Stuart Sutcliffe

Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with inventing the name "Beetles" (sic), as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. They also had a fascination with group names with double meanings, so Lennon then came up with "The Beatles", from the word beat. As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several who are sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".

23 June 1940

Born on the same birth date (23 June 1940): Adam Faith • Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg • Diana Trask • George Feigley • Mike Shrimpton • Wilma Rudolph

Born on the same birth day (23 June): Albert Giraud • Angelo Falcón • Charles II, Duke of Savoy • Donald Harrison • Francis II, Duke of Brittany • Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall • Giambattista Vico • Joel Edgerton • Kjell Albin Abrahamson • Laura Ràfols • Levern Spencer • Marvin Grumann • Miriam Karlin • Norman Pritchard • Paul Arthurs • Sándor Bródy (writer) • Tara Morice

Born in the same month (June 1940): A. J. Quinnell • Abbas Kiarostami • Augie Auer • Bobby Bell • Clint Warwick • Ian Ross (newsreader) • John Mahoney • Judy Amoore • Kip Thorne • Ludwig Schwarz • Mary Beth Peil • Māris Čaklais • Nancy Sinatra • René Auberjonois • Vyacheslav Artyomov