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1992 Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
1976 Daphnee Lynn Duplaix, Manhattan, New York, playmate, July 1997
1976 Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver
1974 Sekou Soumah, soccer player, Willem II
1974 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer, WI left-handed batsman 1994-
1973 Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1973 Clarence Benford, NFL tight end for the Seattle Seahawks
1973 Luke Fickell, defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
1972 Derrick Harris, running back for the St. Louis Rams
1972 Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer, New Zealand champ 1991, 92
1972 Nate Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics bronze
1972 Ray Jacobs, NFL linebacker for the Denver Broncos
1971 Jada Pinkett, actress, Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society
1971 Jonathan David Winter, Wellington, New Zealand, 100m backstroker 1996 Olympics
1971 Kevin Bouie, NFL running back, Philadelphia Eagles, Ariz Cardinals
1971 Mindy Czuleger, Inglewood California, WPVA volleyballer, Myrtle Bch-17th-1994
1971 Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life
1971 Richard D. James, English Musician
1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Theodore-Cosby Show
1970 Richie Cunningham, kicker for the Dallas Cowboys
1970 Robert Higginson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
1969 Isaac Austin, NBA center for the Miami Heat
1969 Edward Norton, American Actor
1968 Brian Mitchell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins
1968 Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze
1968 Greta Lind, Goshen, New York, actress, Katie Kennicott-All My Children
1968 Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress, Dinosaur Island
1968 John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1968 Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1967 Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy, Texas, rock drummer, Slaughter-Stick it Live
1967 John Jurkovic, defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1967 Julie Kristen Smith, Nuhremburg Germany, choreographer, Showgirls
1967 Tracy Tracy, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal
1966 Cees Lock of hair, soccer player, NEC
1966 Steve Avery, NFL fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1963 Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star
1962 Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler
1961 John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live
1961 Timothy Geithner, born in Brooklyn, New York, United States Secretary of the Treasury, under President Barack Obama, served as President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, charged with directing financial crisis of December 2007
1960 Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Shreveport Open
1958 Madeleine Stowe, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Tropical Snow, Bad Girls
1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1957 Dennis Leary, actor/comic, MTV
1957 Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be
1957 Denis Leary, American Actor
1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981
1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS-75
1952 Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One
1952 Patrick Swayze, born in Houston, Texas, actor/dancer, Dirty Dancing, Ghost
1951 Greg Pruitt, NFL running back, Los Angeles Raiders, Super Bowl XVIII
1950 Candice Earley, Ft. Hood, Texas, actress, Donna Tyler-All My Children
1950 Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer, Foreigner
1950 Lynn Adams, Kingsville, Texas, LPGA golfer
1949 Nigel Griggs, rocker, Split Enz
1948 Carol O'Neal, playmate, July, 1972
1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ
1948 John Scarlett, British Celebrity
1945 Barbara Harris, U.S. singer, Toys-A Lover's Concerto
1945 Nona Hendryx, Trenton, New Jersey, rocker, LaBelle-Lady Marmalade
1943 Martin Mull, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/comedian, Bad Manners, Flick, Serial
1943 Sarah Dash, Trenton, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Patti LaBelle and Bluebirds
1943 Carl Wayne, born in Birmingham, England, Colin David Tooley, actor, lead vocalist 'The Move', 1960's Birmingham rock group
1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets
1941 Matt Snell, NFL running back, New York Jets, Super Bowl III
1940 Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo
1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer, 1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th
1939 Joe Azcue, baseball player
1939 Johnny Preston singer, Running Bear, Cradle of Love
1939 Molly Bee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, Pinky Lee Show
1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby
1937 William George Rushton, London, actor/author/cartoonist, TW3
1935 Gail Fisher, Orange, New Jersey, actress, Peggy-Mannix
1935 Rafer Johnson, Hillsboro Texas, decathlete, Olympics gold 60
1934 Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro, Texas, decathlete 1960 Olympics gold
1934 Roberto Clemente, U.S. baseball outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
1934 Vincent Bugliosi, attorney/author, Helter-Skelter
1933 Roman Polanski, Poland, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates
1933 Just Fontaine, French Athlete
1931 Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense, D66
1930 Carl Barger, Lewistown Pennsylvania, baseball President, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins
1930 Grant Williams, New York City, actor, Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man
1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine
1928 Marge Schott, CEO, Cincinnati Reds
1927 Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady, 1977-1981, Jimmy's lust
1927 Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady
1927 Marvin Harris, American Scientist
1925 Brian Aldiss, born in East Dereham, England, science fiction author, 'The Helliconia Trilogy' and 'Hothouse'
1923 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Australia tour
1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's
1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist, Voyeur
1922 Eric William Hunter Christie, barrister
1922 Shelley Winters, Schrift, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Poseidon Adventure
1920 Bob Kennedy, baseball player
1920 [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper, 1950's
1919 Walter J. Hickel, Gov-R-Alaska, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1969 - 1971
1918 Elsa Morante, writer
1917 Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1981 - 1987
1917 Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant
1916 Elsa Morante, Italy, writer, L'isola di Arturo
1916 Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979
1915 Max Lanier, baseball player
1910 Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
1910 Herman Berlinski, composer
1909 Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz
1908 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer, Belenggu
1908 Bill Merritt, cricketer, early New Zealand Test leg-spinner, also Northants
1908 Edgar Faure, thriller writer/Prime Minister of France, 1952, 1952 - 1956
1908 Milan Ristic, composer
1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive, BBC
1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
1907 Howard Swanson, composer
1907 Otto Mortensen, composer
1906 Andre Van Gyseghem, England, actor, Search for the Nile
1906 Marcel Carne, French Director
1905 Peter Paul Kreuder, composer
1904 Jean Daste, actor, Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters
1904 Max Factor, Jr., CEO, Max Factor Cosmetics
1904 W. Sterling Cole, born in Painted Post, New York, Representative-R-New York 1935 - 1957
1904 [Francis] Max Factor, cosmetics manufacturer, Max Factor
1903 Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer
1902 Julius Kalas, composer
1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood
1896 Alan Mowbray, born in London, England, actor, Dante, Colonel Flack
1893 Ernest MacMillan, composer
1887 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist
1883 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, Chanel
1883 Coco Chanel, French Designer
1882 Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor
1882 Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer
1881 Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer
1878 Fritz Brun, composer
1875 Johan E Elias, historian, Amsterdam
1873 Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor, Othello
1873 Otto Harbach, songwriter, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
1871 Johan J Arch, graphic artist, wood cutter
1856 Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer
1856 Jan Karol Gali, composer
1849 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer
1841 Robert Williams Buchanan, British Poet
1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store
1830 Franz Joseph, Austrian Statesman
1823 Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian
1818 William Farquhar Barry, Major General Union Army
1813 Benjamin Alvord, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1807 Charles Francis Adams, Union
1805 Josef Danhauser, Austrian painter, Mutterliebe
1792 John, 1st Earl Russell, British Whig PM, 1846-52, 1865-66
1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica
1774 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville, Virginia, captain, Lewis and Clark Expedition
1769 Alexandre Stievenard, composer
1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer, Tatare
1745 Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer
1685 Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1587 1st English child born in New World, Virginia Dare
1587 Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents
1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange
1450 Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pechinich, Croatian poet
472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
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