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1990 Landry Allbright, actress, Bridget Forrester-Bold and Beautiful
1978 Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's 1st child
1976 David Nemirovsky, Toronto, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers
1976 Eryn Bulmer, born in Edmonton, Alberta, diver 1996 Olympics
1976 Nwankwo Kanu, soccer player, Ajax
1975 Mandy Leigh, Greensburg Penn, actress, Bloodscent
1974 Kerwin Waldroup, DL, Detroit Lions
1973 Ben Johnson, cricketer, promising South Australian opening batsman
1973 Gregg Berhalter, Englewood, New Jersey, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Mario Bennett, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns
1973 Tempestt Bledsoe, Chicago, actress, Vanessa Huxtable-Cosby Show
1972 Karen Dalton, born in Montana View, California, diver 1996 Olympics
1972 Martin Damm, Czech Republic, tennis star
1972 Matt Dyson, NFL linebacker for the Oakland Raiders
1971 Fred Lester for the Atlanta Falcons
1971 Julia Chilicki, Somers CT, rower 1996 Olympics
1971 Lisa Flood, Scarborough Ontario, 100m Breaststroker 1996 Olympics
1971 Shae Sloan, Huntsville, Texas, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets
1970 Quentin Coryatt, NFL linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
1969 Graham Thorpe, cricketer, England LHB Century on Test debut 1993
1969 Kevin Jarvis, Lexington, Kentucky, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
1969 David Wain, American Writer
1968 Rob Carpenter, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
1968 Stacey Augmon, Pasadena, NBA guard, Portland Trailblazers, Hawks
1967 Gregg Jefferies, Burlingame California, infielder, New York Mets, Royals, Phillies
1967 Lori Endicott, born in Kansas City, Missouri, volleyball setter, Olympics-bronze-92, 96
1966 Darryl Hall, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
1966 Ganesh Mylvaganam, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup
1966 Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star
1966 Pat Carter, NFL tight end for the Arizona Cardinals
1965 Sam Mendes, British Director
1964 Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist, Olympics-16-92, 96
1964 Nick Christian Sayer, rocker, Transvision Vamp-Velveteen
1964 Rob Camilletti, Cher's boyfriend
1964 Adam Duritz, American Musician
1963 Coolio, rapper, Gangsta Paradise
1963 Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut, STS-72, sk: 92
1962 Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1962 Joetta Clark, East Orange, New Jersey, 800m runner, Olympic-1992
1962 Traci Phillips, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics
1961 Andrew Nicholson, UK, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics
1961 Bart Conner, U.S., parallel bars gymnast 1984 Olympics gold
1961 Bradford John Faxon, Jr., Oceanport, New Jersey, PGA golfer, 1986 Provident
1961 Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/Ajax
1961 Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor, John F. Kennedy, 8 Sceonds, I Want to Live
1961 Mike Watkinson, cricketer, England off-spinner all-rounder vs. WI 1995
1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet'
1960 Marta Chavarri Figueroa, born in Madrid, Spain, The Marquesa de Cubas
1960 Richard Roeper, American Critic
1959 Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages
1959 Joe Elliott, English Musician
1958 Taylor Negron, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Silvio-Detective School
1957 Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball, 445'10"
1957 Laura Johnson, born in Burbank, California, actress, Falcon Crest
1955 Arun Lal, cricketer, Indian batsman mid-80's
1955 David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England
1955 John Gilmore, born in America, fifth employee of Sun Microsystems, among founders of Cygnus Solutions, Cypherpunks mailing list, Electronic Frontier Foundation
1954 Michael Badnarik, American Politician
1953 Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy
1952 Brian Patrick Clarke, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, actor, Merle-Eight is Enough
1952 C L Whittington, WLAF defensive coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1952 Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman late 70's
1951 David Jasper, British principal, St. Chad's College Durham England
1950 Doug Tract, born in Bronx, New York, radio DJ, Greaseman
1949 Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV director/film-maker
1949 Primous, III Fountain, composer
1948 Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001
1947 Andy Roxburgh, soccer manager, Scotland
1947 Rick Anderson, rock bassist, Tubes
1947 Ricky Coonce, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Grass Roots
1946 Frederick C. Boucher, born in Abingdon, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 -
1946 J Guillermo, ex-husband of princess Christina of Netherlands
1946 Richard O Covey, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USAF/astronaut, STS-51I, 26, 38, 61
1946 Tom Loeffler, born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1979 - 1987
1946 Rick Boucher, American Politician
1944 Elske Terveld, Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs, PvdA
1944 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
1944 Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 26, 38, TM-2
1943 Andy Roxburgh, manager soccer team, Scotland
1943 Dennis Paxton, rocker, Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over
1943 Stephen Sykes, Bishop, Ely
1942 Giancarlo Giannini, La Spezia Italy, actor, Seduction of Mimi
1942 Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker, Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band
1941 Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman, Democratic Party
1941 Raymond Sokolov, American Journalist
1941 Michael Ledeen, American Writer
1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury, Connecticut, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1983
1940 Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
1940 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
1939 Stephen Sykes, Bishop of Ely
1937 Al D'Amato, born in Brooklyn, New York, Senator-R-New York 1981 - 1999
1936 Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
1936 Yves Saint Laurent, born in Algeria, greatest French fashion designer of the 20th century
1935 Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's
1934 J E F "John" Beck, cricketer, lefty bat in 8 Tests for New Zealand 1953-56
1934 Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!
1933 Dom DeLuise, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, End, Cannonball Run, Fatso
1933 Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing, D66
1931 Lucien E. Blackwell, born in Whitsett, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1991 - 1995
1931 Monty Losowsky, professor of medicine, St. James University England
1931 Ramblin' Jack Elliott, rocker
1931 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance
1931 Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler
1930 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor, Annie, The Wiz
1930 Julie Bovasso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Willie and Phil, Just Me and You
1930 Karoly Grosz, born in Miskolc, Hungary, politician, Communist Party, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party until end of Communism
1930 Pierre Bourdieu, French Sociologist
1927 Andre Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier
1927 Gwyn Ward Thomas, Beritsh TV director
1926 Burton Stein, historian
1926 Frank Hauser, British theatrical director
1925 Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence
1925 Jack Kramer, actor, Kings of the Court
1924 Frank Worrell, cricketer, one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain
1924 Jeffrey Segal, actor and playwright, Vanity Fair, Rest in Pieces
1924 Yvonne DeCarlo, actress, 10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters
1923 Gwyn Ward Thomas, British TV director
1923 Paul Lambert, El Paso, Texas, actor, Tom-Executive Suite
1923 Stanley Middleton, novelist
1923 Yoshinao Nakada, composer
1922 Arthur Hill, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, actor, Owen Marshall, Glitter
1922 Frank Hauser, British theatrical director
1922 Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist
1921 Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
1921 Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star, Wimbeldon 1947, U.S. Open-1946
1921 Elaine Dundy, born in New York, American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress, playwright
1920 Jeffrey Segal, actor, Traitors, playwright
1920 Sammy Lee, born in Fresno California, platform diver, 2 Medals 1948, 1952 Olympics
1920 Viscount Hanworth, barrister
1919 Stanley Middleton, novelist
1918 Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist
1917 Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
1916 Viscount Hanworth, barrister
1915 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general
1914 Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra
1914 J. Lee Thompson, British Director
1913 Jerome Moross, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Frankie and Johnny
1913 Nigel Henderson, admiral
1912 Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist
1912 Henry Jones, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy
1912 Masaya Hanai, businessamn
1911 Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician
1911 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general
1910 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests
1910 William Hayter, diplomat
1909 Nigel Henderson, admiral
1908 Miloslav Kabelac, composer
1906 William Hayter, diplomat
1903 Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan, novelist
1903 Marvin Bower, American Businessman
1902 Hendrik J Kruls, Netherlands, general/chief military authority, 1944-46
1902 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor
1901 Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee
1900 Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26
1899 William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71
1898 Morris Stoloff, Philadelphia, violinist, Picnic, Pal Joey
1895 Benjamin E Mays, South Carolina, black educator, Morehouse, Howard University
1895 Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator
1892 Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian, Temps Inquiets
1890 George II, king of Greece
1889 John F Mahoney, developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
1888 Vito Frazzi, composer
1886 Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing
1882 Vaclav Klicka, composer
1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer
1881 Rose Macaulay, writer
1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain
1877 Jan van den Tempel, Dutch MP, SDAP
1871 Oskar Fried, composer
1867 William Orlamond, Denmark, actor, Flesh and Devil, Wind
1863 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France, 1913..34
1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor
1861 Sam Jones, cricketer, Australian batsman of 1880's
1858 Hans Rott, born in Braunhirschengrund, Austria, composer, organist at the Piarist church, praised by Anton Bruchnew, Gustav Mahler
1858 Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist
1849 George Mercer Dawson, Canadian Scientist
1847 Guido Papini, violinist and composer
1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Captain Union volunteers
1840 Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
1837 Mother Jones, American Activist
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer
1819 Herman Melville, U.S., author, Moby Dick, Billy Budd
1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast
1814 Maxcy Gregg, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1786 Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister
1779 Francis Scott Key, composer, Star-Spangled Banner
1770 William Clark, born in Charlottsville, Virginia, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition
1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect
1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer
1753 Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
1744 Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist
1714 Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter
1686 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer, Lettera Famigliare
1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer
1659 Antoine Mouque, composer
1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland, 1548-72
1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian
848 Frantisek Kmoch, composer
126 Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor, 193 AD
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