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1979 Chris H E Smith, Daddy Mack, Atlanta, rapper, Kris Kross-Warm it Up
1976 Emma Bunton, British Musician
1975 Shannon Kavanaugh, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, Ivory Soul
1974 Andre Kirwan, CFL receiver for the Toronto Argonauts
1974 Hollis Thomas, defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
1973 Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player, NEC, SCH
1973 Glenn Robinson, born in Gary, Indiana, NBA forward, Milw, Olympics gold 96
1973 Travis Davis, NFL strong safety, NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars
1972 Thomas Lewis, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants
1971 Guylaine Cloutier, Levis QUE, 100m breaststroke swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1971 Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star
1970 Cameron MacKenzie, Australian 100m/200m/400m 1996 Olympics
1970 Deon Figures, NFL cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1970 James Wilson, WLAF defensive end for the Rhein Fire
1969 Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever
1969 Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher 1996 Olympics
1968 Lyle Menendez, New York, accused of killing his parents, Menendez Brothers
1968 Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end for the Amsterdam Admirals
1967 Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine, Sound of Motown
1967 Micky Michelle, Ingrid Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine
1967 Trini Alvarado, actor, Frighteners
1965 James Washington, NFL safety, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins
1965 Nathan, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret
1964 Karen Josephson, Bristol, Connecticut, synchronized swimmer 1992 Olympics gold
1964 Krista Tesreau, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings
1964 Sarah Josephson, Bristol, Connecticut, synchronized swimmer 1992 Olympics gold
1963 Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Treffers
1963 Mark Pryor, American Politician
1962 Jim Lindeman, U.S. baseball outfielder for the New York Mets
1961 Evan Handler, New York City, actor, Dear Mr. Wonderful
1961 Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid
1961 Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist
1961 Bill Shuster, American Politician
1959 Chandra Cheesborough, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 4X100 runner, Olympics gold 84
1959 Don Letts, rocker, Big Audio Dynamite
1959 Kirk and Curtwood, musician, Meat Puppets
1958 Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist
1957 Robert Thompson, born in Houston, Texas, Nike golfer, 1990 Boise Open-2nd
1957 Greg Walden, American Politician
1955 Luci Martin, rocker vocalist, Chic
1955 Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions
1953 Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer, over 15 wins
1953 Pat Benatar, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Hell Is for Children
1952 Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist, Motels-Only the Lonely
1951 Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown, Ohio, model, Price is Right
1950 Cyril Neville, rocker, Neville Brothers
1950 Roy Blunt, American Politician
1949 George Foreman, born in Houston, Texas, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1973 - 1974, 1995
1949 Teresa Graves, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Laugh-in, Get Christie Love
1949 Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84
1948 Cyril Neville, U.S. singer/percussionist, Neville Bros-Yellow Moon
1948 Donald Fagen, born in Passaic, New Jersey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Steely Dan-Peg
1948 William Sanderson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner
1947 George Alec Effinger, U.S., sci-fi author, Nick of Time
1946 Alexis Nihon, Jr., Bahamas, wrestler 1968 Olympics
1946 Aynsley Dunbar, rocker, Journey, Jefferson Starship
1946 Bob Lang, rock bassist, Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders
1945 Rod Stewart, born in London, singer, Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy
1942 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 Jim Croce, Philadelphia, rock vocalist, Time in a Bottle
1942 Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice
1940 Harry Gant, NASCAR driver
1939 Bill Toomey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, decathelete, Olympics gold 68
1939 Sal Mineo, New York City, actor, Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause
1939 David Horowitz, American Writer
1938 Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
1938 Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer, Mont Canadians
1938 Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire, Twigden PLC
1938 Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman, San Francisco Giant #44
1938 Donald Knuth, American Scientist
1936 Al Goldstein, American Publisher
1935 Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic
1935 Ronnie Hawkins, Arkansas, rocker, The Band-Who Do You Love?
1935 Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
1934 Leonard Boswell, American Politician
1933 Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan
1933 Len Coldwell, cricket bowler, England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64
1933 Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
1931 Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP
1931 Ron Galella, celebrity photographer, sued by Jackie O
1931 Peter Barnes, English Playwright
1930 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
1930 Roy E Disney, CEO, Disney
1928 Donald Brooks, fashion designer, Emmy 1983
1928 Wallace Berry, composer
1927 Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer and actress, Your Hit Parade
1927 Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer, Cry
1927 Lee Philips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ellery Queen
1924 Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
1924 Max Roach, born in North Carolina, American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer
1923 Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
1921 Rodger Ward, American Celebrity
1920 Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor, Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way
1917 Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1915 Dean Dixon, born in Zug, Switzerland, conductor
1914 Claude Gallimard, France, publisher
1914 Polly Rowles, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Aunt Laurie-Jamie
1913 Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia, 1975 - 1989
1913 Haywood Frank Henry, sax player
1911 Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong
1910 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
1910 Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi
1910 Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1909 Grace Mitchell, educator
1909 Rudolf Kubin, composer
1908 Bernard Lee, born in London, England, actor, M in James Bond movies
1908 Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor, Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse
1904 Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
1904 Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz
1903 Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress, Rescued by Rover
1903 Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1903 Jens A. Schade, Danish writer, Schadebogen, Losses Hojsang
1901 Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic
1898 Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director, Alexandr Nevski,
1897 Albert Moeschinger, composer
1894 Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director, Obsession, The Bad Seed
1892 Dumas Malone, Mississippi, historian, Jefferson and His Time
1891 Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1891 Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant
1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up
1890 Ernest Milton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three
1888 Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist, Fair Folks
1888 Grock, born in Switzerland, clown
1887 Robinson Jeffers, U.S., poet/playwright, Tamar and Other Poems, Medea
1886 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer
1884 James Philip Dunn, composer
1883 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, Pjotr Peroyj,
1883 Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl
1883 Francis X Bushman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, silent film actor, Ben Hur
1882 Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor, Fatal Hour
1880 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer, Short Cause
1880 French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1880 Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director
1880 Manuel Azana y Diaz, PM/president of 2nd Spanish republic, 1936-39
1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor, elecrostatic precipitator
1876 Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1873 Howard Chandler Christy, American Artist
1871 Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria
1867 Gerhard Anschutz, German MP
1864 George Washington Carver, American Scientist
1858 Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist, Cheerful Blatter, Simplicissimus
1855 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, History of the Dutch People
1854 Peter Gast, composer
1843 Frank James, American Criminal
1834 John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie
1825 Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer, Major General Union Army
1815 Thomas Williams, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1814 Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer, Victorian Observer
1797 A V Droste-Hulshoff, writer
1780 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist
1778 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, naming plants and animals
1769 Michel Ney, French marshal, Waterloo
1768 James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
1766 Louis Massonneau, composer
1760 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer
1747 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter, lead the Green Mtn Boys
1701 Johann Caspar Simon, composer
1683 Gasparo Visconti, composer
1644 Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
1638 Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer
1635 Willem Brakel, Frisian theologist, Reasonable religion
1628 Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, Jan Maet, seascape painter
1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God
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