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1983 Joseph Mazzello, actor, Internal Affairs
1981 Nicole Richie, American Actress
1980 Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue, New York, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics
1976 Adrian Olivo, Arlington, Virginia, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics
1976 Jana Kandarr, tennis star
1973 Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star
1972 Alicia Rickter, born in Long Beach, California, playmate, Oct, 1995
1972 Brooke Bushnell, born in Los Angeles, California, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96
1972 Jon Kitna, NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks
1972 Liam Gallagher, British Musician
1971 Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons
1971 Luke Wilson, American Actor
1970 Michael O'shea, CFL linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts
1969 Jason Christiansen, born in Omaha, Nebraska, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1969 Lia Biehl, LPGA golfer
1969 Randal Hill, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins
1968 Ricki Lake, New York City, actress, Hairspray, talk show host, Ricki
1968 Trugoy, rocker, De La Soul
1967 Andrea Thies, born in Irvington, New York, rower, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1967 Romeo van Aerde, soccer player, RKC
1967 Faith Hill, American Musician
1966 Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX
1965 Richard Brown, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
1965 David Wenham, Australian Actor
1964 Danny Hoekman, soccer player, NEC
1964 Danny Villa, NFL guard for the Kansas City Chiefs
1963 Cecil Fielder, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees
1962 Grant Fuhr, born in Edmonton, Alberta, NHL goalie, Oilers
1962 Rob Morrow, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dr. Fleishman-Northern Exposure
1961 Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher, Arena
1961 Nancy Travis, New York City, actress, Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out
1961 Michael Torke, American Composer
1960 David James Elliott, Toronto, actor, Seinfeld, Lt Harmon Rabb-Jag
1959 Corrinne Drewery, rocker, Swing Out Sister-Swing Out
1959 David Coulier, Detroit, actor, Joey Gladstone-Full House
1958 Rick Mahorn, NBA forward, Detroit Pistons
1957 Ethan Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, producer, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink
1957 Lynette Love, U.S. tai kwan do champ 1987, Olympics 1988
1955 Rebecca Balding, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Carla-Lou Grant, Soap
1955 Richard J. Hieb, Jamestown ND, astronaut, STS-39, 49, 65
1954 Philthy Animal, [Philip Taylor], rock drummer, Motorhead
1953 Betty Wright, rocker
1953 John Mengatti, New York City, actor, Nick-White Shadow, For Love and Honor
1951 Bob Franks, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Jersey 1993 - 2001
1951 Bruce Arena, born in Brooklyn, New York, soccer coach, 1996 Olympics gold
1951 Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist, Nits
1951 Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen Politician
1950 Bill Murray, born in Evanston, Illinois, comedian, SNL, What About Bob, Stripes
1948 Artis Gilmore, ABA all star, Kentucky Colonels
1948 Michael Finneran, diver, 1st perfect 10 on 10m platform
1947 Don Gelder, Gainesville, Florida, rocker, Eagles
1947 Stephen King, U.S., sci-fi author, Carrie, Shining, Kujo
1945 Bjarni V Tryggvason, Reykjavik Iceland, astronaut, STS-85
1945 Ombrettqa Colli, Italian entertainer
1945 Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer
1944 Fannie Flagg, Birmingham, Alabama, actress/comediene, Candid Camera
1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, 'Crisis - Last Days of the Carter Presidency'
1944 Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress, Krays, Sacrifice
1943 Dickey Lee, [Dick Lipscomb], rocker
1942 Ann Elder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, comedienne, Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In
1940 Bill Kurtis, Pensacola, Florida, newscaster, American Parade
1938 Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer
1938 Yuji Takahashi, composer
1936 Sunny Murray, American Musician
1935 Henry Gibson, Germantown, Pennsylvania, comedian, Nashville, Laugh-In's poet
1934 Leonard Cohen, Montreal, singer and songwriter, Death of Ladies Man
1932 Don Preston, rocker, Mothers Of Invention
1932 Melvin Van Peebles, U.S., playwright/director, Watermelon Man
1931 Larry Hagman, born in Fort Worth, Texas, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas
1930 Dawn Addams, Felixstown England, actress, Alan Young Show, Star Maidens
1926 Donald A Glaser, physicist, Nobel-1960
1924 Gail Russell, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen
1923 Harry JN Vane 11th Lord Barnard, English large landowner
1922 Lode Backx, Flemish pianist
1920 Jay Ward, cartoonist, Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle
1919 Aya Zikken, author, Atlasvlinder, Rameh
1918 Rand Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cpl Boone-Rin Tin Tin
1916 Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname
1914 John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, billionaire
1913 Ulrich Ernst Simon, theologian
1912 Chuck Jones, animator, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck
1912 Gyorgy Sandor, Budapest Hungary, pianist, L'Apprenti Sorcier
1909 Kwame Nkrumah, Politician
1907 Helen Foster Snow, writer
1907 Lloyd Gough, actor, Mike Axford-Green Hornet
1906 Derrick De Marney, born in London, England, actor, Inheritance
1904 Hans Hartung, German/French painter
1902 Allen Lane, English publisher/founder, Penguin Books
1902 Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player
1902 Limari Salminen, Finland, 10K run 1936 Olympics gold
1902 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor
1899 Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic, Flandre
1898 Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world's oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor
1895 Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet
1894 Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday
1893 Moses Pergament, composer
1889 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist
1887 Lodewijk de Vocht, composer
1886 Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99
1885 Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer
1884 Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member
1884 Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons
1882 Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer
1880 Henry Louis Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic, American Mercury
1874 Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer, Planets
1871 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier
1869 Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer
1867 Henry Lewis Stimson, U.S. minister of War, 1911-13
1867 Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman
1866 Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928
1866 H. G. Wells, born in Bromley, England, author, Time Machine
1863 John Bunny, American Actor
1859 Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer, Sursum Corda, Ace Knave
1853 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, liquid helium, Nobel 1913
1849 Edmund Gosse, London, translator/critic, Father and Son
1840 Murad V, sultan of Turkey, 1876
1833 Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer
1832 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer
1832 Samuel Sprigg Carroll, Major General Union Army, died in 1893
1827 Michael Corcoran, Brigadier General Union volunteers, died in 1863
1824 Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1820 Williams Carter Wickham, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1817 Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Major General Confederate Army
1817 Charles Balmer, composer
1791 Theodore Gericault, French painter, Easy-going of Medusa
1788 Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady, 1849-50
1760 Gaetano Valeri, composer
1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface, asphalt
1752 Louise MC, countess of Albany
1728 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer
1706 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer
1527 Matthaus Ludecus, composer
1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98
1415 Frederick III, Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor, 1440-1493
1372 Frederik I van Hohenzollern, monarch of Brandenburg, 1417-40
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