The guess my birthday game.

Here’s a selection of interesting people who share my birthday.


1. 1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
2. 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
3. 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
4. 1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
5. 1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
6. 1930 - James Baker, American politician
7. 1937 - Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
8. 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
9. 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
10. 1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
11. 1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
12. 1966 - Too $hort, American rapper
13. 1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
14. 1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
15. 1960 - Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
16. 1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
17. 1972 - Violent J, Insane Clown Posse
18. 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
19. 1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on the person, a number of interesting people also died on my birthday, here’s a selection.


20. 1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
21. 1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
22. 1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
23. 1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
24. 1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
25. 1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
26. 1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
27. 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
28. 1946 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870)
29. 1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
30. 1964 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
31. 1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
32. 1975 - Tom Donahue, American FM radio DJ (pioneer, freeform radio) (b. 1928)
33. 1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
34. 1991 - Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
35. 1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
36. 1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
37. 1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
38. 1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
39. 1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
40. 1999 - Alf Ramsey, English football manager (b. 1920)


Now see if you can guess my birthday, I just need the day and the month but you can get special extra points if you guess the year as well.Remember I’m trusting you not to cheat by looking in my profile.