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1975 Raleigh Roundtree, tackle for the San Diego Chargers
1974 Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior
1974 Jeremy O'day, CFL offensive linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts
1974 Jessy Viceisza, Miss Universe-Bonaire 1996
1973 Earl Scott, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals
1973 Priest Lauderdale, NBA center for the Denver Nuggets
1973 Reggie Geary, NBA guard for the San Antonio Spurs
1973 Scott Niedermayer, Edmonton, NHL defenseman for the New Jersey Devils
1972 Chris Tucker, American Actor
1971 Greg Jefferson, NFL defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles
1971 Mike Caldwell, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals
1970 Deborah, Debbie, Gibson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Only in My Dreams
1970 James Robinson, NBA guard, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers
1970 Steve Nikataras, cricketer, left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97
1970 Debbie Gibson, American Musician
1969 Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie, Buffalo Sabres, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics
1969 Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer, Gianni Versache
1969 Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991
1969 Nathan Minchey, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1969 Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks
1968 Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, 1996 Olympics gold
1968 Hideo Nomo, born in Osaka, Japan, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1968 Jennifer Azzi, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold
1968 Jim Bob Howard, Wichita Falls Texas, actor, Flash and Bone
1968 Jolene Watanabe, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Evansville
1967 Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics
1967 Melanie Sullivan, Branford, Connecticut, WPVA volleyballer, National-13th-1994
1966 Jeff Frye, born in Oakland California, infielder for the Boston Red Sox
1965 Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand
1963 Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker, Winger-17
1963 Sonny Silooy, soccer player, Ajax
1962 Wanda Guenette, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer 1996 Olympics
1961 David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland
1959 Rachel Dennison, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5
1959 Tony DeFranco, rocker, DeFranco Family
1958 David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt
1958 Julie Brown, American Actress
1957 Gina Schock, rocker, Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed
1957 Glenn Tilbrook, London, rock vocalist and guitarist, Squeeze-Tempted
1957 Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1955 Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Gold Medals 1976, 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics
1955 Gary Webb, American Journalist
1954 Tula, Barry Kenneth Cossey, England, transsexual, For Your Eyes Only
1954 Robert Kocharian, Statesman
1953 Marcia Clark, Kleks, born in Berkeley, California, LA DA, OJ Simpson Case
1952 Bruce Soboroff, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Buckinghams
1952 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer
1949 Richard Gere, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman
1949 Rick Roberts, rocker, Firefall
1946 Jerome Corsi, American Author
1945 Leonid Ivanovich Popov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7
1945 Van Morrison, British Musician
1945 Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician
1944 Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer, "Supercat", 110 Tests 1966-85
1942 Carole Wells, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1942 Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer, 1983 Hawaiian Open
1941 Emanuel Nunes, born in Lisbon, Portugal, composer, winner of the UNESCO Composition Prize, 1999, won Premio Pessoa, 2000
1941 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host, Paul Meier Show
1940 Alain Calmat, France, figure skater 1964 Olympic silver
1940 Jack Thompson, John Pain, Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant
1939 Jerry Allison, Hillsboro, Texas, rock drummer, Buddy Holly and Crickets
1937 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor, Apart, Because the Cats
1937 Warren Berlinger, Brooklyn, actor, Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two
1936 Marva Nettles Collins, educator, west side preparatory school
1935 Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican
1935 Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager, MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL
1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time
1932 Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show'
1931 Jean Marc Beliveau, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups
1930 Owen B. Pickett, born in Richmond, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1987 - 2001
1930 Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show
1930 Raymond J. Donovan, American Politician
1929 Julio Ramon Ribeyro, writer
1928 James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor, Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven
1928 Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer
1926 Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut, Voskhod 1 backup
1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA
1924 Klaus Hashagen, composer
1924 Buddy Hackett, American Comedian
1924 George Sewell, English Actor
1923 Larry White Grayson, British comedian, Generation Game
1923 Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author
1921 Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist
1920 James Lanphier, New York, actor, Flight of Lost Balloon
1918 Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady
1918 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer
1916 Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist, CBS
1914 Richard Basehart, Zanesville, Ohio, actor, Voyage to Bottom of Sea
1913 Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curaeao, 1951-67
1912 Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone
1912 Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor, Hamlet
1911 Hilde Jarecki, educationist
1908 Lab Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell ouchere, local historian
1908 Peter Conrad Baden, composer
1908 William Saroyan, U.S., novelist/playwright, Time of Your Life
1907 Augustus F. Hawkins, born in Bethesda, Maryland, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1975 and 1975 - 1991
1907 Ramon Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman, U.S. Legion of Merit-1952
1906 Vivienne Byerley, publicist
1905 Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City
1903 Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout
1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank
1900 Roland Culver, born in London, England, actor, Thunderball, Encore
1899 Paul E Garber, U.S. founder/1st curator of National Air and Space Museum
1899 Walter Muller von Kulm, composer
1897 Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946
1897 Marianne Bruns, writer
1897 Fredric March, American Actor
1895 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
1894 Charles Reznikoff, American Poet
1892 Claire DuBrey, Bonner's Ferry ID, actress, Lightnin' in the Forest
1889 A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball
1888 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat, La Obra de Trajano
1887 Friedrich A. Paneth, Austrian/British chemist
1885 DuBose Heyward, novelist, Porgy
1884 George Al Sarton, Belgian/U.S. historian
1880 Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands, 1898-1948
1879 Joshihito, emperor of Japan, 1912-26
1879 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer
1878 Albert Riemenschneider, composer
1874 Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist
1870 Maria Montessori, Italy, educator, spontaneous response
1864 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer
1856 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer
1855 Stefan Surzynski, composer
1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister
1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer, I Lituani
1828 George Leonard Andrews, Major General Union volunteers
1823 Galusha Aaron Grow, MC, Union
1822 Fitz John Porter, Major General Union volunteers
1821 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer
1821 Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist
1811 Goode Bryan, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1811 Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet, Albertus
1775 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer
1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer
1748 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer
1741 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer
1696 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer
1663 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist
1602 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Governor Frederik Hendrik
1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India
161 Lucius A. A. Coomodus, emperor of Rome, 180-91
12 Caligula, Gaius Caesar, 3rd Roman emperor, 37-41 AD
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