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1977 Lindsay Lee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Woodlands TX
1975 Chad Green, born in Dunkirk, New York, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze
1974 Atilla Buday, born in Budapest, Hungary, Canadian canoeist 1996 Olympics
1974 Josh[ua] Crosby, born in Manchester, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics
1974 Karim Abdul-Jabaar, running back for the Miami Dolphins
1973 Alberto Berastegui, born in Spain, tennis star
1973 Brian Maisonneuve, born in Detroit, Michigan, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Ingrid Seynhaeve, born in Brussels, Belgium, model, Look of the Year 1991
1972 Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player, Tonegido, Sparta
1972 Eric Johnson, CFL linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts
1972 Jerry Colquitt, WLAF quarterback for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1972 Kelly Wiltshire, CFL defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts
1972 Marvin Jones, NFL linebacker for the New York Jets
1972 Ryan Fujita, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998
1971 Aileen Quinn, born in Yardley, Pennsylvania, actress, graduate of Drew University, noted for playing title role in 1982 film, Annie
1971 Bobby Hurley, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings
1971 Gary Downs, NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
1971 Greg Evans, NFL/WLAF safety, Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy
1971 Greg Keagle, born in Corning, New York, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
1971 Jeff Cothran, NFL fullback for the Cincinnati Bengals
1971 Kenny Cunningham, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, defender, won 70 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team
1970 Mushtaq Ahmed, cricketer, prodigious Pakistani leggie 1990-
1970 [Jack] Stephen Burton, Indianapolis, actor, Chris-Out of this World
1970 Steve Burton, American Actor
1969 Danielle Brisebois, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2
1969 Tichina Arnold, born in Queens, actress, Ryan's Hope, Sharla-All My Children
1967 Anthony Smith, NFL defensive end for the Oakland Raiders
1967 Matt Karchner, born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, pitcher, Chicago White Sox
1966 Andrew Lang, NBA center, Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks
1966 John Cusack, born in Chicago, actor, Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead
1966 Mary Stuart Masterson, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Some Kind of Wonderful
1966 Mike Bellamy, WLAF receiver for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1965 Michele Timms, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury, Olympics-1988, 96
1964 Bryan Barker, NFL punter for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1964 Stephanie Maynor, born in Chester, England, golfer, 1995 PING Welch's-13th
1964 Susan Mascarin, born in Detroit, Michigan, tennis star
1963 Allen Pitts, CFL slot back for the Calgary Stampeders
1963 Andy Cousin, rocker, All About Eve-All About Scarlet and Other Stories
1962 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, born in Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics
1961 Jay Schroeder, NFL quarterback, Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Raiders
1961 Jeff Malone, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Miami Heat
1960 John Elway, NFL quarterback, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32
1959 Brian Roberts, American Businessman
1958 Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker, Curiosity, Here I Go Again
1958 Sergei Shakrai, U.S.S.R., figure skater 1980 Olympics silver
1957 Georgi Purvanov, Bulgarian Statesman
1955 Mitch Addock, born in Macon MS, Nike golfer, 1992 BC Open-11th
1955 Nikolai Simyatov, U.S.S.R., nordic skier, Olympic-3 golds-1976
1954 Alice Krige, born in South Africa, actress, Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller
1954 Ava Barber, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country singer, Lawrence Welk Show
1952 Pietro Mennea, Italian runner, 200m world record
1950 Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach 1996 Olympics bronze
1949 Don Baylor, born in Texas, baseball player, Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP
1948 Kathy Bates, born in Memphis, Tennessee, academy award winning actress, Misery
1947 Mark Helprin, U.S. writer
1946 Bruce Davison, born in Philadelphia, actor, Captain Wyler-Hunter, Willard, High Risk
1946 Gilda Radner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, SNL, Haunted Honeymoon
1946 John "Mike" Lounge, born in Denver, Colorado, astr, STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35
1946 Robert L Asprin, U.S., sci-fi writer, Thieves World, Cold Cash War
1946 Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer
1946 Robert Asprin, American Author
1945 Dave Knights, born in London, rock bassist, Procol Harum-Conquistador
1945 Jane Harman, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-California 1993 - 1999 and 2001 -
1945 Jane Harman, American Politician
1943 Bobby Harrison, born in England, rock drummer, Procol Harum-Conquistador
1943 Ed Pastor, born in Claypool, Arizona, Representative-D-Arizona 1991 -
1942 "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party
1942 Jim Kolbe, born in Evanston, Illinois, Representative-R-Arizona 1985 - 2007
1942 Sjoukje Dijkstra, born in Holland, figure skater 1964 Olympic gold
1940 Muhammad Yunus, Economist
1938 Leon Panetta, born in Monterey, California, Representative-D-California 1977 - 1993
1936 Major Owens, born in Collierville, Tennessee, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 2007
1936 Major R. Owens, American Politician
1936 Major Owens, American Politician
1934 Roy Gilchrist, cricketer, volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s
1934 Carl Levin, American Politician
1933 Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, composer
1930 Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer
1929 Don Dubbins, born in Brooklyn, actor, Enchanted Island, Fix
1928 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist
1928 Peter Heine, cricketer, solid South African fast bowler in 1950's
1928 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor
1928 Harold Evans, British Journalist
1928 Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat
1928 John S. Bell, Irish Physicist
1927 Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian
1926 Mel Brooks, born in New York City, comedian/actor and director, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs
1926 Robert Shelton Shapiro, journalist
1925 Giselher W. Kleber, German, opera, composer, Die Rauber
1924 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host
1923 Lloyd Labeach, born in Panama City, 100m/200m runner, Olympic-bronze-1948
1922 Terje Stigen, Norwegian author, Det siste paradiset
1921 P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India, 1991-
1918 Bert Schierbeek, Lambertus, Dutch writer/poet, Cross Roads
1918 William Whitelaw, British Politician
1917 Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer and actor, My Fair Lady
1914 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player
1914 Lester Raymond Flatt, born in Tennessee, bluegrass, Earl-Ballad of Jed Clampett
1913 George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer, Serf, John Socman
1912 Audrey Langford, singing teacher
1912 Carl F von Weiszacker, German physicist/philosopher
1912 Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
1909 Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music
1909 Eric Ambler, London, suspense writer, Epitaph for a Spy
1909 French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist
1908 James L Reinsch, media-adviser, Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy
1907 Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, La civilisation du phoque
1906 Maria Goeppert Mayer, U.S. atomic physicist, Nobel 1963
1906 Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator
1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian
1905 Ashley Montague, English Scientist
1904 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer
1903 Alan Bunce, born in Westfield, New Jersey, actor, Albert-Ethel and Albert
1902 Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics
1902 Richard Rodgers, born in Hammels Station, New York, composer, Rodgers and Hammerstein
1900 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham
1897 Jacobus J E Hondius, graphic artist
1895 Kazimierz Sikorski, composer
1894 Lois Wilson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Alice-Aldrich Family
1893 Luciano Gallet, composer
1893 Nils Bjorkander, composer
1892 Edward H Carr, born in England, historian, History of Soviet Russia
1891 Esther Forbes, American Author
1889 Frank Mayo, silent screen actor, Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters
1888 George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman
1887 Boleslav Vomacka, composer
1886 Joe Cox, cricketer, South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series vs. England
1885 Berthold Viertel, writer
1885 Giuseppe Mule, composer
1879 Sigurd von Koch, composer
1874 Oley Speaks, composer
1873 Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist, Nobel 1912
1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer, 6 Characters-Nobel 1934
1867 William Courtleigh, born in Guelph, Ontario, actor, Eyes of Youth, Madame X
1865 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist, Remarkable Stories
1853 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer
1852 Hans Huber, composer
1847 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer
1844 John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish Poet
1831 Joseph Joachim, born in Kittsee, Germany, violinist, Hungarian Concerto
1825 Richard ACE Erlenmeyer, German chemist, Erlenemyer kolf
1824 Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center
1824 William Tatus Wofford, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1816 Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Minister Foreign Affairs, 1852-53
1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham
1812 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter
1808 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican
1806 Napoleon Coste, composer
1787 Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces
1734 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer
1712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession
1703 John Wesley, English Clergyman
1586 Paul Siefert, composer
1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter, Circumcision
1550 John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator
1547 Cristofano Malvezzi, composer
1490 Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal
1476 Paul IV, Giampietro Caraffa, inquisition/Pope, 1555-59
1367 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia











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