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Famous Birthdays of 17 May

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

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2009 - 2000

(2001) Nicaya Wiley: Dancer.
(2001) Justin Kirk: American infanticide victim, allegedly killed by his mother on March 8, 2005.

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1999 - 1990

(1999) Sky Williams: Dancer.
(1999) Star Williams: Dancer.
(1999) Troy Sliney: American child of noted parent, son of Molly Sliney and her husband Keith.
(1998) Mio Tomonaga: Japanese singer (HKT48 and AKB48).
(1998) Chloe Alison: Vine Star.
(1998) Ashley Wilson: Cheerleader.
(1997) Eric Beckerman: YouTube Star.
(1996) Sam King: YouTube Star.
(1996) Ryan Ochoa: American teen actor.
(1995) Ilona Hallyday: French noted family, the daughter of model Estelle Lefebure and singer David Hallyday and granddaughter of rock star Johnny Hallyday.

(1995) Oliver Ryan: YouTube Star.
(1994) Julie San Jose: Filipino singer and actress (Sugarpop).
(1994) Justin Martin: Stage Actor.
(1993) GoldLink
(1992) Maxime Huscenot
(1991) Ínigo Martínez
(1991) Johanna Konta: Australian-English tennis player.
(1991) Jill Duggar: Reality Star.
(1991) Adil Omar: Pakistani rapper producer and actor.
(1991) Ashley Wagner: Athlete.
(1991) Lillie Gregg: Fashion Designer.
(1991) Daniel Lee: TV Actor.
(1991) Daniel Curtis Lee: American actor.
(1990) Leven Rambin: American actress.
(1990) Clémence Calvin
(1990) Thomas Sangster: Actor.
(1990) Guido Pella: Argentinian tennis player.
(1990) Katrina Hart: English runner.
(1990) Kree Harrison: American singer.
(1990) Fabian Giefer: German footballer.
(1990) PiinkSparkles : YouTube Star.
(1990) Charlotte-Letitia Crosby: Reality Star.
(1990) Thomas Brodie-Sangster: Actor.

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1989 - 1980

(1989) Tereza Fajksová
(1989) Tessa Virtue: Canadian ice dancer.
(1989) Olivia Luccardi
(1989) Rain Raadik: Estonian basketball player.
(1989) Ross Butler: TV Actor.
(1989) Honey Rose: Movie Actress.
(1989) Behati Prinsloo: Model.
(1989) Jeniffer Kim: YouTube Star.
(1988) Karrueche Tran: Model.
(1988) Nikki Reed: American actress.

(1988) Soccer : American acting dog (d. 2001).
(1988) Jennison Myrie-Williams: English footballer.
(1987) Edvald Boasson Hagen
(1987) Aleandro Rosi: Italian footballer.
(1987) Edvald Hagen: Norwegian cyclist.
(1987) Ott Lepland: Estonian singer.
(1986) Tahj Mowry: American actor.
(1986) Alizee Guinochet
(1986) Amy Gumenick
(1986) Erin Richards
(1986) Megan Fox: Actress.
(1986) Drew Roy: Actor.
(1986) Jacob Zachar: Actor.
(1986) Charlie Fink: Musician.
(1986) Marius Činikas: Lithuanian footballer.
(1986) Timo Simonlatser: Estonian skier.
(1986) Mary Pilon: Journalist.
(1986) Jaime Preciado: Bassist.
(1986) Jodie Taylor: English footballer.
(1985) Derek Hough: American dancer and singer.
(1985) Greg Van Avermaet: Belgian cyclist.
(1985) Matt Ryan: American football player.
(1985) Emil Sitoci: Dutch wrestler.
(1985) Andrew Keenan-Bolger: Actor.
(1985) Todd Redmond: American baseball player.
(1985) Julia Voth: Actress.
(1985) Christine Nesbitt: Canadian speed skater.
(1985) Teófilo Gutiérrez: Colombian footballer.
(1985) Alyssa Stringfellow: New Zealand actress.
(1984) Melany Denyse
(1984) Christine Ohuruogu: English runner.
(1984) Christian Bolaños: Costa Rican footballer.
(1984) Jayson Blair (actor)
(1984) Lena Waithe: Actress.
(1984) Christine Robinson: Canadian water polo player.
(1984) Christian Bolanos: Costa Rican footballer.
(1984) Passenger : Rock Singer.
(1983) Harshad Chopra
(1983) Channing Frye: American basketball player.
(1983) DJ Yonny: American DJ and producer.
(1983) Matthew Christian: American world-class swimmer and record-holder who was born without hands or feet.
(1983) Chris Henry: American football player (Born 1983).
(1983) Nicky Hofs: Dutch footballer.
(1983) Jeremy Sowers: American baseball player.
(1982) Tony Parker: Belgian-born basketball player, his American father playing basketball moved to France when Tony was 3 months, and his mother was a Dutch model, Pamela Firestone.
(1982) Clarence Goodson
(1982) Nick Masset
(1982) Matt Cassel: American football player.
(1982) Kaye Abad: American-Filipino actress and singer.
(1982) Tiya Sircar: Actress.
(1982) Chloe Smith: English politician.
(1982) Reiko Nakamura: Japanese swimmer.
(1982) Dan Hardy: English mixed martial artist.
(1981) Shiri Maimon: Israeli singer and actress.
(1981) Cosma Shiva Hagen
(1981) Mario Horton
(1981) Lim Jeong Hee: Korean singer.
(1981) Joseph Morgan: Actor.
(1981) Chris Skidmore: English historian and politician.
(1981) RJ Helton: American singer.
(1981) Beñat Albizuri: Spanish cyclist.
(1981) Benat Albizuri: Spanish cyclist.
(1981) Giannis Taralidis: Greek footballer.
(1981) Leon Osman: English footballer.
(1981) Lim Jeong-hee: South Korean singer.
(1980) Stéphane Robert
(1980) Alistair Overeem: Athlete.
(1980) Davor Džalto: Bosnian historian and philosopher.
(1980) Fredrik Kessiakoff: Swedish cyclist.
(1980) Dallas Taylor: American singer-songwriter (Underoath and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster).
(1980) Davor Dzalto: Serbian/Croatian art historian.

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1979 - 1970

(1979) Ayda Field
(1979) Max Boublil
(1979) David Jarolím: Czech footballer.
(1979) Wayne Thomas: English footballer.
(1978) Carlos Peña: Dominican-American baseball player.
(1978) Mix-up Twins: Brazilian birth mix-up, Allessandra was exchanged with a twin, Roberta, and sent home with Roberta's twin, Renata.
(1978) Carlos Pena: Dominican baseball player.
(1978) Jim Sturgess: Actor.
(1978) Magdalena Zděnovcová: Czech tennis player.
(1978) John Foster: American baseball player and coach.

(1978) Paddy Kenny: English footballer.
(1977) Lynn Collins: Actress.
(1977) Jere Michael in Aspen: Colorado; figure skater (1994 National Jr champion).
(1977) Melanie Lynskey: Actress.
(1976) Kandi Burruss: R&B Singer.
(1976) Rochelle Aytes: Actress.
(1976) Mayte Martínez: Spanish runner.
(1976) Wang Leehom: American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter producer actor and director.
(1976) Daniel Komen: Kenyan runner.
(1976) José Guillén: Dominican-American baseball player.
(1976) Jose Guillen: Dominican baseball player.
(1976) Daniel Komen in Nyaru: Kenya; 5km runner.
(1976) Peter Devine in New York City: New York; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
(1976) Anna Windsor in Sydney: New South Wales, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
(1975) Tony Sylva
(1975) Marcelinho (footballer)
(1975) Alex Wright: German-English wrestler and promoter.
(1975) Jonti Picking: English voice actor singer and animator.
(1975) Kostas Sommer: German-Greek actor and producer.
(1975) Cheick Kongo: French mixed martial artist and kick-boxer.
(1975) Laura Voutilainen: Finnish singer.
(1974) Andrea Corr: Irish singer-songwriter pianist and actress (The Corrs).
(1974) Sendhil Ramamurthy: American actor.
(1974) Fabrice Gobert
(1974) Marcia Turner in Cambridge: Massachusetts, USA; Miss America (Massachusetts-Top 10-1996).
(1974) Wiki Gonzalez: Venezuelan baseball player.
(1974) William Yiampoy: Kenyan runner.
(1974) Eddie Lewis: American football (soccer) player.
(1974) Wiki González: Venezuelan baseball player.
(1973) Josh Homme: American musician and songwriter (Queens of the Stone Age).
(1973) Montreal (Quebec)
(1973) Sasha Alexander: American television actress.
(1973) Gérald Dahan
(1973) Steve Barakatt: Canadian singer-songwriter pianist and producer.
(1973) Tori Spelling: Actress.
(1973) Adam Rex: Artist.
(1973) Jay Riemersma: tight end (Buffalo Bills).
(1973) Deitrick Haddon: Gospel Singer.
(1973) Matthew McGrory: American actor (Born 1973).
(1973) Tamsier Joof: English actor dancer and choreographer.
(1972) Roman Genn: Russian-American illustrator.
(1972) Elena Wagner in Sofia: Bulgaria; tennis star (1996 ITF/Redbridge-Great Britain).
(1972) John Burrough: NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons).
(1971) Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
(1971) Misha Aznavour
(1971) Maxima Zorreguieta: Dutch news figure, a socialite who was the girl friend in 2000 of Crown Prince Willem Alexander of the Netherlands.
(1971) Mark Williams: NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
(1971) Jennifer Konner: Director.
(1971) Bill Rancic: Businessman.
(1971) Mark Douglas: YouTube Star.
(1971) Máxima : Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
(1971) Shaun Hart: Australian footballer coach and sportscaster.
(1971) Martin Aunin: Estonian architect.
(1971) Bill Lindsay in Big Fork: Montana, USA; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers).
(1971) Princess Maxima: of the Netherlands.
(1970) Jordan Knight: American musician and member of the "New Kids on the Block," a manufactured rock group of superstars that originated in the working class of Boston and flourished in the late ‘80s.
(1970) Giovanna Trillini: Italian fencing champion who won a Gold Medal in team foils with Bortolozzi and Vezzali at the Atlanta Olympics on 7/25/1996.
(1970) Hubert Davis (basketball)
(1970) Fadwa Soliman
(1970) Jeremy Browne: English politician Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
(1970) Jeremy Denk: Musician.
(1970) Gabriela Sabatini: Athlete.
(1970) Mark Belmore: American university student murdered by a gang of young blacks on Martin Luther King's birthday, 1/14/1990, in Boston.
(1970) Todd Mundt: NBA center (Atlanta Hawks).
(1970) Renzo Furlan: in Italy; tennis star.
(1970) Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight in Worcester: Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids on the Block - "Hangin' Tough").
(1970) John Karelse: soccer player (NAC).
(1970) Jodie Rogers in Melbourne: Victoria, Australia; diver (Olympics-1996).
(1970) Jim Cummins in Dearborn: Michigan, USA; NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks).
(1970) Hubert Davis NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks: New York Knicks).
(1970) Derrick Deese: NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers).
(1970) Alan Wetmore: Canadian Football League fullback (Montreal Alouettes).
(1970) Stefania Croce in Bergamo: Italy; golfer (95 State Farm Rail Classic-11).
(1970) Hubert Davis: American basketball player and coach.
(1970) Angelica Agurbash: Belarusian singer, actress and model.
(1970) René Vilbre: Estonian director and screenwriter.
(1970) Matt Lindland: American mixed martial artist wrestler and politician.

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1969 - 1960

(1969) Tabatha Coffey: Australian hairstylist and television personality.
(1969) Robinson Savary
(1969) Paige Turco: Boston, Massachusetts -- Actress (Melanie-Guiding Light).
(1969) Alan Doyle: Canadian singer-songwriter guitarist producer and actor (Great Big Sea).
(1969) Craig Erickson NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts: Miami Dolphins).
(1969) Aaron Ruffin: Canadian Football League defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
(1969) Tucker Carlson: Journalist.
(1969) Keith Hill: English footballer and manager.
(1969) Thom Filicia: American interior designer and author.
(1969) David Boreanaz: Actor.

(1969) Tracey Gold: Actress.
(1968) Géraldine Giraud: French actress, Roland Giraud's daughter.
(1968) Richard Hynd
(1968) Claudia Koll: Italian actress and missionary.
(1968) Tim Grunhard: NFL center (Kansas City Chiefs).
(1968) Thom Filicia: Designer.
(1967) Cameron Bancroft: Actor (Beverly Hills 90210).
(1967) Mohamed Nasheed: Maldivian lawyer and politician 4th President of the Maldives.
(1967) Debbie Dutch in Titusville: New Jersey, USA; actress (Hell's Paradox).
(1967) Brian F. O'Byrne: Actor.
(1967) Evelyne Binsack: Swiss mountaineer and adventurer, first Swiss woman to climb Mount Everest, helicopter pilot, reached the south pole in 2007 by starting from her home town in Switzerland on foot, bicycle and ski.
(1967) Dennis Luciani: American on a TV reality show, this "Average Joe" was cut in the second round in a series that concluded on December 8, 2003 where he was competing for the love of an NFL cheerleader and model.
(1967) Paul D'Amour: American bass player (Tool and Replicants).
(1966) Hill Harper: American actor.
(1966) Gilles Quénéhervé: French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
(1966) Danny Manning: American basketball player and coach.
(1966) Cynda Williams
(1966) Janet Jackson: Musician.
(1966) Mark Kratzmann: Australian tennis player and coach.
(1966) Qusay Hussein: Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein (Born 1966).
(1966) Mark Schmocker in Interlaken: Switzerland; US team handball goalie (Olympics-1996).
(1965) Trent Reznor: American musician, lead singer for "Nine Inch Nails.
(1965) Paige Turco: American actress, best known for her role as April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(1965) LuAnn de Lesseps: Reality Star.
(1965) Corrado Guzzanti: Italian stage director, dedicated to the theater.
(1965) Jeremy Vine: British journalist and presenter.
(1965) Claudia Koll
(1965) Ian Wright (traveller)
(1965) Paige Turco in Springfield: Massachusetts, USA; actress (Dinah - Guiding Light).
(1965) Krist Novoselic: Musician.
(1964) David Eigenberg: American actor.
(1964) Nancy Gitzen: American.
(1964) Mauro Martini: Italian race car driver.
(1964) Menno Oosting: Dutch tennis player (Born 1964).
(1964) Stratos Apostolakis: Greek footballer and coach.
(1963) Jon Koncak: NBA center (Orlando Magic).
(1963) Mary Vincent: American victim of an unbelievably savage attack by Lawrence Singleton on 9/29/1978, a few miles outside of Galt, California.
(1963) Page McConnell: American keyboard player and songwriter (Phish Vida Blue and Phil Lesh and Friends).
(1963) Taimo Toomast: Estonian opera singer.
(1963) Wendy Davis: Politician.
(1962) Craig Ferguson: Scottish-American comedian and late-night television host, writer and director.
(1962) Alan Johnston
(1962) Lise Falkenberg: Danish journalist and author.
(1962) Jane Moore: English journalist and author.
(1962) Rosalind Picard: American computer scientist and engineer co-founded Affectiva.
(1962) Lise Lyng Falkenberg: Danish writer.
(1962) Scott Case: NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys).
(1962) Tracey Bryn: rocker (Voice of the Beehive - "Let it Bee").
(1961) Enya : Irish singer and songwriter.
(1961) Corey Johnson
(1961) Jean Hanff Korelitz: Novelist.
(1961) Justin King: English businessman.
(1961) Kevin McDonald: Comedian.
(1961) Jamil Azzaoui: Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
(1960) Simon Fuller: Cypriot-English talent manager and producer created the Idols series.
(1960) Lou DiBella: American boxing promoter actor and producer.
(1960) Catherine Libault: French homicide; poisoned her two children and then committed suicide 9/15/1986 Nantes.
(1960) Fiona Hutchison in Miami: Florida, USA; actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light).

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1959 - 1950

(1959) Marcelo Loffreda: Argentinian rugby player and coach.
(1959) Richard Barrons: English general.
(1959) Jim Nantz: American sportscaster.
(1959) Mare Winningham: Actress.
(1958) Paul Whitehouse: Welsh-English actor producer and screenwriter.
(1958) Alan Rankine
(1958) Andy Stanley: Clergyman.
(1958) Vincent Henar: in Surinam; bassist (Fra Fra Sound).
(1958) Ivor Bolton: English harpsichord player and conductor.
(1958) Paul Di'Anno: English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Gogmagog).

(1957) Pascual Pérez: Dominican baseball player (d. 2012).
(1957) Anne Main: Welsh-English educator and politician.
(1957) Avelino Rodriguez Couceiro: Professor and researcher at the Agrarian University of Havana, with a large number of books and scholarly articles published.
(1957) Pascual Perez: Dominican baseball player.
(1956) Sugar Ray Leonard
(1956) Bob Saget: American actor.
(1956) Micheline Apers-Borghs: Belgian athlete; a fencer.
(1956) Mark Smith: American fencer, the U.S.
(1956) Annise Parker: American politician.
(1956) Marie Colmant
(1956) Dave Sim: Canadian cartoonist and author.
(1956) Sugar Ray Leonard: Athlete.
(1956) Bob Saget in Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, USA; comedian/actor (Danny - Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos).
(1956) Sugar Ray [Charles] Leonard: Willington, South Carolina -- Boxer (1976 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1956) Sue Carpenter: TV presenter / journalist.
(1956) Sugar Leonard: American boxer, the Olympic Gold Medal welterweight champion in 1976 at Montreal.
(1956) "Sugar" Ray [Charles] Leonard in Palmer Park: Maryland, USA; welter/middle/light-heavyweight boxing champion (Olympics-gold-1976).
(1955) Bill Paxton: American actor and film director.
(1955) Debra Winger: Actor.
(1955) Edgar Bronfman, Jr.: Businessman.
(1955) Jon Porter: Politician.
(1955) Olga Korbut: Athlete.
(1955) Francesco Nuti: Italian film director, actor.
(1955) David Townsend: American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Surface) (d. 2005).
(1954) Jean-Marie Bigard: French comedian and actor with controversial and scatological humour.
(1954) Michael Roberts: South African-English jockey.
(1954) John Iles: Dolby supervisor (Elephant Man, Richard III).
(1953) Gérard Krawczyk
(1953) Luca Prodan: Italian-Argentinian singer-songwriter (Sumo and Hurlingham Reggae Band).
(1953) Kathleen Sullivan: American journalist and blogger.
(1953) Nicholas Bacon: premier baronet of England.
(1953) Pierce Brosnan: Actor.
(1953) George Johnson in Los Angeles: California, USA; rocker (Brothers Johnson).
(1953) Kathleen Sullivan in Pasadena: California, USA; newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show).
(1953) Yoko Shimada: Kumamota, Japan -- Author (Kir Royal) / actress (Shogun).
(1952) Odile Jacob: French publisher, who founded Les Éditions Odile Jacob in the mid 1980s.
(1952) Patricia Aakhus: American author and academic (d. 2012).
(1952) Howard Hampton: Canadian lawyer and politician.
(1952) Bernhard Brink: German singer.
(1952) Jody Pijper: Dutch (background) singer.
(1951) Gary Christen: American Uranian astrologer and President of Astrolabe.
(1951) Simon Hughes: English lawyer and politician.
(1951) Christian Lacroix: Designer.
(1951) Mauro Di Francesco: Italian stage, film and television actor, comedian and television personality.
(1951) I R Evans: CEO (Hyder, Welsh Water).
(1950) Janez Drnovšek: Slovenian economist and politician 2nd President of Slovenia (d. 2008).
(1950) Patricia Soltysik
(1950) Keith Bradley: Baron Bradley English accountant and politician.
(1950) Janez Drnovsek: Slovenian politician; state president from Slovenia.
(1950) Valeria Novodvorskaya: Russian politician, dissident, founder and chairwoman of the Democratic Union party.
(1950) Pat Soltysik: American revolutionary, one of ten members of a radical militant group, the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army).
(1950) Christian Lacroix: French couturier (Chic Frills).
(1950) Bruce Coville: Author.
(1950) Valeriya Novodvorskaya: Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014).
(1950) Alan Johnson: English politician Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(1950) A A: Johnson; British Member of Parliament.
(1950) Howard Ashman: American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950).

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1949 - 1940

(1949) Bill Bruford: English drummer songwriter and producer (Yes King Crimson UK Earthworks Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and National Health).
(1949) Timothy Cordy: British director (Town / Country Planning Association).
(1949) Jenny Fish: American ice skater, Olympic silver medal champion.
(1948) Fay Presto
(1948) Dick Gaughan: Scottish singer, songwriter and renowned interpreter of contemporary and traditional folk music.
(1948) Marlene Willoughby: American porn actress.
(1947) Olivier Rolin
(1947) Andrew Latimer: English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Camel).
(1947) Stephen Platten: English bishop.
(1947) Pam Golly: American family trauma, the mother of Christopher and former wife of Steve; divorced in 1988.

(1947) Bob Edwards: Journalist.
(1946) Hélène Diolot
(1946) Françoise Grossetête
(1946) Udo Lindenberg: German musician, jazz singer, composer, bandleader, actor.
(1946) Robert Fripp: Musician.
(1946) F Wilson: American author.
(1946) Sinaida Turchina: USSR -- Team handball (1976 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1946) F Paul Wilson: American novelist.
(1946) Peter Hinwood: English actor.
(1945) Earle Marsh: American TV executive and co-author, worked for Showtime Entertainment as of 1981.
(1945) Tony Roche: Australian tennis player and coach.
(1945) Esin Engin: Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1997).
(1945) B Chandrasekhar: Indian cricketer.
(1945) Jim Moran: Politician.
(1945) James P. Moran: Politician.
(1945) D A S Pennefather: Major General / Commandant (General Royal Marines).
(1945) Guy Rouget: French international truck driver and homicide victim.
(1945) George Miller American politician (Representative-Democrat-California: 1975-).
(1944) Jean-Pierre Bocquel
(1944) Jesse Winchester: American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (d. 2014).
(1944) Jesse Winchester in Shreveport: Louisiana, USA; singer/songwriter ("Learn to Love it").
(1944) Canon P B Price General Secretary: USPG.
(1944) Paul Crossley: concert pianist.
(1944) Peter Price: English bishop.
(1943) Johnny Warren: Australian footballer coach and sportscaster (d. 2004).
(1943) Dan Coats: Politician.
(1943) David Simeon: English actor.
(1942) Taj Mahal (musician)
(1942) Christian Blanc: French politician, who served as a member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank.
(1942) Bill Blair: American football player for UMI.
(1942) Taj Mahal: American musician, singer, guitarist and blues legend, a performer all over the world since the late '60s, touring some 200 days a year.
(1942) Al White: Choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour).
(1942) Taj Mahal in New York City: New York, USA; singer/songwriter ("The Real Thing").
(1942) Philippe Gondet: French football striker, who played for France (1965-1970), particularly during FIFA World Cup 1966 in England.
(1942) Caroline Charles: Fashion designer.
(1941) Grace Zabriskie: American actress.
(1941) Jean-Michel Dubernard: French medical doctor specializing in transplant surgery, as well as a former Deputy in the French National Assembly.
(1941) Miriam Margolyes: Actress (Will Be).
(1941) Malcom Hale: Rocker.
(1941) David Howell Cope: Composer.
(1941) Ben Nelson: 40th Governor of Nebraska & United States Senator from Nebraska.
(1941) David Cope: American composer and author.
(1940) Adel Imam
(1940) Alan Kay: American entrepreneur, one of the fathers of Object Oriented Programming.
(1940) Ingrid Wendl
(1940) Reynato Puno: Filipino lawyer and jurist 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
(1940) Adel Emam: Movie Actor.

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1939 - 1930

(1939) James Sacré
(1939) Wim de: Bie; CEO (Simplistic Covenant).
(1939) Hugh Dykes: Baron Dykes English politician.
(1939) Gerald Eaves: American politician, who served as a California State Assemblyman from 1984 until 1992.
(1939) Gary Paulsen: Young Adult Author.
(1939) Emilio Vesce: Italian journalist and Member of Parliament.
(1938) André Valardy
(1938) Paolo Bortoluzzi: Italian ballet dancer who made his debut in 1957, and then joined Bejart's Ballet.
(1938) Don Dolan: Staten Island, New York -- Actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital).
(1938) Trinus Riemersma: Dutch-Frisian writer (Conquest of Leeuwarden).

(1938) Don Dolan in Staten Island: New York, USA; actor (Guy Lewis - General Hospital).
(1938) Pervis Jackson: American singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008).
(1938) Paul Cissou: French astrologer, author of "La nymphe astrologique.
(1938) Jason Bernard: Actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58.
(1938) John Walters: Musician.
(1937) Sérgio Cabral
(1937) Hazel R O'Leary: 7th United States Secretary of Energy.
(1937) Hazel O'Leary: American lawyer and politician 7th United States Secretary of Energy.
(1937) Jim Hunt: Politician.
(1937) Yvonne Craig: Actress.
(1936) Dennis Hopper: American actor and director who first landed a role in "Rebel Without A Cause" at age 19.
(1936) Guy Camberabero: French rugby player, selected 14 times in international events between 1961 and 1968 to play as fly half, and even though there were few games he managed to score 110 points.
(1936) Philippe Boesmans: Composer.
(1936) Lars Gustafsson: Writer.
(1936) Dennis Hopper in Dodge City: Kansas, USA; actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider).
(1935) Ivan Slone: World-famous watchmaker.
(1935) Carol Shields: Author.
(1935) Dennis Potter: English voice actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1994).
(1934) Sonny Knight: American singer, moderately known in the '50s and '60s as a rock'n'roll singer.
(1934) Ronald Wayne: American computer scientist co-founded Apple Inc.
(1934) Earl Morrall: American football player and coach (d. 2014).
(1934) Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel: German educator and politician.
(1934) Earl Morrall NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions: New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts).
(1934) Victor Arbez: French athlete and cross-country skier, who participated in four Olympic Winter Games.
(1934) Robert Dallek: Historian.
(1934) Janet Banzet: American actress, also credited as Marie Brent and several other names, who appeared in several sexploitation films of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
(1933) Jean Vautrin: French writer, filmmaker, and screenwriter.
(1933) Bill Glenn
(1933) Yelena Gorchakova: Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002).
(1933) William Glenn: Canadian-American producer of the top TV soap series "The Young and the Restless" for nine years.
(1932) Rodric Braithwaite: English soldier and diplomat British Ambassador to Russia.
(1932) Colin Hope: CEO (T / N).
(1932) Arthur Jones principal (Royal Agricultural College: Cirencester).
(1931) Marshall Applewhite: American cult leader who led 39 members of "Heaven's Gate" to their death by suicide on 3/27/97.
(1931) Jerry Norton: American football safety and punter in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Green Bay Packers.
(1931) Dewey Redman: Jazz musician.
(1930) Frank Price (producer)
(1930) Harold Haverty: American executive and CEO in charge of Deluxe Inc.
(1930) Fabiano Fabiani: Italian executive, director of alfa; administrator of finmeccanica; worked as news director 1955-78; economic director.
(1930) Betty Carter: Musician.

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1929 - 1920

(1929) Jean-Denis Bredin: French writer, attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat.
(1929) Adrienne Rich: Poet.
(1929) John Conyers: Politician.
(1929) Branko Zebec: Croatian football player and coach (d. 1988).
(1929) Eloise Greenfield: American children's book author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience.
(1929) Raymond Hide: Geophysicist.
(1928) Idi Amin: Statesman.
(1928) Donald Cameron Watt: Historian.
(1928) Ian Griggs: bishop (Ludlow).
(1928) Vivian Moses: Biotechnologist.

(1928) DE BOUSINGEN Robert Durand: Strasbourg physician.
(1927) Galliano Rossini: Italian Gold Medal winner for skeet and trap, Melbourne Olympics, 1956.
(1927) Ronald Halstead: deputy CEO (British Steel).
(1927) Jordan Haines: American banker and CEO of Fourth Financial, a commercial banking corporation that buys S & L's.
(1926) Michio Kushi: Japanese-American entrepreneur who along with his wife, Aveline, are head of the macrobiotic movement in America, leaders in the field since the 50's.
(1926) Marc Honegger
(1926) Geoffrey Caston: vice chancellor (University of South Pacific).
(1926) Lord Chamberlain: Earl of Airilet.
(1926) Robert Jay Lifton: Psychologist.
(1926) Harry Shlaudeman: American diplomat.
(1926) Franz Sondheimer: German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981).
(1926) Dietmar Schönherr: Austrian-Spanish actor director and screenwriter (d. 2014).
(1926) David Ogilvy: 13th Earl of Airlie English-Scottish soldier and politician.
(1926) Cicely Berry: voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company).
(1926) Earl of: Airlie.
(1926) David Young: Lieutenant General / CEO (Cairn Tech).
(1925) Michel de Certeau
(1925) Jacques Debuisson: Neuilly sur Seine EXecutives.
(1925) Nancy Roman: Scientist.
(1925) Jean-Paul Aron: French writer, philosopher and journalist.
(1925) Claude Julien: French journalist, editor of "Le Monde" in 1969 and editor-in-chief then director of "Le Monde diplomatique.
(1925) Michel Certeau: French philosopher, a Jesuit and scholar whose work combined history, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the social sciences.
(1924) Gabriel Bacquier: French baritone opera singer who debuted at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, 1953.
(1924) Claude Moss (psychiatrist)
(1924) Lord Tombs: CEO (Rolls Royce).
(1924) Thomas Baird: Vice-admiral.
(1924) Frantisek Kovaricek: Composer.
(1924) Claude Moss: American psychologist and writer, the author of "Hypnosis in Perspective," 1965 and "The Hypnotic Investigation of Dreams," 1967.
(1924) Francis Tombs: Baron Tombs English engineer and politician.
(1923) Anthony Eyton: English painter and educator.
(1923) Merton Miller: Economist.
(1923) Michael Beetham: English commander and pilot (d. 2015).
(1923) Miles Wingate: deputy master (Trinity House).
(1923) Peter Mennin[i] in Erie: Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Moby Dick).
(1922) Jean Rédélé: French automotive pioneer, racing driver and founder of the French automotive brand Alpine.
(1922) Oscar Plattner
(1922) Paul Langeron: French visceral and vascular surgeon.
(1922) Jean Redele: Dieppe EXecutives.
(1921) Bob Merrill: American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998).
(1921) Dennis Brain: London, England -- French-hornist (Serenade).
(1921) Harry Carey, Jr.: Actor.
(1921) John Garlick: British senior civil servant.
(1920) Raymond Gérôme
(1920) Jacques Clancy: French theatre and film actor, who was a member of the Comédie-Française.
(1920) Lydia Wideman: Finland -- 10K cross country skier (1952 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1920) Harriet Van Horne: Syracuse, New York -- Columnist / panelist (Leave it to Girls).
(1920) Manuel Aguilar Bonilla: Costa Rican doctor and politician.
(1920) Harriet Van Horne: Journalist.
(1920) Harry Männil: Estonian-Venezuelan businessman co-founded ACO Group (d. 2010).

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1919 - 1910

(1919) Antonio Aguilar: Mexican singer-songwriter producer actor and screenwriter (d. 2007).
(1919) Gustav Naan: Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1994).
(1919) Merle Miller: American author and screenwriter (d. 1986).
(1919) Liberac Liberace: Entertainer.
(1918) Birgit Nilsson: Swedish soprano opera singer who received her first operatic contract in 1947 and sang at the Metropolitan Opera on 12/18/1959.
(1918) A Lyles: American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013).
(1918) A C Lyles: American film producer.
(1917) Juan Rulfo: Novelist.
(1916) Bele Bachem: German painter, drawer, book illustrator, set designer, and writer.
(1916) John Hinde: Photographer / circus promoter.

(1916) Cornelis A: Eman Aruban politician.
(1915) Jean Cazeneuve: French philosopher and anthropologist.
(1915) Ascel Bromstrom: Swedish industrialist, a multi-millionaire ship builder and owner.
(1915) Mario Monicelli: Director.
(1915) Joseph D: Craggs electrical engineer.
(1914) Sammy Baugh
(1914) Robert Thompson: American-Canadian chiropractor and politician (d. 1997).
(1914) Guido Masanetz: composer.
(1914) Edward T. Hall: Scientist.
(1914) Chang Ch'ung-ho: Chinese-American poet calligrapher and educator (d. 2015).
(1913) Woody Herman: Musician.
(1913) Hans Ruesch: Swiss race car driver and author (d. 2007).
(1913) Alec Ogilvie: CEO (Powell Duffryn).
(1913) Lord Hirshfield: chartered accountant.
(1912) Marie Déa: French actress, who appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1983.
(1912) Sandor Vegh: violinist teacher conductor.
(1912) Ace Parker: American baseball and football player (d. 2013).
(1912) Archibald Cox: American lawyer and politician 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004).
(1912) Clarence "Ace" Parker NFL quarterback (Brooklyn: Boston Yankees).
(1911) Maureen O'Sullivan: Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1998).
(1911) Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
(1911) Alberic O'Kelly De Galway: Belgian chess champion.
(1911) Elvira Gascon: Spanish painter and engraver.
(1911) Lisa Fonssagrives: Swedish-born supermodel (d. 1992).
(1911) Knut Anders: Haukfield SOE Operative.

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1909 - 1900

(1909) Magda Schneider: German actress and singer in operatic films and musicals.
(1909) Giulio Carlo Argan
(1909) Magda Schneider actress (Eva: Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight).
(1909) Edward Playfair: British senior civil servant.
(1909) Julius Sumner Miller: American physicist (d. 1987).
(1909) Giulio Argan: Italian politician, art historian and author, he was the mayor of Rome from 1976-1979 and senator.
(1909) Julius Miller: American physicist and academic (d. 1987).
(1908) Mark Schorer: American novelist and critic.
(1908) Pierre Louis-Dreyfus: Paris 8?me Military man.
(1908) Sigismund Toduta: composer.

(1908) Zinka Milanov: Zagreb, Yugoslavia -- Soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927).
(1907) Charles Cawley: British chief Scientist / Minister of power.
(1907) Horace McMahon: South Norwalk, Connecticut -- Actor (Martin Kane Private Eye).
(1907) Ilona Schacherer Elek: Budapest, Hungary -- Fencer (1936, 48 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1906) Belle Stewart: Singer, dies at 91.
(1906) Frederic Prokosch: American writer, known for his novels, poetry, memoirs and criticism.
(1906) Eric Mensforth: president (Westland Aircraft).
(1906) Zinka Milanov: Metropolitan Opera diva, dies of a stroke at age 83.
(1905) Henry Fonda: Actor.
(1905) Lucille Adams: American astrologer in San Diego, CA; joined AFA June 1956.
(1905) John Patrick: screenwriter.
(1904) Jean Gabin: French actor, distinguished and handsome, internationally known.
(1904) Marie-Anne Desmarest: French author (d. 1973).
(1903) René Héron de Villefosse: French historian and museum curator, who died on 23 February 1985.
(1903) Cool Bell: American baseball player and manager (d. 1991).
(1903) Cool Papa Bell: baseball player (d. 1991).
(1903) Douglas Packard: British Lieutenant General.
(1902) John Vincent: composer.
(1901) Werner Egk: German composer primarily of music for the theatre.
(1900) Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
(1900) Ruhollah Khomeini: Iranian leader, the Ayatollah of Iran.
(1900) Adelin Benoit: Belgium sport Champion.
(1900) Nicolai Berezowsky: composer.

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