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1981 Serena Williams, American Athlete
1981 Christina Milian, American Musician
1979 Jaycie Phelps, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, gymnast, Bronze Medal 1995 World/Gold Medal 1996 Olympics
1974 Alison Davies, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
1974 Gary Hall, Jr., U.S., 50m/100m/400m free relay, Olympic-gold/2 silver-96
1974 Katie Kauffman, West Lawn, Pennsylvania, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1974 Martin Muursepp, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks
1973 David Richie, NFL nost tackle, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32
1972 Mark Haslam, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer 1992
1972 Shawn Stockman, Slim, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men
1971 Elva Dryer, Durango Colorado, 1.5K/5K runner
1971 Patterson Thompson, cricketer, WI Test fast bowler vs. New Zealand 1996
1970 Paul Laus, Beamsville, NHL defenseman for the Florida Panthers
1970 Rachel Jacobs, Ririe Idaho, actress, It's Not Easy
1970 Trevor Ruffin, NBA guard for the Philadelphia 76ers
1968 Scott Schorer, Burke, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics
1968 Jim Caviezel, American Celebrity
1968 James Caviezel, American Actor
1967 Craig Janney, Hartford, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets
1967 Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons
1966 Craig Heyward, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons
1966 Francisco Andreu, Dearborn, Michigan, road cyclist, Olympics-4th-88, 96
1964 Bobby Joe Edmonds, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1964 Dave Martinez, Manhattan, New York, outfielder, Chicago White Sox
1964 Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90
1964 Robin Hood, Mishawaka, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1989 Planters Pat Bradley
1964 Ty Miller, Granada Hills California, actor, The Kid-Young Riders
1963 Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner 1988 Olympics silver
1963 Lysette Anthony, London, actress, Angelique-Dark Shadows, Switch
1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress, Little House on the Prairie
1962 Steve Moneghetti, Australian marathoner, Olympics-5th-88, 92, 96
1962 Tracey Thorn, rock vocalist, Everything But The Girl
1962 Mark Haddon, born in Northampton, England, novelist, poet, wrote, 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time', written from perspective of boy with Asperger syndrome
1960 Bret Erickson, Bennington Nebraska, U.S. trap 1996 Olympics
1956 Linda Hamilton, born in Salisbury, Maryland, actress, Catherine-Beauty and the Beast
1955 Carlene Carter, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, I Fell in Love
1954 Craig Chaquico, rock guitarist, Jefferson Starship
1952 James Keane, Buffalo, New York, actor, Willis Bell-Paper Chase
1949 Leonide F M "Leonie" Triesschijn, Dutch actress/mime
1949 Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer, Get Rhythm,
1948 Olivia Newton-John, born in Cambridge, England, singer, Lets Get Physical
1948 Vladimir Remek, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 28
1947 Dick Roth, U.S. swimmer, Gold Medal 1964 Olympics
1947 Graham Faulkner, London, actor, Brother Sun Sister Moon
1947 Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
1947 Richard Roth, U.S., 400m swim medley 1964 Olympic gold
1946 Mary Beth Hurt, Mary Supinger, Iowa, actress, Garp, Interiors
1946 Andrea Dworkin, American Critic
1946 Christine Todd Whitman, American Politician
1946 Christie Todd Whitman, American Politician
1945 Brian Ferry, England, rocker, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together
1945 Bryan Ferry, British Musician
1944 Angela Dorian, Victoria Vetri, SF, playmate, Sep 1967, Year-1968
1944 Anne Robinson, British Celebrity
1943 Georgie Fame, Clive Powell, rocker, Georgie Fame and Blue Flames
1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player, batsman 1964-80
1942 Ingrid Becker, born in West Germany, long jumper/relayer, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics
1942 Kent McCord, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Officer Jim Reed-Adam 12
1941 Joe Bauer, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Youngbloods
1941 Martine Beswicke, Jamacia, actress, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
1939 Judith P Appelbaum, magazine and newspaper editor, educator
1938 Andrei Lukanov, politician
1938 Michael V. Love, U.S. test pilot, X-24
1937 Joop Admiral, Dutch actor and director, You Are My Mother
1936 Sue Kelly, American Politician
1935 Bob Barber, cricketer, dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68
1934 Dick Heckstall-Smith, rocker, Alexis Korner Band
1934 Raphael Samuel, historian
1934 Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, South African anti-apartheid protestor
1933 Clari Baruch, Clara C de Lieme, actress, Man With White Flower
1933 Donna Douglas, born in Pride, Louisiana, actress, 'Beverly Hillbillies'
1932 Clifton C Williams, Jr., Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut
1932 Giuacomo Manzoni, composer
1932 Joyce Jameson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, Spike Jones Show
1932 Manmohan Singh, Indian Statesman
1931 Don Pease, born in Toledo, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1977 - 1993
1931 George Chambers, MS, rock bassist/vocalist, Chambers Brothers
1931 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman
1930 Fritz Wunderlich, Kusel Germany, tenor, Stuttgart 1955-58
1930 Philip Bosco, Jersey City, actor, Trading Places
1929 Meredith C Gourdine, Newark, New Jersey, long jumper 1952 Olympics silver
1927 Patrick O'Neal, Ocala, Florida, actor, Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat
1926 Buland Al Haidary, poet
1926 Giuseppi Chiari, composer
1926 Julie London, born in Santa Rosa, California, actress, Nurse McCall-Emergency
1925 Bobby Shantz, baseball player, 1952 AL MVP
1925 Marty Robbins, born in Glendale, Arizona, singer, Devil Woman, I Walk Alone
1919 Barbara Britton, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Young and Willing
1918 Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director, ANP/Reuter
1914 Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul, Juice Tiger
1913 Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist, Anne Frank
1911 Jan F Hampe, pathologist-anatomy, Fabric and Stoflongen
1909 Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy, Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002
1908 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker
1907 Anthony F Blunt, British historian/spy for U.S.S.R.
1907 Bep van Klaveren, European Boxing Champ, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics
1907 Ralph Michael, born in London, England, actor, Quest, Doctor in the House
1902 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, U.S. gangster, Murder Inc
1901 Donald Cook, Portland, Oregon, actor, Too Young To Go Steady
1898 George Gershwin, Jacob Gershvin, Brooklyn, composer, Rhapsody in Blue
1897 Pope Paul VI, Giovanni Montini, 262nd Roman Catholic pope, 1963-78
1897 Victor O Stomps, writer
1897 Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress/act teacher, Goethe/Brecht
1895 Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress, Mother-Andy Hardy films
1895 George Raft, American Actor
1894 Gladys Brockwell, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Pants, Oliver Twist
1893 Milos Crnjanski, Serbian poet, Seobe
1891 Alfred Plane, U.S. sharp shooter, Gold Medal 1912, 1920 Olympics
1891 Charles Munch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor, French Legion D'Honeur
1889 Martin Heidegger, Germany, Existentialist, Being and Time
1888 T. S. Eliot, St. Louis poet/dramatist/critic, Waste Land-Nobel 1948
1887 Antonio Moreno, born in Madrid, Spain, actor and director, It, Careers
1879 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer, Fairy, Samodiva Fee
1877 Alfred Cortot, French pianist
1876 C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912
1876 Edith Abbott, dean, University of Chicago Social Sciences
1875 Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor, Miracle on 34th Street
1873 Amilcare Zanella, composer
1872 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian Foreign min, 1916-18
1870 Christian X, king of Denmark, 1912-47
1868 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer
1867 Maggie L Walker, black business and civic leader
1841 Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer
1832 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer
1823 Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, Denj, Moskvitsh
1821 Alvin Peterson Hovey, Major General Union volunteers
1820 Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose, Exile of Sita
1791 J L A Theodore Gericault, French painter, Easy-Going of Medusa
1774 John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, frontier nurseryman
1767 Wenzel Muller, composer
1759 Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Field Marshal/Governor-General
1729 Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator
1688 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist
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