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1978 Jhane Landwier, Miss Bonaire Universe 1997
1976 Mattias Ohlund, NHL goaltender, Vancouver Canucks, Team Sweden 1998
1974 Jennie Kwan, born in Glendale California, actress, Samantha Woo-California Dreams
1974 Leah O'Brien, born in Garden Grove, California, softball infielder, Olympics gold 96
1973 Mike Schlegel, NFL defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons
1973 Peter Scott, born in Newcastle, Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1973 Todd McMillon, CFL cornerback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
1973 Troy Rudolph, production asst, Suburbanators, Viper
1972 Ben Bronson, NFL wide receiver, Detroit Lions
1972 Mike Hampton, Brooksville, Florida, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1972 Miriam Oremans, Berlicum, Netherlands, tennis star
1971 Jill Sudduth, born in Baltimore, Maryland, synchronized swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold
1970 Dan Miceli, Newark, New Jersey, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1970 Joey Hamilton, Statesboro Georgia, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1970 Mike Faulkerson, NFL fullback for the Chicago Bears
1969 Christine Smith, Darien Conn, rower 1996 Olympics
1969 Scott DeFreitas, Newton Massachusetts, actor, Andy Dixon-As the World Turns
1969 Sean Rooks, NBA center, Los Angeles Lakers
1969 Rachel Hunter, New Zealander Model
1968 Jonathan A Drummond, Jr., Philadelphia, 4X400m runner, 1996 Olympics silver
1968 Julia Sawalha, actress, Saffron-Abfab, Chrissy-Buddy's Song
1968 Thomas P Auth, Orange, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics
1967 B J Armstrong, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets
1967 Deion Sanders, NFL cornerback/wide reciever for the Dallas Cowboys
1967 Laurence Tremolet, Rodez France, actress, Cyclo, Metisse,
1967 Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor
1966 Adam Sandler, actor - comedian, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SNL
1966 Alison Sydor, born in Edmonton, Alberta, x-ctry cyclist, 1996 Olympics silver
1966 David Bennent, Lausanne, actor, Tin Drum, Legend
1966 Kevin Hatcher, born in Detroit, Michigan, NHL defenseman, Team USA, Dallas, Pitts
1965 Brenda Epperson, actress, Ashley Abbott-Young and Restless
1965 Dan Majerle, NBA guard for the Miami Heat
1965 Marc Dunn, Kingston Ontario, volleyball player 1996 Olympics
1965 Todd Zeile, Van Nuys California, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
1964 Brett Hull, NHL right wing, MVP 1991, 86 goals
1964 Skip [Jules I] Kendall, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, PGA golfer, 1993 International-8th
1964 Willie Broughton, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
1963 Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1962 Aleta Rzepecki Sill, born in Detroit, Michigan, bowler, 1983 WIBC single
1962 Derek Kennard, NFL guard for the Dallas Cowboys
1962 Jack Trudeau, NFL quarterback for the Carolina Panthers
1961 Jim Corsi, Newtonville, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Oakland A's
1960 Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics
1960 Hugh Grant, born in London, England, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, 9 Months
1958 Lita Ford, born in London, England, vocalist, Kiss Me Deadly, Runaways
1956 Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12
1955 John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist
1954 Walter Paul Davis, Pineville, North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold
1954 Jeffrey Combs, American Actor
1952 Angela Cartwright, England, Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space
1952 Bonnie Large, born in Glendale California, playmate, March 1973
1952 David Stewart, rock guitarist, Eurtyhmics-Here Comes the Rain Again
1952 Lee M Morin, Manchester, New Hampshire, Commander USN/astronaut
1951 Corry Konings, Dutch singer
1951 Michael Keaton, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Gung Ho, Batman, Beetlejuice
1951 Robert Desiderio, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Det Kennedy-Heart of the City
1951 Tom Wopat, Loda Wisconsin, TV actor, Luke-Dukes of Hazzard
1951 Alexander Downer, Australian Politician
1950 Tom Wopat, Lodi WI, actor, Durning Rage, Christmas Comes to Willow
1949 Joe Theismann, NFL quarterback, Redskins, sportscaster
1949 John Curry, England, figure skater 1976 Olympics gold
1947 David Rosenboom, composer
1947 Freddy Weller, Georgia, rocker, Paul Revers and The Raiders
1947 Lol Creme, Lawrence Creme, England, rock vocalist and guitarist, 10cc
1947 Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner, ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hours
1946 Billy Preston, Texas, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle, David Brenner Show
1946 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author
1946 Doug Ingle, Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards, Iron Butterfly
1945 Dee Dee Sharpe, Dione Larue, U.S. singer, I Love You Anyway
1945 Omukama Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro
1945 Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant
1944 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina
1943 George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall
1942 Inez Foxx, Greensboro, North Carolina, rocker, Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle
1942 John Linder, born in Deer, River, Minnesota, Representative-R-Georgia 1993 -
1942 Luther Simmons, rocker, Main Ingredient
1941 Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer
1941 Les Braid, England, bass, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good
1941 Otis Redding, Dawson, Georgia, rock bassist, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
1941 Dennis Ritchie, American Scientist
1940 Joe Negroni, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
1938 Richard Sharpe, English rugby player
1938 Howard P. McKeon, born in Tujunga, California, Representative-R-California 1993 -
1937 Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61
1936 Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter, composer
1935 [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor, Fiddler on the Roof
1934 Sonia Sanchez, U.S. playwright and poet, The Bronx is Next
1933 Michael Novak, American Philosopher
1932 Ali Doelman-Pel, Dutch MP, PvdA
1932 Sylvia Miles, New York City, actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely
1929 Stanford E. Parris, born in Champaign, Illinois, Representative-R-Virginia 1973 - 1974 and 1981 - 1991
1928 Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures"
1927 Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme
1926 Annie nee Becker Kriegel, historian
1926 Jake Carey, U.S. R&B-singer, Flamingos-I Know Better
1925 Cliff Robertson, La Jolla California, actor, Charly, spokesman for AT&T
1924 Jane Greer, Washington D.C., actress, Prisoner of Zenda, Clown
1924 Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled 1948 Olympics gold
1924 Russell M. Nelson, American Clergyman
1922 Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat
1922 MacKenzie John, pipe major
1921 Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer
1920 Michael Aldridge, Glastonbury England, actor, Murder in Cathedral
1919 Jacques Marin, Paris, actor, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1919 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster, lay you 5 to 1
1919 Richard Webb, Bloomington, Illinois, actor, Invisible Monster, Git
1915 Guus [August] Oster, Dutch actor and director, Carre
1912 Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77
1909 Jane Baxter, Feodora Forde, Bremen Germany, actress, We Live Again
1909 Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana, 1960-66
1908 Cesare Pavese, Italian writer, La belle estate
1908 John Haeton, U.S., bobsled, Silver Medals 1928, 1948 Olympics
1907 Leon Edel, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, biographer, literary critic, wrote biography of Henry James, won Pulitzer Prize, wrote on James Joyce, taught literature at Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University
1907 Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, singer and actor, Tip-Waterfront
1905 Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter
1900 James Hilton, English novelist, Goodbye Mr. Chips
1899 Louis Cheslock, composer
1899 Neil Hamilton, Lynn Massachusetts, actor, Commisioner Gordon-Batman
1899 Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman
1898 Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931
1898 Beverley Nichols, English Writer
1896 Fritz Reuter, composer
1894 Arthur Freed, American Producer
1892 Bruno Sturmer, composer
1890 Harland Sanders, Henryville, Indiana, colonel/CEO, Kentucky Fried Chicken
1890 Colonel Sanders, American Celebrity
1887 Alfred M Landon, R-Ks, President candidate, 1932, 1936
1887 Raymond Walburn, Plymouth, Indiana, actor, Christmas in July
1887 Alf Landon, American Politician
1880 Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker, Diagonal Symphony
1877 Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance
1873 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer
1872 Josef Stransky, composer
1868 Mary Austin, Illinois, feminist/nature writer, Land of Little Rain
1865 Edwin Lehare, composer
1858 Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan, Control of the Tropics
1855 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist
1853 Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer, Demon
1850 Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi
1850 Leopoldo Miguez, composer
1840 Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer
1834 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer, John Inglesant
1834 William MacRae, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist, War and Peace, Anna Karenina,
1826 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden, 1856-1907
1826 Thomas John Lucas, Major General Union volunteers
1822 Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention
1819 Martin Luther Smith, Major General Confederate Army
1817 Speed Smith Fry, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1809 William Radford, Commander Union Navy
1789 William Cranch Bond, U.S., astronomer, codiscovered Hyperion
1769 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice, 1807..42
1711 Thomas Hutchinson, American Politician
1695 Joseph Thaddaus Stammel, Austrian sculptor
1687 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer
1664 Johann Christoph Pez, composer
1646 Zeger B van Espen, Flemish theologist
1629 Cornelis Tromp, Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral-General/son of Maarten Tromp
1618 Joan Cererols, composer
1585 Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France, 1624-42
1585 Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman
1583 Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer
384 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic, 395-423
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