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2009 - 2000

(2002) Haley Huelsman: Dancer.
(2001) Angela Vazquez: World Music Singer.
(2001) Cassie Brennan: Movie Actress.
(2001) Ryan Nogy: Dancer.
(2001) Quenlin Blackwell: Vine Star.
(2001) Braxton Beckham: Movie Actor.

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1999 - 1990

(1999) Madi Burton: YouNow Star.
(1998) Gilad Shaar: An Israeli 16 years old teenager who was kidnapped and murdered together with 2 other teenagers on 12 June 2014 at 22.
(1997) Jake Paul: Vine Star.
(1997) Jack Vidgen: Pop Singer.
(1996) Sebastian Villalobos: YouTube Star.
(1996) Caitlin Sanchez: Voice Actor.
(1995) Nate Maloley: Rapper.
(1994) Lucy Boynton
(1994) Gasan Magomedov: Russian footballer (d. 2015).
(1993) Frankie Cocozza: Pop Singer.

(1992) Awsten Knight: Rock Singer.
(1992) Adam Dahlberg: YouTube Star.
(1992) Marnie Simpson: Reality Star.
(1991) Trevor Bauer: American baseball player.
(1991) Willa Fitzgerald: TV Actress.
(1990) Frank Golla: Filipino basketball player.
(1990) Brett McKinnon: Scottish child murder victim in the Dunblane school massacre.
(1990) Santiago Tréllez: Colombian footballer.
(1990) Kaori Matsumura: Japanese singer and actress (SKE48).

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1989 - 1980

(1989) Kelly Marie Tran
(1989) Hollie-Jay Bowes: English singer-songwriter and actress.
(1989) Kelly Marie Tran: Actress.
(1989) Colton Rudloff: Pop Singer.
(1989) Taylor Jordan: American baseball player.
(1989) Björn Dreyer: German footballer.
(1988) Earl Clark
(1988) Jonathan Keltz: Actor.
(1988) Héctor Moreno: Mexican footballer.
(1988) Will Genia: Australian rugby player.

(1988) Andrea Antonelli: Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013).
(1988) Keraun Harris: Vine Star.
(1987) Carola Durán
(1987) Svetlana Radzivil
(1987) Oleksandr Usyk: Ukrainian boxer.
(1986) Chloe Lattanzi: American singer and actress, the daughter of singer Olivia Newton-John and her husband Matt Lattanzi.
(1986) Hale Appleman: American actor.
(1986) Dan Campbell: Punk Singer.
(1985) Simone Simons: Dutch mezzo-soprano singer and the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica.
(1985) Kangin : South Korean singer dancer and actor (Super Junior).
(1985) Anna Alminova
(1985) Adriana Ugarte
(1985) Riyu Kosaka: Japanese singer (BeForU).
(1985) Kang-in: South Korean singer, dancer, actor, MC, and DJ (Super Junior).
(1985) Betsy Ruth: American wrestler and manager.
(1985) Pablo Barrientos: Argentinian footballer.
(1984) Calvin Harris: Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer, considered as being the richest one in the world in 2015.
(1984) Sophie Dee: Welsh pornographic actress.
(1984) Florian Fritz
(1984) Mirtha Michelle
(1984) Cassie Hager: American basketball player.
(1984) Samuel Shaw: American wrestler.
(1984) Kelvin Fletcher: English actor and model.
(1983) Yelle (singer)
(1983) Alvaro Arbeloa: Spanish footballer.
(1983) Chris Rolfe
(1983) Johannes Herber: German basketball player.
(1983) Álvaro Arbeloa: Spanish footballer.
(1983) Rick Kelly: Australian race car driver.
(1983) Andrea Lowell: American model.
(1983) Marcelo Garcia: Brazilian martial artist.
(1982) Dwyane Wade: American basketball player.
(1982) Mel Lisboa: Brazilian actress and noted family, the daughter of Claudia Lisboa, a famous astrologer living in Rio de Janeiro.
(1982) Reda Kriket
(1982) Elise Strachan: YouTube Star.
(1982) Alex Varkatzas: Greek-American lead vocalist (Atreyu).
(1982) Shelli Poole: Reality Star.
(1982) Hwanhee : South Korean singer and actor (Fly to the Sky).
(1982) Amanda Wilkinson: Canadian singer.
(1981) Ray J: American rapper and singer.
(1981) Scott Mechlowicz: American actor.
(1981) Thierry Ascione
(1981) Amy Lemons
(1981) Christophe Riblon
(1981) Warren Feeney: Northern Irish footballer and manager.
(1980) Zooey Deschanel: American actress, singer-songwriter, musician and producer.
(1980) Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Dancer.
(1980) Diogo Morgado: TV Actor.
(1980) Kimberly Spicer: American model.
(1980) Modestas Stonys: Lithuanian footballer.
(1980) Gareth McLearnon: Northern Irish flautist.

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1979 - 1970

(1979) Nafissatou Diallo
(1979) Micaela Ramazzotti
(1979) David Blue: rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at age 41.
(1979) Sharon Chan
(1979) Oleh Lisohor: Ukrainian swimmer.
(1979) Oleg Lisogor: Ukranian swimmer.
(1978) Carolina Ardohain
(1978) Ricky Wilson (British musician)
(1978) Petra Mandula
(1978) Jussi Rautio

(1978) Pater Sparrow: Hungarian director/production designer.
(1978) : Argentinian model and actress.
(1978) Irina A Borisova: Miss Universe - Ukraine (1996).
(1978) Stéphane Pasquier: French flat racing jockey.
(1978) Ricky Wilson: American musician (The B-52's) (Born 1953).
(1977) Kevin Thorn: American wrestler.
(1977) Leigh Whannell: Australian actor producer and screenwriter.
(1977) Kevin Fertig: American professional wrestler.
(1977) Dante Carver: American-Japanese actor.
(1977) Ali el: Kattabi; soccer player (Sparta).
(1976) Coco Lee
(1976) Miguel Martinez: French athlete, Olympic Bronze Medal winner in cross-country all-purpose (all-roads) vehicle on 7/30/1996, Atlanta.
(1976) Tonique Williams-Darling
(1975) Squarepusher : English singer-songwriter.
(1975) Rami Yacoub: Swedish songwriter and producer.
(1975) Coco Lee: Musician.
(1975) Tom Jenkinson: English musician (Squarepusher).
(1975) Freddy Rodriguez: American actor and producer.
(1974) Annemarie Jacir
(1974) Derrick Mason: wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers).
(1974) Sharon Marie: Ferris in New Zealand; yachter (Olympics-1996).
(1974) Marcus Spriggs: offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills).
(1974) Danny Bhoy: Scottish comedian.
(1974) Yang Chen: Chinese footballer and manager.
(1974) Guillermo Mercedes: Dominican / US baseball infielder (Texas Rangers).
(1974) Vesko Kountchev: Bulgarian viola player composer and producer (Amparanoia).
(1973) François Damiens: Belgian actor and humorist, widely known for his hoaxes on TV and websites, and his role in "La Famille Bélier" (2014), interpreting the role of a deaf-and-dumb family man.
(1973) Cuauhtémoc Blanco: Mexican footballer and actor.
(1973) Stéphanie de Muru
(1973) Cuauhtemoc Blanco: Mexican footballer.
(1973) Chris Bowen: Australian politician 37th Treasurer of Australia.
(1973) Liz Ellis: Australian netball player and sportscaster.
(1973) Amanda Elizabeth Spivey in Spartanburg: South Carolina, USA; Miss South Carolina-America (1995).
(1973) Aaron Ward: Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster.
(1972) Benno Fürmann
(1972) Aqualung (musician)
(1972) Nina Vorbrodt
(1972) Ken Hirai: Japanese singer and songwriter.
(1972) Wendall Gaines: NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals).
(1972) Vittoria Belvedere: Italian actress who has appeared in several films but most of her work is television based.
(1972) Benno Furmann: German actor.
(1972) Rohn Meyer: Canadian Football League offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders).
(1972) Kathryn Knight: British freelance journalist who has written for The Times, The Daily Express, Associated Newspapers, The Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail, etcetera.
(1971) Kid Rock: American singer.
(1971) Sylvie Testud: French actress, writer and director, also an amateur painter.
(1971) Richard Burns: English race car driver (d. 2005).
(1971) Kyra Pharao
(1971) Tyler Houston: US baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves).
(1971) Lil Jon: Rapper.
(1971) Ann Wolfe: female boxer.
(1971) Youki Kudoh: Japanese actress.
(1971) Peter Winter: Australian decathlete (Olympics-1996).
(1971) Derek Plante in Cloquet: Minnesota, USA; NHL center (Buffalo Sabres).
(1971) Leslie Benzies: TV Producer.
(1971) Giorgos Balogiannis: Greek basketball player.
(1971) Paolo Vaccari: Italian rugby player and manager.
(1970) Jeremy Roenick: American hockey player, a forward for the Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks between 1988 and 2009.
(1970) Candace Murray in Vancouver: British Columbia, Canada; softball shortstop (Olympics-1996).
(1970) Jeremy Roenick in Boston: Massachusetts, USA; NHL center (Team USA, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes).
(1970) Darnell Walker NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons: San Francisco 49ers).
(1970) James Wattana: Thai snooker player.
(1970) Suga Free: Rapper.
(1970) Cássio de Barros: Brazilian footballer.
(1970) Genndy Tartakovsky: Russian-American animator director and producer.

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1969 - 1960

(1969) Naveen Andrews: British actor.
(1969) Tiësto
(1969) Lukas Moodysson: Swedish director screenwriter and author.
(1969) Tiesto : DJ.
(1969) Tijs Verwest: (DJ Tiesto) Dutch DJ.
(1969) Tiest Tiesto: Musician.
(1968) Mathilde Seigner: French actress, Emmanuelle'sister.
(1968) Craig Strong: American actor & voice actor.
(1968) Greg Knauss: American Internet humorist and computer programmer.
(1968) Ilja Pfeijffer: Dutch author poet and scholar.

(1968) Rowan Pelling: English journalist and author.
(1968) Svetlana Masterkova: Russian athlete.
(1968) Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer: Dutch writer.
(1967) William Michael Heinen Jr in Rayne: Louisiana, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Shell Houston).
(1967) Gregory Caccia in Bayshore: New York, USA; team handball right back (Olympics-1996).
(1967) Filippo Raciti: Italian police officer (Born 1967).
(1967) Song Kang-ho: South Korean actor.
(1967) Richard Hawley: English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Pulp and Longpigs).
(1966) Shabba Ranks: Jamaican singer.
(1966) Joshua Malina: American actor producer and screenwriter.
(1966) Trish Johnson in Bristol: England; LPGA golfer (1993 Las Vegas).
(1966) Stephin Merritt: American singer and songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies).
(1966) Don Myrah in Oakland: California, USA; cyclist (Olympics-20th-1996).
(1966) Karissa Rushing in Benton: Arkansas, USA; Miss America-Arkansas (1990).
(1966) Rexton Gordon: "Shabba Ranks"; Jamaican disc-jockey/rapper (Extra Naked).
(1966) Anna Ivan in La Jolla: California, USA; tennis star.
(1966) Anna Ivan: La Jolla, California -- Tennis star.
(1966) Don Myrah: Oakland, California -- Cyclist (1996 Olympics - 20th Place).
(1966) António Zeferino: Cape Verdean runner.
(1965) DJ Caruso
(1965) Nikos Nioplias: Greek footballer and manager.
(1965) Sylvain Turgeon: Canadian ice hockey player.
(1964) Michelle Obama: American lawyer and noted spouse of Democratic Party nominee for President in 2008, Barack Obama.
(1964) Jamy Gourmaud
(1964) Yves Sente: Belgian comic book editor and author.
(1964) Michelle Fairley: Northern Irish actress.
(1964) Andy Rourke: English bass player (The Smiths and Freebass).
(1964) Jeff Tabaka: US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres).
(1963) Denis Payre
(1963) Kai Hansen: German singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Gamma Ray Helloween Unisonic and Iron Savior).
(1962) Jim Carrey: Canadian-born actor and stand-up comedian.
(1962) Sebastian Junger: American writer, the author of a best-selling first novel, "The Perfect Storm," 1997, the story of the 1991 sinking of a Gloucester, MA fishing boat.
(1962) Joseph C Phillips
(1962) Dan Gilbert (businessman)
(1962) Jun Azumi: Japanese broadcaster and politician 46th Japanese Minister of Finance.
(1962) Nicholas Hughes: English-born son of noted parents, poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, and a sucide.
(1961) Bernard Yerlès
(1961) Maia Chiburdanidze: Georgian chess player.
(1961) Brian Helgeland: American director producer and screenwriter.
(1960) Tatyana Yumasheva
(1960) Chatchai Plengpanich: Thai actor.
(1960) John Crawford: American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Berlin).
(1960) Chili Davis in Kingston: Jamaica; outfielder (California Angels).
(1960) Chili Davis: Jamaican-American baseball player and coach.
(1960) John Crawford in Palo Alto: California, USA; bass (Berlin - "Take My Breath Away").

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1959 - 1950

(1959) Susanna Hoffs: American singer-songwriter guitarist and actress (The Bangles and Ming Tea).
(1959) Salome Kammer
(1959) Momoe Yamaguchi: Japanese singer and actress.
(1958) Tom Thibodeau
(1958) Valdas Kasparavicius: Lithuanian footballer.
(1958) Jez Strode: rocker (Kajagoogoo).
(1958) Tony Kouzarides: English biologist cancer researcher.
(1958) Yves Robert: French actor, screenwriter and director (Born 1920).
(1957) Steve Harvey: American actor, comedian and radio personality.
(1957) Keith Chegwin: British television personality and host of "Multi-Colored Swap Shop" from 1976-82, followed by "Cheggers Plays Pop.

(1957) Hilda Koronel
(1957) Michel Vaarten: Belgian cyclist.
(1957) Donna Stone: New Jersey, United States -- Fencer-epee (1996 Olympics).
(1957) Ann Nocenti: American journalist and author.
(1957) Nancy Argenta: Canadian soprano and actress.
(1956) Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
(1956) Damian Green: English journalist and politician Minister of State for Immigration.
(1956) Paul Young: rock vocalist/keyboardist ("Every Time You Go Away").
(1956) Mitch Vogel in Alhambra: California, USA; actor (Jamie - Bonanza).
(1955) Steve Earle: American singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor.
(1955) Steve Javie: American professional basketball referee.
(1955) Steve Earle in San Antonio: Texas, USA; country singer ("Guitar Town").
(1954) Robert F Kennedy Jr: Attorney (Natural Resources Defense Council).
(1954) Janet Dykman in Monterey Park: California, USA; archer (Olympics-1996).
(1954) Robert F Kennedy: Jr.
(1954) Susan Kiefel: Australian lawyer and judge.
(1954) Steve Hill: American Christian clergyman and evangelist.
(1954) Paul Zane Pilzer: Economist.
(1954) Robert Kennedy, Jr.: Activist.
(1954) Robert Kennedy: Jr.
(1953) Jeff Berlin: American bass player and educator.
(1953) Kevin Canty: Novelist.
(1953) Sheila Hutchinson: Rocker.
(1953) Carlos Johnson: American singer and guitarist.
(1952) Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese pianist composer producer and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra).
(1952) Howie Carr: Author.
(1952) Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan rocker (Academy Award 1988: Yellow Magic Orchestra).
(1952) Darrell Porter: American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002).
(1952) Larry Fortensky: American former husband of Elizabeth Taylor.
(1951) Damien Alary
(1951) Rolando Thoeni: Italy -- Slalom (1972 Olympics - Bronze Medalist).
(1950) Luis Lopez Nieves: Latin American writer.
(1950) Luis Nieves: Puerto Rican author and academic.

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1949 - 1940

(1949) Andy Kaufman: American actor who performed his off-beat, highly original, stand-up comedy and impressionist routine on TV, in clubs and concerts.
(1949) Mick Taylor: English singer-songwriter and guitarist (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones).
(1949) Augustin Dumay: French violinist and conductor.
(1949) Gyude Bryant: Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014).
(1949) Anita Borg: American computer scientist and academic (d. 2003).
(1949) Patrick Pera
(1949) Debbie Watson in La Mirada: California, USA; actress (Karen, Tammy).
(1949) Andy Kaufman in New York City: New York, USA; comedian/actor (Latka Gravas - Taxi).
(1949) Martin Gaffney: American Marine Corp Chief Warrant Officer.
(1949) Dick Nanninga: Dutch footballer (d. 2015).

(1949) Indio Solari: Argentine singer and musician.
(1948) Anne Queffelec: French pianist.
(1948) Eddie Gray
(1948) Mick Taylor: Musician.
(1948) Michael Rake: English businessman and academic.
(1948) Anne Queffélec: French international pianist (noted family).
(1948) Jim Ladd: American radio host and producer.
(1948) Davíð Oddsson: Icelandic politician 21st Prime Minister of Iceland.
(1948) Davi? Oddsson: former Prime Minister of Iceland.
(1947) Peter Werner (director)
(1947) Philip Plisson
(1947) Todd Susman in Saint Louis: Missouri, USA; actor (Goodnight Beantown).
(1947) Philippe Marland: French senior official, former Ambassador, and Permanent Representative of France to the OECD.
(1947) Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau: French international tennis player, who competed in the Australian Open in 1969 and in the Davis Cup a number of times, from 1970 to 1973.
(1947) Ulysses Dove: Dancer / choreographer.
(1947) Jane Elliot in New York City: New York, USA; actress (Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing).
(1947) Gail Toushin: LPGA golfer.
(1947) Jane Elliot: Actress.
(1946) Didier Lecat: French journalist, writer and director.
(1946) Domenic Troiano: Italian-Canadian musician, a guitarist most notable for his contributions to Mandala, The James Gang, The Guess Who and as a solo artist.
(1946) Michèle Deslauriers: Canadian actress.
(1946) Michele Deslauriers: Quebec actress.
(1945) Claude Guéant: French civil servant, he studied law at Paris University and entered "Sciences-Po" and ENA.
(1945) Jeanette Fitzsimons
(1945) Jean-Marie Delarue: French senior official, a State Councillor and 'Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté' (head of an independent body overseeing the treatment of prisoners) from 2008 to 2014.
(1945) Javed Akhtar: Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter.
(1945) Anne Cutler: Australian psychologist and academic.
(1945) Jeanette Fitzsimmons: New Zealand politician, the Greens' co-leader and probably the first Green Party candidate in the world to win an electorate seat.
(1944) Françoise Hardy: French chanson singer and actress seen most notably in German films.
(1944) Jean-Pierre Berthet
(1944) Joe Frazier: Beaufort sports Champions.
(1944) Ann Oakley: English sociologist author and academic.
(1944) Francoise Hardy: French singer.
(1944) Carole Yawney: Canadian Professor of Sociology at York University; interested in astrology.
(1943) Geoffrey Deuel: American minor actor, the brother of actor Peter Duel (who changed the spelling of their family name).
(1943) Wendy Yoshimura: American artist and political activist, Patty Hearst's underground companion.
(1943) René Préval: Haitian agronomist and politician 52nd President of Haiti.
(1943) Chris Montez: American singer.
(1943) Daniel Charles Brandenstein in Watertown: Wisconsin, USA; astronaut (STS 8, 51-G, 32, 49).
(1943) Rene Preval: President of Haiti.
(1943) Aarno Laitinen: Finnish journalist.
(1942) Muhammad Ali: American light-heavyweight gold medalist, the only man to win the heavyweight championship of the world three times.
(1942) Renzo Sambo: Italian champion rower who received the Gold Medal in the Olympics, Mexico 1968.
(1942) Ior Bock
(1942) Randy Boone in Fayetteville: North Carolina, USA; actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian).
(1942) Nancy Parsons: American actress (d. 2001).
(1942) Cassius Clay: American emancipationist (Born 1810).
(1942) Ulf Hoelscher: German violinist and educator.
(1942) Nigel McCulloch: English bishop.
(1942) Ita Buttrose: Australian journalist and businesswoman.
(1941) István Horthy: Jr.
(1941) Dame Gillian Weir: New Zealand organist.
(1941) Mechai Viravaidya: Activist.
(1941) Gillian Weir: New Zealand-English organist and educator.
(1940) Tabaré Vázquez: Uruguayan physician and politician 39th President of Uruguay.
(1940) H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino: Kenya -- 1500m runner (1968, 72 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1940) Nerses Tarmouni: Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015).
(1940) Tabare Vazquez: President of Uruguay.
(1940) Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali: South African poet (Fireflames).
(1940) Kipchoge Keino: Kenyan runner.
(1940) Richard Maloof: American musician, a tuba player in the Lawrence Welk orchestra on the maestro's hit TV show from 1967 to 1982.

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1939 - 1930

(1939) Toini Gustafson: Sweden -- 5K / 10K cross country skier (1968 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1939) Christodoulos of Athens : Greek archbishop (d. 2008).
(1939) Maury Povich: American talk show host.
(1939) Archbishop Christodoulos: of Athens and All Greece (d. 2008).
(1938) Michel Lancelot: Lognes Journalist.
(1938) Percy Qoboza: South African journalist and author (d. 1988).
(1938) John Bellairs: United States -- Sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom).
(1938) Paul Revere in Harvard: Nebraska, USA; pianist (Paul Revere and Raiders).
(1937) Alain Badiou: French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS).
(1936) Jerry Fogel in Rochester: New York, USA; actor (Jerry - Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow).

(1936) Jean Genermont: Moulins physician.
(1936) A Thangathurai: Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1997).
(1936) John Boyd: English academic and diplomat British ambassador to Japan.
(1935) Ruth Minner: American businesswoman and politician 72nd Governor of Delaware.
(1935) Ruth Ann Minner: Politician.
(1935) Jimmy Powell: American golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, but whose greatest success came on the Senior PGA Tour in the early to mid-1990s.
(1935) Ruth Ann Minner: American politician, businesswoman and 72nd Governor of Delaware.
(1935) Jimmy Powell in Dallas: Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic).
(1935) Paul O[sborne] Williams: United States -- Sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle).
(1934) Sydney Schanberg: Journalist.
(1934) Shari Lewis in Bronx: New York, USA; ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop).
(1934) Sydney Phillip Hodkinson: Composer.
(1934) Cedar Walton: American hard bop jazz pianist.
(1934) Zlatko Papec: Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2013).
(1934) Donald Cammell: Scottish film director, born in the Camera Obscura (then known as Outlook Tower) on Castlehill, near the castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of the poet and writer Charles Richard Cammell.
(1933) Dalida : World-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti.
(1933) Shari Lewis: American puppeteer, ventriloquist, author, magician and singer.
(1933) Sadruddin Aga Khan
(1933) Sheree North
(1933) Roger Leloup
(1933) Aga Khan: Religious leader (Muslims).
(1933) Sadruddin Khan: French-Pakistani diplomat United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (d. 2003).
(1933) Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan: French-born Pakistani diplomat (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) (d. 2003).
(1933) Yolande Christina Dalida in Cairo: Egypt; actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day).
(1933) Sheree North [Dawn Bethel] in Louisiana: USA; actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Breakout, Madigan).
(1933) Bruno Schroder: British Baron / banker / multi-millionaire.
(1932) Sheree North: American actress singer and dancer (d. 2005).
(1931) James Earl Jones
(1931) Douglas Wilder: American politician, the first elected black Governor in U.S.
(1931) L Douglas Wilder: American 66th Governor of Virginia.
(1931) Don Zimmer: American baseball player and manager.
(1931) James Jones: American actor, an imposing character and lead player on stage, screen and TV.
(1931) Frederick Alfred Fox: Composer.
(1931) James Earl Jones in Mississippi USA actor (Darth Vader - Star Wars Exorcist II Soul Man Roots: The Next Generations).
(1931) James Earl Jones: Actor.
(1931) L Douglas: Wilder; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Virginia).
(1930) Thomas P Stafford in Oklahoma: USA; astronaut (Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10).
(1930) Eddie LeBaron: American football player manager and sportscaster (d. 2015).
(1930) Robert Ceely: Composer.
(1930) Bill Benyon: English large landowner / Conservative Lower house leader.
(1930) Colette Ripert: France Actor.

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1929 - 1920

(1929) Jacques Plante: Canadian hockey player, called "Jake the Snake".
(1929) Tan Teik: Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012).
(1928) Vidal Sassoon: English-American hairdresser and businessman (d. 2012).
(1928) Jean Barraqué: French composer (d. 1973).
(1928) Matt McGinn
(1928) Serge Ceustermans: France sport Champion.
(1928) Maurice Gaidon: French Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cahors, France.
(1928) Jean Barraque: French composer (d. 1973).
(1928) Lelio Antoniotti: France sport Champion.
(1928) Luigi Moltrasio: Italian soccer player.

(1927) Eartha Kitt: Pop Singer.
(1927) Eartha Kitt: Pop Singer.
(1927) Tom Dooley: American humanitarian (d. 1961).
(1927) E Swackhamer: American director and producer (d. 1994).
(1927) Eartha Kitt in South Carolina: USA; singer/actress (Catwoman - Batman).
(1927) Thomas Dooley: American physician and humanitarian who wrote the bestseller "The Night They Burned the Mountain.
(1927) Donald Erb: Youngstown, Ohio -- Composer.
(1927) EW Swackhamer: American television & film director (d. 1994).
(1927) Michael Herford Wooller: TV / film producer.
(1927) Norman Kaye: Australian actor and composer (d. 2007).
(1927) Harlan Mathews: American lawyer and politician (d. 2014).
(1926) Robert Filliou
(1926) Newton N Minow
(1926) Richard Michael Hills: Comedy script writer.
(1926) Newton Minow: American lawyer, attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
(1926) Moira Shearer: Scottish ballerina known as one of the finest in her field to emerge from the UK.
(1926) Donnie Forman: American athlete, played pro basketball for one season, 1948-49.
(1926) Jean Tertre: Calais physician.
(1925) Duane Hanson: American artist and sculptor, he is known for his realistic life-sized sculptures of ordinary people in real-life situations: in accidents, at work, doing chores, resting and at play.
(1925) Patricia Owens: Canadian-American actress (d. 2000).
(1925) Abdul Kardar: Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996).
(1925) Fern Formica: American dwarf singer, dancer and actress (also known as Johnnie Fern or Johnny Fern) who appeared most notably as a Munchkin villager and 'sleepyhead' in the original 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie.
(1925) Edgar Killen: American criminal.
(1925) Robert Cormier: American author, columnist and reporter (Born 1925).
(1925) Edgar Ray Killen: American convict, former preacher and K.K.
(1925) Annie Delorie: Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias).
(1924) Jewel Plummer Cobb: Educator / President (California State University at Fullerton).
(1924) Rik De Saedeleer: Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013).
(1923) Onno Molenkamp: Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift).
(1923) Carol Raye: Australian actress.
(1923) Rangeya Raghav: Indian author and playwright (d. 1962).
(1923) Fran?ois Megnin: Beauvais EXecutives.
(1922) Betty White: American actress, refreshingly open, focused and patient who found great popularity on network TV from 1952 and is best known for the 1985 mega-hit sitcom "Golden Girls.
(1922) Luis Echeverria Alvarez: Mexican President of Mexico.
(1922) Robert De Niro: Sr.
(1922) Luis Echeverría: Mexican academic and politician 50th President of Mexico.
(1922) Nicholas Katzenbach: American soldier lawyer and politician 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012).
(1921) Antonio Prohias: Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998).
(1921) Antonio Prohías: Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998).
(1921) Asghar Khan: Pakistani general and politician.
(1921) Herbert Ellis: American actor.
(1921) Lorna deVaron: American conductor and educator.
(1921) Roger Carpentier: French aviator, who on 12 December 1952 became the first Frenchman to break the sound barrier, in the Dassault Mystère II.
(1921) Dehl Berti: Pueblo, Colorado -- Actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise).
(1920) Joseph George: Handy Hendleman musician.
(1920) Georges Pichard: French author and illustrator (d. 2003).
(1920) Nora Kaye: NYC, New York -- Prima ballerina.
(1920) Corsica Joe: French-American wrestler (d. 2010).

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1919 - 1910

(1919) Tony Golab: Canadian football fullback called the "golden boy.
(1918) Carole McDonald: American singer who used her talent in clubs, on tours, in Las Vegas and with her husband's band from 1938-1983.
(1918) Francesca Snethlage: Dutch astrologer, researcher, author and data collector.
(1918) George M Leader: American politician and 36th Governor of Pennsylvania.
(1918) Joseph Walker Barr: Banker / politician.
(1918) Hans Reimling: Germany Military man.
(1918) George Leader: American soldier and politician 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013).
(1918) Keith Joseph: English lawyer and politician Secretary of State for Education (d. 1994).
(1918) Fabian Dobles: Costa Rican writer and left-wing political activist.
(1917) Ulysses Kay: American musician, composer and college professor.

(1917) Oskar Morawetz: Svetla, Czechoslovakia -- Composer.
(1917) Ramon Cardemil: Chilean huaso (d. 2007).
(1917) M Ramachandran: Indian actor director and politician 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987).
(1917) Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR) Indian film star: politician.
(1917) M G Ramachandran: Indian politician, actor (d. 1987).
(1917) Ramón Cardemil: Chilean horse rider (d. 2007).
(1917) Ulyses Simpson Kay: Composer.
(1916) Peter Frelinghuysen: Jr.
(1916) Joel Herron: Chicago, Illinois -- Orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show).
(1916) Edmund Morgan: Historian.
(1915) Pierre Péchoux: French historian, specializing in Russia.
(1915) Francis Sayre: American ecclesiastic and noted family, the grandson of Woodrow Wilson, born at the White House.
(1914) Théo Lefevre
(1914) William Stafford: American poet and essayist (d. 1993).
(1914) Theo Lefevre: Belgian politician, an attorney and oppositional leader.
(1914) Irving Brecher: American director producer and screenwriter (d. 2008).
(1914) Paul Royle: Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015).
(1914) Anacleto Angelini: Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007).
(1913) Lotte Berk
(1913) Claude Coats in San Francisco: California, USA; artist at Walt Disney Company 1935-89 for films, displays at Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend 1988.
(1913) Werenfried [Flip]: van Straaten founder (Oostpriesterhulp).
(1913) Raymond Froment: Lion sur Mer EXecutives.
(1912) Louis Bedrine: Calais physician.
(1912) Orest Alexandrovich: Evlahkov composer.
(1911) George Stigler: American economist.
(1911) Philibert Smellinckx: Belgium sport Champion.
(1911) Hank Leiber: American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1942 with the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs.
(1911) André-Georges Haudricourt: French botanist, anthropologist and linguist, who died on 20 August 1996.
(1911) Busher Jackson: Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966).
(1911) John McCain: American admiral (d. 1981).
(1911) George Joseph Stigler: American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991).
(1911) Hermann Pfrogner: Austria -- Musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus).
(1910) Edith S: Green (Representative-Democrat-Oregon).
(1910) Kenneth Rush: American lawyer, businessman and diplomat.
(1910) Michael Economides: restaurateur.
(1910) David Rush: Walla Walla Politician.

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1909 - 1900

(1908) Antonio Pesenti: Italy sport Champion.
(1908) BEN : Vaudelney Cartoonists.
(1908) Akkineni LV: Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad producer.
(1908) John Wheatley: Scottish Labour politician and judge.
(1908) Cus D'Amato: American boxing manager and trainer (d. 1985).
(1907) Henk Badings: Dutch composer and music theorist born in Indonesia.
(1907) Henk H Badings: Bandung, Indonesia -- Dutch opera composer (Orestes).
(1907) André Laffon de Ladebat: French naval officer, a vice-admiral of the French Imperial Navy who died in Paris on 24 March 1874.
(1905) Louis Armand: French engineer, Member of the French Academy, 1936, Chairman of various companies.
(1905) Guillermo Stábile: Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966).

(1905) Eduard Oja: Estonian composer conductor educator and critic (d. 1950).
(1905) Peggy Gilbert: American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Born 1905).
(1905) Ray Cunningham: American baseball player (Born 1905).
(1905) Guillermo Stabile: Argentine footballer (d. 1966).
(1905) Jan Zahradnicek: Czech poet (d. 1960).
(1905) Georges Martin: Nérnes Writer.
(1905) Franz Schmid: Germany -- Ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931).
(1905) Jan Zahradníček: Czech poet and translator (d. 1960).
(1904) Patsy Ruth Miller: Actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91.
(1904) Grant Withers: Pueblo, Colorado -- Actor (Oklahoma, Annie).
(1904) Hem Vejakorn: Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969).
(1904) Patsy Ruth Miller actress (QuTbec: Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds).
(1903) Johanna Klink: German super-centenarian (d. 2015).
(1903) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala: Assamese poet, playwright, film maker (d. 1953).
(1903) Warren Hull: Gasport, New York -- Actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World).
(1902) Martin Harlinghausen: Germany Military man.
(1902) Geoffrey W Lloyd: British Minister of Brandstoffen / Energy (1951-55).
(1901) Vasily Petrovich: Shirinsky composer.
(1901) Aron Gurwitsch: Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973).
(1900) Karl Müller: German poet and writer, alias Teut Ansolt.
(1900) Olga Maria: Nicolis di Robilant patron of the arts.

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