Here's a quick and easy one to start off your special day.
Did you know that you share your birthday with the following famous people?:
1711 - Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
1744 - Frederick Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97)
1764 - Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793)
1766 - Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21)
1832 - William Le Baron Jenney, US, architect/"father of skyscraper"
1862 - Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
1866 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, US, biologist (Nobel-1933)
1887 - May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904)
1897 - William Faulkner, New Albany Mississippi, author (Sound & Fury-Nobel 1949), (d. 1962)
1901 - Robert Bresson, French film director (d. 1999)
1925 - William Edgar Mitchell, physicist
1929 - Ronnie Barker, British comedian (2 Ronnies)
1931 - Barbara Walters, Boston Mass, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV)
1933 - Adolfo Suarez Gonzalez, premier of Spain (1976-81)
1936 - Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear)
1944 - Michael Douglas, NJ, actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile)
1946 - Felicity Kendal, Indies/British actress (Shakespeare Wallah)
1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, Minnesota, model (Sports Illustrated)
1949 - Anson Williams, Los Angeles California, actor (Potsie-Happy Days)
1951 - Mark Hamill, Oakland California, actor (Luke Skywalker-Star Wars)
1951 - Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter (Kika, Matador)
1952 - Christopher Reeve, NYC, actor (Superman, Somewhere in Time)
1955 - Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari, Italian R&B-singer (Senza una Donna)
1958 - Michael Madsen, Chicago, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Straight Talk)
1961 - Heather Locklear, LA Ca, actress (Stacy-T J Hooker, Sammy Jo-Dynasty)
1968 - Will Smith [The Fresh Prince], actor/rapper (Men in Black, Independence Day, Fresh Prince)
1968 - Johan Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands
1969 - Catherine Zeta Jones, Swansea Wales, actress (Christopher Columbus)
1969 - Hansie Cronje, cricket captain (South Africa)
1973 - Bridget Marquardt, American model
1975 - Declan Donnelly, English television presenter (Ant and Dec)
1978 - Jodie Kidd, English model
1980 - T.I., American rapper