1984 Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002 1978 Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent 1978 Topher Grace, born in New York City, New York, actor, appeared in 'Spider-Man 3' and television series, 'That '70s Show' 1978 Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress 1976 Anna Friel, English Actress 1972 Colin Quiney, CFL tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats 1972 Travis Best, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers 1971 Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi, born in Hayward, California, figure skater,Gold Medal 1992 Olympics 1970 Chad Brown, NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1970 Jaason Simmons, born in Hobart, Tasmania, actor, known for his role as Logan Fowler on the television series 'Baywatch' 1970 Jerry Ostroski, NFL guard for the Buffalo Bills 1970 Markus Thomas, WLAF running back for the Scottish Claymores 1970 Marsha Guialdo, born in San Juan, Trinidad, 100m hurdler 1969 Alan Mullally, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1996 1969 Sabine Hack, born in Ulm, Germany, tennis star, 1995 Jakarta 1969 Lisa Nicole Carson, American Actress 1967 Bruny Surin, born in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1967 Joan Pitcock, born in Fresno, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Standard Register PING-3rd 1966 Allegra Curtis, born in London, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann 1966 Annabel Croft, born in England, tennis star 1966 Peter Shorts, CFL tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats 1965 Eric Cullen, actor, Huntington Tower 1965 Michael Stewart, NFL safety for the Miami Dolphins 1965 Robin Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, guitarist, member, Gin Blossoms, alternative rock band, known for hit albums, 'New Miserable Experience', 'Congratulations I'm Sorry' 1965 Russ Bertram, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, diver 1996 Olympics 1965 Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer, son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman 1964 Judi Evans Luciano, born in Montebello, actress, Paulina Cory-Another World 1964 Tim Gane, English Musician 1963 Norman Alvis, born in Fair Oaks, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1963 Thierry Tulasne, born in France, tennis star 1962 Grecia Colmenares, born in Venezuela, actress, Esmeralda, Los Crinimales 1962 Stein Jorgesen, born in Los Angeles, California, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics 1961 Bruce Braman, born in Greene, New York, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1959 Judi Adams, born in Phoenix, Arizona, archer, Olympics-1980, 96 1959 Rolonda Watts, talk show hostess, Rolanda 1957 Buddy Foster, actor, Hondo, Mayberry RFD 1957 Rick Douglas Husband, born in Amarillo, Texas, USAF Major/astronaut 1956 Mel Harris, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, actress, Hope-30 Something 1955 Timothy Garton Ash, British Author 1954 Betty McCollum, American Politician 1952 Liz Mitchell, born in Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M 1952 Phil Kramer, born in Youngtown, Ohio, rocker, Iron Butterfly 1951 Cheryl Ladd, born in Huron, South Dakota, actress, Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts 1951 Jamey Sheridan, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Another World 1950 Eric Carr, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss 1949 Jay Thomas, born in Kermit, Texas, DJ/actor, Mork and Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown 1948 Jay Thomas, dj/actor, Eddie LeBec-Cheers, Jerry Gold-Murphy Brown 1948 Richard Simmons, exercise guru, Deal-a-Meal 1948 Walter Egan, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Not Shy, Fundamental Roll 1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour 1946 Graham Roope, cricketer, England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78 1946 Sian Barbara Allen, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Scream Pretty Peggy 1945 Dimitar Penev, born in Bulgaria, soccer player/union coach, Lokomotiv/CSKA 1944 Bill McCollum, born in Brooksville, Florida, Representative-R-Florida 1981 - 1993 and 1993 - 2001 1944 Denise Nicholas, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Room 222, Baby I'm Back 1943 Bruce Taylor, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand all-rounder 1965-73 1943 Christine McVie, rock vocalist, Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me 1943 Ernie Anastos, born in Nashua, New Hampshire, news anchor, WCBS, WABC 1943 Paul Silas, NBAer, Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic 1943 Walter Murch, American film editor and sound deisgner 1942 Richard Stoltzman, born in Omaha, Nebraska, clarinetist, Tashi 1939 Phillip Adams, born in Maryborough, Australia, Australian writer, producer, broadcaster, and satirist 1938 Mickey Stratton, born in Meriden, Connecticut, softball catcher, Hall of Fame 1969 1938 Ron Fairly, American Athlete 1937 Bill Cosby, born in Philadelphia, actor/comedian, I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6 1937 Mickey Edwards, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Representative-R-Oklahoma 1977 - 1993 1937 Lionel Jospin, French Statesman 1936 Jan Nemec, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, director, Diamonds of the Night 1935 Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58 1934 Van Cliburn, Jr., Harvey Lavan, Louisiana, pianist, Tchaikovsky 1958 1934 Van Cliburn, American Musician 1933 Donald E. Westlake, American Writer 1932 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist 1932 Otis Crandell Davis, Alabama, 400m/4X400m relayer 1960 Olympics gold 1931 Andre Laporte, Flemish composer 1931 J. Bob Traxler, born in Kawkawlin, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1974 - 1993 1931 Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 1927 Gualberto T. Hernandez, perfect minister Netherlands Antilles 1926 Beah Richards, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Big Shot, Generation 1925 Roger Smith, CEO, General Motors 1924 Jaap Geraedts, composer 1922 Clark MacGregor, politician, involved in Watergate 1922 James E. Gunn, U.S., sci-fi author, Station in Space, Immortal 1922 Mark O. Hatfield, Sen-R Oregon, 1967- 1921 Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer 1920 Keith Andes, born in Ocean City, New Jersey, actor, Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats 1920 Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus' 1920 Pierre Berton, Canadian Author 1917 Andrew Wyeth, born in Pennsylvania, realist painter, one of the best-known artists of the middle 20th century 1915 Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer 1913 Willis Lamb, born in Los Angeles, physicist, Nobel Prize winner, discovery of how electrons behave in the hydrogen atom 1912 Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane, photographer 1911 Johanna Moosdorf, writer 1909 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45 1909 Joey Faye, born in New York City, comedian, Joey Faye's Follies 1909 Souphanouvong, Red Prince, president of Laos, 1975-87 1908 Alain Cuny, actor, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle 1908 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician 1908 Johan Franco, composer 1908 Milton Berle, born in Harlem, New York City, comedian, Uncle Miltie, Mr. Television 1905 John C F, son of English King George V 1904 Pablo Neruda, born in Chile, poet, Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971 1902 Gunther Anders, writer 1901 Robert Allenby, born in Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet, Life of Tchernyshevsky 1895 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano, Wagner 1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, born in New York City, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 1895 R Buckminster Fuller, architect/inventor, geodesic dome 1895 R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor 1892 Bruno Schulz, Polish Novelist 1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer, Grain of Wheat 1886 Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1885 George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer 1884 Amedeo Modigliani, born in Italy, painter/sculptor, Reclining Nude 1884 Joseph Crehan, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight 1872 Emil Hacha, lawyer/president, Czechoslovakia 1868 Stefan George, born in Germany, lyric poet, Algabal 1861 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer 1854 George Eastman, born in Waterville, New York, inventor, Kodak camera 1849 William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist 1821 Cesare Dominiceti, composer 1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier 1817 Henry David Thoreau, born in Concord, Massachusetts, naturalist/pacifist, Walden Pond 1813 Claude Bernard, French Psychologist 1807 Silas Casey, Major General Union volunteers 1802 Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer 1801 John Hill Hewitt, composer 1794 Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist 1757 Christian Danner, composer 1730 Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer, Wedgwood 1675 Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer 1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature, David's holy saint graduals
