Good day to all.
Thanks for posting the interesting bios, Bob.
Today's birthdays:
551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)
c.20 BC- Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ
801 - Ansgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
828 - Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)
1157 - King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
1207 - King Sancho II of Portugal
1474 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
1588 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
1611 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)
1621 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)
1633 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
1672 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
1778 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
1804 - Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
1814 - Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer, historian and specialist in Mesoamerican studies (d. 1874)
1828 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Civil War soldier
1830 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1841 - Antonin Dvorak, Czech composer (d. 1904)
1852 - Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)
1873 - David O. McKay, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
1881 - Harry Hillman, American athlete
1886 - Siegfried Sassoon, poet (d. 1967)
1889 - Robert Alphonso Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d. 1953)
1897 - Jimmie Rodgers, American country music singer and composer (d. 1933)
1901 - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, was prime minister of South Africa from 1958 - 1966 (d. September 6, 1966)
1910 - Jean-Louis Barrault, actor, director (d. 1994)
1914 - Sir Denys Lasdun, architect (d. 2001)
1922 - Sid Caesar, comedian
1922 - Lyndon LaRouche, political leader
1924 - Mimi Parent, surrealist painter (d. 2005)
1925 - Peter Sellers, actor (d. 1980)
1929 - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
1930 - Nguyen Cao Ky, Premier of South Vietnam
1932 - Patsy Cline, country music singer (d. 1963)
1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, composer
1938 - Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia
1945 - Jose Feliciano, singer
1945 - Ron Pigpen McKernan, musician (the Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
1947 - Ann Beattie, writer
1956 - Frank Tovey (aka Fad Gadget), British singer and musician (d. 2002)
1960 - Aimee Mann, musician
1964 - Michael Johns, business executive and White House speechwriter
1966 - Carola, Swedish singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner
1970 - Neko Case, musician
1970 - Latrell Sprewell, basketball player
1970 - Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
1971 - Brooke Burke, model
1972 - Lisa Kennedy, television personality
1979 - Pink, singer
1981 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor

