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1996     Matthew Eappen, born in Boston, Massachusetts, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward
1981     Shelby Lyons, Oswego, New York, pairs skater, & Wells-1995 Midwest champ
1980     Billy L Sullivan, LI, New York, actor, Will Pacino-Something So Right
1979     Tracy McGrady, NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors
1978     Jade Winter, Australian swimmer 1996 Olympics
1975     Katie King, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics
1974     Ace Custis, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks
1974     Marcus Coleman, free safety for the New York Jets
1974     Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Braz
1974     Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak, Michigan, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1973     Karim Alami, born in Casablanca, Morocco, professional tennis player, ranked 25th in the World for singles in February, 2000
1973     Ville Peltonen, Vantaa FIN, NHL forward, Team Finland, San Jose
1972     Danny Bautista, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Atlanta Braves
1972     Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star, 1988 Futures-Bari-ITA
1972     Tito Paul, NFL defensive back, Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals
1972     Viktor Ujcik, born in Jihlava, Czech Republic, hockey, Team Czech Republic
1971     Paul Ragusa, born in Bulach, Switzerland, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics
1971     Troy Barnett, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots
1970     Jeff Zgonina, NFL defensive tackle, Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams
1970     Nick Castaneda, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Dawn Piepenbrink
1970     Thomas Alden Page, Glenridge, New Jersey, rocker, New Kids-Hangin' Tough
1969     Martin McCague, cricketer, in Ulster AIS product, England quickie 1993-94
1969     Rich Robinson, rocker, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker
1968     Jerry Dipoto, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, pitcher for the New York Mets
1967     Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows
1967     Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner 1996 Olympics
1967     Steve McDonald, born in America, bass player, member of band, Redd Kross
1966     Tony Jones, NFL tackle, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32
1966     Eric Cantona, French Athlete
1965     Chris Jorgis, Palo Alto California, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics
1965     John C. Reilly, American Actor
1964     Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics
1964     Elizabeth McColgan, British running star, world record 5 km indoor
1964     Pat Verbeek, Sarnia Ont, NHL forward, Team Canada, New York Rangers
1963     Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem, New York, dancer/actor, Leroy-Fame
1963     Horace Holden, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96
1963     Joe Dumars, NBA guard, Detroit Pistons
1963     Ken Ftach, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star
1962     Bev Lidyoff, Huntington Park, California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-7th-1994
1962     Dorothy Trapp, equestrian 3-day 1996 Olympics
1960     Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers and the Detroit Lions
1960     Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress
1960     Charlie Dent, American Politician
1957     John G. Rowland, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Governor of Connecticut 1995 - 2004
1957     John Rowland, American Politician
1956     Helen Terry, rocker, Now You're Mine
1955     Rosanne Cash, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder
1953     Alfred Molina, London, actor, Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears
1953     Nell Campbell, Laura, Sydney Australia, actress, Rocky Horror
1951     Pat Bradley, golfer, leader in LPGA career earnings
1951     Ronald A. Parise, Warren, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67
1949     John Illsley, rocker, Dire Straits
1949     Jim Broadbent, American Actor
1947     Luke Rittner, Secretary-General, Arts Council
1947     Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer, Walk on Faith
1946     Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper, Bronze Medal 1972 Olympics
1946     Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor, TLS
1946     Steve Upton, rock drummer, Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In
1945     Priscilla Presley, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun
1945     Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party
1945     Steven Norris, British MP
1944     Patti LaBelle, Holt, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, singer, LaBelle-Lady Marmalade
1943     James Levine, British conductor
1942     Ali Bacher, cricketer, South African batsman and captain in 60's
1942     Derek Quinn, guitarist, Freddie and Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now
1941     Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, actor, Tiger Shark
1941     Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer, University of East Anglia
1941     Bob Dylan, born in Duluth, Minnesota, singer and songwriter, 'Blowin' in Wind'
1941     Konrad Boehmer, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, writer, Marxist, Ph. D. University of Cologne, professor
1941     Martin Mogg, governor, British Durham Prison
1941     Tony Valentino, rocker, Standells-Dirty Water
1940     Gary Burghoff, Bristol CT, actor, Radar-M*A*S*H
1940     Joseph Brodsky, U.S.S.R., author, Less than 1, Nobel 1987


1939     Gert J. Schutte, Dutch MP, GPV
1938     Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner, South African in one Test vs. England 1964
1938     Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor, Cheech and Chong
1936     Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music
1934     Jane Byrne, born in Chicago, Illinois, first female Mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1979 - 1983, served as head of consumer affairs
1933     Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal
1933     Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer, Test Ind vs. Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB
1933     Joaquin Vaquero Turcios, Spanish painter
1933     Tony Mullett, dir-general, National Criminal Intelligence Service
1932     Arnold Wesker, British playwright, Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen
1932     Elaine Malbin, opera singer
1932     Graham Arnold, born in England, artist, founder of Brotherhood of Ruralists, realistic and surrealistic elements
1932     James Anderton, Chief constable, Manchester England
1932     Terence Heiser, British senior civil servant
1930     Hans-Martin Linde, composer
1930     Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals
1928     Peter Griffiths, born in London, born Peter Harry Steve Griffiths, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Smethwick
1928     Stanley Baxter, British comedian, Joey Boy, Fast Lady
1928     William Trevor, British writer, Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune
1928     Roger Caras, American Activist
1927     John Kelly, Jr., U.S., sculls, Olympic-bronze-1956, brother of Grace Kelly
1927     Martinus J Mentz, South African MP, Conservative
1927     Timothy Beven, CEO, Barclays Bank
1926     Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian mid-50's
1925     Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party
1925     Mai Zetterling, Sweden, actress, Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm
1923     Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
1923     Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan
1922     Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, opera titled Prince Arima
1918     Coleman A Young, civil rights leader, Mayor-D-Detroit
1918     D V Jennings, solicitor
1917     Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
1917     Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC
1917     Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse, New York, president, Notre Dame
1916     Roden Cutler, Governor, New South Wales
1914     Clifford Irving, Chairman, Isle of Man Government
1914     George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States
1914     Lilli Palmer, Peiser, Germany, actress, Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar
1913     Audrey Brown, England, 4 x 100m runner 1936 Olympics silver
1913     Willi Daume, olympic organizer
1912     Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano
1912     Joseph Anthony, Deuster, U.S. director/actor, Matchmaker, Tomorrow
1910     Margers Zarins, composer
1910     Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer
1909     Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet, Lorca
1909     Louis Furnberg, writer
1909     Wilbur Mills, born in Kensett, Arkansas, Representative-D-Arkansas 1939 - 1977, involved with Fanne Foxe
1909     Naomi Klein, Canadian Journalist
1908     Kresimir Fribec, composer
1908     Michael Roberts, historian
1906     Edmund Sargant, solicitor
1906     John Mayo, director-general, Help the Aged
1905     Mikhail Sholokhov, U.S.S.R., writer, And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965
1905     Zdenek Blazek, composer
1904     George Formby, William Booth, British singer/comic, Let George Do It
1904     Kenneth Buckley, British rear-admiral
1904     Patrick Johnson, physicist
1903     Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, Earth
1903     Hilding Hallnas, composer
1899     Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times
1898     Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator, Orlando
1898     Helen B. Taussig, American Scientist
1895     H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer, Australian all-rounder post-WWI
1895     Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour
1893     W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda
1891     Benedictus H Danser, Dutch botanist
1891     William F Albright, U.S. old testament scholar/archaeologist
1886     Paul Paray, Le Treport Normandy, conductor and composer, Artemis Trouble
1882     Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East
1881     Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer
1878     Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer, CIOS Gold Medal-1954
1878     Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice
1870     Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations
1866     Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990, 124 years
1858     Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, Green Amsterdammer
1855     Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright
1854     Louis Mountbatten, Admiral, WW I
1852     Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician
1850     Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter
1841     Charles Napier Henry, painter
1841     Tito Mattei, pianist/composer
1840     Frederick Walker, painter
1838     Paul Laband, German lawyer
1831     Richard Hoffman, composer
1819     Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837 - 1901
1816     Emanuel Leutze, U.S., painter, Washington Crossing the Delaware
1816     Robert Seaman Granger, Union Army Major general
1811     Charles Clark, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1810     Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
1807     Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature
1807     Thomas Duncan, painter
1803     Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano
1794     William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science
1781     Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player
1767     Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer
1754     Giacomo Conti, composer
1753     Oliver Cromwell, Burlington, New Jersey, black who served with Washington
1751     Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina, 1796-1802
1743     Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
1738     George III, king of Great Britain, 1760-1820
1736     Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer
1677     Alexandre de Villenueve, composer
1650     John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
1619     Philips Wouwerman, s, Dutch painter
1610     Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer
1605     Nikon, Nikita Minin, patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
1544     William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism
1522     John Jewel, English Clergyman
15         Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant





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