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1987 Blake Lively, born in Tarzana, California, actress, first role, Bridget, 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants', cast in CW television network series 'Gossip Girl', has appeared on covers of magazines Seventeen, Vogue
1981 Rachel Bilson, American Actress
1976 Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward 1996 Olympics
1976 Sarah Nadeau, Portland Maine, Miss America-Maine 1997
1975 Molly Tuter, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury
1975 Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver
1974 Chris Mantilla, West Palm Beach, Florida, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 Darren Benson, NFL defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
1974 Mike Jenkins, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals
1973 Jennifer Wilbanks, American Celebrity
1972 Bryan Stoltenberg, corner for the New York Giants
1972 Marlo Perry, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
1972 Marvin Harrison, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
1972 Tony Dumas, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks
1971 Makoto Kawahira, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998
1971 Michael Chack, Toms River, New Jersey, figure skater, 1997 Pac Coast Sr champ
1971 Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
1970 Claudia Schiffer, born in Rheinbach, Germany, super model, Elle, Rolling Stone
1970 Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles
1970 Doug Glanville, Hackensack, New Jersey, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs
1970 Katherine "Katie" Scanlon, Fairfield, Connecticut, rower 1996 Olympics
1970 Robert Horry, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets
1970 Ronald Waterreus, soccer player, Roda JC, PSV
1969 Catriona Matthew, Edinburgh Scotland, golfer, 1995 British Open-12th
1969 Derek Fung, Hong Kong, Canadian Tour golfer
1969 Elly Hakami, born in San Francisco, California, tennis star
1969 Mike Gisler, corner for the New England Patriots
1969 Mike Jones, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots
1969 Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90
1968 Dave Thomas, NFL cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1966 Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox
1965 Cornelius Bennett, NFL linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills
1965 Kathleen Horvath, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis player, French Open, Jr. 1980
1965 Nate Odomes, NFL cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks
1965 Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1988-89
1964 Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident
1964 Morgan Englund, actor, Dylan Lewis-Guiding Light
1962 Dan Turk, NFL center for the Oakland Raiders
1962 Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker
1962 Ron Heller, NFL tackle for the Miami Dolphins
1962 Shahid Mahboob, cricketer, batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989
1962 Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again
1962 Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi Writer
1961 Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods, Kentucky, country singer, Achy Breaky Heart
1961 Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Manchester England, actress, Kill Me Again
1958 Christian LeBlanc, North Carolina, actor, Michael Baldwin-Young and Restless
1958 Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer, Tambourine
1958 Tim Burton, American Director
1957 Sikander Bakht, cricketer, Pakistani change bowler late 70's
1956 Matt Aitken, rocker, Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block
1954 Elvis Costello, Declan Patrick McManus, Lon, rock vocalist, Allison
1954 Gilbert "Gibus" Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist
1954 Martin Jourard, keyboardist/vocalist, Motels-Only the Lonely
1952 Duleep Mendis, cricketer, big-hitting Sri Lankan batsman of 80's
1950 Willy Deville, New York City, rock vocalist and guitarist, Mink Deville
1949 Anson Williams, actor, Happy Days
1949 Gene Simmons, Chaim Witz, Haifa Israel, rock guitarist, KISS-Beth
1949 John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers
1949 Martin Amis, British Author
1947 Anne Archer, LA Cal, actress, Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games
1947 Wim J van Gelder, Dutch MP, PvdA
1946 Larry LaRocco, Van Nuys, California, Representative-D-Idaho 1991 - 1995
1946 Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher, Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981
1944 Anthony Heald, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Orphans, Silence of Lambs
1944 Sherley Anne Williams, U.S. literary, Dessa Rose
1944 Conrad Black, British Businessman
1942 Imogen Hassall, Surrey England, Countess of Cleavage, Carry on Lovng
1942 Margaret Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics
1942 Walter Williams, U.S., rock vocalist, O'Jays-Use to Be My Girl
1942 Nathan Deal, American Politician
1941 Shirley Carter Burden, patrician
1940 Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone, Francois d'Assisif
1939 John Badham, Luton England, director, Dracula, Short Circuit
1939 Liselot Beekmeyer, actress, Issue Blum
1938 Frederick Forsyth, author, Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File
1935 David Canary, Elwood, Indiana, actor, Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza
1935 Lones Wigger, Great Falls Mont, shooter, Olympic-gold/silver-1964, 72
1934 John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert, Dr. No
1934 Valery F Bykovsky, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Vostok V, Soyuz 22, 31/39
1934 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Politician
1933 Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama
1933 Wayne Shorter, rocker, Weather Report
1932 Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov, Russia, cosmonaut
1931 Regis Philbin, host, Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
1930 Ariana CE Amsberg, Dutch publicist/actress, Aside, Sekstant
1930 Graham Javis, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie-Mary Hartman
1930 Page Johnson, West Virginia, actress, Passages from Finnegan's Wake
1930 Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, James Bond
1928 Karl Korte, composer
1927 Althea Gibson, Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event
1923 Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host, Lets Make a Deal
1923 Dorothy Dunnett, Scottish Novelist
1922 Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer/song writer/programmer
1921 Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife
1920 Jef Diederen, Dutch painter
1919 George C Wallace, Clio Ala, gov-D-Ala, President candidate
1919 George C. Wallace, American Politician
1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story
1918 Richard Greene, Plymouth England, composer/actor, Adv of Robin Hood
1917 Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet
1917 Mel Ferrer, born in New Jersey, actor in television, film and theater, film director and film producer
1916 Erich Von Stroheim, Jr., actor and director, Napoleon, Sunset Blvd
1916 Frederic Robbins, U.S. bacteriologist
1916 Van Johnson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Brigadoon, always wore red socks
1915 Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist, Beaux Arts Trio
1914 Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer, Princess Zondilda
1913 Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator, Pogo
1912 Erich Honecker, Germany, President, East Germany
1911 Jacopo Napoli, composer
1910 J B Charles, Willem H Nagel, criminologist/writer
1910 Pierre Musy, born in Switzerland, 4-man bobsled 1936 Olympics gold
1909 Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn
1909 Michael Rennie, England, actor, Robe, Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still
1909 Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer, Dames, 42nd Street
1908 Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist
1908 Philip Coolidge, Concord, Massachusetts, actor, I Want to Live, Tingler
1907 Desmond Flower, publisher
1906 Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician, CDU
1906 Mollie Panter-Downes, writer
1905 Clara Bow, Brooklyn, actress, Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships
1905 Undine Smith Moore, composer
1903 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst, Uses of Enchantment
1902 Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer, Zeus and Elidco
1901 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director, Tivoli
1900 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher
1897 Jaroslav Ridky, composer
1896 Dick Ryan, CT, actor, For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad
1891 Alberto Savinio, Andrea de Chirico, Italian writer/composer
1891 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer
1891 Samuel Gardner, composer
1887 Friedrich Lubke, German politician
1887 Olav Fartein Valen, composer
1887 Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer
1880 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard
1860 George Fawcett, U.S. actor, Intolerance
1851 [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands
1846 Louise J Gautier, French poet
1845 Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria, 1864-86
1841 Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist, Nobel 1909
1836 Bret Harte, U.S., author, Outcasts of Poker Flat
1825 Henry Warner Birge, Major General Union volunteers
1823 John Newton, Major General Union volunteers
1819 Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
1812 Percival Drayton, Captain Union Navy
1811 Joseph Dana Webster, Major General Union volunteers
1800 Thomas Babington, British Poet
1796 James Lick, American Celebrity
1788 Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist, Language of the Constitution
1786 [Charles] Louis I, Augustus, King of Bavaria, Lola Montez
1775 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro
1758 Franz Teyber, composer
1744 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet
1724 George Stubbs, England, animal painter, House Frightened by Lion
1718 Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer
1664 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent
1530 Ivan IV, the Terrible, 1st tsar of Russia, 1533-84
1076 Philippe Comtois, born in Montreal, Quebec, 3m springboard diver 1996 Olympics
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