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1993 Cassidy Gifford, daughter of Frank and Kathy Lee
1991 Gabriel Anthony Cohen, son of Meredith Viera and Richard Cohen
1977 Edward Furlong, born in Pasedina, California, actor, John Connor-Terminator 2
1976 Michael Weiss, Washington D.C., figure skater, 1997 World Champ-7th
1974 Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player, Willem II
1974 Paul Grasmanis, defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears
1973 Fiona Mullally, Miss Ireland Universe 1997
1973 George Zidek, NBA center, Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets
1973 Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997
1973 Karina Habsudova, born in Bojnice, Slovakia, tennis star
1973 Kia Goodwin, Livingston, New Jersey, actress, Tiffany Holloway-227
1973 Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics
1973 Susie O'Neill, born in Mackay, Australia, butterfly swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1972 Lee McClinton, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins
1972 Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics
1971 Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player, PSV/FC Groningen/RKC
1971 Fernando Smith, NFL defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings
1970 Chainey Umphrey, Albuquerque, New Mexico, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96
1970 Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos
1970 Jonathan Andrew Kaye, born in Denver, Colorado, PGA golfer, 1995 Quad City-2nd
1970 Kevin Smith, director, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks
1970 Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92
1970 Tony Amonte, Hingham, Massachusetts, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks, USA
1970 Wes Bender, WLAF/NFL running back, Frankfurt Galaxy, NO Saints
1969 Cedric Ceballos, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns
1969 Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Uerdingen
1968 Sean Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics
1967 Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor, Michigan, tennis player, Tel Aviv 1983
1967 Derek Wells, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Fitzpatricks
1967 Martin Laamers, soccer player, Vitesse
1966 Joseph Wanag, Wilson, Connecticut, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics
1966 Tim Wakefield, Melbourne, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1965 Takayuki Iizuka, wrestler, NJPW
1964 John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 Mary-Louise Parker, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, actress, Fried Green Tomatoes
1963 Caroline Pierce, Cheshire Eng, golfer, 1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd
1963 Cynthia Stevenson, born in Oakland California, actress, Player, Bob, Hope and Gloria
1963 Jeff Bloom, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 Montana Open
1961 Ed West, NFL tight end, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons
1961 Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer, Echo and the Bunnyman
1960 Apollonia, Patricia Kotero, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Purple Rain
1960 Linda Fratianne, U.S., figure skater 1980 Olympics silver
1959 Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress, Lily-Loving, Alley Cat
1958 Arshad Ayub, cricketer, Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's
1957 Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland New Zealand, Smallbore rifle 1996 Olympics
1957 Mojo Nixon, American Musician
1956 Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd
1956 Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer, Genio y Figura
1955 Jimmy Lowe, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake
1955 Roberta Wallach, New York City, actress, Civil Wars
1955 Caleb Carr, American Novelist
1954 Lisa Brown, KC, Missouri, actress, Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns
1954 Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football
1954 Ken MacLeod, Scottish Writer
1953 Butch Patrick, actor, Eddie Munster-Munster
1952 Angel Herrera, born in Cuba, FW/LW boxer, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics
1952 Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
1951 Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker, Lonely Boy
1950 Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell, Virginia, actress, MacGruder and Loud
1950 Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial
1950 Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor, Bay Boy, Woman in Flames
1949 "Fat" Larry James, U.S. drummer, Fat Larry's Band
1949 Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 36/35
1949 Madeleine Smith, Sussex England, actress, Vampire Lovers
1949 James Fallows, American Journalist
1948 Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth
1948 Dennis Prager, American Journalist
1947 Rose Tremain, novelist/playwright
1945 Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women
1945 John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
1944 Joanna Cassidy, Caskey, Haddonfield, New Jersey, actress, 240 Robert
1943 Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch MP, PvdA
1943 Kathy Lennon, singer, Lennon Sisters
1943 Max Wright, Detroit, actor, Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science
1943 Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright, Restoration
1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer
1942 Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts'
1941 Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1941 Homer Banks, U.S. singer and songwriter, Be What You Are
1941 Phil Condit, American Businessman
1940 Doris Kenner, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy
1939 Brian Wolfson, CEO, Wembley Pic
1939 Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips
1939 Wes Craven, born in Cleveland, Ohio, director, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream
1939 John W. Snow, American Economist
1938 Brunhilde Hendrix, born in West Germany, relay runner 1960 Olympics silver
1938 Yvonne Ruegg, born in Switzerland, giant slalom 1960 Olympics gold
1937 Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
1937 Garth Hudson, born in Windsor, Ontario, organist, keyboardist, musician, instrumentalist, member of The Band, Canadian-American rock group
1937 Ronald Brierley, company chairman
1937 William Cannon, football player, Heisman-1959
1936 Anthony Edward Payne, composer
1936 Christopher Hogg, CEO, Courtaulds and Reuters
1935 Brian Wolfson, CEO, Wembley Pic
1935 Derek Anthony Enright, politician
1935 John MacIvor Perkins, composer
1934 Albert W. Hall, actor, Apocalypse Now
1934 Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport, Illinois, basketball player 1956 Olympics gold
1934 Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut, Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31
1933 Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
1933 John Gale, theatrical producer
1933 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
1932 Lamar Hunt, NFL owner for the Kansas City Chiefs
1932 Marvin David Levy, composer
1932 Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia
1931 Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58
1931 Henryck Schiller, composer
1931 Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician
1931 Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
1930 Ron de Lugo, born in Englewood, New Jersey, Representative-D-Virgin Islands, 1973 - 1979, 1981 - 1995
1929 Alan Wicker, British broadcaster
1929 John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party
1929 Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
1928 Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist
1927 Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal
1927 Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician
1926 Betsy Bloomingdale, department store mogul
1926 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC
1925 Alan Wicker, British broadcaster
1924 James A. Baldwin, American Author
1923 Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal
1922 Carroll O'Connor, New York City, actor, All in the Family, Heat of the Night
1922 Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC
1922 Paul Laxalt, born in Reno, Nevada, Senator-R-Nevada 1974 - 1987
1920 Louis Pauwels, writer/editor
1920 Phyllis James, mystery writer
1920 Theo Marcuse, Washington, actor, Mara of Wilderness
1919 John Pinkerton, compuer scientist
1916 Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story
1916 Reginald Murley, surgeon
1915 Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter
1914 Felix Leclerc, composer
1914 Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve
1914 Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist
1913 Lord Benson, accountant
1912 Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface
1912 Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist
1912 George Kimble, geographer
1910 Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress, Girl in Blue Hat
1910 Lawrence Josset, engraver
1910 Lou Zara, New York City, writer, Stump the Authors
1909 Lord Benson, accountant
1908 George Kimble, geographer
1906 Albert Goodwin, historian
1905 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
1905 Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair
1900 Helen Morgan, Riggins, U.S., singer and actress, Applause
1900 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer
1899 Charles Bennett, screenwriter
1899 George Malcolm Thomson, journalist
1895 Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test
1892 Jack Warner, U.S. movie studio head, Warner Bros
1892 John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City
1891 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians
1891 Mihail Jora, composer
1890 Pauline Hall, composer
1888 Oscar Rasbach, composer
1884 Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist, Dona Barbara, President, 1947-48
1882 Johannes Tralow, writer
1882 Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer
1882 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor, Virgin Doll
1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift
1881 Stanislaw Kazuro, composer
1878 Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales
1878 Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden
1871 John Sloan, American Artist
1871 John French Sloan, American Artist
1868 Constantine I, king of Greece
1867 Ernest C Dowson, British poet
1867 Ernest Dowson, English Poet
1865 Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer, Rousseau and Romanticism
1858 A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
1858 Catherina van Rennes, composer
1858 William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest
1854 Francis Marion Crawford, British author
1835 Elisha Grey, inventor, Telephone
1835 Elisha Gray, American Inventor
1834 Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty
1834 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist
1832 Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society
1826 William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army
1818 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
1802 Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
1775 Jose Angel Lamas, composer
1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C.
1746 Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
1696 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia
1632 Kaspar von Stieler, German poet, Teutsche Wolredner
1627 Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
1455 Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg, 1486-99
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