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1989 Hayden Panettiere, actress, One Life to Live
1979 Aiesha Lee Hendrick, Miss New York Teen USA 1996
1979 Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics
1976 Alicia Witt, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, born Alicia Roanne Witt, film, stage and television actress, singer, played role of Cybill Shepherd's character in sitcom Cybill, 1995 - 1998
1974 Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco
1974 Pietra Gay, WNBA guard and forward for the Houston Comets
1973 Ben Mann, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics
1973 Ismael Valdes, born in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1973 Sergey Brin, American Businessman
1972 Johnnie Harris, CFL linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts
1971 Shayne Edge, NFL/WLAF punter, Steelers, Barcelona Dragons
1970 Bill Roth, born in Yonkers, New York, gymnast, Gold Medal 1995 Pan American, 1996 Olympics
1970 Mark Hatfield, CFL guard for the BC Lions
1970 Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner
1970 Steve Everitt, NFL center, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles
1969 Andujar Cedeno, La Romana, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Detroit Tigers
1969 Josee Chouinard, Rosemont Quebec, figure skater, Olympic-9th-1994
1968 Barbara Ann Moore, Spokane, Washington, playmate, Dec, 1992
1968 Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998
1967 Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street
1967 Tuineau Alipate, NLF/WLAF linebacker, Frankfurt Galaxy, Minnesota Vikings
1967 Serj Tankian, American Musician
1967 Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian Actress
1966 John Wetteland, San Mateo California, pitcher, New York Yankees, Rangers, Expos
1965 Jim Bullinger, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
1963 Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics
1961 Danny Sheaffer, born in Jacksonville, Florida, catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
1961 Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower, 1996 Olympics silver
1959 Anne Hobbs, England, tennis star
1959 Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star
1959 Jim McMahon, NFL quarterback, Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles
1959 Richard Zokol, Kitimat BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1982 BC Open
1958 Steve Case, American Businessman
1957 Budgie, rock drummer, Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees-Wild Thing
1957 Janice Thomas, WBL guard, New York Stars
1957 Kim Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family
1956 Carol Charbonnier, LPGA golfer
1956 Kim Cattrall, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mannequin, Star Trek VI
1954 Archie Griffin, NFL runningback, won 2 Heisman Trophies, Ohio State
1954 Steve Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Journey
1952 Glenn Hughes, British Musician
1951 Bernhard Germeshausen, born in East Germany, bobsled, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics
1951 Harry Smith, Hammond, Indiana, TV co-anchor, CBS Morning Show
1948 Taurean Blacque, actor, Hill Street Blues
1947 Carl Giammarese, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, Buckinghams
1947 Ben Shneiderman, American Scientist
1946 Lev Alburt, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1976
1945 Patty McCormack, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers
1944 Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer, What the World Needs Now
1944 Peter Weir, born in Sydney, Australia, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society
1944 Perry Christie, Statesman
1940 Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, physician, rheumatologist
1939 Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain
1939 Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57
1938 Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, actor, Coward of the County
1937 Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA
1936 Mart Crowley, playwright, Boys in the Band
1936 Wilt Chamberlain, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NBA great center, Los Angeles Laker, 5 time MVP
1935 Ken Taylor, cricketer, England opening batsman three times 1959-64
1933 Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano, Owen Wingrave
1932 Melvin Van Peebles, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, 'Sophisticated Gent'
1931 Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards
1931 Nancy Hadley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show
1930 Frank Perry, film director
1930 Princess Margaret, British Royalty
1929 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party
1928 Gillian Sheen, England, foils 1956 Olympics gold
1928 Zdenek Lukas, composer
1928 Chris Brasher, British Athlete
1927 Wilhelm, Jr. Killmayer, composer
1927 Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman
1926 Ben-Zion Orgad, composer
1924 Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary
1924 Jack Buck, American Celebrity
1923 Chris Schenkel, Biuppus, Indiana, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights
1920 Christopher R. Milne, son of Alan A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
1916 William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist
1915 Jack Weston, Morris Weinstein, Cleveland, actor, 4 Seasons, Rad
1914 Dallas Pratt, collector
1914 Doug Wright, cricketer, England's leg-spinning genius of 30's and 40's
1913 Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold
1913 Diana Churchill, actress, Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster
1913 Victor Rosow, writer
1909 C. Dillon Douglas, born in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1961 - 1965
1909 Jon William, Jr. Haussermann, composer
1908 David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse
1907 Miguel Torga, Adolfo Correia da Rocha, Portuguese author
1907 Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon, Illinois, TV scientist, Nature of Things
1906 Joachim Homs, composer
1906 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate
1905 Isadore I Friz Freleng, born in Kansas City, Missouri, animator, Warner Bros cartoons
1904 [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles
1904 Count Basie, American Musician
1903 Yannis Constantinidis, composer
1902 Renato Fasano, composer
1900 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go
1896 Blossom Rock, actress, Grandmamma-Addams Family
1896 Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer, Rose of Jericho
1896 Roark Bradford, writer/humorist, Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun
1893 Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer
1893 Lili Boulanger, composer
1892 Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear
1890 Bill Henry, born in San Francisco, California, newscaster, Who Said That?
1880 Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader, OD
1879 Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor, As You Like It
1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
1874 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, 1918-27
1872 Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist, Salome
1871 Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer, Red Laugh
1852 Benedetto Junck, composer
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1843 William Pepper, American Scientist
1829 Otto Goldschmidt, composer
1825 Kate Fanny Loder, composer
1824 John Sanford Mason, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1821 William Barksdale, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, Major General Union volunteers
1809 Francesco Schira, composer
1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1801 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
1798 Jules Michelet, French historian, History of France, L'Amour
1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1780 Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor, Slovenian Grammar
1765 William IV, king of England, 1830-37
1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1725 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1721 Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
1689 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer
1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal, 1656-67, mentally ill
1642 Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
1579 Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gie, French Huguenot leader
1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1567 Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman
1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223
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