Who is the coolest person you can find who shares your birthday?

Thedayrecker

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I only remember Napoleon does (August 15th).

A quick Google search reveals

1171 ? King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 ? Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 ? Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
1575 ? Bartol Ka?ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 ? Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1717 ? Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1740 ? Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1769 ? Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (d. 1821)
1771 ? Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
1785 ? Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
1813 ? Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1844 ? Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
1856 ? Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
1857 ? Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
1858 ? E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
1859 ? Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
1860 ? Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
1860 ? Florence Harding, American First Lady (d. 1924)
1863 ? Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
1865 ? Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926)
1872 ? Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
1875 ? Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
1876 ? Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
1877 ? Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1878 ? Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
1879 ? Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
1881 ? Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
1883 ? Ivan Me?trović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
1885 ? Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
1886 ? Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 ? Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)
1890 ? Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
1892 ? Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
1893 ? Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950)
1896 ? Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1957)
1896 ? Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
1896 ? Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
1896 ? Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
1898 ? Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
1901 ? Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1904 ? George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
1905 ? Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
1909 ? Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1910 ? Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1912 ? Julia Child, American cook (d. 2004)
1912 ? Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1914 ? Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
1916 ? Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (d. 1989)
1917 ? Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
1917 ? Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
1919 ? Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
1919 ? Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007)
1922 ? Lukas Foss, German-born composer (d. 2009)
1922 ? Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
1923 ? Rose Marie, American actress
1924 ? Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 ? Mike Connors, American actor
1925 ? Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1925 ? Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
1926 ? Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
1926 ? Sami Michael, Author and the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
1927 ? Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer
1928 ? Nicolas Roeg, English film director
1930 ? Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
1933 ? Bobby Helms, American pop singer (d. 1997)
1933 ? Jim Lange, American game show host
1934 ? Bobby Byrd, American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
1934 ? Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
1934 ? Reginald Scarlett, West Indian cricketer
1935 ? Jim Dale, English actor
1935 ? Vernon Jordan Jr., American presidential advisor
1935 ? Lionel Taylor, American football player
1938 ? Maxine Waters, American politician
1938 ? Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
1940 ? Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist (d. 1977)
1940 ? Rita Shane, American soprano
1941 ? Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
1942 ? Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
1943 ? María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
1944 ? Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
1944 ? Tom Murphy, American politician
1944 ? Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
1944 ? Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
1945 ? Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (d. 2008)
1945 ? Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
1946 ? Tony Robinson, English actor and television presenter
1946 ? Jimmy Webb, American musician and composer
1947 ? Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
1947 ? Jenny Hanley, British TV presenter
1948 ? Uschi Digard, American pornographic actress and model
1948 ? Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
1948 ? George Ryton, British engineer
1949 ? Beverly Lynn Burns, American pilot
1949 ? Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
1949 ? Garry Disher, Australian author
1949 ? Mark B. Rosenberg, President of Florida International University
1950 ? Tommy Aldridge, American musician
1950 ? The Princess Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1950 ? Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
1951 ? Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
1951 ? Bobby Caldwell, American singer and musician
1951 ? John Childs, England cricketer
1951 ? Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1951 ? Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1954 ? Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
1954 ? Mary Jo Salter, American poet
1956 ? Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1957 ? ?eljko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 ? Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
1958 ? Victor Shenderovich, Russian satirist
1958 ? Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
1961 ? Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
1961 ? Gary Kubiak, American football coach
1962 ? Tom Colicchio, American chef
1963 ? Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director
1963 ? Jack Russell, England cricketer
1963 ? Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
1964 ? Melinda French Gates, American wife of Bill Gates
1964 ? Debi Mazar, American actress
1965 ? Rob Thomas, American writer
1966 ? Scott Brosius, American baseball player
1966 ? Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1966 ? Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
1967 ? Peter Hermann American actor
1968 ? Debra Messing, American actress
1969 ? Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
1969 ? Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
1969 ? Bernard Fanning, Australian singer/songwriter, lead singer of multi-award winning Australian rock bandPowderfinger
1970 ? Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
1970 ? Maddie Corman, American actress
1970 ? Ben Silverman, American TV executive
1972 ? Ben Affleck, American actor
1972 ? Chris Morrissey, American film director/actor
1972 ? Matthew Wood, American actor and sound editor
1972 ? Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1973 ? Adnan Sami, music composer, singer
1974 ? Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
1975 ? Bertrand Berry, American football player
1975 ? Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer
1975 ? Brendan Morrison, Canadian hockey player
1975 ? Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 ? Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
1977 ? Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1977 ? Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1977 ? Nicole Paggi, American actress
1978 ? Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
1978 ? Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 ? Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 ? Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
1979 ? Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
1980 ? Nathalie Press, English actress
1981 ? Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 ? Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
1981 ? Oliver Perez, American baseball player
1982 ? Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1988 ? Tiffanie Anderson, American performer (Girlicious)
1989 ? Belinda, Mexican singer
1989 ? Carlos Pena Jr., American actor and singer
1989 ? Joe Jonas, American actor and singer, and queer

Also my cousin.

EDIT: Damnint I just realized the bottom one is Joe Jonas of the Jonas brothers.... We even have the same first name

 

Woburn

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August 5th: Neil Armstrong. First man on the moon.
I think that makes me the winner. Was it good for you Escapist? Cuz it was good for me.

O and apparently Jonesy911 too, so I guess we tie.
 

Borntolose

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For some reason I didn't find this the last time there was a thread like this, but it appears I share my birthday with Weird Al Yankovic.
 

Vetterthorir783

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Samuel Mother-fuckin Colt. Lizzie Borden. oh, and Brian May [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk&feature=avmsc2]
 

Exocet

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Neil Armstrong.
Hell yeah,the first man to step on the moon and one of the few men and women that have ever set foot in the deathtrap that is the capsule part of a rocket.

Woburn said:
August 5th: Neil Armstrong. First man on the moon.
I think that makes me the winner. Was it good for you Escapist? Cuz it was good for me.

O and apparently Jonesy911 too, so I guess we tie.
Ninja'd by 2 people it seems.Gentlemen(ladies?),we have the best birthday there is,and good old Neil agrees.
 

jjofearth

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Off topic (ish): I know a guy who was born the day before me (same year), and is a total douchebag.
 

Mechsoap

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aha! elizabeth taylor...though there is a huge age gab
and then
1980 ? Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton
and the event 1594 ? Henry IV is crowned King of France.People magazine is published for the first time.
so overall. a pretty day of people i never heard of