterling James Keenan, American wrestler
• 1984 – Clivio Piccione, Monegasque race car driver
• 1984 – Marina Timofeieva, Estonian ice dancer
• 1986 – Bryce Papenbrook, American kick-boxer and voice actor
• 1986 – Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese model and actress
• 1987 – Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer and actress
• 1987 – Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501)
• 1988 – Emma Hayman, New Zealand tennis player
• 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metro Station)
• 1989 – Gabriella Fox, American porn actress
• 1989 – Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
• 1990 – Stefan Müller, German footballer
• 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper (Odd Future)
• 2001 – Ramona Marquez, English Child Actress