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1976 Priscilla Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, playmate March, 1996
1976 Boudewijn Send, soccer player, PSV
1976 Ger Unterluggauer, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998
1975 Bert Berry, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts
1975 Jurgen Dirkx, soccer player, PSV
1974 Ramon Morel, Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1974 Natasha Henstridge, Canadian Actress
1973 Marcus Jones, defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1972 Ben Affleck, born in Berkeley, California, actor, director, screenwriter, Academy-award winner for Good Will Hunting, 1987, founded production company LivePlanet with actor Matt Damon
1972 Freddie Solomon, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
1972 Jason Maniecki, defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1972 Ken Walter, punter for the Carolina Panthers
1972 Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone
1971 Perry Carter, NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs
1970 Dawn Ponte, born in Kent, Rhode Island, dance skater, & Frey-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ
1970 Anthony Anderson, American Actor
1969 Eric Bieniemy, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals
1969 James Black, Regina, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks
1969 Mark Heese, born in Toronto, Ontario, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics bronze
1969 Pavel Kamentsev, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998
1969 Yancey Thigpen, NFL wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1968 Luciana Bemvenuti, born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, golfer, 1994 Jamie Farr-36th
1968 Vassili Pankov, NHL forward, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics
1968 Debra Messing, American Actress
1967 Mike James, born in Ft. Walton, Florida, pitcher for the California Angels
1967 Moulay Brahim Boutaib, born in Morocco, 10k runner 1988 Olympics gold
1967 Neil Wilkinson, Selkirk, NHL defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins
1966 Fred Strickland, linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys
1966 Leo Goeas, guard for the Baltimore Ravens
1965 Jon Evans, Nottimgham ENG, Australasia golfer
1964 Debi Mazar, born in Queens, New York, actress, Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law
1964 MCA, Adam Yauch, rock vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight
1963 Greg Adams, Nelson, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars
1963 Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper, 36 Tests 1988-94
1963 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel, Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics
1962 Bubby Brister, NFL quarterback, New York Jets, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32
1962 Igor Dorokhin, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan, 1998 Olympics,
1961 Joan Delk, born in Tampa, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1995 First Bank Edina Realty-66th
1961 Matt Johnson, rocker, The The-Infected Soul Mining
1960 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player, Denver-1985
1960 Ron van de Berg, soccer player, Sparta
1960 Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker, Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man
1959 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90
1957 Zeljko Ivanek, Lujubljana Yugoslavia, actor, Mass Appeal
1956 Gordon Bruks, England, Dr/cosmonaut
1955 Kenneth Carr, born in Clearwater, Florida, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold
1955 Larry Mathews, born in Burbank, California, actor, Ritchie-Dick Van Dyke Show
1952 Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist, Franc Boeijen Group
1951 Bobby Caldwell, New York City, rocker
1951 John Childs, cricketer, England left-arm spinner, two Tests vs. WI 1988
1950 Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, Engl, Princess/olympic equestrian
1950 Tess Harper, Mammoth Sp AR, actress, Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies
1950 Thomas Aldrich, country drummer, Black Oak Arkansas
1950 William "Bill" Griffin, U.S. singer, Miracles-Love Machine
1950 Andres Serrano, American Photographer
1949 Ann Ryerson, born in Wisconsin, actress, Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin
1949 Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994
1949 Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss'
1947 Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman
1947 Geraldo Velez, jazz congas, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., born in Macon, Georgia, USN/astronaut, STS-33
1946 Jimmy Webb, born in Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away
1946 Kathryn Jean Whitmire, Houston Texas, 4 time Mayor-Houston
1945 Charlemagne Palestine, composer
1945 Gene Upshaw, NFL guard, Oakland, NFLPA leader
1945 Thomas C. Sawyer, born in Akron, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1987 - 2003
1945 Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006
1944 Frederick Knight, U.S. singer, I've been lonely so long
1944 Linda Ellerbee, born in Bryan, Texas, newscaster, Weekend, NBC Overnight
1943 Barbara Bouchet, born in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, actress, Casino Royale
1943 Eni Faleomavaega, born in Vailoatai Village, American Samoa, Representative-D-American Samoa 1989
1942 Peter York, rock drummer, Spencer Davis Group
1941 Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer, Hee Haw
1941 Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev, Russian cosmonaut
1939 H Onno C R Ruding, director, Amrobank, Dutch Financial minister, CDA
1939 Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast
1938 Maxine Waters, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1991 -
1938 Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice
1937 Ronnie Flippo, born in Florence, Alabama, Representative-D-New York 1977 - 1991
1936 Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist
1935 Abby Dalton, born in Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Joey Bishop Show
1935 Jim Dale, born in Rothwell, England, Broadway actor, Barnum, My One and Only
1935 Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr., civil rights activist, National Urban League
1934 Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner, 3 Tests 1960
1934 Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut
1933 Bobby Helms, rock vocalist, Jingle Bell Rock
1933 Floyd Ashton, U.S. singer, Tams-What Child of Fool
1933 Lori Nelson, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, actress, Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire
1933 Stanley Milgram, American Psychologist
1932 Robert L[ull] Forward, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragon's Egg, Starquake
1931 Janice Rule, born in Norwood, Ohio, actress, Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife
1931 Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer
1928 Nicolas Roeg, born in London, England, cinematographer/director, Aria, Eureka
1927 Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer, England leg-spinner with an avg of 109
1926 Georgiann Johnson, Decorah Iowa, actress, Marge-Mr Peepers
1926 Lewis T. Preston, banker
1926 Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer
1925 Billy Pinkney, Sumter, South Carolina, rock bassist/vocalist, Drifters
1925 Gertrude Shope, South African head, ANC female section
1925 Mike Connors, Krekor Ohanian, Fresno, California, actor, Mannix
1925 Rose Marie, actress/comedienne, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show
1925 Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner
1924 Phyllis Schlafly, St. Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president
1924 Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright, Man for All Seasons, Dr. Zhivago
1924 Robert Bolt, British Playwright
1923 Rose Marie, born in New York City, actress, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show
1923 Simon Peres, premier of Israel
1922 Lukas Foss, Fuchs, Berlin Germany, composer, Prairie
1919 Huntz Hall, New York City, actor, Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game
1918 Fay Honey Knopp, activist
1918 Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer
1915 Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist
1915 Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish author/resistance fighter, Mensch op Weg
1915 Signe Hasso, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Johnny Angel, Double Life
1914 Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer
1914 Paul Rand, American Designer
1912 Julia Child, born in Pasadena, California, chef, French Chef
1912 Wendy Hiller, England, actress, Major Barbara, David Copperfield
1912 Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr
1910 Hugo Winterhalter, composer
1910 Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria, 1966-70
1910 Signe Hasso, actress, QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis
1909 Raymond O'Malley, teacher
1907 Paul Vincze, medallist
1904 Bill Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Muppet Show
1902 Jan RT Campert, writer, Song the 18 dead
1901 Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama, 1940-41, 49-51, 68
1901 Hans Lorbeer, writer
1900 Estelle Brody, New York City, actress, Safari, Kitty, Plaything
1898 Lillian Carter, President Carter's, 1977-1981, mom
1897 Marion Eugene Bauer, composer
1896 Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor
1893 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer
1893 Harlow H Curtice, President of General Motors, 1953-8
1893 Harlow H. Curtice, Businessman
1892 Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer
1892 Louis-Victor prince of Broglie, France, physicist, Nobel 1929
1890 Jacques Ibert, born in Paris, France, composer, Escales
1888 Albert Spalding, composer
1887 Edna Ferber, U.S., author, American Beauty, Cimarron
1886 Bill Whitty, cricketer, Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12
1885 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer
1885 Edna Ferber, author, playwright
1885 Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By
1879 Ethel Barrymore, Philadelphia, actress, Constant Wife, Corn is Green
1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II
1876 Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist
1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer, Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert
1872 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer
1872 Rubin Goldmark, composer
1872 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher
1866 Charles-Jean Vallee-Poussin, mathematician, d'analyse
1865 Johan B. Schepers, Frisian writer, Braga
1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady, 1921-23
1860 Roosje Vos, Dutch union organizer
1860 Florence Harding, American First Lady
1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
1851 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress, Scapegoat
1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator, Beauty and Beast
1839 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
1829 Eduard de Hartog, composer
1823 Orris Sanford Ferry, Major General Union volunteers
1822 Wilhelm Rust, composer
1822 Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian
1803 James Douglas, father of British Columbia
1794 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist, System mycologicum
1791 Duff Green, American Politician
1788 Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director
1787 Alexander Aliabiev, composer
1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer, Confessions of English Opium Eater
1782 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary, Souvenirs
1776 Gottlieb Schick, German painter, Apollo under the Hirten
1776 Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba, emperor 1804 - 1813, 1814 - 1815
1754 Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat
1741 Thomas Norris, composer
1740 Matthias Claudius, born in Reinfeld, Germany, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert
1736 Johann Christoph Kellner, composer
1727 Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
1725 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1702 Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
1688 Frederick-William I, king of Prussia, 1713-1740
1619 Hubertus Quellinus, Quellien, Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet, Morgante
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