Michael Ruse (83)
June 21st, 1940

Canadian philosopher – Michael Ruse was born in Birmingham (City in West Midlands, England) on June 21st, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on June 21

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

74

Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

*June 21st, 1905, Paris †April 15th, 1980, 14th arrondissement of Paris

58

Reema Lagoo

Indian actress

*June 21st, 1958, Mumbai †May 18th, 2017, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital

41

Jussie Smollett

American actor and singer

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

76

Shirin Ebadi

Iranian lawyer, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 21st, 1947, Hamadan

88

Monte Markham

American actor

*June 21st, 1935, Manatee County

76

Meredith Baxter

American actress and producer (born 1947)

*June 21st, 1947, South Pasadena

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

85

Don Black

English lyricist

*June 21st, 1938, London

62

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta City

38

Lana Del Rey

American singer (born 1985)

*June 21st, 1985, New York City

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

68

Michel Platini

French association football player, manager and executive

*June 21st, 1955, Jœuf

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

*June 21st, 1921, New York City †June 7th, 1965, New York City

80

Maureen Stapleton

American actress (1925-2006)

*June 21st, 1925, Troy †March 13th, 2006, Lenox

68

Tony Scott

British film director and producer (1944–2012)

*June 21st, 1944, North Shields †August 19th, 2012, San Pedro

41

William, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom & 14 Commonwealth Realms

*June 21st, 1982, St. Mary's Hospital

59

David Morrissey

English actor

*June 21st, 1964, Kensington

54

Benazir Bhutto

11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan (1953–2007)

*June 21st, 1953, Karachi †December 27th, 2007, Rawalpindi

82

Joe Flaherty

American actor, writer, and comedian

*June 21st, 1941, Pittsburgh

75

Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish novelist

*June 21st, 1948, Łódź

80

Charles Jencks

American architecture theorist, critic and landscape architect

*June 21st, 1939, Baltimore †October 13th, 2019, London

69

Françoise Sagan

French writer (1935-2004)

*June 21st, 1935, Cajarc †September 24th, 2004, Équemauville

58

Lana Wachowski

Polish-American film director

*June 21st, 1965, Chicago

75

Adam Zagajewski

Polish poet (1945-2021)

*June 21st, 1945, Lviv †March 21st, 2021, Kraków

85

Ron Ely

American actor and novelist

*June 21st, 1938, Hereford

89

Jane Russell

American actress and model (1921–2011)

*June 21st, 1921, Bemidji †February 28th, 2011, Santa Maria

50

Zuzana Čaputová

Slovak lawyer, environmental activist and politician

*June 21st, 1973, Bratislava

63

Mike MacDonald

Canadian actor and comedian

*June 21st, 1954, Metz †March 17th, 2018, Ottawa

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

Michael Ruse