Headline Birthdays for June 7

Paul Gauguin 1848-1903

born in Paris, France; raised in Lima, Peru by his French journalist father and Peruvian mother; died in Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands May 8 or 9, 1903; Postimpressionist painter; 1865 joined the French merchant navy, travelling around the world for six years; 1872 became a Paris stockbroker and a Sunday painter; 1874 influenced by the Impressionists' first exhibition; 1883 lost his job and took up full time painting at Pont-Aven and with Vincent van Gogh in Arles; 1891 abandoned his wife and five children and left France for Tahiti to paint; died of syphilis and morphine addiction. [pictures: 1889 Self Portrait with Yellow Christ, 1889; Joyousness 1892, Self Portrait with Idol, c1893]

Imre Nagy 1896-1958

born in Kaposvár, Hungary; died in Budapest June 16, 1958; politician, Premier of the 1956 revolutionary government; his attempt to establish Hungarian independence from the Soviet Union led to an invasion of his country and cost him his life.

Jessica Tandy 1909-1994

born in London, England; died in Easton, Connecticut Sept. 11, 1994; stage, screen, and TV actress; best known for Tony award-winning performances as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and in The Gin Game (1978) and Foxfire (1982, with second husband Hume Cronyn); also played in The Fourposter (with Cronyn, 1951), Five Finger Exercise (1959), A Delicate Balance (with Cronyn, 1966), and Rose (1981); recent films include Driving Miss Daisy (1989, Oscar) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1992); also earned a law degree in 1974.

Brooks Stevens 1911-1995

born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died there -- Jan 4, 1995; industrial designer; best known for designing the 1949 Harley-Davidson motorcycle; other products include the Jeep Wagoneer and the Excalibur motor car.

James Ivory 1928-

born in Berkeley, California; producer, director; best known for making quality films on shoestring budgets; began career as a documentary filmmaker; 1963 teamed up with Indian producer Ismail Merchant, as proteges of Satyajit Ray, to make The Householder, based on a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; other Indian films include Shakespeare Wallah (1965), about a family of British touring actors, Bombay Talkie (1970) and Heat and Dust (1983); also known for adaptations of literary classics such as The Europeans (1979), The Bostonians (1984) , A Room With a View (1985), Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992, which won three Oscars for Best Actress - Emma Thompson - Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Art Direction) and The Remains of the Day (1993)

Tom Jones 1940-

born in Pontypridd, Wales; singer; started career in London clubs; 1965 first big hit was It's Not Unusual, written by his manager, Gordon Mills; other hits include the title song from the Peter O'Toole movie, What's New Pussycat?; Green, Green Grass of Home; Delilah; Love Me Tonight; became a big act in Las Vegas, and had his own network TV show for 3 seasons; recently recorded a I Want You Back, duet with Tori Amos.

Liam Neeson 1952-

born William Neeson in Ballymena, Northern Ireland; actor; a champion boxer in his teenage years; studied science at Queens College, Belfast; 1976 joined the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast; 1978 joined the repertory company of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin; 1980 spotted by John Boorman playing Lennie in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and cast him in his Arthurian sage Excalibur; starred with Natasha Richardson on Broadway in the revival of Anna Christie; among his 20 films, he has played the title role in Ethan Frome, Schindler's List, Rob Roy and Michael Collins; recently in the screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables in the role of Jean Valjean; also starred as Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn in the George Lucas Star Wars film, The Phantom Menace.

Prince 1958-

born Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, Minnesota to a jazz singer mother and a jazz pianist father; rock musician, actor; The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (and as TAFKAP or The Artist, or the symbol O+>), known for his playful, sexy lyrics; first hit was I Wanna Be Your Lover from Prince, his second album; films include Purple Rain, Under the Cherry Moon, and Grafitti Bridge; has recently written an album of children's songs with his wife; his 1999 album, with the single of the same name, was the major rock anthem for New Year's Eve 2000.

Other Birthdays

1502 06 07 Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
1619 06 07 Paulus Voet, Dutch jurist/historian
1730 06 07 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer
1736 06 07 Karl Frieberth, composer
1770 06 07 Earl of Liverpool, (C) British PM (1812-27)
1778 06 07 George Bryan Beau Brummel, London England, English dandy
1811 06 07 James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform)
1812 06 07 Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1825 06 07 Richard D Blackmore, England, author (Norie, Lorna Doone)
1829 06 07 Eduard F W Pflger, German physiologist (Breathing Quotient)
1833 06 07 Alexander Ritter, composer
1840 06 07 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
1843 06 07 Susan Elizabeth Blow, US, pioneered kindergarten education
1845 06 07 Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist
1846 06 07 Wladyslaw Gorski, composer
1848 06 07 Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter
1865 06 07 Guido Gasperini, composer
1867 06 07 Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer
1873 06 07 Landon Ronald, composer
1874 06 07 Theodor Streicher, composer
1879 06 07 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)
1884 06 07 Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last News)
1885 06 07 Percy Brier, composer
1887 06 07 William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)
1891 06 07 Athos Palma, composer
1891 06 07 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician (SDAP/AJC/PvdA)
1896 06 07 Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)
1896 06 07 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (Power of Women)
1897 06 07 George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45)
1899 06 07 Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)
1900 06 07 Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic (Garden of Eros)
1903 06 07 Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer (Mémoires d'Hadrien)
1909 06 07 Jessica Tandy, London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included)
1909 06 07 Peter W Rodino, (Rep-D-NJ, 1949- )/chaired Watergate council
1911 06 07 Franz Reizenstein, composer
1911 06 07 Silas Roy Crain, singer/arranger/songwriter
1912 06 07 Mascha Kaléko, writer
1913 06 07 Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist
1917 06 07 Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)
1918 06 07 Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister (health & environment)
1920 06 07 Georges Marchais, political leader (French Communist Party)
1922 06 07 Hubert Du Plessis, composer
1922 06 07 Rocky Graziano, boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz) [or Dec 31]
1923 06 07 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion
1924 06 07 Dolores Gray, Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet)
1925 06 07 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder & Lightning)
1925 06 07 Pieternella Nel van Arem, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
1926 06 07 Dick Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show)
1927 06 07 Martin Carter, poet/critic
1928 06 07 Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian
1928 06 07 Charles Louis Strouse, composer
1928 06 07 Dave Bowen, footballer
1928 06 07 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
1928 06 07 James Ivory, producer/director (Howard's End, Remains of the Day)
1929 06 07 John Turner, Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984)
1930 06 07 Ian Leggat, cricketer (1 Test v S Africa 1953-54 without distinction)
1931 06 07 Henry Weinberg, composer
1931 06 07 Lang Jeffries, Ontario Canada, actor (Skip-Rescue 8)
1931 06 07 Virginia McKenna, actress (Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba)
1933 06 07 Henk E Koning, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD)
1933 06 07 Herb Score, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1934 06 07 Philippe Entremont, Rheims France, concert pianist
1934 06 07 Samuel Lipman, music critic
1937 06 07 Neeme J„rvi, Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971)
1938 06 07 Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent
1940 06 07 Tom Jones, [Woodward], Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat)
1941 06 07 Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959)
1941 06 07 Michael Pennington, British? actor/author (Return of Sherlock Holmes)
1942 06 07 Anneke Gr”nloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer (Burning Sand)
1943 06 07 Ken Osmond, actor (Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver)
1943 06 07 Mel Levine, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1943 06 07 Nikki Giovanni, poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973)
1944 06 07 Bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People)
1944 06 07 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
1944 06 07 Townes Van Zandt, Texas, singer/songwriter (Kathleen, Loretta)
1946 06 07 Bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)
1946 06 07 Jenny Jones, [Janina Stronski], Canada, comedienne (Jenny Jones Show)
1946 06 07 Terry Gale, Wyalkatchem WA, Australasia golfer
1947 06 07 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
1949 06 07 Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)
1951 06 07 Anne Twomey, Boston Ma, actress (Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker)
1952 06 07 Liam Neeson, N Ireland, actor (Schindler's List, Les Miserables)
1953 06 07 Johnny Clegg, rocker
1954 06 07 Lui Passaglia, Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker (BC Lions)
1955 06 07 Joey Scarbury, Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero)
1955 06 07 William Koch, US skier (World Cup 1982)
1956 06 07 Robert Dover, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-96)
1957 06 07 Neal Radford, cricketer (Zambia Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88)
1958 06 07 Christopher Marcantel, Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving)
1958 06 07 Francesca Thyssen, lugano Switz, baroness
1958 06 07 O+> (Prince), [Rogers Nelson], Minn, rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain)
1958 06 07 Phillipe Boccara, Le Mans France, US sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1962 06 07 Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center (Cleve Rockers, Olym-gold-1984)
1962 06 07 Paddy McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
1963 06 07 Steven David Rintoul, Bowral Australia, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-2nd)
1964 06 07 Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt NZ, 5k/10k (Olympics-96)
1964 06 07 Graeme Labrooy, cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91)
1966 06 07 Dan Payne, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1966 06 07 Heathcliff Slocumb, Jamaica NY, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 06 07 Stephane Richer, Ripon, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
1967 06 07 Sarah Malin, Greenwich Ct, actress (Stephane Prescott-Another World)
1967 06 07 Terance Mathis, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1968 06 07 Adam Walker, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
1968 06 07 Melissa Coombes, San Gabriel CA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
1969 06 07 Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback (Oly-silver-92, 96)
1969 06 07 Mark Sohn, Arlington Heights Ill, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1970 06 07 Andrei Kovalenko, Gorky Rus, NHL right wing (Mont Canadiens, Edmonton)
1970 06 07 Chad Fann, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals, SF 49ers)
1970 06 07 Mike Modano, Livonia MI, NHL forward (Team USA, Dallas Stars)
1971 06 07 Terrell Buckley, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
1972 06 07 Jeff Burris, NFL cornerback/punt returner (Buffalo Bills)
1973 06 07 Napoleon Kaufman, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
1973 06 07 Robert Barr, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 06 07 Jason Caswell, Winnipeg Manitoba, Skeet shooter (Olympics-96)
1974 06 07 Mahesh Bhupathi, India, tennis pro
1975 06 07 Allen Iverson, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
1976 06 07 Cassidy Rae, Clarmont Fla, actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa)
1976 06 07 David Diaz, Chicago Ill, light welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
1978 06 07 Adrienne Frantz, Mt Clemens Mich, (Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach)
1989 06 07 Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89

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