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A quarter of century has gone. So…

… happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
happy birthday dear myself,
happy birthday to meeeeeee…..

Tra l’altro, a festeggiare il compleanno oggi siamo in una discreta schiera. E, stranamente, qualcuno realmente famoso c’è davvero…

Questo l’elenco fornito da Wikipedia (i grassetti sono miei):

* 1025 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
* 1582 (O.S.) – Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)
* 1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628)
* 1612 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
* 1714 – Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
* 1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
* 1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821)
* 1801 – Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877)
* 1814 – Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873)
* 1828 (O.S.) – Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910)
* 1840 – Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant (d. 1900)
* 1849 – Benjamin Godard, French composer (d. 1895)
* 1853 – Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939)
* 1867 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)
* 1878 – George Whipple, American scientist, and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
* 1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981)
* 1894 – Elisha Scott, footballer (d. 1959)
* 1898 – Charlie Grimm, baseball player (d. 1983)
* 1899 – Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978)
* 1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990)
* 1904 – Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980)
* 1906 – John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
* 1908 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996)
* 1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
* 1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
* 1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)
* 1913 – Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975)
* 1913 – Terence Reese, British bridge player (d. 1996)
* 1913 – Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer
* 1915 – Max Robertson, British sports commentator
* 1916 – Jack Vance, American author
* 1916 – Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer, actor and folklorist (d. 1997)
* 1917 – Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)
* 1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, Nobel Laureate (d. 2004)
* 1920 – Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006)
* 1921 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor and playwright
* 1921 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991)
* 1924 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004)
* 1924 – Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004)
* 1925 – Donald O’Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003)
* 1925 – Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist
* 1928 – F. William Free, American advertising executive (d. 2003)
* 1929 – Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
* 1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor
* 1931 – John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone
* 1932 – Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1935 – Gilles Rocheleau, French Canadian politician (d. 1998)
* 1936 – Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire
* 1938 – Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
* 1938 – Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist
* 1940 – Roger Pingeon, French cylist
* 1940 – Ken Jenkins, American actor
* 1941 – Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat
* 1942 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995)
* 1943 – David Soul, American actor
* 1943 – Lou Piniella, American baseball manager
* 1944 – Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
* 1944 – Melvin Dummar, American claimant to the Howard Hughes estate
* 1947 – Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
* 1947 – Shoto Tanemura, Japanese martial artist
* 1948 – Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago)
* 1949 – Hugh Cornwell, British musician (The Stranglers)
* 1951 – Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer
* 1951 – Wayne Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
* 1952 – Rita Dove, American poet
* 1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
* 1952 – Guy Nadon, Quebec actor
* 1952 – Jacques Chagnon, Quebec politician
* 1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor
* 1957 – Rick Rossovich, American actor
* 1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
* 1960 – Emma Samms, English actress
* 1961 – Kim Appleby, British singer
* 1962 – Eugene Robinson, American musician (Oxbow)
* 1963 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
* 1965 – Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress
* 1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer
* 1966 – René Higuita, Colombian footballer
* 1966 – Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
* 1967 – Frederick Kesner, Philippine-born Australian poet
* 1968 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
* 1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian actor
* 1969 – Jack Black, American actor
* 1969 – Mary McCartney, English photographer
* 1969 – Pierre Turgeon, French Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 – Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer
* 1970 – Rick Recht, Jewish singer
* 1971 – Todd Eldredge, American figure skater
* 1971 – Janet Evans, American swimmer
* 1971 – Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer
* 1971 – Shane Andrews, American baseball player
* 1972 – Jay Witasick, American baseball player
* 1973 – Matthew John Armstrong, American actor
* 1974 – Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer
* 1974 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer
* 1974 – Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer
* 1975 – Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer
* 1975 – DJ Assault, American musician
* 1978 – Jess Margera, American drummer
* 1978 – Shaniqua, American wrestling valet
* 1979 – Robert Hoyzer, German football referee
* 1979 – Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer
* 1979 – David Graham, Australian reality show personality
* 1979 – Kristen Hughes, Australian netballer
* 1979 – Markus Pröll, German footballer
* 1979 – Ruth Riley, American basketball player
* 1980 – T.J. Beam, American baseball player
* 1981 – Martin Erat, Czech hockey player
* 1981 – Vaggelis Moras, Greek footballer
* 1981 – Raphael Matos, Brazilian racing driver
* 1982 – Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
* 1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer
* 1982 – Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
* 1983 – Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1983 – Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor and singer in the Latin Pop Group RBD
* 1985 – Cove Reber, American Lead singer for Saosin
* 1985 – Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor
* 1986 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli military officer
* 1990 – Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer
* 1991 – Kyle Massey, American actor
* 1999 – Prince Nikolai of Denmark

E sì, l’onore di essere nato lo stesso giorno di Renè Higuita compensa abbondantemente la vergogna di condividere il compleanno con Maurizio Costanzo…

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