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1981 Amy Lee, American Musician
1979 Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA, Miss Congeniality-1997
1975 Matt LeCroy, Anderson, South Carolina, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze
1975 Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand 1996
1974 Chris Lewis, CFL safety for the Calgary Stampeders
1973 Christie Clark, Louisiana, actress, Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life
1973 Shandon Anderson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz
1972 Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
1972 GiGi Gordon, Butler, Pennsylvania, Miss America-Pennsylvania 1997
1971 Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1971 Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
1971 Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts
1970 Basit Ali, cricketer, exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-
1970 Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence, Rhode Island, Miss America-RI 1996
1970 George Van Os, Jr., born in Houston, Texas, team handball left back, 1996 Olympics
1970 Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, born in Dayton, Ohio, 400m hurdler, won 1996 Olympic bronze
1969 Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998
1969 Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward, Detroit, Silver Medals 1998 Olympics
1968 Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player, VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem
1968 Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star, 1992 Taipei
1967 Chris O'Loughlin, born in Los Angeles, California, fencer 1996 Olympics
1967 Deborah Driggs, born in Oakland California, playmate, Mar, 1990
1967 Jamie Foxx, comedian, In Living Color
1967 Jenn Thompson, New York City, actor, Dee-Harper Valley PTA
1967 Mike Mordecai, Birmingham, Alabama, infielder, Atlanta Braves
1967 Scott Zolak, NFL quarterback for the New England Patriots
1965 Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino California, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets
1962 Karen Witter, California, actress, Tina-One Life to Live, playmate, Mar, 1982
1961 Gary Zimmerman, NFL tackle, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32
1960 Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades California, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics
1960 Richard Dent, defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles
1959 John Whitaker, Van Nuys California, actor, Family Affair, Snowball Expr
1959 Marianne Gravatte, born in Hollywood, California, playmate of year, Oct, 1982
1958 Clark Brandon, New York City, actor, Fast Food
1958 Dana Strum, Washington D.C., rock bassist, Slaughter-Stick it Live
1958 Lynn-Holly Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Ice Castles
1957 Steve Buscemi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, studied at Lee Strasberg Institute, known for role of Carl Showalter in 'Fargo', Mr. Pink in 'Reservoir Dogs', cast member of 'The Sopranos'
1956 Dale Berra, baseball infeilder, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees
1956 Phillip Gregory Hubbard, born in Canton, Ohio, basketball 1976 Olympics gold
1955 Steve Forbert, born in Meridian, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, wrote 1980 hit 'Romeo's Tune', compared to Bob Dylan
1954 John Anderson, born in Apopka, Florida, country singer and actor, Lone Wolf McQuade
1953 Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Dunhill Cup
1953 Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman, Living Daylights
1953 Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnast, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics
1952 John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4
1951 Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor, Strike it Rich, King Lear
1950 Davey O'List, rocker, Roxy Music
1950 Heather North, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Barefoot Executive
1950 Wendie Malick, actress, Just Shoot Me
1950 Thomas Vilsack, American Politician
1949 Nana Alexandria, U.S.S.R., International Woman's Chess Grandmaster, 1976
1949 R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, U.S., sci-fi author, Damiano's Lute, Raphael
1949 Randy Owen, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music
1949 Tom Verlaine, Miller, Mount Morris, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Television
1949 Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
1948 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist, Steely Dan-Deacon Blues
1948 Kathy Garver, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Cissy-Family Affair
1948 Lillian Board, England, 400m, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics
1948 Ted Nugent, born in Detroit, guitarist, Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees
1947 Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2
1943 Arturo Ripstein, director, El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot
1943 Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher, Red Sox
1942 Anna Eshoo, American Politician
1941 Anouska Hempel, Forbes New Zealand, actress, Tiffany Jones
1941 John Davidson, Pitts, TV host, Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible
1940 Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress, Parsifal, L'Adolescente
1940 Steve Harmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts
1939 Clive Brain, educationalist
1938 Alvin Curran, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, professor at Mills College, co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva, using electronic and environmental found sounds
1938 Tom Shaw, Wichita, Kansas, PGA golfer, 1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic
1938 Tony Gomez, rocker, Foundations
1937 Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor, OK, Professor Columbus
1935 Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA
1935 Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth
1934 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive
1930 Genevieve Page, actress, Day and the Hour
1930 Robert Prosky, Philadelphia, actor, Christine, Sergeant Jablonski-Hill St. Blues
1929 Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor, Doctors' Hospital
1929 Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House
1928 W Gordon Smith, playwright
1926 Carl Erskine, baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers
1925 Dick Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, actor, Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show
1925 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar
1924 Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleveland Indians
1923 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member, PSP
1922 Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Polish pianist, Chopin
1920 Don Taylor, Freeport, Pennsylvania, actor, Father's Little Dividend
1920 Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist, Signifier and the Signified
1920 George P Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State, 1982 - 1989
1920 Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos, Pathet Lao, 1991-92
1920 George Schultz, American Public Servant
1917 Dave Street, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/singer, Broadway Open House
1915 Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa, 1966-77
1915 Mark Stevens, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town, Martin Kane
1915 Ross MacDonald, detective novelist, Goodbye Look
1915 Kenneth Millar, American Writer
1914 Alan L Bullock, British historian
1914 George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor, Land Without Music, Guv'nor
1914 Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Jolson-Jolson Story
1914 Alan Bullock, British Historian
1913 Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ, 1952-60
1913 Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People
1913 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian
1911 Kenneth Patchen, U.S., poet and novelist, Cloth of the Tempest
1910 Lillian Roth, Rutstein, singer and actress, Animal Crackers
1910 Van Heflin, born in Walters, Oklahoma, actor, Great Adventure, Madame Bovary
1908 Victor Babin, composer
1906 Ingemar Liljefors, composer
1906 Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist
1903 Carlos Montoya, born in Madrid, Spain, guitarist, Suite Flamenco 1966
1903 Jewgeni Petrow, writer
1903 John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, official war painter
1903 Ella Baker, American Activist
1902 Paul Kurzbach, composer
1902 Talcott Parsons, U.S. sociologist
1901 Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory
1901 John Wijga, painter/illustrator
1900 Jonel Perlea, composer
1900 Norman Foster, born in Richmond, Indiana, actor, Skyscraper Souls
1899 Harold Guinzburg, publisher, founder of Literary Guild
1899 Yusef Greiss, composer
1898 Daniel Lazarus, composer
1897 Drew Pearson, born in Evanston, Illinois, newscaster, Drew Pearson
1893 Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor, Enemy Below, Longest Day
1892 Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder, Polygoon
1890 Marc Connelly, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, playwright, One Minute Please
1889 Clarence Loomis, composer
1886 Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer, martial law
1877 Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer
1874 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist, Die antike Kunst
1871 Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian
1871 Russell W. Porter, Vermont, explorer, Alaska
1871 Emily Carr, Canadian Artist
1865 Gustav Luders, composer
1863 Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar
1860 Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director, l'Odeon
1858 Jakab Gyula Major, composer
1853 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter
1850 G. F. Grace, cricketer, brother of W G
1850 Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer
1844 John Atkinson, Irish Judge
1843 George Stephanescu, composer
1838 Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer
1835 Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer, Little Town of Bethlehem
1819 Edwin George Monk, composer
1818 Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady, 1861-65
1816 Clement Claiborne Clay, MC, Confederacy
1816 E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor
1810 Clark Mills, U.S., sculptor, Freedom, Armed Liberty
1804 Joseph Howe, Canadian Politician
1797 Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist, Schubert, Liszt
1770 John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
1740 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer
1732 Jean-Claude Trial, composer
1724 Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist
1585 William Drummond, Scottish Poet
1553 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France, 1572/89-1610
1533 Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden, 1560-69
1521 Sixtus V, Felice Peretti/"Montalto", bishop of Fermo/Pope, 1585-90
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