Born near Damascus in Syria, Abd al-Rahman, grandson of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, was the son of the Umayyad prince Mu ' awiyah ibn Hisham and a Berber mother.

Born at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire near Newark-on-Trent, England, the youngest of seven children of Robert Darwin of Elston ( 12 August 1682 – 20 November 1754 ), a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill ( 1702 – 1797 ).

Born Farrokh Bomi Bulsara to Indian parents in Zanzibar, he was raised in Panchgani near Mumbai.

Born in Madison County, Kentucky, near the city of Richmond, in 1809, Carson moved at the age of one year with his parents and siblings to a rural area near Franklin, Missouri.

Born at Poissy, near Paris, he was an eighth-generation descendant of Hugh Capet, and thus a member of the House of Capet, and the son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile.

Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, United States, he as a youth took the name of ' Mance ' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie (" Mance " being short for emancipation ).

Born in 1641 in Alençon, France, he became a pastor first at Saint-Agobile Champagne, and then at Charenton, near Paris.

Born in Palmi near Reggio di Calabria, Cilea gave early indication of an aptitude for music when at the age of four he heard a performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma and was greatly affected by it.

Born near Lexington, Kentucky to Carter Henry Harrison II and Caroline Russell, he was only a few months old when his father died.

Born and raised in Damascus, he died at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem.

Born at Luzzara, near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, on 20 September 1902,

Born at Wipfeld, near Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia under his original name Konrad Bickel, Celtes pursued his studies at Cologne and the Heidelberg.

Born in Carpineto Romano, near Rome, he was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Ludovico Pecci and his wife Anna Prosperi Buzzi.

Born in Liévin near Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Carpentier began his career by progressing up through the weight divisions, fighting in every division from welterweight upwards.

Born in Lipnik ( Kunzendorf ) near Bielitz, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire ( today a part of Bielsko-Biała, Poland ), Schnabel was the youngest of three children born to Isidor Schnabel, a textile merchant, and his wife Ernestine ( née Labin ).

Born in Iesi, near Ancona, Italy, Frederick was the son of the emperor Henry VI.

Born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva in Gavrontsi near Poltava, to a wealthy noble family, she grew up abroad, traveling with her mother across most of Europe.

Born in Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli, near Cremona, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old.

Born in Edinburgh, but raised in his mother, Nora Dalyell's family home, The Binns, near Linlithgow, West Lothian ; his father ( Percy ) Gordon Loch, C. I. E., was an Empire civil servant ( Political Agent ) and a scion of the Loch family.

Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child.

Born in Normanby Township near Hanover, Ontario, Brusso's family lived in several locations around Ontario's Grey and Bruce Counties before moving to Galt, Ontario.

Born near Lancaster, educated at LRGS, specilised in water quality and analysis, and originated the concept of valence.

Born Margaret MacDonald, at Tipton, near Wolverhampton, her father was a colliery manager and engineer.

Born in a log cabin near Delaware, Ohio, Fairbanks's ancestry traced back to Puritan followers of Oliver Cromwell, with Jonathan Fayerbankes the first family member to reach America in 1632.

Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire in 1876, White started writing as a child, contributing essays and poems to children's papers.

Born in Abergavenny, Law ran a General Store and became a councillor in Blaenau Gwent in 1974.

Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Nash was a left arm medium pace bowler who played largely for Glamorgan.

An authorised biography, Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams, by Christopher Stevens, was published in October 2010.

Born in Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama, Williams moved to Georgiana, where he met Rufus Payne, a black street performer who gave him guitar lessons in exchange for meals or money.

Born Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Catlin, Williams is the daughter of a political scientist and philosopher Sir George Catlin, and the feminist and pacifist writer Vera Brittain.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 3, 1956, Williams enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps upon graduating high school in 1974.

** Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams ( songwriters ) for " Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born )" performed by Barbra Streisand

Born in Sterling, Illinois, Williams began his literary career in college, writing Princeton Stories.

Born in New York City, the son of Swedish immigrants from Göteborg ( father ) and Visby ( mother ), Carlson attended The Choate School ( now Choate Rosemary Hall ) in Wallingford, Connecticut, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1957.

Born in Bristol, England, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and served his compulsory National Service as a clerk in Calcutta and later in the Combined Services Entertainments Unit in Singapore where he entertained the troops alongside John Schlesinger, Stanley Baxter, and Kenneth Williams, before going on to study acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

In fact, Williams would soon win an Oscar for his song Evergreen from the 1976 film A Star Is Born.

* " Evergreen ( Love Song from A Star Is Born )" ( co-written by Williams, Academy and Golden Globe winner for Best Original Song )

Born in the town of Crickhowell, Roger Williams studied at Christ College, Brecon and Selwyn College, Cambridge.

** A Star is Born – Kenny Ascher ; Alan Bergman ; Marilyn Bergman ; Rupert Holmes ; Leon Russell ; Barbra Streisand ; Donna Weiss ; Paul Williams ; Kenny Loggins

Born in London, Thesiger was the third son of Charles Thesiger, collector of customs at St Vincent, West Indies, by his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Theophilus Williams.

Born 1945 in Denver, Colorado, he graduated from East High School ( Denver ) and was a student at Williams College, Massachusetts,

Born in Montreal, he attended Sir George Williams University and graduated from there in 1965 with a BA ( Hons.

Born Charles T. Aldrich, Jr., in New York City, the son of British actress Gloria Gordon and her vaudevillian husband Charles Aldrich, Gale Gordon's first big radio break came via the recurring roles of " Mayor La Trivia " and " Foggy Williams " on Fibber McGee and Molly, before playing Rumson Bullard on the show's successful spinoff, The Great Gildersleeve.

Born in Penrhos, Monmouthshire, Williams was said by Anthony Wood to have attended Brasenose College, Oxford.

Born in Jackson, California, he attended Williams College in Massachusetts and graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1887.

Born in Oakland, California, Archie Williams had one great year but he did more in that one year than many athletes achieve in a lifetime.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Colby graduated from Williams College ( where he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa ), then attended Columbia Law School and New York Law School ( 1892 ).

Born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Rick Hansen grew up in Williams Lake, British Columbia.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Lewis attended high school at Dunbar High School, where he played basketball alongside NBA players Muggsy Bogues, David Wingate, and Reggie Williams.

The biggest of these hits included " Hank Williams ' Guitar " ( 1965 ), " Born A Fool " ( 1968 ) and " Togetherness " ( 1968 ).

* 2004: Joe Williams with George Shearing: A Song is Born