Famous Birthdays

John Richard Deacon is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits “You’re My Best Friend”, “Another…

Ian James Gould is an English former first-class cricketer and a former member of the ICC Elite Panel of cricket umpires. He previously also served as the chairman of English football club Burnham FC.

Christopher O’Connor ; 19 August 1948 – 6 January 2016) was an Irish professional golfer. He is often known for defeating American Fred Couples at the 1989 Ryder Cup, helping Europe secure the trophy.

Roger Frederick Cook is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, who has written many hit records for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.

Edgar Frederick Yost III is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals. He played for the Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos.

Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon.

Francis Patrick Salemme, sometimes spelled Salemmi, also known as “Cadillac Frank” and “the General”, was an American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts who became a hitman and eventually the boss…

Earlington Carl Tilghman, known as Sonny Til, was an American singer. He was the lead singer of The Orioles, a vocal group from Baltimore, Maryland, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in…

Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians’ estimates for her total victories range from thirteen to fourteen solo…

Thomas Godfrey Evans was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England. Described by Wisden as ‘arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen’, Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91…