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May 7, 1987 Katie Danza, daughter of Tony and Tracy Danza
May 7, 1977 Marko Milic, NBA guard for the Phoenix Suns
May 7, 1976 Nicholas Butcher, born in Los Angeles, California, field hockey midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics
May 7, 1975 Jason Tunks, London Ontario, discus thrower 1996 Olympics
May 7, 1974 Scott Whittaker, center/tackle for the Oakland Raiders
May 7, 1974 Breckin Meyer, American Actor
May 7, 1973 Dameian Jeffries, NFL defensive end for the New Orleans Saints
May 7, 1973 Kristian Lundin, record producer
May 7, 1972 Chris Hayes, safety for the New York Jets
May 7, 1972 John Holecek, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
May 7, 1972 Vince Stewart, WLAF defensive tackle, Barcelona Dragons
May 7, 1971 Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
May 7, 1971 Dave Karpa, Regina, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
May 7, 1971 Jose Munoz, WLAF offensive tackle for the Rhein Fire
May 7, 1971 Rondell Jones, NFL safety, Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens
May 7, 1970 Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
May 7, 1970 Mark Smith, born in Pasadena, California, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles
May 7, 1969 Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984
May 7, 1969 Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer 1996 Olympics
May 7, 1968 Joe King, NFL safety for the Oakland Raiders
May 7, 1968 Traci Lords, American Actress
May 7, 1966 Anderson Cummins, cricketer, in Packer's Valley Barbados and WI quickie
May 7, 1966 Kamal Ahmed, American Comedian
May 7, 1965 Reuben Davis, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers
May 7, 1965 Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer
May 7, 1964 Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end, San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Rams
May 7, 1964 Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Neth writer, Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd
May 7, 1964 Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back, San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers
May 7, 1962 Robbie Knievel, daredevil, son of Evel, Chips Something Special
May 7, 1961 Linda Somers, Bitburg, Germany, U.S. marathoner, Olympics-31st-96
May 7, 1960 Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
May 7, 1959 Michael E Knight, Princeton, New Jersey, actor, Date with Angel, All My Child
May 7, 1959 Robin L Freeman, St. Charles, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Northern Telecom-3rd
May 7, 1959 Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astro, STS 40, 52, 67, 80
May 7, 1957 Shauna McDonald Brown, TV producer
May 7, 1957 [Christopher St. John] "Sinjin" Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, volleyballer 1996 Olympics
May 7, 1956 Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman
May 7, 1956 Anne Dudley, English Composer
May 7, 1955 Peter Reckell, Elkhart, actor, Days of our Lifes
May 7, 1954 Candice S. Miller, American Politician
May 7, 1952 Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless
May 7, 1952 Derek Taylor, rocker, Let it Be, Beatles Anthology
May 7, 1951 David Whitton, campaigner
May 7, 1951 Robert Hegyes, New Jersey, actor, Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter
May 7, 1950 Janis Ian, [Fink], New York City, rock vocalist, At 17, Society's Child
May 7, 1950 Prairie Prince, rocker, Tubes
May 7, 1950 Tim Russert, American Journalist
May 7, 1949 Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth, England, playmate of the year, Jan, 1972
May 7, 1949 Stuart Marshall, director, Desire
May 7, 1948 Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor, Methos-Highlander
May 7, 1946 Bill Danoff, Springfield Massachusetts, vocalist, Starland Vocal Band
May 7, 1946 Bill Kreutzmann, drummer, Grateful Dead
May 7, 1946 Richard L Brodsky, U.S. lawyer/NY State Assemblyman, D, 1983-
May 7, 1945 Robin Strasser, New York City, actress, Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World
May 7, 1945 Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP, CDA
May 7, 1944 Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
May 7, 1944 John Heard, actor, Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big
May 7, 1944 Sivi Aberg, actress, Batman TV show
May 7, 1943 Christopher Taylor White, rocker
May 7, 1943 Peter Horak, jetboat jumper
May 7, 1943 Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker, Brian Poole and Tremeloes
May 7, 1941 Grahame Bilby, cricketer, two Tests NZ vs. England 1966
May 7, 1940 Armando Krieger, composer
May 7, 1940 John Irvin, actor, Moment in Time
May 7, 1940 Angela Carter, English Novelist
May 7, 1939 Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist, What Becomes of Broken Hearted
May 7, 1939 Johnny Maestro, New York rock vocalist, Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge
May 7, 1939 Marco St. John, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Rayford-Ball Four
May 7, 1939 Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers, director Dutch/CDA-premier, 1982-94
May 7, 1939 Volker Braun, writer
May 7, 1939 Sidney Altman, Canadian Scientist
May 7, 1938 Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer 1956 Olympics bronze
May 7, 1936 Cornelius Cardew, composer
May 7, 1935 Kevin O'Connor, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Bogie, Special Effects
May 7, 1934 Ben Smith, born in Atlanta, Georgia, PGA golfer, Ralphs Senior Classic-4th
May 7, 1934 Donald Russell Holler, composer
May 7, 1934 Heinz Marti, composer
May 7, 1934 Willard Scott, weatherman, Today
May 7, 1933 Johnny Unitas, NFL QB, Baltimore Colts, San Diego, one of the greats
May 7, 1932 Hans Boskamp, [Johan HG Hoelscher], actor/producer, Oh My Papa
May 7, 1932 Pete Domenici, American Politician
May 7, 1932 Jenny Joseph, English Poet
May 7, 1931 Gene [Rodman] Wolfe, U.S., sci-fi author, Soldier of Arete
May 7, 1931 Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education, VVD
May 7, 1931 Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer, Put Another Nickel In
May 7, 1931 Gene Wolfe, American Writer
May 7, 1930 Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut
May 7, 1930 Horst Bienek, German poet
May 7, 1929 Dick Williams, baseball player, manager, including Seattle 1986-87
May 7, 1929 Sally L Smith, educator/founder, Lab School of Wash
May 7, 1928 John Ingle, actor, Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital
May 7, 1928 Marvin Mitchelson, attorney
May 7, 1927 Jim Lowe, Springfield, Massachusetts, DJ, WNEW, "King of Trivia"
May 7, 1926 Val Bisoglio, New York City, actor, Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME
May 7, 1923 Anne Baxter, Michigan City, Indiana, actr, Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel
May 7, 1923 Pete V. Domenici, Sen-R-NM, 1973-
May 7, 1922 Darren McGavin, Spokane, Washington actor, Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182
May 7, 1921 Gale Robbins, Chic, actress, Fuller Brush Girl, Mr. Hex
May 7, 1919 Eva, Evita, Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress
May 7, 1919 Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman
May 7, 1918 Argeliers Leon, composer
May 7, 1917 Daniel Gilles, Belgian writer
May 7, 1917 David Tomlinson, Scotland, actor, Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter
May 7, 1917 William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert
May 7, 1912 Paul H F Brenneker, Neth/Antillian photographer/folklorist
May 7, 1909 Edwin H Land, inventor, instant photography, Polaroid,
May 7, 1909 Edwin H. Land, American Inventor
May 7, 1909 Ricardo Sanchez, American Soldier
May 7, 1908 Ed MacDonald, actor, Mysteries of Chinatown
May 7, 1908 Wouter Paap, composer
May 7, 1907 Jef van Durme, composer
May 7, 1903 Basil Nield, judge/politician
May 7, 1902 Sal Gliatto, baseball player
May 7, 1901 Gary Cooper, Montana, actor, 2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon
May 7, 1901 L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ U.S. Secretary of HEW, 1956-58
May 7, 1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
May 7, 1900 Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author, Earste Keur
May 7, 1900 Ralph Truman, born in London, England, actor, Web of Evidence
May 7, 1898 Vera Chapman, writer
May 7, 1897 Kitty McKane, England, tennis, Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24
May 7, 1892 Archibald MacLeish, Glencoe, Illinois, polit essayist/poet/dramatist, JB
May 7, 1892 Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80
May 7, 1892 Archibald McLeish, American Poet
May 7, 1890 Billy House, Minnesota, actor, Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I
May 7, 1887 Henri Pourrat, French writer, Gaspard of the Montagnes
May 7, 1885 George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile, New York, actor, In Old Santa Fe, El Paso
May 7, 1883 Gino Roncaglia, composer
May 7, 1883 Martin Albertz, German theologist, Church Jesus Christ
May 7, 1882 Willem Elsschot, [Alfons J de Ridder], Flemish writer, Mend
May 7, 1873 Clarence Dickinson, composer
May 7, 1867 Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, Hope of Blessing
May 7, 1866 Cornelis J K van Aalst, president, Dutch Trading Company
May 7, 1847 Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery, Lib, British Prime Minister, 1894-95
May 7, 1845 Jacob van Stolk Azn, timber merchant/art collector
May 7, 1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer, 1812 Overture
May 7, 1836 Joseph Cannon, American Politician
May 7, 1833 Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby
May 7, 1832 Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, Neumann-functions
May 7, 1827 Francis Engle Patterson, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1862
May 7, 1826 Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady, Confederacy, died in 1905
May 7, 1812 Robert Browning, born in London, England, poet, Pied Piper
May 7, 1803 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
May 7, 1795 Gerhard M. Roentgen, industrialist, founder dockyard Fijenoord
May 7, 1776 Daniel Berzsenyi, [Hungarian Horatius], Hungarian poet
May 7, 1774 William Bainbridge, American Soldier
May 7, 1769 Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
May 7, 1763 Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
May 7, 1754 Joseph Joubert, French Writer
May 7, 1711 David Hume, Scottish Philosopher
May 7, 1704 Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
May 7, 1700 Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist
May 7, 1574 Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope, 1644-55
May 7, 1530 Louis I Conde, French prince/leader of hugenots



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