FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Want to have a birthday party and don't know anyone who was born today? This page lists famous birthdays of people past and present. Pick a day and celebrate with them or celebrate their past accomplishments. Remember everyday can be a reason for a party. You just need to be creative!

This page can also be great for trivia games. "Who shares the same birthday?", "Whose birthday is today?", Name three people who were born in March." etc.

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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894) was born in Kalinovka, Ukraine

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Tim Curry (1946) Actor

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Jessica Lange (1949) Actress

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Peter Frampton (1950) Rock Musician/Singer

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Shirley Temple Black (1928) Actress

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Barbara Steisand (1942)Singer
Richard M. Daley (1942) Chicago Mayor

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Carol Burnett (1933) Comedian

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Samual Morse (1891) Inventor
Jack Klugman (1922) Actor

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MAY

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Johnny Colt (1968) Musical Artist
Tim McGraw (1967) Musical Artist
Rita Coolidge (1945) Musical Artist
Jack Paar (1918) TV Host
Kate Smith (1909) Singer
Glenn Ford (1916) Actor
Scott Carpenter (1925) Astronaut
Steve Cauthen (1960) Jockey

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Lesley Gore (1946) Musical Artist
Larry Gatlin (1948) Musical Artist
Benjamin Spock (1903) Pediatrician
Bing Crosby (1903) Singer

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Pete Seeger (1919) Singer
Sugar Ray Robinson (1921) Champion Boxer
Engelbert Humperdink (1936) Musical Artist
Doug Henning (1947) Magician
Singer
Frankie Vallie (1937) Singer "The Four Seasons"
Greg Gumbel (1946) Sportscaster
Wynona Judd (1964) Country Singer

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Audrey Hepburn (1929) Actress
Roberta Peters (1930) Opera Singer
Randy Travis (1959) Country Singer

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Bob Woodward (1943) Reporter
Tyrone Power (1913) Actpr
Ann B. Davis (1926) Actress
Tammy Wynette (1942) Country Singer

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Sigmund Freud (1856) Psychologist
Rudolph Valentino (1895) Actor
Willie Mays (1931) Baseball Player
Bob Seger (1945) Singer
Orson Welles (1915) Actor, Director
Robert E. Peary (1856) Arctic Explorer
Roma Downey (1960) Actress
George Clooney (1961) Actor

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Darren McGavin (1922) Actor
Gary Cooper (1901) Actor
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840) Composer
Robert Browning (1812) Poet
Johnny Unitas (1933) NFL Quarterback
Tim Russert (1950)TV Journalist
Teresa Brewer (1931) Singer

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Harry S. Truman (1884) 33rd U.S. President
Don Rickles (1926) Comedian/Actor
Henry Dunant (1829) Red Cross Founder
Sonny Liston (1932) Boxing Champion
Toni Tennille (1943) Singer
Enrique Iglesias (1975) Singer

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Hank Snow (1914) Country Singer
Mike Wallace (1918) TV Journalist
Billy Joel (1949) Singer, Songwriter
Candice Bergen (1946) Actress

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Florence Nightingale (1820) founder of modern nursing was born in Florence, Italy
Katharine Hepburn (1907) actress was born in Hartford, CT
Joe Louis (1914) Heavyweight Boxer
Yogi Berra (1925) Athlete
Burt Bacharach (1928)composer was born in Kansas City, MO
Stephen Baldwin (1966) Actor

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George Lucas (1944) Director

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Richard J. Daley, who would become a mayor of Chicago, was born in Chicago, IL
Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic)

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Studs Terkel (1912) Writer

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Maureen O'Sullivan (1912)actress, was born in Boyle, Ireland
Birgit Nilsson (1923) operatic soprano was born in West Karup, Sweden
Dennis Hopper (1936) Actor
Sugar Ray Leonard (1956) former welterweight boxing champion was born in Wilmington, NC
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John Hopkins (1795) the millionaire philanthropist who endowed the Maryland university and hospital that bear his name was born in Anne Arundel County, MD
Malcolm X (1925) black nationalist leader was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska
Pete Townshend (1945) Rock musician and founder of The Who was born in London

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Tommy John (1943) Baseball Pitcher

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803) Poet

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Hank Williams, Jr. (1949) Country Singer

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Patrick Henry (1736) American patriot was born in Hanover County, VA
G.K. Chesterton (1874) Novelist, Poet and critic was born in London
Bob Hope (1903) Comedian, Actor was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, England
John F. Kennedy (1917)who was to become the 35th U.S. president was born in Brookline, MA

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Howard Hawks (1896) Film director born in Goshen, IN
Mel Blanc, (1908) entertainer and voice over artist, was born in San Francisco, CA
Gale Sayers (1943) legendary Chicago Bears halfback and Hall of Famer was born in Wichita, KS

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Walt Whitman (1819) poet born in West Hills, NY
Clint Eastwood (1930) actor-director was born in San Francisco, CA

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Zachary Taylor (1784)

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John F. Kennedy Jr.(1960)
Woody Woodpecker (1940)

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Charles Schulz(1922)

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Mark Twain (1835)Real Name: Samuel Clemmens

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