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1996 Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, tennis pro, US open final 1993
1981 Cristin Duren, Miss Florida Teen USA, Miss Photogenic-1997
1979 Alita Dawson, Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1997
1979 Julia Schultz, born in San Diego, California, playmate, Feb, 1998
1978 RoRo, Romell Chapman, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation
1975 Agathe Neuner, Miss Germany Universe 1997
1974 Any Lynn Ciccolella, born in Monument, Colorado, Miss America-Colorado 1996
1974 Scott Tunkin, Australian baseball infielder 1996 Olympics
1973 Dean McAmmond, Grand Cache, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers
1973 Matt Stevens, safety for the Philadelphia Eagles
1973 Neil Patrick Harris, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, actor, Doogie Howser MD
1972 Andrew Pettitte, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitcher, New York Yankees
1972 DeWayne Patterson, CFL defensive tackle for the Calgary Stampeders
1972 Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche
1972 Justin C G Leonard, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Anheuser-Busch-3rd
1972 Lianne Bennion, born in Seattle, Washington rower 1996 Olympics
1972 Ramiro Mendoza, born in Los Santos, Panama, pitcher, New York Yankees
1972 Sandy Mccarthy, Toronto, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames
1972 Tony Clark, born in Newton, Kansas, infielder for the Detroit Tigers
1971 Nathan Astle, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs. Zimbabwe 1996
1971 Stuart Howell, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics
1970 Amanda Cromwell, born in Washington D.C., soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics
1970 Janie Eickhoff, born in Long Beach, California, U.S. cyclist 1992 Olympics
1970 Janie Quigley, born in Long Beach, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1970 Zan Tabak, NBA center for the Toronto Raptors
1970 Leah Remini, American Actress
1969 Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly, France, tennis star, 1996 Coopenhagen
1969 Ice Cube, rap singer and actor, Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda
1969 Jesse Belanger, St-georges De Beau, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks
1969 Maurice Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan batsman and 1996 World Cup captain
1969 Sheldon Kennedy, Brandon, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames
1968 Demtra Hampton, born in Philadelphia, model, Garda
1968 Tim Lester, NFL fullback for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1965 Carrie Mitchum, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Donna-Bold and Beautiful
1965 David Bolton, born in Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Lando Mem Amateur
1965 Rick Larsen, American Politician
1964 Courtney Cox, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Family Ties, Monica-Friends
1964 Courteney Cox, American Actress
1963 Helen Hunt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jamie-Mad About You, Twister
1963 Scott Rockenfield, drummer, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence
1961 Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice
1960 Denise Strebig, born in San Bernardino, California, Denise Strebig-Haigh, professional golfer, toured with LPGA 1982-1990, married tour official Kerry Haigh, 1988, played college golf at University of Southern California
1959 Eileen Davidson, born in Artesia, California, actress, Kristen-Days of our Life
1958 Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman, AL bat champ 1985-88
1958 Mac Thornberry, American Politician
1957 Brad Gillis, rock guitarist and vocalist, Night Ranger
1957 Brett Butler, comedian, Grace Under Fire
1957 Clio Goldsmith, born in Paris, France, actress, Gift, Heat of Desire
1956 Ava Cadell, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, Do or Die
1956 Lance Parrish, baseball player
1956 Polly Draper, born in Palo Alto, California, actress, Ellyn-30 Something, Hooters
1955 Julie Hagerty, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Airplane, Princesses
1955 Sally E. Silverstone, born in Walthamstow, England, Co-Captain, Biosphere 2
1955 Tree Rollins, born in Winter Haven, Florida, NBA center, Cleveland Cavaliers
1954 James Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Sat Night Live, Trading Places
1954 Terri Gibbs, born in Augusta, Georgia, blind singer, Somebody's Knockin'
1953 Rita Lee, born in Federic, Wisconsin, playmate, November, 1977
1951 Tom Forzani, CFL wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders
1951 John Redwood, British Politician
1951 Todd Tiahrt, American Politician
1950 Heidi Schuller, born in Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath, 1972
1950 Mark Arnott, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Return of the Secaucus 7
1950 Noddy Holder, rock vocalist and guitarist, Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize
1949 Dusty Baker, baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1949 Michael Lutz, bassist, Brownsville Station
1948 Champ Summers, baseball player
1947 Lee Purcell, born in Cherry Point, North Carolina, actor, Big Wednesday, Mr. Majestyk
1947 Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education
1946 Janet Lennon, vocalist, Lennon Sisters
1946 Jim Varney, born in Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Ernest Goes to Jail, "Hey Vern"
1946 Judy Pace, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Young Lawyers
1946 Ken Henderson, baseball player
1946 Roger Tolchard, cricketer, English keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977
1945 Nicola Pagett, actress, Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade
1945 Rod Argent, born in England, keyboardist, Zombies-She's Not There
1944 Inna Ryskai, U.S.S.R., volleyball player, Olympic-2 gold/2 silver-1964-76
1943 Aron Kincaid, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party
1943 Johnny Halliday, born in Cite Malesherbes, France, Jean-Philippe Smet, actor, singer, 48-year music career, compared to Elvis Presley
1942 Bruce DalCanton, baseball player
1942 Tony Coelho, born in Los Banos, California, Representative-D-California 1979 - 1989
1941 Harry Nilsson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/guitarist, Midnight Cowboy
1940 Willem Frederik Bon, Dutch composer
1938 Billy Williams, baseball player, Cubs
1938 Jean-Claude Eloy, France, composer, Phenix
1937 Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer, Indian keeper in 60's
1937 Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine
1937 Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist, Ramblin' Man
1936 Alexandru Hrisanide, composer
1936 Claude Brasseur, born in Paris, France, actor, Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair
1935 Belinda Lee, born in Devon, England, actress, Who Done It, Runaway Bus
1935 Fernand Schokweiler, British judge
1934 Ruby Nash Cutis, born in Akron, Ohio, rocker, Ruby and The Romantics
1932 Einar K Enevoldson, U.S., Nasa test pilot, X-24B
1932 Mario Cuomo, born in New York City, Gov-D-NY, 1982-94
1929 Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist
1929 Gideon N N Nxumalo, composer
1929 Nigel Pickering, guitarist, Spanky and Our Gang
1927 Hugo Pratt, graphic artist
1926 Jan Carlstedt, composer
1925 Gene Baker, baseball player
1925 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet, Tarumba, Maltiempes
1924 Mohammed Ghazali, cricketer, Pak off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54
1923 Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist, Utflykt
1922 John Veale, composer
1922 Mo Udall, born in St. Johns, Arizona, Representative-D-Arizona 1961 - 1991
1921 Erroll Garner, U.S., jazz pianist, Misty
1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship
1920 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official
1919 Alberto Sordi, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Miser, Taxi Driver in New York
1918 Andreas Donner, Dutch state leader
1918 N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad
1917 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor, Black Lash, Lash of the West
1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times
1916 Herbert Simon, American Scientist
1915 David Rockefeller, American Businessman
1914 Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator
1914 Saul Steinberg, Romania, cartoonist/illustrator, New Yorker
1914 Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st secretary
1913 Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman, Anti-Apartheid
1910 Berend Giltay, composer
1910 David Rose, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper
1906 Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor, Zoelen
1905 James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves
1902 David Brooks, psychologist
1902 Erik H Erickson, psychologist, Existentionalist
1902 Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orchestra
1902 Erik Erikson, Psychologist
1901 John Wesley Work, composer
1901 Peter Shankland, film maker/writer
1900 Otto Clarence Luening, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, composer, Sonority Canon
1900 Paul J Mares, U.S., jazz trumpetist/composer, Farewell blues
1898 Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, organist
1898 Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist
1894 Robert Russell Bennett, born in Kansas City, composer/arranger, Oklahoma!
1893 Jacob HA van Coeverden, boer/edelman
1888 Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things
1888 Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet, La Sangre Devota
1886 Charles Wood, composer
1884 Harry Langdon, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, comic/director, Strong Man
1880 Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi
1878 Eduard R. Verkade, Dutch actor, director and critic, Pygmalion
1875 Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete
1865 L H Perquin, Dutch religious radio speaker
1865 Paul Gilson, composer
1864 Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer
1843 Edvard Hagerup Grieg, born in Bergen, Norway, composer, Bewitched One
1833 Edward Moody McCook, Major General Union volunteers
1821 Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
1815 Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English illustrator, Pickwick Papers
1767 Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew, 1828-37, died 1828
1763 Franz Danzi, composer
1749 George Joseph Vogler, composer
1734 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer
1728 Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer
1638 Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist, The Sun
1636 Johann David Mayer, composer
1623 Cornelis de Witt, Dutch statesman, Chatham
1553 Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands
1542 Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/Vice-Admiral, Roanoke
1330 Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales, 1343-1376
1221 Frederik II, Strijdbare, duke of Austria
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