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1985 Charlie Simpson, British Musician
1981 Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete
1981 Larisa Oleynik, American Actress
1978 Adrienne Frantz, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach
1976 Cassidy Rae, Clarmont, Florida, actress, Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa
1976 David Diaz, born in Chicago, Illinois, light welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics
1975 Allen Iverson, NBA guard for the Philadelphia 76ers
1974 Jason Caswell, born in Winnipeg Manitoba, Skeet shooter 1996 Olympics
1974 Mahesh Bhupathi, born in India, tennis pro
1974 Ahmed Best, American Actor
1973 Napoleon Kaufman, NFL running back for the Oakland Raiders
1973 Robert Barr, NFL tackle for the Seattle Seahawks
1972 Jeff Burris, NFL cornerback/punt returner for the Buffalo Bills
1972 Karl Urban, New Zealander Actor
1971 Terrell Buckley, NFL cornerback for the Miami Dolphins
1970 Andrei Kovalenko, Gorky Rus, NHL right wing, Mont Canadiens, Edmonton
1970 Chad Fann, NFL tight end, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers
1970 Mike Modano, born in Livonia, Michigan, NHL forward, Team USA, Dallas Stars
1969 Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics
1969 Mark Sohn, born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, gymnast 1996 Olympics
1968 Adam Walker, NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers
1968 Melissa Coombes, born in San Gabriel, California, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets
1967 Sarah Malin, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Stephane Prescott-Another World
1967 Terance Mathis, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
1967 Dave Navarro, American Musician
1966 Dan Payne, CFL tackle for the Toronto Argonauts
1966 Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1966 Stephane Richer, Ripon, NHL right wing for the New Jersey Devils
1965 Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007
1964 Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt New Zealand, 5k/10k 1996 Olympics
1964 Graeme Labrooy, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91
1963 Steven David Rintoul, born in Bowral, Australia, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-2nd
1962 Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center, Cleveland Rockers, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics
1962 Paddy McAloon, rocker, Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good
1959 Mike Pence, American Politician
1958 Christopher Marcantel, born in Smithtown, New York, actor, Chip-Nurse, Loving
1958 Francesca Thyssen, born in Lugano, Switzerland, baroness
1958 O+>, Prince, Rogers Nelson, Minnesota, rocker/actor, 1999, Purple Rain
1958 Phillipe Boccara, born in Le Mans, France, U.S. sprint kayak 1996 Olympics
1958 Prince, American Musician
1957 Neal Radford, cricketer, Zambia England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88
1956 Robert Dover, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze
1955 Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup
1955 Joey Scarbury, born in Ontario, California, singer, Greatest American Hero
1955 William Koch, U.S. skier, World Cup 1982
1954 Lui Passaglia, born in Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker for the BC Lions
1954 Louise Erdrich, American Writer
1953 Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history
1952 Liam Neeson, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Schindler's List, Les Miserables
1952 Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature
1951 Anne Twomey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker
1949 Jack Ryland, rock vocalist, Three Dog Night
1947 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain, New York Yankees
1946 Bill Kreutzmann, Jr., born in Palo Alto California, drummer, Grateful Dead
1946 Jenny Jones, born in Canada, comedienne, Jenny Jones Show
1946 Terry Gale, born in Wyalkatchem, Washington, Australasia golfer
1945 Deborah Tannen, American Sociologist
1944 Bill Rafferty, born in Queens, New York, comedian, Laugh-In, Real People
1944 Clarence White, guitarist, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!
1944 Townes Van Zandt, born in Texas, singer and songwriter, Kathleen, Loretta
1944 Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of China
1943 Ken Osmond, actor, Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver
1943 Mel Levine, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1993
1943 Nikki Giovanni, poet, LHJ Woman of the Year 1973
1942 Anneke Gronloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer, Burning Sand
1941 Jaime Laredo, born in Bolivia, violinist, Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959
1941 Michael Pennington, actor/author, Return of Sherlock Holmes
1940 Tom Jones, born in Pontypridd, Wales, singer, What's New Pussycat
1938 Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent
1938 Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete
1937 Neeme Jarvi, born in Tallinn, Estonia, conductor, Estonia Opera 1971
1937 Red Grooms, American Artist
1934 Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist
1934 Samuel Lipman, music critic
1933 Henk E. Koning, Dutch sect of Finances, VVD
1933 Herb Score, pitcher, Cleveland Indians
1931 Lang Jeffries, born in Ontario, Canada, actor, Skip-Rescue 8
1931 Virginia McKenna, actress, Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba
1930 Ian Leggat, cricketer, 1 Test vs. South Africa 1953-54 without distinction
1929 John Turner, born in Richmond, England, L, 17th Canadian PM, 1984
1928 Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian
1928 Charles Louis Strouse, composer
1928 Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals
1928 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
1928 James Ivory, producer/director, Howard's End, Remains of the Day
1927 Martin Carter, poet and critic
1926 Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show
1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning
1925 Pieternella "Nel" van Arem, Dutch actress, Sea Gull
1924 Dolores Gray, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actress, Designing Woman, Kismet
1923 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion
1922 Hubert Du Plessis, composer
1920 Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party
1918 Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister, health and environment
1917 Gwendolyn Brooks, U.S. poet, Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950
1917 Dean Martin, born in Steubenville, Ohio, singer and actor, with Jerry Lewis
1913 Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist
1912 Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York
1911 Franz Reizenstein, composer
1911 Silas Roy Crain, singer/arranger/songwriter
1909 Jessica Tandy, London, actress, Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included
1909 Peter W. Rodino, born in Newark, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council
1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer, Memoires d'Hadrien
1900 Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros
1899 Elizabeth Bowen, born in Dublin, novelist, Death of the Heart, Encounters
1897 George Szell, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Metropolitan 1942-45
1896 Robert Mulliken, U.S., chemist/physicist, Nobel 1966
1896 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess, Power of Women
1891 Athos Palma, composer
1891 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician, SDAP/AJC/PvdA
1887 William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily
1886 Henri Coanda, Romanian Inventor
1885 Percy Brier, composer
1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News
1879 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer, Thule
1874 Theodor Streicher, composer
1873 Landon Ronald, composer
1867 Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer
1865 Guido Gasperini, composer
1848 Paul Gauguin, French post-impressionist painter
1846 Wladyslaw Gorski, composer
1845 Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist
1843 Susan Elizabeth Blow, U.S., pioneered kindergarten education
1840 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico, 1864-67
1833 Alexander Ritter, composer
1829 Eduard F. W. Pfluger, German physiologist, Breathing Quotient
1825 Richard D. Blackmore, England, author, Norie, Lorna Doone
1812 Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1811 James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician, used chloroform
1778 George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, born in London, England, English dandy
1770 Earl of Liverpool, C, British Prime Minister, 1812-27
1736 Karl Frieberth, composer
1730 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer
1619 Paulus Voet, Dutch jurist/historian
1502 Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
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