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2009 - 2000

(2009) Clara Lukasiak: Reality Star.
(2001) Aaliyah Hudson: YouTube Star.
(2001) Drew Justice: TV Actor.
(2000) Lil Pump
(2000) Agnese Benetton: Italian noted family, the daughter of skier Debora Compagnoni and her manager, Alessandro Benetton.

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1999 - 1990

(1998) Calvin Mijnsbergen: YouNow Star.
(1996) Madison Axford: YouTube Star.
(1996) Ella Cruz: Filipina actress.
(1995) Gracie Gold: American figure skater.
(1994) Taissa Farmiga: TV Actress.
(1994) Tiémoué Bakayoko
(1994) Terrance Jones: Vine Star.
(1993) Sarah Sjöström: Swedish swimmer.
(1993) Jay Bucks: YouTube Star.
(1993) Jessica Vazquez: Vine Star.

(1993) Cameron Monaghan: Actor.
(1993) Cinta Laura: Pop Singer.
(1992) Paige (wrestler)
(1992) Marie Payet
(1992) Denis Kudla: Ukrainian-American tennis player.
(1992) Paige : Wrestler.
(1992) Alex Elisala: New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013).
(1991) Austin Butler: TV Actor.
(1991) Montana Fishburne: American pornographic actress.
(1991) Qory Sandioriva: Indonesian beauty queen, Puteri Indonesia 2009.
(1991) Jayy Von Monroe: Pop Singer.
(1991) Connor Johnson: Drummer.
(1991) Young Thug: Musician.
(1991) Evanna Lynch: Actress.
(1991) John Aprigliano: YouTube Star.
(1991) Krism : YouTube Star.
(1991) Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik: World Chess Champion.
(1990) Rachel Hurd-Wood: British actress.
(1990) James Tindale: Reality Star.
(1990) Colin Bates: American actor singer and dancer.
(1990) Estee Lalonde: YouTube Star.

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1989 - 1980

(1989) Lil B: Rapper.
(1989) Elena Hight: American snowboarder.
(1989) Farah Abdullah: Turkish actress.
(1989) Frederick Lau: German actor.
(1988) Brady Corbet: American actor director and screenwriter.
(1988) Erika Toda: Japanese actress.
(1988) Natalie Sandtorv: Norwegian singer-songwriter (Morning Has Occurred).
(1988) Nichole Cordova: Performer (Girlicious).
(1988) Aidan Coleman: Irish jockey.
(1988) Bianca Collins: American actress.

(1988) Jihadi John: Kuwaiti member of ISIS (d. 2015).
(1987) Kemp Muhl: American model actress and singer.
(1987) Artus (comedian)
(1987) Paolo Serrano: Filipino actor.
(1987) Matthew Shultz: American musician, Cage the Elephant.
(1986) Tyrus Thomas: American basketball player.
(1986) Rudy Gay: American basketball player.
(1986) Jonathan Lacourt
(1986) Bryton McClure: Lakewood, California -- Actor (Richie-Family Matters).
(1986) Julien Quercia
(1986) Ariadne Diaz: Soap Opera Actress.
(1986) Ashton Shepherd: Musician.
(1986) Bryton James: American actor and singer.
(1985) Yû Aoi
(1985) Wendy González
(1985) Brock Kelly
(1985) Yu Aoi: Japanese actress.
(1985) Agnes Bruckner: Actress.
(1985) Yū Aoi: Japanese model and actress.
(1985) Cristin Milioti: Actress.
(1984) Garrett Wolfe: American football player.
(1984) Dee Brown: American basketball player.
(1984) Oksana Domnina: Russian ice dancer.
(1983) Jenni Gregg
(1983) Dustin Pedroia: American baseball player.
(1983) Melinda Stolp
(1983) Dominik Garcia-Lorido: Actress.
(1982) Mark Salling: American actor.
(1982) Karim Ziani
(1982) Cam Gigandet: Actor.
(1982) Cheerleader Melissa: American professional wrestler.
(1982) Phil Jagielka: English footballer.
(1981) Helen Lindes
(1981) Kristin Holt: American television personality.
(1981) Kristin Adams: American singer and television host.
(1980) Lene Marlin: Norwegian singer-songwriter.
(1980) Daniel Güiza: Spanish footballer.
(1980) Brett Myers
(1980) Van Tuong Nguyen : Thai-Australian drug trafficker (d. 2005).
(1980) Jan Kromkamp: Dutch footballer.
(1980) Tootsie Guevara: Filipino singer-songwriter and actress.
(1980) Keith Dabengwa: Zimbabwean cricketer.

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1979 - 1970

(1979) Julien Escudé
(1979) Marcus Patric: English actor.
(1979) Antwaan Randle El: American football player.
(1979) Antwaan El: American football player and journalist.
(1978) Medhi Baala
(1978) Jelena Karleusa: Pop Singer.
(1978) Karena Lam: Canadian-Hong Kong actress and singer.
(1978) Jelena Karleuša: Serbian singer and dancer.
(1978) Mehdi Baala: French middle-distance runner competing mainly in the 1500 metres event.
(1978) Vibeke Stene: Norwegian singer (Tristania).

(1978) Ebon Moss-Bachrach: American actor.
(1977) Thierry Henry: French-born soccer player he has played for several clubs including Monaco (beginning in 1995), Juventus and Barcelona.
(1977) Tarja Turunen: Metal Singer.
(1977) Claire Richards: British pop singer, a member of the British pop band, STEPS.
(1977) William Gallas: French soccer player, who scored the goal against Ireland which allowed France to participate in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
(1977) Edu del Prado
(1977) Jake Patellis: Actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life).
(1977) Nathan Deakes: Australian race walker.
(1977) Mike Lewis: Welsh guitarist (Lostprophets Public Disturbance and No Devotion).
(1977) Matthew Oakley: English footballer.
(1976) Salvatore Sicari: American homicide accomplice who, with his pal Charles Jaynes, kidnapped Jeffrey Curley on 10/01/1997, approximately 3:30 PM, Cambridge, MA.
(1976) Eric Boulton: Canadian ice hockey player.
(1976) Scott Halberstadt: American actor.
(1976) Geertjan Lassche: Dutch journalist and director.
(1976) Serhiy Zakarlyuka: Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014).
(1975) Giuliana DePandi: Italian-born American television personality.
(1975) Carmina Villaroel: Filipino model and actress.
(1975) Taika Waititi: Director.
(1974) Giuliana Rancic: TV Show Host.
(1974) Marisabel Lomba
(1974) Tony Hajjar: Lebanese-American drummer (At the Drive-In and Sparta).
(1974) Marie Lomba: Belgium judo champion and winner of the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 56 kg.
(1974) Johannes Staud: Austrian composer.
(1974) Nicola Kraus: American novelist.
(1974) Tomomi Kahala: Japanese singer-songwriter and actress.
(1973) Mickaël Pagis: French retired football striker and currently a beach soccer player.
(1973) Tim Forsyth: Australian high jumper (Olympic Bronze-92, 96).
(1973) Paul Wiggins: Offensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers).
(1973) Kerry Mock: WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy).
(1973) A J Wood: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Soccer forward (1996 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1972) Ken Ryker: American pornographic actor.
(1972) Chiquinquirá Delgado
(1972) Chiquinquira Delgado: TV Show Host.
(1972) Ernie Conwell: Tight end (St. Louis Rams).
(1972) Habibul Bashar: Bangladeshi cricketer.
(1971) Thierry Solère
(1971) Ed Motta: Brazilian singer and pianist.
(1971) Filippo Simeoni
(1971) Jorge Posada: Puerto Rican baseball player.
(1971) Motta : Brazilian singer and composer, the top Brazilian "soul" singer.
(1971) Shaun Rehn: Australian footballer and coach.
(1971) Uhm Jung-hwa: South Korean singer and actress.
(1971) Gonzalo Inzunza: Mexican drug lord (d. 2013).
(1970) Jim Courier: American tennis player, won four grand slam tournaments between 1991 and 1993.
(1970) Mark Gebel: American circus performer and noted family, the son of Gunther Gebel-Williams, the Ringling Brothers great animal trainer.
(1970) Tammy Townsend: TV Actress.
(1970) Rupert Degas: English actor and voice artist.
(1970) Andrus Kivirähk: Estonian author.
(1970) Øyvind Leonhardsen: Norwegian footballer and coach.
(1970) ?yvind Leonhardsen: Norwegian footballer.
(1970) Brad Bretz: WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy).
(1970) Saif Ali Khan: Actor.
(1970) Bernard Wilson: NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals).
(1970) Karl Unterkircher: Italian-born mountain climber and guide, he was born in the Tyrol in the Dolomites where he found climbing fascinating even as a young man.

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1969 - 1960

(1969) Donnie Wahlberg: American musician who, along with Jon and Jordan Knight, McIntyre and Wood, was the a member of the group "The New Kids On The Block.
(1969) Christian Laettner: NBA forward / center (Atlanta Hawks, Olympics - Gold - 1992).
(1969) Posdnuos (rapper)
(1969) Maria Strandlund: Akersberga, Sweden -- Tennis star (1987 Futures NOR).
(1969) Ed Cunningham: NFL center (Arizona Cardinals).
(1969) Wayne Mills: American singer-songwriter (d. 2013).
(1969) Daniela Castro: Soap Opera Actress.
(1969) Jase Robertson: Celebrity.
(1969) Daniel Dratch: American screenwriter, primarily for TV; brother of Rachel Dratch, of Saturday Night Live.
(1969) Kelvin Mercer: American rapper (De La Soul).

(1969) Donald E Wahlberg Jr in Boston: Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids - "Hangin' Tough").
(1968) Helen McCrory: English actress.
(1968) Anthony E Zuiker
(1968) Alexis Corbière
(1968) Jackie Warner
(1968) Ed McCaffrey: NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos - Super Bowl 32).
(1968) Andrew Koenig: American actor and director (d. 2010).
(1968) Vince Marrow: WLAF TE (Frankfurt Galaxy).
(1968) Steve Hockensmith: Author.
(1968) Andriy Kuzmenko: Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (Skryabin) (d. 2015).
(1967) David Conrad: TV Actor.
(1967) Nelson Emerson: Hamilton, Ontario -- NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers).
(1967) Kelly Corrigan: Writer.
(1967) Kenny Davidson: NFL defensive end (Houston Oilers).
(1967) Kevin Max: American singer (dc talk).
(1967) James Jenkins: NFL tight end (Washington Redskins).
(1966) Maysa (singer)
(1966) Zefross Moss: NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, NE Patriots).
(1966) Cedric Figaro: WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
(1966) Maysa Leak: American singer and producer (Incognito).
(1966) Rodney Mullen: American skateboarder.
(1966) Don Sweeney: Canadian ice hockey player and manager.
(1966) Jüri Luik: Estonian politician and diplomat 18th Estonian Minister of Defense.
(1965) Steve Gorman: American drummer (The Black Crowes and Trigger Hippy).
(1965) Robert Manry: Cleveland newspaper editor / sailed the Atlantic (in craft).
(1965) Roberto Clemente: Puerto Rican baseball broadcaster and former professional baseball player.
(1965) Glen Goldsmith: rocker ("What You See is What You Get").
(1965) Fred Grim: Soccer player (Cambuur L, Ajax).
(1965) Dottie Mochrie Pepper: Saratoga Springs, New York -- Golfer (1992 Dinah Shore).
(1964) Maria McKee: American singer-songwriter (Lone Justice).
(1964) Jorginho
(1964) Colin James: Canadian singer-songwriter guitarist and producer.
(1964) Deen Castronovo
(1964) Dave Penney: English footballer and manager.
(1964) Pete McCutcheon: Boston, Massachusetts -- Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Quebec Open).
(1963) Shankar (director)
(1963) Carmen Berg: Bismark, North Dakota -- Playmate (July, 1987).
(1963) Jon Gruden: American football player coach and sportscaster.
(1963) Steve Carell: Actor.
(1963) Jennifer Donnelly: Writer.
(1963) Shankar : Of Noted Bollywood Music Director Duo -Jaikishan (Born 1922).
(1963) S Shankar: Indian film director.
(1962) Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss: German actor and director.
(1962) John Jones: American actor director and producer.
(1962) Buddy Landel: American professional wrestler.
(1962) John Marshall Jones: American actor.
(1962) Gilby Clarke: American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Guns N' Roses Rock Star Supernova and Candy).
(1961) Hervé Morin: French politician, leader of the New Center party and a former French Minister of Defence.
(1961) Ashlie Rhey
(1961) Ranko Krivokapic
(1961) Larry Scott: American actor director and producer.
(1961) Jamie Macoun: Newmarket -- NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs).
(1961) Ste Stew: Musician.
(1960) Sean Penn: American actor whose original fame was for his marriage to pop star Madonna 8/16/1985.
(1960) Stephan Eicher: Swiss singer-songwriter (Grauzone).
(1960) Lisa Coleman: Composer.
(1960) Miquel Iceta
(1960) Stefan Eicher: Swiss singer of Alsatian mother and Yeniche father.
(1960) Bruce Penhall: Balboa, California -- Actor (Savage Beach).

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1959 - 1950

(1959) David Koresh: American religious fanatic and psychopath.
(1959) Jonathan Franzen: American author and critic.
(1959) Eric Schlosser: American journalist and author.
(1959) Chika Sakamoto: Japanese voice actress and singer.
(1959) Jacek Kazimierski: Polish footballer.
(1958) Belinda Carlisle: American musician who formed an all-girl group, "The Go-Go's" in California, 1978, with her friend Jane Wiedlin, joined by Charlotte Caffey, Elissa Bello and Margot Olaverra.
(1958) Chris Goss
(1958) Maurizio Sala: Brazilian race car driver.
(1958) Madonna Ciccone: Musician.
(1958) Angela Bassett: Actress.

(1958) Fred Goodwin: Fred Goodwin is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.
(1958) Belinda Carlisle in Hollywood: California, USA; singer (The Go Gos, "Heaven on Earth").
(1958) Kirk Stevens: Canadian snooker player.
(1957) Robin Cousins: British skater, the reigning Olympic figure-skating champion in 1980 winning a Gold Medal.
(1957) Ken Kwapis: American director and screenwriter.
(1957) Laurence Overmire: American poet author and actor.
(1957) Gerald DeConto: American Naval officer killed during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington, DC on 9/11/2001.
(1957) Laura Innes: Actress.
(1956) Alvaro Pino: Spanish cyclist.
(1956) Álvaro Pino: Spanish cyclist.
(1956) Gail Berman: American businessman co-founded BermanBraun.
(1956) Fabio Armiliato: Italian tenor.
(1955) Matthew Manning: British psychic, spiritual healer and author, famed as a teenager for bending metal, treating poltergeists and speaking in languages for which he was not educated.
(1955) Isabelle Caullery
(1955) Jeff Perry: Actor.
(1955) William F. DeVault: Poet.
(1955) Richard Hilton: American businessman.
(1955) Colin Moulding: English bass player, singer and songwriter (XTC).
(1955) Kevin Welch: California, United States -- Country songwriter / actor (Thing Called Love).
(1955) Thomas Cross: American homicide.
(1955) Janet Quist Austin TX: Playmate (Dec, 1978).
(1954) James Cameron: Director.
(1954) Eric Johnson: American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer.
(1954) George Galloway: Politician.
(1954) Andrés Arango: Colombian lawyer and politician 38th President of Colombia.
(1953) Kevin Rowland: English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dexys Midnight Runners).
(1953) Columba Bush: American news figure married to Jeb Bush, the son of President George Bush.
(1953) Judith Regan: American businesswoman, editor, publisher, writer who became embroiled in controversy and was fired by HarperCollins.
(1953) Noni Hazlehurst
(1953) Cynthia P. Schneider: Diplomat.
(1953) Robert Brent Thirsk: British Columbia, Canada -- Astronaut (STS 78).
(1953) Korrie Rampan: Indonesian author poet and critic (d. 2015).
(1953) Herta Müller: Romanian-German poet and author Nobel Prize laureate.
(1953) Mick Malthouse: Australian footballer and coach.
(1953) Michael Malthouse: Premiership winning Australian football coach.
(1953) Anne Taintor: Artist.
(1953) Kathie Lee Gifford: Entertainer.
(1952) Nelson Piquet: Brazilian race car driver, Formula One World Champion in 1981 and in 1983.
(1952) Nelson Piquet: Brazilian race car driver, Formula One World Champion in 1981 and in 1983.
(1952) Guillermo Vilas: Argentinean tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s.
(1952) Mario Theissen: German engineer and businessman.
(1952) Yann Gac: French dancer and actor.
(1952) Kathryn C Thornton in Montgomery Alabama USA PhD/astronaut (STS 33 sk: 49).
(1952) Dr Mario Theissen: German F1 team principal of BMW Sauber.
(1952) Thomas J Hennen: Albany, Georgia -- Astronaut (STS 44).
(1952) Aleksandr Maksimenkov: Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012).
(1951) Robert Joy: Montreal, Quebec -- Actor (Big Shots, Suicide Club).
(1951) Alan Minter: England, United Kingdom -- Light-middleweight boxer (1972 Olympics - Bronze Medalist).
(1951) Elba Ramalho: Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress.
(1951) Richard Hunt: Puppeteer / actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40.
(1950) Christian Kohlund: Swiss-German actor and director.
(1950) Stockwell Day: Politician.

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1949 - 1940

(1949) Julian Fellowes: Egyptian-English actor director screenwriter and politician.
(1949) Doreen Cameron: Scottish stage and TV actress who worked to promote working-class and anti-capitalist theatre.
(1949) Peter Malsin: American astrologer who became a student of the field in 1971.
(1949) Norm Coleman: American lawyer and politician 52nd Mayor of St. Paul.
(1949) Colin Campbell: Actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83.
(1949) Noel Augert
(1949) Jean-Noël Augert: French alpine skier, he was slalom gold medalist (Val Gardena 1970) and won three crystal globes.
(1949) Sib Hashian: American drummer (Boston and Ernie and the Automatics).
(1949) Sue Draheim: American fiddler and composer (d. 2013).
(1948) Allain Bougrain-Dubourg

(1948) Alain Bougrain-Dubourg: French activist for animal rights.
(1948) Alexander Ivashkin: Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014).
(1948) Rod MacDonald: American singer-songwriter.
(1948) Bo Rucker: Tampa, Florida -- Actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up).
(1947) Peter McDougall
(1947) Gary Talley: American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Box Tops).
(1947) Sylvia Nasar: German-American journalist author and academic.
(1947) Jennifer Rhodes: American actress.
(1947) Carol Moseley Braun: Politician.
(1946) Didier Sandre
(1946) Serge Moati: French artist, journalist, film director and writer.
(1946) Martha Coolidge: American director producer and screenwriter.
(1946) Lesley Ann Warren: Actress.
(1946) Patrick Manning: Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
(1946) David Mixner: Activist.
(1946) Hans Vandenburg: Dutch singer / guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo).
(1945) John Townley: American published astrologer, with books including "New Age Career Cycles" and "Uranus, Esoteric and Mundane.
(1945) Yves Herbet
(1945) Rachel Pollack: American author poet and educator.
(1945) Suzanne Farrell: Dancer.
(1945) Bob Balaban: Actor.
(1944) Larry Ellison: CEO of Oracle Corporation, billionaire.
(1944) David Nicholson: British Member of Parliament, returned at General Election 6/11/1987.
(1944) Rexhep Meidani
(1944) Jean-Bernard Pommier: French pianist and conductor.
(1944) Mickey Drexler: Businessman.
(1944) Millard Drexler: Businessman.
(1943) Robert De Niro: American actor, director and businessman, the winner of two Oscar awards for Best Supporting Actor in "The Godfather, Part Two," 1974 and in 1980 as Best Actor in "Raging Bull.
(1943) Suleiman Ali Nashnush
(1943) Robert De Niro in New York City actor (Bang the Drum Slowly: Taxi Driver).
(1943) John Humphrys: Welsh journalist and author.
(1943) Edward Cowie: English composer painter and author.
(1943) Koos Postema: Editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk) / Dutch TV host.
(1943) : American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner Ray & Glover) (d. 2002).
(1943) Dave ''Snaker'' Ray: American musician (d. 2002).
(1943) Sasha Fenton: British astrologer and prolific author of 24 books on mind, body and spirit subjects.
(1943) Yukio Kasaya: Japan -- 70m ski jumper (1972 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1943) Boots Plata: Filipino actor director and screenwriter (d. 2011).
(1943) Ian McAllister: Scottish businessman.
(1942) Michel Creton: French actor and TV personality.
(1942) Alain Veinstein
(1942) Muslim Magomayev: World Music Singer.
(1942) Khagen Mahanta: Indian singer (d. 2014).
(1942) Shane Porteous: Australian actor animator and screenwriter.
(1941) Fritz Wepper
(1941) Pierre Douglas
(1941) Sylvia De Swaan: Romanian-born Jewish visual artist and traveller; a photographer who has lived and worked in Mexico, Europe and the United States.
(1941) Boog Powell: baseball player (American League Most Valuable Player 1970).
(1941) Jean Lefebvre: Canadian director and screenwriter.
(1941) Lothar Bisky: German businessman and politician (d. 2013).
(1941) Jean Pierre Lefebvre: French Canadian film director.
(1941) Ibrahim Babangida: President of Nigeria (1985- ).
(1940) Eduardo Mignogna: Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006).
(1940) Barry Sheerman: English academic and politician.
(1940) ady Schmit
(1940) Gabriella Farinon: Italian television announcer, television host and film actress.
(1940) Thomas Williams: United States -- Ice hockey play (1960 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1940) David E Price: (Rep-D-North Carolina).
(1940) David Price: Politician.

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1939 - 1930

(1939) Ed Sanders: Kansas City Writer.
(1939) Luther Allison: Mayflower, Arkansas -- Rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming).
(1939) Francoise Bonnot
(1939) Trevor McDonald: Journalist.
(1939) Anthony Valentine: English actor (d. 2015).
(1939) Sanders : American poet, author, activist and musician, a member of the 60s band The Fugs.
(1939) Sean Brady: Clergyman.
(1938) Abu Bakar Bashir : Indonesian cleric and educator.
(1938) Abu Bakar Bashir: Indonesian Muslim cleric.
(1938) Theodoros Pangalos: Greek lawyer and politician Deputy Prime Minister of Greece.

(1937) Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin: Russia -- Cosmonaut.
(1937) Spiros Focás: Greek actor.
(1937) Ronnie Butler: Bahamian singer.
(1937) Lorraine Gary: Actress.
(1936) Ivan Parik: Composer.
(1936) Floyd Red Crow Westerman: Native American musician and actor (d. 2007).
(1936) Mark Mobius: Businessman.
(1936) Seamus Mallon: Irish educator and politician Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.
(1936) Floyd Westerman: American actor singer and activist (d. 2007).
(1935) Oleg Tabakov: Russian actor and director.
(1934) Maureen Connally: Champion tennis player (Wimbledon).
(1934) Peter Saul: Artist.
(1934) Diana Wynne Jones: Writer.
(1934) Ron Henry: English footballer (d. 2014).
(1934) João Donato: Brazilian pianist and composer.
(1934) Vera Talchi: France Actor.
(1933) Gene Kranz: American lieutenant.
(1933) Tom Courtney: American runner athlete, winner of two gold medals in 800 meter and 1600 meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
(1933) Ken Sears
(1933) Eugene F Kranz: American NASA executive.
(1933) Mark Dinning: American singer (Born 1933).
(1933) Glenn Corbett: US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at age 63.
(1933) Julie Newmar: Actress.
(1932) Jean-Jacques Sempé: French cartoonist.
(1932) V S Naipaul
(1932) V. S. Naipaul: Novelist.
(1932) Chet Allen in Chickasha: Oklahoma, USA; actor (Jerry - Bonino, Slats - Troubleshooter).
(1932) Pearson: American pianist and composer (d. 1980).
(1932) V Naipaul: 2001 Nobel Prize-winning British writer known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker later novels of the wider world, and his autobiographical chronicles of life and travels.
(1932) Vidiadhar S Naipaul: Trinidad -- Novelist (Middle Passage).
(1932) Jacques Sempé: Bordeaux Cartoonists.
(1931) Tony Wrigley: English historian demographer and academic.
(1931) Gérard Guiraudon: French cardiac surgeon, specializing in cardiac electrophysiological interventions.
(1931) Forrest Mars, Jr.: Businessman.
(1931) Eydie Gorme: Musician.
(1930) Ted Hughes: British writer, England’s poet laureate from 1984, perhaps the most famous contemporary poet in the world until his death of cancer in late October 1998.
(1930) Chicago (Illinois)
(1930) Frank Gifford: Athlete.
(1930) Robert Culp: Actor.
(1930) Harve Bennett: American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015).
(1930) Glenn Corbett: American actor (d. 1993).
(1930) James Gulliver: Businessman.

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1929 - 1920

(1929) Francis Gary: Powers; US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident).
(1929) Bill Copeland: Athlete.
(1929) Bill Evans: Musician.
(1929) Francis Powers: American captain and pilot (d. 1977).
(1929) Jimmy Donley: American singer-songwriter (d. 1963).
(1929) Augie Blunt: American actor (d. 1999).
(1928) Jean R Adams: Entomologist.
(1928) Willem Duys: Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer.
(1928) T Anderson: American composer conductor and educator.
(1928) Thomas Jefferson Anderson: Composer.

(1927) Bernie Cornfeld
(1927) Sam Butera: American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009).
(1927) Jacques Herlin: French actor, he held a lot of minor roles and he is best known for having interpreted "Brother Amédée" in "Des Hommes et des Dieux".
(1927) Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld: Romanian / US financier (Fund of Funds).
(1927) Robert Moore in Detroit: Michigan, USA; actor (Marshall - Diana).
(1927) F Keyser: Jr.
(1926) Jean Poiret: French actor, director, and screenwriter.
(1926) Jiang Zemin: Chinese politician, President of the People's Republic, 1998.
(1926) George Melly: British entertainer, journalist, jazz-personality and author.
(1926) Valerie Eliot: English businesswoman (d. 2012).
(1926) Margaret Eden: American worker whose car stalled on the railroad tracks as she was driving to work on 6/12/1950.
(1926) Lewis Branscomb: American physicist, and editor of "The Revue of Modern Physics" from 1968-73.
(1926) Haakon Barfod: Norway -- Yachting (1948, 52 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1925) John Hawkes (novelist)
(1925) John Hawkes: US writer (2nd Skin).
(1925) John Howard Purnell: Scientist.
(1924) Evan Shelby Connell
(1924) Evan Connell: American novelist, poet, and short story-writer.
(1924) Helen Wallis: Cartographer / librarian.
(1924) Evan S Connell: United States -- Writer.
(1924) John A Emmens: Art historian / poet (Kunst & Vliegwerk).
(1924) Laurence Richard Deniz: Jazz guitarist.
(1923) Robert Sabatier: French poet and writer who authored numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems.
(1923) Pierre Chaunu: French historian, specializing in Latin American history.
(1923) Larry Rivers: American painter and sculptor (d. 2002).
(1923) Donald Seibert: Hamilton EXecutives.
(1923) Larry Rivers [Grossberg]: NYC, New York -- Painter (Washington crossing Delaware-1953).
(1923) Anton Kersjes: Violinist / conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch).
(1922) Paul Wiens: Writer.
(1922) Roy Tattersall: England cricketer (d. 2011).
(1922) Ralph Roberts: Salisbury, North Carolina -- Actor (Tradition, Gone are the Days).
(1922) Joseph Slater: American administrator.
(1921) Geoffery Rudolph Elton: Historiographer.
(1921) Geoffrey Elton: German-English historian and academic (d. 1994).
(1921) Geoffrey Rudolph Elton: British historian (d. 1994).
(1920) 1999 Izmit earthquake
(1920) Maureen O'Hara: Irish-American actress who was particularly popular in American movies of the 1940s and '50s.
(1920) Georgia Gibbs: Worcester, Massachusetts -- Singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire).
(1920) Lida Moser: American photographer and author (d. 2014).

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1919 - 1910

(1919) Georgia Gibbs: American singer (d. 2006).
(1918) Ike Quebec: American tenor-saxophone player (Born 1918).
(1918) Michael Wise: English geographer and academic (d. 2015).
(1918) Evelyn Ankers: Actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67.
(1918) Mort Marshall: NYC, New York -- Actor (Cully-Dumplings).
(1917) Eugene Reeb: France Military man.
(1917) Gianni Agus: Italy Actor.
(1917) Safa Khulusi: Writer.
(1917) P Roger Peyrefitte: French writer (Singular Love).
(1916) Dudley Ervin Faver

(1916) Dudley Faver: American military.
(1916) John de Young: Resistance fighter.
(1916) Moses Majekodunmi: Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012).
(1914) Franklin D Roosevelt Jr: son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; American politician (Democrat for New York in House of Representatives, 1949-55).
(1914) Bill Downs: American broadcast journalist (Born 1914).
(1914) Franklin Roosevelt: Jr.
(1914) Roger Levy: Commercy Military man.
(1913) W Mark Felt: American Watergate figure (Born 1913).
(1913) Rudy York: American baseball player and manager (d. 1970).
(1913) Guy Stresser-Péan: French anthropologist, specializing in Mesoamerica, particularly the Huasteca culture of Puebla and San Luis Potosí.
(1913) W Felt: American law enforcement official, an FBI agent and key figure in Watergate mystery known only as "Deep Throat" until he revealed his identity on May 31, 2005.
(1913) Oscar Gálvez: Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989).
(1913) Mark Felt: American lawyer and agent 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008).
(1913) Menachem Begin: Politician.
(1913) Oscar Alfredo Galvez: Argentine racing driver (d. 1989).
(1912) Margaret Scriven
(1912) Edgar Fernhout: Dutch painter / Son of Charley Toorop.
(1912) Gunnvor Advocaat: Norwegian painter.
(1911) Mikhail Botvinnik: Russian chess player, grandmaster and world champion (Born 1911).
(1911) E. F. Schumacher: Economist.
(1911) Mickhail Botvinnik: Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion, widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.
(1911) Martin Sandberger: German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010).
(1911) Frederik de Merode: Belgian Prince.
(1911) Wolfgan Rohder: Germany Military man.
(1911) Marie Eckstrom: American astrologer, unmarried.
(1911) Wolfgang Röhder: German Nazi military, a Sturmbannführer (Major), in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
(1910) Eric Aaltonen: Composer.
(1910) R Peyrefitte: Writer.
(1910) J A Manusama: Moluccan politician.
(1910) Marc Heriard: Tarbes Military man.

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1909 - 1900

(1909) Larry Clinton: American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985).
(1908) Kurt Hessenberg: Composer.
(1907) Roger Peyrefitte: French author, diplomat and a defender of gay rights.
(1907) Gustav Schwarzenegger: Austrian police officer (d. 1972).
(1907) Marian Viktorovich Koval: Composer.
(1906) Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano: Premier of Portugal (1968-74).
(1906) Hazel Bishop: Chemist / cosmetics manufacturer.
(1905) Ada Falcón
(1905) John Hay: Whitney publisher (New York Herald Trib 1961-67).
(1904) John Hay Whitney: US newspaper magnate, dies at age 76.

(1904) John Whitney: American heir who was the member of a prominent social family, inheriting great wealth.
(1904) Mary Cain: American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984).
(1904) Leopold Nowak: Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991).
(1904) Louis Cattiaux: France Painter.
(1904) Raymond Gitenet: France Actor.
(1904) Tristan Sévère: French actor and playwright, also known as Raymond Destac, who was the companion of the actress Muse Dalbray with whom he wrote several essays and plays.
(1903) Raoul Follereau: French writer and journalist, creator of the World Day against Leprosy and founder of "Fondation Raoul-Follereau" which fights against leprosy and poverty, and promotes access to education.
(1903) Abram Chasins: Composer.
(1902) Gilbert Dreyfus: France Scientist.
(1902) Georgette Heyer: Novelist.
(1901) Henri Tomasi
(1901) Louis Chasserau: France sport Champion.
(1900) Quincy Howe: Boston, Massachusetts -- Newscaster (CBS Weekend News).
(1900) Antoine Pierson: France Scientist.

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