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# 1963 Natalie Merchant (Singer-songwriter)
# 1963 Marla Maples (actress)
# 1962 Cary Elwes (actor)
# 1962 Dylan McDermott (actor)
# 1954 Lauren Tewes (actress)
# 1951 Bootsy Collins (Funk singer and bandleader)
# 1947 Hillary Rodham Clinton (politician)
# 1947 Jaclyn Smith (actress)
# 1946 Ivan Reitman (director)
# 1946 Keith Hopwood (singer, musician)
# 1946 Hillary Rodham Clinton (attorney; former 1st Lady)
# 1944 Michael Piano (singer)
# 1942 Bob Hoskins (actor)
# 1916 Francois Mitterand (President of France)
# 1914 Jackie Coogan (actor)
# 1911 Mahalia Jackson (singer)
# 1876 H B (Henry Byron) Warner (actor)
# 1854 Charles Post (cereal mogul)
# 1834 Joseph Hansom (architect, inventor)
# 1685 Domenico Scarlatti (composer)

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Ausm

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Janurary 6th Checkout this impressive list ;)

06/01/1367 - Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)
06/01/1412 - Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr
06/01/1486 - Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor
06/01/1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)
06/01/1585 - Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
06/01/1587 - Gaspar de Guzm n, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43)
06/01/1602 - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader
06/01/1683 - Fran?ois de La Croix, composer
06/01/1692 - Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer
06/01/1695 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer
06/01/1702 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
06/01/1728 - Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer
06/01/1728 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet
06/01/1732 - Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
06/01/1745 - Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
06/01/1745 - James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
06/01/1776 - Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel
06/01/1791 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer
06/01/1794 - Kaspar Masek, composer
06/01/1798 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer
06/01/1799 - Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer
06/01/1800 - Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician
06/01/1802 - Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
06/01/1803 - Henri Herz, composer
06/01/1807 - Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
06/01/1807 - Ludwig Erk, composer
06/01/1811 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874
06/01/1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)
06/01/1826 - Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
06/01/1827 - John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
06/01/1827 - John Wesley Frazer, Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1906
06/01/1829 - Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author
06/01/1832 - Gustave Dor?, Strasbourg Fr, illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner)
06/01/1835 - Martin K?hler, Germany, theologist
06/01/1838 - Max Bruch, K?ln (Cologne), Germany, composer
06/01/1842 - Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)
06/01/1850 - Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)
06/01/1850 - Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)
06/01/1854 - Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
06/01/1856 - Giuseppe Martucci, composer
06/01/1859 - Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order and progress)
06/01/1861 - Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer
06/01/1864 - Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
06/01/1867 - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer
06/01/1868 - Vittorio Monti, composer
06/01/1872 - Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
06/01/1873 - Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
06/01/1878 - Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
06/01/1880 - Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)
06/01/1880 - Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer
06/01/1882 - Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)
06/01/1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)
06/01/1889 - Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
06/01/1891 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
06/01/1892 - Ludwig Berger, writer
06/01/1896 - Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
06/01/1896 - Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter
06/01/1897 - Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
06/01/1897 - P?ter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense
06/01/1898 - Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)
06/01/1899 - Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)
06/01/1900 - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
06/01/1901 - Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes)
06/01/1901 - T¢mas Gudmundsson, Iceland, poet
06/01/1902 - Mark Brunswick, composer
06/01/1902 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer
06/01/1903 - Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
06/01/1903 - Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)
06/01/1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer
06/01/1903 - Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
06/01/1905 - Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
06/01/1906 - Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
06/01/1906 - Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor
06/01/1908 - Menahem Avidom, composer
06/01/1909 - Johannes H Moesman, Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor)
06/01/1909 - Keith Davis, voice tutor/author
06/01/1910 - Wright Morris, US writer
06/01/1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
06/01/1911 - Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
06/01/1911 - Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)
06/01/1911 - Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer
06/01/1912 - Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer
06/01/1913 - Edward Gierek, party leader (Polish CP)
06/01/1913 - Loretta Young, Salt Lake City Ut, actr (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
06/01/1913 - Tom Brown, NYC, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
06/01/1914 - Arnold Richardson, composer
06/01/1914 - Danny Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
06/01/1914 - David Bruce, Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
06/01/1915 - Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)
06/01/1915 - Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
06/01/1916 - Philip Bezanson, composer
06/01/1917 - Guillermo Rosario, Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
06/01/1918 - Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
06/01/1918 - Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)
06/01/1919 - Sylvia Syms, US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes)
06/01/1920 - Earl Kim, composer
06/01/1920 - Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
06/01/1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
06/01/1921 - Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
06/01/1921 - Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
06/01/1922 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer
06/01/1923 - Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition
06/01/1924 - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (and Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
06/01/1925 - John Z DeLorean, former automaker (DeLorean)
06/01/1929 - Wilbert Harrison, R and B singer (Kansas City)
06/01/1930 - Denis Pitts, journalist
06/01/1930 - Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
06/01/1931 - Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP (CDA)
06/01/1931 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
06/01/1932 - Sacha Distel, French singer
06/01/1933 - Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], Toulon France, actress (Pink Panther)
06/01/1934 - Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
06/01/1935 - Ian Meckiff, cricketer (Austr quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away)
06/01/1935 - Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
06/01/1935 - Paul Wilson, US RandB-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
06/01/1936 - Julio Mar¡a Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95- )
06/01/1937 - Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
06/01/1937 - Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets)
06/01/1940 - Ed Zschau, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
06/01/1941 - Sandy Denny, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
06/01/1942 - Barbara Lynn Alexander, producer
06/01/1943 - Osvaldo Soriano, writer
06/01/1943 - Paul James Nunn, mountaineer
06/01/1943 - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager
06/01/1944 - Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time)
06/01/1944 - Henry Kravis, author (The Money Machine)
06/01/1944 - Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Ft Worth-1976, 78, 80)
06/01/1944 - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
06/01/1944 - Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
06/01/1945 - Barry Holstein Lopez, US author (Of Wolves and Men)
06/01/1945 - Barry John, Welsh international rugby player
06/01/1945 - Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty)
06/01/1946 - Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
06/01/1946 - Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall)
06/01/1946 - Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
06/01/1947 - Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Oly-96)
06/01/1948 - Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's)
06/01/1948 - Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35)
06/01/1948 - Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
06/01/1949 - Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
06/01/1949 - Richard Horowitz, composer
06/01/1951 - Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
06/01/1952 - Armelia McQueen, NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
06/01/1952 - Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
06/01/1953 - Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
06/01/1954 - Anthony Minghella, director (English Patient)
06/01/1954 - Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
06/01/1956 - Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder)
06/01/1957 - C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86)
06/01/1957 - Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance Calif, pro golfer (1981 Dinah Shore)
06/01/1959 - John Singleton, LA Calif, director (Boyz n The Hood)
06/01/1959 - Kapil Dev, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982)
06/01/1959 - Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
06/01/1959 - Nancy Rubin Sharff, New Kensington, LPGA golfer (1991 Jamie Farr-9th)
06/01/1960 - Paul William Azinger, Holyoke MA, PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open)
06/01/1961 - Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
06/01/1961 - Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow)
06/01/1961 - Paul Azinger, golfer
06/01/1962 - Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
06/01/1962 - Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
06/01/1963 - Norm Charlton, Fort Polk LA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
06/01/1963 - Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure)
06/01/1963 - Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lt Col FAF/astronaut
06/01/1964 - Charles Haley, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
06/01/1964 - Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
06/01/1965 - Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
06/01/1965 - Jose Dejesus, US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
06/01/1965 - Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
06/01/1965 - Tim McDonald, NFL player (SF 49ers)
06/01/1966 - Bob Kratch, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
06/01/1966 - Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears)
06/01/1966 - Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India 1989)
06/01/1967 - David Belcher, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
06/01/1967 - Larry Donald, Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
06/01/1967 - Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
06/01/1968 - Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle (Phila Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals)
06/01/1968 - John Singleton, director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood)
06/01/1968 - Vlastimil Plavucha, Banska Bystrica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
06/01/1969 - Alvin Morman, Rockingham NC, pitcher (Houston Astros)
06/01/1969 - Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall)
06/01/1969 - Jason Childs, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
06/01/1969 - Nick A'Hern, Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-92, 96)
06/01/1970 - Daniel Naulty, LA Calif, pitcher (Minn Twins)
06/01/1970 - Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model (Extremists)
06/01/1970 - Geert Brusselers, soccer player (NAC)
06/01/1970 - John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams)
06/01/1970 - Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, Jaguars)
06/01/1970 - Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
06/01/1970 - Ren? Binken, soccer player (Volendam)
06/01/1971 - Jed DeVries, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns)
06/01/1971 - Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
06/01/1971 - Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
06/01/1972 - Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
06/01/1972 - Shae Marks, New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
06/01/1972 - Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (SD Chargers, Phila Eagles)
06/01/1973 - Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder)
06/01/1974 - Juan Roque, tackle (Detroit Lions)
06/01/1974 - Marcus Crandell, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
06/01/1974 - Paul Grant, NBA center (Minn Timberwolves)
06/01/1975 - James Farrior, linebacker (NY Jets)
 

Cristatus

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1578 - William Harvey, physician, discovered blood circulation (d. 1657)
1776 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (d. 1831)
1815 - Otto von Bismarck, politician (d. 1898)
1815 - Edward Clark, governor of Texas (d. 1880)
1834 - James Fisk, entrepreneur (d. 1872)
1866 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943)
1875 - Edgar Wallace, writer (d. 1932)
1883 - Lon Chaney, actor (d. 1930)
1885 - Wallace Beery, actor (d. 1949)
1895 - Alberta Hunter, singer (d. 1984)
1899 - Gustavs Celmins, politician (d. 1968)
1901 - Whittaker Chambers, Hiss case witness (d. 1961)
1908 - Abraham Maslow, psychologist (d. 1970)
1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, actor
1920 - Toshirô Mifune, actor (d. 1997)
1922 - William Manchester, writer
1926 - Anne McCaffrey, science fiction author
1928 - Jane Powell, dancer, actress, singer
1929 - Milan Kundera, author
1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, writer
1932 - Gordon Jump, actor, "Maytag Repairman" (d. 2003)
1932 - Debbie Reynolds, actress
1940 - Wangari Maathai, environmentalist
1948 - Jimmy Cliff, musician
1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, musician, composer
1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer, director
1955 - Ronnie Burk, surrealist and AIDS activist (d. 2003)
1971 - Method Man, musician
 

CrackRabbit

Lifer
Mar 30, 2001
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October 30th
1735 - John Adams
1882 - William Halsey, Jr
1893 - Charles Atlas
1945 - Henry Winkler "The Fonze"
1967 - Gavin Rossdale
1978 - Martin Dossett
 

anno

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Originally posted by: sciwizam
Short list:

Emperor Napoleon III of France
Adolf Hitler
Andy Serkis

interesting first post.. hi, my name is sciwizam and I share a birthday with napoleon and hitler. :)

and my son.. april 20, yes?

stonewall jackson, wolfman jack and geena davis for me. and.. possibly leadbelly.. doesn't look like anybody actually knows when he was born.. some cold month in the second half of the 1880's :)
21/01/1885 - Huddie Ledbetter, "Leadbelly", blues singer [or 12/1/89, 1/29/89]

 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
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April 10th =

1583 - Hugo Grotius, jurist (d. 1645)
1755 - Samuel Hahnemann, physician, originator of homeopathy (d. 1843)
1778 - William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
1783 - Hortense de Beauharnais, queen of Holland as wife of Louis Bonaparte (d. 1837)
1794 - Matthew Perry, American Commodore who forced the opening of Japan to the West (d. 1858)
1829 - William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, journalist and publisher (d. 1911)
1868 - George Arliss, actor (d. 1946)
1870 (O.S.) - Vladimir Lenin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1924)
1894 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist, Gandhian and educationist.
1910 - Eddy Duchin, musician (d. 1951)
1913 - Stefan Heym, author
1915 - Harry Morgan, actor
1917 - Robert Burns Woodward chemist (d. 1979-07-08)
1918 - Jørn Utzon, architect
1921 - Chuck Connors, actor, baseball player (d. 1992)
1929 - Max von Sydow, actor
1932 - Omar Sharif, actor
1934 - David Halberstam, writer
1936 - John Madden, American football coach, broadcaster
1938 - Don Meredith, American football quarterback, Monday Night Football broadcaster
1941 - Paul Theroux, author
1943 - Andrzej Badenski, Polish athlete
1950 - Ken Griffey, Sr., Major League Baseball player
1950 - Eddie Hazel, guitarist (P-Funk, The Temptations)
1951 - Steven Seagal, actor
1954 - Peter MacNicol, actor (Ghostbusters II, Ally McBeal)
1955 - Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1958 - Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, music producer, musician, film producer
1960 - Brian Setzer, musician ("The Stray Cats", "The Brian Setzer Orchestra")
1973 - Christopher K Lehman, Ladies' Man and Impressario
1979 - Tsuyoshi Domoto, artist
1980 - Charlie Hunnam, actor
1983 - Ryan Merriman, actor
1984 - Mandy Moore, pop singer
1988 - Eric LeBlanc, student
 
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pyonir

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Dec 18, 2001
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No one really...

Barbra Streisand
Dino Radja, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
Jeff Brohm, quarterback (San Francisco 49ers)
Chipper Jones, Deland FL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
Eric Snow, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Seattle Supersonics)
 

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27/11/1940 - Bruce Lee
27/11/1942 - Jimi Hendrix
27/11/1955 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy
27/11/1976 - Jaleel White.....DOH!!!!
 

joinT

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19/11/1600 - Charles I, king of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament
19/11/1600 - Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian (Matters of State and War)
19/11/1607 - Erasmus Quellinus II, [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher
19/11/1616 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter
19/11/1696 - Louis Tocqu?, French painter
19/11/1709 - Pierre Leclair, composer
19/11/1711 - Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet
19/11/1752 - George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War
19/11/1753 - Stanislas Champein, composer
19/11/1761 - Joseph Supries, composer
19/11/1770 - Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion)
19/11/1770 - Bertel Thowwaldsen, Danish sculptor
19/11/1796 - Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer
19/11/1799 - Ren?-Auguste Cailli?, French explorer
19/11/1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat (built Suez Canal)
19/11/1810 - August Willich, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
19/11/1811 - John Ancrum Winslow, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1873
19/11/1827 - Isaac Munroe St John, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
19/11/1831 - James A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)
19/11/1833 - Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans)
19/11/1834 - Georg H Quincke, German physicist (test of Quincke)
19/11/1835 - Fitzhugh Lee, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
19/11/1846 - Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery)
19/11/1855 - Billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883)
19/11/1859 - Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)
19/11/1864 - George Barbier, Phila, actor (Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary)
19/11/1870 - Vicente Lleo, composer
19/11/1874 - Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer
19/11/1875 - Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state
19/11/1879 - Karel van den Oever, Flemish author/poet (Geuzenstad)
19/11/1885 - Erskine Sanford, Trinidad CO, actor (Angel on My Shoulder)
19/11/1886 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Le Cocu Magnificent)
19/11/1888 - Jos? Ra£l Capablanca, Cuba, world chess champion (1921-27)
19/11/1899 - Allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems)
19/11/1900 - Anna Seghers, [Netty Radvanyi-Reiling], German author (7th Cross)
19/11/1900 - Anton Walbrook, [Adolf Wohlbrook], Vienna Austria, actor (Laura)
19/11/1902 - Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor (Refugee, None Shall Escape)
19/11/1903 - Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer
19/11/1904 - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter
19/11/1904 - Nancy Carroll, [Ann V LaHiff], NYC, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
19/11/1905 - Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane Pa, orch leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)
19/11/1906 - Henri Temianka, composer
19/11/1906 - Jacques Leguerney, composer
19/11/1907 - Christian J H English, [Luc Tournier], Neth/Cura?aos painter/composer
19/11/1908 - Alan Baxter, East Cleveland OH, actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches)
19/11/1908 - Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer
19/11/1909 - Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams
19/11/1912 - Alo?s Blommaert, Flemish literary (Difficult Beginning)
19/11/1912 - George E Palade, Romanian/US cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974)
19/11/1917 - Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84)
19/11/1918 - Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant
19/11/1919 - Alan Young, England, actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed)
19/11/1919 - George Fenneman, Peking China, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life)
19/11/1920 - Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner
19/11/1921 - Roy Campanella, Bkln Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55)
19/11/1922 - Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist (Doctor of Utrecht)
19/11/1926 - Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Okla, US ambassador to UN (R)
19/11/1930 - Bob Mathias, Tulare Calif, decathelete (Olympics-gold-48)
19/11/1931 - Brook Benton, soul vocalist (Rainy Night in Georgia)
19/11/1933 - Larry King, NYC, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN)
19/11/1934 - Dave Guard, rocker
19/11/1934 - David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
19/11/1935 - John F Welch Jr, Salem Mass, CEO (GE)
19/11/1936 - Dick Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
19/11/1936 - Emin Aristakesian, composer
19/11/1936 - Michel Decoust, composer
19/11/1937 - Ray Collins, rocker (Mothers of Invention)
19/11/1938 - Frank Misson, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1960-61)
19/11/1938 - Hank Medress, Brooklyn NY, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
19/11/1938 - Richard Dumbrill, cricketer (S African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67)
19/11/1938 - Ted Turner, broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
19/11/1939 - Garrick Utley, Chic Ill, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend)
19/11/1939 - Pete Moore, Detroit MI, rocker (Miracles)
19/11/1939 - Thomas Harkin, (Sen-D-Iowa, 1985- )
19/11/1939 - Warren "Pete" Moore, US singer (Miracles-Tears of a Clown)
19/11/1940 - Alberto Villalpando, composer
19/11/1941 - Dan Haggerty, Hollywood Calif, actor (Grizzly Adams)
19/11/1941 - Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
19/11/1942 - Calvin Klein, Bronx, NY, fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans, CK)
19/11/1942 - Gary L Ackerman, (Rep-D-NY, 1983- )
19/11/1942 - Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox KY, PGA golfer (1994 Dallas Reunion)
19/11/1943 - Fred Lipsius, NYC, rock pianist/sax (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
19/11/1943 - Sharon Wilder, LPGA golfer
19/11/1944 - Charlie Coe, rock bassist (Paul Revers and The Raiders)
19/11/1946 - Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer (Paul Revers and The Raiders)
19/11/1947 - Bob Boone, San Diego, catcher (Phillies, Angels)
19/11/1947 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Jabberwocky)
19/11/1947 - Lamar Smith, (Rep-R-Texas)
19/11/1949 - Ahmad Rashad, [Bobby Moore], NFL receiver (Minn Vikings)/sportscaster
19/11/1949 - Dennis Taylor, British snooker champion
19/11/1949 - Mickey Lee Davis Jr, Tenn, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
19/11/1951 - Timothy J Penny, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- )
19/11/1954 - Annette Guest, US singer (First Choice)
19/11/1954 - Gail Stanton Memphis TN, playmate (Jun, 1978)
19/11/1954 - Kathleen Quinlan, Calif, actress (Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
19/11/1954 - Tom Scheckel, Chicago IL, rock drummer (Buckinghams)
19/11/1955 - Bill Buttner, Plymouth MA, Nike golfer (1989 Centel Classic-4th)
19/11/1955 - Gloria Guida, Merano Italy, Miss Teenage Italy (1974)
19/11/1956 - Eileen Marie Collins, Elmira NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 63, 84)
19/11/1956 - Glynnis O'Connor, NYC, actress (Calif Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe)
19/11/1956 - Scott Jacoby, Chicago Ill, actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High)
19/11/1957 - George Leary, Newmarket Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics-16-92, 96)
19/11/1957 - Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard (NY Stars)
19/11/1957 - Otis J Anderson, NFL running back (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP)
19/11/1957 - Robert Beltran, actor (Star Trek Voyager)
19/11/1957 - Sharon Farrah, WBL guard (NY Stars)
19/11/1959 - Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut (STS 66, 84)
19/11/1960 - "Lovely" Elizabeth, Frankfurt Ky, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling
19/11/1960 - Matt Sorum, US pop drummer (Guns n' Roses, Like a Suicide) [or Nov 2]
19/11/1961 - Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
19/11/1961 - Meg Ryan, Bethel Ct, actr (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
19/11/1962 - Jodie Foster, Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused)
19/11/1962 - Salim Jaffer, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91)
19/11/1963 - Justine Greiner, Boston Mass, playmate (February, 1984)
19/11/1963 - Terry Farrell, Cedar Rapids, actress (Paper Dolls, Jadzia Dax-STDS9)
19/11/1964 - Jeni Lidgett, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-96)
19/11/1965 - Erik Wilhelm, NFL quarterback (NY Jets)
19/11/1966 - Brian Wilsterman, soccer player (Dordreecht '90)
19/11/1966 - Gail Devers, Seattle Wash, 60m/100m hurdler (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
19/11/1967 - Gary Disarcina, Maiden MA, infielder (California Angels)
19/11/1968 - Gord Fraser, Ottawa Ontario, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
19/11/1968 - Matt Darby, NFL safety (Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals)
19/11/1968 - Steven Penn, Brevard NC, team handball center back (Olympics-1996)
19/11/1969 - Rod Mapstone, Australian long jumper (Olympics-96)
19/11/1969 - S rka Lukesov , 1st playmate in Czechoslovkian Playboy (May, 1991)
19/11/1970 - Berthil de Avest, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Twente)
19/11/1970 - Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab and Indian ODI batsman)
19/11/1970 - Jenni Meno, Pompton Plains NJ, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
19/11/1970 - Larry Tharpe, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions)
19/11/1970 - Rickey Brady, NFL tight end (Phila Eagles)
19/11/1971 - Adrian Griffith, cricketer (West Indian Test opening batsman 1997)
19/11/1971 - Andy Sheets, Baton Rouge LA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
19/11/1971 - Dimitri Yushkevich, Yaroslavl Rus, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leaf)
19/11/1971 - Michelle Andrews, Newcastle NSW Aust, field hockey striker (Oly-96)
19/11/1971 - Rickey Brady, WLAF TE (Scotland Claymores)
19/11/1972 - David Palmer, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)
19/11/1973 - Daniel Meech, Hastings NZ, equestrian showjumper (Olympics-96)
19/11/1973 - Jamir Miller, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
19/11/1973 - Savion Glover, dancer/choreographer (Bring in 'da Noise)
19/11/1974 - Orlando Fuentes, Ellsworth AFB SD, half-lightweight judoka (Oly-96)
19/11/1975 - Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star (1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II)
19/11/1976 - Petr Sykora, Pizen CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, NJ Devils)
19/11/1977 - Kerri Strug, Tucson Ariz, gymnast (Olympics-gold-96)
19/11/1977 - Lady Davina EAB Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard
19/11/1997 - Alexis May McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (2)
19/11/1997 - Brandon James McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (5)
19/11/1997 - Joel Steven McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (7)
19/11/1997 - Kelsey Ann McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (4)
19/11/1997 - Kenneth Robert McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (1)
19/11/1997 - Natalie Sue McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (3)
19/11/1997 - Nathaniel Roy McCaughey, Iowa, septuplets (6)
 

MetalMat

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Originally posted by: Cerebus451
Originally posted by: MetalMat
December 5th:

Walt Disney
Martin Van Buren
Joe Namath
Little Richard

Nuff said

You left off Custer, Heisenberg, Strom Thurmond, Otto Preminger, Jim Plunkett

Hey, I kept the most important one though, Martin Van Buren. Best President ever........ ever.........
 
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* 1749 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (d. 1823) :thumbsup::D
* 1758 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
* 1768 - Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales (d. 1821)
* 1794 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860)
* 1821 - Sebastian Kneipp, naturopathist (d. 1897)
* 1842 - August Thyssen, industrialist (d. 1926)
* 1844 - Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
* 1866 - Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
* 1873 - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935)
* 1873 - Dorothy Richardson, writer (d. 1957)
* 1879 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. 1926) :thumbsup::D
* 1886 - Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
* 1898 - Alfred Joseph Casson painter (d. 1992) :thumbsup::D
* 1900 - Ruhollah Khomeini, (d. 1981)
* 1901 - Werner Egk, composer (d. 1983)
* 1903 - Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991)
* 1904 - Jean Gabin, actor (d. 1976)
* 1906 - Zinka Milanov, Croatian opera soprano (d. 1989)
* 1911 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (d. 1998)
* 1922 - Dennis Brain, French horn player (d. 1957)
* 1922 - Antje Weisgerber, actress
* 1924 - Hannes Messemer, actor (d. 1991)
* 1935 - Dennis Potter, writer (d. 1994)
* 1936 - Dennis Hopper, actor, director :thumbsup::D
* 1937 - Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy
* 1942 - Taj Mahal, singer, guitarist
* 1946 - Udo Lindenberg, musician
* 1948 - William Bruford, drummer, songwriter
* 1950 - Janez Drnov?ek, Slovene politician
* 1955 - Bill Paxton, actor
* 1956 - Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer :thumbsup::D
* 1956 - Bob Saget, actor :thumbsdown::(
* 1959 - Paul Di'Anno, singer
* 1961 - Enya, singer, songwriter
* 1965 - Trent Reznor, singer, songwriter ("Nine Inch Nails") :thumbsup::D
* 1966 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
* 1968 - Al Stiff, Harness Driver
* 1971 - Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, wife of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
* 1974 - Andrea Corr, singer ("The Corrs")
 

erikistired

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15/10/0070 - Publius Vergilius Maro, Roman leader/poet (Bucolica, Aene?s)
15/10/1542 - Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605)
15/10/1550 - Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange
15/10/1674 - Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)
15/10/1761 - Peter Gronland, composer
15/10/1762 - Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer
15/10/1775 - Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer
15/10/1779 - Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop (D?dens Engel)
15/10/1784 - Thomas Hastings, composer
15/10/1785 - Jos? Miguel Carrera, president of Chile (1811-14)
15/10/1795 - Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia (1840-61)/Germany (1849-61)
15/10/1799 - August Ferdinand Haeser, composer
15/10/1816 - Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
15/10/1818 - Irvin McDowell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
15/10/1819 - Marinus F*G Campbell, bibliography/literary **his name is censored**
15/10/1822 - Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer
15/10/1829 - Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars (Phobos and Deimos)
15/10/1831 - Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)
15/10/1832 - Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1912
15/10/1833 - Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader
15/10/1836 - Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
15/10/1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher/anti-semite (?bermensch)
15/10/1851 - George F Moore, US theologist (Hebrews, Old Testament)
15/10/1852 - Wilhelm Posse, composer
15/10/1856 - R G Nivelle, French military man
15/10/1858 - Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer
15/10/1858 - John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ (1882-92)
15/10/1859 - Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author/poet (Salmos do Prisoneiro)
15/10/1865 - Walther Amelung, German archaeologist
15/10/1874 - Otallo Morales, composer
15/10/1878 - Paul Reynaud, premier France (May-June 1940)
15/10/1879 - Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra MO, actress (Huckleberry Finn)
15/10/1879 - Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress (Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup)
15/10/1881 - P G Wodehouse, British-American writer (Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves)
15/10/1890 - Arcady Dubensky, composer
15/10/1892 - Ina Claire, [Fagan], Washington DC, actress (Ninotchika)
15/10/1893 - Charles II, King of Romania (1930-40)
15/10/1895 - Alfred Neumann, German playwright (Devil)
15/10/1896 - Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret)
15/10/1898 - Gunther Ramin, composer
15/10/1900 - Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor (Jack Benny Show, At the Circus)
15/10/1900 - Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer (Devil at 4 O'Clock)
15/10/1901 - Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats)
15/10/1901 - Hermann Abs, director (Deutsche Bank)/Hitler's advisor :Q
15/10/1901 - Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier
15/10/1902 - Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer
15/10/1902 - William Edmundson, Spokane Wash, vocalist (Southernaires)
15/10/1904 - Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire (Hodge Group)
15/10/1905 - Alexey Kozlovsky, composer
15/10/1905 - Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist (Death Under Sail)
15/10/1905 - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer
15/10/1905 - Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher
15/10/1907 - John "Cardinal" Dearden, US cardinal (1969-88)/archbishop of Detroit
15/10/1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award)
15/10/1909 - Robert Trout, Wake County NC, newscaster (ABC)
15/10/1910 - Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's)
15/10/1911 - James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author (Lion Game)
15/10/1913 - Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief (Lyon) :Q
15/10/1915 - W Weyrauch, writer
15/10/1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)
15/10/1917 - Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer)
15/10/1919 - Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall)
15/10/1919 - Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head (MI5)
15/10/1921 - Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)
15/10/1921 - Gul Mahomed, cricketer (Indian and Pakistani batsman)
15/10/1921 - Mario Puzo, NYC, novelist (Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake)
15/10/1923 - Italo Calvino, Cuba, author (Winter's Night a Traveler)
15/10/1924 - Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
15/10/1924 - Lee A Iacocca, CEO (Chrysler Corp)
15/10/1924 - Nigel Green, South Africa, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File)
15/10/1925 - Mickey Baker, rocker
15/10/1926 - Evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer (Blackboard Jungle)
15/10/1926 - Jean Peters, Canton OH, actress (Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters)
15/10/1926 - Karl Richter, composer
15/10/1926 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (History of Sexuality)
15/10/1926 - Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher (Les Mots et les Choses)
15/10/1927 - Mary Perot Nichols, journalist
15/10/1927 - Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat
15/10/1928 - Mark Lenard, actor (Mr Spock's dad Sarek-Star Trek)
15/10/1930 - Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian singer/saxophonist
15/10/1930 - Phillipe Leroy, Paris France, actor (Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci)
15/10/1932 - Jaan Raats, composer
15/10/1932 - Riekus Waskowsky, poet
15/10/1934 - Peter Haskell, Boston Mass, actor (Bracken's World, Rituals)
15/10/1935 - Bobby Joe Morrow, Brownsville TX, sprinter (Olympic-3 gold-1956)
15/10/1935 - Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director/actor (Witte Waan)
15/10/1935 - Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister
15/10/1936 - Kari Rydman, composer
15/10/1937 - Anthony Hopkins, clinical neurologist
15/10/1937 - Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, singer (Eve of Destruction)
15/10/1937 - Linda Lavin, Portland Maine, actress (Alice, Barney Miller)
15/10/1938 - Marvin E "Marv" Johnson, US gospel/RandB singer (Move 2 mountains)
15/10/1938 - Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer
15/10/1939 - Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1960)
15/10/1942 - Don Stevenson, Seattle Wash, rock drummer (Moby Grape)
15/10/1942 - James A Leach, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1977- )
15/10/1942 - Penny Marshall, Bronx NY, actress (Odd Couple, Laverne and Shirley)
15/10/1944 - Mac Collins, (Rep-R-Georgia)
15/10/1945 - Jim Palmer, NYC, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman
15/10/1945 - Steven Camacho, cricketer (WI batsman early seventies)
15/10/1946 - Richard Carpenter, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You)
15/10/1946 - Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor (A Passage to India)
15/10/1947 - Lynn Lowry, E St Louis Ill, actress (Cat People, Crazies)
15/10/1948 - Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
15/10/1950 - Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], Argent/Irish rock vocalist (Lady in Red)
15/10/1950 - Koos van der Vaart, Dutch MP (PvdA)
15/10/1951 - Frank Dimino, Wash DC, rock vocalist (Angel)
15/10/1951 - Roscoe Tanner, tennis player (Wimbledon Finals 1979)
15/10/1953 - Larry Miller, NYC, comedian/actor (Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness)
15/10/1953 - [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye)
15/10/1954 - Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor (Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John)
15/10/1954 - Kip Byrne, Detroit Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (Mich State Jr-1970-71)
15/10/1955 - Cathy Ladman, comedienne (Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead)
15/10/1955 - Kristine Winder, Vancouver BC, playmate (Oct, 1977)
15/10/1955 - Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], Bronx NY, actress (Charlie's Angels, Sheena)
15/10/1955 - Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star
15/10/1958 - Jayne Modean, Hartford Ct, actress (Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center)
15/10/1959 - Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], London England, Duchess of York
15/10/1962 - Susan DeMattei, SF Calif, cyclist (Olympics-bronze-96)
15/10/1963 - Angela Rock, Lakewood CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-1992)
15/10/1963 - Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender (Ajax/PSV)
15/10/1965 - Daniel Held, Milwaukee Wisc, 10k runner
15/10/1966 - Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer (Deacon Blue-Raintown)
15/10/1966 - Jeffrey Jacquet, Bay City Texas, actor (Mork and Mindy, Whiz Kids)
15/10/1967 - Carlos Garcia, Venezuela, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
15/10/1968 - George Koonce, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
15/10/1968 - Meredith Rainey, Brooklyn NY, 800m runner
15/10/1969 - Curtis Cotton, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Oak Raiders, Frankfurt Galaxy)
15/10/1970 - Cooper Harris, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
15/10/1970 - Lonnie Palelei, guard (NY Jets)
15/10/1971 - Angelia Savage, Miss USA-Florida (1997, top 6)
15/10/1971 - Bernardo Harris, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
15/10/1971 - Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper
15/10/1972 - Fred Hoiberg, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
15/10/1973 - Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
15/10/1978 - Cheryl Crowe, Miss Delaware Teen USA (1997)
15/10/1978 - Devon Gummersall, Colo, actor (Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life)
15/10/1979 - Mahana Ka'ahumanu Walters, Miss Hawaii Teen USA (3rd-1997)
15/10/1991 - Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline

hmmm... nobody in 75 tho (my birth year)
 
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My birthday is today, actually. Looks to me like Franz Liszt is probably the best one:

1071 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and vernacular poet
1688 - Nadir Shah (d. 1747)
1811 - Franz Liszt, composer (d. 1886)
1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress (d. 1923)
1844 - Louis Riel, Canadian politician (d. 1885)
1870 - Alfred Douglas, partner of Oscar Wilde
1887 - John Reed, radical journalist (d. 1920)
1903 - Curly Howard, actor, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)
1904 - Constance Bennett, actress (d. 1965)
1907 - Jimmie Foxx, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1967)
1917 - Joan Fontaine, actress
1919 - Doris Lessing, British writer
1920 - Timothy Leary, writer, drug guru (d. 1996)
1922 - Lev Yashin, Soviet football goalkeeper (d. 1990)
1925 - Dory Previn, songwriter
1936 - Bobby Seale, civil rights activist, member of the Black Panthers
1937 - Alan Ladd Jr., film producer
1938 - Derek Jacobi, actor
1938 - Christopher Lloyd, actor
1943 - Catherine Deneuve, actress
1943 - Jan de Bont, film director
1945 - Leslie West
1946 - Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
1949 - Stiv Bators, musician (d. 1990)
1949 - Arun Jain, Indian Industrialist
1952 - Annette Funicello, actress
1953 - Jeff Goldblum, actor
1963 - Brian Boitano, figure skating champion
1964 - Drazen Petrovic, Basketball Hall of Famer (d. 1993)
1965 - John Wesley Harding, musician
1968 - Shaggy, musician
1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball star, American League MVP and Rookie of the Year in 2001
 

cronos

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# 1946 - Steven Spielberg, movie director
# 1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
# 1970 - DMX, rapper
# 1978 - Katie Holmes, American actress
# 1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
 

amish

Diamond Member
Aug 20, 2004
4,295
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september 11th

1524 - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)
1711 - William Boyce, composer (d. 1779)
1825 - Eduard Hanslick, music critic (d. 1904)
1862 - O. Henry, writer (d. 1910) :thumbsup:
1885 - D.H. Lawrence, novelist (d. 1930)
1899 - Jimmie Davis, composer (d. 2000)
1913 - Paul 'Bear' Bryant, college football coach (d. 1983) :thumbsup:
1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine political figure (d. 1989)
1917 - Jessica Mitford, writer (d. 1996)
1924 - Tom Landry, National Football League coach (d. 2000)
1927 - G. David Schine, businessman (d. 1996)
1933 - Dr. William L. Pierce, author, National Alliance Leader (d. 2002)
1933 - Susan Sontag, author
1935 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (d. 2000)
1940 - Brian de Palma, director
1940 - Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General
1942 - Lola Falana, singer
1943 - Mickey Hart, musician
1943 - Gilbert Proesch, artist, half of Gilbert and George
1943 - Raymond Villeneuve, founding member of the FLQ terrorist organization
1945 - Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
1948 - John Martyn, musician
1962 - Elizabeth Daily, actress
1962 - Kristy McNichol, actress
1964 - Roxann Dawson, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)
1965 - Richard Melville Hall aka Moby, musician
1965 - David Roe, English snooker player
1966 - Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator since 2000 :thumbsdown:
1967 - Harry Connick, Jr., singer
1968 - Kay Hanley, musician
1971 - Richard Ashcroft, singer
1977 - Ludacris, rap singer
1977 - Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
1981 - Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine High School massacre gunmen (d. 1999) :thumbsdown:
 

Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
38,107
433
136
Natalie Portman, Michael J Fox

And apparently 23 puppies in a record litter (1944).

Viper GTS
 

gflores

Senior member
Jul 10, 2003
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The universe was created on my birthday October 23.

Births

* 1925 - Johnny Carson, American television host
* 1940 - Pelé, Brazilian football player // Hell Yeah.
* 1942 - Michael Crichton, writer
* 1959 - Weird Al Yankovic, American musical parodist
* 1962 - Doug Flutie, Canadian football and American football quarterback.

 

Amused

Elite Member
Apr 14, 2001
55,862
14,000
146
20/08/1517 - Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)
20/08/1526 - Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)
20/08/1561 - Jacopo Peri, composer
20/08/1625 - Thomas Corneille, French playwright
20/08/1637 - Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
20/08/1665 - Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)
20/08/1666 - Alphonse d' Eve, composer
20/08/1702 - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
20/08/1710 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
20/08/1720 - Bernard de Bury, composer
20/08/1756 - Bernardo Bittoni, composer
20/08/1764 - Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies
20/08/1778 - Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
20/08/1779 - Freiherr J?ns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight)
20/08/1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")
20/08/1788 - Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer
20/08/1799 - Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician
20/08/1802 - Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
20/08/1811 - Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
20/08/1820 - Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer
20/08/1824 - Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905
20/08/1827 - Charles T H Coster, Belg literary (L?gendes d'Ulenspiegel) [or May 7]
20/08/1832 - Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913
20/08/1833 - Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)
20/08/1842 - Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
20/08/1856 - Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]
20/08/1860 - Raymond Poincar?, France, president/PM (1912)
20/08/1873 - Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)
20/08/1873 - William Henry Bell, composer
20/08/1881 - Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman
20/08/1881 - Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer
20/08/1885 - Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)
20/08/1886 - Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung)
20/08/1888 - George Sklavos, composer
20/08/1889 - Witold Friemann, composer
20/08/1890 - H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness)
20/08/1890 - Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales)
20/08/1897 - Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet)
20/08/1898 - G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands)
20/08/1898 - Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love)
20/08/1899 - Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt)
20/08/1900 - Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break
20/08/1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)
20/08/1902 - Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner
20/08/1904 - Jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)
20/08/1905 - Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)
20/08/1905 - Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders)
20/08/1907 - Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams and Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)
20/08/1907 - Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
20/08/1907 - Shirley Booth, [Thelma Booth Ford], NYC, actress (Hazel)
20/08/1907 - Stanley Devon, photographer
20/08/1908 - Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)
20/08/1908 - Jeanne Stern, writer
20/08/1908 - John Reginald Bevins, politician
20/08/1908 - Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined (population explosion)
20/08/1909 - Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)
20/08/1909 - Andre Morell, London England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles)
20/08/1910 - Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)
20/08/1911 - Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)
20/08/1912 - Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)
20/08/1913 - Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist
20/08/1914 - Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)
20/08/1920 - Istv n Sziv¢s, Hungary, water polo player (Olympic-gold-1976)
20/08/1921 - Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)
20/08/1921 - Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls)
20/08/1924 - Jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim)
20/08/1929 - Norma Connolly, Boston, Mass, actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital)
20/08/1931 - Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th)
20/08/1931 - Don King, boxing promoter, shocking hairstyle [or Dec 6]
20/08/1933 - Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86)
20/08/1933 - George John Mitchell, (Sen-D-ME, 1980-94/Senate Whip 1989- )
20/08/1933 - Larry Robideaux, horse trainer
20/08/1935 - Charles Shere, composer
20/08/1935 - J J Malone, US soul singer (It's a shame)
20/08/1935 - Justin Tubb, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
20/08/1936 - Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina
20/08/1937 - Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)
20/08/1937 - George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1960)
20/08/1938 - Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86)
20/08/1940 - John Lantree, rocker
20/08/1940 - Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner (bowled 5 overs in Tests)
20/08/1940 - Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks)
20/08/1941 - Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia
20/08/1941 - William H Gray III, Baton Rouge La, (Rep-D-PA, 1978- )
20/08/1942 - Hans-Joachim Klein, German FR, 100m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
20/08/1942 - Isaac Hayes, Covington TN, composer (Shaft)
20/08/1943 - Robert Plant, English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love)
20/08/1944 - Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians)
20/08/1944 - John Povey, rocker
20/08/1944 - Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984-89)
20/08/1946 - Connie Chung, TV news anchor (NBC, CBS)
20/08/1947 - James Pankow, Chicago IL, rocker (Chicago)
20/08/1951 - Greg[ory Dale] Bear, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity)
20/08/1951 - Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist (Thin Lizzy)
20/08/1951 - Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
20/08/1952 - John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner (1978-95, captain 1988)
20/08/1952 - John Hiatt, US singer/songwriter (Have a Little Faith in Me)
20/08/1952 - Rudy Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
20/08/1953 - Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something)
20/08/1954 - Al Roker, Queens NY, weatherman (NBC, Today)
20/08/1954 - Theresa Saldana, Bkln NY, actress (Rachel Scali-Commish)
20/08/1954 - William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix Ill, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1976)
20/08/1955 - Jay Acovone, Mahopac NY, actor (Det Rado-Hollywood Beat)
20/08/1955 - Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
20/08/1955 - Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color)
20/08/1956 - Alvin Greenidge, cricketer (WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff)
20/08/1956 - Joan Allen, Ill, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country)
20/08/1956 - Rick Olsen, rock guitarist (Berlin-Take My Breath Away)
20/08/1957 - Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer (swam English Channel 19 times)
20/08/1957 - Doug Fleger, rocker
20/08/1957 - Jim "Bullseye" Bowen, British TV game show host
20/08/1957 - Mike Dodd, Manhattan Beach CA beach volleyballer (Olympics-silver-96)
20/08/1957 - Scott Ayakatubby, beach volleyball champ
20/08/1958 - Lenny Henry, British comedian (3 of a Kind)
20/08/1959 - Missie McGeorge, Pueblo CO, LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One)
20/08/1959 - Richard DeStasio, horse trainer
20/08/1960 - Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Beth-Four Seasons)
20/08/1960 - Mark Langston, San Diego CA, pitcher (California Angels)
20/08/1960 - Troy Young, horse trainer
20/08/1961 - Linda Mantz, NYC, actress (Frankie-Dorothy)
20/08/1961 - Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker
20/08/1962 - Duffy James Joseph Waldorf Jr, LA CA, PGA golfer (1995 LaCantera Tx)
20/08/1962 - Loretta Alderete, LA CA, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile-14th)
20/08/1962 - Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morningstar)
20/08/1963 - Bruce Hick, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
20/08/1964 - Giuseppe Giannini, Rome Italy, soccer player (Rome A Team)
20/08/1965 - Joe Durigon, jockey
20/08/1966 - Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA (1988)/actress (Baywatch)
20/08/1966 - Greg Jackson, NFL strong safety (Phila Eagles, SD Chargers)
20/08/1966 - Steven Finn, Laval, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
20/08/1967 - Andy Benes, Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
20/08/1967 - Michael "Sean" Hall, Williamsburg Va, rower (Olympics-1996)
20/08/1968 - Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-bronze-96)
20/08/1969 - Bart Spark, soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)
20/08/1969 - Francisco Torres, jockey
20/08/1970 - Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1996 quarterfinalist Essen)
20/08/1970 - Jay McNeil, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders)
20/08/1971 - Bernard Whittington, defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
20/08/1971 - Brett Bech, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
20/08/1971 - Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Sam-Together We Stand)
20/08/1971 - Kevin Hickman, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
20/08/1971 - Oronde Gadsden, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
20/08/1972 - Derrick Alston, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
20/08/1974 - Denesha Reid, Miss USA-Georgia (1997)
20/08/1978 - Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
20/08/1979 - Tara Shaffer, Miss Ohio Teen USA (1996)
20/08/1980 - Corey Carrier, actor (Young Indiana Jones)
20/08/1981 - Lauri Illy, Virginia Beach Va, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
20/08/1994 - White buffalo, Janesville Wisconsin