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1976 Scott Vermillion, Independence, Missouri, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold
1976 Yazmin Fiallos, Miss Universe-Honduras 1996
1975 Rob Mariano, American Celebrity
1974 Chris Naeole, guard for the New Orleans Saints
1974 Grayson Shillingford, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
1972 Fantasia, Tonya Manley, born in Detroit, Michigan, dancer/actress, Pump it Up
1971 Marlon Forbes, safety for the Chicago Bears
1971 Noel Hogan, musician, Cranberries
1971 Terry Vaughn, CFL receiver for the Calgary Stampeders
1971 Dido Armstrong, British Musician
1970 Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer, opening batsman 1996 World Cup
1970 Ghalid Salamat, soccer player, MVV
1970 Stu Barnes, Spruce Grove, NHL center for the Florida Panthers
1969 Bernhard, Jr., Prince of Netherlands
1968 Corey Widmer, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants
1968 Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker, New York Jets, London Monarchs
1968 Helena Christensen, Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress, Inferno
1968 Jim Dowd, Brick, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks
1968 Scott Bullett, Martinsburg, West Virginia, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs
1967 Kathleen Franey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 1.5k runner
1966 Craig Veasey, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end for the Houston Oilers
1966 Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star
1966 Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet, March, 1991
1965 Dmitri Mironov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Pitts Penguins, Anaheim
1965 Kathleen Luciano, Munich Ger, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-17th-1993
1964 Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1964 Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer, Curtis Cup 1982
1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You
1964 Raymond Libregts, soccer player, MVV
1963 Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen
1962 Dean Cameron, Morrison, Illinois, actor, Herbie-Spencer
1962 Mary Ellen Clark, Abington, Pennsylvania, diver, Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96
1960 Amy Grant, vocalist, That's What Love Is, Baby Baby
1959 Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach 1996 Olympics
1959 Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh, New York, major USAF/astronaut, STS-89
1959 Missy Cleveland, Jackson, Mississippi, playmate, April, 1979
1959 Ton Lokhoff, Dutch soccer player, NAC
1959 Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut
1958 Joop Hiele, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles
1958 Rickey Henderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, baseball player, stolen base king, A's, Yankees
1957 Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer, Wrong Nights
1957 Jillie Mack, Mrs. Tom Selleck/actress, Magnum PI
1957 Shane McGowan, rock vocalist, Pogues-Red Roses For Me
1956 Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani batsman early 80's
1955 Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God
1955 William Andrews, actor, Sealed Cargo
1954 Annie Lennox, Aberdeen, Scotland, vocalist, Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why
1954 Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist and guitarist, UB40-Red Red Wine
1954 Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl
1953 Arnella Flynn, Rome, Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter
1951 Ria Thielsch, Dutch singer, Luv
1950 Manny Trillo, baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
1950 Karl Rove, American Politician
1949 Sissy Spacek, born in Quitman, Texas, Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter
1948 Barbara Mandrell, born in Houston, Texas, singer/TV host, Mandrell Sisters
1948 Merry Clayton, born in Gert Town, New Orleans, singer, actress, sang gospel and soul music, famous for singing with The Rolling Stones' song 'Gimme Shelter' with Mick Jagger
1947 Connie Petracek, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1946 Larry Csonka, NFL running back, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants
1946 Jimmy Buffett, born in Mobile, Alabama, vocalist, Margaritaville
1945 Gary Sandy, Dayton Ohio, actor, Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati
1945 Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback, Oak Raiders, Super Bowl XI
1945 Kenny Everett, British TV personality, Kenny Everett Show
1945 Noel Redding, rocker, The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze
1945 Steve Mancha, Clyde Wilson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Too Many Cooks
1944 Henry Vestine, rock guitarist, Canned Heat-On the Road Again
1944 Rick Berman, Richard, producer, Star Trek Generations
1943 Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress, Love is Colder than Death
1943 Hedley Howarth, cricketer, brother of Geoff, New Zealand lefty spinner 1969-77
1943 Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut, Soyuz T-11 backup
1943 Trevor Lucas, rocker, Fairport Convention
1942 Francoise Durr, France, tennis player, 1976 U.S. indoor Doubles
1942 Mani Kaul, director, Idiot, Nazar, Dhrupad, Duvidha
1941 Don Pullen, pianist/composer
1941 Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author
1940 Frans Moor, Dutch MP, PvdA
1940 Peter Brown, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker
1940 Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto!
1939 Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history
1939 Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1938 David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley
1938 Wibo van de Linde, Dutch TV host/director, Avro
1937 O'Kelly Isley, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, singer, Isley Brothers-Twist and Shout
1936 Alexandra HEOC, English princess/daughter of sir Angus Ogilvy
1936 Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder
1935 Gunter Friedrichs, composer
1934 Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush
1934 Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist
1934 John Ashley, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Clipper-Straightaway
1934 McKinley Mitchell, U.S. gospel/singer, The Town I Live In
1932 Jose Maria Capricorne, Curacaos graphically designer/painter
1932 Peter John Swales, football club chairman
1931 Carlos Castaneda, U.S., writer/mystic, Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within
1931 Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker
1929 Billy Horton, rocker, The Silhouettes-Get a Job
1929 Chris Kenner, born in Kenner, near New Orleans, Louisiana, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, 1961 hit I Like It Like That was on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, song Land of a Thousand Dances was recorded by Patti Smith, and others
1929 Irish McCalla, Pawnee City, Nebraska, actress, Sheena Queen of Jungle
1928 Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat
1927 Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959
1925 Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader
1925 Ossi Reichert, born in West Germany, giant slalom 1956 Olympics gold
1925 Carlos Castenada, Peruvian Writer
1924 Mihaly Vaci, Hungarian poet/politician
1924 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Statesman
1923 Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973
1923 Noel Vandernotte, France, cox, Olympic-bronze-1936
1922 Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, Judge For Yourself
1920 Artur Agostinho, Lisbon Port, actor, Capas Negras, Leao da Estrela
1920 Henry Charnock, oceanographer
1918 Eddie Safranski, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Jonathan Winters Show
1918 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, 1970-81, Nobel 1978
1918 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian Politician
1916 Daniel Devoto, composer
1915 Noelle de Mosa, Netherlands/British dancer/teacher, Brigadoon
1915 Nora Dunfee, actress, Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil
1915 Pete Rugolo, bandleader/arranger, Fugitive
1914 Tony Martin, Alvin Morris, SF, singer, It's a Blue World, To Each
1913 Henri Nannen, journalist
1912 Donald McRae, cricketer, Test for New Zealand, the 1946 debacle vs Australia
1912 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist
1912 Leighton Noble, singer/bandleader
1912 Tony Martin, Oakland Cal, singer, Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love
1912 Werner Fussan, composer
1912 Willian Noel Moffat, architect
1911 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist
1910 David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music
1909 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter
1909 Marguerite Churchill, actress, Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail
1909 Mike Mazurki, Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler, Centerfold Girls
1908 Frank Ferguson, California, actor, Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal
1908 Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert
1908 Jan Seidel, composer
1908 Quentin Crisp, English Writer
1907 Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader, Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball
1907 Cab Calloway, American Musician
1906 Clark M. Clifford, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968 - 1969
1906 Herman J Scheltema, NEM Pareau, Dutch jurist/poet
1906 Lew Grade, British TV mogul, ATV, movie producer, Boys from Brazil
1906 William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank, 1951-70
1906 Clark M. Clifford, American Public Servant
1904 Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist, molecular structure-Nobel 1971
1903 Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer
1903 Corry Lievens, Isabella MJ Adriaens, Flemish actress, Blue Bird
1903 J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor, Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags
1902 Barton MacLane, South Carolina, actor, Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie
1900 Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie
1900 Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano, La Gioconda
1900 W L "Tich" Cornford, cricketer, Sussex keeper played for England 1930
1899 Frank Fergusson, actor, My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place
1899 Humphrey Bogart, born in New York City, actor, Here's looking at you, kid, Casablanca
1899 Raphael Soyer, artist, Depression Scenes in New York City
1898 Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter
1893 Bert Bertram, actor, How to Steal a Million
1893 Fred Hillebrand, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Martin Kane
1893 Ropert L Ripley, Santa Rosa California, cartoonist, Believe It or Not
1892 Rebecca West, Cicely Isabel Fairfield, English author
1891 Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner
1891 Earle Foxe, Oxford, Ohio, actor, Dance Fools Dance
1891 Kenneth A. N. Anderson, British general, Dunkerk, North Africa
1887 Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul, Hilton Hotels
1887 Jacobus W. G. Balfoort, Dutch actor, Bulldog Drummond
1887 John Davidson, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat
1883 Fran Lhotka, composer
1883 Maurice Utrillo, France, painter, Port St. Martin, Montmartre
1881 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager, New York Yankees
1878 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer, America Cup's Enterprise
1878 Louis Chevrolet, American Celebrity
1878 Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman
1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan, 1947, gov, 1947-58
1876 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani Politician
1875 Theodor Innitzer, cardinal and archbishop Vienna
1875 Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for England 1905-06
1868 Eugenie Besserer, Watertown, New York, actress, Jazz Singer
1867 Alfred Kerr, born in Breslau, Silesia, nickname, Culture Pope, writer, essayist, wrote, 'Die Harfe'
1865 Evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general, 1904-34
1863 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer
1859 Raoul Gunsbourg, composer
1855 James Galvin, pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884
1837 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
1832 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General Union volunteers
1831 Johann Herbeck, composer
1829 Patrick S Gilmore, composer
1825 Esteban Salas y Castro, composer
1823 Preston Smith, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1821 Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Massachusetts, nurse/founder, American Red Cross
1821 Clara Barton, American Public Servant
1815 Temistocle Solera, composer
1814 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People
1813 Milledge Luke Bonham, Confederacy
1811 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz
1808 Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander Union Navy
1775 Antun Sorkocevic, composer
1771 Dorothy Wordsworth, born in Cumberland, England, author, diarist, poet, sister of William Wordsworth, romantic poet
1765 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer
1763 Claude Chappe, French engineer, optical telegraph
1750 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer
1728 Johann Adam Hiller, composer
1721 William Collins, Chichester England, Mayor-Chichester, poet
1717 Pius VI, Giovanni A Braschi, Italy, Pope, 1775 - 1799
1711 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer
1698 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator
1686 Giovanni Battista Somis, composer
1646 Harald Vallerius, composer
1628 Noel Coypel, French painter
1624 Angelus Silesius, Johann Scheffler, German mystic, St. Seelenlust
1601 Jose Ximenez, composer
1583 Orlando Gibbons, English composer, O Clap Your Hands, baptized
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