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1984 Ryan O'Donohue, born in Pomona, California, actress, Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back
1983 Jessica Lynch, American Soldier
1980 Jordana Brewster, born in Panama, actress, Nikki Graves-As the World Turns
1980 Marne Patterson, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Nicole-Something So Right
1979 Sean Fox, actor, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl
1977 Tom Welling, American Actor
1976 Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie, USA, 1998 Olympics
1975 Jabbar Threats, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1975 Trudi Ferguson, Miss Universe-Jamaica 1996
1973 Damien Munoz, Miss USA-Colorado 1997
1973 Mark Davis, NBA guard and forward, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves
1973 Tracy Kathleen Hayes, born in Wheaton, Illinois, Miss America, Illinois-5th-1996
1972 Francisco Cordova, born in Veracruz, Mexico, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1972 Marco Rivera, NFL/WLAF guard, Scottish Claymores, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31
1972 Natrone Means, NFL running back, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars
1971 Ryan Yarborough, NFL wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets
1971 Marc Andreessen, American Businessman
1970 Debra Wilson, American Comedian
1968 Ahmed Elmaghraby, born in Suez, Egypt, U.S. field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
1968 Curtis Jones, American Musician
1967 Klaus Merk, born in Augsburg GER, hockey goaltender, Team Germany 1998
1967 Matt Peterson, born in Chicago, Illinois, Nike golfer, 1992 Hawkeye Open-7th
1966 Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts
1965 Kevin James, American Comedian
1964 Tod Bass, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
1963 Bill Wennington, NBA center, Chicago Bulls
1963 Thomas Searle, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998
1963 Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts
1962 Graham "Skin" Skinner, rocker, Hipsway
1962 Michael Damian, born in San Diego, singer, Rock on, actor, Young and Restless
1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver
1961 Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth
1961 Nancy Scranton, born in Centralia, Illinois, golfer, 1991 du Maurier Ltd Classic
1961 Mike Francis, born in Florence, Italy, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis'
1960 Roger Taylor, rock drummer, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf
1959 Ann O'Neill, Toowoomba QLD, golfer, 1989 Downs District Champ
1958 Giancarlo Esposito, actor, Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of New York
1958 Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver
1956 Koo Stark, Kathleen Dee-Anne, photographer/actress, Emily
1952 Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF
1951 John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds
1951 Lynne Jones, born in Birmingham, England, British politician, Labour party, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak
1950 Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist, Champaign
1950 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet, Deutsche Opera Berlin
1949 Jimmy Hall, rocker, Wet Willie
1948 Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent, National Geographic Explorer
1948 Gerry Sikorski, Representative-D-Minnesota 1983 - 1993
1948 Stevie Nicks, California, rocker/druggie, Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
1947 Donna Elizabeth De Varona, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-64
1947 Gervase Frank Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser
1945 V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup
1945 Richard Armitage, American Politician
1944 David O'Brien Martin, born in New York, Representative-R-New York 1981 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993
1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington
1943 Claudine Auger, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball
1943 Gary Wright, singer, dream weaver, Spooky Tooth-It's All About
1942 Bobby Rydell, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rock singer, Wild One, Bye Bye Birdie
1942 Claudine Auger, Paris, France, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball
1942 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1940 Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun
1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
1938 Duane Eddy, born in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer, Peter Gunn, Cannonball
1937 Robert Boozer, born in Omaha, Nebraska, basketball player 1960 Olympics gold
1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
1934 J Micheal McCloskey, environmentalist/chairman, Sierra Club
1933 Carol Burnett, born in San Antonio, Texas, comedian/actress, Annie, 4 Seasons
1930 Derek Waring, actor, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country
1930 Justin Gosling, principal, St. Edmund Hall Oxford
1930 Roger Moens, born in Belgium, 800m runner 1960 Olympics silver
1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent
1928 Hertha Kraftner, writer
1927 Anne McLaren, biologist/zoologist/actress, Things to Come
1927 Jack Douglas, comedian, My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show
1926 Anton PO Ekstrom, Swedish writer, Summer Dances
1926 David Coleman, sports commentator
1926 Michael Joughin, CEO, Scottish Hydro-Electric
1926 Oldrich Frantisek Korte, composer
1926 Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner for the New York Giants
1924 Russell Nype, born in Zion, Illinois, singer and actor, Burton Farley-Dorothy
1923 Oliver Millar, Surveyor, Queen's Pictures
1922 James Holt, medieval historian
1922 Jeanne Sauve, 1st female Governor-General, Canada, 1984-90
1922 Margaret Scott, founder, Australian Ballet School
1922 Mike Kellin, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones
1922 Paul-Andre Gaillard, composer
1922 Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor
1921 Harry Knutton, Major-General/director-general, London City and Guilds Institute
1921 Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
1921 Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science
1920 Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler, Olym-gold-1948
1918 Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar, Leeds University
1918 Stafford Repp, born in California, actor, Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road
1917 I. M. Pei, born in Canton, China, architect, 1961 Brunner Prize
1917 Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher, New York Giants, 8th best won-lost pct
1916 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer
1916 Morris L. West, born in Australia, novelist, Shoes of the Fisherman
1916 Morris West, Australian Writer
1916 Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American Writer
1914 Bernard Malamud, U.S., novelist, Fixer, Natural, Pulitizer 1967
1914 Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die
1914 Horace Leonard Gold, Sci-Fi writer/editor
1914 James William Rouse, U.S. builder, shopping malls/Columbia, Maryland
1914 Wilfred Howard Mellers, composer
1914 James Rouse, American Businessman
1912 A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Canada, sci-fi author, Wizard of Linn
1911 Marianne Hoppe, Rostock Germany, Bei Thea, Liebrauen
1910 Erland von Koch, composer
1910 Ernst Tittel, composer
1910 Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter, Orange Newspaper
1910 Tomoyuki Tanaka, director, Godzilla
1909 Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles
1907 Theun de Vries, writer, February; PC Hooft prize 1981
1906 Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns, comedienne, George Burns Show
1906 Leopold Spinner, composer
1905 Charles K. Feldman, Gould, New York City, producer, Casino Royale
1905 Denis O'Dea, born in Dublin, actor, Esther and the King, Treasure Island
1905 Jean Vigo, born in France, actor and director, Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante
1904 Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop, Montreal
1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles
1903 Geoffrey Worthington, Air vice-marshall
1903 Niven Busch, U.S. screenwriter, Postman Always Rings Twice
1900 Charles Richter, born in Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist, Richter scale
1900 Douglas Sirk, director, Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje
1900 James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor, Rob Roy 1953
1900 Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist
1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail
1898 Eddie Eagan, born in Denver, boxer, bobsledder, Gold Medals 1920, 1932 Olympics
1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker
1898 Vicente Aleixandre, born in Spain, writer, Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977
1897 Olga Chekova, born in Russia, actress, Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children
1894 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau
1893 Anita Loos, author, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1890 Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, U.S. actor and director, My Old Dutch
1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, born in Austria, philosopher, Tractatus
1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, born in U.S.S.R., astronomer
1886 Ma Rainey, Gertrude Pridgett, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer
1886 William L. Dawson, born in Albany, Georgia, Representative-D-Illinois 1943 - 1970
1884 Harry Sothern, actor, Dr. Huer-Buck Rogers
1880 Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
1879 Owen Williams Richardson, born in England, physicist, Nobel 1928
1878 Ethel Griffies, actress, Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again
1874 J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902
1873 Otto zur Linde, German author, Charon
1868 Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
1868 Robert Herrick, U.S. writer, Common lot
1863 Arno Holz, born in Germany, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus'
1863 Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer/painter
1860 Alphonse M A J Ariens, Dutch pastor
1841 Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian
1839 Cyrus Hamblin, Major General Union volunteers
1836 Erminnie Adelle Platt, U.S., ethnologist, Iriquois-English Dictionary
1834 Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne, humorist
1834 Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer
1827 Charles Edward Hovey, Major General Union volunteers
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park
1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist
1820 Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet, Cincinnati Sentinel
1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1808 Martha Finley, children's book author
1806 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer
1798 Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher, Journal
1796 Auguste-Matthieu Panseron, composer
1787 Ludwig Uhland, writer
1785 John James Audubon, Haiti, bird watcher/artist
1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book
1726 Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter
1718 Esek Hopkins, U.S., 1st commander-in-chief, U.S. Navy
1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature
1648 Pedro II, King of Portugal, 1683-1706
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
1603 Francesco Nigetti, composer
1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France
1567 Nicolas Forme, composer
1564 William Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon England, playwright, Hamlet
1538 Giovanni P Lomazzo, Italian writer/poet, Trattato
1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64
121 Marcus Aurelius, born in Rome, Emperor of Rome, 161 - 180
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