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1975     Becky Kellar
, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics
1975     Chris Anstey, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks
1974     Johnie Church, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
1973     Clyde Wijnhard, soccer player, Ajax, RKC

1973     Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP
1973     Justin Armour, NFL wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills
1973     Mercury Hayes, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
1973     Saffron Burrows, English Actress
1972     Barron Miles, NFL def back for the Pittsburgh Steelers/WLAF corner, Frankfurt
1972     Ivan Droppa, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998
1972     Catherine McCormack, English Actress
1971     Beno Bryant, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals
1971     Bobby Holik, Jihlava, Czech, Republic, NHL left wing, New Jersey Devils, Team Czechoslovakian Republic
1971     Bridget Pettis, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury
1971     Kevin Lee, NFL wide receiver for the New England Patriots
1971     Kevin Mitchell, NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
1970     Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1970     Tom Sier, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen
1970     Vadim Glovatskiy, hockey defenseman, Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998
1969     Morris Chestnut, actor, Boyz N the Hood
1969     Reemt Pyka, Bremerhaven GER, hockey forward, Team Germany
1968     John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

1968     Sandy Beasley, Richmond BC, softball outfielder 1996 Olympics
1967     Andy Heck, NFL tackle, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears
1967     Derrick Thomas, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
1966     Mika Nieminen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward, Team Finland, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics
1966     Rawley Valberde, Oceanside California, actor, Amado-Santa Barbara
1965     Andrew O Valmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m runner
1965     Harry Galbreath, NFL guard for the Green Bay Packers
1965     Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
1964     Dedee Pfeiffer, born in Midway City, California, actress, appeared on Cybill Shepherd's television series Cybill
1963     Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986
1963     Lance Smith, NFL guard for the New York Giants
1962     Ravshanbek Aliyev, Kirgiz, cosmonaut
1962     Richard Roxburgh, born in Albury, Australia, actor, films include, 'Van Helsing', 'Like Minds', 'Hawke', 'Sanctum'
1961     Irv Eatman, NFL tackle for the Houston Oilers
1961     Marcia Cross, actress, Melrose Place
1960     Michael David Morrison, actor, Caleb Snyder-As the World Turns
1959     Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6

1958     Grandmaster Flash, Joseph Saddler, New York City, rocker, Message
1958     Ren Woods, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Fanta-Roots
1956     Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1956     Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28
1955     Michael James Sullivan, born in Gary, Indiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Southern Open
1954     F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer
1954     Robert Menendez, American Politician
1953     Alpha Blondy, Seydou Kone, Ivory coast, reggae singer, Jerusalem
1951     Frans Kellendonk, author, Ruin, The Good for Nothing
1950     Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist, British Lions
1950     Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina, Russia, cosmonaut
1950     Yevgeni Vladimirovich Saley, cosmonaut
1949     Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1949     Peter Dormer, arts writer
1948     Lynn Abbey, American Author
1947     Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russia, cosmonaut
1947     Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer
1947     Peter Lankhorst, Dutch MP, PPR
1947     Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Rus cosmonaut, Soyuz T-8, TM-4, STS-63
1947     Jon Corzine, American Politician
1946     Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist 1960 Olympics gold
1945     Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner

1944     Charlie Davis, cricketer, WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73
1943     Jerilyn Britz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1979 U.S. Women's Open
1942     Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, & the Fish
1942     Don Novello, Father Guido Sarducci, Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL
1942     Gennadi Vassilyevich Sarafanov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 15
1942     George Couroupos, composer



1942     Martin Frost, born in Glendale, California, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 2005
1942     Al Hunt, American Journalist
1940     Frank Langella, Bayonne, New Jersey, actor, Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife
1940     Jack Kiefer, Columbia, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Ralphs Senior Classic
1940     Laszlo Sary, born in Hungary, composer, pianist, known for 1970's minimal style compositions
1940     Richard Henry Orton, composer
1938     Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980-
1938     Bill Emerson, born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996
1936     Eve Queler, New York City, conductor
1936     Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956

1935     Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor
1934     Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant
1933     Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer
1933     James A. Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut
1933     Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist, Prick Up Your Ears
1931     Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist
1930     Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier and president, Sudan
1930     Frederick Wiseman, American Director
1929     Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure
1928     Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter, French Connection
1928     Khan Mohammad, cricketer, Pakistan fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests
1927     Barbara Baxley, Stockton California, actress, Norma Rae, Countdown
1927     Juliusz Luciuk, composer
1927     Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring
1927     Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
1927     Vernon L. Smith, American Economist
1926     Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist
1925     George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker for the Chicago Bears
1925     Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress, Kidnap Syndicate
1923     Chalmers Goodlin, U.S. test pilot, XS-1
1923     Milton Jackson, U.S., vibraphonist, Milt of Bags
1922     Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, born in Charleston, South Carolina, Senator-D-South Carolina 1966 - 2005
1921     Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics

1920     Elisabeth Andersen, Anna de Bruyn, Dutch actress, Yerma, Titania
1919     Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel
1919     Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress, One Million BC, Topper Returns
1919     J. D. Salinger, American Novelist, Catcher in the Rye
1918     Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, WR 100m, 1:04.06
1916     Earl Wrightson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, singer, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue
1915     Francois Bondy, writer
1915     Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner
1913     Eliot Janeway, financial writer, Economics of Chaos
1912     Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole
1912     Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader
1911     Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman, Detroit Tiger
1910     Russ Bender, actor and writer, Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster
1909     Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, former Arizona senator, Republican Presidential candidate 1964
1909     D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46
1909     Dana Andrews, Collins Mississippi, actor, Battle of the Bulge, Laura
1908     Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner, Silver Medal 1928 Olympics
1907     Erich Schmid, composer
1906     Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater, Olympic-bronze-1932
1905     Charles Melvin Price, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988
1902     Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting
1902     Dimiter Nenov, composer
1901     Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP, CDD

1900     Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer, DAF
1900     William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney
1900     Xavier Cugat, born in Barcelona, Spain, bandleader, married Abbe Lane, Charo
1899     Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer
1899     Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist, Po Zakonu
1899     Raymond Loucheur, composer
1898     George van Derton, Belgian racer
1898     Viktor Ullmann, opera composer, Der Kaiser von Atlantis
1897     Walter Greaza, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye
1896     Maurice Jacobson, composer
1896     Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor and director, Jujiro, Jigoku-mon
1896     Yitzhak Edel, composer
1895     Nathaniel Shilkret, New York City, conductor
1895     J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant
1892     Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer
1892     Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
1892     Miklos Radnai, composer
1891     Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor, Gaslight, Goose Steps Out

1890     Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence
1889     Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor
1889     Charles Bickford, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, John-The Virginian
1889     Tadeusz Jarecki, composer
1889     Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway
1887     Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence
1885     Roland Diggle, composer
1885     Charles Seymour, American Historian
1883     Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer and journalist, La Torre, Tre Croci
1883     [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, theater director
1882     W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar, 1919-34, Dutch MP, VVD
1881     Carry van Bridges, de Haan, Dutch author, Heleen, Eva
1880     Edie Martin, born in London, England, actress, Titfield Thunderbolt
1880     Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer, Motke Ganev
1879     Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory
1879     Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst, Life and Work of Sigmund Freud
1879     William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon
1879     E. M. Forster, English Novelist

1878     Edwin Franko Goldman, composer
1878     Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer/choreograph, L'oiseau enchante
1876     Johan C Altorf, sculptor, October 3rd monument
1875     Charles Rist, French economist
1875     N F Druce, cricketer, 5 Tests for England vs. Australia 1897-98
1874     Hugo Leichtentritt, composer
1874     Frank Knox, American Public Servant
1873     Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist, The Flies, The Bosses
1869     Louis EJM de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian indologist
1867     Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles
1867     Lew Fields, comedian, of Weber and Fields
1865     Giuseppe Ferrata, composer
1864     Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work
1863     Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer, To Chicago and Back
1863     Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games
1862     Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor, College, Phantom of the Opera

1854     James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author, The Golden Bough
1853     Hans Koessler, composer
1846     Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier, 1891..1926
1843     Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer
1838     William Hugh Young, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1835     Charles Bowen, English Judge
1834     Ludovic Halevy, French Author
1831     William Joseph Westbrook, composer
1827     William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1826     Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister
1819     Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
1819     George Foster Shepley, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1817     Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist
1815     Charles Renouvier, French philosopher, neocriticism
1809     John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, Silver Fleet
1803     Richard Henry Horne, English Poet
1800     Sydney Nelson, composer

1800     Vaclav Horak, composer
1793     Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman
1792     Henrik A. Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer/poet, Sonner af Norge
1784     William Beale, composer
1777     Micah Hawkins, composer
1767     Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist
1764     John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet, Minderjarige Zangster
1752     Betsy Ross, flag maker
1748     Giovanni Furno, composer
1745     Anthony Wayne, American Soldier
1735     Paul Revere, silversmith and U.S. patriot, 'The British are coming'
1734     John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples
1729     Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry
1723     Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer
1714     Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet, The Seas
1709     Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder
1697     Johann Pfeiffer, composer
1652     Johann Krieger, composer
1638     Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright
1628     Christoph Bernhard, German composer
1622     Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist
1618     Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]

1614     John Wilkins, English Clergyman
1520     Franciscus Balduinus, Francois Baudouin, lawyer
1504     Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer
1481     Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer
1467     Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland
1449     Lorenzo de'Medici, The Magnificent of Florence
1431     Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope, 1492 - 1503
1387     Charles II, King of Navarre, 1349-87





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