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1981     Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood
1980     Zooey Deschanel, born in Los Angeles, California, American Actress
1978     Irina A. Borisova, Miss Universe-Ukraine 1996
1978     Tommy S. Parker, producer with 2 Guys and A Dream Films
1977     Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta
1975     Coco Lee, Chinese Musician
1974     Derrick Mason, wide receiver for the Tennessee Oilers
1974     Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers
1974     Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills
1974     Sharon Marie Ferris, New Zealand, yachter 1996 Olympics
1973     Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1996
1972     Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders
1972     Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end for the Arizona Cardinals
1971     Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center for the Buffalo Sabres
1971     Peter Winter, Australian decathlete 1996 Olympics
1971     Tyler Houston, U.S. baseball catcher, Atlanta Braves
1971     Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner
1970     Candace Murray, Vancouver BC, softball shortstop 1996 Olympics
1970     Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers
1970     Jeremy Roenick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, NHL center, Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes
1969     Naveen Andrews, born in London, England, actor, appeared on television show, 'Lost' as Sayid Jarrah
1967     Gregory Caccia, Bayshore, New York, team handball right back 1996 Olympics
1967     William Michael Heinen, Jr., Rayne, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1994 Shell Houston
1966     Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star
1966     Don Myrah, born in Oakland California, cyclist, Olympics-20th-96
1966     Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America 1991
1966     Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper, Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked
1966     Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer
1966     Trish Johnson, Bristol England, LPGA golfer, 1993 Las Vegas
1964     Jeff Tabaka, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1964     Michelle Obama, born in Chicago, Illinois, maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, First Lady of the United States
1962     Jim Carrey, born in Ontario, Canada, actor, Living Color, Dumb and Dumber, Mask
1961     Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi U.S.S.R., women's world chess champ
1960     Chili Davis, born in Kingston, Jamacia, outfielder for the California Angels
1960     John Crawford, Palo Alto California, bass, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away
1959     Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker, Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian
1958     Jez Strode, born in England, born Jeremy Strode, drummer, musician, pop band genre, member of British pop band, Kajagoogoo
1957     Donna Stone, New Jersey, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics
1957     Steve Harvey, American Actor
1956     Mitch Vogel, Alhambra California, actor, Jamie-Bonanza
1956     Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Every Time You Go Away
1955     Steve Earle, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Guitar Town
1954     Janet Dykman, Monterey Park California, archer 1996 Olympics
1954     Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
1952     Larry Fortensky, former husband of Liz Taylor, 7th
1952     Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra
1951     Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom 1972 Olympics bronze
1949     Andy Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian/actor, Latka Gravas-Taxi
1949     Debbie Watson, La Mirada California, actress, Karen, Tammy
1949     Anita Borg, American Scientist
1948     Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader
1948     Mick Taylor, rock bassist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar
1947     Gail Toushin, LPGA golfer
1947     Jane Elliot, New York City, actress, Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing
1947     Todd Susman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Goodnight Beantown
1947     Ulysses Dove, dancer and choreographer
1945     William Hart, U.S. singer, 4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry
1943     Chris Montez, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, guitarist, rhythm and blues, Latino rock
1943     Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast, STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49
1942     Muhammad Ali, heavyweight champ boxer, 1964 - 1967 1974 - 1978
1942     Randy Boone, Fayetteville, North Carolina, actor, Cimarron Strip, Virginian
1940     H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1968, 1972 Olympics
1940     Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet, Fireflames
1940     Tabare Vazquez, Uruguayan Statesman
1939     Antao D'Souza, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62
1939     Maury Povich, TV host, Current Affair, Maury, Mr Connie Chung
1939     Toini Gustafson, born in Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics
1938     John Bellairs, U.S., sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom
1938     Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist, Paul Revere and Raiders
1937     Alain Badiou, born in Rabat, Morocco, influential French philosopher, subscribes to an anti-postmodern form of continental philosophy
1936     Jerry Fogel, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow
1935     Jimmy Powell, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1990 Southwestern Bell Classic
1935     Paul O[sborne] Williams, U.S., sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle
1935     Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician
1934     Donald Cammell, film director


1934     Shari Lewis, born in Bronx, New York, ventriloquist/puppeteer, Lamb Chop
1934     Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer
1933     Aga Khan, religious leader, Muslims
1933     Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
1933     Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt, The 6th Day
1933     Sheree North, Dawn Bethel, Louisiana, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show
1933     Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt
1931     Frederick Alfred Fox, composer
1931     James Earl Jones, Mississippi, actor, Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man
1931     L Douglas Wilder, Gov-D-Va
1930     Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
1929     Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender, #1
1928     Jean Barraque, French composer
1928     Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s
1928     Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO, Vidal Sasson
1927     Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer
1927     Eartha Kitt, singer and actress, Catwoman-Batman
1927     Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer
1926     Clyde Walcott, cricketer, one of the three W's, later ICC chairman
1926     Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina, Red Shoes
1926     Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer
1926     Newton N. Minow, American Lawyer
1925     A H Kardar, cricketer, Pak 1st Test captain, prev played for India
1925     Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer, Scenes and Arias
1925     Duane Hanson, U.S. sculptor
1925     Rock Hudson, born in Winnetka, Illinois, actor, McMillian and Wife
1924     Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/president, California State University at Fullerton
1923     Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor, Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift
1922     Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls
1922     Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico
1921     Dehl Berti, born in Pueblo, Colorado, actor, John Taylor-Guns of Paradise
1920     Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician
1920     Nora Kaye, New York City, prima ballerina
1918     Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician
1917     Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician
1917     Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer
1917     Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer
1916     Joel Herron, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Jaye P Morgan Show
1914     William Stafford, American Poet
1913     Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder, Oostpriesterhulp
1913     Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng
1912     Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer
1911     Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist, Zerrissene Orpheus
1910     Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974
1910     Michael Economides, restaurateur
1908     Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer
1907     Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer, Orestes
1905     Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn, 1931
1904     Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor, Oklahoma, Annie
1904     Patsy Ruth Miller, actress, Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds
1903     Warren Hull, Gasport, New York, actor, Strike it Rich, Who in the World
1902     Geoffrey W. Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy, 1951-55
1901     Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer
1900     Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts
1899     Al Capone, born in Brooklyn, New York, gangster, Chicago bootlegging
1899     Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist, On the Beach, Town Like Alice
1899     Robert Maynard Hutchins, U.S., educator/civil libertarian
1899     Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary, 1 Man Without Character
1899     Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator
1897     Nils Asther, Malmo Sweden, actor, Bluebeard, Night Monster
1896     Harry Reser, born Piqua, Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show
1891     Marjorie Gateson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Man's Family
1891     Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101
1891     Walter Eucken, German economist
1886     Glenn Luther Martin, aviator, Collier Trophy-1933
1886     Ronald Firbank, London, novelist, Flower Beneath the Foot
1885     E Ball-Hennings, writer
1885     Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader
1884     Noah Beery, U.S. actor, Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf
1881     Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist, Andaman Islanders
1880     Mack Sennett, movie creator, Keystone Kops
1878     Oscar Apfel, Cleveland, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn
1877     Hans Jelmoli, composer
1876     Olga Fastrova, writer
1873     Francois Rasse, composer
1864     Lucien Herr, France, scientist, Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller
1863     David Lloyd George, L-PM-Britain, 1916-22
1863     Henry Charles Tonking, composer
1863     Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director, Stanislavski Method
1862     John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher
1858     Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author, Frutos de mi Tierra
1857     Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer, 1st sound-on-film recording
1857     Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer, Evangelimann
1853     Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist
1850     Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer
1845     Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/evangelist, Vredebond
1842     Anton G van Hamel, founder, Roman Philology in Netherlands
1840     Paul Meyer, French Writer
1836     Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer
1835     Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist
1835     Johan Filip von Schantz, composer
1834     Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia
1829     Catherine Booth, American Activist
1828     Lewis Addison Grant, Major General Union volunteers
1820     Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet, Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1818     Antoine Dorion, L, joint premier of Canada, 1858, 1863-64
1814     Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey
1806     James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson, 1st born in White House
1800     Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat
1771     Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel, Wieland
1769     Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer
1761     James Hall, Scotland, geologist
1759     Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
1745     Nicolas Roze, composer
1734     Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer, Les Pacheurs, Mirza
1733     Thomas Linley, composer
1732     Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland, 1764-95
1728     Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer
1719     Jean-Joseph Vade, composer
1712     John Stanley, composer
1706     Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer, statesman, and inventor
1683     Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian
1659     Antonio Veracini, composer
1657     Pieter van Bloemen, Standaart, Flemish painter, baptized
1612     Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general
1600     Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'
1574     Robert Fludd, composer
1545     Antonio Pace, composer
1517     Antonio Scandello, Italian composer, Passion of Johannes
1504     Pius V, Antonio Ghislieri saint, pope, 1566 - 1772
1501     Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist, History of Plants
1463     Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony, 1486-25, protector Luther
1342     Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy





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