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1994 Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca
1989 Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake
1978 Nikki Cox, actress, Unhappily Ever After
1978 Justin Long, American Actor
1976 Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer, Menudo-Cannonball
1976 Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter 1996 Olympics
1976 Josef Marha, born in Havl-brod, Czechoslovakia, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche
1976 Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska 1997
1975 Dontae' Jones, NBA forward for the Boston Celtics
1975 Sally Newmarch, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
1974 Tammy Holmes, born in Berkeley, California, female outfielder, Colorado Silver Bullets
1973 Jayantha Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995
1972 Brad Ottis, tackle for the Arizona Cardinals
1972 Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback for the Chicago Bears
1972 Renee Heiken, Peoria, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1994 Florida Women's Open
1972 Wayne Brady, American Comedian
1972 Wentworth Miller, English Actor
1971 Martin Suji, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup
1971 Steve Brooks, WLAF tight end, Frankfurt Galaxy, London Monarchs
1970 Andy McCollum, NFL center/guard for the New Orleans Saints
1970 Eric Riley, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves
1970 Marty Mcinnis, Weymouth, NHL left wing for the New York Islanders
1970 Mike Kelly, born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Raymond Kelly, baseball player, outfielder, attended Arizona State University, played outfield for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, won Golden Spikes Award, 1991
1970 Randy Fuller, NFL defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1969 David Wheaton, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star, 1987 U.S. junior boys
1969 Kurt Abbott, Zanesville, Ohio, infielder for the Florida Marlins
1967 Mike Evans, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals
1967 Mike Stanton, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox
1967 Randy Hilliard, NFL cornerback for the Denver Broncos
1965 Mark Waugh, cricketer, twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia
1965 Steve Waugh, cricketer, twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia
1963 Brian Harvey, baseball umpire, NL
1963 Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables, Florida, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Jamaica
1963 Tim Balmer, Milwaukee Wis, Canadian Tour golfer, Bermuda Open-1990
1962 Darnell Coles, baseball player
1962 Laura Witvoet, Alberta Canada, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning-52nd
1961 John Cameroon, guitarist, 'Claw Boys Claw'
1961 Kerry Junna-Saxby, Australian 10k walker, Olympics-15th-1992, 96
1960 Tony Hadley, rock vocalist, Spandau Ballet-True
1959 Charlie Huddy, Oshawa, NHL defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres
1959 Lydia Lunch, U.S. singer/poet, Teenage Jesus, Jerks
1958 Lex Lugar, Larry Pfohl, born in Atlanta, Georgia, wrestler, WWF/WCW/NWA
1956 Mark L Polansky, Paterson, New Jersey, pilot/astronaut
1955 Dennis Haysbert, San Mateo California, actor, Code Red
1955 Gary Grimes, SF, actor, Summer of '42, Class of '44
1954 Michael Steele, rocker, Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian
1953 Craig Robert Stadler, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, Masters 1982
1953 Cornel West, American Educator
1952 Gary Bettman, American Businessman
1951 Larry Clark Robinson, NHL defenseman, Mont Canadiens, Norris-77, 80
1951 Steve Brookins, rocker, .38 Special
1950 Joanna Gleason, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Morgan-Hello Larry
1950 Toni Alessandrini, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Vice Academy Part 2
1950 Antone Chubby Tavares, rocker, Tavares
1948 Albert Innaurato, Philadelphia, playwright/director, Age in Soho
1948 Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor, Beaver-Leave It To Beaver
1947 Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
1946 Roger Freed, baseball player
1944 Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker for the Miami Dolphins
1944 Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line
1944 Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics
1943 Charles Haid, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Andy Renko-Hill St. Blues, Altered States
1943 John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA
1943 Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, D66
1942 Marie Cheatham, Oklahoma, actress, Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light
1941 Charlie Watts, drummer, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar
1941 Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist, Green Gulch Zen Center
1941 Stacy Keach, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1941 William Guest, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight Show
1940 Christopher Bernau, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Guiding Light
1940 Constantine II, deposed King of Greece, 1964-73
1940 Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman, New York Yankees
1940 Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
1939 Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist, War
1938 Frits Wols, Eugene W Wong Loi Sing, Suriname, Secretary-General, UNESCO
1938 Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger, New York Yankees
1937 Jimmy Jones, born in Birmingham, Alabama, African-American rocker, singer, songwriter, performed with doo-wop group The Berliners, wrote 'Handy Man' recorded by the Sparks of Rhythm
1936 Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress, M*A*S*H, Back to School
1936 Vladimir Golubnichy, U.S.S.R., 20K walker, Gold Medals 1960, 1968 Olympics
1934 Johnny Carter, U.S. singer, Give your baby a standing ovation
1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader, Tony Orlando, Marie
1933 Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
1932 Barry Levinson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, director, Rainman
1932 Sammy Turner, Patterson, New Jersey, singer, Lavender Blue Moods
1932 Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovyanov, cosmonaut
1931 Larry Jackson, baseball player
1930 Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., born in Philadelphia, USN/astronaut, Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2
1929 Alcides Lanza, composer
1929 Frederic Devreese, composer
1929 Willaim Brown, television executive
1929 Norton Juster, American Architect
1928 John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher
1927 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera
1927 Phillip Burton, historian, Vanishing Eagles
1926 Milo O'Shea, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet
1923 Del Simmons, rocker, Captain Beefheart
1922 Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic, Comicos
1921 Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman
1920 Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist
1920 Yolande Donlan, born in New Jersey, actress, Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess
1917 Max Showalter, born in Caldwell, Kansas, actor/composer, Stockard Channing Show
1916 Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor, NYC, WNBC
1915 Lester del Rey, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars
1915 Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
1915 Walter Tetley, born in New York City, animation voice, Sherman-Bullwinkle Show
1913 Barbara Pym, romantic author, Very Private Eye
1913 Bert Farber, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone
1909 Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works
1908 Gordon Weir, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37
1907 Dorothy West, U.S. journalist/author, Living is Easy
1904 Johnny Weissmuller, born in Timisoara, Romania, actor 'Tarzan', 100m swimmer, 5 Gold Medals 1924 and 1928 Olympics
1901 Michael Todd, producer, Around the World in 80 Days
1900 David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama
1899 Royal Beal, Brookline, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Salesman
1898 Geo[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer, Les oignons
1894 Erich Romer, Germany, ice hockey player, Olympic-bronze-1932
1891 Ernst Kunz, composer
1890 Hedda Hopper, Elda Furry, Pennsylvania, gossip columnist, From Under My Hat
1883 Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author, Lock of Hair
1879 Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright and poet, Avondvlam
1876 Hakon Borresen, composer
1865 George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent
1864 Ben Webster, born in London, England, actor, Old Curiosity Shop
1863 Paul Felix Weingartner, born in Germany, conductor, Zara, Dalmatia
1858 Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
1857 Edward William Elgar, born in Broadheath, England, composer, Pomp and Circumstance
1857 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, born in Denmark, poet, Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917
1857 Edward Elgar, British Composer
1849 Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist, La femme
1842 Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher
1840 Thomas Hardy, England, poet and novelist, Far from the Madding Crowd
1835 Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1903-14
1831 Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brigadier General, Confederate, Lincoln's brother-in-law
1831 Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer
1830 Olivier Metra, composer
1828 James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer
1821 Ion Bratianu, Lib, premier of Romania, 1876-88
1815 Philip Kearny, Major General Union volunteers
1807 Robert Fuhrer, composer
1806 Isaac Strauss, composer
1803 Michail I Glinka, Russian composer
1802 Adrian van der Hoop, Jr., Dutch poet and critic
1777 Christian Traugott Tag, composer
1759 Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter
1758 Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer
1751 Antoni Weinert, composer
1740 Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer, Justine
1715 Herman-Francois Delange, composer
1624 Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland, 1674-96
1614 Benjamin Rogers, composer
1577 Giovanni Righi, composer
1535 Leo XI, Alessandro O de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1605
1504 George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
1491 Henry VIII, King of England, 1509-47
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