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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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• 976 – Emperor Sanjō of Japan (d. 1017)
• 1347 – Dorothea of Montau, Prussian saint (d. 1394)
• 1452 – Joan, Princess of Portugal (d. 1490)
• 1461 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501)
• 1465 – Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician (d. 1526)
• 1536 – Sassa Narimasa, Japanese samurai (d. 1588)
• 1577 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
• 1582 – Mario Bettinus, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1657)
• 1605 – Bernard of Corleone, Italian saint (d. 1667)
• 1608 – António Vieira, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1697)
• 1611 – Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
• 1612 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1694)
• 1639 – Daniel Georg Morhof, German author and scholar (d. 1691)
• 1643 – Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg, Prussian politician, 1st Minister President of Prussia (d. 1712)
• 1664 – Mustafa II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1703)
• 1665 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (d. 1714)
• 1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
• 1721 – Christian Friedrich Heinecken, German child prodigy (d. 1725)
• 1726 – Patrick Russell, Scottish surgeon (d. 1805)
• 1732 – Charles Lee, English-American general (d. 1782)
• 1736 – Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783)
• 1744 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
• 1748 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher (d. 1830)
• 1753 – Évariste de Parny, French poet (d. 1814)
• 1756 – Aaron Burr, American politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
• 1757 – Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Belarus-Polish poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1841)
• 1769 – Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Austrian general (d. 1862)
• 1772 – George Murray, Scottish soldier and politician (d. 1830)
• 1772 – Karl von Kügelgen, German painter (d. 1832)
• 1778 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (d. 1827)
• 1781 – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, Irish soldier (d. 1844)
• 1796 – John Stevens Henslow, English botanist and geologist (d. 1861)
• 1797 – Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and politician (d. 1853)
• 1799 – Imre Frivaldszky, Hungarian botanist and entomologist (d. 1870)
• 1800 – Achille Devéria, French painter (d. 1857)
• 1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English physicist (d. 1875)
• 1811 – Henry Liddell, English academic and author (d. 1898)
• 1818 – William M. Evarts, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of State (d. 1901)
• 1818 – Henry Litolff, English pianist and composer (d. 1891)
• 1818 – Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravalles, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 1889)
• 1829 – Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect, designed the La Santé Prison and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge (d. 1914)
• 1830 – Daniel Oliver, English botanist (d. 1916)
• 1832 – John Brown Gordon, American politician, 53rd Governor of Georgia (d. 1904)
• 1833 – José María de Pereda, Spanish author (d. 1906)
• 1833 – J.E.B. Stuart, American army officer (d. 1864)
• 1834 – Edwin Klebs, German-Swiss pathologist (d. 1913)
• 1834 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (d. 1889)
• 1834 – Wilhelm von Scherff, German general and author (d. 1911)
• 1838 – Henry Irving, English actor (d. 1905)
• 1838 – Yisrael Meir Kagan, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1933)
• 1839 – Eduard Hitzig, German neurologist (d. 1907)
• 1842 – Mary Rudge, English chess player (d. 1919)
• 1843 – Inoue Kowashi, Japanese politician (d. 1895)
• 1843 – Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and philologist, co-founded the Society for Psychical Research (d. 1901)
• 1845 – Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (d. 1912)
• 1847 – Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (d. 1918)
• 1849 – Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (d. 1912)
• 1852 – C. Lloyd Morgan, English zoologist and psychologist (d. 1936)
• 1852 – Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer (d. 1918)
• 1853 – Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
• 1854 – Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (d. 1931)
• 1859 – Wilhelm Cohn, German chess player (d. 1913)
• 1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
• 1864 – John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Karl Sapper, German linguist and explorer (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Indian Vaisnava religious leader, founder of the Gaudiya Math and spiritual master of Bhaktivedanta Swami (d. 1937)
• 1875 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
• 1876 – Henry Blogg, English fisherman and lifeboat man (d. 1954)
• 1876 – Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, French fencer (d. 1939)
• 1878 – Walter B. Pitkin, American educator (d. 1953)
• 1879 – Othon Friesz, French painter (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1937)
• 1879 – Edwin Samuel Montagu, English politician, Secretary of State for India (d. 1924)
• 1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (d. 1955)
• 1880 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (d. 1931)
• 1883 – Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1938)
• 1884 – Marcel Cohen, French linguist and scholar (d. 1974)
• 1887 – Josef Frings, German cardinal (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (d. 1984)
• 1892 – William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1893 – Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan (d. 1985)
• 1894 – Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Kirpal Singh, Indian religious leader (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (d. 1948)
• 1897 – Louis Buchalter, American mobster (d. 1944)
• 1898 – Harry Haywood, American politician (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Alla Tarasova, Russian actress (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (d. 1968)
• 1901 – Ben Lyon, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1902 – George Brunies, American trombonist (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (d. 1980)
• 1906 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Edward Lansdale, American air force officer and CIA agent (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
• 1910 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler (d. 1945)
• 1912 – Christopher Hill, English historian and author (d. 2003)
• 1913 – Mary Leakey, English anthropologist (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1998)
• 1916 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress
• 1918 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Carl Neumann Degler, American historian and author
• 1922 – Patrick Macnee, English actor
• 1922 – Denis Norden, English television host
• 1922 – Haskell Wexler, American director, producer, and cinematographer
• 1923 – Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1981)
• 1924 – Billy Wright, English footballer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Jin Yong, Hong Kong author
• 1925 – Donald Mitchell, English musicologist
• 1925 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Eugene E. Covert, American scientist
• 1926 – Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist (d. 1992)
• 1928 – Allan H. Meltzer, American economist
• 1929 – Pierre Brice, French actor
• 1929 – Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist, invented the tranquilliser gun (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan author and critic (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Valentin Yanin, Russian historian and author
• 1930 – Lionel Blue, English Reform rabbi, writer and broadcaster
• 1930 – Jun Kondo, Japanese physicist
• 1931 – James Bonk, American chemist and educator (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Rip Torn, American actor
• 1931 – Mamie Van Doren, American actress and singer
• 1931 – Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal
• 1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban anarchist (d. 1959)
• 1932 – Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German critic and theorist (d. 2009)
• 1932 – François Truffaut, French actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1984)
• 1933 – Leslie Crowther, English comedian and actor (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Donnie Brooks, American singer (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
• 1936 – J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
• 1938 – Fred Mifflin, Canadian admiral and politician
• 1939 – Jean Beaudin, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1939 – Mike Farrell, American actor
• 1939 – Orlando Parga, Puerto Rican politician
• 1940 – Tom Brokaw, American journalist
• 1940 – Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician
• 1940 – Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and actor
• 1941 – Stephen Albert, American composer (d. 1992)
• 1941 – Gigi Perreau, American actress
• 1941 – Spencer Silver, American chemist
• 1942 – Sarah Brady, American activist
• 1942 – Charlie Coles, American basketball coach (Central Michigan University, Miami University) (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu, Azerbaijani philosopher and educator
• 1942 – James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
• 1942 – Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Valentina Titova, Russian actress
• 1943 – Fabian Forte, American singer and actor
• 1943 – Ernie Field, English boxer (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress
• 1943 – Georgeanna Tillman, American singer and dancer (The Marvelettes) (d. 1980)
• 1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician
• 1944 – Willie Tee, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Wild Magnolias) (d. 2007)
• 1944 – Michael Tucker, American actor
• 1945 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley & The Wailers) (d. 1981)
• 1945 – George Mudie, British politician
• 1946 – Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (Little Feat and Fraternity of Man) (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter and accordion player (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four) (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Jim Turner, American politician
• 1947 – Richard Bowring, British orientalist
• 1947 – Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Daniel Yergin, American author
• 1949 – Mike Batt, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Wombles)
• 1949 – Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player
• 1949 – Jim Sheridan, Irish director
• 1950 – Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1950 – Jane Gordon-Cumming, English author
• 1950 – Timothy M. Dolan, American cardinal
• 1951 – Margo, Irish singer
• 1951 – Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
• 1951 – Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker, and The Meads of Asphodel) (d. 2012)
• 1951 – Jacques Villeret, French actor (d. 2005)
• 1951 – Kevin Whately, English actor
• 1952 – Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss comedian and actor
• 1952 – Tim Blake, English electronic musician (Gong, Hawkwind, Crystal Machine )
• 1952 – Ricardo La Volpe, Argentinian footballer, manager, and coach
• 1954 – Bob Sirois, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Michael Pollan, American journalist
• 1955 – Bruno Stolorz, French rugby coach
• 1957 – Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician
• 1957 – Kathy Najimy, American actress
• 1957 – Simon Phillips, English drummer (Toto, Michael Schenker Group, 801, RMS, and PhD)
• 1957 – Robert Townsend, American actor and director
• 1958 – Cecily Adams, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1958 – Tim Dakin, English cleric, Bishop of Winchester
• 1958 – Barry Miller, American actor
• 1959 – Ken Nelson, English record producer
• 1960 – Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist and television reporter
• 1960 – Megan Gallagher, American actress
• 1960 – Frank Jeske, German footballer (d. 1994)
• 1961 – Cam Cameron, American football coach
• 1961 – Yury Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian astronaut
• 1961 – Yuko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1962 – Stavros Lambrinidis, Greek politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Greece
• 1962 – Axl Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer (Guns N' Roses, Hollywood Rose, and Rapidfire)
• 1963 – David Capel, English cricketer
• 1963 – Scott Gordon, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Mike Hough, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Quentin Letts, English journalist and critic
• 1963 – Kevin Trudeau, American radio host and author
• 1964 – Gordon Downie, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Tragically Hip)
• 1964 – Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian actor and director
• 1965 – Jan Svěrák, Czech director
• 1966 – Rick Astley, English singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Anita Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard) (d. 2007)
• 1968 – Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
• 1968 – Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer and producer
• 1969 – David Hayter, American actor and screenwriter
• 1969 – Masaharu Fukuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1969 – Tim Sherwood, English footballer and coach
• 1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
• 1970 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese criminal and murderer (d. 2012)
• 1971 – Dana Eskelson, American actress
• 1971 – Brad Hogg, Australian cricketer
• 1971 – Carlos Rogers, American basketball player
• 1971 – Brian Stepanek, American actor
• 1972 – Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer
• 1972 – David Binn, American football player
• 1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American actor and singer
• 1975 – Chad Allen, American baseball player
• 1975 – Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish software engineer, created Orkut
• 1975 – Brett Hawke, Australian swimmer
• 1975 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (The Brilliant Green and Tommy heavenly6)
• 1976 – Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
• 1976 – Kasper Hvidt, Danish handball player
• 1976 – Princess Marie of Denmark
• 1976 – Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast
• 1977 – Jason Euell, English footballer
• 1977 – Josh Stewart, American actor
• 1977 – Sergei Sychyov, Ukrainian-Estonian ice dancer
• 1978 – Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer (O-Zone)
• 1980 – Ben Lawson, Australian actor
• 1980 – Mamiko Noto, Japanese voice actress
• 1980 – Conor O'Brian, American wrestler
• 1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, singer, and producer
• 1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh
• 1981 – Ricky Barnes, American golfer
• 1981 – Calum Best, American-English model
• 1981 – Shim Eun Jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
• 1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Alison Haislip, American actress
• 1981 – Ty Warren, American football player
• 1982 – Tank, Taiwanese singer-songwriter (Mandopop)
• 1982 – Jade Edmistone, Australian swimmer
• 1982 – Alice Eve, English actress
• 1982 – Elise Ray, American gymnast
• 1983 – Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
• 1983 – Melrose Bickerstaff, American model and fashion designer
• 1983 – Brodie Croyle, American football player
• 1983 – Dimas Delgado, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Jamie Whincup, Australian race car driver
• 1983 – Myron Wolf Child, Canadian activist (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Darren Bent, English footballer
• 1984 – Piret Järvis, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Vanilla Ninja)
• 1984 – Antoine Wright, American basketball player
• 1985 – Kris Humphries, American basketball player
• 1985 – Joji Kato, Japanese speed skater
• 1985 – Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
• 1986 – Yunho, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (TVXQ)
• 1986 – Alice Greczyn, American actress
• 1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1987 – Luisa Värk, Estonian singer
• 1988 – Bailey Hanks, American actress and singer
• 1988 – Allison Holker, American dancer
• 1988 – Jennifer White, American pornographic actress
• 1989 – Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
• 1989 – Jonny Flynn, American basketball player
• 1990 – Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Víctor Mañon, Mexican footballer
• 1993 – Teresa Scanlan, American model, Miss America 2011
• 1995 – Jongup, South Korean singer, (B.A.P)
• 1996 – Justina Mikulskytė, Lithuanian tennis player