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1980 Dominique Swain, American Actress
1978 Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics
1977 Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific
1976 Antoine Walker, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics
1975 Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche
1975 Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics
1975 Raegan Scott, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz
1975 Regan Upshaw, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1975 Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997
1975 Casey Affleck, American Actor
1974 Peter Pucher, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998
1974 Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz
1973 Latasha Byears, WNBA guard, Sacramento Monarchs
1973 Moses Ware, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
1973 Todd Marchant, Buffalo, New York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers
1972 Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player 1996 Olympics bronze
1972 Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
1972 John Jones, WLAF guard for the Rhein Fire
1972 Rebecca Gayheart, actress, Hannah Mayberry-Loving
1971 Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1971 Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95
1970 Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96
1969 Kitty G, Katia Geiger, Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
1969 Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons
1969 Nate Gwynne, born in Davis, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1969 Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994-
1968 Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics
1967 Andrew Glover, NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings
1967 Tom Holkenborg, drummer, Weekend at Waikiki
1966 Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders
1966 Dean Hartgraves, born in Bakersfield, California, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1966 Gordy Morgan, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 163 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
1966 Greg Manusky, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
1965 Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
1965 Barry Manuel, born in Mamou, Louisiana, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
1961 Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here
1961 Roy Hay, guitarist, Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
1960 Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983
1960 Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas
1959 Lynette Woodard, born in Wichita, Kansas, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Harlem Globetrotter
1959 Suzanne Vega, born in New York City, rocker, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner
1956 Bruce Greenwood, actor, Spy, Another Chance, Malibu Bikini Shop
1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984
1956 Terry Taylor, Paul Klause, wrestler, WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster
1955 Heintje, Hendrik Simons, Dutch singer, Mama
1954 Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls
1954 Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man
1954 Pat Metheny, American Musician
1954 Sam J. Jones, American Actor
1953 Carlos Mesa, Bolivian Statesman
1951 Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-78
1951 Hector Rodriguez, born in Cuba, lightweight judo 1976 Olympics gold
1950 Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts
1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
1949 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, 1990-92
1949 Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing
1948 Cliff Fish, rocker, Paper Lace
1948 Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London
1948 Ron Mael, born in Culver City California, rock keyboardist, Sparks,
1945 Dorothy Denning, American Public Servant
1945 Jean Nouvel, French Architect
1944 Donna Michele, playmate, Dec, 1963, actress, Beach Blanket Bingo
1943 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
1941 Deborah Walley, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actress, Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket
1941 Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant
1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co
1940 Alexander Yossifov, composer
1940 Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder
1940 Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die
1939 George Hamilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are
1939 Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics
1938 Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
1936 Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen
1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes
1936 John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff
1934 Kenneth Eaton, Controller, British Navy
1932 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come
1932 Queen Ferekit, of Thailand, Queens Day
1932 Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
1930 Ronald James Herron, architect
1930 George Soros, Hungarian Businessman
1930 John G. Schmitz, American Politician
1929 Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw
1929 Charles Moore, born in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, 400m hurdler, Olympic-gold/silver-52
1929 Joji Yuasa, composer
1927 Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, John-Waltons, Roots
1926 John Derek, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, 10, Annapolis Story
1925 Dale L Bumpers, Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-
1925 Earl Coleman, singer
1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
1925 Robin Nicholson, metallurgist
1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
1925 Donald Justice, American Poet
1924 Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's
1923 John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75
1922 Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA
1922 Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
1921 Marjorie Reynolds, Goodspeed, Buhl Id, actress, Peggy-Life of Riley
1921 Patrick Howard-Dobson, president, Royal British Legion
1920 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer, Please Send Me Someone to Love
1920 Peter West, British sports commentator
1919 Michael Kidd, Milton Greenwald, choreographer, 7 Brides for 7 Bros
1919 Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
1917 Douglas Gunsekera, banker
1915 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center, Lions, Eagles
1914 [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool
1913 Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Commander Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants
1912 Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek
1912 Louis J N Gerardin, Toto, French bicyclist/trainer, champ 1930
1912 Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot
1911 Cantinflas, Mario Moreno, Mexico, actor, Around World in 80 Days
1910 Baroness Phillips, president and general secretary, National Association of Women
1910 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet
1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal
1908 Lord Renton, QC/British government minister
1907 James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop
1905 Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen
1905 Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian
1904 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II
1904 Frank Ervin, harness racer, Hambletonian 1959, 66
1904 Kay Campbell, Catherine Hibben, actress, All My Children
1903 Frances Clode, CEO, WRVS
1900 Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894
1899 Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary
1898 Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama
1897 Manuel Blancafort, composer
1897 Otto, von, Struve, German/U.S. dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory
1897 Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
1893 Howard Smith, Attleboro Massachusetts, actor, Harvey Griffin-Hazel
1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orchestra leader, NBC Comedy Hour
1888 Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush
1888 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO
1887 Erwin Schrodinger, Austria, physicist, had a cat
1885 Alexander Albrecht, composer
1884 Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary
1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP
1881 Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra
1881 Vaclav Vackar, composer
1881 Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer
1880 Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher, Won 37 in 1908
1880 Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author
1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer, Miss Pinkerton
1875 Ettore Panizza, composer
1875 Mezio Agostini, composer
1868 Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21
1867 Edith Hamilton, U.S., writer, Mythology
1866 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, Nobel 1922
1862 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman
1859 Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful
1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith
1854 Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer
1853 Jean Louis Nicode, composer
1849 Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1848 Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet, Along the Nile
1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1833 William Price Sanders, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1831 Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true
1829 John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army
1825 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1820 Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
1819 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1781 Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument
1778 Francis Horner, politician
1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson
1762 George IV, king of England, 1820-30
1757 ALF, alien life form, ALF
1753 Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables
1751 Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
1744 Rowland Hill, preacher
1720 Martin Gerbert, von Hornau, prince-abbot/music historian
1696 Maurice Greene, composer
1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
1620 Pieter Cuypers, S Netherlands lawyer
1592 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Governor, Fort Emmerik/Heusden
1566 Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
1503 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59
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