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August 12, 1980 Dominique Swain, American Actress
August 12, 1978 Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics
August 12, 1977 Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific
August 12, 1976 Antoine Walker, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics
August 12, 1975 Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche
August 12, 1975 Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback 1996 Olympics
August 12, 1975 Raegan Scott, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz
August 12, 1975 Regan Upshaw, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
August 12, 1975 Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997
August 12, 1975 Casey Affleck, American Actor
August 12, 1974 Peter Pucher, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998
August 12, 1974 Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz
August 12, 1973 Latasha Byears, WNBA guard, Sacramento Monarchs
August 12, 1973 Moses Ware, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
August 12, 1973 Todd Marchant, Buffalo, New York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers
August 12, 1972 Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player 1996 Olympics bronze
August 12, 1972 Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
August 12, 1972 John Jones, WLAF guard for the Rhein Fire
August 12, 1972 Rebecca Gayheart, actress, Hannah Mayberry-Loving
August 12, 1971 Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
August 12, 1971 Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95
August 12, 1970 Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96
August 12, 1969 Kitty G, [Katia Geiger], Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
August 12, 1969 Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons
August 12, 1969 Nate Gwynne, born in Davis, California, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
August 12, 1969 Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994-
August 12, 1968 Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics
August 12, 1967 Andrew Glover, NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings
August 12, 1967 Tom Holkenborg, drummer, Weekend at Waikiki
August 12, 1966 Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders
August 12, 1966 Dean Hartgraves, born in Bakersfield, California, pitcher for the Houston Astros
August 12, 1966 Gordy Morgan, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 163 lbs greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics
August 12, 1966 Greg Manusky, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
August 12, 1965 Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
August 12, 1965 Barry Manuel, born in Mamou, Louisiana, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
August 12, 1961 Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here
August 12, 1961 Roy Hay, guitarist, Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
August 12, 1960 Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983
August 12, 1960 Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas
August 12, 1959 Lynette Woodard, born in Wichita, Kansas, Olympics gold 1984, Harlem Globetrotter
August 12, 1959 Suzanne Vega, born in New York City, rocker, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner
August 12, 1956 Bruce Greenwood, actor, Spy, Another Chance, Malibu Bikini Shop
August 12, 1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984
August 12, 1956 Terry Taylor, [Paul Klause], wrestler, WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster
August 12, 1955 Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer, Mama
August 12, 1954 Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls
August 12, 1954 Sam J Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man
August 12, 1954 Pat Metheny, American Musician
August 12, 1954 Sam J. Jones, American Actor
August 12, 1953 Carlos Mesa, Bolivian Statesman
August 12, 1951 Charles E. Brady, Jr., Pinehurst, North Carolina, Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 78
August 12, 1951 Hector Rodriguez, born in Cuba, lightweight judo 1976 Olympics gold
August 12, 1951 Kid Creole, [August Darnell Browder], U.S. singer, Savannah
August 12, 1950 Kid Creole, singer, Cocoanuts
August 12, 1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
August 12, 1949 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, 1990-92
August 12, 1949 Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing
August 12, 1948 Cliff Fish, rocker, Paper Lace
August 12, 1948 Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College London
August 12, 1948 Ron Mael, born in Culver City California, rock keyboardist, Sparks,
August 12, 1945 Dorothy Denning, American Public Servant
August 12, 1945 Jean Nouvel, French Architect
August 12, 1944 Donna Michele, playmate, Dec, 1963, actress, Beach Blanket Bingo
August 12, 1943 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
August 12, 1942 Elizabeth Appleby, QC
August 12, 1941 Deborah Walley, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actress, Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket
August 12, 1941 Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant
August 12, 1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co
August 12, 1940 Alexander Yossifov, composer
August 12, 1940 Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder
August 12, 1940 Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die
August 12, 1939 George Hamilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are
August 12, 1939 Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler, 1968 Olympics silver
August 12, 1938 Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
August 12, 1936 Gerard Masson, composer
August 12, 1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes
August 12, 1936 John Poindexter, U.S. Chief of Staff
August 12, 1935 Karl Mickel, writer
August 12, 1934 Kenneth Eaton, Controller, British Navy
August 12, 1932 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come
August 12, 1932 Queen Ferekit, of Thailand, Queens Day
August 12, 1932 Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
August 12, 1930 Ronald James Herron, architect
August 12, 1930 George Soros, Hungarian Businessman
August 12, 1930 John G. Schmitz, American Politician
August 12, 1929 Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw
August 12, 1929 Charles Moore, born in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, 400m hurdler, Oly-gold/silver-52
August 12, 1929 Joji Yuasa, composer
August 12, 1927 Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist/conductor
August 12, 1927 Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, John-Waltons, Roots
August 12, 1926 John Derek, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, 10, Annapolis Story
August 12, 1925 Dale L Bumpers, Sen-D Arkansas, 1975-
August 12, 1925 Earl Coleman, singer
August 12, 1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
August 12, 1925 Robin Nicholson, metallurgist
August 12, 1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records
August 12, 1925 Donald Justice, American Poet
August 12, 1924 Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's
August 12, 1923 John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75
August 12, 1922 Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA
August 12, 1922 Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
August 12, 1921 Marjorie Reynolds, [Goodspeed], Buhl Id, actress, Peggy-Life of Riley
August 12, 1921 Patrick Howard-Dobson, president, Royal British Legion
August 12, 1920 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer, Please Send Me Someone to Love
August 12, 1920 Peter West, British sports commentator
August 12, 1919 Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer, 7 Brides for 7 Bros
August 12, 1919 Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
August 12, 1917 Douglas Gunsekera, banker
August 12, 1915 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center, Lions, Eagles
August 12, 1914 [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool
August 12, 1913 Kurt Kaszner, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants
August 12, 1912 Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek
August 12, 1912 Louis J N Gerardin, [Toto], French bicyclist/trainer, champ 1930
August 12, 1912 Samuel Fuller, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, Return to Salem's Lot
August 12, 1911 Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor, Around World in 80 Days
August 12, 1910 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary, Natl Association of Women
August 12, 1910 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, Romeo and Juliet
August 12, 1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal
August 12, 1908 Lord Renton, QC/British government minister
August 12, 1907 James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop
August 12, 1905 Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen
August 12, 1905 Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian
August 12, 1904 Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II
August 12, 1904 Frank Ervin, harness racer, Hambletonian 1959, 66
August 12, 1904 Kay Campbell, [Catherine Hibben], actress, All My Children
August 12, 1903 Frances Clode, CEO, WRVS
August 12, 1900 Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
August 12, 1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894
August 12, 1899 Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary
August 12, 1898 Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama
August 12, 1897 Manuel Blancafort, composer
August 12, 1897 Otto, von, Struve, German/US dir, Yerkes/MacDonald observatory
August 12, 1897 Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
August 12, 1893 Howard Smith, Attleboro Massachusetts, actor, Harvey Griffin-Hazel
August 12, 1890 Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader, NBC Comedy Hour
August 12, 1888 Marion Lorne, Philadelphia, actress, Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush
August 12, 1888 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO
August 12, 1887 Erwin Schrodinger, Austria, physicist, had a cat
August 12, 1885 Alexander Albrecht, composer
August 12, 1884 Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary
August 12, 1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, /chairman, ARP
August 12, 1881 Cecil B deMille, Massachusetts, directed God, 10 Commandments, Cleopatra
August 12, 1881 Vaclav Vackar, composer
August 12, 1881 Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer
August 12, 1880 Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher, Won 37 in 1908
August 12, 1880 Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author
August 12, 1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer, Miss Pinkerton
August 12, 1875 Ettore Panizza, composer
August 12, 1875 Mezio Agostini, composer
August 12, 1868 Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India, 1916-21
August 12, 1867 Edith Hamilton, U.S., writer, Mythology
August 12, 1866 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, Nobel 1922
August 12, 1862 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman
August 12, 1859 Katharine Lee Bates, U.S., author, America the Beautiful
August 12, 1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith
August 12, 1854 Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer
August 12, 1853 Jean Louis Nicode, composer
August 12, 1849 Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
August 12, 1848 Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet, Along the Nile
August 12, 1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
August 12, 1833 William Price Sanders, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1863
August 12, 1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
August 12, 1829 John Horace Forney, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1902
August 12, 1825 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
August 12, 1820 Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
August 12, 1819 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1864
August 12, 1781 Robert Mills, U.S., architect, Washington Monument
August 12, 1778 Francis Horner, politician
August 12, 1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson
August 12, 1762 George IV, king of England, 1820-30
August 12, 1757 ALF, alien life form, ALF
August 12, 1753 Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables
August 12, 1751 Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
August 12, 1744 Rowland Hill, preacher
August 12, 1720 Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
August 12, 1696 Maurice Greene, composer
August 12, 1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
August 12, 1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
August 12, 1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
August 12, 1620 Pieter Cuypers, S Netherlands lawyer
August 12, 1592 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Governor, Fort Emmerik/Heusden
August 12, 1566 Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
August 12, 1503 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway, 1534-59



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