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1979 Sydne Vogel, born in Anchorage, Alaska, figure skater, 1996 NW Pac Sr champ
1978 Rebecca Loos, English Celebrity
1978 Frank Lampard, English Athlete
1975 Francois Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998
1975 Maurice Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998
1974 Jami Ferrell, born in Munncie, Indiana, playmate, Jan 1997
1972 Jo Roberts, WLAF quarterback, Barcelona Dragons
1972 Jozef Stumpel, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Boston
1972 Juan Castro, born in Sinaloa, Mexico, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1972 Martin Keino, born in Nyeri, Kenya, 1.5k runner
1972 Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996
1971 Rodney Rogers, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers
1971 William Gaines, NFL defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins
1971 Josh Lucas, American Actor
1970 Shay-Oren Smadja, born in Israel, men's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics
1969 Gerald Dixon, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals
1969 Malivai Washington, born in Glenn Cove, New York, tennis star 1996 Olympics
1968 Fred McAfee, NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1968 Garry Howe, WLAF nose tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals
1968 Mike McCarthy, born in Brooklyn, New York, pursuit cyclist, 1988, 1996 Olympics
1967 Joseph William Cathcart, rock guitarist, Nelson-Love and Affection
1967 Pat Jablonski, born in Toledo, NHL goalie, Montreal Canadiens
1965 Michael Landon, Jr., born in Encino, California, actor, Bonanza The Return
1964 Najee Mustafaa, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders
1964 Paul David Goydos, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1994 BC Open-7th
1963 Kirk Baptiste, born in Beaumont, Texas, 200m runner 1984 Olympics silver
1963 Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star
1961 Gary Varsho, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Gary Andrew Varsho, baseball player, outfielder, played for Major League Baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, played in 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series
1961 Karin Enke, born in Dresden, East Germany, speed skater, Gold Medals 1980, 1984 Olympics
1960 Donna Mayhew, born in Taylor, Pennsylvania, javelin thrower
1960 Michael Corbett, born in Collingwood, New Jersey, actor, David-Young and Restless
1960 John Taylor, born in England, rock bassist, Duran Duran-Girls on Film
1960 Adam Schiff, American Politician
1958 Chuck Wagner, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Automan
1958 Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003
1957 Butch Patrick, born in Inglewood, California, actor, Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters
1955 George Radanovich, American Politician
1954 Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce
1954 Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton
1954 Allan Lamb, cricketer, Langebaanweg, Cape Prov, 79 Tests for England
1953 Alan Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rocker, Bay City Rollers
1953 Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92
1953 Cyndi Lauper, born in Brooklyn, singer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1953 Raul Ramirez, born in Ensenada, Baja California, professional Mexican tennis player, in 1976, ranked No. 4 in the world, in 1983, ranked No. 6 in the world in doubles, won 60 doubles titles, 19 singles titles, married former Miss Universe, Venezuelan-born Maritza Sayalero
1952 Jayne Thobois, Noblesville, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-56th
1952 John Goodman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe
1952 Larry Riley, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing
1951 Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack
1950 Lionel Richie, born in Alabama, singer, Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover
1949 Bob Andrews, England, rock keyboardist/vocalist
1949 Paul Shaw, born in Collingwood, Ontario, trap shooter 1996 Olympics
1948 Nigel Morris, rocker, Isotope
1947 Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti
1947 David French, British director, Deep Sleep, Bingo
1946 Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon
1946 Bob Vila, American Entertainer
1945 David Smith Monson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1985 - 1987
1945 James F. Buchli, born in New Rockford, North Dakota, USMC/astr, STS-51C, 61A, 29, 48
1945 John McCook, born in Ventura, California, actor, Codename: Firefox, Bold and Beautiful
1945 Anne Murray, Canadian Musician
1944 Dave Nelson, baseball player
1944 Terry Funk, born in Hammond, Indiana, pro wrestler, WWF/NWA, actor, Paradise Alley
1943 Andy Etchebarren, baseball catcher for the Baltimore Orioles
1942 Brian Wilson, born in Inglewood, California, vocalist, Beachboys-In My Room
1941 Stephen Frears, born in England, dir, Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons
1941 Ulf D Merbold, German physicist/astronaut, STS-9, 42, Soyuz TM-19
1940 John Mahoney, born in Manchester, England, actor, Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out
1939 Budge Rogers, British rugby player
1939 R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s
1938 Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov, composer
1937 Jerry Keller, rocker/actor, If Ever I See You Again
1936 Billy Guy, born in Attasca, Texas, rock baritone, Coasters-Young Blood
1936 Bobby Nunn, rocker, Coasters-Young Blood
1935 Anthony Pilkington, CEO, Pilkington Pic
1935 Len Dawson, American Athlete
1934 Brian Barder, British high commissar, Australia
1934 Rosanna Podesta, born in Tripoli, actress, Helen of Troy
1934 Wendy Craig, born in England, actress, Joseph Andrews
1933 Brett Halsey, born in Santa Ana, California, actress, Paul-Follow the Sun
1933 Claire Tomalin, biographer/editor
1933 Danny Aiello, born in New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Radio Days
1933 Earl of Cranbrook, CEO, Nature Conservancy Council
1933 Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold
1932 Robert Rozjdestvenski, Russian poet, Requiem, Userjoz
1931 Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland
1931 James Tolkan Calumet, born in Michigan, actor, Weekend War, Leap of Faith
1931 Olympia Dukakis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actress, Moonstruck, Cemetery Club
1931 Richard Southwood, zoologist/chancellor, Oxford University
1930 Ellie Rabb, U.S., actor, Fabulous Baker Boys, Extreme Close-up
1930 John Waine, bishop, Chelmsford
1930 Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky, poet
1929 Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert
1928 David Mitchell, British MP
1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party
1928 Martin Landau, born in Brooklyn, actor, Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Ed Wood
1928 Robert Satanowski, composer
1928 Eric Dolphy, American Musician
1927 John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone
1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens
1925 Doris J Hart, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis player, Wimbledon 1951
1924 Audie Murphy, born in Kingston, Texas, WW II hero/actor, Destry, Joe Butterfly
1924 Chet Atkins, born in Luttrell, Tennessee, guitarist, Me and My Guitar
1924 Rainer Barzel, German leader, CDU-CSU, minister
1923 Marcus Bakker, Dutch MP, CPN
1923 Peter Gay, American Historian
1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. Leonard McCoy-Star Trek
1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge
1919 Bruce Gordon, born in London, England, actor, Frank Nitti-Untouchables
1919 Ronald Hines, Dutch/British actor, Pack of Lies
1916 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster/actor, Once in a Lifetime
1916 William Balchin, geographer
1915 Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball
1914 Friedrich Zipp, composer
1913 Aime Cesaire, born in Martinique, Afro-Martinican francophone, educator, poet, author, politician
1911 Gail Patrick, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy
1911 Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals
1909 Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928 - 1946, WICBC president
1909 Errol Flynn, born in Hobart, Tasmania, actor, Captain Blood, Robin Hood
1909 Joan Harrison, screenwriter
1907 Lillian Hellman, playwright, Toys in the Attic, Little Foxes
1906 Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again
1906 Catherine Cookson, born in England, novelist, Bannaman Legacy
1904 Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German Foreign Minister
1903 Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35
1900 Ernest White, composer
1899 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer
1899 Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II
1897 Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. England 1922 - 1923
1894 George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books
1894 Lloyd A. Hall, born in Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry
1892 S M Tretjakow, writer
1890 Giorgio Morandi, Italian Artist
1887 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King'
1887 Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist
1887 Kurt Schwitters, German/British dada-artist/poet, collages
1883 Giannotto Bastianelli, composer
1883 Jules Verstraete, Julien G the Graef, actor, Driestuiversopera
1883 Leah Baird, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Lady Gangster
1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist
1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame
1866 Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, Dutch lawyer/detective writer
1866 Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, egyptologist, Tutanchamon
1864 Worm Pander, sculptor
1861 Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
1858 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor, portraits
1858 Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist
1833 Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter
1824 George E Street, British architect
1824 John Tyler Morgan, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1824 George Edmund Street, English Architect
1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General Union volunteers
1819 Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann
1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist
1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer
1743 Anna L. Barbauld, writer of hymns
1743 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet
1731 Daniel Waters, American Soldier
1730 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer
1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian
1694 Hans A. Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe
1674 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate, Jane Shore, Tamerlane
1647 Johan Georg III, elect of Saxon, 1680-91
1642 George Hickes, English linguistic, Old German Philology
1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy, 1638-75
1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer
1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden
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