David Cameron (41) shares his birthday (today) with the following:
1201 - Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris
1261 - Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325)
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (Don Quixote)
1581 - Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
1586 - Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn
1626 - John Ferrabosco, composer
1663 - Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia)
1727 - Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer
1757 - Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1760 - Pierre Gaveaux, composer
1766 - Bedrich Divis Weber, composer
1771 - Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15)
1782 - Lewis Cass, (Gov-Mich)
1813 - Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco Verdi, Italian composer (Traviata, A‹da)
1813 - John Jones Pettus, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63)
1819 - Samuel McGowan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1822 - George Sykes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1880
1823 - Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black US newspaper publishers
1830 - Harriet Hosmer, sculptor
1835 - Camille Saint-Sa‰ns, Paris France, composer (Ode Sainte C‚cile)
1847 - Andr‚ Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin)
1847 - Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist (Afr Bond)
1858 - Gerard L F Philips, Dutch engineer/manufacturer (Philips)
1859 - Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)
1863 - Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)
1869 - Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer
1871 - Gerrit Bolkestein, minister of Education (1939-4-)
1873 - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect)
1875 - Reynaldo Hahn, composer
1878 - Robert Warwick, [Bien], Sacramento CA, actor (Falcon's Adventure)
1884 - Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston)
1884 - Martin Elmer Johnson, explorer/photographer
1886 - Frank Newburg, actor (Homemaker)
1888 - Hank Patterson, Alabama, actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres)
1888 - Irving Cummings Sr, NYC, silent screen star/director (Curly Top)
1890 - Janis Medins, composer
1890 - Alfred Julius Swan, composer
1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist (Pentecostal)/radio preacher
1893 - Heinrich George, (Schulz), German actor (Hitlerjunge Quex)
1893 - M de Andrade, writer
1893 - M rio R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller
1899 - Bruce Catton, US, historian/writer (Civil War)
1900 - Alastair Sims, Edinburgh Scot, actor (Christmas Carol, Stage Fright)
1900 - Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
1903 - Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner (Dodgers)
1904 - Wally Brown, Malden MA, actor (Zombies on Broadway, Girl Rush)
1904 - J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman (KRO, 1938-45)
1904 - Carl Parrish, composer
1905 - Euphemia MacDonald, dance producer
1905 - Howard St John, Chicago IL, actor (Born Yesterday, Li'l Abner)
1906 - 13th earl of Stair, English lt-colonel/large landowner
1906 - Janis Ivanovs, composer
1906 - L‚opold S‚dor Senghor, poet/president of Senegal (1960-80)
1906 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Die M”rder sind unter uns)
1907 - Klaes Karppinen, Findland, 4 X 10K relay (Olympic-gold-1936)
1908 - James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59)
1908 - Jacques Tati[scheff], La Pecq France, director (Traffic, Playtime)
1910 - Donald Coggan, English archbishop of York/Canterbury (Glory of God)
1910 - Phil Hanna, River Forest Ill, singer (Once Upon a Tune)
1914 - Edward Andrews, Griffin GA, actor (Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat)
1914 - Roger Goeb, composer
1917 - Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)
1918 - E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in
1919 - Rezso Sugar, composer
1920 - Yusef Lateef, composer
1920 - Vivienne Della Chiesa, US, actress (?)
1920 - Jens Bjírneboe, Norway, poet/writer (Dikt, Jonas)
1921 - Tadeusz R¢zewicz, Polish poet/writer (Utwory dramatyczne)
1922 - Fyvush Finkel, actor (Middle Ages, Picket Fences)
1922 - Raymond Wilding-White, composer
1923 - Donald Sinden, England, actor (Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba)
1923 - Ronald Tremain, composer
1924 - Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot (X-15)
1925 - Robert Finch, actor (Academy Theater)
1926 - Daniele Delorme, [Gabrielle Girard], Paris, actress (Pardon My Affair)
1927 - Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest
1928 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Finland, composer (Kaivos)
1930 - David Rounds, Bronxville NY, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill)
1930 - Fjolnir Stefansson, composer
1933 - Bill Tidy, English cartoonist (Fosdyke Saga)
1934 - Jacobo Majluta Azar, politician
1935 - Paul J M Beers, Dutch actor (Mother Courage and Her Children)
1935 - Paul Barton, cricketer (NZ batsman in early 1960's, century v S Afr)
1935 - Jules Croiset, Dutch actor (Help, Doctor Verzuipt!)
1935 - Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent
1935 - Don[ald] McCullin, British photographer
1937 - Brian Blessed, English actor (King Arthur, High Road to China)
1937 - Pat Burke, rocker (Foundations)
1939 - O V Wright, rocker
1939 - Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer (Lettres Clandestines)
1940 - John [Winston/Ono] Lennon, rocker/Beatle (Imagine)
1940 - Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
1940 - Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer
1940 - Gordon J Humphrey, (Sen-R-NH, 1979- )
1941 - Trent Lott, (Rep-R-MS, 1973- )
1944 - John Entwistle, London, rock guitarist/vocalist (Who-Baba O'Riley)
1944 - Nona Hendrix, R and B singer (Patti LaBelle and Blue Belles)
1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa)
1945 - Jeannie C Riley, Texas, singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw)
1945 - Naftali Bon, Kapsabet Kenya, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
1948 - Jackson Browne, US Base in Germany, rock voclaist (Lawyers in Love)
1948 - Dave Samuels, vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1949 - Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender (NY Cosmos)
1950 - Gary Frank, Spokane WA, actor (Enemy Territory, Deadly Weapon)
1950 - Mick Malone, cricketer (WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14)
1951 - Robert Wuhl, Union NJ, actor (Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam)
1951 - Richard Chaves, Jacksonville FL, actor (Cease Fire, Predator)
1953 - Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star
1953 - Tony Shalhoub, actor (Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night)
1954 - Scott Bakula, St Louis MO, actor (Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown)
1955 - Steve Ovett, England, runner (Olympics-800m gold, 1500m bronze-1980)
1955 - Linwood Boomer, Vancouver, actor (Adam-Little House on the Prairie)
1957 - Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-18, TM-23)
1959 - Michael Par‚, Bkln NY, actor (Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights)
1959 - Mike Singletary, NFL middle linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1961 - Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwe, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 - Jean Sagal, LA Calif, actress (Kate-Double Trouble, Grease 2)
1961 - Liz Sagal, LA Calif, actress (Allison-Double Trouble, Grease 2)
1961 - Trevor Matich, NFL center/guard (Washington Redskins)
1964 - Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star
1966 - Mike Williams, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress (Spring Fever)
1967 - Gheorge Popescu, Romania, soccer player (Barcelona)
1967 - Gica Popescu, Romania, soccer player (PSV)
1969 - Charles Jordan, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1969 - Dwayne Sabb, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1970 - Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer (1995 US Women's Open)
1970 - Kenny Anderson, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trailblazers)
1970 - Oleg Kryazhev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1971 - Pete Mitchell, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 - Maurice Kelly, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1972 - Roman Oben, tackle (NY Giants)
1973 - A J Ofodile, NFL tight end (Pitts Steelers)
1973 - Alexey Trochshinskiy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1973 - Brandon Pollard, Richmond VA, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Dexter McCleon, cornerback (St Louis Rams)
1974 - Kavika Pittman, defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1974 - Keith Booth, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1975 - Sean Ono Lennon, John and Yoko's Son
1975 - Mark Viduka, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1975 - Mahendra Nagamootoo, cricketer (Guyanese leg-spinner)
1976 - Rebecca Darrington, Gillette Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming (1997)
1977 - Lee San San, Miss Hong Kong Universe (1997)
1978 - Randy Spelling, LA Calif, actor (Sean Richards-Sunset Beach)
1979 - Ashley Anderson, Miss Delaware Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Lydia Jane Lipscombe, Christchurch NZ, breastroker (Olympics-96)
1981 - Zachery Ty Bryan, Denver CO, actor (Brad-Home Improvement)
As does David Cameron Dudley (5?) of course
Have a jolly good day old bean.
M