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maxie9999

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Message Posted: Jan 1, 2005 11:40:30 PM

With the new year here, I thought it might be a good time to start a topic on Birthdays.

I will list all the famous birthdays of the day I can find.

If your birthday is today, please also add it to the listing and you will be famous or infamous as the case my be.

Regards Maxie =^..^=
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maxie9999
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Message Posted: Jan 4, 2005 5:35:54 AM

Famous birthdays for this day .. Janurary 4th


1581 - Bishop James Ussher, calculated that earth began Nov. 23-4004 BC
1643 - Sir Issac Newton, scientist (Whatever goes up)
1785 - Jacob Grimm, German librarian and philologist and fairy tale collector
1789 - Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist and abolitionist
1797 - Wilhelm Beer, German amateur who helps to construct 1st moon map
1809 - Louis Braille, developed reading system for blind
1813 - Sir Issac Pitman, shorthand inventor
1838 - Charles Stratton, (alias General Tom Thumb and famous short person)
1878 - Augustus E John, Artist Portraits
1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Artist Seated Youth
1914 - Jane Wyman, Actress and the 1st Mrs Ronald Reagan
1930 - Barbara Rush, Actress Peyton place, Hombre, When Worlds Collide
1930 - Don Shula, NFL coach (Miami Dolphins)
1930 - Sorrell Brooke, Actor, Dukes of Hazzard
1932 - Richard Stahl, Actor, The Student Nurses
1935 - Floyd Patterson, world heavyweight champ (1956-59 and 1960-62)
1937 - Dyan Cannon, Former Mrs Cary Grant, Actress, Heaven Can Wait
1940 - Anthony S Teague, Actor, Falcon Crest
1941 - John B Perry, Actor, Falcon Crest
1941 - Maureen Reagan, Political Relative
1943 - Tom Wilkinson, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1946 - Authur Conley, Musician Sweet Soul music
1951 - Nina Foust, Golfer
1955 - Kath Forester, Country Singer, Forester Sisters
1955 - Mark Hollis, Musician, Talk Talk
1956 - Ann Magnuson, Actress, Anything But Love
1956- -Barney Albrecht, Musicin New Order
1956 - Bernie Albreacht, Musician Guitarist
1957 -Patty Loveless, Musician, country
1958 - Matt Frewerm Actor, Max Headroom
1960 - Micheal Stripe, Musician R.E.M.
1960 - Cory E Racine, Body Builder
1961 - Lee Curreri, Actor Fame
1963 - Dave Foley, Actor News Radio
1965 - Julia Ormond, Actress Legends of the Fall
1965 - David Glasper, Musician, Breathe
1965 - Guy Forget, Tennis player
1966 - Deana Carter, Musician, Country
1967 - Rick Cunningham, Football
1969 - Lindsay Kennendy, Actor, Little House on the Prairie
1969 - Corie Blout, Basketball
1971 - Jeremy Light, Actor Hogan Family
1971 - Garrison Hearst, Football
1971 - Olanda Truitt, Football
1973 - Greg De Bries, Hockey
1973 - Lamont Warren, Football
1973 - Ray Mickens, Football
1974 - Carl Powell, Football
1977 - Dimitri Nabovok, Hockey
1977 - Brian O'Connor, Baseball
1978 - Eddie Freeman, Football
1978 - Jason Moore, Baseball
1978 - Willie Martinez, Baseball

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maxie9999
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Message Posted: Jan 3, 2005 5:29:07 AM

Famous birthdays on January 3 ..


0106 - Marcus Cicero, Roman statesman, Phiilosopher
1543 - Juan Cabrillo, Discoverer of California
1757 - Johann A Sixt, Composer
1786 - Johann c Schneider, Composer
1793 - Lucretia Coffin Mott, Woman's right leader
1802 - Feliks Ostrowski, Composer
1806 - Henriette Sontag, Opera singer soprano
1823 - Robert Whitehead, Inventor Torpedo
1830 - Alexander Ewing, Composer
1840 - Father Damien, helped lepers in Hawaii
1853 - Iwan Knorr, Composer
1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney)
1879 - Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady
1883 - Clement R. Attlee (Labour), British prime minister (1945-51)
1892 - J.R.R. Tolkien, Author, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
1896 - Andre A R Masson, Artist, Surrealist, Labyrinth
1898 - Johannes Hin, Olympic Gold Holland
1900 - Maurice Jaubert, Composter
1905 - Ray Milland, Actor (Dial M for Murder and The Lost Weekend)
1909 - Victor Borge, Pianist and Comedian--Denmark
1911 - John Gturges Director, The Magnificent 7
1914 - Jean Louvel, Pianist
1916 - Betty Furness, in NYC
1918 - Maxine Andrews, of singing Andrew Sister
1921 - John Russell, Actor Rio Bravo
1922 - Bill Travers, Actor Born Free
1922 - Jacques Wildberger, Composer My End Is My Beginning
1924 - Hank Stram, Football player/Sportscaster
1926 - Danny Overbea, Singer Blues
1926 - George Martin, Beatles Manager
1928 - Jeanne Moreau, in Paris France
1929 - Sergio Leone, Director Fist Full of Dollars
1930 - Robert Loggia, Actor (1st Love and An Officer & a Gentleman)
1934 - Bryan G Kelly, Composer
1936 - Jos Kunst, Composer
1939 - Bobby Hull, Hockey player, Hall of Fame
1943 - Van Dyke Parks, Songwriter, High Coin
1945 - Stephen Stills, Singer and songwriter
1947 - Melanie (Safka), in Astoria Queens
1948 - Larry McNeeley, Musician Glen Campbell Show
1950 - Victoria Principal, Actress, Earthquake, Dallas
1950 - Beth Anderson, Composer
1950 - Jim Dwyer, Baseball player
1950 - Rick Macliesh, Hockey player
1953 - Angelo Parisi, Olymipic Gold France
1955 - Cynthia Sykes, Actress, St Elsewhere
1956 - Mel Gibson, Actor, Leathal weapon, Mad Max
1959 - Rusty Golden, Musician Boys Band
1961 - Erwin B Dutch, Musician
1962 - Darren Daulton, Baseball Player
1963 - Jim Everett, Football Player
1965 -Danny Stubbs, Football Player
1968 - Shannon Sturges, Actress Savannah
1969 - Nikki Nelson, Musician, Country Highway 101
1969 - Matt Labounty, Football player
1970 - Tony Farmer, Basketball player
1971 - Cory Cross, Hockey player
1972 - Charles Johnson, Football player
1972 - Drake Berehowsky, Hockey player
1973 - Darond Stovall, Baseball player
1973 - Tyrone Brown, Football player
1974 - Todd Warriener, Hockey player
1974 - Luis Rodriguez, Baseball player
1975 - Jason Marsden, Actor Mr Saturday Night
1977 - A J Burnett, Baseball player
1977 - Zach Sorensen, Baseball player
1980 - Rick Riccobono, Baseball player
19 -- - Tom Bower, Actor The Waltons
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maxie9999
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Message Posted: Jan 2, 2005 6:11:49 AM

Famous Birthdays - January 2nd
1642 MEHMED 1V, SULTAN (TURKEY)
1647 NATHANIEL BACON, LEADER OF BACON'S REBELLION OF VA (1676)
1727 JAMES WOLFE,COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH ARMY AT CAPTURE OF QUEBEC
1732 FRANZ XAVER BRIXI, COMPOSER
1751 JOHANN D. TITIUS, ASTRONOMER
1752 PHILIP FRENEAU, POET AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE AMERICAN VILLAGE
1803 CHARLES THURBER,INVENTOR HAND PRINTING MACHINE
1807 TOMASZ N. NIDECKI, COMPOSER
1810 ALFRED J. MILLER, ARTIST USA INDIANS
1822 RUDOLF J.E. CLAUSIUS, SCIENTIST THERMODYNAMICS
1837 MILY ALEXEYEVICH BALAKIREV, COMPOSER ORIENTAL FOLK SONGS
1846 SANDOR ERKEL, COMPOSER
1863 LUCIA ZARATE, BECAME LIGHTEST KNOWN ADULT HUMAN (2.1kg AT 17)
1872 ALBERT C. BARNES, INVENTOR ANTISEPTIC ARGYROL
1875 DAVID H. MILLER, DEVELOPED LEAGUE OF NATIONS
1880 LOUIS C. BREGUET, FOUNDER AIR FRANCE
1889 TITO SCHIPA, TENOR
1894 ARTUR RODZINSKI, CONDUCTOR
1899 ALEXANDER TCHEREPNIN, COMPOSER
1901 TORSTEN RALF, TENOR
1902 HIRAM H. MERRITT, CO-DEVELOPED DRUG DILANTIN
1904 JAMES MELTON, OPERA TENOR
1905 SIR MICHAEL K. TIPPETT, COMPOSER OPERA THE KNOT GARDEN
1912 BARBARA PENTLAND, COMPOSER
1913 ANNA LEE, ACTRESS GENERAL HOSPITAL
1920 ISAAC ASIMOV, AUTHOR SF FOUNDATION TRILOGY
1921 GLEN HARMON, HOCKEY PLAYER
1922 NICO SCHUYT, COMPOSER
1922 RENATA TEBALDI, SINGER OPERA SOPRANO
1927 GINO MARCHETTIM, FOOTBALL PLAYER HOF
1928 TIBERIU OLAH, COMPOSER
1929 ART PRYSOCK, MUSICIAN JAZZ
1930 JULIUS LAROSA, SINGER POP
1932 DABNEY COLEMAN, ACTOR BUFALO BILL
1936 ROGER MILLER, MUSICIAN-COUNTRY KING OF/ROAD
1944 PETER EOTVOS, COMPOSER
1947 CALVIN HILL, FOOTBALL PLAYER
1949 CHICK CHURCHILL, MUSICIAN TEN YEARS AFTER
1951 BILL MADLOCK,,BASEBALL PLAYER
1952 RICKY VAN SHELTON, MUSICIAN - COUNTRY
1955 RAYMOND CLAYBORN, FOOTBALL PLAYER
1957 JOANNA PACULA, ACTRESS GORKY PARK
1961 GABRIELLE CARTERIS, ACTRESS BEVERLY HILLS 90210
1963 DAVID CONE, BASEBALL PLAYER
1963 EDGAR MARTINEZ, BASEBALL PLAYER
1964 PERNELL WHITAKER, BOXER
1965 GREG SWINDELL, BASEBALL PLAYER
1965 RUSS COURTNALL, HOCKEY PLAYER
1967 TIA CARRERE, ACTRESS RELIC HUNTER, WAYNES WORLD, TRUE LIES
1968 CUBA GOODING JR., ACTOR JERRY MAGUIRE
1968 GLEN WESLEY, HOCKEY PLAYER
1969 CHRISTY TURLINGTON, SUPERMODEL
1969 RICK TABARACCI, HOCKEY PLAYER
1969 ROBERT SVEHLA, HOCKEY PLAYER
1970 GLENN CADREZ, FOOTBALL PLAYER
1970 ROYCE CLAYTON, BASEBALL PLAYER
1971 AARON WILLIAMS, BASKETBALL PLAYER
1971 TAYE DIGGS, ACTOR HOW STELLA GOT/BACK
1972 GARRETT STEPHENSON, BASEBALL PLAYER
1972 LAKE DAWSON, FOOTBALL PLAYER
1972 MATTIAS NORSTROM, HOCKEY PLAYER
1973 ABU WILSON, FOOTBALL PLAYER
1973 MIKE METCALFE, BASEBALL PLAYER
1974 JUHA LIND, HOCKEY PLAYER
1975 JEFF SUPPAN, BASEBALL PLAYER
1978 DEVIN DOHERTY, ACTOR SWAN'S CROSSING
1981 KELTON KESSEE, SINGER IMMATURE

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Message Posted: Jan 2, 2005 1:00:09 AM

It's not my birthday, but I remember from school, that in a class of 30 kids, 2 would have the same birthday.
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maxie9999
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Message Posted: Jan 1, 2005 11:41:34 PM

Famous birthdays - January 1st
0379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia)
1387 Charles The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)
1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia] Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)
1449 Lorenzo de' Medici [The Magnificent] of Florence
1467 Sigismund I the old, king of Poland
1481 Huldrych Zwingli Swiss Protestant reformer
1504 Caspar Cruciger German church reformer
1520 Franciscus Balduinus [François Baudouin], lawyer
1618 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]
1622 Isaac Sweers Dutch Admiral/General/Civil rights activist
1628 Christoph Bernhard German composer
1638 Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres French poet/playwright
1652 Johann Krieger composer
1697 Johann Pfeiffer composer
1709 Johann H H Bütz German/Dutch organ builder
1714 Kristijonas Donelaitis Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
1723 Christian Friedrich Gregor composer
1729 Edmund Burke British author/famous Whig (Philosophy & Inquiry, Reflections on the Revolution)
1734 John F E Acton cruel premier of Naples
1735 Paul Revere silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne General
1748 Giovanni Furno composer
1752 Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross flag maker
1764 John Kinker Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster)
1777 Micah Hawkins composer
1784 William Beale composer
1792 Henrik A Bjerregaard Norwegian writer/poet (Sonner af Norge)
1800 Sydney Nelson composer
1800 Vaclav Horak composer
1809 John Pieter Heije Dutch physician/writer/poet (Silver Fleet)
1815 Charles Renouvier French philosopher (neocriticism)
1817 Martin H Klaproth Germany, chemist
1819 Arthur Hugh Clough poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
1819 George Foster Shepley Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1823 Sándor Petöfi Kikkörös, Hungary, poet, revolutionary (Jáos Vitéz)
1827 William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1831 William Joseph Westbrook composer
1834 Ludovic Halévy Paris France, actor (Carmen)
1838 William Hugh Young Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1839 Maria Louise Ramé "Ouida" Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk England, screenwriter (A Dog of Flanders, The Little Dutch Girl)
1843 Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer
1846 Nikola Pasic Serbian nationalist/premier (1891-1926)
1853 Hans Koessler composer
1854 Sir James Frazer Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)
1861 Isaac Murphy thoroughbred jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%)
1861 William Morris Boston MA, actor (Brothers, The Roadhouse Murder)
1862 Snitz Edwards Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)
1863 Baron Pierre de Coubertin France, revived Olympic games
1863 Aleko Konstantinov Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)
1863 Pierre de Coubertin France, baron (revived Olympic games)
1864 Alfred Stieglitz US photographer-father of modern photography/art dealer (Camera Work)
1865 Giuseppe Ferrata composer
1866 [Lars] Peter Elfelt [Petersen] Denmark, director (Henrettelsen)
1867 Lew Fields New York NY, comedian/actor (of Weber & Fields, 23-Skidoo)
1867 Charles Edward Montague English author/critic (Fiery Particles)
1869 Louis de la Vallée-Poussin Belgian indologist
1873 Mariano Azuela Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
1873 Willis Robards Texas, actor/director (Mothers of Men, Every Woman's Problem)
1874 Hugo Leichtentritt composer
1875 Charles Rist French economist
1875 N F Druce cricketer (5 Tests for England vs Australia 1897-98)
1876 Johan C Altorf sculptor (October 3rd monument)
1878 Edwin Franko Goldman composer
1878 François Ambrosiny French dancer/choreograph (L'oiseau enchanté)
1879 Edward Dillon New York NY, actor/director (Young Ironsides, The Golden West)
1879 E[dward] M Forster London England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India)
1879 Emile Argand Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)
1879 Ernest Jones British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)
1879 Paul Porcasi Palermo Sicily Itlay, actor (Say It Again, I'll Remember April)
1879 William Fox Tulchva Hungary, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)
1880 Edie Martin London England, actress (Titfield Thunderbolt)
1880 Shalom Asch Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)
1881 Carry van Bridges [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)
1881 Richard Kean England, actor (Story of Will Rogers, Ten Commandments)
1882 W C Wendelaar mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD)
1883 Federigo Tozzi Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)
1883 Heiko E Arnoldi Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director
1884 George W Meyer Boston MA, composer/lyricist (Bells of St. Mary's, Broadway Babies)
1885 Lawrence Alfred Bowes Newark CA, actor (Big Town Ideas)
1885 Roland Diggle composer
1885 Winifred Greenwood Geneseo New York, actress (Don't Call Me Little Girl, Love Never Dies)
1886 Willard Robertson Runnels TX, actor (Deep Valley, Fury at Furnace Creek)
1886 William Edmunds Italy, actor (Lost Moment, Big Sombrero)
1887 Wilhelm Canaris German admiral/head German military intelligence
1888 Chesley Bonestell San Francisco CA, special effects/actor/writer (Swiss Family Robinson, War of the Worlds)
1888 Joseph Marievsky Russia, actor (Three Godfathers)
1888 Ludwig Rex Berlin Germany, actor (Der Mensch am Wege)
1889 Alexander Smallens St Petersburg, Russia, conductor
1889 Tadeusz Jarecki composer
1889 Tom Dugan Dublin Ireland, actor (Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway)
1890 Florence Lawrence Hamilton Ontario, silent screen actress (Confidence)
1890 Lawford Davidson London England, actor (Love Doctor, Vagabond King)
1890 Wanda Capodaglio Asti Italy, actress (La Donna Nuda, Gelosia)
1891 Alessandro De Stefani Cividale del Friuli Italy, writer (La Signorina, Africa sotto i mari)
1891 Charles Bickford Cambridge MA, actor (John-The Virginian, Days of Wine and Roses)
1891 Frank Pettingell Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)
1892 Manuel Roxas y Acuna 1st President of Philippines
1892 Artur Rodzinski Spalato Dalmatia Poland, conductor/composer
1892 Lillian Lorraine San Francisco CA, actress (Lonesome Corners, Should a Wife Forgive?)
1892 Miklos Radnai composer
1893 Frank Badgley Ottowa Canada, actor (Man From Glengarry)
1893 Jay Rescher Bayonne NJ, cinematographer (Girl of the Sea, Straight To Heaven)
1894 Iván Petrovich Novi Sad Serbia, actor (Magician, Garden of Allah)
1895 Alice Tissot Paris France, actress (Tambour battant, Jamais deux sans trois)
1895 J Edgar Hoover Washington DC, Director of US Fedreal Bureau of Investigation
1895 Nathaniel Shilkret New York City NY, conductor
1895 Rafael Martínez Zaragoza Spain, composer (Nuestra Natacha, Ana María)
1896 Maurice Jacobson composer
1896 Teinosuke KinugasaMie Ken Japan, writer/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
1896 Yitzhak Edel composer
1897 Al Martin screenwriter (Blondie Knows Best)
1897 Walter Greaza St Paul MN, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye, Edge of Night)
1898 George van Derton Belgian racer (won 500 race)
1898 Viktor Ullmann opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)
1899 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer
1899 Lev V Kuleshov Tambov Russia, director/theorist (Po Zakonu)
1899 Raymond Loucheur composer
19-- Alexia Robinson Fort Lauderdale FL, actress (Total Recall, General Hospital)
19-- Stephanie Faracy Brooklyn NY, actress (Judy-Thorn Birds)
1900 Erwin S. Gelsey New York NY, screenwriter (Cover Girl, Touchdown Army)
1900 Hubert van Doorne Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)
1900 Lillian Rich Herne Hill London England, actress (One Wonderful Night, Never Say Die)
1900 Paola Borboni Parma Italy, actress (La Cage aux folles II, Cicciabomba)
1900 William Haines Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)
1900 Xavier Cugat [Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo] Tirona Catalonia Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1901 Christine Wittewaall van Stoetwegen Dutch MP (CDD)
1902 Aldo Graziati Scorze Italy, cinematographer (Othello, Indiscretion, The Wayward Wife)
1902 Buster Nupen cricketer (1-eyed South African quick, great on matting)
1902 Dimiter Nenov composer
1905 Melvin Price (Representative-D-IL, 1945- )
1906 Frank Stack Canada, speed skater (Olympics-bronze-1932)
1907 Erich Schmid composer
1908 Kinue Hitoma Japan, 800m runner (Olympics-silver-1928)
1909 Dana Andrews Collins MS, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)
1909 John Glenn, astronaut
1909 Barry Goldwater (Senator-R-AZ, 1953-65, 69- )/Presidential candidate (R) 1964)
1909 D D Hindlekar cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)
1910 Russ Bender actor/writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster)
1911 Hammerin' Hank Greenberg Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1911 Endre Szervanszky composer
1912 Kim Philby British spy/Soviet mole
1912 Victor Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader
1913 Eliot Janeway financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
1915 François Bondy writer
1915 Lewis Bingham Keeble town planner
1916 Earl Wrightson Baltimore MD, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)
1918 Willy den Ouden Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1 04.06)
1919 Bernard Drukker Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader (Devil's Wheel)
1919 Carole Landis Fairchild WI, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns)
1919 J[erome] D[avid] Salinger New York City, NY, novelist (Catcher in the Rye)
1920 Elisabeth Andersen [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania)
1920 Roger Peacock writer
1921 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha Algerian/French world cross-country champion (Olympics-gold-1956)
1922 Ernest F Hollings (Senator-D-SC, 1966- )
1923 Chalmers Goodlin US test pilot (XS-1)
1923 Milton Jackson US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
1925 George Conner NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1925 Valentina Cortesa Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
1926 Claire Polin [Schaff] composer flautist/musicologist
1927 Barbara Baxley Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)
1927 Juliusz Luciuk composer
1927 Maurice Béjart France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring)
1927 Yuri Grigorovich Leningrad Russia, choreographer
1928 Ernest R Tidyman Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
1928 Khan Mohammad cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wickets in 13 Tests)
1929 Holling Gustav Vapor character on Northern Exposure
1930 Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry Premier/President (Sudan)
1930 Werner Heiden composer
1931 Carel Brons composer
1931 Siddig El Nigoumi ceramicist
1932 Giuseppe Patane Naples Italy, conductor
1932 Arnfried G D P Dutch manufacturer (breadcrumbs)/drugs dealer
1933 Joe Orton England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)
1933 Anders Bo Leif Linde composer
1933 James A Abrahamson USAF/astronaut
1935 Harold Martina Netherlands Antilles, pianist/conductor
1935 Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov Russia, cosmonaut
1936 Eve Queler New York City NY, conductor
1936 Willye B White US long jumper (Olympics-silver-1956)
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Queen of Netherlands (1980- )
1938 Bill Emerson (Representative-R-MO, 1981- )
1940 Frank Langella Bayonne NJ, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs)
1940 Jack Kiefer Columbia PA, PGA golfer (1994 Ralphs Senior Classic)
1940 Laszlo Sary composer
1940 Richard Henry Orton composer
1942 Country Joe McDonald California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
1942 Gennadi Vassilyevich Sarafanov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
1942 George Couroupos composer
1942 Martin Frost (Representative-D-TX, 1971- )
1943 Don Novello [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula OH, comedian (SNL)
1943 Jerilyn Britz Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1979 US Women's Open)
1944 Charlie Davis cricketer (West Indies batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73)
1945 Jacques Ickx Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner)
1946 Manfred Stengl Austria, 2 man lugist (Olympics-gold-1960)
1946 Rick Hurst Houston TX, actor (Dukes of Hazzard)
1947 Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov Russia, cosmonaut
1947 Gary "BB" Coleman blues vocal/guitarist/producer
1947 Peter Lankhorst Dutch MP (PPR)
1947 Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-8, TM-4, STS 63)
1949 Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko Russia, cosmonaut
1949 Peter Dormer arts writer
1950 Morgan Fisher rock keyboardist (British Lions)
1950 Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina Russia, cosmonaut
1950 Yevgeni Vladimirovich Saley cosmonaut
1951 Frans Kellendonk author (Ruin, The Good for Nothing)
1951 Jaco Pastorius rocker
1953 Alpha Blondy [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem)
1953 Kevin Hangon composer
1953 Rochelle S Abramson violinist
1954 Fr David Paris France, rocker
1955 Michael James Sullivan Gary IN, PGA golfer (1980 Southern Open)
1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky Russia, Lieutenant-Colonel/cosmonaut
1956 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-15, SK TM-28)
1958 Ren Woods Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots)
1958 Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], New York City, NY, rocker (Message)
1959 Abdul Ahad Mohmand Afghanistan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6)
1960 Michael David Morrison actor (Caleb Snyder-As the World Turns)
1961 Irv Eatman NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
1961 Marcia Cross actress (Melrose Place)
1962 Ravshanbek Aliyev Kirgiz, cosmonaut
1963 Glenn Trimble cricketer (son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986)
1963 Lance Smith NFL guard (New York Giants)
1965 Andrew O Valmon Brooklyn NY, 400m runner
1965 DeDee Pfeiffer actress (Cybill)
1965 Harry Galbreath NFL guard (Green Bay Packers)
1965 Mark Dewey US baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1966 Rawley Valberde Oceanside CA, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara)
1966 Mika Nieminen Tampere Finland, hockey forward (Team Finland, Olympics-bronze-1998)
1967 Andy Heck NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
1967 Derrick Thomas NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
1968 John de Visser soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1968 Sandy Beasley Richmond BC, softball outfielder (Olympics-96)
1969 Morris Chestnut actor (Boyz N the Hood)
1969 Reemt Pyka Bremerhaven Germany, hockey forward (Team Germany)
1970 Brian Morton Wollongong Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970 Tom Sier soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1970 Vadim Glovatskiy hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
1971 Beno Bryant WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Bobby Holik Jihlava Czechoslavakia, NHL left wing (New Jersey Devils, Team Czech Rep)
1971 Bridget Pettis WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury)
1971 Kevin Lee NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1971 Kevin Mitchell NFL linebacker (San Francisco 49ers)
1972 Barron Miles NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers)/WLAF corner (Frankfurt)
1972 Ivan Droppa hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1973 Clyde Wijnhard soccer player (Ajax, RKC)
1973 Fang Li Hunan China, tennis star (1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP)
1973 Justin Armour NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1973 Mercury Hayes wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 Johnie Church NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1975 Becky Kellar ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Olympics-98)
1975 Chris Anstey NBA center (Dallas Mavericks)
1986 Alexa Ray Joel daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley

1449 - Lorenzo de'Medici, (The Magnificent) of Florence
1481 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer
1735 - Paul Revere, US patriot and The British are coming
1745 - General Anthony Wayne, military leader ("Mad Anthony")
1752 - Elizabeth Griscom, (Betsy) Ross--flag maker
1819 - Arthur Hugh Clough, poet and friend of Matthew Arnold
1854 - Sir James Frazer, British anthropologist and author (The Golden Bough)
1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography
1867 - Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields)
1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (The Flies and The Bosses)
1879 - E.M. Forster, English novelist (Howard's End and A Passage to India)
1895 - J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
1900 - Xavier Cugat, bandleader
1909 - Barry Goldwater (R), former US senator from Az
1909 - Dana Andrews, actor (Battle of the Bulge and Laura)
1909 - John Glenn, astronaut
1911 - Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer
1919 - Carole Landis,
1919 - J D Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye'
1922 - Ernest Hollings (D), US senator from SC
1925 - George Conner, NFL tackle and linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1927 - Yuri Grigorovich, Russian choreographer
1932 - Terry Moore, in Los Angeles Calif
1942 - Country Joe McDonald,
1942 - Gennadi V. Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)

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