1979 Natasha Fisher, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 1997 1978 Aimee Michelle Voshell, Felton Delaware, Miss America-Delaware 1997 1978 Larissa Meek, Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997 1976 Chris Renaud, Fredericton New Brunswick, swimmer 1996 Olympics 1976 Kasia Kulesza, born in Warsaw, Poland, Canadian synchro swimmer, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics 1976 Stephanie Worcester, Miss USA-Maine 1997 1974 Brad Boston, Sarnia Ontario, soling yachter 1996 Olympics 1973 Devin Wyman, defensive tackle for the New England Patriots 1973 Jermane Mayberry, guard and tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles 1973 Joe Carollo, WLAF G for the Frankfurt Galaxy 1973 Leigh Sherer, Jasper Alabama, Miss America, Alabama-Top 10-1996 1972 Michael Roan, NFL tight end/halfback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers 1972 Amanda Marshall, born in Toronto, Canada, singer, multi-platinum album, 'Tuesday's Child', others include, 'Everybody's Got a Story' 1971 Dennis de Brown, soccer player, Sparta 1970 Jacco Elringh, Netherlands, tennis star 1969 Amanda Hope, born in Austin, Texas, playmate, Jul, 1992 1969 Brady Katytman, Greece, New York, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics 1969 Jerry Simons, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Vitesse 1968 Darren Joseph, CFL fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders 1967 Shaun Van Allen, Shaunavon, NHL center, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1966 Dan Truman, St. George Utah, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle 1965 Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1965 Will Perdue, NBA center for the San Antonio Spurs 1964 Jordi Arrese, born in Barcelona, Spain, professional tennis player 1963 Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer 1963 Greg Holmes, Covina Cal, tennis star 1963 Greg Steele, rocker, Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over 1962 Carl Banks, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants 1961 Rebecca De Mornay, born in Santa Rose, California, actress, Hand that Rocks Cradle 1961 Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Edge of Insanity 1959 Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut, STS-74, sk: 99 1959 Eddi Reader, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love 1959 Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist 1958 Michael Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Thriller, Bad 1957 Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart 1956 Edddie Murray, NFL kicker, Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings 1956 Kelly Murray, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer, 985 Alberta Open 1956 Mark Morris, American Dancer 1956 GG Allin, American Musician 1955 Diamanda Galas, born America, composer, musician, keyboardist, singer, has a voice range of three and a half octaves 1954 Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance 1954 Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, U.S., sci-fi author, Enigma, Empery 1953 Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult 1950 Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1950 Dick Spring, Irish Politician 1950 Dave Reichert, American Politician 1949 Peter John Wiegold, composer 1948 Charles David Walker, astronaut, STS-12 STS-16 STS-23 1947 Temple Grandin, American Educator 1946 Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m 1946 Humphrey Carpenter, English Author 1945 Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist, Procol Harum 1945 Wyomia Tyus, born in Griffin, Georgia, 100m runner, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1943 Mohamed Amin, born in Kenya, cameraman, photojournalist, known for photos of Ethiopian famine, fall of Idi Amin 1943 Richard Halligan, Troy, New York, rock vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears 1942 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician 1941 Robin Leach, born in London, England, TV host, Life Styles of Rich and Famous 1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt 1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1939 William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection 1939 Joel Schumacher, American Director 1938 Elliott Gould, Queens, New York, actor, M*A*S*H, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice 1938 Bob Rubin, American Businessman 1938 Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman 1937 James Florio, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-New Jersey 1975 - 1990, Governor-D-New Jersey,1990 - 1994 1936 Gilbert Amy, French composer, Coeur de Fumee 1936 John McCain, born in Panama, Representative-R-Arizona 1983 - 1986, Senator-R-Arizona 1987 - 1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician 1934 David H Pryor, Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- 1934 Gene Allison, U.S. R&B-singer, You Can Make It If You Try 1934 Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer 1934 John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for New Zealand in late 1950's 1933 Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt 1933 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch cabaret actor, Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen 1930 Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary, CDA 1929 Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet, The Wound 1928 Charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor, Clay-Rawhide 1928 Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone, La Roche Capriccio 1927 Marion Williams, U.S. gospel singers, Stars of Faith 1925 Donald O'Connor, born in Chicago, Illinois, dancer/actor, Singing in the Rain 1924 Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer, What a Difference a Day Makes 1924 James W. Wood, USAF/astronaut, Dynasoar 1923 Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder, Test for India 1952-53 1923 Lester Albert Trimble, composer 1923 Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist/MP, VVD 1923 Richard Attenborough, England, actor and director, Gandhi, Young Winston 1922 Emile Habibi, writer 1922 Yorgos Sicilianos, composer 1920 Charles White, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Airpot 95, Serpico 1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist 1918 Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/president Netherlands Bank 1918 Anthony Crosland, British Politician 1917 Isabel Sanford, New York City, actress, Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family 1916 George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination 1916 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman 1915 Denys Hay, historian 1915 Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, actress, Casablanca, Cactus Flower 1913 Len Butterfield, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder, Test 1912 Barry Sullivan, New York City, actor, Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man 1912 Emil Schumacher, German painter, Tangible Objects 1910 Robert Pineda-Duque, composer 1909 Francis Henry Smith, librarian 1909 Roy Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader 1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/U.S. writer, Looking For a Bluebird 1906 Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia 1905 Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam, 1956-70 1904 Werner Forssman, German urologist, Nobel 1956 1903 Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive 1900 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect, Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou 1899 George Macready, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Martin Peyton-Peyton Place 1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general, WW II 1898 Preston Sturges, Edmund P Biden, Chic, director, Sullivan's Travels 1894 E Franklin Frazier, sociologist 1892 Diana Cooper, English Celebrity 1891 Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody 1884 Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp 1881 Edvin Kallstenius, composer 1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator, Enfantines 1880 Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 1879 Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher 1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II 1876 Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor, auto self-starter 1876 Charles Kettering, American Inventor 1862 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet, Blue Bird, Nobel 1911 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1855 Emil Pauer, composer 1851 Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer 1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname, 1891-97 1844 Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler 1817 John Leech, English Artist 1815 Anna Ella Carroll, U.S., civil war writer, Reconstruction 1811 Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer 1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter, Valpincon Bather 1780 Richard Rush, American Lawyer 1773 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music 1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer 1632 John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance 1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron 1609 Sassoferrato, Giovanni B Salvi, Italian painter, Madonna 1561 Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician, Trigonometry 1476 Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder, Kano school of painting 1434 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator 1387 Henry V, king of England, 1413 - 1422, France, 1416 - 1419 Famous Birthdays, Celebrity Birthdays
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