Famous Birthdays

Giuseppe Umberto “Pino” Rauti was an Italian neo-fascist politician who was a leading figure of the Italian far-right for many years. Involved in active politics since 1948, he was one of founders…

Jane Freilicher was an American representational painter of urban and country scenes from her homes in lower Manhattan and Water Mill, Long Island. She was a member of the informal New York School…

Eleanor Audley was an American actress with a distinctive voice and a diverse body of work. She played Oliver Douglas’s mom, Eunice Douglas, on the CBS sitcom Green Acres (1965–1969), and provided…

Zygmunt Bauman was a Polish–British sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People’s Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship.

Anfinn Kallsberg was a Faroese politician who was prime minister and leader of the People’s Party. First elected to the Faroese parliament in 1980 and consecutively thereafter, Kallsberg served as…

John David Tatum was an American professional football safety who played 10 seasons from 1971 through 1980 with the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Oilers in the National Football League (NFL). He…

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, and 2019 to 2022; the…

Edwin Charles Krupp is an American astronomer, researcher, author, and popularizer of science. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of archaeoastronomy, the study of how ancient…

Linda Evans is an American actress well known for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley, in the Western television series The Big Valley…

John Edmond is a folk singer and retired soldier from Northern Rhodesia but presently based in South Africa who became popular in the 1970s for his Rhodesian patriotic songs. He reached the height…