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Famous Birthdays of 17 August

List of celebrities and famous people born on the 17th of August

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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) Jessica Vazquez: Vine Star.
(1993) Jay Bucks: YouTube Star.

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

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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) Aidan Coleman: Irish jockey.
(1988) Nichole Cordova: Performer (Girlicious).
(1988) Jihadi John: Kuwaiti member of ISIS (d. 2015).
(1988) Natalie Sandtorv: Norwegian singer-songwriter (Morning Has Occurred).

(1988) Bianca Collins: American actress.
(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) Bryton James: American actor and singer.
(1985) Yû Aoi
(1985) Wendy González
(1985) Brock Kelly
(1985) Yu Aoi: Japanese actress.
(1985) Yū Aoi: Japanese model and actress.
(1984) Dee Brown: American basketball player.
(1984) Oksana Domnina: Russian ice dancer.
(1984) Garrett Wolfe: American football player.
(1983) Jenni Gregg
(1983) Dustin Pedroia: American baseball player.
(1983) Melinda Stolp
(1982) Mark Salling: American actor.
(1982) Karim Ziani
(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) Tootsie Guevara: Filipino singer-songwriter and actress.
(1980) Keith Dabengwa: Zimbabwean cricketer.
(1980) Van Tuong Nguyen : Thai-Australian drug trafficker (d. 2005).
(1980) Jan Kromkamp: Dutch footballer.

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1979 - 1970

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

(1978) Karena Lam: Canadian-Hong Kong actress and singer.
(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) Matthew Oakley: English footballer.
(1977) Nathan Deakes: Australian race walker.
(1977) Jake Patellis: Actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life).
(1977) Mike Lewis: Welsh guitarist (Lostprophets Public Disturbance and No Devotion).
(1976) Serhiy Zakarlyuka: Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014).
(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) Geertjan Lassche: Dutch journalist and director.
(1976) Scott Halberstadt: American actor.
(1976) Eric Boulton: Canadian ice hockey player.
(1975) Giuliana DePandi: Italian-born American television personality.
(1975) Carmina Villaroel: Filipino model and actress.
(1974) Giuliana Rancic: TV Show Host.
(1974) Marisabel Lomba
(1974) Nicola Kraus: American novelist.
(1974) Marie Lomba: Belgium judo champion and winner of the Olympic Bronze Medal in the 56 kg.
(1974) Tony Hajjar: Lebanese-American drummer (At the Drive-In and Sparta).
(1974) Johannes Staud: Austrian composer.
(1974) Tomomi Kahala: Japanese singer-songwriter and actress.
(1973) Mickaël Pagis: French retired football striker and currently a beach soccer player.
(1973) A J Wood: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Soccer forward (1996 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1973) Tim Forsyth: Australian high jumper (Olympic Bronze-92, 96).
(1973) Paul Wiggins: Offensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers).
(1973) Kerry Mock: WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy).
(1972) Ken Ryker: American pornographic actor.
(1972) Chiquinquirá Delgado
(1972) Habibul Bashar: Bangladeshi cricketer.
(1972) Chiquinquira Delgado: TV Show Host.
(1972) Ernie Conwell: Tight end (St. Louis Rams).
(1971) Thierry Solère
(1971) Ed Motta: Brazilian singer and pianist.
(1971) Filippo Simeoni
(1971) Jorge Posada: Puerto Rican baseball player.
(1971) Shaun Rehn: Australian footballer and coach.
(1971) Motta : Brazilian singer and composer, the top Brazilian "soul" singer.
(1971) Gonzalo Inzunza: Mexican drug lord (d. 2013).
(1971) Uhm Jung-hwa: South Korean singer and actress.
(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) Øyvind Leonhardsen: Norwegian footballer and coach.
(1970) ?yvind Leonhardsen: Norwegian footballer.
(1970) Bernard Wilson: NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals).
(1970) Andrus Kivirähk: Estonian author.
(1970) Rupert Degas: English actor and voice artist.
(1970) Brad Bretz: WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy).
(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) Ed Cunningham: NFL center (Arizona Cardinals).
(1969) Kelvin Mercer: American rapper (De La Soul).
(1969) Daniela Castro: Soap Opera Actress.
(1969) Donald E Wahlberg Jr in Boston: Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids - "Hangin' Tough").
(1969) Daniel Dratch: American screenwriter, primarily for TV; brother of Rachel Dratch, of Saturday Night Live.
(1969) Wayne Mills: American singer-songwriter (d. 2013).
(1969) Maria Strandlund: Akersberga, Sweden -- Tennis star (1987 Futures NOR).

(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) Vince Marrow: WLAF TE (Frankfurt Galaxy).
(1968) Andrew Koenig: American actor and director (d. 2010).
(1968) Andriy Kuzmenko: Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (Skryabin) (d. 2015).
(1967) David Conrad: TV Actor.
(1967) Kevin Max: American singer (dc talk).
(1967) Nelson Emerson: Hamilton, Ontario -- NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers).
(1967) Kenny Davidson: NFL defensive end (Houston Oilers).
(1967) James Jenkins: NFL tight end (Washington Redskins).
(1966) Maysa (singer)
(1966) Don Sweeney: Canadian ice hockey player and manager.
(1966) Rodney Mullen: American skateboarder.
(1966) Maysa Leak: American singer and producer (Incognito).
(1966) Jüri Luik: Estonian politician and diplomat 18th Estonian Minister of Defense.
(1966) Zefross Moss: NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, NE Patriots).
(1966) Cedric Figaro: WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
(1965) Steve Gorman: American drummer (The Black Crowes and Trigger Hippy).
(1965) Dottie Mochrie Pepper: Saratoga Springs, New York -- Golfer (1992 Dinah Shore).
(1965) Roberto Clemente: Puerto Rican baseball broadcaster and former professional baseball player.
(1965) Fred Grim: Soccer player (Cambuur L, Ajax).
(1965) Robert Manry: Cleveland newspaper editor / sailed the Atlantic (in craft).
(1965) Glen Goldsmith: rocker ("What You See is What You Get").
(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) S Shankar: Indian film director.
(1963) Jon Gruden: American football player coach and sportscaster.
(1963) Carmen Berg: Bismark, North Dakota -- Playmate (July, 1987).
(1963) Shankar : Of Noted Bollywood Music Director Duo -Jaikishan (Born 1922).
(1962) Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss: German actor and director.
(1962) Gilby Clarke: American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Guns N' Roses Rock Star Supernova and Candy).
(1962) John Jones: American actor director and producer.
(1962) John Marshall Jones: American actor.
(1962) Buddy Landel: American professional wrestler.
(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) Jamie Macoun: Newmarket -- NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs).
(1961) Larry Scott: American actor director and producer.
(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) Jacek Kazimierski: Polish footballer.
(1959) Eric Schlosser: American journalist and author.
(1959) Chika Sakamoto: Japanese voice actress and singer.
(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) 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) Maurizio Sala: Brazilian race car driver.
(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) Gerald DeConto: American Naval officer killed during the terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington, DC on 9/11/2001.
(1957) Laurence Overmire: American poet author and actor.
(1956) Alvaro Pino: Spanish cyclist.
(1956) Álvaro Pino: Spanish cyclist.
(1956) Fabio Armiliato: Italian tenor.
(1956) Gail Berman: American businessman co-founded BermanBraun.
(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) Kevin Welch: California, United States -- Country songwriter / actor (Thing Called Love).
(1955) Richard Hilton: American businessman.
(1955) Thomas Cross: American homicide.
(1955) Colin Moulding: English bass player, singer and songwriter (XTC).
(1955) Janet Quist Austin TX: Playmate (Dec, 1978).
(1954) Eric Johnson: American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer.
(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) Robert Brent Thirsk: British Columbia, Canada -- Astronaut (STS 78).
(1953) Michael Malthouse: Premiership winning Australian football coach.
(1953) Korrie Rampan: Indonesian author poet and critic (d. 2015).
(1953) Mick Malthouse: Australian footballer and coach.
(1953) Herta Müller: Romanian-German poet and author Nobel Prize laureate.
(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) Dr Mario Theissen: German F1 team principal of BMW Sauber.
(1952) Yann Gac: French dancer and actor.
(1952) Aleksandr Maksimenkov: Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012).
(1952) Mario Theissen: German engineer and businessman.
(1952) Thomas J Hennen: Albany, Georgia -- Astronaut (STS 44).
(1952) Kathryn C Thornton in Montgomery Alabama USA PhD/astronaut (STS 33 sk: 49).
(1951) Robert Joy: Montreal, Quebec -- Actor (Big Shots, Suicide Club).
(1951) Richard Hunt: Puppeteer / actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40.
(1951) Alan Minter: England, United Kingdom -- Light-middleweight boxer (1972 Olympics - Bronze Medalist).
(1951) Elba Ramalho: Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress.
(1950) Christian Kohlund: Swiss-German actor and director.

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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) Colin Campbell: Actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83.
(1949) Norm Coleman: American lawyer and politician 52nd Mayor of St. Paul.
(1949) Sue Draheim: American fiddler and composer (d. 2013).
(1949) Sib Hashian: American drummer (Boston and Ernie and the Automatics).
(1949) Jean-Noël Augert: French alpine skier, he was slalom gold medalist (Val Gardena 1970) and won three crystal globes.
(1949) Noel Augert
(1948) Allain Bougrain-Dubourg

(1948) Alexander Ivashkin: Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014).
(1948) Alain Bougrain-Dubourg: French activist for animal rights.
(1948) Bo Rucker: Tampa, Florida -- Actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up).
(1948) Rod MacDonald: American singer-songwriter.
(1947) Peter McDougall
(1947) Sylvia Nasar: German-American journalist author and academic.
(1947) Gary Talley: American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Box Tops).
(1947) Jennifer Rhodes: American actress.
(1946) Didier Sandre
(1946) Serge Moati: French artist, journalist, film director and writer.
(1946) Martha Coolidge: American director producer and screenwriter.
(1946) Hans Vandenburg: Dutch singer / guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo).
(1946) Patrick Manning: Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
(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.
(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.
(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) Yukio Kasaya: Japan -- 70m ski jumper (1972 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1943) Sasha Fenton: British astrologer and prolific author of 24 books on mind, body and spirit subjects.
(1943) Robert De Niro in New York City actor (Bang the Drum Slowly: Taxi Driver).
(1943) : American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner Ray & Glover) (d. 2002).
(1943) John Humphrys: Welsh journalist and author.
(1943) Ian McAllister: Scottish businessman.
(1943) Koos Postema: Editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk) / Dutch TV host.
(1943) Edward Cowie: English composer painter and author.
(1943) Dave ''Snaker'' Ray: American musician (d. 2002).
(1943) Boots Plata: Filipino actor director and screenwriter (d. 2011).
(1942) Michel Creton: French actor and TV personality.
(1942) Alain Veinstein
(1942) Shane Porteous: Australian actor animator and screenwriter.
(1942) Muslim Magomayev: World Music Singer.
(1942) Khagen Mahanta: Indian singer (d. 2014).
(1941) Fritz Wepper
(1941) Pierre Douglas
(1941) Jean Lefebvre: Canadian director and screenwriter.
(1941) Lothar Bisky: German businessman and politician (d. 2013).
(1941) Ibrahim Babangida: President of Nigeria (1985- ).
(1941) Boog Powell: baseball player (American League Most Valuable Player 1970).
(1941) Jean Pierre Lefebvre: French Canadian film director.
(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.
(1940) Eduardo Mignogna: Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006).
(1940) Barry Sheerman: English academic and politician.
(1940) Thomas Williams: United States -- Ice hockey play (1960 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1940) ady Schmit
(1940) Gabriella Farinon: Italian television announcer, television host and film actress.
(1940) David E Price: (Rep-D-North Carolina).

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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) Sanders : American poet, author, activist and musician, a member of the 60s band The Fugs.
(1939) Anthony Valentine: English actor (d. 2015).
(1938) Abu Bakar Bashir: Indonesian Muslim cleric.
(1938) Abu Bakar Bashir : Indonesian cleric and educator.
(1938) Theodoros Pangalos: Greek lawyer and politician Deputy Prime Minister of Greece.
(1937) Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin: Russia -- Cosmonaut.
(1937) Ronnie Butler: Bahamian singer.

(1937) Spiros Focás: Greek actor.
(1936) Floyd Westerman: American actor singer and activist (d. 2007).
(1936) Seamus Mallon: Irish educator and politician Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.
(1936) Ivan Parik: Composer.
(1936) Floyd Red Crow Westerman: Native American musician and actor (d. 2007).
(1935) Oleg Tabakov: Russian actor and director.
(1934) Maureen Connally: Champion tennis player (Wimbledon).
(1934) Vera Talchi: France Actor.
(1934) Ron Henry: English footballer (d. 2014).
(1934) João Donato: Brazilian pianist and composer.
(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) Glenn Corbett: US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at age 63.
(1933) Mark Dinning: American singer (Born 1933).
(1933) Eugene F Kranz: American NASA executive.
(1932) Jean-Jacques Sempé: French cartoonist.
(1932) V S Naipaul
(1932) Chet Allen in Chickasha: Oklahoma, USA; actor (Jerry - Bonino, Slats - Troubleshooter).
(1932) Vidiadhar S Naipaul: Trinidad -- Novelist (Middle Passage).
(1932) Jacques Sempé: Bordeaux Cartoonists.
(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.
(1931) Gérard Guiraudon: French cardiac surgeon, specializing in cardiac electrophysiological interventions.
(1931) Tony Wrigley: English historian demographer and academic.
(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) James Gulliver: Businessman.
(1930) Harve Bennett: American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015).
(1930) Glenn Corbett: American actor (d. 1993).

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1929 - 1920

(1929) Francis Powers: American captain and pilot (d. 1977).
(1929) Jimmy Donley: American singer-songwriter (d. 1963).
(1929) Augie Blunt: American actor (d. 1999).
(1929) Francis Gary: Powers; US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident).
(1928) Jean R Adams: Entomologist.
(1928) T Anderson: American composer conductor and educator.
(1928) Willem Duys: Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer.
(1928) Thomas Jefferson Anderson: Composer.
(1927) Bernie Cornfeld
(1927) Sam Butera: American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009).

(1927) F Keyser: Jr.
(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) Robert Moore in Detroit: Michigan, USA; actor (Marshall - Diana).
(1927) Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld: Romanian / US financier (Fund of Funds).
(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) 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) Valerie Eliot: English businesswoman (d. 2012).
(1926) Haakon Barfod: Norway -- Yachting (1948, 52 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1925) John Hawkes (novelist)
(1925) John Howard Purnell: Scientist.
(1925) John Hawkes: US writer (2nd Skin).
(1924) Evan Shelby Connell
(1924) Evan Connell: American novelist, poet, and short story-writer.
(1924) Evan S Connell: United States -- Writer.
(1924) Helen Wallis: Cartographer / librarian.
(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) Anton Kersjes: Violinist / conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch).
(1923) Larry Rivers [Grossberg]: NYC, New York -- Painter (Washington crossing Delaware-1953).
(1923) Donald Seibert: Hamilton EXecutives.
(1922) Ralph Roberts: Salisbury, North Carolina -- Actor (Tradition, Gone are the Days).
(1922) Paul Wiens: Writer.
(1922) Joseph Slater: American administrator.
(1922) Roy Tattersall: England cricketer (d. 2011).
(1921) Geoffrey Rudolph Elton: British historian (d. 1994).
(1921) Geoffrey Elton: German-English historian and academic (d. 1994).
(1921) Geoffery Rudolph Elton: Historiographer.
(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) Moses Majekodunmi: Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012).
(1916) John de Young: Resistance fighter.
(1914) Franklin D Roosevelt Jr: son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; American politician (Democrat for New York in House of Representatives, 1949-55).
(1914) Roger Levy: Commercy Military man.
(1914) Bill Downs: American broadcast journalist (Born 1914).
(1914) Franklin Roosevelt: Jr.
(1913) W Mark Felt: American Watergate figure (Born 1913).
(1913) Guy Stresser-Péan: French anthropologist, specializing in Mesoamerica, particularly the Huasteca culture of Puebla and San Luis Potosí.
(1913) Oscar Gálvez: Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989).
(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) Rudy York: American baseball player and manager (d. 1970).
(1913) Oscar Alfredo Galvez: Argentine racing driver (d. 1989).
(1913) Mark Felt: American lawyer and agent 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008).
(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) Wolfgan Rohder: Germany Military man.
(1911) Frederik de Merode: Belgian Prince.
(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) Wolfgang Röhder: German Nazi military, a Sturmbannführer (Major), in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
(1911) Marie Eckstrom: American astrologer, unmarried.
(1910) R Peyrefitte: Writer.
(1910) Marc Heriard: Tarbes Military man.
(1910) J A Manusama: Moluccan politician.
(1910) Eric Aaltonen: Composer.

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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) Marian Viktorovich Koval: Composer.
(1907) Gustav Schwarzenegger: Austrian police officer (d. 1972).
(1906) Hazel Bishop: Chemist / cosmetics manufacturer.
(1906) Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano: Premier of Portugal (1968-74).
(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) 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.
(1904) Louis Cattiaux: France Painter.
(1904) Raymond Gitenet: France Actor.
(1904) Mary Cain: American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984).
(1904) Leopold Nowak: Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991).
(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.
(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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