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1979 Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1997
1977 Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star
1976 Andrea Barber, actress, Kimmy Gibbler-Full House
1976 Henry Olonga, cricketer, 1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer vs. Pak 1995
1976 Shane Lynch, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer, Boyzone
1975 Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois 1997
1975 John Hargis, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 100m butterfly 1996 Olympics
1975 Keri Houlihan, actress, Molly-Our House
1974 Jamie Feick, NBA forward for the Milwaukee Bucks
1973 Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman, Vancouver Canucks
1973 Devin Bush, NFL strong safety for the Atlanta Falcons
1973 Fred Rodriguez, born in Bogota, Colombia, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1972 Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North Vancouver BC Canada, 470 yachter 1996 Olympics
1972 Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire
1971 Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals
1970 Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback for the London Monarchs
1970 Teemu Selanne, born in Helsinki, Finland, NHL right wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
1970 Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
1969 Elan Carter, born in Nutley, New Jersey, playmate, June, 1994
1968 Jeff Phillips, born in Westwood, New Jersey, actor, Hart Jessup-Guiding Light
1968 Teppo Numminen, born in Tampere, Finland, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes
1967 Amy Van Horne, actress, Carla Solieto-The City
1966 Moises Alou, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder for the Montreal Expos
1966 Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1965 Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles
1965 Bobby Gage, born in Winsted, California, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th
1965 Dan Land, NFL cornerback and safety for the Oakland Raiders
1965 Greg Vaughn, born in Sacramento, California, outfielder, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres
1965 Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler, NJPW
1965 Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears
1965 Connie Nielsen, Danish Actress
1964 Gary Ryan, rocker, Blackhearts
1964 Joe Hamorski, born in Peru, Indiana, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th
1964 Louis Clark, NFL receiver, Seattle, WLAF coach for the Amsterdam Admirals
1964 Pia Reyes, born in Manila, Philipines, playmate, Nov, 1988
1964 Warren Newson, born in Newnan, Georgia, outfielder for the Texas Rangers
1964 Yeardley Smith, American Actress
1963 Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali
1963 Tracey Emin, English Artist
1962 Hunter Tylo, model, Pantene, actress, Bold and Beautiful
1962 Taylor Dayne, New York, vocalist, Tell it to My Heart
1962 Thomas Gibson, actor, Dr. Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope
1962 Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor, Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman
1961 Liz Stewart, born in San Francisco, California, playmate, July, 1984
1961 Vince Clarke, born in Basildon, Essex, rock keyboardist, Erasure
1960 Jack Daugherty, baseball player
1959 Andreas Wisniewski, born in Berlin, West Germany, actor, Living Daylights
1959 Stephen Pearcy, born in Los Angeles, California, heavy metal vocalist, RATT-Round and Round
1959 Stoyan Deltchev, born in Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnast, 1980 Olympics gold
1959 Julie Burchill, British Journalist
1958 Aaron Tippin, born in Pensacola, Florida, singer, You've Got to Stand for Something
1958 Robert Foth, born in Buffalo, New York, air rifle, Olympics-1988, 92, 96
1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas
1957 Faye Resnick, author, Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary
1957 Laura Branigan, born in Brewster, New York, vocalist, Gloria
1956 Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
1956 Montel Williams, TV talk show host, Montel
1955 Julia Lyndon, born in Buffalo, New York, playmate, August, 1977
1955 Matt Keough, baseball player, Oakland A's, New York Yankees
1955 Mike Corby, born in Windsor, England, rocker, guitarist, keyboard player, member of The Basbys
1955 Neil Clar, rock guitarist, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
1953 Alynne Beth Amkraut, born in Amityville, New York, entertainer
1953 Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher, California Angels
1952 Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker
1952 Alan Autry, NFLer for the Green Bay Packers/actor, Heat of the Night
1952 Wasim Raja, cricketer, bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat and leggie
1951 Jean-Claude Duvalier, Papa Doc, deposed Haitian president-for-life
1951 Richard Hadlee, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, cricket bowler, 431 wickets
1951 Jean Claude Duvalier, Haitian Statesman
1950 Damon Harris, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rocker, Temptations-My Girl
1950 Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer pace bowler, 1975-89
1949 Jan Smithers, born in North Hollywood, California, actress, Bailey-WKRP
1949 Susan Penhaligon, born in Manilla, Philippines, actress, Dracula, Nasty Habits
1948 Paul Barrere, rock vocalist and guitarist, Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes
1948 Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music
1947 Betty Buckley, born in Big Springs, Texas, actress, Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats
1947 Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities
1945 Iain MacDonald-Smith, born in England, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics
1945 Michael Cole, born in Madison, Wisconsin, actor, Pete-Mod Squad
1945 Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons
1944 Paul Young, actor, Another Time Another Place
1943 Gary Waldhorn, actor, To the Camp and Back
1943 Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group
1943 Norman E. Thagard, born in Marianna, Florida, MD/astronaut, STS-7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir
1942 Kurtwood Smith, born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, actor, Rambo III, Robocop
1941 Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer, Kathapurushan, Mathulikal
1941 Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
1940 Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940 Fontella Bass, born in St. Louis, Missouri, vocalist, Rescue Me
1940 Heather Steel, British judge
1940 Lance Larson, U.S., 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics silver
1940 Lamar Alexander, American Politician
1939 Jay Tarses, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor and writer, Open All Night, Duck Factory
1938 Shin Geum Dan, born in North Korea, 400m/800m runner, 1962 world record
1937 Tom Stoppard, born in Czechoslovakia, playwright, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-1968 Tony
1936 Anthony Lester, CEO, Runnymede Trust
1936 Eric Russell, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60s
1935 Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita, New Mexico, astronaut, Apollo 17
1935 John Swan, raised in Deepdale, Bermuda, politician, United Bermuda Party, Premier of Bermuda 1982 - 1985
1935 Jack Schmitt, American Astronaut
1932 Richard Scaife, American Businessman
1931 Andres Burnier, criminologist/author, Jongensuur
1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orchestra 1968
1930 Pete Fountain, born in New Orleans, jazz clarinetist, Lawrence Welk 1957-59
1929 Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal, Diplomatic Corps
1928 Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer, Poellenberg Inheritance
1928 John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
1927 Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect, Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik
1927 Ken Russell, England, director, Tommy, Altered States, Gothic
1926 Johnny Coles, trumpeter
1926 Joseph M. Gaydos, born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1968 - 1993
1925 Michael Oliver, cardiologist
1924 Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner, Allen and Overy
1924 Sellapan Ramanathan, Statesman
1923 Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw and Cavendish, worked for sick and disabled
1923 Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
1923 William Mills, painter
1922 Art Fowler, baseball player
1922 Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter, Africa, Antilles
1922 Francois Reichenbach, French director, La douceur du Village
1922 Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
1921 Susan Peters, Spokane, Washington, actress, Random Harvest, Young Ideas
1920 John Ayers Lessard, composer
1920 Louise Allbritton, born in Oklahoma City, actress, Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret
1918 Lord Mulley, British MP, Labour
1917 Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
1913 Dorothy Kilgallen, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, What's My Line?
1913 Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
1913 William Deakin, warden, St. Anthony's College Oxford
1912 Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
1911 Joe Hardstaff, Jr., cricketer, son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England
1910 Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
1910 Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1909 Earl Butz, born in Indiana, served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon and Ford administrations
1909 Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
1909 Stavros Niachos, born in Greece, shipping magnate, Those Fabulous Greeks
1908 Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer, Vertigo
1908 M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer
1907 Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32
1907 Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism
1906 Francis Steegmuller, U.S., biographer, Cocteau
1906 George Sanders, Russia, actor, All About Eve-Academy Award 1950
1906 Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
1903 Jean du Bela, Simon Buytekant, singer and actor, Chaste Susanna
1902 Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket lefty pace bowler, 1932-33, later knighted
1900 John Mason Brown, born in Louisville, Kentucky, critic, Tonight on Broadway
1899 Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer
1899 Otto Reinhold, composer
1896 Doris Lloyd, actress, Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah and Son
1895 Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer
1893 Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
1892 Wilhelm Rettich, composer
1886 Francis Carcopino, French author/critic, L'Homme Traque
1886 Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
1883 Alfred Korzybski, born in Poland, scientist, Science and Sanity
1883 Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika
1883 Moses Leverock Crossley, U.S. bio-chemist
1881 Leon Errol, Australian actor, Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!
1880 Carl Schuricht, composer
1879 Philippe Gaubert, composer
1878 George M. Cohan, actor/singer, Phantom President, Give My Regards to Broadway
1875 Ernst F. Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1874 Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka New Zealand, Maori political/cultural leader
1872 Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam, 1901-19
1871 W. H. Davies, born in Newport, Monmouthsire, Wales, poet, writer, related to actor, Sir Henry Irving, cared for by paternal grandparents, wrote, 'The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp'
1871 Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
1870 Richard B. Bennett, C, 11th Canadian PM, 1930-35
1862 Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
1860 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist
1860 William Wallace, composer
1855 Piotr Maszynski, composer
1854 Leos Janacek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czechoslovakia, composer, Foster Suite
1852 Theodore Robinson, American Artist
1850 Alfredo Kiel, composer
1846 Achilles Alferaki, composer
1828 John Austin Wharton, Major General Confederate Army
1819 Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
1814 Janis Cimze, composer
1802 Joseph Labitzky, composer
1796 Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija,
1794 Eberhard F. Walcker, German organ builder, Paulskirche Frankfurt
1793 John Claire, England, poet
1738 John Singleton Copley, Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist
1731 Samuel Huntington, Gov-Ct, Continental Congress president
1729 George Leonard, American Lawyer
1728 Robert Adam, architect/designer, Adelphi Terrace, London
1687 Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet, Abraham the Patriarch
1683 Edward Young, English poet, Revenge, Complaint
1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain
1423 Louis XI, King of France, 1461-83
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