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1978 Kyoko Iwosoki, born in Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics
1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002
1977 Allison Wagner, 200m/400m medley swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver
1977 Sarah Biasini, daughter of actress Romy Schneider
1975 Mike Sellers, CFL defensive end for the Edmonton Eskimos
1975 Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer, Test pace bowler
1974 Andrea L'Huillier, Miss Universe-Chile 1996
1973 Ali Landry, Louisiana, Miss Universe-USA 1996
1973 Stephen Clarke, born in Sutton Coldfield, England, Canada swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics Bronze
1973 Steve Taneyhill, WLAF quarterback for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1972 Dennis Military man, soccer player, Sparta/Vitesse
1972 Joe Rudolph, NFL guard for the Philadelphia Eagles
1972 Kimera Bartee, born in Omaha, Nebraska, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers
1972 Lilach Parisky, born in Israel, Women's foil fencer, 1996 Olympics
1972 Martin Miller, CFL safety for the BC Lions
1972 Shinjiro Otani, wrestler, NJPW
1970 Bryce Florie, born in Charleston, Florida, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1970 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, New Haven, Conn, rower, Olympics-5th-1996
1968 Brandi Chastain, born in San Jose, California, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1968 Christian Perthaler, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998
1968 Dina Ammaccapane, Bayport, New York, LPGA golfer, 1994 Sara Lee Classic-4th
1968 Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals
1968 Lyle Odelein, Quill Lake Sask, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Montreal
1968 Robert Anthony Gamez, born in Las Vegas Nevada, PGA golfer, 1990 Nestle
1967 Lance Painter, Bedford England, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
1967 Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star
1966 Larisa Neiland, born in Lvov, Ukraine, tennis star, 1996 Essen winner
1965 Mike Bordick, born in Marquette, Michigan, infielder for the Oakland A's
1964 Susan Swift, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Chisholms
1962 Ike Eisenmann, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Scott-Fantastic Journey
1961 Don Wilson, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions
1961 Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver for the Washington Redskins
1961 Jim Martin, born in Oakland California, rock guitarist, Faith No More-Real Thing
1960 Lance Guest, Saratoga California, actor, Lance-Lou Grant
1960 Matt Mulhern, Philadelphia, actor, Biloxi Blues
1959 Stuart Young-Black, born in Cheshire, England, Canadian equestrian 1996 Olympics
1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor, SNL, League of their Own, Critic
1956 Michael Connelly, American Author
1955 Henry Preistman, rocker, Christians-Harvest the World
1955 Tacho Ocheriski, singer, Putting on the Ritz
1953 John Salazar, American Politician
1952 Robin Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Mork and Mindy, Awakenings
1951 Diana Dennis, born in Portland, Oregon, body builder, Women Physique World
1951 Doug Collins, U.S., basketball player 1972 Olympics silver
1951 Slick Watts, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic
1950 Larry Tolbert, rock drummer, Raydio
1949 Ludmila Smirnova, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skater 1972 Olympics silver
1948 Art Hindle, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, actor, Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers
1948 Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist, Doonesbury
1947 Cat Stevens, Yusaf Islam, rock vocalist, Peace Train, Father and Son
1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while
1947 Jimmy Duncan, born in Lebanon, Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1988 -
1947 Wendell Burton, born in San Antonio, Texas, actor, Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show
1946 Barry "Bean" Whitwam, rocker
1946 Zbigniew Kaczmarek, born in Poland, lightweight 1976 Olympics gold
1946 Ken Starr, American Lawyer
1946 Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer
1945 Alton Maddox, New York black activist/attorney, Tawana Brawley case
1945 Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa
1945 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler, 1974-80
1945 Leigh Lawson, born in Atherston, England, actress, Fire and Sword, Charlie Boy
1944 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian/English writer, Price of Bride
1944 Paul Wellstone, born in Washington, D.C., Senator-D-Minnesota 1991 - 2002
1944 Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder
1943 David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House
1943 Edward Herrmann, born in Washington D.C., actor, Day of the Dolphin, Reds
1943 Jerry McGee, born in New Lexingon, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1975 Pensacola Open
1942 Fred Hetzel, NBA star, SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks
1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter
1942 Patricia Elliot, born in Gunnison, Colorado, actress, Renee-Empire, One Life to Live
1941 Jim Bates, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1991
1940 Jim Clyburn, born in Sumter, South Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1993 -
1939 John Negroponte, American Diplomat
1938 Anton Emil Kuerti, composer
1938 Janet Reno, U.S. attorney general, 1993-
1938 Les Aspin, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1971 - 1993, Secretary of Defense 1993 - 1994
1935 Julian Pettifer, English TV-host
1935 Kaye Stevens, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania singer/comedienne, Jerry Lewis Show
1934 Chandu Borde, cricket batsman, 55 Tests for India 1959-67
1934 Edolphus Towns,born in Chadbourn, North Carolina, Representative-D-New York 1983 -
1934 Jonathan Miller, British Entertainer
1933 Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously
1933 John C Gardner, scholar/writer, Grendel, Sunlight Dialogues
1931 Leon Schidlowsky, composer
1930 Gene Alec Littler, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, 1961 U.S. Open
1928 John B. Keane, Irish Playwright
1927 Stefan Niculescu, composer
1926 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner
1926 Karel Reisz, director, Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain
1926 Norman Jewison, director, Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All
1925 Al Checco, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Extreme Close-up
1925 Lovro Zupanovic, composer
1924 Don Knotts, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company
1923 Henny Alma, Hendrika den Broek, Dutch actress, Soldier of Orange
1923 Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian Scientist
1922 Kay Starr, born in Dougherty, Oklahoma, singer, Rock and Roll Waltz, Club Oasis
1920 Constantly, A Nieuwenhuys, painter, Uprising of Homo Ludens
1920 Isaac Stern, born in Kreminiecz, Russia, violinist, debut San Francisco Symph
1920 Manuel Valls Gorina, composer
1915 Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross
1915 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist
1915 Maurice Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1914 Philippe Aries, French historian
1911 Jozef Cyrankiewicz, premier Poland, 1947..70
1911 Marshall McLuhan, born in Canada, writer, Medium is the Massage
1909 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, Egyptologist
1907 Ross Alexander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Boulder Dam, Captain Blood
1906 Daniel Ayala Perez, composer
1905 Diana Trilling, writer
1903 Theodore Karyotakis, composer
1902 Belcampo, Herman P Schonfeld Wichers, Dutch writer
1901 Allyn Joslyn, born in Milford, Pennsylvania, actor, They Won't Forget, Cafe Society
1899 Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled..., Nobel 1954
1899 Hart Crane, U.S., poet, Bridge
1898 Ernest Willem Mulder, composer
1898 Sara Carter, Virginia, vocalist and guitarist, Carter Family
1896 Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer, Venitienne
1895 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain, 1927-31
1895 Ken Maynard, born in Texas, cowboy/actor/producer, Bigfoot
1893 Hans Fallada, writer
1892 Anton Schnack, German writer/poet
1892 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam
1888 Jacques Feyder, Frederix, Belg/French actor and director, Anna Christie
1886 John-French Cantre, Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist
1885 Frances Parkinson Keyes, novelist, Dinner at Antoine
1865 Robert Kahn, composer
1864 Frances Folsom Cleveland, 1st lady, 1885-89, 93-97
1863 C[harles] Aubrey Smith, born in London, England, actor, Prisoner of Zenda
1857 A S C Wallis, Adele South Carolina von Antal-Opzoomer, Dutch writer
1856 Harry A. P. Eyres, British diplomat, Constantinople, Albania
1856 Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st U.S. woman architect
1832 Henrietta Marie Morse King, cattlewoman
1828 John Rutter Brooke, Major General Union volunteers
1826 James Gillpatrick Blunt, Major General Union volunteers
1822 Ludwig Theodore Gouvy, composer
1821 Vasile Alecsandri, born in Romania, poet/ Foreign Minister/diplomat
1817 John Gilbert, painter/illustrator
1817 Joseph K Barnes, Major General Union Army
1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service
1815 Stewart Van Vliet, Major General Union Army
1810 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist
1804 Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery
1802 David Hunter, Major General Union volunteers
1797 Franz Schoberlechner, composer
1779 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer
1762 Willem GF Bentinck, Dutch earl/politician/organist
1758 Elizabeth Hamilton, author, Cats: A Celebration
1748 Louis-Henry Paisible, composer
1693 Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st duke of Newcastle, English minister of finance
1676 Anthony Collins, English philosopher, A discourse on free-thinking
1664 Matthew Prior, English poet
1620 Jean Picard, French astronomer
1515 St. Philippus Nerius, Philippo Neri, Italian merchant/priest
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