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

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1999 - 1990

(1999) Star Williams: Dancer.
(1999) Sky Williams: Dancer.
(1999) Troy Sliney: American child of noted parent, son of Molly Sliney and her husband Keith.
(1998) Chloe Alison: Vine Star.
(1998) Mio Tomonaga: Japanese singer (HKT48 and AKB48).
(1998) Ashley Wilson: Cheerleader.
(1997) Eric Beckerman: YouTube Star.
(1996) Ryan Ochoa: American teen actor.
(1996) Sam King: YouTube Star.
(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) Justin Martin: Stage Actor.
(1994) Julie San Jose: Filipino singer and actress (Sugarpop).
(1993) GoldLink
(1992) Maxime Huscenot
(1991) Ínigo Martínez
(1991) Johanna Konta: Australian-English tennis player.
(1991) Daniel Curtis Lee: American actor.
(1991) Jill Duggar: Reality Star.
(1991) Lillie Gregg: Fashion Designer.
(1991) Daniel Lee: TV Actor.
(1991) Adil Omar: Pakistani rapper producer and actor.
(1990) Leven Rambin: American actress.
(1990) Clémence Calvin
(1990) Charlotte-Letitia Crosby: Reality Star.
(1990) Fabian Giefer: German footballer.
(1990) Kree Harrison: American singer.
(1990) Katrina Hart: English runner.
(1990) Guido Pella: Argentinian tennis player.
(1990) PiinkSparkles : YouTube Star.

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1989 - 1980

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

(1988) Soccer : American acting dog (d. 2001).
(1987) Edvald Boasson Hagen
(1987) Edvald Hagen: Norwegian cyclist.
(1987) Aleandro Rosi: Italian footballer.
(1987) Ott Lepland: Estonian singer.
(1986) Tahj Mowry: American actor.
(1986) Alizee Guinochet
(1986) Amy Gumenick
(1986) Erin Richards
(1986) Timo Simonlatser: Estonian skier.
(1986) Jaime Preciado: Bassist.
(1986) Marius Činikas: Lithuanian footballer.
(1986) Jodie Taylor: English footballer.
(1985) Derek Hough: American dancer and singer.
(1985) Greg Van Avermaet: Belgian cyclist.
(1985) Christine Nesbitt: Canadian speed skater.
(1985) Todd Redmond: American baseball player.
(1985) Emil Sitoci: Dutch wrestler.
(1985) Alyssa Stringfellow: New Zealand actress.
(1985) Teófilo Gutiérrez: Colombian footballer.
(1985) Matt Ryan: American football player.
(1984) Melany Denyse
(1984) Christine Ohuruogu: English runner.
(1984) Christian Bolaños: Costa Rican footballer.
(1984) Jayson Blair (actor)
(1984) Passenger : Rock Singer.
(1984) Christian Bolanos: Costa Rican footballer.
(1984) Christine Robinson: Canadian water polo player.
(1983) Harshad Chopra
(1983) Channing Frye: American basketball player.
(1983) Nicky Hofs: Dutch footballer.
(1983) Chris Henry: American football player (Born 1983).
(1983) Matthew Christian: American world-class swimmer and record-holder who was born without hands or feet.
(1983) DJ Yonny: American DJ and producer.
(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) Chloe Smith: English politician.
(1982) Reiko Nakamura: Japanese swimmer.
(1982) Dan Hardy: English mixed martial artist.
(1982) Matt Cassel: American football player.
(1982) Kaye Abad: American-Filipino actress and singer.
(1981) Shiri Maimon: Israeli singer and actress.
(1981) Cosma Shiva Hagen
(1981) Mario Horton
(1981) RJ Helton: American singer.
(1981) Beñat Albizuri: Spanish cyclist.
(1981) Lim Jeong-hee: South Korean singer.
(1981) Leon Osman: English footballer.
(1981) Chris Skidmore: English historian and politician.
(1981) Giannis Taralidis: Greek footballer.
(1981) Lim Jeong Hee: Korean singer.
(1981) Benat Albizuri: Spanish cyclist.
(1980) Stéphane Robert
(1980) Davor Džalto: Bosnian historian and philosopher.
(1980) Davor Dzalto: Serbian/Croatian art historian.
(1980) Dallas Taylor: American singer-songwriter (Underoath and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster).
(1980) Fredrik Kessiakoff: Swedish cyclist.

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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) John Foster: American baseball player and coach.
(1978) Paddy Kenny: English footballer.
(1978) Mix-up Twins: Brazilian birth mix-up, Allessandra was exchanged with a twin, Roberta, and sent home with Roberta's twin, Renata.
(1978) Magdalena Zděnovcová: Czech tennis player.
(1978) Carlos Pena: Dominican baseball player.

(1977) Jere Michael in Aspen: Colorado; figure skater (1994 National Jr champion).
(1976) Kandi Burruss: R&B Singer.
(1976) Rochelle Aytes
(1976) Daniel Komen in Nyaru: Kenya; 5km runner.
(1976) Jose Guillen: Dominican baseball player.
(1976) Mayte Martínez: Spanish runner.
(1976) Peter Devine in New York City: New York; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
(1976) José Guillén: Dominican-American baseball player.
(1976) Anna Windsor in Sydney: New South Wales, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
(1976) Wang Leehom: American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter producer actor and director.
(1976) Daniel Komen: Kenyan runner.
(1975) Tony Sylva
(1975) Marcelinho (footballer)
(1975) Alex Wright: German-English wrestler and promoter.
(1975) Cheick Kongo: French mixed martial artist and kick-boxer.
(1975) Jonti Picking: English voice actor singer and animator.
(1975) Kostas Sommer: German-Greek actor and producer.
(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) Eddie Lewis: American football (soccer) player.
(1974) Wiki González: Venezuelan baseball player.
(1974) William Yiampoy: Kenyan runner.
(1974) Marcia Turner in Cambridge: Massachusetts, USA; Miss America (Massachusetts-Top 10-1996).
(1974) Wiki Gonzalez: 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) Matthew McGrory: American actor (Born 1973).
(1973) Steve Barakatt: Canadian singer-songwriter pianist and producer.
(1973) Tamsier Joof: English actor dancer and choreographer.
(1973) Jay Riemersma: tight end (Buffalo Bills).
(1973) Deitrick Haddon: Gospel Singer.
(1972) Elena Wagner in Sofia: Bulgaria; tennis star (1996 ITF/Redbridge-Great Britain).
(1972) John Burrough: NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons).
(1972) Roman Genn: Russian-American illustrator.
(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) Martin Aunin: Estonian architect.
(1971) Shaun Hart: Australian footballer coach and sportscaster.
(1971) Princess Maxima: of the Netherlands.
(1971) Mark Williams: NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
(1971) Bill Lindsay in Big Fork: Montana, USA; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers).
(1971) Máxima : Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.
(1971) Mark Douglas: YouTube Star.
(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) Jim Cummins in Dearborn: Michigan, USA; NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks).
(1970) Hubert Davis NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks: New York Knicks).
(1970) Todd Mundt: NBA center (Atlanta Hawks).
(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) Stefania Croce in Bergamo: Italy; golfer (95 State Farm Rail Classic-11).
(1970) Derrick Deese: NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers).
(1970) Alan Wetmore: Canadian Football League fullback (Montreal Alouettes).
(1970) Renzo Furlan: in Italy; tennis star.
(1970) John Karelse: soccer player (NAC).
(1970) Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight in Worcester: Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids on the Block - "Hangin' Tough").
(1970) Jodie Rogers in Melbourne: Victoria, Australia; diver (Olympics-1996).
(1970) René Vilbre: Estonian director and screenwriter.
(1970) Matt Lindland: American mixed martial artist wrestler and politician.
(1970) Hubert Davis: American basketball player and coach.
(1970) Angelica Agurbash: Belarusian singer, actress and model.
(1970) Jeremy Browne: English politician Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.

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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) Thom Filicia: American interior designer and author.
(1969) Keith Hill: English footballer and manager.
(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).
(1968) Géraldine Giraud: French actress, Roland Giraud's daughter.
(1968) Richard Hynd

(1968) Tim Grunhard: NFL center (Kansas City Chiefs).
(1968) Claudia Koll: Italian actress and missionary.
(1967) Cameron Bancroft: Actor (Beverly Hills 90210).
(1967) Mohamed Nasheed: Maldivian lawyer and politician 4th President of the Maldives.
(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) Paul D'Amour: American bass player (Tool and Replicants).
(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) Debbie Dutch in Titusville: New Jersey, USA; actress (Hell's Paradox).
(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) Qusay Hussein: Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein (Born 1966).
(1966) Mark Kratzmann: Australian tennis player and coach.
(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).
(1964) Menno Oosting: Dutch tennis player (Born 1964).
(1964) Mauro Martini: Italian race car driver.
(1964) David Eigenberg: American actor.
(1964) Stratos Apostolakis: Greek footballer and coach.
(1964) Nancy Gitzen: American.
(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) Taimo Toomast: Estonian opera singer.
(1963) Page McConnell: American keyboard player and songwriter (Phish Vida Blue and Phil Lesh and Friends).
(1963) Jon Koncak: NBA center (Orlando Magic).
(1962) Craig Ferguson: Scottish-American comedian and late-night television host, writer and director.
(1962) Alan Johnston
(1962) Lise Lyng Falkenberg: Danish writer.
(1962) Rosalind Picard: American computer scientist and engineer co-founded Affectiva.
(1962) Tracey Bryn: rocker (Voice of the Beehive - "Let it Bee").
(1962) Jane Moore: English journalist and author.
(1962) Scott Case: NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys).
(1962) Lise Falkenberg: Danish journalist and author.
(1961) Enya : Irish singer and songwriter.
(1961) Corey Johnson
(1961) Justin King: English businessman.
(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) Jim Nantz: American sportscaster.
(1959) Richard Barrons: English general.
(1958) Paul Whitehouse: Welsh-English actor producer and screenwriter.
(1958) Alan Rankine
(1958) Ivor Bolton: English harpsichord player and conductor.
(1958) Vincent Henar: in Surinam; bassist (Fra Fra Sound).
(1958) Paul Di'Anno: English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Gogmagog).
(1957) Pascual Pérez: Dominican baseball player (d. 2012).
(1957) Pascual Perez: Dominican baseball player.

(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.
(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) 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).
(1956) Dave Sim: Canadian cartoonist and author.
(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).
(1955) Bill Paxton: American actor and film director.
(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) John Iles: Dolby supervisor (Elephant Man, Richard III).
(1954) Michael Roberts: South African-English jockey.
(1953) Gérard Krawczyk
(1953) Kathleen Sullivan in Pasadena: California, USA; newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show).
(1953) Kathleen Sullivan: American journalist and blogger.
(1953) Yoko Shimada: Kumamota, Japan -- Author (Kir Royal) / actress (Shogun).
(1953) Luca Prodan: Italian-Argentinian singer-songwriter (Sumo and Hurlingham Reggae Band).
(1953) Nicholas Bacon: premier baronet of England.
(1953) George Johnson in Los Angeles: California, USA; rocker (Brothers Johnson).
(1952) Odile Jacob: French publisher, who founded Les Éditions Odile Jacob in the mid 1980s.
(1952) Jody Pijper: Dutch (background) singer.
(1952) Patricia Aakhus: American author and academic (d. 2012).
(1952) Howard Hampton: Canadian lawyer and politician.
(1952) Bernhard Brink: German singer.
(1951) Gary Christen: American Uranian astrologer and President of Astrolabe.
(1951) I R Evans: CEO (Hyder, Welsh Water).
(1951) Simon Hughes: English lawyer and politician.
(1951) Mauro Di Francesco: Italian stage, film and television actor, comedian and television personality.
(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) Alan Johnson: English politician Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(1950) Pat Soltysik: American revolutionary, one of ten members of a radical militant group, the SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army).
(1950) Howard Ashman: American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950).
(1950) Valeriya Novodvorskaya: Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014).
(1950) Valeria Novodvorskaya: Russian politician, dissident, founder and chairwoman of the Democratic Union party.
(1950) Christian Lacroix: French couturier (Chic Frills).
(1950) Janez Drnovsek: Slovenian politician; state president from Slovenia.
(1950) A A: Johnson; British Member of Parliament.

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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) Jenny Fish: American ice skater, Olympic silver medal champion.
(1949) Timothy Cordy: British director (Town / Country Planning Association).
(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) Pam Golly: American family trauma, the mother of Christopher and former wife of Steve; divorced in 1988.
(1947) Stephen Platten: English bishop.

(1946) Hélène Diolot
(1946) Françoise Grossetête
(1946) Udo Lindenberg: German musician, jazz singer, composer, bandleader, actor.
(1946) F Wilson: American author.
(1946) Peter Hinwood: English actor.
(1946) F Paul Wilson: American novelist.
(1946) Sinaida Turchina: USSR -- Team handball (1976 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1945) Earle Marsh: American TV executive and co-author, worked for Showtime Entertainment as of 1981.
(1945) D A S Pennefather: Major General / Commandant (General Royal Marines).
(1945) George Miller American politician (Representative-Democrat-California: 1975-).
(1945) B Chandrasekhar: Indian cricketer.
(1945) Esin Engin: Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1997).
(1945) Tony Roche: Australian tennis player and coach.
(1945) Guy Rouget: French international truck driver and homicide victim.
(1944) Jean-Pierre Bocquel
(1944) Jesse Winchester: American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (d. 2014).
(1944) Canon P B Price General Secretary: USPG.
(1944) Jesse Winchester in Shreveport: Louisiana, USA; singer/songwriter ("Learn to Love it").
(1944) Paul Crossley: concert pianist.
(1944) Peter Price: English bishop.
(1943) Johnny Warren: Australian footballer coach and sportscaster (d. 2004).
(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) Philippe Gondet: French football striker, who played for France (1965-1970), particularly during FIFA World Cup 1966 in England.
(1942) Al White: Choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour).
(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) Taj Mahal in New York City: New York, USA; singer/songwriter ("The Real Thing").
(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) Ben Nelson: 40th Governor of Nebraska & United States Senator from Nebraska.
(1941) David Howell Cope: Composer.
(1941) David Cope: American composer and author.
(1941) Malcom Hale: Rocker.
(1941) Miriam Margolyes: Actress (Will Be).
(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) Gary Paulsen: Young Adult Author.
(1939) Gerald Eaves: American politician, who served as a California State Assemblyman from 1984 until 1992.
(1939) Wim de: Bie; CEO (Simplistic Covenant).
(1939) Hugh Dykes: Baron Dykes English politician.
(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) Don Dolan in Staten Island: New York, USA; actor (Guy Lewis - General Hospital).

(1938) Paul Cissou: French astrologer, author of "La nymphe astrologique.
(1938) Pervis Jackson: American singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008).
(1938) Jason Bernard: Actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58.
(1938) Trinus Riemersma: Dutch-Frisian writer (Conquest of Leeuwarden).
(1937) Sérgio Cabral
(1937) Hazel O'Leary: American lawyer and politician 7th United States Secretary of Energy.
(1937) Hazel R O'Leary: 7th United States Secretary of Energy.
(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) Lars Gustafsson: Writer.
(1936) Dennis Hopper in Dodge City: Kansas, USA; actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider).
(1936) Philippe Boesmans: Composer.
(1935) Dennis Potter: English voice actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1994).
(1935) Ivan Slone: World-famous watchmaker.
(1934) Sonny Knight: American singer, moderately known in the '50s and '60s as a rock'n'roll singer.
(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.
(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) Earl Morrall: American football player and coach (d. 2014).
(1934) Ronald Wayne: American computer scientist co-founded Apple Inc.
(1934) Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel: German educator and politician.
(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) Colin Hope: CEO (T / N).
(1932) Rodric Braithwaite: English soldier and diplomat British Ambassador to Russia.
(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) Fabiano Fabiani: Italian executive, director of alfa; administrator of finmeccanica; worked as news director 1955-78; economic director.
(1930) Harold Haverty: American executive and CEO in charge of Deluxe Inc.

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1929 - 1920

(1929) Jean-Denis Bredin: French writer, attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat.
(1929) Branko Zebec: Croatian football player and coach (d. 1988).
(1929) Raymond Hide: Geophysicist.
(1929) Eloise Greenfield: American children's book author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience.
(1928) Idi Amin
(1928) Donald Cameron Watt: Historian.
(1928) Ian Griggs: bishop (Ludlow).
(1928) DE BOUSINGEN Robert Durand: Strasbourg physician.
(1928) Vivian Moses: Biotechnologist.
(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) 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) Geoffrey Caston: vice chancellor (University of South Pacific).
(1926) Lord Chamberlain: Earl of Airilet.
(1926) David Young: Lieutenant General / CEO (Cairn Tech).
(1926) Harry Shlaudeman: American diplomat.
(1926) Earl of: Airlie.
(1925) Michel de Certeau
(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.
(1925) Jacques Debuisson: Neuilly sur Seine EXecutives.
(1925) Jean-Paul Aron: French writer, philosopher and journalist.
(1924) Gabriel Bacquier: French baritone opera singer who debuted at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, 1953.
(1924) Claude Moss (psychiatrist)
(1924) Francis Tombs: Baron Tombs English engineer and politician.
(1924) Claude Moss: American psychologist and writer, the author of "Hypnosis in Perspective," 1965 and "The Hypnotic Investigation of Dreams," 1967.
(1924) Frantisek Kovaricek: Composer.
(1924) Thomas Baird: Vice-admiral.
(1924) Lord Tombs: CEO (Rolls Royce).
(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).
(1923) Anthony Eyton: English painter and educator.
(1922) Jean Rédélé: French automotive pioneer, racing driver and founder of the French automotive brand Alpine.
(1922) Oscar Plattner
(1922) Jean Redele: Dieppe EXecutives.
(1922) Paul Langeron: French visceral and vascular surgeon.
(1921) John Garlick: British senior civil servant.
(1921) Bob Merrill: American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998).
(1921) Dennis Brain: London, England -- French-hornist (Serenade).
(1920) Raymond Gérôme
(1920) Jacques Clancy: French theatre and film actor, who was a member of the Comédie-Française.
(1920) Harriet Van Horne: Syracuse, New York -- Columnist / panelist (Leave it to Girls).
(1920) Lydia Wideman: Finland -- 10K cross country skier (1952 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1920) Manuel Aguilar Bonilla: Costa Rican doctor and politician.
(1920) Harry Männil: Estonian-Venezuelan businessman co-founded ACO Group (d. 2010).

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1919 - 1910

(1919) Gustav Naan: Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1994).
(1919) Antonio Aguilar: Mexican singer-songwriter producer actor and screenwriter (d. 2007).
(1919) Merle Miller: American author and screenwriter (d. 1986).
(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 C Lyles: American film producer.
(1918) A Lyles: American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013).
(1916) Cornelis A: Eman Aruban politician.
(1916) Bele Bachem: German painter, drawer, book illustrator, set designer, and writer.
(1916) John Hinde: Photographer / circus promoter.
(1915) Jean Cazeneuve: French philosopher and anthropologist.

(1915) Ascel Bromstrom: Swedish industrialist, a multi-millionaire ship builder and owner.
(1915) Joseph D: Craggs electrical engineer.
(1914) Sammy Baugh
(1914) Guido Masanetz: composer.
(1914) Chang Ch'ung-ho: Chinese-American poet calligrapher and educator (d. 2015).
(1914) Robert Thompson: American-Canadian chiropractor and politician (d. 1997).
(1913) Lord Hirshfield: chartered accountant.
(1913) Alec Ogilvie: CEO (Powell Duffryn).
(1913) Hans Ruesch: Swiss race car driver and author (d. 2007).
(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) Marie Déa: French actress, who appeared in more than fifty films from 1939 to 1983.
(1912) Sandor Vegh: violinist teacher conductor.
(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) Julius Miller: American physicist and academic (d. 1987).
(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.
(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) Ilona Schacherer Elek: Budapest, Hungary -- Fencer (1936, 48 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
(1907) Charles Cawley: British chief Scientist / Minister of power.
(1907) Horace McMahon: South Norwalk, Connecticut -- Actor (Martin Kane Private Eye).
(1906) Belle Stewart: Singer, dies at 91.
(1906) Frederic Prokosch: American writer, known for his novels, poetry, memoirs and criticism.
(1906) Zinka Milanov: Metropolitan Opera diva, dies of a stroke at age 83.
(1906) Eric Mensforth: president (Westland Aircraft).
(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) Douglas Packard: British Lieutenant General.
(1903) Cool Papa Bell: baseball player (d. 1991).
(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).
(1902) John Vincent: composer.
(1901) Werner Egk: German composer primarily of music for the theatre.
(1900) Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
(1900) Adelin Benoit: Belgium sport Champion.
(1900) Ruhollah Khomeini: Iranian leader, the Ayatollah of Iran.
(1900) Nicolai Berezowsky: composer.

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